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itsstrange · 2 years

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Lost Without You

Relationship: Alaric Saltzman x Hybrid Reader

Fandom: The Vampire Diaries, Legacies.

A/N: So believe it or not, I had this idea in a dream lmao I just woke up and I was like “👀👀 I’m gonna write that!” So.. I hope y’all enjoy this lol.

I know I mostly write for Marvel, The Boys, Supernatural, Chicago PD but I’m also gonna start dropping stories for The Vampire Diaries Boys. Mainly Alaric and a lil bit of some other characters. So beware ⚡️

Summary: Alaric gets badly injured during a fight, Reader does everything to get him to safety but isn’t quick enough.

Word Count: 3.2K

Warnings: (Yes) Blood mentioned, lots of blood, mention of death, character death, pain, heartbreak, breaking point, confessions, kissing,

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Things quickly escalated and got out of hand. Nobody was prepared for what was to come. Yes, everyone had some training at the school, they know how to fight battles, but they were still unprepared for what came. A whole army of monsters rose from the pit, quickly causing mayhem at the Salvatore school and at Mystic Falls. Why? A distraction probably. From what (Y/n) heard by other students, they were after one last artifact, obviously everyone put up a fight to prevent them from stealing it but it still wasn’t enough.

(Y/n) was in Mystic Falls gathering more information when it had happened, Malivore monsters hunting for sport, or maybe it was a distraction to stop her from heading to the school. And she was right. After fighting monster after monster she eventually killed the last one, giving her time to breathe and using that time to make acall. She had called Ric but he didn’t answer, which he normally does after the fifth ring but this time he didn’t. Knowing things weren’t right she begins making her way towards her car as she dials Hope’s number.

“(Y/n)!!” Her voice comes through the line just as she was reaching her car,

“Hope I just took down a whole—,”

“We need help!!” Hope screams with a groan, but what makes (Y/n) sprint away was, “Alaric… he needs help!”

And that’s how she ended at a burning Salvatore school. When she had arrived, bodies of all kinds of creatures laid on the front lawn with blood staining the grass, if the lawn was this bad then inside wasn’t gonna be any prettier. She thought correctly. Inside things were broken, smashed into, blood of every different shade and dirt stained the walls, the floor, and the carpet. Stairs were broken, things were burning, it was just pure fucking mayhem. As if an atomic bomb went off at the place.

As she was making her way through the school, she’ll sometimes find herself fighting against some unique monster or she’ll help out any student in need, but she never stopped. She had to get to them, to him. After helping yet another pair of students in need and sending them either out of the school or to help other students, she closes her eyes to focus on her hearing. Through blazing fire and cracking of wood, she finally hears them upstairs and in less than a minute she’s upstairs in Damon’s old room. However, she feels her blood drain at the sight in front of her. Laying on the ground covered in blood was Alaric. From what she can see from where she stood, she can tell someone or something had stabbed him in the stomach, which is where multiple hands were holding to stop the bleeding.

“(Y/n) help!!” Josie yells when she notices her near the doorway,

At her words she makes her way towards them. Dropping to her knees she places her own hands on top of the others as she makes eye contact with his pained ones.

“Why haven’t you healed him?” She asks the girls, trying to keep herself calm, even when the love of her life was slowly dying in front of him,

“We-We can’t. S-Something stopping the magic,” Josie says through tears,

More panic rose in her chest at the fact, but no time for that they need to keep moving.

“Okay okay, we-we need to move him,” She tells them, then looks down at him, “I need you to move okay?”

He nods his head with a pained groan and a cough, which causes more blood to pour out from his mouth, and also causes more panic and adrenaline to rise in her chest. But pushing that feeling away, she uses all her strength to haul him off the ground with the help from Hope, Josie, and Lizzie. Once she has his arm sling behind her shoulders, she motions the girls to start walking out of the school. They quickly nod their heads as they walk in front of them two and use their powers against any monster that comes their way.

While the five of them were walking down the halls, they all would sometimes encounter some monsters, but luckily the girls were able to fight them off, however, while they were in the process of fighting some ugly creature that she’s never seen before she hears Alaric groan in her ear before coughing up blood once again, causing panic, adrenaline and anger to rise in her veins, she needed him out of here. Now! Just as she repositioned Ric over her shoulders and telling him to hang on a little longer, she starts to hear what sounded like a horse running towards her, but with reflex her free hand reaches out and wraps around a thick neck. Turning she notices it’s a Goatman, literally. (Y/n’s) eyes glow bright yellow from anger right before her fingers dig into its neck and rips out its jugular, causing blood to splash on her face as well as Rics. He could careless though, he had other pressing matters to worry about. Like not dying.

After the girls had finished defeating yet another supernatural creature they quickly make their way down the stairs, but before (Y/n) can help Alaric climb down the steps she’s suddenly being thrown against the wall with a load groan, causing the wall to crack from the rough impact. With aching muscles (Y/n) does her best to lean on her forearms, the harsh impact sure did remove all the air from her lungs, but the moment she looks up it only makes breathing much more difficult. A couple feet away was Alaric being hauled off the ground and pinned against the wall by a large Oni, the son of a bitch had him by the throat as Ric did his best in fighting the Oni off, but it was no use. He wasn’t strong enough.

“Where is it?” It asks with a dark, deep, gravely voice,

Alaric grunts against its hold, still trying to find a way out, but it’s grip on him was too strong.

“You… will never.. find it,” Ric manages to say in between pained grunts,

The Oni growls at him and before (Y/n) knows it Ric gets a large sword plunged into his chest, causing her eyes to grow wide at the sight.

“Ric!!”

“Dad!!” All three; (Y/n), Josie and Lizzie scream at the same time,

The moment (Y/n) rises to her feet the twins along with Hope use their abilities to send the Oni flying down the hallway and through multiple walls. In a flash, (Y/n) settles next to Ric who was now laying on the ground, coughing up blood and gasping for air. (Y/n) immediately places both hands over the wound on his chest and adds pressure, hoping to prevent anymore blood from coming out, but it wasn’t working, blood just kept oozing in between her hands.

“Oh my god oh my god, Dad!” Lizzie says in between sobs while Josie and Hope muttered spells with broken voices and tears falling down on both their cheeks,

Alaric kept struggling on holding on that eventually he wasn’t able to no more, and it was that moment when (Y/n’s) world crumbled. The moment she hears him intake his last choked breath, she feels her heart stop, feels the way her blood drains, feels the way her breathing stopped as she continued to stare at his opened eyes. Hoping to see them blink, to see any kind of life in them, but she didn’t.

He was gone.

“Dad! Wake up! Please!! Wake up!” Josie yells with tears as she grips onto his ruined jacket,

The girls let out broken sobs as they surrounded him. Both Josie and Lizzie holding onto Alarics arm while Hope gripped onto a hand, (Y/n) however, sat defeated on her knees with a glazed expression on her face. Tears continued to slip down her cheeks on their own will, while she stared at Alaric in pure shock. Still not quite processing that he was gone, once again. However, slowly she started realizing this was real, realizing she was kneeling next to his bloodied body and realizing he was no longer here, causing something to flip inside of her.

Rage. Pure fucking burning rage is what rose in her veins. Her glazed expression slowly morphed into anger, her eyes glowing bright gold with veins appearing beneath her eyes. Turning to the direction where the Oni had been sent through walls she clenches her teeth as she get up from the floor and slowly makes her way down the hall without another word.

“(Y/n)!” Hope calls after her but she wasn’t aware, the blind rage had taken control and the way her heart was hammering in her ears didn’t allow her to hear anything around her,

She was hypnotized by rage. All she wanted was pain. She wanted those to feel what she felt, deliver them pain like they’ve never experienced before, she was completely overpowered by anger that she only had one thing on her mind. To inflect pain to those who crossed her path. And that’s exactly what she did. Whatever creature charged at her was the last thing they did, considering (Y/n) would either rip out their hearts, snap their necks, or chop off their heads, depending on what kind of monster came at her.

With all that rage and pain, (Y/n) must’ve blacken out because when she finally comes back to reality she’s kneeling on the ground. Bodies of different supernatural creatures and blood surround her. She glances around the room, noticing how most of them were decapitated or had their hearts ripped out from their chest, then notices how she’s covered in blood. From dark shades of red, to green and black. Normally she’d panicked for being covered in blood head to toe after waking up, but right now she didn’t care. Just like how she didn’t care if she lived or not, she just didn’t find the point nor strength to keep going, he was gone. He was her reason to keep going, and with him not being here anymore she knew she wouldn’t survive.

She just couldn’t.

Tears slide down her bloodied cheeks as a choked sob leaves her mouth. With the adrenaline and rage fading, the pain was becoming too much. She just wanted it to stop. She just didn’t want to feel anything anymore, she didn’t want to feel that aching pain in her chest, didn’t want to feel the loneliness, she just wanted all of it to stop.

With tears still sliding down her face she lets out short shuddered breaths, then closes her eyes to focus. She hadn’t shut off her humanity in what seemed like years, and had promised herself, promised him, she wouldn’t do it again, but this aching in her chest was too overwhelming and she just wanted it stop.

“No no no no you don’t,” She hears his voice and then feeling a pair of hands cupping either side of her face,

Was she in so much pain and grief that she’s imagining things? Or was she going crazy? Either way, she still kept her eyes shut as she tried switching it off, awhile whispering apologies to him.

“(Y/n)! Open your eyes! I’m right here,” The voice—his voice— says once again as he gently shakes her face in his hold,

A part of her wanted to, but another part feared it wasn’t real, that he wasn’t real. But after another plead from him she slowly opens her eyes, immediately locking with those amazing blue orbs of his that’s she fallen for over the years.

“R-Ric?” She whispers breathlessly, her own (E/C) eyes still unsure if what she’s seeing right now was actually real,

He quickly nods his head, thumbs gently rubbing soothing circles on her cheeks, “It’s me, it’s me. I’m right here,”

It could’ve been a shapeshifter messing with her head her for all she knows, but what made her know it was him was the silver St Christopher necklace dangling from his neck. She had given him the necklace years ago, after he had turned back into a human (Y/n) just couldn’t bare losing him so, she bought a St Christopher necklace that a witch had spelled it with vervain. Obviously she told him about the spell when she gave him the necklace, but instead of being annoyed by her protectiveness, he just smiled at her as he slipped it on. And ever since then, he never took it off.

So yes, it was the necklace that had (Y/n) sobbing from relief and immediately engulfing herself in Alarics arms. They stay hugging each other on the floor for a good five minutes, or at least until (Y/n) was able to gather herself. When she did, Alaric helps her to her feet and leads them out of the home, where all the students were, including the girls, who instantly hugged her after spotting her. Which they then explain how Hope had figured out why he couldn’t be healed, it was a hex bag that an old witch from Malivore had casted, but once she found it and destroyed it, they were able to use their magic to resurrect him. Thankfully.

After everyone was safely reunited out in the entrance and the fire was put out by a little witch magic, everybody split into teams to clean up the school. Some were in charge of disintegrating the bodies, sweeping or removing ruined furniture and cleaning the blood. By the time the sun went down, everyone was nearly halfway done, the school was looking a lot better than it did before. They still had a lot to go, multiple stairs and walls were still broken or smashed in, but that can wait until the morning to be fixed.

After being under the shower head for more than an hour, just thinking about how long and exhausting the day has been she finally steps out of the shower with sore limbs and walks over to the fresh pile of clothes. Just a simple black graphic t-shirt with some grey shorts. She felt much better now that she didn’t have dried blood and dirt covering her face and body. Once changed and hair had been toweled, she steps out of the restroom with a heavy exhausted sigh. However, just as she opens her door she sees Ric sitting on the edge of her bed with clean clothes. A charcoal Henley with black sweats. He too had rinsed off the grime, she knew this because from where she stood she can smell his familiar mens shampoo.

“Hey,” He whispers when he notices her standing by the door, small smile tugging on his lips as he gets up from the bed,

“Hey,” She replies as she makes her way towards him,

“I was just checking in on you.. wanted to see if you were doing okay,” (Y/n) softly scoffs,

“Are you doing okay?”

He shrugs his shoulders, “Not the first time I’ve been back from the dead,”

(Y/n) gives him a pity, disapproval look, “You shouldn’t have to,”

Ric softly inhales, small smile forming on his lips, “I’m okay. Promise,”

“I also..came to ask you something,” He tells her then continues when she looks up at him, “We’re you really gonna turn it off?”

Not being able to look him in the eyes, she drops her gaze to her hands, which answers his question. She was going to say no, she was planning on lying about it, but it was pretty obvious what she was planning on doing.

“Why would you even think about doing that?” He asks her,

Again, she wasn’t planning on telling him the truth, but after today, she just couldn’t hold in her feelings anymore. He needed to know, she needed him to know the truth, the whole truth.

“Because I didn’t want to feel it anymore,” She whispers, eyes still avoiding his,

“Feel what?”

“The pain,” She says, then inhales deeply before finally meeting his eyes with her next words, “I just couldn’t take it. I couldn’t take the pain knowing you were gone,”

Alaric knits his brows together at her words. Confusion rests on his face, not quite understanding why he’d be the reason for her to turn off her humanity, until it clicked. She loves him. Never in a million years would he think she shared the same feelings as him. He always thought she saw him as a close friend, a partner in crime, a blood bag in case of emergencies, but not as a lover. Although, he also never thought he’d fall for his closest friend either. After everything that happened with Jo he distance himself from dating, from moving forward, but she was always there with him. Not once did she leave his side, even on his darkest days, she was still there. The moment he realized his feelings for her was when she got kidnapped by a bunch of witches, he was so worried about her that he never gave up on trying to find her. He never felt so much relief when he finally rescued her, he was so happy to see her that he could’ve kissed her there and then, but restrained himself from doing it.

But now, now that he knows how she feels towards him, he won’t stop himself.

Letting out a relieved, tired, sigh through his nose, Ric closes the distance between them while he gently cups her cheek. Blue orbs stare straight into her own beautiful (E/C) ones with pure love, gentleness, and relief.

“I can’t live without you either,” He whispers to her before softly connecting his lips against hers,

(Y/n) let’s out shuddered breathes through her nose as tears slip down her cheeks from relief knowing he too feels the same way. Gripping onto his shirt, she pulls him closer towards her body as she deepens the kiss. They stay wrapped in each other’s hold for a good minute, just savoring each other’s warmth, lips, and slowly letting the mood escapes, but before it can go any further they both jolt away from the kiss when a piece of a broken ceiling slams on the floor. They both stare at the fallen wood and then back at each other before letting out a soft chuckle. After a while, Ric places his hand back on her cheek and gently caresses her with his thumb, blue eyes locked with (E/C) orbs, never getting over the fact of how beautiful they truly are, even under a dimmed light, they still stood out.

“I love you,” He softly tells her, thumb still caressing her cheek,

She smiles at him as she leans into his hand, “I love you too,”

Giving her a small smile he bends back down to peck her lips and letting it linger for a couple seconds before pecking her forehead and leading them both to her bed. As they both got under the covers and held each other tightly, (Y/n) couldn’t help thinking if they were planning on going public with the students, if they were great, but if not, then it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have him all for herself.

Until that topic comes up, she’ll just enjoy sleeping in the arms of the love of her life and will watch over him till the end of time.

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xetswan · 3 months

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By Your Side- Prologue

(Joshua Washington X Reader)

(Until Dawn)

[Prologue] [One] [Two]

“Hey sissy.” Jessica jumps on the end of my bed with a huge grin. I raise a brow, closing my laptop.

“What is it, Jess?” I let out a large sigh causing her to pout out her lip.

“Oh come on, I just wanted to hang out with my older sister.” She nudges my calf, scooting closer to me on the bed.

“Right, you haven’t called me sissy in years.” I call her out, to which my little sister scoffs. Shaking her head in disagreement to my statement.

Right now we’ve been home alone, our parents out for some business trip or so they say. They do this every month or two, telling us a business trip came up that they have to go to when in reality we all know it’s just a mini vacation they want to take without feeling guilty. Something they shouldn’t have to feel guilty for.

“Uh, yes I have. Just the other day. Maybe I just want to say it again.” Jessica argues with me and I let out a small chuckle.

“Okay, I’ll keep you to it, sissy.” I mock her, she tries to hide it but she breaks out into a smile as well.

“Okay, fine. I overheard Hannah saying we’re going to the lodge! Did Josh say anything to you about it?” She hops up on her knees, bouncing on my bed a little bit. “It was mentioned but I don’t think I’m going.” I let out a nervous laugh, I watched as her eyes bulged out of the sockets along with her mouth hung wide open.

“You have to go! Mom and dad won’t let me go unless you do.” She grips on my knee shaking me aggressively.

It’s not that I don’t want to go.

It sounds fun as heck but lately Josh has been acting a little more flirtatious with me and I’m not up for an awkward weekend of the group making fun of us. Ever since Thanksgiving he started becoming more flirty with me. I went to his family’s dinner and I don’t know.

I like him, of course I do. Who wouldn’t in my position I just don’t want our friendship to get messed up in the heat of things.

“I.. I don’t know Jessie. I have a lot of homework to catch up on.” I lie, I’m all caught up. I only have three classes so I also have time to work.

“[Name], please. I’ll clean your car whenever you want me to! And your dishes! For a month!” She pleads with me. I bite the tip of my thumb thinking about it. A weekend with friends might get out minds off of things. Josh might not bother me as much as I think he will. I close my eyes.

“Okay,” I breathe out, “okay, I’ll go but please try to make sure the pranks against me are at a minimum. And don’t worry about cleaning my things.” I slouch down a tad bit only to be brought back up by my sister who squeals and hugs me. “I can’t wait for the invitation to make things official!” She lets me go and excitedly leaves my room.

I hear her call Ashley which surprised me. I didn’t expect her to really become friends with Ashley. It’s better than Emily though.

I check my phone that pings a few times, Josh and Chris’s names pop up and I roll my eyes at what they’re saying.

“Partying it up on Mount Washington!!!!!!!!! What you guys think?” Josh using way too many exclamation points.

“I’m in, you know it!” Chris sends with multiple emojis and I snort out a laugh.

“[Name], how about you?” Josh puts a little winky face to which I roll my eyes, a smirk still laid upon my lips though.

“Hm, I don’t know.” I respond back, Chris sends a gasping face emoji in response to my message.

“You’re the life of the party you have to be there:(“ Chris says.

“Is it worth my time though?” I tease them, obviously I already told Jessica I was going. I’m not backing out of my word but it is fun to mess with my boys.

“Oh wowww, can’t believe Miss chugger won’t come to a party… with provided alcohol.” Josh says, my jaw slacks open in shock.

“Hey, Miss chugger is in the past, dead even and she’s not coming back.” I remind him. In high school we of course were bit of partiers.

I was the worst of the worst when it comes to drinking. I’d out drink everyone, chugging disgusting beers, taking shots of pure vodka like it was nothing. Just thinking about those days makes me want to vomit.

“I miss her:(“ Chris comments,

Josh puts the laughing emoji, “me too:(“ I roll my eyes once again.

“Shut up, I’m coming I already told Jessie I would. Miss chugger on the other hand you guys can forget it.” I turn my phone off after I hit send, getting back on my laptop to watching YouTube videos like I was before Jessica rudely came into my room.

“C’mon, sissy, everyone else is already waiting for us!” Jessica dramatically tugs me onto the cable car.

“You’re really sticking with Sissy now?” I scrunch my face, throwing my backpack onto my back since I just had to get my hat out, somehow I forgot how cold it actually was going to be up here. I was currently wearing a little puffer jacket, a pink slightly cropped sweater underneath with low rise jeans.

“Of course, I told you I might want to say it again and I do!” She folds her arms. I shake my head. “Okay, sorry.” I jokingly say.

As the cable car goes up I glance around. Taking in the beauty of it all.

I used to come up here with the Washington’s for the summer sometimes, this also isn’t my first winter up here. I love the Washington’s, they’ve always welcomed me. It was nice to have a place where I didn’t always have to take Jessica with me since she’s my younger sister our parents always expected me to have her tag along.

I love her and all but it’s cool to have my own time too.

“Look, I see them!” She points over to the group who were actually waiting for us. I glance over and they’re waving to us, so we do it back.

Jessica was practically on the edge of her seat excited to get off. As it gets to where we need to be we rush off and get greeted with hugs from our friends. Even if we’ve seen them just days or a few weeks ago.

“It’s nice to see you actually came!” Josh jokes with me, pulling me into a tight hug.

“Yeah, it was a tough decision.” I mess with him. Chris gives me a small side hug.

“Ready for the weekend Chugger?” He takes my hat off to which I slap him on the arm.

“Chugger doesn’t exist anymore. Give me that!” I jump up to grab from the blond.

“I think I’ll wear it.” He places it on his head. “Doesn’t this look nice on me, Josh?” Chris turns to our other friends as we all start walking. “Oh man, I’d totally take you to the bone zone if you were a girl.” Josh says and I let out a sort of loud laugh.

“The bone zone? God you are so corny.” I hold my stomach.

“Okay, okay, calm down. It wasn’t that funny.” Josh pats my back. Chris tries to hold back his laughter as well.

“Are we almost there yet, my feet are killer from the work out I did earlier.” Matt speaks up from behind us, we stop and turn.

“Just a little bit always, princess.” Beth replies to him. “Ha-ha, I’m serious. I might’ve did a little too much.” He mainly comments the last part to himself. I then hear Mike and Emily flirting with each other making me want to gag but then I also notice how Hannah was staring at them, well staring at Mike.

We began walking again and I slowed down a little bit.

“Hey, Han.” I nudge her arm. She snaps out of her thoughts looking at me.

“Hey [Name].” She gives a small smile. “You like him?” I whisper, her face suddenly then drops.

“Who told you? Did Josh read my journal or something?” She starts to panic but I shush her, calming her down.

“No, no, I saw the way you were looking at them. Either you like him or it’s Emily which is kind of doubtful considering I didn’t think you swung that way. It’s not a bad thing if you did.” I rambled on a little bit, causing her to snicker shaking her head.

“It’s him, I didn’t think I was that obvious.” She shyly rubs her hands together, most likely trying to give herself warmth.

“It’s probably not, I just enjoy observing people sometimes.” I assure her.

“Oh, okay. Well I’ve actually done some observing myself and it seems like you’re avoiding my brother.” She calls me out, my mouth instantly closing having nothing to say in response to that spot on observance she had.

“What? I haven’t- I’m not avoiding him.” I disagree, glancing up to see Josh, Chris and Matt messing with each other as Mike cheers for god knows what they’re doing. “Right, so you not coming over on the weekends to hang out with Josh after Thanksgiving is you not avoiding him?” She questions me.

“Exactly it’s not.” I try to stay confident with my answer, attempting to keep a straight face but once I look at her we both burst into laughter.

“Fine, fine! I am.” I sigh out, kicking the snow as we walk up the trail. “But why? You guys never have a problem.” She frowns.

“It’s a long story.” I bite my bottom lip thinking about all that’s happened.

“We have some time before we get to the house.” She says, shrugging her shoulders. I glance up ahead again, seeing as everyone was pre-occupied with each other.

“Josh and I sort of got flirty with each other. Your brother was super headstrong with it. I kind of did it back. We kissed a few times on Thanksgiving night and since that night I was scared it would ruin our friendship so I cut back. I gave excuses to not come over.” I let out in a low voice so only she could hear. Hannah smiles at me sweetly.

“I know I’m a jerk for it but it’s just my anxiety taking over I guess.” I stare at the ground.

“You’re not a jerk. That also wasn’t a long story.” She comments, both of us laughing once again. “Just talk with Josh. You never know what could happen.” Hannah nudges me, I do it back to her. Both of us smiling. “Okay, I will.” I stand up straighter.

Once we get to the lodge, Josh opens the door dramatically.

“Finally, warmth!” Sam opens her arms, spinning around as she walks further inside. I watch Beth turn the lights on with a smirk watching Sam. “Very exciting.” I agree, tugging my jacket off, holding it in my arm.

“Party time!” Mike announces earning the rest of us to cheer. Josh, Chris, Ashley and I go get our rooms, well Josh is showing us to ours, I’m the last one too. He turns a familiar corner and I start to fold my arms.

“This is your room, Josh.” I point out. “Nice observation.” He smirks, taking my jacket and back from my hands he places them down with his on a chair that’s up against the wall. I shake my head, chuckling.

“Where’s my actual room that I usually sleep in?” I lean against the doorway.

“Oh c’mon, babe. Just this weekend.” He comes up to me, taking one of my hands. “Just this weekend, what?” I raise a brow, confused but also intrigued. He leads me into the room, sitting me down before going back to close the door.

“I mean we both know how we feel about each other. It’s pretty obvious.” He concludes, not exactly looking me in the eyes. “And how do we feel about each other, Joshua?” I stare up at him. His eyes finally meet mine, and it looks like he melted just from our eye contact.

“Y’know…” He mutters, coming closer. “I don’t.” I tease him, standing up to push him down on the bed so I’m in between his legs this time. His hands find my hips, aggressively he squeezes them, lowly groaning.

“[Name], please, you don’t understand what you do to me.” He pulls me closer to him, my chest practically in his face. I feel my face warm up, I wasn’t expecting this. My hand drags up his torso to his face, cradling it as I force him to look up at me.

“Let’s try this out.” I whisper. His eyes lighten up, I feel his grip tighten even more.

“What- what do you mean?” He adjusts himself on the bed, I still stare at his face. “Let’s try out the relationship thing,” I begin and a smile erupts on his face.

“But, if this doesn’t work out, we don’t let our friendship get awkward.” I practically am begging with my facial expression. “It will work out.” He pushes me back a little bit so he can stand up. He kisses me gently, first on the lips then trailing down to my jawline.

“We should get going back down before anyone gets suspicious.” I hum out, feeling his lips begin to touch my neck. I try to push on his chest but he’s gripping my sides so tightly like I’ll run away.

“Let them.” He takes a small break only to work on my neck again. “Josh.” I gasp. He snickers, finally stopping. His eyes trail all over my face then to my neck.

“You might want to cover that up.” He taps the spot he was attacking before grabbing his phone from the bed and walking out. My face scrunches up, confused at first but then I rush over to the mirror, I let out a loud gasp.

“Joshua!!” I hold my neck and I hear him let out a laugh. I sigh, going over to the chair with our stuff and dig in it, finding a stupid thin scarf I brought and neatly wrap it to hide the hickey he gave me.

I finally start heading downstairs, joining the rest of the group who were planning out what we’re doing for the weekend.

Later that night Josh and Chris decided to do a drinking game, I sat next to Josh as Chris sat across from us.

Beth and Sam were watching everything go down. “Come on Chugger, you gotta join us.” Chris practically whines, my eyes roll in response. “I told you she’s dead. Now knock it off.” I wave my hand in a swift movement.

“I liked Chugger, she was sexy.” Josh whispered the last part into my ear. I shove him away from me as my face warmed up.

“What was that? Care to share with the class?” Sam speaks up and I felt my eyes widen.

“Chugger, she was a sexy woman back in the day.” Josh announces and my body shrivels down in embarrassment. “She was a careless teenager.” I disagree. “Same thing.” Chris shrugs his shoulders, picking up a beer and beginning to take the first sip.

I watched as the two get shitfaced with Beth and Sam, us three talking about school work or just things going on in our lives.

Sam decides to join the others and I think Hannah went to go write or something, Beth and I are now taking pictures on our phones acting stupid.

Josh and Chris are passed out now.

“I’m glad you decided to come.” Beth smiles at me and I nod, putting my phone down.

“Me too, even if your brother is annoying. I’m still having fun.” I joke, of course forgetting why I have my scarf on I take it off due to me getting hot and my neck starting to sweat.

“He loves you.” Beth mumbles looking over at her drunken brother, laughing. “I don’t know about love but yeah.” I glance over at him, his face smushed on his arm with his mouth wide open.

“Oh my god.” The girl suddenly whispers and I snap my head over to her. “What? What is it?” I look down at myself to see if she accidentally dropped something on me.

“Is that a hickey?” She flicks the spot on my neck, I hiss, slapping her hand away.

“Is that from Josh?” She breaks out into a small laughing fit.

“What- no, it’s- maybe.” I couldn’t find a good excuse okay? Kill me. “That’s hilarious, Matt owes me fifty bucks.” She throws her head back.

“You bet on our love life?” I crossed my arms. “Everyone practically did. Even Chris.” She gets up to start cleaning after Josh and Chris.

I just sit there, in shock from what she just told me.

Beth leaves the room and I go back to sitting beside Josh, laying my head down on his shoulder. He moves around a little bit. “Hm?” He hums and I shush him.

“Sorry, just wanted to be by you.” I whisper. He grumbles a little bit but harshly leans up to put his arm around me, laying his head back down on his other arm. I smile to myself, laying down on my arm, cuddling up next to him. Our legs now sort of entangled together. I didn’t drink or anything but the tiredness of traveling finally hit me.

I don’t even know how much time has passed but that was until I heard the ending of a conversation.

“Just because he’s class Prez doesn’t mean he belongs to everyone… Mike is my man.” I hear Emily say as they leave the kitchen.

“Hey, Em. I’m not anybody’s man.”

“Whatever you say, Darling!” She sings. I lift my head up for a second but then shrug, going back to sleep, I hear someone walk in but I just ignore it.

Thinking I was going to get to fall asleep for longer I instead get Beth walking in to continue cleaning up, I still let Josh hold onto me but I sit my head up to watch her.

“Hey did you see that? Dad said it’d just be us this weekend.” She turns to us but sees the two boys still passed out.

“Josh?”

“He’s been passed out, love. I don’t think you’ll be waking him up anytime soon.” I give her a sad face.

“But what did you see?” I ask. “I thought I saw someone outside. I swear I did.” She frowns, glancing at the window again but she heads over to the counter.

She picks up a bottle that’s in front of us and empty by the way. It’s an older scotch, Jeremiah Cragg.

“Jeez, Josh… Once again brother you outdone us all. She pats the arm that he has around me and I tiredly laugh. I then watch her spin a paper around, picking it up to read it.

“Oh my god. What did our naive sister get herself into now?” Beth turns to us and I raise a brow. “What?” I ask. “Here.” She hands me the paper and I read it. I close my eyes letting out a long breath.

“I think they found out about Hannah’s feelings. This has to be a prank.” I gently pull Josh’s arm off of me and I stand up, placing the paper down and they we look outside to see Hannah crying, running past the window.

“Oh my god.” I gasp.

“Wake Josh I’ll go to the others, I hope that wasn’t Hannah.” She runs outside, I nod. Going over to the passed out drunk. I overhear the others yelling outside for Hannah and then hear Beth run after her sister.

“Josh, Joshua, hun.” I push his body. His snore becomes a little louder and I bite my bottom lip. “Babe, c’mon wake up, Beth and Hannah ran outside.” I say a little loud, shaking him more aggressively.

“What?” He becomes more awake.

“They what?” He lifts his head up.

“The others played a prank on Hannah, I’m guessing it was bad because she ran outside and Beth followed from what I heard.” I tell him, now he’s more alert and he drunkenly stood up. He stumbles a bit so I run over and get him a water.

“Here, drink and let’s go.” I tell him. Suddenly when we saw the group he sobers up.

“What the hell did you guys do!?” Josh angrily shouts, he was holding my hand for support.

“It was just a prank, Josh, we didn’t mean for it to upset her like that.” Emily steps forward and I glare at her. Then at Mike, then to Jessica.

“Especially you, Jessica.” I point a finger at her, her head goes down.

“I can’t believe you guys would do something so stupid like that.” I shake my head, disappointed.

“I tried to warn her, I was too late.” Sam tells me and I smile weakly. “Let’s just hope they come back soon.” I frown.

Soon never came though.

After thirty minutes Josh began to panic and I woke Chris up. Catching him up with everything as we decided to go look for the two sisters.

I called the police and mountain patrol but we never found them.

For months we did search parties, I stayed by Josh’s side, knowing it’s a tough time for him. I barely passed two semesters as I was always with him trying to help.

I didn’t mind it though. I wanted to make sure he was okay. I knew he wasn’t. His parents were rough on him, telling him it was his fault since he was drunk.

It wasn’t his fault. It was our stupid friends fault for playing that dirty prank on Hannah the way they did.

It’s about a year now and no one has even seen a sign of them…

It’s horrible.

#until dawn #until dawn imagines #until dawn x reader #mike munroe #jessica riley #emily davis #until dawn sam #chris hartley #christopher hartley #ashley brown #matt taylor #matthew taylor #josh washington x reader #josh washington #joshua washington #Joshua Washington x reader #beth washington #hannah washington

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fukutomichi · 10 months

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- Favorite Film Gems - "Mouth of darkness, teeth of stone...down the throat to the belly of gold...guarded by those who never grew old." Cutthroat Island (1995) directed by Renny Harlin

#cutthroat island #cutthroat island movie #cutthroat island 1995 #william shaw #morgan adams #geena davis #matthew modine #renny harlin #a subterranean gif #my gifs #moviegifs #cinematv #fuku's favorite film gems #pirates #this was my pirates of the caribbean before pirates of the caribbean came out #imagine my surprise when i got older and found out that this film was a major flop back then...i still love it anyway #also the soundtrack is *chef's kiss*

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wishing-wells · 1 year

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I’m a Cosmo student and I feel like someone needs to write a Spencer Reid x reader where the reader is rossis daughter and a Cosmo student and dating Spencer behind her dads back lol

#spencer x reader #spencer reid #matthew gray gubler #criminal minds #spencer Reid x reader #spencer reid imagine #Matthew gray gubler x reader #criminal minds imagine #Davis rossi.#quantico.

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venusonthemo0n · 11 months

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ᥫ᭡ . # ۫ , ⸺ UNTIL DAWN !

matthew taylor

emily davis

michael munroe

jessica riley

joshua washington

samantha giddings

all until dawn content

#f/o #f/o imagines #yandere f/o #until dawn #matthew taylor #emily davis #michael munroe #jessica riley #joshua washington #samantha giddings

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huggybearluvr · 3 months

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30 Days of Music Masterlist

This is a collab with @jareaul0ver / @quinniehughsey

Series description: This series will be a 30 part series in which a fic is based off of a song! I will link the songs as well as use a lyric from the song in every fic! Feel free to request any players or songs in the comments or in my inbox!

btw i reached out to experts of one direction, taylor swift, conan gray, country, and r&b to pick the best songs!

Without further a do.... I present my 30 days of music masterlist below the cut!

“If I could fly, I’d be coming right back home to you.” - One Direction If I could fly- Jamie Drysdale x reader (blurb)

Synopsis: After Jamie got drafted to the Flyers you were both missing the other more than ever. You would have left with him if it weren't for your classes. However, after a late night phone call with Jamie, you drop everything and go to him without a second thought.

"One single thread of gold tied me to you" - Taylor Swift Invisible String- Luke hughes x reader (blurb)

Synopsis: You and Luke had always been friends, your families lake house being next to his. However the timing was always wrong, that was until you somehow ran into him at a bar in Jersey.

"But with you I see hope again, Oh, I'm a mess." - Clinton Kane I guess I'm in Love - Matthew Tkachuk x reader (blurb)

Synopsis - Matthew opens up to you how your it for him. You have changed him into a better man he ever thought was imaginable after feeling "unloveable" for so long.

"More in love than you've ever been" - Jordan Davis Next Thing You know - Quinn Hughes x Reader (insta)

Synopsis: After meeting Quinn at a bar in your 20's you can't believe how fast the time flies.

"This isn't goodbye, this is simply see you later"- Jenna Raine See You Later (ten years) - Connor Bedard x reader (blurb)

Synopsis: You and Connor were high school sweethearts and always swore to be together forever. However after his draft you both realized maybe forever wasn't now. You had met someone else and were planning on goin threw with the wedding until a surprise visitor stops by a few months before your wedding date.

"Oh, I wanna see you undress now" - Chase Atlantic Meddle About - Auston Mathews x reader (smut)

Synopsis: You and Auston met awhile ago at a bar, and now your at his place and things are getting a little steamy.

"So baby say you'll always keep me" - One direction Truly, Madly, Deeply - Trevor Zegras x hughes!reader (blurb)

Synopsis: After years of pining Trevor finally asked you to be his. You couldn't help but say yes.

"Ocean blue eyes, lookin' in mine" - Taylor Swift Gorgeous - Jack hughes x reader

Synopsis: You can't help but admire how gorgeous Jack is. He catches you looking at him a few times before you finally admit what your thinking.

"I hope I was your favorite crime, cause baby you were mine"- Olivia Rodrigo Favorite Crime - Trevor Zegras x Reader

Synopsis: You pine over the days that you shared with Trevor, only to wonder if he does the same with you.

"I wanna make you drive all night just because I said 'maybe you should come over" - Phoebe Bridgers Waiting Room - Jamie Drysdale

Synopsis: After Jamie got traded from the Ducks to the Flyers, all you want is for him to come back home to you, and you'd wait forever for him.

"Loving you's the antidote" - Harry Styles Golden - Mitch Marner

Synopsis: Your relationship with Mitch healed a part of you that you didn't know was damage - his sunshine personality brought back a light in you that you didn't know went out.

"Save me til the party is over, kiss me in the back seat of your rover" -Conan Gray Wish You Were Sober - Ethan Edwards

Synopsis: All you've ever wanted was for Ethan to swallow his pride and admit that he has feelings for you, but the only time he can ever seem to do it is when he's wasted.

"Friends don't look at friends that way" - Tate Mcrae That Way - Jack Hughes x zegras!reader

Synopsis: You and Jack had always been friends, having met him through your older brother. However, you always felt there way more between you the line between friends and lovers blurring.

"The altar is my hips" - Taylor Swift False God - Luke Hughes

Synopsis: Luke can't help but worship your body. You being the only religion he needs.

"she put her love down soft and sweet" - Hozier Work Song - William Nylander

Synopsis: Will can't help but appreciate his girl, and how she has him addicted in all the best ways. In a way you were his drug, high addictive, he couldn't get enough.

MORE TO COME

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panelshowsource · 8 months

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new additions to the masterpost :)

hey all ~

along with the few panelist collections i soft-launched yesterday (🥹 thanks for enjoying them), there is some new content on the masterpost + secondary masterpost!

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panel shows

bring the noise — complete series sky 1 series hosted by ricky wilson with nicole scherzinger, tinie tempah, joel dommett, katherine ryan

the guessing game — complete series bbc radio scotland radio panel show where guests are asked a series of bizarre questions; hosted by clive anderson and guests include alex horne, susan calman, hal cruttenden, matthew crosby, cariad lloyd, etc.

it's your round — complete series radio panel show where each guests invents the round to be won. hosted by angus deayton and guests include miles jupp, sara pascoe, rebecca front, josie long, bridget christie, tim key, etc.

richard hammond's brain reaction — complete series science-based panel show hosted by richard hammond alongside victoria coren mitchell, johnny vegas and ria lina

misc. tv

archiveologists — complete series two episodes of mash aka diane morgan & joe wilkinson re-voice archive footage to give us a twisted comedy spin on british social history and institutions in short 'information' films

beauty & the beast: a pantomime for comic relief (2021) pandemic era virtual panto starring lily james, oliver chris, sian gibson, kiell smith-bynoe, miranda hart, michael sheen, lee mack, etc.

imagine... jo brand: no holds barred (2019) documentary about the legend herself, featuring interviews with peter capaldi, alan davies, victoria coren mitchell, etc.

show & tell — complete series e4 series celebrating comic storytelling. each episode sees three comedians bring something to 'show' to viewers. hosted by chris addison and guests include roisin conaty, elis james, joe wilkinson, joe lycett, diane morgan, james acaster, etc.

staged — complete series david tennant and michael sheen didn't win a bafta for this but they should have

the complete stand up to cancer celebrity episodes of the great british bake off (i will work on the sport relief episodes!)

twenty twelve — complete series bbc mockumentary series accompanying the 2012 olympics, starring hugh bonneville and jessica hynes

who do you think you are? — david tennant

misc. radio

alex horne presents the horne section — complete series 2011–2014 bbc radio 4 series

party's over — complete series bbc radio 4 sitcom starring miles jupp as a prime minister coping with life after leaving office

women talking about cars — complete series victoria coren mitchell hosts an exploration of what cars symbolise to women today, including freedom, power, refuge, novelty and familiarity; guests include olivia colman, claudia winkleman, jennifer saunders, etc.

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ps. icymi these are the masterpost additions from last week which are well worth checking out!

WATCH LINKS MASTERPOST / FAQ / TAGS / ASK

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Okay, I want to know how the transition of the phantoms deformity happened? How did we start from Leroux full face corpse while being skeleton like thin to ALW half faced deformity and "normal" body?

Hi, thanks for asking me a question! (my inbox is barren these days, except for the occasional tumbleweed...or should I say tumblrweed?) 😂

Well, I think Leroux chose a very corpse-like Phantom because an "opera ghost" should look macabre and close to death...just based on the name/concept. I do believe he was a fan of Bram Stoker's Dracula because Erik and Dracula have a lot of things in common. For example, Erik sleeps in a coffin, he has no mirrors in his house, he lives in a secluded and mysterious house, he doesn’t eat when Christine dines, he gives her Tokay wine at her first meal, he keeps her as his prisoner for a time, his eyes blaze, etc. I'm not sure if Leroux was trying to make his readers suspect Erik's a vampire all along or if he was paying homage to one of his fave novels or if he simply thought it would be cool to give Erik these traits. Gothic novels of that time just tended to have supernatural villains and Erik is no exception. It makes sense that a truly horrifying phantom would essentially look like a zombie...because what's scarier than something that really shouldn't be alive and is missing a nose??

(sorry, I couldn't resist adding some of my & @fantomexnoir's art 😆)

As for ALW's half-deformity, @textsfromthefifthbasement has it right about Michael Crawford rehearsing with a full face mask and it being difficult to sing/emote well, so they switched to a half-mask. Regarding why it's not just a skeletal deformity, I think that would be underwhelming to modern audiences because we've collectively consumed so many horror movies since they were first made that we need something more contrasting and unnatural like this:

Trust me, the first time I ever saw this deformity, I was completely BOGGLED! Like...his head has a HOLE??? That somehow doesn't get infected or bleed out????? Don't even get me started on the version that has exposed brain 🤦:

As for the "normal" body, it would be difficult/problematic to only cast underweight actors for the Phantom...but I'd so love to see someone like Matthew Patrick Davis do a performance as ALW Erik! He's the 6'6" man who dressed up as Jack Skellington and performed as him for a youtube video (link here). Just imagine him doing Stranger Than You Dreamt It and the Final Lair with the same creepy/spidery physicality!

Alas...I don't know when we'll ever get a super accurate Leroux adaptation. Maybe one day Guillermo Del Toro will get around to directing one...and then we can all die happy 👻

#phantom of the opera #poto #phantom deformity #body horror tw #sadly the most accurate versions we have are the 1925 silent movie and the 1988 animated movie #and the 1925 movie botches the ending and the 1988 movie hardly had a budget to work with #waiting on Guillermo to give me the perfect version 🙏

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Wonka

Cynicism: a belief that ideas are motivated purely by self-interest; this was my thought process going to the origin story of Willy Wonka. I have more than my fair share of soulless cash grab backstories long before starting my career as a film critic, so I came in to this with a heavy amount of skepticism.

After seeing the first trailer I groaned in a manner similar to an allergic reaction, I came into this movie prepared to be underwhelmed. Funny thing about expectations, sometimes they surprise you.

Wonka is the origin story of the future enigmatic candy mogul, Willy Wonka; he travels to the legendary Gourmet Gallery with only is suitcase and his dreams of making the world’s greatest chocolate in his very own shop.

This movie was a much needed shot of serotonin, and I don’t use that statement lightly.

I guess I should get the negatives out of the way first, because they were few but absolutely need to be pointed out.

I can’t stand the “white savior” trope, and there is a subplot where it’s used and I could have done without it.

Timothee’ Chalamet, is an amazing actor as the title character, but he’s a milquetoast singer. With the exception of “Pure Imagination” I was not impressed by the songs that he led.

His more emotional scenes felt disingenuous at times, the performance while trying to combine the energy of Johnny Depp and the late great Gene Wilder, leaned more towards the former which was a disservice to the character.

All that aside, everyone in this cast gave entertaining performances regardless of my complaints.

Chalamet’s Wonka performance while somewhat derivative was overall delightful, adding a level of charm and whimsy that the character is known for throughout every incarnation.

Hugh Grant brought his dry salty wit as Lofty the Oompah Loompah.

The trio of Patterson Joseph, Matt Lucas and Matthew Bayton were hilarious as the bumbling trio of antagonists Slugworth, Prodnose, and Ficklegruber respectively.

Callah Lane, was delightful in role as the precocious Noodle.

Olivia Colman and Tom Davis as Mrs. Scrubbit and Mr. Bleecher reminded me of characters from Annie and Les Miserables which is not a negative, but it definitely left an impression.

Keegan Michael Key brought his comedic charm and timing to the role of the chief of police. Some of the gags involving him could have been disastrous, but I was pleasantly surprised by how tasteful they were.

The visuals were as colorful as the sweets from Wonka’s factory, the settings were magnificent In their diversity, Director Paul King has an amazing eye for mood and setting.

The music composed by Joby Talbot and Neil Hannon, was a spectrum of emotion. The songs were all toe tappers, and I highly recommend copping the OST.

And the choreography is just as solid, sadly I could not find the credits for it as of this writing.

Most importantly Willy Wonka’s mystique is left fully in tact. Paul King and co-writer Simon Faranby, understood what a lot of prequel writers don’t, not every question needs an answer. Willy Wonka just is, and I love that they understand that.

I couldn’t stop smiling as the film continued, it’s warm cup of hot cocoa on a winter’s day and I highly recommend checking it out this holiday season.

Wonka gets a very solid 4 out of 5.

#movie review #hollywood #wonka 2023 #wonka #willy wonka #timothée chalamet #hugh grant #oompa loompa #chocolate factory #imax films

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agentnico · 5 months

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Wonka (2023) Review

Anyone doubting Chalamet's singing abilities need look no further than his Tiny Horse skit on SNL from 2 years ago. All I'll say is you're welcome!

Plot: With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.

Everyone scratched their heads upon the announcement that young Hollywood heartthrob Timothee Chalament was cast as the famous Roald Dahl chocolatier. Then when the trailer was released it did not instill much confidence either. Something was jarring about witnessing the usually brooding and stoic Dune/Call Me by Your Name actor acting quirky and silly. Comparisons to Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp were of course inevitable as this is the third attempt at adapting Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory children's book, so would Chalamet simply be attempting to portray a cheap knock-off of his predecessors, and what if Timmy simply lacks the Whimsy to play the silly little guy?

Turns out we had nothing to worry about, especially as we seem to have all forgotten that Wonka's directed by Paul King. You know, the guy behind those sweet Paddington films. Those movies are simply the most delightful and innocently sweet little things, featuring universal themes of kindness and embracing new things, featuring genuine laughs, moments that could make you cry, and an overall homage to recent and classic films. Less one forgets that Paddington 2 also holds the endorsement of no other than Nicolas Cage within The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent which goes out of its way to name-drop Paddington 2 and turns it into a running gag that helps members of the cast bond. With Wonka Paul King's magic feels right at home, as he delivers a warm old-fashioned musical extravaganza, that has the innocence and silliness of the Paddington films, mixed with the darker undertones from the Roald Dahl's classic.

Speaking of the musical aspect, the songs in this film are actually really lovely. Naturally, you have the returning remixes of 'Oompa Loompa' and 'Pure Imagination', but the new tracks are truly delightful, with Timothee Chalamet's singing on point, and the melodies very old-school, basking in their simplicity yet accompanying the capriciousness of the movie perfectly. The production design is great, with lots of colours that pop that should provide enough visual candy for the kids going to the movies this holiday season. The costumes also stood out, and I loved how Wonka's suit was an amalgamation of Wilder's and Depp's outfits. What shocks me is that the costume designer here Limmy Hemming is the same one behind Nolan's The Dark Knight. Such different looks, but then again if you change Willy's jacket from red to purple there are similarities to the Joker outfit...

In regards to Chalamet's Wonka - he's solid. Would a different actor maybe have been a better choice? Probably, however, Timothee manages to deliver a high level of quirk through his enunciation and movements, with his Wonka innocent to a fault, and morally pure. The supporting cast is full of comedians who take turns stealing scenes. Hugh Grant's Oompa Loompa is an uncanny highlight that takes a while to appear and is absolutely worth the wait. Paterson Joseph excels at playing a full-on pantomime villain complimented by Matt Lucas and Matthew Baynton to make for a delightfully evil trio. An entertaining pairing of Olivia Colman and Tom Davis results for an awkward yet at times hilarious double-act, and amusing yet under-used turns from Keegan Michael-Key and Rowan Atkinson leave you wanting more.

Wonka is an easily digestible and polished family movie for the holiday season that is a rare example of a prequel that justifies its existence. I would say that the comedy doesn't always land and felt as if Paul King and the team were held a bit back with how absurd they were willing to go. I don't know, it feels like putting Mr. Bean and a runaway giraffe together in a church could have led to wilder results than what we are ultimately given. Maybe it's remembering Tim Burton's brand of humour that felt more satirical than this fairly tame Wonka. I'm aware many audiences have mixed opinions on the Tim Burton Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, however myself and my fiancee watched it a few months back and found it to be absolutely hilarious! Also, Christopher Lee as a despicable angry dentist who hates chocolate was just *chef's kiss*. As for Wonka? Well, everyone needs a little willy in their life... I'm of course talking about the movie and nothing else!

Overall score: 7/10

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It was an “emotionally wrenching and heart felt” performance.

“Surrounded by burning candles, performing on a grand piano and accompanied by a small orchestra of violins,” his rendition of this famous song “spoke to many of us who were suffering from the terrible tragedies in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.”

It was just days after 9/11, when Neil Young performed the iconic song, according to a site dedicated to Neil Young News.

Although the song was banned from radio in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, “because envisioning a world where we all got along was at odds with the public demand for bloody justice,” according to Consequence, Young believed it was the right song to sing.

Pulse Magazine wrote that Young's performance of "Imagine" on the Benefit telecast was "one of those moments you never forget."

“When disaster strikes, musicians respond the way they know best: with song,” wrote Katy Waldman of Slate. “As composer Leonard Bernstein said three days after John F. Kennedy was assassinated, ‘This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.’”

“In times of trouble and grief, there is one song that millions of people turn to for inspiration and solace: John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘Imagine’,” according to writer Martin Chilton.

The “Imagine” album was released on September 9, 1971, touching “the world with its hopeful message about the need for global understanding,” wrote Sari Rosenberg.

This is a new story on the Peace Page.

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“For nearly 50 years, credit for this song - "Imagine" - has gone to one writer - John Lennon,” according to NPR.

That changed in 2017, after Lennon himself admitted his wife Yoko Ono should receive co-credit. Lennon explained in 1980 “a lot of the lyric and the concept came from Yoko.”

“Ono's 1964 book of conceptual poetry, ‘Grapefruit,’ contained verses like, imagine clouds dripping and imagine goldfish swimming across the sky. She also contributed to the song's theme of a world without borders or religion pulling people apart,” according to NPR’s Neda Ulaby.

In an interview with David Sheff, shortly before his death in December 1980, Lennon also shared that Dick Gregory had given him and Ono a Christian Prayer-book which had inspired him to write the track. “The concept of positive prayer…If you can imagine a world at peace, with no denominations of religion – not without religion but without this my God-is-bigger-than-your-God thing – then it can be true.”

“When ‘Imagine’ was released, John Lennon said that the world was too focused on trivialities and ‘the thing we should be talking about is the violence that goes on in this society.’ It reached No. 1 following Lennon’s murder in December 1980 and entered the UK charts again in 2012 after Emeli Sandé recorded a cover for the 2012 London Olympics,” according to writer Martin Chilton.

“Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ is arguably the most loved song of all time,” according to writer Joe Taysom. “The track captures Lennon crying out for a fairer world . . . As the decades go on, ‘Imagine’ has morphed into a tragically appropriate tonic to whatever travesty is currently tearing the world apart.”

“It’s not surprising that musicians turn to this particular work in the aftershocks of tragedy,” according to Waldman. “For one thing, ‘Imagine’ is a song that musicians continually turn to, period: The Broadcast Media Inc. found it to be one of the most covered songs of the 20th century. Its simple, versatile structure has seduced and inspired hundreds of artists, among them Lady Gaga, Emeli Sande, Etta James, Davie Bowie, Pink, Eva Cassidy, and The Persuasions.”

More than 200 artists have performed or covered the song, including Joan Baez, Elton John, Diana Ross, Peter Gabriel, Melissa Etheridge, Dave Matthews, Dolly Parton, Seal, , India.Arie, John Legend, and Julian Lennon.

“The ritual arguably began on Dec. 9, 1980, when Queen covered the song at the Wembley Arena, one day after Lennon died. Stevie Wonder played it during the closing ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics to honor lives lost in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. . . . In 2004, Madonna joined the ranks of “Imagine”-eers when she reinterpreted Lennon’s ballad at an aid concert for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.”

“Though the song was banned from radio in the immediate aftermath of 9/11,“Neil Young recognized its potency, singing it at a memorial concert, ‘America: Tribute To Heroes’”, according to Chilton. “Coldplay performed a version after the terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015. Following discord around North Korea in 2018, ‘Imagine’ was the natural choice for a group of Korean musicians to perform at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.”

“It’s now become the go-to song when it comes to grief or mourning,” wrote Taysom. “This is down to the tangible sense of hope that rings out from ‘Imagine’ and an overriding feeling that everything will eventually be okay.”

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“It returns to us most bittersweetly when something bad happens, when we are casting about for answers and consolation,” wrote Waldman. “The writer John Blaney called ‘Imagine’ a ‘humanistic paean for the people,’ a kind of secular prayer. Rolling Stone described it as ‘22 lines of graceful, plain-spoken faith in the power of a world, united in purpose, to repair and change itself.’”

“The song also derives considerable power from its historical context. Lennon, shot down before his time, reminds us that the universe can run ramshod over idealistic people. That knowledge makes ‘Imagine’’s plea for peace and brotherhood all the more poignant. On the other hand, the fact that the song persists, even though Lennon is gone, speaks to the enduring strength of his fantasy. If ‘Imagine’ captures the fragility of our hope after a violent or destructive event, it also reveals its tenacity.”

The legacy of the song was most perfectly summarized by President Jimmy Carter, who noted: “In many countries around the world — my wife and I have visited about 125 countries — you hear John Lennon’s song ‘Imagine’ used almost equally with national anthems.”

After Neil Young completed his rendition of “Imagine” after 9/11, reports were he “appeared to be on the verge of tears.”

Chilton says, “Decades after its original release, this popular music masterpiece, a model of simplicity, continues to inspire people of all races and creeds, offering the listener a momentary respite of hope in a troubled world, especially in the beautiful lines:

‘You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope some day you’ll join us

And the world will be as one.’”

~ jsr

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