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lovelyjasmari · 2 years

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Twisted Wonderland Reaction Part 12 ~ Sallie Mae Made Jamil Overblot Edition + Announcement!

About the title...yeah...its in reference to an EXTREMELY stupid ass joke found in this post...you’ll see...

I must say, even though I already read all of book 4 on my own, it’s still a fun treat reading it in EN simply for all the meme-able content the official translations offer! Since it seems like there won’t be any story updates this month, I’ve decided to continue reading book 5 on my own this weekend. There is also another reason I’m going ahead:

Over on my blog @jasmariswonderland I’m working on a mock event story with my twst ocs! The story takes place during the events of book 5 and is sort of a side story showing that some of my characters are up to during. So of course I need to finish reading for context but that shouldn’t take long since I don’t have to worry abt battles, twistunes or overblots. 😅

In the meantime, let’s finish up book 4! Warning: pic heavy, some swearing, some personal projection/mentions of my past, meme-ing, yelling at the Tweels and thirsting for ya’ll-already-fucking-know-who. Let’s jump in!

If we must, Jade. If we must...

WHY ARE YA’LL ALWAYS SO SUS! EVEN WHEN BEING NICE?!

LIKE YOU DID DURING THE END OF BEANFEST?! 💀

Heyyy! Shoutout to my namesake princess! Also off topic, but cyan is one of my personal favorite colors and I would love to cosplay Princess Jasmine one day when I’m thinner.

KALIM! Don’t do it! Runnnn!

Goddamnit, now I have a new ship...😩👀💀

“Forbidden lore”... whatever Azul! Tell that to all the wonderful artists over on twst twitter! 😭

God as much as the Tweels amuse me, if I were around them as much as Azul, I’d probably have to sleep with one eye open. Doesn’t help that they’d probably eat Azul if they could. Such an odd dynamic, I love it! 💜

Awwe his chibi is doing the glasses thing! 🥺🥺🥺

Jokes aside, I REALLY wanna know Crowley’s secret. Like this man oozes with sus sauce, moreso than any of these beautiful bastards going to NRC. WHY isn’t he trying to find a way to send us home?! WHY does his school suck so hard compared to RSA?! WHY do the students hate each other?! WHAT IS THIS FUCKING BIRD MAN DOING?! YES! DO IT JAMIL! EXPOSE CROWLEY! Yuulan would probably thank you!

Orrrrr, ya’ll can just cancel him. That works too...NOT! 😤

FUCKING JUMPSCARE!!! 🤬😭💀😩🤣

Thanks Azul, I hate it!

Intellectuals tend to be dastardly too, you know! 😤

Uhhhhh...that doesn’t look like a good sign Kalim...

THIS WILL FUCKING HAPPEN:

So...I was gonna retake this shot but I BARELY managed to defeat his first OB stage and the more I looked at this pic, the more it made me laugh for some twisted reason. To the point when I was debating weather to do his fight again just to retake it, my bf kept saying “looks like Sallie Mae made Jamil overblot...”

I know...we have an...odd sense of humor.

Sallie Mae aside, another cool as hell overblot design. All these designs for the overblots are so cool and now I’m even more excited about seeing that Vil’s looks like. But also terrified cause I feel like his will probably be WAY more difficult than this one.

YEEEEEEETTTTTTTT

What’s hilarious about these official translations is when they do speak clear english but the localization team still translates it into something else. It was especially noticeable during the culinary crucible event and its EXTREMELY obvious here! 😭😭😭

And as always, Yuulan continues to be iconic...

Poor Kalim, this really made me sad. I really feel like he didn’t mean anything malicious. He’s just too sweet and too good for this twisted (punch me) world.

SHUT UP YUULAN NOW IS NOT THE TIME

WHAT THE TRASH CAT SAID

Jesus fuck Jade! You’re charming but Jesus fuck! But seriously though, I respect it. With that smile, you can be certain no one would be able to find the body...

THIS IS WHY I DON’T LIKE YOU NO MORE AZUL (joking, please don’t come for me Azul stans)! Jamils gonna fucking die soon if we don’t do something and all you’re thinking abt is exploiting developing nations for a quick buck! FOR SHAME!

Aaaaand once again, we as the fans have been cheated of seeing Azul in his octopus form without having to overblot...😭

All that’s missing from this scene is for the boys and Yuulan to be in sexy red harem outfits...👀

If he can’t do it, GREAT!!!

This face is particularly creepy tho. 😳

Why am I not surprised this fucking bird man was willing to take bribes? This is probably why your school is so messed up (affectionately).

Okay! Time to get personal for a moment! Up until this point, I’ve had a certain level of sympathy for all the overblot boys and Jamil is no different. But Jamil’s sad story hit me especially hard because I was recently forced to sever ties with a group of toxic friends who, for more than decade, were the only friends I really had. And my relationship with them was a lot like what Jamil has with Kalim. Without going into much detail, I realize in hindsight that there was a lot of uncheckhed envy on everyone’s part but especially against me. I was made to defer to another friend who, for reasons, had to be better than me at everything. What made things worse was that our other friends were pressuring me to defer to them and yet actively compared me to them every chance they got.

One of the reasons I’ve been hesitant to continue reading book 5 is because even though I’m only a third of the way in, I can already sense that Vil has a similar dynamic with Neige as I had with this friend of mine and the parallels are even more clear to me. I hate to use this word but it’s been extremely triggering to me because these friends left me in an extremely venerable position that has only fed into my obsession with perfection and my self hatred. I have no friends at this point in my life and my creative pursuits are what bring me joy these days but one thing I’ve really appreciated and loved about Twisted Wonderland is the writing and how layered the characters are. That I can see my traumas in this story makes me feel strangely validated. I know that’s a pathetic thing to say but it’s true.

OKAY PERSONAL SHIT OVER! LETS CONTINUE!

🥺🥺🥺

Floyd, sweetie, I mean this in the nicest way possible, but please shut up before I pull out my stick again... (affectionately)

OOF! That’s all I can say, hell, that’s all I COULD say when I first read this! 😂

Daaaaammmnnnnnnnnn this is actually pretty awesome! And true.

Awweeee, this is so sweet. You two have really grown on me since the first time we met in the prologue. We’re all officially besties and it’s awesome! Even if you two do act like airheads sometimes...

But I’d love to know what public transportation is like in this world. Are there planes? Even though brooms are a thing. I’m sure boats are a thing since most of the land are isles, but yeah, I’m curious now.

Unlike Crowley, who DID...

And yet, you’re smiling...❤❤❤

Awwe, they were worried too!

Oh, hi Lilia. Fancy seeing you he...LILIA?!?!

Please don’t, and for the love of god, PUT THOSE FUCKING FANGS AWAY!!! 👀

Though I wish he hadn’t vanished so quickly, I would have happily invited Malleus to our feast, Lilia too! 💚

Also, I feel for Mal probably on his knees praying to the Great Seven that we wouldn’t figure out that M.D. stood for Malleus Draconia. Since he probably couldn’t sign the card Tsunotaro without Lilia interrogating him about it. Or worse, Sebek having a hissy fit abt someone daring to call Malleus such a name. 😭

OH GOD THE RAT IS BACK

THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN?! WHAT DOES ANY OF THAT MEAN?!

Oh God...OH FUCK! OHHHH FUCKKKKK! Does that mean...? Could that possibly mean?? 👀👀💙💙👀👀💙

APPLE CHILD! My sweet apple child! His birthday is coming up soon too! 💙

Where’s my stick...

NOOOOO! Don’t cry, Epel! Please don’t cry! And the “dagnabbit” is adorably funny! I wasn’t gonna pull for Epel’s birthday card but I lowkey want to just to see how EN will translate that one part of his birthday story where he completely goes into his dialect.

Anywhoo, please don’t cry, Epel! Who would dare make my sweet apple child cry?! Cause the second I find them, me and my stick are gonna...

...oh...oh...nevermind...I’ll just put this stick down and see myself out...*backs away slowly*

FUUUUUCCCKKKK! THERE HE IS THERE HE IS THERE HE IS MY DARLING HANDSOME SEXY SUS-AS-FUCK HUNTER!!! 💙💙💙

Aaaannndddd, I’m back on my Rook-thirst bullshit again. Sorry Epel, you’re on your own for now. When Rook comes on screen, my better judgement leaves me out the opposite window! And with that, let me end this before I get too far in my Pomefiore flailing. Yeah...🤣🤣🤣

#twisted wonderland #jas reads twst #long post #SHUT UP JAS

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causewhywouldnti · 9 months

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My thoughts as I’m watching 24 seasons of law & order svu:

Season 9

9x01 her waiving her Miranda rights, does not seem legal… it was highly entertaining though. Kathy’s face when Janice talked to her is priceless. Benson and Stabler putting their silent communication to good use is always great. Love the twist at the end!

What order did they shoot these episodes in? Because Benson's hair is very different in 9x03 than it was in the first two episodes…

9x04, those are slow chest compressions… And good on Elliot to admit that his anger isn't helping and that he is not proud of it.

I thought there was something in the pizza box in 9x06, but I was thinking body part, not bomb. That Olivia would be attacked once she got home was pretty clear, but I'm glad that she got her anger under control.

9x07, after Stabler gets his head bashed into the window, he has glass all over his shoulder, which is practically the first place Benson puts her hands. Him panicking after not being able to see is some great acting. Benson looking out for Stabler was really sweet. Also, her catching him when he tripped after court. The confrontation between Casey and Benson: loved that Casey asked her if she wanted the perp tried because of the girls, or because of what he did to Elliot. Benson pretty much confirms it’s about Elliot when she states, "he’s my partner". And later on, where she fully admits that she wanted revenge for him. At least Benson concedes that she was wrong. Sam Waterston is back! The episode also made me realize we don't really know anything about Casey's private life (or I just wasn't paying attention).

9x08, I feel like they could have tried harder to stop the suspect being crushed in a garbage truck.

The kid clinging onto Elliot is really cute in 9x09. Oh, Elliot… that's the worst way the father could have found out that he's not actually the father. Don't get me started on how Benson put that IV in, cause nope. Don't know why, but that birthing scene had me laughing out loud (Until she got Tachy…). The first Benson Stabler hug is everything though!

9x10, Olivia's face whilst Elliot is talking to his "friend" is priceless! Plus, we got our first mention of an iPhone.

9x14 Elliot has a way with words, not in a good way though, yikes. Poor Olivia, the lack of kids is really getting rubbed into her face in this episode.

9x15 must have been the first episode after the last writer strike. The scene in the basement got pretty graphic. Them talking disparagingly about the captain’s size is petty, and I am here for it.

9x16 Tucker's back… yay… Benson saying she would never leak to the media when she actually did that in season 7 and the journalist is still being held in contempt for it (at least I assume he is, not like we got a follow-up). That scene between Benson, Stabler and Moss is so awkward. Also, least romantic kiss ever. That was also a one episode relationship. He wanted to move in, she broke up with him.

9x17, a sheep named Elliot on Morning Joe, well that's new. Munch enjoying himself in the pillow fight is great though. I feel like there's a scene missing. One moment Benson is taking Rook into custody, the next second Stabler is panicking, and then we find out Benson is missing. Stabler's gonna need a new pair of handcuffs.

9x18 did not see that ending coming.

9x19, TV shows always forget, that when you disconnect an IV, there’s gonna be a lot of blood… Not quite sure where the Fin/Stabler conflict is coming from, but here we are. Poor Casey, but probably fair. Lake… never really warmed up to him, but that’s just a sad ending.

Familiar faces: Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City), Melissa Joan Hart, Jayne Atkinson (Madam Secretary), Aidan Quinn (White Collar), Steven Weber (Studio 60), Shannon Woodward (Malcolm in the Middle), Jarred Harris (Fringe), Ayre Gross (Perlmutter on Castle), Gaius Charles (Friday Night Lights), Adina Porter (The 100), Mark Valley (Fringe), Jeremy Jordan (The Flash), Mae Whitman (A:tla), Braeden Lemasters (House), Meredith Eaton (House), Mark Moses (Scandal), Bailey Chase (Castle), Bill Pullman (While You Were Sleeping), Robin Williams, Joe Scarborough, Matthew Davis (Legally Blonde),

Favorite episodes: 9x01, 9x07, 9x09, 9x12

Favorite lines:

"Try and behave yourself." - Cragen 9x01 (as if that would happen)

"You know, wherever you are, you're almost never more than 6 feet away from a spider." - Janice 9x01 (well ain't that a comforting thought…)

"She’s not supposed to be pregnant. (turning to Kathy) You're too old, I’m in college, people will think it's mine." - Kathleen 9x01

„You took an oath. You don't get to take a time-out because we're at war. Because it's difficult to uphold. The oath was written for times like these.“ - Waren in 9x04 on the Hippocratic oath

"It's my job to look out for him." - Benson about Stabler 9x07

#for prosperity #law and order special victims unit #svu #season 9

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troglobite · 1 year

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okay calmer but also kind of extensive but hopefully not THAT extensive Thoughts abt t/d l/sso

we are well into s2 now in our rewatch

we watched a few eps tonight

and we ended w the ep where we have ted finally talking to the doc, and crucially, where trent runs into ted at the crown and anchor.

okay. so.

thoughts & observations in no particular order, but a lot calmer now that i'm not screaming and ranting (literally) and kicking walls (almost literally) and dripping sweat bc i'm so worked up abt everything (unfortunately also literally, not an exaggeration)

okay so first of all, nate's treatment of colin in these eps makes me 100 times angrier knowing now what we do abt colin. devastating.

also, though?

when nate insults him, after colin comes in to check w him and see if he's done anything wrong to annoy him, nate says "jamie and dani are like picasso and gauguin" and colin responds "...pedophiles?"

this. is actually so fucking important?

nate, aggressively straight and domineering here, uses this comparison favorably.

colin, timid and gay, calls out these straight artists for what they are: fucking creeps.

A GAY MAN GOT TO CALL OUT STRAIGHT MEN FOR BEING NASTY FUCKING CREEPS.

THAT IS REALLY SUBTLE AND REALLY FUCKING IMPORTANT.

and it's also such a great way for him to accidentally completely undermine nate's point.

that is. fucking incredible writing.

additionally, idr when it was, but roy calls colin a chameleon, right? not in the eps we just watched, but at some point.

colin coming into nate's office--i think will? or someone? bumps into him "sorry i didn't see you" "camouflage!" lol

haha funny

except.

as others have pointed out, colin blends in.

he is literally in the closet. that is literally his hope and goal and purpose. to blend in. to fit in. to fade into the background a bit.

he says to trent in amsterdam, "i don't wanna be a spokesperson."

and here nate is, saying he's not an artist. his work doesn't hang in museums. it hands in a holiday inn. covering up a bloodstain.

that is such a painful way to describe what colin is doing.

and it's not that he's not himself! we ALSO see him go out w the team, sitting between isaac and sam, singing all the words to a song they didn't expect him to know! he has friends, he is himself.

but as he says to trent (and as he's told doctor sharon), he can't combine his two lives into one.

no matter how much they're friends, he's not entirely himself with them, bc he can't be. or he's afraid to be--and justifiably so.

ALSO.

colin is the only one we see repeatedly talking to doctor sharon. they genuinely were setting that up. "i am a strong and capable man." i love him dearly.

but anyway--

my point is. all of this stuff abt how colin blends in. he fades into the background. he's not important. they all lose their minds when zava leaves, and colin's the one that he replaced. and with zava gone, colin's back on the pitch, and everyone criticizes the choice.

it's. so frustrating! and hurtful!

and all of this shit abt him blending in and how he doesn't want to stand out or be a spokesperson.

and i just think. ....maybe it would be good for him to stand out. to shine. to get positive attention. he doesn't have to be a spokesperson. but he deserves....something.

anyway the only other person we see talking to and abt the doc is ted.

the team really appreciates her. she sees the entire team early on. but ongoing? it's mostly colin. and ted.

[stares]

additionally, i was very excited to see trent at the crown and anchor, bc i hadn't realized at all that he was on a date, as several people have presumed.

and i was like "oh i wanna see! i wonder if he is! who's the guy?"

well turns out is a fucking clone of ted but with glasses and stripes.

the scene plays out like this

ted alone at the bar

mae says

"if music be the food of love, give me excess of it" (which does skip the "play on" part)

those are the opening lines of twelfth night.

a play in which orsino, the man who speaks those lines, thinks he's in love with this one woman, but then a different woman comes to him in the disguise of a man, and whoops they fall in love instead. (this is, without a doubt, the most bisexual play in shakespeare's canon. and that's saying something.)

then they hard cut to trent about to leave the bar, but he spots ted, pauses, and turns to his date and says oh sorry i'll just be a second, i'll be right out.

i paused to look at this man.

notable mustache (made so prominent that it was the first thing i noticed abt him--it's literally a styled handlebar mustache)

same exact parting of his hair as ted, and beginning to bald in the same ways

a collared shirt which is worn

underneath a light sweater

the only difference? his glasses.

and then trent walks over

"of all the pubs in the world!"

[stares]

also, trent?

trent's wearing what he always wears: a band t-shirt. literally such a notable detail of his outfits whenever he shows up that it's how ppl identify and talk abt him.

"if MUSIC be the food of love, give me excess of it"

[stares even more]

we also get jamie and roy interactions that are Delicious.

oh wait actually i do want to return to colin real quick.

beard hears what nate says to colin and tells him to apologize because it was "weird and personal"

[STARES]

nate does apologize

but as he's doing it, the team joins in to describe him w insults in order to convey what it was he was being to colin. a dick, an asshole, a cock, a....something butterfly, idr, that last one was dani. lol

but this includes isaac, jamie, dani, and....i wanna say zoureaux/van damme. idr.

but it's just. colin told them what nate said.

and they backed him up.

and then when colin forgave him, they ALL forgave him.

god. i just. i want colin to be okay. idk what i want this show to do w his storyline, but i just want him to be okay. i have to believe he will be. the team truly love each other.

also detail: i haven't forgotten that HIGGINS suggested the problem was ted and that they should look into getting different players. they got zava, that was a winning streak but a Problem.

and then ted came up with total football on his own, and now, bc of the lasso way, it's WORKING. and that's ted.

i LOVE this.

okay back to roy and jamie.

we just saw in s3's latest ep that jamie was UPSET abt not being able to switch roles w someone else! he WANTED to learn and have fun! he was sad and disappointed that he couldn't be trained and included in the same way. :(

that's such incredible growth. as others have pointed out, in s1 he says, "coach, i'm me. why would i wanna be anything else?"

TO HAVE FUN! TO CONNECT W YOUR TEAMMATES! TO LEARN! TO GROW!!!!!

i love this FUCKING show. it is SO IMPECCABLY WRITTEN!!!!

so back here in s2 where we are, jamie wants roy to coach him, bc roy refuses to. he's begging. he'll do anything roy wants, he just wants to be coached. and he's right! it's unfair! (and roy hilariously says to dock his pay by 4% since he's not technically coaching the whole team lol)

which is a GREAT fucking set up for s3 when jamie wants to be better than zava, and ROY OFFERS TO COACH HIM ON HIS OWN AT 4 AM. EVERY DAY. (and as others have pointed out, he notes that 4 am is the time when ppl are least expecting anything and therefore easiest to take by surprise. lol)

an INCREDIBLE turnaround for him, as well. OFFERING to coach jamie, bc now he sees that jamie MEANS IT! he's committed!

they're genuinely growing closer and i love it. it's so sweet.

ALSO there was a callback to this s2 ep in the latest s3 ep!

i had totally forgotten abt it

but roy's coaching advice is that jamie is too nice and timid of a player now, when what would help them win more is him being a prick, again. "so i can go back to being a prick?" "no, only sometimes."

how will he know? he'll get a signal.

what's the signal?

flipping him off, giving him the middle finger. lol

that never comes up again--

UNTIL

THIS LATEST EPISODE.

where jamie has Thoughts abt total football and the team's performance, and he says "yeah i have some thoughts but i don't wanna sound like a prick"

so everyone--starting w colin possibly???--flips him off, TELLING HIM TO BE A PRICK. GIVING HIM PERMISSION.

i had FORGOTTEN abt that in s2!!! in context in s3 while having forgotten the original source of flipping him off, it just read as funny to me, like they were insulting him and implicitly offering him permission.

but no, that's their signal: jamie, go ahead and be a prick, it'll help us win/do better.

I LOVE THAT.

other things i loved abt roy and jamie in these s2 eps

we get the ep where keeley Loses Her Fucking Mind bc roy is unknowingly being overbearing and clingy.

I MAINTAIN THAT SHE SHOULD'VE APOLOGIZED FOR SCREAMING AT HIM AND NOT JUST TELLING HIM IMMEDIATELY.

as an autistic with extreme trauma around that kind of shit, she SHOULD HAVE APOLOGIZED. one of the few things i think the show Got Wrong.

the rest of the resolution was great, though. and roy expresses his feelings very well.

HOWEVER

it's jamie who incidentally offers the perspective he needs to figure out his relationship w keeley. lol

"all due respect, coach, but that's not what he needs from me. what he needs is for me to give him space."

and then of course the iconic

".........FUCK!" and storm off. lol

but i love that! legitimately, all those roy/jamie truthers out there, i mean, I FUCKING GET IT! I SEE IT!

THEY PUT ROY IN A FUCKING RICKSHAW WITH PRIDE FLAGS AND RAINBOWS ALL OVER IT WHILE A LOVE SONG PLAYED AND THEN HE RETURNED TO TED QUOTING EVEN MORE ROMCOMS AT HIM

like i'm fucking sorry. REALLY???

and then jamie always being there for roy w relationship woes. like REPEATEDLY.

and jamie being mature abt his feelings for keeley

jamie being there to comfort roy when they broke up

i'm just

[STARES]

it truly is wonderful and compelling.

also i am still hung up on trent talking abt the 3 things and wondering what the fourth thing is, and then telling ted--like a dork--that the fourth thing doesn't matter, bc the lasso way has all been leading up to this total football thing and they'll perfect it.

and of course it's also abt his book, bc that's the clarity and overenthusiastic rambling of a writer going OH MY FUCKING GOD FINALLY I KNOW WHAT MY CORE THESIS IS lol

and i'm truly. TRULY.

entirely hung up

on them walking onto the pitch for training

the three of them (coaches) pass by trent on the sidelines

and ONLY TED

says

"hi, trent"

to which he responds

"hi, ted"

also at the crown and anchor, after the quote from twelfth night that introduces trent who was on a date with a man who looked exactly fucking like ted, at the end of their exchange, trent says, "love our chats"

I'M SURE YOU DO, BUD.

I'M SURE YOU FUCKING DO

like here's the thing.

ted mentioned being straight exactly ONCE in the ENTIRE show.

now--that would be nothing, normally! a statement of something that is already presumed!

but.

it was in the context of--oh my fucking god i'm going to lose my fucking mind i just realized

okay not only was it in the context of--like okay hang on.

the whole speech he gives is about how he settled on his mustache.

he says

"as a straight white male in kansas and in sports and who's afraid of needles, my modes of expressing individuality were limited"

he mentions being straight as a fucking prison

not as a casual thing, but as a LIMITATION ON THE AVAILABLE WAYS FOR HIM TO EXPRESS HIMSELF.

the story continues--he chose some rancid facial hair, thought it looked great, but then beard said, and i quote, "it looks like you just ate bigfoot's ass"

and roy says "more like ass-squatch. i hate what you've done to me."

eating.........ass............OKAY THEN. in the same ep where beard talks abt how jane wants to try pegging. alsdkfj alsdkjfljdsklf

ANYWAY.

he concludes this tale by explaining WHY he's been talking abt it.

"sometimes the right answer is hidden underneath a few other things."

something to that effect.

basically, the truth and the right choice and what will work is hiding behind various layers of other things that you have to get through first.

THAT'S what he says in the same story where he OPENS by saying he's STRAIGHT and that HETEROSEXUALITY IS A PRISON?!!?

here's where i am with everything

i spent 2 seasons subconsciously ignoring all of the queer stuff bc i fully was like "there's no way this show would actually do that."

i have been burned and queerbaited too many times in my life.

i am now firmly in the camp of "that bitch gay" said for fun at various shows, and sometimes they go there, but most of the time, they don't.

and i just enjoyed ted lasso so much that i didn't even say anything.

until season 3.

where on the second or third episode, i literally said "i think ted and trent should end up together."

i had no proof.

i just liked The Vibes.

and i was like "haha wouldn't that be fun."

and then the show said

HEY GUESS WHAT EVERYONE'S FUCKING QUEER ALSDKJFALSDKJFALSKDJ

so now i am retroactively losing my fucking mind.

this show has a "throwaway" line in one episode that then comes up FIFTEEN EPISODES AND ONE FULL SEASON LATER.

their commitment to the bit is INCREDIBLE. the episode "rainbow"--

they have an episode all about romcoms. quoting as many as possible. the framing of the episode's entire plot is like a romcom. all of it. and they chose to call it rainbow and make the song, which is emblematic of the episode, is she's like a rainbow.

and in that episode, ted says "things will always work out in the end. not in the way you expect or want, but it'll always work out."

AND I AM JUST !!!!!

like their signal to jamie being flipping the bird. keeley and rebecca and "i'm going to reapply my lipliner". the boxes that nate makes with his niece (who we've finally met!).

like ALL of that matters! all of that comes back around!!!

all of these details are relevant and matter, and EVERYTHING is deliberate.

colin wearing camo and joking that that's why someone literally didn't see him. colin, a gay man, being the one to call out straight men for being fucking creeps.

NOTHING IS ON ACCIDENT IN THIS SHOW.

and so i just.......

the most bisexual shakespeare play is quoted AT ted.

it references music.

trent, notorious band t-shirt wearer, then walks up.

he leaves his date, a man who looks exactly like ted but just slightly to the left, to talk to ted.

ted lies to him abt his problems.

and trent says

"love our chats"

ted REPEATEDLY comments on the beauty and appearances of MULTIPLE men in the show.

the rainbow episode features him quoting romcoms at the whole team, but MAINLY roy--who ends up in a rainbow-covered rickshaw to carry out the romcom ending of rushing to the airport (stadium) to declare his love (that he agrees to coach).

ted's only reference to being straight is in a NEGATIVE light.

additionally, we got a couple other small things.

keeley mentions that jane (i genuinely think y'all are right that jane and jack are sisters) once followed her home to ask if beard and ted were shagging.

beard is VERY sex positive and unabashed abt all of that stuff.

he tells nate to not be "weird and personal" abt insulting colin, and to apologize to him.

nate and beard previously teamed up in s1 to talk to ted--and ted says, "are y'all here to tell me you're in a relationship?" and then says something abt being an ally, and beard looks annoyed (they were talking abt needing to bench roy)

in the latest s3 ep, ted says to roy

"look at that head'a hair. god had to take it away to make things fair."

y'know who else has a great head of hair?

trent.

y'know who's in the room that the camera keeps dramatically cutting to for reaction shots?

trent.

y'know what roy says to ted after this?

a grunt of agreement.

jamie literally teaches roy how to ride a bike. they commiserate over keeley and their various familial relationships.

also small thing but i DID notice that we NEVER see where roy lives.

he's either at his sister's place or keeley's. we literally don't know where he lives.

we even know where JAMIE lives, ffs.

and briefly, where beard lives. where rebecca lives. we've even seen dani's bedroom (briefly, after a nightmare abt earl the dog).

but we have literally never seen where roy lives.

and given the fact that he's still so Angry all the time. ....i just find it interesting. is that part of his growth?

also him being "clingy" w keeley--he's so attentive and loving.

and yet HE broke up w her.

and rebecca says to him, "she's going to see someone who thinks they deserve her."

implying roy thinks he doesn't deserve her.

and legitimately--like--roy also says he doesn't have nate's genius football acumen or whatever.

i really think he's battling his insecurity.

and jamie helps him w it, teaching him how to ride a bike, and letting him see a windmill.

roy doesn't like allowing weakness. or vulnerability. he HATED crying at his press conference announcing his retirement.

and i just.............

[stares]

idfk, man.

this show is fucking incredible. everything is so tightly, carefully written.

i still can't get over the fact that everyone saw ted react to colin and michael kissing in an alleyway and immediately went

"that's an older gay having That Reaction"

and it WAS.

and then MORE THAN THAT

that trent has said NOTHING abt it. "for months", as he put it.

and we were like

"well yeah, he's queer. you don't betray one of your own like that."

and what reason does he offer to colin for not outing him?

EXACTLY FUCKING THAT.

it just felt like being seen in such a real way. such a small thing but so genuinely fucking wonderful.

i previously just really enjoyed this show. i cried, i got invested. it was v nice!

but now my entire person is CONSUMED by this show because they MADE IT FUCKING GAY.

and it HAS BEEN GAY SINCE THE BEGINNING.

i just didn't allow myself to believe, to see.

EVEN NOW! I CAN'T SEE IT, SOMETIMES!

will was at that jazz club w higgins in amsterdam, and he's looking over at that couple making out.

and i'm like "ew why is he staring at that woman?"

HE WASN'T JUST STARING AT HER, HE WAS STARING AT HER AND HER BOYFRIEND

HE HAD A FUCKING THREESOME

like i'm just.

even now, i'm assuming things are straight.

fucking absurd. THE ABSURDITY OF IT ALL!!!

so, do i actually think ted might be queer? possibly! if it is true/canon, i think it'll be a late game reveal that sort of leaves implications for his future wide open.

do i think ted and trent will end up together? probably not. i still firmly think that ted ends up romantically alone or open at the end.

but i DO think that it'll come out that trent is fucking in love with ted. or at least deeply enamored with him. there's no other way that fucking plays out.

do i think that roy and/or jamie will come out? possibly! they've laid it on really thick w roy. i can see that happening. and yet still the majority of me is like "that's not fucking happening. there's no way they have more than one of the teammates and coaches be queer. no way." and yet!

and re: jamie, there's less implying that he's queer, i'll say that.

the only thing there really is is his relationship w roy.

do i think that THEY will end up together? probably not, but tbh, who fucking knows? i genuinely think the roy/keeley/jamie shippers ARE ONTO SOMETHING.

i now have no idea how far this show will go wrt queer rep. i just don't.

but like. .....

rebecca is For Sure straight. the way she talks abt men and women, she's straight.

same w higgins--though i would be money he had an experimental phase.

many of the team's players are definitely straight.

i think beard is straight but may have......strayed. not much, though, if he's unsure abt pegging.

nate is DEFINITELY straight.

and like--

all of these characters have said things in a casual, non-performative way to like, confirm their heterosexuality.

.....nobody else really has.

jamie hasn't. since s1 and the v beginning of s2, he's completely moved on from relationships.

there was keeley and then bex (which !!!!), and then one woman he slept w casually. then the dating reality show where he only slept with certain women as part of a strategy to win the reality show.

and ever since then? literally nothing.

roy hasn't. his reaction to keeley having a girlfriend is really calm. he mostly seems sad that she's moved on, and he's having complicated feelings abt it. but it's not the fact that she's bisexual--the way he and jamie react to that news seems to imply that they knew she was bisexual. which!!! to be fair!!! if i hadn't been afraid to believe in the queerness of certain characters, i ALSO would've known!

otherwise, roy has been really sensitive, kind, clingy, dorky and goofy, and fiercely protective of himself and others. and hasn't really otherwise said much abt anything re: other women. keeley is the only one we've really seen and heard abt.

there WAS phoebe's teacher. i think we were meant to get a hint of it when he walks into his office and sees a card from liza or something? but like. .....that's it.

ted hasn't. i know, he says "as a straight white male" in this latest ep. and he previously in s1 calls himself an ally. but. ......[stares] in context, those things don't necessarily confirm much. the amount that he compliments other men. NOW! TO BE CLEAR! he is v much not there for toxic masculinity (toxic positivity, yes, sometimes, but not masculinity). this could v much just be him being comfortable complimenting other men bc that's how he operates.

it just seems. Interesting. all of the things that he says, that are said to him, about him, around him. and the framing of certain things. and him saying straight was not in a "hi, i'm straight!"--it was in the way where........it feels relevant to his social standing, and not who he is, bc the things he lists and the environment he was in were literally limiting his ability to express himself.

and btw, the moment that beard tells him that his facial hair looks bad, like he just ate bigfoot's ass?

RIGHT BEFORE HE WALKS DOWN THE AISLE TO GET MARRIED.

that just.

that seems deliberate.

yes, we've mainly seen ted w women. absolutely. but, to me, the things he's said and done.........aren't really confirmation that we can or should rule out bisexuality. which is. WILD, to me.

anyway.

point being, idk how far the show will go. idk what's in store for the characters.

i know that next week's ep includes a "leak" that has implications for keeley.

i don't think it'll be abt her relationship. if it is, it'll be some shitty information abt jack.

but she's the PR manager for the team, still.

i worry that it'll be abt colin.

could be abt roy? idfk.

but i'm just.

i am along for this ride.

this show is so well fucking done i can't imagine NOT using it in classes to teach incredible screenwriting, and incredible visual storytelling. just absolutely amazing.

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suttonriverhq · 1 year

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Jordyn Bothello and Reagan Leong have arrived.

Welcome, Erin, to Sutton River. We’re excited to have you here! Please contact the main for the Discord link. Thanks!

[ pink hair, usually styled in braids. black platform wedge boots. only the largest cup of iced coffee imaginable. loud music playing in the background of her lab. a black cat that appears out of nowhere. emily bett rickards. ]

small town, big secrets. — is that JORDYN BOTHELLO? i heard SHE is a FORENSIC SCIENTIST. at THIRTY, some things just aren’t what they seem. J has been in sutton river for THREE YEARS, making things more interesting for a tiny town. especially being CYNICAL AND JUDGEMENTAL but also LOYAL AND DEPENDABLE. guess we can’t have it all? wonder what will happen next.

OTHER INFORMATION:

What is their hometown?: Seattle, WA.

When is their birthday?: July 24.

TELL US AT LEAST THREE HEADCANONS ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER:

Jordyn always loved reading mystery novels. She started out with Nancy Drew and then Agatha Christie. And one would always find her nose would be stuck in a book.

She has three older brothers, all of whom are very protective of her, even though she has proven she can handle herself and can be very feisty. But, being the only girl and the youngest, they are all very protective nonetheless.

She moved to Sutton River after a job offer after seeing her credentials, as the small but mighty team in the tiny town was needing their own forensic scientist rather than sourcing out from Savannah.

Jordyn is not afraid to speak her mind. She may have bubblegum-pink hair but she is ready to fight. Plus she's smarter than people give her credit for. Being a woman in science, most of her colleagues wouldn't bat an eye... until they see her work.

[ hair up in a ponytail, the perfect shade of lipstick, colorful floral scrubs, sneakers that still look perfect, designer sunglasses on the weekend, a glass of rose wine and high heels. gemma chan ]

small town, big secrets. — is that REAGAN LEONG? i heard SHE is a NURSE PRACTITIONER/FORMER BEAUTY QUEEN. at THIRTY-EIGHT, some things just aren’t what they seem. REY has been in sutton river for FIVE YEARS, making things more interesting for a tiny town. especially being SUPERFICIAL AND OVERTRUSTING but also PATIENT AND NURTURING. guess we can’t have it all? wonder what will happen next.

[erin]

OTHER INFORMATION:

What is their hometown?: New York City, NY.

When is their birthday?: January 6.

TELL US AT LEAST THREE HEADCANONS ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER:

Reagan is the oldest of three sisters. They are all close, and being the oldest, she has had most of the responsibility in the family. Being a nurse had always been her dream, so that is one thing about her life she is happy about.

She and her ex-boyfriend were high school sweethearts. They were practically inseparable, even through college. He supported her modeling career too, even if it was mostly her aunt's dream and not her own.

Her aunt signed her up for modeling classes at a young age. She had also once participated in pageants, and since Reagan was the oldest daughter of the oldest son in the family, she didn't have much of a say in the matter. Reagan enjoyed it for the most part, but she hated all the competition and negativity that came with it.

Reagan has a six-year-old daughter named Mae with her husband. The two of them are trying to patch things up in their marriage but things have been slipping downhill for a while.

#suttonaccepted #jordynbothello #reaganleong #accepted

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cup-and-chaucer · 1 year

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My Month in Books: October 2022

Disfigured: On Fairytales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc: This started out strong but really and truly fizzled the more it went on. I loved the concept of interweaving personal narrative and literary criticism but the further she moved away from the traditional fairytales (like those collected by Grimm or Anderson) and into less easily defined medias like Game of Thrones or the Marvel Universe, her arguments became a vaguer series of reactions, rather than a structured thesis. While meandering at the best of times, the end was a bit of a mess. The early sections of the book are definitely worth reading—I just wish this project had a better editor.

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown: This was a very charming book about an out and proud lesbian in 1960s New York City. I can totally see why this would have meant a lot to a lot of people at critical points in the development of their sexual identity. I think, honestly, at the ripe old age of 25, I’m too old for this? I feel like I’ve been out for awhile; have worked to develop a pretty nuanced understanding of my own bisexuality and gender expression at this point. The book takes a hysterical and campy left turn at the end. It’s worth reading as an artifact of its time and to appreciate a really distinct (if Mary Sue—did you know she could be a model) protagonist voice.

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing: I so enjoyed this!! Lansing is a really good writer and kept the story engaging and well-paced.

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: This was a recommendation from a close friend as a descriptor of our relationship. I was very moved by this novella, to be quite honest. I recognized in it—as I did in Notes from the Underground—the intensity of loneliness, the way that loneliness manifests, and how being a “dreamer” can feed and perpetuate loneliness while also being its own magic. I did see a lot of this particular relationship, in eerie ways, in the intensity and immediacy of the connection, the relief in discovering each other, and some events of the actual plot. I saw her in the narration of the dreamer and also in the actions of Nastenka. I read this, at a necessary point in my life, I think, and it made me reflect seriously on the type of alloyed love that can develop between two people. The love in this story is as intermediate as the nature of a dreamer. I don’t know if I will grow with this book (only time will tell), the way she has, but I think I will be able to use this book to describe the foundation of this relationship. It feels like an artifact of this year. Reading it made me tired, it made me hopeful, it made me sad, it made me grateful.

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman: I found this story had good bones but felt disappointingly unfinished in the way his graphic short Snow, Glass, Apple felt sort incomplete. The brief insight into the world he created was marvelous but there wasn’t much a twist on…anything? Like the motivations of the villain remained the same, even if her position was different. Increasingly, I feel like for me to enjoy retelling of popular fairytales, they need a more pointed perspective and I didn’t get that here.

#month in books #sleeper and the spindle #neil gaiman #ruby mae brown #amanda leduc #alfred lansing #fyodor dostoevsky #white nights #disfigured #rubyfruit jungle #rita Mae brown #endurance

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imagines-r-s · 3 years

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silver - n. patrick

ok, so this is my first time writing anything to do with the NHL, so feedback is greatly appreciated

Nolan Patrick x reader

summary: the one where everyone around you is annoyed of how oblivious the two of you are

my requests are open-- taglist: @sortagaysortahigh

wc: 7.9k

a/n: this is one of my favorite things i’ve ever written omg. also huge shoutout to @barbienoturbby and @sunsetholland for reading this and for validation

warnings: angst, mutual pining, a few swear words, you and nol being oblivious, fighting, brief mention of injury

(gif not mine)

When you got the ‘SOS’ text from Nolan, you quickly assumed the worst. Knowing that he had just gotten out of practice you assumed he had gotten hurt during practice or he was dealing with another migraine and since it was your day off from your job as the Flyers trainer, you assumed the worst - one of your coworkers was there, but that didn’t mean that Nolan would go to them. You were caught even more off guard when he sent a second text a few minutes later, ‘i’m picking you up in 15. be ready’

The cryptic messages from your best friend weren’t helping your confusion, so you decided the best option was to call him. He picked up shortly after the second ring, “Hey y/n/n, what’s up?”

“What’s up? That’s all you have to say after those wack text messages?”

“Um, when you put it like that? Then yes,” you didn’t have to see his face to know that he was smirking, “anyways, I just parked, so I’ll be up to your apartment soon, bye.”

With that, he ended the call, once again adding to your confusion. Deciding the only thing you could honestly do, you got up from your couch and got dressed. You were halfway through getting your hair done when you heard the door to your apartment unlock.

Walking towards the door you saw Nolan, his hair still somewhat wet since he rushed here after practice. “Okay, do I get some form of explanation, or are you just going to stand there?”

“Look, I kinda fucked up. But just hear me out, okay?” he rushed out as he paced your living room.

“What do you mean you kinda fucked up?”

“Okay, so... at practice, me and the boys were talking about the charity gala that’s this Friday and a few comments might have been made about how I don’t have a date.”

“Let me guess. And your dumbass went, ‘I have a date, blah, blah, blah, who just happens to work for our team and you all know her’ and I got roped into the equation?” you said, jokingly.

“Wait, how’d you know?” he said with no hint of humor in his voice.

“Wait, you’re serious? I just assumed you needed me to find you a date? But you said I was your date?” heat rushed to your face at the thought of being Nolan’s fake date to the gala. You don’t know how you’re supposed to make it a whole night while having to pretend to be his.

He simply nodded in response, “Please, y/n/n. It would mean so much. You obviously don’t have to and I can just say you can’t make it or whatever, but-”

“Nol, it’s fine,” you said, cutting off his rambling, “I’m pretty sure I need a dress though.”

Nolan’s smile grew when he heard what you said, “Yeah, that’s why I came here. I kinda figured you’d say yes anyway, so it just kinda worked out.”

“Oh, don’t try to act all cocky on me now, you were just pacing my living room in fear that I would say no.”

“Besides the point. Anyways, let’s go get you that dress,” Nolan said, grabbing your hand and leading you out the apartment. You did your best to ignore the butterflies in your stomach as your hand intertwined with his.

“So, what does your suit look like?” you asked as you glanced around the store for a dress. “Oh, I was just thinking simple black, but I’ll match the tie with whatever color your dress or shoes are. We have to make sure they think we’re actually together.”

“Y-yeah. You’re right,” his words hurt you a little more than they should have. He was right. This wasn’t real and if you didn’t sell it well enough then Nolan would get the backhand of it. “What if I got that black dress over there?” you pointed to a simple off the shoulder black dress with a slit up to your mid-thigh,” and then get colorful shoes that you can get a tie to match?”

You missed the way Nolan gulped when you were busy looking for your size. He already knew the dress would look amazing on you, so when you found your size he knew he was in for it. “I’m going to go try this on real quick, I’ll be back,” you said before making your way to talk to an associate there.

As soon as you stepped out of the dressing room in the dress, he knew he was screwed. His mind immediately going places that it shouldn’t have.“Nol, what do you think?” you asked, snapping him out of his thoughts. He was thinking a lot more than he should have. “Oh, uh, you look beautiful, y/n,” he forced out.

“I feel like this look would need a statement necklace or something to go with it, to kinda draw it all together, you know,” you said before doing a spin, “I don’t think I’m going to get it though.”

“You’re getting it,” he insisted. He didn’t care about the price, he knew that the dress was meant for you. He didn’t care that he might only see it once, but he could tell you loved the dress. He also loved you in the dress.

Whenever you got home that night, you were met with your roommate in the kitchen. “So, you going to tell me where you and Nolan were all day? And don’t try to deny it, I heard your conversation this morning about the gala,” Mae teased.

Mae had known you long enough to know how you felt about Nolan, she also knew Nolan well enough to know how he felt about you. Being the photographer for the Flyers, gave her an insight into the many interactions that you and Nolan had - both of you always looking for the other when there’s practice or a game, stolen glances when he’s on the bench, and him going out of his way to see you in your office (even when he isn’t hurt). She knew that if the two of you just said how you felt, that the two you would be happy with each other.

“If you heard our conversation, I don’t know why you’re asking what we did. We went shopping, that’s all.”

“Have y’all confessed your love for each other yet? Or is it still ‘unknown’ information?”

“It’s all very one-sided and you know that.”

“Not according to Kevin,” you scoffed.

“Okay, so one person says otherwise.”

“Or TK, or Hartsy, or-”

“Okay, okay. I get it.”

“Pretty much anyone on the Flyers roster would agree with me,” Mae said, making sure her point was clear. Even with everything she said, you still didn’t believe her. “You should honestly just talk to him. And maybe actually be honest about how you feel for once.”

“Anyways, I have to go shower now. I still have to get some stuff ready for the gala tomorrow,” you left before she could say anything more.

…..

Nolan had decided to take it upon himself to make sure you had the best possible day that you could. Since he didn’t have practice, he decided to go to your favorite bakery and get you breakfast and your favorite coffee. Knowing that you most likely wouldn’t be up for a while, he swung by a jewelry shop to get you a necklace to go with your dress to ‘bring the look together’.

“Hello sir, how can I help you today?” the salesperson said when Nolan walked in.

“Oh, so I was wondering if you had any type of hockey charms? Or initial charms?”

“Yes, we do actually. Silver or gold?”

“Definitely silver,” he said, thinking back to your shoes and his tie.

“Alright, if you’ll follow me,” the man led Nolan over to a glass display, directing him to the sports charms that they had. When Nolan saw the hockey charms, he smiled at the thought of you wearing it. “And what initial did you want, sir?”

“An ‘N’ “

After he paid for the necklace he made his way towards your apartment. Using the spare key you had given him when you took into account how many times he came over, he opened your front door.

“I still forget the fact that you have a key,” Mae said looking up from the couch, “Is that what I think it is?”

“Which thing?” Nolan said, setting his keys down on the counter. He noticed that you weren’t in the living room and assumed you were still asleep.

“I was just talking about the coffee and bag from the cafe, but is there something else?”

Nolan simply nodded, “yeah, I just want y/n to have a good day since she’s going with me to the gala.”

Mae eyed him suspiciously, “What else did you get her?”

“Huh?”

“You said ‘which thing’, which hints that there’s more than just coffee.”

“Oh, I got her a necklace for tonight.”

“Did you give her a key to your apartment and an engagement ring, too? Or is that next week?”

Nolan simply rolled his eyes at her statement, “It’s not like that.”

“It’s only that way because both of you are stubborn and oblivious. Did you get me a bagel or just her?” Mae said, glancing at the bag. Nolan nodded before getting everything out of the bag, “thanks, Nolan.”

He made his way towards your room, quietly opening the door to make sure not to wake you. Stopping for a moment at your door when he saw your sleeping form, before making his way to your bed. “y/n/n, I got you your favorite,” he said gently.

“Too early,” you groaned into your pillow, causing Nolan to laugh. “Babe, it’s 1 pm and Mae said you even went to bed early,” Nolan didn’t realize what he had said, but after hearing him say that nickname you were wide awake.

“It’s still too early,” you said, finally sitting up, “but what did you get me?”

“Your usual,” he handed you the bad when he noticed you had gotten settled against your headboard.

“Thanks, Nol. You know you don’t have to do-,” you paused as you noticed the jewelry box that he was still holding, “what’s in the box?”

“Oh, I-uh, I got you something for tonight. Obviously, you don’t have to wear it if you don’t want to, I just thought it would look nice with the dress,” he wasn’t even sure what prompted him to get it.

“Show me,” you said, taking a drink of your coffee.

“What?”

“Nol, show me what you got me,” you chuckled at his obvious nervousness. He ignored the fear that you would hate it as he struggled to open the box. When he finally got the box open, he immediately passed the box over to you. The anxious feeling in his chest only grew when there was no immediate response from you.

“I, uh, wow. Nolan, you shouldn’t have. You didn’t have to do this, you know.”

“Y-yeah, I know. But you said you needed a necklace to go with it and you honestly deserve so much for agreeing to go with me,” he said, finally meeting your eyes. “You deserve the world, y/n/n,” he whispered, averting his gaze down to your lips. You weren’t sure if you imagined it or not, but when you looked back up at him, he had gotten closer than he was before.

“Nol,” you whispered, as you noticed that he was getting closer, his lips eventually ghosting over yours.

“Hey, Nol, these bagels are great are you sure that you got them from the usual cafe,” Mae yelled as she barged into your room, causing the two of you to practically jump away from each other.

“Um, yeah,” he stated, his voice laced with annoyance,” the same one that’s a block away. Just like the bag says.”

He immediately shot a glare your way at the sound of both you and Mae laughing, “god, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Don’t you agree, y/n?”

“Oh, yeah. For sure,” Nolan’s face softening at the sound of you laughing.

…..

Mae stayed in your room while you got ready for the gala - helping you out anytime you needed with either your hair or makeup. As she listened to you ramble about Nolan and the day you had yesterday, she knew she had to interfere. Quickly pulling out her phone, she pulled up the contact of the one person she knew who would help her out, who just happened to be Nolan’s best friend.

heyyy teeks, i need your help

tk: i feel like you only text me when you need something. but what’s up

y/n and nolan.

tk : oh ok, yeah. he said she was his date for tonight though? i just assumed they finally talked it out?

well, they’re going as the others ‘fake date’. i’m very impatient and they are very dumb, so i need you to think of something

tk : why can’t you think of something?

i won’t be at the gala + i’m out of ideas

After the exchange of many text messages, Mae and Travis finally had a plan to help their two dumbass friends finally talk about how they felt.

“Who are you texting?” you asked when you saw Mae furiously typing away.

“Oh, just asking Teeks about the practice schedule?” she said, quickly coming up with an excuse.

“You know we work at the same time? Right? Like our schedules are the exact same?”

“Oh, yeah. I just wanted to see when would be a good time to get some statements for the team’s Instagram stories.”

You nodded hesitantly,” for some odd reason, I don’t believe you. But I also don’t know if I really want to know.”

“Anyways, what time is Nol picking you up?”

“He should be here-,” stopping when you heard the front door unlock, “now.”

Before you were even able to stand up from your vanity, Mae was already at the door. “Woah, Nolan, who knew you could clean up well.”

“Wow, Mae. You’re always so nice to me,” Nolan grumbled in response, “where’s y/n/n?”

“She should be out soon. She looks hot as hell, by the way. I know you’ll see her, but I just thought I’d let you know beforehand.”

“Well, it is her. She always looks beautiful,” he said without a second thought.

“Ooooh, Nol. You getting soft on us? Over a girl? Gasp. Never saw that one coming.”

“Mae, shut the literal fuck up. I swear if you make one more joke about me and y/n, I’ll-” before he was able to finish his sentence, you had emerged from the hallway wearing the dress. The dress. The same dress that nearly made him pass out in the store. Except now, you also had on the necklace with his initial and the shoes that matched what he was wearing. “Wow.”

You giggled at his reaction, trying to ignore the heat that rushed to your face, “wow to you, too.”

“Was that you were saying, Nolan? I make one more joke about you and-” Mae interrupted, snapping both you and Nolan out of whatever trance you were in. Nolan saw the look of confusion cross your face, “I won’t get you any bagels next time I go out.”

“Oh, you wouldn’t!”

“I would, actually.”

“Okay, did I miss something?” you said, looking between your two best friends.

“No,” the both of them said simultaneously.

….. As the two of you entered the ballroom that the gala was taking place, you took note of the amount of orange, black, and white decorations filling the room. All the players were scattered throughout the ballroom with their dates, some dancing, some near the bar, others talking.

Nolan kept his arm wrapped around your waist as he led you near Travis and Joel, who were standing near the bar. He let his arm fall when you mentioned you needed to go talk to Ryanne and made his way over to the boys.

“Dude, I thought you were joking when you said you were bringing y/n as your date,” Joel said when he knew you were far enough away.

“She looks hot as hell, I say that respectfully. If Mae found out I said that - in any context - she would murder me,” Travis knew that what he was saying would have an effect on his friend, that’s exactly why he said it. This was the plan that he and Mae had agreed to, the plan they hoped would work.

Nolan clenched his jaw, his body becoming tense from the words that he had heard from his friends. “Ok, Travis,” he simply nodded, in hopes that the conversation would end there.

“I mean is she still single?” Joel added.

“Well, I mean, yes, but-”

“I might ask her out soon. I mean you said she was single, right?”

“Yeah, but-”

“Ooh, Farabee’s getting bold,” Travis added.

Before Nolan could get another word out, you had made your back to the boys. “Hey, Nols. Did you want to go dance with me?” you asked, using all the courage you had in you.

“No,” he inwardly grimaced at how sharp his answer came out, but he was upset. He knew you deserve someone better than him. All his insecurities were reaching the surface over a simple statement his friend had made.

“No?”

“Yeah, why don’t you ask Farabee,” your brows furrowed as you saw him get up and walk away, joining Carter and Hayes at a table.

“Um, what’s up with him?”

“Farabee made a joke about his hair,” Travis made up on the spot.

“Oh, his hair?” to which both boys nodded, “um, alright.”

Your thoughts were racing. You knew it was something other than a joke about his hair, he would have chirped back if it was something like that. You hesitantly agreed to dance with Joel, knowing that after you danced you need to talk to Nolan. You and Joel made small talk, but your mind was a thousand miles away. “I can tell your mind is on something else, what’s up?” Joel interrupted your thoughts.

“I know you didn’t say anything about his hair,” you shot him a pointed look.

Joel only chuckled in response, “oh yeah, me and Teeks were trying to get him to admit something about how he felt about you, but instead he got all snarky. It definitely defeated the purpose of the joke, but we didn’t expect him to not say anything. If you go to him and talk to him, I’m sure it’ll all be okay.”

Once the song that was playing ended, that’s exactly what you did.

Or at least that was what you planned on doing.

You knew that finally telling Nolan how you felt would be risky. That’s what had stopped you so many times. But right now, the stars seemed to have aligned. Every one of your friends was telling you that things were mutual and that nothing would go wrong if you were just honest. Everything was leaning in the right direction.

Until you hit a stop sign.

That stop sign being Nolan being nowhere in sight. And once you saw him, you wished you hadn’t. You watched from a distance as the person you were about to confess your feelings to had another girl in his arms. An ex-fling of his that he said he was over. Her making advances, him not necessarily ignoring them.

Quickly turning on your heel, you grabbed your phone out of your clutch and called Mae. “Hey babes. Are you calling to say you won’t be home and that you and Nol- are you crying?”

“Can you just come and get me? If you can’t I can get a ride home, but-” you sniffled.

“Yeah, yeah, of course. I’m on my way.”

Your feet led you towards the front lounge area near the entrance where you waited on Mae. You didn’t want to talk about anything, so you texted TK asking him to come to the front entrance.

“Love, what happened?”

“Nolan was- he was, uh. Fuck. tried to-to go talk to him and he was with his ex, but yeah. He was already avoiding me before and I was just wanting to tell him,” by the time you had finished explaining, Travis had already enveloped you in his arms.

“Nolan is an idiot, alright? He’ll realize his mistake, but don’t blame yourself, ok?”

Before you could respond, you got the text from Mae saying she was here. “Mae’s here.”

“Make sure you get some rest and let me know if you need me to beat him up for you,” he said, finally getting you to smile.

When you finally made it to Mae’s car, she passed you a pint of your favorite ice cream and then the two of you made your way home. She didn’t know ho

…..

“Nolan James Patrick, get your ass over here before I drag you off the ice,” Mae yelled throughout the rink. It was only a few people running drills, so she wasn’t interrupting an ‘official’ practice - she wouldn’t care if she had. Mae had to finish editing some new posts for the Flyers’ social media and she also had to kick Nolan Patrick’s ass, so might as well kill two birds with one stone.

“So you won’t answer my calls, but you’ll drag me out of morning skate?” Nolan said, as he skated towards where she was standing.

“Yes, exactly. What the fuck happened? y/n won’t leave her room and she told me she’s debating calling off work tomorrow, which is dumb because she’s the only trainer competent enough for game days.”

“She just assumed the worst, that’s what happened. And if she wants to avoid me that much, so be it,” he stepped off the ice to get closer to Mae.

“You aren’t slick, Pat. Everyone can see how miserable you are without her. And it’s only been like 10 hours.”

He knew Mae was right. He felt awful for what had happened at the gala, spending all the time after you left sulking and he only came to morning skate to get his mind off things, but he could only imagine how you had felt. “Look, Joel said something about asking her out, I was mad, and I also happened to run into an ex. Nothing happened between me and her, but I think y/n/n saw. Is she going to be ok?”

“Well, all things considered, if you clear up the air with her and actually talk to her like a man, instead of acting like a prepubescent boy. I’m sure she’ll be okay, but the two of you actually have to talk.”

Nolan’s head wasn’t in the right space, from morning skate or to regular practice. His mind was anywhere else, but in the game. It was so bad that he was close to being benched for his next game. His teammates were aware of what was going on, knowing they had to do something to at least get his head in the right spot.

You weren’t supposed to come in to work until later tonight to prepare for the game, but Mae had asked for your help with a piece she was working on about the Flyers staff and trainers. So, you quickly packed up your work bag and made your way to the rink. Going to your office first, you expected Mae to be the person in the chair, but you were met with the one person you were trying to avoid. “y/n, hey.”

Your heart skipped a beat after hearing his voice for the first time in a while. “Hey, Nolan. Look about the other night, it wasn’t my place to be upset. I was only there as your fake date, so me getting upset about seeing you with another girl shouldn’t have bothered me as much as it did.”

“No, y/n/n. What happened on my part wasn’t right, you’re not in the wrong for reacting how you did,” he knew you would take the blame, but he also knew he had to make sure that how you felt was reasonable and there was nothing wrong with you reacting.

“Look, me and you are fine, I promise. We’re back to being best friends, I have to go talk to Mae. I’ll see you tomorrow,” you said before turning around and leaving Nolan. You hadn’t said everything that you wanted to, but right now wasn’t the time.

Nolan started following you out of your office, making an attempt to catch up to you. “y/n/n, nothing happened between me and her, I promise.” He could only watch as you kept walking away.

…...

“So, are you and Nol going to do your handshake? Or are you going to let the team lose against the Islanders? Like I know you know some of the guys on the team, but that’s very disloyal of you,” Mae asked as she opened the door to the arena, quickly stepping to the side so that way you could jump and hit the top of the door.

“You do realize that the results of the game don’t depend on if me and Nol do the handshake?”

“Alright, Ms. ‘I have to hit the top of the doorway or else we’ll lose’. You literally left the arena crying one day because you forgot to do it.” Game days were very ritualistic, for both staff and the players. Many players had their own habits and rituals that they knew helped them win a game, some of the staff had their own rituals - you included.

You always made sure to get you and Mae your usual coffee order before the two of you made your way to the rink. Every time you entered the arena or left your office, you would jump up to hit the top of the doorway - which everyone on the team thought was hilarious, even though a lot of them started doing it themselves. Then there was the secret handshake you and Nolan do almost every time he goes on the ice.

“Look, my habits are reasonable, but I don’t know if the handshake will happen today,” you answered honestly.

“Knowing him, he’s not going to let you avoid it. He needs it just as much as you do.”

“What do you mean?”

Mae chuckled in response, “you really are oblivious sometimes. Alright, well anytime you two do the handshake, both of you visibly light up. I’ve seen it enough times to know that I’m not wrong. It’s a part of both of your routines and you’ll freak out if it doesn’t happen, so even though stuff is going on between the two of you, it’s not going to change the fact that you’re both a part of the others routine.” You visibly gaped at your best friend, which only made her laugh harder. “Look, you can act shocked all you want, but the two of you are so used to seeing each other at least once a day, that the two of you not talking consistently is driving both of you crazy.”

“I’m not going to agree, but I’m not going to deny it.”

“You literally can’t deny it because I’m right,” she said in a sing-song voice.

“Anyways, moving on. What posts do you have planned for tonight's game?”

“Well, I’ve kinda been working on a secret project, but I still need a few more shots for it. But other than that, just the usual posts of goals made and action shots.”

“Ooh, secret project? Am I allowed in the secret social media project?”

“No, you’re not at that level of clearance yet, top secret,” she smirked,”also, you know it’s almost time for morning practice and if I remember correctly, you still have to do your job. You still haven’t gotten your bag from your office yet, so you better hurry babes.”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’ll meet you down there?” to which she nodded in response. As the two of you made your way down to the ice, you took a detour to get to your office, leaving Mae by herself.

Mae went to the usual spot that the two of you would stand during morning skate, which also happened to be the same spot that you would stand at during the games, right in between the bench and the tunnel. While you were in your office, Mae was able to set up to get a few action shots - even though it was just morning skate she loved getting pictures of the boys when they weren’t necessarily in their competitive mode.

While she was taking a few pictures, she noticed Nolan looking around the rink, his eyes always coming back to where she stood after finishing a drill or lap. When she saw Travis skate near the bench, she quietly called him over, “dude, look at Nolan. He looks like a lost puppy.”

Nolan’s head still wasn’t in the right spot, he was able to get it together enough to be able to play, but his head was everywhere else. When he saw Mae, he immediately started looking for you, which only bummed him out more when he realized you might have actually called in saying you wouldn’t be able to make it.

“Oh, yeah. He’s been like that all day since he hasn’t seen y/n here. Did she actually call in like she said she would?”

“No, she’s just in her office getting her bag. She threatened not to do their handshake, so you know things are serious,” she said, taking a few more pictures.

“Damn, Pat will go insane if she’s actually serious.”

“She’s not serious, she better not be at least.”

“Oh shit, the project. You’re still working on it?” TK asked, to which Mae nodded.

“You mean to tell me Teeks knows about the project and I don’t,” you interjected, causing them both to laugh.

“Dude, Pat thought you actually called in today and he looked like he was going to cry,” Travis added.

“Who told him I was thinking about calling in?” you asked, looking between the duo in front of you.

“I kinda showed up to practice yesterday and threatened him. Nothing serious, just the usual ‘get your shit together or else’,” Mae said, shrugging, “he’s very threatened by those shorter than him.”

At the sound of your laugh, Nolan’s head immediately snapped over to where he knew you usually stood, seeing you around Mae and Teeks. His face and mood immediately lighting up at the sight of you standing there.

Teeks left shortly after, leaving you and Mae alone. “Was Nol that worried I wouldn’t come?”

“Bitch, you can’t be serious right now? Of course he was worried, you’re basically his good luck charm at this point.”

“I’m not-”

“You are. Don’t even try to deny it. You and I both know it. I’ll see you at lunch”

Nolan took notice of how quickly you looked for him whenever Mae left. He wasn’t sure if it was intentional or just routine, but the smile that you sent his way had him forgetting any worries he had. Just as he was about to come over to you, Coach ushered him to do media. Quickly sending you a sad smile, he followed.

As soon as the boys cleared out from morning skate to head to do media, you started getting the benches ready for the game; getting the water bottles filled, making sure there were enough sticks, and checking that all the pucks were there. You took your time, as you still had quite a bit of time before you had to head to meetings with other staff members.

Shortly after staff meetings and lunch with Mae were done, you got a text from Zach, your assistant trainer, saying that the Islanders were in the process of getting settled. Since you trusted Zach to take care of that, you took this time to check on any injuries that any players had to make sure that they were in the best shape they could be for the game today.

mattyb: psst. is the room clear? me and tito can’t be seen talking to the enemy

you’re good to come into the training room, idk what the hallway looks like though

When you heard the door close, you didn’t even have to look up from what you were doing to know who it was. Quickly turning around you saw two of your closest friends, “I didn’t think I’d actually miss you guys and here we are.”

“Did y/n y/l/n just admit to missing us? Did I miss something?” Tito said.

“Ooh, I think Philly has made her go soft. Let’s take a moment of silence for our fallen friend,” Mat added.

“Do you two ever shut up?”

“There she is,” Mat came over to you to give you a hug, Tito following behind.

“I’m surprised you willingly hugged me. Matty B, I’m the enemy here,” you said, causing Mat to roll his eyes at the nickname.

“Back at it with that stupid nickname.”

“Don’t worry, y/n/n, we both know he loves that nickname.”

The three of you took the time that you had to catch up, eventually ending up walking throughout the arena back towards their locker room. Wishing both of the boys luck, Tito walked into the locker room first, but you noticed Mat seemed hesitant on walking in. “What’s up?”

“What do you mean what’s up?” you asked, unsure of what he was meaning.

“No, I can clearly tell that something is wrong. Tito probably noticed too, he just doesn’t mention stuff like that.”

“Um, stuff is going on with me and Nolan. I don’t really know what, it’s just this really long story.”

“Did he do something? I’ll beat him up if you need me to?”

“No, no. Nothing happened, well stuff did, but nothing that you need to beat him up for.”

“Did you finally tell him how you feel? Did he reject you or something?”

“No, um, me and him went to a charity gala together, but only as each other's fake date. I didn’t bring it up as wanting anything else, but then some other stuff happened and now we’re in this awkward ‘we’re fine, but won’t talk it out’ stage. And it’s just hard right now,” you simply shrugged.

“You know, I don’t know much about him, but I’m sure there’s a lot that has been left unsaid for way too long and now it’s just needing to be out in the open. You two will figure it out, I’m sure,” Mat quickly gave you a hug, “now, I have to go get ready to win this game, so if you’ll excuse me.”

“Oh, be ready Barzy, my boys will kick your ass.”

“We shall see, y/n. We shall see.”

Once you saw that Mat had gone back to the locker room, you started making your way back to the Flyers locker room for pregame meetings. You still had at least 30 minutes before the meetings started, but you assumed that the boys would either be stretching or messing around. “You know, you talking to the enemy could get you fired, y/n/n,” you heard Joel say as he walked beside you.

“Hey, Beezer. How are you today?”

“I’m doing great. I’d be better if my favorite trainer wasn’t seen talking to the enemy,” he nudged you with his elbow.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn’t spoil any secrets, I promise. No game plans were exposed.”

“Hmm. Wait til Nols hears about this one,” he paused when you visibly tensed, “you guys haven’t talked have you? That’s why morning skate was kinda wack.”

“Well, we have talked, but I don’t think everything that needed to be said was said.”

“So, why don’t you go say it? Simple.”

“He’s not saying much either,” you said, defensively to which he could only roll his eyes.

“Well both of you are acting like a couple of 14 year olds that don’t know how to talk to the person they like, no offense, but it’s annoying,” he said, matter of factly.

You knew Joel was right, he had simply said what everyone around you was thinking. You knew that what he had said the night of the gala was right. You knew what Mae had said about the two of you being a part of each other’s routine was right. You knew - although you would never say it to his face - that Mat was right, too.

Reaching down, you instinctively grabbed the necklace that Nolan gave you. You only looked up when you heard chuckling in front of you, “what?”

“Your first instinct was to grab the necklace he got you, it might not seem like a lot, but it says a lot.”

…..

Nolan stepped out of the locker room and quickly followed the boys towards the rink. He unconsciously kept an eye out for you, knowing that if he didn’t do the handshake it would throw him off. When warm ups started and he only saw Zach, he started to become worried. The handshake only had to happen before each period, but it often happened more than three times throughout the game.

Midway through warm up Travis nudged him, who pointed towards where you and Mae were walking closer. He watched as Mae nudged you and pointed in his direction, to which you quickly jogged over, “ok, sorry I didn’t get here before warm-ups. But here’s what’s going to happen ok: you go out there and kick some ass. Specifically so I can prove a point to Mat and Tito, but anyways, you go out there and you help win this game. Then once the game is over we figure out whatever is going on with us. Okay?”

Nolan’s smile only grew, he simply nodded. “Of course, you think I’d let your stupid New York friends win?”

“I would hope not,” you gave him a quick hug and watched as he started to walk away, “I know damn well that you’re not walking away without doing this handshake,” Nolan quickly took off his gloves so that you could do your handshake,“ there we go. Now you better beat them or else I’ll never hear the end of it.”

Once the National Anthem was over, the first period started. You already knew that this game would be a tough one, you knew enough about both teams to know that it would be a very close game. By the end of the first, the score was 2-1, the Islanders ahead.

After the intermission, both teams came back ready for more. You knew the signs of the Islanders getting cocky and you hoped it was noticeable, you and Nolan did your handshake one more time before he went back on the ice. About halfway through the second period, Nolan and Travis had helped get another goal, tying up the score.

As the team was celebrating your eyes found Nolan’s to which he simply pointed at you in response. You scanned the rest of the rink, only to see Mat and Tito pointing between you and Nolan, your eyebrows furrowed to which they only smiled in response. Oh no. You looked back to Nolan, who was skating back to the bench for water, only to see Tito approaching him from the other side.

You couldn’t hear what was said, but you knew that whatever it was caused Nolan to get angry. His eyes met yours once more and you only hoped he would ignore whatever was said. You let out a breath of air as he skated back to the bench. Nolan wasn’t on the ice for the next play, but you could see the way he kept his eyes trained on Tito.

You watched as Mat had the puck, passing it to Tito as they scored another goal. As they celebrated you visibly gaped as Tito pointed in your direction. You could see the smirk grow on his face from what you assumed was Nolan’s reaction.

You prepared for the worst when Nolan went back on the ice. TK, who was still on the bench, looked back at you with a questioning look. “This is bad, this is very bad,” you whispered.

“Pssh, he’ll be fine. He hardly ever-” before Travis could even finish his sentence, you saw Nolan and Tito’s gloves come off. “Ok, forget I said that.” You watched as the two boys fought, eventually both were pulled apart by the refs and were ushered towards the penalty box.

“Dumbass.”

The game continued and the two of them eventually got out of the penalty box. By the end of the second period, the score was 3-2, the boys only needed to get at least one point to be able to win the game. You were beyond mad at Tito and Mat for egging Nolan on, but you were also mad at Nolan for letting it get to him.

When you and Nolan did your handshake, you took notice of how his hands were already slightly bruised from the fight, but you would tend to that later. The game proceeded, eventually with both teams tied with only a few minutes left, so either someone would score or the game would go into overtime.

Everyone in the arena is on the edge of their seats, unsure of what the outcome of the game will be. Carter was able to block all of the Islanders attempts at a goal, which allowed the guys to be able to score without fear of a comeback from the Isles. With less than 20 seconds left, a goal is made by the Flyers. We won the game.

The atmosphere of the arena erupted in cheers and celebration, the boys crowding around on the ice. You smiled as you watched the team celebrate the win that they just had, your smile growing more when you saw that Nolan was once again looking your way. “He’s been looking your way the whole game and you want to tell me he doesn’t think of you as his good luck charm? Okay, y/n,” Mae said, interrupting your thought process.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. No need for that,” you said rolling your eyes, “You’ll meet me by the training room once you’re done?”

She simply nodded in response. Staying in the arena for a while as fans and spectators cleared out, you cleared off the benches and started making your way back to the training room. “y/n,” a familiar voice yelled from behind you as you passed the visiting locker rooms.

Turning around you saw Tito approaching, Mat following behind. “Look, I’m sorry about what I did. I shouldn’t have dragged you into it.”

“Yeah, you really shouldn’t have, but as long as you left it on the ice we’re cool. Just know that I’m not afraid to punch you out either. I appreciate the apology though, T.”

“Please don’t punch him again, but now that I know we’re cool. Can we just take a second and mention the reaction that we got out of Nolan?” Mat questioned.

“Exactly, I wouldn’t react that way unless I was literally in love with the girl. He’s whipped, dude,” Tito added.

“He’s not.”

“He is,” the pair in front of you said in unison. “It’s so obvious and the two of you are just oblivious,” Mat added. Before you could say anything else, you saw Anders emerge from the locker room, “hey, y/n. Your boys did good today.”

“Yeah, I know.”

“Always the humble one, y/n,” he sighed,”Anyways, what was up with your boy today?” he added.

“Well, Tito also chirped him, so I don’t think it was an all one sided ordeal,” you stated.

“Did you notice how he didn’t mention who he was talking about? He literally just said ‘your boy’ and you immediately knew he meant Pat,” heat rushed to your face at Mat’s statement.

“Anyways, you guys had a great game. Next time we play each other, we have to make plans and catch up more,” you quickly said your goodbyes and made your way back to the training room where a familiar figure was already sitting on one of the benches. “Hey, y/n/n.”

“Hey, Nol,” you set your bag down and quickly headed over to get some ice for his hand, “you’re a dumbass, you know that.”

“Well, I have you constantly reminding me, so yeah,” he smiled at the fact that the two of you fell back into your normal conversation.

“So, you want to explain why you got into a fight?” you already knew why he did, but something was telling you that you didn’t know something.

“Not particularly, but I know you won’t accept that answer,” he sighed, “he made a comment about him asking you out and I’ve already dealt with a comment like that about you before, but it really got in my head this time. And then he pointed to you after your goal and I don’t know.” As he ran his hand through his hair, his eyes finally met yours, “I got jealous.”

“Nolan Patrick, jealous? Never saw that one coming,” you walked back over towards him to assess his hand, “well your hand looks fine, you’ll probably just have to ice it for a few days.” Standing back up you noticed Nolan’s eyes on your neck, “what is it?”

“You’re still wearing the necklace I gave you.”

“Yeah, of course. Why wouldn’t I?”

“I don’t know, I figured you’d throw it away after what happened. I honestly thought you wouldn’t show up today or do our handshake and it scared me.”

Your eyebrows furrowed, “why did it scare you?”

“I, uh, after us not talking, I realized how much I need you in my life and I realized I love you a lot more than I thought I did before.” Your eyes widened as you realized what he had said, “you love me?”

“Is it hard that hard to believe?”

“I- I don’t know, I just didn’t realize how you felt the same,” looking up you saw Nolan’s face visibly light up. Before you could say anything else, he pulled you closer to him.

Brushing a piece of hair away from your face, he leaned closer, softly whispering another I love you before his lips met yours softly. Once the two of you pulled away, you simply smiled at one another.

“Yes, finally. Teeks, you owe me $20. Pay up,” Mae said to Teeks, both leaning on the doorway.

“You two couldn’t have waited another day for that,” Travis said, handing over the money.

“Oh, you might want to check Instagram really quick. Nolan, I assume you’re taking y/n/n home?”

The blush on Nolan’s face grew as he looked over to you for confirmation to which you nodded before walking over to pull your phone out of your bag. Opening Instagram, you went to the Flyers Instagram, taking note of a few new posts before seeing the most recent one captioned ‘Pre-game handshakes are definitely the most important part of game day’ with a video of you and Nolan doing your handshake before each game over the few years you had done it.

“Awe, Mae. Was this the secret project?”

“Yeah, now I’ll leave you two,” she said before walking away, only to come back a few seconds later, “oh and use protection, kiddos.”

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Here's Eclipse Lake, an episode that has been highly anticipated! Will it top Knock, Knock, Knockin' On Hooty's Door?

I'll skip the pretense: No. It won't.

You'll see under the cut.

Hmm, that list of ingredients for the Grimwalker...I'll let other people theorize about this (like @sepublic ), but it sure looks like a thing

Guess the mysterious green goo won't cut it, huh?

Belos face reveal already?! Huh, didn't expect it so soon.

Oh, no, he's hot! (And I'm mad about it)

Still an ass, though

Now we know why Hunter was wearing a different outfit (because people fixated on that for some reason)

Amity with the clipboard gives me strong Dipper vibes

GHOST! My beloved!

I need a moment because CAT!

(Also, someone pointed out earlier that Ghost was based on Dana's cat, and that's super obvious in hindsight)

Raine?! Oh, wait, you mean rain. Sigh.

Eda gets training tips from DBZ confirmed

(Also Amity's face when reacting to Eda's explanation is priceless)

Oh God Eda's a weeb I need another moment

Damn, Amity just straight up calling Eda old

Oh, loopy Luz

(The abomination holding the tissue box is adorable for many reasons)

Yeah, don't want Luz to eat the McGuffin

I have several questions about those Tamagotchis that I'll refrain from listing here

Amity your Odalia is showing

Girlfriend counter: 1

(Yes I am introducing a counting gag, deal with it)

Was wondering if they were ever gonna reference the dissection incident. We've come a long way, baby!

Oh, so that's what everyone was looking at

Luz honey your enthusiasm is admirable but no

Luz burrito is quite cute, though

Girlfriend counter: 2

(Damn, still wild to think that that's the case)

Just occurred to me that "Boots" is probably shortened from "Bossyboots" from earlier

Guess the Luz hiss compilation needs to be updated again

Those tunnels ain't the only thing around here that's unstable, amirite?

Oops, guess Kiki was justified, after all

Maybe don't talk so loudly about your plans, dude

That is her son, get it right!

Serves you right for having that stupid strand of hair sticking out like that

Is this just the episode where everyone dunks on White Boy? Because I can totally get behind that.

Already mentioned this, but I am loving the parallels between Katara and Amity with that bottle of abomination goo. Insert obligatory "Two Nickels" meme here about Mae Whitman.

We really are just dunking on the white boy and I am living for it

Hooty had to get it from somewhere, I suppose

Nothing says mother-son bonding like shooting things at each other (see also: Separate Tides)

I'm sure the magic bouncing off the veins won't come into play later at all

Oh well, at least the echolocation looked cool

At this point Amity would kill Hunter for a Klondike bar

Wait why does Hooty need a chair

Willow with the galaxy brain ideas

"A bad but sad boy" Luz is a genius at succinctly summing people up

Kikimora continues to be unhinged. Ironically she's not wrong about Hunter.

Motherfucker stop acting like you know what that says

(Also, projecting much?)

Girlfriend counter: 3

Friendly reminder that Hunter is still an antagonist

Uh oh

UH OH

I know someone mentioned Willow having the brain cell, but honestly it seemed like Luz had it this whole time. And that's not good.

WHY IS FOOL'S BLOOD EVEN A THING

Aaaaand cue the getting screwed over

Further reminder that he's still an antagonist (Apparently there's a vocal segment who's Really Mad at him that seem to forget this fact)

You unhand Ghost right now!! And Amity too, I guess.

(I kid, she's literally my second favorite character)

For what she did to Raine it warms my heart to know Kiki has had zero peace of mind

Wait, the Abomatons are Transformers?! Okay, that's kind of awesome, actually. Alador might be a shit dad but he is a brilliant inventor.

Chucking kids off cliffs is a surpisingly common pastime in the Boiling Isles

Owlbert no!

Eda did spend literal decades fighting the Owl Beast within, so I guess she can't be blamed for not thinking to talk to it

Also hurry up guys I'm very concerned about Owlbert

Fuck yeah Harpy Milf!

Yay Ghost returns!

She's glad they're okay (I didn't need to take this, I just thought it was cute. Also this is surprisingly high quality considering I just took a photo of my TV screen)

Oh, so they do have video games in the Demon Realm. That or Luz introduced them.

Trailer shot!

Oh dear, we about to have a fight over the key

Wow, being so high ranking under Belos is really bad for mental health

Jesus Christ Belos what have you been putting in this poor kid's head?

Leave it to King to give radical recontextualizations

Amity, I'm glad you remembered/realized this about Luz, please don't let the sad white boy play you like that again

Also, I appreciate the gesture you're making, and it's a wonderful summary of your character development, but goddamnit he's gonna go for that key because he's STILL AN ANTAGONIST

"Being nice usually works for Luz!" A) Not always, and B) Amity I love you but Luz you are not. A valiant attempt nonetheless.

Ooh, cool fight scene!

Always lovely to see such superb animation

I was privately griping about not seeing Amity use magic for so long, and now I am fed

Don't think I didn't hear the glass breaking

Appreciate your ass from a hole in the ground, Golden Boy!

(jk I don't actually feel that strongly about him still. That kind of threat still isn't cool, though)

Oh so that's why it's the Common Mold!

It's kinda cute, actually. Or maybe it's just because it's Luz.

TIL Hooty is heat resistant

Apparently Owl Beast just wanted a snack

Girlfriend counter: 4

Also love how calling Amity her awesome girlfriend is literally the first thing Luz says to her upon returning.

Yesssss return the hug! You deserve it!

(I know there are higher quality versions of this screenshot, I just didn't feel like looking around)

King demands huggies, too! (And gets 'em)

Reminder that Amity is smart as hell. I knew that glass breaking indicated something!

So once again I've been had. I let the fandom trick me into thinking this episode would be way more intense. Guess that one screenshot was from the next episode.

Overall this was...fine. Some nice Lumity moments, Harpy Eda strutting her stuff, that gorgeously animated fight sequence; those were all lovely.

I do wish Willow and Gus had a bit more to do. And I'm still rather unenthusiastic about Hunter, to be honest. I've seen his type several times before, and the path they have for him is rather obvious. I may never share the fandom's love for him, and I guess I'll have to deal with that.

Anybody who says this was better than KKKOHD is a damn fool.

Mid season finale next week! I think Yesterday's Lie will finally bring the pain!

#the owl house #amity blight #luz noceda #eda clawthorne #king clawthorne #toh hooty #willow park #gus porter #emperor belos #toh hunter #toh ghost #kikimora #toh s2 spoilers #the owl house s2 spoilers #the owl house season 2 spoilers #the owl house spoilers #toh spoilers

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artemiseamoon · 3 years

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Marauders of the Deep Sea

***Character intro: Arrow (f reader) ***

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Words: 1,648

Moodboards by me | credit to gif owners

Chapter summary: Arrow travels memory lane

⚠️Warnings: an attempted robbery, a fight, weapons use

Other Characters we meet briefly this chapter: Captain Crow, Mad Dog , Vex , Ali

1 year ago

As you arrive at the Port of Old Town, the sun makes its final appearance before setting under the horizon. You loved the sea, all of you did, but a break on land was much needed and long overdue. Besides, the ship needed some repairs, being land bound for a while would give Spike and his team all the time they needed.

Neptune's Trident was a welcomed sight here. It may have been one of the smallest ports you’ve been to, but you had history here. Way back you helped them kick out some naval officers and the town was thankful ever since. The liquor flowed a little more freely for your crew, and the merchants were a bit more generous.

Once on land, the crew make their way to Lady Mae’s tavern. You quickly make yourselves at home. From the looks of it, a smaller pirate crew was already drinking there, the attire giving them away; they were One Eyed Petes men.

“They tend to stay to themselves, so there won't be any trouble.” You hear Captain Crow say from behind you. He leans in close, “ see why I call you Arrow? Everyone else is already drinking and you’re sizing up the room.” He gives your shoulder a little squeeze before sitting beside you and sliding a glass of rum your way.

“I will gladly take this drink,” you do and raise the glass, “and I can’t help it, it's important to pay attention. Even when you think you can relax.”

“And that's why you’re my number 2.” The captain raises his glass to yours in a toast.

You listen to the sound of the tavern as you drink; conversion, some bickering, laughter. After a few minutes, Captain Crow leaves you. Knowing you for as long as he has, he knew drinking in contemplative silence was your preference. Your eyes follow as the Captain joins Ali, Calico, Spike and King at a table.

After finishing your drink, you order another and follow the sound of Mad Dogs voice. As usual, he seems to be borderline arguing with another Pirate across the room. Heated conversations and Mad Dog went hand in hand.

To be fair, the man was a genius and a living breathing map, but he was also a gigantic asshole. The other pirate seems equally as invested though, and you decide it's nothing to worry about, it was likely just two worked up people in mutual debate.

You can't help but search the room further, one person is missing and you spot her across the room like a perched cat. Drink in hand as her fire red hair falls into her face. It was a trick of hers, seeming like she wasn't looking. But if anyone was as watchful as you, it was Vex. She could be silly, sometimes, but it was a side many never saw.

You knew what she's waiting for. Vex was sweet on the barmaid's sister; it was clear she was hoping the radiant Caribbean beauty would make an appearance. The last time they landed on these grounds was 5 months ago and though she would never speak a word of what happened, everyone was sure those three hours Vex was nowhere to be found had something to do with Amani.

Your thoughts continue to wander and when you shift in your seat, you’re reminded of the stiffness on your left side. With an exhausted sigh, you take another sip. You knew one thing for sure, you were likely going to be the first to go to bed tonight. As much as you loved the crew, the prospect of finally sleeping in a real bed was much more thrilling.

Half an hour later

Ever protective, despite the fact that you can protect yourself better than most men, Ali walks you back to your room when you depart the tavern.

It's a short walk, but in that little bit of time you chat and get to have your first real conversation with him in a while. Everyone on the ship had a job to do, some were more involved than others.

You had a lot of respect for Ali’s role as quartermaster, it was not an easy job and one you’d decline in a heartbeat. But he was good at it, damn good at it, and seemed to handle everything with an inner trust that was pretty amazing to witness.

Ali was one of the first you formed a bond with when you joined the crew, and even when you were too busy or tied to talk all night, your bond remained strong. He was like the brother you never had but always wanted.

Once you arrive at the simple yet inviting room, you say your goodbyes for the night. You’re not inside long before you start thinking about the past again, about who you were that first day you stepped foot on Neptune’s Trident. .

Flashback - 4 years ago

Home was a complicated word. A heavy word. Maybe that's why you hated the simple question “where are you from'' so much. The way others could just answer with so much ease, you didn't have that. When that question landed in your lap it was like a ton of bricks.

Many factors led to your arrival in the islands. The states no longer had anything for you, there was no reason to stay. You hoped a better life awaited you out here; more freedom, more clarity, more inspiration.

You adjusted pretty quickly considering the Caribbean heat being your foe. You even got a job at a little market selling various things with a seasoned artist. It was a job you liked and Jacques fulfilled a grandfather role in your life you weren't aware you needed.

The fresh air, good food, rich fruits, and cleansing power of the sea all made your experience mostly pleasant. Back in the states you were born in a city and survived two others, you gained street smarts and thick skin that served you well, even in this beautiful setting.

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Giving Jacques a day off, you worked the stand alone for the first time on your 5 month anniversary. When closing time came, a dark moon hung overhead in the sky and the eerie feeling in the air put you on alert. Keeping your eyes peeled, you proceeded carefully and no trouble came until you were steps away from your room.

It all happened so fast. Your heart racing, the feel of being pulled back off your feet. Panic. A rush of adrenaline. Kicking into action. After an initial sluggishness you were able to counteract the robber and gain the upper hand.

You eventually got him down the ground and pinned him beneath you. Reaching back into your boot, you retrieve your blade and jab it through his closest hand. He screams in pain as you twist the knife.

“That's what you get for trying to rob me!”

The feeling someone is watching briefly pulls you gaze upward as you look off into the night. The attacker is in pain and not moving and you swear you catch a glimpse of something ahead.

“I have more knives. Try me!” You yell out.

A man steps into view from the shadows. He’s tall with dark hair tied back in a ponytail. His blue eyes observe you with a hint of amusement in them.

He speaks calmly, “I was going to help but I see you don't need it.”

“I’m fine.” You pull the knife out of the robber's hand.

“Impressive. It's not something I see everyday.'' The blue eyed man continues.

You raise your brows, “A piece of shit low life getting his ass kicked by a woman?”

Blue eyes only grins wider.

The man pinned beneath you is crying in pain now, begging for you not to kill him. You slowly stand but keep one foot planted on his chest.

“What are you going to do with him?” Blue eyes ask.

You shrug and bend over to wipe the blade on the guy's shirt, “undecided.”

Blue eyes takes a very slow, very cautious step forward. Though he is a stranger to you, you can tell he did this for your comfort, not because he was afraid of you.

“If you ever tire of that market, I have a job offer for you.”

You frown, “how do you know i -”

“My crew and I are docked for a few weeks. Once you decide, come find me.” He offers a small nod and starts to walk away.

Intrigued by the offer, you forget about the man on the ground and quickly rush to the stranger's side.

“You're a captain?” You ask.

“Captain Jonathan Crow of Neptune's Trident. We could use someone with your skill and something tells me a life of working at a market won't be enough to satisfy you.”

“You don't even know me. Sure you want to offer a stranger a job?”

He only smirks. You don't know if you feel amused or annoyed by his confidence. He continues, “I’m serious about my offer. We’re down 35% of the crew and a 3rd mate after a nasty run in on the sea.”

You quickly fall in step with eachother, “I've never been a pirate before.”

“I have a feeling it will come naturally for you,” he stops walking, so do you. A moment passes where neither of you speak. After a while, he gestures back in the direction you were going, “shall I wait until you get in?”

“No. I'm fine.”

“Of course you are.”

You walk backwards, keeping your eyes on him, “I could say no. Don't be so smug about it.”

Captain Crow responds only with a smirk. You break eye contact and notice the attacker is gone, he must have run off. Turning on your heels, you head home, thinking over the Captain's offer.

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littlemessyjessi · 3 years

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Mun Joo: In Depth Profile: BTS 8th Member Series “Dreamy”

BTS Eight Member Character Profile: Pastel "Cute" Version

This will go along with imagines, headcanons and fake social media posts. I have a more punk alt version of this type of thing with a completely different character and story. Her name is Mae Jae and it is a Jimin pairing story. But I had someone message me about doing something with a kawaii theme. So here we go! Btw if you want to read Jae’s story, just scroll to the bottom. The BTS masterlist is always linked there! There you will find the link for Jae’s mini masterlist!

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Name: Mun Joo

Meaning: Mun means Moon and Joo means Gem. So in theory, Gem Moon.

Nicknames: JooJoo, Juju Bean, Princess, Treasure, Gem, Gemstone, Sometimes Princess Moon Gem , Pipsqueak , Lil Nugget, Tiny, Lil Bit, various other names used to poke fun of her height.

Other nicknames/terms of endearment that are more common for lots of people: Babydoll, Doll, Unnie and also Noona (from a lot of the fans who are younger than her), Dongsaeng (From older fans sometimes when referring to her)

BT21 character: A little pink piglet named Pipsqueak.

Some statistics:

Age: 27

Date of Birth: November 14, 1993

Sign: Scorpio

Born in: Seorae Village, Seoul, South Korea Also, known as Korea's Little France, Seorae Village

Height and general body idea: 4'9"-4'11" (Around 124 cm) making her the shortest member of the group . Joo is a very small person in general. Quite petite. She often jokes that she has the figure of a nine year boy. She is flat as a board. President of the itty bitty titty committee. She used to be incredibly insecure about it but she came to love her body. However, she do actually have some booty on that frame of hers. Most of that comes from the rigorous dance routines that is part of her job. She got criticized for being so small, in every sense of the word. The whole 'eat a cheeseburger' thing really caused some major issues for her. Beauty standards are shit and K Beauty standards, thin is in... but only the right kind of thin. Same thing goes for when 'thicc is sexy but only when it's the right kind of thicc.' It's all bullshit honestly. You're perfect the way you are, no ifs, ands or buts.

Anyway, moving on.

Hair: Originally black but it has changed a lot as is common in Kpop. She tends to keep it dark now though as she discovered it is much healthier for it. She does love the instant satisfaction of a wig though. Her signature hair style is space buns.

Eyes: Very dark but she wears colored contacts sometimes which again is common in Kpop . She does have glasses that she wears whenever she's not required to wear contacts for work. Because Joo is blind as a fucking bat. Good god.... not even sure she should be allowed to navigate by herself without her glasses. She was given custom glittery ones for Christmas. She cried.

Marks/Defining features: Probably her most defining feature are her lips. She and Jimin definitely fall into the Bratz Doll lips category. She also has very chubby cheeks and has been compared to a chipmunk or hamster on more than one occasion.

Tattoos/Piercings: Joo doesn't have any tattoos at the moment though she is interested in them and would like one. She loves piercings though and has stacked ear piercings and a nose piercing. She went rogue and got a tongue piercing but unfortunately it did blow up in her face when her body rejected it and her tongue swelled. She had to let that dream die.... for now. To be fair, her friend had done it and she hadn't actually been to a professional piercer.

There is no face claim for her but rather a collage of inspiration pictures. Feel free to use your imagination, loves.

Family:

Mother- Mun Ahnjong *Ahnjong means tranquil Her mother owns a a small bakery in Seoul and is a very talented pastry chef. The bakery is called Batter Up and it has a baseball theme inside because Ahnjong is a massive baseball fan as much as she is one of baking. There is baseball memorabilia everywhere.

Sister- Mun Cho-Hee who is two years younger than her. *Cho-Hee means beautiful joy Her sister is a teacher.

Stepfather- Mun Hye *Hye means wisdom He is a carpenter.

*Her mother relocated the girls to Seorae Village not long after Cho-Hee was born. This was after some rather toxic behavior on their birth father's part. She later met Hye and they married after a while. Hye also officially adopted the girls.

Languages: Korean, obviously. English and French which she learned during her growing up in Seorae Village. Limited Russian and Arabic just enough for a bit of a song. This will be explained further down. Also, broken Japanese which she truthfully only learned from watching countless hours of Japanese anime. She could probably communicate enough to get her point across but it would be chaotic and terrible.

Education:

The French School of Seoul where she spent most of all her schooling

College - Global Cyber University

Degrees : Entertainment and Media. Literature and Language.

Voice Claims/Inspirations: She has a nice range but generally has a high, sweet tone to her voice. Tae's voice is so deep and her's so high. So it was that whole duality that really created excitement. She does have a nice range though, as does Tae, and so she can produce lower notes and has worked to improve it over the years.

There is no one voice claim but rather a mixture of inspiration. There will be song titles through this whole series. Some actual songs that exist. Other just titles for songs that don't exist.

Voice Claim Inspirations:

Anne Marie, Ava Max, Ariana Grande, Zara Larsson, Georgia Merry, Meghan Trainor, Amanda Seyfried, Salem Ilese, Sia, Christina Perri

Discovery story:

She auditioned and competed for Korea Sings (a south Korean singing contest). It was her performance of "Once Upon A December" from the movie Anastasia that really got her noticed. She played into her strengths by singing it in five different languages: Korean, French, English, Russian and Arabic and played piano.

* Bang Si-hyuk (Mr. Hitman Bang himself) happened to be watching the program during her performance. He was very impressed and intrigued and so the company reached out to her to contact her about an audition.

So vaguely similiar in how Jungkook was discovered by audtioning for Superstar K.

She auditioned when she was fifteen and began the training process while she was still attending school.

She trained for a year with the idea that she would either go solo or be with a girl group but an opportunity became available and she eventually began training along since several others, including those who would later go on to become BTS.

She debuted as an official member on June 13, 2013 with everyone else.

There was a lot of criticism in the beginning and truthfully she still deals with her fair share.

There was a lot of talk of her just being the 'token girl' in the group and even for quite a long time accusations of her sleeping with all of them.

Her appearance was also visciously torn apart constantly. Too small, too thin, not the right kind of thin, got called fat because of her chubby cheeks, not sexy enough, too childlike, the list goes on and on.

She quickly reached a point where she wanted to quit so many times. And she almost did when she got attacked once because a crazy saesang accused her of sleeping with Jungkook. Regardless of the fact, that he was like her brother and also very much underage at this point. This incident is what sparked the hashtag "Bunnyguard". It is rare that JK ever leaves her side when they are in public as a group now. He is like her personal body guard and he will glare into anyone's soul who even gets close to her.

They're all very protective of her honestly and Yoongi is like the glaring demon just a few paces behind her but truthfully it scared the shit out of Jungkook to think something could've gone wrong so quickly. So he just sticks by her because it gives him some sense of peace to know that if it did happen again, at least he'd be right there.

Anyway, moving on.

Other Musical Credits:

She has produced some solo content in the form of two albums/mixtapes.

(For the songs that are actual songs I will put it in parenthesis what they are.)

The first one, released in 2015- The "Wanderlust" Album

Album art:

Tracks include:

⦁ Tiger Lily ft. Kim Taehyung ⦁ Wanderlust ⦁ Crown of Daisies ⦁ Whisper ft. Kim Seokjin ⦁ Like I'm Gonna Lose You (this is the Meghan Trainor / John Legend Song) ft. Jeon Jungkook ⦁ Perfect To Me (by Anne Marie) ⦁ Pretty Girl ( by Maggie Lindemann) ⦁ Beautiful (by Anne Marie) ⦁ Ride Away With Me Ft. J-Hope

Her second solo album was released in 2019- The "Skinship" Album

Album art:

Tracks Include:

⦁ Skinship ⦁ Sweater Paws ⦁ Pouty Lips ⦁ Hot Chocolate ft. Kim Taehyung ⦁ Let Me ⦁ Just Hold Me ft. Min Yoongi ⦁ Puppy Dog Eyes ft. Park Jimin ⦁ Fish in the Sea ⦁ I Like You So Much, You'll Know It (By Ysabelle Cuevas) ⦁ Death Bed (by Powfu) ft. Kim Namjoon ⦁ Lakeside ft. Kim Seokjin

The first album was more of her introducing her solo content into the world.

There is some happy stuff on there, some self love stuff, some stuff about how it was to be fresh and new into the entertainment industry. That album was a 'stars in your eyes' kind of album.

The second album, she's older. She's lived more, experienced more. She's also had some heartbreak in her life at this point but she's also fallen in love. There are several songs on there inspired by one person who she's hopeless for but she's terrified to tell him.

Other Singing Credits:

"Ultraluminary" for the movie Over the Moon (By Phillipa Soo)

"Beauty and the Beast" for the live action version of the movie ft. Kim Taehyung (By Ariana Grande and John Legend) Both English and Korean version.

*There are also other various writer and producer credits.

Acting Credits: Obviously music video or BTS related project that requires it.

Additionally, more than willing to be an extra for any of the guys solo stuff in music videos.

Most notably is her silent extra role in Yoongi's "Daechwita" where she had a small appearance as a pouty woman in the background trying to smack someone with a piece of bread.

Voice Acting:

"Zootopia"- Unnamed kitten character singing to herself in the background of a scene between Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps

"Barbie Starlight Adventure" - Characters Sheena and Kareena

"My Little Pony" Series- Spike the dragon's long lost cousin Gemma (just one episode)

"Ever After High"- Kitty Cheshire

Live Action Acting:

Cameo in Disney Descendants as the daughter of the Witch in Hansel and Gretel

Author Credits:

She has a few books published at this point in her life. They are somewhat small works but she is quite proud of them all the same.

"Ukiyo" *which means living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life

This is an interactive coloring book. Each page includes an original drawing from her in black and white so that you can color it as you see fit. On the opposite page each drawing has a little message along with it.

This comes from her love *ahem* obsession with coloring books.

"Meraki" *which means to do something with soul, creativity, or love -- when you put "something of yourself" into what you're doing, whatever it may be

This book is somewhat of a pep talk book. It features words of wisdom in the form of her favorite quotes, things her family told her as a kid, words from management, inspiring song lyrics and even talks with other members.

"Eunoia" *which means beautiful thinking, a well mind

This book was probably the hardest for her to put out and share with the world because she's very candid in it about her struggles with anxiety and depression. In this book, she kind of bares all in a lot of ways talking about real life experiences. However, she also includes things like playlists that put her in a better mood, recipes that make her happy, activities that boost her seratonin, ways that she copes. It's sort of a : Hey, I know that this stuff kinda sucks but you're not alone. I feel it too and these are some things that help me. So I hope they help you do. Which is exactly what she said when she was interviewed about it.

"Quaintrelle" *which means a woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life's pleasures

This is a book cowritten with her mother and sister. Each of them has a chapter in the book under the title of their name. It includes what that word means to them and how they try to live their life by it.

She is extremely proud of the book and cries whenever someone asks her about it, lol.

"Panda and Piglet" This is a children's book about a mother pig who moves her two piglets to a new village after they've been through something awful and they meet their neighbor, Mr. Panda.

It's a love story about how Mr. Panda and Mama Pig fall in love but it is told through the eyes of the little piglet named Diamond.

It's less of a story between Mama Pig and Mr. Panda and more about how Mr. Panda steps into the lives of the three of them and becomes someone they can trust and depend on. It shows him comforting Diamond and showing her how to do things like a father would and eventually in the story we see how Mr. Panda asks Mama Pig to be his wife. But also how he 'proposes' to Diamond and her baby sister, Quartz, by asking them if they would accept him into their family.

It's a family story, a father daughter story. A story about chosen love which honestly is some of the best kind.

It features Joo's original artwork which is quite colorful and kawaii with heavy focus on exaggerated jewels and gems through out the story as a nod to her name.

Joo gave him the first draft on father's day and it was published on his birthday.

She tries to read it at children's libraries when she can... but she inevitably cries every time. She's very emotional about it, lol.

The book did very well and has sold many copies. It now has it's own set of plushies to go along with the characters. Joo donates a bunch of copies to the school her sister works at every year and signs them all.

Some of Joo's likes and Dislikes:

Likes:

- She is addicted to strawberry milk. While Kookie has banana milk, she has strawberry. It's a thing that fans love to comment amount. There are often posts of strawberry and banana items together with the hashtag #jookie #strawnana #gemkook

- She has a major sweet tooth. Loves anything sweet. She's not excessively picky anyway. She'll eat just about anything. Unless it's brussel sprouts. She'd rather die. But she loves sweets.

There are many fan videos along the lines of.

"Mun Joo's sweet tooth for her Kookie"

"Mun Joo's sweet tooth for her Suga"

She can not be trusted to do the grocery shopping alone. She will only buy snacks.

- She has a very kawaii aesthetic. She loves anything pastel and cute. And loves a good sparkly moment. She also feels the compulsive need to coo at anything that is even remotely adorable. Hence why she does it to Yoongi and he gives her a death stare before he eventually cracks because he's soft for her. (like he is for all for them truthfully) Jimin, however, loves it.

-She loves craft stuff. Anything that she can make cute and glittery. Definitely keeps a scrapbook. Likes to make keychains with pictures and glitter in them. - She loves video games and will play for hours on end if left unchecked. She has the sweetest most dreamy pastel gaming set up and gets scolded often for buying cute gaming stuff when what she has is perfectly fine

- She loves shopping. It doesn't matter what it is, as long as it's cute. It can be the Dollar Tree or it can be Gucci. Tae is usually her favorite shopping buddy because they make a day out of it. She also feels very safe with Tae and knows she won't be bothered or hit on when he is with her because the two of them are so cuddly and always have been. And also, let's be real while TaeTae is a precious puppy, Kim Taehyung can be intimidating as fuck.

- She is extremely forgetful. Even to the point of forgetting that she put it in her notes on her phone. She is definitely part of the Planner Group. She is someone who needs to write it down. If she doesn't, it might as well have went in one ear and out the other. Forgets that her glasses are on her head or her pen is stuck in her space bun. Calls a member to ask if they've seen her phone... while she's literally using it to call them. House keys are a joke.

- She is very cold natured and also absolutely hates being this way. She usually has something fluffy and cozy near her at all times to keep her warm. Whether this is a hoodie, or a faux fur blanket or a Jimin to hold her when she's freezing to death. - She loves hygiene, beauty and skincare to a point that it's almost a little concerning. She likes makeup and nails too but she often feels like she ruins it before she can even really enjoy it. Still has a drawer full of lip gloss and lip balm and way too many highlighters to even be considered healthy. Gets it on everything. Not sorry about it at all. -Only paints her nails either silver, gold or a glittery white because she claims that it goes with everything. Same for toes, lol. In reality, it's just b/c she likes how it sparkles. - she loves arcade games and if not supervised she will spend an unspeakable about of time playing with the claw machine because 'Just a little longer, Hobi. I need that little octopus. He needs to come home with me."

- She is very affectionate. Skinship is a big thing with her. She's a cuddle person. Touch is very much her love language. - She does have tiny feet and hands just due to her being very small in general. She used to hate this when she was a teenager because no one took her seriously. But then she discovered that she could buy name brand shoes in the kid sizes for half price and it was a game changer. - She likes fitness but hates the gym. Jungkook tries to get her to go with him and she will but only for him. She'd much prefer to roller skate or something like that. - She loves vintage pastel books. It's one of her favorite activities to hunt down hidden treasures. She loves the idea of being able to pass them on to someone in the future. Whether that's a child of her own, a neice/nephew or a friend's child, that part isn't relevant. - She loves plushies and she has a collection. It's honestly a problem. "But hyung, I need it. Look at her all alone on that shelf. We can't just leave her, Yoongi. That's nonsense. Cruel nonsense and you should be ashamed for ever even thinking of abandoning her. For shame." - She loves collecting magical girl items. Big sailor moon fan - Also loves Jigglypuff. If she sees something Jigglypuff, she can't let it go. "You have that one in your room." "No I dont! This one is different!" "It's literally exactly the same." "How dare you, Jungkook?! How dare you!" -She's also very much into Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake, Hello Kitty and My Little Pony. Basically, she just loves cute stuff. - She's not great at cooking but she's a decent baker. Give credit to her Mama for that. She doesn't get to see her family a lot just due to her job but she absolute adores being able to bake cookies with her mother when she can. Sometimes they do it over video call when she's really missing her -Is actually a really good pitcher (baseball)with a strong, fast pitch. Her mother loves baseball. There's no way she didn't have some type of skill in that area. She played softball as a kid but it was never really her thing so she quit by the time she was a teenager. -Jimin's pinky. There are many comp videos that literally just consist of her grabbing his hand and sticking it in her pocket. - really loves the Disney character Stich from Lilo and Stitch. Can do the Stitch voice and that's how her and her adoptive father say I love you to one another - it makes her cry

Dislikes:

- she hates brussel sprouts . She thinks it was grown in the gardens of hell. - she strongly dislikes boring ways to work out. She tells Jungkook that the treadmill was created to make her cry - She hates crying but she can't help it because she's sensitive - is actually a crybaby - Won't tolerate anyone being a bully. She just about loses her mind. -especially if someone says something rude to one of the guys - tiny dragon on the loose - She's not a huge fan of heights as she claims she was made this close to the ground for a reason. She has a love/hate relationship rollercoasters because of this. - When Hobi won't share her lollipop with her, lol. "Oh, you can't share with me now? Do I have cooties, Hoseok? Am I not good enough for you?" "I am not licking that." "Joonie, Hobi doesn't love me!" "Not enough to share a sucker with you. You and Jimin are so weird!" - So offended -When Jin won't let her touch his feeiiissss "Not my face." "But Jinnie..." "Quit whining and listen to your hyung." "I'm telling Namjoonie." -Secretly Jin loves when she touches his face and holds his jaw, stroking her thumbs over his cheeks *he's weak for her* But he teases her anyway because he thinks it's cute when she pouts. All chubby cheeks and pouts and furrowed eyebrows over angry little eyes. Like a tiny adorably angry hamster or something. - When Yoongi won't let her cuddle him "Come on, Lil Meow Meow" "Get out." "Yoongi!" "I'm gonna throw something at you." "You would never!" *throws a pillow at her but it never even connects* "Jin!!!" Literally, five seconds later you will find him with his arm around her because he can't actually deny her anything for very long. - When Taehyung won't let her get up to pee when they fall asleep at night "Tae, I have to pee. Let go." *Tae snuggles deeper, crushing her into the mattress.* "Tae, I'm gonna pee all over you." "Do it." "Ewwwwww!!!!!!!" - When Namjoon scolds her, which to be fair, isn't often. "I'm sorry, Joonie.." *cue long suffering sigh from Namjoon before he pulls her into his arms and holds the sensitive little bean. - She's older than him but Joo is honestly like Joon's tiny baby sister. - when Jimin ignores her as a prank You would think she was dying. She tries to give it back to him but she cracks and clings to his leg. Cue Jimin trying to walk around with her stuck to his leg like a koala bear. "I'm sorry, Jiminie. I don't know what I did but I'm sorry. Please love me again." - he cracks because he can't continue when she's looking like that -When Jungkook pushes himself too hard and then refuses to let her baby him "Get off. I'm fine." "Listen to your noona." "Well my noona is almost a foot shorter than me so kinda hard to take you seriously." "I have never been more offended in my life and just for that, you will watch Sailor Moon with me for rest of the night and let me put butterfly clips in your hair." "No the fuck -" "Yoongi!!! Jungkook is being mean to me and he said he doesn't love me anymore!" "You are such a fucking brat." - Yoongi acts tough but he'll murder anyone who upsets her. He will also glare at anyone else until they do what she wants. *she kinda spoiled AF - this is a double edged sword when it comes down to Joo and Koo because we all know how soft Yoongi is for Kookie. So he's like having an internal panic attack and they're both looking at him with puppy eyes. Finally, he just makes them hug it out because there's no way he's choosing. Fuck. that. - she doesn't like cigarettes but she has tried vaping because she heard the nicotine could help with the nerves. -however she liked the lecture she got from Namjoon even less so she just let it go and found other ways of dealing with it. - she absolutely hates how low her alcohol tolerance is. One or two drinks and she's fucked to the point that she can't even enjoy herself. She just orders sugary non alcoholic drinks with Tae now and enjoys watching everyone else turn into fools while she rides her sugar high -and also the evil bliss that comes the next morning when she has no hangover and everyone else (except Tae) is miserable

Ships and Relationships with the Members:

Jin Shipnames: Seokjoo, Seokgem, JinJoo

Ok, so it's kinda half and half with the fandom. Part of the time, they're shipped as a bro/sis bond. The other is very romantic.

She can annoy the ever living hell out of him sometimes but he'd do anything for her. He lets her get away with a lot more than most. He definitely gives her piggy back rides.

Fan videos are usually along the lines of.

"Jin giving Joo piggy back rides for 8 minutes straight."

"Jin feeding tiny chubby hamster for 10 minutes."

Sidenote: Joo ends up crashing EatJin a lot because she can smell the food and Jin can't tell her and her cute hamster cheeks no. Also, he loves the way she eats, so there's that.

"Princess Joo convincing her Jin-hyung to let her do anything."

However, that percent of people who ship them romantically usually fall into the Daddy Dom category. Joo saw a video once and she was tramautized by the edit.

It wasn't that she was upset by the pairing because , ahem, not so much of a secret that Joo literally thinks Jin is Prince Charming and she'd jump at the chance to be with him.

It was just the shocking way the video was edited. It was raunchy as hell and she wasn't expecting it.

The video was something like "Daddy Jin and Babygirl Joo moments 18+ edition"

She never expected that to be what it was.

She had never felt so assaulted by videos of Jin's hip thrusts before in her life.

She had some mixed feelings about it to be honest and didn't touch her computer for like three days after that.

Yoongi Ship names: Joongi, SugaGem, MinMun This is kind of half and half as far as what the fans ship. Some of them seems to really play into this whole opposites attract thing. Tsundere like if you will for Yoongi.

The other half is just the fandom being like:

"Baby Joo running to Yoongi every time she's scared"

Which is accurate. If something frightens her, the first response she has is to locate Yoongi and cling to him.

"SugaGem: A collection of Yoongi unable to say no to his hyperactive piglet"

"Sugar being soft for JuJu Bean for fifteen minutes straight"

It's honestly precious.

JHope: Ship Names: JooHope, Jooseok, GemHope

Again, this is kind of half and half.

One the one hand, you have fans who are hardcore, 'JooHope is real and if you don't believe it, you're stupid'

Many a compiliation video of Hobi's hip thrusts and Joo's iconic shocked face when she gets surprised.

And then the other half is just so soft.

Videos like:

"Hobi and Joo being sunshine babies for 6 minutes"

"Joo dying over Hobi for 9 minutes"

"GemHope Moments that make you want to cry from happiness"

"JooHope pamper legends appreciation"

"Jooseok: A compiliation of Joo and Hobi skateboarding and rollerskating for 12 minutes"

"GemHope making friendship bracelets in tiny"

It's honestly very wholesome and the fandom is extremely well fed.

Namjoon Ship Names: NamJoo, NamGem, RGem, Gemjoon, Joojoon, RMGEM

This is like 3/4 romantic with like a fourth being platonic family for most of the fandom.

The part that views them as family is honestly so sweet.

Videos like:

"Namjoon looking after Baby Joo"

"RM looking at Baby Gem when she's not looking"

"NamGem sibling goals"

But the other half of the fandom. Or should I say 3/4 actually. Namjesus, get the hobi water.

Because while part of them are soft with their-

"NamJoo being the sweetest couple ever for four minutes"

"RM protecting his little lady at all costs"

"Joo giving Namjoon heart eyes for eight minutes straight"

... the other half of them... good god.

For example:

"NamGem: Joon's deep rap and Joo's whistle notes... we see you NamGem."

"RGem: RGem having sexual tension for 7 minutes straight"

"RMGEM: Gemjoon making everyone else uncomfortable with their chemistry for 10 minutes"

It's editing though because there is nothing there but love, friendship and a brother sister bond between Joon and Joo.

Joo does stare at Joon with stars in her eyes but it's because she really looks up to him and is wildly fascinated at how elegantly he handles things all the time when she knows first hand how stressful their life is.

Also, sidenote... Joo is actually a little and Joon is very much a Daddy. And while it's not romantic between them, just him being around does put her at ease. He's very good with her like that. He's also the only one who knows this about her and is very understanding about the whole thing. Yoongi knows but he hasn't told her. Jimin feels like he knows but again, he won't tell her because he feels like it'll upset her. Tae gets a vibe but he's not totally sure if it's anything or if that's just Joo.

Taehyung: Ship Names: TaeJoo, Joohyung, TaeGem, DualityDuo

This ship is mostly platonic/family/BFF because it's always been very obvious that that was all that it was.

There is a small portion of the fandom that secretly wants them to date because they are so close, they cuddle all the time.

It's also a cute pairing with Tae being all tall and lanky and deep voice and Joo being little and cuddly and high voice. It's a juxtaposition and it's cute.

But most of the fandom really ships them as the hyper besties.

Videos like:

"TaeJoo being hyper AF for six minutes"

"TaeGem being cuties"

"TaeJoo cuddling for 9 minutes"

"TaeGem going shopping"

It's honestly very sweet. Very wholesome and pretty cute.

Jimin Ship Names: ��Gemmin, Joomin, JimGem

Ok, so a lot of the fandom ships these two together to be honest.

There was this whole Tiny King and Queen vibe going around for a while but it eventually tapered off because it became apparent that it was making Jimin feel self conscious about his height.

However, Joo is quite tiny, tiny hands, tiny feet, shit, she's just a smol little person.

And there are so many videos like:

"Gemmin being the most iconic adorable little couple in the world for five minutes straight"

"JimGem being our tiny, precious babies in love for 9 minutes"

"Joomin being clingy AF with each other for 3 minutes"

But then... get the hobi water again.

There are saucy edits where you see the different sides of each of them.

There are a lot 'sexual chemistry' videos and that kind of thing.

But honestly, again, it couldn't be more platonic. There was a brief period in the beginning where Jimin did have a crush on her but she brother zoned him hard.

That wasn't unique to him though. They all got brother zoned. She acknowledges that they're all very handsome fellas but that they are family. Like brothers. Well, except for Jin. Joo was just doing her best not to hyperventilate around him because jesus christ, how could someone be that cute?

And there was a huge stir when there was that whole talk about Jimin's ideal type would be someone smaller than him and very into the whole pastel aesthetic. Joo just happened to fit that bill and people went wild. But it's very much not like that.

Jungkook: Jookie, JooKook, Jungjoo, Gemkook, JungGem, Joo and Koo

So this can go a couple of ways. Even though Joo is actually among the oldest members in the group after Jin and Yoongi, she is often linked with the maknaes. This is no doubt just due to her small stature and youthful appearance, only enhanced by her love of pastels and anything cute.

There are a lot of things like:

"Baby Bunny and Baby Piglet being cute."

"Hyungs unable to say no to Kookie and JuJu Bean for six minutes straight"

"Jookie squabbling like children for 7 minutes"

But it's mostly stuff like:

"GemKook endlessly snacking"

"JungGem stealing each other's food"

"Hyungs spoiling Gemkook for 10 minutes"

It's honestly pretty sweet most of the time.

As well as the crack head videos like:

"Jookie: Milk Friends: A Strawnana Saga"

"Jookie: Baby Piglet and Baby Bunny being competitive over a bowl of noodles"

"Jookie: Joo and Koo chasing each other around stage"

"Jookie: Joo's flying hugs to Jungkook"

#jookie is the hashtag often used for when they are being absolute crackheads.

This crackhead energy was only made worse by the fact that for the longest time those two were roomates. So imagine that chaos. They still try and room together if the members are supposed to be paired up for whatever reason. They usually get separated, lol. And also sneak back to one another.

Which, to be fair, is quite often.

Now, this is not to say at all that their relationships with each other have always been perfect. Because they haven't. They still aren't. Shit, they're human and people have arguments and disaggreements.

That's normal.

But that's just a brief glimpse into it and also an in depth profile for Joo.

I'm very excited to release this series!

I already have one for Mae Jae in the Untamed series but Joo and Jae couldn't be more different, lol. Also... I'm exciting for the new pairing! Yas!

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SUMMARY: Mae has been in love with Draco Malfoy since her first year at Hogwarts. Draco Malfoy fell in love with Mae in their fourth year, and then promptly fell into Pansy’s bed instead. All the while, Mae clings to the hope that Draco will change. That is, until, Ron Weasley takes his chance.

PAIRINGS: toxic!Draco x OC, Ron x OC, Ginny x Luna

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Perhaps it was her conversation with Ginny the previous night, or perhaps it was because she felt so hollow inside, but Mae resolved herself on confronting Draco. Of course, he didn’t make things easy for her. He never did.

“Pansy and Draco are sitting awfully close, aren’t they?” Blaise said conversationally, taking a sip of his morning coffee. Full of cream, three sugars. As always.

Mae eyed Draco and Pansy warily, noting the way Pansy laughed into Draco, her hand seeming to move onto his leg although it was hidden from the table. “They’re just friends.”

“Rubbish,” scoffed Blaise harshly, stabbing an egg. “You’re much smarter than that, love.”

Pansy took that moment to brush Draco’s hair out of his face, and something broke inside Mae as Draco caught her hand in his own, bringing her knuckles to his lips and ghosting a kiss across them.

“It’s none of your business though, innit?” snapped Mae, slamming her glass of pumpkin juice down so harshly it brought the attention of the entire half of their table, including Draco and Pansy. “If Draco wants to fuck a slut, let him.”

Blaise choked on his eggs, slamming a fist into his chest as he attempted to swallow. Draco tilted his head, a sneer on his face, while Pansy began hurling insults at Mae.

“Perhaps if you weren’t a filthy half-blood, Draco would be more interested. He wants a real woman.” Pansy declared wickedly, her lips lifted up in a snarl.

“A real woman with real STDs, hm?” retorted Mae, standing up from the table. “Everyone knows you fucked Theodore Nott last week, and he had to go to Madam Pomfrey from whatever you gave him!”

The part about Pansy fucking Theodore Nott was true, although the STD part was not. But Mae was so angry, so fed up with how the both of them were treating her, that she couldn’t contain it anymore. At this point, most of the Great Hall had caught sight of what was happening, although the teachers at least pretended to be oblivious. She caught sight of Ginny grinning at her encouragingly.

“I’m going to be honest with you, because no one else will,” Draco said the words slowly, casually, as though he were speaking of the weather. “Anyone who says they’re interested in you, beyond just fucking you, is a liar.”

Mae felt her cheeks burn, as the Slytherin table began laughing and oohing under their breath, and she rushed out of the Great Hall. She heard footsteps behind her, but she ignored them, until someone tugged harshly on her arm, the rings on his fingers alerting her to who it was.

“Why?” demanded Mae, turning around with unshed tears. An amused Draco stood in front of her, looming over her. “Why do you do this to me?”

Perhaps the question caught him off guard, because Draco replied with “I don’t know.”

Mae let out a strangled sob, wiping her hands harshly down her face. “I just want to be the one you love.”

“Oh darling,” Draco said the words softly, reaching out to caress her cheek. Mae closed her eyes for a moment, and she could pretend everything was fine. “I’ll never love you.”

With those words, Draco shoved her jaw harshly, causing a loud popping noise to sound as pain reverberated through the lower half of her face.

“I’m breaking up with you.” Mae said the words first, opening her eyes to see Draco actually looking.. Hurt, by her words.

“Took you long enough.”

Mae looked to see Ginny heading her way, her hand intertwined with Luna’s, with the Golden trio, Pansy, and Blaise following close behind.

“We would have never made it anyways.” Draco responded quietly, and Mae felt a bit vindicated to see that he appeared to feel at least partially upset.

“That’s your fault.” her voice shook, but Mae said the words passionately.

“How?” he had the nerve to sound incredulous, and Mae balled up her fists as tears of anger came to her eyes.

“You always cheated on me with Pansy! You treated me like I was your pet, like you could keep fucking around without any care for my feelings!” the words she had been keeping in for so long burst out, and she felt a rush of vindication that she finally got to say them aloud.

Draco scoffed, and any hope of him apologizing or fighting for her went out the window. “You really think I give a shit about you? It’s your loss, Callisto.” he sneered her last name, looking over his shoulder to see the others approaching them.

Mae’s eyes hardened, hatred growing as Pansy ran pathetically over to Draco. “Your whore’s here.”

Pansy rolled her eyes. “Sorry you don’t know how to keep a man.”

“Don’t make this harder than it has to be Callisto,” Draco drawled out, slinging an arm over Pansy. “Nobody likes a slut that doesn’t understand when her time is up.”

“What did you just say?” Ron Weasley was the last person Mae expected to speak to Draco after he said those words.

Draco scoffed. “You heard me, Weas-”

Before Draco could get the full word out, Ron’s fist collided with Draco’s delicate features. Mae’s eyes widened as Ron wound his fist back once more, knocking Draco flat on his back. Pansy started screaming, and Blaise started laughing.

“Blaise, help him!” Pansy shrieked, slapping a hand to her mouth in horror.

Blaise sighed, rolling his eyes. He gave Mae a quick look, (perhaps in an apology?) before he gave Ron a swift kick to his stomach. Ron stumbled backwards, falling on his bottom, and Draco lay on the ground clutching his bruised and bloody face.

Pansy promptly threw herself down onto Draco, and Blaise stood there with his arms crossed as though he were just waiting for the show to be over. Mae, on the other hand, had nothing left to say to Draco, and turned her attention to Ron, who had just gotten off the floor with the help of Harry.

“Thank you,” the words were quiet, but sincere. Ron nodded to her, his eyes not wavering from hers.

“He’s not worth it, yeah?” said Ron, shaking his bruised knuckles. “He never deserved you.’

Mae, suddenly flooded with emotion, just shook her head, and with tears burning in her eyes, she left the scene behind her.

--=--

The hardest thing was seeing Draco be so openly affectionate with Pansy. It broke her, each time she entered the common room to see her sitting on his lap. Getting a kiss on the cheek. A hug. A tender embrace. It burned like hell.

So, she began spending less time in the common room. She began joining Luna and Ginny on their outings, normally in the astronomy tower, and at some point, the Golden Trio started joining them. It became a routine, the six of them hanging out in either the tower or the library, if Hermione got her way.

On the bright side, her grades had never been better.

A month after the incident with Draco, Mae found herself feeling the wound particularly harshly. She paced outside the Gryffindor common room, hoping to find Ginny coming out of the portrait hole. Instead, she got Ron Weasley, who didn’t seem all too surprised to find her out there.

“You alright?” Ron asked awkwardly, halfway in the doorframe and halfway out.

Mae shook her head silently, her chest aching. “Not really.”

“How ‘bout we take a way, yeah?” suggested Ron, stepping out of the portrait hole. It swung shut loudly behind him.

Mae shrugged her shoulders, and together they walked in silence. They had no clear destination in mind, and Mae found she felt slightly better having his company around her. Ron, she had found, had a fairly dry sense of humor and it was ever so easy to laugh around him. Sometimes, the others didn’t quite understand the joke, but Mae always did. His humor was similar to hers, if she could just find it again.

“I always wondered,” Ron broke their silence, stopping to sit on a ledge overlooking the black lake. “If the squid really existed.”

“Oh, it does,” Mae assured Ron, hopping up on the opposite side of the stone ledge, wrapping her robe tightly around herself. “Sometimes in the common room, we get to see it swim by.”

Ron’s eyes flashed with admiration. “Wicked.”

“I suppose it might be a bit more exciting than overlooking the grounds,” Mae said the words pretentiously, sniffing as she hid a grin from Ron. “We get to see the inside of the black lake, while you boring Gryffindors just get landscape.”

“At least during winter we haven’t got to sleep under ten blankets just to get by,” protested Ron, bringing a hand up to brush his hair out of his face. “Then again, you might just have an iron deficiency.”

Mae’s eyes widened. “That’s a big word for Ronald Weasley.”

“Hermione mentioned it!” defended Ron, moving his hands as he spoke. “She’s the one who suggested you go to Madam Pomfrey for it! You’re always freezing!”

“It’s a perk of being damaged goods, I suppose.” Mae said the words without much thought, as she had gotten distracted by Ron’s rather large hands moving around.

Ron went still, and he gave Mae a confused look. “Damaged goods?”

Mae’s feelings of inadequacy came back, and she felt the stinging of tears hit her eyes. She tried to play it off, giving a weak laugh. “Well, yeah, what else would you call me?”

“Beautiful,” the word rolled off Ron’s tongue rather quickly, as though he hadn't had to think about it at all.

Tears slipped out of her eyes as Mae processed his words. How could anyone think she was beautiful? Couldn’t he see how damaged she was? Draco had used her up and thrown her out, and no one else would ever want his seconds. He had told her that many times.

“Don’t,” the words came out wet and wobbly. “Don’t lie to me.”

Ron was rarely serious, but he completely focused on her as he reached out to grab her hand in his large one. “Mae, why would I lie about that?”

The tears came freely now, and she could feel a sob building up in her chest. “Ronald Weasley, don’t you dare sit there and lie to me! Don’t fucking sit there, and tell me I’m beautiful, because I’m not. I’m used up and I’m damaged, I will never be anything beyond that!”

Before she could protest, Ron had pulled her into a hug, engulfing her small frame in his large one. Mae had forgotten what it was like to be embraced like this, and she buried her head into Ron’s wide chest as she cried. In the back of her mind, she understood that was likely having a panic attack.

“Calm down Mae,” Ron held her close, caressing her hair. “You’ll be alright.”

They sat like that, until Mae’s cries subsided and she took a shaky breath, pulling out of Ron’s embrace. She was suddenly embarrassed that she had overreacted as she did, and a blush stained her wet cheeks.

“‘M sorry about that,” mumbled Mae, wiping her cheeks roughly. “I didn’t mean to make you all soggy.”

Ron laughed at that. “Why would I complain, a beautiful girl cried on me today. Sounds like a win to me!”

Mae hit Ron on his arm for that, a small laugh coming out of her as well. If anything, Ron Weasley knew how to switch the mood. “Don’t be a prat, Weasley.”

Ron’s eyes crinkled in the corners as he tossed his head back in a loud bout of laughter, and Mae found herself staring at his full lips. Really, how had she not noticed how perfectly shaped Ron’s lips were before? And Merlin, how were his teeth so straight and white?

As quickly as she began admiring Ron Weasley, images of silver hair and grey eyes flashed through her mind, and she shut her eyes and swallowed hard. There would never be Draco and Mae, that much was clear. It did not do to dwell on things that would never change.

“Imagine leaving me for a Weasley.”

Mae’s stomach dropped as she saw Draco swaggering towards her and Ron, Blaise close behind him. She hated how she still got butterflies as he eyed her appraisingly, before sneering at Ron.

“Shut it, Malfoy.” snapped Ron, his ears growing pink as he dug in his robes for his wand.

“Oh,” whistled Draco, drawing out the vowel. “Weaselbee is going to show off how big of a man he is. Trust me, Weasel, been there, done that. I’m the best she’ll ever have had.”

“Tell me Malfoy, you ever been hexed so hard you had to fight for your life?” snarled Ron, standing before the silver haired boy and brandishing his wand.

Mae quickly got down from the stone ledge, standing in between Draco and Ron, placing a hand on both of their chests. “Both of you, stop it!”

Ron’s jaw clenched, and he didn’t lower his wand. Draco smirked at the sight of her hand on his chest, his eyes flicking down at it before backup to look her in the eyes.

“Stop looking at me like that,” Mae said the words firmly, glaring at Draco. “We aren’t together anymore. Stop acting like this.”

“Doesn’t mean I can’t fight little Weaselbee.” drawled Draco, flexing his fingers on his wand. “I still had you first.”

“And I fucking left you!” shouted Mae, shoving Draco back from her and Ron. “Get that through your thick skull, and go back to Pansy. The bitch you always cheated on me with!”

“You said you loved me.” Draco said the words softly, bitterly, so quickly that Mae almost didn't catch it.

For a moment, it felt as though it were just the two of them, Draco and Mae, just as it should have been.

Mae stepped back, away from Draco, away from Ron. Her mouth twitched, her eyes grew wet, and she was at a loss for words. She turned then, and hurried out of the courtyard.

How dare he do this to her.

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