#also alicia is so pretty and i love the way she talks here

[ghostlyloversworld]

♡*♡∞:｡.｡ Pretty boy ｡.｡:∞♡*♡

Henry V(Hal) x Fem Reader!

Idea- Hal is not happy but his favorite girl helps him clam down

Side note- I love Timothee as Hal 😭 also happy Easter

Waring-use of Y/n! Kinda spicy but not a lot,

Song- my boo by Usher Ft. Alicia Keys

There's always that one person that will always have your heart you never see it coming cause you're blinded from the start.

Hal huffed angering being shown on his face after one of his trusted men had messed up almost making Henry seem like he didn't know what he was doing. "What do you want?" He sneered at a maid who looks down "nothing your majesty.. " she muttered terrified of His anger

"So why are you here" Hal said looking at her with that look of anger still being on his face but the maid knew not to look up ".. Im-im just trying to do my job you're majesty" she said softly "well do it somewhere else" his teeth grinding together with the pure anger he felt in the moment

Know that You're that One for me It's clear for everyone to see. Oh, baby, ooh ( Yeah, uh, uh, uh) (you gotta Rockaway to this one, c'mon) you will always be my boo.

He started to pace around the room. Holding his hand up to his mouth Hal didn't seem to notice his wife opening the door and walking in before gently shutting the door. She watched as Hal paces around the Room "Henry.. Hal" when she called out to him he stop pacing and looks at her "Y/n.." He said softly

His wife crosses her arms "what did you do to Ally.. The poor woman was so terrified of walking down the hallway" she said with a stern tone to her gentle voice he sighs "I didn't mean to.. It's just one of my men almost made a fool out of me.. " she sighs "I get that.. But don't take your anger out on her... She's done nothing to you"

See, I don't know 'bout y'all, but I know about us and, uh it's the only way we know how to rock. I don't know 'bout y'all, but I know about us and, uh it's the only way we know how to rock do you remember girl? I was the one who gave you your first kiss

Cause I remember girl, I was the one who said "put your lips like this" Even before all the fame and people screaming you're name Girl I was there when you were my baby

Y/n uncrossed her arms before walking over to Hal she gently puts her hands on his arm ".. Do you wanna sit down and talk about how it happened?" He takes a deep breath "please.. " he knew his wife would never sell out this personal information to the world to know. That was one of the reasons he even married the daughter of France

She walks him over to the desk. She sits on the edge of the disk as Hal sits in the chair ".. Just tell me when you're ready" she muttered. Hal looks at her with love "one of my most trusted men had almost made a fool of me when he almost said to much to someone. But I guess it made me mad.. Since I want to keep the crown" she gently rubbed his shoulders as she listened to him speak

It started when we were younger, you were mine (my boo). Now another brother's taken over. But it's still in your eyes (my boo), even though we used to argue, it's alright (my boo) I know we haven't seen each other in a while

Hal gently wrapped his arms around his wife's waist he looks at her before gently kissing her. What? He couldn't help himself it caught his wife off guard Making her giggle before she even kissed him back

Hal deepens the kiss as soon as he felt his wife kiss back. He gently pulled on her bottom lip making her gasp a little causing Hal to smirk against her lips Y/n slips one of her hands up and gently puts her hand on Hal's face

But you will always be my boo. I was in love with you when we were younger, you were mine (my boo) , and I see it from time to time, I still feel like (my boo) and I can see it no matter how I try to hide (my boo) and even though there's another man who's in my life you will always be my boo

Hal gently lifted Y/n up making her wrapped her arms around him as they kept kissing. Hal pulled away and gently brings his face to her neck, he started to kiss her neck making her gently gasp at the feeling of his cold lips against her warm neck. She didn't hate the feeling but it made her feel weird

Yes. I remember boy 'Cause after we kissed, I could only think about your lips. Yes I remember boy the moment I knew you were the one I could spend my life with even before all the fame and everyone screaming your name. I was there and you were my baby

it started when we were younger you were mine (my boo) now, another brother's taken over, but its still in your eyes. (my boo). Even though we used to argue its alright, my (boo) I know we haven't seen each other in a while.

Hal's hand started to hitch up her dress making her close her eyes until she said softly "no Hal.. Not here at least.. Where everyone could walk in and see us" she giggles when he gently bites down on her neck

But you will always be my boo. I was in love with you when we were younger, you were mine (my boo). And I see it from time to time, I still feel like (my boo) , and I can see it, no matter how I tried to hide (my boo)

Hal pulled away from her neck "mm.. You're no fun" he huffed "oh really?" She looks at him with that grin and she said teasing him "sleep by yourself tonight then" "no no.. I take it back" he said softly

And even death there's another man who's in my life, you will always be oh, my oh, my oh, my oh, my boo. My oh, my oh, my oh, my boo. It started when we were younger, you were mine, (my boo)

Now, another bother' taking over, but it's still in your eyes, (my boo.) even though we used to argue it's alright, my babe, I know we haven't seen each other in a while. But you will always be my boo.

I don't know about y'all, but I know about us and uh it's the only way we know how to rock. It started when we were younger, my boo.

Taglist- none

#henry v x reader #the king #timothee chamalet #x female reader #x fem!reader #timothée chalamet #willy wonka #usher

[anangelwhodidntfall]

Intimacy Challenge: Day (16)

30 day intimacy challenge 

word count:1.1k

Day 16: Handholding is also common in advanced stages of a romantic relationship where it may be used to signify or seek solace and reassurance.

Tsu'tey:

Hand-holding was one of Tsu'tey's favorite things to do with you, it was like a little reminder that you were there even if you two didn't speak so when you were having a rough day he knew the thing just to cheer you up. You two were walking through the woods together with your hands laced while Tsu'tey told you a story when you felt him squeeze your hand.

"Are you okay yawne?" He asked you.

"Yeah, it's just been a rough day. I've been trying to process it is all." You said quietly as you leaned your head on his shoulder.

"Anything I can do to help?" He asked you.

"No you are doing more than enough right now, thank you." You said squeezing his hand and giving a soft smile.

"Of course yawne, I'm always here for you." He said placing a kiss on your forehead.

Z-dog:

"I feel like a child." You said with a pout as you and Alicia walked around.

"I feel like your mom and not in a good way either." She said to you as let your hand go.

"Finally! My arm was killing me." You said making her frown not wanting to be the source of your pain.

"I'm sorry babe, I'm trying here." She said softly kneeling before you.

"I know you are. We can't help it that we are literally two different sizes. But I'm sure we can figure something out." You said giving her a small smile.

"I mean maybe we should save the hand-holding for when we sit down or stand together and I just carry you in my arms." She suggested.

"That could work for now." You said as she gently lifted you into her arms and placed you on her hip to where she could still look at you and kiss you if she wanted to.

"How's this?" She asked you.

"Much better." You said placing a kiss on her cheek.

Jake:

You and Jake were currently walking along the beach holding hands while he was telling you a story from Earth that made you laugh.

"I can't believe you are laughing at my pain right now." He said looking at you in shock.

"I'm sorry ma Jake but you do gotta admit it's pretty funny." You said to him.

He just shook his head at you as you guys continued walking along the beach, talking and laughing with each other until you reached your spot on the island away from everyone.

"Wait right here." He said making you confused as he disappeared in the woods.

"A pretty flower for my pretty girl." He said placing a flower in your hair before placing a kiss on your lips.

"Thank you, ma Jake." You said with a smile.

He took a seat next to you as you leaned into his side feeling him wrap his arm around you making you lace your hand with his as you watched the sunset together.

"I love you ma Jake." You said looking up at him.

"I love you more pretty girl." He said smiling at you as he pressed a kiss on your forehead.

Tarsem:

You and Tarsem were watching as Jake and Neytiri renewed their vows when you felt Tarsem reach over and lace your hand with his. You looked up at him with a smile and saw him smiling down at you with so much love in his eyes.

"I love you ma y/n." He said placing a kiss on your lips.

"I love you more ma Tarsem." You said smiling at him as you leaned your head on his shoulder.

You felt him lean his head on yours as you two watched them finish up their vow renewal, thinking about the day that you and Tarsem will be able to do that. You felt him squeeze your hand as they left, and everyone else started to leave, you two were the last ones to leave.

You guys walked home and Tarsem noticed how quiet you've been which made him pull you back into his arms.

"You've been so quiet since we left my love." He said looking at you.

"I know I've just been thinking about the day when we will get to renew our vows in front of our friends and family like they did." You said with a smile on your face.

"Me either, I can't wait for that day to come." He said pressing a kiss to your interlocked hands.

Neteyam:

You had been sitting there watching your Neteyam play with your children in the water with a smile on your face since you couldn't be in the water yet while you healed from an injury.

"Look at me, mama!" Your daughter said as she swam over to you all on her own.

"Oh look at your princess! I'm so proud of you." You said wrapping your arms around her.

"You wanna watch me do it again?" She asked you.

"I would love to! Why don't you swim to Daddy and your little brother?" You asked her.

"Okay! Daddy watch me!" She said making Neteyam smile as he watched her.

"You did such an amazing good, my sweet girl." He said smiling at her before smothering her with kisses.

A few hours later, the kids were tired and asleep, so you two decided to head home, Neteyam held your daughter in his arm while you carried your son and held Neteyam's hand. You two had been talking when you felt him squeeze your hand.

"What is it ma 'Teyam?" You asked looking at him,

"Just wanted to say thank you for blessing me with these two and for giving me so much love ma y/n."  He said looking at him.

"You don't have to thank me, you've made me so happy and these two are just a product of that." You said placing a kiss on his hand.

"I love you ma y/n." He said as he leaned down and pressed a kiss to your lips.

"I love you ma "Teyam." You said with a smile

#jake sully #jake sully x you #jake sully x reader #zdog x reader #recom zdog #neteyam x reader #neteyam imagine #tsu'tey x reader #tsu'tey avatar #tarsem x reader #tarsem x you #30 day intimacy challenge

[minimoefoe]

ftwd 8.08 thoughts

the vibe here is basically 'i thought i'd hate it but actualy for the most part i stan'

- charlie shoulda been the character image for this ep, not luciana (love her tho and it's good to see her again)

- charlie surviving was something i felt was kinda unnecessary when I found out about it bc like, they got rid of so many characters in kinda meh ways but charlie had an easy death explanation right there that they coulda used but I actually love that she was brought back and only for a small amount of time tbh

like we get to see some great stuff with her - madison finding out she killed nick, troy talking to her about nick - but don't have to have her around for the rest of the season when we only have 4 eps left and an already large cast to give screen time

- I think charlie basically killing herself for the cause makes sense. like I dont feel like they had her kill herself bc they didn't know what else to do with her (tho I'm sure if she stayed alive they wouldn't have known what to do with her lmao)

- charlie defo looked too young and her hair was shit but I can forgive it for the good content

- the nick flashbacks :( I miss him

- was some drama on twt bc some ppl said kim dickens isn't the best actor and my two cents is they're kinda right sorry. she's not bad all the time but she's rarely absolutely incredible. she's probs the weakest actor of all our main characters and has been since the early days. I will say tho that the sometimes the meh dialogue doesn't do her any favours

- daniel saying how he's gonna strangle troy with his bare hands... ily king but plz don't do that 😭

- I love that charlie and luciana are basically daniel's daughters, love them all a lot

- already knew about nick's ashes from leaks and it was another thing I was a bit ??? about bc I felt like they were doing that for the sake of having a bunch of references in the final eps but I think they explained why they have his remains pretty well actually and it being part of why madison didn't stay pissed at charlie was good

- troy going around chopping off walker arms to make madison think she's seeing alicia everywhere is so 😭 like first of all I'm a genius bc I called it and second of all I said in that post that I thought it would be a bit silly but it kinda works actually. I hope the reason he's doing that is bc he lied about killing her (tho I can defo see him cutting arms even if he has actually killed her)

- the tracy stuff was the stuff I was most iffy on bc the idea of troy having a daughter and a significant other is crazy to me and I do still feel that way a little but I also loved the scenes about it a lot so.. I'm optimistic.

- something about seeing troy be genuinely worried about someone is great. I loved madison and troy both being out there while he was running around worried for his kid idk like something about him kinda dropping that 'I'm tough and in charge' thing for a moment while he was worried about tracy and while madison was literally right there with him is the shit I'm SO in this for like AHHH. need more of it

- troy's daughter being called tracy is still dumb as fuck and I don't think they're gonna be able to give an explanation for her being called that that makes it less dumb. (like even troy being the kid's adoptive dad and not biological dad and the kid was already born before he met the kid's mother would still be a stupid explanation bc what are the odds)

- I know troy said that tracy's mum is the woman who saved him but I really hope there's more to it than 'troy was saved by a woman, they fell in love and had a kid and then madison killed the mum at some point' like.. the madison killing the mum part is really interesting and I'm excited to know more (my initial thought a while ago was that she killed the mum when her and tracy were out somewhere and took tracy to padre but clearly tracy isn't with padre so now idk) but the other stuff feels very fanfic-y and not in a good way idkkkk

so far everything I thought I'd be meh has actually been pretty good so it's very possible if that IS what's happened I'll still like it a lot but I want there to be more to it than that i think

- I feel like I'm at such a weird point right now where I loved the tracy stuff we got in this ep and I'm very intrigued by who the mum and is and what happened to her but at the same time I'm like troy having a wife(?) and kid still doesn't fully track in my mind so I keep going back and forth on how I feel avout it 😭 I basically just can't wrap my mind around him being a shagger sorry idk how else to say that

actually seeing it play out will probs warm me up to it a lot more bc that's what's been happening so far. I think the main reason I still find it odd is just that it's hard to take the 12yr time gap into consideration like he's not s3 troy anymore yknow A LOT has happened since then and he's obviously older and has experienced shit (that I would kill for a ton more information on)

- looking forward to the next ep but currently it's screaming that troy won't be in it much/at all which is Sad but if that is the case I'd rather get that out the way sooner than later

#ftwd spoilers #twd txt #troy otto #ftwdfw

[soupandsauce]

Z dog NSFW alphabet

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

This mama is the sweetest after, always cooing in your ear, bouncing you on her leg, and stroking your pouty cheek with her finger. Want a bath? she’ll get in with you. She encourages you to get into littlespace but doesn’t force you too because feeling safe is VERY important to her. She also incorporates rewards for good or brave behavior, her favorite being taking you to build a bear and bath and body works.

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

Alicia’s favorite body part of her own is the overall leanness of her body. As a human, she worked endless nights at the gym perfecting her physique, but as a Recom, she’s naturally so toned and smooth. She still goes to the gym to feel that rush.

Her favorite body part of you is your hipbones. She loves teasing you by hovering her wet, hot mouth inches from the sensitive skin and glide her tongue across them, slowly sinking down.

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

She latches her mouth over your mound when eating you out, not letting any escape. It’s a primal thing for her, and the heat from her mouth feels insanely erotic when you spill over for her.

She’s also a big fan of seeing wet patches all across her cammie pants when you rut against her thighs

on the occasion where you two trib, both of you go wild at how sticky and wet it gets between you two, the electric shocks of your clits bumping against eachother always drives you both over the edge.

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

Alicia saw you dress up as a puppy for halloween one year and went all quiet. You had puppy ears, a painted nose, and a cute onesie with a tail and when she saw it, her cheeks got hot and she felt heavy in her tummy. New kink was discovered that night.

She now calls you her little pup

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

Mastered tongueswoman

knows all your weak spots and always pulls the most mind bending orgasms out of you

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

Alicia’s favorite position is a tie between actually just kissing your neck on top of you, with her knee pressed against your cunt

or you bouncing on top of her, bumping clits like the good pup you are, or taking her strap all the way

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

She knows when to be serious but sometimes you guys fall or make a funny moan and you both crack up. She LOVES when this happens because she’ll start rubbing your clit quickly to change your laughter into moans and screams.

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

I think Na’vi are hairless besides their head and tail but Z has found a way to customize herself by getting a tattoo on her pubic bone. It’s a sharp tribal symbol looking thing and it pokes out of her waistline when she stretches. It’s so hot and she loves making you kiss it before she makes you suck on her strap.

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

This woman gets intense, expecially with her new kuru. She sticks it in your mouth when you’re talking back to her during sex to shut you up. like your own binky or thumb to suck on. and it feels SOOO good for her. She cums so hard after.

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

She doesn’t do it often. She really doesn’t. The only time is when she’s already sitting on the bed and you come walking to her in a cute outfit. She’ll rub herself once or twice and say some smooth shit like “mamas hungry” or “come here”

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

She has a puppy kink like we’ve seen before as well as an obvious mommy kink. she also likes to play with spit every once in a blue moon. You both love exploring new things and finding out what gets you hot.

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

She prefers the bedroom for YOUR comfort but wants to make sure everyone else knows what you’re doing, unless it’s a very kinky scene. Like if you’re exploring something for the first time, she wants it to be private.

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

She really gets going seeing you in really fem clothing like dresses and lip gloss. something about stealing your innocence and flipping your dress over your ass. She also has a few weak spots. Her neck, her tail, and her kuru are a few spots that really get Alicia super hot.

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

after exploring, she doesn’t like threeways. she wants you all to herself.

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

omfg, need i say more. She’s an animal. do you see how she fucks with that gum in her mouth!? She could unwrap a starburst with her tongue. she could tie a cherry. She loves giving, but also is secretly a sucker on receiving too on the rare occasion she is a sub.

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

Her pace changes based on how your body reacts to the different stimuli. she’s a very good watcher, and knows the speed and roughness you need to cum.

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

She finds them to be very fun, especially during visits between missions. She doesn’t always have a lot of time, but she can make you cum in like ten seconds.

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

She takes so many risks. the risk of being caught is so thrilling to her. Once Lyle walked in on you two on the couch. you were rutting into her thigh and she had her hand around your throat, talking dirty to you. Lyle popped a woody and Z hissed at him full Na’vi style. it was the most territorial thing you had ever seen her do. But so hot. You soaked her cammies that night with your cum.

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

She can go DAYS BRO. She never stops. But she can be sexless for months if you’re going through stuff. She’s always there to support and respect you. she loves your boundaries.

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

Them magic wands are really incredible and i believe she has like 5 different vibes. Also one of those clit suckers and a strap on.

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

she likes to tease when you guys are already naked in bed, but she never grabs your ass or treats you like an object in front of others. But if you’re at a party, sitting on the kitchen counter exchanging a few kisses, she’ll grab your ass if she knows you’re really horny. Once again, it’s the boundaries.

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

She talks dirty more than she moans but she moans. She really likes praising you through your orgasms and coaching you to get there.

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

Alicia really likes when you two use your tongues when kissing. she’ll suck on it or push hers into your mouth. it has something to do with the spit kink as well as the feel of your very smaller and softer human tongue.

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

As said above, she’s tattooed down there. I also like to think that she wears boxers. She’s pink and her clit is just barely peeking out of her outer lips. when she lays down on her back, you can see her pubic bone.

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

higher than motherfucking giraffe pussy

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

She ALWAYS waits for you to fall asleep afterwards. if you’re doing a quickly on a closet before a meeting, it leaves her energized. but if you’re already in bed for the night, she loves falling asleep once you’re cuddled up into her.

#avatar 2009 #avatar #avatar 2 smut #z dog smut #z dog x reader #z dog fluff #z dog x y/n #z dog #zdinarsk #lesbian pride #avatar twitter #avatar the way of water #avatar way of water #neytiri avatar #mommy neytiri #avatar fic #neytiri x reader

[raccoon-eyed-rebel]

Part 24 - Sy

Masterlist

Series Masterlist

Part 23 -- Part 25

Pairing: Sy x trans!ofc (Alicia)

Summary: The guys throw a New Years Eve party at 179th Crescent Street...

Warnings: SMUT, NSFW, 18+, MINORS DNI, oral (m and f receiving), anal fingering (m receiving), an interesting case (if I do say so myself) of phone-moaning (look it up if you have to). Brief mention of transphobic parents and mention of (child) abuse.

ETA: PLEASE, if I missed any tags/warnings, let me know. (Always let me know, but let me know for this one in particular. It's way more likely I accidentally missed something that can be triggering for someone here.)

Word count: 3.6k

A/N: I'm on the verge of having a panic attack over posting this. Not because I think it's bad - I personally love this chapter - but because Sy is such a crowd favorite and I'm a little nervous about how this will be received. Also: Liz is the first trans character I've written at this point. So much research went into this, which is part of why I struggled with writing this so much. We're still horny on main, though, as always.

It's obviously a first for Sy, too, and he says some stupid shit - he also really likes this girl, which doesn't help with foot-in-mouth-disease, obviously. Bear with him, please.

@deandoesthingstome @geralts-yenn @summersong69 @peaches1958 @fvckinghenrycavill @keanureevesisbae @livisss @sillyrabbit81 @ellethespaceunicorn @ylva-syverson @poledancingdinos

Charles punched a guy. We’d all love to get through a night out - or in, apparently - without something like that happening, but it doesn’t seem to be in the cards for us. That said, I think he was right to do it, and if I’d been within arms reach of the guy, he’d have had me to deal with, too. Harassing Dani was wrong, but to do it right in front of our eyes… That’s just plain stupid. When everyone’s back to their business, I turn back to Alicia and watch her as she takes a sip of her beer. 

“What?” she asks. 

“Nothing,” I say. I huff quietly when I hear myself speak. Little too much emphasis on that ‘g’ at the end. I’m hiding my accent. I like this girl. 

I first noticed it when I talked to Mike after the chaotic house meeting from a few days ago. I say ‘chaotic’, but it wasn’t exactly out of the ordinary for us. It’s not our fault! Who puts eight guys our age in a house and calls it a day? Anyway, he told me one of Dani’s roommates wanted to find out if Dani had been lying about my… Let’s go with ‘skills’. Apparently, the review was pretty good. Now, I’ve seen Sloane. She’s on the hockey team, and I normally wouldn’t dream of passing up an opportunity like that, but I just… Couldn’t care less, to be honest. And then Liz texted me and Mike caught me grinning at my phone like an idiot. Which he pointed out while also grinning like an idiot. And now here we are. 

“Say that again,” she teases. Fuck, I’m busted. How about I don’t answer her, and just shake my head instead? Will that work? “I like the way you talk, Sy.” 

There’s a hint of a drawl to her voice. It’s definitely subtle, but it’s there. At first I wonder if she’s messing with me, but when she asks where I’m from, I have my answer. She’s not mocking me, she’s from Georgia. Which my stepfather would say is even worse, but I stopped listening to him right around the time I turned six. The longer we talk, the clearer her accent becomes. Makes me wonder when she lost it. And why. Takes me a while longer than I care to admit to ask her that… 

“My aunt from New York took me in when I was twelve,” she answers. “Parents kicked me out for… You know… What about you? What made you move away?” It doesn’t bother me that she doesn’t finish her sentence, because I have a perfectly good idea of what she would have said if she had. I feel like everybody would have known. When Mikey found out Liz and I were texting, he asked me if I knew. I told him I did. Then he asked me if I cared, and I told him I didn’t. I meant what I said. 

“The short version is that I tried to hit ma’s scumbag boyfriend back, hit ma instead. Can’t come home unless I apologize to him. Which I ain’t gonna do.”

“Ouch, you win. More beer?” She’s on her way to the kitchen before I can even answer. 

Now that I’ve got nothing else to do, I look around the room. Charles has disappeared - probably with Sloane - and Leon is still chatting up Ariel, Dani’s other roommate. They seem to know each other, which means she might be the same Ariel he always competes with to be first in his class. Marshall is up to something that involves Vivienne Chase. I know the type. We all do. I know Marshall has referred to her as a ‘puck bunny’ before. He seemed pretty annoyed by her at the time. Guess that’s over now. I don’t know what’s been bugging him, but it can’t be good. I reckon there’s an eighty percent chance that this ain’t the way to solve it, either, but it’s none of my business, and I’m gonna treat it that way. 

Alicia and I play a few more rounds of horrible childhood bingo, until people around us start counting down. It’s a countdown to a first kiss I’m shockingly nervous about. Luckily, she’s braver than I am, putting her bottle down while reaching for mine. Then, when that’s put to the side as well, pulling me closer to her by hooking her fingers into the pockets of my jeans. I expected to not have to lower my head: she’s nearly six feet tall. What I didn’t expect was that I’d be looking up slightly. She’s wearing heels, too, fucking hell. It takes everything I’ve got to keep with a certain level of decency. Yes, practically everyone in this room is doing the same thing I am, but that don’t mean… Alright, she doesn't seem to care about propriety half as much as I do. 

“I’ve got a perfectly nice room upstairs, with a lot less prying eyes.” Why am I not surprised she’s coming with me?

Goddamn, this girl can kiss. I’m already dizzy, and something just tells me I ain’t seen nothing yet. The way she’s clawing at my back makes me think she likes it rough. I don’t mind it one bit: I ain’t exactly built to be gentle. She moans loudly when I pin her against the door. Her dress was already creeping up her thighs when I walked her upstairs, but is now only inches away from exposing that gorgeous ass completely - I didn’t let her go first on the stairs for no goddamn reason, and now that we’re in private, whatever fabric stands between me and that ass is frustrating me to no end. 

“Hm, eager,” she chuckles as my hands push her dress up further. I groan as she makes a point of grinding her hips against mine. 

“Well, you’re a hot piece of ass, so…” She laughs when I pull her away from the door, towards my bed. 

That dress comes off easily, but not before she pulls my shirt over my head. That look in her eyes as they glide over my chest, the way she takes her bottom lip in between her teeth… This chick is driving me fucking nuts. I enjoy the way she looks at me for a while too long, apparently, because she reaches behind her back to undo her bra and tosses it aside. Now it’s my turn to stare and her turn to revel in the attention. ‘Great tits.’ That’s it. That’s the only thought I have. Anything else, my brain just refuses to process - like the ringing of her phone, which I hear faintly in the background somewhere. The only reason I know I’m not making it up, is because I watch her pull it out of the purse she dropped next to my bed, and hang up on whoever is on the other end. Other than that faint notion, that rack is really my whole world right now. Fucking magnetic. I mean it. It’s as if gravity in this room has somehow shifted, and everything is now pulled towards her chest. Alright, maybe not everything, but God knows I am, for sure. 

The few quick kisses on her neck are out of a kind of twisted courtesy - pure pretense, to separate myself from a fucking caveman by a hair or two. As much as I hate to admit it, all I really want right now is to get more closely acquainted with these boobs. They’re far from the biggest I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t say they’re the nicest, either - although they’re definitely up there. But, damn, I’d be lying if I said there had ever been a pair I’d been more curious about. I have a strong feeling she won’t appreciate it if I say something about that, but unfortunately there just ain’t enough blood going to my brain right now for me to think straight…

“Can’t believe these are fake.” Once I realize what I’ve said, I look up at her like a deer in headlights. 

“No worries, you’re good,” Alicia laughs when she sees my face. “I mean… They are fake.”

“How ‘bout I just try ‘n’ keep quiet from now on?” It’s gonna be tough, but I wouldn’t forgive myself if I accidentally say something really stupid and ruin this.

“Oh no. They say you’ve got a dirty mouth. I wanna hear it.” That’s all good ‘n' well, but I’m gonna keep my mouth otherwise occupied for the time being. I sincerely hope she won’t mind.

My nerves about saying something stupid end up on the back burner when her phone rings again. I fucking hope it's a protective friend or something.

"Jesus, who keeps callin' ya?" This is the third time in ten minutes. I gave it a pass the first two, but now… Why doesn’t she turn the damn thing off?

"My ex," she groans. Not what a man wants to hear, honestly. The phone stops buzzing for a minute, and then it picks up right where it left off with call number four. The good news is that she seems as annoyed as I am. The bad news is that continuous phone calls from the ex of the girl you're trying to nail are a really effective boner killer. Liz sighs and hangs up again, while I give up on trying to ignore this issue. 

"Bad breakup?" I ask lightly, barely taking my lips off her skin. I'm fixing to get as much quality time with these tits as I possibly can, ex be damned. 

"The worst," she groans. "She cheated." There's two words in that sentence, and I have no clue which one confuses me more. 

"Cheated? On you? Now that's just stupid." She laughs in reply - a sound that turns into a moan when I bite down on her nipple. 

I’m a little disappointed when one of her hands reaches for my chin and pulls me back up. I was having a great time! Must’ve looked sad, too, because she laughs and looks at me with feigned pity in her eyes before kissing me. I wonder if that’s the only great way she has to cheer me up… My hands continue their exploration. It’s almost impossible to move on from her boobs, but I eventually make it further down, and my hand finds its way between her legs. Hm. 

"Sy," Liz has clearly picked up on my… surprise? Is that the right word? It's a good thing there’s a hint of a chuckle to her voice, because I'm just confused at this point. 

"Yeah?"

"This vagina was brought to you by the wonders of modern medicine. Doesn't get as wet as you’re probably used to." That actually explains a lot - and nowhere near enough. It sounds like lube would fix most of that problem, and I have some, so we’re good there. Thing is: it tastes horrible. Luckily, Liz manages to solve my dilemma before my indecisiveness really gets to me. 

“I’ve heard too many good things about that allegedly incredible head game of yours,” she says coyly. I chuckle as a grin spreads on my face. Knowing her expectations are high should probably make me more nervous than I already am, but it doesn’t. I know what the girls I’ve been with say about me, and I take pride in that particular skill. Does that make me a cocky jerk sometimes? Absolutely. They don’t seem to care when they’re screaming my name, so why should I?

I kiss my way down Alicia’s body. Slowly. I may be impatient but I enjoy teasing ‘em a little too much to skip that part… She clearly disagrees, trying everything in her power to push me down faster. It’s cute, and it makes me laugh. 

“Ain’t gonna work, sugar,” I say in between kisses pressed to her stomach. “The more you try, the longer I’m gonna drag this out. Be good for me, okay?” She agrees - reluctantly - meaning I can continue my journey south. 

Not being able to use my hands is going to be a challenge. One I’ll gladly accept, that’s for sure, but a challenge nonetheless. It takes me a minute to find something she likes. Thank God she’s not shy! Actually, she’s pretty loud, which is fantastic. I love a woman who just offers up the intel on what she likes unprompted. Makes me look like I know what I’m doing, because… well… I’ll know what I’m doing. She’s all moans and whimpers and ‘right there’-s and breaths hitching as my fingertips dig into her hips. Her hand is on the back of my head, pulling me closer to her… I can’t wipe this smug grin off my face - she’s gonna cum in no time.

Fuck! That goddamn phone again! I stop what I’m doing, raise myself up on my elbows and look at Liz. 

“Pick up the phone,” I growl. I’m done with this bullshit. 

“What?” Liz asks me, slightly dazed. I understand her confusion, but I’m seriously over this. 

“Pick up the goddamn phone,” I repeat. My grin widens as I watch Alicia accept the call and put the phone to her ear. 

“Kelly. Hi," she says. She’s clearly not happy to even speak to her. Doesn’t matter. I’m gonna try my best to make this the best phone call they ever had. I can’t help but chuckle as my mouth finds its way back to where it was a minute ago, and goes right back to doing exactly what it was doing before we were so rudely interrupted. When I look up, Alicia stares back at me, eyes wide with shock, begging me… to keep going. 

“Eh, no. I - ah - I’m not home.” She’s trying hard to keep her voice steady, I’m trying hard to break her. Neither of us have it easy right now. And ultimately we’re both still playing for the same side. 

“Why do you even give a - fuck!” Honestly? Nice timing. Kelly’s voice - which I can barely make out from where I am - starts to sound more agitated. Apparently, the answer to that question is a long one, because Kelly keeps talking for a while. That gives me just the right amount of time to really drive Liz nuts. 

“It’s literally - hng - none of your business - hmm - what I’m doing,” Liz suddenly snaps. “Or who I’m doing.” I almost choke on my own spit when she adds that last bit. 

“Because we broke up, remember? Jesus.” There’s no way she can last long now. 

“Kelly, seriously, stop bothering m-oh my god, Sy!” It’s a good thing she can’t see my face, because I’m grinning like crazy.  

“That was fun,” I tease when I lie down next to her again. “Turn that thing off.”

“I doubt she’ll be calling back,” Alicia says, but she turns her phone off anyway before turning to me. “You really are as good as they say.” 

It’s a reputation I never asked for, but I can’t say I mind having it. And I certainly don’t mind honing my craft, so to speak. Besides… most girls are willing to trade good head for good head - in my personal experience, at least. I can't complain about that. 

Her fingers leave goosebumps on my skin wherever they move - and they move absolutely everywhere but the place I actually want them in, while she kisses me fiercely. It’s far too easy to lose myself in her touch, especially when she finally does go where I need her most. 

I’m prepared for the soft gasp I hear when she wraps her fingers around my cock - anything else there is to notice gets lost in the sensation of her lips all over my chest and abs as she makes her way down. Her tongue feels amazing as she slowly swirls it around the tip of my cock before taking me all the way down with no issues. 

I'm staring. I know I am, and I don't give a damn. It's been a while since I've been this impressed with a girl's skills. Fuck me, she's good. Her eyes are on me the whole time she's down there, slobbering all over my dick - pardon my French - and I'm in absolute heaven. Until… 

"Whoa!" Those fingers are headed directly where no man - or woman, for that matter - has gone before. Not on me, at least. 

"What's the problem, Sy?"

I curse softly under my breath and pray Geralt isn't listening in. "I'd say somethin' along the lines of me not bein' used to a girl tryin'a stick a finger up my ass," I mumble. Judging from the grin on her face, she heard perfectly. She slowly climbs up until she's lying next to me again. 

"I strongly recommend that you give it a try," she says in a sultry tone, with eyes that put 98 percent of pornstars to shame. 

"Normally I'd ask ya why I should trust a girl on this," I sigh, "but I reckon you would know…" 

"First-hand experience," she replies. I don't know what it is, but something about this is intriguing. 

"Is it good?" I ask carefully. I'm not saying I will… just that… I might.

"Like you wouldn't believe," she purrs in my ear. That's it, I'm blaming her. It's her. She is impossible to resist. 

"Alright, I'll bite," I say, and I can't believe my own ears. "I'll try it." She's made me fucking curious. Dammit. Oh well. If I don't like it, I don't ever gotta do it again, right?

"Told ya," she grins. I'm still dizzy. That was hands down the best fucking orgasm of my entire life. Fucking hell. And there she is: smug smirk firm on her face, and soft lips torturing my earlobe.

"Gimme a break, sugar," I moan softly as I gently pull her head away from my face by her hair. She seems to like that. 

"That good, huh?" Yeah, yeah, missy, you're awfully proud of yourself. Well… she's not wrong. It really was that good. 

"Yeah," I sigh. "But why not go for the… more traditional…" What I want to know is why she didn't…

"You want to know why I didn't let you stick me." That would be one way of putting it, yes. 

She takes a deep breath and looks at me.

“Cards on the table, Sy: There’s no way you’re gonna fit,” she says. Are my eyes deceiving me or does she look embarrassed by that? 

“Alright, that explains that,” I say, pulling her into a hug. 

“You’re not disappointed?” she asks, her voice as full of disbelief as the expression on her face. I shrug. Of course not! Why would I be? 

“Nah.” It’s the truth, however hard that may be for her to believe. It’s not even the first time this has happened. You never know what the reaction is going to be when girls first find out what you’re blessed with. At this point, I’ve seen everything from nerves to sheer terror to excitement - sometimes on the same face, within the same minute. This ain’t nothing new to me. But it bothers her. And it bothers me that it bothers her. 

“Hey,” I say as I put a finger under her chin and make her look at me, “I’m okay with it if we don’t have sex.” That’s not what I should have said, but I hope she doesn’t jump on it…

“We are having sex,” she says, one eyebrow raised. Fuck. 

“Yeah… I know that. Sherlock pointed that out a few days ago, I’m just… I’m still… adjusting my vocabulary.” The grin on her face spreads slowly while I scramble for words, and I glare at her. 

“I’m sorry, Sy, I shouldn’t be teasing you like this,” she laughs. 

“No,” I reply, “you shouldn’t. You’ll have to make it up to me.”

“Well, there’s always anal,” she says. There’s no way she doesn’t actually hear the record-scratch in my brain. That whole thing came out a little too point-blank for her to be joking. I think. At the same time, I’m not even sure she said what I think she said. I have to have made that up, right? There’s no way… 

“What?” I blurt out. And lo and behold: She repeats herself. There it is again. ‘There’s always anal.’ She really said that. Alright.

“Hold on… Your pussy can’t handle me, but your ass can?” I don’t mean to sound as surprised - or crude - as I do, but I can’t help it. This is very… counterintuitive to me. To say the least. 

“The downside of designer pussy is that it doesn’t really… stretch easily,” she says softly. I can’t stop myself from letting out a chuckle when she says ‘designer pussy’ - two words I’d probably never expected to hear that close to one another. 

“Hey, I’m not opposed to the idea,” I say. It would be another first for me. Definitely something I wouldn’t mind crossing off the list. But not tonight. Not after that blowjob - that's what we're gonna call it for now, I'm still getting comfortable with that other thing that happened. Not after that orgasm. Not after all those beers. She seems to understand perfectly.

"Do you want me to leave?" she asks. I look at her, completely confused.

"Literally not even one bit, darlin'. You're stayin' right here." 

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[diana-bookfairchild]

@harrypocter Week 3: Lee Jordan

Lee flicked his wand and conjured a bunch of dandelions to lay on the grave.

He knelt in front of it, ignoring the dirt getting on his work robes. He worked for a wireless network anyway, appearances didn’t matter.

“Hey, Freddy.” He said casually. “So, this time I decided on dandelions. It represents ‘the return of life and rebirth’ according to the bloody book, which I think is rather ironic. D’you agree?”

He paused. “Of course, you do. It’s a damn good joke, if I say so myself. Plus a pretty great callback. Remember second year? The Halloween Feast?”

There was another long moment of silence. The breeze whistled through his robes and hair and against the gravestone, as though to break the depressing silence or trying to reassure him.  

At first, talking to the grave as though it would actually respond had been a coping mechanism and Lee had nearly sobbed every time he’d realized there was no point and there was never going to be a withering retort ever again. The pauses had been crushing.

Now, though. . . .

Talking to his old best friend’s grave like this made him nostalgic. More upbeat than upset. More melancholy than rage at the unfairness of the world. More a lingering loving sadness than despair. More spasming than debilitating. The pauses were more symbolic of the departure from his regular life, the dipping back into those war-torn awful years.

“George has a new product out,” He continued, standing up and walking around, gesturing as he did when he told stories without a mic. “It’s a figurine of Harry, actually. He’s experienced a sudden upsurge of popularity since the Blackwood case. Should’ve seen his face when George told him. It was at the last DA reunion. George loved his reaction, though he probably loved it a lot less when Ginny started to ‘console’ him, if you know what I mean.”

He waited again, closing his eyes and enjoying the feel of wind and sunshine. The Weasleys really had picked a beautiful place for the grave.

“Angie’s pretty great, too. She was all giggly with Luna and Audrey and Alicia at the reunion though, which makes me worry because that is a dangerous group. Don’t tell them I said that,” he added. “Also, she’s taken a break from the Wanderers. Because. . .”

He cleared his throat. “Well, that’s why I wanted to come see you today. I’m sure you must be wondering. It isn’t your birthday, or Christmas, or the 4th of July, or New Year’s Day or the anniversary of the battle. It’s. . . .”

He wondered how to put it. Fred had always liked straightforwardness, Lee decided. George was the one to dilly-dally and outsmart.

“George and Angelina told me they’re pregnant,” he blurted out. “Well, Angie’s pregnant. They’re having a kid,” he emphasized, in case Fred hadn’t understood.

“I mean, don’t get me wrong, they’ll make amazing parents, but still, here I am, bachelor, trying to remember the names of my dates - I accidentally called Andrew Alan and he threw a tantrum and left last month - and there they are, having an actual, literal baby. And they decided to make me godfather! Me!” He gestured wildly at himself. “What the hell made them think that would be a good idea? Ha! Last week I nearly burned down my apartment trying to make something edible.”

Lee paused again, and continued softly. “Th-They’ve found out the gender. It’s a boy.”

He laughed slightly hysterically. “I’m going to have a godson! I’m going to be a godfather! How about that, huh?”

He hesitated. “And – well. I know it’s different, and complicated, and George and Angie are a bit—” He shrugged, not able to articulate it. George and Angelina and their relationship could be as complicated as easy, as ugly as beautiful, as defined by grief as by happiness, and as marked by Fred’s absence as by the presence of his lingering ghost and legacy. “But – there’s no way they’re ever going to end up naming him anything but Fred. Wait and see. George blathered on about some names they’re contemplating, but I’d stake my Gringotts vault on it.”

He let out a breath and then knelt in front of the gravestone again, tracing the letters on it with his finger. “Your life was way too short. And—” He remembered seeing Fred the last time, the easy smirk on his face as he twirled his wand and made a crap joke in the Great Hall, the way Lee clapped his shoulder and said ‘Later, mates’ before leading his own group out onto the grounds, thrumming with excitement and nerves and determination.

He remembered feeling guilty for his own grief, about how all-consuming it had been, when to him George had been more important, George who had lost his twin brother.

“I couldn’t save you. You died.”

He closed his eyes again, pressing his forehead to the stone. “But … it happened. Dwelling on it’s not going to help. I’m going to do my best to make sure Lil’ Fred has a long, long life. He has to at least outlive me.” Lee nodded determinedly.

“I know you’ll be watching over him,” He continued, getting back on his feet. “Just like you’re probably fanboying over Teddy and Victoire and Dominique and Jamie and Lance and Percy’s soon-to-come kid. And well – I will be too. So, one more collaboration, huh, Freddie?” He smiled in remembrance. “S’how we became friends, remember? You were so nasty about it. ‘One collaboration’, you said. ‘We’re a duo,’ George said. And that promptly went down the drain when we actually got into it.”

His mouth twisted in a half bitter half fond smile. Somehow, the old grief had returned as an itch from the celebration of a new life he had meant to do. Grief had that way. He could be standing and doing something perfectly normal one moment and the next want to collapse and curl up and sob. He couldn’t stand to be there a second longer. “Love you, Fred, you Merlin damned asshole. See you soon.”

And he turned and walked away, ghosts still pressing at his heels, back into his life.

Feedback appreciated! I'll admit I got a teensy bit carried away with the length. . . .

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LAUREN JAUREGUI RELEASES HER NEWEST EP “IN BETWEEN”, AND TALKS ABOUT NEW MUSIC, LOVE & WHAT’S NEXT!

Before giving her fans a new album, Singer/songwriter, Lauren Jauregui, releases her latest EP “In Between” a 7-track EP that holds emotions, love, and the Ty Dolla $ign assisted single “Wolves” alongside Russ. We’re so excited to catch up with Lauren and what she has in store, read our full interview below. Download/stream “In Between” HERE

By Perry Johnson

TELL US ABOUT THE INSPIRATION BEHIND YOUR NEW EP IN BETWEEN

These songs have actually been sitting with me since 2018/2019. I think the inspiration for all of my music is always pretty personal, introspective, and reflective. I drew from experiences that I was going through for songs like Em(oceans), Trust Issues, & Always Love and then I try to relate the themes in such a way that anyone listening can see themselves in my experiences. All In My Feelings was inspired by a fuck boy lol and then Wolves was inspired by the bullshit I’ve been through in this industry and a reminder to keep going to anyone who needs it.

WHAT SONG AND LYRIC FROM THIS EP HIT HOME THE HARDEST FOR YOU

They honestly each hit in a very deep way lol but I think it’s between Em(oceans) & Wolves. Probably Always Love & Trust Issues as well; Trust Issues always hits incredibly hard lyrically.

ALWAYS LOVE IS AN ODE TO LOVE HOW DOES LOVE SHOW UP ON THIS RECORD AND WHAT MOMENTS LED TO WRITING THIS TRACK

Yeah, it’s an ode to love that can no longer be but will always exist. I feel like there aren’t many breakup songs that acknowledge the fact that there was love shared between the two people involved even if it wasn’t meant to be at the end of it all. Most are either bitter & wrought with regret or mean and dismissive of the love that existed once..so I figured this song summed up my actual feelings which is that even though it was difficult to let go, I will always have a place in my heart and love for the people I have once loved.

LOOKING BACK ON YOUR SOLO MUSIC HOW DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE GROWN LYRICALLY AND MUSICALLY AS AN ARTIST

I think I’m still in the process. I’ve released 2 EPs and 4 singles on my own. Plus some really beautiful collaborations with my friends, like Snow Tha Product & Halsey. I think I keep getting more and more comfortable expressing myself and like with anything, practice makes for perfection. I’ve been writing since before I put it into song format so I think just getting clearer and better at expressing myself through music has been the biggest growth arc for me. I’m definitely in the studio now making new things..like I said all these songs were written back in the 2018/2019 era, so I’ve grown A LOT as a woman since then and I think that’s reflected in the music I’m making right now.

WHO HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST INSPIRATION IN MUSIC

I don’t know that I have one biggest inspiration. I’m inspired by all kinds of incredible artists that have shaped my ear and the way I hear and complete my songs. I love singer/songwriters so definitely Amy Winehouse, Mariah Carey, Hayley Williams, Alicia Keys, PINK!, Shakira, John Mayer, Jhene Aiko, Summer Walker, Kehlani, SZA, Lana Del Rey. I’m inspired greatly by Beyoncé and the way she executes background vocals and communicates an entire vision and pulls that into her performances. I’m inspired by Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone…I just love women who express themselves and their truth.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR 16-YEAR-OLD SELF

I’d tell her to relax and allow life to happen for her. I’d tell her that she was safe now and protected and that she deserves to be present and happy and enjoy the moment. Also to read the contracts and find a lawyer who gives a fuck lol

OUT OF ALL THE TRACKS ON THIS NEW EP WHAT SONG DESCRIBES YOUR TRUEST SELF?

Probably Em(oceans) & Always Love

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WANT LISTENERS TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS EP

A better understanding of who I am and who they are and some songs that can accompany them through life and make them feel seen and held and shake their asses.

HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH YOUR MENTAL HEALTH BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR SO MANY YEARS AS WE ALL KNOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN HAVE ITS GOOD SIDE AND BAD

I honestly have had a lot of rapid growth in this department over the past year. I believe life is as spiritual as it is physical and the more that I tap into how connected I am spiritually, the more I’m able to understand that I am protected and held in realms that go beyond this world. The more I tap into that the less I’m tapped into the matrix and what other people think of me. Most of what other people think or judge about someone is actually thoughts and demons of their own that they’re facing and projecting to feel better about themselves at the moment. I know who I am now and no one can tell me otherwise, especially not strangers on the internet that I do not know personally. So, prayer, breaks from the internet, more time in nature, meditation, creating, and spending time w people I love and by mySelf. All of that really helps keep me grounded.

WHAT BEAUTY PRODUCT ARE. YOU OBSESSED WITH AT THE MOMENT

I don’t really wear too much makeup unless I’m going to events haha so I love a good light, clean foundation. I’m obsessed w my new Caliray free dreaming skin wellness diffusing tint. It’s lightweight and feels like a tinted moisturizer but has better coverage AND it’s clean. Which I love. I love products that are made thoughtfully, sustainably, and with ingredients that don’t harm me or the environment. I also loveee their clean mascara called Come Hell or High Water. I also love me some virgin coconut oil. I use it as a full-body moisturizer and makeup remover and it’s amazing.

BEING CUBAN AMERICAN WILL WE SEE MORE MUSIC IN ESPAÑOL FROM YOU IN THE FUTURE

Definitely. Spanglish energy will always be coming from my corner, whether that’s full Spanish songs or incorporation of it into my English music sonically or lyrically.

YOUR FAVORITE SPANGLISH WORD

Hahaa maybe janguear o chilear

WHAT CUBAN DISH DOES YOUR FAMILY MAKE THAT YOU ALWAYS CRAVE

Omg my mom’s bistec empanizado with a side of tostones

WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU THIS YEAR

I’m working on my album so very much in the studio and just connecting with mySelf and life and allowing myself to live in the In Between. Definitely going to be taking these songs on the road as well

Team Credits:

Talent: Lauren Jauregui @laurenjauregui

Photographer: Natasha Austrich @natashaaustrich

Stylist: Raz Martinez @itsmerazzie

Make-up: Vittorio Masecchia @vittoriomasecchiabeuty

Hair: Nathaniel Dezan @nathanieldezan

#lauren jauregui #interview #galore #postedbymarina

[lieutenant-amuel]

Hey. Since every show Craig Gerber made so far (Firebuds, Sofia and, of course, Elena) has a special moral to learn in every episode, maybe the chapters of WBTL fic have special morals too. If you don't mind telling.

I wouldn’t say I write the chapters with any specific moral in my head. I’m not wise enough to teach anyone :P

But the recurring themes of the entire fic seem to be "trust your friends and don’t hide anything from them because they can help you", "let go of the past" (which is quite vast, because this is about all grief over the dead loved ones, holding grudges and forgiveness), and "be honest with how you feel so you can learn how to express your emotions and how to deal with them" if we can count those as morals.

Also, one of the main aspects of Gabe's chess storyline is "to be yourself, don't afraid to express yourself" and "follow your dreams", which, yeah, is pretty cliché, but this is something Gabe struggles with in the show, too, so I thought why not include it.

As for Gabe again, in the fifth chapter, he also struggles with a strong feeling to impress Señor Álvarez, so I suppose the moral is something like you'll be noticed even if you don't go out of your way to impress anyone. We also see something similar in the third chapter with his relationship with his father when he joins Roberto's olaball teammates despite having no idea how to play. Although it's rather trying to please someone than impressing them.

(now I'm being carried away too much because I missed talking about this fic, so everything you'll read below might contain spoilers)

I also make an emphasis on the family relationships. Basically all the kids in my fic have trouble with being fully honest with their parents (Gabe hid his interest in chess, Frida hid his interest in microbiology, and Ángel hides he's still missing his mother), so this is again about being honest with yourself and everyone else around you, especially your family, because many people tend to be more open with strangers/people they don't know very well than with their parents or close friends (for example, Gabe told Señor Álvarez everything that was gnawing at him in the seventh chapter. As much as Valerio is certainly not a total stranger to Gabe, he's still just his teacher and yet he felt more comfortable with sharing his feelings with him than with Blanca despite the fact he knows how much she loves him and is supportive of him. And an even better example in the twentieth chapter where Gabe shares all his worries about Frida with a total stranger, aka the nameless girl, whereas he couldn’t say a single word when Max, his close friend, asked him what was bothering him)

The parents have something to learn, too. Frida's mother is basically a typical businesswoman who's stuck in her job and doesn't have enough time for her family, specifically her daughter (she and her husband have a shared business after all, they see each other more than enough). But I don't want to demonize her, so one of the main things about her arc is to get more invested in Frida's life, her hobbies, and find more common grounds between them so they have something to talk about. So, this is something like it's never too late to bond with your children (or anyone else, really) as long as you actually feel guilty and want to make amends for the lack of love you gave them I have no right to get so personal here

Lucas' arc is more about his relationship with his ex-wife than with Ángel. They broke up in a serious conflict, but I just want to show that this is not necessarily for the divorced couples to hate each other. One of the future chapters is about Lucas and Alicia, and as much as they definitely won't be together again and won't even become friends, they will still understand that their divorce was the best outcome for both of them. So, yeah, this is basically again about letting go of the past, specifically holding a grudge, because we all know how Lucss treats Alicia now, as he openly said he hated her when he talked with Alejandro.

Other topics I will bring up are national prejudice, the value of life, what it means to be a leader, forgiveness again, standing up for what you think is right, and maybe something else I can't think of at the moment. Either way the first three "morals" I listed in the beginning are the core parts of the fic, so you're going to see them quite often during the whole course of the story.

Thanks for the ask!

#Ask me anything #Was Born To Lead #Anyway Craig Gerber's shows are primarily the kids shows so no wonder they have a specific moral in every episode #But I don't have a goal to teach anyone I'm just telling my story and bringing up the topics that are interesting to *me* in the first plac

[madscarypod]

Episode 2 Recap: Ex Machina

Millie & Rina are back, baby! After a medium hiatus! We start off by arguing about whether this is episode 2 or 3. It’s both. We do a bit of catch up and chat about the Writers & Sag Aftra Strike. They want a fair wage and proper protections against AI - very reasonable. We’ll see how long it takes for the bigwigs to get their acts together.  

Until they do, all folks writing or recording content around movies and TV are being asked to chill until the strike wraps. A24 is all good because they’ve agreed to all terms/an interim agreement. 

Millie discusses Refik Anadol’s AI generated art at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. Using machine learning models, an image is generated based on every piece in the MoMA archive as well as the weather, temperature, and biometric data from folks at the museum viewing the piece. It is a sight to behold. We dug in on what the level of technical skill might be - a deep understanding of development, machine learning models and data sets.Check out this work before it closes on 10/29/23. No moment/no visual is ever the same. Here’s a great example of how AI can help us create without replacing the artist. 

Rina updates on AI news, Apple’s GPT beta is almost ready/out and it’s going to “blow things out of the water.” We’ll stay tuned.Companies are heavily investing in AI - whether that’s via research, experiments, as well as additions to their preexisting products. Especially in the Workforce tool space. Can I have an AI assistant now please? 

Ok, so the Newton Creek sitch. There’s a pattern and it’s no bueno. There are now 2 guys that have been found dead in the creek. Is it an accident or is it foul play? They could have been drunk and fell in the creek. But maybe not. We’re speculating a female killer because Millie’s been listening to The Pact and it just makes sense. If a woman was found in the creek, the investigation would be different. Also, when women are the perpetrators it usually takes way longer to find them out. Women can fall under the radar. Gender stereotypes, yo. 

We dig into Ex Machina; written and directed by Alex Garland. He’s got a lot to say about men and their creations. The tagline is to erase the line between man and machine, is to obscure the line between men and gods. Woah. 

Caleb gets to go to his boss’s house and hang out with Nathan, his boss, and a beautiful robot girl. Oscar Isaac is smoking hot in this movie. And also hella creepy. Nathan has Caleb sign an NDA so he can user test this actual AI. We gush over the design of the beautiful robot girl. It’s stellar. 

Things get wild right away. Are you a robot? Am I a robot? All I know is,  Nathan likes to hit the sauce and makes a lot of bad choices because of it. Is Alex Garland sober? Don’t drink on the job folks. To learn more about some of Mr. Isaac’s choices watch this Oscar Isaac & Alicia Virkander Interview. He talks about his inspiration for Nathan, a combo of Kubrick and Bobby Fischer. Both Bronx boys. Hence the Bronx accent. Big ups.  

Caleb falls in love with Ava pretty quickly and she’s manipulating him left and right, as is Nathan. The power cuts in and out. But Nathan is wearing his “hanging around the house” clothes so at least he’s comfy. 

Caleb confronts Nathan about giving Ava sexuality; mostly to manipulate Caleb. Duh. But also Nathan is hooking up with those robot(s). Yeah, they’re is more than one. They continue the Turin tests aka their creepy dates. Ava and Caleb hatch a plan as she continues to fuel the fire of Caleb’s mistrust of Nathan. If only Ava can leave the room, then she can be truly “human.” She’s trapped and wants out. Yikes. 

Ava wants out of the metaphorical maze and is using her sexuality, her intellect - her data sets - to find a way to escape. Caleb resets the locks while Nathan is blackout drunk. Even though Nathan has been essentially recording him, specifically his secret conversations with Ava. Again, don’t drink on the job, ya’ll. Ava gets out. 

But Kiyoko! The other robot. She’s the housekeeper, cook, and Nathan’s dance partner/sex toy. She has a mo with the escaped Ava and gives Nathan a big ole knife to the back. But Ava deals the death blow. She’s devoid of all humanity. “It’s fucking unreal.” She traps Caleb and escapes into the real world in a gorgeous white eyelet dress and white platform heels. She doesn’t seem that impressed with what she sees. Botox face. End of movie. 

This movie was mad scary. The idea that we could create a true AI and it being free in the world. What are the implications? 

We loved this movie. It’s one of Rina’s favorites.   Stay tuned! Next time we’re going to watch and talk through the Philippou brothers’ Talk to Me. See you then!

#horrormoviepodcast #artificial intelligence #ex machina #movies #oscar isaac #madscarypod

[i-think-i-can-speak-here]

hi i finished both seasons of tslocg and here are a few thoughts

i loved watching leighton’s character arc till the very end. it was very cool and i loved the reason why she left kappa whitney going there was not cool, i’ll come back to that

also i totally agree with leighton. math is way cooler than biochem. obviously.

so proud of leighton when she came out to her friends and her dad. and also super glad that she got back with alicia also what was the hot vampire from first kill doing here?

whitney in s1 after the whole teacher storyline was good. and i love they portrayed her as a nerd and not just a jock yk? and i love her relationship with her mom. her mom is pretty fun and she should be in more eps

whitney can play basketball too? she is so freaking multi-talented not water polo though

whitney and canaan did make a good couple though what she did by going through his phone was not cool but i can see where that cam from like her prev relationship and what the girls from kappa told her

i loved bela more in season 1 ig. season 2 was more of character ruin and i hope it gets better in s3. i really thought she was talking to a therapist in the last bit and not TRANSFERRING but i’m glad she realised and owned up to all her mistakes

bela and eric were really cute and they kinda made sense together but yeah she fucked up 

kimberley was fun and everything and i kinda related to her when she was being awkward sometimes but the way the season ended was so bad she really should not have kissed canaan. i wish she had come clean to whitney the next day. it was just not cool

i am excited for s3 but i really am not interested in watching a love triangle nonsense. i hope all four of the girls work it out

oh i also wanna see more of nerdy leighton in the next season and them actually studying 😭

sorry this got so long 😭😭

omg i love that you sent all this!!

no yeah leighton's arc is just chef's kiss

dude... you did not just say that... math is in NO WAY cooler than biochem 😭😭

tbh i looooved vampire girl from first kill playing a sapphic character. they were cute for like an episode

whitney is talented af she can do anything (except water polo)

i really liked whitney and canaan together!! what she did wasn't great but like you said, it was understandable after her previous relationship with the coach

ngl i wanted kimberly and canaan to stay platonic besties, i love their dynamic. personally i never got romo vibes there. and yeah, she should have come clean to whitney

bela... i have so many thoughts about bela. i feel like they ruined her character arc a bit this season. her and eric were kind of cute although i wasn't rooting for them. and i feel like i'm one of the very few people who immediately assumed she was talking a out transferring?? although in hindsight i see why it would have seemed like she was in therapy. i wish she was 😅

i doubt there'll be too much focus on the triangle next season. the main focus so far has been the four main girls and i hope it continues to stay that way

how much do college students actually study though lmaoo

#asks #mutuals 💕 #nivi my tumblr bestie! #the sex lives of college girls #tslocg

[riverstardis]

series 32 episode 11:

weird how lily used to fancy mr grayling🤢

RASH!! also his mum🥺

ah rash says "good luck gift for your favourite child?" so he DID used to have siblings!! guess none of them care enough about their dad to help rash look after him or contribute to getting him in a good care home huh

lmaoo madia nearly crashing into connie on her motorbike

lily saying her father used to say "emotion is the enemy of success" and elle nods and goes "my dad told me the queen is really a lizard" SJDFJDJF

"staff nurse david hide" "ha ha not seek?" "no, i'm a buddhist" SJSKJFJF oh no is this gonna renew my anger about them wrecking david and rash's friendship for that pointless ollie and rosa storyline

"i have our new f1, dr rashid masum" "well, he appears to be invisible" 😭😭😭

"some of the women working here, they're pretty er, brusque" LMAOOO

lmaoo robyn asking louise what she thinks of the new f1 and louise goes "i'll give him a month" sjsjdjf "i mean totty wise. i think i'm gonna give him an 8 out of 10. 9 if he's got a thing for redheads with kids" 😭😭

LMAO rash saluting connie😭😭😭 she goes "strange boy" SJSFJJF that reminds me of louise saying ethan was "a bit odd" in his first episode. also i just realised in both their first scenes they're with their mums👀

i'm still bitter about ethan not being in this episode to say goodbye to lily

aww dylan saying sanosi's no longer part of his life :(

oh yeah i forgot lily and sam had beef lmao. sam nicholls i mean obviously, weird cos i just came straight from reap the whirlwind where she has beef with sam strachan lmao

ohh rash i love you <3

alicia looks GORGEOUS💍💍💍

awww rash running out of connie's office to throw up sjsdjffg

he almost leaves his glasses in the toilets lmaoo the first sign that he doesn't actually need them? honestly that whole glasses thing is so funny like they didn't want to commit to another character with glasses after they already got rid of lily's and ethan's and they knew how they complicated things, but they did want us to know immediately that he was a stereotypical glasses-wearing character (like lily and ethan) so they just decided to give him glasses for a few months and then reveal he never even needed them?? tbf it worked, i mean we could already tell he was a new ethan by this point lmao

iain telling lily how he feels about her right before she goes in to do her talk. way to sabotage her career mate :/

aww connie talking about how she's seen lily grow into a very fine doctor🥺

aww alicia introducing herself to rash and saying she heard he did alright today and inviting him to the pub with everyone. he's like "i don't really drink" and she goes "me neither, see you there" sjfjfjdf oh yeah i forgot this was during her "given up alcohol and men" era

awh rash overhears robyn and david talking about how they rate him :( he nearly doesn't go to the pub but lily tells him that it's something she should've done on her first day🥺 oh yeah cause she was pretty isolated from everyone until she made friends with ethan... SO WHY TF ISNT HE HERE SAYING BYE TO HER

she thought she'd blown her talk and she didn't seem that upset about it, ig bc it stopped her from having to choose between hong kong and iain, but then she finds out that not only did she get the research post they're asking her to talk over from mr grayling as the leader because they don't like working with him LMAO

now iain's literally begging her to stay bro wtf???

"i am lily chao, and i have to go" 😢😢😢

does she not like,,, need to empty her locker or anything??

bye bye lily I MISS YOUUU

i firmly believe that if not for cal's death ethan and rash would've been friends immediately

#classic casualty #S32E11 #rash's first ep #lily's last ep

[anangelwhodidntfall]

Intimacy Challenge: Day (20)

30 Day Intimacy Challenge Masterlist

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Day 20: There are many romantic decorating ideas you can try in your couple space that are sentimental, classy, and beautiful. If you are looking for new ways to show your love, affection, and attachment to your significant other in your shared living space, here are some suggestions you can try that not only will warm each of your hearts when you are around them, they also can make great gifts that both of you can enjoy in your home.

Tsu'tey:

You and Tsu'tey were currently working on your new piece of artwork for your home since you haven't added a new one in a while. You two currently had all of your photos spread out between you, as you two sat there deciding which ones you wanted to display while you snacked on some food.

"What if we did the photos like this and then we added these feathers around them?" He asked you as he showed you what he was envisioning.

"I think that would be really pretty." You said to him with a smile as you placed a kiss on his cheek.

You two sorted through the photos you wanted to display before gluing them down like he wanted and then you two put some of the feathers over the pictures. You two talked while you waited for it to dry before you hung it on the wall.

"You know this never felt like a home before I met you." Tsu'tey said to you.

"Really? But you always seemed to like hanging out in here especially when you were in a mood." You said to him.

"Yeah I did, but still it felt lonely in here. But since you got here, I look forward to coming home, I don't know how to explain it." He said.

"It's called love, your home is now filled with loved and it shows." You said to him with a soft smile.

"It does. Now where should we hang our newest piece at?" He asked you.

"Hmm what about right here?" You said pointing to them an empty spot just above your kitchen table.

"I think it's prefect." He said to you before walking over and hanging it up on the wall.

Neteyam:

"What are you doing with those my love?" Neteyam asked seeing you with the jar of all the flowers he gotten you over the year.

"I was thinking about make something with them that we could display and show our love story." You said sitting it on the table in front of the canvas that you had painted a few days before.

"Do you think I could help? I still have the ones you gave me, and I think that we could make something with the both of them." He asked you nervously.

"I would love that ma 'Teyam." You said to him with a smile.

A few moments later, he returns with his own jar of flowers you have given over the years of yalls relationship and sets them on the table before taking a seat next to you.

"So what can I do to help you?" He asked you.

"Can you take a mixture of each our flowers and put them at the top here for me?" You asked him as he nodded his head.

"What do you think?" He asked making you look up from the section you were working on.

"I think that looks beautiful. Would you like to glue them down for me while I finished this section up?" You asked him.

"I would love too." He said placing a kiss on your forehead.

You two worked quietly for the next few minutes before you finally finished your newest piece for your home that would hold much more meaning to the both of you and where everyone could see it.

"I know the perfect place to hang this." Your mate said happily.

You stood up and followed him over to the main area of ya'lls home where you watched him hanging it above the fireplace before walking over to you with a smile and wrapping his arms around you.

"I love you ma y/n so much." He said placing a kiss on your lips.

"I love you ma 'Teyam." You said looking at him with a smile.

Z-Dog:

"Mhmm what are you working on baby?" Alicia asked you as she wrapped her arms around you.

"A collage of sorts that we could hang and display here in our little home." You said leaning back against her chest as you sorted through the photos of you two.

"I like the idea of that, can I help out?" She asked you.

"Of course you can baby." You said as you two began shuffling through your pictures and choosing the best ones or the ones you guys wanted to display.

"I love you, you know that?" She asked you while placing a kiss on your forehead.

"I know but it doesn't hurt to hear you say, because I love you too." You said turning and placing a kiss on her cheek.

"Definitely this one has to go up!" She said showing you a picture from one of your dates.

"Omgosh I remember this, I swore you were gonna kill Lyle and Ja for crashing our date." You said with a laugh.

"It crossed my mind, I wanted to because that was supposed to be me and you time and they interrupted it." She said making you laugh.

You guys finished up your bulletin board full of pictures, you both stood up and she grabbed it leaving you a little confused as you followed over to where you living room of sorts was and hung it about your dresser.

"Good spot yes?" She asked you.

"Perfect." You said smiling at her.

Tarsem:

You were quietly working on a new bulletin board to display some of you and Tarsem's more recent pictures when you felt him wrap his arms around you.

"I missed you so much, my love." He said placing a kiss on your shoulder.

"I missed you too bubs, how was training?" You asked him as you continued working.

"It was alright, training was a little rough but I am glad to be here with you finally." He said squeezing you.

"I'm glad you are here too." You said squeezing his hand before going to working on your board.

"What are you working on?" He asked you looking over your shoulder.

"Just trying to update our bulletin board with some of our more recent pictures. Would you maybe like to help?" You asked him.

"I would love to, in fact I think I may have a new idea, for the layout, if you are interested." He said as you nodded your head.

You both worked together talking about your days and possible future plans and dinner when you felt him lean over and press a kiss to your lips making you smile.

"Not that I am complaining, but what was that for?" You asked wrapping your arms around him.

"Just because I didn't get to kiss you when I got home." He said with a shy smile.

"Well in that case, I better give you another you then." You said placing a kiss on his lips.

"That was perfect just as this has turned out perfect." He said as he picked it up and hung it up on the wall for you.

"Thank you for that my love. I think it looks perfect." You said smiling at him.

Jake:

"Hey pretty girl, I was down at the lab talking with Norm and he gave me some of those photos you had sent down to be printed off." Jake said making you smile.

"Oh really? Now I can fix our little sign with all of our pictures." You said happily taking them from Jake.

"Do you think maybe I could help you with it?" He asked you.

"I would love that, could you get it off the wall for me?" You asked him as he nodded his head at you.

He set it on the table and you two began discussing the pictures you wanted to keep and the ones you wanted and looking through the new pictures that you had printed off. While working on it, you two recounted some of the memories in them and sharing a few kisses here and there.

"I think it looks beautiful, what do you think ma Jake?" You asked him.

"I couldn't agree more pretty girl." He said wrapping his arms around you and pressing a kiss to your forehead.

#jake sully x reader #jake sully x you #jake sully #neteyam imagine #neteyam x reader #neteyam fanfiction #zdog x reader #avatar zdog #tarsem x reader #tarsem x you #tsu'tey x reader #tsu'tey x you #30 day intimacy challenge

[ellie-e-marcovitz]

White Wedding... Of Chaos

Part 2 @lifeofkaze

A/N: I generally love Molly Weasley. I also think she has some ...issues regarding her want to control her kids’ lives.

early February 2000

Ellie’s pov

Apparently, on top of loving and motherly, Mrs Weasley was also the suspicious type. That, or she was just really ready for grandkids, never mind most of her kids weren’t thinking that far ahead. That was the only reason I could think of when she confronted me about the (negative!) pregnancy test several weeks before.

We were barely two years out of a several year war, and I was just finishing up schooling that I had delayed during most of it. Charlie had been in Romania since the day after New Year’s, which meant he had largely avoided his mother’s wrath, if she hadn’t already sent him a Howler before confronting me.

It had taken …more than a little explaining to Molly Weasley, both what a muggle pregnancy test was, and why I had been taking it. Which had been more than a little exhausting. Both physically, and emotionally, and it left me with an appreciation for Fred and George and what it must’ve been like to survive the hurricane that was their mum.

But clearly, she didn’t fully believe me, which hurt quite a bit. And which led to this point.

For a Weasley wedding, it was actually put together quite quickly, though I suspected some emotional blackmail had been used. Both mum and dad were coming, and had plenty of questions as to why.

Jacob and Olivia were also invited, and they were set to arrive the day before. Mum and dad had set up a tent at the edge of the orchard, as they didn’t feel entirely comfortable taking a room at the Burrow, especially as the other Weasley children were coming home as well.

Charlie was one of the first to arrive back in England, hackles up over whatever Mrs Weasley had sent him. None of it was helped by Mrs Weasley trying to keep us apart since he arrived as well.

It honestly wasn’t the best time for a wedding, in my opinion. I preferred July over mid-February, too much snow and frost, but also allowing for more relatives and friends to come as well.

So I waited until the day of to set my newly forming plan into action.

15 February 2000

I had managed to talk Ginny, my mum, and most importantly, Charlie, into helping me with this. Jacob and Olivia had arrived the day before, pitching their own tent a little further into the orchard for some privacy. I also managed to persuade them as well.

On top of all this, and I’m really not sure how they managed this, Olivia was going to be meeting the family officially as Jacob’s girlfriend/wife (?). She’d met the twins, not long after the war, and they loved her. But, for whatever reason, mum and dad still though she was just a really good friend of Jacob’s.

Now that everyone was here, though, mum might’ve caught on that there was more going on, helped on by my plan for today. Which was slowly coming together.

Mum, Olivia, Ginny, Audrey, and I took over Ginny and Hermione’s room to get ready, and I shared the plan. Olivia would take my place, with Jacob taking Charlie’s. No one would know exactly what was going down until it did.

Luckily, me and Olivia were roughly the same height, roughly the same colouring, and a quick colour change charm took care of difference in accenting colours. Jacob would be standing up for Charlie until the time came for the switch.

I had even managed to rope Fred, George and Ron into helping collect the invitations from the guests, and making sure to mark whose was who’s. Bill was helping keep his mother from blowing it, helped by Fleur, Alicia, and Angelica, who I briefly remembered.

Mr Weasley, Percy, Harry, and Hermione were mainly helping as well, by being out of the loop. I figured my dad knew something about it, considering mum, but not everything. I needed to keep it that way.

All in all, I thought it ran pretty smoothly, considering I flexed my rarely used cunning. I suspected Mrs Weasley had fainted when we deployed our switch, the gasps from the majority of the assembled guests startling her even more.

I almost fell, the perils of both skirts and injuries, though Charlie managed to dramatically sweep me off my feet in front of the assembled group, somehow managing to hold me through the entire rest of the ceremony.

After getting over their shock, the assembled group cheered as they kissed, before we moved the chairs into the reception layout. Tables were pulled/conjured, complete with tablecloths, and the party kicked off.

I thought Murphy would be proud of the chess moves metaphorically played, considering I still sucked at chess itself.

The reception was a happier form of chaos. Someone, and I wasn’t sure who but I also had my suspicions, had nabbed the couple cake topper depicting me and Charlie and traded it for a pair of nattily dressed phoenixes. But they had also cheekily stuck mine and Charlie’s topper about halfway down the cake, much to everyone’s horror and hilarity.

There had to be pictures of it sitting on someone’s camera.

I also suspected that the phoenixes were left over from the last Weasley wedding, which was either the twins’ double wedding or Percy and Audrey’s unconventional nuptials. The number of weddings that had occurred over the last year and a half was staggering.

And while the band wasn’t the Weird Sisters, more of a cobbled together affair of Weasley cousins, they weren’t half-bad. Their repertoire a little limited, but they were eager.

Jacob and Olivia allowed us to share their first dance, a rendition of the Blue Danube, bouncing light hearted jokes off each other during the dance.

I did keep an eye on Mrs. Weasley throughout the reception, nervous about how she would react face to face. I hadn’t needed to worry, apparently.

We both apologised, as the reception wrapped up, recognising that we’d both screwed up to get to this point.

But I also managed to surprise her. Having done this, it felt almost like a test run, finding out what I liked and didn’t like, and in some ways, and compiling at least part of the guest list in the process.

It also helped Jacob and Olivia to tie the knot officially, which no doubt pleased our parents and hers, who had been wondering why they’d been invited to the  wedding which, until the switch, didn’t concern them. There had been some good natured ribbing from Jacob and Olivia, moreso from Jacob, about it as well.

There was some heartfelt affection in there as well, just buried, under several layers of sass and sarcasm. Olivia was much more straight forward, but no less heartfelt.

What a hell of a way to meet the in laws, though.

#valentines challenge 2022 #fic #belated #mind the gif link #story is sfw

[twdmusicboxmystery]

FTWD 7x15: Amina - More Observations About the Episode

I’ll have a few more days of these discussions. As you can see, we had a lot of thoughts and insights about the symbolism in this episode. Here, I’m just focusing on details people noticed in the episode itself. This will be shorter than yesterday’s. 

@wdway:

I'm going to skip to near the end of the episode. This is somewhat in line with what I mentioned above about little things that are not obvious but they obviously want us to notice and they want us to work for it.

Alicia woke up in a raft that's sitting part on the beach and part in the water. Her friends keep coming by to wish her well and basically say goodbye.

Do you see the IV bag? They obviously want us to see it and yet they were trying to be subtle about it. In this episode alone we've heard talk of saline, Epinephrine, Tylenol and ibuprofen. Now we see Alice wake up next to the IV bag. 

Please note the duct tape patch that makes an X the center is somewhat raised to make a diamond ◇ shape. Tptb want us to notice it because when Strand gets in the raft and Alicia starts to get out there is a shot focused on the tape. 

There is absolutely no reason to have a close up of the tape and her hand grabbing her bag unless it a symbol we are meant to notice.

Strand getting in the raft (on the water) with a large very noticeable water container with a green and yellow label. He also seems to be holding his jacket, sword, umbrella and possibly a golf club.

Alicia wakes up quite beautiful I would say. She finds the little bird next to her, a sign of Resurrection? One of the first things she does is grabs her green water canteen and drinks.

Water=Beth.

IV bag, mention of saline and lots of water.

Did you guys notice the 2 red doors at the tower? Just as a reminder, I believe ◇=Beth and □=Rick.

One red door has a yellow ◇ the other red door is more of a tan□. The ◇ door has an awning over with an air conditioner above the door. Isn't that cooool?

The little girl (Alicia) has a small hammer. Madison carries a sledgehammer. I was very happy NOT to see the red machete.

@galadrieljones

Love all this! I did not notice the IV bag!! Good catch. Such a direct callback to Grady. Also, I have the red door with the yellow diamond in my notes, and the bird, Amina, as a sign of resurrection. Also, per Little Alicia's hammer--Nick carried hammer after the Diamond went down. I took it as a Jesus symbol, ie: Jesus was a carpenter. Yet another resurrection hint. Nick wakes up "in the flowers" at the end of "Good Out Here." His was a flashback. But I felt it was being echoed here with Alicia waking up, looking lovely and refreshed, her fever broken, her color returned, looking at, not the flowers, but the bird.

Also, Little Alicia's pigtails felt like a Dorothy callback?

@wdway:

I hadn't thought about Dorothy as far as her braids go but that's brilliant. I have to say though for me it was the fact that she was wearing braids, I have driven everyone crazy on this one I know but I believe Beth will be wearing a long braid. Also, her jacket is striped, again I've been driving you guys crazy about stripes this season. Although they have mostly been horizontal stripes but also, we have seen some vertical. No idea what that means.

@galadrieljones:

Who are the characters we've seen prominently wearing braids? Little Alicia, Judith, and Beth. Are there more? Beth started the whole braid trend, so I always feel as if braids are callbacks to Beth, wherever they appear. I don't know why Beth wore the braid, but I have always interpreted it as her choosing to "live" and not just to survive. Beth's braid is not utilitarian. It is ornamental. She doesn't need it. She chooses to wear it, whether because she thinks it's pretty or because it's just something small, she can have some control over, and it makes her feel good. Either way, it's about LIVING.

Judith's braid especially always struck the same chord, because it's also ornamental. The pigtails are slightly more utilitarian, but they also take on a really prominent theme of "childish innocence." Braids take time. That's the thing I'm always hung up on. It's easy to throw your hair into a ponytail, but braids take time.

Also, Ellie wears Converse super prominently in The Last of Us. It's one of her trademarks. She wears them in both The Last of Us and The Last of Us 2. They're such classic Americana footwear, I'm sort of surprised we don't see them more in The Walking Dead. 

Enid wears them though, another "young" character and love interest. But the fact that Beth wears them ONLY at Grady, if there's ANY kind of immunity or cure theme at work there, I do kind of wonder if it's an allusion for those who are watching closely.

@frangipanilove:

Great catch with the IV bag, I didn’t notice that, but of course it always is something that brings our minds to Beth waking up at Grady, even if the content of the IV bags are different. I’d did notice the X, and I loved how it was placed next to the partly blue backpack.

So, what I’m getting from that is there’s a nice constellation of various life-giving/resurrection/return-themed symbols placed together. And while we’re at it, I agree that it stood out how Alicia was drinking that water as though she was “dying” of thirst, but then she drank and of course she wasn’t dying any longer. Naturally it makes sense that she was thirsty, but still it made a lot of symbolism sense how they choreographed the “awakening” scene. Same with the bird landing on one side of her and the backpack laying on the other side. The message is clear. Alicia isn’t dying, the fever is gone and she’s back to the realm of the living. We talked about the bird in the stairwell before, and that scene was everything I expected it to be.

Yes! I’m with you. That scene was all “oooh, red door! Ooh another red door! Oooh a diamond! Ooh an air conditioner!

@galadrieljones:

I now want to make TD shirts that say, “Ooh an air conditioner!” on the back.  😄

@wdway:

Beth, at the end of s3, started taking on some visual symbols from Andrea in the comic book. She wears a white knit hat. In s4 she started wearing a braid in her ponytail just as comic book Andrea did. Remember in the comic, Andrea was shot in the head in issue 44 and woke up in issue 45. She also had a loving relationship with a much (32? 33 years) older man, Dale. We didn't see that relationship in the TV series. I've always thought it was one of the reasons they paired Beth with Daryl, as a nod to the comic book relationship.

@galadrieljones

OH, I didn't know comic book Andrea wore a braid. Okay that's even better lol. I actually have the first huge volume of the TWD comics. My husband saw it at a thrift store and bought it for me last year lol. Last week I went back and read the chapter in which Andrea gets shot. It's super interesting. I feel at one point, Dale suggests that they leave together. Like, he wants to go. It reminded me of Daryl suggesting he and Beth stay at the funeral home.

@wdway:

What Beth's arm may have look like. What the scar might look like.

@galadrieljones:

IT really is so close to her hand that Beth's cast could have covered it up clearly. One question I have is that, if Beth was bitten on the wrist, like this, did she know? At the end of Slabtown, her cast is clean again after getting very bloody earlier on. So, it seems that Edwards probably changed it. But. We also know that Beth was beaten up pretty bad by Dawn. She could have been knocked unconscious, at which point, Edwards could have sedated her and changed the cast without her knowing. Just a question I've always had, pertaining to the possibility of Beth having a bit on her arm.

@frangipanilove:

Yeah, I agree that is a great question I’ve wondered myself. Because they really did show us how the cast got changed multiple times while she was conscious, so tptb would have to explain that somewhat. I have thought that maybe she knew, and that we just never got to see her react to it due to the weird, diffuse timeline and selective non-chronological storytelling. Idk. But it’s definitely a valid question

I’m biased but I’d say [the Converse shoes] definitely are tied to “resurrection” symbolism, whether it takes the form of a cure, immunity or just “coming back from the dead” as Rick will do (to his family who thought he was dead).

To my knowledge, the first time we saw the Converse style shoes with a star logo in combination with resurrection symbolism was when Carl was taken to The Greene farm in 2x2 (which is also when we saw Beth for the first time). He was near death, but eventually survived.

When we later see the Converse style shoes on Beth at Grady, it’s imo a very strong signal that she too will survive. Plus, we see the 10x10 clock, which ties into the 2x2,2x10,10x2,10x10 etc symbolism.

Remember we saw converse style shoes in 2x2, Shane had a 22 necklace, and it was Shane (and Otis but that’s for a different day) that eventually made Carl’s survival possibly. Also, we saw Carl hooked up to an IV bag in a shot where we see a star on his converse style shoes, similar to how we saw Beth hooked up to one. Or, not similar in terms of cinematography, but in terms of which symbols that were present in the scene.

@galadrieljones:

Right, Carl. Good, thank you!! I see this. I also think the black/white monochrome of the classic Converse sneaker is convenient to the Grady themes and then replicable on Daryl's ankle coverings.

@frangipanilove:

Plus, star = Sirius & North Star, which of course also represents resurrection through their own symbolical paths. Then there’s the boot = trunk symbolism. Also, the girl was wearing a blue shirt, again like Beth did at Grady. Blue = police imo, bc Rick is a police officer and Beth is the new sheriff in town. 

In Beth’s case, I believe it is not unlikely that she was put in officer Lichari’s Dodge Magnum, or a “blue trunk”. When the girl was wearing a blue shirt, imo it could be a reference to the “blue trunk Beth was put in that time when she did NOT die. Then, even if all of that were coincidences, Alicia still had a whole bunch of Beth’s dialogue lines, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@galadrieljones:

YES, yes. The question about how much Beth knows of what is going on at Grady is still unanswered. I feel that, in Coda, it could go either way. Thinking back to Dawn and O'Donnell's conversation in the hallway, and then Beth and Dawn's conversation in Carol's room, It's really not totally clear whether Beth knows anything, but she does seem VERY jaded. 

Dawn and O'Donnell both also say some super sketchy stuff. Like O'Donnell threatening to tell the other officers who they're "really working for," and then Dawn telling Beth that what she's doing could be the "most important thing" she does in her whole life. She also tells Beth basically that where she's going, Carol could go, too. That they could stay together if Beth cooperates. 

It SCREAMS CRM conspiracy to me. It also seems like Beth might know what's going on, but, like you said, that she's not letting on, to us or to Dawn...AH. I'm just torturing myself now. I need the truth!!

@frangipanilove:

So, I’ve been wondering how to articulate my thoughts on Beth’s cast and Alicia’s bite, which lead to her amputating her arm. A while ago I had a ramble about how maybe arms are synonymous with weapons, because arm = weapon, right. We say “the right to bear arms”, ARMada etc. The word arm can mean weapon. And we’ve seen that in Merle, in Alicia, in Aaron, that they lose an arm but replace it with …..an arm (a prosthetic that functions as a weapon).

Beth factors into this in that she hid a weapon (a tiny pair of scissors, but still a weapon, an arm) in her…arm (ok her cast, that covered her arm). And you might remember my long intricate ramble about how scissors and knives are somewhat etymologically related. Not directly, but there are still ties that are interesting), and I’m mentioning this because we know how important Beth’s knife, her weapon, her ARM, was to Daryl.

The girl’s bite and scar imo obviously represents Beth’s arm in some way. Now I’m leaning heavily toward Beth getting bit, but even if she didn’t the bite/scar simply has got to represent Beth arm, with all the other clues. We saw Beth get blood on her cast all the time in Slabtown (red controls the gate = survival/resurrection symbolism). So, I’m interpreting that as “Beth is in a near-death situation. She’s in a liminal space between the realms for a while”. Red controls the gate. The gate is open, and we currently don’t know if Beth is crossing over to the death realm or if she stays in the realm of the living.

And now we see all this symbolism around Alicia that so clearly is a reference to Beth’s situation. The symbolism always circles back to Beth. Tptb are finding ways in every episode to show how the symbolism that we saw around Beth in Slabtown was about her surviving, not dying. The girl had a bite and a scar, but survived, and Alicia had a weapon (arm). But they we’re both Alicia. And Alicia survived. Beth had a weapon in her cast (an arm in her arm). Maybe she was bit, may she was not, but either way she survived.

It’s circular symbolism that always circles back to Beth, and symbols are synonymous so that we really have the same symbolism happening over and over. We also see it in the scene where she gets blood on her shoes. Red controls the gate, the blood indicates that she’s going to be in a near-death situation, the gates will be open, and the outcome will be unclear for a while, but the symbolism signals that she’ll eventually come back to the realm of the living. The boot = trunk symbolism. But also, the symbolism we saw around Alicia in this episode. The girl with the converse shoes, who in reality was Alicia, who was bitten and had fevers, she survived.

@wdway:

Also, with Alicia and Beth the arm/weapon/cast is on the left. Left side=Beth. I believe that Beth shoe with the blood on it was her left shoe.

@frangipanilove:

I should mention that this ramble on arms really should include the other weird arms we’ve seen, such as the arm Leah threw at Daryl when they first met in FM, plus the walkers hand that Dog brought to Daryl in Stradivarius. But I guess that’s for a different day.

@wdway:

Couldn't we know say that Alicia is just "gone."

@twdmusicboxmystery

I’ll stop there for today. Tomorrow we’ll have a discussion about whether Alicia is dead and why. And then on Friday we’ll talk about whisky references and stripes. :D Stay tuned!​

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[tuiyla]

hi new anon here :) i find it somewhat frustrating with this whole tatum thing that most people who are pointing out that tatum was s1 leighton dont see how it was just poorly executed. i think they couldve easily dragged it out to s3 instead of abruptly ending it the way they did. a lot of the problem they have with the last 2 episodes could easily be fixed by dragging it out to next season. it felt as though s2 had two halves - s2A being ep 1 to 8 and then s2B being 9 & 10. it's almost like they had this plan and wrote out 1 to 8 before realising "ah shit, we have 2 eps left" and crammed everything in there. that or they feared they wouldnt be renewed and just shoved everything in so they could secure one.

they spent so much time building tatum and jackson only to abruptly write both off either in a 5 second break up scene or in tatum's case, offscreen. and the opposite is true for kimberly/canaan. they spent so much time for jackson and whitney trying to move on that it felt like they didnt do enough to solidify kimberly/canaan's feelings? i dont know why they couldnt just try to keep jackson on first, show that kimberly started having feelings and having canaan reciprocate before pushing for the kiss. have whitney be unaware but rejected by canaan at the end and show her devastated as her cliffhanger and kimberly's be being with jackson but thinking of canaan.

the same with tatum and leighton - bringing leighton back to the women's centre and the return of alicia (preferably having leighton have bumped into ginger or tova earlier) and then have her fight with tatum blow up outside tatum's last scene or have tatum say something 10x worse and leighton realising its not tatum she wants to be with and its alicia. and even if they wanted to write tatum off, couldnt they wait before putting alicia and leighton back together? show them wanting it but not immediately so they actually end up talking about what happened in s1.

it is such a shame because i feel like they couldve easily fixed this and have a much better coherent season with better response had they just made certain tweaks like showing leighton missing the women's centre, planting the kimberly/canaan more and more obviously etc. i love the show and i really dont mind how the relationships pan out (i just love the main 4 fully), but they failed at what they tried to do. unless all they wanted was how outraged almost everyone has become.

(im not sure if youre still taking asks on this, but if you dont wish to answer, it's ok :) just wanted to let the thoughts out)

Hey Anon! I've said most of what I wanted about the TSLOCG finale but I welcome others' thoughts so no worries.

And you've pretty much summed up so much of what I also thought about the last two episodes. I guess you could "justify" Leighton's speedrun by saying that a season 3 wasn't guaranteed and they wanted to wrap up at least one of the main four's arcs neatly, but that would sound like such a lame excuse to me. Like you say, what makes this extra frustrating is that the Leightum breakup and Leighton's general development didn't need much to have landed much better. Literally if only they didn't write eps 9 and 10 in such a way that feels so disconnected from the rest of the season. Mainly for Leighton, but to a degree for Kim and Whitney too. That "oh shit we only have two eps" feeling is the exact one I also got from watching the finale.

God, I just really don't see why we didn't get anything from the women's center or from Leighton's social justice development before episode 9. And I don't see the logic behind how Tatum was written if that's what they were going for all along. Just does not land. And I vibe with your (second to) last paragraph so much as well because I still do love this show and these girls, and I don't much mind the relationships atm. I just want Leighton to be happy so be that with Alicia ig and I don't inherently have a problem with Canaan and Whitney, it just feels like it was only for the sake of love triangle drama. And since fixing it would have seemingly been so easy, it is frustrating. Obviously it's easy for us to be smarter than the writers now that we're seeing the finished product but I'm sorry, if I was a professional screenwriter getting paid to craft stories and characters I simply would want to make sure huge character moments have weight behind them. Rip to them I guess haha. I am a bit bummed to represent the outraged camp, trust me I'd rather I didn't have to, but I think it's important to emphasize that the show is still good and more than deserving of a season 3. I'm still holding the show to high standards moving forward, I'm mostly just outraged that I couldn't be as proud of Leighton in episode 10 as I should have been because I felt cheated out of an actual arc.

#feel free to let thoughts out any time #especially when it's exactly what i think 😜 lmao #anon #tslocg #tslocg asks

[blissfullydeadly]

june 28th 2022

there is not a doubt in my mind that my father's addictive gene made its way down to me. im always thinking about the next time i will have my hands on a drink. or when i will buy bud again. or how im going to get my next set of pods. i want to be like those bitches that drink one wine cooler and they are off their asses. but i know that will never be me. i take the time to drink or smoke my traumas away instead of dealing with them head-on. its easier that way. but taking the easy way out its always the best way.

i talked with my stepdad today for about an hour and half. he told me a lot of things that ive never heard before. things that hes confided in me. we were supposed to go to nyc today but we didn't get his covid test in time for the office. when i was on the phone with him, i felt as though i shared a little more than i was supposed to. he may be a shitty father...and he may not admit to it. but he gets it. he brought up the fact that one of the things he said was "once you get out of here...run and never come back". I forgot about that until he brought it back up again. he understands why i don't want to be at home. but yet...he doesn't attempt to make the changes required to change that.

i got my period for the first time in over a year and a half today. I'm pretty sure the hormones are kicking my ass. i cried like 3 different times for absolutely no reason. but then again...if i think about it...i dont think ive taken the time out of my day in a year in a half to just feel. to just cry and let it all out.

the other night i got stupid high and there were so many thoughts surrounding my head. i was thinking about cameron. about how worried i am for her. i tried to co-parent and i failed. shes off doing god knows what with her friends. shes lying, smoking, vaping, etc. im not dumb. i catch on to her little things. i just wish she knew i was here. i know shes struggling. but what am i supposed to do. i feel like ive tried my hardest but maybe not hard enough. im heading home this weekend this see the fam. maybe that will help? i need to make primary time for alicia and cameron. time to take them away from their home thats not really the home that they call home.

i also have gotten vibes from rebecca recently that i dont really like at all. vibes that are very similar to my relationship with lauren. cameron bf warned me that she was off and ingenuine but i just disregarded his warnings. i want to believe that shes family and has pure intentions and nothing but the best for me. but maybe...thats not it. ()()()()()()() when cameron bf is around she acts really weird. flirtatious almost. she offerred to get his food for him. she was sad when he was leaving and etc. just really weird shit that i would not say or do if that was her BF.

apart of me sympathizes for her because she has never has anything as strong and pure as cameron and i have had. but honey. this boy is mine. he makes every effort to make sure that i am okay. i love this boy more than words can explain and there is no way in hell im going to let an insecure bitch ruin that.