#blonde warrior is the bop of all time

[desperatepleasures]

I will say one (1) negative thing about the second musical tho and that's that out of its twelve songs, fully seven of them are repeats from the first musical

#kkm tag #i am fine with most of the repeats actually #the intro and outro songs are iconic #blonde warrior is the bop of all time #the place where your soul can return to.. did i get that right? long ass title. anyway i actually like it better in the second musical #conrad 2 has a lovely voice and also julia my wife is so pretty #but there was no reason to repeat gunter's song!! or tbh tears for a fateful demise #like i appreciate the trumpet solo but the whole thing just weighs the scene down imo #mixed feelings on a place where there's justice. it's A Lot but it does the job it needs to do

[sapphic-loser16]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/36748315

Whelp, would you look at that! Thanks to the lovely @s-c-r-u-f-f-y-y for being an amazing beta reader/cheerleader

Full story below the cut

Sky plucked the strings of his harp aimlessly, the staccato notes punctuating the crackle of the fireplace. He hummed along a familiar tune, lost in the memories. A little boy sat in his lap, wrapped in a white cape embroidered with a blue loftwing. At his feet sat a little girl of the same age, tapping her fingers to the melody.

“Aw dad, can’t you play anything other than that slow old song?” The boy wriggled in his father’s lap. “Play something exciting.”

The little girl at his feet nodded. “Yeah, dad. You play that song all the time. Don’t you know anything else?” she signed. Sky chuckled and put down the harp, lifting the little girl into his lap.

“Why don’t you like it?” He asked. “Is my harp playing not good enough for you?”

“It’s not that. It’s just so…” the boy turned to his sister, searching for the right words.

“Monotonous,” she signed with a frown.

“Yeah, monogamous!” Play something fast!”

“Something exciting!”

“Something with a good story.”

“Something with drama.”

Sky bopped her nose with his finger. “Where are you getting all of these big words, young lady?”

“Mom.”

Sky laughed and kissed her head. “Well in that case, why don’t you go get mom so she can hear the song?”

The little girl lit up and raced out of the room, returning momentarily pulling a blond woman along with her.

“I hear you’re going to play a song for us, Link?” She quirked her eyebrow. “Something with drama, I hear.” She sat down, the little girl snuggling into her lap.

“Now play,” the little boy commanded, bending down to retrieve the harp, which held an almost golden glow around it.

“Alright, alright, hold your loftwing.” He strummed once, recalling the story. The plucking exploded out of nowhere, lightning fast and precise, until the notes ran together in one fantastic show of dexterity. The kids' eyes grew wide as they settled in for the story. Sky cleared his throat and began his tale.

“The Devil went down to Faron…”

“Looks like we’re in Faron. My Faron, to be exact.”

Twi was near the front of the ragged group holding a tattered map.

“We’re not too far from Ordon. I reckon if we hurry up we’ll be there faster than your auntie knits a cozy for your pet rat.”

“What does that mean?” Sky whispered to Warriors.

“I don’t know,” he whispered back. “It must be a country thing.”

The group was walking in an expansive forest dappled with fading golden light. Every so often Twi would look up at the darkening Sky with worry, then bury his head back into the map. Every snap of a twing, every caw of a bird threw Twi’s head up, searching for something in the brush.

“Hey Twi, you good?” Hyrule put his hand on his shoulder. Twi jumped, then shook his head and laughed.

“I’m sorry y’all, I musta got caught up in my mammy’s old tales.” He laughed again. “My parents usta tell the kiddos about these here woods. Said they had a magical spirit called The Devil  who played the harp and would steal ya away if ya looked ‘im in his eye. Sometimes, he’d even challenge ya to a contest to try to win your soul back. I always got a little too into the old tales if I do say so myself.”

“Steal you away? Like kidnap you? What would the spirit do to you if you got caught?” Wind asked with wide eyes.

“No one knows. Could be anything, I reckon. When I was little, I usta imagine it as a big ol’ monster eatin’ me up. ‘Course, once I grew older it didn’t seem so scary anymore.”

“Ordonians are weird,” Legend huffed, trying to hide a yawn. Time noticed.

“Is it safe to camp out in these woods? It’s getting dark, and I don’t want to run the risk of us getting lost in a forest as big as this one.”

“You betcha! Just as long as we keep a watch and a good fire goin’ we’ll be cozier than a pig in the muck on a cold winter’s day.”

Sky and Warriors shared a look, but said nothing.

They walked for a while longer, settling in a sizeable clearing. Four and Time gathered wood for the fire while Wild chopped vegetables for a soup. The fire was soon  built, a pot simmering over it, filling the air with a sweet scent.

“We’re not going to attract any animals out here with this food, right?” Four slurped down some of his soup.

“Naw. The only thing you’re gonna get out here is some birds and maybe a couple a’ mice an’ rabbits.” Twi smirked, the fire casting deep shadows on his face. “That is, if The Devil don’t getcha first.”

Warriors rolled his eyes and drank the last of his soup. “I swear your stories are going to be the death of us all.” He passed his bowl to Wild. The rest finished their meals off and laid back, preparing for bed. Twi volunteered for the first watch. The rest snuggled into their bed rolls, the Captain wrapping Wind in his scarf. Sky pulled his harp out of his bag, absentmindedly running his fingers along familiar strings.

“Careful there, Sky,” Wild said with a sly grin. “You might summon The Devil.”

The camp burst out in laughter, the loudest from Twilight. Sky smiled and strummed down once more for effect and made a scary face.

“I’ve come to steal your soul,” he growled, making claws out of his hands and pouncing on a dozing Wars. His eyes snapped open with a shrill scream, sending the camp into hysterics.

“Good night assholes,” he yelled, hurrying his head into his blanket. The laughter died down slowly, letting the hum of the forest overtake them. Sky’s eyelids started drooping, until sleep welcomed him with open arms.

The gentle tweeting of birds broke through Sky’s sleepiness. He sat up and stretched. The morning was quiet, the sun was warm, the birds sounded bueati-

Wait.

It’s quiet.

Sky snapped to attention. He threw himself out of his bedroll, scanning the empty clearing.

“Hello? Where is everyone?” He paced around the camp, stepping over empty bedrolls hardly disturbed.

“Guys? This isn’t funny.”

There was no sign of a struggle, not even an overturned bag. Sky’s breath quickened. Twi had said they were safe in these woods. There was no way something could have snuck up on all of them at once. He turned around, the sun catching off of something metallic and blinding him momentarily. He winced, then bent down to examine the object that was discarded in the dirt. He brushed away the dirt and gasped.

His harp was in the dirt, discarded like someone had thrown it away after a quick examination. He gently lifted it and tested a few strings. The notes rang through the silence, and he breathed a sigh of relief. The notes hung in the air, reverberating fire getting cut off by the rustle of leaves. Sky whipped around, clutching his harp to his chest.

“Who’s there?” He shouted, edging to where his sword rested.

“No one of consequence.”

Sky flinched. The rustling of leaves grew louder, this time from behind him.

“Who are you and what did you do to my friends?”

“Who do you think I am, little hero?”

Sky thought, and for an absurd moment, he thought he knew the answer.

“Let me give you a hint. Your farm hand was very well acquainted with me.”

Sky’s stomach did a somersault.

“You’re the Devil,” he breathed.

“The one in the same. Your farmhand should have listened to the tales.”

“Where are they? What do you want from us?” The rustling was almost on top of him, but try as he might he couldn’t pinpoint the origin.

“I am afraid I’ve fallen woefully behind on my soul intake. Not many come to these woods. The nine of you were easy pickings. But, in the spirit of sportsmanship I’ve prepared you an offer.”

A dark cloud rushed out of the trees, coalescing into a tall and lanky figure. The Devil stood on a hickory stump not too far from where Sky stood. He darted his eyes away, his knuckles white around the harp.

“You play pretty good harp, boy, but give The Devil his due. I’ll bet a heap of souls against your own that I play better than you.”

Sky snorted, despite the situation. “So you’re saying that if I beat you in a harp playing competition, you’ll let me and my friends go?”

“And if you lose, I gain yours.”

Sky pondered for a second. “I accept.”

“Excellent.”

There was another whooshing noise, accompanied by the strum of a harp.

“I’ll start this show.”

The strumming shrieked to life. The notes exploded from the harp, popping like sparks from a fire. A hissing noise like the shrieking of daemons filled the air, a hellish melody suffocating the sweet silence of nature. As quickly as it began the shrieking silenced.

Sky smirked, and raised his own instrument.

“You’re pretty good, Devil, but let me show you how it’s done.”

A merry melody sprang from the stings. Sky harmonized along with the yune, singing a song about the rising sun, grandmas, and cuccos. The sweet notes piled one on top of another, weaving together like a guided tapestry of music. Sky’s fingers drew a beautiful picture, playing like he had never played before. The song ended, the last of the music hanging in the air like phantoms.

The Devil was silent for a moment. The rushing sound filled the air again, a roar of wind ripping through the trees and threatening to topple Sky.

“Well done, little hero,” the Devil said through gritted teeth. “I relinquish.”

Sky let out the breath he had been holding. A strange feeling of confidence came over him. The Devil turned to leave.

“Hey, Devil.” The darkness turned slightly.

“Come back if you ever want to try again.”

Sky woke up with a start.

“What a weird dream.” Four said, rubbing his temples. Sky leapt to his feet and enveloped him in a hug.

“You’re okay!” He cried. “You’re all okay!” Four patted his shoulder hesitantly.

“Um yeah, long time no see Sky.” He pulled away. “Did something happen?”

Sky blinked. “Yeah, you guys were taken by the Devil and it challenged me to a harp play off and…” he stopped in his tracks. “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“You really took Twi’s story seriously, didn’t you?” Four giggled. “Sounds like an amazing dream.”

“No, but it wasn’t,” Sky protested. “I really did play the harp against the Devil. All of you were gone and I had to do it to get your souls back.” Four motioned to the rest of the sleeping group.

“We’re all here now, Sky. You should go back to bed, it’s late.”

Sky shook his head, but sat down. “I could have sworn it happened.” He yawned, and Four sat next to him, snuggling into his shoulder.

“Well whatever happened it’s all okay now,” he whispered. “Good night, Sky.”

“Goodnight, Four,” he whispered back. He settled back and closed his eyes, once again falling into the embrace of sleep. The trees rustled once again, and if either of them had been awake they would have seen a shadowy figure, watching just beyond the trees and humming a tune.

#linked universe #sapphie writes #linked universe fanfic #based off of the Devil went down to Georgia #DAMN THAT SONG SLAPS #lu sky

[caffernnn]

Omg how about this...makoharu but Patrochilles AU! from illiad (tho I'm gonna use the tsoa (the song of achilles) ver for this) with makoto as patroclus and haru as Achilles (i know the physical features don't match patroclus has dark hair and Achilles has blond hair and green eyes and looks closer prob to makoto but achilles is also kinda feminine looking??? As he was able to hide for a long time disguised as a girl)

Not to mention achilles was the son of a sea nymph (wow the water relationship yippee and lived by the sea)

Like in the tsoa book patroclus is described as this shy young boy (i mean he was exiled by his own father but that wouldn't happen to our bby mako in canon would it) then he was sent to achilles' kingdom and was all lonely and Achilles was this boy who everyone flocked to but then went to point patroclus and said "him...i choose him" imagine the playground scene from tm

Fast forward to a few years later with a bff relationship too close to have a heterosexual explanation and achilles is hailed as this prodigy (see the parallel?!?!) And patroclus known as his closest companion and they were swimming together in instances in the book

fast forward again to the war where after every raid achilles comes home and patroclus welcomes him (fuck the "okaeri" "tadaima" is strong in this one) patroclus considering himself a weak warrior becomes a healer and manages to befriend the entire army (if this isn't makoto) and achilles goes "how do you know their names?" "They're my friends" "ugh so many" also patroclus is known as the Achilles-tamer like "achilles is throwing a tantrum quick find patroclus" (very similar to "haru-chan is stripping quick mako-chan!) Rin as odysseus the sassy friend who's like "ugh i know you're gay for each other quit with the pda" and sousuke as agamemnon the asshole Achilles refuses to acknowledge (come on we know the beef between haru and sou) and kisumi as briseis who at one point in the book admitted to like patroclus and achilles got jealous over that (haru def got jealous over kisumi during that steal yo mako flashback in s2)

Gosh hiyori as hector who refuses to return helen which would def be ikuya (guys see the parallelism!!!) And let's not acknowledge the lack of paris, or maybe asahi as paris idk then agamemnon does the dick move of taking briseis from achilles due to some spat (honestly rin and kisumi could switch and let the makorinharu shippers go wild since pat, bri, and achilles hung out like a 3some anyway but more makorin instead of rinharu (in other versions the rinharu could be stronger tho since briseis was Achilles' war prize anyway but that's not the point since we're following tsoa)) and here comes the beef between sousuke and haru making its way into the AU

Achilles goes to sulk and refuses to fight hector (tho it was haru who challenged hiyori to a race in canon) odysseus went to patroclus and went "he only listens to you talk the shit out of him" (this would only work if rin was odysseus)

patroclus wanted to fight for him instead (agghh the showdown between makoto and hiyori) and well...patroclus lost and died (is it a coincidence makoto lost that race too?)

Here comes the mcd angst and achilles mourns (imagine if makoto didn't wake up from his drowning and the look of despair on haru escalated gosh imagine the grieving) the gods at the bottom of the sea heard him and he goes apeshit on hector and killed him (he did win against hiyori after all) and fought until he died bc life without pat is meaningless so similar to "it's meaningless without you" (he was really eager to follow him into the afterlife)

That's about it since the later parts arr hard to fill in (no obe would be able to fill up phyrrhus' role that demon child) and it's difficult to find roles for rei and nagisa (maybe nagisa as achilles' charioteer automedon) and maybe sasabe as chiron the centaur their teacher/no. 1 shipper and amakata as phoinix achilles' mentor but anyway all is well and that's all there is thank you for your time reading this

PS: I've been thinking about this AU for makoharu since i read the iwaoi ver of this named achilles wept but I'm not a great writer so i can only indulge myself in hcs

PPS: I'm the anon who who sent the herc and meg ask haha

Oh dang you WENT OFF, modern myth AU anon 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 so many great parallels!! I haven’t gotten around to reading TSOA yet but the few things I know about it and some of the quotes I’ve seen… WHEW. One thing I love seeing people explore in different AUs with makoharu is how their love for each other can be so intense that it often borders on impending tragedy. Their devotion to each other is beautiful until something happens that makes it mix with their lack of self-preservation to cause a huge explosion, whether that means self-sacrifice (usually Makoto) or confused, grief-stricken rampages (usually Haru). It’s this complicated but ever-present piece of their dynamic that screams “I know you would die for me, but just this once, could you live for me instead?”

Also while we’re talking about Achilles, may I suggest a makoharu take on Achilles Come Down because that song is always a bop

#bless you for this anon #loving the parallels here #don’t have much to contribute but still love to hear it #makoharu #free! au #thanks for sending! #anonymous #tsoa spoilers #long post

[fairytail-incorrectquotes]

Hey, first I ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 YOU! Second, if all of the famous FT couples got sucked into a fairy tale book, what stories do you think they’d be in? (I’ve seen many a fic with different ideas.)

hmmm... famous? I'll assume you mean the Big Four + fraxus, yes?

this is a very interesting one. it could mean "what story fits their plot best" or "which characters are they the most like" or even "which traditional fairy tales do you think they'd like the most" - all of which are wonderful questions, glorious-san!

i think the way i shall answer this... hmm. I'm  answering this as "if you were rewriting a fairy tale with these ships as the characters, what would you write?"

i do apologise for this, though, because most of my knowledge of fairy tales comes from general knowledge and disney films

well, for nalu, I'd do cinderella. lucy can relate rather a lot to cinders, I'd imagine - lost her mother young, never had a particularly good relationship with her father, dreams of love and freedom she couldn't have (she can now, of course, but not originally). lucy is beautiful, blonde, whose good looks are subtle but certainly overwhelmingly stunning. natsu is charming, handsome - maybe not the most romantic or rich or a good dancer, but he is certainly loyal, and that's what prince charming is primarily known for. prince charming may not have remembered cinder's face all that well, but he roamed the whole land to look for her, never tiring until he found his princess. natsu would definitely do that for lucy - whether you ship nalu or not, it's true that he is truly devoted to her, and would run all over fiore with a glass slipper to find her. and lucy would definitely be covered in cinders by the end of the tale - and that's what cinderella was named for, after all! 😉

gruvia is a harder one. beauty and the beast comes to mind, although perhaps a role-reversal would be more accurate. gray is handsome, this is true, and when he first met juvia - well, she wasnt exactly the kindest. they were enemies, but like the beast, juvia fell for gray almost instantaneously. she changed herself for him, so he would love her - she stopped harming his friends, she joined the light, she wasnt so full of old traumas and misery. she is obsessive, like the beast, and like beauty and the beast, their relationship... wasnt always healthy, exactly. but she changed for the better, and gray fell for her. i think theyd fit the role rather well - not to mention, bickslow would have a great time making the crockery sing.

gajevy also reminds me of beauty and the beast - levy is clever and beautiful and gajeel... well, isn't - but I've already used that, so I'm thinking something else instead. i could maybe say disney's rapunzel, because tangled is a banging film and gajeel is a little like flynn ryder. we could have them be kristoff and anna, from frozen, or maybe westley and buttercup from the princess bride. frankly, a lot of fairy tales fit their dynamic - elegant young lady falls for dastardly-villain-turned-hero. i want to think of princess and the frog - almost there is a bop - although im going to settle on mulan. mulan is a badass warrior, beautiful, clumsy and clever. she's ambitious, cunning, works hard and fights harder. at first, shang dislikes mulan, similar to the way gajeel dislikes levy. however, during the story, levy makes gajeel sip Respect Women Juice, and gajeel continued to chug it for breakfast for the rest of his life. gajeel loves and fears his badass, cute-ass wife - something i refer to as The Moominpappa Complex - and levy is kinda gender-nonconforming too!

jerza reminds me of the film enchanted - have you seen it? it's very good! - because both of them canonically have feelings for eachother, but both reject those feelings and tell themselves they don't deserve the other. also erza is like snow white because she lives with several funny little men (except we call them the fairy tail guild)

fraxus is .... uh, princess and the frog? laxus is cocky, a little smug, kinda selfish, but hard-working, no-nonsense freed helps him realise the errorof his ways, and teaches him to be less arrogant, less high-and-mighty, and to value his friends. also i REALLY wanna see laxus as a frog and bickslow as a crocodile with a trumpet.

I'm sorry this took so long but i hope the wait was worth it!! its a wonderful question that so many fantastic ideas can come from, so many fics can be prompted by and so many people would answer differently!! are there more ships you'd like me to do it for? perhaps you'd like me to do ships as different ancient myths, or something similar? itd be my pleasure!!!

and finally, glorious-san, i ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 you too! 💕💕💕

have a lovely day!

#ask #not a quote #long post #no seriously. long post #fic prompt #art prompt #ess tag this

[razorblade180]

I’ll show you!

“Ow!” Carmine winced, rubbing the bandaid that was on her bruised nose. The nine year old had gotten a little rough with some other kids in a disagreement. Now she was being badgered by the crankiest woman around, Maria.

Maria:That’s what you get for getting beaten up like a chump.

Carmine:A few bruises is not getting “beaten up.” Besides I won, five against one and now they’re tasting dirt.

Maria:Now they are getting treated and your mother is going around apologizing! Have you no self restraint!?

Maria bopped her cane on Carmine’s head. The young girl winced again from the blow.

Carmine:Ow! Can you stop that!?

Maria:Why don’t you just beat me up? Apparently that’s what you like to do, you little brat.

Carmine:Like I’d hurt an old prune?

Maria:Ha. Please, I’d kick your butt with my eyes turned off!

Carmine:I don’t understand what’s the big deal about what I did. Going easy on on jerks that don’t have the strength to stick to their guns makes no sense. The weak shouldn’t challenge the strong if their all isn’t in it.

Maria:*shakes her head* Oh child...you’re a far cry from your mother. Your auntie, not so much. I guess that’s the difference between growing up on a backwater island rather than a kingdom built on grit. Ever think those kids were jerks because they felt weak.

Carmine:Th-That....no. No, I didn’t. Even if that was the case, which I doubt, what does that have to do me?

Maria raised her cane again to swing, but saw Carmine flinch. She decided on sparring the girl any more pain. It’s not her fault she didn’t understand feeling weak, Carmine never loses to other kids. She also doesn’t really get other kids either or people that much in general. A weird thing indeed when her parents might just be the most empathetic and sympathetic people around. You would think Carmine would be overflowing with emotions; a child that would wear her heart on her sleeve. Yet she wasn’t. She kept to herself, was blunt, and didn’t seem to care about other’s desires. That couldn’t be all the way true. Maria was sure of it, everyone was. Carmine’s eyes, they held a light that told the world itself just how much she cares.

Maria:You are a really strange brat.

Carmine:You’re a really cranky lady, abuela.

Maria:Why try so hard against people when you can beat them with half the effort? Same reason why you would go alll out, to send a message. However, having restraint gives the other person time to reflect on their decisions. Even change their minds.

Carmine:So? Are you saying having regrets is enough not to warrant punishment?

Maria:Of course not! And what kid uses the word ‘warrant!?’ What I’m saying is roughing up two might’ve been enough for the others just to leave with their friends. Then they’ll keep the others in check out of concern or fear. Instead you left them all on the ground hurt and embarrassed. They’ll hate your guts, and probably get into more trouble with you, or do it secretly. Mercy is strength too. I didn’t wack you again and now you’re calling me abuela.

Carmine:That makes sense, I a ridiculous way. You’re asking for potential problems.

Maria:Your mother would’ve held back. You do want to be like her right, or are you saying you’ll never be able too.

Carmine:Hey! I’m going to be better than my mother!

Maria:Ha! Kid there is no one like your mother. She’s the cream of the crop. I should know, I helped train her.

Carmine:So what, I’ll be more of creamy crop.

Maria:Do you even hear yourself? I don’t think I’ve ever seen you act emotional. You think and process things so plainly all the time. Where’s that spark?

Carmine:I have spark. I’ll show you! I’ll totally be more emotional.

Maria:Yeah, and I will go back to being in my twenties.

Carmine:I’m serious. No way I’m taking those words lying down. I’ll show mercy to those losers next ti-ow!

Maria hit her with the cane again.

Carmine:*sniffles* I think that left a knot.

Maria:Dummy! You don’t get it all! You have a long ways to go, brat. *cackling*

Carmine:I am not a brat!

xxxx

Such a simple conversation, and not to mention sudden. It was always been like that. They’d have many more. At least, that’s what Carmine thought at the time. Only a month later, she stands with mother outside of Maria’s sleepy old town; placing roses on her grave. In reality, this wasn’t much of surprise. Maria was old. To go peacefully in her sleep is the greatest blessing a warrior and inspiration could receive after all she’s been through. Ruby offered a silent prayer and Maria’s favorite kind of nuts to go with the roses. Carmine simply...watched her mother kneel down and close her eyes.

Ruby:Thank you for everything. Hope you see mom. She’ll probably want to hug you for helping a brat like me, hehehe.

Carmine:....

Ruby:Carmine, want to say anything?

Carmine:Not really, what’s there to say? Thanks for hitting my head and always challenging me? She talked all tough about me falling below my own standards and now she’s not even around to eat her words. Making claims like that at her age; even saying she could beat me. I guess it was all old lady ramblings.

Ruby:Carmine!

Ruby snapped her eyes open. That was no way to speak of the dearly departed. She turned to give Carmine a serious talking to, but choked on the first syllable. Ruby was expecting that same calm demeanor and hands in cargo pockets her daughter always did. Not clenched fists with a stream of tears silently rolling down her red cheeks.

Ruby:Carmine...?

Carmine:..

Carmine:I told her I’d show her that she was wrong. That I I’d be better than you one day. I wanted her to see that; I thought she’d see that. Egging me on the whole time, until I- I got it right. Even now she’s doing it. Not emotional? No spark? Bet she did this to prove a point, and look who’s wrong? Now can you come back already, abuela!? Mom I want her back. I don’t know how but bring her back! I don’t care if she hits every day or stops patching me up! Just bring-

Ruby reaches out and held her child tight. Tighter than she’s ever had before. Her fingers ran through Carmine’s blonde and red hair while she quietly started shushing the child; just to try and ease her. Ruby didn’t mind the weeping. She wanted her to let it all out. Her quiet child with the biggest heart of all. A heart filled with so much love for this world and its people was now experiencing loss. Who wouldn’t cry at such a thing?

Ruby:Sssssshhhh it’s okay. Things are going to be okay. Cry as much as you need to.

Carmine:I know she went peacefully. I know this would happen one day. This is the best possible outcome, so why does this hurt so much!?

Ruby:It’s proof, proof of how much you loved them. I promise you it gets better and it might not seem like it right now, but that love will keep Maria with you always.

Carmine:I...I don’t understand.

Ruby:You don’t have to right now sweetheart. All you worry about is letting it all out. I’m right here for you.

Ruby pulled Carmine off for second. Those pesky red contacts were removed to see the beautiful silver eyes that shimmered underneath. Carmine was pulled back in and she wept louder than before. A simple conversation. Sudden and normal. Carmine would treasure it for the rest of her life.

#rwby #maria calavera #carmine arc rose #rwby rosebud #ruby rose

[ddagent]

Friends to lovers prompt: J&B go to Tarth for the holidays every year. Brienne knows Jaime can't stand his family, so Selwyn has pretty much adopted his daughter's best friend. He knows they're obviously in love and has some machinations in mind to make this the year they finally share their feelings with each other.

Probably not at all what you wanted, but here we are. 

“Thank you for taking me to the airport.” 

Melara’s arm snaked around Jaime’s hip; her middle finger tapping him on the tip of his nose. “Don’t be silly! That’s what girlfriends do, Jay.” 

“Right. Sure. Listen, I’m sorry you can’t come. The guest room is out of action again—”

Another tap to his nose. “It’s okay, Jay. I know you’ll be thinking about me every.” Another tap. “Single.” Bop, bop. “Moment. Say hi to your sister for me.” 

Jaime wrenched Melara away, keeping her at arm's length. Jaw locked, he gritted his teeth and said, “She is not my sister. It’s important to me that you know that, alright? Brienne is not my sister.”

“I know. It’s just you call her place home and you spend the holidays there...I thought you maybe thought of her as a sister.” 

“She’s my best friend. My oldest friend.” He checked the large clock in King’s Landing airport. “I should go; I don’t want to miss my connecting flight. Thanks again.”

“I love you.” 

Jaime swallowed. He bent down and brushed his lips against Melara’s cheek. “I’ll see you soon.” 

As he walked away, Jaime winced at his last words. ‘I’ll see you soon’? What even was that? Couldn’t he have had the decency to lie and tell Melara that he loved her back? Sighing, Jaime waited in line at security for his flight back home to Tarth. He’d talk it out over a drink with Selwyn, figure out how to end it. Three months and all Jaime could accumulate was a mild fondness for her. Best to end it now before she got too hurt. 

After passing through security, Jaime handed his ticket to the flight attendant and settled on his flight to Storm’s End. From there, it would be a small charter plane to Tarth’s runway, and then a thirty-minute car journey home. Home. Ever since his classmate at Tarth College had brought him back to hers for dinner, Jaime had thought of Brienne’s house as his. He had his own room; had post delivered there. He felt loved, and welcomed, in a way he had never felt at Casterly Rock. 

A large part of that was due to Brienne. His former classmate. His dearest friend. The woman who was decidedly not his sister. 

Jaime waited in the departure lounge for Sapphire Isle Air; glancing towards the board every few seconds for the flight from Winterfell. It killed him that Brienne lived so far away. There was a constant knot in his stomach: homesickness, he’d long decided, that only eased when in Brienne’s presence. 

“JAIME!”

And there she was. Blonde hair a little longer, blue eyes just as bright. She dropped her duffel bag by his feet and threw her arms around his shoulders. Jaime wasted no time in holding her back just as tightly. It had been Warrior’s Day the last time they’d seen each other. Maiden’s Day just before that. The joy of a septuple faith: he was guaranteed at least seven instances every year where he could see his best friend. 

When they pulled apart, Brienne ran a hand through his hair. “Work not going well?”

“You got that from my hair?” 

She pulled on one of the strands falling into his eyes. “Well, clearly you can’t afford a haircut.” 

“I like it this long.”

“You look like you’re from some boyband.”

“Well, I guess this visit you’re going to have to be the pretty one.”

“Pretty, smart, strong—”

“—no, no, if I can’t be pretty then I get to be the muscle.” He proved that be slinging her duffel bag over his shoulder. “I can carry both our bags and you to the checking-in desk.”

“As I don’t wish to spend the long weekend refilling the hot water bottle for your back, I’ll concede. You’re the strong one.” She nudged his shoulder. “And you’re still pretty.”

He gave a mock sigh of relief. “That’s all I wanted to hear.”

Laughing, the pair of them moved towards the desk to begin boarding their flight. They had two seats up front for the legroom; Brienne stretching out her long limbs whilst Jaime opened his complimentary bag of peanuts. He offered one to Brienne. 

“Would you like to taste my nuts?” 

Her face collapsed into her hands; her scream muffled. When she emerged, he was laughing. “Every flight. Every flight. You know, I’m going to get one of those little drink bottles so I can start playing the Jaime Lannister drinking game early.”

He tossed a peanut into his mouth. “Dare I ask what’s on the list?”

“You try and best me in a fight. You roar like a lion when you’re drunk. You say, at least once, that there are no men like you.” 

“That’s true, though. I mean, have you ever met one?” 

Brienne snorted. “You’re hopeless. I even tried to explain the rules to Hyle in case Dad managed to sort out the guest room, but he decided to repaint. Again.” 

Ever since Jaime and Brienne had left Tarth to carve out their own paths in Westeros, the guest room had been out of action. Furthermore, Selwyn had surprisingly archaic rules of men and women sleeping in the same room together. Something he’d had no issue with when his daughter brought home a lion who had never, ever left. Still, neither he nor Brienne complained too loudly. It was best when it was just the two of them. 

#wildlingoftarth #braime #jaime x brienne #mine: paragraph prompts #ship: braime

[be-more-chill-evan-hansen]

BLACK FRIDAY SPOILERS

The following post contains spoilers for the new musical, Black Friday, by Team Starkid. Continue reading at your own risk. 

MY FAVORITE PARTS FROM THE BLACK FRIDAY DIGITAL TICKET + OTHER COMMENTARY (IN ORDER OF HOW THEY APPEAR) WHILE WATCHING IT FOR THE 4TH OR 5TH TIME [contains very harsh and explicit language]

**These points will be brought up in another post (involving the Hatchetfield Universe theories)

The ENTIRETY of the Wiggly jingle at the beginning

Jaime saying “his belly’s so squishy!” while jumping up and down

The tights

“Uncle Wiley, where does Wiggly come from?”

James Tolbert (Team Starkid choreographer-turned-actor) STOLE the show

Curt Mega’s dancing in that song killed me

“DO THE WIGGLE!”

ROBERT AND JAMES DANCING WAS EVERYTHING

**Paul still doesn’t like musicals? (I have a theory of where this show takes place in the Hatchetfield Universe but that’s for another post)

The way Paul looks at Emma when she’s on her Cabbage Patch Kid rant!

“I’m Paul. I’m Emma’s...boyfriend.”//“Well, we haven’t put a label on it yet.”//“But we are intimate.” (Bonus: Emma’s glare)

Paul is still awkward I love him.

“I do not get flashbacks. I remember bad things vividly.”

“Thank you for your service.”//“I didn’t do it for you.”

“Ski-ball sucks.” (I wholeheartedly disagree but whatever)

Grace Chastity is Tom’s babysitter for Tim confirmed

Okay. Okay. Okay. OKAY. 

TOM JUST WANTS TO MAKE IT UP TO HIS SON BECAUSE HE FEELS GUILTY ABOUT THE CRASH I’M SOFT

DYLAN SAUNDERS STILL STEALING HEARTS

WHY DO YOU GIVE DYLAN ALL OF THE HEART-WRENCHING SONGS????? I DON’T NEED TO CRY AT 4AM

THE LIGHTING 

 “Excuse me, miss. Do you think it’s okay for me to park here?”//“Yeah, it says ‘no parking at any time’ but I’m sure the loading trucks can just park across the street. Does that work for you?”

“If I won’t support my drinking habit, who will?”

“Hark, the herald angels sing. Glory to a newborn king. A fuckin’ furry little monster’s gonna make me a pile of cash.”

“Tell me, Lex. Do you know why they call it Black Friday?”//“Because it comes after Thursday?”

“Well, friend-o. I have a feeling that these little babies are going to take you so far into the black that you ain’t never comin’ back.” *long uncomfortable pause*

“Oh, you’re gonna make a killin’. That’s an Uncle Wiley’s Toys guarantee!”

FRANK HUGGING THE BOX OF WIGGLYS

“Hark, the herald angels sing. Glory to a newborn king. Peace on Earth, and lots of money. MONEYMONEYMONEYMONEY just for ME.”

JON’S VOICE AS WIGGLY I CAN’T

“mALL security we got a shoplifter. Drop that doll!” (His voice crack killed me oh my God)

HIS OUTFIT (The first time I saw him I went “Oh my God he’s emo”)

“Where’s my sister?”// “Oh no.” *stares dramatically* “Hannah?” *even more dramatic* “Is that what you’ve been telling me every day for the past four weeks? To pick up your kid sister?” *grabbing Lex* “Oh, I must’ve forgot because I’m so stupid.” Ethan needs to take up drama

“Do I gotta put a leash on you like a dog, or my cousin Oliver?” 

“Don’t pull her.”//*voice crack* “I’m nOt.”

“Alright banana split.” i’m not crying 

“You see this hat? This was gifted to me by a great warrior.” *Lex laughs*/*Ethan turns around slowly* “Don’t you fuckin’ laugh.”

“I’d make a great dad, I’m just sayin’.” (Ethan isn’t a horrible person he’s just misguided)

“My mom’s a bitch!”

Honestly the way Ethan looks at Lex

*in the middle of singing* “That’s not how cameras work, babe.”

Hannah’s dancing

ROBERT’S WIGGLES DURING “We’re missing in action.”

“Dear mom, it’s been real."

“I’d say you did your best, but I’m not a liar.”//“Oh, L-I-E-R, babe.”//“We get it Ethan, you’re a good speller.”

“PS: Get yourself a new trailer, because this one? Is BROKE AS SHIT!”

Robert in skinny jeans. Can Robert wear skinny jeans more often please?

Hannah doing the “smoking” thing with her hands.

“Hannah! What the fuck is this [imitating it]?That better be fucking FLOSS.”

UGH LAUREN AS LINDA MONROE IS LEGENDARY

“That’s called a bribe, sir, and it’s illegal...or it should be.”

“I have four boys. Four beautiful, blond, boys.”

“Do you really think your children are better than everyone else’s.”// “In so many words, YES.”

“I hope you don’t get a Wiggly. I hope you fucking die.”

“Well, my children were accidents.”

“Stop crying, Gerald. I wasn’t talking to you.”

The way Tom and Becky looked at each other when they met again ugh.

Whatever that song is called when the Hatchetfield citizens were gossiping about it like I think it’s called “What Do You Say?” or something?

“Tom’s put on some weight.”

“I heard Tom is seeing things.”

Jon is serving looks.

The dance they did when they said “all the years that had fun” killed me

Curt Mega is a treasure

“It’s cold out.”//“Nothing really.”//“How are things?”//“Haven’t seen it.”

“Oh my, God, it’s a train-wreck.”//“My favorite.”//“Give me my tub of popcorn.”//“Just skip to the fucking.”//“She’d never--.”//“Either way this is torture porn.”

“I think I’ll step in and save her.”// “You don’t have half of a chance, bitch.”

“THERE, she looked at his crotch.”//“He looked at her boobs.”

“I like dolls. I’m just kidding. I don’t like dolls. At least, not like that.”// “I missed you.” *everyone freaks out*

The dance that looks like a beating heart around them I love.

“Did you know if you spend money, your kids will love you maybe.”

COREY DORRIS NEEDS APPRECIATION BYE

“Give us your fucking money. Give us your fucking cash.”

SERIOUSLY I CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS RECORDING

“Do we have any morality.”

“What’s a grown man going to do with 85 dolls?”// “Well, one will stay in the box for posterity. One will be used exclusively for bath time.”

“If you’re going to make with the hysterics, TAKE IT TO MACY’S.”// “How dare you. Are you hearing this, Gerald? Yes, call my attorney.”

“I’ll tickle one doll, and one doll will tickle me.”

The bidding war.

“Get your hands off her.”// “Fuck YOU.”

The lighting slowly gets red when they start bidding.

“$800.”//“$3.”//“Can I use these coupons?”

“Well, if you’re not going to sell me that doll, I guess I’ll just gonna have to take it.”

“If he gets one, I’m getting four.” *Linda climbs the counter like Draco*

So the lighting during “Feast or Famine” is just???? The green and red??? Like holiday colors but at the same time it’s representative of greed and rage???? 

Just all of “Feast or Famine”

“What’s shaking banana, you okay?” I’M HAVING FEELINGS UGH

“What’s up with that grammar. Even I know it’s ‘more badder’.” Ethan no

ETHAN NO

“Give me that fucking doll I’m in a hurry.” Okay, Jeff you freaking gremlin man

WHO BRINGS A KNIFE SHOPPING?? Unless he stole that, too.

“Do you see him? Do you see him? Do you see him?”//“YES, I fucking see him!”

James as “Obama” I’m crying

“I’ll hold onto the little...uh...whippersnapper.”

“While you three devise a strategy, I’ll hold on to the little friend.”// “Shut the fuck up!”

“You’re nothing more than a Harvard Law School community organizing prick!” I’M SCREAMING

“Take one step closer to my fwendy-wend and I’ll rip your fucking throat out with my own teeth.”

“No, he’s mine! Back off or I will send a laser-guided ballistic missile to your house in Denver. You’ll be scraping off what’s left of your kids off the FUCKING pavement.”

“MORRIS. Give me that COCK-SUCKING MOTHERFUCKING COCK-A-DOODLE-DOLL” CURT MEGA IS A TREASURE 

“I’ll bite your dick off!”

THE AUDIENCE (AND MY) REACTION TO MCNAMARA 

*Obama voice* “Oh, I’m gonna vomit.”

“I hope you don’t mind if I let myself in.”// “Into the oval office?”

“Monsters and Men” IS A BOP

*yeets the Wiggly off stage*

“DECK THE HALLS” IS A BOP

I would 100% watch “Santa Claus is Going to High School” unironically

“Jingle! Jangle! If anyone sees two elves in my locker, I’ll get expelled for sure.”

The dancing UGH

Lauren is the cutest elf ever

PART THREE OF LAUREN AND ROBERT DOING A CUTE DANCE TOGETHER

“What the fuck am I watching?”

Becky talking about her ex-husband breaks my heart. I would die for her.

“You say you killed your family. I hope I killed mine.” My heart is breaking help me

Becky and Tom are freaking CUTE

“Take Me Back” is the cutest song ever

All of the times the characters mention other dimensions and stuff??? Each has a different context, but Joey’s character did say that Hatchetfield was a special town earlier in the show so????

All of the making out I’m done

Becky’s leg

“I knew you weren’t Santa.”//“A red tricycle.”//“SANTA!” *starts making out*

“This is the best movie ever!”

Robert has to make out with two people every day.

**PEIP deals with Paranormal, Extraterrestrial, and Interdimensional stuff, so if TGWDLM was Extraterrestrial, and BF is Interdemensional, will Nerdy Prudes Must Die be Paranormal? Will we see PEIP again? [I’M GOING TO MAKE A SEPARATE POST ABOUT THE THEORIES WITHIN THE UNIVERSE]

**“There are many dimensions, sir.”

“You want to send me into the fucking Twilight Zone to have a sit-down with the devil?”

“They will build him his birth canal.” Ew

Sherman Young is so freaking creepy

“Wiggly is good. Wiggly is just.”

“Bring forth the infidels.”

*as Linda walks onto the stage* “MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER”

“I dislike that word, Gerald. Cult. No, it’s a new, exciting religion that I started.”

“I’ve met God, He had nothing nice to say about you.”

“Adore Me” is a BOP

“You’ll kneel before me. Kiss my toe.”

“I will destroy everything, and then I will destroy everything. I guarantee I’ll destroy everything in my path. Unless I get what I--shit, Gerald.”

The followers repeating “I get what I shit.”

THE TIE AROUND JON’S HEAD KILLS ME

“I want you to know what I mean when I say my evil shit, ‘kay?”

TEAM STARKID PLEASE MAKE LAUREN A VILLAIN MORE OFTEN

“What’s shaking banana?” DON’T DO THIS TO ME

Evil Ethan hurts me

Hannah doesn’t deserve this

“I’m in the Black and White now. It’s just like California. It never ends.”

“I swear on my own grave.” I’M

Hannah calling Wiggly out on his bullshit

“Well, Webby is a stupid bitch.” JON UGH

“I’m going to eat you riiiight the fuuuuck nowwwww.” This scene just makes me want to give Hannah a hug

“We don’t get tricked. We’re grown-ups.” GROWN-UPS ARE THE ONLY ONES BEING TRICKED I CAN’T WITH THIS MUSICAL

“Tom, how could you? You let her get away!”

Dylan jumping at an audience member

I know people think that Ethan’s magic hat thing was bullshit but like the syringe missed Hannah so like?? 

“You think that in the Netherlands they care about some toy? Hah! Nah, they’re too busy enjoying their free vacations and free health care.”

Made In America is A BOP

THE SNIGGLES

BIG WIGGLY

I feel like Made in America won’t have the same punch on the soundtrack.

Joey’s falsetto

R.I.P. General John McNamara

“MERRY CHRISTMAS MOTHERFUCKER!”

“Uh, oh, Mr. Prezy-wez. It seems you’ve misplaced your bomby-womb. Don’t worry. I’m sure it will turn up somewhere.”

“We’ve lost Moscow, sir.”

“He baited us into World War Three.”//*Wiggly giggles* “That tickles.”

“Is this what I live for? To be choked in a toy store?”

“Black Friday” is such a beautiful song though

“Did I need her more than she needed me?” I’m crying please stop

“I’m authorizing you to use my firearm.”

“Monsters and Men” reprise is PERFECT

“Kids don’t want that piece of shit.”//“What?”//“They’re all into Fortnight, dude!”

“I mean, you’re like 40! You probably think your life is over!”

“Everyone is dying, and that includes me, too.” Jeff is a lyrical genius but he needs to back off of whatever angsty juice he’s drinking.

“If I fail you one more time, the punishment won’t match the crime, cause there’s no pain that could ever explain how I let you down.”

“I failed you once, and I will fail again.” I cried when I watched this the first time

“If I Fail You” is such an emotional song

“Alright, let’s go.”//“Fuck, yeah! Should I move these boxes first?”//“Fuck, yeah.”

Charlotte? Where did you come from???

“The only man that’ll have her now is Jack Daniels.”

“And you, you little shit.” Says Draco, the little shit.

“A magic hat? That’s ridiculous. Only dolls are magic.”

“Is this some kind of a joOoOoOoke?”

“Answer me, or I’ll cut your mouth open with my FUCKING KNIFE.”

“You’re a fucking moron.”// “Then you’ve been out-fucked by a fucking moron.”

Lauren’s wiggles during “He will wigglewigglewigglewigglewiggle his way into life.”

“Wiggle” is such a silly song but the harmonies and choreography????? Iconic.

ROBERT’S TWIRL???

JAMES’ DEATH DROP????

EVERYONE’S SEPARATE WIGGLES????

The crying when Becky shot Linda.

“Gerald? It’s Gary. Yep, we need to talk about the will. Goldstein!”

The red light that symbolized Wiggly being on fire.

The followers deciding to burn with Wiggly.

“I have this cooky, reclusive Biology professor.” *audience loses their shit*

“What am I supposed to do without my iPhone?”//“Wear a watch?”

“What If Tomorrow Comes” is such a haunting song

Kendall’s voice is so GOOD!

HOT CHOCOLATE BOY?

MR. DAVIDSON?

BILL?

The dabbing

Hannah and Lex hugging

Paul hugging Emma and Bill

The Hot Chocolate Boy and the Cinema Kid holding hands honestly adorable and I lowkey ship

A little bit of instrumentals from “Not Your Seed” in the end-credit music?? (From the lyric “Look what happened, nightmare time.”)

That’s it. It’s very long, but those were either my favorite parts or small things I noticed. Mostly just my thoughts.

#team starkid #black friday musical #black friday spoilers #jon matteson #lauren lopez #robert manion #curt mega #joey richter #dylan saunders #kim whalen #jeff blim #corey dorris #jaime lyn beatty #angela giarratana #james tolbert #kendall nicole yakshe #hatchetfield #hatchetfield universe

[nadiaportia]

Matching Halloween couple costumes for Modern AU!gal apprentices + Deirdra

Nadia & Sayelle = Gomez & Morticia Addams.

Nadia definitely goes as Gomez, she practically begs Sayelle to let her wear the suit and she also really wants to paint on that signature mustache... and she completely rocks it. Sayelle’s outfit for Morticia is a little more daring than Anjelica Huston’s was and she enhances it with magic. They both thought of it and when during their (very brief) brain-storming session the first suggestion said at the same time was Gomez and Morticia, they knew it was done. They host a fundraiser gala for a good cause and post pics of each other in their outfits as tastemakers à la Beyoncé and Jay-Z on their shared social media account that are featured in various "Best Celeb Costumes of this year's Halloween" slideshows.

Portia & Deirdra = Poison Ivy & Harley Quinn.

They were really torn between them and Xena and Gabrielle, so it was ultimately decided by coin flip. Because they’re pragmatic and have way too nice hair to hide it underneath a wig, Portia with her auburn mane goes as Ivy and Deirdra with their already dyed hair goes as Harley. Considering that Modern!Deirdra would be a Geek And Extremely Proud Of It, they look through the various outfits Ivy had through the ages to decide for one that’s a little obscure yet recognizable (they themself end up picking the BoP movie outfit because it's SO their thing). There's a fair chance Pepi is dressed up as Catwoman, so the Gotham City Sirens are complete. They bail on the fundraiser gala despite being guests of honor and instead go trick-or-treating, end up with an enormous amount of candy and give all of it to the local foodbanks.

Lucio & Ximena = Jaime Lannister & Brienne of Tarth.

Without doubt the couple that spent the most time debating on their pick until it came to them out of nowhere. Both are famously beautiful, they’re blond, they’re famed warriors, they even both have a golden prothestic: according to himself, Lucio was basically born to dress up as Jaime because of the aforementioned reasons as well because it gives him an excuse to use as much gold and red aka the Lannister Aesthetic in an outfit as humanly possible. Ximena might have a not so pompous outfit with Brienne’s armor (it still looks great) but she definitely and with no doubt buys that 430€ replica of Oathkeeper I personally fawn over till this very day as her eye-catching accessory. They attend Nadia's and Sayelle's fundraising gala and lose the "Best Dressed Couple" award to the hosts, but the pictures taken of them go viral on Stan Twitter with people really wanting them to go to the MET gala.

(Will make one for the fellas and Morfinou as well as their respective boos too, someday)

#lmaooo that was a lot of fun #apprentice sayelle #apprentice deirdra #apprentice ximena #Nadia and Sayelle are 100% the bey-z of this AU when it comes to dressing up and they ALWAYS do couple costumes too #Portia and Deirdra tend to really go for geek costumes that sometimes are also used for cosplaying at the annual VesuviaComicCon #since Lucio's costumes always have to be over the top Ximena pales next to him but he's sure that since she's w him she shines just as much

[basically-neil-josten]

AFTG as songs on my playlist

“it’s a mess but it’s a good mess[tm]” (the name of the playlist)

HERE WE GO

Kevin Day:

Fairly Local - Twenty One Pilots Golden Days - P!ATD House of Memories - P!ATD Castle - Halsey Centuries - Fall Out Boy Victorious - P!ATD Emperor’s New Clothes - P!ATD Hey Look Ma I Made It - P!ATD

Neil Josten

Ride - Twenty One Pilots Goner - Twenty One Pilots Johnny Boy - Twenty One Pilots On The Borderline - Thomas Sanders Jumpsuit - Twenty One Pilots Saturn - Sleeping At Last Woah There Kimmy - Felix Hagan & The Family Salt - Bad Suns (t r a n s n e i l) Lane Boy - Twenty One Pilots New Americana - Halsey The Run and Go - Twenty One Pilots The Village - Wrabel (look, buddy, trans Neil, I will never shut up abt it) Run Boy Run - Woodkid New Perspective - P!ATD

Andrew Minyard:

Blonde - Waterparks TANTRUM - Waterparks Ode To Sleep - Twenty One Pilots Ignorance - Paramore Semi-Automatic - Twenty One Pilots Hallelujah - P!ATD Lavender Blood - Fox Academy This Bird Has Flown - The Ghost Club Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time - P!ATD Say Amen (Saturday Night) - P!ATD Control - Halsey Colors - Halsey Crazy=Genius - P!ATD Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing - Set It Off American Idiot - Green Day Gasoline - Halsey Not Warriors - Waterparks Youth - Daughter Nicotine - P!ATD Killer In The Mirror - Set It Off Strawberries and Cigarettes - Troy Sivan

Nicky Hemmick:

Not Today - Twenty One Pilots Girls/Girls/Boys - P!ATD I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys Would You Be So Kind - Dodie Clark Perfect Symphony - Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli /this specific version Cell Block Tango - Chicago (don’t sit here and try to tell me that Nicky hasn’t tried to sing it all by himself) Never Met You - Tom Law Cheater - The Vamps Like or Like Like - Miniature Tigers Nine In The Afternoon - P!ATD Absolutely Smitten - Dodie Clark Dancing Queen - ABBA Seasons Of Love - RENT (there’s no changing my mind on this one) Stupid For You - Waterparks It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You) -The 1975

Aaron Minyard:

Lemon Boy - Cavetown Venus - Saturn Someone You Like - The Girl and The Dreamcatcher

Matt Boyd:

Sarah Smiles - P!ATD Rare - Waterparks 11:11 - Waterparks Forget The Lies - Quietdrive Falling In Love In A Coffee Shop - Landon Pigg

Dan Wilds:

The Last of The Real Ones - Fall Out Boy Hard Times - Paramore

Allison Reynolds:

She Had The World (alternate version)- P!ATD Fake Happy - Paramore When - Dodie Clark LA Devotee - P!ATD I Hear A Symphony - Cody Fry 6/10 - Dodie Clark When I Met You - Ethan Nestor

Renee Walker:

Oh Ms. Believer - Twenty One Pilots Lucky People - Waterparks She’s So Gone - Lemonade Mouth (what a bop) Rainbow Connection - cover from Sleeping At Last Secret For The Mad - Dodie Clark When The Day Met The Night - P!ATD

gosh this is such a long post im so sorry

#sorry there's like nothing for aaron #whoops #and Dan #yikes #my b #ive been working on this for over an hour #whoops x2 #aftg #all for the game #aftg headcanon #the foxhole court #tfc #tfc headcanon #neil josten #andrew minyard #aaron minyard #kevin day #nicky hemmick #matt boyd #dan wilds #allison reynolds #renee walker #andriel #long post

[thisselflovecamebacktome]

Head Above Water Album First Listen Thoughts

So a few months ago when I heard Avril Lavigne was bringing out new music, my inner preteen screamed in joy. And then Head Above Water the song dropped and I was even more excited because mature/more adult based Avril songs have always been my favourite. And that feeling just grew as Tell Me It’s Over came out because my god, that song just speaks to a part of my soul in a way that it became a favourite straight off and to be honest, remains my tied favourite from this album with Birdie (although I can see a lot of these songs growing on me so that may change). Anyway, with that in mind, here are my thoughts on the album as a whole

General thoughts:

I’ll be honest with you, with the exception of Warrior, I found the first half of this album stronger than the second. However, there isn’t a song in there that I think will be universally hated. Like it really does have something for everyone. I also find it’s a good mix between “old teen based Avril” that the public knows and “mature Avril” like heard in Goodbye Lullaby yet moreso. While not all of the songs are my type of thing, there’s nothing I particularly hate and it’s definitely an album I can see myself putting on and listening in full while doing other stuff.

Individual songs thoughts:

Head Above Water: As I’ve already mentioned, I love the mature vibe this gives. I also think it sets up the album extremely well as it gives the impression of figuring out what’s important and what exactly you want as well as the passion to fight for it which is a theme shown throughout the album. While there are songs in this album I like more, I feel like this was one of the most significantly important songs on this album along with It Was In Me being in the middle and Warrior being at the end. All up, it’s just a brilliant song and will definitely be added to the playlist.

Birdie: As already mentioned, this is my tied favourite song and favourite song I hadn’t heard before the album at this point. The lyrics show the condensation and walls that survivors faced and the need to get away from that and I love that and have had situations in the past where it heavily relates. The instrumentals suit the song and all up, it just left a very strong impression on me.

I Fell In Love With The Devil: This feels like a song that will grow on me to be honest. Like right now there’s something that isn’t clicking, but it’s also got a lot of stuff I love in general in it so I can imagine that in the right mood or maybe after enough listens, it will all come together and I’ll love it as much as the rest of the first half of this album.

Tell Me It’s Over: Like I’ve mention in this post and in others, I love this song. The instrumentals are amazing and the lyrics and emotion Avril puts into it hit like a truck. This is genuinely a song I feel I’m going to listen to not only in years to come but decades to come. There’s really not that one specific thing I like about it, it just all flows so well and I love it.

Dumb Blonde: So this is definitely my least favourite of the songs we had before today, but my god is it a bop. Like I already liked the verses and Nicki’s part but even the chorus grew on me when I listened to it today. So yeah, not my favourite Avril song, but definitely not a bad one.

It Was In Me: Gorgeous. I don’t really know what else to say about it. The lyrics are beautiful. The empowering message is incredible. And all up, as I mentioned above, it is definitely one of the most significantly important songs on the album to show Avril’s growth.

Souvenir: This song is so cute. As a hopeless romantic I smiled the whole way through the song. Outside of Warrior, it’s definitely my favourite of the second half of the album.

Crush: I’m going to be honest, I feel like I’m being a little unfair to this song. The fact that the instrumentals sound similar to Tell Me It’s Over and the lyrics sound like another song I know but can’t put my finger on distracted me the whole song and just left the song being ‘okay’. So yeah, I feel like this is another one that may grow on me in time.

Goddess: This song is another cutie. I’m such a sucker for songs that show that while you can function without love, love can be such an life changing positive force, and for me, that’s what this song is. It may not be one of my favourites on the album, but it’s definitely something I can see myself listening to when I need reassurance or a pick me up.

Bigger Wow + Love Me Insane: I’m going to be honest, I’m doing these two together because they are the two songs were the least memorable in my opinion and I’d probably write the same thing for that both of them if I did it separately. Like they’re not bad songs, but they’re probably the ones I’m going to listen to least and the ones that feel the most generic in my opinion.

Warrior: Like I said, definitely the strongest song in the second half of the album. Furthermore, it’s an excellent closer and just generally a very empowering song. I can definitely see it being a fan favourite.

Final thoughts:

All up, this album is a strong comeback for Avril. With something for everyone, and specifically fans old and new, I can see this album doing very well commercially given the right attention. I’m currently reluctant to rank it against other albums of hers as I’d like more time with it, but it’s definitely something I see myself listening to over time, especially specific songs, and I wish Avril the best for whatever is to come.

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Music Tag

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Rules: Write out ten songs that you love and tag some others!

I love so much music this is so hard to pick just ten... 

Alrighty Aphrodite- Peach Pit

This song is driving during a summer sunset and sneaking into backyard pools. It’s peach pink and light blue, and reminds me of first kisses and laughing with your friends. A summer jam. Absolute bop.

Broken Crown- Mumford & Sons

Perfect to play at night. This song is straight out of an epic adventure. Makes me want to fight someone. Gold and brown and red. I am forever in debt to YouTube for recommending this for me. I’m fifteen years old and this song turns me into a middle-aged warrior hellbent on revenge

California Uber Alles- Dead Kennedys

The Most Iconic Song from the DKs, but I love it the most. Molotov Cocktails and punching cops and throwing bricks. Black and white. I wish I was around in the 80s when punk was still new and bands like this were around, even though I’d probably be killed. It would be worth it to hear this song live. 

Golden Antlers- Glass Animals

Every song by Glass Animals is a bop, but this one is so slow and sultry, it reminds me of driving a sportscar through a city at night and exquisite attire and diamonds and gold. Lovely. I swear I walk different when I listen to this song, it makes me feel like someone else.

Blonde hair, Black Lungs- Sorority Noise

This is the song I sob to. Applicable for crying while driving, crying while lying in bed, or crying while looking out a window. Perfect for that cigarette and smudged eyeliner kind of vibe where nothing matters and everything is ash grey.

It Remembers- Every Time I Die

Perfect for listening to when you’re forging the weapon to kill your enemies with. AKA the heavy metal Brendon Urie song. This song is neon lights and infernos, crowded cities and deserts. A lovely dichotomy Also good for duets.

Buried In Water- Dead Man’s Bones

Ryan Gosling’s voice sounds like if a graveyard could talk, but in the best way possible. This song is halloween nights for us, and every day for small town in the middle of the woods. This song makes me realize I am mortal. 

Black Honey- Thrice

Cornfields, ghosts, and weathered faces. This song is like a whole story, filled with anger and confusion, and there’s something so beautiful about it. This song is the color of oil and it fills your whole soul when you listen to it.

Bang Bang- Nancy and Frank Sinatra

Listening to both versions back to back is a religious experience. This is everything an old-fashioned doomed romance is. Smoke and whiskey, pearls and cufflinks, and puddles of blood on the ground. 

You’re Crashing, But You’re No Wave- Fall Out Boy

Never have I ever heard a song glorifying a court of law until I heard this song. Suits with flecks of blood on them. Messy offices and crowds of cameras. This song is dirty white and it literally gives me chills wow. 

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Beautiful Stunt Ladies You Don’t Need To Mess With

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Beautiful Stunt Ladies You Don’t Need To Mess With

Stunt work is harmful, however somebody’s received to do it. Behind each nice motion movie is a stuntwoman who risked her life to tug off harmful feats we’d solely dare to aim if we’re taking part in video video games. These motion film heroines (let’s be actual, they’re the precise stars) have fearlessly pushed their our bodies to the restrict for the artwork of movie.

These beautiful stuntwomen are individuals you don’t wish to mess with.

Charlize Theron is one unhealthy babe. The actress is undeniably gifted. She received a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for her position in Monster, however she’s additionally a queen on the subject of motion motion pictures. Theron isn’t the sort of gal who has others stand in for her. When filming Atomic Blonde, the actress did practically all of her personal stunts.

In line with Atomic Blonde stunt coordinator Sam Hargrave, Theron did “98 % of her personal motion, together with preventing, working and people sorts of issues.” Sadly, there’s a few issues Theron couldn’t do for insurance coverage causes (primarily falling down stairs or swinging from a peak), however there’s little doubt that in the event that they let her, she would. The South-African star admitted that performing her personal stunts has led to cracked tooth, bruised ribs and a twisted knee – however nonetheless, she’s fearless.

You might not have heard of Zoë Bell, however this New Zealander is a stunt legend and Quentin Tarantino’s go-to gal. Bell received her begin engaged on the cult favourite Xena: Warrior Princess, the place she was a physique double for the legendary Lucy Lawless, however moved onto greater and higher issues when Quentin Tarantino took her below his wing. Bell served as a double for Uma Therman’s iconic character “The Bride” in Kill Invoice: Vol 1 and Kill Invoice: Vol 2. Her efficiency garnered her two Taurus World Stunt Awards nominations and two wins. Nonetheless, Bell’s success didn’t come with no price. Her wrist doesn’t absolutely bend after an accident whereas filming the breakthrough position.

Simply because it’s Hollywood doesn’t imply it’s protected, and other people typically overlook that stunt work is basically, actually, actually harmful. Olivia Jackson, a extremely regarded and beautifully expert stuntwoman, risked every little thing for her craft. In 2015, the stuntwoman was standing in for Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: The Remaining Chapter when she crashed right into a metallic digicam arm whereas using a bike with no helmet. Her left arm was left paralyzed after the incident and Jackson needed to have it amputated after spending 17 days in a medically induced coma. The 35-year-old additionally had facial accidents and a punctured lung. She repeatedly goes below spinal operations after her backbone was actually twisted.

Scarlett Johansson has been diving into the motion and sci-fi house in recent times. She’s not only a romantic comedy star. Johansson seemingly has all of it, a beautiful voice, a beautiful face, performing chops and the flexibility to completely slay on the subject of doing stunts. Johansson has had fairly intensive roles in Avengers: Infinity Battle, Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil Battle. Johansson admitted that she did most of her personal stunts in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which included hanging 60 toes within the air and taking punches. Johansson additionally discovered learn how to have a reasonably good left hook.

Scarlet Johansson could have executed most of her personal stunts, however she legally can’t do the insane stuff. Heidi Moneymaker can, and that’s who stepped in throughout Captain America: The Winter Soldier when Johansson tapped out. In line with Johansson, Heidi did some fairly intense stunts which included having to leap 20 toes into the air and do 4 cartwheels. Johansson isn’t the one individual Moneymaker steps in for. She’s received credit in Livid 7 and among the Starvation Video games movies. Curiously sufficient, the woman received her begin on Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Present, the place she carried out a few of her first ever stunts method again in 1999.

Although Charlize Theron does her stunts more often than not, typically it’s simply method too harmful. That’s when Monique Ganderton, an Edmonton-born stunt girl, steps as much as the plate. Ganderton was a stunt double for Theron not as soon as however twice in the identical yr. The pair labored collectively on Atomic Blonde and The Destiny of the Livid. Ganderton additionally has another large credit together with performing stunts within the remaining three Starvation Video games motion pictures and being Cara Delevigne’s stunt double in Suicide Squad. It shouldn’t be stunning that Ganderton rose to the highest – she was wildly athletic in her youth. Ganderton is an authorized snowboard teacher and noticed success in equestrian present leaping, observe and subject, diving, softball, determine skating, martial arts and gymnastics.

Alicia Vela-Bailey isn’t only a profitable actress – she’s a killer stunt double The actress has landed among the most notable stunt work of the final ten years. Vela-Bailey is Marvel Lady – actually. She was Gal Galdot’s stunt double within the 2017 hit. She’s executed every little thing from subbing for Jennifer Lawrence in an X-Males film to being a literal Disney star (she did the stunts for Zendaya in Okay.C. Undercover). Simply because she’s extremely educated doesn’t imply her job isn’t typically slightly scary. Vela-Bailey admits that she was nervous whereas filming Divergent, the place she needed to bounce 66 toes.

“I used to be a bit nervous as a result of I’ve by no means executed a fall from that peak earlier than with no wire on,” she stated. To land the bounce, Vela-Bailey labored her method up. She began at 30 toes, moved onto 40 toes and ultimately landed a 68 foot bounce.

“After I lastly made it to the peak of 68 toes, I keep in mind standing up there, trying down at my touchdown mark, which appeared so much smaller than normal.” She stated. “I may really feel the chilly wind blowing throughout me. It even was shifting the elevate arm a bit. I [thought] to myself, All proper, simply breathe … you bought this … now simply do it! … bounce! And off I went by way of the air.”

Not all stunt girls shoot weapons. Some spend years mastering learn how to transfer their physique. Sarah Lane induced fairly the controversy when she served as Natalie Portman’s stunt double in Black Swan and alleged the actress wasn’t really dancing as a lot as administrators let on.

Portman’s critically acclaimed efficiency landed her an Academy Award, and he or she was hailed as a genius for studying to bop at such knowledgeable stage in only a yr and a half. Nonetheless, Lane insisted that she really did many of the dancing they usually merely superimposed Natalie’s head on her physique. Director Darren Aronofsky stood by his convictions and stated Portman actually did 80% of the dancing, however Lane was steadfast.

Lane must be happy with her accomplishments no matter how a lot of the dancing she really carried out. Lane studied ballet most of her life and ultimately grew to become a soloist within the prestigious American Ballet Theatre.

Being a Bond Lady is among the highest honors for an motion hero and Naomie Harris didn’t disappoint. The actress carried out her personal stunts in Skyfall and spent a whopping three months coaching. Throughout coaching Naomie discovered taking pictures, fight preventing and driving – each Bond Lady’s important talent set (in addition to sporting an attractive bikini).

Stunt coordinator Gary Powell admitted that Naomie had some fairly loopy stunts to do and the craziest discovered her behind the wheel. “She [had] to drive alongside the digicam, holding her mark and shifting very quick,” he advised Form. If she will do this, we’d hate to see how Harris is in visitors.

There aren’t many six-year-old women who determine to take up bike using, however Debbie Evans was all the time a troublesome chick. Some would say that Debbie Evans is Hollywood’s most legendary stuntwoman, however earlier than that, she mercilessly labored her method up the ranks of motocross. She was competing by the age of 9, and in 1976, she grew to become the primary girl to ever rank as “skilled,” slaying the boys in competitors.

Evans broke into stunt work when she began doing halftime exhibits at varied stadiums. Her important trick was a headstand on the seat of a balancing bike. Since then, she’s been inducted into the American Motorcyclist Corridor of Fame and the Hollywood Stuntman’s Corridor of Fame with credit in The Matrix Reloaded, Taxi and The Quick and the Livid.

Cameron Diaz is far more identified for her comedic performing, however that doesn’t imply she received’t get down and soiled. The humorous gal took a web page out of Tom Cruise’s ebook once they labored collectively on the movie Knight and Day. Cruise famously does all of his personal stunts (at the least those he’s legally allowed to carry out), and Diaz adopted go well with. Not solely did Diaz do the struggle scenes, which resulted in her getting coated in bruises throughout filming, she additionally did some stunt driving. That’s proper: Cameron Diaz is aware of her method round a whip. We’re formally impressed.

A Shakespearian actress-turned-stuntwoman? It’s an unlikely path, however that’s the lifetime of Sierra Fisk, who went from taking part in Ophelia in Hamlet to performing stunts in Hollywood hits.

Fisk’s took the normal path to success. She by no means skimped on her schooling and labored her method up. Fisk started her research on the College of San Diego, the place she nabbed a Theatre diploma, earlier than hopping overseas to the College of Kent, the place she studied up for her roles in Hamlet and Pulp Shakespeare. Although she began in theatre, she’s finest identified for her work on TV. She’s nabbed roles on FXX’s The League, however her stunt work actually shines within the action-packed Transformers franchise.

Cheryl Wheeler-Duncan was a teenage boxing champion who labored her technique to stuntwoman stardom. The stuntwoman has executed every little thing from filling in for Rene Russo in Deadly Weapon to stunt driving Jessica Alba in Spy Youngsters four. Whereas most of her stunts went off with no hitch, her profession screeched to a halt when a 20-foot fall on the set of Again to the Future Half II went horribly incorrect. Wheeler-Duncan’s cable was unintentionally launched throughout a flying stunt and her face, arm and hand had been shattered after hitting the concrete. She needed to bear 5 reconstructive surgical procedures however ultimately returned to the enterprise full-time. She even received her pilot’s license.

Gina Carano didn’t begin out as an actress. It positively wasn’t a part of her plan, however this powerful as nails babe had plain expertise when it got here to combined martial arts. It was due to these expertise that the previous UFC Strikeforce champion landed a job in Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire.

Carano had her TV debut on American Gladiator, a actuality collection the place athletes compete in contests of power and agility. Carano slayed in her position as Crush, and her efficiency in Haywire wasn’t far behind. Fox proclaimed that the career-shifting star “offers any male motion star a run for his cash.”

Kristen Stewart isn’t a helpless, lovelorn teen – she simply performs one within the motion pictures. It seems, she additionally performs a troublesome as nails fighter each on the display and off. Kristen Stewart is finest identified for chasing a glittery vampire across the display in a YA-novel turned million greenback field workplace hit, however she additionally carried out her personal stunts in Snow White and the Huntsman. In the event you haven’t seen the flick, it’s chock filled with epic, intensive battle scenes. Stewart even admits that in filming she was thrown off cliffs and compelled to trudge by way of icy water.

“It appears to be like so cool, although. I can really see the ache and discomfort on my face. It’s superior,” she advised Hollywood Life.

For nearly 20 years, Cassandra McCormick has been doing stunts. The beautiful stunt double has fairly massive credit to her identify. In 2017, she labored on 10 motion pictures alone together with Feud, the place she was a stunt double for the enduring Jessica Lange, however that wasn’t the primary time they labored collectively. McCormick was Lange’s physique double in seven episodes of American Horror Story. She additionally stuffed in for Busy Philips in The Sackett Sisters and for Anne Ache in The Courageous.

Cassadra’s work spans genres. It’s not simply motion motion pictures like Captain America: The Winter Soldier or Smokin’ Aces. She’s executed teen dramas like Fairly Little Liars and basic sci-fi hits like Star Trek. Principally, there’s nothing McCormick can’t do.

There’s a motive Taylor Swift named one in all her cats Oliva Benson – she’s a very a robust girl each on display and off. Mariska Hargitay, the girl behind Regulation & Order: SVU’s important protagonist, is fearless, highly effective and iconic. Hargitay performs her personal stunts on set regardless of the key danger. In 2009, the actress suffered collapsed lung after a stunt went incorrect. Just some weeks later, she returned able to attempt once more. If that’s not willpower, we’re not likely certain what’s. Is there anybody else you’d belief to flip a prostitution ring on its head or save an abused baby?

Chloë Grace Moretz not too long ago opened up about her time away from her beau Brooklyn Beckham. Although she admits she “wished to cover” after the couple break up, there’s nothing Moretz must be hiding from. In truth, individuals must be hiding from her as a result of she’s a tough-as-nails chick who does her personal stunts. Moretz is seemingly fearless and nabbed an motion star position in Kick-Ass at simply 11 years outdated. Moretz educated with Jackie Chan’s stunt workforce and did all of her personal stunts apart from wall climbing (we will sort of see why they wouldn’t let an 11-year-old scale an enormous wall).

This 26-year-old Canadian stuntwoman is a surprise girl. No, she’s not the Marvel Lady, however she positively had a job within the hit 2017 movie. Samantha Jo performed Euboea alongside Gal Gadot. Although she’s received a number of performing credit to her identify, don’t be fooled. Jo could also be a pure whereas she’s performing in motion movies, however that’s simply because she’s a stuntwoman. Jo was Kristen Stewart’s stunt double in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Daybreak Half 2. She additionally subbed in for Ming Na Wen in 14 episodes of Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D. She even does online game stunts, and her work could be seen in Resident Evil 6 and Name of Obligation: Superior Warfare.

Joi Harris was generally known as the primary African American girl to be licensed as a bike street racer. She began using in 2009 and in 2014 went skilled. Harris even had her personal racing workforce known as Threader Racing.

In 2017, she was racing in her first ever shoot as a stunt girl, for the movie Deadpool 2. Harris was doubling for actress Zazie Beetz, who was portraying a personality known as Domino. Tragically, Harris misplaced management of her bike throughout filming and was thrown into the aspect of a constructing. She died on the scene at simply 40 years outdated.

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