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idontknowreallywhy · 7 months

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Got myself in a cycle of stress editing / rewriting particular piece which will not go the way I want. So I abandoned it for now and challenged myself to just write a one-off scene that has lived in my head for a long time with no going back and editing or adjusting but just a linear splurge of words and silliness.

It’s entirely ridiculous but here it is anyway (with an affectionate nudge to @crunchyluigi @obeyweegee214 @galaxytransman)

It’s a Secret No-One Knows

6pm on Tracy island and all was quiet as Scott made his way up the stairs into the lounge.

Virgil, Gordon and Alan were still in the air on the way back from a tricky mine rescue in Northern Europe. He was grateful that success had been confirmed on comms as he’d been on the point of ignoring John’s pointed comments about flight hours and heading north.

He’d have been there with them of course if, when the call came in, he and One hadn’t already been plucking panicking, inexperienced climbers off of one of his favourite crags in the Blue Mountains. His nimble ship was always the most suited to such environments and frankly he could have done it in his sleep.

Oh, but it was such a waste of his time and fuel! Enough awful disasters happened around the world every day without people putting themselves into danger because they were more focussed on researching what shots they wanted for their vlog than on the rating of the climb they were undertaking. The names the Aussies had assigned to each route didn’t exactly help - the latest gaggle of idiots had got half way up “Does my Bum Look Big On This?” wearing entirely inappropriate shorts for the weather and got themselves tangled in each others’ safety lines while trying to take selfies from a distinctly unorthodox angle. It had taken every last ounce of self-restraint he had not to accidentally drop their phones into the ravine.

And the next one to use the word ‘gnarly’ was going to experience an Incident with the passenger loading bay door.

Over the ocean.

At Mach 19.

When had young people got so ridiculous?

And when had he stopped being one? He sighed and dragged his hands down his face. Damn, he really was getting old and grumpy.

And probably hangry, now he thought about it. Well that was fixable even if the inexorable march towards irrelevant middle age was not. He made a beeline for the fridge and found himself uninspired by the array of pre-prepared high calorie low effort snacks they usually favoured post mission. He craved something… nutritious…

Ignoring the imagined old-man mockery of the younger brothers who resided in his brain, he pulled out every fresh ingredient they had in stock: Eggs, bacon, sausages, three types of cheese, peppers, spring onions, basil… ah Ha! He knew exactly what this was going to be. A quick rummage in the larder turned up a bag of potatoes and he hefted it over his shoulder, flicking the switch on grandma’s ancient radio as he went past.

Ooh, ‘Happy 90s Hour’ was starting. One of his guilty pleasures as a teenager in the early 50s…

The repetitive peeling and dicing task combined with the irrepressibly cheery pop bangers slowly eased the knot of grouchiness in his chest. By the time he scooped the mountain of potato cubes into the dustbin-lid sized frying pan he was singing along with both halves of the Barbie Girl duet. A pleasing sizzling ensued and he grinned to himself. This was going to be epic. A little prodding with the spatula to cook them evenly then he turned the heat down and did a little slide sideways to fetch the meat and a shuffle and a hop back to add them to the pan.

As John popped up on the kitchen comm, his big brother was too busy volta-ing through the kitchen with a cheese grater to notice. Because you can’t just walk across a room when Ricky Martin is playing. John’s quizzical single eyebrow was rapidly joined by its twin as he spotted the pan on the stove… he cut the connection and leapt into the elevator, sending a message to Virgil to put his proverbial foot down.

Frittata Night was not to be trifled with.

And so it was that all four younger brothers took the elevator up from the hangar together and arrived in a state of some excitement for the culinary experience that awaited them.

As the door opened however Virgil threw out his arms to prevent them piling out. The chatter stopped immediately as they peered round the wall of brother to spy their eldest dancing to and fro at the stove and belting out the words to some ancient pop song:

So hold on to the ones who care

In the end they’ll be the only ones there

When you get old and start losing your hair

Can you tell me who will still caaaaare?

As the chorus dropped so did the jaws of Alan and Gordon for who knew their biggest brother could move his hips like that? And why was he waving the spatula that way? Alan looked wide eyed to John and pointed with a shaking hand as if to ensure his space brother was seeing the same thing he was. John, didn’t acknowledge him, instead staring straight ahead, tapping a finger on the doorframe in time with the beat. Gordon turned to Virgil unable to verbalise beyond “bu.. bu… bu…” only to find his tank of a brother smiling broadly and… his jaw dislocated further… also swaying his hips in time.

Then he was gone.

… And so was John!

Both of them jigging across the floor to join their brother in an honest to goodness dance routine while the three of them sang nonsense words. Alan lost control of his knees and collapsed cross-legged to the floor. Gordon desperately tried to grab his phone to record the moment but fumbled and dropped it down the back of the couch. And then it was over.

And there was frittata.

And if the Tinies were unusually quiet during the meal, the elder three didn’t notice as each treasured the memories of their little dance trio ‘performing’ for their biggest fan. While eating her signature dish.

Fin.

*****

You want the dance routine? Course not… but here is is anyway (Scott starts singing at about 0:40, chorus and excellent hip action kick in at about 0:52)

Edit to add: Weirdly specific note because the precise image is apparently super important to me (clearly been sucked in by the child watching Strictly) and because I forgot there are two types of Volta… this is the move I mean - the samba one (skip to 1:44 of the video and it’s just a few seconds).

#thunderbirds are go #thunderbirds #thunderbirds fanfiction #scott tracy #virgil tracy #gordon tracy #john tracy #alan tracy #thunderfluff #ridiculousness #90s music #frittata #probably nobody ever made a song fic of this one before #probably for good reason #earworm warning #idontknowreallywhy fanfic

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1moreoffkeyanthem · 3 months

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Can we get the Star Seven's favorite TV shows or Movies if you haven't yet? <3

AYYYY that’s what’s up!!! I did OrangeJuiceVerse Stan and Kyle’s favorite media here (shoutout to the wife for askin) but here’s the rest of the seven!

KENNY!!! Ok I cannot stress enough how much of a Muppets enthusiast this man is. Kenny absolutely wanted to work for Jim Henson Creature Shop at some point (same) and he fucking LOVES anything remotely related!!! He’s also a big horror fan due to the fact that he’s seen a lot of gnarly shit in his (consistently interrupted by deaths) life, and OH. MY. GOD. he fucking loves Troma Entertainment. Lloyd Kaufman and his gross ass vulgar comedy is Kenny’s lifeblood. He introduced the m5 to Toxic Avenger and Shakespeare’s Shitstorm (idk if that one’s actually out yet my partner’s just friends with Lloyd so we got an early copy) and literally every single one of his movies are so gross but Kenny very much enjoys them, out here casually enjoying the Tromaville High trilogy without flinching once. And he LOVES watching buddy comedies with Stan!!! The two of them will be up to all hours just watching Superbad and Clerks and any movie where two guys are in silly situations smh. And this guy ADORES the marvel netflix shows, especially Daredevil omg and he went feral for The Punisher. Kenny has also seen every Barbie movie ever

Tweek! He is a CHRONIC rewatcher!!! He’s seen Sherlock more times than he can count. Any show that’s formulaic, he likes it bc it isn’t unpredictable, so think kids shows. BUT!!! He also very much enjoys the most obscure gory art pieces, loves early film like A Trip To The Moon and Stagecoach, and adores Buster Keaton. At some point Stan got him into Supernatural and Tweek was TERRIFIED at points, but he loves the lore and the attention to detail. And he laughs his ASS OFF at Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia but it stresses him out lmao

Craig watched The Orville and absolutely lost his mind getting obsessed with it, he may be an astronomy professor and generally into space, but he can take or leave Star Wars. And Star Trek. His biggest guilty pleasure with movies that only Tweek knows about? This stoic mf fucking LOVES musicals. Like if Stan knew, OH BOY he’d be over at apt 2 constantly hanging out just because Craig is watching The Greatest Showman. Craig doesn’t discriminate against objectively bad cgi either, so he genuinely enjoyed the 2019 Cats and rewatches it frequently. He loves Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and introduced it to the rest of the star sev (Cartman loved it, Kyle was repulsed by “Bless Your Beautiful Hide”). One of his favorite shows is How It’s Made lmfao and he ADORES Mythbusters.

Marj omg she’s such a romantic, movies based on Jane Austen novels? She’s there. Bridgerton? Yep. But ALSO!!! Any movie that’s very race against time or like a movie where someone is falsely accused of a crime, she’s watchin it, and DUDE she LOVES CARTOONS!!! Her parents only ever let her watch pbs kids and she was SUCH an Arthur Girlie!!! Omg Fetch was a fave too!!! Also shes showed the group some DARK movies, like it was her turn to pick on movie night in the Survivor House and she put on The Black Phone and everyone was like JESUS CHRIST MARJ WHAT bc they were expecting her to pick Fern Gully or something again but nope she was like “fellas it’s really cerebral and dynamic” and literally Stan got so freaked he had to leave the room

Cartman is a HUGE reality show guy!!! He and Marj are sittin there watching the bachelor with popcorn and a love of drama!!! LITERALLY he lives for the arguments in Dance Moms and the pettiness like “oh you guys Jill bought a bench for Abby this is about to be freakin sweet” lmfao messy king. He’s definitely more of a show guy than a movie guy, but as long as there’s significant arguments he’s clocked in! Also when he was watching Hannibal 24/7 Kyle was VERY concerned lmao. Cartman’s favorite movie is ‘Alive’ (I think that’s what it’s called?) JUST because it scared kenny so bad when the characters had to eat each other. His favorite show is Lost and he was out here chomping his popcorn and that scene in the episode where Kate has her shirt off bc they ran into a swarm of bees and Charlie goes “I think it was full of C’s” and Cartman is like “hell no those are A cups at best” (this is a very specific hc I’m sorry) but lmfaoooo Cartman absolutely sends me into orbit bc he absolutely doesn’t shut up when he’s watching ANYTHING!!! His favorite musical is Phantom of The Opera.

There ya go my dude! Thank you again for asking I LOVE getting asks especially abt OJV and I deadass had so much fun thinking on this!

#asks #thank you so much #I LOVE ASKS #OrangeJuiceVerse #south park #the Star Seven I love them #headcanon #stan marsh #kyle broflovski #kenny mccormick #tweek tweak #craig tucker #marjorine stotch #eric cartman

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dayurno · 28 days

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DAYURNO HELP. i cannot for the life of me figure out the keremy dynamic out of kerejean. my brain won’t allow it to compute. it’s like making 2 barbies kiss bc you don’t have a ken but instead of turning into a beautiful lesbian awakening it’s just…..banging plastic til you get bored and bring out the guillotine.

i’ve always got the kevjean and jerejean parts down. but my prompter for daylight fest wants kerejean and i’ll be DAMNED if i cannot give it to them!!! i want to provide!!!

i need your tips, O beholder of kerejean wisdom.

(p.s. i asked anonymously bc i still want to keep my prompt as secret as possible until it’s posted)

ANON............................ i understand you deeply i think writing ANYTHING with jeremy at any point is so hard because where he stands in canon right now he's literally nothing girl he's lines... he's words... he's nothing at all.... i am no beholder of kerejean wisdom i am as much of a newbie as you are and probably even worse but i'll give it the old college try for you

for me the most interesting part of writing k/jr is exactly that newness; the fact that they have been loving rivals for a long time but not properly friends; having an idealized version of the other but not actually knowing any of the minutiae of the other's personality. i said earlier that i think the keremy song of all time is 'guilty pleasure' by chappell roan and i stand by it! i think k/jr is, at first, less about Feelings and more about the physical attraction, if that makes sense? with most kevin ships we part from the emotional side because almost everyone he's shipped with has a strong emotional connection to him, but for k/jr i've always felt that the physicality comes first and then the rest. we joke about kevin's exy crush on jeremy but i think that's one of the easiest ways to actually conceptualize feeling attracted to jeremy, and i think kevin definitely would see it that way because he has no other framework to understand it

that being said i think the most fun characterization for jeremy (to me!) is him taking a hammer to kevin's preconceptions and being like hm. well. you could try it if you want to! i called them a budding lesbian friendship slowly escalating into something more AND I STAND BY IT...... i think jeremy is an unstoppable force and kevin is not an unmoveable object... the way k/jr works for me is similar to how k/t works for me, which is that jeremy pokes and prods at kevin's worldview both by existing near him but also by actively pushing kevin and trying to find where his limits are. this is of course entirely sexual but also not! kevin says 'the world is like this' and jeremy says 'it doesn't have to be', kevin says 'the world is a bad place' and jeremy says 'then change it!' and so on and so forth. i like them :)

i have some conversations noted down for their relationship in my first time / first light fic so here's a few i think encapsulate a little bit of what i mean?

and here's a funny one to help you cope with that last one:

i hope it helped!!!!! somewhat! but honestly we are getting some kevin/jeremy interactions in the daybreak stadium so i think you can just sit around and wait for some canon dynamics!

#asks #keremy #manic pixie dream girl 4 manic pixie dream girl but theyre that in very different ways #if you catch my drift #also if you want u can literally just use the good old bonding over jean trope #they both want jean to be happy and to adapt into usc so youre already halfway there #mommy and daddy quite literally

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kyndaris · 9 days

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Days of Transit and Films

Living in Australia, the first day of travel is almost always the most uneventful. Why? Because in order to reach any other country (besides New Zealand) involves a bloody long flight. So, it was with my trip to Japan via ANA (which took about 9 hours and 45 minutes or so). It also didn't help that there was congestion at Sydney airport, which delayed our departure time by upwards of thirty minutes. By the time we landed in Tokyo, it was nearly 9 PM local time and bleachpanda and I needed to go through customs, collect our baggage and check-in to our hotel.

Thankfully, getting through immigration didn't take too long for either me or bleachpanda. With our luggage in tow, we breezed through quarantine and went about securing ourselves a taxi to take us to our hotel for the night: Toyoko Inn II in Haneda.

On the 9 hour flight over to Japan, I kept myself entertained with several films while bleachpanda battled with motion sickness. Still, she managed to watch Barbie despite sleeping for the majority of our time onboard. As for me, the films I watched included: The Marsh King's Daughter, Puppy Love, Lyle, Lyle Crocodile and Dumb Money. An eclectic collection of films that started off strong in the psychological thriller genre before dovetailing into a lighthearted romantic comedy and animated child film. Then I finished it off by watching a meme-heavy film about gamers rising up and sticking it to the man.

Sadly, during my flight over to Japan, I didn't get much reading done. Nor could bleachpanda and I have any riveting conversations given her proclivity for motion sickness and had her eyes closed every time our plane hit turbulence.

But what to say about the films I binged on the way to Japan? Well, The Marsh King's Daughter was a movie that tickled my interest a few months back when I first saw the trailer. It starred Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn and so was immediately on my radar as a weighty exploration of the human condition. While it wasn't exactly the most riveting watch, it still managed to capture my attention for the duration of its run-time.

After enjoying the tension-heavy film about family, love and toxic obsession, I decided to watch something I could completely shut my brain off. Enter: Puppy Love starring Lucy Hale and Grant Gustin (two actors who caught my eye back when they were starting out. One featured in a guilty pleasure show I watched back when I was in university - Pretty Little Liars - and the other started out as an antagonist in Glee before becoming the better version of the fastest man alive).

From Puppy Love, I hopped over to watch a film about a singing crocodile and the wacky plot shenanigans that come from a half-animated, half live-action musical starring the likes of Shawn Mendes, Javier Bardem and Constance Wu. Is it strange that there's a singing crocodile whose exact origins were never exactly explained? Yes, but the songs are catchy and it's a nice feel-good film.

And even though Lyle doesn't speak, he can readily communicate through song - which, admittedly, beggars belief but these aren't things one should think too hard about.

Then finally, after nearly nine hours in the air, and fully from a sandwich dinner, I settled the headphones back onto my ears to watch Dumb Money. Though I never did watch it in cinemas, I did read about how people were using the RobinHood app to hold the line against The Man when it came to the shorting of the GameStop stock back in 2021.

At 8:57 PM, we landed at Haneda airport. After our plane taxied to its designated spot, we traipsed down a set of stairs for the waiting shuttles that took us to the terminal proper. Due to the late hour, we were the only flight going through immigration and customs, smoothing exiting the airport about twenty minutes to ten.

One short taxi ride later took us to our hotel close by. I, of course, managed to embarrass myself by trying to close the automatic door of the cab. It was only when I heard the driver tell me twice to stop that I realised the error of my ways. Still, we managed to check-in to the hotel only a few minutes past 10 PM. Once inside, bleachpanda and I dumped our gear and flopped onto the bed, exhausted from a day on the plane.

The next day, I woke up early and puttered around our shared room as bleachpanda snored away. At 7 AM, bleachpanda's alarm went off and after spending 45 getting ready, the two of us headed down for breakfast. Once full, we visited a local shrine nearby as well as a 7-Eleven wherein I bought a banana and milk.

Returning to our hotel at around 9:30, it was back on the road for the two of us as we headed to Narita airport for our flight to Seoul. We arrived with barely any time to spare as we checked-in for our flight and sped through security. Still, we managed to try out Japan McDonald's. I picked a Teriyaki Pork Burger (which was mildly disappointing because of how dense the sauce was) and bleachpanda enjoyed an Ebi Burger. Full, we boarded our flight to Seoul, wherein we were treated with another heavy meal.

At 4:30 PM, we landed at Incheon International. On the flight, I watched Venom: Let There Be Carnage while belachpanda slept on, too ill from the turbulent start to our flight. The sequel to Sony's Venom was a fun watch, even if it didn't win any awards. Tom Hardy, I can most assuredly say, is living his best Eddie Brock life, given the banter between our two protagonists.

In fact, it reminded me of my relationship with bleachpanda during the trip. I'd tease and aggravate her, she'd threaten to murder me in my sleep...

And yet she'd still comply with all my walking demands as we managed to rack up a 14,500 step count average over the three weeks we were out and about on our overseas trip.

Once we grabbed our luggage and went through South Korea immigration, we took a taxi to our hotel in the heart of Seoul. After wechecked in to our hotel in South Korea: ENA Suite Namdaemun, bleachpanda and I ventured out to enjoy a nice meal out at Michelin Star winner: Korea Ginseng Chicken Soup.

#personal blog #travelling #japan #south korea #seoul #haneda #tokyo

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juniaships · 11 months

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Here's the official bio for Queen Genevieve!! I've been watching Quest for Camelot bc this year is the 25th anniversary and it's a guilty pleasure op mine even tho it has a lot of flaws So I had to make an OC XD

Quest for Camelot is owned by Warner Brothers. I only own Genevieve. Made in Doll Divine Princess Maker ver. 1.0. & Barbie movie dress maker

Name: Genevieve of Camelot

Age: 40s

Occupation: Queen

Ethnicity: African British(Celtic?)

Friends: Lady Juliana, Kayley, Garrett, Devon, Merlin

Spouse: King Arthur

Allies: Knights of the Round Table

Enemies: Ruber and his army, Lady Jezebel (OC)

Voice Claim: Angela Bassett

Goals: Retrieving Excalibur (succeeded), avoid a forced marriage to Ruber (succeeded), saving Camelot (succeeded)

Appearance: Genevieve is a beautiful woman with long, dark and curly and dark brown eyes. She also has brown skin. Her regal attire consists of a light yellow dress with red shoulder pads, outer skirt, and gold belt. She wears a simple silver and tiara with a blue gem in the center.

Personality: Genevieve is a wise and goodhearted woman who devotes her time to overseeing the welfare of her kingdom. Like Kayley, she also dreamed of becoming a knight but were forced to set those dreams aside. While she sometimes regrets missing that opportunity, she doesn't regret choosing to be Queen. Genevieve encorages Kayley to pursue her dreams but warns her that the journey towards knighthood is not an easy one. It's implied that she and Lady Juliana were childhood friends.

Abitlities: Genevieve is adaptable, as when she spends her time in the enchanted forest. She also demonstrates her political prowess as when she tries to diffuse Ruber's attempts at invading the sea village, and later convincing the dragon brothers to help her.

The only magical ability Genevieve possesses is a mirror given to her by Merlin. This mirror can reveal a person's "true self", teleportation and some defense against dark magic. While it can deflect physical spells too much force leads to cracks, reducing the effective power of the mirror.

Inspiration: Guinevere (Arthurian Legend), Elinor (Brave), Tzipporah (The Prince of Egypt), Mrs. Brisby (Secret of Nimh), Fiona (Shrek), Asami (Avatar LOK), Snow White (Disney/OUAT), Annika (Barbie Magic of Pegasus)

If Quest for Camelot was about King Arthur it makes sense for Guinevere to exist too! So here's my idea of what she could look like. I think Arthur would want a strong, caring person who is just as devoted to the light as he is. But also because I am sick of media that only depicts Guinevere to serve that stupid love triangle; there's so much more to Arthurian legend and Guinevere than the men she sleeps with. It wasn't even part of the original myths! -_-

Anyways I wanted a story where Guinevere gets to be the hero. As for her role in the movie she visits Juliana and Kayley but their party gets attacked by Ruber. The queen and Kayley escapes and together, along with Garrett, Merlin's falcon and the dragon bros, set off to save the kingdom. She also does battle with an old foe, the bitter Lady Lizabet, who wants to get rid of her and take Arthur as a trophy husband.

As far as design goes I gave her a warm color palette to contrast the blue tunic Arthur wears in the film. Plus the "Primary Color Protagonist" trope.

#quest for camelot #queen guinevere #arthurian legend #wb animation #dolldivine #dollmaker #oc x canon #fanart #fan character #oc #black oc

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consistentsquash · 9 months

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squash!!! 1, 9, 10, 14, and 19 - ANGST, and (separately) HOT! gimme your sexiest smuttiest recs :D

hiya!!! <3 <3 ok this got long sorry! ALSO YOU NEED TO DO IT if you have time/if you want to. No pressure. But you are an amazing reccer and I get a lot of my new reads from your recs.

👍🏽 A fic you bookmarked recently

this barbie is getting lucky by narqueen - Gloria/Barbie. 900 words. It's 100% fluff!

👌🏼 A fic someone else recommended to you

The Janus Rose by dickgloucester. Snape/Pomona. 5200 words.

this one was a rec from @kellychambliss. It's actually an impossible fic to find with just tags because it doesn't tag the pairing. Highly recommend. It has some strong choices in writing esp about the ending which probably won't work for everybody but I feel like that's a good thing because it gives people something to think about/discuss.

👽 A fic that isn’t prose (poetry, text fic, etc.)

Lovers often do by gaisang. Harry/Voldemort. 1200 words. Poetry.

A beautiful, beautiful, haunting poetry collection which for me not only captures the characters of Harry and Voldemort and their dynamic but also has so many classical literature references woven with intertextual references to eldritcher's Four Chord/Unvollendete sets. It's an incredible poem that gets the raw, emotional power of those stories. Gaisang gets it.

🤩 A fic that made you SLAM that “subscribe” button

Lover Boy At Play by @danpuff-ao3. 4500 words. Snape/Harry.

SLAMMED that subscribe button. Best decision ever. No buyer's remorse. No regrets! Danni writes my fav dirtyhotbadwrong Snarries.

🤔 The first fic you think of when I say ANGST

Morior Animus by vain. Snarry. MCD. 15000 words.

Morior Animus has earned, convincing angst. Really precise writing. The build up is intense. Incredibly creative and beautiful fic. It's the angst fic for me.

Ok now my fav part :D SEXIEST SMUTTIEST FICS

Hot can be pretty subjective! so definitely ymmv. What I find hot falls into two categories.

The fic is dirtybadhotwrong and as a reader I get the vibe that the author is really, really shamelessly into it because that makes me as a reader get into it

The fic uses smut for exposition about emotional complication or emotional simplification. Like the smut makes a relationship get more fucked up or it helps them get to some emotional catharsis. I don't really find it hot when it's just one person in the relationship getting whumped/fixed.

If the fic hits one of those two for me it's really hot! Otherwise I normally skip the smut. It's really the emotions that make things hot for me. But ofc this is a super subjective thing. I don't really go for pure smut fics or fics where their roles in smut have a big impact on their characterization. Smut written by some authors have worked for me.

On the dirtybadhotwrong side, I am a big fan of fics written by DementorDelta, Snegurochka, Who_la_hoop, AbstractConcept, Thistlecat and Cruisedirector. DementorDelta and Cruisedirector are really brilliant authors but they also have this writing phase where they were into writing fics with spanking and golden showers like this Snarry The Safest Place. Who_la_hoop wrote group incest and made it hotter than Texas during a heat wave in The Evil Devil Child and the Perfect Gift. It's Draco/Harry/Albus Severus/Scorpius. Thistlecat made the Black family hot. Huge fan of Alphard's Favourite. It's Sirius/Peter and Sirius/Alphard. Snegurochka made infidelity hot but they took their fics down so no links :/ Their Narcissa/Rosmerta fic is my guilty pleasure except I don't really feel guilty about it. AbstractConcept made curtains hot with their Snarry fic Better Homes and Dungeons . I don't even know how. I love the total shamelessness and dirtybadhotwrong commitment of these authors' writing. I feel this is increasingly rare in our fandom. I also love @danpuff-ao3's fics for the same reason! Everything! But also special love for Draco/Sirius in Gray Eyes (Tell No Lies). I love folks who can write dirtybadhotwrong shamelessly without feeling conscious about it. Because as a reader sometimes I feel conscious if I get the vibe the author was feeling conscious? Idk if that makes sense. It's probably just a me thing. But it's a thing I feel when reading some fics.

On the emotional side, I generally need longfics to feel that vibe because of how my brain works. My goto is two three authors who have a 100% hit rate for me for this type of smut.

ripeteeth! but their fics are not public on AO3 right now so I didn't want to go into a lot of detail. Huge fan of Suspiria by them which pretty much hit everything I want to see in smut 100%.

perverse_idyll's fics where the smut complicates things more in terms of characterization/dynamics. PI's writing has a lot of intensity which 100% works for me in smut scenes. They are also in general longer fics so the emotions have a lot of build up which makes things hotter! Soft Touch is a brilliant oneshot to get a sense of that. Snape is technically a massage therapist but not really and Harry is technically a customer but it gets so dirtybadhotwrong. Their emotions and relationship get more complicated but it's also in a good sense? Like complicated doesn't mean destructive? Rimming and gloves are really hot when we get some spicy emotions salsa to go with those.

eldritcher's fics where the smut is catharsis in terms of personal baggage/relationship dynamics. Smut which unfucks things? Eldritcher's writing has a lot of precision and they are amazing at increasing the intensity organically which works 100% works for me in smut when it's about building dysfunctionally healthy relationships between two emotionally damaged characters without complicating things further. Epic of the Forgotten is a brilliant oneshot to get a sense of that. Voldemort gets Krum to have a one night stand with him after a Quidditch Match and it kind of snowballs into the healthiest relationship ever. They are really emotionally damaged but it works and we get to see that exposition through their smut scenes.

Also Kelly Chambliss doesn't technically write smut smut but I really feel the hotness in Sesquipedalia. Hermione/McGonagall. It's like intellectual hotness? Which works for this pairing brilliantly. Idk how to explain!

#fic recs #asks answered #fic rec meme #hp fic recs #hp

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norringtxn · 2 years

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@emcads tagged me to post 9 of my favorite films and I’ve been thinking about it for too long and too much. I think these nine represent me the most?? A little explaining under the read more because too much thought went into this:

tagging: @killmebutneverinsultme + @compassofsouls + @sailsandgold + @killerqueenwidow + @thepiratehero

Saving Mr Banks: GOD TIER COMFORT FILM. I don’t care that it’s disney propaganda. It’s a beautiful story and makes me cry every single time. I love Pam being horrible to everyone and I love the music and mary poppins is such a big part of my childhood. Bless this film.

The Hobbit: Picked this one to represent my love and obsession with Lord of the Rings. I’m convinced I was a hobbit in another life and Bilbo is a character I have loved since I was very little. I will cry every time I see old Bilbo. Without fail. Mojito, if you’re reading this I need to kidnap you to keep watching these films.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Forced myself to only pick one marvel movie, and my favourite space family made the cut. I love this movie so much. It’s funny, has the found family trope and an absolute idiot of a main character. How could I not love it.

Barbie in the Nutcracker: MY CHILDHOOD. The early barbie movies have horrible animation but the aesthetic is so good and the music and the themes and fjhkjshfkjsf. Such good memories of this, being eight years old and pretending to dance around with magic. Defining Lina moment. I think Princess and the Pauper is the one I watched the most, followed closely by 12 Dancing Princesses but Nutcracker is where it all started.

Pirates of the Caribbean, At World’s End: You do not understand how obsessed I was with this movie as a teen. Funnily enough I could not tell the difference between James and Beckett and had eyes only for Jack. It was also my first POTC movie so it’s very dear to my heart. Also the mUSIC??? THE MUSIC!!!

Night at the Museum: Instant feel good movie. Second comfort film. I have nothing else to say about it except that I love it and that the third movie doesn’t exist to me.

Strange Magic: Guilty pleasure film. Musical. Enemies to lovers. Monster boyfriend. Fairies. Need I say more? No. I love it. Watch it.

Polar Express: Picked this one because it defines my love for Christmas. December will never be like it was when I was little but watching this always takes me back and it just makes me so happy. Animation can be blah at times but the story and the music just warms my heart.

Labyrinth: I am so cross that I only first saw this movie a few years ago. I would have LOVED this as a kid, but I’m glad to have watched it now because it just ticks so many boxes for me.

Movies that did not make it only because I was made to choose only nine and that’s very unfair:

Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland

Sinbad

Rise of the Guardians

Walter Mitty

Mary Poppins

Tangled

Brave

Thor Ragnarok

And many many others jfc Aleah how dare you make me choose.

#{ ooc }#// did I take this too seriously? maybe

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starlightandtherain · 1 month

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Bewitched

It was the first day of August when I met you for the first time. Raindrops splattered on the pavement as I ran, a few minutes late, nerves fluttering in my stomach. I had spent days preparing for this day, carefully choosing what to wear. I decided on white because you once told me I looked great in that color. I didn't just want to be pretty; I wanted everything to be perfect.

I saw you patiently standing in the middle of the crowded mall. The warm smile on your face outshined the sun and the cloudy day. The thought of making you wait made me feel guilty. If only the skies hadn't flooded the freeway, I could have been more punctual.

We decided to have lunch at a Mediterranean restaurant. It was a quiet place, maybe too dismal for a first date. I realized I couldn't be my usual cheerful and talkative self, fearing the deprecating stares from nearby tables. However, I couldn't help but steal glances at you. You looked handsome in your yellow and white button-down shirt, your cool shoes completing the look. I wanted to keep you inside my pocket from the moment we started talking. You are a prized memento, a living testament to the fascinating creations of a supreme being.

The cinema, with its dimmed lights, brought us closer as we watched Barbie's adventures unfold in vibrant pink. I found comfort in resting my head on your shoulder, though I worried it might have made your arm uncomfortable. Your playful nibbling of popcorn was endearing. I felt extremely fortunate to be in your company. From then on, I yearned for more moments like these.

Holding your hand was a simple pleasure that I cherished. Your tall stature protected me from the drizzle outside. In your presence, even the rain seemed to dance with joy.

At the brightly lit bowling alley, you effortlessly scored strikes while I struggled with the heavy bowling ball. Your smile radiated warmth that enveloped my heart. Although it may have escaped the lens of a camera, it's forever etched in my mind—a picture I carry with me always.

Looking back, I wish I had chosen a different restaurant so I wouldn't have been so self-conscious. I regret not having the courage to say my truths. I hope you know how much I long to care and love you. I lament not doing more to keep you close. I wish I had seized every moment to embrace you.

For Ken, August 1st holds a special place in my memory. Since then, you've bewitched me, and I find remnants of you still residing in my heart. Even though I believe I've moved on, there are moments when the pain resurfaces.

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star-shard · 6 months

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Idk why, but the animation that lives in my heart the hardest is rarely the 'best'. By critic's standards. I myself may have SEVERAL bones to pick with the writing. And yet.

For me, my 'guilty pleasure, but I'm not guilty, I'll go to battle for these shows with zero amunition just the power of love' type shows, are Ever After High and Miraculous.

Listen. Monster High is sort of seen as top dog in terms of dolls nowadays, but it was never my thing. It was juuuust barely after my time in terms of playing with or buying dolls. I was a polly pocket/barbie/playmobile girly, a Bratz here and there.

However, I do enjoy my plastic and I followed some releases, even if I didn't purchase much. Point being, I was an Ever After High girl. Idk, I gravitated towards the illustration inspired fashions, and the fantasy. And, I just preferred the cartoon.

When I was in college I binged watched the shorts and loved them. The show was corny as all heck, and the lore honestly did not make a whole lot of sense if you thought about it too long, but fuck, it was made to sell dolls. We're not going for c i n e m a.

That goes for Miraculous as well. When this show first had rumors about it, like the anime PV that popped up on youtube I was hype. Even when it went to CG animation I was down. It was corny and fun, the villain of the week was a good time plot device.

And I have a spiritual connection with Chat Noir nbd /s Have I ever done deep dives of lore for either Ever After High or Miraculous? No. Created fan content? No. But, the second I hear a whisper about a special episode or any news, I'm there. I was there yesterday, if you catch me.

I have die hard love for these types of shows and search me as for why. But, I am taking BULLETS for these easy going shows.

#miraculous #ever after high #my darlings #Like hang on the complexity of Steven Universe #Ever After High just said be yourself move asiiiiddddeee

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Bimonthly Media Roundup

- Barbie (Movie) - Hell yeah it's here! Got to see this with my three closest gal pals and the energy at the theatre was fantastic, it was genuinely heartwarming to see how many people were dressing up in their best cutesy/pink clothes in the spirit of the film. The movie itself was also great, one of the funniest things I've seen in a long while, pitch perfect casting, on the nose but still entirely accurate social commentary, Incredible set design, and another life affirming-You are who you choose to be story. If I had to complain I'd say that Barbie should have spent a bit more time actually enjoying aspects of the real world in order to justify her decision at the end, but I understand that they didn't want to mess with the pacing so it's whatever. This movie was pure fun, I'll definitely be showing it to my parents when it comes out on streaming. Oh Also! AroAce Barbie rights baby, she's one of us now!

- The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady (Anime) - Alright, so this was a nice little story. The couple was genuinely cute both in terms of the individual characters being interesting in their own right and also having a lot of nice moments together, I appreciated how much of the story actually had interesting and relevant things going on outside of their relationship, and I'm shocked and enthused about how actually openly queer the story ended up being by the end-No ambiguity here these girls are gay as hell. I actually wish it was a bit longer - I went to the manga expecting more content and while there where a few nice extra scenes for the most part the anime covers all that's out so far. I wonder if the novels go deeper, I'll keep an eye on that as I'd really like to see if the dragon heart fusion plot went anywhere, it kind of fizzled out in the anime. Still if my main complaint is that I want more than that's not too bad, it get's a major thumbs up from me.

- ENNEAD (Webcomic) - Ah yes, the webcomic I wouldn't quite call a guilty pleasure as I don't feel guilt for enjoying a story with such a unique setting and aesthetic, genuinely engaging writing, and stellar art direction, but which nonetheless feels like one given how much I would never recommend it to anyone I know. I just don't have the mental fortitude to defend the sheer amount of trigger warnings this story would have to include before jumping in. That aside, It was on hiatus for awhile but has picked back up so I binged the new season and am enjoying the slightly lighter tone so far - At the very least the protagonist and love interest are getting a lot of cute, banter heavy, nice moments together which is a welcome change from seasons 2 kind of necessary but still tough to read mass of suffering. Also on a meta level, drama aside, it's pretty funny to see Horus trying defend the genocidal, war crime committing, unapologetic bastard that is Seth on the grounds that he's pretty and sad and is trying his best now okay? He's his poor little meow meow.

- When the Third Wheel Strikes Back (Webcomic) - For some reason a bunch of these chapters either got uploaded or translated all at once as their was like 15 with a new one each day there for a minute. Which, great! this is a fun one to binge. When they are well written, the "Please stop including me in the plot I'm just trying to live quietly" protagonists can be a lot of fun as they keep getting dragged kicking and screaming into increasingly world-altering bullshit and that's this story to a T. The humor in general is pretty great so far, and while we don't know too much about them yet I do like both deuteragonists, I'll be happy to see more of their interactions as a trio.

- Link Click (Anime) - Finished our rewatch of season 1, onto season 2. While I'm interested in the plot, I do still wish they would have spent more time with our leads outside of their job as I still don't feel like I know them very well, but eh at least their likable and serve the rising suspense well. The new OP is super cool with it's full scale rewind giving new meaning to each visual and overall the series still looks great. I like the design of the new villain though I hate the "overtly evil anime face" that he (rarely) and his subordinates (often) use - It just makes me irrationally angry with it's lack of nuance I guess.

- Lego Monkie Kid(Cartoon) - I'm a fan of Journey to the West and Sun WuKong adaptations in general so I decided to check this out despite not really being the demographic or a big LEGO fan. I'm a couple episodes into the 2nd season so far and my general opinion is that I like it but don't love it yet. The animation and voice acting is great and lego-fication aside I do like the character designs, I just feel that for now there's not enough of a central plot/lore information on the cast and a bit too much basic fighting for my taste. Mostly I just want them to address how the other journey to the west counterparts relate to the original story (are they reincarnations? Ancestors? Why does the Monkey King seem completely uninterested in them?) and feature more non-fighting related character bonding. Anyway, MK, Mei, and especially Red Son are all fun so far and I love the Macaque's demon design and the "Sun WuKongs bitter ex BF" vibes he's giving off, exited to see more of all of them.

- Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (Video Game) - Hmm. Well I have to agree with the general opinion that the first one was one of the lesser games in the series - I did like some of the new characters like Badd and Lang but man did the cases drag and feature a lot of uninteresting nonsense. I'm not too impressed with the 2nd game yet either though there has been some funny writing moments and Sebastian is kind of hilarious, so I feel like it will probably be better than the first.

- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Video Game) - Getting a bit burnt out from the sheer amount of Stuff to do in this game, but I did enjoy infiltrating the Yiga base and hanging out with them, they're pretty fun. Might take a longer break from it here soon and finish the game at a later date like I did with Persona 5-Great games but man is there a lot of content.

- Crazy Ex Girlfriend (TV) - Getting into the endgame now, the meta jokes are pretty fun and I appreciate the themes of self-reflection and making amends that this season has going not only for Rebecca but for the other characters as well. Songs still slap as well.

Listening to: Sway Cover and Eat Your Young Cover by Reinaeiry, Fast Car by Tracy Chapman, 10 Things I Hate About You by Leah Kate, That's What I Want by Lil Nas X, I Wish and Gravel to Tempo by Hayley Kiyoko, What'll It Be and You Do/Don't Want To Be Crazy from Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Rule #4 by Fish Inside a BirdCage, and This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) by Natalie Cole.

#weekly roundup #my post

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henryobsessed · 4 years

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The Borrower and Her Bean Part 5

Summery: Now he has found her room will she talk or will she run.

Word Count: 1300

Warning: none

Part 4 - Part 6

Part 5

Henry had woken early his mind still fixated on the little sprite that was inhabiting his house. For the last few days, he had also been sleeping terribly. The Nightmares that for some time seemed to have disappeared had returned. Deciding to take his mind off the terrors he plodded down the stairs. The morning’s soft light was just popping up over the trees and the moon and stars could still be faintly seen. Looking around he decided to do some work in the garden, this always had a calming affect on him. He noticed Kal sniffing around a vent in the wall and wondered, had Kal found the miniature people the last time he barked at the wall. This time he just wagged his tail and sat nose pointed towards the vent.

What could it hurt to check it out he though to himself as he laid down on his stomach in the grass and peered into the cavity. There he could see with the sunlight lighting the space a little room, There was a pocket mirror on the wall, a Match box halved with clothes hanging in it like a cupboard, and a box lid decorated with decoupage pictures of roses and flowers. The room was a surprise to see but what made his stomach quiver with pleasure was the sight of his little sprite. She was nestled into the box lid cocooned into layers of fabric. Her little head poking out of the mass of blankets her hair a mess about her face.

He laid there for what seemed like an hour just watching her sleep, it was peaceful. Kal had lost interest at some point and started chasing a rabbit around the yard which caused her to wake. A smile pulled at his lips as he watched her rub her little eyes and swing her legs out of the bed. Standing up in a night gown that must have previously been a barbie’s gown, she stretched her small body on display for his eyes to see. He felt slightly guilty for watching her but he was fascinated, that was until she started moving towards him. He knew he could not move quickly enough for her to not see him so instead rested on his elbows.

The moment she saw him he knew, her body went ridged with fright and her chest increased its small breaths as if she was going to hyperventilate. Hoping to calm her he said with what he hoped a nice smile “Good Morning” He watched as she struggled he could see she needed to run but her body betrayed her. “Please don’t run, I just want to talk.” He watched her debate with herself, laying his head lower as if trying to make himself smaller he rested on his hands “your safe, the vent is mortared into the brick. Can we talk? I’ll start” his smile softens as he watched the little sprites shoulders relax. “Introductions might be in order; my name is Henry” at that his puppy bounds over licking at his face. “And this crazy bear is Kal”

Melina could not believe that he had found her room, yes it was true that the vent was fixed to the wall. The only way he could reach her was by using a sledgehammer so even though her heart was hammering, and her legs felt jelly she moved back and sat on her bed. Her bean, Henry started chatting away, she loved the deep cadence of his voice. “I’m so sorry I scared you the other day, was just so surprised that you even existed……..I mean I don’t even know what your are or what your name is or how long you have been here or how you survive…….” Her bean seemed to be getting worked up, his voice increasing in volume, and speed, that even if she wanted to answer him, he could not have heard her.

Thinking of a sound that might break through his deep voice she returned to what she knew would soothe him. She started to sing “Hush now my darling be still now just smile, rests as your kissed by the sun. Still, and just listen to my little lullaby and I’ll tell you a story, I’ll not run.” She watched as amazement filled his face, and he stilled to listen. With a soft voice he breathed “That was you? that I heard in my dreams? You chased my nightmares away?” he seemed to struggle to not keep talking and instead bit his lower lip. She smiled at the cute face he made trying to be still and not ask but wait.

Her nervousness was not as bad with his face being this close, it was more like when she was sitting on her sill, or on his pillow watching him. Her face coloured as she remembered the night she spent caressing his cheek. Breathing in, she swallowed her fear, and said “My name is Melina, I’m not a sprite, I’m a borrower. We live in the cavities of your home and the other muse’s in this row. How we survive? Well I can’t give away all our secrets.” She almost laughed at the pout that formed on Henry’s lips. She watched as he made himself comfortable resting his chin as he subconsciously hummed. His face had better colour, and his blue irises were clear except for the dark circles surrounding his lower eye lids. Had he been having the night terrors again?

Breaking the silence, she braved her own question “Yes it was me…. I like looking at the moon and stars at night from your windowsill. When you came home, I couldn’t resist still going there when you were asleep. My lullaby seemed to help you when you would cry out in your sleep…. Are you feeling better?” her concern warmed his face as her bean answered “Yes thank you, but I must have sacred you too much when we met…….. my nightmare is back and I guess you haven’t been coming to my room anymore.” This made Melina sad her chest squeezing at the though of her bean not sleeping because she was not there. She looked down wondering if she would ever have the courage to be that close to him again now that he knew she was real.

Henry could see he had made her sad with his last statement, hoping to lift her spirits he said “I really liked what you did with the figurine. I could never get the lines that perfect and the colours you chose where beautiful.” He watched her face colour under his praise and a small smile lift the corners of her mouth. “And thank you again for helping me when I was sick, do you think I can meet the others who helped?” She frowned at this question chewing on her lip she said, “I don’t think they would like that, I would even be in trouble if they knew we were talking” He could not understand why they would help him and yet forbit her from talking to him. “I’m sorry, I don’t want to get you into trouble but I like talking to you.” She smile at that comment her face fully looking at his.

Just as she seemed to be relaxing enough that he thought he could ask another question he heard small voices. They were calling out to Melina as they got louder and louder. “Lina where are you, you missed breakfast” the little boy walking into the room followed by his exact replica. Lina as the boys called her froze, unsure of what to do as she looked at Henry. Looking at the boy she put her finger to her lips then pointed. The pair turned simultaneously and froze. Henry lifted an eyebrow a smirk forming on his lips as he formed a question “I wonder are you two responsible for my game being hacked?”

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#theborrowerandherbean #the borrowers #little #HenryCavill #Henry-Cavill fanfic

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BatFam Favorite Songs and Playlists

Dick Grayson loves anything upbeat he can scream sing along to, but his one true music love will forever and always be 80s Pop music. Not only does it go with his ‘I just got dragged through an 80s costume wardrobe’ aesthetic, but 80s Pop songs are the best to scream sing along to. His 80s Pop Trinity is Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, and ABBA. Currently, his favorite songs are Y.M.C.A by Village People, -Jason: “Jesus Dick, how could Y.M.C.A be your favorite song?” Dick: “I like bending into all the letters!”- Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper, and Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) by ABBA. Dick also knows all the words to (and has choreography for) all the songs in Grease. He even once convinced Jason to song along as Danny in You’re the One That I Want. Dick’s Guilty Pleasure Song: Barbie Girl by Aqua.

Dick Grayson’s Playlist

Jason likes music that makes Bruce extremely uncomfortable, like Rap (for its explicit language) and any song that can be used to reference his death. But when Bruce isn’t around, Jason prefers a wide range of rock, from rockabilly to classic rock to punk rock, Jason loves it all. His favorite rock artists respectively are Johnny Cash, Queen, and My Chemical Romance. Jason’s favorite songs are I Won’t Back Down by Johnny Cash, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, and I Don’t Love You by MCR. When Bruce is around to annoy, Jason enjoys blasting Hood Go Crazy by 2 Chainz, -Bruce: “I don’t think this is an appropriate song to be playing in the Batcave, Jason.” Jason: “Well Bruce, I didn’t think that letting the Joker live after he killed me was “appropriate”, so agree to disagree.” Bruce: *feels migraine coming on*- and Arms Tonite by Mother Mother -*I died in your arms tonight. I slipped through into the afterlife. It was nice* Alfred: “Master Jason, don’t you think that’s a tad insensitive?” Jason: “Sorry Alfie, but Bruce is kinda insensitive”- Jason’s Guilty Pleasure Song is Pocketful of Rainbows by Elvis Presley, it was the song that Bruce used to sing to him after he’d had a nightmare to get him to go back to sleep.

Jason Todd’s Playlist

Tim at this point only listens to DiscoTech/ElectroPop because it’s the only music with a beat strong enough to keep him awake. His favorite songs are Boss Bitch by Doja Cat, Play With It by Tommy Genesis, and Rich Bitch Juice by Alice Longyu Gao -*Some people say I look very sad I’m just having my resting bitch face ‘Cause man, I’m tired I’m tired, I’m so fucking tired Drinking my rich bitch juice* Tim: *sipping his rich Bitch Juice* “Mood.” Dick: *Gasp* “Timmy… That most definitely should not be a 'mood’.” Tim: *shrugs and continues to crush up caffeine pills and add them to his coffee* Tim’s Guilty Pleasure Song -Damian: *grumbling* “All his songs should be considered guilty pleasure songs”- is Ken Doll by Gameboi.

Tim Drake’s Playlist

Damian grew up listening to classical music and doesn’t understand how what his brothers listen to can even be considered music. Damian’s favorite composer -Damian: “Yes, singular composer because you can’t have multiple favorites, Drake. That’s like saying my favorite brothers are Grayson, Todd, and you, when it’s obviously just Grayson”- is Frédéric Chopin. Three classical pieces he is fond of are 24 Preludes, Op.28: No.4 in E Minor by Frédéric Chopin, Comptine d’un autre été, l’apres-midi by Yann Tierson, and Hallelujah (Arr. Cello & Strings) by Leonard Cohen & et al. -Tim: “Honestly surprised the Imperial Death March wasn’t on his list, was pretty sure that was constantly playing in his head.” Jason: “Same.”- Damian’s Guilty Pleasure Symphony is Hedwig’s Theme by John Williams. Jason: “He gets all teary-eyed when he listens to it.” Damian: “I do not, Todd! If you keep spreading such slander, I will eviscerate you.”

Damian Wayne’s Playlist

Alfred is quite fond of the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and Elton John. His favorite songs are Let It Be by the Beatles, Bennie and the Jets by Elton John, and Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) by John Lennon. The later he is quite partial to because it always brings back memories or a younger Master Bruce. -Dick: Awww! Bruce is blushing, Alfie!- Alfred’s Guilty Pleasure Song is When We Were Young by Adele. Selina: *Quirking an eyebrow* Alfred: “I haven’t a clue why you look surprised Ms. Kyle. Ms. Adele is a woman of exceptional talent, I would be a fool not to see that.”

Alfred Pennyworth’s Playlist

Selina loves blues and soul. Her favorite artists are Etta James, Joy Crookes, and Amy Winehouse. Three of her favorite songs are Mother May I Sleep with Danger by Joy Crookes, Me and Mr. Jones by Amy Winehouse, and Hell N Back by Bakar (that she heard for the first time when Bruce sang it to her at their engagement party). - Damian: “Kyle’s choice in music is adequate I suppose.” Selina: *trying to smother a smile* - Guilty Pleasure Song: Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC. Selina: *winking at Bruce* Bruce: *Turning a violent shade of red* Tim: “Alfred, I think Selina broke Bruce!”

Selina Kyle’s Playlist

Bruce is a man of classic jazz, easy listening, and rockabilly; his favorite singers are Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Elvis Presley. He’s had the same favorite three songs for the past five years, My Way by Frank Sinatra, Blue Moon by Dean Martin, and Pocketful of Rainbows by Elvis Presley. -Jason: “You’re such a sap, Old Man-“ Guilty Pleasure Song: Hurt by Johnny Cash. -Selina: “Oh no you don’t, you and I both know that’s not your true guilty pleasure.” Bruce: “Selina, please don’t…” Selina: “War Pigs by Black Sabbath. He’s a closeted metal head.” Bruce: “Selina, you’re suppose to love me.” Selina: “Oh I do, but I also love torturing you too.” *high fives Jason* Bruce: “It was a phase Selina!”

Bruce Wayne’s Playlist

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saturn-mp4 · 4 years

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The Aesthetic Tag

Rules: Bold the aesthetics you relate to and add twenty of your own aesthetic qualities for others to bold.

#aesthetic #my aesthetic #why is my aesthetic literally Jack Kline?!

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Harringrove sleepover where they are high and play truth or dare... maybe some truths or secrets slip.. maybe some first kisses happen..

(i’m gonna do this one first because high boys give me LIFE)

steve takes the joint billy has handed to him, taking a long hit before passing it back.

“we should do something,” he comments. he’s laying on the floor, staring up at billy’s ceiling. billy sits on the couch in front of his fireplace, puffing on the joint.

it’s neil and susan’s wedding anniversary, so they’re both out of town for the weekend. this is actually the first time steve’s ever been allowed to see the inside of billy’s house. he was surprised when billy had called at all, asking if he was down to come smoke.

kind of a stupid question, really. steve is always down smoke.

“well. what do you suggest, stevie boy?” billy asks. he’s sprawled out on the couch, one arm slung over the side.

steve plucks the joint from his fingertips, bringing it to his lips and breathing in deep. “hm. we could play a game?”

billy laughs a little, sitting up to peer at him over the side of the couch. “are we fuckin’ six years old, harrington?”

“truth or dare is always fun. it’s a game for all ages.”

the look billy gives him is a mixture of judgmental, and considering. he finally shrugs, taking the joint from steve’s outstretched hand.

it’s starting to get late, and neil hadn’t felt the need to keep the heat up very high while they’re gone, even if it’s the dead of winter. so billy shuffles around, moving the couch and getting a fire going. by the time they make themselves comfortable at opposite ends of the couch, the joint is finished.

steve is comfortably warm and high. he burrows deeper into the couch cushions, shooting billy an appreciative smile.

“you go first, i guess,” billy says after a moment.

he’s lounging casually at the other end of the couch. the fire casts a soft orange glow over billy’s skin, making him look even more warm and inviting. steve clears his throat, looking away quickly.

“okay. truth or dare?” steve starts, still staring at the fire.

“hm. i’ll go with truth.”

steve pauses, thinking for a moment, trying to work his way through the high, fuzzy state of his brain for a reasonable question. there’s a lot of things steve wants to ask, but none of them would be appropriate, exactly. so he settles on something safe.

“what’s your biggest pet peeve?” he asks, finally pulling his eyes back to billy. he finds the other boy staring right back, unbothered.

“loud breathers,” billy says easily. “my turn. truth or dare?”

“loud breathers?” steve repeats, huffing out a laugh. “interesting. okay, i guess i’ll go with truth, too.”

“do you currently have a crush on anyone?” billy asks, almost immediately. he has an unreadable look on his face. steve feels himself flush.

“um. yes?” he answers after a beat, his gaze flickering back over to the fire. “okay, back to you. truth or dare.”

billy disregards his question, simply asking, “who?”

“that’s not how it works,” steve argues, rolling his eyes. deflecting hard. “truth. or dare?”

“fine,” billy complains, making a face. “i’ll go with truth again.”

“what’s your guilty pleasure?”

again, billy answers without missing a beat. “strawberry ice cream. you again, pretty boy. truth or dare.”

“well,” steve says, giving billy a knowing look. “since i know you’re going to ask me who my crush is, i’m going with dare.”

“fine by me. i dare you to tell me who your crush is.”

and okay, steve hadn’t been expecting that. “that is so not fair.”

“rules are rules. gotta take the dare, or change your choice to truth,” billy tells him, one brow arched. challenging.

steve is starting to wish, just a little bit, that he hadn’t suggested this at all. he’s just stupid and stoned, too relaxed and comfortable to think about the fact that he has way too many secrets to play a game that depends primarily on revealing them.

“why are you so interested in who i like?” steve asks, a challenge of his own.

“why are you avoiding the question?”

and okay, he can’t exactly argue with that. but he will anyway. “because it’s not like you’d even know him. i mean - her. jesus, the hell kind of weed did you get this time?”

“same as always,” billy tells him. his head is cocked to the side, curious. steve wishes he could use his hand and wipe the smirk right off of his face. “but fine. different dare. i dare you to tell me one of your deepest secrets.”

there’s a lot of options that come to mind. the primary ones being i sometimes fight monsters and i think boys are just as cute as girls and sometimes i think no one is ever going to love me.

instead, steve goes with, “okay. okay, when i was eight, i melted my neighbor’s barbie dolls. i was trying to see if they would melt faster than those little plastic soldiers. the little green ones, you know?”

“and how is this a deep secret?”

“because,” steve insists, “her family came around asking if i’d seen them. i lied and told them i’d seen one of the other neighbor kids messing around in their yard. they went over there and started a big commotion when the kid denied ever being over there in the first place. those families still have beef to this day.”

billy stares at him for a moment, then tosses his head back, his whole body shaking as he laughs. when he sobers, he gives steve a crooked smile. “you’re evil, harrington. you should be ashamed of yourself.”

“i’m headed straight for hell,” steve agrees, grinning a little himself. they’re quiet for a moment, before steve speaks again. “back to you, hargrove. truth or dare?”

“i guess i’ll mix it up this time,” billy says. “dare.”

steve hums thoughtfully, then settles on something he’s been curious about for a while. “i dare you to let me see your necklace.”

billy blinks. “my necklace?”

“yeah. the one you always wear.”

another beat of silence. and then billy shrugs, pushing himself up and shifting closer. steve does the same, moving until their knees knock. billy reaches into he collar of his hoodie, pulling out the necklace and moving to take it off.

steve stops him. “you don’t have to. i just wanted to look at it for a second.”

he takes the pendant from between billy’s fingers. it’s in pristine condition; it practically shines in the light from the fire. steve takes in all the details, running his thumb over the face of it before tucking it safely back into billy’s sweatshirt. he’s always been curious about it. it’s a pretty design, and he’s never seen billy without it on. he figures there’s some sort of story there, and wonders if billy would let him hear it.

when he looks up, his breath catches a little. he’d forgotten they’d moved so close, and billy’s face is dangerously close to steve’s. so close that steve can see every freckle on billy’s nose. it makes his heart flutter, just a little bit.

“truth or dare?” billy asks. his voice is a low rumble, and steve thinks he might be staring at his mouth.

but that’s crazy. steve shakes his head a little, trying to snap himself out of it. he’s still high off his ass, so he can’t be sure he’s not just imagining things. in fact, he’s pretty sure he is. his mind is still cloudy and billy’s so close, he’s clearly just seeing things that aren’t there.

“truth.”

“does your crush go to school with us?” billy asks, a small smile playing on his lips.

steve groans. “this again? seriously?” billy just looks at him expectantly. “fine, christ. yes. your turn.”

“truth. ask me something good.”

“i’ve got something good,” steve says after taking a pause to think. “do you currently have a crush?”

“i do,” billy answers. his voice is easy and cool. and he’s definitely staring at steve’s mouth now, his eyes still glassy and heavily lidded. “‘s all you again, stevie.”

steve has no idea what to make of that. but his heart rate kicks up a bit, his palms starting to sweat.

“you want to keep playing?” he asks finally. he’s desperately hoping the answer will be no, but something inside of him is screaming to keep going.

“absolutely.”

it’s the finality of it that throws steve off. his head is spinning a bit, his high mind trying to catch up with the current situation.

“i’ll do another dare,” steve answers. “gotta keep it consistent, i guess.”

“let me think,” billy says, looking a little thoughtful. then he gets a mischievous look on his face. “i dare you to describe what your crush looks like.”

steve chokes on his own spit, spluttering a bit. he has no idea what to say to that. he could always just lie, pick some random girl from one of his classes and use her description. but he has a feeling billy would see right through that.

“i, um,” steve stammers, his cheeks heating up. “h-she. she has um. curly, uh - curly hair. blue eyes.”

billy keeps looking at him, his expression still open. playful. he raises his brows. “and? gotta give me more than that, harrington.”

steve is starting to wonder what billy’s playing at, when it hits him. billy is toying with him. why? steve isn’t sure, but he sighs and continues on anyway, kind of wanting to see where this leads.

“um, okay. she’s a little shorter than me. feistier, too. she’s uh, she’s got freckles in cute places, you know? and she just got this tattoo recently. really cool design.”

and now steve knows he’s said way too much. his mouth snaps shut so quickly that his teeth crack together. but with the look billy is giving him - something heated and intense - it barely even registers.

“she sounds cute,” billy decides after a moment.

“uh. yeah, she is. yup.” steve’s flush spreads from his cheeks all the way down his neck. “back, um. back to you. truth or dare?”

“dare. c’mon, do your worst.”

steve is still trying to wrap his head around everything. so he doesn’t have it in him to think too hard, and just blurts out the first thing that comes to mind. “same as my dare. describe your crush.”

“well,” billy starts, staring directly into steve’s eyes. “he’s tall. taller than me. dumber, though. but that’s okay. it’s cute. he’s got these big brown eyes, all doe-eyed and shit. drives me nuts. and his hair? fuckin’ hell. never seen someone with so much hair in my life. but it’s perfect, all the time. i dunno how he does it. and his mouth, fuck. i would look at it all goddamn day if i could.”

his brain short circuits. that’s the best way steve can describe it. all he manages to squeak out is a pathetic, “he?”

“that’s not how it works,” billy says, imitating steve from earlier. but his eyes are sparkling and he’s practically fucking beaming. “truth or dare?”

“i - it just - you just -” steve stutters, tripping over his words.

“c’mon steve. you gotta pick one.” this time, when billy speaks, he’s a little breathless. his eyes are zeroed in on steve’s mouth again. he sounds a little wrecked, like he’s hanging on the precipice of something.

“i...dare?”

“i dare you to kiss me,” billy blurts, immediately.

steve freezes, his eyes now locked with billy’s. in his peripheral, he can see the rapid rise and fall of billy’s chest. and then he’s leaning in, because, as his stoned brain reminds him, it is a dare, and he’s not about to pussy out now.

he’ll worry about the real reason he’s following through with the dare later.

for now, steve just shifts foward, closing the distance between them. the first touch of his lips to billy’s is like an electric shock, but pleasant. billy gasps a little, seemingly involuntarily, one hand coming up to tangle in steve’s hair.

the movement makes steve feel a little bolder. he presses his lips to billy’s firmly, insistently. kisses billy slow at first, soft and tender. he feels the warmth of his high still rolling through him in waves, and combined with the feeling of billy’s lips against his, he feels like he’s floating.

when steve moves one of his hands, bringing it up to cup billy’s jaw, billy lets out what sounds like a soft whimper. and that has steve deepening the kiss, his other hand threading through billy’s curls and pulling him closer. he licks into billy’s mouth, trying to memorize every square inch of him. in case he never gets to do this again.

steve breaks away from billy’s lips. trails a line of gentle kisses along the stubble of billy’s jaw, up to his ear. he presses a sweet kiss to billy’s earlobe, delighting in the shiver it elicits. he pulls the sensitive skin between his teeth, biting gently. smiles when he hears that familiar sharp intake of breath, billy’s hands moving to grab steve’s shoulders, clinging to him tightly.

“god,” billy sighs when steve releases his skin from between his teeth, tucking himself into billy’s neck. “i thought you were never going to do that.”

steve pulls back and gapes at him. “wait. you knew the whole time?”

“duh. you’re shit at keeping secrets, steve,” billy says, huffing out an endearing laugh. “i knew you would never tell. not without, you know. a little push.”

“you could’ve just said something.”

billy gives him a coy smile. “but where’s the fun in that?”

steve huffs out a small noise of exasperation, but before he can say anything, billy’s lips are on his again. all the fight drains out of him and steve melts at the touch, sighing happily.

he can whine at billy any other time. right now, all he wants to do is kiss the boy beneath him until he’s dizzy.

so that’s exactly what he does.

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