#golden network

[jjkxla]

Unstable Network

⇻ pairing: Jungkook x FemaleReader. LongDistance!AU

⇻ synopsis: Relationships and romance are hard to maintain, more so when they're long distance and have no clear indication of when you'll finally see each other again. You think of all the perfect scenarios, of them finally showing up at the door. But that's just all in your head. Fuck love.

⇻ tags: angst. relationship hardships. 

⇻ words: 1.8k.

⇻ links: ao3.

⇻ a/n: short Drabble I wrote up a few weeks ago, thinking of jimin for my next project (maybe) or I’ll reupload a few of my stories to see how interactions goes on again here. 

Your cell signal was fucked, the thundering winds crashed against your windows as you sat refreshing again and again.

“Fuck this shit”, you locked your screen, throwing the phone and placing it facedown on your sofa. Trying to rid yourself of the temptation of constantly checking it. But still, it was too hard right now.

The chilly weather was finally arriving, and with it, the lonely nights. But you were used to them, enjoyed and relished them even. You were constantly outside your own home, working, going off to stay up to date with your studies, and sometimes doing the time consuming adult tasks of grocery shopping and bank errands. This last one you hated, but had to be responsible for lest something really hideous happened. But right now that wasn’t at all your concern, afterall, it was nearing halloween, and with it came mountains of candy, spiced warm drinks, and the lovely look of the turning leaves across your neighborhood.

This thunderstorm, sadly, was running the cozy vibes.

Lighting flashes, the booming thunder like two boulders colliding. And now, no signal whatsoever. This wasn’t your week… Scratch that, this wasn’t your fucking month.

“No pizza, no instant ramen, and not a wisp of wifi signal to watch a movie. I know, I know,” you said to no one in particular, glancing at your phone, “I could do a puzzle, read a book, fucking knit-”

Someone knocked on the door.

You stopped your rambling mid sentence, glancing behind you and at your front door. A shiver ran down your spine, the air around you feeling suddenly heavy as you got up and cautiously picked up your phone.

You checked it once again, nothing new, if anything the glaring no bars just annoyed you more. Still you went, side stepping your boots and opening the door wide.

“No…”

“Y/N? What are you staring at so lovingly?” Seokjin teased, bumping his shoulder against you making you jump right out of your skin, almost dropping your phone in the process. “Ohhhh, I know, it’s Prince Charming again isn’t it? What is he lying to you about now?”

You could feel your ears turning red, shoving your phone back in your pocket before shoving Seokjin right back, “he is not lying, why are you and everyone else around here saying that?”

“Because you’re e-fucking a stranger on the internet”, offered Taehyung coldly, leaning back on the couch whilst you two were still on your break.

“I am not!” you snapped back.

Seokjin, still, just laughed, loud windshield laugh and slapping his knee kind of laugh.

“You gotta admit Y/N, it’s kinda weird you find the perfect boyfriend just like that, with no fights or issues or… anything for that matter, it’s weird, he’s hiding something.”

“He is not hiding anything, we’ve been dating for over a year already. How many times do I gotta reassure you two that I’m not like, making this all up?”

Seokjin scoffed, “he’s cute, smart, you say he’s tall, has a job, you say he doesn’t live with his parents, he’s faithful to you even if that means man hasn’t fucked in over a year, and also happens to be successful enough to do well but not enough to pay for a ticket and visit you?”

“I told you it isn’t that easy.”

“If he wanted to he would”, Taehyung chimed in.

“Maybe he’s actually 87 and catfishing you.”

“Jesus fucking christ, we’ve FaceTimed, and I’ve seen him get pimples and shit during this past year so it’s not a jacked up computer program!”

“Don’t buy it,” Taehyung continued, glancing back at Seokjin who nodded, “no man is actually like that.”

You rolled your eyes, shaking your head as you headed back to the store to resume with your shift but stopping short as you felt something in your pocket. Fishing your phone out you saw it was your boyfriend, Jungkook, spamming you once more with more and more TikToks. He would get lost in the app and in the meantime send you a bunch of videos that were either reddit stories, anime edits to his husband Nanami, or his marvel spiderman ones.

Taehyung was right, no man was perfect, you didn’t expect a Mr. Darcy to walk and bump into you in the street. But you didn’t want perfect, you didn’t need a broody but caring Mr. Darcy in your love life, you only wanted the nerd that had drank a whole bottle of wine whilst you two had a facetime date for your weekly Friday call.

It sucked that you had met each other whilst so far away. You never really thought twice of what was happening in South Korea, in Busan of all places, but now you found yourself checking the weather there, seeing if there were holidays, or simply checking the time. Long distance was hard. Long distance whilst just knowing each other through a screen was harder.

But that wasn’t going to be a forever thing. Neither one of you would allow each other to go so long without meeting. And, as a matter of fact, you two were planning his visit. It was just hard to figure out a time, to have enough savings, and to simply organize that mess. But you and Jungkook were saving up. Both of you were just waiting for this semester to stop, for no holiday and family obligations to interrupt such a magical timing, and to bag the cheap flight tickets.

JAYKAY<3

[09:04]

I have a 7am lecture tmr.

kms

When is your shift ending??

[09:06] me

I still have five hours, are you going to head to bed early???

Hey.

Don’t ignore me.

[09:14]

Tiktok, you know I’d like to marry Tengen too

[09:15] me

Have you finally moved on from Nanami??

[09:15]

lmfao you wish

[09:16] me

Nerd

[09:17]

Yeah, YOUR nerd.

But yea im going 2 bed

If i keep slouching over my monitor we’ll have to buy an extra big mattress

[09:18] me

Okay baby, sleep well!

[09:21]

I love you

[09:21] me

I love you too

He stood there, dripping wet. His hoodie was obviously drenched and hair all over the place. Around his neck was a cushion, whilst he gripped on two suitcases, grinning widely at you.

“You came.”

“You called.”

He stumbled back, surprised and letting out a loud laugh as you ran and tackled him. Both of you falling over whilst you buried your face against his chest, overwhelmed by the smell of fresh laundry and rain. His hands letting go of his suitcase and just enveloping you completely.

He tilted his head down, burying his face against your neck and breathing in your scent, leaving goosebumps from the ghost of his breath.

“Y/N, look at this.”

You glanced away from your pan, lowering the heat of the ground beef you were cooking for your pasta and looked back at your boyfriend as he pulled the ugliest face you had ever seen. You laughed, earning another laugh from him as well.

“God you’re dumb.”

“And you love me that way, so who’s really the dumb one?”

“Me, I guess,” you smiled back at him. He was as cute as ever, big nose, cute doe eyes, and that enticing lip ring of his. “How did your week go?”

“Oh, just the usual,” Jungkook continued, his eyes leaving his phone and instead focusing on his own task at hand, which was the kimchi stew he was currently doing for dinner while you prepared your lunch. “Mom called, she wants me to visit and help out with her move next week, my grandma is fine, and I’ve handed in all my character designs for this month as well.”

“What about your Bam, is he alright?”

“Your dear son is alright,” Jungkook turned his head, making you grin at the sight of his neck and the swirls of ink that inched up from his sleeve and to his collarbone, “he’s sleeping on the couch! Bam! Get down from there!”

You laughed, hearing the faint sound of paws on tile, and returned to your task. “He’s spoiled.”

“Yeah, and he’s gonna be even more spoiled once you move here”, Jungkook replied, testing the waters with such a statement, and earning nothing but a pregnant silence in return.

“Y/N?”, he called you again, making you blink away from your food and just go pilot mode. You grabbed the jar of bolognese sauce, dumping it over the cooked beef and vegetables, just mixing everything together.

“Sorry,” you continued, “but it’s complicated.”

“Aren’t you graduating soon?”

“Yes…” you answered honestly.

“Then what is it? You said you’d move here after graduation and all.”

“I know but-”

“Fuck.” Jungkook cursed, his mood now sour and turning off his own stove.

“You don’t have to react that way.”

“How else am I supposed to react?”

“Just… listen, please?”

Jungkook sighed, grabbing his phone and leaving his kitchen, letting you see hints of the apartment that work as the background for most of your calls. And then you were in his small office space, he’d propped up the phone the way he always did when you guys called and he played Valorant.

“Shoot.”

“I got offered a job in the publishing house.”

“You already have a job there.”

“But as a seller, I got offered a spot as an editor.”

“Oh…” he took a second, “that’s, that’s great baby.”

“I know.”

That was all you could really say. You were basically throwing a curveball to the life you had both been talking about for the past two years.

“And…”, Jungkook sighed out loud, eyebrows creasing as he rubbed a kink in his neck, eyes betraying how lost he felt now, “and when do they want you to start?”

“My contract ends in June, they want me to start in July.”

“My love, we’re meeting in July.”

“I… I know.”

Another silence, your stove now off, and instead, you had taken your phone and slid down against your counter, sitting comfortably on the floor and holding onto your phone tightly. Holding onto that invisible thread of connection as if that way you could hold him. Reassure him that you weren’t going anywhere, reassure yourself of the same.

“I can’t do this,” Jungkook said, finally breaking the silence.

“What?” you whispered, eyes starting to sting.

“I can’t fucking do this anymore,” and hung up.

You gaped, lost, at the way your breath condensed and flew up into the air before completely dissolving. Looking back around you and just saw the usual empty hall of your apartment. Looking then once more down at your phone, seeing that the signal was actually better outside to see you getting some cell service.

You refreshed your phone.

No new notifications.

#jungkook #jeon jungkook #btsguild #golden network #jungkook fanfic

[spinstadium]

An ad for Cartoon Network Golden Books and an offer for Powerpuff Girls on home video from 2003. Included within the instruction manual for the Game Boy Advance game Ed, Edd n Eddy: Jawbreakers.

#cartoon network #golden books #dexters lab #powerpuff girls #home video #2003

[makeoutstopcrime]

we really are living in a golden age for chenford right now

#chenford #the rookie #the rookie spoilers #tim bradford #lucy chen #I’m comparing it to another tv couple from an old fandom of mine #in which one half of the pair left the show a literal decade ago #and yet every time we even hear a HINT of a possible reunion everyone rises from the dead and comes back here #like we were hurt so badly and will never move on #ever #I would commit so many crimes to get what we’ve gotten and are getting for chenford for this other couple #we had to deal with character assassination and fake deaths and offscreen stuff and YALL IT WAS A MESS #I just #I feel like I’m constantly saying this #but it is so nice to be a fan of a ship that gets actual content and is respected and valued by the show and the network #bc that has NOT been my experience in the past #my deepest apologies for this rant in the tags #all of my love to chenford #they give me hope #yes their angst era is still the golden age

[vaultlucy]

andrew garfield and jesse eisenberg at the 2011 golden globes

#i stayed there #the social network #jesse eisenberg #andrew garfield #formative #tsn cast #golden globes #*

[moontaeddybear]

230921 Kangaroo

#kangaroo #mv #music video #nct u #taeil #moon taeil #NCT U #NCT #NCT 127 #nct #nct 127 #nct127 #NCT127 #golden age #nct 2023 #2023 #nct taeil #nct 127 taeil #nctinc #엔시티 127 #kangaroo mv #ultkpopnetwork #kpop nct #kpop network

[enzo-is-tired]

Fun use of composition in UWE Part 2!

This one is pretty simple, might be the more direct use of Fibonacci I’ve ever seen. 

With Copernicus there, took the term “Golden Ratio” quite literally.

#Unicorn Warriors Eternal #Genndy Tartakovsky #uwe #melinda #copernicus #cartoon network #art #animation #adult swim #analysis #fibonacci #golden ratio

[bitchout]

Andrew Garfield is like a flirty angel of award shows. The man attends the thing, spreads good vibes and has incredible sexual chemistry with everyone he’s captured with.

Is it just me who’s seeing this??

#andrew garfield #golden globes #oscars #ryan reynolds #spiderman #spider man no way home #the amazing spider man #emmys 2022 #emma stone #the social network #tick tick boom #ben barnes #gq #amelia dimoldenberg #austin butler

[asgardian--angels]

I finished my rewatch of Kim Possible

A++, excellent finale, wrapped all plotlines up nicely in a way that’s sadly become rare in modern tv. Definitely worth rewatching if you remember this show from your childhood, and most certainly worth a watch if you’ve never seen it before. Holds its own as a comedy action/adventure show in its own right outside of a ‘kids’ genre (and it’s for teens anyway, so it’s not juvenile). 

I can’t tell you how overjoyed I am to have gotten to re-experience these characters that were so formative to who I am today and moreover the types of shows and characters I like as an adult. I really can trace a lot of the tropes and villains I enjoy back to Dr. Drakken and Shego, and I actually have a new layer of appreciation watching as an adult for a lot of the workplace humor and wit they used. 

Yes, Dr. Drakken was my OG poor little meow meow, long long before that was a thing. That is the saddest most pathetic little blue man I have ever seen. Boy did they put him in situations, and I treasured every second of it. And seeing him actually save the world in the end was so rewarding. Loved watching Shego’s ups and downs, occasional forays into heroism, and recognition that she’s the only competent one in the room. Monkey Fist was a villain I don’t think I appreciated enough years ago but I adored him this time, and it gave me the chance to yell academia jokes at the tv - plus the DNAmy romance plotline had me in absolute stitches. Not to mention of course, how much this all took me back to how it felt to be in high school, for better or for worse, and the momentous feeling of graduation and starting the next chapter of my life. 

It’s sad that I really get into some of these niche or outdated shows/movies/books that don’t really have a fandom (or if they do, do I really want to see it? I want to enjoy this with other people but I fear to actually see what other people think of the characters or what they’ve done with them), but regardless, I think I’ve done right by past me. I think it’s important to look back on the things that made you who you are - those favorite books, movies, music - and revisit them. There’s no need to leave them behind because you think you’ve outgrown them or that it was ‘cringe’ or whatever reason. I’ve gone back to a few bands from high school recently and you know what? They’re still bangers. I had good taste.

This show was quality, and I think there will always be people for whom Kim Possible was formative. I hope new generations will find this show. Every time I’m out somewhere and hear a Kim Possible ringtone, I know I’ve found someone like me who appreciates their inner child (and inner teen). And maybe has a soft spot for mad scientists :)

#kim possible #now it's over and im sad #i'm still trying to hunt down the original teen titans. that was another formative show besides danny phantom #did I mention I also rewatched the original Ben 10? cause that was also excellent just as I remembered #they were allowed to go even darker than KP ever did #not as dark as teen titans but. it was the golden age of cartoon network #oh and I rewatched drake and josh too. STILL QUALITY

[loveliing]

“ if you’re the sun than i’m the moon because i would sooner follow you anywhere and everywhere than abandon you alone . ”

#aesthetic #lgbtqplus #lgbtq positivity #marceline the vampire queen #princess bubblegum #adventure time #cartoons #cartoon network #sunshine x grumpy #black cat x golden retriever #pink pilates princess #vampire queen #the land of ooo #slow dance with you #romance #sun x moon #girls like girls #fanart #romance quotes #fan art #bubbline #gumlee

[bluestarrob91art-blog]

Games I beat in 2023.

I just wanted to draw something for each game I beat in 2023. In requote from my main post, I leave a comment or two on each game.

#sonic frontiers #teenage mutant ninja turtles cowabunga collection #sonic origins #over cooked! #wario ware inc. #super mario land 2 6 golden coins #tales of symphonia #ace attorney phoenix wright trilogy #super mario advance 4 super mario bros 3 #kirby's dreamland #megaman battle network 1 #street fighter 2 #donkey kong nes #sonic origins + #sunset riders arcade #octopath traveler 1 #pokemon violet the teal mask dlc #castlevania legends #super mario rpg #ghost trick phantom detective

[alexiseatzbeez]

I did the Cartoon Network color palette thing !!

#art tag #cartoon network palette #cartoon network #cartoon network color palette #cmyk #cmyk palette #procreate #procreate art #digital art #fanart #digital artist #jjba #jojos bizarre adventure #jjba golden wind #golden wind #leone abbacchio #bruno bucciarati #bruno buccellati

[annieqattheperipheral]

Preds U2 revenge tour win streak ended by the habs?! 😂 and Suzuki got the OT gwg lmaaooo (not surprising tho). Ok so i had this sitting in my drafts, written during the avs loss against preds the other night when someone got a hat trick...

Ppl keep asking who tf is cody glass?!! Fun fact about cody glass.. vgk had a buncha draft picks and got both him and nick suzuki in the 2017 draft 1st round

In a 2018 trade with the habs (bergevin trying to get rid of pacioretty after some bad blood) tatar was the main piece and vgk threw in 13th pick Suzuki as an add-on to help sweeten the deal. habs pushed back with wanting 6th pick Glass instead but vgk was all lmao no he's more valuable than that here have this other dude

ff to now, Glass gradually coming into his own with the preds after some up n down to the AHL. Meanwhile Suzuki been captaining a rebuilding storied franchise🙃 that 2018 trade ended up being habs ex-captain for their future captain

Just funny how things could've been so different. Trades be WILD

#cody glass #nick suzuki #vegas golden knights #nashville predators #montreal canadiens #annieQ hockey thoughts #the source on this was one of the teams insider feature on nhl network couple of seasons back. honestly cannot remember which episode #I've just always remembered it bc its like a sliding doors moment

[theruffiansretrorampage]

art by cease fire now

#Cartoon Network #Adventure Time #retro #vintage #golden age #chuck jones

[hellolulu]

Thinking about how Hunter probably thought he'd just live in the human realm forever.

He was probably looking at how everyone treated Vee in relation to her traumatic history and thinking "hey, maybe they'll understand that I'd rather come back here after we defeat The Collector." He was helping them finish the portal so he could help them all get back, help them defeat the collector, but thinking of spending his time after that living in the human world.

He was probably thinking of his future for the first time in his life, thinking he might have one among humans, who have no magic ability, like him. In the human realm where book-smarts and theoretical knowledge are the standard, where he can excel as a lover of learning.

Sure he had a couple things that would have made him want to go back, too - but those things are people. And although being with the people you love (and who love you back) is good for you, I'm sure even he knows it's best to just hope they can visit each other (especially knowing they would if they could). The human world offered him a safe place, a home, and a mother who had spent months being able to prove to him he's worthy of parental affection.

Now, everyone says the death of flapjack means he won't see the human world as a home anymore, but I very strongly disagree. I think he's spent all this time thinking and realising Belos is the root of all his issues, and Belos killing flap only serves to teach him that the Boiling Isles aren't a bad place, and that he has a choice for his future in either world, so long as Belos is gone.

He didn't say "time to go home, Flap" because he no longer sees the human realm as a home, but rather because the Boiling Isles are also his home. He's probably going to go on a revenge mission and act a little off (I'd like to see him taking that route just for once and for the others to be on board tbh) - but Flap's murder isn't something that'll paint the human world as unsafe or not-home, the problem is Belos. His home is wherever Belos is not, and Belos evidently won't leave him alone. So, simply, once Belos is gone For Good, he can rest, find a home, and maybe even travel around, maybe recreate portal technology that's ethical and usable so he can explore even more because the whole universe can be his home (he spent his childhood practically locked up in his room, why wouldn't he want to go exploring? Maybe even with Lilith, his fellow nerd/historian! Actually I really love this idea and I'm going to think about it so much: not dadrius or camumla, but a secret third thing; cool aunt Lilith)

Sure, the little guy may choose to become an ambassador for humans/witches along with Luz and Gus in future, but first: he gets to finish school and carve a palisman and be part of a cool sports team and do all the dumb kid stuff he wasn't allowed to do. And he can do all that before he even has to think of a future, because I think actually he'd be able to see anywhere as home so long as Belos isn't around to hurt him. A boy whose world was so small, becoming a boy whose home becomes the whole universe. That's my take, at least!

#the owl house #toh #cartoon #cartoon network #hunter toh #toh hunter #hunter #golden guard #bad but sad boy #lulu on the mic #huntlow #belos #toh spoilers

[magicalgrimm]

I like to imagine that Hebert was the type of guy to pressure people into doing stuff they didn’t want to. This is only a minor example.

By the looks of it, Alan’s going to make goldenheart a huge dick with no redeeming quality’s. Which is a shame because I would have loved for a more complicated relationship with him and his brother with the possibility of healing.

#villainous #villanous #villanos #dr flug #villainous au #villainous dr flug #villainous golden heart #ya like my bagless Flug headcannon #cartoon network #villainous cn #grimmz art #they’re like teenagers here that’s why they look like that #frick I just realized the mistakes

[doodle-empress66]

What is your most unpopular take when it comes to Cartoon Network?

Personally, I think they never should've done Live action shows. It's called CARTOON Network for a reason.

#Cartoon Network has a more interesting library of cartoons than Nickelodeon #It never had a golden age #and it never “used to be so much better” compared to today #you just grew out of the target demographic #cartoon network #animation #nostaliga #the powerpuff girls #johnny bravo #the grim adventures of billy and mandy #samurai jack #loonet tunes #courage the cowardly dog #ed edd n eddy #the flintstones #the jetsons #dexter's laboratory #scooby doo #codename kids next door #okko lets be heroes #adventure time #class of 3000 #ben 10 #toonami #the life and times of juniper lee #sym bionic titan #generator rex