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In The Name of Love | Chapter 6
Author's note: Since next Monday is Christmas day, I will be posting the chapter that should be up that day on Wednesday, which means that next week you will have new chapters on Wednesday and Thursday 😊 Also sorry about this chapter being a bit meh and on the short side, but I think I am making up for it on the next one 😁 Also, to those of you who are just reading this and don't follow me, happy holidays and merry christmas to those of you who celebrate! 💜
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Good luck tonight! Hopefully it won't rain, because those clouds look so bad… (📸) Also look at the sea. Back home it doesn't get like this  (📸) The food here is just 🤤 (📸) You have fans who aren't teenagers 😱 (📸) I wonder if they'll think I'm one too (📸)
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"And?"
"Nothing yet" I sigh. "This was a good idea, right?"
"It was" Emma says, giving my hand an encouraging squeeze. "Traveling to the other side of the country to watch him play is so romantic!"
"I don't care if it is romantic or not. I just want to explain everything to him and for things to go back to the way they were."
"Who would have thought you would end up missing a teenager's dick, uh?" she laughs.
"I should have brought Silvia with me" I reply, rolling my eyes.
"But sadly, she's too busy with Pau finally being back, so you'll have to deal with me" she smiles.
It's been a month since that stupid engagement party, since Pedri and I had that argument, since I last saw him in person. And I've felt like shit every single day.
I should have been honest with him. I should have opened myself to him, share all my fears. But I couldn't. I was too much of a coward, and because of it, I may have lost the person who managed to finally make me close a chapter of my life. The person that gave me what I needed to finally let go. 
But I'm ready now. I'm ready to tell him everything. And that's why Emma and I are here, though her first plan was a bit stalkery.
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"I just sent him a good luck message before the game and he has left me as read. Again" I sigh. 
"At least you know he hasn't blocked you."
"Yeah, I guess. But I can't keep living this, I have to do something."
"Why don't you just show up at his house and don't leave until he listens to you?"
"I can't do that, Emma. He'll end up calling the police."
"Then why don't you go watch him play at the Camp Nou? Maybe his friends can help you corner him somewhere so you can talk."
"That isn't such a bad idea, you know… Though they are going on international break after tonight's game." 
"Then let's go watch him play with Spain! You could even wear his shirt, I'm sure he would like that. You aren't allergic to that one, are you?"
"I'm not, no" I laugh. "But I don't know where they are playing and when. And there may not be tickets left."
"Then let's find out" she says, taking out her phone and starting to type.
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A couple of hours after that conversation, and mostly thanks to Ferran, we had it all ready. We would be spending the weekend in La Coruña, a city in the West of Spain where the national team is playing, and where, hopefully, I will find a way to convince Pedri to let me explain myself. 
"Is it him?" Emma asks when my phone buzzes.
"Oh my God" I gasp. "It's him, he has replied!" I say, my hand shaking.
"What does he say?"
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Val, what is all that? 
Are those photos real?
Yep
Are you here? 
In La Coruña? 
And wearing my shirt? 😳
I am
Wait a second
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"Emma, he's facetiming me."
"Then pick up!"
"How do I look?"
"For the love of God, Valeria. Who cares? Pick up!"
"Ok" I say, taking a deep breath. "Hello" I smile.
"Show me around."
"What?"
"Show me around, Valeria."
"Don't need to be so rude, Pedro" I say, moving so he can see where I am. Emma and I had sat down on a bench not too far away from the stadium to kill time until we can go inside.
"You are here. You… Why?"
"Well, Emma and I had a free weekend and wanted to disconnect from the kids, we saw an ad about the game, we had never been to La Coruña, and we said, why not?" I shrug.
"Let's go disconnect from the kids by watching other kids play" Pedri chuckles.
"Asensio isn't a kid."
"Then why are you wearing my shirt?" he asks, arching an eyebrow.
"It was the only one left in the shop" I shrug again.
"Sure" he laughs.
"It was yours or Morata's, and you know how I feel about him."
"I do, yes" he laughs again. God, I had missed hearing him laugh. "Anyway, I gotta go, we are leaving the hotel now."
"Ok."
"Thank you for coming to the game."
"Of course" I smile. But he doesn't. He's gone serious again.
"Bye, Valeria."
"Bye" I say before he hangs up.
"That went well, didn't it?" Emma says.
"Did it?" I sigh.
"It did! You had a little moment there, so there still is hope."
"I guess, but he kept calling me Valeria and… Wait" I say when my phone buzzes again.
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Don't forget to send me your good luck text. 
It is the last thing I always read before warm up
I won't. I promise 😊
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"See? There still is hope!" Emma says, grabbing my arm and squeezing it. She's actually hurting me, but I don't care.
Because there still is hope.
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Puerto Rican Rock Art, Part 2
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Hello and welcome to part 2 of my Puerto Rican Rock Art project! I will mostly be talking about Cueva Lucero (pictured above). I may mention other caves as well, just because there aren't many papers written about this specific cave. There are many others since about 81% of rock art found on the island is found in caves (Dubelaar 1994). I imagine it's just easier to talk about all the caves as a whole since they were all used similarly.
Cueva Lucero can be found in Juana Diaz in Puerto Rico. (Not from references).
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However, due to fears of vandalism, the cave's exact location isn't listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In this same form, Cueva Lucero is deemed as important due to all the art found in it, this art shows us a part of the past we could have never seen without it. It is thought to be a place of religion or as a ceremonial site (Rodriguez et al, 2008). This cave was used around 600-1500 C.E., and represents mostly pre-Hispanic times and contains around 100 rock art images. That makes itself one of the best examples of pictographs in Puerto Rico (Rodriguez et al, 2008). While it has plenty of pictographs, it has petroglyphs as well.
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The difference between petroglyphs and pictographs are that one is painted, and one is carved imagery. I included an example above.
There are three different types of landscapes that both these styles show up in:
A. Caves and rock shelters on the coast, created by the waves.
B. Caves and rock shelters found in the mountains.
C. Riverbanks and riverbeds.
As well, Puerto Rico has an extra type:
D. The petroglyphs found in Puerto Nuevo. They are engraved in flat sandstone ledge that run parallel to the coast (Dublelaar 1994). Pictured below.
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Rock paintings found in Puerto Rico can be monochrome, bichrome and polychrome (Dubelaar 1994). They also can be found in a couple colors as well. Red, white, orange and black were most commonly used (Hayward et. al., 2009).
Cueva Lucero falls under type B, has most, if not, only monochrome paintings. Most are painted using the color black.
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Here, you also see a lot of circles being used in their art. Obviously, using circles so much does suggest that the shape has importance for the community (Fewkes 1903). It can be seen as a sign of unity, which, is found in many other indigenous communities. Here are some examples of circle art found in Cueva Lucero.
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Lots of circles.
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That is about it for this cave. Cueva Lucero holds valuable knowledge about the past. Without it, the other caves, we wouldn't have been able to obtain as much knowledge from our Taino ancestors as we do now. This goes to show, these old paintings and carvings, sites we find on the island (sites where people lived, hunting sites), are vital to understanding our history.
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All photos (unless otherwise stated) are pictures from Cueva Lucero. All but the very first photo are from Rodriguez et al. 2008.
My references:
Dubelaar, C. N. 1994. Prehistoric rock art in Puerto Rico. Latin American Indian Literatures Journal, 10(1): 78–82. 
Fewkes, J. Walter. “Prehistoric Porto Rican Pictographs.” American Anthropologist 5, no. 3 (1903): 441–67. http://www.jstor.org/stable/659123.
Hayward, M. H., Roe, P. G., Cinquino, M. A., Alvarado Zayas, P. A. and Wild, K. S. 2009. “Rock art of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands”. In Rock Art of the Caribbean, Edited by: Hayward, M. H., Atkinson, L. G. and Cinquino, M. A. 115–136. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Lace, Michael J. “Anthropogenic Use, Modification, and Preservation of Coastal Cave Resources in Puerto Rico.” The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, vol. 7, no. 3, 2012, pp. 378–403., https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2012.729011.
Rodriguez, Yasha N. and Pedro Alvarado Zayas. 2008. "Cueva Lucero." National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. On file at Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Rouse, I. 1992. The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus, New Haven: Yale University. 
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hello! if i might make a request, i would love a playlist for a noncanon citizen of tomorrowland metropolis (disneyworld)! upbeat synthwave or anything that sounds a bit like the area music that plays in the theme park would be ideal, if possible! i would appreciate if you could avoid music with very heavy bass. thank you so much! - @citizenoftmrrwlnd
Hey Astro (@/citizenoftmrrlnd) !!! I honestly felt honored to get your request actually but I really hope you enjoy it!! When I used to go to tomorrowland in Disney as a kid I loved it so much besides the fact the arch is now changed :( But let me know if you want changes!!
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⏤͟͟͞͞✷ A Playlist For Citzen Of Tomorrowland ིྀ
⠀ ⠀⫸ Nation on Wheels
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✸ George Bruns
⠀ ⠀⫸ TRON Theme
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✸ London Philharmonic Orchestra + Wendy Carlos
⠀ ⠀⫸ The Throne Room ( Star Tours )
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✸ John Williams
⠀ ⠀⫸ Back To The Future ( End Credits )
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✸ The Outtatime Orchestra
⠀ ⠀⫸ Setting Things Right
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✸ Danny Elfman
⠀ ⠀⫸ To The Future!
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✸ Danny Elfman
⠀ ⠀⫸ Night Fire Dance
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✸ Andreas Vollenweilder, Walter Keiser, Pedro ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Haldenmann, Jon Otis, Mattias Ziegler, Christoph Ziegler
⠀ ⠀⫸ Zurg ' s Planet
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✸ Randy Newman
⠀ ⠀⫸ Meeting The Robinsons
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✸ Danny Elfman
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The player & The writer
For my cutie @marilynmonroefanfics​ ❤️❤️❤️ 
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Pedro Delgado was sitting on his sofa and phoning his publisher. The latter was very enthusiastic:
"I received your latest manuscript, Pedro. And I love it! Who would have thought it possible to make the Braganza dynasty and their links with France interesting? Frankly, bravo!"
"Glad to see you like it!"
For Pedro, it was a relief: even if he was one of the most well-known historians in Europe, the young man always worried about the quality of his works.
Luckily for him, he worked for one of the most prestigious publishers in France.
"Of course, I love it! You never disappoint me, dear! I'll show it to the marketing team, and we will discuss a publication date later. Does it sound good to you?"
"Sounds perfect to me!"
"Excellent! Take a rest, and see you later!"
"See you later!"
The young man heard the door open. 
To his delight, his companion, Antoine Griezmann, entered:
"Hello, sweetheart. How was your day?"
"Fine, thanks. I've progressed on my latest book about the queens of Europe and just had my editor on the phone."
"Oh yeah? And what did he tell you? That you won the Goncourt prize?"
"Very funny! On a more serious note, he said he loved my manuscript about the Braganza dynasty and that he prepared the publicity!"
"Great! I'm sure it will be a big hit in bookstores!"
Pedro rolled his eyes, amused, before asking:
"How was your last training session with Atlético de Madrid?"
"It was fun, but I was impatient to return to the national team: that's where all my mates are!"
The historian smiled: he knew his lover felt more comfortable with the French team than with his club.
At that moment, anyone who saw this scene would wonder why a historian would date a footballer.
It all started one night when Pedro found himself in a nightclub, forced by his friends, who were party animals. 
While his friends were dancing on the dancefloor, the young man was sitting at the bar, looking bored and looking for the perfect opportunity to go home.
Lost in his thoughts, Pedro had not heard someone sit down next to him and ask:
"Is everything all right?"
The historian turned around and saw that a man was standing right next to him. Despite the darkness, Pedro could make out some of the features of the man who talked to him: tall, with blond hair, blue eyes and fair skin.
Stunned, the young historian spoke with difficulty:
"Y...Yeah, I'm fine."
"Really? You seem lost to me. I'd even say you're out of your element."
"Does it show that much?" grinned Pedro.
"A little," smiled his interlocutor.
The historian stifled a curse.
"I didn't need that: to look like a fool! I should have stayed home!"
"Don't look so grim! Here, I'll buy you a drink to cheer you up!"
"That's nice of you, sir..."
"Call me Antoine. And you, what is your first name?"
"Pedro."
"Nice name! Where does it come from?"
"From Portugal!"
"Portugal? And what's a nice Portuguese guy doing here in France?"
"For my research: I'm a historian."
"An intellectual. Interesting!"
They spent part of the evening chatting and laughing until Antoine offered him a lift home.
It was when they left the nightclub that Pedro recognised the man he was talking to:
"But... You are Antoine Griezmann!"
"In person. I'm glad you didn't recognise me: I could have a real conversation, which is not always the case."
"You don't seem to hold a grudge against Portugal, even after Euro 2016."
The footballer pretended to be offended:
"Why do you have to remind me of this painful moment? I don't hold a grudge against the Portuguese team anymore. I'm just waiting to punch Cristiano Ronaldo's beautiful new nose!"
This remark made Pedro laugh out loud. Antoine imitated him, delighted that he got on well with his interlocutor.
After calming down, the two men jumped into Antoine's car and drove home.
Once in front of Pedro's house, Antoine asked, blushing:
"Can.. Can we meet again?"
The young historian considered that he had made the right choice in accepting the footballer's request.
After this first meeting, the two men met regularly, and gradually a romance developed.
And Antoine was the ideal boyfriend for Pedro: crazy in love, caring, supportive, funny and intelligent.
As for the football player, he kept telling himself how lucky he was to be the historian's lover: in addition to having a lot of charm, Pedro was adorable (when blushing), patient, intelligent, calm, and passionate about what he did.
For the time being, they hid their romance from the general public, Pedro being a shy man and Antoine wanting to preserve his personal life.
The Atletico Madrid player knew that his coming out had not only provoked positive reactions, and he was keen to keep his companion free from hatred.
Even his teammates did not know that he had a boyfriend!
But the most important thing was that they could find each other, despite their busy schedules.
The two lovers spent the rest of the evening entwined in the large bed in their room.
Resting against Antoine's chest, Pedro relaxed while enjoying the footballer's hands caressing his head.
After a few minutes of silence, the historian asked:
"Are you going to Clairefontaine tomorrow?"
Antoine nodded.
"The gathering is tomorrow: we have several games to play!"
"You're going to meet your mates: it will be fun!"
"I know..."
The football player sighed.
"I'd love to show you around Clairefontaine one day. Maybe when I'm ready to introduce you to the others..."
"Antoine, don't put pressure on yourself because of me."
"It's not that: it's just that...My whole team has supported me since I came out, but I dread their reaction when they see me with you. I don't want them to say hurtful things to you or worse."
The footballer felt his lover's hand caress his cheek.
"Take as much time as you need, and when you're ready, I'll be there for you."
Antoine kissed his boyfriend.
"Did I ever tell you that you were the best?"
"Even in your sleep!"
"That's because I think that every day!"
Pedro smiled.
"I'm lucky to have you."
"You say that in your sleep..."
"I mean it!"
Waiting for a new day to begin, the two lovers fell asleep peacefully.
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The next day. Clairefontaine training centre.
"Come on, Antoine! Say yes!"
"Come on, Toine-Toine: you can tell us everything!"
"Give me a break!"
"TELL US EVERYTHING!"
Antoine rolled his eyes: since this morning, Lucas and Theo Hernandez have not stopped asking him questions about his "secret lover".
Even though Antoine hadn't told them anything, the Hernandez brothers knew that Antoine had a boyfriend, and they wanted to meet him.
"Come on, be nice: we are your best friends! We care about your well-being!"
"Respect my privacy!"
But the Hernandezes were not the type to let go, and they continued to hound him with questions, even into the dining room where the rest of the team was.
"Give us some detail: is he handsome?" asked Lucas.
"Is he famous?" asked Theo.
"Please tell me he likes football: otherwise, he'll be a pain in the ass!"
"LEAVE ME ALONE, BOTH OF YOU!" exploded Antoine, startling all his teammates - Benjamin Pavard nearly choked on his mouthful.
"Uh, Antoine? Are you all right?" asked Hugo Lloris.
"Except those two have been pestering me since this morning: I'm fine," grumbled Antoine.
"We're not bothering you: we just want to know if you have anyone in your life!"
"Mind your own business! And who says I'm in a relationship?"
"So, who is the person you call 'my darling' on the phone?" asked Presnel Kimpembe, making the others laugh.
"Lord, give me patience..." grumbled Antoine, pinching the bridge of his nose
"Wouldn't it be more like strength?" asked Raphaël.
"No, otherwise I'll kill all three of them - him and the Hernandezes!"
Olivier Giroud intervened.
"Calm down, guys. There's no need to get upset!"
He turned to Lucas and Theo.
"There's no point in pestering Antoine about it: if he doesn't want to talk about it, he won't!"
"Ah, thanks, Olivier!"
But the striker saw his teammate smile.
"But since we know you have a boyfriend, I think we can finally get to know him, don't you?"
"YEAH!" exclaimed the other players.
"Traitor!" ranted Antoine as he facepalmed.
Suddenly, the voice of Didier Deschamps, the coach of the French team, was heard:
"Get ready, guys: we start training again in an hour!"
All the players headed to their rooms to change, including Antoine.
As the player entered his room, he heard someone calling him:
"Don't close the door: I'm coming!"
The striker let in Paul Pogba, his teammate and best friend.
The midfielder asked mischievously:
"So, is that it? You'll have to introduce your darling to the whole team!"
"Yeah, and I'm not happy about it!"
"Why not? I'm sure it'll do: they'll love Pedro!"
"I appreciate your optimism, Piochi, but I can't help it. I'm so afraid that Pedro will become a target for homophobes that I don't trust anyone!"
Paul pretended to be offended:
"Even me?"
"No, not you! You're the only one on the team who knows Pedro!"
Indeed, Paul met his best friend's lover by pure chance when he visited Antoine in Paris. After knocking at the door, he had come face to face with Pedro, who had opened the door for him.
After the surprise, the Juventus Turin player found the young historian "super adorable" and "too cute" and knew Antoine would be happy.
Antoine sighed:
"I do not know what to do."
Paul patted his shoulder in comfort.
"Don't worry, mate: you can count on me to support you!"
The attacker cracked a smile.
"Thank you, Paul."
"At your service, my Grizou. Come on, come on: we're late for training!"
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After the training, all the players took time to stretch and take a shower. As Antoine was leaving with Paul, Didier called him:
"Antoine, come here, please!"
Surprised, Antoine told Paul:
"I'll join you later!"
"Okay, see you in a minute!"
Antony walked over to his coach and asked:
"Yes, coach?"
"I thought I heard you yelling earlier. Is everything okay?"
"Huh? Oh yes, it was nothing: I had a row with Lucas and Theo, but nothing serious!
"Would that be about your mystery lover?" asked Didier with an amused smile.
The attacker slapped his forehead.
"Who told you about it?"
"News travels fast, you know. But if you want details, I heard Ousmane and Alphonse talking about it."
"Great! Now the whole French team knows!"
Didier patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't worry: I'm not judging you. In fact, I'm rather happy to know that you have someone in your life. I'm already proud of you for having the courage to admit your homosexuality to the whole world, and it reassures me to know that you have a partner."
Antoine nodded: Didier was among the first to support him when he came out. He knew he could trust the French team manager, whatever happened.
He sighed:
"They want to meet him!"
"And you don't want to introduce your darling?"
"I don't know... I'm not ashamed of him: it's just that I don't know if the guys would accept him."
Didier understood the struggles of his player. But he also knows that this story would poison the relationship between the players if Antoine is still defiant towards his teammates.
He suggested:
"Listen, son: why don't you talk about it with your boyfriend? It might help you take a decision."
"Yeah... I think I'll do that. Thanks, coach."
"You're welcome. Oh, Antoine?"
"Yes?"
"Does he makes you happy?"
A dreamy grin appeared on Antoine's face.
"More than you could imagine."
"That's what I want to hear. It teases my curiosity: I want to meet your lover too!"
"Please, don't start now!" grumbled Antoine as he left.
"Never say never, Grizou!" laughed Didier.
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Later that day, Antoine got back home.
"Honey, I'm home!"
No answer. The footballer player noticed a piece of paper on the living room table.
He took it and read:
"Went on a bike tour. I will be back for dinner. Love you, Pedro."
Antoine grinned: he remembered that Padro loved to bike riding when he needed time to relax.
While waiting for his lover to return, the footballer took a quick shower and prepared the meal.
Half an hour later, while he was on the train, Antoine heard the front door open, and Pedro entered:
"Hi, honey."
"Hello, my angel. How was your walk?"
"It went well. I'm sorry if I arrived late, but I met a lot of students who wanted to ask me for autographs. You know me: I couldn't refuse!"
"As long as you come home, that's fine with me!"
Pedro smiled before asking:
"And you, how was your training session?"
"It went well: Kylian's legs are on fire, and the guys are motivated for our first game on Saturday."
"Perfect! And how is Paul?"
"He's fine, and he says hello!"
The young historian stealthily kissed his companion on the cheek.
"I'm going to change and take a shower. I won't be long."
"Do you want me to come with you?" asked Antoine with a mischievous smile.
"No, not tonight. But I'm not saying no to a bath after dinner..."
As Pedro walked away to the bathroom, Antoine finished preparing the meal.
Then, once everything was ready, the couple sat down and enjoyed the meal.
While Pedro spoke passionately about his future writing projects, Antoine remained evasive about his day.
This puzzled Pedro: usually, Antoine was more talkative when he was with the French football team.
The young historian decided to leave it until they finished the dinner.
Then, they went into the bath, where the pair relaxed, enjoying this quiet moment.
Pedro chose this moment to ask:
"Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, why?"
"I don't know: you were not talkative about your teammates. Is something bothering you?"
The football player sighed.
"Not really. It's just... Don't worry!"
"Antoine, you can tell me everything. Go ahead!"
Antoine stayed silent before explaining:
"The guys heard that I'm in a relationship, and they want to meet my boyfriend. In other terms, they want to meet you!"
Pedro stood flabbergasted: he knew that day would come, but it felt too early!
He was not a football expert, but he knew enough. How would he manage with professional players?
Worried about the lack of answer from his boyfriend, Antoine added:
"Since Presnel heard us on the phone, Theo and Lucas harassed me all day, and now the whole team asks about you! Even Didier wants to know about you!"
He sighed.
"I guess I don't have a choice!"
Pedro nodded.
"I see... And what did you tell them?"
"I haven't decided anything yet. I wanted to talk to you about it before I did anything."
The historian sighed before answering:
"Anyway, it was bound to happen sooner or later. We couldn't live in hiding all our lives!"
"I know, but it's just that I want to protect you..."
Pedro stroked his cheek.
"Toinou, I wish you'd worry a little less about me: I've already endured the homophobic comments. I've seen the violence some people can express against someone like us. But I've also seen how wonderfully tolerant people can be, so I'm less afraid. Our families have been very supportive, and I've seen how your teammates stood by you when you came out. Don't worry: I'm much more resilient than you think."
He added with a mischievous smile.
"And as for your problem, I think I have a solution. And you'll like it..."
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The next day.
"But where is Antoine?"
"Relax, Hugo: he said he'd be here in half an hour," Karim reassured him.
"What did he do anyway?" asked N'Golo.
"He said he'd be back with a surprise guest!" explained Ousmane.
"WHO?" asked the other players.
"If I knew that, it wouldn't be a surprise anymore!"
Only Paul remained silent, amused by the commotion: only he knew who was coming with Antoine.
Raphael noted this and asked:
"And you, Paul, aren't you curious to know who is the surprise guest?"
"No more than that."
"You say that like you already know the surprise guest!"
The Juventus midfielder smiled broadly.
"Because I do!"
"And you're just telling us this now?" protested Randal Kolo Muani.
"I didn't want to spoil the surprise!"
"Okay, but that doesn't tell us who it is!" pointed out Mattéo Guendouzi.
Looking out the window, Lucas exclaimed:
"Oh, guys! I see Antoine's car!"
At these words, all the players rushed to the window and saw their friend's car parked in the main yard.
They saw Antoine get out of the vehicle and then go to open the passenger door for a young man.
Reactions were swift, and questions flew:
"Who is he?"
"It's strange: I feel like I've seen this young man somewhere before..."
"Anyway, he's pretty cute!"
For their part, Antoine and Pedro went towards the entrance of the building.
"From what I can see, the welcoming committee is already here!"
"I want to warn you, honey: my teammates are very nice but can be chaotic!"
"I'll manage."
They barely walked through the door when the entire French team greeted them.
"ANTOINE, WHO'S THE GOOD-LOOKING GUY WITH YOU?" 
The striker smiled proudly before making the introductions:
"Guys, after the Hernandezes broke my feet about this..."
"NOT TRUE!"
"Whatever! I was saying that since I've had a lot of requests about it, I figured I should make the proper introductions!"
He took the young man's hand and said:
"Guys, I'd like to introduce Pedro Delgado, a well-known historian with several bookstore hits. But he is also the man who has made me happy since 2017! In other words, he is my boyfriend."
"Hello, everyone!" greeted Pedro politely.
There was silence, and then without warning, all the players rushed to their rooms.
Worried, Pedro asked:
"Did I do something wrong?"
"I don't know: I don't understand their reactions."
A few minutes later, all the players returned, books in their hands.
Hugo was the first to step forward and handed the book. Pedro recognised the book: it was the book he had written about the remaining French aristocratic families!
"I am delighted to meet you, Pedro. I know you as an author, but I didn't know you were Antoine's lover. And I wanted to ask if you could sign my book for me!"
"But of course! I need a pen!" smiled Pedro, relieved.
"Here, buddy: this will help you!" smiled Paul, handing him a pen.
"Thanks, Piochi!"
"One minute: did you know Pedro?" asked Aurélien Tchouaméni.
"I met him by pure chance when I visited Antoine. And as fate would have it, Pedro opened the door for me. Since then, we've been getting on really well!"
Soon, all the players lined up to greet the young historian and receive an autograph.
At the same time, Didier, who had just had a telephone conversation with the Minister for Sport, came to meet Pedro.
"I'm happy to meet you, my boy. I hope the guys gave you a warm welcome!"
"I couldn't have wished for a better welcome!"
"Good for you! Antoine was a naughty hider: he could have told us he dated a charming intellectual!"
Antoine rolled his eyes: he would hear about it for weeks!
But when he saw Pedro getting to know the rest of the team, he smiled: at least he knew his companion would be welcome!
"Pedro, can we count on you on Saturday?"
"Gentlemen, I'll be at the stadium on Saturday without fail!"
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Saturday, at the Stade de France.
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"INCREDIBLE! ANTOINE GRIEZMANN SCORED ANOTHER GOAL IN THE LAST MINUTE! IT'S A DISASTER FOR THE MANNSCHAFT WHO ALREADY CONCEDED FOUR GOALS!" screamed the speaker under the roars of happiness from the French supporters.
Among the supporters, Pedro cheered happily for his boyfriend.
He had to wait until the final whistle to come down onto the pitch and congratulate his lover.
"You were fantastic!"
"Because I knew you were there to support me!"
Antoine smiled mischievously.
"Do you think I'll get a victory kiss?"
"You deserve it!" smiled Pedro, who kissed his companion.
At the same time, the stadium's giant screens broadcast the scene, provoking exclamations of surprise and shouts of joy.
Only when they stopped kissing did the two lovers realise they had had 80,000 witnesses to their romance.
"Congratulations, guys: you've been on live TV!" joked Lucas, making his brother laugh.
Embarrassed, Pedro hid in Antoine's arms, who laughed.
"Don't hide, mon petit lapin: let people admire your beauty!"
Pedro smiled.
"After all, why hide?"
And with that, he kissed his lover again to the crowd's cheers.
Kylian grabbed the microphone and shouted to the crowd with Paul:
"I WANT A STANDING OVATION FOR THE LOVERS OF THE STADE DE FRANCE: ANTOINE GRIEZMANN AND PEDRO DELGADO!"
A memorable evening that foreshadowed greater ones for our lovers...
Thanks for reading!
Hope you loved the story!
Take care of you and feel free to request! 😘😍❤️
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hello there! ♡
my name is sharline freire, my pronouns are she/her, i am brazilian, writer, journalist student, vegetarian and i love films, tv shows, fanfictions, books, comics and music.
my fav artists:
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fav actors: jack quaid, diego luna, michael fassbender, matthew macfadyen, bill hader, colin farrell, adam scott;
fav directors: greta gerwig, céline sciamma, guillermo del toro, m. night shyamalan, paul thomas anderson, darren aronofsky, steven spielberg, jonas mekas;
fav writers: pedro bandeira, neil gaiman, elena ferrante, clarice lispector, taylor jenkins reid;
fav singers/bands: taylor swift, sufjan stevens, hozier, florence and the machine, lorde, mitski, the lumineers, the national, kodaline, glee cast, elton john, the beatles, imagine dragons, coldplay, bts;
my fav shows, films and characters:
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my fav shows: good omens, doctor who, hannibal, sherlock bbc, house m.d, star trek tos, cobra kai, what we do in the shadows, dirk gently's holistic detective agency, glee, dexter, twin peaks, better call saul, succession, my brilliant friend, ozark, the office, the big bang theory, anne with an e, this is us, over the garden wall, queer eye, mr. bean;
my fav characters: sherlock holmes, john watson, the doctor, donna noble, aziraphale, crowley, tom wambsgans, magneto, johnny lawrence, daniel larusso, gregory house, james wilson, hannibal lecter, mr. spock, loki laufeyson, dexter morgan, dale cooper, benji dunn, obi-wan kenobi, cassian andor, mike wazowski, mr. bean;
my ships/couples:
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aziraphale/crowley (good omens); canon!
clara/12th doctor (doctor who);
donna/10th+14th doctor (doctor who);
obs: aziraphale and crowley are non-binary and the doctor is agender/gender fluid so i don't put them in m/m or f/m.
my m/m ships:
sherlock/john (sherlock holmes);
house/wilson (house m.d);
charles/erik (x-men, marvel);
jim/dwight (the office);
daniel/johnny (karate kid, cobra kai);
jack/ennis (brokeback mountain); canon!
butcher/hughie (the boys);
tom/greg (succession, hbo);
spock/kirk (star trek);
finn/poe (star wars);
hannibal/will (hannibal, nbc); canon!
merlin/arthur (merlin, bbc);
dean/castiel (supernatural);
benji/ethan (mission impossible);
stede/edward (our flag means death); canon!
dirk/todd (dirk gently's holistic detective agency);
rajesh/howard (the big bang theory);
félix/nico (amor à vida); canon!
steve/tony (avengers, marvel);
abed/troy (community);
nick/gatsby (the great gatsby);
nandor/guillermo (what we do in the shadows);
connor/oliver (how to get away with murder); canon!
my f/f ships:
emma/regina (once upon a time);
eve/villanelle (killing eve); canon!
rory/paris (gilmore girls);
my f/m ships:
amy/sheldon (the big bang theory); canon!
sydney/carmy (the bear, fx);
kim/jimmy (better call saul); canon!
scully/mulder (x-files) canon!
lorelai/luke (gilmore girls); canon!
eleanor/chidi (the good place); canon!
gerri/roman (succession); ???
willa/connor (succession); canon!
leia/han (star wars); canon!
anyway, my ao3 account is sharlinefreire and my user on twitter is also sharlinefreire.
check my carrd of more informations: sharlinefreire.carrd.co
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welcome to my tumblr! ♡
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Tag Game!
Thanks @imtryingmybeskar and @heythere-mel for the tags! (Mel I admire you from afar bby, I was like, did they mean to tag lil old me?!).
Rules: Tag 10 people you want to get to know better. Relationship status: Single for almost a decade now, settling into the idea of probably many more decades to come um does my thirsty lengthy screaming at all the smut and romance and feels here make more sense now 😆.
Favorite color: Red! I love the warmth and energy of all shades of red, especially paired with gold. Red makes me happeee! ❤️
Favorite food: Cheese. In mourning now that I've gone dairy and gluten free for health reasons. 😭
Song stuck in my head: "Hotel Mona Lisa" by Celer + Forest Management (I am an ambient repeated-chord whore).
Last thing I googled: "Pedro Pascal exclusive" in Google images search. Soooo my mom finally learned about how much I luff this man and his work but watched two random videos of him and tells me "his nose is too big." (excuse me??????? hello gorgeous aquiline profile!) I have made it my mission to flood her with copious curated pics and videos to bring her to the dark side…😈.
Time: 6:45pm Mountain Daylight Time!
Dream trip: Remote British Columbia, Canada. Before the pandemic I took a solo trip to BC every year from 2016 onward and it's my favorite place on earth…I miss it so much! Utah/Colorado mountains are pretty epic, but NOTHING compared to BC! My dream would be to visit the more remote areas, the deep backcountry, fjords, Haida Gwaii, remote First Nations museums…but on two conditions!!! That I be granted a magical spell to go hiking by myself with no risk of bears or cougars making a tasty meal out of me 🐻, aaaaaand that mother nature refrains from dropping the catastrophic earthquake that is due to hit the PNW at any time. 🌊 I also really want to visit the Maritime provinces, Cape St. Mary's…basically I think Canada is hugely underrated!
Something I want: To learn everrrrrything there is to know about the cognitive science of human anomalous experiences and magico-religious beliefs in the supernatural, the superempirical, the mystical…I'm a fkn nerd. As a substitute, I would happily take @imtryingmybeskar's answer 😎.
No pressure tags (I think most have already been tagged, but shall tag anyways just for fun and I am a fan of yer presence/content here okthxbye): @skyshipper, @magpie-to-the-morning, @galactic-basic, @iamskyereads, @blueeyesatnight, @doin-stuff, @pedropascalsx, @fuckyeahdindjarin, @whataperfectwasteoftime.
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^^me pondering my answers and who to tag
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Hello, I'm back, my dear friends and followers!
I know it wasn't a week long like I had predicted, but I'm here at last. With full energy like a fresh battery. (And my bad, that I didn't tag queue on Pedro Pascal's post. I'm sorry! 😅)
The time away from Tumblr was good, I'm not gonna lie.
First thing I did was crying and screaming all of my anger away before I went to bed. Then I woke up, strolled to the park in the village and then sitting down under a tall big tree to meditate.
In that silence (it was literally because it happened to be first day of long holiday in my country), I'd found out that all 7 Chakras were damaged. All I need was just breathing in and out periodically. And for that one hour I suddenly knew I was worry too much for many stupid and senseless things. Like internal politics, negative and nonesensical critics from misogynist, sexists and extremists on internet (including here) and miscellenous things. And when I knew the cause of bad vibes, I rushed to get Italian Soda from my regular café then went home, watching comedy tele series (The Marvelous Mrs. Masle. That's exhilarating) and movies. Before reading a good old Agatha Christies's book, in the past day.
For internal politics, I've made up my mind; let it be. Those bastards dare to oppose against people's consensus, they better brace themselves. People are standing up. I can't go to any protestation. My late father made me promising to him and my family, before I went to University (where everyone in country says, the nation's politics history is the University's history). Thought I want to go protesting against all injustices and dictatorship, but my mum and others family's member are still here. They are gonna be sad if anything bad happens to me, in worst case - death. Also, my older sister advice me even how much we complain, those c*ckheads are still shitting. So, live your best life without too many anger and grudge, but never ignore what is happening.
For the ugliest species of humans like misogynists, sexists and extremists, I'm not gonna absorb their shits and illogics anymore, unless they attack me, my families and my friends.
And for miscellenous things, I was so exaggerate over them (Leo season hahahaaaaaa).
Right now you might be like "hey! That's too much and dramatics! What's wrong with you?!". I'm telling you, I have this ability because I have Moon+Venus+Mars and Jupiter in Leo with Saturn opposites. So, like you have seen. But it will happen lesser than previous. Because I'm gonna try to be more mature. And if I know there is anything disturbing and devastating me again, I'm definitely knowing how to handle.
Thanks for all your supports and kindness, I'm really grateful. Now I'm ready to flip my hair and stay positive again! 😊😊💖💖💖
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Healing Sustainability and Perfect Balance
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Hello Full Potential Beings. It's a beautiful new day. And it's the afternoon. It's been a busy day. *Smile* Today we went to the Feria here (Farmers market) got all kinds of goodies. Then we had a lunch and a deep drop in. (Alexandria and I, then Manuel and Nikita) The last couple of days have been pretty full on. I've been navigating what feels like an old pattern around Ego validation. Especially in the form of what we coined "Beautiful Woman Validation Syndrome" or BWVS for short. Many have said this stems from earlier experiences with mother as a child. I'm not sure. I just know that some of the most peak experiences of my life stem from having some of the best connections with a beautiful woman (inside & out) and in all ways. So when in partnership it doesn't always seem to last because I'm still seeking some kind of validation or experience for more. Is this my Ego? This is the part that is interesting because I feel earlier on in my writings and practice I could see my Ego so clearly and I was on top of it. Now I feel like I may have fallen into identifying with it a little more and getting to the meta-level of awareness of it again can be a little more challenging. Additionally it seems like this pain in my chest, directly at heart center, may in some way be related to identification with Ego, or simply Ego responses arising from the heart. It seems like I'm incredibly sensitive in my heart around all energies and I respond from the place of my heart in all instances of connection and just general interaction. In fact we recently had a San Pedro ceremony involving the medicine of this special cactus, also known as Wachuma.. we all felt so deeply connected.. and it felt like I was feeling things on behalf of the collective as well. Some of the biggest downloads I got were around "Healing Sustainability" and its all perfectly balanced. Healing is sustainable and sustainability is healing. And we all balance the entire universe out based on what's in our hearts and how we serve light over darkness. I felt so clear on these things that I was deeply emotional about feeling these truths. And it felt like everyone there could also deeply feel me and was holding space while I went through this very deep process of feeling everything. It truly felt like all our hearts were connected and we could feel each other so deeply! I felt alive. Awakened. Clear. And sure about my mission on this Earth. To bring about healing sustainability to as many people as possible. Making healing as FREE as possible .. while also sustaining it (financially for example) so that I too can heal. And not feel the money pressure of trying to heal the world for free. I can see clearly how to make Zen Village a healing center, make it accessible to many and multiply these healing centers around the world. To make Cora Nation at its core, about healing. To support people in the process of offering their healing arts to the world and try to make everyone as sustainable as possible as a group so that we can truly heal the world in the biggest way possible. It's an inspiring vision and I'm excited to see how to implement it into the 3d. I would not have felt it so strongly if it weren't for my sensitivity. But its also my sensitivity that may be the reason why my physical body is experiencing physical pain at my heart center. It all feels connected. Key points: 1 - If you are feeling very sensitive around energies, it can feel like both a blessing and a curse. Do try to find the blessing in it and how you can channel that gift into yourself and then to the world at large. 2 - How can you apply "Healing Sustainability" into your life. Feeling that your life is going to be sustained while you share your healing gifts? How can we all do this together sustaining each other while we serve the greater mission of healing the world? I have some ideas I'll share soon. 3 - Take some time to meditate on how all things are perfectly balanced and how YOU are a part of that balance. Without you things may not be so balanced.. and so your light and the service you bring to the world, keeps the darkness and denser energies in balance. Just your presence is an important piece to the greater puzzle! That's it for today. Have a lovely rest of your day! Read the full article
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How to be an ally
(I fixed ALL the links so fucking reblog)
1.  Check In On Your Black Friends/Acquaintances
In my opinion, I believe the best way to be an ally is to reach out to your Black friends and check in on them, consistently. If you can recognize the times we are living in are absolute hell, you should be checking in on the most effected. None of my friends have checked up on me to see how I was doing or just to talk. They didn’t even bring up the protests until I did. It feels very very lonely and scary to not be checked up on by the people who say they support and love you. So, I’m making this the first point because I don’t want anyone else to feel this way, not trying to complain.
2.  Learn More About Black History
It’s important to learn about the Black activists that our history books left out. Yes, Martin Luther King Jr. was, and is, important but we need to reflect on why he was pushed on us so much in our history classes, compared to other Black leaders. Is it because our government would rather us walk down the street holding signs than actually defending ourselves against the cop who’s beating us?
Here’s a master list of activists to start you off.
3.  Go to Rallies and Protests (If you can)
Find protests and rallies in your area by looking on Twitter and search #yourcityprotest. Or watch your local news channel to see where they are (if they’re being covered on the news). Also search on Facebook. Wear a mask.
4. Donate and Sign Petitions
If you don’t have extra money to donate, that’s fine. If you still want to be an ally then sign all the petitions you can. Take a day to research all the ones you can sign/haven’t signed and sign them!
(Also you don’t need to donate to change.org! Directly donate to non-profit organizations and victims’ families!)
George Floyd - change.org
George Floyd - amnesty.org
George Floyd - colorofchange.org
Get The Officers Charged
Charge All Four Officers
Breonna Taylor - moveon.org
Breonna Taylor - colorofchange.org
Breonna Taylor - justiceforbreonna.org
Breonna Taylor - change.org
Breonna Taylor - thepetitionsite.com
Ahmaud Arbery - change.org
Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 2
Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 3
Justice for Oluwatoyin Salau
Pass The Georgia Hate Crime Bill
Defund MPD
Life Sentence For Police Brutality
Regis Korchinski - change.org
Tete Gulley - change.org
Tony McDade - change.org
Tony McDade - actionnetwork.org
Tony McDade - thepetitionsite.com
Joao Pedro - change.org
Julius Jones - change.org
Belly Mujinga - change.org
Willie Simmons - change.org
Hands Up Act - change.org
National Action Against Police Brutality
Kyjuanzi Harris - change.org
Alejandro Vargas Martinez - change.org
Censorship Of Police Brutality In France
Sean Reed - change.org
Sean Reed - change.org 2
Kendrick Johnson - change.org
Tamir Rice - change.org
Tamir Rice - change.org 2
Fire Racist Criminal From The NYPD
Jamee Johnson - organizefor.org
Darius Stewart - change.org
Darius Stewart - moveon.org
Abolish Prison Labor
Free Siyanda - change.org
Chrystul Kizer - change.org
Chrystul Kizer - change.org 2
Andile Mchunu (Bobo) - change.org
Eric Riddick - change.org
Amiya Braxton - change.org
Emerald Black - change.org
Elijah Nichols - change.org
Zinedine Karabo Gioia - change.org
Angel Bumpass - change.org
Sheku Bayoh - change.org
Visit these sites for more info:
http://www.pb-resources.com/
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
5. Educate yourself and others.
Articles:
- “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
- Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
- ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
- The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
- Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
- “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
- ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
- “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
Movies/TV Shows:
When They See Us
American Son
Hello Privilege, It’s Me, Chelsea
The 13th
Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story
What Happened Miss Simone?
The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
Who Killed Malcolm X?
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce (Lighter in tone)
LA 92
Dear White People
Videos:
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- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
- “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
- American Oxygen - Rihanna
- Formation - Beyonce
Podcasts:
- Malcolm X Speeches
- 1619 (New York Times)
- About Race
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Books:
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About RaceBook by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
Follow:
- Shaun King: Instagram | Website
- Antiracism Center: Twitter
- Black Women’s Blueprint: Website
- Color Of Change: Website
- The Conscious Kid: Website | Instagram
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Website | Twitter | Instagram
- NAACP: Twitter | Instagram |
- Ziwe | Instagram | (She has discussions about race with White people, kinda grilling them, every Thursday at 8 p.m. EST. Super thrilling to watch.)
Here’s Some Music Too:
Change Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
Chain Gang - Nina Simone
Missisippi Goddamn - Nina Simone
Fuck Da’ Police - N.W.A.
This is America - Childish Gambino
I’m Not Racist - Joyner Lucas
Fight the Power - Public Enemy
Freedom (Live) - Beyonce
I Can’t Breathe - H.E.R.
American Oxygen - Rihanna
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max--phillips · 3 years
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So, I transcribed that Calls episode with Pedro in it. Here u go !!! It’s a LOT of text so y’know.
[Date is displayed at March 2nd in Pasadena]
Operator: Welcome to National Bank. If you know your party’s extension, you may dial it now.
[Dialing, ringing]
Alexis: National Bank, this is Alexis.
Patrick: Hi honey, it’s me.
Alexis: Hey, yeah, what?
Patrick: Nothing, I was bored, just wanted to hear your voice.
Alexis: Patrick, I’m busy.
Patrick: Oh, okay, sorry, I…
Alexis, interrupting: Oh wait, did you find my earring?
Patrick: Oh shit. The earring. I knew you asked me for something. Sorry.
Alexis, annoyed: So will you please look for it?
Patrick: Sure, what do you want for dinner tonight? I was just gonna head out and I was thinking like, asparagus, maybe some mushrooms, clam sauce, could be nice, but I don’t--
Alexis, interrupting: I, I don’t care. Just no take out, please.
[Beeping, incoming call from Pedro across the street]
Patrick: Huh. That’s weird.
Alexis: What?
Pedro: Somebody named Pedro Across The Street is calling me.
[Beeping]
Alexis: Who?
Patrick: Uh…
Alexis: Wait, yeah, that’s our neighbor…
Patrick: It is?
Alexis: You met him last year, Chilean guy I think?
[Beeping]
Patrick: I don’t really remember, but okay, sure.
Alexis: Oh, well just don’t answer.
Patrick, after a beat: Why?
Alexis: I-I don’t know, he probably wants something from you.
[Beeping]
Patrick: Hm, sounds intriguing, let’s find out!
Alexis: No, Pa--
[Line switches]
Patrick: Hello?
Pedro: Is this Patrick?
Patrick: It is.
Pedro: It’s Pedro, from across the street. I got your number at the potluck last year, remember?
Patrick: Of course I remember you.
Pedro: Oh, god, I love those, um… [laughs] what are they called? Pig blankets?
Patrick: Pigs in a blanket.
Pedro: Are you at home? Are you busy?
Patrick: I, I’m home, yeah, I’m just kind of, uh, just writing. Why?
Pedro: I was wondering if you could do me a favor. I’m in my car, uh, headed for the airport, and suddenly, I got that feeling I may have forgotten to lock the front door.
Patrick: I know, I hate that feeling. I know it.
Pedro: So would you mind going over there to check? Just, real quickly for me? I’d, I’d do it myself, but, I’ll miss my flight.
Patrick: Check your front door?
Pedro: If you don’t mind.
Patrick: Uuuuh, sure, yeah, I could do that.
Pedro: I’ll stay on the phone.
Patrick: All right, heading over now…
Pedro: So, same novel?
Patrick: Uh, sorry, what’s that?
Pedro: Oh, I’m sorry, you said you’re writing. Same novel you told me about last year?
Patrick: Oh, yeah, yeah, it takes time, you know?
Pedro: Good things take time.
Patrick: Agreed. All right, I am crossing the street, and e-- oh, shit.
Pedro: What?
Patrick: Man, I think your front door is… is actually open.
Pedro: Oh no.
Patrick: Like, completely open.
Pedro: Por la puta madre…
Patrick: You want me to call the police, or…?
Pedro: Uh, yeah, no, uh, maybe. Do you, uh, do you mind just… taking a quick look inside, make sure everything’s okay?
Patrick: Uh, okay.
Pedro: Te agradezco. I really, really appreciate it.
[Door squeaks]
Patrick: All right, really nice in here, Pedro. Um, yeah, doesn’t seem like anyone’s been here, so…
Pedro: Could you look in the bedroom?
Patrick: U...upstairs?
Pedro: Yeah.
Patrick: Uhh, suuuure…
[Pause, footsteps]
Patrick: ‘Kay, the one on the left, uhhh, nice and tidy.
Pedro: The other bedroom is right across.
Patrick: Yeah, I see it, and it looks like everything’s fine here too. So I guess we’re, uh…
Pedro: Listen, um, I’m really sorry to make you do this, but, um… there’s some valuables in a bag in the master closet. Could you check in there for me? It’s seriously the only thing I care about in that house. 
Patrick: You want me to look in your closet?
Pedro: Yeah.
Patrick: Okay.
[Pause, door creaks]
Patrick: I, I see a duffle bag here.
Pedro: [exhales] Gracias a Dios. Patrick, you’re my fuckin’ hero. Can I ask you one last favor?
Patrick: Um… shoot.
Pedro: Do you think you could maybe take it over to your house for a couple of hours? I’ll send someone to pick it up as soon as possible. You know, this was way too close of a call. I’m an idiot. I should’ve taken it with me.
Patrick: I get it, I’m sorry, we just don’t really know each other, and, then my wife’s gonna be like, what are we doing with this bag? And I dunno, do you, you sure you trust me even with this?
Pedro: Should I not?
Patrick: No, no, I’m just, I… Okay. Forget it. You know what, I got the bag. I got you. Oh. Wow, that’s heavy.
Pedro: Yeah.
Patrick: All right, I’m heading out now.
Pedro: Thank you, Patrick. I’ll make arrangements for the pickup and I’ll, uh, I’ll call you later, okay?
Patrick: Sounds good. What are neighbors for, right?
Pedro: That’s right. Bueno. Muchas gracias. [Laughs, hangs up]
[Dialing, ringing]
Patrick: Lexi.
Alexis: So, what did he want?
Patrick: Long story short, he asked me to pick up a bag from his house.
Alexis: What?! Who asks for that? No one will take a bag from a stranger. That’s… [pause] Oh, god, please don’t tell me you took it.
Patrick: Okay, so I kind of did.
Alexis: Oh, you idiot.
Patrick: Hold on.
Alexis: Yeah, yeah, okay, I’m sorry, but you kind of are sometimes.
Patrick: Hey!
Alexis: What’s in the bag?
Patrick: It’s not like I looked inside! It’s private.
Alexis, whispering: What if it’s a bomb? What if it’s drugs? He is Latin American.
Patrick: Don’t profi-- [sighs] okay, fine. Let me just, I’ll take a peek.
[Pause, zipper opening]
Patrick: There’s another bag, inside the duffle, and… it has a National Bank logo.
Alexis: Wait, what? That’s my bank.
Patrick: Yeah, but don’t you guys give those away like, all the time?
Alexis: Yeah, I guess, but…
Patrick: Holy shit.
Alexis: What? What what what?
Patrick: Uh… o-okay, it’s money, um… it’s so much money. Jesus.
Alexis: O-okay, okay…
Patrick: There are like, stacks of hundreds.
Alexis: Well that isn’t necessarily criminal, um…
Patrick: It doesn’t stop, it just keeps going…
Alexis: Listen, on the bottom, there should be [begins to whisper] a serial number, can you…
Patrick: Yeah, yeah, it’s, um, 8 0 7 6 2 4 9 2 0 0 8 1
Alexis, overlapping: Yeah.
Alexis: I’m gonna run this through the system, find out a little more about this guy, I’ll call you right back.
[Call ends]
[Ringing]
Patrick: Uh, hey.
Pedro: Hola, Patricio. [Laughing] So, I couldn’t get anyone. I’m just gonna reschedule my flight, and I’ll pick up the bag. I will be there in just a few minutes.
Patrick: In a few, uh, a few minutes, oh, uh, oh, yeah, good.
Pedro: Patrick? Is everything okay?
Patrick: Yes, of course! It’s all good.
Pedro: Okay. Good. I’ll see you in a bit.
Patrick: Perfectomundo.
Pedro: Bye.
[Call ends]
[Ringing]
Patrick: Hey.
Alexis: I’m freaking out. I’m freaking out.
[Police sirens in the background]
Patrick: What, what?
Alexis: I ran that number through the system and it was reported stolen, Patrick! The money, it’s a stolen bag!
Patrick: Yeah, I’m not surprised, ‘cause I’m looking through our window, and Pedro’s house is being raided by the police as we speak. There’s cops all over the place.
Alexis: He obviously knew the police were coming and he made you get rid of the evidence! You dumbass!
Patrick: I shouldn’t have taken that bag. I should--I know.
Alexis: No shit.
Patrick: Well, what--what do I do now?
Alexis: You have to burn that money. Right now.
Patrick: Burn the money? Shouldn’t we just report it?
Alexis: Report it? How do you think it’ll look? That bag showing up at my house? [Whispering] A stolen bag from the bank I work for? Someone in my position has a lot of access information.
Patrick: Lexi, you’re in family loans.
Alexis: I’ll get investigated, Patrick! You have to destroy it. That’s the safest option we have.
Patrick: Can I just wait till the cops are gone and give the guy his money? Why do I have to burn--
Alexis, interrupting: No! You’ll be an accomplice! You hid the money from the police, and now you’re gonna return it to a criminal? Are you insane?
Patrick: I’ve never seen this much money in my life, and I… you want me to burn it? I, I don’t--
Alexis: No evidence, no crime. Do it in the fireplace.
[Ding, Patrick receives a text from Pedro]
Pedro: Don’t burn the money.
Patrick: What the…
Alexis: What?
[Another ding, another text from Pedro]
Pedro: And don’t trust your wife.
Alexis: What? [Pause] Hey, are you there?
Patrick: Yeah, sorry, I, I got a text.
Alexis: From this Pedro guy?
Patrick: No, no, it, it’s mom.
[Beeping, incoming call]
Alexis: Your mother?
Patrick: Yeah, yeah. Let me call you right back.
Alexis: Nonono, Patrick, wait!
[Line switches]
Patrick: Yeah?
Pedro: Patrick. How’s it going?
Patrick: Not great, Pedro.
Pedro: You told your wife about the bag.
Patrick: I did.
Pedro: I know. I can’t blame you. Just… don’t do what she said.
Patrick: How do you know what…
Pedro: Let’s just say I know. That, and, uh, lots of other things that are about to happen. Listen, sit down, would you? I have a confession to make.
Patrick: I’d rather stand.
Pedro: Uh… I’ve been sleeping with your wife, Patrick.
Patrick: [Scoffs] Excuse me?
Pedro: I have no feelings for her, I just, I used her. Got some bank information I needed, and that was it. Took me a year of planning, but, uh, hey, good things take time.
[Pause]
Patrick: What are you saying?
Pedro: Yesterday, I told her I was leaving town, and that I wasn’t taking her with me, breaking a false promise. She got really mad. You know how she gets.
Patrick: What?
Pedro: So, this morning she planted the money in my closet and called the police on me.
Patrick: I-Is this a joke? Is that what’s happening here?
Pedro: Uh, I don’t know, is it funny?
Patrick: This… this is not true. This is not a possible…
Pedro, interrupting: You know, I should have known she didn’t care about the cash. It was the adventure she craved. Desperate for it. [Sighs] Come on, Patrick. You’re telling me you didn’t notice she was happier these last few months? Shinier?
Patrick, softly: What?
Pedro: You should thank me for that.
Patrick: Oh, oh, thank you so much. Yeah.
Pedro: I mean, when was the last time you fucked her?
Patrick: Hey!
Pedro: Like, you know, a proper fuck?
Patrick: Hey, hey, hey, that’s none of your business.
Pedro: I’ll tell you when: never.
Patrick: Excuse me, no.
Pedro: She told me that. Yeah. And it’s not your fault! Patrick, she can be very uptight.
Patrick, softly: Oh my god.
Pedro: Right?
Patrick: This is not happening. This is not happening. This is really, I just...
Pedro, interrupting: Okay, listen carefully. I have a proposition for you. Are you there?
Patrick: I’m burning the money, do you hear me?
Pedro: Or, you can keep half of it. That’s right, no need to involve the cops. That’s roughly seven million dollars. It was your wife’s share, but you can have it now.
Patrick: You think I’m gonna trade my life for money?
Pedro: Your life is a lie, Patrick. You know that now. Your wife hates you, and hates your novel, by the way. So take the money. Move to South America. Get the best room money can buy, on a beach somewhere, and finish your book! Be your better self.
Patrick: I’m not leaving my wife.
Pedro: She was gonna leave you. And heads up, she should be calling you, right about now.
[Beeping, incoming call]
Pedro: Yep. There she is.
Patrick: No, you’re just--no, okay? Just no!
[Beeping]
Patrick: I’m burning this money, don’t bother coming in here. Goodbye.
[Line switches]
Alexis: Is it done? Did you burn it? Patrick?
Patrick: Not yet.
Alexis: Why?
Patrick: ‘Cause, um, Pedro said… things… about… you and him.
Alexis: What, what did he, what, what did, what exactly? ...Baby?
Patrick: Oh, god, it’s true. Oh, god, I think I’m gonna throw up.
[Retching]
Alexis: Honey?
Patrick: You and the Argentinian guy?
Alexis: No, he’s Chilean!
[Water running in the background]
Patrick: Whatever! You slept with him!
Alexis: No! No! No, I did not sleep with him, okay?
Patrick: Wait, you didn’t?
Alexis: No! Look, this is what happened. Tammy and I ran into Pedro one night on our way back from our hike, and he was so nice. So, Tam invited him to have a drink, and…
Patrick: Wait, at our place? Where was I?
Alexis: You were at your mom’s. Pedro made these pisco sours. I had one too many. Tammy left and he started asking me all these questions about the bank, and the trucks, and the schedules. And you never ask me anything about my work, so it was exciting for me, you know, this attractive man being so curious about me! Me and my stupid job, and so I just, I said all these things that I shouldn’t have, and, and then, and then he kissed me. But I pushed him away. And that is it. That is it!
Patrick: Nothing else happened? You swear?
Alexis: No, I swear. He kissed me. I pushed him. He went home.
Patrick: Jesus. Why would he make up that story then?
Alexis: Because he wants to put you against me, baby, so that you don’t burn the money. That’s what he’s doing.
[Ding, text from Pedro]
Pedro: She’s lying to you.
Patrick: Oh.
Alexis: What? Patrick.
[Ding, text from Pedro]
Pedro: And she’s about to say:
Patrick: Yeah…
Pedro: You can believe me, I’m your wife.
Alexis: You can believe me. I’m your wife.
Pedro: And I’m telling the truth.
Alexis: And I’m telling the truth.
Patrick: What the fuck?!
Alexis: What?
[Call ends]
[Ringing]
Pedro: Hello.
Patrick: Is she with you? Are you telling her what to say?
Pedro: No Patrick, she’s not.
Patrick: Then how do you know?
[Beeping, incoming call from Alexis]
Pedro: You wouldn’t believe me.
Patrick: Oh, try me.
Pedro: [beat] All right, do you believe there’s magic in this world, Patrick?
Patrick: What? Magic?
Pedro: You know, like supernatural occurrences, things we can’t explain.
[Beeping, incoming call from Alexis]
Patrick: I don’t know. Why, why are you--
Pedro, interrupting: Well, one of those things happened to me a few days ago. I got a call in the middle of the night. You know who it was? It was me.
Patrick: What?
Pedro: Me. Like, a future me. He was as surprised as I was. But, he proved it, and said he was just trying to check his own voicemail. And I picked up.
Patrick: Oh! I get it now, you’re insane!
Pedro: Yeah, I thought that too. He said he was in prison, that your wife betrayed him, me, planted the money in my closet, and called the cops. He also told me about our call, about the things she was gonna say to you, pretty much everything that has happened leading up to this exact moment.
Patrick: Okay. Fine. Sure. So what happens next?
Pedro: Yeah, that I don’t know. The call dropped, and I never heard from myself again. But, all I know is that this time, I will not end up in prison.
Patrick: Why not?
Pedro: ‘Cause little details from this story have changed already.
Patrick: Like what?
Pedro: Well, you.
Patrick: Me?
Pedro: Yeah. You see, in his story, you end up siding with your wife, and turning me in. We both end up in some kind of jail, me in a physical one, you in a jail of existential misery. But I have a feeling this is not how our story ends, is it?
Patrick: Pedro.
Pedro: Yeah?
Patrick: Fuck off.
[Call ends]
[Ringing]
Patrick: Yeah.
Alexis: What the hell, Patrick? First you hang up on me, then you don’t pick up the phone? I’m losing my fucking mind here!
Patrick: I’m sorry.
Alexis: Do you have any idea of what I’m going through right now? 
Patrick: I do, and I’m sorry.
Alexis: I’m driving home. You better have burned that fucking money by the tie I get there!
Patrick: Look, I have a better idea.
Alexis: Like what?
Patrick: The cops have been gone for a while, so I’m walking back to Pedro’s house right now, and I’m gonna leave the money where I found it.
Alexis: And then we call the cops on him.
Patrick: Exactly.
Alexis: Finally, a good idea.
Patrick: Thanks. Sort of.
Alexis: Okay, well, hurry up, because the cops could come back at any minute.
[Door squeaking]
Patrick: All right, I’m entering his house. Going up the stairs.
Alexis: Hurry!
Patrick: I’m, I’m in the room, I’m opening the closet, and…
Alexis: And?
Patrick: Oh.
Alexis: What?
Patrick: Wow.
Alexis: Patrick, come on, you idiot! Just do it and get out of there!
Patrick: I really don’t like it when you call me that.
Alexis: This is no time to be fucking sensitive, okay? Patrick?
Patrick: You’re a bad person.
Alexis: What?
Patrick: To me. You are so horrible and mean.
Alexis: Look what you got us into! Someone has to be!
Patrick: And the worst part is, somehow you made me believe that I deserved to be treated this way, which makes me hate myself! And when it becomes obvious that I shouldn’t, I hate myself even more for being so fucking weak, and, and dependent!
Alexis: God, please, stop playing the victim.
Patrick: You know what, you’re right. You’re absolutely right. I’m gonna stop playing the victim.
Alexis: What are you doing?
Patrick: I’m being my better self.
Alexis: No. Nonono Patrick--
Patrick, interrupting: Oh, I found your earring by the way, on Pedro’s night table, next to some lube, and some extra large condoms.
Alexis: Patrick, Patrick, okay, I can explain--
Patrick: You told Pedro I had never really fucked you, like, a proper fuck.
Alexis: Listen, I can explain.
Patrick: Well, get ready.
Alexis: Honey.
Patrick: ‘Cause that’s what I’m about to do to you.
Alexis: Patrick!
[Call ends]
[Ringing]
Patrick’s voicemail recording: Hello. This is Patrick. You’ve reached my voicemail. I’m sorry I can’t get to the phone, but I am away from my life! And I would say I’ll get back to you, but, it’s probably not gonna happen. Have a good one.
[Beep]
Pedro: Patrick. [Sighs] Oh… [laughs] Patrick. It’s Pedro. From across the street. You weren’t supposed to keep all the money. But, uh, well played. Yeah. [Laughs] Very well played. Enjoy.
[Call ends]
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just-the-hiddles · 3 years
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Writer’s Spotlight | Yespolkakitty
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Hello!  Today I am featuring my smut sister, partner in crime @yespolkadotkitty​.  She is multifaceted, very talented and my good friend. She created the embers of my Magnus love.  Not to mention multi-fandom!  Let’s dive in!
The Basics
Any other names you want people to call you?
Jazzy J / Kitty
How long have you been writing fic?
This will be my sixth year.
What fandoms and/ships do you write?
I started off in Sleepy Hollow (Ichabod/Abbie), then progressed to the Tom Hiddleston fandom. I wrote mostly RPF or for his characters Loki, James Conrad and Magnus Martinsson, then I was in the Cavillry for a bit writing about Walter Marshall and Geralt of Rivia, and for now and I have settled into Pedro Nation where I write about Marcus Pike, Pero Tovar and many other characters of his. Thank you and I'm sorry (?) for everyone who has joined me from one obsession to the next
How did you get started writing fic?
I binged Sleepy Hollow and I wanted to write about Abbie and Ichabod. Although, I've been writing fiction since I was about 11. I had my first story (a Westlife boyband fic) published in a teen magazine at the age of 14 !
Story Recommendations
Which of your stories are your favorite?
Fighting Blind, Say You'll Remember Me, and the Nightingale 'Verse (Dave York x reader, series of one shots)
Which story are you most proud of?
Fighting Blind. It's about 30,000 and I genuinely cried writing parts of it. I still miss those characters.
Which of your stories do you think is the most underrated?
Maybe my Ezra Hummingbird 'verse
Someone is new to reading your stories, which story/stories should they read first?
Um. Goodness me. The less smutty ones? Unless you like smut then HAVE AT IT. I'm just a fangirl inside a semi-functional adult, writing about boys.
Which Story did you do the most research for?
Fighting Blind, easily. I had to research a curator's modern day job as well as research middle-ages China.
Which Story was the easiest to write?
I find the Nightingale 'verse very easy. I also find James Conrad a breeze to write.
The Writing Process
What is your favorite part of writing?
The beginning when I'm all fired up.
What is your least favorite part?
The awkward middle. Or when I'm stuck on plot. Stupid plot!
Describe your style in 1 to 2 sentences.
Shamelessly romantic stories about love. Back when I was signed with a publishing house my editor called my style "clean (as in easy to read) but kinda magical."
Who are some of your writing idols and/or influences?
Nora Roberts, Tessa Dare, Audrey Niffenegger, Tonya Burrows, Toni Anderson, Claire Delacroix
What programs do you use to write and/or edit?
Google docs.
Are you a plotter or a pantser?
Both, at different times
Do you write RPF or not?
Yes for some fandoms.
Who is your favorite character to write and why?
Currently, Pero Tovar. I love, love me a grumpy man with a soft heart.
What do you think are your writing strengths?
I'm always full of ideas.
What do you struggle with?
Executing those ideas.
Favorite Trope?
THERE WAS ONLY ONE BED
Favorite word to use?
cartography - as in "the cartography of the scars on his back"
What is the best piece of writing advice you have heard?
When finished writing, go back to the top and check if you need the first paragraph. Often you don't, because you wrote that when you were warming up, not yet really writing. - My creative writing tutor and now multi published novelist, Alison McLeod
What would you say to a new fanfic writer starting out?
Read, read, read. You can never read too much about the characters you want to write about.
What is a random bit of research you have not managed to work into a fic yet?
It’s said that prolific writer Isaac Asimov is the only person to have published books which have been represented in nine of the ten major Dewey Classification System categories.
What is your favorite random detail from one of your stories?
I like making up planet names for the Hummingbird 'Verse
Any goals or WIPs you want to share?
One day I really want to be published again.
This or That
fluff AND angst
smut AND fluff
reader insert and OC
one shot or series
canon divergent or AU
Pepsi  or Coke
Coffee or Tea
Sweet or Savory
Until next time, toodles!!!
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thegirlwholied · 3 years
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I can’t believe I’m saying this, but my biggest disappointment in Wonder Woman 1984 was... Steve. 
Yes he’s the perfect Wonder Woman boyfriend; yes I love how he backs her up in the fight scenes; yes I love Chris Pine; yes they have great chemistry and are adorable...
and yes the scene in the movie that most hit for me was their goodbye. 
But uh. I get that maybe the creative team wanted to avoid the complicated stuff and just have fun? But Wonder Woman (2017) showed you can have both fun & address the complicated stuff. 
And Steve Trevor, in that movie, bearing the weight of war, was part of the complicated stuff:
You don't think I get it, after what I've seen out there? You don't think I wish I could tell you that it was one bad guy to blame? It's not! We're all to blame! (I’m not). But maybe I am.
My father told me once, he said, "If you see something wrong happening in the world, you can either do nothing, or you can do something". And I already tried nothing.
1984!Steve is not complicated. He’s delicious. He eats Pop-Tarts. He is a Pop-Tart.
There’s a reason, when plots with time travel involve World War I, there’s usually That Moment. You know, the what do you mean, World War I. It’s probably a trope by now. But tropes exist for a reason and that one exists because it is one HELL of an emotional beat. You sent this man to the National Air & Space Museum, founded after World War II with an initial collection of mostly post WWI & WWII aircraft, and had him in DC within walking distance of war memorials, and had him in Diana’s apartment where she had a concentration camp photo... and you’re not even going to spend a beat on that?
The guy who we were introduced to, who drew Diana away from her island, talking about the ‘war to end all wars’, and we don’t get a beat? Who was worried about ‘weapons far deadlier than you can imagine’ and how ‘every kind’ of weapon now kills innocents, and the plot is set amid the specter of Cold War nuclear annihilation...and not a beat? 
I’m not saying it’s a plot-hole; you can handwave it with off-screen conversations or the lack of PTSD as ‘well, he did just come from heaven’. I’m not saying everything needs to be on-screen: we don’t need to know the details of Steve ‘trying nothing’, for example. 
But the movie is lesser for ignoring it, and Steve’s character is shallower. Hello, Pop-Tart. A perfect boyfriend, but one who, when he’s insisting any other guy could do for her (not exactly sounding like the guy who pointed out he was ‘above average’, and I’d buy he feels he’s not worthy but I’m not sure I buy his faith in other men being automatically more worthy?)... is not exactly demonstrating a lot of depth beyond, well, being charming Chris Pine, making crumbs in bed look appealing. He’s a dream! 
...honestly he almost felt to me like not-real Steve, versus the Steve who argued with Diana, who, yes, things were good with but also difficult with, but since the movie neither explored a) the question of ‘is dreamstone!Steve real’, pretty much just running with ‘yes’ rather than making us wonder if he was more conjured from Diana’s wish/memory versus his true self, but that is a whole different plot or b) how it’s a lot easier to love the memory of someone than the more-complicated real deal, but real is also better... that’s all moot.  
Yes, there should have been joy at more time with Diana and modern marvels (...though, uh, I question the choices of subway and escalator; they were in 1918 London, which would already have had escalators in its Underground). But in the first movie, for all Diana’s delight at babies & ice cream & snow, it’s balanced with recognition of the horrors of the world, which when seen through fresh eyes are so much worse than those taking them for granted, just as the joys are made new again. And so the echo aimed for, of Steve taking in 1984 with fresh eyes, was muddled for me, by its lack of depth. The movie reaches at commenting on ’80s greed & materialism & Cold War threats, but it almost doesn’t matter we’re in 1984, because it doesn’t use that right-there tool - the perspective from the past, with values pulled straight out of a more-despairing time - to add any color. It’s all pop, no tart. 
When I find myself dwelling on media it’s always because a) it was just that good, b) it was just that terrible, or, most often, c) it just missed being better, being great, and sometimes I’m not sure how they missed it - Wonder Woman 1984 just missed, for me, and this is the central reason why. Did I enjoy watching it? Do I love an Indiana Jones callback, and the Diana/Steve chemistry, and Kristin Wiig and Pedro Pascal? You bet. I enjoy eating a Pop-Tart, too. 
But it leaves me still wanting something with more substance. 
#wonder woman#wonder woman 1984#ww1984#steve trevor#diana x steve#wonder woman 1984 spoilers#ww1984 spoilers#wonder woman meta#...i can't believe i'm writing wonder woman meta but I hadn't seen any articulation on this and this is where i'm at#maybe somewhere on ao3 people are writing missing scenes that will satisfy me more but the movie left me wanting#so much cuteness! fun moments!#but goddammit#i have rewatched and many times again will rewatch wonder woman or scenes thereof#this I enjoyed while watching but it kind of left me with the 'eh once was enough' feeling#i just felt the script was kind of careless for as long as this seemed to be in development?#diana spent the first part of the movie missing first-movie steve#and as much as i enjoy seeing chris pine on screen - i kept missing first-movie steve#except for 'well shit diana' and the fight scenes where he felt on point#the goodbye hit for me mostly because of my emotions already being engaged from the first movie#not anything this movie itself did#i also don't love the other-guy's-body storyline which I assume is sort of a Heaven Can Wait callback#missed opportunity to have Steve show up in his WWI uniform against the DC backdrop and have Diana stare unsure if he's a mirage#and I don't mean the big furry coat look in the first movie#i mean the straight-out-of-the-picture-she-keeps WWI uniform we and she never actually saw him#because would that not just lead right into the is-he-real dilemma (which I would have preferred to instant acceptance)#as well as be cinematically A Moment#i'm sorry Hallmark Handsome Man your running up to Diana repeating Steve's last words did not impress me on a cinematic level#the happy few
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30 questions
tagged by @coralinejones super sweet of you to tag meeeeee.. ty! 💗
rules: answer 30 questions and tag 20 blogs you want to get to know better
Name/Nickname: Laura!
Gender: female, she/her
Star sign: aquarius
Height: 5′4″ and 3/4 thanks to google (164.47 cm)
Time: Uhhh?? like my time of birth? or local time? LMAO current time 8:05 PM/20:05
Birthday: January 💕mark your calendarrssss babess!
Favorite bands: Tame Impala... Blood Orange, Major Lazer, Beach House, Twenty One Pilots, Alt-J
Favorite solo artists: why is Harry Styles the only one that comes to mind??????????? I know there's more
Song stuck in your head: Felicity by Hologramme
Last movie: ParaNorman
Last show: The Mandalorian
When did I create this blog: one of my friends made it for me when we were at her house with a group of others working on a science project, I was 14??? so around 2010???? 2011????
What I post: Anything really, currently what I'm obsessed with which as many of us know ~ din djarin 💕 the mandalorian
Last thing I googled: if Costco still sales the baby yoda/grogu/the child plushie omfgggg
Other blogs: nope, this is my mainnnn babyyyyy!
Do I get asks: NO!!! hello please talk to me, i'm nice! some people think i'm cool
Why I chose my url: i like space!! my other social medias have the word 'mars' in it because of my last name "Roman god of MARS" :)
Following: 300, omg if any of you have good blog recommendations LET ME KNOW!!!! PLEASE!!!
Followers: 1.3k but only 3 people interact with me, I assure you that all of those are from my early days of blogging and they are probably all inactive now. Final answer: 3 followers.
Average hours of sleep: Sleep is for the weak, I’m a night owl bb! (I try to get 8 hours because a good nights rest is important!) 🌙✨
Lucky number: 5
Instruments: VIOLIN
What I’m wearing: a star wars shirt (LMAO!!!) and leggingssss
Dream job: go to medical school to become an OB/GYN 💞 but anything in the scientific/medical field. I was currently accepted into a molecular biology/microbiology master's program so I'm a budding scientist :)
Dream trip: I've been wanting to go to Scotland.. but I would travel anywhere!!
Favorite food: Ummmm?????? Pasta?? Pizza??? Burger??? Anything with Potatoes??? Steak??? Milkshakes??? Fish tacos????? why am i struggling
Nationality: american (I’m half Mexican/Portuguese!)
Favorite song(s): Too many.. some that come to mind...I suppose currently these are my fave songs: Lying Has to Stop (Single Version) by Soft Hair, Labyrinth by Toro y Moi, I'm Sorry We Lied by Blood Orange
Last book: LOOK IT'S BEEN TOO LONG SINCE I READ BECAUSE LAST BOOK I READ WAS Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Top 3 fictional universes I wanna live in: pride and prejudice/downton abbey (give meee cottageeee coreeeee!), star wars, MCU, SAILOR MOON hello girls saving the day!!
happy holidays 💗 again I only know a few blogs... maybe I'll just tag everyone that pops up. (P.S You don't have to do this. My anxious ass is nervous about even doing this and asking y'all to do it. SO ANXIOUS THAT IM DELETING THIS 3 MINUTES AFTER POSTING IT OMFG!)
I’m tagging: @thewayyoutasted @fuckyeahwalruses @melobee @ksyy @artsywaterlily @jedi-nila-rhyn @mandalorr @accidentallysherlocked @pedro-adopt-me-please @thepoisonofgod @beskar-din @smollyoda @violettavie @mandoslut @babufrik @ahs0ka-tano @dindjarinenthousiast @elloitselmo @frankiemorales @carolthor
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