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slayingfiction · 1 year
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How I push through writing when I don't feel like writing.
Here are some of the techniques that I use to help me write more often or more consistantly when my laziness/depression/anxiety starts to take over.
I watch TV. I don't do it with the purpose of zoning out though. I watch something popular and well-liked such as the LOR or Harry Potter to get new ideas on how I can develop my story and apply their in-depth world-building ideas to help develop mine. Without plagarizing of course!!!!
Zoning out and daydreaming. As I have mentionned before, daydreaming is a huge part of my story outlining and world-building process. I'll stand in the shower, or take a walk and think about how my charcaters would act/react/behave in situations, mundane or not. Doing this gives me a better sense of my characters, and sometimes gives me ideas for scenes I use later on.
Work on writing related projects. These work well at keeping me distracted while still being productive on my writing goals. Example, I have one story I am working now, I made a new language (alphabet and numbers included) to include as a cool and fun component for the book. So, at times when I don't wan't to write, I continue creating the dictionary (very fun, 8/10 would recommend). Also, for the same book, my characters don't work off the Georigian calendar and 24 hour clock, so I've been working at creating a new calendar (harder than it seems, 2.5/10 dont recommend). These are side projects that help my story, without having to write.
Reading. You saw this one coming, I know. Reading is great, especially when you're editing, your writing style will unconsciously change to be more similar the author you were just reading. Also, most importantly, I'll be reading and think, "this story is really good, but you know what story I like even better? Mine." then change to writing.
This one is my biggest life saver!! I learnt about a year ago that sometimes I'll get bored of writing a story, and have difficulty keeping on track. That's why I finished my first book in 2016 and just started editing the first draft last week. The solution for me was to work on multiple projects at once, because it was much harder to be bored of multiple stories. I stick to 2, but will sometimes add a third. This is easy for me, because I have a list of over a dozen series I want to write. Don't abandon one project for another, use them as a distraction/ motivation for each other, so you're always furthering at least one project. I've never heard someone say, "oh no, i accidentally worked on this other writing project for three months instead of the other writing project I was doing. Dammit." No, we're just happy we have written something. Be sure to have well outlined story lines before starting, don't just start writing randomly or you'll reach a point where you don't know where to go from there.
Author/ writer projects. Maybe this is building a following, or community to share your projects and engage with. Tumblr, Insta, Reddit, whatever it is. My hope this year is to start up my website to offer publishing services (editing, graphic design, short writing courses) and build a following as a writer. (See what I did there? Never a bad time to self-promote ;) ) Having your own projects like this will help you in the future when you're going to try to publish and sell your books!
Talk with friends and a writing community. Never underestimate the passion that will burn inside you when talking about your story, or when others are talking about theirs. Surrounding yourself with a positive writing community can be the best thing for you as a writer.
Write or read (your story) every day. I'm not going to be one of those people that say you need to write 1000 words a day, that's a lot. But maybe try for 100? That could maybe only take 5 minutes, and at the end of the year that's still over 36 thousand words of a novel. Or just read your story, and I've always found it helped me get in the creative mood.
Make a playlist of songs that remind you of your characters, your story, or just puts you in the mood to write. Then play it ONLY when you're having trouble writing. Playing it while writing will not help, you'll get annoyed with the songs.
Just really can't do it today? That's okay, take a break. You deserve it. There's always tomorrow.
Does anyone else have ways they push themselves to keep writing? Let us know in the comments!
Happy Writing!
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applejuicefruit · 1 year
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can you write about kylian mbappé randomly finding out that you vape cause you were accidentally seen at the background of a insta story? like first he’s insanely mad when he found out but at the end he’s a little ok with it as long as you do a lung check every 6 months
kylian is my mom in this story 🥲
kylian mbappe x reader
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Light it up
You were currently out with your best friends, having fun and taking pictures when suddenly you heard your telephone ring. Kylian, your boyfriend was texting you and you had no idea why so you decided to check very quickly.
“Where are you?” he texted you first.
“Are you safe?” he texted you second.
“Come home!” he texted you third.
“Are you in a gang or something?” he texted you again and you got a bit worried, he never acted this strange so something was definitely going on.
“Girls I’m so sorry to leave you like this but something just came up and I have to go home, I think Kylian’s sick…” you said, unsure of what to tell them because you had no idea of what was going on.
“Don’t worry baby, we’ll catch up another day, go and take care of that big boy!” one of your best friend teased you and you thanked them.
The drive back home was slow due to the big traffic in Paris and anxiety was eating you inside, thinking of why Kylian was acting so weird around you.
Once you got home you looked for Kylian, finding him on the couch with his phone in his hands.
“Kyky are you okay? You scared me, I thought you were hurt or something…” you said going towards him but he stopped you and showed you his phone.
“What is this?” he asked, showing you the picture two of your friends took an hour earlier.
“My friends?” you asked him a bit confused. Why was he acting so weird?
“Yes. And who’s behind your friends?” he asked again and once you zoomed in you saw yourself in the picture too, doing absolutely nothing but vaping.
Shit. Kylian didn’t know about it and now you were completely fucked.
“Kylian…” you tried to speak again but he stopped you.
“You smoke? How can you smoke? You know how dangerous it is? What are you? Sixteen trying to live the sex drug and rock and roll life?” he said, the situation quickly escalating as he was making it a huge drama, bigger than what it was.
“Kylian, first of all calm down! I’m not smoking, I was vaping, it’s different…second of all, calm down! You’re acting like it’s the end of the world!” you said a bit irritated.
“Because it could be the end of the world! You could die! Smoking can cause cancer! It’s dangerous…” he said, making a big drama out of nothing.
“Kylian once again, I wasn’t smoking!” you corrected him again but he wouldn’t listen.
“It’s still dangerous! For how long have you been doing it?” he asked again.
“I started four years ago…” you whispered.
“You were only seventeen! Are you crazy? Why? You’ve been doing it for all these years? Next year what? You’re gonna buy a Harley and join a motorcycle gang?” he asked seriously but you couldn’t help but laugh. He was acting like a total drama queen, in Kylian’s style.
“Why are you laughing? I’m serious y/n…I thought you were more mature than this!” he scolded you.
“Kylian, first thing you’re not my mom, stop acting like her, second thing, it’s my life and I can do what I want okay? I don’t need your permission to vape if I want to and I don’t need your permission to drink if I want to okay? So stop acting like a drama queen…” you said getting mad.
He really got upset over this stupid thing?
“I’m not acting like a drama queen! It’s serious! Are you getting checked up?” he asked you again.
“Not really…listen, I’m alive and breathing and I’m okay, you don’t have to worry about it!” you got tired of this conversation.
“Of course I worry about it! I worry about you! I can’t lose you…” he said looking more apologetic.
“What? You won’t lose me Kylian…you really are a big baby you know that?” you teased him and he laughed.
“Promise me you’ll get checked! At least every three months!” he said looking more serious.
“Every three months? Are you crazy?” you laughed at him.
“Every six months or you won’t vape ever again!” he said looking like your mom, really.
“Fine…” you agreed only because you wanted this conversation to end.
“And you won’t vape in this home…nor when we’re out together or with friends, or my family, they would absolutely kill you…” he got worried again, acting like a drama queen again and you got tired of his diva behaviour.
“Fine. I promise. Now can you drop it?” you asked and he nodded.
“Thanks…” you said reaching up for your jacket and purse.
“Where are you going now?” he asked you.
“To vape!” you shouted when you were already outside the door.
“What! Not again!” he screamed at you but you only bursted out laughing at his childish and motherly behaviour.
You were definitely dating a big child.
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ghostherlig · 4 months
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even more random hcs!!
bc i probably wont be home until after christmas :')
anyway, take more johnrailaoshi bc ive been thinking about them all day-
(if you saw this early no you didnt- im stupid and pressed the wrong button-)
raiden really loves valentine's day bc it gives him extra reason to show his appreciation for the people he loves in his life- he always hand makes cards and folds origami pieces for his bfs to find around the house- he went all out one year and made each of them a jar full of paper stars
johnny and kung lao's favorite holiday is halloween!! they go all out for costumes and always decorate the house to match- johnny even hires smaller actors to dress up and play characters outside with him and lao to have fun with the kids- they have a scare actor section and a section for cartoon characters
kenshi's favorite holiday is christmas!! he doesnt have a lot of fond memories from childhood, but after johnny first asked kenshi to celebrate christmas with him, oh that man was hooked- johnny was happy to see kenshi beam all throughout december, holding warm mugs and wrapped in blankets since the cold always got to him
jax and johnny still have this kind of strange rivalry, esp when kenshi is around- kenshi thinks it's funny bc most of the time it's them trying to out do each other with history facts, but both just end up having a nice convo.... it's the only time kenshi can get paperwork done without headaches
lao and raiden still have mini bets they place with each other all the time- half the time kenshi and johnny find out abt them bc lao brags abt winning- raiden bets poorly on purpose sometimes bc he knows lao likes to win and it only costs him a little..... sometimes he humbles lao, though (the superbowl is the biggest bet of the year for them)
raiden isnt known to swear, but his favorite song is "I Don't Fuck With You" by Big Sean (thanks kung lao) and he can be heard singing the lyrics, uncensored and all, randomly
kenshi can very easily peel or cut any kind of fruit- apples, oranges, pomegranates, persimmons, pineapple, watermelon, anything- if he is handed a fruit and asked to cut it he will and it will be fast and done beautifully
raiden has johnny do his hair!! braids is usually the most common style outside of his bun, but johnny always insists on doing his hair if they're going out-
kenshi has lao help him cut his hair!! lao does his own undercut and knows his way around a buzzer/clippers- the first time lao asked to cut kenshi's hair the swordsman was unsure, but he decided it wouldnt hurt and lao did it perfectly and has done it since
johnny has a cameo on a sooby doo episode!! he somehow convinced them to put him in an episode with the hex girls and it actually was so awesome-
johnny is super good with puzzles- like insanely good- kenshi, lao, and raiden just started getting him those really fancy puzzle boxes for christmas/his bday and he's cracked every single one without fail-
they have board game nights!! monopoly and uno have been banned- but when everyone is over their favorite game to play is 'one night ultimate werewolf'
for several years johnny has done a Santa Livestream on his insta and has donated a lot of money to charities that buy gifts for kids in need as well as done fundraisers to get others to chip in too- he got tomas, syzoth, kuai liang, lao, and raiden to help him keep people entertained on the live- kenshi even agreed to do a "face reveal" if they hit ten million in a day- they hit the goal in six hours
raiden and tomas are actually pretty close as friends- both bond over their combat abilities and their lives in general, and both have dragged the other into different media- now they watch episodes of different series' weekly and talk over the phone about it- their bf's know better than to interrupt them on the phone with each other
lao is the only Only Child in their polycule- raiden has his sister, johnny his brother, and i hc kenshi as having an older sister and a younger brother-
johnny will randomly start dancing, sometimes bc he just has a song stuck in his head, other times bc he just needs to move- his bf's always smile when they catch him- the most extreme move any of them have seen him do is drop into a split
none of them are fond of using their powers for silly or stupid reasons... however, each of them have definitely used their powers in a way they werent supposed to- kenshi has for sure used his telekenesis inappropriately, raiden has used his lightning to cook smth, kung lao has used his force/air manipulation to throw things at ppl, and johnny uses his weird shadow powers (give him his green back ]:) to scare his bfs-
johnny owns the house, bc it's a five bedroom, six and a half bath, super expensive house- it gives each of them their own room and then a shared room with a big asf bed, a nnice kiving room, incredible kitchen, big dining room for guests, a wine cellar, in home gym, etc- literally a second mansion-
as soon as anyone gets sick, raiden makes chicken congee- he got the recipe from madam bo after he told her him and lao were moving to stay with johnny for a while- she was happy to give him the recipe and even showed him how to de-bone a whole chicken for it
johnny is actually so interested in tarantulas- he thinks they look super cool and that some of the colors and patterns are really pretty- if kenshi and lao werent as insect averse he would definitely get one
lao's favorite reptile (after syzoth) is the arabian sand boa (pls google these guys, they're adorable-)
kenshi really loves reptiles and has always wanted a leopord gecko or a hognose snake- but he fears not having enough time for one with work and his bf's
johnny very lovingly refers to raiden as his wife after kenshi made a joke abt johnny "wife-ing" him by making him his favorite meal- raiden always gets flustered bc johnny is very open abt opening an LLC with them all as a kind of "poly marriage loophole"-
they all have jewelry that they wear as sort of "promise" jewelry that they almost never take off- johnny has his silver bracelet/band, kenshi has a steel ring, raiden has an anklet, and lao has a necklace
johnny, to his personal assistant and manager, refers to his bf's as "The Council" and always answers scheduling questions with "i'll have to consult with The Council"- it's rubbed off on the other three which has to led to raiden telling liu kang he cant give him a firm answer bc he has yet to "speak with The Council" (liu got flashbacks to "I Must Consult With the Elder Gods-")
johnny makes the worst jokes abt US tragedies- the jfk assassination is his personal fave bc he knows he can mess with kenshi with it- "it blows my mind that you can be so childish, cage-" "yknow who else got his mind blown-" "JOHNATHAN CARLTON-"
lao still has his first chakram hat and it's hung up in the mansion living room- all of them will stare at it or remember it's there and think back to lao telling the story of his Inspiration (thanks bi han)
raiden really loves smoothies, especially mango- he will down a mango smoothie if you hang him one-
johnny has all kinds of videos on his phone of all of them doing stupid shit- his favorites are one of kenshi drunkenly eating takoyaki out of the fridge, turning to face the camera with his cheeks full- one of raiden mumbling "i dont fuck with you" under his breath, panning to lao and kenshi who look at raiden like he just vacuumed their hamster- and one of lao dancing for a good minute, really, really well, just to trip at the very end and scream-
johnny has a lot of those videos and goes through them whenever he misses his bf's
raiden will send videos of cats playing or napping together and caption them "us" and send them to whoever or to the gc- all of his bf's always melt and go to find him and give him a kiss if they're in the house together or they'll send back a little emoji if they're apart
you'd think johnny is the worst but kenshi is the most overdramatic abt not getting attention- like "my husband is off to war" levels of dramatic- lao had to get up to use the bathroom and kenshi sighed like a sickly victorian, put his hand over his forehead and monologued until lao came back- he does the same to raiden and johnny, always "why has my love left me?? i am always abandoned by my dearest... beloved, where have you gone? why have you forsaken me??" "i need to pee, ken-" "am i so unimportant?? so easily forgotten???? so unloved??????" "🙄✋️ okay-"
johnny isnt as dramatic but he does pout and sigh and sometimes follow his bf's around until they love on him a little- johnny needs the little pick-me-up's but kenshi normally waits until he needs a full battery recharge
the four of them talk shit like there's no tomorrow- you do not want to be on the recieving end of their judgemental staring- each of their side eyes alone could kill someone, all of them together??? good fuckin luck-
johnny is mesmerized by the snow- kenshi, raiden, and lao all grew up with it, but johnny isnt used to it since he was born and raised in CA and enjoys the sunny weather- so when kenshi or lao and raiden take him to japan or china during the snowy season he's always so excited- the other three love it bc his cheeks get so pink in the cold
raiden gets super flustered when one of them gives him affection and attention, but all three are evil and will pile affection and attention on him to watch him squirm and act all shy- raiden loves it but also knows to tell them when he's overwhelmed
lao knows all of his bf's humor and how to make them laugh- johnny and kenshi laugh at lao's darker jokes- johnny especially likes anti-jokes- raiden likes puns and "a ____ walked into a bar-" type jokes- kenshi also cant help but laugh at people doing stupid things and kenshi and raiden laugh together at children falling- (older sibling moment)
raiden gets super lovey sometimes and will write out in letters how he feels about his bf's and slide them under their doors- all of them have a drawer or folder or smth that stores all of the letters
lao is the only one with a real sleep schedule- he's a morning person and goes to bed by 10 almost every night- raiden tends to get distravted watching tv, and kenshi and johnny tend to overwork themselves and work into the night and wee hours
sleep is usually tough for all of them anyway (lao takes melatonin to be asleep early) bc of all that they've seen and experienced- they all like congregating in their shared room to sleep together but sometimes they go off to their own rooms when they need/want the privacy or peace
that's all for now- wishing everyone a happy holidays!! <333 hopefully im back home soon :') also pls excuse any typos, it is 2 am-
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candywife333 · 7 months
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Body to Body
Part 2 of Just want to see you like that
This series is based on Jungkook's 3D and is probably going to have close to 6-7 parts, depending on where the storyline takes me. I'm feeling a bit dramatic, so expect a lot of angst. Tumblr is going to be referenced in this fic under a different name, Bumblr (I know, totally goofy name).
Summary: Y/N, an overworked employee at HYBE , only ever posted on Bumblr when she was feeling cornered. It was truly her escape. She didn't really do insta or even twitter. Most people would look at her and think this glass wearing quiet girl would most probably be posting pics of flowers and cute animals. But no, looks could be deceiving. Y/N's posts were far from innocent. In fact , they were borderline risque. She didn't expect anybody but a few horny people to come across these pics; people who would view and compliment in the best case scenario. What she didn't expect was that a certain star would be a regular consumer of her material. A star that technically had no business simping after her like that.
Disclaimer: This work is not representative of the real Jungkook's personality and behavior. It is merely fiction and please treat it as such.
Trigger Warning: voyeurism, exhibitionism, some swearing
Please don't read the fic if any of these themes are disturbing or offensive to you.
Taglist is open
Link to part 1- https://www.tumblr.com/mred435/729860379581235200/just-want-to-see-you-like-that
I didn't know how to process his behavior. They always seemed like really polite people, all of the BTS members. I wonder why Jungkook was acting like that. Usually he was really quiet and never spoke to any lower down staff in general. He had managers to do that for him. Maybe I should start referring to him in my head as Junglebook, cause he was really acting like Tarzan beating his chest because of a spoiled banana milk.
Actually , never mind , that would be an insult to Tarzan. Maybe he was having a bad day, or the fame had gotten to him. I guess that is why they say never meet your heroes, or idols. Not that he was either for me in particular. I had subliminally just always placed them on a pedestal I guess , with the way other staff always talked good things about them and with how world renowned the entire group became.
Forget it. Not like I cared. He could go complain if that is what he wanted to do. Don't threaten me with a good time, my dude. I didn't even like this job that much. I would just take more hours with my tutoring gig to cover the loss if I was getting fired.
Maybe my eyes were just deluding me. No way could he be my Mr.DaddyofPop. The man had access to supermodels and actresses, he would not be thirsting over me randomly. Preposterous. Utterly.
I received a call from Admin strangely enough just as I was making my way to the cafeteria to check in with them about inventory. I took the call and barely got time to even say anything as I heard a sound resembling frantic yodeling from Jessica (the bloody admin bitch with a stick up her ass), " Come to my office Y/N!!! You are in big trouble". The bitch always hated me, so I never took her pterodactyl screeching to heart. But now I was a little shocked. Was this dude's banana milk shit going to get me fired?
I walked to the office and stepped a foot in the door as Jessica vibrated with anger and yelled, almost spitting in my face, "What the hell did you to make Jungkook-ssi so pissed?! He is in an abysmal mood. And he even scolded me about the poor maintenance staff in front of Bang PD when I was in the meeting room! I am in charge of maintenance staff you little dipshit?!!! It reflects badly on me! DO YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND"?!!
I stared at her, calmly assessing her, as I firmly asked, "How is his banana milk my fault? I was not in charge of cleaning up in the evening yesterday. I don't even have a hierarchical position over the rest of the staff. Neither do I manage or speak for them. We are like free agents doing our work here and leaving". My statement seemed to make her even more enraged as she stabbed me with daggers in her eyes, "Well, I don't care whose fault it is! You are fired effective as of now! Insolent scum. You workers don't know your place".
I looked into her eyes that reminded me of vipers and dung and all things disgusting with the world as I vehemently sneered, "You think I fucking care, you bitch. Just cuz I've been quiet and tolerating your shit for the past 4 years, doesn't mean I don't remember what type of crap you have pulled around this place. You don't even do your job description justice, with how negligent you are about management in this building. I could go straight to Bang-PD and tell him all the mistakes I have had to cover for you in the past few years, because of your incompetence and lack of planning. Like , since when do maintenance crew type out meeting objectives and edit for grammar errors in powerpoints"???
She looked paralyzed as she froze with her mouth open, probably surprised that I was speaking up for myself (considering that I had silently been working without complaint for the past few years). I continued assertively, "Don't threaten me with a good time bitch. I don't tolerate tyranny, especially when I have no reason to. I get no pay raise, no praise for my work, or any satisfaction whatsoever. Why the hell should I care about little Jungkook's spoiled banana milk?? He's a little boy who takes big dumps that I can't even plunge completely when I have to clean his personal office bathroom. Maybe he should get on a diet, if you catch my drift".
I smirked , " You can fire me to save face with your bratty little pop star, and I simply don't care. You will realize whose work this building actually relies on when I am gone. Now, wire me the rest of my pay for this week and I will be gone without saying a word. Otherwise, Bang-PD will hear about all your stupidity with evidence". She stood silent, in a petrified state as I walked out the building. Damn, I wanted the experience on my resume for one more year. But I guess, whatever. I could always find a different agency, maybe the one I had interned at a few months back. It was a small up and coming one, but it would do. Since I wasn't strapped for cash due to the tutoring gig, I would survive. Living on cup ramen and eating 2 meals a day at least allowed me to have some savings to fall on.
I trudged to the closet to pick up my bag and as I opened the door realized what I had walked in on, freezing . A mop of black hair, broad shoulders with sweat droplets trailing down, and a naked firm ass facing the door as he pounded into a newbie stylist?
Damn, this dude got around. I cleared my throat, "Dude, can you like stop for a minute. I know you are caught in motion. But I don't want to see a porno in 3D with 4k HD clarity in broad daylight. I need my bag." Jungkook turned around, shock evident in his eyes, clearly not expecting me in my own fucking office aka closet.
I grabbed my bag swiftly from the corner and continued, "Carry on, just make sure to wrap it. Wouldn't want a bad outcome. Thanks for getting me fired, you dickwad. I could sell pics of you to the tabloids and make bank. Be happy I have some morals". I tipped my imaginary hat at him, because I am a gentleman and a scholar unlike his raggedy ass and was about to make my way out. But since I am a nasty bitch when pissed, I turned around to quip, "On further deliberation, actually don't wrap it. Hope you get Clamydia and leak pus from your dick, you whore."
Satisfied with my comebacks I walked out the building rejuvenated. Today was a good day.
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harrysfinelinevol1 · 2 years
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affection pt.1
harry styles x personal assistant!y/n series
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based off this insta blurb
summary: y/n works for harry as his personal assistant. you've always sort of recognised you have feelings, however chose not to act upon them due to the nature of your relationship. little did you know he also shares your affections
this is going to turn into a series that will contain abuse of alcohol and drugs, strong language, smut, angst and mental health issues. if you find any of these topics difficult to read or are under 18, please do not read this fic
chapter 1
word count: 6.9k
warnings: language, heavy consumption of alcohol
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"Has anyone seen my nail varnish?" you called out as you barged into the rather large dressing room, quickly completing tasks as you went along. You were met with a couple of shrugs and people shaking their heads and you sighed in frustration.
"I can't find it anywhere and I need to go over Harry's nails before he goes on stage," you said to no one in particular because everyone was busy fretting over their individual jobs.
"Hey Y/N! I've got your tea over here," you heard one of the crew call. You liked to have a tea with you when you watched Harry perform, it calmed you down and allowed you to enjoy his music. Speaking of Harry, you hadn't actually seen the man in over an hour and he was due on stage in about 25 minutes.
"Thanks Ben, just pop it on that table over there," you called back while putting your headphones in. Music helped you remain calm and focused in the last hour before Harry's show, which was always stressful. There were so many moving parts, so many different people demanding different things from you. You always felt like you were being pulled in 20 different directions when you were just trying to ensure that Harry was ok and had everything he needed.
Suddenly you felt a pair of arms wrap around your waist and pull you into a hard chest. You squealed and wriggled out of the hard grip this person had on you. You turned around and were met with Harry's cheeky grin. That fucker.
"Harry, for fucks sake, why do you always do that," you lamented while simultaneously pulling him over to a chair in the corner.
"You know you love it, darling," he responded looking up at you from where he sat, still wearing that cheeky grin. It's moments like this when your heart skips a beat. You knew there was a part of you that held feelings for Harry, so when he calls you pet names, or hugs you randomly throughout the day, or sometimes slipping his arms around your shoulders to pull you into his chest, your heart lurched and a part of you wished that he would press a kiss to your lips and tell you that you were his. But Harry was also your best friend and had been for 5 years now and you weren't about to ruin what you had over a silly crush.
"You scare the shit outta me every time you do it. Anyway, I'm trying to find your nail varnish, have you seen it anywhere?" you said while looking around the room to see if you could spot it, your eyes betraying how stressed you felt at this moment. Harry reached up and gently placed his hand on your cheek, moving your head so you were looking at him again.
"Hey, hey calm down love. I have it here," he said as he pulled the nail varnish out of his pocket. Your skin tingled from where his hand was. You took the varnish and pulled up a chair opposite him to go over his nails.
Harry smiled to himself as he felt your soft small hands take his bigger one and begin carefully applying the nail paint. He noticed you tapping your foot along to whatever music you were listening to in your ear. His heart twinged a bit as he appreciated how beautiful you looked at this moment. Although he could tell you were stressed, this moment made him appreciate everything you did for him. He also appreciated the way your hair fell in front of your face and your tongue was sticking out slightly as you concentrated on painting his nails. You really were very pretty to him. He had told you this in the past but you always laughed it off and he knew that you just thought he was being nice.
"What ya listening to," he asked as you moved on to his other hand
"London Mine by Joy Crookes," you replied not looking up from what you were doing
"I recommended that!" he said and you looked up to see a proud smile on his face. You giggled at this
"Yes you did," you smiled back
"Give us a headphone?" he asked and you pulled your AirPod out of one of your ears and passed it to him. You then continued to paint his nails while the both of you bopped along to the music playing in your ears.
"There you go big boy, all done," you said sitting back to admire your work
"Stop calling me that, I'm a man," he joked while puffing out his chest. You laughed at him, grabbing his hand to pull him up off his chair and ushering him towards the door that led to the main stage.
"That you are H," you responded cheekily as you both walked across the room.
"Have you got your tea yet?' he asked looking around for a crew member he could get your tea from. Your heart swelled at the sweet gesture of him looking out for you.
"Yes I did," you replied walking over to the table where Ben had placed your flask. After grabbing that and a water bottle for Harry the two of you walked toward the stage. Along the way, Harry slipped his hand into yours, something he usually did when he began to get nervous before a show. You admired the fact that even though he had been doing this for a very long time, he still got nervous before a show purely because he wanted to put out the best shows for his fans. He didn't want anything to go wrong. You squeezed his hand back to try and calm him down and the two of you walked hand in hand backstage to get Harry mic'd up.
When you got backstage, a crew member pulled Harry off to go and get mic'd up and his anxiety levels went up again when you two were separated. As they were fixing his mic, his eyes were scanning backstage to try and see where you went.
"Where's Y/N?" he called out. Suddenly your head popped up from behind some boxes. You had just ducked down to redo your laces.
"I'm here H, I'm here," you reassured him, walking over to where he stood nervously. When you reached him he pulled you into his chest, wrapping his arms around your shoulders, resting his chin on top of your head. You stayed there for a while, both of you enjoying a moment of peace amid the chaos of it all. You could hear the crowd begin to scream louder as the opening act finished their set and Harry then pulled away from you. You saw the band arrive out of the corner of your eye and saw Mitch gesture Harry over.
"That's your cue H," you said passing him his water. He smiled at you and gave you a kiss on your forehead. You leant into him as he did and you felt flutters in your stomach.
"Smash it for me yeah," you encouraged as he began to walk away.
"Always love," he called back and your heart swelled with pride. You smiled to yourself before walking off towards the balcony where the crew were watching the show.
-
You heard Golden begin to play as you ran up the stairs towards the balcony. When you got there you spotted your friends Olivia and Elise leaning on the balcony watching the show. You ran up to them and grabbed their shoulders to scare them.
"Fuck Y/N," Elise cried and you threw your head back laughing.
"You're such a mug," groaned Olivia. She was British and often used several phrases you didn't understand but you loved her for it.
"Wassup bitches," you said, squeezing between them to stand by the balcony and look down at the concert.
"Not much," Olivia sighed picking at her nails.
"Liv, that's such a lie. She dumped Ben," Elise said turning towards you with a raised eyebrow.
"Again Liv?! Bestie when will you learn," you said rolling your eyes. This was the third time they'd broken up and it was usually because she found him texting other girls.
"I know, I know! This is the end though guys, I swear," she assured you but not meeting your eyes.
"That's a lie and you know it. You'll get drunk and find him attractive again," you replied nonchalantly while watching Harry jump around the stage.
"Fuck Y/N, brutal much?! Anyway, you can't talk missy, we all know you have the hots for Harry but won't admit it," Liv scoffed in return. You felt your face heat up and were momentarily glad for the darkness in the stands.
"I don't have the hots for him, quit saying that," you replied trying not to look guilty. Liv and Elise gave each other a knowing look over your shoulder but you ignored them and sipped on your tea.
Soon all memory of the conversation was put behind you as the three of you lost yourselves to the music. Despite having heard Harry's songs time and time again, they never grew old on you and his stage persona was so captivating you couldn't drag your eyes away. At one point during the concert, the lights swivelled around the room, lighting up the area you were all standing in. As they did, Harry looked up and met your eyes and at that moment you completely lost yourself in his gaze. Your heart was pounding so much you were sure Elise and Liv would hear it. His eyes shone when he saw you and his smile grew even larger as he shot you a cheeky wink. This was not lost on the crowd who also turned their head to see what had caught his attention. On spotting you and other members of the crew, a couple of people took photos which you knew would appear on a load of Instagram accounts in the morning.
You blushed at the increased attention, something you didn't ever deal very well with. While Harry was used to the attention and sometimes craved it, you always found it unsettling and preferred to stay out of the limelight. Whenever you were with Harry, you hated the attention that came with it, the flashing lights, the intrusive questions and the intense paparazzi that would stalk Harry for miles just to get a photo. You knew he hated it too but he was much better at dealing with it than you were.
At that moment, Sign of the Times began to play and you knew you didn't have long before the last song.
"Gotta go guys," you said moving away from the balcony. They both nodded and you pressed a kiss to each of their cheeks.
"You're coming to Emma's drinks after right?" Elise asked and you nodded in agreement. Emma was a mutual friend who was having her engagement drinks after the show so you were all meeting in a bar in downtown New York.
"Course. I'll meet you by the dressing room and we can go together," you replied as you pulled back on Harry's jumper that he had lent you recently. They waved goodbye and you dashed off to the stairs, needing to get some water and a towel for Harry before he came off stage. After running around backstage for a bit, you found both items and ran to the side you knew Harry would emerge from. You heard him belt out the last few lines of Kiwi and begin to thank the crowd. Before you knew it, a very sweaty Harry was running at you and scooping you up into his arms and twirling you around. You threw your head back and laughed as he spun you around. Eventually, he put you down and you turned your nose up when you saw how sweaty he was.
"Harryyyy, your all sweaty and now I'm gonna stink too," you complained as you handed him the towel to wipe himself off with.
"Eh you'll live," he replied as he took a massive swig of water. You turned to the rest of the band and congratulated them on a great show, stopping to give Sarah a big hug. You got along really well with her and often spent a lot of time with her outside of the tour.
"Right, who's coming to drinks after?" Harry called out and a couple of people nodded including most of his band. He turned towards you.
"Y/N?" he asked and you shook your head. His face dropped when he realised you weren't coming.
"Don't look at me like that!" you laughed as he began frowning at you. "I promised I'd go to Emma's drinks with the girls. It's for her engagement, I'm sorry H," you explained and he stopped frowning as he pulled you into his side with one arm.
"I'll let you off, just this once. But I still expect my coffee tomorrow morning no matter how drunk you get tonight," and you giggled at this.
"Of course your highness," you responded cheekily and gave a mock bow.
"Oo your highness, I could get used to this," he grinned at you and you rolled his eyes as you began to walk towards the dressing room to get Harry back into his normal clothes. He shrugged off his big black coat as he walked, and you tried not to stare at his tan chest that was currently glistening in sweat.
"Well don't. I'm not contributing to your already massive ego," you said as you kept your eyes trained ahead, desperately trying not to stare.
"You wound me, Y/N"
-
After making sure Harry was sorted out and had everything he needed, and he had insisted that he was fine 50 times over and that you should go and enjoy yourself, you finally quickly ran to the bathroom to slip into your outfit and apply some makeup. It was a black printed Louis Vuitton matching jacket and skirt which Harry had gifted to you as a surprise at the end of his last tour. You scraped your hair into a tight bun on your head and applied a smokey eyeshadow. Finally, you pulled on some white boots and stared in the mirror smoothing out the crinkles in the skirt. You were very happy with the look, especially due to the rushed manner you had pulled it together. You emerged from the bathroom feeling confident and almost ran headfirst into Harry.
"Shit, sorry H, I'm in a bit of a rush," you apologised as you gripped your bag which you almost dropped. You suddenly felt nervous as you saw the way he stared at you. You swore you saw him grind his jaw and something glint in his eye.
"You look... I mean... wow Y/N," he gushed as he stared at you. You smirked.
"Cat got your tongue Styles," you said feeling confident all of a sudden. He suddenly realised he was staring a lot and moved his eyes away from you.
"Have a good night love. Don't get too drunk," he said pulling you into a hug. You squeezed him back.
"I'll try. I'll text you when I get back," you assured him. You always texted him when you got back after a night out and he did the same with you. It settled the both of you to know the other was safe.
"Alright. Love you, have a good one," he said quickly pulling away from you and shifting on his feet like he was trying to hide something. You frowned a bit at his odd behaviour but thought nothing of it
"Love you too," you called as you dashed off down the corridor hoping Elise and Liv won't have been waiting too long.
Harry cursed as he saw you speed off down the corridor. He desperately hoped you hadn't noticed the fact he had a semi just by seeing you in that outfit. You looked unbelievable and he hadn't been able to control himself like he usually could. Your curves and legs were accentuated by the outfit and to him, you were a work of art. He couldn't deny that sometimes his mind had wondered what your body would feel like against his, or how your waist would fit between your hands and the way your lips would feel when pressed to his. Sometimes he thought about you so much, that he was worried he was infatuated with you, and in these moments would turn to drink to numb the pain of not being yours or turn to other women to convince himself that he hadn't fallen in love with his best friend.
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"TEQUILA BABY!" Emma shouted as she walked back over to the table with a tray full of shots and limes. You chuckled and rolled your eyes, but you were really happy she was having a good time. The massive rock on her finger glinted in the lights of the bar and your heart twinged a bit with jealousy. You didn't even particularly want to be married at this point but you did want someone in your life who cared for you and was there for you. Someone who cherished and loved you for who you were. You had tried dating a couple times but each time had ended horribly, either due to your challenging schedule or your terrible choice in men. Now you mostly relied on one night stands to get the job done.
You were quite tipsy at this point, having had a few cocktails, but after your brain started pushing these intrusive thoughts into your mind, you quickly reached for the shots that Emma held.
"Woah Y/N, someone's eager," Liv chuckled as she also reached for a shot.
"I've had a stressful day, leave me alone," you chuckled as you quickly took the shot and sucked on the lime to get rid of the burn of the tequila.
"Must be so hard being the personal assistant to the sex symbol of the music world," Elise joked, raising her eyebrows at you as she also took the shot. You frowned at her.
"Don't call him that, you know he doesn't like it," you replied. Harry had often ranted to you how uncomfortable it made him that reporters and journalists had been labelling him as a sex symbol and asking him intrusive questions about his sex and love life since he began in one direction.
"Sorry Y/N," Elise mumbled guiltily. Both the girls knew that you were protective of Harry and always had been. He was your best friend after all.
"Don't worry about it," you shrugged it off. "Anyone want another drink? I think it's my turn for rounds," you said standing up. Both Elise and Liv gave you their order and you went off to the bar to get them. You leaned against the bar and suddenly were face to face with the bartender.
"Good evening, what can I get you Miss?" he asked.
"Uh could I grab two mojitos and a gin and tonic please?" you asked.
"Anything for a pretty lady," he replied while winking at you. You smiled in response, the guy was quite attractive and you were tipsy enough that you welcomed the attention.
You watched him as he diligently put the drinks together before sliding them along to you. You thanked him and pulled out your wallet to pay.
"No need miss, it's on the house," he offered and you raised your eyebrows at him.
"Well, I thank you, kind sir. How ever will I repay you?!" you flirted back.
"I have a few ideas," he smirked. The both of you began to flirt back and forth for about 10 mins before he was pulled away by another customer but not before he slipped you his number on a napkin. You smiled at him sweetly and then walked back over to the group.
"Took you bloody long enough babe, what the hell were you doing up there?" Liv asked as you handed her the gin and tonic. You giggled and showed her the napkin with the number on it. Both Elise and her started laughing.
"Can't take you anywhere mate," Liv laughed as you sat back down between them, also giggling as you sipped on your mojito.
"I don't blame them, you look hot Y/N," Elise said and Liv nodded in agreement. You blushed at the attention.
"Thank you guys, you both look stunning too," you said admiring their looks.
"Nah not as good as you. Harry must have been gagged when he saw you," Liv smirked as she watched your face heat up once again.
"I swear to god!"
-
Harry fell down on his hotel bed, slightly tipsy from the drinks and pretty exhausted. However, he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep until he knew you had got back safely and he hadn't heard from you yet. He was beginning to get a bit worried as it was almost 2am and most bars would be closed or closing soon. He hoped you would text him soon, so the anxiety that was mounting in his chest would go away. He decided to go stand on his balcony, hoping the cool New York air would both keep him awake and also calm him down. As he leant on his balcony, admiring the view of New York, he heard a shriek from below him. Looking down, he observed with amusement, you, Elise and Olivia stumbling along the street all laughing your heads off. He watched you all for a minute chuckling to himself before realising all three of you were properly plastered and he probably needed to go down and help.
As he entered the lobby of the hotel, the three of you had somehow managed to get through the revolving doors but you had all collapsed onto the sofas in reception. Luckily no one was around this late at night to witness this mess.
"Ah here he comes," you exclaimed when you spotted Harry. "My knight in shining armour!"
At this point, you stood up to hug him but swayed dangerously on your heels so Harry had to reach out and grab you before you toppled over.
"What did you do to her?!" he asked Elise and Liv while taking in your state.
"I dunno mate, I'm just as fucked as she is," Liv responded as she squinted at her phone trying to text someone. Harry chuckled at her bluntness.
"Well, I'm gonna take her to bed, are you girls gonna be ok?" he asked. He would hate to have anything happen to any of you but especially you in particular.
"Yea yea, I think we're gonna order a pizza and then head to bed," responded Elise.
"Good, good, well see you nice and early for work tomorrow then," Harry joked as he looped his arm under yours to help support your weight.
"Haha very funny," Liv responded as she continued to squint at her phone to try and see what she was doing. Harry chuckled and began to help you towards the lift.
As you entered the lift, you looked up at him and your heart softened at the way he was looking after you.
"Hi Harry," you murmured as you leaned against him.
"Hi Y/N. How you feeling?" he asked looking down at the drunk girl leaning on him
"Bit drunk, to be honest," you slurred trying to stay upright
"Yeah I gathered that much," Harry replied as the elevator reached your floor. He helped you out of it and guided you down the hallway. You mumbled something that he couldn't quite catch and he asked you to repeat it.
"Canistaywithyoutonight?" you rushed out. He chuckled at your embarrassment but secretly his heart began racing. This wasn't the first time the two of you had shared a bed, but Harry loved it when you did. Seeing you peacefully sleep always made him relax and sleep better and waking up to your scent in the morning was unlike anything he could ever imagine.
"Of course, you can. Don't feel embarrassed for asking Y/N, you're always welcome," he responded softly. He unlocked his door and guided you to sit down on his bed.
"Hey Y/N, love, can I go get you some pyjamas?" he asked holding up your body. "Could I grab your key card so I can get you some clothes?" You nodded slowly, fumbling to find your wallet with your keycard. Eventually, you found it and handed it to him.
"D'you think you can hold yourself up till I get back?" he asked. You nodded again, sitting up a bit straighter to prove you could do it.
"That's my girl," he praised you as he pressed a kiss to your head and left the room to go get you some clothes. You felt all fuzzy and warm from the way Harry was taking care of you and you mentally thanked the girls for not letting you go off with the bartender. No one could ever compare to Harry.
You started fiddling with your heels in an effort to pull them off but as everything was swimming in front of your eyes it was proving rather difficult. Suddenly you heard the door click and Harry knelt down in front of you helping to pull off your heels, his hands leaving tingles from where they touched your leg.
"That was quick," you slurred as you wriggled your toes to get some feeling back into them.
"Your room is two doors down love," Harry responded and you glanced up to see that cheeky smile on his face, the one you adored.
"I got you some clothes, you think you can get into them?" he asked placing a hoodie and some comfy shorts into your hands. You nodded as you slowly got up and stumbled to the bathroom. Once in there, you pulled off your skirt, jacket and bra just leaving you in your lacy underwear. You pulled on the jumper and shorts, instantly feeling much cosier and contented. You emerged from the bathroom to see Harry sitting on the end of his bed on his phone. He looked up at you and shook his head.
"Love, you can't go to sleep with your hair like that and your makeup on. C'mere," he said pulling you back towards the bathroom. He sat you down on the counter, carefully pulling your hair out of the tight bun you had it in and smoothing your hair out. Next, he reached for his toiletries bag, where he found some makeup remover and some cotton pads and carefully removed the makeup. He got your earrings out and then realised that you had dozed off slightly. He carefully picked you up off the counter and carried you through to the bedroom. He placed you on the bed and tucked you in. Then he grabbed a glass and filled it with water as well as leaving two painkillers on your side for the morning. He went about getting ready for bed and then clambered in next to you, smiling softly as you instinctively turned into him and placed your hand on his chest. He wrapped an arm around your shoulder, pulling you into him so you were cuddling and he pressed a kiss into your hair. Your scent overwhelmed him, and he smiled to himself as he fell asleep with his favourite girl in his arms.
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You groaned as your eyes fluttered open the next morning. Your head was pounding and your mouth felt dryer than the Sahara desert. As you focused your eyes, you noticed a glass of water and two white pills on the table next to you along with a note. You grabbed the water and took the pills quickly, chugging the water to regain some moisture in your mouth. You then picked up the note to read what it said.
gone to the gym. back soon. h x
It was at that moment you realised you were not in your room and you turned to see an indent in the bed next to you where someone must have been lying. As the hazy drunk memories began to return to you you remembered you had stayed in Harry's bed last night. You groaned in embarrassment when you remembered how he had to help you get into bed because you were too drunk to do it yourself. Looking over at the clock, you realised it was 7:50 which you promptly decided was too early to face the world just yet. Grabbing the duvet you snuggled back down into the bed and dozed off again.
About 20 minutes later, you awoke again to the sound of the door shutting and someone pressing a kiss on your forehead. You blinked your eyes open to see a slightly sweaty Harry standing above you.
"How's the head," he smirked down at you. You groaned in response and covered your face with your hands.
"I'm not surprised, you were pretty hammered," Harry chuckled as he sat down on the bed next to you. You rolled over to hide your face in the pillow so Harry wouldn't see your embarrassment.
"That was such a mistake," you mumbled into the pillow and Harry chuckled as he rested his hand on your head and started stroking your hair to soothe you.
"Don't worry love, you've seen me in an absolute state before," he reminded you and it was true. You had been there on numerous occasions where he'd gone out and got as drunk as you had last night
"Go have a shower and leave me here to die," you responded and he laughed as he pushed himself off the bed and walked towards the bathroom.
"Alright but my coffee better be here by the time I get out," he said as he closed the door behind him.
"Mmhmm, on it," you replied as you reached for the phone on the bedside to order some room service
Harry entered the bathroom and immediately spotted a pile of your clothes from where you had dropped them the night before. He reached down to pick them up and put them in the hamper where the hotel staff would clean them. As he did he noticed a white napkin fall out of one of your pockets. He picked it up and when he noticed that someone had scrawled a number on there he felt a sudden wave of intense jealousy and his heart sunk. He was aware that you often attracted a lot of male attention, you were beautiful after all, but whenever he was confronted by it, he couldn't stand the idea of you being with anyone else. He never voiced this to you because he never wanted to become possessive over you, after all, you weren't really his, no matter how much he wished you were.
He crumpled up the napkin in his hand, however, and threw it in the bin, his nostrils flaring with anger. Realising he was behaving like an idiot over something so small, he jumped in the shower hoping to cool off.
When he finished showering, he went back into your room to find you had gone but his breakfast and coffee had arrived. He smiled, noticing you had ordered him the perfect breakfast as usual. Harry didn't have a regular order but you always seemed to manage to get him the exact breakfast he wanted. It was these little things that made Harry fall more in love with you, even though he would adamantly deny it.
-
After showering and having some coffee, you began to feel a bit more human. Looking at the time, you realised you needed to get a move on so you could get ahead of Harry's schedule for the day and make sure he had everything he needed. You quickly pulled on a red hoodie and some black leggings, grabbing your beige coat and throwing things quickly in your bag. You still felt like shit and all this rapid movement was not helping, so you quickly grabbed your sunglasses and slipped them on to try and lessen the effects of your hangover.
As you rushed into the lift you had to stop and laugh at your appearance. You were a bit of a state. You quickly snapped a selfie in the lift mirror and posted it on your Instagram, giggling as the comments flooded in teasing you for your dishevelled look. Then you quickly exited the lift and onto the streets of New York to begin another hectic day.
-
Harry's show went without a hitch, but at this point you were so tired you had just sat backstage for the whole thing, only going out once to take some pictures of him singing. Apart from that, you spent the time sitting on the floor with your back resting on some crates as you hummed along to Harry's songs. When he finished his set, he came running backstage, as usual, amped up on adrenaline but immediately slowed as he spotted you leaning against the crates looking absolutely exhausted. He knew the tour was really stressful and you always went above and beyond to make sure he was ok even if you exhausted yourself in the process. He suddenly felt the strong urge to take care of you and make sure you were alright, even though he knew you wouldn't let him.
When you spotted him coming over to you, you quickly scrambled up, handing him his water and his towel.
"Well done H, that was incredible," you said as you started to gather your things and usher him towards the dressing room so you could sort him out.
"Thanks love, but Y/N..." he began but you cut him off before he could finish.
"Now would you like tea or coffee? Also, I can go grab you some food if you want and have it sent to your room, or are you planning on going out?" you rattled off, grabbing Harry's clothes for him as you went along.
"I don't think anyone feels like going out, but Y/N..." he tried but you cut him off again.
"Ok cool, shall I get some food for you then?" you asked but suddenly Harry grabbed your shoulders to turn and look at him.
"Y/N stop." he exhaled. You stopped staring at him with wide eyes. His grip softened when he saw he had startled you.
"Y/N, I love you, I really do and you do so much for me every day and I massively appreciate it. You're the best assistant I've ever had but do you ever stop to look after yourself?" he asked softly. You rolled your eyes, Harry often was too concerned with your wellbeing.
"I'm fine H, I'm just tired from last night that's all," you explained trying to continue in the direction of the dressing room but Harry's tough grip didn't let you.
"Ok, have you actually stopped once today to look after yourself?" he challenged.
"Yea I had lunch," you tried knowing Harry was right, you hadn't really stopped since this morning.
"Y/N, I saw you eating a salad box intermittently over the course of two hours, while you went in and out of meetings, made me lunch and got everything ready for tonight. That wasn't a break," he replied raising his eyebrow as you ducked your head.
"Ok, I get that H, but this is my job and I need to, hell I want to make sure you have everything you need," you explained not meeting his eyes. His hands then cupped your cheeks as he raised your head to look at him.
"Y/N you are also my best friend. And I understand that it's your job, but you exceed my expectations every day. I think you deserve a rest. In fact, as your boss, I am demanding you have a rest. Now I will go get changed after I make YOU a tea and you can just sit over there and look pretty ok?" he declared and you chuckled, realising there was no point arguing with him.
"Fine," you conceded trying to look unhappy about it but failing miserably.
"Oh and I'm taking you to get lunch tomorrow. My treat for everything you've done," he said as he started walking towards the dressing room.
"Harry no..." you started but he started running off.
"Sorry Y/N can't hear you!" he joked as he ran off into the distance. You shook your head slightly and went after him.
-
The next day, you both arrived at a quaint New York Italian restaurant, with a beautiful outdoor area. The server led you both to a more secluded area of the restaurant where you both wouldn't be bothered.
"You really didn't have to do this H," you said as you took your seats opposite each other.
"I did. And stop saying that," he quipped and the glint in his eye told you there was no reason to keep arguing.
"Sorry, I'll stop. Just feels weird that I didn't organise this," you chuckled and Harry joined in.
"You're just a control freak love, you need to let your hair down," he teased as you looked at him incredulously.
"I am so not a control freak! I just like things done in a certain way that's all," you argued back.
"Y/N that's literally the definition of a control freak," he replied with a laugh. You laughed with him.
"Whatever you say!"
The lunch continued like this, with the both of you bantering back and forth and you had to admit, you were having the best time. It was rare that you and Harry got to do something together that wasn't work-related so when you did you treasured every moment.
"Go on, tell me," Harry had been pestering you for the last 5 minutes to tell him what your favourite Harry Styles song was. You had kept your mouth shut, half because you actually didn't want to tell him and half because you enjoyed teasing him.
"Nope," you replied taking a sip of your wine, your eyes dancing with mischief.
"Come onnnn," he pleaded, "What do I have to do for you to tell me,"
"That desperate Mr Styles?!" you teased back flirting slightly. You and Harry often teased each other in a flirtatious way even though you knew he didn't like you like that.
He collapsed back into his chair as he pondered his next line of attack. Suddenly out of the corner of your eye, you saw someone raise their phone and snap a photo of the both of you. Your mood soured instantly and you saw Harry had noticed the same thing.
"Fucks sake!" Harry exclaimed, "I thought we would be left alone here!". You just shook your head in disbelief, anxiety growing in your chest as you realised that photo would be shared all over social media.
"Harry, this looks a bit suspicious as well. People might think this is a date or something," you murmured looking really unsure. You couldn't deal with the attention and questions that would come with this, and secretly you were also afraid it could strain your relationship with Harry if people started insinuating that you were going out with him.
Harry felt his chest tighten when he saw how upset you looked at the idea of people thinking you two were dating. It further reminded him of how you weren't actually his and how you didn't like him back.
"Come on, let's go," Harry said as he stood up suddenly, an unreadable look in his eyes.
"Oh, ok," you stuttered as you also got up and followed him as he began stalking towards the server to pay. You hung back awkwardly, wondering why his mood had shifted so suddenly.
After he paid, he held the door open for you and you both quickly jumped into the car that was waiting in front of the restaurant.
"Can we drop Y/N off at the hotel please?" he asked the driver and you whirled around to face him.
"What about you?" you asked timidly.
"Have to go to the venue. Mitch left his guitar there and I said I'd go and get it for him," he quipped.
"Harry, that's ok, I can go get it," you offered.
"No!" he said quickly and you became even more confused at what you had done.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to snap but it's fine. You go back and pack, we have to leave early tonight," he followed up but you couldn't help the tight feeling in your chest increasing and tears forming in your eyes. You didn't understand what had happened to make Harry's mood worsen so much. You knew it couldn't have just been the picture incident and so you couldn't help but wonder if you had done something.
At that moment you pulled up outside the hotel and you grabbed your stuff to get out.
"Um, I'll see you later then," you said nervously as you reached for the door.
"Hm...what? oh yeah, see you," he replied deep in thought. You quickly opened the door and leapt out, not wanting to spend a second longer in that car if you could help it.
You watched as the car sped down the street, your heart aching and your stomach twisting horribly as you watched your best friend leave you behind on the streets of New York.
part 2
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Hi guys!! This was the first chapter of Affection, a series based on my first insta blurb. This took forever to write lol but I'll try and keep writing them over the next week but please bear with me if it takes longer than usual. i have a lot of ideas for this series!
sloane xx
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i'm really lost, can you explain the timeline of Colby going from ms singer to m? just super confused about it all hahah
of course anon, i would love to lol
i'm actually genuinely happy someone finally asked me something like this bc i've been seeing a lot of misinformation and i'm really tired of it.
i'm explaining everything, pictures and all. i'm blurring out ppl's names and sticking to the codes names i've given the girls involved. i get that you can find these names relatively easy, i'm just not gonna be the place for you to do so.
some of the things i'm gonna mention don't have physical proof, bc they were in a live stream or just stuff i didn't take ss of. but trust me everything i'm gonna say is real and not me making shit up.
so… let's start from the beginning.
the first major misconception that i've seen is that colby and ms singer got together back in march, dated until october/november, and then colby just haphazardly moved onto m. ppl say this bc they use the pic of them out that leaked and compare it to the pic of her wearing the same outfit in march on her insta.
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now idk how this got lost in translation, but ppl are trying to say it's m in the pic??? it's not, but cool that you guys want to believe that lol
but again, this fandom is holding onto "oh well, her pic on insta is from march, so that means that a, this pic was taken in march, and b, they have been together since then". respectfully, did yall forget that ppl rewear clothes? just curious.
i also literally saw her, on her story, post the exact same outfit, but in november. so....
the pic of him and ms singer is not from march. it got post on tiktok in october.
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and HERE is colby, at universal horror nights, which is where the photo was taken, meeting a fan.
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now, this might not proof enough, bc he could have just been dating her secretly and this was the first time they were "caught" in public. but let's be forreal for two seconds. first off, in march, he was deciding whether or not to get chemo. and on top of that they were working nonstop to have backlog content in case of him getting chemo. neither one of them had gfs or time for gfs.
on top of all of this, i have more proof that they didn't start seeing each other until september. colby did not even follow her until sept 21ish. i know this bc i keep track of who he follows and when. yes, i know it's weird. idc. here's other ppl he followed at that time:
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the black box is ms singer's name.
now, onto the stuff i don't have proof of - right as all this information was blowing up, ms singer started getting more viewers on her tiktok livestreams. one of the first ones she had after the above tiktok dropped, she was asked during her livestream what's the best date she was on and she said it was one that happened recently, most likely alluding to colby's (with sam in tow most likely with k/la girl).
the biggest proof of them all is that ms singer herself said in a livestream that she didn't meet colby until september. she outwardly said that. i have friends who heard her say that, not just anons that randomly tell me things. actual ppl i have convos with daily.
now, we have to move on to how he got with m. everything this point down will just be complete speculation on my part. the only proof i have is that colby did not start following m until the day after sam's bday. she was at the party after the marathon bc k brought her there (and k was also there obviously).
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personally, what i believe happened was that ms singer was very heavy handed on the fact that she personally wants to get married and have kids soon even tho she's only 21. she said it multiple times on tiktok. idk why you want to rush into that type of stuff, but hey, you do you. that being said, most likely, while they both enjoyed their time together, colby is not exactly ready to settle down and have kids anytime soon. so he most likely backed off of ms singer.
after halloween, ms singer was no where to be found with colby. what i believe happened is since k/la girl and sam were already together, she decided to bring along m to sam's bday bash. m and colby clicked, and they spent all this time together.
now, when it comes to ms singer and k and m being in some weird little drama where ms singer feels slighted - first off, i have no clue about any of that for certain. ms singer continues to be vague, for good reason, and so it's hard to know what happened. if i was ms singer, i too would be a bit pissed if my friend brought some other girl to be around the guy i was into, just bc he wasn't into me. i'm not trying to say all of this isn't messy. it is to some degree, but i don't fully blame k. colby is a grown man. if he wanted to continue his friendship with ms singer after they "broke up", he would have. clearly, it just wasn't in the cards. or maybe he felt awkward being friends with her still after moving onto someone she knew/is somewhat friends with.
okay, i think that's everything. if there is anything else you need me to explain, feel free to ask. the only reason i really wanted to answer this kind of ask was bc i've heard some whispers via comments on tiktok and twitter and whatever else that some fans think or believe that sam cheated on kat with k just bc ms singer (who is good friends with k) and kat knew each other. bc they think the timing of everything is "suspicious".
first off, kat and sam broke up in march. ppl mistakeningly believe ms singer was in the picture around this time, which is why they think k/la girl is also in the picture. that's just factually not true. secondly, sam was literally fuckboying his ass up during the summer: he followed multiple asian girls (like almost 10) in julyish before during and after japan, danced and spent the night with that random girl that was on jc's stream during his party (while colby had fun with her friend, mind you), and then ppl speculated that he had a thing with niki going on too. that boy was having fun during this period prior to september, which is when he ACTUAL started seeing k/la girl. and third, if sam or kat cheated on one another, i'm 99% certain we would have known way before now. they literally explained in their break up video that nothing actually happened, sam just wasn't ready for marriage. not to mention, if he did cheat, YALL AIRING IT OUT IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT. if they were hiding something like that from us, realistically it would be for good reason. it's not your business to share that intimate of details.
and before anyone gets on my ass about that comment, everything i'm sharing with yall is already public info. i'm not speculating, minus what happened between ms singer and la girl. but even bits of that have been told by ms singer herself so… don't come for me lol
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bubbelpop2 · 11 months
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System Cypher for:
Bubbz&Co
Aka Bubbz
Aka The Council
🥳 Clown Party 🥳 || We switch easily and rapidly
😐 Void 😐 || The name I use when blurry
🍃Adam/Bubbz 🍃 || Host. "I'm just some guy." "No, I have not heard of that, would you care to enlighten me?"
🌕Atticus🌕 || A lot more manic and grandiose than Adam. Thinks he's a qualified therapist just because he's stopped a bunch of people from killing themselves/taught healthy communication/taught self love and self worth/knows how to end conflict.
🧸 Baby Bear🧸 || Agere, a good boy. He likes MLP. "I'm aboutuh stard sayen hol my sippycup when imabout'ta do sometin stupid.."
🎉Yan/Bubbz🎉 || Neurotic. Manic. BPD. "Not particularly, why?" [<- He talks like Alastor 🍃]
💋 Whore 💋 || Hypersexual. BPD. Disordered eating. Bitchy. Beautiful. Does drag. Cares about people but is still a bully. "Shut up fatso. Let's go get pizza."
⚔️Conquest ⚔️ || Protector, can insta-switch in. ("Doesn't talk much..." --🍃)
Dormant alters
VVV
🖥️ Android 🖥️ || Historian, Dormant unless needed. Gatekeeper. Switch controller. ("He periodically likes to show up to fix problems and then just. Fucks off," --🍃))
📕Alfred/Freddy 📕 || Dormant unless wanted. Introject of an ex's oc. He's a polite british librarian! Very loving. "Hullo! :)"
🌌 Jack Galaxy 🌌 || Usually dormant. Introject of an ex's oc. He has three kids and is thrice divorced. "God it hurts."
✉️ Messenger✉️ || Communication assistance, Dormant unless wanted. "Adam thought i was dead >:("
🧥 Randall Dietrich🧥 Current Partner's OC , introject. Sleazy car salesman. German immigrant. Previously involved in the Mafia in some way. Has been to prison. @addispam "Uh... Auf.. weederzen.. uh.. my host doesn't know German yet."
🖖Spock🖖 || Discipline, Control, Peace, patience. "I'm new. I'm Adam's father. And his husband."
🎬 Saul Goodman 🎬 || Internalized queerphobia, people skills, irish heritage. "Haha...! Yeah, uh, good one..."
😭 Jimmy Mcgill 😭 || Agere Saul Goodman. "Chuck... (breaks down into tears)"
🌈 Wally Darling 🌈 || Southern Baptist, predatory. A mix of bob ross, mr rogers, and my old pastor. And also cult leaders in general. "Howdy, neighbor...."
🎮 Narrator 🎮 || Artistic Expression, integrity. "Unfortunately, an ex-friend of ours also had a narrator introject... Gives us complicated feelings about it."
🪠 SUCTION CUP MAN 🪠 || ... I assume he's because of my newfound sense of self worth. I assume. But I don't even fucking know. He just randomly shouts "LOOK AT ME GO!" when we're doing productive stuff.
👔Android(🖥️) Dad 👔 || Normal dad father figure that I'm (💋🍃) not dating, unlike Spock. Also he tells me when I'm manic and need to take my meds and tells me when I'm acting weird, but he's not judgemental about it. "[Quote here]"
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baka-monarch · 10 months
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Idk why but I randomly got curious about something
So my little brother when he had his Wii U (before the switch came out) he played this game called Pokemon Tournament and I remember I'd play it against him sometimes
So one night we're playing, and I'm playing Suicune over and over again like I always do and at some point I keep beating him over and over and over again until he quits the game and we decide that it must be some sort of glitch hack thing that I accidentally found and I got banned from playing as Suicune ever again
But, idk, I just
Was that ever actually a thing? Was Suicune actually op or had an insta win glitch thing?
I just randomly got curious about it really because I've never heard of it before, but tbf I'm not that deep into the pokemon community, so idk
This was years ago anyways
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mccoys-killer-queen · 2 years
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Seeing Alice Cooper for the first time
I went to another new venue for the first time (Bethlehem, PA) and this was easily the most dressed up I ever got for a show. I wasn't on the floor, but I was 4th row in a wing that was about 7 feet off the floor. This stage is up pretty high, so I was basically at level with the stage which was better imo
Alice is a god
When the curtain dropped I think my heart skipped a beat it was just a SHARP drop
I want Kane Roberts to choke me with his biceps
for those of you who follow on insta and know the history I have with Ryan Roxie and him randomly looking at my story and liking my story fairly often, i finally got to see the bastard in person
ALICE??? CAN PLAY??? HARMONICA??????????/????
low key was hoping Billy Gibbons would come out for Fallen In Love but it still bopped
BE MY LOVER AAAAAAAAAAAA SO COOL HEARING IT LIVE I NEVER HEARD OF IT UNTIL 2 WEEKS AGO AND IT'S MY NEW FAV ALICE SONG
during that song at the line "she asked me why the singer's name was Alice", Alice did the limp wrist
Jason came out during He's Back (Man Behind the Mask)
the whole crowd becoming one during I'm Eighteen
I didn't know Alice's wife was an actress in his shows???
I didn't know this until at the end when he introduced everyone, he introduced her as something like "she's wicked, she's hideous, she's evil, and she's all mine."
they kissed during the show as part of the act and after he said she's his wife i was like AWWWWWWWWWW
I think we all ascended to a higher plane of existence when the drummer- Glen- started flipping his stick in the air and drumming at the speed of sound at the same time holy FUCK??
everyone going feral for Steven
Alice's pussy pops like a fine wine he's always poppin his hips about
GUILLOTINE but i was precisely in a spot where i was parallel to it so I couldn't see the special effects :3)
they played so many songs??? they didn't play all of them in their entirety but there were several medleys of songs
I counted and they played 23 different songs
they played every single song on my Alice concert prep playlist EXCEPT for Go Man Go and i really wish they did
lots of enormous zombie babies
at least once during the show, Alice held a meat cleaver, a fencing sword, a slicing knife, a crutch, a whip, and a baton or two
enormous frankenstein's monster
KANE AND HIS GUITAR THAT SHOOTS SMOKE
Alice introducing Tommy Henriksen as "from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania", and then after the applause died, went "he's not from Bethlehem..."
the encore being School's Out and Alice throwing in lines from Another Brick In the Wall
E N OR M OU S balloons filled with confetti THERE WAS LOTS OF CONFETTI
guys seriously when I say ENORMOUS balloons i seriously mean these balls were 4-5 FEET IN DIAMETER
Alice was popping these balloons with his staff or whatever
during School's Out someone fucking whipped a full sized Kermit the Frog doll onstage from a considerable distance and I screamed and almost fell over laughing I'm dead serious I have a picture of it look:
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shinayashipper · 1 year
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Hi! I am (relatively? Subjectively?? Objectively???? All three?!?!?) new to Yu-Gi-Oh. I have seen it as a kid through YouTube amvs because I never really knew where to watch them. The only clear memory I have was watching Pyramid of Light but I heard people say it's not that good so I personally think it doesn't count 😅
Now that I am grown , I have readied myself to watch the original series and hyperfixate on it for a long while XD.
I am aware of the story, aware of the ships, and played the games (the first DS game I think, and currently enjoying Master Duel)
I know I shouldn't really "ship at first sight" but your artworks are one of the first to make me pay attention to Rivalshipping and be inspired to make a fanfic about them as I am a sucker for rivals-to-lovers, red and blues and the like .
This became long and winded so I just wanna ask, at what point/s be it anime, manga, movie/s, or subtext made you go:
"OMG, that makes so much sense. This! This is the essence of Rivalshipping!"
(sorry for the long and winded essay 😅)
That's okay!! I hope you enjoyed yugioh again as much as we did <3
I also actually only watched some of the DM anime in our local TV when I was a kid (it only airs the first season / Duelist Kingdom and I don't really have access to get to know anything else from the franchise), played the card game with my brother. I remember liking Yamiyugi character more than anything else 😂 and love the monsters. But I haven't really immersed myself in it.
Years later I found out about Yamiyugi/Atem being Dead in the end and IT HURTS ME <\3 it was through a internet search (I didn't have access to internet back then) after I randomly ran into a local parody video of Yugioh (a team dubbed the YGOTAS in our local indigenous language and it was HILARIOUS it got me thinking "oh WOW been a while since I get this much laugh, I wonder how Yugioh is nowadays??")
After the initial Heartbreak of Losing Yamiyu, I also stumbled on the YGO manga- it was the first time that I knew YGO used to have more Horror elements, it was Really Fun!! I read a bit of the manga and I Really Like Yugi!!! That's the time I started to Understand the story, and began appreciating the characters more (other than Yamiyu haha) and then all my Attention just shifted to Yugi, and I Really LOVE Him, he's my babie
And then I stumbled on DSOD, and I thought "YGO got a Movie?? Well let's check it out, I wanna see More of Yugi" and then the Yugi in question comes out and he's SO DIFFERENT from the babie I used to know??? 😂😂 he's all Mature and stuff!! But he's SO SAD and that Sadness kinda pulls me in-
When Kaiba and Yugi starts their Duel I think THAT's when I got "oh yes: Them" because I think it was the first time I ever see a Kaiba vs YUGI not Yamiyu Duel and it was an Emotional experience, beside the Duel having Emotional backstory behind it too, it was just a whipslash of Emotion for me 😂😂😂
It was also when I started Noticing Kaiba's appeal as a character too. They are SO SAD in the DSOD movie that it draws me in <3
After the whiplash of Emotion from DSOD, I started to read the manga and watch the anime more carefully and started Noticing details- every little bits of interaction between Yugi & Kaiba, even the ones that only happens offscreen (like how Yugi mentions he visits Kaiba in the hospital a lot of times) makes it feel like everything that happens in DSOD really makes more sense, and it feels like it's Meant to happen, their story builds up to DSOD, and I really like that- they got Growth in their story, I think. I guess I lean more on the manga in story-line that makes me get interested in Them <3 but DSOD just seals the Deal 😂
Also after that I learned of that "4 years later" insta post by KT and it shows Kaiba and Yugi together Making Games, AND GOD IT WAS- IT TRULY SEALED THE DEAL... Everything Makes Sense, they're sooo build to be Together for me!!! 🥺🥺🥺
And welp now I'm here 😂
I'm Very Happy you got to enjoy the ship through my drawings <3 but my intrepertation of them might not be the same as anyone else (and I think my content are mostly ooc too) so I hope you can see the original series again and enjoy it as you like 💙💜 have fun!!
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aurrieattorney · 2 years
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just got a dm from a friend I hadn't heard from since oct and making tentative plans to meet up sometime
i probably would've been able to talk to them sooner but i try avoiding insta cos it's v bad for my mental health but literally all my offline friends use it. I don't know about shit until I randomly decide to login and check :V
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shadowpeachspost · 2 years
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SO FRIDAY EVENTS HAPPENED-
Ok so..I started school on Thursday and it was ok. LETS GO TO THE MAIN TOPIC!
So Friday, it had ups and downs and I shall go in order of how that whole day, changed my sophomore year..
Y'all ready?
Bet.
Early morning during 1st pd
All of my friends were either wearing camo or green. This is one of those days where we just show up in the same color/clothing. This is the 2nd time that happened [freshmen year we were all wearing black] and none of us planned it. So all you could see that morning was a table with camo, green, blue, white, and black clothing.
Skipping most of the day to 6th-9th pd
Earlier in the summer, after mcc 24, I heard a rumor saying "Dream won't be in the next MCC". And call me a dream stan all you want, I didn't believe it. In 6th pd Art class, my art teacher said, "Draw a happy event that happened this summer." I wanted to do a split of Dream reaching 30 million subscribers and him winning mcc 24. Obviously, I still have to finish it but it will be done.
7th pd Earth Science rolled around, and it was still related to summer. We had to make 2 memorable things on what happened. Me being an angsty kid, I made a grave and said, "I made a grave to be tributes to a youtuber and a flower shop :D".
Everyone was either weirded out or just confused on why I made those...
8th pd English class is where things started tumbling. Once I checked who was on this mcc teams, Dream was not in sight.. I felt my heart cracked, ready to break if something pushed me too hard again. [Explanation: Call me petty, dream stan, biased, whatever. I can't watch anyone besides Dream for mcc. It feels more comfortable knowing I still have a comfort streamer/youtuber around instead of another running their own kingdom above me. I don't have the same excitement while watching someone stream mcc unlike Dream and I really think it's kinda a problem for me. I'll try my best to stop this habit but it may take some time.]
9th pd Geometry class rolled around and I was almost in tears. After hearing Dream not participating in mcc, I was really not in the mood to do any math. What happened after was the teacher would switch our seats in alphabetical order [for attendance purposes] and keep it that way. So not only that I was in back of the class upset about an event coming up, but now I'm farther from my crushes(Daniel and Julyet who are both dating each other).
The water shield was ready to break from my eyes but I held it to the end of the day. Luckily, things started to get better. I was able to head to my cousin's house for the weekend [I'm back home now] and we had alot of fun.
The thing I wanted to talk about in this post [Still happened at my cousin's house]
Sooooooooo...
Around 9:43 pm, maybe later, Me and Daniel were just dming on insta. Then, he sent this:
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Now at first I said, "YOU CAN'T JUST ASK THAT QUESTION RANDOMLY!!! AINT NO WAY YOU SAYING THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE BORED! YOU PULLED THAT FROM YOUR ASS!!"
But then, I thought about it.. "Why would he ask me that? Does he like me too? But, he's in love with Julyet. There's no way. Did someone tell him I have a crush on him?? WHAT IF SOMEONE DID???"
I was having a whole panic attack. I didn't want to tell him. But, it felt like if I didn't, the empire state building weighting on my back wouldn't be placed. So, I made up a half lie:
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The 'oh' he texted sent shivers down my spine.. Thoughts, voices, racing in my head. "Why does he sound disappointed? Does he actually like me?? Is he upset he took Julyet away from me? Why is he leaving? I think I upsetted him.. Now I fucked up."
I had to tell him..
He needed to know the truth...
I just need to:
Let.
It.
Out.
I gave him a distraction about a small, fast, blue and orange car. He was interested. I wanted to get it over with. And so:
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At first, I thought he would say, "I'm sorry but.. I don't feel the same.." I was panicking, scared, upset, afraid, all the words to describe this situation..
The emoji popped up..
I didn't know how to feel.
Do I feel good?
Bad?
I was shocked but also numb.
I thought, "What if it's just for tease? He would never.. Maybe it was a mistake. It had to be!"
I don't have the screenshot but he did ask why I liked him besides everyone else. Long story short, this happened:
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He's compliments made me feel like I just came back from the worst news in my life and he just..saved me.
I was confused if he liked me or not. So:
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So basically you can say we're friends with benefits. Just not sexual kinds. And, I'm glad he had feelings towards me. Sure it's not fully but hey, at least it isn't a no.
And yea! That's my weekend for you all. Did I expect this to go down? No. Do I regret telling him? Also no. Do I plan on telling Julyet about my feelings for her? Probably but, thats another story to stay too.
Until then, I must go.
Ciao lovelies,
Ray~♡
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acapellafics · 2 months
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A while back I randomly decided I wanted to write about the first time the goths remembered Jade dying but made it angsty
Tw for teen death, bad descriptions of blood, and bad/inaccurate description of what a tarot reading is like/can mean (mainly because my character wouldn't fully know at the time so it's him guessing)
This takes place between threads 7 and 8 from my Ao3
(SHE'S NOT PREGNANT IN THIS, I wanted angst but I'm not heartless)
Jade stretched softly wandering the town, the young Netherborn teen had nothing to do with all 3 of her partners being at work so she was out taking a walk while Hephaestus was at the house with Eevee.
She'd had her first ever tarot reading with Henrietta recently and Henrietta drew the tower upright,
‘Sudden upheaval, disaster, broken pride’ the meanings of the card rattled around in her brain as her feet senselessly carried her.
Henrietta was giving a few tarot readings today which Firkle used as an excuse to go for a walk, don't get him wrong he loved his little found family but sometimes the teen just wanted to wander.
It was Sunday so naturally he knew Ike would be out in the street practicing hockey so he wanted to sneak a glance or two…or four if Ike was in the zone enough, he stopped by Tweak Bro's for coffee for his usual drink and even got a plain hot chocolate in case Ike spotted him.
Jade looked up from her walk and a small smile lit up her face spotting a familiar figure up ahead of her leaving Tweak Bro's and instantly recognized the all-black ensemble as Firkle, she went to wave only to realize he had headphones on and looked like a tween on a mission so she got herself a hot chocolate from Tweek then left again.
Firkle stretched a little raising his cup to his lips as he started crossing the street towards the park planning to cut through the park to get there a bit easier, seeing a small cluster of bored-looking sixth graders he quickly turned around deciding to just go through town.
Jade looked up seeing Firkle heading toward the other side of the playground and figured there'd been something that sent him that way, deciding she'd go to the second-hand shop and look at what they had she started walking along the sidewalk opposite him.
A loud screech of failing brakes pierced the air and sent Jade running her drink hitting the pavement,
“FIRKLE! Look out!” She hated that he didn't seem to hear her due to his headphones. He seemed off in his little world and completely oblivious to the truck skidding along a patch of black ice,
“God damn it!” Not wanting him to get hurt or worse killed Jade lunged at the boy shoving harshly against his back and watching him flail and collide with Elias who happened to be wandering town and spotted the danger as well before a sharp pain hit and she was suddenly at her ‘cousin’ Damien's palace.
Firkle flailed colliding with Elias’ chest as both of his drinks hit the sidewalk and a loud crashing sound filled the air,
“The fuck?!” He whipped around to see who dared to shove him only for a gruesome sight to greet him instead.
2 cars had collided violently where he had just been standing. What made the teen's blood run cold was the large pool of blood and familiar red hair just barely visible where the cars collided. 
“She heard them before you saw them” Elias explained, seeing Firkle's knees buckle lead him to catch the boy quickly,
“She'll be back in the morning…here, let's go to Henni's I'll…do my best to explain everything” he kept a brotherly arm around Firkle's shoulders and led the boy to Henrietta's house.
“Rook…what the hell do you mean she'll be back in the morning?” Firkle asked his fellow goth in a shaky tone as they approached Henrietta's house,
“Elias” he used the junior's name watching as that seemed to snap him back to reality.
“I need all four of you present because I'll have questions as well as answers” Elias explained before politely grewting Mrs. Biggle and nearly dragging Firkle upstairs where he found the other three who instantly noticed the tension,
“We need to talk, you guys,” he said as he ushered Firkle to sit down.
“Rook what the? Why does Firkle look so rattled?” Michael asked noticing the boy somewhat resembled a frazzled black cat,
“Fuck kid, who died?” He asked, watching in shock as Firkle's green eyes widened.
“Jade, she saw Firkle about to get caught between 2 trucks and shoved him out of the way” Elias explained as his ears manifested and drooped sadly,
“Question…Henni” he looked to Henrietta who had a hand over her heart.
“D'you remember giving her a reading recently?” He watched her nod and grab a tissue to dab at her eyes,
“Do…do you remember what cards you drew?” He asked.
Henrietta had to think for a moment before snapping softly and gesturing to her desk for her book of friends readings which Pete passed to her,
“Th-thank you…when I did her reading it was a three-card draw, I would've drawn more but her face after the first three halted me in my tracks” She flipped through the book to Jade's reading.
“Here it is, all three were upright in her reading” She looked at her handwriting,
“The lovers, that usually symbolizes; Love, an important choice or decision, and heaven sent when drawn upright. Then I drew Death, the name is misleading though it usually symbolizes; the end of something, letting go, or transformation… Her final card was the tower, this card upright usually symbolizes destruction, shock, or sudden and unexpected change” She explained it to Elias since she figured he had no clue how tarot readings worked.
“Not gonna lie I don't know a damn thing about tarot readings, I've never even had one before but…those three cards sound like they literally spelled out 'dying to protect someone you love…unexpectedly’ The baby bat had those clunky ass headphones on and couldn't hear us calling out to him,” Elias said softly,
“I can't help but wonder if…the cards knew this would happen…if that makes any sense” he mused tugging his hoodie softly. 
Henrietta shook her head but decided she'd explain tarot readings to him another time,
“I knew she cared about the brothers but…to die for one” She stroked a hand through Firkle's hair regretting that the only solo time she'd had with Jade was the reading.
Pete simply hugged his knees not caring as his eyeliner ran while Michael held him to his side keeping a fairly strong mask in place, he could feel the breaks in his breathing though, and put one arm around the taller goth.
“She has a habit of dying for those important to her even if they don't notice they're in danger,” Elias told them as he pulled a travel pack of tissues from the fanny pack he wore under his hoodie and passed it to Pete,
“I said this to Firkle but figured I'd say it here and explain it as best I can…she'll be back tomorrow morning” he stated watching Pete toss half the pack of tissues to Henrietta who missed it upon hearing him.
“Explain” Michael's voice shook a bit but he still had the mask up, he gestured for Elias to speak and passed the pack up to Henrietta.
“From what she tells me Jade's been a Netherborn from birth, she says she didn't start dying regularly until her family moved to South Park. She and her twin brother have died daily since we were 8-years-old” Elias’ ears drooped,
“Mortals can't seem to remember though, I only started remembering when we were about 9 nearly 10…Mysterion I think… transferred some of the curse to me or something at Mike's 12th birthday” he was pacing and talking with his hands.
“Wait…that was you and Jade?!?” Henrietta crowed thinking back to Mike's 12th birthday when she teamed up with them and saved little Karen McCormick from being transitioned into a vampire, she watched him nod and even present the very selfie she took with them for Raccoonstagram.
“The point is we're tragically used to dying, sure it sucks and it hurts but we can at least be diligent and work to avoid things that'd normally cause a death” Elias rubbed his head,
“The point is…Virge, don't beat yourself up about this okay? She'll be back in the morning and you four won't even remember anything about her dying once you wake up tomorrow, she'll just be relieved you're okay baby bat” he rubbed the teen's head reassuringly.
“Do you know what causes the memory issues?” Michael asked Elias curiously,
“You said ‘You four won't even remember anything about her dying once you wake up tomorrow’ What did you mean?”
“We have no idea” Elias sighed letting Firkle latch onto his tail and pet it like the younger teen used to do as a kindergartener, 
“We've…honestly given up finding out why, you see, every time we'll die at any point in the day and the next day it's like it never happened” he laid on his back in defeat.
“Never thought I'd hope for an insomnia episode” Michael mused messing up his curls a little,
“I'm curious if I'd remember if I just…don't sleep” 
“Don't do that kind of thing to yourself Mihha” Pete told his boyfriend,
“Granted if an episode hits it can't be helped but don't force yourself to stay awake” he rubbed Michael's hair lovingly.
“Pete's right don't keep yourself up” Henrietta chimed in putting out her cigarette,
“If we remember in the morning we'll go thank her in person” she declared.
“She'll appreciate the visit even if you don't remember” Elias smiled lightly his tail wagging in Firkle's hold,
“One; she loves spending time with y'all, and two; she'll be relieved to see Firkle's okay” he messed up the boy's hair playfully, not fazed when his hand was slapped away.
The group of 5 simply decided to all sleep at Henrietta's that night and when they woke up Elias shot Kendall a text to see if Jade was fully back, the moment the hybrid informed them she was back but still asleep at Mandy's the four goths piled into Henrietta's sedan while Elias simply jogged since it was just about a block away.
Kendall looked up hearing Henrietta's sedan pull up and went to greet them at the door just as Elias rounded the corner,
“Hey y'all, i-is everything okay? Don't think you've ever just popped by for a visit like this normally Jade invites ya over” he asked as he stepped aside to let them in.
“Th-they remember yesterday's events” Elias panted drinking heavily from a bottled water Mandy gave him,
“They wanna thank her for saving Firkle” he rubbed the boy on the head feeling a little surprised he hadn't snatched up Muffin who was circling everyone's feet curiously chirping.
“Wait…you all remember?” Kendall asked with wide eyes as he looked at the goths,
“B-but you've never remembered before…what could've changed?” He tilted his head resembling a confused golden retriever.
“Hen thinks it's because she gave Jade a tarot reading so as a sort of collective we were…involved enough to remember” Michael explained, he glanced down at Firkle watching the boy quickly step out of his shoes before going upstairs.
“Feels weird seeing him so…intent on seeing Jade” Elias admitted as Kendall gestured for the rest of them to feel free to follow Firkle,
“Upstairs second door on the right” he let the goths go ahead and offered Kendall a salute before following them.
Jade whined in her sleep hearing a chorus of whispers in the hall before light flooded into the room as the door opened,
“Wazzumatter? Is it late?” She sat up in a baggy NASCAR shirt that clearly belonged to Ken with her hair wild from sleep.
“Hey Jade, welcome back” Henrietta greeted her with the smallest smile as the redhead seemed to perk up after registering who had woken her up,
“Figured we'd thank you in person for yesterday” She moved to sit at the foot of the Alaskan king bed leading the other four to follow suit.
“Henrietta?” Jade had to shake out her head to wake herself up more listening to weak chuckles from her surprise wake-up committee,
“Oh shit you brought the whole squad” the teen chuckled brushing her hair from her face. She paused getting ready to get up when it finally dawned on her what Henrietta said,
“Wa-wait y'all remembered?!?” She cried out looking at the four of them as Elias got her brush from the bathroom.
“I'm guessing it's because of the tarot reading you got from Hen” Michael explained,
“Not something we expected,” he admitted.
“I'm just glad I was wandering around town when I was,” Jade said softly before laying a hand on Firkle's head not moving it just resting it there,
“I'm so relieved you're okay, I don't know what I would've done if I'd been any slower” She sounded terrified at the idea and Pete due to spending so much time with her could tell she was holding back the urge to collect Firkle up in a hug.
“Hey V,” Pete got his brother's attention easily with the name and a tap to the knee,
“Think you'd be willing to give her a pass on losing both arms?” He asked, watching Firkle suppress a groan but nod.
Firkle gave the others a look, heaving a silent sigh and opting to grab the hand on his head simply tugging Jade closer hoping she'd get the hint, luckily she did and she surprisingly kept her features schooled minus the glow of excitement in her eyes.
“I'll let go the instant you pull back” Jade promised Firkle as she carefully gathered the smallest goth in her embrace like she normally would her brother of the same age, she gently wrapped both arms around his neck while his albeit reluctantly went around her ribs and her right hand came up to cradle the back of his head.
“God I was so scared yesterday Firkle,” she said so quietly that only Firkle and Elias with his heightened senses could hear,
“You have to be more careful, or at least more vigilant” she pleaded with him before feeling him pull back which she allowed even withdrawing her hands and giving a soft thanks to the boy as he smoothed his hair down.
Before Firkle could open his mouth Kendall popped up in the doorway,
“Hope everyone's hungry, there's pancakes and bacon in the kitchen. No ifs, ands, or buts” he grinned leading the group to the dining room where Mandy and Logan had set out some extra chairs.
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nicolaannepeltz · 1 year
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omg you to speak about these throuple photos.
1. selena has the worst judgement when it comes to friends, obviously 2. nicola is having the time of her life using sel 3. poor brooklyn in the middle
so, i haven't seen/heard much about nicola until today i randomly woke up at 5am scrolling insta to see enews or someone post a pic of them. selena has horrible taste in friends but also, nicola seems like she has given off good first impressions and then when people really get to know her they categorize her as a mean girl. hopefully she has grown from that and brooklyn is making her a better person. if not, i'm wishing for the best for all whom is involved.
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Remember the time when some girl catfished colby? I heard that the “catfish” was all the time the real girl that colby stood up for? I know this drama is old, but im still confused to this day💀.. like why did she do that
that whole situation is very weird and messy and we never got the full story of what transpired/the full truth.
so this is what i heard. idk how much of it is completely true, so if others heard differently let me know lol
this became really long so sorry if you don't want to read a novel.
there was this account named brocksbaby and she would post pictures of herself along with edits of snc and the friend group back in 2019. she became really popular, had her own fans (so to speak), and in general was really known in the fandom. she also had another account named alexsdead.
one day, colby commented on her pic saying “you can’t be real 😱” and then later on answered a dm of hers saying something like “please don’t be a catfish. ok? ok."
after this point, they started to dm back and forth, and eventually moved their convos to snapchat. around this time colby made it known to her and the fandom et large that his dms were broken, and that’s why he wanted to move his convo with her over there.
so the thing is… colby claims he had a suspicious feeling that she was a catfish from the get go, hence the comment. and brocksbaby at the time had this one friend, named sam funny enough, that she was sharing all of these dms to. colby said in his video that he wasn’t really talking to her all that much, just every once and a while. and the dms that sam saw and then gave back to colby once the account was deleted kinda show that yeah he wasn’t talking to her all that much, but he was talking to her regardless.
but it never went above a pg convo, so don’t go crazy yall lol
now, there were other fans in the fandom that felt that she was a catfish and really made it be known that she was. hilariously one of them was godcolby - which if you know your snc lore…. she was equally as crazy in her own way. what ended up happening is that bc brocksbaby had more followers, she came out and said how upsetting it was that these ppl were spreading lies about her. so all of her “fans” went after this group of other fans and sent them nasty messages, death threats, the whole nine yards.
how did it all come crashing down?
well somehow, one of the fans that didn’t like brocksbaby happened to randomly find Alex, as in actual Alex, not brocksbaby. they dmed her, asked her if she knew about this account, and Alex said she didn’t, and that apparently ppl had used her pics to catfish before.
so….. i gotta be honest with you, i find that statement very hard to believe. Alex was not an influencer at the time. she was a random girl who had roughly 1k followers on insta. she had a normal job and everything. she sort of became an influencer after this whole thing, but i’m getting ahead of myself.
so Alex reaches out to colby and tells him that that’s not her, and she apologizes for this accounts behalf (…even tho the account didn’t do anything?). all the fan accounts that didn’t like brocksbaby start going crazy, posting how brocksbaby is a catfish, she’s a liar, ect ect.
sam, the friend she had, finds out. and i was relatively friendly with her at the time. she started going live every day after this occurred. she was really heartbroken bc she told brocksbaby all of this stuff about her life, and she thought they were best friends, so of course when she found out she wasn’t who she thought she was, she felt betrayed.
i was watching her live stream when she said “you know, i have all of the ss she sent me of their convos. i’m gonna send them to colby.” and that’s how he was able to make his videos, bc once brocksbaby got backlash, she deleted her account. and sam stepped in and sent him everything she had.
and it was claimed that brocksbaby was actually a 16ish year old girl and not the 21 year old she portrayed.
so… how does all of this get turned on Alex?
colby made his first video and she EXPLODED in followers basically overnight. i’m talking going from 1k to 10k in like 24 hours. it was nuts. also ngl… i don’t get why so many fans followed her since like i mentioned (and like she said in one of his vids) she was just a normal girl and not an influencer.
she ended up doing a bunch of lives during that time, and eventually her and sam talked. and at first their convos were nice, with Alex trying to smooth everything over. but something went awry, and i’m not sure what happened for that to take place, but then all of sudden Alex was being extremely rude to sam. and mind you, sam is 17, maybe 18? and Alex is 21/22. so Alex should have known better not to bad mouth a minor. plus, it was very odd for her to all of sudden go from being really friendly to all the fans to turning on a random one. and this eventually bled into her being really mean and snarky to a lot of fans.
now granted, it's possible that fans were giving her slack and she just... didn't know how to handle that. but it's not like a gun is being held to your head, telling you to interact with fans. you don't have to. if i got an influx of ppl paying attention to me, i probably would remove myself entirely from the situation for a while. but i digress.
at some point during all of this, sam makes the joke "omg what if Alex IS brocksbaby. that would be so funny, but there's no way." bc according to sam, she "saw" what brocksbaby looked like, aka a 16 year old girl.
so..... like i mentioned earlier, brocksbaby had a second account that she surprisingly was still active on (that's what sam said, which is why i'm telling you this). i think the account was private at this point. i remember sam came on her live stream, reeling, saying that she found out that brocksbaby and Alex are the SAME PERSON bc of this account. according to her, or what i remember taking place, someone got alexsdead to click a link that saved their ip address, then did the same to Alex and ALLEDGEDLY it was the same ip address.
ngl, i think this is technically illegal, but you know what? i'm not gonna try to argue about old drama lol
sam tells everyone on her live, i think she might have showed it too but idk at this point in time, and then everyone started going crazy at Alex, calling her a fake, a liar, ect.
Alex tried to defend herself, saying that that wasn't her. she even tried to show her own ip address just to prove it wasn't the same one. but no one cared to listen. and she got pissed that colby wasn't standing up for her against his fans.
idk what she expected from a man that just found out she existed all of two seconds ago but... okay.
i also forgot to mention colby also replied to an email of sam's basically letting her know that he heard what Alex was doing, apologized on her behalf, and told sam to block Alex if she continued to be rude to her.
Alex at the time also gained a following on twitter, and that's where most of her hatefulness went rampant. her fans were fighting with snc fans for a long time, they tried cancelling colby for nonsense shit that just didn't happen. the last time i heard about her, she called snc pervs or something bc they posted that picture of them with jake and corey at the la house with their asses out and said "you guys have such young fans, this is gross", all while promoting her only fans so...... pot meet kettle lol
now, all of this is to say, was Alex actually brocksbaby?
i'm not entirely sure, but i also think she was. think of it this way, even if you take out the whole idea that their ip addresses matched, which to me feels so far fetched anyway, Alex wasn't a known influencer before all of this shit. the likelihood that one of her 1k followers was ALSO a snc fan that felt the need to catfish as her is slim. not to mention, colby talked about in his video how he would ask her to send a video of her waving or giving a thumbs up or whatever, and she would be able to do that sometimes. and that to me is a bit confusing. bc unless this catfish literally had EVERY piece of media Alex ever made saved and ready to repost on snapchat, how the fuck would she be able to, on a dime, send him what he was requesting to see if she was real? either a, this was a person that knew Alex (like a younger sister or cousin) and thus had access to all of her content, b, this was a very high ranking catfish that just... gave up immediately after getting called out OR c, it was Alex pretending to not be this fan for whatever reason.
maybe she was embarrassed when she got caught so she lied. maybe it was a younger relative that just wanted to be notice by colby. idk and tbh at this point, it's such old news i don't think we will ever know the real truth.
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hi I’m here to review the Clementine comic. it’s not good.
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Does this even need an introduction? You know why I’ve gathered you all here today. You know the comic exists, and you probably know that it’s not great and we’re all upset about it. 
Myself included. I am not okay. At all. 
Skybound could’ve literally spit in my face and I’d come out feeling better than I did reading this comic, because this comic is an insult to the original Telltale games and Clementine as a character. 
This comic is a fancy fanfic. Glorified fanfiction. It’s not canon, and Skybound and Tillie can pretend that it is, but it’s not. Bold of them to assume we’d just accept this from people who didn’t work on the original games and never wrote for Clementine before, and based on this comic alone, any chance of us taking it seriously is gone. 
I’m gonna go through every single page, every panel, of this comic and give you my review. So I guess if you’re worried about spoilers [though at this point why would you?] then be warned, spoilers for the entire comic ahead. 
I also wanna add that I have nothing against Tillie Walden. I know a lot of dingdongs are harassing her on insta over this comic and that’s not okay. You telling her how much you hate her isn’t going to change anything. If anything, you keep being assholes to her and she’s just gonna block everything out, even things simply critiquing her work in hopes that it helps her improve. 
You’re allowed to be upset about the comic and share your feelings about it, but don’t take it out on the actual human being like that. Besides, like I’ve said before, if Tillie wasn’t gonna make the comic, Skybound would’ve found someone else to do. This was coming no matter what because Skybound wants that coin. 
That being said, I’m not going to hold back my opinions on this comic. Skybound and Tillie made this comic, they put it out there and asked for money for it, therefore I’m allowed to explain why it’s garbage as well as ponder over the questionable intent and whether or not Tillie actually has played these games. Y’know, it’s like how I have nothing against Kent, but sometimes he says things I disagree with and well, y’know how it goes. 
Alright, this is gonna be long, so let’s go--
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The first few shots we get are of the school, two people sleeping, and Clementine’s empty bed. Nothing super note-worthy, we have no idea who is sleeping in the beds, it’s just there to establish that it’s early and everyone’s still asleep. 
The drawing of the school looks fine? Not super accurate, but I can give it a pass since it’s a few years later, I assume. What I can’t give a pass is how you managed to already mess up on the first page of your comic. 
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Because..... why are you implying that Clementine’s room is upstairs? First of all, seems kinda dumb to put Clem, who has only one leg and has to walk with crutches, upstairs. Also, if you’ve played TFS and paid any attention to where her room is actually located [the dorms] then you’d know there isn’t any stairs leading to their floor. It’s the side building next to the admin building, you walk through the door, go down the hall, take a left and their dorm is right there sooo..... 
Oh right, it’s probably done this way so that we can have such a suspenseful moment where Clementine is sneaking out while the others are asleep and her foot makes a creeeeeeakk that could wake everyone up, thwarting her plans of abandoning everyone quietly so she doesn’t have to deal with any consequences. 
Because yeah, Clementine is sneaking out with all of her supplies because apparently, she’s been planning an escape from this place for a while. 
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And just look at how gosh darn happy she is about it. You can’t see or hear me, but know that I’m laughing. Don’t worry, I will talk about her abandoning everyone later.
But first, I have a gripe with Clementine's design in this comic. It doesn’t look like her. This art of her right here is the most accurate we get throughout all 12 pages, and it’s the best looking, too. 
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Moving on, she slams the door shut while this walker changes faces and hair between panels, so that’s cool. I will say, I like the idea of the Ericson crew putting spikes on the door. That’s fun. 
Though Clementine slamming the door shut while trying to sneak out seems counter productive but it fits with the theme this comic has of inconsistency, so it works. 
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Next we have Clementine going to what I believe is the fishing shack by the river, and she’s going through some things that she’s stashed away, telling us that she’s been planning this escape for a while. 
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Oh good, she has a map. Well at least now she won’t get lost out there in the woods while she makes her escape... also that last panel with her profile.... why does it look so funny? Like this page of the comic doesn’t look too bad, but there is something off putting about her eye there and how she has zero expression. 
And it turns out that rustle was a walker, and Clementine is super inconvenienced by this and gives us our first piece of witty dialogue.
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Yeah you dumb walker, can’t you see Clementine is busy running away from home and abandoning all of her loved ones without a single goodbye so she doesn’t have to witness the consequences of her selfish actions?? Gosh, so rude.
Just a heads up, the dialogue in this comic is stilted, emotionless, and bland. The words have no flow, no charm, and never feel like they should be coming out of Clementine’s mouth. Then again, the upcoming graphic novels this is tied to are for young adult/middle graders so I guess we have to dumb everything down so their baby brains can process it. 
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.....Why does her face look like that? Also, interesting that she decided to move her ponytail to the other side of her head.... which is a thing that happens throughout this comic, her hair will randomly change sides. 
I believe it’s a metaphor for her changing and inconsistent personality. 
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So yeah, Clementine is just making off with the supplies she gathered [I’m sure Ericson doesn’t need ‘em anyway] and she’s just so gosh darn annoyed at all these small inconveniences bothering her.... because it’s just too early for this. 
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.....Again, why does her face look like that?
I’m sorry, like I get it, Tillie’s style is supposed to be purposely messy yet minimal but it doesn’t work. When you do a comic in a more messy style, usually it has charm and heart put into it. Effort goes into the messy look, and when things are minimal, that usually means more clean, yeah? So you put them together and just..... that is nothing resembling Clementine’s face. 
Can we just--
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Look at canon Clementine’s face. Look at the way her eyebrows are shapes, how wide her eyes are with her eye lashes. The dirt on her skin, the lines-- there is so much personality in her features. It doesn’t matter if she’s wearing a neutral expression or she’s expressing anger or joy or sorrow or whatever. 
Now, is it fair to compare a model of Clem from the games to the Clem in this comic? Well, I assume that if Tillie is doing this comic, she would use references from the game to ensure that Clementine is recognizable, especially now that she’s no longer wearing her signature hat. 
So why does she look like this? Why do I look at these drawings of her face and see nothing but a pair of eyes, a nose, and a mouth? You might as well draw me a simple smiley face. And I get that it’s a comic, and it’s a lot of work to draw the same character over and over again and you gotta cut corners somewhere, but maybe put some effort into the close up shots of her face so that we can actually see it’s her? 
Other fan artists have made comics in their styles that shine bright with Clementine’s personality, so what happened here? 
Anyway, surprise..... it’s not a walker annoying Clementine. 
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........Why does AJ look like that??? I’m sorry, I hate to do the same thing I just did but--
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Just because you put Clementine’s hat on AJ that doesn’t automatically make it him. I just.... wow. This feels like there wasn’t a single reference involved, like if someone gave Tillie a basic description of AJ and she just did this. 
But appearances aside, what is AJ saying? He says that he knew it, that Clementine’s leaving and I cannot stand this dialogue. It’s unnatural. Again, I know you wanna dumb it down for all of us because I guess we dumb.... but this conversation does not feel natural. 
“I knew it. You’re leaving.” “AJ....” “I’m coming.”
Even if you changed it to, “I’m coming with you.” it would sound more natural. Hell, he doesn’t even question WHY she’s leaving, he just stands there like “I’m coming” like??? I’m sorry, have you ever heard a single word this murder baby has said? I assume you have because I assume you actually played TFS, right? Soooo.... what happened here?
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.....whY DO THEIR FACES LOOK LIEK THAT KSAJDLKJAS:LKDJLKASJD:L--
So now we’re getting into it.... into the bullshit. 
Clementine tells AJ to go back to the school, and AJ says that she wasn’t even going to say goodbye..... and then more bad dialogue that sound unnatural when you try to fucking read it. 
First off.... AJ’s reaction to Clementine attempting to leave is barely anything. Again, I hate to keep questioning if you actually played TFS, but AJ would throw a fucking fit if he caught Clementine out here ALONE like this, attempting to leave. 
And then he says “Like last time? You were going to come back?” this sentence makes my brain hurt. I just.... “Like last time, right? You’re coming back?” UGH
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Wow, I feel nothing. 
I’m sitting here watching these two imposters with fucked up faces who are supposed to be Clementine and AJ and I feel nothing. 
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I’m not even going to comment on the faces anymore. You can see it. You know. 
So yeah... AJ tells her the #1 rule, and reminds her that she promised.
Y’know.... she promised that she would never leave him again? Remember? At the McCarroll ranch? That flashback that was in TFS? The one you would watch if you played the game? 
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Why is she looking straight at me when she should be looking at AJ as she says this? Is this Clementine’s way of telling me she’s sorry for what a shitty direction this is taking? I wouldn’t know because her face isn’t doing anything. Just because you draw a couple of tears that doesn’t mean I’m feeling the emotional heartbreak you’re attempting to convey. 
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I don’t have enough middle fingers for this.
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Well, my hat’s off to you. Ya did it. Ya fucked up everything single part of Clementine’s character in the span of two pages, I’m almost impressed. 
First off, the baby thing is weird. Why is she calling him that? She’s never called him that, which you should know.
Second, she’s not happy and that’s why she’s leaving. Clementine isn’t happy, and AJ can’t make her happy. Ericson can’t make her happy. So she’s going to go out on the road to.... what, be unhappy by herself? 
I’m sorry, but apparently we need a few reminders here of who Clementine is, because this isn’t her. 
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This is Clementine. 
Clementine fought for years to find a home, something she hasn’t had since she was an eight-year-old girl before the apocalypse. The motor-inn wasn’t a home, the cabin wasn’t home, the ski-lodge, Howe’s, Wellington, Richmond, Prescott, none of them were home. 
She struggled for years, dealing with trauma after trauma while out on the road. She went from group to group, watching people she cared about die and she was powerless to do anything about it. Whenever she let her guard down and become comfortable, it bit in her in the ass and left her heartbroken.
She was there when AJ was born. She grew close to Rebecca while she was pregnant, she let herself do that even after everything she went through with Christa. Clementine had a bond with AJ even before he was born, and after Rebecca died, she did what she could to keep him safe, despite play choice. 
She cried when she thought AJ died and when she found him in that car again. She swore to protect him, to raise him right and love him. All they had was each other. 
And when she joined the new frontier and AJ got sick, she risked everything to save him and she was devastated when they took him away from her. When she found out he was alive, she is willing to go as far as helping Lingard overdose [INJECTING HIM HERSELF IF SHE HAS TO] to figure out his location. She did shitty things to find him, she killed people at McCarroll Ranch to find him again. 
Clementine raised him and he is her family, do you understand that? She went to hell and back for him, she taught him how to protect himself, and even though she made mistakes she sacrificed everything for him. She promised him that they would have a home of their own one day, she talked about how much she wished for a world where she didn’t have to worry about fighting and killing and AJ could just be a happy kid. 
She fought for Ericson, she watched her friends die or become mutilated by someone from her past. She allowed herself to be vulnerable enough to pursue a romantic relationship with Louis or Violet because she felt safe with them, felt safe at Ericson because it’s their home now. 
And when Clementine was bit, she thought she was going to die but she still fought to make sure AJ would be safe and happy without her and it was heartbreaking. She’s dying and the only thing she cares about is AJ. Not herself, not what’s going to happen to her after she dies or turns... no, she tries to make AJ smile again, she makes sure he remembers the rules, and she tells him that she loves him. 
Then he cuts off her leg, and she survives. AJ saved her fucking life, and she got to wake up at home and live to see her family again. She got to push AJ on a tire swing, she got to eat a hot meal and laugh with her friends, she got to make plans with her lover/best friend for what’s next for Ericson, and she got to talk to AJ and tell him the truth... and she asked him if she did a good job, and he’s honest with her right back. 
Hell, she tells him to keep her hat. Her iconic hat. The one thing she has left of her father, possibly her more cherished item. She lets him keep it. 
The last time we see Clementine, she’s happy. She’s sitting on the steps by herself, staring at her family with such fondness in her eyes and a smile on her face because she finally did it. She finally found a home where she can breathe. She has a bed to sleep in, she has AJ with her, she has a boyfriend/girlfriend who loves her and who she loves back, she has friends she can rely on. 
Clementine smiles, and lets out a small laugh. 
She doesn’t have to run anymore. 
And now you have the balls to tell me that AJ and Ericson don’t make Clementine happy anymore. 
She abandons everything to go back out on the road again, and that’s proof enough for me that you don’t understand a damn thing about Clementine or her journey. 
“ I don't even know the person I'm talking about... It's like all we have in common is the same name.” 
....Anyway.
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Wow, Clementine found a car and kept is stashed. How lazy and convenient for this bullshit plot. 
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And this is the part where I have to tell this comic to fuck off. 
What, you think if you throw in an incredibly inaccurate flashback next to a current pair of hugging Clem and AJ that I’ll feel anything but anger? That flashback is a slap to the face. It’s snowing, but the only time we’ve seen snow is in S2 when AJ was a literal new born, so why is he that big? Is that supposed to be from ANF because that ALSO doesn’t look like that AJ, and that’s not the outfit Clementine had on... AND there was no snow. This is cheap and meaningless. 
Any fan of the series who has played through the games could tell you this. 
So.... AJ runs into the woods and then we get this garbage.
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This comic is awful. It misses the point of everything TFS, and the rest of the series, stood for. There is no heart here. I feel no happiness in reading it, and I don’t detect any passion behind it. It’s a lifeless comic that retcons everything in order to throw AJ away and start fresh with a new adventure for Clementine that makes no sense because the cow isn’t profitable unless it’s milked. 
This isn’t canon, and it won’t ever be canon, and honestly? At this point, I have no faith in the graphic novel trilogy. It will take a lot to do a turn around from this, and I don’t even know if that’s possible. 
Again, to reiterate, I don’t have anything personal against Tillie Walden herself. She’s just doing her job, and from what I’ve seen of her as a person, she seems like a sweetheart. I don’t want anyone giving her shit because I think the comic isn’t good or that you agree with me. All of my anger is directed at the comic itself, her work, not specifically her.... and a little bit at Skybound, because they’re the reason this is even a thing in the first place. 
So yeah.... there ya have it. 
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