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lovethetasteofnothing · 6 months

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Hello! If you can, I would like a headcanon of Task 141 with a tiktoker s/o and see them doing a dance, you know, some tiktok trends. Thank you so much! <3

my apologies for this being so late, i haven't touched tiktok for months and have no idea what trends are currently popular

the clock app vs task force 141 | price, ghost, gaz, soap

includes: captain john price; simon "ghost" riley; kyle "gaz" garrick; johnny "soap" mactavish

gn!reader, gender neutral terms of endearment

warnings: nsfw content, mentions of breeding kink (implied), brief smutty descriptions, horny jokes (it's all in price's hcs)

word count: 1k, aprox. 250 words/ character

Captain Price

is so confused every time you start recording, like what are you doing?

you were just laying in his arms and decided to film a cute little tiktok because you wanted to join in the trend with your lovely husband

you looked back at it and you knew you couldn't post it, this man had the most confused face the whole time

"youngsters these days..." before picking your phone out of your hand and demanding cuddles

you tried on multiple occasions to show him tiktoks that you found funny

he just stared blankly, trying to figure out what you found funny at them

but you show him one dad humor tiktok and he's daying laughing??

watches tiktoks over your shoulder while you cuddle him

since he won't do trends with you, you might as well do them alone

so you decided to record a very pg 13 lies tiktok trend in front of him

just to spite him

we can all agree he has a breeding kink, yes? good luck with that mating press, soldier

and because you love him so much and respect his opinion so dearly, you ask him opinions on which tiktoks you should post

doesn't see the point of this but is supportive nonetheless

you use the opposite of what he chooses, sorry pop

until you accidentally stumble across some older thirst traps you recorded

he just stares at you, makes you send them to him

for safe keeping yk

Simon "Ghost" Riley

THIS MAN REFUSES TO USE TIKTOK BUT HE WATCHES REELS

"tiktok is for kids, luv" you just stare at him in disbelief for a minute (in my mind he's like early 30s)

you tried to explain that it's almost the same thing-

pretended not to hear you and went on with his day

but oh it's no longer a kid's app when you started doing the dancing trends

literally watches you doing them from the corner of the room

"you're not posting that, are you?"

he'd probably take your phone and delete it for safety but he doesn't know how to

you also try and make him do couple trends

random stage fright where he just 🕴️and doesn't move at all

confuses you because you have seen him scold a whole group of recruits before and then bark out orders to them with no problem

but you put a little phone with some music on it in front of him and he just error 404s

god forbid you have one good attempt and put this man on the internet

you dragged him into ONE trend and the video went viral

never again, you had to turn off comments

didn't even show him because... i mean we know, you're not feeding his ego any more today

its already so high, he doesn't need to see the step on me daddy comments

he also watches tiktoks over your shoulder, tells you to slow down because you're swiping too fast and he can't read

Kyle "Gaz" Garrick

type of person to have cooking videos appear when he's hungry and can't eat (me)

also type of guy who has random facts on his fyp but he actually goes to check if they're accurate

he either sends you 20 tiktoks in five minutes or 3 in two weeks

he actually does send you good tiktoks, i'll give him that

fairly normal feed (for your standards at least)

he'd argue with people in the comments about random misinformation

does cute tiktok trends with you

makes you get all dressed up for them because he wants everyone to know what a cute partner he has

i feel like he'd have a fairly large number of followers just because he's a man in uniform-

you both giggle at the simping in his comments

kisses you while telling you you're the only one who can have him

posts you so so much because he just loves to have little memories with you in his posts

i feel like he does the different outfit trends with you

overdressed bf x overdressed partner energy

knows all of the slang, trends, sounds and references them randomly

they appear on his feed before they do on yours

randomly pulls you aside and uses those "which blank are you" filters

redoes them because he's not happy with his result, also goes into a random analysis as to why it doesn't match him

"it's just a filter, kyle" you tell him because he won't stop until he gets his favorite thing

Johnny "Soap" Mactavish

this man right here sends the wackiest tiktoks with no explanation

like you just wake up with 10 tiktoks in five different genres and one of them is a poorly edited 3d animation (iykyk)

and if you ask him he just says it's funny???

also the type of person to find random misinformation about his field of work and send it to you complaining

doesn't last long

he finds another weird video and sends it right after the rant

starts recording randomly while you're talking to him

you don't notice until he shoves the phone in your face and records you mid sentence

he loves to see you doing trends (went wild for American horror show when you did it)

this man learned the dance with you and did it better

biggest fan of you posting thrist traps

there's just something about knowing that other guys are thirsting over you but he's the only one who can have you

helps you pick the best one to post and reads the comments with you

makes you post a couple tiktok right after, his account tagged and everything

has the weirdest profile pic and username

that plank/pushup training filter that was trending a while ago?

he did it like five times to impress you, makes you watch each one and give him your opinions

doesn't post anything, lets you do the bragging

he and gaz stole your phone once and recorded like 20 tiktoks with the same sound

all of them were showing how they almost burned you guys' kitchen down

they were used as proof against them

divider cred: @/cafekitsune

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thisaintascenereviews · 10 months

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Archetypes Collide - Self-Titled / Currents - The Death We Seek

It's true what they say that when you get older, your tastes in music kind of "slow down," so to speak. You're not listening to as much new music, and you're stuck listening to a lot of old favorites, but in the last few years, it's been necessary. I've been revisiting a lot of my old favorites, because of COVID and trying to find some kind of solace in the madness that our world has presented us with. There was a period of time where I didn't listen to anything new, but that changed at the end of 2021 when I spent some time catching up on releases from that year, plus a bit of 2020, and throughout the last couple of years, I've been getting into new releases. Things have slowed down now, but that's partially because I haven't found anything I care that much about. When it comes to consuming music (as well as writing about it), I'm more selective now. I'm only listening to what catches my ear, and not what I feel like I have to listen to, let alone write about, as that's why my postings are very sporadic now. I've also noticed another trend, especially lately -- I'm listening to music that's a lot more "generic" than I'd like to admit. Not that it's bad, but I've been listening to stuff that's more straightforward, fun, and catchy, versus weird, unique, and off the wall. I used to love music like that, and I still do from time to time, but I like stuff that I can have stuck in my head more so these days. A lot of my favorite bands and albums have that in common, but it's because those songs and albums are so iconic and catchy, it's hard to forget them.

Today I wanted to talk about a pair of records briefly that I feel very similarly about, and they both fall into the realm of "generic" hard-rock and metalcore that doesn't necessarily do anything I haven't heard before, but works pretty well for what it is. I've been getting into a lot of hard-rock and metalcore that's rather generic, but the hooks and breakdowns (if there are any, that is) are quite strong and they keep me coming back to the album. Two albums came out this year that took me a few listens to really get into, but I've been enjoying them quite a bit since their release. Those two albums are Archetypes Collide's self-titled debut and Currents' The Death We Seek. These two bands are quite different, as the former is more of a hard-rock meets metalcore band, whereas the latter is a djent / technical metalcore band, but both bands are similar in the sense that they're nothing necessarily special in their respective genres. That's not to say they aren't good, but there are other bands that do what they do better, although they are very good at what they do. Both of these albums are catchy, fun, energetic, simplistic, and somewhat memorable, all things considered. They do what they do well, and for fans of metalcore and hard-rock, that's honestly all you need, really.

Archetypes Collide released their debut self-titled album this year, and if you want a record that takes a lot of influences from various sub-genres of hard-rock and metalcore, you'll probably really enjoy this. I hear elements of Linkin Park, Bring Me The Horizon, Wage War, Breaking Benjamin, and even labelmates I Prevail (whose newest album True Power I've grown on quite a bit, too; I'll have to review that album again, and talk about how I've grown on it, but I do enjoy the album a lot more now), specifically nu-metal, hard-rock, alt-metal, metalcore, and even some pop-rock here and there, specifically with hooks and melodies. In other words, there is a lot to enjoy, and if you enjoy most mainstream styles of rock, you'll find something to like in this 41-minute album that never feels too long or too overbearing. Fans of the various kinds of hard-rock and metalcore that are popular right now will find something to like here, but I will say that on their next record, they do need to find something that makes them stick out a bit more. They can make the Linkin Park and Bring Me The Horizon worship work just fine on this record, because it's their debut, but they need to step up their game if they really want to make an impact.

As for Currents, however, this band has been around for the last decade, give or take, and this is my first experience with them. Known as a djenty / technical metalcore band, this record reminds me a lot of stuff like Erra and Northlane, but they have a few tricks up their sleeve that keep me coming back to this record, as well as make them stick out somewhat. Their vocalist, for starters, is very strong and honestly carries most of this album, but the breakdowns on this record are great, too. A lot of them sound alike, but they're really damn good, nonetheless. The Death We Seek is also only 41 minutes, so, it's very short, and it never feels like it's too long, but like with Archetypes Collide, they definitely need to develop more of a unique sound, because as cool as their sound is (and they do have some interesting guitar riffs throughout the record), it doesn't stick out as well as other bands. In terms of djent bands, there are better bands, but the only real major djent records we've gotten this year are the new Periphery album (which is good, but it's very long and self-indulgent), and the new Veil Of Maya record (which I didn't really care for, because it's even more generic than this), so it says a lot when this is the best record in that vein we've gotten this year.

I feel very similarly about both albums, despite them being relatively different, at least in the sense that these are generic records that are catchy, fun, and short, even if they don't necessarily reinvent the genre, or anything close to that. That's not why I like them, though, and that's the point of this double review. I wanted to highlight how albums like this work a lot more for me now than they did maybe a few years ago. It could be due to the fact that I'm more selective with what I listen to. I'm not listening to every single generic metalcore band anymore, so I'm not sick of this sound, or I'm not listening to 20 different forgettable bands in that vein. It's also probably due to just enjoying catchier music these days, and just wanting to enjoy music more than analyze it. I'm a music fan first, and while I won't say these two records are the best I've ever heard, I enjoy them for what they are. That's all I need. I can enjoy these albums for what it's worth, and while I can admit they're generic, they don't hinder that enjoyment. I'm just not looking for music that's very weird or inaccessible anymore, because I don't come back to that kind of stuff a lot. If you're a metalcore fan, I'd recommend checking these out, you might find a couple of your favorite albums of the year.

#archetypes collide #fearless records #linkin park #metalcore #metal #bring me the horizon #sleeping with sirens #currents #the death we seek #djent #periphery #veil of maya #northlane #erra #sharptone records

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courageforgotten · 11 months

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Album Reviews Pt 6

Hey everyone sorry for, missing Saturday again, I just got a pretty bad cold the few days before, to make up for it I'll be posting one today instead of the upcoming Saturday, This entry will be about Hail To The King, let's get into it.

First off is Shepherd Of Fire, this is the first song I ever heard by Avenged Sevenfold and even now it still sounds amazing, the song is just so damn iconic for me. Everything I hear in the song sounds so amazing, from the bells in the intro, to the chorus, and this was used for trailer music in one of if not the best maps for COD Zombies, Origins.

Second off is Hail To The King, what I call the song of the album as they share the same name. Now, Hail To The King isn't exactly my favorite song from the album, however it still is pretty good in it's own ways, the guitar and drums in it sound pretty nice.

Now we have This Means War, I like how despite being slower bpm wise it's still a pretty heavy song, it just makes everything sound so intense, and it makes you feel like you're well. Preparing to head into some large intense battle, I feel like it pairs well with Danger Line from their Nightmare album.

Next is Heretic, which I like a lot, the chorus in it is really good in my opinion, everything about the song sound overall great, the opening guitar riff, the accompanying drums in the song, all the vocals. It's amazing, I like the meaning behind it too.

After Heretic is Requiem. Similar to This Means War it's a slow yet intense song in a way, the opening vocals that are also used somewhat in the chorus are really interesting, even though I don't really understand what they say it adds a nice layer to the song.

Our sixth song is Coming Home. Coming home is pretty good, the chorus is nice, the opening guitar followed up by the vocals swiftly, then into what I'm assuming cymbals as the song gradually begins to pick up. I think it's all pretty cool.

After Coming Home we have Doing Time, I like the opening to it, the quick heavy guitar intro, followed up by some minimal vocals added in, followed up by such an intense scream as the song picks up and starts leading into the main vocals. It's all really good, and despite being really short I think the chorus is really good in this too.

Finally is Planets, Planets has a pretty long intro, being nearly a minute long. Even though that's a common trend for some songs in this album. It still sounds pretty good once the vocals kick in. It has a pretty nice and heavy chorus to it too that I like a lot.

That concludes this entry of Album Reviews, I might try and make one more this Saturday, who knows?

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melodysunknowncorner · 1 year

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An Introduction:

Heeeellllooooo~

I made this page to share. With Twitter being capped at a few characters, I like to share a bit more than that.

"Wait a minute...who are you?"

My name is Melody. I'm 21. I live in the US. And I have many hobbies.

They change a lot unfortunately...but currently I'm into golf, Val, and for some reason Fortnite. I don't know. I like the game. Plus thinking about Ninja at the New Year's Eve ball drop makes me laugh a lot.

I am currently obsessed with The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. *BEWARE SKIP TO NEXT PARAGRAPH IF YOU DO NOT CARE* I literally just started it today. It's so crazy. Honesty, Jen need to get therapy and listen to people. Jen always wants to hurt when she feels hurt and it's so toxic. Like telling people about her friend's separating to Heather was uncalled for. Jen is always talking about loyalty but literally she has none. She's sad and lonely and takes it out on everyone else. Mary has her own issues as well. She misspeaks and is very blunt. I feel like Mary feel superior. People need to stop bringing up the fact that her husband is her step-grandfather. It gives me the ick every time I think about it because I just imagine step-grandpapa and grandma and Mary banging the same dude. I think Heather likes the fact that Jen and Meredith are having issues because Heather wants to be the person closest to Jen. Heather looks up to Jen and wants to be her. So when Mary called Heather a "two faced", I definitely agreed and can see it. Personally, I like Whitney so far. She's chill and cool. Like she does Judo and has her little hobbies. Lisa made me mad when she said "let's just put it out there" and then tried to back away when it became all about her. I think what Meredith said to her husband was fair when he said "I would move to be with you." Like what? You had the chance to be home. Park City is where your wife needed you. That's just my opinion so far though. I'm literally on episode 5. END.

The most recent show I finished was Cyberpunk : Edgerunners and I loved it so much even though it made me sad. It gave tragic LaLaLand. I also watched the Godfather movies. Omg I love Al Pacino. I also watched Scarface. And the same guy who played Salieri in Amadeus played a 'cuban mobster'. It was just so funny to see because he's still Salieri to me. I love that movie btw. I watch it every month.

My favorite song right now is Heaven Sent by Tevomxntana. I also like those viral Brazilian funk songs that are trending on TikTok right now.

My favorite food is Phō. I love it so much. Chef's kiss.

I also sell feet pics. So if you're into that...lmk.

Anyways, that enough from me. Please feel free to visit my linktree to see more of me. I'll post on here pretty frequently. I like Tumblr more than Twitter. It feels more personal.

Melody

#rhw of salt lake city #feetish #introduction #introducing myself

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whyissupernaturaltrending · 2 years

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November 7, 2021 - Supernatural continues to trend because of the Charlotte Con.

Several panels took place today, including: Alex Calvert, Tahmoh Penikett, Jared and Jensen [main] [gold], and Ruth Connell. Things have been said, as always. The panels that attracted the most attention were Alex’s and Jared and Jensen’s.

During his panel, Alex admitted that one things he loved about Jack was that a lot of their problems were caused by their sweet and loving nature, and the fact that they saw the best in people even in difficult circumstances. Alex also wanted Jack to had gone bad for a couple episodes and turned against the Winchesters. He also wished there’d been some Crowley and Jack scenes. At one point, he jokingly referred to Cas/Misha as “trench daddy” which caused some reaction, all the while he was wearing socks proudly stating “fuck off.”

However, it’s the Jared and Jensen’s panel that caused the most reaction. There were a lot of generic questions asked, but Jensen’s answer that Dean would hunt in heaven was met with mixed reactions. Same as his stating that the barn scene in which Dean dies was one of his favorites. Jared added that the pilot and the finale can play as one episode, which prompted questions as to whether it is actually a good thing, despite Jared’s liking it. When asked about what they would’ve re-done in the show, Jensen immediately answered “Bugs” (1x08) “in a way that didn’t make it happen” and the scream in “Yellow Fever” (4x06). One of the fans also thanked Jared for his “interpretation of love” back in Denver [x], which again was met with a lot of mixed reactions.

#i'm so sorry for being late this past weeks has been super intense #i'll also post about today's trend in a minute #spn #jensen ackles #jared padalecki #spn charlotte con #alexander calvert #why is supernatural trending

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nevermindrussia · 2 years

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Russian winter holidays' features - part 4. New Year TV shows and movies

Hi there, my dear followers! Congratulations on the New Year! It has come already, but I still didn't post my part 4 of Russian New Year review — sorry, had lots of work to do these days(( Today I'll try to exonerate myself, so have a look at this post (including links to some true Russian video content!)

So,

What do Russians do while they are sitting at the New Year table, eating, drinking and talking? Traditionally, they watch TV. They do it also while preparing for the New Year, and while celebrating it's first days, so here will be some New Year TV content suitable for all winter holidays. And let's start from the most historical New Year movie, produced at 1956, named

1. Карнавальная ночь [karnaval'naya noch'] - "The Carnival Night"

See the full movie with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/3jg21SZJ8g8

It's a nice and bright musical comedy, which had made famous one of the most beloved Soviet actresses Lyudmila Gurchenko. It's plot is around a New Year celebration at some cultural center, one of the lots of alike in Soviet Russia. The director of the center wants to replace the entertainment program with some boring astronomy lectures and classical music performed by a choir of elderly people. Bur the actors and staff disagree. They do a lot of tricks to fool the director and meet the New Year joyfully, as they wish.

The most famous song of it, «Пять минут» [pyat' minut] - "Five Minutes", dedicated to upcoming New Year midnight, is one of Russian festive symbols for this season.

2. Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром [ironiya sud'by ili s lyogkim parom] - "Irony Of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath"

See the full movie with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/luHarTc90QA

The second part of this movie's name is an idiom, literally meaning "congratulations on a light steam". This is a traditional Russian phrase adressed to someone who is having or just have had bath at баня [banya] - a kind of Russian sauna with hot water steam in the air. According to the movie's plot, a company of male friends has their own tradition: every year at December 31st they visit баня together. The year described they had too much drinks at their meeting. As a result, one of friends who should go from Moscow to St. Petersburg by plane, didn't get there, and the main character of the movie travelled instead of him (just imagine, at 1975 one had no need to show his or her passport to get on board; a travel ticket was enough). Arriving to St. Petersburg, being totally drunk, the main character didn't realize he is not in Moscow, getting a taxi to his home address, and the irony of fate was that: St. Petersburg suburbs has a street named exactly the same as in Moscow, and looking the same, due to later Soviet trend of construction standard buildings in every town. He arrived to "his" house, got into "his" flat (for the door locks also was mostly standard and his key worked) and even then noticed no difference, because furniture and decor of Soviet homes looked very much standard too. He fell asleep to get sober. And then there came the true owner of the flat — a single lady. All the rest is about their communication and relationship, developing right at the New Year night.

3. Чародеи [charodei] - "Sorcerers"

See the full movie; unfortunately, no English subtitles found: https://youtu.be/3JZkMKubq4o

This New Year movie is based on script by famous Russian sci-fi novellists Arkadii and Boris Strugatsky (more known as Strugatsky brothers). Some details are borrowed from their novel named «Понедельник начинается в субботу» [ponedel'nik nachinaetsya v subboty] - "Monday Starts On Saturday", but this movie still is not an screen version of this book, but a particular story. The main place of action is Научный универсальный институт необыкновенных услуг (НУИНУ) - The Universal Science Institute For Unusual Service, which parodies Soviet technical and technology research institutes, being very popular across all the Soviet Union (also, it's acronym sounds like «ну и ну!» - an exclamation of surprise, which may be approximately translated as "wow"). The main characters of the movie are a young female laboratory head of this Institute, and her boyfriend. Due to some complicated situation (including jealousy from her superior) she was put a magical curse on her, making her cold and bitchy, forgetting her boyfriend and their love. But a true love kiss, performed before the New Year coming, may ruin the evil spell.

So, it's all movies... and what about TV shows?

4. Голубой огонёк [goluboy ogonyok] - "Little Blue Light"

Firstly that was an entertainment musical show running every Saturday since April of 1962. But then it had become a festive and holiday show only, and after few more years — a specific New Year show. Year by year it had been gathering all the celebrities of the time (first picture: Russian cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Yuri Gagarin; second picture: Oleg Popov, the famous Soviet clown nicknamed Sunbeam; 3rd and 4th pictures: modern singers, actors, comics). The show includes some comedy, some talks, and very much various music, pop songs mostly.

Today what is called Голубой огонёк is running on the 1st Channel (the main TV channel of Russia) only. But in fact, every TV channel has it's own New Year show, looking almost similar. Except some details: for example, at the Culture Channel you can hear more likely some classical music or romance ballads, than pop music; at sports channels there would be interviews with some famous sportsmen and trainers alternating with music, etc.

See the last year Голубой огонёк-2021 from the 1st Channel: https://youtu.be/lP54tzqrboc

...or some historical episodes of it:

1963: https://youtu.be/RckQ6gUucbc

1970: https://youtu.be/fp4_bFxEnL0

1981: https://youtu.be/aHf31EBQEoM

And, after all, every single Russian family surely watches

5. The New Year President speech

It starts on every TV channel approximately at 5 minutes before midnight. Up to this time, everybody and everything is ready to the New Year coming. Champagne (a must-have, see my recent food post) is already in glasses or in a bottle ready to bang open; everybody is listening carefully. The President of Russia says some words of the last year, of the challenges we have faced and achievements of Russian people have got. Then he congratulates us on the New Year and says some wishes. After that, a few seconds before midnight, the TV screen shows Куранты [kuranty] - the main clock of Russia, located at the Spasskaya tower of Moscow Kremlin:

It starts it's beat of 12. And with the last beat the New Year has been officially started! The Russian anthem plays, as people make their toasts and congratulations (as for me, I always sing out our anthem, 'cause I consider it very beautiful, also I love singing; but almost no-one else in Russia does so, and nobody stands up while the anthem plays).

Kuranty beat and the national anthem of Russia at the New Year TV: https://youtu.be/o6_Hyg5z9ms

So, that's what you can see on TV, if you celebrate the New Year in a Russian family. Maybe this is the last post of the series. But maybe I'll try hard and make one more postscript about Старый Новый год [staryi novyi god] - "The Old New Year", yes, it means literally what it means))) how could it be — the answer is in one more Russian tradition, which is a kinda weird)

Anyway — stay tuned! And one more time — Happy New Year!

Love, Stacey.

#russian culture #russia #modern russia #new year #tv #entertainment #music #kremlin #putin #anthem

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moonflms · 3 years

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➷｡˚ thief — nct johnny

PROLOGUE ༄ —wherein your roommate helps comforts a drunk y/n after trending on twitter, being dispatch's new target.

PAIRING ༄ - idol! johnny x idol! fem reader

WARNINGs༄ - tw // insecurity, hate, alcohol, profanities, etc.

GENREs ༄ - slight crack & fluff, angst, nct's 24th member, 127's 11th member, idol au, drinking.

W. COUNT ༄ - around 1k+

➷｡min's letter ༄ - istg i've written a few drinking themed imagines and i don't drink yet HAJSHJASDKS please, don't drink your problems away. remember that there are people who are willing to be a listening ear when you need one. don't result in drinking, harm, and more. there are times where we shouldn't keep things to ourselves alright? i love you!

do not repost. copyright belongs to @moonflms 2021. reblogs and likes are deeply appreciated! originally posted on my twitter (@suhhvsco) and wattpad (@johnsparrot) . enjoy reading!

masterlist

—start

at the 127 dorms...

you grabbed your third can of beer from the fridge and walked back towards your room. the members– who were present, were in the living room trying to beat summer's scorching heat. with that, they've witnessed your constant trips back and forth to the fridge to get a can of alcohol.

at first, they've thought it was your new way to beat the heat. they've thought you wanted to try something new, but they started to notice something wrong later on.

it was so hot to the point the windows were closed, the room doors were wide open, trying to compile the cool breezes from their room's air conditioners. you, on the other hand, oddly stayed in your room, isolating yourself.

they've started to worry as you came back for more cans. they started to worry from how you came back for more with your roommate's hoodie on, covering your face from letting them see your pink puffy eyes (which was still evident either way) and disheveled hair.

they started to worry as you were silent not making any complaints about the weather, knowing how whiney you could be. to how you barely made any contact with them, which was new. they figure something was acting up since it was rare for them to see you cry.

at the moment, you were trying hard to avoid any contact with them. the boys–being the caring brothers they were, decided to do some research. it was easy for them to find the answer. why? your name was trending on twitter.

they clicked on the hashtag and immediately found tons of explanations, some hate, some defends, and some who were also doing the same as the members were. they got their solution from an article– well.. maybe articles.

you became dispatch's newest victim, dragging you into a fresh rumor. due to the scandal, it gained you even more hate than usual. you gained the worst backlash you've witnessed so far. the members finally understood what you were going through, knowing you were mentally weak. you were always sensitive and insecure when it comes to the perspective of others. it was a side you didn't want to show to people. slightly a stupid idea, but they left you to do things on your own, giving you some alone time to cry.

well, things like these in the entertainment industry are unavoidable to be honest. in the industry, rumors, scandals, controversies, hate— happens 24/7, leading fandoms into flames every single day.

you drinking for quite a while now, you were slightly feeling drowsy. you didn't know whether it came from the beer or your constant crying. maybe a mix of both. you took the opportunity to bawl your eyes out and sulk while the rest were outside. you didn't want to rant how you felt to them, you had no courage to do so. you were currently by the farthest part of the room from the door. you were sitting on the carpeted floor, leaning on your roomie's bed behind you. you continued scrolling down on a few tweets about you. some were defending you․ however, it was overpowered by all the hate. you saw a tweet that made your heart rip into half. it was how you destroyed the group by joining it, to how your debut was a mistake. you felt an arrow pierce through your chest.

"so that's how they feel, huh?" you thought to yourself. your tears fell even harder and faster. and it was only a year and a half since you debuted as nct's only female member. the entertainment agreed that you were suited more for a boy group - you stood out and you were too powerful to be in a female group. your style totally blended well with nct's concept. people were astonished. people loved you. people were disgusted. calling you an attention seeker, a whore.

you felt like the villain here. you felt everything crashing down on you started by a false story. people seizing the opportunity to ruin you. you felt the worst you could've felt about yourself.

you went out again, fast-walking across the members, ducking your head. you grabbed another can and dashed back to your shared room. you went back to the corner and downed your drink just in a few minutes. at this point, drinking your problems and crying was the solution, well first, that's what you presumed.

a small sniffle was heard from the living room as your door was left slightly opened. at this point, they even more concerned. you should've asked their comforts, they agreed. they had to do something now or they'll be bearing with a hungover-ed y/n later. they couldn't handle the fact their little princess was hurting on her own. they were furious and hurt, hearing you breakdown for the first time. referencing your senior group, you were one. ohana.

you came back to the kitchen for more. in and out of the kitchen with unbalanced baby steps, making your consumption evident. as you went back, they started to hold a talk. they were itching for a solution to make you open up without force. you were fragile as a glass sheet at the moment. so they came up with one after a few ideas.

first, they took all the alcohol– with a water bottle by chance from the refrigerator (it was a couple left since you took a few.) placing the cool beer cans by them, low-key guarding and cooling off at the same time. they thought you'd approach them for a can... but again, that's what was presumed.

when you came out of the room for the nth time, you saw all the remaining cans with your members. you continued to walk slowly to the fridge, later on kneeling in front of it, having a short dilemma about your beverage. then, a bolt of lightning struck your imaginary lightbulb, sparking an alternative. you looked at the boys as they continued to stare at you. you smiled at them as you giggled, making your eyes disappear, it scared the heck out of the boys. you faced the fridge, pulling the side starting to find your new option.

why cry over beer when there's soju?

you grabbed the bottle and slowly went back your way. the boys were dumbfounded as they saw you walking back with a green bottle in hand. "who bought all the drinks in the first place?" taeyong nagged as everybody looked at yuta, who just shrugged. "man. she's an intellectual!" they facepalmed as they were amazed at how cute you were. they continued to giggle until one laughed it off and stepped up. "moving on to plan b. go get her, big bear"

your roommate was an optimistic guy. he was always bright and bubbly like how you were, both on and off stage. he was that kind of guy who would never let you swim in negativity for long. almost too positive. he was over-enthusiastic.

he laughed for a good few seconds as he quickly stood up rushing to you, knowing he'd be responsible later to watch over your drunk ass. he rushed to you, who looked like a drunkard strolling the calm streets at midnight. he held your wrist as he snatched the green bottle. he hurried and placed it on the coffee table by the boys, grabbing the water bottle from a while ago as a replacement. you saw your soju flash before your eyes. "whY? tHat's minE! YAH!" you whined as you made a turn and rushed to the area trying to grab your bottle back.

the others continued to watch the 'k-drama' that was happening in front of them, smiling at how you were all grumpy. your roommate blocked the way and laughed at you who was trying to push him. "i'll take care of her" he looked to his fellow members than to you, who was still struggling to make him move. lifting you up, you were now hanging by his shoulder. you were high in the air, being the tall guy he was.

he brought you to your shared room, pushing the door and leaving it a bit open for the others to follow in. the rest followed in as support, by the door about to listen and watch to the conversation. he slowly laid you on the bed as he did too, beside you. you sat up, and glared at your roommate. "i believe you had too much of heineken, missy." he sat up, nearing you.

he held your hand as he pulled you closer to him. "alcohol isn't the best solution you know?" he patted your head, looking at you. you came closer and buried your face into his shoulder, starting to cry for the hundredth time today. "johnny... it hurts. so... bad." you finally let out all the tears you've been collecting for yourself.

johnny brought you to his lap as he cradled you like an infant. he hugged you from your side as he rubbed your back, you continuing to cry, feeling the pain compiled in your chest.

seeing and hearing you cry that hard made everyone's heartache, eyes tearing up as well. "i'm sorry" you tried to mumbled out in between tears and breaths. "don't be. just remember that i'm here, alright? that the members are here to listen, okay?"

"hey, it happened already. the company will find a way to settle this. just, ...show them your best and what you got okay? we'll help." he continued to rub your back as he called the rest waiting to come in. bringing you into a group hug. the members stayed in the room, staying by your side.

for the whole time, you were in johnny's arms, feeling cozy. you both were able to exchange experiences, advices, and more. making you feel so much better. with the beer's after-effects kicking in, you felt drowsy and eventually, you passed out. silently, while you were passed out, the rest continued to stay, seeing a resemblance of a baby in johnny's arm. johnny went along and swayed you side-to-side, singing a short lullaby for comedic purposes.

johnny tucked you in with the help of some members. you were drenched in sweat and tears, your face was flushed in pink from all the crying and drinking.

"youngho... you. thief..." you mumbled. everybody caught what you mumbled and fixed their eyes on both you and johnny. unconsciously, you made a small smile.

"they say, honesty comes out when drunk, youngho." everyone in the room gave johnny a playful stink eye, getting what you mumbled.

this became a secret only the boys knew.

—end

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tua season 1 rewatch, round two:

1x01:

last year's is more of a shot-for-shot rambling, if that's what you're into. this year's is gonna be a little different. stuff i mentioned before, i'll do my best not to repeat, unless it's to add context. this will largely be with an eye to the comics and how they were adapted or not.

and since tumblr only allows ten images per post (wtf), you're gonna have to bear with the timestamps here too.

0:00

"we only see each other at weddings and funerals" is a title of one of the comics, but it's the second issue, not the first. i get why it's been fronted to the first episode though: it's snappy, and the first issue of apocalypse suite is more of a prologue. that's how tua volumes are structured: the first issue is prologue for the plot that comes in afterwards.

for a pilot, you need to get the ball rolling. so you have to make the prologue the teaser, and then get to fifty minutes of plot.

this entire episode is really a combo of issues 1-2 of apocalypse suite. the buildup to, and the funeral itself.

0:03

so first off, we don't actually know if vanya was born in russia in the comics. it's more likely than not, but still not confirmed.

what is certain is that the '12pm, october 1 1989' birthday is a show-only construct. in the comics, we don't know their date of birth, but the time was 9:38pm

or even the year, though from context clues you can construe that the comics are set in the early 1980s, when the family are 30, rather than 29 as they are in the show. i'm guessing that this, in addition to plot convenience and aesthetic, is also the cause of tua's outdated technology: it's what they'd have had in the comics-verse.

(ex: a still-living kennedy meeting with hargreeves sometime after 1963, and 13-year-old allison watching kennedy's assassination as it happens). the children, in the comics, were born in the early-to-mid 1950s.

i think this change was to hammer home to the audience that the children were all born in the same instance. and the update in year was to keep things Relevant To Today.

which... might have been a net mistake in the long run. this series is ENTRENCHED in 20c popular culture and social movements. and taking those same characters and dropping them out of the context that defined them really made them lose their power.

ex: luther is an astronaut because he was influenced by the space race, which played out when he was a child. diego is a conservative crime-basher whose ideology is a reflection of the constant war on crime rhetoric, klaus's visual aesthetic is tied to the 60s and 70s alternative cultures that he'd have grown up in, vanya and diego were punks in the midst of the late 70s creation of the subculture, the comics are stuffed with five and diego hurling accusations of communism at each other because of the cold war breathing down everyone's necks-- and the cold war being the apocalypse everyone was worried about.

we lost all that.

and the show didn't even bother to update itself. they literally adopted the cars and phones of the 80s, the obama-era 'we live in a society where racism is solved!' trend tv tried to do and is in many cases still doing (yes that is exactly what they did, until they tried to switch gears in s2 for allison's godawful plotline; it was confirmed in interviews leading up to s2 that ~in our future, allison doesn't deal with racism and diversity is celebrated~) and stopped there.

2:20

as in the comics, we begin with the births of the children.

though in the show, we only see one birth, rather than 7+. which was probably done for efficiency/budget reasons. we don't see any babies die, because ratings.

also, in the comics, an unspecified number of mothers births 43 children, but in the show, it's 43 mothers who birth an unspecified number of children, which is an oversight that could lead to there being more-than-43 children if the twins are a thing, or a sign that five and luther in this iteration aren't twins. either way, oopsies.

this is also a scene that carries over from the pilot script, though there, the child is born in poland, and a boy and is heavily implied to be number five. (also to the vanya-and-five-are-twins stans... where's your boy. he floating in the pool? he teleport into the locker room?)

my guess is it was changed to vanya because she's the protagonist of this story (or was, @season 2), and we needed her as a viewpoint into the world-- note how we linger on her at the end of the teaser, and how her music ties it together, how her arrival at the mansion is also ours, and how we end with her as well.

vanya is the protagonist of this story. it's about the seven hargreeves siblings (luther, diego, allison, klaus, five, ben and vanya), but it's about five and vanya a little more than the rest of them. and it's about vanya most of all. it is about vanya finding her power, confronting her trauma, coming to forgive the family and returning to them to save and reform them by taking her place among them. it's hers, indisputably.

boy did season 2.... destroy that. for fucking fanservice.

2:47

(also, i love how 'extraordinary' is the first spoken word by one of our ensemble in the series, and it's used to describe baby vanya. some of this season was insanely well thought out.)

and i love the use of the narrator, here the voice of pogo-- i'm guessing was added after the title cards in the pilot didn't test well. i just wish it stuck around. why include it here and then never again?

3:18

this line of baby carriages is straight from the comics.

also, the fellow just behind reginald is abhijat, his bodyguard/driver and the children's trainer. he appears next in hotel oblivion, since he's been away in asia during the events of the first few volumes. i understand why he was cut from the show-- his role is easily assumed by pogo and grace, there are a LOT of characters to juggle, and we need to avoid confusing the audience.

still, miss him and his wonderful convos with diego and luther! hope he comes back in other versions of the story!

3:20

variable: the mansion in the show is a hollowed-out city block, instead of a gothic manor in the woods (which it is in the pilot script). i'm guessing this was just a shooting limitation.

i'm cool with it, because the mansion is still cool as fuck as this sprawling city block of hollowed-out buildings. there's more a quirky vibe than a gothic one.

though i also wonder at the implication of making the kids so close to the outside world, whereas in the comics they were truly isolated by high fences and an entire estate. sneaking out would've been a lot harder, yet they did it. which speaks to their desperation a lot more.

5:45

the teaser is largely the same as the pilot script, though it's re-ordered to a one-two-three-four introduction-- very clever, great way to help everyone get the numbers straight, as is the hiding of the numbers in the backgrounds of the shots [lunar station 01, love on loan 3...]).

though, allison and klaus's sections are different. my guess is the powers-that-be realized it wouldn't be entirely clear that allison is a celebrity or klaus is an addict from the jump, so they changed klaus's introduction from clubbing to rehab, and allison's from being in a nightclub (a shot from the og pilot, upper right) to being on the red carpet. i like the changes. more efficient. the teaser as a whole is a masterclass in visual storytelling.

also, allison being an actress is a massive change from her comic self. more on this in later installments.

and variable: allison's hair is dyed blonde in the show. it's naturally purple in the comics. i like that it's dyed more than it's naturally ultraviolet.

given that emmy also dyes her hair blonde irl, i'm guessing this was one of her inputs, and it does look gorgeous. i think it also works better for her character as a glamarous crowd-pleasing public figure, rather than a frumpy private citizen, to dye her hair a natural shade rather than a bright color.

(though i'm guessing the choice was made because either the purple hair didn't test well or they thought it was too goofy)

that being said i miss the purple hair and hope it comes back some other time.

9:50

everyone: look! the rain started when vanya noticed reginald died! even though it's clearly established that her powers Don't Do That and that the medication she is still clearly on shut her powers down, this is definitive proof that she controls the weather!

the writers, who definitely just meant that as a cool scene transition: uhhh....

10:40

constant: reginald always has a journal, in which he writes incriminating secrets about the children.

11:05

constant: ben always has a statue in the courtyard. and the family always breaks up after ben dies (though in the comics, it happens more gradually, with the family leaving one by one -- vanya first, then klaus-- and likely as adults).

variable: how the statue looks.

12:13

in hindsight, i feel like the 'bro/sis' aspect of television and film writing that we all love to dunk on is expository in nature. you have to tell your audience as efficiently as possible what peoples' relationships are and nothing's clearer than 'hey bro/sis'.

also, it's interesting in how in the show, they stress the 'family' aspect of the hargreeves dynamic, while in the comics it's 'academy' first-- even to the extent that they are forbidden from calling reginald 'dad.' i get the sense this was done to center the 'dysfunctional family' theming but i think it might've been a mistake, because this show's target audience of teens takes words more seriously than their context (see 'because they call each other brother and sister, the actual upbringing doesn't matter at all!' it's very post-voltron).

i think it was a mistake, in hindsight. or maybe there can be something to be said for combining both versions-- say, they start off by calling each other siblings, or reginald 'dad' and start to break away from that as they become disillusioned.

13:00

in hindsight, it's very clear that the 'how did dad die' plot is just padding to get us to ten episodes. it did the job fine here, but i feel like future versions of apocalypse suite could just zoom past it without a problem.

variable: in the comics, diego has one eye. in the show, he doesn't. i get that eyepatches are a pain for actors to wear but dang isn't it sexy how the disabilities get totally erased. allison's prosthetic arm, luther's mobility aids, vanya's wheelchair, and the guy who gets diego's prosthetic eye is a villain. woo. gross. i'd have been ok with it if there were some indication he'd get it later, but that's... not happening. so. hm.

+diego breaking into the coroner's office? straight from the comics.

i'm guessing the writers took this crumb and decided to spin it into a subplot to pad the runtime. clever, but not necessarily needed.