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yougavemeyourheartyouknow · 5 months

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Oh, you wanna play psycho killer? (Ghostface! Miguel O’Hara x Fem! Reader x Ghostface! Peter B Parker) Part 1

RAAAAA! Excited about this one! Based off this post. Inspired by this drawing from Andalusia_Lu on Tiktok. Not proofread. Tbh I’m kinda nervous about this one but…Enjoy! Also in this story MJ and Peter are just friends. This is probably the darkest think I’ve written.

(Y/N) - Your name.

NSFW!!, Cursing, use of alcohol, death, murder, yandere behavior, Reader has a bf who does die, violence, blood, said reader’s bf calls her derogatory remarks behind her back, religious imagery(I think???), stalking, male masturbation, invasion of privacy, reader being drugged, panty stealing, stalking, implied kidnapping, gore, cameras being placed in readers home without their knowledge, it’s a horror one shot so… you know what you’re walking into. Dead Dove Do not eat, MDNI!

Word count: 2.5k

Part 2

Masterlist

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October 31st, Halloween night. Also know as the night that gives college students an excuse to get fucked up while in a shit quality costume that cost 50 bucks at spirit Halloween.

That little rule you are not exempt from, that’s how you found yourself in a random college frat party at NYU, a bottle of beer in one hand, and your boyfriend’s in the other as you drag him through the crowd so you both can dance. The alcohol in your system made your whole body relaxed and your cheeks glow with a dash of red over them, your eyes half-lidded and your smile wide as you looked up at Daniel while Promiscuous from Nelly Furtado blasted through the house. You looked like an angel straight from heaven, although that might be due to your customer, being dressed up as Juliet from the 1996 movie, while your boyfriend was clattered in armor as Romeo. The costumes being your idea after having rewatched the movie a few weeks ago.

You both had lost the rest of your group in the crowd, Jess and MJ had said they were going to the kitchen while Miguel and Peter had said they were going outside to get fresh air but you haven’t seen them since, you wouldn't have extremely worried, if it wasn’t for the reason sightings of the ghostface killer that had been popping up on the news though. Sure maybe going to a party wasn’t the best idea either but you figured you would have been fine since you were going in a group, I mean, what wouldn’t you be okay? It’s not like an actual serial killer goes after a group of young adults who are all drunk right? But now you’ve lost 4 out of 6 people in said group. But maybe in the small chance you do get targeted, you should be able to stand a chance since your Daniel was always in the gym with Miguel, so he was pretty jacked (not as jacked as Miguel though but you’ll never say that out loud).

One song turned to two then to three, just like the beers in Daniel’s hand, you had slowed down so you could at least be sober enough to order a Lyft for when the night was over. Eventually you were whisked away from your boyfriend by MJ and Jess, thankful that they were still at the party and nothing happened to them.

“Hey, have you guys seen Peter or Miguel?” You shouted over the music after a while, Jess just shrugged, before MJ answered.

“They texted me that they found Daniel and he’s like, fucked up apparently.”

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“Please!”

Stab.

“I don’t want to die! Please stop!”

Stab.

“I’ll give anything! Just don’t kill me!”

The begs and pleads become more desperate and sloppy with every second, the words slurring more together from the alcohol and the crimson red liquid dribbling out of Daniel's mouth. The sight was almost enough to make the two men feel pity. Almost.

“Anything?” The shorter one asked with an agonizingly slow head tilt, his voice altered from the voice changer attached to the plastic mask, signaling for the other to stop plugging the knife into their victim’s stomach. Despite not liking being told what to do, he dropped Daniel on the floor with a snarl. Daniel quickly retracted into a small ball, shaking arms going to cover his bloody wound with a groan and whimper.

“We want (Y/N).” If it weren't for him being in excruciating pain and bleeding out, Daniel would have thought they were joking, but the tone in which the words were spoken made his blood that was spilling out from his stomach and mouth run cold.

“W-what?” He asked as he tried to keep his breathing from becoming shallow and his head from becoming too dizzy, but he was failing miserably.

“You heard us. We. Want. (Y/N).” The larger one spoke this time. How badly, he wanted to emphasize each word with another stab, the knife in his hands twitched a bit as he tightened his grip on the black handle. He was itching for an excuse, but he’ll refrain.

For now.

Maybe it was the way he responded to a stressful situation, or maybe it was the lack of blood finally affecting his brain, but Daniel had the nerve to laugh. Fucking laugh. The laugh was breathy, and in between coughs and groans, causing Miguel and Peter to look at their prey like he was the crazy one. Rage filled their bodies when Daniel finally composed himself enough to talk again.

“Y-you can’t be serious? …Right? You-you’re gonna kill-kill me over some bitch?”

How fucking dare he.

How dare he speak about you like you were some random skank, like you were a pile of dirt. You were a fucking goddess, Miguel and Peter knew that, because they worshipped you like one. They didn’t see what you saw in Daniel, he didn’t deserve you, no one did, except Miguel and Peter, they would treat you better than any other man that roamed this stupid planet, and especially far better then the sorry excuse of a boyfriend that they had on the ground like he was a wounded animal.

For someone who was about to die, he sure had a lot of nerve.

He didn’t love you like they did, he didn’t know your every move like they did. They were like your real life guardian angels, always following behind you to make sure no one would harm so much as a hair on your pretty little head, and how lucky were they, that you were juuust oblivious enough that you don’t notice them, just enough to brush of your rummaged trash as raccoons, just enough that you didn’t noticed when a pair or two of your dirty panties go missing, you had too many to keep track of all of them anyways. Never knowing that one of the two would sneak into your apartment while you were asleep to grab them from your hamper, no matter which boy had decided to embark on their mission, both of them had to fight against the struggle to not stay and watch you sleep, fighting the urge to release their painful hard members and stroke while watching you sleep. They’d be lying to themselves if they said they haven’t lost the battle at least once before, biting into their free hand to stop any moans from escaping and waking you up, while they fist fuck their cocks with the other, but can you blame them?

They just loved you so much and you loved them too, you just haven’t realized it yet. How could you when that pest of a boyfriend of yours was pumping your head full of false thoughts? He didn’t love you like Peter and Miguel did. Sure Daniel might seem like he loved you so much, going as far as to get you flowers and gifts from time to time, but Miguel and Peter’s gifts they would give you were so much better, because these gifts were all given to you with the same purpose. To help them watch over you, make sure you were safe, strategically planning to make sure to eventually fill your entire home with cameras right under your adorable nose. The teddy bear that sits on your bed and the light up mirror over your bathroom sink were first of course.

Peter couldn’t help himself, with all of his force, he kicked Daniel right in the balls, causing him to curl up more in pain. Miguel was going to do the same when his phone pinged in his pocket, he quickly took it out and checked it, your name filling his screen made his heart skip a beat.

“It’s (Y/N). She’s asking where we are, and wants us to meet her at her apartment after she drops off Jess and MJ in 15 minutes.” Miguel mumbled as he looked down at his phone, before looking up at Peter then down at their prey on the ground. “She probably thinks we’re still with him, what should we do with him?”

Peter’s eyes followed Miguel’s gaze down to the half- conscious Daniel, silent as if thinking about what to say, or more likely what to do with him.

“We could leave him here for dead?” Peter suggested, but Miguel shook his head at the thought, too risky, they couldn’t have the chance of him being found by someone and taken to the hospital, that could ruin everything.

“You both… ar-are fucking psychotic! Killing me over some-some bitch who doesn’t eve-even give good fucking… fucking head!” Daniel yelled between coughs, more blood falling from his blue-turning lips, he looked like he had seen a ghost due to how pale he was becoming from the blood lost, and now he’s gonna become one. Miguel’s phone buzzed again, this time you only sent a single question mark, looking down at his phone.

“I want you to know that if I wasn’t about to be late to see you, I would beat this guy bloody, for the way he talks about you.” Miguel said out loud as if you could actually hear him, as if you were actually here to hear how true those words were, but instead Miguel raised his knife with one hand and grabbed Daniel’s hair with the other. Enjoying the way the Dani’s eyes widened in fear, his weak arms flailed around as he tried to fight the larger man off of him, but it was no use. “Guess I’ll just have to cut straight to the point.” He said, the smirk evident threw his altered voice before putting his knife against Daniel’s throat and slashing it open. Watching whatever life that was left in him drain from his eyes.

Peter being the skilled photographer he was, took a selfie of the two with their slayed animal, now it’s time to go claim their trophy.

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Something was off.

Like seriously off, ever since Peter and Miguel disappeared at the party neither of them had answered their phone, and as soon Dani disappeared neither had he. Maybe the party wasn’t the best idea in retrospect, you let out a sigh as you entered your apartment, and collapsed on your couch, wanting to try and calm your racing thoughts a bit before you changed out of your costume. Closing your eyes, and taking in a deep breath.

Your phone started to ring.

Usually, you didn’t answer calls from people who weren’t already in your contacts, so the “blocked number” would normally set off red flags, but maybe the alcohol was still making your brain foggy, because without thinking you answer the call and put your phone to your ear.

“Hello?”

No answer.

You left out a huff and tried again.

“Hellooo?”

When you didn’t get an answer again you rolled your eyes.

“I think you got the wrong numb-“

“Wanna play a game?”

“I’m-I’m sorry?”

“I said, wanna play a game?”

“Um no thanks. I'm hanging up now.”

“Hang up and you won’t get to see your special surprise though.” Oddly enough, you grew a bit curious.

“Wha..what do I have to do?” You asked.

“It’s simple, We’re gonna play a small game of hot and cold.” You had a feeling this wasn’t a good idea, maybe you shouldn’t answer the call. “Right now you’re cold.”

Without another word, you slowly got up, and made your way down the hall, your floorboard creaking underneath your heels.

“Warmer.”

Your heart begins to beat in your ears, you bring a shaky hand up to the doorknob of your bathroom, you go to open the door when the voice from the other end of the phone spoke again.

“Colder.”

You quickly bring your hand back down to your side and let your heavy footsteps make your way into your bedroom.

“Hotter.”

You swallowed the thick lump of saliva down your throat as you made your way to the left side room, your eyes dead set on your closet.

“Hotter.”

You closed the gap between you and the closet, and brought your hand to the handle, mentally preparing yourself for whatever hides before the wooden doors.

“You're on fucking fire baby.”

Your hand drew back the door, the sight made you let out a blood curdling scream, almost dropping your phone in the process. Your Daniel, dead, sitting on the closet floor, gutted out like a fish. The voice on the other end of the phone let out a sly chuckle before speaking once again.

“Sorry about your boyfriend, guess all those muscles didn’t help much.” He mocked before the call went dead, and you finally released your phone, it falling to the floor, as your body began to shake and your breathing became rapid.

You let out a sob and began to stumble away from the mangled corpse that you once called your boyfriend, only for your back to meet with a what felt like a wall of muscle, you quickly look up over your shoulder, being met with the infamous ghostface mask that has been plastered all over the news.

“What’s the matter (Y/N)? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” The altered voice taunted. No, no, no,no. This cannot be happening. You shook your head as another sob left your lips stumbling away from the masked killer and into the hallway, expecting him to follow after you, but instead he just watched you. If you were thinking straight. You’d probably realized that this was a trap, but you weren’t thinking straight, as you finally reached the front door, you went to unlock the door and leave your apartment, but before you even stepped foot out of the door a large hand came and grabbed you around your waist. You take in a deep breath and open your mouth to scream, but instead a white cloth came and covered your nose and mouth, the strong smell of chemicals quickly filling your lungs.

“Surprised (Y/N).” This voice was a bit deeper, then the one from your bedroom, your head became dizzy as you eyes fluttered, your vision was beginning to blacken, before you were fully go under, you saw the man holding you still was a lot larger than the other one, it clicked, there were two of them.

You black out.

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“She out?” Peter asked Miguel as he slipped off his mask, Miguel following suit.

“Like a light.” Miguel smirks as he goes to pick you up bridal style, your body limply laying in his arms. The two couldn’t help but smile as they watched your sleeping form, so peaceful looking, like an Angel. Their angel. Their plan played out just as they wanted, you were theirs now, and theirs alone. No one could come in the way of you three anymore, all they had to do now was make sure you wouldn’t leave them. But how would you do that if you didn’t know where you were? You couldn’t. That’s why Miguel gently placed you in the backseat of Peter’s car, before getting into the passenger’s seat. They were going to make sure you were far, far away from your old life, so you could start your new one with your lovesick killers.

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rosencrantzsguildenstern · 3 months

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Best Shakespeare Adaptation

since the 1600s, people have been rewriting shakespeare and writing spinoffs in good, bad, and frankly just kind of insane ways. today, they will compete until only one is left standing!

during the poll craze i ran a lot of brackets and had fun, but ended up with a couple spare blogs i ended up having to delete, so i'm running this one off my main.

q. is this a tournament for productions or adaptations?

a. adaptations! stuff that changes dialogue or medium (beyond play -> movie) or takes a really new spin on it! west side story counts, romeo and juliet (1996) doesn't.

q. will there be a limit on contestants?

i'll cut it at 64 or 32 depending on how many submissions we get! if we get a lot of adaptations of a few plays and less of others, i won't cut any of them out, but i'll make some of them face off in round one

q. are you biased?

yes. fortinbras sweep. i've been reading 'these violent delights' too and it's pretty good. oh and can't forget haider, and requiem of the rose king is an all timer... basically, yes i really like rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, but i have much room in my heart

q. is it most best portrayal/analysis, or best on its own merits?

a. a little of both, but mostly the latter

q. does [x thing] (that's pretty different than the original inspiration) count?

a. if it is common knowledge that it's shakespeare inspired

q. does the lion king count?

a. yea

signal boosting! if yall great bracket blogs will help out @gayest-classiclit @byronicherobracket (this one's still in qualifiers, it seems cool!) @straightplayshowdown (this one's getting going again!) @bestadaptationtournament @gayestshakespearecouples

#I wanted to put a Shakespeare quote at the end but I'm finishing this post on like 3 hours of sleep and I can't think of one #shakespeare #lit #lets goo I've been meaning to do this for ages #it is a little hard to judge this objectively off of a 'best' metric since they'll all be for different plays as well #but I think it'll still be fun #my dark horse: the midsummer nights dream sequel about being Indian that I will never finish #chitra.txt

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lovesongbracket · 1 year

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Reminder: Vote based on the song, not the artist or specific recording! The tracks referenced are the original artist, aside from a few rare cases where a cover is the most widely known.

Lyrics, videos, info, and notable covers under the cut. (Spotify playlist available in pinned post)

Lovefool

Written By: Peter Svensson & Nina Persson

Artist: The Cardigans

Released: 1996

“Lovefool” is track #7 on The Cardigans’s third album First Band on the Moon. “Lovefool” was the song that propelled The Cardigans to international stardom. US listeners took notice when it was featured on the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and Top 40 Mainstream, but was kept from the Hot 100 because it was not issued as a commercial single (until December 1998, songs were not eligible to chart on the Hot 100 until they got released as single in the US). Nina Persson penned the lyrics for this song, while Peter Svensson wrote the music. Nina was sitting in an airport waiting for a plane when she was inspired to write the song and thought it would have a “slow bossa nova feel.” She told The Swedish Performing Rights Society: “I do find that the biggest hits are the ones that are the easiest to write”. Peter recalled writing the music for this song in an interview with The Independent: “To me, that song is still that moment when I wrote it in a small room, sitting on my bed in our home town. It was supposed to be some kind of a bossa nova: a totally different song, slow and mellow and sad. The production on it, though, and the disco drums made it all shinier."

[Verse 1] Dear, I fear we're facing a problem You love me no longer, I know and Maybe there is nothing that I can do To make you do Mama tells me I shouldn't bother That I ought just stick to another man A man that surely deserves me But I think you do [Pre-Chorus] So I cry, and I pray, and I beg [Chorus] Love me, love me Say that you love me Fool me, fool me Go on and fool me Love me, love me Pretend that you love me Leave me, leave me Just say that you need me So I cry and I beg for you to Love me, love me Say that you love me Leave me, leave me Just say that you need me I can't care 'bout anything but you [Verse 2] Lately I have desperately pondered Spent my nights awake and I wonder What I could have done in another way To make you stay Reason will not reach a solution I will end up lost in confusion I don't care if you really care As long as you don't go [Pre-Chorus] So I cry, and I pray, and I beg [Chorus] Love me, love me Say that you love me Fool me, fool me Go on and fool me Love me, love me Pretend that you love me Leave me, leave me Just say that you need me So I cry and I beg for you to Love me, love me Say that you love me Leave me, leave me Just say that you need me I can't care 'bout anything but you (Anything but you) [Outro] Love me, love me Say that you love me Fool me, fool me Go on and fool me Love me, love me I know that you need me I can't care 'bout anything but you

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Summertime

Written By: Mikey Way, Ray Toro, Gerard Way & Frank Iero

Artist: My Chemical Romance

Released: 2010

“Summertime” is a ‘new wave’ song, allegedly believed to be written about frontman Gerard Way’s wife, Lyn-z Way. In an interview, Gerard said that it started as a riff Mikey had written, before evolving into a song they ‘couldn’t have the record without.’ “[“Summertime”] is one of the lyrically personal songs on the album, whereas the rest of it is just me talking about my worldview. So it’s a really beautiful song and again—no rules. We can have a soft song.”

[Verse 1] When the lights go out Will you take me with you And carry all this broken bone Through six years down In crowded rooms and highways I call home? Is something I can't know till now Till you picked me off the ground With brick in hand, your lip-gloss smile Your scraped-up knees and [Chorus] If you stay, I would even wait all night Or until my heart explodes, how long until we Find our way in the dark and out of harm? You can run away with me anytime you want [Verse 2] Terrified of what I'd be As a kid, from what I've seen Every single day when people try And put the pieces back together Just to smash them down Turn my headphones up real loud I don't think I need them now 'Cause you stop the noise and [Chorus] If you stay, I would even wait all night Or until my heart explodes, how long until we Find our way in the dark and out of harm? You can run away with me anytime you want [Post-Chorus] Well, anytime you want Well, anytime you want [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] Don't walk away, don't walk away Don't walk away, don't walk away! [Chorus] 'Cause if you stay, I would even wait all night Or until my heart explodes, how long until we Find our way in the dark and out of harm? You can run away with me [Post-Chorus] Or you can write it on your arm You can run away with me Anytime you want

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#lovefool #the cardigans #summertime #my chemical romance #polls #poll tournament #poll bracket #tournament #bracket #lovesongbracket #round3

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saharahinfinity · 1 year

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“Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.”

inspired by Romeo & Juliet (1996) dir. Baz Luhrmann

#kingdom hearts #KH #soriku #sora #Riku #romeo and juliet #Sora Kingdom hearts #riku kingdom hearts #soriku fanart #kh3 #sora fanart #riku fanart #saharahinfinity #digital art #digital illustration #clip studio paint

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crystallizedtwilight · 1 year

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Hello!!!! I hope you don’t mind me asking, but I was just wondering if you’d be willing to share any of the inspirations or design choices behind your designs for various Shakespeare characters?

I’ve been a fan of your work for a while, and I was mostly just curious about how that process was for you? + Perhaps any characters who you found easier / more difficult to make designs for? Sorry for the long ask, I hope you have a good day/night!!!!

Sure! It will be quite long so I will put it under the cut:

My Designs for Hamlet:

[Reference Sheet]

Designing difficulty - Easy/Medium. I felt like I had a good vision of what I wanted these characters to look like since their personalities were all so distinct.

Hamlet - The platinum blonde hair is inspired by the the 1996 movie actor

Horatio - I designed Horatio to look very studious, since the first thing they do in the play is shove him out to talk to the ghost because he 'went to college' lol. I wanted him to have a soft, gentle, almost sad look to him, since we know what he will bear witness to

Ophelia - I designed Ophelia as a traditional goth because I figured if she was dating hamlet, as macabre/fascinated with death/moody as he is, perhaps she also had an interest in the beauty of darker aesthetics and subjects.

Laertes - As Ophelia’s brother, I wanted him to look very similar to her. He also has a canon fan club, so I tried to make him look quite dashing with his long, tied back hair.

Polonius - Goth dad

Rosencrantz - In the play, everyone keeps mixing up Rosencrantz and Guidlenstern so I wanted to design them both in a way that was extremely similar. I did this by switching the color palettes of their hair and eyes so they look somewhat different...but it might take you a moment to remember which is which.

Guildenstern - See above

Gertrude - Honestly I had just finished designing Sonia’s mother and that “older royal woman” hairstyle was still on my mind lol

Claudius - I think I had Théoden on my mind at the time

Fortinbras - His green eyes and curly hair are based on the 1996 movie actor, but I tried to make him look slightly more modern with his haircut and earrings

My Designs for a Midsummer Night’s Dream (Fairies):

[Reference sheet]

Designing difficulty - HARD. I redid Oberon's color scheme, like, 3 times. I wanted to design versions I had never seen before and that was not an easy task.

I am quite pleased with how these designs turned out as they took a lot of thought, are 100% original (uninspired by any play or movie version), and turned out pretty much how I'd hoped!

Titania - Colors Based on a rosy maple moth. I wanted her to be etherial but have something memorably absurd about her, hence, how I came up with the idea that spites hold up her hair so it does not collect leaves on the ground. Looking back, the one thing I think I would change would be the shape of her wings. I designed her before I designed Oberon, so I wish I had given Titania wings that matched the rosy maple moth's shape and let Oberon be the sole design with the luna moth shape.

Oberon - Based on a Luna moth

Puck - Based on a roseate skimmer. I wanted to design Puck in a way that was different from any version I had ever seen. Many performances give him an earthy color palette with many browns and greens and I wanted something totally different.

My Designs for Romeo and Juliet:

These designs are all simply based on the actors from the 2010 French musical. I exaggerated them a bit, such as making Mercutio’s hair purple, but all in all they are meant to represent the designs of the actors in this particular performance.

My Designs for Macbeth

[Reference sheet]

Lady Macbeth - I based her long, red hair on the 1971 movie actress

Macbeth - idk I just made like the most generic Macbeth ever lol, I don't really plan on drawing him again so I was lazy

Much Ado about nothing

[Reference sheet]

Designs loosely based on the actors in the 1993 movie

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jung-koook · 3 months

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going insane looking at ur fish tank jk post 🥺💗😭 ohhhh to lock eyes with jungkook 1996 romeo and juliet style 😮‍💨

aww, I love the video and I had to make gifs of it even with the bad quality. that was the inspiration for the shoot 🥺I made a gif of the video that dazed published on tiktok because there was no text in the video there, but in the video they shared on youtube they even put it in the title.

#reply #anonymous

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froguemorgue · 6 months

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My favorite lams fics on AO3

(that I've written)

Inspired by Fargo (1996 film) and Gone Girl (2012 novel), but they're collaborating, set in the early 2000s: Fargo! The One In Which They Stage A Kidnapping (For Ransom), 42,671 words

Modern arranged marriage/wealthy celebrities and their stupid wealthy problems: The Last Great American Dynasty, 57,469 words

Romeo and Juliet with a bit of divergence from the original telling: The Tragedie of Two Young Lovers, 19,312 words

Reincarnation but it's through time-dilated dreams that they remember their past lives, set in the 1980s: Rebirth In The Age of Glam Metal, 11,590 words

Post/during zombie apocalypse. Frances Eleanor Laurens. Time skips. Society rebuilding/cult conspiracy stuff. Tallmadge and Brewster are there. Culper ring shit. Seriously one of my favorite fucking things I've written: When Falls The Colosseum, 31,000 words AND COUNTING, that's right, I'm slowly updating this fic as we speak!

And there are many more, some shorter, some longer, but I like these the most. Check out my AO3 account :)

#lams fic #lams fanfiction #historical lams #historical alexander hamilton #historical john laurens #amrev #american revolution

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cruelsuhmer · 2 years

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syzygy

This is a repost of one of the fics from my previous blog. I am the original author of this fic and thus have full permission to post it here. Minor revisions have been made.

word count: 1.6k

pairings: johnny x reader x jaehyun

genre & au: beach au

warnings: cursing, implied/referenced sex acts, implied polyamory

a/n: inspired by the johnjae w korea shoot. thank you romeo and juliet (1996) for saving my life.

syz·y·gy (n.) - the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (such as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system.

Having grown up on the beach, you’ve seen plenty of strong, sun-kissed, shirtless guys in your life. But none like these two.

No one you’ve seen can even compare to these two.

You’ve never seen them before, likely a pair of vacationers, some out-of-state summer surfers looking to spend some time in the sun and the waves before having to head back to the mainland. It makes you almost sad, knowing your time to—not ogle, you’re more respectful than that, but at least... get to look at the two is limited.

“You should talk to them,” a voice—your friend—says from beside you suddenly, making you jump and nearly knock over your water bottle.

“What?” you ask, a hand automatically coming up to rub at your arm. “No. Nah. They know what they’re doing. See?” You motion to the pair, one of them already in the water, the other unbuttoning his shirt, his friend’s shirt tucked under his arm. Your hand gives another jab in their direction, as if you’re really driving your point home, but your friend just raises a brow.

“The one on the board just fell off,” she says, making you turn around to see him rising out of the water like Aphrodite, just... male... and not in a shell. And just shirtless. Not naked. Fuck. You nearly snap your neck with how fast you turn back to your friend.

“So? Maybe it’s windy.” Why are you defending him? Why are you avoiding talking to him? He’s a total stranger. Just hot. So what? Lots of hot people go to the beach. It’s fine. It’s—before you can get too caught up in your thoughts, a breeze flows through the small hut the two of you are standing in. “It is windy.”

“You know damn well that pathetic little huff isn’t enough to send a grown man off his board.” And she’s right. “Go talk to them. See if they need help, or something.”

You groan, echoing, “or something,” but give in. You feel undeserving of being in their presence honestly, but at this point, it’s not even a matter of personal attraction, you’re just doing your job. As you trudge over to the pair, you’re so in your own head that you completely miss the plastic shovel sticking out of the ground, catching on your flip-flop and sending you tumbling forward...

... right into the warm chest and strong arms of one of the hot vacationers. Fuck.

Near immediately you lean back, shoe still caught on the shovel, making you attempt to kick it off as discreetly as you can. It only makes the plastic drag against your skin. You hiss before realizing the guy still hasn’t let you go. While normally this would make you uncomfortable as hell, your discomfort at the shovel makes you instead simply take advantage of the situation, gripping at the man’s arms and using him as leverage, finally managing to get the shovel away from both your shoe and you. When you look up at the vacationer, he’s staring down at you with wide, honey-brown eyes.

“Uh,” he says.

“Your friend fell off his board,” you reply. One of your hands reluctantly lets go of a defined bicep to point at the water.

He whips his head around to see Hot Vacationer #2 now walking back to shore, water and sweat making his tanned skin glow in the sunlight.

“I was wondering if you two need help,” you continue, taking a step back, the other’s arms falling to his sides as he turns back around. “I... don’t actually know how to surf, definitely don’t know how to teach it, but I can get you someone who can.”

“That’d be nice,” the vacationer says. “Really, we’re here for pictures—my camera is in the car right now, actually—but we wanted to see if we could actually... you know, surf before we get that aesthetic.”

“You’re here to take pictures,” you echo, now looking between the two, the other finally walking on the sand, making his way steadily over to you and his friend. “Okay. So was that a... yes to learning how to surf or...?”

The vacationer is silent as you stare at him for another second before he turns to call out to his friend: “Jaehyun! Do you want to actually surf?”

“I just tried!” Jaehyun calls back. His voice softens as he gets closer. “It didn’t work.”

“I know someone who can teach you,” you tell him, making his eyes immediately move over to you. You take a step back at the natural intensity of his gaze, and thank you of the past for completely moving the shovel away from you, knowing that you would’ve tripped over it again had you not. “I was just asking...,” you trail off, not knowing the other’s name.

“Johnny,” he says. “Hi.”

“Y/N,” you reply before looking back to Jaehyun. “I was asking if you two wanted to learn.”

“Will you be the teacher?” Jaehyun asks, and you shake your head. Jaehyun glances to Johnny before shrugging. “I can go without them. We’re just taking pictures, right, John?”

The two of you look back at Johnny, who’s staring at some point over your shoulder—definitely not you, only breaking out of it when Jaehyun clears his throat. “Oh, uh, ha ha, yeah.”

Ack. You swallow. He has a really cute laugh. Okay.

“So, no?” you ask, one last time, just to be sure.

Jaehyun nods, and Johnny nods too, so you give them a smile, pivoting, ready to head back to the hut, content that you could stand next to them, even hold a conversation with them, but then Jaehyun calls you back.

You turn around. “Yeah?”

“Actually, Johnny and I were thinking...,” he smiles, and you’ll deny it to anyone who asks, but you definitely lose your breath at the sight, trying not to faint at the appearance of deep dimples, “well, we’re going to be in town for at least a few more days, so maybe we’ll be back, you know?”

You nod, not entirely sure where this is going. When you glance at Johnny, all he does is smile, and you hope they assume the blush on your cheeks is... fucking sunburn or something.

Jaehyun continues: “So we were wondering if maybe you could give us your number? That way we can just give you a call if we change our minds about the lessons.”

Your throat is completely dry, heart pounding in your chest. Something doesn’t add up in his explanation, but maybe it’s the heat clouding your intellect, and you find yourself nodding and accepting their phones, putting your number in both. When you’re done, you give them a final smile. “All good, then?”

Johnny hums, locking his phone and slipping it into his shorts’ pocket. “Yup! Thanks a ton, Y/N.”

You give a small laugh. “Yeah. No problem.” You nod at Jaehyun, who simply smiles back, eyes squinting, and not only the already-breathtaking dimples appearing, but also (holy shit) whisker ones. You turn away, giving a little wave to the pair after you do. You don’t know if they wave back as you hightail it back to the hut where your friend stands inside still, grinning.

“What was that little phone thing, there?” she asks as soon as you reach her.

“Fuck off,” you answer, breathless, glancing behind you to see Jaehyun and Johnny nudging each other and laughing. “Shit.”

Your friend laughs, bright and loud. “This is too good.” She grips the edge of the counter tight. “What’d they say? They want to run a train on you?”

“What the fuck?” you immediately snap, though all the words manage to do is send even more heat to your cheeks. “No. They didn’t. They said they’d call me if they decide they do want lessons.”

“So that’s what they’re calling it nowadays,” your friend jokes, and you send her a desperate look, begging with your eyes for her to please stop. “Okay, okay,” she finally says, “I’m done.”

You let out a breath.

“But you really should’ve seen the way they looked at you. There was no way they had pure intentions in mind.”

Fuck.

The next day, you get a call from an unknown number.

“Hey,” the voice on the other side says, familiar, “it’s Johnny.”

“Oh,” you straighten up, fiddling with the hem of your loose t-shirt, “did you change your mind about the lessons?”

There’s a pause before you hear Johnny let out a breath. “Actually,” he begins, “we were wondering if you’d want to... hang out later? Or something?”

So that’s what they’re calling it nowadays, your friend’s joke from before echoes in your head. Shit.

It’s nothing like you—you’d never agree to meet up with two guys you’ve just met, but at the same time, this is too good of an opportunity to waste.

“Yeah,” you reply. “Yeah. That sounds great.”

A beat, and then what sounds like Jaehyun speaking, Johnny’s voice mixing with his as they talk over each other. You close your eyes for the briefest of seconds, wondering what you’ve just signed up for. Wasn’t it them who were supposed to be signing up for things?

“We’ll see you later, then,” Jaehyun’s voice comes clear through the speaker. “Sorry about the lessons, but this seems better, don’t you think?”

Holy shit. You agree, though.

The last thing you hear is Johnny saying be there or be square and a second of Jaehyun’s laughter before the call ends, leaving you with red cheeks and a racing heart, ready for whatever the rest of the day holds.

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. The characters herein are based on real people, but the events portrayed in this story are fictional and do not reflect on the actual people written about. They are not intended to be mistaken for fact, and no libel is intended.

#nct fanfic #johnny suh x reader #jung jaehyun x reader #nct oneshots #nct 127 oneshots #nct imagines #nct 127 imagines #nct scenarios #nct 127 scenarios #my writing

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viperdove-if · 1 year

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I already know I'm going to be playing Alistair's route. The complexity of his romance from the intro alone is too tempting. I'm such a sucker for the advisor types. :')

I was wondering if you had any media that inspired you while writing this story, whether in plot or vibes. (I'm talking anything from art to music to books)

Complex romance is exactly what I'm aiming for!

Shakespeare is the most obvious one. The 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet was a big one, but also the dark renaissance-era art that I use for my aesthetic was a huge one. It's not exactly what I imagine Viper & Dove to look like, but the melodrama, the morbid/terrible beauty of it all is sort of what I strive toward for V&D. Also, historical c-dramas and k-dramas. The Godfather, Kill Bill was another one! Edgar Allan Poe's works, The Romantic Period, stuff like that.

The vibes I go for lean very historical. IDK I do love mafia works but I kind of didn't want to do anything modern. The idea of feuding familes in ancient times was interesting to me. I don't have a specific time period as V&D takes place in AU but I think it'll make a lot more sense when people read the setting and the depth of technology that they have!

#answered #info: inspo

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oliviassunrise · 5 days

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Now that I’m thinking about it, we as a society have not given Halsey enough credit for writing an entire concept album inspired by Romeo + Juliet (1996) and I think that’s sad

#kayli talks #hfk is such a fucking good album #and I can’t read R&J #and not get in my feels about it

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Since I laughed at you for not having the anon asks on, I'll ask you a question. :P

Aside from Titanic, what other movies inspire you when drawing Cleon?

I love Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock so much that I want them to be my celebrity parents. But they are just best friends and always have been this way since they worked on the film Speed (1994), and The Lake House (2006) 12 years later.

When I first got into Cleon, they were the only "couple" in my mind and I have been preaching this ever since. I think they are my core of Cleon, and I rewatch Speed every month lmao.

I've also mentioned a few movies on my AO3 log, and here are MORE honorable mentions:

Action Movies:

Point Break (1991) Someone recommended me to watch Fast & Furious series for RE AU(and I have), but this movie is the OG of F&F series.

The Gray Man (2022) Kickass power couple saving a little girl, together. I use it for RE4 era ref, and I kinda have a reverse AU of Claire being trained to be an FBI agent to follow her brother's steps and Leon is just a random college boy.

Mission Impossible series I was talking with my friend about how Hollywood cliche Capcom can be.

RED (2010) & RED 2 (2013) If RE9 is about the OG team reunion like DI, they will be exactly like these movies, grandpas & grandmas still kicking ass.

Fantasy & Rom-com:

One Day (2011) Friends to lovers…The drama. In fact, my newest art has used this for ref, and you will see it in 2 days.

Now and Then (1995) Teenage Cleon. Childhood neighbors, enemies to friends to crushes lmao.

What Maisie Knew (2012) Spoiler alert I'm planning to draw a series of this. I'm not into Cleon having children but if they are, I'll do it my way ;)

Life as We Know It (2010) Enemies to friends to lovers again. And raising a baby together.

No Strings Attached (2011), Friends with Benefits (2011) Not really into FWB Cleon but you writers kinda like to write this? So I rewatch them recently, well, it could work.

The Mummy (1999) You cannot tell me Rick O'Connell didn't reference Leon's design. Again, gonna draw this soon.

The Huntsman: Winter's War(2016) Pretty average, I only use ref for outfit design but Jessica Chastain is so beautiful in this. (But my ideal live-action Claire is Rebecca Ferguson, just FYI)

Far and Away (1992) LMAO I've always thought of this movie as the prequel of Titanic.

Angst:

Drive (2011) My favorite movie of all time. And I saw someone already draw it, I reblog it to my main account a few days ago. I will draw another one soon, my fav scene is not the elevator scene so, no worries.

Marriage Story (2019) Literally just rewatched it last night. I love the arguing/fighting scene so much, and it kinda suits my idea of how Claire will leave Leon for his drinking problem.

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) I don't know why this movie got so much hate, but I think the part when Steve came back and later Diana has to let him go…Inspired me to draw Cleon.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Directed by David Fincher. It's more for Claire honestly. But the Scandinavian scenery is something I long for.

Sci-fi:

Oblivion(2013), Edge of Tomorrow(2014) Both staring Tom Cruise. And I regret that I didn't go to the theater for both of them, at the time I thought the posters were boring, but they turned out to be really good, at least for my taste.

Not gonna put Romeo and Juliet (1996) on the list bc I don't use Leonardo DiCaprio for my Leon when drawing, I use Brad Pitt more, for he has a better fashion sense haha. Claire Danes is already perfect.

Some TV shows as well:

Full House (1987-1995) Uncle Jesse & Aunt Becky, just search them on Pinterest.

My So-Called Life (1994-1995) Angela Chase & Jordan Catalano. I Only use Jared Leto's appearance for ref; characteristically speaking, Leon is more like Brian in this show.

Peaky Blinders (2013-2022) For Noir outfit or Mob AU cuz why not?

Rougue One (2016 movie), Andor (2022) I love Star Wars and fuck…Cassian and Jyn are so Cleon-coded! I'm mostly into SW fashion, they have some dope jackets in Andor. Seriously go watch, Andor is as good as The Last of Us.

Ride with Norman Reedus (2016-) They got some cool bikes in the first season and Cleon bike date on PCH…My beach Cleon is inspired by this show actually.

I didn't even try hard to think about these and can still go on for days…Still, I think it's good enough for one ask for now hehe.

#my ask #movies #movie recommendation #cleon #lmao im getting ahead of myself #but seriously go watch if you wanna know more about me #writing them down makes me wanna rewatch all of them again

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page-2-ids · 1 year

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Romietus: An Amourtus gender related to the 1996 movie Romeo + Juliet

The colors are inspired by the Amourtus flag and the poster for the related movie

No suggested pronouns

#amourtus #romietus #fictigender #fictogender #mogai #mogai term #mogai gender #mogai coining #liom gender #liom coining #liom #liom term #mogai community #liom community #xenogender community #term coining #gender coining #coining post

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shakespearianne · 2 years

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all the world's a stage - an eddie munson x reader collection

⋆ a collection of one-shots, inspired by william shakespeare and featuring our beloved eddie munson.

⋆ a/n: as my username suggests, i am a huge fan of the bard. i just could not resist the temptation to put my eternal love for his writing to good use by using his works as an inspiration for eddie x reader fics. if you wish to be put on the taglist for this series, please let me know. i hope you will enjoy reading it just as much as i enjoyed writing it!!

⋆ if d&d be the food of love, play on (coming soon)

when lucas leaves hawkins (and hellfire) for spring break, dustin and mike turn to the only person they'd trust as a sub: you. it's a shame that hellfire has one very strict rule: no girls allowed. but in times of adversity, one must sometimes pretend to be a teenage boy in order to help their friends, even if that means spending the next two weeks way too close to their long-lasting crush: eddie freakin munson. (inspired by twelfth night, contains reader pretending to be a boy, eddie munson being totally oblivious, mutual pining, a bit of angst and a very happy ending)

⋆ my only love, my only hate (coming soon)

a masquerade party? that's the lamest thing eddie has ever heard of. but still, he came, disguised as a knight, for the sole purpose of making money and enjoying free drinks. that is until he lays eyes on the most beautiful angel he's ever seen and suddenly this party doesn't seem so boring. he's a freak, you're a cheerleader but tonight, under the masks, you can be whoever you wish to be. (inspired by romeo & juliet and the 1996 movie, contains love at first sight, romance and eddie being a huge flirt)

⋆ cupid's trap (coming soon)

you hate eddie munson, he hates you back and you're both perfectly content with the situation. but when your cousin nancy starts dating his friend steve, your mutual hatred puts a damper on their dreams of double dates. so, they decide to turn this mutual hatred into something a bit more exciting. because sometimes love can spring from the most unexpected places. (inspired by much ado about nothing, contains your typical ennemies to lovers trope, nancy and steve being matchmakers, sexual tension and repressed feelings)

#eddie munson #eddie munson x reader #eddie munson x y/n #eddie munson x you #eddie munson fics #eddie munson oneshot #eddie munson fanfic #eddie x reader #eddie x you #stranger things #stranger things fanfiction #stranger things x reader #eddie munson ff #william shakespeare #shakespeare inspired #fanfiction #one shots #x reader #shakespearianne

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lovesongbracket · 1 year

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Reminder: Vote based on the song, not the artist or specific recording! The tracks referenced are the original artist, aside from a few rare cases where a cover is the most widely known.

Lyrics, videos, info, and notable covers under the cut. (Spotify playlist available in pinned post)

Lovefool

Written By: Peter Svensson & Nina Persson

Artist: The Cardigans

Released: 1996

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Marry You

Written By: Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars

Artist: Bruno Mars

Released: 2011

Philip Lawrence commented on the song during an interview with American Songwriter: “When we were coming up with that song, we had this image of a slow-mo video in Vegas of a couple running, and she’s in her gown and he’s in his tux, the wedding party is behind them and everyone’s raging. This sort of crazy, daring, wedding feeling. It was more of a racy kind of idea, as opposed to this classic marriage tune it has become.“ He added "We always thought it was a good song and catchy, but we didn’t think it would affect pop culture the way that it has. The first time we saw one of those YouTube videos, it changed everything for us. We were almost in tears, just the power of music… the power of what it is we can create. These ideas, words, and lyrics and how they can get into the fabric of society and affect people’s lives in such an amazing way.” Originally slated as the fourth and last single from “Doo-Wops And Hooligans”, Marry You is a typical pop love song, where Bruno is so in love with this girl that he would even immediately marry her.

[Chorus] It's a beautiful night We're looking for something dumb to do Hey, baby, I think I wanna marry you Is it the look in your eyes Or is it this dancing juice? Who cares, baby? I think I wanna marry you [Verse 1] Well, I know this little chapel on the boulevard, we can go No one will know Oh, come on, girl Who cares if we're trashed? Got a pocket full of cash we can blow Shots of Patrón And it's on, girl [Pre-Chorus] Don't say no, no, no, no, no Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And we'll go, go, go, go, go If you're ready, like I'm ready [Chorus] 'Cause it's a beautiful night We're looking for something dumb to do Hey, baby, I think I wanna marry you Is it the look in your eyes Or is it this dancing juice? Who cares, baby? I think I wanna marry you Oh [Verse 2] I'll go get a ring, let the choir bells sing like, "Ooh" So what you wanna do? Let's just run, girl If we wake up and you wanna break up, that's cool No, I won't blame you It was fun, girl [Pre-Chorus] Don't say no, no, no, no, no Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And we'll go, go, go, go, go If you're ready, like I'm ready [Chorus] 'Cause it's a beautiful night We're looking for something dumb to do Hey, baby, I think I wanna marry you Is it the look in your eyes Or is it this dancing juice? Who cares, baby? I think I wanna marry you [Bridge] Just say, "I do" Tell me right now, baby Tell me right now, baby, baby Just say, "I do" Tell me right now, baby Tell me right now, baby, baby, oh [Chorus] It's a beautiful night We're looking for something dumb to do Hey, baby, I think I wanna marry you Is it the look in your eyes Or is it this dancing juice? Who cares, baby? I think I wanna marry you

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#the cardigans #lovefool #bruno mars #marry you #polls #poll tournament #poll bracket #tournament #bracket #lovesongbracket #round1

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