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Dinner with Scarlett, Brunch with Geneva, and a Tracklist with Fans

Part 42 of On The Inside With Elizabeth Olsen

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Thank you once again to JPmarvel90 for the use of their character Jess Parker (from My Best Friends Sister). They're a great author and a kind person. Show them love, and I hope you enjoy this chapter <3

Scarlett POV

"What are you laughing about?"

I look up from my phone to see Colin holding our baby boy, Cosmo.

"Lizzie and Y/N at the premiere." I look down at my phone and miss the confused look Colin has on his face. "You're laughing at our friends?"

He walks into my home office and looks over my shoulder as Cosmo babbles. "Look." I hold my phone up to him to show him a series of tweets about Y/N's phone wallpaper.

"No way!" Colin says in disbelief.

I nod and snicker as I look at a few more tweets before turning my phone over.

"So what's up?" I turn in my chair and look at my husband and son. The latter giggles as I poke his tummy.

"Not much," Colin says. "Coz and I were just missing Mom." He looks down at our son in his arms. "Isn't that right, buddy?"

Cosmo just smiles.

"Well, Mom is right here!" I blow a kiss to Colin and Cosmo. "But Mom is busy. She has to get ready for a meeting!"

"With Kate?" Colin asks, earning a nod. "With our Sephora launch and starter kit, it's just a lot of expanding."

Colin begins to walk to the office door. Humming to Cosmo. "I shouldn't be too much longer!" I say only to revive a laugh. "Scar, it's fine. Take as long as you want. I was coming to hang out and to remind you that Jess Parker is coming over tonight."

I freeze in my tracks and look away from my open laptop.

"No, Liz and Y/N are coming over tonight..."

Colin tilts his head. But he has a look that I hate to see.

He might be right.

"Are you sure?" Colin asks. I nod. "Here, I'll call Lizzie." I grab my phone and find Lizzie's contact. I place her on speaker and wait as the sound of ringing fills the room.

I look up, and Colin looks from his phone. He's texting someone.

Jess. He mouths.

"Oh, Hey, Scarlett!" I hear Lizzie's voice, and just by the tone, I can tell she's smiling.

"Hey, Lizzie! How are you and the rockstar!? Did you see the news??" I smirk and swivel in my chair.

"Yeah, no, I saw Y/N's wallpaper."

I laugh. Y/N's totally gonna get it later from me and Lizzie.

Wait, that sounded dirty.. but I mean... have you seen those two?

"Hey, so sorry to call right after your premiere, but I was just wondering if you and Y/N were still on for dinner?"

"Yeah, of course, we're still on for dinner! Why did something come up?"

I look up to Colin. "Umm.." He flips the phone to face me, and I see a text exchange between him and my friend Jess. With the words: "Yep, I'll be there!"

"Shit," I say. "Shit?" Lizzie repeats back. "No! No.. Sorry! I- I double booked."

"Huh?" Lizzie says, making me quietly laugh. "I double booked dinner tonight with you and Y/N and my friend Jess Parker."

The other side of the line goes quiet.

"Jess Parker? The Jewelry maker? She's your friend?" Y/N speaks up for the first time all call.

"Yes?" I answer, unsure of where this is going, but I quickly find out when Lizzie brings the phone closer to her mouth.

"Scarlett Ingrid Johansson, do you mean to tell me you are friends with Jess Parker, and this has never come up? Not once? You've never once thought to introduce her to her very fashionable friend! Someone who walks the red carpet with you!"

"And me!" Y/N pipes up again.

I gulp. It's clear I've made a mistake.

I look up to Colin only to find him gone. The door to my office closed.

"I- uhhh..."

Before I can even say or think of any words to say, it's like in a blink of an eye, somehow I've time traveled, and I'm in a long sundress while I carry Cosmo to answer the front door for our first guest of the evening.

My long-time friend Jess Parker.

In a way, she's been like a sister to me. Sorry, Vanessa. But we've always been close. Not many people know that the reason I took the role in The Nanny Diaries was because of her.

And while living across the pound for some odd years, she has always been a sound support system. But now that she's back in New York after a long 18 months, it'll be nice to catch up. Oh, and to warn her that she's famous no matter how little she believes me.

I mean, Lizzie and Y/N want a piece of her work, apparently.

Oh shit, that means I have to warn Jess about them coming over too.

But before I can say anything, I'm pulled into a side hug by Jess just before she scoops up Cosmo from me. For a baby who normally screams his head off when someone new takes him, he remains quiet.

"You look so good!" Jess says as she takes her shoes off and looks back at me. Her English accent still on her tongue.

"You too!" I easily reply as I look her up and down. "Love the top!" Jess gives a little shake of her head that says, "eh."

She never was the best about compliments. Her and Lizzie are the same that way.

"So Scar, do you wanna tell me why you were trending earlier?"

Liz POV

Y/N and I are about to arrive in front of Scarlett's when Y/N looks up from her phone with a smile. "What's up?" I ask.

"I just can't believe it's almost here."

I can see on Y/N's phone that she just read an email from her label, which probably led to Y/N thinking about her livestream tomorrow night.

"Is the studio set up?" I question her about the set up the label put together for Y/N. Basically, the idea for the cover of the album started when Y/N had a dream about her and I on a beach flipping tarot cards.

Hence the original name of the album: tarot cards on the beach.

She described it as the most nerve-racking dream she has ever had, and I'm still unsure why.

But when she woke me up to tell me about it. I remember being cranky in the moment but ultimately happy for her.

Duh.

She then immediately got into contact with her old friend Cyrus and had the label commission a giant canvas of what the album would look like. It's going to be revealed live for the first time at midnight tomorrow, followed by Y/N sharing the tracklist.

I can only imagine her smiley, cute face when she sees the finished product.

Y/N nods. "Yeah, that's what the email was about. They have everything ready to go."

"Even the cards and CD's?" I raise an eyebrow. "Even the cards and CD's." She states.

Following the tracklist reveal, the studio wants Y/N, aka hex, to autograph specially made tarot cards that will go into the CDs for the first 500 people that preorder.

I promised to massage her hands for as long as she wanted after it was done.

"What?" Y/N asks, making me realize that I've been staring at her face. Her perfect face. "Do I have something on my face? Because I know you told me not to snack at the hotel, but I still did it."

I laugh and pretend to wipe crumbs off her lips before leaning in and kissing her.

"You're perfect."

"You're still cheesy." She says. "Learned it from you," I reply and look down at her outfit.

Since it's dinner with Scar, we didn't decide to go clits to wall decked out like we would if it was the twins. We know Scar and Colin are busy with baby Coz, so the fewer clothes that could get messy, the better.

Wait- basically, what I'm saying is that we're just going as cute casual! I'm in brown boots, jeans, and a long black sleeve, while Y/N is wearing wide-ankle khakis, her vans, and a long maroon button-up.

I wasn't sure about the outfit, but she picked it out, and knowing Y/N, she'll be trying to color with Rose anyways, so who cares.

"I like what you're wearing." I look back up to Y/N's eyes and slowly lean in. She does the same until our lips touch again.

"I think the label will push for an August release," Y/N says as she leans her head on my shoulder. "It's still summer, but I was expecting July."

"August is still good, right?" I ask, unsure of what Y/N really wants. "It is." She says. "I think I'm just ready to start some shows because every time I think about performing, I wanna throw up."

That's right.

She's going to be on the road sooner rather than later.

"Well, I'll be there with you," I say and hold her close. But Y/N chuckles, confusing me. "What?" She leans up and fiddles with the ring on her right hand. "I know you'll be there, and I love that, but I know you, and I don't want you to put off filming for me."

I look at her as if she doesn't see through me.

"What do you mean?" I look away from her eyes and clear my throat. "Liz..." She sighs. "I know about Azazel reaching out to you." I found her eyes, and they light up. "We both know I will probably be on the road if people want me to be. So please take any offer that comes your way. I'm mar- I'm in love with Elizabeth Olsen, the greatest Emmy-winning actress of our generation. Not Elizabeth Olsen, the-"

"Y/N." I stop her. "I get it." She leans in and kisses my nose, making me giggle. "Thank you." She says.

The car rolls to a stop in front of Scarlett's, and before Y/N moves away from me, I thank her for always being supportive and caring.

She said, "No, you." before jumping out of the car while laughing.

Y/N POV

"Oh shoot. Should we have brought wine or chocolates or anything?" I turn to Liz just after ringing the doorbell. She looks back at me with a look that says yes.

Shit.

"We should go." I turn my heels to walk away, but Liz grabs my arm and spins me around. "I think it's too late for that." We both know that, but it's not confirmed until the door swings open, and instead of a short blonde greeting us, it's an even shorter blonde.

"Auntie Lizzie!" Rose runs and jumps out of the doorway to Liz's legs with arms outstretched but stops when she sees me. "Auntie Y/N!" She squeals, making me smile.

Her and I are entirely different with one another since our first meeting.

But just like that, Lizzies runs as favorite aunt ends. I see the defeat on her face as the scorned look in her eyes washes over mini Scarlett and I, but- wait, what did Rosie say?

"Huh, Rose?" I ask as I bend down the child by my side. "I said you have to meet my favorite Auntie ever, JP!"

I look at Liz, who looks back to me. Who the hell is JP??

"Rose!" All three of our attentions turn to Mama Bear Scar as she steps out of the house to take Rosebud from me and place her on the ground. "How many times have I told you not to open the door?"

Rose hangs her head. Clearly, knowing that she shouldn't open the door without an adult present. "But I know it was Auntie Lizzie and Y/N." Rose cries.

Scarlett gets onto her knees in front of her daughter. "Rosie, look at me." Rose turns her head to look at her mother. Liz and I watching this interaction like statues. "I know that you know it was them. And that, yes, they are safe people, but still, it is better to be safe than sorry. I'd hate for anything to happen to you." Rose nods. "I love you." Scarlett pulls her daughter close and smiles when a smaller, quieter "I love you too." happens.

Rose pulls out of the hug and looks at her mom. "Can I hang out with Auntie Liz and Y/N?" She asks, earning a nod from Scarlett. "Yes, you can."

And just like that, I have Rose by my side as she points at every little thing in the hallway as if I've never been here before.

"Is that a chatterbox I hear?" Another woman's voice surprises Liz and me as we enter the kitchen. As soon as our eyes see the person, we immediately remember. "Auntie JP! Look, I brought friends!" Rose smiles proudly and makes a grand gesture with her arms.

"I see that!" Auntie JP, aka Jess Parker, says as she comes up and makes a goofy face at Rosie before turning to Liz and I. "Hi!" She says as she extends her hands to Liz first. "It's nice to meet you finally." Jess smiles widely at Liz as Liz returns the greeting.

Rose watches the interaction with glee as Jess turns to me. "You must be Y/N." She extends her hand to me as well before leaning closer to whisper: "Scarlett, let it slip that you have a huge crush on her."

Immediately, I groan and turn around to the older woman, but she puts her hands up. "Hey, look at Twitter and tell me what's true!" I roll my eyes away to see Colin laughing as he fixes Liz a drink. "Yeah, yeah, keep laughing, Jost."

I narrow my eyes before Rose grabs onto Jess and I. "I want to show you my new coloring book! It's in my room!" Liz turns her head at this. "Can I come, Rose?" Rose thinks before walking away. "No, thank you."

As comedic as Rosie is, I see Liz's face falls. So, instead of having Rose pull Jess and me away, I crouch down to her. "Hey, Rosie, how about you go grab all your art supplies and books, and we can color them at the table before we have to get ready for dinner. How does that sound?"

Rose thinks and agrees before pouting a little. "Can you see my room later, too? I got some of new toys of momma."

Jess crouches next to me and nods to encourage Rose. "That sounds great." Rose nods and runs to grab her things.

"Drink?" Colin asks as I turn around. "Yes, please," I say as I stand by my wife sitting at the kitchen island. "Damn, I can't believe I'm old news now." Liz jokes as Scarlett brings in baby Cosmo. "I doubt that," I say as I kiss the top of her head. Liz shrugs. "You and Jess seem to have it pretty covered."

From the tone, I can tell there's more under the surface.

But before anything can spill from my mouth, Scarlett hands me a babbling baby boy. "Carefully, he's rigged to blow any minute." I grimace but hold Cosmo steady. "Gee, thanks." Scarlett winks at me. "Want me to talk to her?" Scarlett asks Liz in regards to Rosie. Liz lightly laughs and shakes her head. "She's a kid. She's fine."

Scarlett gives a flat smile as Colin places a drink before me and Jess across the island.

"Be honest..." Scarlett starts. "How many pictures of Natasha do you have on your phone?"

I sigh. "I don't know. Enough to have a folder..." I shrug. This only makes Scarlett smile wider. "Can I see?" She wiggles her eyebrows. "I'd die before I let that happen."

Scarlett looks me up and down. "Put me in a red wig, and I think you would."

I look around the room and see no help on the defense. My girlfriend sips her drink, knowing that she'd rather sit with jealously than engage in between Scarlett and I.

"So Lizzie..." Jess speaks up. "You had a movie premiere today, and now you're here? Slumming it with us? What's up with that?" Scarlett watches her friend tease effortlessly with a smile, and as my girlfriend answers, I watch Scarlett's eyes shift from one friend to the other.

I had no idea Scarlett even knew of Jess Parker, but looking at them side by side, I can see a similarity between them.

I tune into the conversation just as Liz speaks my mind. "Well, what about you, Miss Jess Parker! Word has it closed up shop, but after eighteen months, you're here slumming it with us! I had no idea Scarlett, and you were so close! I mean, I know you designed the Infinity Gauntlet piece Scar wore at the Endgame premiere, but..." I chime in. "We could've used your jewelry on the red carpet earlier this week."

"And tonight!" Scarlett makes a point.

Jess smiles and takes a sip of her Moscow mule. "Basically, I missed home."

"New York?" I question. Jess nods. "I was overseas with my Dad and stepmom, taking time off to find myself." Scarlett pipes up as she wraps an arm around Jess. "A horrible ex who never have to speak about ever again." Jess nods and gags. "The worst. But yes, now I'm back home. Close to Scar again-"

"I'm sorry." I interrupt. "How long have you and Scarlett known each other?"

Scarlett takes the question.

"We grew up together." This information shocks Liz and I, but my mouth works faster than I can stop the words. "Cool. And you never meant to mention this??"

"Babe-" Liz tries to stop me while laughing. "Liz, we could've been wearing Jess Parker this entire time! Do you know how hot you would've looked with a Scarlet Witch Crown!"

I shake my head to make my thoughts pure again.

Everyone laughs, including Cosmo, as he spits up disgusting me just as Rose enters the room, pretending to laugh like she knew what was going on. "Got 'em!" She says as she holds up her supplies and books.

"That's great, Rose! We'll meet you at the table." Rose happily turns to the table at Jess' words as Scarlett takes her baby from me.

"Well, rumor has it the shop might be open again." Jess makes a face to Liz and I as she sips on her drink with a grin before joining Rose.

"Oh, she's fun!" Liz says as she turns back to Scar and Colin. "Fun, huh?" I'm quickly met with a green-eyed glare. "Noted," I say as I take my drink to color with Rose and Jess.

"Wow, Rose!" I say as she is coloring a picture of The Black Widow. Jess coloring in Hawkeye. "I didn't know you had an Avengers book!" Rose looks up at me with an are you serious look. "Yeah." She says before handing me a page. "You can do this one."

It's a picture of The Scarlet Witch.

"I tried asking for it, but she wanted you to color it so you could give it to Aunt Lizzie," Jess says with a smile while also doing a pretty good impression of Rose that the child ignores. I look up at her and laugh.

"Thank you, Rose." I turn to the small blonde. "No problem." She replies.

"Hey, Rosie?" I say as I pick up a red colored pencil. "Yeah?" She looks at me. "I can do this picture, but I think Aunt Lizzie would really appreciate it if you made something for her that was an original piece."

Rose looks away as she thinks before grabbing a blank piece of paper. Paper that looks like she easily took it from a copier somewhere in this house. "Like flowers? She's pretty like flowers."

"Yeah. That's a good idea, Rose."

Pretty like flowers.

I immediately store that line in my head for another day.

As Rose gets to work on a 2-D paper bouquet for my girlfriend, I look up and see Liz fully engaged in a conversation about whatever Colin is talking about.

My eyes travel down her face to her hands.

"Hey, Jess?" I whisper before looking her way. "Yeah?" She whispers back with a smile. "Could I have your number?" Jess widens her eyes a bit before looking in the direction of the other adults. "That's kinda bold of you, don't ya think?"

I give her a confused look before hearing my own words. "Omg no." I continue whispering. "I heard a rumor that maybe your shop was open."

Jess makes an ah sound. "Yeah, and?" I take one last look up at Liz before turning to Jess.

"I'm thinking about a ring."

Jess' lips immediately curl up into a wide smile as she can't help it. "Omg yes!" She jots down her number on a piece of paper, and tears off the strip before tossing it to me. I quickly shove it into my pocket before anyone else can notice.

No one does, but the only person in between us. Rose.

I think nothing of it before remembering that kids talk about anything and everything, and my name and a ring would spill at some point.

"You're getting a ring?" She asks at kid volume, but luckily, no one else heard. "Yes," I whisper. "I want to get Aunt Lizzie a ring, but no one else can know about it." I plead with my eyes at the sweet little Rose.

She nods her head. "Okay." She says innocently enough as her red colored pencils makes contact with the page.

"Legos," She says moments later. "Legos?" I question, indirectly forcing Rose to grace me with her presence. "Legos for the secret."

Jess watches the shake-down happen.

I slowly nod. "Legos," I repeat, unaware that Liz and Scarlett were joining us at the table. "Legos! We're talking about Legos?!" Scarlett asks as she kisses her daughter's head before looking over Jess' drawing. "Yeah! Auntie Y/N said she's going to get me legos once the school year is over!"

Suddenly, all eyes are on me.

"If it's okay with you, Scar," I say as Jess holds back a laugh. Who knew kids were this scary!! Scarlett shrugs. "Sure. We love legos!"

"Legos! We're talking about Legos?!" Colin asks as he enters the room with a freshly changed Cosmo. "Old news, Jost, keep up!" Jess says, making me laugh as Liz sits down next to me.

"Ooh, now, who is this!" She grabs and holds up my colored page of her Marvel character. "I don't know, but she looks pretty hot!" I jump my eyebrows up as I get a playful eye roll back.

"Please, we all know who you really want." Scarlett bites back as she smirks at me.

God, damn Johansson and that smirk.

Dinner came and went with much harassment from Scarlett and her endless run of jokes. While funny, my cheeks might've been painted red by the end. Although I know for a fact she wasn't joking when she said she had a Black Widow suit upstairs.

I'm pretty certain my hand was going to break from how hard Liz was holding me.

Anyways, conversations flowed well, and Colin talked to Liz and me about SNL with Benedict this weekend and how fun that'd be. I then realized that I'd be in the same room with Benedict and how I would restrain myself from trying to get him to say penguin.

I also told Liz she should try hosting SNL, which was tabled for another time.

Jess also talked about how she'd love to make jewelry for Liz and me and our upcoming events—so stay tuned for that. _

"Babe, there's no way you're still jealous after last night!"

Liz scoffs as she pulls on the handle to the restaurant, letting me through first. "Jealous?" She scoffs again. "Who said I was jealous?"

"Me!" I point to myself with my thumb. "All because sweet little Rosebud wanted to sit next to me. Hang out with me. Only talk to me! All last night! You got stuck with a gassy Cosmo." I say with glee as we see William and Geneva stand up from their table in the corner of the restaurant to greet us. "Yeah, because Legos were promised. Oh, and let's not forget about Scarlett's friend!" Liz says as her jaw tightens. "And yes, Jess Parker was very nice. I'm glad Scarlett introduced the two of you. Being chatty and all." Liz says as she waves her hand around, and I know I'm immorally pushing the buttons here. Especially when I say. "Pretty, too."

Liz turns to me, and even through her sunglasses, I can see her glaring at me. "Stop, okay. Fine. Let's say I was jealous, but I have no reason to be right now because I'm Geneva's favorite."

I nod my head and agree. "Yeah... for now." I smugly say as I pass her to greet William first while she hugs Geneva before we switch. "Y/N, sit here!" Geneva pulls out the chair to the right of her. "Okay!" I say with a smile as I turn back to Liz to see her flummoxed.

She wasn't expecting that, but being the polite angel she is, she graciously pulls out the chair and sits across from Geneva.

"Hey, you two are matching!" William points out to Liz and Geneva, who are both wearing their LA Dodgers hats. "Yeah!" Liz says as she removes her sunglasses to glance at me. "I knew I had to match with Geneva today! You know..." She glances. "Had to make someone jealous."

Geneva laughs as she sees me roll my eyes.

William notices, too, but chooses not to comment on it.

"Oh. I hope it's alright, but I ordered a round of coffee for the table. I don't know what you two might've gotten up to last night."

Liz and I thank William and let him know that he's definitely speaking to the two most homebodied people who just so happen to have a certain celebrity status. This makes Geneva laugh again before asking Liz about her garden.

Liz happily answers any question Geneva has, and the conversation flows from one topic to another.

The waitstaff come by periodically, and it's always funny to see the different looks from the surrounding customers as they recognize us.

I know I saw a few phones take some pictures; it's annoying, but that's the life I want to have. It comes with a price. But anytime I did catch someone snagging a pic, I made sure to glare their way.

Not for me or Liz. But for Geneva. She's 15. She doesn't need to be posted all over the internet, first off. And secondly. I'm sure her being pictured with Elizabeth Olsen and myself would bring a particular stress she doesn't need.

"So, Geneva, how was the camping trip?" Liz finally asks the one question I know she has been keeping in her back pocket. And just like Liz said, Geneva's face lights up. "Oh my God, I have to show you pictures. It was so cool!"

As Geneva picks up her phone and begins scrolling, mine begins vibrating in my pocket. I think about checking, but I ignore it and choose to remain present in the conversation as Geneva's phone gets handed to me.

I lean over closer to Liz and begin swiping to the left on her photo album titled 🌲 Oregon Trip 🌲

"Oh my gosh, look at that one!" I say as we swipe by a selfie of Geneva at the top of a waterfall. "That's a stunning picture! Where is that?" Liz says as she looks up to Geneva, but her finger points to an object in the picture.

It's an LA Dodgers hat.

I nudge Liz with my leg under the table before handing Liz the phone to reach mine as it starts vibrating again.

"Sorry," I say to the group as I check the Caller ID: Bo.

"Shit," I say before looking at Geneva. "Sorry." She shrugs. "That's fine. I curse, too. Fuck. See?" She says deadpan before breaking out into a smile, making me and Liz laugh while her dad scolds her. "Honey, don't do that." She shrugs again.

"Who is it?" Liz asks as my screen goes black. "It's Bo." I think he's calling me back to give me the final word on what the album will be titled." I sigh. "I don't think the studio likes the I keep pushing back." Liz brings her hand gently onto my arm before rubbing it up and down. The action, while comforting, reminds me that we're not alone.

"Sorry. Geneva, you were saying?" I question, but William stops me. "Hey, if you have an important phone call, we're more than happy to wait or let you take it." I shake my head. "I don't want to be r-" Before I can finish my sentence, my phone starts vibrating on the table.

"Take it," Liz says to me with a pointed look. William nods in agreement. "Go! Don't worry, I'll have more photos to share!" Geneva smiles at me before focusing on her chocolate chip pancakes. "This place is always so good." She looks to her dad.

"Go." Liz practically shoves me out of my seat with love and care. I nod to the table and let them know that I'll "be right back." As I answer the phone.

"Hey, Bo!"

"You know I called you two other times."

"Uh oh, someone's cranky," I say as I wave to the hostess who waved at me. Good thing Liz didn't see that.

I hear Bo grumble on the other side of the call as I exit the restaurant and begin walking around the parking lot.

"I'm not cranky." He says. "Well then, let me guess, someone got Decaf this morning?" I know I hit the nail on the head when he doesn't immediately quip back. "Come on, who's your favorite!" I tease with a smile.

"Anyways..." He starts making me awww. "Would you like to know what happened in the meeting a few minutes ago, or should we keep joking around?"

Liz POV

As I look back from the hostess waving at Y/N, I'm met with the smirk of a 15-year-old.

"Does that happen a lot?" She asks before stabbing a strawberry with her fork. "Does what happen?" I ask, pretending to be clueless. "Girls throwing themselves at Y/N." Geneva dramatically falls onto the table.

William clears his throat as a warning to Geneva just in case she's crossing a line. But she's not. Because. "No. It doesn't."

Geneva makes a questioning hum.

"Okay, I'll bite. What?" I ask, tilting my head. But the teen just smiles and smirks again.

"Okay, Wanda." She takes a sip of her water. "I was just saying that you had a certain look of jealousy in your eye. I mean, I get it hex is very attractive-" "Geneva."

"Dad." She mocks back. "Elizabeth knows." I breathe out. "For the last time, it's Lizzie." I chuckle. "And yes, I do know. But that doesn't mean every girl throws themselves at Y/N."

(A/N: They do)

Geneva puts her hands up in surrender. "I was just saying." William leans over and apologizes for his daughter in a very teasing way, making Geneva defend herself, leading to her and her dad playfully arguing.

It's cute, but it does make me think about my father. It's been months since I've seen him or spoken to him, and yet I wonder what he's doing right now. I know he misses me, but is he truly sorry?

Y/N has moved on from how he treated her, but I can't.

He hurt me and someone I love—bottom line.

"Elizabeth?" Geneva pulls me out of my thoughts. "It's Lizzie." She smiles back, loving this back-and-forth we have. "Sorry." She makes a very sarcastic gesture as she rolls her eyes. "Lizzie?"

"Yes?"

"D-do you think.. Do you think Y/N would follow my Instagram?"

Okay, maybe Y/N IS everyone's favorite.

"I just love you and her so much. And since you don't have any social media anymore, it'd be really cool! Plus, I love her music! And we are all forming this fanfic kinda bond right now, so it seems like-" I hold my hand to let Geneva catch her breath.

I take a glance at William, who shrugs.

"I'm sure she wouldn't mind, but try asking her." Geneva nods and grabs her phone. "Okay!" She immediately gets up and runs out to speak to Y/N.

"Oh wait, Geneva.. I didn't... mean now... she's gone."

"And then there were two." William laughs as he leans back into the wooden chair of the restaurant. Rubbing the grey hairs, he has under his neck. "How long do you think she'll be?"

"I was just about to ask you." I chuckle while William smiles before leaning forward with his elbows on the table. He clears his throat before taking a full of coffee.

"This is a lovely place you and Geneva picked. I've never been here before." I say as my eyes dart around the fun interior. "Yeah. Geneva and I have been coming here since she was about 2." My eyes widen a bit. "Oh wow!"

William nods. "Course, she only remembers it only being just the two of us."

Oh!?

"There was someone else before?" I cautiously ask. Curiosity getting the best of me. William nods again. "Clara. Geneva's mother." There's sadness as he says her name.

"Excuse me for asking. But has she passed?" William doesn't take offense and only offers a shake of the head. "No." He sighs. "I don't think anything will kill that woman." Again, he rubs his shaven beard. "She's not in our lives."

"Oh.. By choice?" He nods. "Ours." Referring to him and Geneva. "Geneva has always been a bright girl. Smarter than me. Funnier than most. She's the type not to be afraid to show off what makes her, her."

I nod along to his words and smile. It's true. I barely know this father and teenager, but everything he's saying is true.

William takes a breath and sniffles as he continues speaking. "Clara did not like that. Especially when Geneva was discovering who she is." I raise my eyebrows and make an ahh noise.

"I used to work a lot more than I do now, so I was blind to it."

I tilt my head and bring my body forward against the table. When William moves his face upward, I can see the light of the morning sun bounce off the water in his eyes.

I hesitate to ask... "Did she ever-?" William stops me before I can finish. "She never laid a hand on her. But the verbal assault was enough." A shaky breath escapes him. "What kind of parent does that?" He asks me.

Once again. I can't help but think of my father.

"It only got worse when Geneva was brave enough to come out and tell us that she was gay." William clears his throat again. "And maybe another reason she did it was to show she wasn't going to change. Or maybe she did it because she truly thought it would change Clara."

William sighs with a shrug.

"Of course, I accepted her, and I thought my wife did too..." He shakes his head. Still hurt. "But one week later, she was trying to send our tween off to a conversion camp."

He pauses.

"I never looked at the person I married the same way after that." He picks up the napkin in his lap and runs it over his nose as I blink away the tears in the corners of my eyes. "I had a point when I started this, I promise." William cracks. "I could tell." I light-heartedly joke back. He smiles.

"Geneva is one hell of a kid. One in a million. And she likes you and your girlfriend. And hell, for some reason, it looks like you like us too." I smile and nod. "And she may look tough as nails, but she's still a kid, at least to me. My girl." He says. "So please be careful with her."

I nod with a sniffle."I can promise you that Y/N and I only want to be the best for her." I take a second. "She's a brave kid. She helped me be brave, too."

William smiles.

"Jesus..." I ran a hand through my hair. "It sounds like we're adopting her." William belly laughs at that.

Y/N POV

"They pushed. They want it to be like a real debut album. And since this is more than an EP, they're making you go self-titled. hex." Bo says on the other side.

I sigh. This isn't the worst, and I know I should be grateful for this opportunity. So I breathe out and smile. "Okay. Timetable?" I ask.

"Late Summer," Bo says as he looks at a stack of papers in front of him. "August."

I turn around when I feel the eyes of someone on me. I quietly laugh when I see an out-of-breath Geneva.

I quickly wave to her as she waves back.

"And did they say anything about a tour?" I raise an eyebrow with interest.

I hear Bo go quiet.

"Ten shows to start. With you going self-titled, your livestream tonight and if depending on your sales once released, they'll add more."

I nod to his words, but I hate the roadblocks I have placed in front of that I must maneuver to please men in suits.

"But you get to pick where you want the tour to start."

It makes me smile because I instantly think about my Dad and where to play. "Nashville. Anywhere you can fit me."

When the call ends minutes later, Geneva politely holds her phone out to me, and I press follow.

Saturday Morning May 7th

Billboard Today "Fans of newcomer hex showed up in force just after midnight last night to see the drop for the tracklist to the artist's debut album. The livestream,which many thought was going to be small, was watched by over 200,000 people. Oh, and what about the songs, you ask? It looks like the album is going to be a solid eleven songs. But just before signing off,hex let it slip that there may be more in the future. Deluxe album, maybe?"

PopCrave "Artist hex debuted their tracklist for their debut album hex last night to awaiting fans. Check out the photo below from the livestream!" photo

MusicStarsNow "In a series of tweets starting with a profile picture change. Artist hex shows fans who missed last night's livestream the painting of the album cover commissioned by a friend of the artist Cyrus Wilcott. Followed by eleven tweets. Each one being a track title with short information about the song. However, the final tweet only contained the song title. Other than that, no release date has been given, but we hope for a summer release!"

Twitter

A/N: Hey, everyone. Sorry, this took a while! But it's here now with a lot going on! The next chapter will probably skip to the time the album drops. So see you next time! I hope you enjoyed it! Be safe, and drink some water!

Also, below is the real tracklist Fake album. Real songs. ________________________________

Track#. Track Name . (Real Artist)

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hex by hex . 1. Too Bad . (King Princess)

2. My Silver Lining . (First Aid Kit)

3. Nashville . (CMAT)

4. The Last One . (First Aid Kit)

5. Hospital . (Madison Cunningham)

6. Oh Wasn't It Fun . (hex)

7. Graves . (Hand Habits)

8. Always, Joni . (Trousdale)

9. Big Time . (Angel Olsen)

10. Leaning On You . (HAIM)

11. Wishful Thinking . (Gracie Abrams)

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I know people like to discredit the interviews but if you take of the shipper glasses and actually read them objectively, its very easy to tell how episodes will go. They say it straight up and once I accepted that , I’m never really surprised anymore. It sucks but it is what it is.

Okay, you know what. Let's talk about this because people need to see how the (current) "truth" was right there all along. OS post-lightning strike when asked if it was "intentional" for Eddie to scream for Buck the way he did: "Eddie, as we've seen over the years, has been more of a stoic character, and it's nice to see that broken when Buck is put in this position. But I don't think that's necessarily something that we have purposely played into here, it's just the nature of the scene that this is literally life and death." The guy was as direct as could be without calling anyone delulu and STILL this fandom was coming up with ways for the accident to lead to canon!Buddie. Kristen addressing how the firefam would handle the coma: How is the rest of the 118 going to be dealing with what happens to Buck in the next episode? Other than his parents and Maddie, who’s the most affected?

Everybody’s affected, I should say that. Obviously, for Bobby, it’s a lot. He’s there. Buck is, in a lot of ways, his kid, and seeing him in a hospital bed and not knowing if he’s going to live or die is triggering, especially having just lost a very dear friend in his AA sponsor. For Chimney he’s a bit shaken by it because he was the one who was going to go up that ladder, and Buck took his place. And it’s not that Chimney feels guilty because he didn’t send Buck up there, but it’s more of an “oh God, that could have been me. It could be me in that bed fighting for my life.”

(The fandom: "How do we make this about Eddie's feelings, because he's obviously gonna have a scene of his own with Buck?") The fandom during the poker game: "Captain Mehta coming back HAS to mean something! And why were Buck and Eddie looking at each other like that???" (For the latter: You mean the way Ryan and Oliver usually look at each other when they're on break because they're good friends? Uh. Okay.) Kristen explaining the thought process: "We talked about different abilities that he could have, and we came up with math because it just seemed so the opposite of the Buck we know and love. We did not want to give him a super ability that would positively or negatively impact his job, if that makes sense. You give Buck the inability to feel pain, and that just feels like a different story. We wanted to keep it fun." (And wow. It was, in fact, brought up again for a laugh with Ravi.) Oliver applauding the fans for picking up on the symbolism of Buck equating relationships with couches: "I love that the fans have picked up on the symbolism of the couch. Buck is attached to this symbolism of couches being related to relationships, and that's not something that's actually going away anytime soon. Up until Buck's very last scene of the season, we'll see that symbolism at play." Where...where did he say anything about *who*, specifically, the couch might be connected to? Where did he boil it down to one single relationship, even? Oh, and here's a fun one that doesn't get much attention because it must feel like a knife to the chest: Oliver after the lightning strike, discussing the bond between Buck and Eddie: “They’ve both become quite embedded in each other’s lives. I think they’ve kind of bonded and connected on so many levels, whether it be work, their personal lives and then add in that kind of fun dynamic where they clearly do just get on well. I think it’s just a nice recipe for a good relationship, however you choose to see it.” Idk what most of this fandom was reading, because everything I came across was saying "CAUTION: DISAPPOINTMENT AHEAD"

#anonymous #tina speaks #tv: 911 #tv: 9-1-1 #buddie #oliver stark

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Have you seen the new jk ck ad and to which jkkrs are using the rhetoric that he is gay and doing this as a rebellion to scooter braun's made up persona of het global star in seven and I'm here be seeing these same ppl say that tae wearing these type of queer in his first solo release is not a big deal bc he's proven straight and dates jn ( I don't doubt but he's not even given the benefit of bi/pan ) but just bc jk acts like this in a contractual ad that has no personal thoughts or ideas (and as a queer person, I see what they're trying to do bc they've done this type of thing for other make stars like HS) and for his first release he still went with the het agenda just for his global superstar male and deleted his thirst trap for his boyfriend just last week for this same agenda (again the theory of these jkkrs) but this week his back to his rebellion era which make me think if he has some type personality splits but whatever..

What really makes me angry is jm is seen as some panicked/ashamed gay by these shippers just bc he stopped giving moments to their ship and this guy as some rebel just because of his pandering to these shippers but when you see that jm released art work that can be seen by many with many sexual and gender queer references without involving other ppl is what a rebellion queer is but I have yet to see other members especially jk in this case to do something mild to even allude that they're in the queer side like all these ppl have are magazine/ads and jm with them to mostly make them gay but jm is seen queer even without mentioning these ppl, which makes me think of why I never see jkkrs discuss jm's solo queer moments to argue he's queer but always insisting jk's gay (& don't get me wrong bc he can be gay/bi/pan or even get but these ppl's dumb reasons are just really stupid) once every two weeks that it now seems like they're just manifesting it to happen but yeah and I'm sorry this ask is all over the place like I just don't understand this panicked gay jm when that barked for usher in a live for millions of fans..

Jungkook is literally doing his job. Like what's so hard to understand for these people. The ad requires a certain kind of look and he's going for it. He's not the one who plans it. And he had the chance to express his sexuality in his art and he portrayed himself as straight. So there's no point in arguing.

Even if anyone else was gay in the group they wouldn't have enough guts to do what jimin did.

What jimin has been doing in his art need some solid guts. People don't talk enough about how brave jimin is to express himself in a homophobic country especially when his career is on line.

I don't know about jk. But I'm sure other members are straight. And i believe yoongi is queer. But still he didn't have enough guts to express himself. I'm not saying they have to. They don't have to because it's a homophobic country and it can jeopardize their career. But we should acknowledge and praise how brave jimin is for doing something like this.

Jikookers love to make jimin some damsel in distress who needs jungkook to help him(I swear it makes me so mad) and they think jungkook is some rebel. But what's exactly his rebellion? Coming live at ass o clock at night. You call this rebellion? Oh he came live without company's permission. How brave. He's rebelling against the company to protect jimin when there's literally zero connection to jimin.

And for clothes. It always makes me laugh. How can wearing a certain type of clothes make you gay? That's just stereotypical. Men can't always wear boring suits. What's the point of fashion if it's not changing?

They were even calling taehyung gay because of his clothes in the mv. Dumb people.

But what can we do? They're always gonna think what they wanna think. No matter how dumb and stereotypical they sound. They don't care.

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J2 Main Panel Orlando Con 2022

During the Gold panel Jared was sweating buckets so for the Main panel staff put a fan on the floor which he was really happy about and whose idea was it for Jared to have that fan? I'm gonna leave y'all to form your own opinion but while he does not take direct credit when Jared noticed the fan on the floor Jensen tells him 'you're welcome' to which Jared happily replies 'I love you' so by logical deduction we can conclude that Mr. Ackles noticed his boy struggling with the heat and asked staff to provide a fan for the main panel. But like I said y'all from your own opinion x

And then Jared pointed out Jensen's new hair style cause of course he did, his man is looking hot he's gotta point it out x

Getting into the question portion of the panel kickin it off question number one is: Was there any particular scene or episode that was their favorite to shoot? Jared says every scene in Changing Channels, and in the case of the entire ep then French Mistake. Jensen says the Eye of the Tiger scene from Yellow Fever.

Jared mentions Jensen’s working with Phil Sgriccia again who directed that ep, and Jensen jokes to do more music videos because he also directed the Soldier Boy Solid Gold stuff and he teases there is a Robert Mitchum number that’s coming up. I'm excited to see that x

If they could have a superpower what would it be? Jensen says he’s been getting asked this question a lot at The Boys press junkets and he’s heard a variety of answers and explanations but he keeps landing back with flying. Every other power has repercussions; he feels like flying is pure and simple. Jared says he would like to swim like a fish because he’s fascinated with our oceans. That Jensen will take care of the sky and he’ll take care of the water. Even in answers about superpowers they’re such partners 💗

Was there a season, storyline, or episode that they did not expect to be a fan favorite and were surprised when people liked it? Angels. Jared says he and Jensen didn’t want the show to turn too political or religious because it’s not about religion. Then they started touching upon the theme with eps like Houses of the Holy and then s4 happened and the character of C was introduced and they were wondering if that was going to turn off the demo that wasn’t into religion. And they were assured that it wasn't about religion it was an expansion of the universe. Jensen says something they were able to do on the show was take risks and swing for the fences and a lot of the time it was well received.

Then. In the year of 2022. Jared did not miss the opportunity to bring back referring to G as a demon saying he married a demon. But now Jensen gets to jump in on the fun and says he married an angel. Which makes Jared let out a weird laugh and say his demon is really an angel in real life. And without missing a beat or opportunity very helpfully provided Jensen says "and mine's really a demon in real life." And then they laugh. Without a second thought they both took a shot at D and G. All I'mma say is that many a true word is said in jest ☕

Continuing on a fans English teacher is a fan of the show and really likes Dean a lot and they asked the fan if they could ask Jensen to call him a Bitch. So Jensen did 😂

They go from an easy question to a very difficult one. Of all the questions they’ve ever been asked, what would they answer differently? The boys have no idea how to answer this, they are struggling so the fan changes the question. Has something they said ever been taken out of context and they didn't like it? Jensen replies, "oh yeah, that happens quite a bit." Jared says yes but he doesn't not like it, he understands that communication is difficult. He likes exploring ideas and thoughts and talking things out, and he doesn't get offended by other people's speech because maybe that's what they're feeling or exploring and he hopes he gets the same forgiveness. That sometimes when getting asked questions it's difficult to express yourself the way you'd like to; Jensen answers that they get asked probably more questions about themselves and about their work than most people do, and some of those questions are similar or repeated so they often give similar answers but as they have grown in their own lives as well as professionals those answers have also evolved. x

What is their ultimate favorite prank they’ve pulled and who is it on? The irony of them getting this question right after Jensen makes a comment about repetitive questions but anyways Jensen says a thing to know about him and Jared is that their pranks are not planned in advance, they see the opportunity and take it.

But there were pranks done to them in the past and a memorable one that's one of his favorites was when they had to climb down a manhole that had been built on the sound stage so when they got to the bottom it was closed it was like a 15 to 20 feet hole with a ladder so they climb down and after them came gallons of water. Kim Manners was the mastermind behind it, he had already gotten the shot he needed but he told them he needed another one and the whole crew was in on it to fill up giant buckets of water and drench them; and this thing was planned in advance, one of the crew members made sure to get Jensen's phone out of his pocket and they made an appointment for Jared because he had a cast on at the time so they made him an appointment in advance so he could get his cast changed for a dry one. Afterwards they spent like 10mins chasing Kim Manners around the set till they caught him and put him in a puddle of water and dragged him around. x

If there was a British adaptation of SPN who would they want playing them? Jensen says Tom Hardy. Jared says Benedict Cumberbatch. x

Jensen was asked about the Winchesters. The fan is excited for the character of Carlos and asks was it important for him to see that representation right from the start? And what is he most excited to see? He says yes, and Robbie did a great job on the character adding some amazing details and nuance that the actor who plays the role, Jojo, was able to do tremendous with; what he’s excited to see is what the fans think of the twists. That somebody told him during a meet and greet the day before that John didn’t know about hunting until Mary died and he replied that he’s well aware. That they're not tossing away 15yrs of story just how they're gonna get to it may not be what fans are expecting. I don't believe you sir. x

What’s the best part for them about being dads? Jared jokes going to conventions away from them. Jesus, Jared 😅 Then he gives his real answer which is rediscovering stuff, his kids make him appreaciate the little things and helping guide them as they discover things. Jensen says unprovoked I love yous, that his kiddos will randomly tell him I love you and Arrow will jump into his arms and give him a big hug and then cup his face and say "I love you, daddy" and then run off. x

Before they move on to the next question Jared says I love you to Jensen because of what he just said about unprompted I love yous and somebody in the crowd says "he's not your daddy" 💀

I need ya'll to see those mens reactions because Jared is just like 'I'm not doing that one' and Jensen with all seriousness turns around and is like 'what was that?' and Jared is literally like 'no, no, no' and turns him around. Jensen was fully ready to play with fire and Jared did not let him 😂

Anyways, do they have funny stories about their pets? Jensen says he only has one pet a 16 year old, part blind mostly deaf 20-ish pound mutt and watching him now is both sad and entertaining because he runs into walls not full force just bumps into them. And he'll also just stare at his bowls, he'll go back and forth between staring at his water and kibble and then walk away, and Jensen doesn't know if he knows what he's doing cause he also has full blown dementia as well but as soon as he picks him he knows it's him, and he'll burrow his face into his neck and he knows its his dad 😭

Jared says Arlo is a trained service dog for anxiety for him, he has been trained for Jared and that he has helped with his nail biting because part of his training is to get him to stop doing that but that Arlo also easily gets stressed out so they joke that he's the only therapy dog that needs therapy. x

When he's talking about his nail biting Jared says Jensen also stops him, and I wanna point out a moment from a con last year that I had not noticed originally it just came to my attention now. But last year during one of the virtual cons that the boys did there's a moment where Jared starts biting his nail and when Jensen notices he knocks on the table infront of him and Jared just immediately stops. Husbands husbanding x

How do they feel going into the sets for The Boys and Walker after SPN ended, and the characters they're playing? Jared says that it would have been really difficult to quicly jump from spn to working on Walker but because of the shutdown he had time to develop and prepare for the show but also his character, and it was strange at first but he's done so much work in the industry that it was like a fish to water just a different ocean.

Jensen says he had a lot less on his plate than Jared did because they had been co-captains for years and now suddenly Jared was gonna be solo captain of a new ship and he doesn't know many people in their profession personally that is more equipped than Jared to that job and he's doing it now with grace and dignity and talent and success. That's lovely Jensen ❤️

Says he had a little less of an order, he was going into a very welcoming home. He didn't feel the preassure to prove himself but he did put the pressure on himself to not drop the ball and to earn his keep, so he did his best and stuck to what he knew and was comfortable with and was able to befriend the cast and the crew. But it was interesting cause it definetely wasn't spn, and he definetely did not have his co-captain there to help him and help guide him through what could have been rough waters. Luckily he made friends pretty quickly and it was a very welcoming crew. Mentions again that Antony Starr confessed to him that he was prepared not to like him but now he really likes him. x

What were some of the more memorable locations they filmed at? They mention places like Squamish, Bordertown, Riverview hospitals which they referred to as Stage 4 because of how often they filmed there, boundary bay which had the crossroads. Jared says he thinks the set he misses the most is the waterfront in Squamish because it was so beautiful. Jensen mentions the church from Sacrifice, that church was surrounded by a large tidal lake so the water rises and lowers and he found it very picturesque. Then when they went to film it was all covered with fog and it was raining, and they had to film the scene of the angels falling down so they were getting drenched and having to look up into the freezing rain 😆

Question for Jensen, how is it the same and how is it different working with Kripke again after so many years? He says there were a lot of similarities and familiarity because they kept in contact with Kripke over the years and he and Jared have remained good friends with the man so when the time came to work together again Jensen felt a comfortable familiriaty that gave him some confidence he probably wouldn't have had in a situation like this but at the same time it was different because the whole thing was bigger. He calls it Kripke unleashed, it's everything he couldn't do on network television. x

Last question! What got Jensen into voice acting? And would Jared do it again? Jensen says what got him into it was that he was given the opportunity. That getting into that genre is difficult but once you get your foot in the door the hard part is over and you get to enjoy doing these roles and it's a lot of fun and different from the on camera work. He just did another voice over project two weeks ago, and it's something he'll continue doing as long as they continue to ask.

Jared replies that he enjoys voice acting to a degree. That with the SPN anime and with Phantom Boy those projects were already done and animated in a foreign language, and then they attempt to translate what's said to English and have the actor say some version of what they were trying to say and it was a nightmare. But he'd do something like Scoobynatural any time because it was them acting together and the animation was done later to match them not him having to match what was already done so he would do it again some time. Jared, my love the part of voice acting you don't like is dubbing. x

J2 Main Panel Orlando Con 2022

#j2 tinhat #anti genevieve #anti danneel #not really but just in case #also not my fault blame it on these two for taking easy shots #mine

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Episode 66 Transcript: Exploring Bobby's Personal Color Analysis for a More Robust Trucker Hat Collection

[intro guitar music]

G: Hello! My name is Grey.

C: And my name is Crystal.

G: And this is Busty Asian Beauties, the Supernatural commentary podcast where I, someone who has seen this show several times...

C: And I, someone who only knows the show through social media, discuss every single episode of Supernatural from start to finish. Also, we are both Asian.

G: Both Asian!

Yeah, today, we are discussing Season 4, Episode 6: “Yellow Fever,” written by Andrew Dabb and Daniel Laughlin, directed by Phil Sgriccia. You know what?

C: Yeah. This was not that bad. Like, Dabb did an okay job the first time.

G: Okay, here's my take. Like, many times this episode, I was laughing out loud, with the episode, right? Like, I was enjoying what they were doing. They were putting things on the table, and I was like, “Yeah, that's funny. Yeah, that's amusing.”

C: Yeah, yeah.

G: And then, towards the end when I realized-

C: What the plan was?

G: - This is the episode [laughs] where they do the thing that they do to the ghost that they're trying to get rid of.

C: Yeah. Yup.

G: I was like, “Oh, okay. [screams]”

C: That's where the Dabb-ness comes in.

G: Suddenly, I was like, laughing, but in a like, “I can't believe they're doing this!”

C: In a "Dream a Little Dream of Me" way.

G: Yeah, a "I can't believe they're doing this" kind of way. Although I would say, like, you know, Dabb era, I would say, is characterized a lot by its comedy. It's a very- like, that's where Supernatural really does become like a sitcom, you know? So I understand that Andrew Dabb in his introductory episode- Is it? Is it? We said that last episode, but I'm not sure if that's true.

C: We did say that. I can check.

G: It is.

C: Yep.

G: “Yellow Fever” is his first episode. So like, for his first episode to be a funny episode-

C: He wrote your favorite Sam episode.

G: Really?

C: He wrote “After School Special.”

G: Wow! And he was partners with Daniel Laughlin for a really long time. [laughs]

C: Yeah, but then they broke up in Season 8.

G: Damn. He also wrote "Hunteri Heroici."

C: Yeah. Which I guess-

G: Sure is an episode.

C: Yeah, definitely is one. Sad to see an epic writing partnership broken, just like Sera Gamble and Raelle Tucker.

G: Yes. C: They hate to see the LGBTs win. [C laughs] What is the implication in that statement?

C: That- that they were fucking? That Sera Gamble and Raelle Tucker were fucking, and so were Dabb and Laughlin. Is that the implication?

G: You know, we never know. [both laughing] I'll probably delete this part from the episode.

C: I'm pretty sure we know.

G: Well, anyway, yeah, that's our thoughts for this episode. It's- it's really juicy. I think this episode is really juicy, and I am excited to get into it. So, you. What did you know about the episode before going and watching it?

C: What I knew about this episode before going in and watching it was that it is like, basically one of the only Supernatural episodes that Kripke felt he needed to release an apology statement after [G laughs], and I'm gonna read that out loud to all of you right now, okay?

G: [laughing] Okay.

C: So this article, it goes:

"In response to last night’s episode of Supernatural, showrunner Eric Kripke wanted to pass along this message to the show’s fans:

'So I’ve never before responded directly to the fandom’s comments about an episode, and I don’t plan to make a habit of it, but I couldn’t resist dropping in a thought about the episode “Yellow Fever.”

Which is this:'"

Linebreak, linebreak.

"'Dean is not a dick. [G screams]

None of the writers, or anyone on the creative team of Supernatural, think Dean’s ever been a dick, past, present, or future. He’s a hero. Dean did NOT contract the ghost sickness because he’s a dick. Victims contract the illness because they use “fear as a weapon.” Dean asks Lilith at the episode’s end, “Why did I get infected?” And she cryptically responds, “you know why. Listen to your heart.” We, as the writers, probably should have emphasized this mystery more, I take responsibility for that omission. But the point is: the reason he was infected is because of a secret he’s keeping. A dark secret that will be revealed in Episode 10. And not at all because of any dickishness, implied or otherwise.'"

G: It's so funny!

C: "Bugs"? Fine. Racist truck? Fine. Misogyny up the wazoo? Fine. But it is my fault for implying for a second that [fake-teary] Dean might be a dick when he is a hero!

G: Oh my god. I actually- I didn't read the full statement, but I did go through the “Yellow Fever,” like, Superwiki page, and like, reading that, that like, Eric Kripke was like- wait, where is it? "For the first time ever, Eric Kripke made a statement after the episode, clarifying that Dean wasn't a dick." [C screams]

C: Jensen Ackles is not gonna fuck you! [G screams]

G: And it's so funny to me because I know what they were trying to do, right? Like, I know what the reveal is, etc etc. But even then, I was like-

C: Yeah, whatever.

G: - “Yeah, maybe he just was a dick for real." Like, who even give a shit?

C: Maybe he is just a dick! That's fine. He is a dick. So it's fine.

G: Yeah. Like, they are not mutually exclusive. Like, being a hero, and being a dick occasionally, they are not mutually exclusive. So for them to come out and be like, “We, the writers, but especially me, Eric Kripke, [C laughs] believe that Dean will never be a dick.” It's like, what are we doing here? What are- Was there an uproar? Were people rioting in the streets? What's happening?

C: I think they were rioting in the streets! It seems like the fan response was strong enough that he felt like he needed to come out and say something. [G laughs] Which, you know, I'm actually really curious to see if this reflects on the IMDb reviews at the end of the episode. If people are like, screaming and crying, going [fake-teary], "Dean's not a dick!"

Oh, and the other thing I knew about this episode was the screencaps of the scene where Dean sees the words “Baby gonna cry” and starts panicking.

G: Yeah! God. Many times this episode I really was just - and that includes that scene. “Baby gonna cry?” [C laughs] He should have. He literally should have.

C: Literally. "Baby gonna cry?"

G: Okay, so-

C: Should we just mention the title of this episode. Like, it isn't what it is, but it could be, but it isn't.

G: Yeah, yellow fever- Actually, you know what I don't- I didn't know what yellow fever was in terms of the disease because it's not- like, it doesn't affect Southeast Asian countries.

C: I also didn't know what it was in terms of the disease until I looked it up. I was like, "Maybe there's a disease for it, but I only know it as like, another term for Asian fetishization."

G: I've heard about the Yellow Plague, which I think is different. It's not the Yellow Disease. Yellow Plague, that's different from yellow fever, which is different from yellow fever.

C: Other yellow fever, yeah. [laughs]

G: Yeah, yellow fever is like, a disease. Is it an infection? It's a viral infection, I think. You know, let's not spread misinformation. [laughs]

C: Wikipedia says it's a viral disease, I have the page open. [G laughs]

G: Yellow fever can also be used as a term for [overlapping] sexual fetishization of Asian people, yeah.

C: Interestingly enough, one time that it was used- like, a famous time it was used, it was used in the afterword to the play M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang, and he meant it in a derogatory way, right, like, he was like, "People who have Asian fetishes are basically infected with a disease," but I feel like people use it as a self-descriptor now unironically sometimes. So that's that's fun. Good job. Good job you did that. But yeah, the pun of the episode title is that "yellow" also means cowardly. So like, that's what they were going for.

G: Yeah. [laughing] Wait, I remember this one- [laughing]

C: Yeah?

G: This one video, it's like- I don't even know what it is. It's like a game show. [laughs]

C: A game show?

G: [laughing] Yeah, like, there's an Asian kid and like, a white kid-

C: Oh, shit I remember this! Yeah, go ahead.

G: [laughing] And then the question is, “If a person is yellow, it means that they are…” and then, like, the white kid buzzed in, and he goes completely silent, and then after like, five seconds, he goes, “Chinese?” [both laughing] Yeah.

C: God.

G: And then the Asian kid buzzes in and goes, “Cowardly?” [both laugh] And the white kid was like, "Oh, dammit." Like, you can see his face's reaction be like, "Oh, I should have known that." [laughs]

C: Yeah. God. Good for both of them. Hope both of them are doing well.

But yeah. Also, if you're curious, people can't- like, I couldn't find like, a strict etymology of why yellow means cowardly, but yellow being a descriptor for East Asians seems to be from Carl Linnaeus, who was like, a Swedish scientist who like, decided to separate humans into racial groups arbitrarily. And he used "luridus," which means pale yellow, lurid, or sallow, to describe Asian people. And according to the book Becoming Yellow: A Short History of Racial Thinking, this was because, like, he used the same term to characterize plants that were unhealthy or toxic. And, like, the point, was like, exoticization/demonization of Asian people. So that's fun.

G: As in- wait. Linnaeus as in the Linnaeus? The nomenclature?

C: I think? Carl Linnaeus- He's considered the father of modern taxonomy. Is that the one you're talking about?

G: Yeah, like-

C: That one.

G: Yeah, okay. [laughs] Fun!

C: Yeah, I definitely learned about him in like, “he was a cool scientist” way in school.

G: Yeah. And you know what?

C: Now you know!

G: Well, he was a cool scientist. In association with everything. [laughs] Yeah.

C: Yeah, alright.

G: Anyway, let's get into the episode.

C: Let's get into the episode.

G: The episode starts with the-

C: Oh, "Then" sequence?

G: Oh, yeah, the “Then” sequence. It's fun. It's good!

C: Well.

G: We get some Cas. We get some Lilith. They show Sam killing-

C: - killing Gordon again. It's in every single "Then" sequence, and it's like, over him going like, “I've got demon blood in me. I'm a whole new level of racist.”

G: [overlapping] "I'm a whole new level of freak." [both laugh]

C: Like, implying that he only killed Gordon because of the demon blood? Like, okay.

G: Which is fundamentally untrue.

C: What a fascinating take.

G: Untrue.

C: Right. Why did they have Cas in here if he's not even in the episode?

G: No, it's like, because Dean gets threatened that he's gonna get thrown back in Hell, and they're reminding us that by putting in the line of Cas saying, “I can throw you back to Hell.”

C: Oh, yeah, that makes sense. [G laughs] See, my only feelings about that line are like, “Oh, hi, he's hot.” I forgot that there were like, words that meant things in there.

G: So let's finally start with the episode.

It's just Dean. [laughs] Just his usual self. [C laughs]

C: He's just being regular.

C: No, but we see Dean interspersed- Well, actually the “Before” sequence itself was interspersed with Dean running in the road, right? So that's like, kind of how they tie it into the teaser portion of the episode where he is in fact running, but now it's night. And we hear like, a bit of growling, a bit of dog noises in the back, and he is super scared, and he gets to a point where he sees like, some guy. He stops in the middle of the road, and then he tells the guy, like, “It'll kill you. Run, run!” [C laughs] And then we see what he's pointing at, which is this little Yorkie!

C: With a pink bow on his head.

G: Yeah. And I was thinking, “This dog is probably not a street dog, so like, where's its-"

C: Yeah, why is it out here?

G: Yeah, where's its pet mommy? Where is it?

C: Aw.

G: Poor little- poor little dog. That's the end of our introduction. We go to 43 hours earlier, where Sam and Dean are going to a morgue in Colorado, right?

C: Yeah. Rock Ridge, Colorado.

G: Yeah. And as they enter the coroner tells them, like, “Agent Tyler, Agent Perry, meet Frank O'Brien.” And Tyler and Perry is an Aerosmith reference, which they do actually ref- like, they say in the episode like, “Oh, just like in Aerosmith.” Which, do you find it funny or cheap when they do that?

C: I think as long as it's not too often-

G: Yeah.

C: Because it's like, their names are stupid, and they should be caught out more for them, or at least like, people should mention, "Oh, band." So I think a little bit is fine.

G: The last time we had this was like, when Dean was talking to some guy and the guy was like, “Oh, just like in Led Zeppelin,” right? So it's not that often.

C: Yeah, that was in "Scarecrow" or some shit.

G: Yeah. Frank O'Brien died of a heart attack three days ago-

C: Good.

G: - but apparently, he was an athletic guy, marathon runner, 44, so like, why did he die? And the coroner says, “Well, everybody dies. Like, that's why I have job security.” [C laughs] Honestly, I love this coroner. I am quite taken aback by the lack of protective gear [laughs] later on. But yeah, he's funny. And apparently, not just Frank died these past few days. Like, two other men died from heart attacks. And the coroner's like, “Okay, sure. But like, why does the FBI give a shit?” And Dean says like, “We just want to see the autopsy." Which obviously hasn't been done to this man who died of a heart attack. So the coroner is like, "There's no autopsy? What autopsy?" And Dean goes, "The one you're gonna do."

C: The next thing is the autopsy happening, and I feel like the vibe is like, the coroner's not happy that he's being forced to do an autopsy, so he's like, trying to make it as unpleasant for Sam and Dean as possible, and honestly, like, slay.

G: I'm pretty sure you wear a mask during an autopsy, no matter what. Whether the person died of whatever.

C: I'm pretty sure too.

G: You wear a mask. And you know what? This could have all been avoided if they just wore masks. [laughs] Probably not. I don't know

C: Well, but freedom. Their freedom as Americans. [both laugh]

G: Yeah, so I've heard. I have heard about the Americans' freedoms. [C laughs]

C: So the coroner’s like, “Okay, I've gotta do the autopsy right in front of you, and I'm going to make it as gross as possible.” So, you know, we see him cut the skin open, and then he has Sam and Dean assist, so like, there's like, rib cutters that Dean hands over, and we get to like, hear the snap.

G: Also, the way he picked up the heart-

C: Oh, yeah, that is- yeah.

G: He didn't cut it off the body. He like, ripped it out.

C: He just fucking yoinked it out. Yeah.

G: You know what? I support it.

C: There's like, scratches on this guy’s knuckles and arms, and there's also like, this white band on his left hand, which implies that he was married.

G: Yeah.

C: So he finds that the heart seems perfectly healthy. No blockages. I didn't know there were physical signs of a heart attack that were left behind on the heart. Maybe there aren't. This is Supernatural. I'll never know. Yeah, he yanks it out, tells Dean to hold it. And then, like, as he's cutting something else out, like, an organ like, bursts and splashes like, blood all over Sam’s face. You know, the coroner goes, like, “Oh, sorry, spleen juice.” Good for him.

G: This reminded me so much of that episode in House, where like, an intestine explodes on that guy's face. [laughs]

C: I don't know-

G: "That guy." Love that. Foreman's face. You don't know this? Foreman.

C: I don't remember. Aw, Foreman! Poor guy.

G: We should get back to being a semi-House MD podcast.

C: No, we shouldn't. [G laughs] No one should ever think about that show ever again.

G: Ah, all right.

C: It's making its comeback for like, I don't really know why, and I feel like more people are watching it than like, the economic equilibrium deems is good, you know?

G: You know what's fascinating is someone that I follow for Supernatural on the tumbles is now posting The Great Ace Attorney fanart-

C: Nice.

G: - and that's really fucking up with my head. Like, I'm not here on Tumblr for that. [C laughs] Like, it's elsewhere, you know? Like, why are you doing here? What are you doing here?

C: Right.

G: Also, they ship- I mean, I don't think it's like, morally reprehensible to ship that ship. But, like, personally, I don't enjoy it, and I'm like, “Oh, I'm sad you enjoy it.” [laughs]

C: Everyone ships Narumitsu!

G: Not Narumitsu.

C: Oh.

G: In The Great Ace Attorney, you're Asian, you're Japanese, that's your guy.

C: Oh, the racist? Wait, the racist? The Barok racist guy?

G: And then like- yeah, ship them with the Barok racist guy. [laughs]

C: Oh, that's insane. Okay.

G: I mean, okay, fine, it's okay, I don't give a shit, like, do whatever you want. [C laughs] But like, personally, I'm like, "I don't like that." [laughs]

C: Yeah.

G: I'm a hater. I am a hater.

C: So we're in the cop station, and like, there's a deputy there who's like, young and fresh-faced. And, like, is this gay?

G: Everybody knows this guy. Like, you've seen this guy, I've seen this guy-

C: I've seen this guy in all, like, the Dean bisexual compilations. But like, is this guy gay?

G: I hope so. He's very cute.

C: Good for him. He's- he's something.

Is the implication that he has a thing for Dean. Like, I can't tell. I feel like if Supernatural actually meant to do it, they would make it a lot more clear, and then have Dean make a gay joke about it. So I guess not.

G: Yeah, because they do do that with like, Aaron, right? They were like, “Oh, he's into Dean,” and then he's not, and it's a whole thing. But like, I don't know. If this was literally any other show, I would be like, “Yeah, that's probably their intention." But because this is Supernatural-

C: Yeah, it sure is Supernatural. So, right. This is Deputy Linus, and then the sheriff shows up, and he takes them into his office. But he tells them to take their shoes off first, which is supposed to like, show that he's like, really fastidious about his office being clean or like, is it germaphobe? But like, maybe he's just Asian.

G: I know! I'm literally- like, he made them take off his shoes, and I was like, "Go, Asian king!" Go, white Asian king! [both laugh]

C: Yeah. Diversity win! This white man is also an Asian man, and also did so many terrible things as a cop. [G laughs]

G: Yeah.

C: So he like, starts really scrubbing his hands down with hand sanitizer. He tells them a bit about the case. He says that he and Frank were friends. “Hell, we were Gamecocks.” And [both laugh] Dean does laugh at this, and so do I.

G: Later- I mean, we'll get into it later.

C: Oh, the Gamecocks/Cornjerkers thing?

G: [laughing] Yeah.

C: [laughing] Yeah, that shit was really funny.

G: Like, the rest of that scene I did not hear at all because I was too busy hearing my laughter.

C: Yeah. Yeah. So this turns out to be their softball team.

G: They are- diversity-!

C: Do you think- do you have a name for John's softball team in 2.20?

G: [laughing] Diversity win! This man who is white is also Asian and a lesbian. [both laugh]

C: And a cop. Good for him.

G: And also did some truly atrocious things.

C: Yep!

So yeah, remember how John was on a softball team in 2.20?

G: Yeah, I sure do.

C: What if that softball team was called the Gamecocks or the Cornjerkers? What if?

G: Well, what this like, a Kansas-y name? Because I feel like Cornjerkers is like if you're in a corn- cornish-

C: They're in Colorado, though. They don't have to do anything.

G: I don't know what any of these places are.

C: Yeah- Colorado is- I don't know. There are mountains. And everyone called it like, a den of iniquity for a few years when it was like- when weed was legal there before other states. I don't know that much else about it.

G: Oh, they have Boulder, Colorado, which Dean says was his college in- 1.02? I think. The second episode of the show.

C: 1.03, right? Oh, 1.02? No, yeah, it was 1.02. Okay. Yeah.

G: That's all I know.

C: And also at Dean's laugh, he goes like, [seriously] “They're majestic animals.” So-

G: Love that.

C: Yeah. He says that he was a good man, and Dean makes like, a shitty joke about like, “Oh, yeah, he had a big heart.” I just- like, following “Monster Movie,” [laughs] this is an odd episode. Like, first, because they already did like, their “haha funny” episode. But at least this one's actually funny. And also, second, because, like, despite everything in “Monster Movie” going against it, the thesis statement was like, “Oh, hunting is good because we save people or whatever the fuck, and it feels good to do.” And like, Dean just here, being a dick to this victim. And now, after we learn more things about him. I'm like, “Go ahead.” But like, right now, it just seems really rude.

G: This is probably a common joke, but it was common for my group of friends - because, you know, I am, in fact, a busty Asian beauty - and it's common for my friends to make like, “you have a big heart” joke towards me.

C: Oh, yeah.

G: Because I have big... heart. [both laugh] Yeah. So when he said this, that's all I was thinking about.

C: Like, wow. He had giant badonkers. Huge hongalongalongs. Yeah.

G: Exactly

C: Such things were wasted on such a terrible man.

Yeah, apparently in the few days before he died, he was like, really scared of everything. Dean is like, "Yeah, you know what? This is probably just a heart attack." And then he goes outside and immediately goes, “No way that was a heart attack” to Sam.

G: Yeah. Sam, like, continue on that like, "There's no way it's a heart attack because everyone has the same scratches, and everyone was like, mortified 48 hours before their death," etc etc. They start talking about how it's very difficult to narrow shit down. Because, like, every supernatural creature is pretty much scary.

C: Yeah. [laughs]

G: So they just go to some guy’s place to- who's like, Frank O'Brien's neighbor and is also the last person to see him alive.

C: But before that, Dean says- he sees-

G: - a group of teenagers, yeah.

C: Four 15-year-olds with bikes who just look like they're talking to each other and hanging out after school. [laughing] And he goes, “I don't like the looks of those teenagers down there,” and crosses the street to avoid them.

G: He's just like me for real.

C: I know that's supposed to be a hint- that's supposed to be a hint about something later, but like, at the time it was just like, “Alright, Dean. I guess he's like, way more classist than I thought.” [G laughs]

G: You know what? Teenagers, they're kind of terrible. I am willing to admit that.

C: Sometimes. Sometimes. But like, Sam and Dean could take them. [G laughs]

G: This reminded me of like, Yakuza, for some reason, because, like-

C: Oh, right.

G: - teenagers are portrayed as super duper terrible in that game.

C: When your guy gets totally beat half to death by a group of teens.

G: Yeah, yeah. They should have done that to Dean. I retract my statement. I think teenagers are perfectly fine. [both laughing] And they should do that to Dean Winchester. [C laughing]

Yeah, they enter this guy's house, and the guy’s like, “Oh, you're named just like Aerosmith.” And Sam handles this better than Dean did in the past, where he just says, “Yeah, it's a small world.” And then this guy is a lizard guy, he's a reptile guy. He has a lot of snakes. An alligator?

C: Yeah, or a crocodile. I didn't pause to check.

G: In a shockingly small terrarium, or whatever that's called. An aquarium?

C: Yeah, that is not how you should be keeping an alligator or a crocodile, I'm pretty sure.

G: Yeah. There used to be a person in my life - which is such a vague way to put that - who like, is into like, reptiles as well. And so I looked up, like, "What kind of equipment do you need for that?" or whatever. And you need so much equipment. And also, like, a small animal needs so much space. But throughout this scene I was just like, “That is such a small aquarium! What are you doing?” But you know.

C: Yeah. Sorry to that creature.

G: Apparently, Frank O'Brien was very jittery, freaking out a lot. And throughout this scene, Dean is looking very scared of all the animals. And Mark, the guy that they're talking to, is like, “He was afraid of witches.” And Sam's like, “What?” And he clarifies that- I don't know. He was afraid of the lady from the Wizard of Oz?

C: Yeah, like he freaked when he saw Elphaba.

G: Yeah, he was afraid of- and I listed- "Al Qaeda, ferrets, artificial sweetener, PEZ dispenser. Lots of stuff."

C: Yeah.

G: Yeah. I mean, good for him. [laughs] What is your most irrational fear?

C: Huh. I can't come up with anything. I mean, I guess-

G: Yeah. You're the person who's like, [mocking voice] “All my fears are rational! What are you talking about?”

C: I'm sure there's something. I just can't think of anything. I don't know. I don't eat the heads of fish or shrimp because I don't like the idea of their brains going into my mouth. Is that something?

G: I mean, probably. Do they have brains? Isn't it just like, nerve systems?

C: It is probably just nerve systems. [laughs]

G: Love that. I think I've said this before in the podcast, but I'm very afraid of the trunk of a car beheading me.

C: Oh, yeah.

G: Yeah. Love that.

Anyway, they ask what Frank is like, and Mark basically says that like, “Well, he was- He got better.” And they press, and he says that when he was in high school, when he was younger, he was a dick. He was a bully. But he did get better, and like, after his- after "What happened to his wife," and they were like, “Oh, whoa, he was married?” And apparently, he was married 20 years ago, and his wife died. And that's all they say at this point. But- and then the snakes really start freaking Dean out. And Mark was like, “Hey, don't worry. This one’s a sweetie. You should be worried about the one behind you.” And then it shows a little snake crawling on the couch. Fun stuff.

C: Not little

G: Yeah, it's a big snake.

C: Yeah. It can smell fear, supposedly.

Okay, so the timeline- what we know. Okay, he does a horrific murder.

G: 20 years ago.

C: And then he finds that his wife killed herself. And then that's what makes him nice?

G: Yeah. Because the way the brother later makes it so is that everyone knew that he killed that guy. So like, maybe Mark didn't- maybe Mark was like, new in town. But like, how would he know that his his wife killed herself if he was new in town?

C: I don't know. No, wait, he's not new in town, because he said that he was one of the ones who got bullied by Frank in high school.

G: Oh, yeah. I don't know. Maybe- Yeah, it's a bit unclear. Maybe Mark is a bit out of it. Who knows?

C: Yeah, who knows? I feel like he and Andy would get along. They have similar vibes.

G: Yeah. I think Andy would be very scared of the snakes, though.

C: Oh, true, especially if he was like, on a bad trip.

G: Yeah. [laughs]

C: So we're at the Impala, and Dean's starting to scratch his arm.

G: Love that! [laughs] Skin disease representation.

C: Real. So he says to Sam that his research has taught him that Frank's wife Jessie had, like, bipolar disorder, and then, she vanished. And then two weeks later, they found her, and, like, she'd killed herself in a motel room. But there's no way that Frank could have killed her, because when she disappeared, he was like, at work.

So meanwhile, Sam has checked out Frank's house, and there was no EMF, no hex bags, and no sulfur. And then he notices that Dean is driving at the speed limit, at 20 miles per hour, and then he drives past their motel - or I think it's a hotel this time, because we see it, and it's very nice. Sam’s like, “Huh!” And Dean goes, “Sam, I'm not gonna make a left hand turn into oncoming traffic. I'm not suicidal!” And then Dean goes, “Did I just say that? That was kind of weird.” [G laughs] And it is kind of weird. Because he is suicidal.

But anyway, the EMF starts going off, and it's like, detecting something off of Dean. And Dean starts going, “Am I haunted?” God. So fun. I've revised my “put him back in the ground” wish. If you could just give him chronic like, ghost illness-

G: Ghost sickness-

C: - that doesn't kill him but like, just sort of like, keeps him around here, maybe like, a little further. Like, this is the most likeable he's ever been in the entire show.

G: That's true.

G: So Sam is like, on the phone with Bobby or something. And he walks towards the Impala, and Dean is lying down in the backseat or in the front seat.

C: Front.

G: There's no divider in the Impala, which I find so fascinating. Can they bring that back? Like, in cars? Or, I mean there's probably a reason why they took it away.

C: There's probably a safety thing or something.

G: Yeah, but it looks so cool. “Eye of the Tiger” is playing really, really, really loudly, and Dean is air-drumming. And then Sam, just like, scares him a little bit by banging on the roof of the car.

C: Also, Sam's holding a box of doughnuts.

G: Yeah!

C: I love when Sam gets to have food in his life. Good for him.

G: He did not eat it, though. He didn't eat it.

C: That's true. He just bought it for Dean or some shit.

G: Dean looked at it and also didn't eat it. So I don't know who consumed the donuts.

C: Yeah, he's probably getting afraid of artificial sweetener like Frank did.

G: Yeah. And Dean shows Sam some scratches on his arm. And he keeps on itching it pretty much all throughout the scene. Apparently, Sam reveals that Dean has ghost sickness. And [laughs] this one's pretty funny. Like, Dean is like, "Oh my god. God, no." And Sam's like, "Yeah." And then they go silent for a while, and Dean goes, “I don't even know what that is.” [both laugh] And it's incredibly effective, it's incredibly funny. And I think, honestly, like, not to be like “Jensen Ackles is a good actor,” but like, I find that a lot of times, people compliment Jensen for his crying, for his single man tear, blah blah blah.

C: Wait, that's the main thing I complain about.

G: Yeah, exactly. Like, I find his crying so, like, "who even give a shit?" But he is actually very good at like, physical comedy.

C: Yeah.

G: Like, the reason why Dean is so funny and charismatic-

C: Eh.

G: - is because he is acted well when he is being funny.

C: Yeah.

G: Yeah. Sam says, “Some cultures-”

C: "Some cultures-"

G: Love that! They're going against the "all cultures." "Some cultures believe that certain spirits infect the living with a deceased that acts exactly like a disease." And, like, he says that this is the reason why "they" [C laughs] stopped displaying bodies in houses and started taking them off to funeral homes, which is so fascinating to me. Because I am pretty sure that the funeral industrial complex [C laughs] is a very American thing.

C: Yeah. Right. Yeah, so as soon as this happened, I was like, “Well, that wasn't in A Mortician's Tale, so I don't think it's true.”

G: Exactly.

C: So I did a quick factcheck, and okay, so like, if we're looking at just the phrase “ghost sickness,” it seems like it's a phrase or a term used for beliefs that are most common amongst like, Navajo and Muscogee groups. Like, Native American groups in the US. And also some Polynesian islanders. But it is not about how the body or whatever can infect the living with a disease or whatever. It's like, specifically about like, how grief can cause physical symptoms like loss of appetite, hallucinations of or dreams about the dead, and anxiety. So like, that's not really what this episode is. But it ends up like, a Japanese thing anyway, one that I could not find that many sources on. So I guess it's fine that they got ghost sickness wrong. Sure.

G: Yeah. Yeah. The whole like, death industry is- Ever since we played over The Mortician’s Talel, which we in fact did, and we posted it on our Ko-Fi

C: Yeah, [annoying voice] and if you wanna give us $3, you can like, totally see it!

G: Yeah. And like, we're doing that now. We're doing it every month.

C: We're let's-play-ers now. Like, cat ears and growing out of my ears as we speak.

G: Exactly. But like, ever since we played A Mortician's Tale, I've actually been like, reading and like, watching YouTube videos, you know, of like, the typical people to watch. Like Ask A Mortician, blah blah blah. And, I don't know. I think it's a very fascinating thing. And, you know, maybe one day, we can get into it.

Earlier in this podcast. I did ask you if pyring- like, funeral by pyre, is legal, and it's not. And we did read that pamphlet from the Department of Health. So it's a long time coming.

C: Oh, with cremains?

G: Yeah! [laughs] The cremains one! Which is the most amazing thing that has ever happened in this podcast. [C laughs]

C: And we didn't come up with it.

G: Yeah. It's literally- cremated remains are literally called cremains. Love that.

The symptoms are you get anxious, and then really, really, really scared, and then you die of a heart attack from all that scaredness. And Dean is like, “Well, we haven't seen a ghost,” and Sam informs him that this spreads "pretty much just like any sickness," which is so funny to me. [C laughs] What? What? What?

C: I don't fucking know.

G: The argument here is like, it spreads like "any sickness" in quotation works, which is, well, as we know, sicknesses come in different shapes and sizes. So like, the way this spreads is like, "a cough, a handshake," whatever. So like, is it airborne? Is it like the particles in your saliva, whatever? Is this blood?

C: Sam says some cultures but every illness. [G laughs]

G: It's so funny. How does ghost sickness spread?

C: I don't know.

G: Is there a flea in the air that bites the body and then bites you, and then you die 48 hours later like the bubonic plague? What's happening?

C: [laughs] I don't know. Whatever.

G: Like, who give a shit, but also, it's so funny to me.

C: It is.

G: It's so funny. Anyway.

C: It's definitely a really weird writing choice. Yeah.

G: [laughs] Yeah. Anyway, Frank was- [both laugh] Frank was in a game over the weekend for a softball tournament, which is apparently where he has infected the other victims. And then Dean asks - and also, throughout this scene, there's like, a flashback sequence-

C: Of just their jerseys.

G: Just their jerseys. And then Dean goes like, “Were they the Gamecocks?” and then the camera is like panning over at the jersey with the word “gamecocks” on it. [C laughing] And Sam goes, “No, the Cornjerkers,” and it pans to the Cornjerkers. Why?

C: [laughing] Oh, god, it's so good. I think this is the first scene in the show that was in like, one of the videos that got me into Supernatural, which was like-

G: Yeah, I know what you're talking about.

C: Caspig420's like, "Supernatural lines I still think about" or-

G: Funny line deliveries or something? Yeah. It is so funny. I literally- like, the entire rest of this scene I was just laughing so hard. It's not- It's everything. Like, Sam's delivery. The camerawork. The like, the way they zoom in on the word "cornjerkers." It's really something. It's not even that funny. Like, Gamecocks and Cornjerkers-

C: [laughing] It is that funny.

G: - but it is very funny. Yeah.

C: Yeah, it's just that it's delivered completely seriously.

G: Yeah, like, Sam does not find this amusing at all.

C: Yeah, if they were like "tee-hee!" about it, I'd be like, “You're so annoying. You're not that funny.” But like, because they aren't doing that, I'm like, “You are so funny. Good job”

G: This remind me of, like, I think it was Katya from- well, from everything, but she's a Drag Race queen. And in like, one of their episodes, Trixie and her, they mentioned that real comedians don't laugh at their jokes. They say something funny and then don't laugh.

C: Oh no.

G: And then it reminded me of this podcast, [C laughs] and I was like, “Me and Crystal are so bad at this. We laugh at every single thing we say to each other, even if they're not funny." [laughs]

C: Yeah. yeah. I laugh while delivering my own jokes because I think I'm so clever. [G laughs] I'm not.

G: Multiple times in this podcast, I was unable to deliver a joke at a prompt manner [C laughs], because I was laughing too hard, so. We are very professionally.

C: Yeah. Do you remember that time we were joking with Danica, like, “Oh, maybe you can like, come on the podcast, but only as the laugh track.” [both laughing] And she was like, “You don't fucking need a laugh track.”

G: We really don't. We really don't. We are laughing at our own jokes.

C: Yeah.

G: Anyway, they evaluate that Dean has around 24 hours to live. And Dean asks, like, “Why me? Like, you are the one who got sprayed by the spleen juice.” And Sam says, “Well, Bobby and me [C laughing] had a theory that the three victims shared a personality type. And Frank was a bully. The other two victims, one was a vice principal, and the other was a bouncer. So basically, they were all dicks.”

C: So true!

G: Which is fascinating to me.

C: Being a vice principal is as bad as murdering someone.

G: Yeah. But, you know. And also, like, is the look at teachers and stuff still that they're terrible people?

C: Eh, I'd say that vice principals get a sort of bad reputation for- I don't know. Because they're admin, they're not teachers.

G: That's true.

C: And like, if you get sent to the principal's office, or whatever, like, sometimes-

G: Yeah. Matilda still fresh in the brain.

C: Yeah. Exactly.

G: [laughs] My little sister, she's 7 years old, super sweet, and she watched Matilda when it was released- the new one, the musical.

C: And she was really scared to go to school after that, or?

G: Well, not really. So she had a classmate who, like, would go to the principal's office after classes, and she was like, she told my mom once, very like, afraid, and she was like, telling it- like, you know how when kids are telling an adult about something bad, like, that kind of vibe? She was like, “Yeah, I have a classmate who went to the principal's office, and then the next day he was absent. I think our principal sent him to chokey!" [both laughing] And yeah. Apparently, the kid was the principal's kid. [both laugh]

C: Oh. [laughs] So they're just hanging out.

G: [laughing] He's just going to his mom's, like, office-

C: God bless.

G: - and my little sister thought that he was being tortured in the chokey. So that's fun.

Anyway, Dean was like, “I'm not a dick.” And Sam’s like, “No, I mean, I know you're not a dick. [C laughing] But you know, like, the victims also used fear as a weapon. And now this disease is returning the favor." Which is so weak.

C: Yeah.

G: I love the "because you're a dick" explanation more.

C: It's literally just because they're dicks.

G: Yeah. Yeah! And Dean was like, "I don't scare people," and Sam says, “All we do is scare people.”

C: So true!

G: And Dean says that "If all we do is scare people, then that means you're also a dick." And Sam just goes like, “Apparently not! Apparently I'm not a dick!”

C: So fucking real.

G: Good for him.

C: Yeah. Your brother was dead for 4 months, and it was the darkest period of your life, [G laughs] but yeah, it is funny now that he's gonna die in 24 hours. You're right. And I mean this unironically.

G: Yeah. And Sam says, "Well, I suppose we need to kill the ghost." They theorize whether it's Frank’s wife, so they go and investigate whether it's Frank's wife. And before that, Sam goes, “Why are you here?" Like, downstairs in the car. And Dean, “Yeah, our room is in the fourth floor, and I'm scared of heights.”

C: He's so cute like this! Keep him like this!

G: Keep him like this, please. And Dean was actually very- Sam was actually very nice about this.

C: Yeah.

G: He was like, “Yeah, okay, I'll see what we can do to move you to the first floor,” which is nice! I like that. I like that he doesn't make fun of Dean.

C: It's really nice. There are parts later where he gets fed up or like, makes fun of Dean. But like, he is like, quite accommodating right now. And I thought it was really sweet!

Wait, okay, question about this "Eye of the Tiger" scene.

G: Yeah.

C: Is it just "This is what Dean does in his car," or is it like, he's like, trying to like, hype himself up to like, go up to the fourth floor by listening to loud music or something? [G laughs]

G: I love that idea. He was like, “Let's get some inspo music right now so I can go up the stairs."

C: Right. Yeah. Well, I feel like later we see his main coping mechanism is drinking heavily, which is really sad to see. So like, I feel like this is a healthier way to do it.

G: Yeah.

C: Yeah.

Oh, also I liked the line “Dean, all we do is scare people,” because even though they didn't mean it like that, "all we do" could imply "and we don't even save them," you know what I mean? G: Yeah.

C: Like, the only thing we do is scare people, due to hunting being bad, and how both of them should quit hunting. So yeah.

C: We're inside a hotel room, and it is a nice room. Like, there's a separate living room from the bedroom.

G: That's true. Very bougie-looking.

G: Like, whaddahell. Good job. So there's like, an artistic clock on the wall that's like, spiky looking, or whatever. And Dean's reading a book about ghost sickness and also like, really freaked out by the clock. And, you know, there are illustrations of like, people with blood pouring out of them that he gets really freaked about.

G: Yeah.

C: And then we zoom in on the text, and there seems to be like, text like, popping out that's bold that's like, speaking to him specifically. And it goes, “You're dying. Again. [both] Loser. You gonna cry? [both] Baby gonna cry?” [both laugh] And Dean starts hyperventilating, like, "oh- oh- aah," and like, I don't know. I want to disparage people with like, actual anxiety disorders or whatever. But like, I guess since this is ghost sickness, it feels removed enough that I can find it so funny that this man is suffering. [laughs]

G: Yeah. I just think the “baby gonna cry?” is the one that really took me out.

C: It's so good. [both] Literally, baby is gonna cry.

G: Yeah.

C: But he didn't. And that was so sad. Also, below "baby gonna cry," there's a line about Japan, which I guess is foreshadowing for later. But yeah, I couldn't really find anything for Japan and ghost sickness specifically, but I guess the monster that they decided it is not really a ghost sickness thing.

So we cut to like, a teeny bit later, and Sam comes in and sees that Dean has like, smashed the clock on the floor. And he's like, drinking on the sofa and telling Sam that everything's good. So what Sam got from research was that Jessie O'Brien was cremated, so she's not the ghost. Dean says something about how like, “Oh, it's nice to have my head on the chopping block again. I almost forgot what that feels like.” Which is like, basically the only time in this episode that they acknowledge that this is like, a bad situation and Dean's about to die. The rest of it's just all like, "It's so funny." And it is. It is so funny.

And then Dean starts choking and coughing, and he spits up a wood chip. And Sam goes like, “Oh my god! We've been like, totally ignoring the fact that, like, you're a really good source of information for the research. Like, whatever is happening to you is going to be clues to the identity of the ghost." And Dean's like, "What? Tell us what? Like, wood chips?" And Sam says, “Exactly.”

G: So they go to a place with wood chips, I suppose. I'm pretty unclear on what this place is.

C: It's a lumber mill.

G: And you think I know [laughs] what the fuck a lumber mill is? I know that a lumber is a piece of wood.

C: Yeah.

G: And a mill is- a process site?

C: One of those spinny things.

G: Yea.

C: There's a mill in Pentiment, right?

G: In Pentiment. Yeah! I love that game.

C: But lumber mills are specifically like, places where they cut like, raw logs into like, usable [both] lumber.

G: Okay. So this is a wood chippy area, and Dean is quite terrified. And Sam’s like, “Well, I need backup, and you're the only person here.”

C: Yeah. He says specifically, “You're all I've got,” which, in that moment I was like, “Oh, this feels sort of like Sam manipulating Dean’s brother instincts.” And that's spicy. I like it. Do it more. [G laughs]

G: Yeah. Dean takes a huge gulp of alcohol, and then they go to the back of the car where Sam picks up a gun, hands it to Dean, and Dean goes, “I'm not holding that. It might go off!" [C laughs] Then he gets the flashlight and goes, “I’ll man the flashlight!”

C: [laughing] And he looks so proud of himself. He's like, “I'm being such a brave, strong boy,” and he gives Sam like, a quick little nervous smile after too, and I think it's so fun. Keep him like this, please!

G: This is a very popular like, screenshot/gif from this episode because he does look adorable.

C: Yeah. As you said in “In the Beginning,” we need to consider the appeal of men who are just little guys!

G: Yeah, exactly. They go in. And the EMF is going crazy, but it is going to be because Dean is there, so they just- I don't know. They turn off the EMF. And then Sam finds a ring on the ground, and like, much fanfare. Like, throughout this entire scene, Dean is scared of everything. Sam finds a ring that says “To Frank, Love Jessie.” So it's Frank's ring.

C: So the implication is that he dropped this while doing a murder 20 years ago?

G: Exactly.

C: It's not even dusty!

G: Here's my question. If he dropped this 20 years ago, how does he still have a ring tan?

C: I guess he could have gotten a replacement? Like a mourning thing? But yeah.

G: It's just a very weird thing to put there, and I do not understand. This could have not been there.

C: I feel like they just think we're stupid. Like, there's the pictures of Jesse like, in the office. Like, we didn't need this part. And we also learned from his brother later, anyway, that he did do this murder. And the fact that, like, the ring, says, “To Frank, Love Jessie.” It's just- they think we're stupid, and they want to handhold us through this mystery or whatever

G: Yeah, it could be their initials together or something. I don't know.

C: Yeah, this seems like- it probably cost a lot to engrave that many words on a ring.

G: Anyway, they walk around some more. There's a scene where there's a locker, and they hear rustling inside, and they go over to it, and Dean is pointing a flashlight at it, and Sam is mouthing some words that I did not quite catch.

C: It seemed like he was going like, “3, 2, 1, open!” or something.

G: Ahh. Okay, he was doing that, and as he opens it, there's a cat!

C: Yeah.

G: And Dean lets out the most goofy scream of all time.

C: Yeah. No, it was really good.

G: Yeah.

C: No one has ever screamed like that in Supernatural before.

G: Is the implication here, because later on we see the guy, the ghost-

C: Luther.

G: - and you see in a flashback that he is holding a tiny baby kitten.

C: Oh, so it could be like a- one of the children of that original cat?

G: Cats can live for 5ever, I'm pretty sure it's still this cat. It looks the exact same.

C: It doesn't look like an old cat. It's been 20-

G: Okay. fine.

C: Let me look up cat life span. Cats live about 15 years-

G: That's a lie.

C: But some can be in their twenties.

G: Yea.

C: Alright. Fine. It could be the same cat with a good skincare routine.

G: Yeah. [laughs] Unlike, your guy from Doctor Who.

C: Oh, yeah, Peter Capaldi was 58? when he started playing the Twelfth Doctor, and I like, thought for sure he was like, 70 or some shit.

G: I mean, I don't want to make fun of people for aging, you know-

C: That's true.

G: But when you showed a picture of your father at the same age that this man was [both laugh] during the recording of Doctor Who I did scream and cry.

C: Yeah, but I- it's just that a white people wrinkle more thing. Isn't that a thing? That white people age worse?

G: I think so. No, like, Asians don't wrinkle. That's like, a thing, right? Asians specifically. And your father is in fact Asian.

C: I think a lot of groups that aren't white have like, a thing where they say that they age better than white people. Like, there's like, “Black Don't Crack” and stuff. I think it's just white people who are the minority. [G laughs]

G: No, but like, why? Is it because of the sun?

C: I don't know.

G: Because they have less melanin?

C: Oh, yeah, so they get all sun-damaged?

G: Yeah. But like, a lot of Asian people are also pale, so.

C: Yeah. No clue, man.

G: Yeah. We don't know. We never know.

They look at the ID card in the locker, and it says "Luther Garland." And then Dean goes over to the table, where do we see many, many, drawings. Well, is it many, many at this point, or just one?

C: I think two or something?

G: But we see a drawing. We see a drawing of Frank's wife, Jessie. And Sam says, "The plot thickens." And Dean goes, "Yeah, but like, into what?" Which I love that. I love that exchange.

Suddenly, the machines start going. Specifically, the machines start going after Dean rips out the drawing from the table, so like, there's a piece of the drawing that gets ripped out from the side, and the machine starts going. And the machinery looks very intimidating. But another thing that also looks very intimidating is there is a guy standing on the side of the room. He has his back turned to them, so he's just like, looking at the corner, I guess. And [laughs] the way they do this scene is incredibly funny. Like, we go to Sam’s face, and he turns around to look at Dean, [C laughs] and we see Dean just running in the background. He is just running away. And I love this because, like, Dean doesn’t even scream, we don't even hear. Like, it's not like, comedic in terms of like, audio. It's just purely visual. And Sam's like, "Ugh. Ugh." Like, he's just like, like, he's just thinking like, “Oh, Jesus Christ.”

C: Yeah.

G: And then the guy goes towards Sam, and Sam shoots the guy, who disappears. So we know it's a ghost. The whole time, when we see the guy, I was like, “Yeah, he must be a real guy.” [C laughs] Like, I did not comprehend that this was a ghost at all. So when Sam shoots him, I was like, “Why is he just shooting this random guy?” And then he disintegrates, and I was like, “Okay, that is a ghost.”

C: Yeah. I mean, it seems like, this place has been abandoned for 20 years, so it's not like there would be employees around.

G: Yeah, I suppose.

C: I also guess an important detail is that his face is really scratched up. Like, the ghost’s face.

G: Mm. Yea.

Anyway, Sam goes back to Dean, who is like, outside of the Impala like, sitting on the ground, and he is drinking yet again.

C: Yeah. Sorry, Dean.

Yeah. This would be a way less funny if they treated things with like, the gravity that they deserve. But like, I do- I don't know. This could have been a good Sam episode, you know? But like, he just does not care that his brother's gonna die? [G laughs] And I feel like they don't give Sam's opportunities to have emotions a lot of the time. So yeah, RIP to this.

G: RIP.

C: And like, yeah, I guess in a different version of this episode, Dean like, has a monologue where he's like, beating himself up for not being a good big brother and protecting Sam. So thank god we don't have that shit. So yeah.

C: So we're back to the cops. And, you know, Linus is giving Sam a file on Luther Garland's death, and he notices that Dean is swaying, so he's like, “Is he drunk?” And Sam goes, “No.” And so the file says that Luther died of physical trauma, but Linus doesn't have the details on what that means exactly. And Sam’s like, “Okay, can we talk to the sheriff?” But Linus is like, “No, he's out sick today,” which is a lie. He is in his office. And yeah, Sam’s like, “Okay. Tell him to call us.” And he gives their motel to him.

G: Which is an important detail. Yea.

C: So they're about to head out, and Dean drunkenly tells Linus, "You know what? You're awesome." And Linus like, does like, a little smile with half of his face, and looks like- Like, I feel like they were going just for like, “He doesn't know what's going on and he feels awkward,” but it does just seem like a crush situation. [G laughs]

G: It really does.

C: He just seems flustered. Yeah, and he goes like, “Thanks. I- you- you, too, I guess.” And like, Dean, like, sort of nervously, like, wipes his hands on his pants, and then Sam has to like, drag him away.

G: It's cute.

C: Yeah. It's cute. And then the sheriff asks, like, “Who was that?” And Linus is like, “It was those FBI guys, and they wanted Luther Garland's file.” And then we cut to the inside of the sheriff's office, and he's freaking out. There's like- it's a pretty graphic scene where he's like, scrubbing his arms with like, it looks like tinfoil, or something. Like, something that is like, sharp. And like, he's bleeding really badly.

G: Yea.

C: And then there's like, a voice over of him going like, “They know. They know what you did. And they're gonna make you pay.” And he's like, swinging his gun around at his own reflection and all his trophies and shit. So yeah.

G: Yeah, I hope everyone who commits this kind of violence- [laughs] does feel this guilty.

C: Yeah, is haunted forever.

G: But I don't- yeah.

C: We go to like, a nursing home where Sam and Dean are going to interview Luther Garland's brother. And before they go in, Dean starts freaking out, and he's like, “This isn't gonna work! These badges are fake! What if we get busted? We could go to jail!” God bless.

G: He's so real.

C: And this is also like, a fun scene, I think, where like, Sam tells him like, “Okay, hey, hey, hey, calm down. Let's take a deep breath together.” And then after Dean does, Sam's like, “There. Do you feel any better?” and Dean's like, "No," and Sam says, "Okay, let's just go. Whatever."

And, like, I don't know. That feels so Sam to me. Like, he literally like, is a psych major. [laughing] You know what I mean? Like, he's like, such the friend who went to therapy like, 3 times on like, the college’s dime and then like, learned the most generic tricks of like, “Name 5 things you can see” and deep breaths, and shit-

G: Yeah.

C: - and then was like, “Okay, I'm fixed now, and I'm going to bring this wisdom to all of my friends,” you know?

G: Sam is definitely the guy who went to therapy 3 times, and the therapist mentioned Buddhism, and suddenly he's into Buddhism. [both laugh]

C: Yeah. Yeah. God. Right. It's just fun to see him, like, trying to be accommodating of Dean and like, trying to be nice, but like, also like, having not that much patience for this situation. Because it's very like, “Sam wants to be a nice guy, and he wants to do the nice, normal thing. But like, he is kind of a little freak.” So yeah.

G: No, like, I mean, if they don't do this, Dean is gonna die, so like, they you have to do it. And I think, you know, later on, when he's trying to comfort Dean, he lies to him in a way. You know, he is trying to be accommodating. It's just like, “This is a thing that needs to be done. So let's do it.” Like, that's kind of the vibe.

C: Dean doesn't have to be here for the interview.

G: Yeah, maybe let him stay home.

C: This guy in a nursing home isn't like, a threat or whatever. Yeah.

G: I suppose. They're just doing this for- you're right. Why is he here? You're right. Why is he here? I was gonna say they're just doing it for the comedy, but this scene is not funny.

C: Yeah, this scene's awful! In like, not in a bad writing way, just in a “Fuck!” way.

G: Yeah. Like, the way my mood immediately like, went from like, 100 to 0 in this scene was truly astounding.

C: Yeah. Yeah.

So they go in and talk to Mr. Garland. He doesn't get a first name. So that is Luther Garland's brother. He asks for their IDs, and Dean starts freaking out, being like, “These are real, obviously. Like, who would even pretend to be an FBI agent?” But somehow, Mr. Garland, is still willing to talk to them after that. So he like, is a little reluctant to talk at first, and then he tells them what happened to his brother. So he starts out by saying that, like, everyone was scared of him and called him a monster because he was, quote, “too big, too mean-looking, just too different.” I just need to- like, if you look at a picture of this guy, he does not look big or mean-looking.

G: But the way they do- I don't think he looks mean-looking, but the way they do like, the camerawork when he's there is like, they tilt it up so he looks really big and tall.

C: I guess.

G: So I think, like, that's the implication. That he was like, towering over everyone.

C: Yeah, okay, sure, right. And like, I'm not really sure about this, but like, the whole- when he says “too different,” and he says later about how he feels like he failed him, like, are they like, trying to like, imply that he has, like, an intellectual disability, or like, some kind of neurodivergency going on, and that's like, part of why people hated him so much?

G: Interesting.

C: Like, that is like, very strongly the vibe that I got, but it was never explicitly said.

G: Yes, it was never explicitly said. But I can see, like, now that you mention it, like, yeah. There is that vibe.

C: Yeah, which is part of why the rest of the episode made me so so miserable.

G: Yeah. And also this is like, in the 80s, right?

C: Yeah, 20 years ago.

G: Did they even know? Like, they didn't even know anything about neurodivergence of any kind in the 80s.

C: They knew some things, I'm pretty sure. Or at least they had some version of the DSM that was shit just like the current version of the DSM is shit. I'll look up history of the DSM.

Versions to it that were similar started in 1840, and then, like, the first DSM was in 1952. So, I mean, they probably had incorrect info, but, like, people were aware-

G: And we probably do still have incorrect info right now.

C: - yeah, and we still do have incorrect info, but I think people were aware of neurodivergency in ways, and there were labels that existed.

G: Yeah.

C: Yeah, I also don't know what the history- Also, like, didn't the shitty Nazi scientist-

G: Oh yeah!

C: - or whatever who originated the term for [both] Asperger's, like, in the forties. So like, yeah, there was definitely awareness in the eighties.

G: Some, yeah.

C: And then he says, like, “Well, he was actually like, a really nice guy,” and to show that he was a really nice guy, they show him petting a kitten. [laughs] Which is really funny as shorthand for “He's a really nice guy.” [G laughs]

G: Yeah.

C: Are they trying to do like a Of Mice and Men Lennie thing? Does he have a thing with a cat as well in that book? Like, isn't he a gentle giant-

G: I have no idea what you're talking about. [both] Of Mice and Men?

C: Like, one of the characters, Lennie, is like, a gentle giant figure where people are afraid of him because he's like, big and tall, and he's also got like, a neurodivergency thing going on- [G laughs]

G: The way you said that, I thought you were saying, "And he was goth," and I was like, "Wow. He was goth." [C laughing]

C: Literally was goth. Okay, nevermind. His thing is that he likes to pet rabbits, but because he's so big he keeps accidentally killing them. Ouch! That sucks. Sorry, dude.

Anyway, yeah, that was rabbits, that wasn't cats. I don't think they're doing a parallel here. They're just doing a-

G: What's fascinating to me- It's fascinating to me because, like, you know, when somebody wants to portray a person as bad, like, as in like, serial killer material-

C: They kill a dog.

G: - They have to kill like, a cat or a dog or something. And if you want to show that someone is kind, they're, you know, holding a cat or whatever.

C: Yeah, yeah.

G: Maybe cats are the moral compass of the world. [C laughs]

C: Yeah.

G: Probably not, though. [laughs]

C: Wasn't there this stupidass post going around like, a few years ago that was like, “If you want to see like, how a man treats women, you should see how he treats cats because they're like, creatures that, like, don't really give you anything or blah blah blah blah. So like, if they feel entitled to a cat's time or like, act like they hate cats, that means that they're gonna be mean to women who reject them, or something.” Like, that doesn't sound right. Like, what if you just saw how they treated women? Anyway. [G laughs]

G: Yeah. Better.

C: So Mr. Garland says that he feels that he failed Luther and like, couldn't do anything to take care of him because he had three kids, and his wife had died. Which does imply that, like, he had like, high support needs maybe related to disability. Yeah. So, right. So Sam shows the the drawing of Jessie, and Mr. Garland immediately was like, “Oh, yeah, that's Jessie O'Brien. Her husband killed Luther.” And apparently, like, everyone fucking knows that he did it. They just like, keep schtum about it. So we got some flashbacks, and it turns out that Jessie worked at the mill as a receptionist, and she was nice to Luther, and he had a crush on her. And then, when Jessie went missing, Frank thought that Luther had, like, kidnapped her, done something. So he like, showed up to the mill and murdered him. And like, we get-

G: Yeah.

C: I feel like we see too much of this flashback where we see him being killed. Like, what happened is that he- I think they call it "road-hauled" him. They, like, tied a chain around his neck, attached it to his car, and then, like, dragged him like, up and down the road for like, a while, until, like, his head fell off, and like, he was dashed to bits. Like, eugh. Eugh. Right.

G: It was- I don't know.

C: I felt physically ill when I saw that. That was not good. Like, we don't see all of it. We see the chain and him being dragged and him like, in pain and screaming. And the actor did a really good job of making me believe that he was in pain and screaming.

G: They show like, the chain being wrapped around his neck.

C: Yeah.

G: And that one really was like, the one that that got to me. I was like, “Oh my god!”

C: Yeah. Yeah, like, fuck, that must've sucked!

G: They showed the pile of chain get shorter and shorter as he was starting to get dragged down the road. Damn.

C: Yeah, Jesus Christ.

Yeah. And when people later are like, “Oh, he was just worried about his wife, and he wasn't in his right mind-”

G: It's wild!

C: Like, like, okay, if he was worried out of his mind about his wife, he would not have had time to prep all of this shit, you know?

G: YYeah.

C: This is very like, premeditated, like, calm, rational, like, “What's the way to make him feel the most pain?” Like, I feel like if you're panicked, you like, show up with like, one gun and like, shaking, you know what I mean?

G: Yeah.

C: Yeah. And then Dean’s like, “And he was never arrested?” And apparently, Mr. Garland like, went to every cop in town and was like, “He fucking did it,” but all of them refused to investigate because "Frank was a pillar of the community, and his brother was just the town freak." And Sam immediately is like, “Oh, well, I don't give a shit about this. I'm just trying to solve this.” So he goes like, “Oh, you must have hated Frank O'Brien. Maybe you wanted to infect him with a ghost?” Or at least that's how I read Sam saying that. Like, trying to find incentive for Mr. Garland doing something.

G: Yeah.

C: But, you know, he's like, “You know, I did for a long time. But life is too short for hate. And, you know, like, this guy, he was just really scared-"

G: Yeah, this one-

C: "He was just really scawed because his wife had vanished! Like, it sucked that he did that to Luther. But, like, you know." Like, god. If I got murdered, and my sister ever found peace about it in this way, I would be so mad at her. [laughs]

G: Like, because it wasn't even just like, “He accidentally shot the guy during a fight”-

C: Or an interrogation or something.

G: It wasn't like, you know, maybe, I can contextualize like, him getting into a brawl, and then accidentally like, getting a stab in or something.

C: Yeah.

G: But even then, I feel like- like- You should like, be guilty in a way, right? Like, in some way. Even if it's just an accidental death. Much more this. He caused so much pain to that man in his death.

C: Yeah.

G: And it's just like, there was no remorse? There was no like, willingness to go and, like, I don't know-

C: Turn himself in? Especially after he found out that his wife had just killed herself, and that it had nothing to do with this guy?

G: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's just-

C: Yeah, I get not turning yourself in because, like, prison system bad, but like- Maybe we're supposed to read him like, being nice after his wife died as like, his way of like-

G: Repentance?

C: Yeah. And like, you know, like, I believe that people who do terrible things can like, bounce back and become better, but I feel like you still have to like, fucking apologize to his brother and offer to like, financially, support his kids. Like, do something, you know?

G: Yeah.

C: Or like, leave town, so that his brother doesn't see you every day at the grocery store or something.

G: Yeah, do a- do a Logan Roy. I mean do a Kendall Roy. You know, leave an envelope of money in the house.

C: Oh, did he leave his family? Because he felt guilty- was that the Nazi thing? [G laughs]

G: Kendall killed someone.

C: Oh, yeah, I forgot! That was pretty important. [G laughs]

G: They visited the family of the guy he killed, and then he left an envelope of cash.

C: Huh. [both] Yeah.

G: Season 2 of Succession was truly something. Anyway.

C: Yeah. And you know his ending line is supposed to be like, "ooh..."

G: "Dean..." yeah.

C: - but it's whatever. He says, “That's fear. It spreads and spreads.”

G: Yeah. Anyway, Dean is now complaining outside of this facility.

C: Keep him like this forever, please!

G: Yeah. They realize that he's getting so many rashes because it's road rash and the wood chips are because Luther probably swallowed wood chips, which is just so- it's so visceral!

C: Yeah.

G: Anyway, Dean is like, "Yeah, let's just get his bones and burn them," and Sam says, “Well, we probably can't do that, because his remains are probably everywhere, because he was ripped to pieces. No way we're gonna find all the remains.” And Dean has like, a freakout about this, and he's like, “What are we doing? Who hunts a ghost?” And he goes like, “It's so horrible. Our life sucks. We hunt monsters. Like, normal people see a monster, they run. Us, we run to it.” And he's like, “We’re insane.” [C laughs] Yeah. And then he says that "When there's bad diner food, and skeevy hotel rooms, and the truck stop waitress with the bizarre rash," and he goes like, “Who wants this life? Do you even like being stuck in a car with me for 8 hours?” I don't think it's just 8 hours. But okay. [C laughs] And he says, like, “I drive too fast. I listen to the same five albums, and I sing along. I know I'm annoying. [C laughs] And you're gassy. Like, you eat half a burrito, and you just- you get toxic.” And then he tosses Sam the keys, and he goes, “I'm leaving. I don't want this life anymore. Stay away from me. Ghost sickness, hellhounds, apocalypse, I don't want it. I'm done.”

C: I think it's so funny when they mention the apocalypse offhand in a Season 4 episode because they haven't done anything about it since 4.02, but like, they're like, “Oh, we just want to remind you that there is an apocalypse happening.”

G: Yeah.

C: Yeah, Dean's literally correct, and both of them should quit hunting, and his delivery of all this is so funny. Good for him.

G: Yeah. Dean like, is walking down the street. He hears growling. We see the little Yorkie!

C: Yeah!

G: And then we go back to the scene from the teaser. But yeah.

We end up back in the motel room. Sam is in there. He enters. He sees Dean, and he's like, "Where the fuck did you go?" And Dean says, “I mean, I ran. I ran to this motel, [C laughs] and I have 4 hours before I die.” And then Sam sits down beside him on the other bed and goes, “Yeah, you're going back!” [C laughing] And Dean goes like, "Back?"

C: This is soo “Sam's not looking for you.” energy.

G: Yeah. And Sam says, like, “Yeah, you're going back to Hell.” [C laughs] And he says, like, “The truth is, Dean, you've been a real pain in my ass.” And then his eyes turn yellow-

C: So hot.

G: - and he like, raises his hand, and tosses Dean to the wall. And Dean is like, “You evil bastard! You're possessing my brother.” And Sam’s like, “No one's possessing me. This is just who I am, it's what I'm gonna become. There's nothing you can do about it.” And then, like, Sam starts choking Dean. Ad then we cut to like, Sam Sam. Like, the actual Sam, holding Dean by the shoulder, going like, “Hey, Dean. Are you okay? Are you okay?” And then Dean like, recovers from this.

C: Yeah. God. So fucking fun.

G: Yeah.

C: Anyway, I guess this gives us a little more insight for why he was the worst guy ever in “Metamorphosis,” but like, how do you get from “I can exorcise demons with my mind” to “I want to become Azazel?” Whatever. Dean's just a slippery slope bastard.

G: Yeah. Also, like, he says here that he has 4 hours to live.

C: Yeah.

G: I feel like the rest of this episode is more than 4 hours.

C: Yeah. Oh, well.

G: Oh, well.

C: So we see that Sam is meeting Bobby outside of the lumber mill. Meanwhile, Dean's like, in the hotel watching TV. He's watching like, what is it called? It's not called- Pokey and- who's the other- Gumby. Pokey and Gumby.

G: Is this something you watched in your childhood?

C: No, it's- he references it in “The Kids Are Alright” where he calls Lisa "really bendy-"

G: Oh! [laughing]

C: - because, like, these characters are like, all made of gummies and shit, basically.

G: Yeah.

C: So he's watching this cartoon, and like, the character, gets like, lassoed and dragged around by a horse cart, and he goes- and he's so scared, and he's like, “Well, this isn't helping.” [laughs] God. He's such a little guy.

So Sam and Bobby are chatting. And yeah, so the hallucinations are a normal part of this disease. And Bobby says that he found something, an encyclopedia of spirits from the Edo period. And everything in there is Japanese. And Sam asks, “You can read Japanese?” And while he answers something which- I used to the Google Translate like, audio thing and turned up the volume on my computer really high. So what he says, I think, translates to like, “I've had it since before you were born.”

G: Yeah.

C: Yeah.

G: That's also in the Wiki page. [laughs]

C: What? Well.

G: Yeah, it's in the- [laughing]

C: Oh, well, I didn't go to the Wiki page, I didn't want spoilers for the rest of the episode, I was worried that I would scroll down too hard.

G: Yeah, I suppose. Good effort.

C: Yeah. And also, he delivers it like, really, dramatically. And this is also in the compilation of Supernatural line deliveries that are fun.

G: Yeah. But, as explained in his MySpace page, [C laughs] Bobby speaking Japanese was Jim Beaver's idea, as Jim is fluent in Japanese.

C: Oh, neat.

G: Good for him, Love a multilingual man. [C laughs]

C: So Bobby says that there is a type of ghost in the book that infects people with fear called a buruburu. And I was not really able to find much on this. Or at least every website that it was on didn't seem like a reputable source. But so, yeah, let's just go with whatever Supernatural says about it, I guess. And yeah, one way to kill it is to burn the remains. And another way to kill it is to scare the ghost to death. Which, ouch. Well, this is gonna cause something to happen. [sighs]

So we cut to like, the hotel room, and Sam calls Dean. Dean's ringtone is like, some guitar riff thing, like, an electric guitar sort of vibe. And Sam's like, “Hey, like, you're gonna be fine. We have a plan, and it's good. Don't worry about it!” And as soon as he hangs up, Bobby says, “This is a terrible plan,” and it is.

G: And Sam goes, "Tell me about it." [laughs] Love that.

C: Yeah. Bobby says, "I know I said scare that ghost to death, but this?" which- does that mean he has moral objections to this? Because I have moral objections.

G: I have moral objections to this as well.

C: And this is honestly quite similar to “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” and, like, whatever they did there was pretty morally objectionable too, but like, it definitely feels worse here, because this man has never done anything wrong.

G: Yeah.

C: So yeah. Ouch. And they're like, "Okay, let's just commit to this shit," and they go inside the mill.

G: Yeah. Anyway, Dean is at the hotel.

C: By the way, did you predict that this is what they were going to do as soon as Bobby said they should scare the ghost to death?

G: I figured it out because, I mean, I have watched this episode before.

C: True.

G: I remembered what's gonna happen next during the reveal with the brother that that's how he dies.

C: Oh, okay, got it.

G: I was like, “Oh, yeah, this is the episode where they do the exact same thing to the ghost.”

C: Yeah. Jesus fuck.

G: And I was like, "Oh my god, Jesus Christ."

C: Yeah, yeah. When Bobby said "scare the ghost to death," I was like, “Well, I know one way they could do it, but I sure fucking hope they don't do that one.” [G laughs] But they do. They do do that one.

G: They, in fact, do that one.

C: I guess I get it. Dean has like, 4 hours left to live. He has less than 4 hours, he has like 2 hours left to live. But like, Jesus Christ.

G: Anyway, Dean is in the motel, and somebody breaks into the room. And it's the sheriff who is holding a gun. And the sheriff is very anxious, very afraid. He's very pale and clammy. And he says, like, “Why are you looking into Luther Garland's death?” And Dean realizes that the guy's also sick because he sees like, a rash on the guy's arm, and the sheriff continues on saying, “Frank O'Brien was my friend. So he made a mistake. [C laughs] So I didn't bust him. So what? And you're gonna bring me down over that? No, sir." And then he points a gun at Dean. Wild! "He made a mistake"?

C: "He made a mistake, and I didn't bust him. So what? He's so sowwy about it! He's so so sowwy." Oh, Jesus fuck

G: I mean, it's just- I understand that people can change, blah blah blah! [C laughs] I find it difficult to think that one can continue playing softball and hanging out with someone that they know did such a brutal act.

C: Yeah. But like, everyone in the town apparently called Luther a monster for being tall and probably autistic, anyway, right? So like, yeah, I think he already didn't view this guy as fully a person-

G: Human, yeah.

C: So it was like, fine that he got murdered.

G: Yeah. Anyway.

C: Also, like, this guy is a cop.

G: That's true.

C: Every day, he goes to work with people who have done worse things than this, and like, has coffee with them, probably, you know?

G: I've been thinking about that in regards with pursuing law. [laughs] Like, what if I would have to throw my morals away?

C: Right.

G: I don't want to do that, and like, I'm second-guessing myself. But let's see. You know, I still have two years to decide. Anyway.

C: Yeah. Your brother could still show up in your last year of school and tell you that your dad's missing. [both laugh]

G: My non-existent brother. Yeah.

C: One of your sisters could be trans! [G laughs]

G: Yeah, exactly. Anyway, the sheriff, like, they have a fight, and then the sheriff falls to the ground like, on a coffee table. And then he starts hyperventilating, and Dean is like, “Relax, relax.” But the guy dies. RIP, but not really.

C: Yeah.

G: Rest in atrocious hell.

C: Yeah. He's gonna really like torturing people. [G laughs] Like, he's not even gonna get tortured. Like, they're gonna show up with like, the first scalpel, and he'll be like, “Can I do that to other people, pleaase?”

G: They're not gonna offer it to him, he's gonna request it. [C laughs]

C: Yeah.

Anyway, so yeah. At the lumber mill, like, they aren't able to like, draw Luther out yet. So Sam, he's like, “Okay, well, to do this, let's make him angry.” So he puts down his gun, and then he starts to tear up all the drawings that Luther made of Jessie, and start like, yelling to him to come and get him, blah blah blah. And then- and then! We cut back to Dean, and like, he's remembering what yellow-eyed Sam said about how he's gonna go back to Hell, and-

G: Also, is the implication here that the cop’s body is just on the floor?

C: Yeah. [laughs] Yeah.

G: Love that. Love that.

C: Love that. Yeah, they don't talk at all about how they like, managed to leave town without like, getting caught.

G: Yeah.

C: Like, Linus is gonna be upset for the rest of his life that his crush like, murdered his boss or whatever. [G laughs] But also, Linus is a cop, so whatever.

He sees a Bible on the floor and starts like, like, holding it to himself, like, to his face.

G: Aww.

C: Which yeah, is nice. It is nice to see him like, reaching for comfort in places that he n- Okay, speaking of, like, Cas was in the "Then" sequence. They don't- like, did Dean not bother trying to contact Cas about this? Like, if Cas saved his life, he probably wants him to not die in 4 hours.

G: Yeah.

C: Cas probably has the healing powers to deal with this.

G: Yeah.

C: Whatever.

G: The Bible thing was quite fascinating to me.

C: Yeah, yeah.

G: Yeah. But maybe that's like, leaning in that direction? Like, he's praying-

C: Right, that's true.

G: - to Cas? Maybe. I don't know. But-

C: Yeah. And then our favorite character of all time, ever-

G: Oh my god!

C: - I was screaming and cheering when she showed up! Lilith, in the form of the little girl from Season 3-

G: And this little girl is having the time of her life. This actor, she's slaying it, she's having fun. Love that for her.

C: Yeah. I hope she has a really good career. Should we- when we do our IMDb section, I'm gonna-

G: Yeah, let's check her- yeah.

C: Yeah. Okay. So it's Lilith, and she's sooo cute. And she's like, “Hi Dean! It's me, Lilith!” And she like, hugs him and goes like, “Oh, I missed you so much! It's time to go back now!” God, I love her soo much!

And Dean starts freaking out, obviously, and telling her that she's not real. And she's like, “Oh, like, don't you remember all the fun you had back down in Hell?” And this is where we learned that 4 months in Hell or- sorry, 4 months on Earth is like 40 years in Hell. She says, “Like doggy years.” Love that. And she's like, “And you remember all of it.”

G: Ooh.

C: Ooh! Reveals and things. And Dean asks, like, “Why me? Why did I get infected?” Which means that he has spent the last 20 hours stewing over the idea that he might be a dick.

G: Like, at that point, I would just be like, "Yeah, probably. I have done something."

C: Especially if he remembers, if he knows he tortured people down in Hell-

G: Yeah!

C: I would be like, "That's probably why. Like, that guy murdered a guy, and I tortured people.”

G: Yeah.

C: Yeah. And right, Lilith goes like, “Silly goose. You know why, Dean. Listen to your heart!” And she starts going, “Ba-boom. Ba-boom. Ba-boom.” And this continues to be a voice over throughout the mill where Sam and Luther are like, doing a fight scene. And then it- [sighs] okay, yeah, Sam gets a chain around Luther's neck, and then it's attached to the Impala, and then Bobby-

G: Yeah, he screams like, “Bobby, punch it!” And then Bobby punches it. The accelerator. And yeah. Luther gets dragged across the dirt road.

C: Yup. God, this fucking sucks. [laughs]

G: What? What?

C: I just hate that this is how the world is formulated in Supernatural, right? Like, a lot of the ghosts that exist, they're like, vengeance ghosts because they died of unjust causes. And there's no justice for these ghosts. It's just like, “Yeah, something bad happened to them, but they're evil now, so let's kill them.” And like, they don't even focus on like- If they cared, there'd be a way to get rid of ghosts in a way that was like, peaceful or like, nice-looking, right?

G: I mean, that-

C: That happened in “Roadkill,” I guess

G: Yeah, that lady in "Roadkill." They made her go into the light.

C: Yeah, yeah.

G: In a very funny scene.

C: In a very funny scene. And also, the Mary ghost ended up being like, nice, or whatever, even though she died unjustly because she's like, their precious like, woman in a white nightgown, virginal, blah blah blah.

G: Yeah.

C: But yeah, like, this guy doesn't get that. And yeah, there's just no focus on like, “Oh, like, maybe we're putting them to peace now.” Like, “Maybe like, they're going to go to Heaven now” or whatever.

G: Yeah.

C: It's just like, “Yeah, it's pretty bad what happened to them, but like, right now, like, they're like, biologically evil. So we just have to kill them in a way that's terrible.”

G: He became this spirit because he died with so much fear and violence. And like, just, I don't know. You know, he was probably very afraid when he died, and that's what made him into this. And to be like, “Yeah, let's just do the exact same thing that turned him quote unquote ‘evil,’” even though, I mean, if somebody kills you like that, I feel like you are within your right [C laughing] to do even worse to them.

C: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

G: And it's like. “Let's do the exact same thing that caused him this much trauma, pain, suffering, so that he could be gone." And it's just, the episode present this as, "There's no other alternative." But they could have-

C: But they barely even say that. They barely even say that there's no other alternative. Like, there's very little moral dilemma and like, yeah.

G: Like, this is a TV show. You can write whatever. [C laughs] You already made up a bunch of shit. Just make up more. I don't know.

C: Yeah, like, in like, “Red Sky at Morning,” like, you had like, the brother like, come back or something, right? [G laughs] And then collapsed into him and turn into water. Yeah, like, there's gotta be like, "Let's summon back Frank and have Luther punch him in the face, and then he'll be at peace." [laughing] Like, you know? They can do anything that they want. But they were like, [bro voice] “You know what would be really messed up, bro?” or something? Yeah.

And then, obviously, Lilith disappears, Dean is fine, and the scratches on his arm are gone. Even though, like, he physically was scratching his arm with his like, hands. So I don't see how that happened. I don't see how those went away. But okay.

G: Anyway, we go to the end of the episode. Dean is fine now, by the way. He like, became fine immediately after Luther died.

C: Yeah. He's no longer a fun little guy. What are your thoughts on the outfits in the epilogue. [G laughs]

G: Well, I don't remember anything other than Dean wearing a gray shirt.

C: Oh, yeah, he's wearing a gray henley. Sam has like, his sort of like, jean shirt situation going on. Bobby’s wearing like a tan jacket that's like, I don't know. I just don't really think it's his color. [G laughs]

G: You're doing like, those like, color theory bullshit bullshit with Bobby? [C laughs] I love that.

C: Yeah, I I sent you the the screenshots that I put on my Google Doc via Discord so you can sort of see the outfit situation.

G: We need to do like, what is it called? The color thing? Color... like, the one where they like, put you in front of a mirror, and then a person has pieces of cloth? It's like, very famous one on YouTube Shorts, which which is I where I watch TikToks.

C: I don't know. I don't know what this is. I was told that the way that you decide whether you're like, a winter or an autumn, or whatever is based off of the color of your veins.

G: Oh! It's called personal color analysis. And like, it's very famous in like, Korea and stuff. Honestly, I think it's a grift. Honestly, I think it's a fucking grift. I'll send you a TikTok.

[background video sounds]

It's basically like, there's a bunch of colors-

C: And then they put them on you?

G: Yeah, and then you're like, “Oh my god, it's my color!”

C: This is nothing. This means nothing.

G: I remember, like, the people who are conducting it are quote unquote “experts.” [C laughs] So-

C: Uh-huh.

G: I remember- I remember this one video, I think it's a. K-pop idol. Like, he was like, sitted on the chair, and the person was doing the like, color reveals. And then, like, he was like, “I don't like-" like, the the person was like, “This is your color.” And then he goes like, “I don't like it.” [C laughs] And the woman goes, like, “It's your color! Like, it looks great on you!” And he was like, “I don't think so.” And she was like, "You have to trust me," and I was like, [laughing] "What is happening? I sincerely think this is a grift."

C: God bless. Yeah. Yeah, it probably is.

G: Like, I understand that there's color- Like, for example, I wear makeup, right?

C: Yeah.

G: And like, I can't wear cool-toned make up because it looks bad on me, so the kinds of pink I wear tend to be more on the orangey side. Like, stuff like that. But this entire endeavor looks stupid to me. Like, what's going on?

C: Yeah.

G: Anyway, we should do that to Bobby. We should get Bobby in Japan, where he would thrive because he speaks the language, and make him take a personal color analysis session.

C: Yeah, I agree.

G: So he can like, have a more robust hat- trucker hat collection. [C laughs]

C: Yeah. It's so sad that Bobby will never wear the whole, like, you know, “Fish fear me, women want me”-type hats. Like, I feel like I haven't seen words on any of his hats of that effect.

G: He should.

C: Yeah.

G: Women should want him, and fish should fear him.

C: Yeah.

G: "Women want me, demons fear me," etc etc.

G: Yeah, they're standing at the side of the road. They're drinking. And Dean is informed by how they did, what they did. Sam says that the chain was iron, and it had spellwork etched on it.

C: Sure.

G: And he was like, “It was brutal.” And Dean was like, “Yeah, but at least I'm alive,” which I feel like it was the-

C: The writers trying to-

G: They realized at some point, "Oh, this is like, very very viscerally bad."

C: "Kinda bad."

G: And this is them trying to be like, “But it's okay.”

C: "This is kinda problematties."

G: Yeah. [laughs] Maybe they're codependies. [both laugh]

C: For context, my roommate really likes saying codependies, and I think that's become part of both of our vocabularies.

G: And mine! You have to count me.

C: Oh, by "both," I mean like, you and me.

G: The two of us, okay. [laughs]

C: Yeah. My roommate's not on this podcast!

G: Yeah. Anyway, they ask Dean how he's feeling, and Dean was like, “Oh, I'm fine.” And they start making fun of him a little bit. [C laughs] And Dean like, "Yeah, I'm fine. You want to go hunting? I'll hunt- I'll kill anything!" And I was like, "Yeah, for sure."

C: Yeah, he would kill anything.

G: And Bobby goes like, “Aw, he's adorable. Anyway, getting the fuck out of here.” And then he drives off.

C: It was nice that, like, Bobby and Sam like, clearly, had some bonding moments off-camera where Sam was like, “And then Dean said this.” You know? 'Cause Bobby always prefers Dean over Sam, so at least there's one episode where Sam gets to be the favored son.

G: Yeah. Anyway, Sam asks Dean what he saw near the end, and Dean tries to deflect by saying that he saw howler monkey, which- what is that?

C: Like, just a type of monkey. Are they scary-looking? I'll look them up.

G: I think they were in the 1995 film Outbreak.

C: What's that?

G: Which Dean references earlier, right? Outbreak monkey?

C: Oh. He does?

G: Well, whatevs. Anyway- by the way, during this scene. Dean sees a glint of yellow in Sam's eyes.

C: So hot.

G: Yeah. And yeah, they continue drinking, and that's the end of the episode, but not really! Because- [C laughs]

C: Well, specifically, Dean says, "I just saw the usual stuff. Nothing I can't handle." And the camera like, focuses on him a lot against the white sky, blah blah blah blah.

G: I mean, we have to talk about it. There's a seat after the episode where it's Jensen Ackles-

C: Submitting his Drag Race audition tape.

G: Yeah. And it's like, that scene earlier where Sam interrupts him air-drumming to “Eye of the Tiger.” But now, he's not interrupted, and he does a whole performance.

C: Yeah. He's lipsyncing.

G: I watched this- I was already on call with Crystal, because, like, I forgot to watch it during the actual watching of the episode, so I was like, "Okay, hold on, I have to watch the bonus stuff," and I continuously said, “He thinks he's so funny.” [C laughs] So that's that's what I think about the scene. He really thinks he's so funny.

C: Yeah. He does an air guitar on his leg thing, and I was like, “You can't do that. That is reserved for David Tennant in his role as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing.” But yeah, I guess Jensen Ackles did it first, and also everyone in the world did it first. Sad!

G: Yeah. Anyway, let's talk about what we think about this episode

C: I had- this is like better- like, I had a way better time with this one than with “Monster Movie” or “Metamorphosis.”

G: Yep.

C: Yeah, this is like, we're coming off of a streak of like, bad ones, so I feel like I appreciated this more than I normally would. It was funny. It was- Dean's a lot more likeable as a little guy. And the way that they concluded it was pretty atrocious. All things that we've said in the episode.

G: Yeah, I think- I don't know, like, about to talk more about the morality of this episode, because I feel like what we said is already it, but also like, I want to emphasize that it's horrifying what they did.

C: Yeah.

G: But like how am I gonna do that? Just say it again? You know. So like, I feel like the degree at which I was horrified does not equate to how I spoke about it, but I really was very horrified. But, you know, otherwise the episode is actually very funny. It's just- I don't know. It's just so brutal, and the brutality is so- unjustified? I don't know.

C: And I love that afterwards, Eric Kripke was like, “I need to apologize for something in this episode,” and we're like, “Oh, that thing?” [G laughs] “No! The idea that I implied that Dean might be a dick!” [screams]

G: Yeah.

Well, anyway, what's our next segment? Best Line/Worst Line.

C: Best line is when Dean says, “I'm annoying, I know that.” He literally is annoying. [laughs]

G: Yeah, my best line is when Dean was like- when Sam- because I didn't know that he was gonna be hallucinated as Yellow-Eyes, or as yellow-eyed Sam. So when he was like, “Yeah, you are. [C laughs] You're going back. Going back to Hell, Dean. It's time. You're going back.” I thought that was so funny. And I was like, the effect that they were going for, like, the shock, I did experience it. So I think that was well-done.

C: Yeah, yeah, I agree.

G: What's your worst line?

C: I guess none of the terrible things in this episode were lines. I guess “Bobby, punch it” is a line.

G: [mocking] "Bobby, punch it!"

C: Also, the fact that they show shots of the Impala rushing forward, and it's very much like, a car porno shot of like, oh, the light glinting off of the Impala, like, while they're doing like, this? I was like, "Is now the fucking time?"

G: I don't have a worst line. [both] Wow!

C: Wait, what about like, the whole like? “So what? He made a mistake.”

G: Yeah, I didn't like that. I didn't like the whole- but not that. Not that.

C: Yeah, we're supposed to find him despicable for that, at least.

G: I didn't like what the brother said.

C: Oh, yeah where he was like, "He was just so about his wifeee."

G: It was like, “The fear got the best of him,” which is a reference to something that I will not declare.

C: What?

G: But if you get it, you get it. [dramatically] "It looks like fear got the best of you." You don't know it?

C: No? What?

G: [laughs] Never mind. Who even give a shit.

C: Well, now, I really do give a shit. I give many shits. You can cut it out.

G: No, it's just like, in Trixie & Katya-

C: Oh. Nice.

G: - one time they're talking about something, and then like, somebody off screen, like, the camera director, or something goes, "Looks like fear got the best of you!" And Trixie and Katya was like, "What is happening? You never speak!" And then they were like, "What are you? Mother Goose?" And I think it's a very funny segment in the show.

C: Good.

G: Anyway, well, I'm trying to find the exact thing that the brother said. Oh- I don't like Frank- the justification that “I hated it for a long time, but life’s too short for hate. Frank wasn't thinking straight. His wife vanished. He was terrified.” I don't know. I just- You can use that as justification for a lot of things-

C: But not that one!

G: Yeah. Anyway, we have to do the spreadsheets.

C: Are we good?

G: Yeah, I think it's 0 all the way.

C: On an Andrew Dabb episode. We're good.

G: Yeah. Who would have thought?

C: Yeah, like, they got lore stuff wrong, which I would say is like, racism-adjacent, but I feel like they do that all the time, so I wouldn't actually give points for that.

G: [laughs] Yeah.

C: So, yeah, wow. In an episode called “Yellow Fever,” we made it 0s across the board. [G laughs]

G: We sure did.

C: Yeah.

G: Anyway, IMDb. I would rate this, actually, pretty high.

C: Yeah.

G: 8.7. Although I'm not too sure about that. I would not be surprised if it's lower.

C: Yeah, see, this is a tough one, because I feel like some people would be very amused, but apparently, some people, there was apparently so much backlash about the implication that Dean's a dick that Eric had to apologize for it.

G: Yeah.

C: I'm just gonna go safe with an 8.5?

G: Okay. Well, let's see.

Oh!

C: What?

G: It's a 9.1!

C: Oh. Damn okay. Well-

G: Hell yeah.

C: I've been doing pretty bad this season at guessing shit.

G: Yeah, which means I'm doing pretty good

C: Good job.

Oh, in the trivia, it says that the credits thing is that Jared thought it would be funny to not tap on the car to see how long Jensen Ackles would go with the like, "Eye of the Tiger" thing, and then he just did the rest of that unprompted. Because he thinks he's so funny.

G: Yeah. But that's pretty decent. That's pretty funny.

C: Yeah. It is pretty funny.

G: Anyway, all the reviews are saying, "It's funny. It's funny." [C laughs] "Reminds me why I watch the show." "One of the series's gems."

C: Oh, one of these ends with “What did Lilith mean when she told Dean, ‘You know why?’ Because Dean is certainly not a dick.” And that review? By Eric Kripke.

G: Well, we need to look at Lilith's actor.

C: Oh, yea.

G: Her name is Sierra McCormick. Is this the one?

C: Yeah.

G: She is 5'1"!

C: Good for her.

G: Good for her!

C: I don't know. She was on 3 episodes of American Horror Stories. Anything else?

G: She has short hair and colored hair now. Good for her.

C: Yeah, it does look pretty good.

G: Yeah.

C: I'm not really seeing anything I recognize on her credits. But she has been working. Good for her.

G: Yeah! I think she-

Yeah, that's it for this episode of Busty Asian Beauties. Next week, we’ll be discussing Season 4, Episode 7: “It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester.”

C: Oh my god, Sastiel ep?

G: I think so!

C: Yeah!

G: But first of all, Castiel ep. [laughs]

C: Yeah, you're right, sorry. My priorities are wrong.

G: Leave us a rating or review wherever you get your podcasts.

C: Follow us on social media! We are on twitter at twitter.com/BeautiesPodcast and on Tumblr at bustyasianbeautiespod.tumblr.com, and our official tag is #BABPod, B-A-B-POD. Thanks to everyone who's donated to our Ko-Fi at ko-fi.com/bustyasianbeautiespod, where we’re gonna be Let’s Play-ers now, I guess. And you can check out our merch at babpod.redbubble.com.

G: Uh, I don't know.

C: You can email-

G: Email us. [laughs] I think this is the second time in a row I had no idea what to say, but you can email us at [email protected]. See you guys next time. [both] Bye!

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khodorkovskaya · 1 year

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yesterday was a very thought provoking day so i want to tell you guys about it! lots of stuff about growing up/coming of age, relationships, etc, all that good stuff!

so i went ice skating with my oxford/france bestie and my student as we do every sunday and it was so much fun! im getting more and more confident on the ice! and it was great, i love spending time with friends when we're doing something like an activity , like something with a purpose you know.

then we went to get hot chocolate as we always do and since my student's wife wasn't there, he spilled some tea! we started talking about relationships bc my london bestie was in town this weekend and her bf finally got his visa so he came to our town for the first time ever! it was his first time outside of the uk and his home country so we were all very excited! but anyway, we started talking about relationships bc to be completely honest with you, im not a fan of my bestie's bf, but i'll get to that in a sec. and my student said that he's only been in love 3 times in his life. when we asked him what about his wife, he said it's not really love as in romantic or sexual love, they're just really good companions. and... they've never had sex! which honestly kinda changes my perspective on their whole thing, but also not really. he said they've only ever done kink stuff together bc they're into latex and things like that. and since she's so much younger than him, he's never wanted to have sex with her. as he desciribed it, he's not a zizi kind of guy i.e. he's uninterested in sex in general. and yeah, ive always thought he was somewhere on the asexual spectrum and this confirmed it. anyway, that was a fun fact.

now back to my london bestie and her boyfriend, im not a fan of the guy frankly. he comes off as really uninteresting and they have this whole mother-son dynamic going on, i really don't get it. he's boring and unattractive and also probably asexual or maybe gay bc he's uninterested in sex with my bestie. so i was looking forward to seeing her and i was happy that her bf could finally come to our country, but i would've preferred it if i could talk to my bestie one-on-one without his company yknow? and then my bestie also messaged me saying that she invited another friend of ours to come hang out with us and again... i feel like such a bitch but the friend she invited is just... so uninteresting. the girl has no values and sure, she'll laugh at your jokes and talk about anything, but i can't stand her superficiality. every time i hang out with her i feel like im wasting my time.

so on my way to the bar i was already imagining all the dumb conversations we're gonna be having and how bored i was gonna be, already trying to make up excuses about how i could get myself out of this and go home and work instead of gargling air with two of the most uninteresting people i know. and i felt so shitty because i was supposed to be looking forward to seeing my bestie and i was supposed to be happy about her boyfriend's visa and i was supposed to be happy about seeing that other friend bc i haven't seen her in ages. but i was just dreading it so much oh my god. i don't know what it is. am i a bitch? am i pretencious and arrogant and do i think too highly of myself? i felt awful. and even my ed thoughts were coming up on my way there. i was like "ooo im skipping lunch today im gonna be so skinny yay". like wtf. i wanted to be happy about seeing my bestie but instead i felt guilty and just wanted to go home and work...

anyway, as anticipated, i was bored out of my mind... her boyfriend's attitude was pissing me off. i asked them what they've done these past two days, like what they've visited and what their plans were. and they said that they went to the old town, walked around the lake, ate at mcdonalds and drank wine. which is fine i guess but like... there's so much to do around here and so many things to see! you can have mcdonalds and wine in london and tbh the old town is not really worth visiting if you don't know anything about it, like it's just a couple of pretty houses, it's gonna be boring if you just walk around aimlessly. like idk if i had two days to show our city to someone who's never been, i would've done so much more idk. and then the bf was like "yeahhh this place is boring it's not for me" and when i asked him why, he said that it's because there are a lot of pubs in london and not a lot around here. like duh of course if your only priority is drinking ofc you're gonna be bored anywhere you go. idk that really annoyed me. plus they didn't even go out at night so he didn't even have a point of comparison. like sure, we don't really have pubs like as in english pubs, but we have a lot of cool bars and clubs and other fun night time activities. like i invited them to the disco on ice on saturday, which is sooo much more fun than drinking wine at home come on! but they said no! and our town is the boring one, all right!

then my bestie invited me over for dinner with her parents and her ukrainian friend. and as the night went on the more and more i kept realising that i don't have much in common with her anymore. and it was so heartbreaking bc we grew up together. we had so many integral life moments together but now it seems that they weren't so integral after all. and it sucks because no one else is gonna know what i was like growing up and it feels like such an important part of me. she's the only one who's seen this part of me and yet it has no importance anymore because we barely have anything in common now.

idk it sucks and there's not much to say. we have different lives, different views, different priorities... and i really felt like the odd one out because at the dinner table everyone was kinda on the same page (except for the parents bc they're getting divorced lol but that's another story). at one point bestie's mum asked me where i was at with my studies. she asked me if i still give language lessons and do catsitting and i was like not really. i have one student who's become a friend now and for the cats thing, if my neighbour asks me ofc im gonna help out. but im not actively looking for these kind of jobs like i did in highschool because duhh im an adult now and im working. and then the mum was like "yeah, you should stop doing that. let's find you a real job" and it really like... upset me. because what about our business? no one seemed to care or ask me any questions about it. "where's you shop again?", "you sell clothes???" like guyssss this has been my family's life for years now! and im pretty vocal about what we've been doing and the project we're working on. and yet no one cares. i don't know, it made me really upset. as if everything we've been working on is not serious. as if getting a "real job" is the only thing that matters.

i don't know, i feel like there's a lot to say but there isn't much to say... it's just that me and my bestie have grown apart. and it hurts. it hurts that i can't relate to her anymore. and i don't understand her lifestyle or her opinions or her way of viewing the world. no, i do understand. but it's so unlike me. we don't value the same things. and it sucks.

and then the ukrainian girl was talking about how she went to dubai and how it's the place to be and how she's looking for a husband. and again, i just cannot relate. and felt so left out. like i don't know, ive gone through so much these past couple of months and it's incredible. but i can't share it with anyone because no one cares. everyone has different priorities... my bestie has an office job she's comfortable at, her boyfriend complains about life and wants to move to canada to find himself, bestie's mum is leaving her husband to go live with her lover and worries about how because of the war in ukraine her job's been intense, the ukrainian girl is trying to find a husband in dubai meanwhile her hometown has been destroyed. and i... well.... i can't even explain it.

i suddenly felt really scared of being alone for the rest of my life. i remembered coming home to B and feeling like i had my person. it felt nice imagining that i was not alone because i had him. but ive always felt lonely with him. but coming home and cuddling with him was nice. im scared that i'll never find my person, someone who can see and understand me, all of me. for now the only people i can relate to are "weirdos" like my student and my oxford/france bestie. they're so much fun! but is this how it's supposed to be? how do i fit in with normal people? how do i become normal?

anyway, i walked home and cried and felt very alone.

and then i had a dream about B and how i came home and he wasn't there so i called him and said "i can't do this anymore, it's either me or [his business name]". i woke up feeling satisfied that i had finally said it. but it's too late now, our relationship can't be repaired. and i can't set any ultimatums anymore and make him choose, because i chose to leave. and he chose himself. and im gonna be alone.

#it's interesting bc my student and his wife have everything but sex #they do fun activities together #like hobbies and stuff #and me and B just had the sex and nothing else #so i felt alone and bored #how do you even find someone who satisfies you on every level?#i want a lover #fuck im so sad about this whole thing #im so scared of being alone #march

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slightlysuspect · 1 year

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Downsizing

The bounty hunter Dirk Correia begins to question if working with Ahsoka is in his crew's best interest.

Dirk Correia

"Hey uh, Ahsoka, listen I was thinking maybe it's time for us to go our separate ways." I say.

"Oh?" She asks. "But every jobs ended so successfully."

"Well yea, but...me and the guys been thinking about it, and we just really don't need another guy." I'm unsure how she'll respond to this. She's never been particularly angry towards me before.

She just scoffs. "Whatever. When you need me you'll know where to find me." She turns to exit my crew's hideout. "Or maybe I'll turn up if I get bored." And then she's gone. We've worked a few jobs with her, and things just have a tendency to get really messy. I can handle traumatized. Can't put a crew together without trauma, but she's an unstable wildcard that you really can't control. I don't mess with the safety of my crew, and she operates a little too recklessly, and it puts the rest of us at risk. I mean we made a killing the last couple weeks she was here, but it's not worth it. Finally I can pay off a couple of debts, not that I would.

"Finally she's gone." Diego says.

"Oh please." Fuentes retorts. "If you had laser vision you would've burned a hole through her blouse." Couldn't've said it better myself. Diego's 16 and had his eyes transfixed on the girl any time he saw her.

"Yea I'm surprised you're so happy to see her gone." I say.

"Well she was stirring things up with my woman." He says.

"You stirred things up with your woman when you were staring down Ahsoka while she was here!" Fuentes says. Fuentes is Diego's 22 year old sister. So really they're both Fuentes, but only Fuentes goes by Fuentes, if that makes any sense.

"I am only a man sister." Diego retaliates.

She rolls her eyes and says, "What an awful excuse." Then goes to her room.

"Well I thought she was aight." Dawson says. Dawson is the muscle. He's a beefy, high energy dude, who's somehow always having a good time. He's late 20's like me.

"Didn't she almost kill you when you asked her how she was gonna pay her bar tab?" I ask. Dawson works a bar called Knox that Ahsoka randomly washed out at.

"But bruh she made us so many credits." Dawson says. "And it ain't like she didn't pay her tab." I've never really thought of Dawson as a great judge of character.

"So just checking all the boxes in Dawson's book huh?" He just cracks a big smirk.

"Ay you joke, but imma be dustin' fools in my new speeder." Dawson says. "Speakin' of I got somewhere to be." And Dawson runs off presumably to go buy an overpriced speeder.

"I guess we'll just spend our money until we're broke again." I say.

Millie laughs and says, "Didn't you buy all of Rodger's stock the other day?"

"Yea but that was for the job. Explosives are a necessity." I say.

"Oh so we needed 15 rocket launchers." Diego says.

"Shut it Diego." I say.

"Just let Dawson enjoy his credits Dirk." Millie says. "Personally I got a real nice shiny new rifle comin' in." Millie is a sharpshooter, and a bit of a gun nut. She's already got at least 25 rifles, but as the owner of 15 rocket launchers, I guess I'm not in a place to judge.

"It's not like we'll never make money ever again." Diego says to me. "And you're not even setting an example of financial responsibility."

"Yea you got me." I say. "Well if we're just gonna be broke in a week, I guess I'd better get us another job lined up."

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I'll get us a job later, for now a drink. I wonder if Dawson's working Knox tonight. As I enter, I see a familiar face I probably should've expected. Ahsoka is sitting at the bar, as she typically does, and I've typically been one to drink with her. Although maybe my liver isn't a fan of this particular activity. Nonetheless, It would be rude not to say hi. Just cause we're not working together anymore doesn't mean we can't be friends.

"Hey Ahsoka, can I buy you drink?" I ask her.

"Need me again already, Dirt?" She asks. I'm not sure if she knows my name or not.

"C'mon I don't want there to be any hard feelings. There's lots of guys to run with around here, I just don't think we're the crew for you."

She rolls her eyes and throws back her drink. "Whatever. You said you were gonna get me another one of these?"

"Babe you know your drinks are free here." Dawson says as he slides her another glass. I guess he is working tonight.

"And what about my drinks?" I ask him.

"That's why you got a tab." He says with a smile and a wink. He then turns all his attention to Ahsoka. "Listen Ahsoka I just got this new speeder, it's real fast. You tryna go for a ride?" Dawson has this intense eye contact that can prevent a woman from thinking rationally, but Ahsoka is completely immune to it.

"Why don't you go hit on some other hussy at the bar?" She retaliates.

Dawson just keeps grinning and says, "Ay don't act like I wasn't comin' for you first tho." Then proceeds to start chatting up a woman further along the bar. They say confidence is key I guess.

"So what're you gonna do now?" I ask Ahsoka.

"Oh probably just wait until someone comes along wanting something." She says.

"Well maybe you could pursue a personal interest. What do you want?" I ask. She's slow to answer. Just keeps staring transfixed at her robot arm that's severed at her right elbow.

"Justice."

Author's note

Our first look into the mind of an original character! This whole arc was a blast to create, and hopefully readers will enjoy the journey as we delve into the Star Wars universe from brand new perspectives.

#star wars #fanfic #alternate universe #ahsoka tano #original characters

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harrysmimi · 2 years

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Celebrity Crush

Synopsis: YN is a massive fan of Harry and have a massive crush on him. Harry is oblivious of her existence until one of his dear friend makes it known to him.

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YN have never been shy about showing her obsession with Harry Styles!

And it did not went unnoticed by Harry. He was made aware of it, when he was on the James Corden Show to promote his new movie.

YN was on the show a week ago and she was nudged to the edge by her co-star and James himself to speak up about Harry. Showing her fangirl antiques on the TV, she was truly embarrassed but she, herself, was the reason of their teasing.

"Harry, you know you have many fans but I don't think you must have met a fan who is this obsessed with you..." James started. "What we're gonna do now is show you a couple of clips of this girl who is been your fangirl since your debut solo album came out."

"Oh!" Was Harry's reaction.

"Yeah, you might know her, you might have heard her own album or you might have watched her movies..." James was trying to create a suspence but Harry was sort of unbothered he wanted to know this person is really.

"Can we please watch the video?" James asked. And his crew played the video from last week's episode. Harry turned to look at the screen in front of him.

"YN, what's the most frequently asked question that annoys you the most?" James asked.

Oh! She is really pretty, Harry thought.

"Who is my celebrity crush?" YN said.

"Who is it?" James asked.

"I have a teeny-tiny crush on Harry Styles you can say. Call me basic, I don't f*cking care." YN shrugged chuckling.

"Teeny-tiny crush!!" Her co-star, exclaimed. "You are borderline in love with that guy! You're recent album is all about him!" She blurted.

"Come on you don't have to expose me like that!" YN sighed

Everyone laughed at that. Harry was trying hard not to blush at that. Who wouldn't blush when someone says they're in love with you? Harry really didn't knew her. They played another clip from the same interview where they showed her Instagram story she posted when his debut album came out. It was her jamming hard on Kiwi, in her hotel bathroom doing her makeup. She went a little too hard and fell down at the end, she put up her hand in a thumbs up screaming "I'm fine!". Making everyone laugh again. YN's reaction to that video was priceless.

"Why didn't past YN made mature decisions? God!" She cursed herself letting her face fall into palm of her hands. "I hate my past self!"

"How old were you when you posted that? You look very young." James asked.

"I was sixteen!" YN squealed in embarrassment. "Or seventeen I don't remember when I exactly posted that!"

"Oh you can sing 18 then!" Her co-star commented.

Harry laughed seeing her face go red even more and the video ended. Like every time Harry coughed to hide his awkwardness. Another video played.

"Oh, can I talk about this one?" Her co-star exclaimed. "There was time, before his second album came out. She cried her eyes out when she got to know she was dating someone at the time."

"Oh my god! Why did you— why are you exposing me Brielle!" YN was crying and laughing at the same time.

"Oh yeah, we have a video evidence!" James agreed.

It was a video of her in car with her co-star, who Harry reckoned was her best friend as well, she looked high on laughing gas as if she got her wisdom teeth pulled out. Her manager driving and Brielle filming YN's antiques.

"Why are you crying?" Brielle asked.

"Harry is cheating on me!" YN exclaimed.

"What?" Brielle laughed.

"I seriously thought we were going to get married. How can he do this to meh!" YN cried in the video. And there she was getting second hand embarrassment seeing her past self being so fucking dumb!

"Come on he doesn't know you." Brielle teased. "It's okay, dump his ass and move on!"

"No, he is dating someone else who isn't me. It's not fair!" She whined in the video.

Harry couldn't help himself but laugh his butt off at that. It was wholesome and heart breaking at the same time.

"God this is so embarrassing?" YN in the interview exclaimed, "I don't remember that. Trust me I wouldn't say that if I were in my senses. I am so sorry Harry!" She covered her mouth with her hands.

"Well, it's not but it is." James contemplated.

"Well, we got a master piece called Fine Line after it. So I am not complaining now." YN shrugged making everyone laugh.

"Also, we know about how much you love Harry, YN. Since he's a good friend of mine we..." James started.

"No way! Stop it. Nuh-uh! I will pass away please—" YN looked like she was seriously going to pass away. She pulled up her knees to her chest as she moved back on the sofa. There were tears pooling in her eyes.

"Since he's a good friend of mine I'm gonna tell him about you." James said. YN face fell immediately and she glared at James who was laughing his arse off.

"Come on out Harold!" He screamed.

"Stop it!" YN screamed laughing, "My heart is seriously thudding against my chest very bad!"

At the video ended there. Everyone in the studio were laughing including Harry as well.

"Did you know about this?" James asked Harry.

"I— I didn't know." Harry shook his head trying not to smile much. He was taking mental note of her name so he can go and check out her music. He was sucker for new music and he'd like to listen to his fan's music. He wouldn't lie he's gotten a crush-at-first-sight on her now seeing her videos of being silly.

"You have not listened to her music?" James looked offended.

YN was actually famous for her called I don't exist for him she wrote about Harry. It was what gave her career in music a kick start. She uploaded a one-take video on YouTube it ended up going viral and she ended up getting a record deal with Sony Music. Well, Harry seriously didn't know she existed but he does now.

YN wrote songs of her own since she was twelve. She had so many songs, that she ended up recording all those and putting out six albums in span of six years. She won Grammys before Harry won his first Grammy. He didn't know about her! It was a shame, he thought.

YN got really big real quick. Hell, she was even more famous than he is at the moment. Maybe Harry didn't know about her because she was known for her music and acting, and not because she was obsessed with him? Or he would have known about her. He watches all of his viral fans in his fan group, he never came across YN for some reason.

"You look a little bit infatuated Harry." James commented watching Harry's reaction.

"She seems like an amazing person." Was Harry's explaination for him looking so infatuated by YN all of a sudden.

....................................................................

YN was on James' show again. For promotions of her seventh studio album this time. She was having fun with playing games and interview with James were always fun for her because he never asked disrespectful questions to her. He is a really good friends of her so he was quite nice to her during interviews.

"Do you have another song on this Album about Harry Styles, YN?" James asked. YN went blank at that question. This is yet another album which at least have one song about the guy she have a crush on and he doesn't know she exists. Well, at least she thought that, it wasn't true anymore. He now knows she exits.

YN didn't only stan Harry for his music and his good looks really. He really, without knowing himself, helped her through her darkest of times. His interviews and his music bame her newfound coping mechanism in no time. She didn't know if she would be here if she didn't had his music or his interviews to watch anymore. Does it sound dramatic? She didn't know, but it was the truth. Him saying "Don't worry about it, everything is gonna be fine." in that one interview of his kept her sane till she really got the help she needed. Her silly, one sided, romantic feelings for him were just a little add on for her and nothing else.

"I am not gonna answer this." YN shook her head chuckling. Her fans were really good at decoding her albums, she's sure it going to be everywhere soon.

The interview continued, they talked about her new single from the album. She wrote about this guy she liked from her college but he just straight up ignored her all the time. How she was inspired by Taylor Swift and changed the story. A completely different scenario where she asks him out on a date and he says yes to go on a date with her.

"Which celebrity would you like to ask out on a date?" James asked taking up the perfect opportunity.

"You— you know my answer." YN shrugged. She would risk it, really, and ask her celebrity crush out on a date.

Soon there was a small commercial break. YN had her MUA touch up her makeup real quick.

"YN, you're wearing the waterproof mascara today right?" He asked as he powdered her t-zone slightly and dusted off the excess.

"Yeah... Why?" YN got confused. But she never got her answer. "What the fuck? Andy?" She called for the guy jut she was gone. The commercial break was over and they resumed to filming. YN performed one of the single from her new album and she covered Adore You. YN knew there were her fans in the audience, she gave her guitar picks away to the fans in the audience after she was done performing. It gave her pure joy and made her heart full to see the people who support her so happy and excited. Like, what reason do they have to support her anyway? She is just a girl who write music and works in movies. She made music they liked and enjoyed, she was very glad she could at least put a smile on people's faces. She was always and will always be grateful of all the people who support her. She have even had her team give away the merch to the people in audience after the filming is done. She felt like she is foetus Oprah Winfrey when giving away her merch to her fans. Her fans even called her that, and even Oprah herself gave her the title of Foetus Oprah. It was one hilarious and one of her favourite interviews of her. She was promoting her movie on Trevor Noah's show where Oprah was invited too. It was a surreal moment for her!

YN got back to her interview, James said he have something to show her during the commercial break after her performance.

Little did she knew, James actually showed Harry clips from her interview. YN couldn't be more embarrassed. But at least he now knows she exists.

"God this is embarrassing!" She groaned. "You didn't had to show him that video!"

"Well... I did it." James shrugged.

"At least she knows I exist now. I can die in peace." She said keeping her hand on her heart which was beating super fast. YN swore she was now hallucinating because she smelled Gucci Memoire perfume in the air. Yeah, she was that dedicated of a fan that she knew which perfume Harry uses and she own one herself which she occasionally uses.

"We don't want you to die now darling, do we?" She heard a deep raspy voice with a strong accent, which for sure, did NOT belonged to James.

SHUT THE FUCK UP! - It was YN's subconscious.

Mhmm! - her conscious agreed.

YN looked to her right. And there was in all his glory. Sitting on the arm rest of the big love seat she was sitting on, with his hands clasped together on his lap, wearing one of his staple Gucci suit. None the less, look like a Greek God that he is. YN promised she felt her heart skip a beat as she blanked out completely. Her hands going up to cover her mouth subconsciously, she didn't know she fell down from her love seat on the floor straight on her bum.

SAY SOMETHING YOU STUPID! - Her subconscious scolded her.

"Hi!" She squeaked making Harry giggle. The crowd started going crazy. It would be hard to listen to anyone in that much noise.

"Hello love." Harry said, "Are you okay?" He asked. His mic was turned off as he approached her.

"Oh my god this is not happening right now!" YN finally got herself to speak looking at James for a second.

"Wait... You're real person!" She said when Harry reached out to hold her hands and hugged her. Harry laughed again as he heard her because her mic was on now.

HE FUCKING HUGGED HER!

Now she think she can pass away in peace!

"You alright?" He asked again, rubbing her back.

"No, I am not! Oh my god!" She laughed at her own self. She hugged him back, tightly.

God he is a real, living human being and not a hologram!

And fuck! He smelled so good!

She didn't realise she was crying, but Harry did. He kept hugging her, holding her until she calmed down. The crowd awed in unison when he rocked side to side holding onto her.

"It's okay!" He told her. YN finally let go of him even though she didn't wanted to, he helped her up from the floor.

"Wait.. let me process this!" She sighed with her hand on her heart, Harry was holding her hand with his fingers laced through her own. He beamed at her once she glanced at him for the first time after their hug. It literally made her go weak in her knees and she crouched down covering her face with her vacant hand.

Now it made sense to her why Andy asked her if she was wearing waterproof mascara or not! God bless, Andy!

"Oh my god! I— I don't know what to say!" YN found it difficult to stand up on his knees. She almost fell down again when Harry pulled her in another hug laughing. He didn't know what to say either, she legit was shaking. The audience awed again.

YN took ten minutes to process that she is actually in same room as Harry Edward Styles himself!

Wait... THEY ARE MATCHING SUITS!

YN swore she didn't not planned this! She was wearing a Gucci the same one as his but in red and his was in pink. She was a crying hot mess.

"Now you can write a song I do exist for him now, YN." James commented.

"I am sorry, I don't know what to say really." YN chuckled sheepishly looking at Harry, who was still holding her hand from past ten minutes.

"It's alright, darling." He smiled.

"James I hate you for this." She turned around, "I literally almost had a heart attack!"

James just laughed at her reaction. "You can take him out on a date now, right Harry?"

James was joking. Harry knew that. Or was he really joking.

"Yeah!" Harry nodded.

"Oh please, don't give me false hopes. I may cry again!" YN shook her head.

They finally sat down and had a great chat. Harry was there to now promote his mew album as well. YN was over the moon when Harry told her he listened to her entire discography on Spotify. Nothing mattered to her anymore!

This is now on top five list of Best Days of her life now! It held the second position. Nothing can replace the day she won a FIVE FUCKING GRAMMYS for her second album.

She got to see Harry after they were done filming. He was so sweet and had his manager bring coffee and doughnuts for them all. YN was there with her mum, who was going on and on about her fangirl antiques to Harry. He had a great time listening to her little stories. Harry knew about this, so he made sure to bring YN a few appreciation presents. It was everything from his merch line.

It was the best day for YN!

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The Wrong Lifetime – Six // Wanda Maximoff

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author’s note: i’m glad you all seemed to like the last chapter! i’m all for slow burn but i didn’t want to leave you hanging too long aha. Now onto dating territory!

Since going to Blackpool with Wanda, we hadn't actually gotten another moment to ourselves. Wedding plans were picking up which kept her busy, and if not that, then I'd only see her in passing in which we'd exchange smiles before moving on.

So, I though it would be good to take her out on a date. A proper one, even if it was to be disguised as a simple outing between soon-to-be sister-in-laws. The plan was to 'bump' into her in town, which we did, then I asked her if she wanted to go to the art gallery. She'd been before, but they'd put in a new exhibition which I thought she might like.

We couldn't exactly hold hands when there, but I made the most of her presence and stood a little too close to her than a friend might. Since she'd kissed me at the beach, I wasn't able to think about anything else. And when shot me a knowing smile, I knew she felt the same.

"I like this one," I told her, pointing to a piece hung on the wall, before squinting to read the plaque. "Jedburgh Abbey from the River by Thomas Girtin."

"And why's that?" she asked, watching me with humoured eyes.

I pursed my lips, glancing between her and the painting sheepishly. "I'm not gonna lie, I just like the way the guy painted the clouds in the sky."

She stifled laughter, not wanting to draw attention from passers-by, and nudged me in the shoulder. "You're unbelievable, milaya (darling). We didn't have to come here if you don't like art."

I gave her a knowing look. "Hey, I love art. Especially when it's by a certain Sokovian artist named Wanda Maximoff."

Rolling her eyes, she shook her head. I grinned at her bashfulness, wanting to tease her but also very true with my words. Her work was my favourite, biased or not, and I still had that amazing portrait she'd done of me in my room back home. It was tucked into one of my drawers where nobody would find it. I didn't want anyone else to look at it since she'd done it for me and it was private... it was a beautiful reminder of the amazing day we'd had.

"You're poking fun, but in all seriousness, I'd actually love for my work to be up here someday," she said softly, looking at the painting before us with hopeful eyes.

"They wish they were that lucky to score someone as talented as you," I said without skipping a beat.

She cracked a smile, tilting her head in my direction. It was obvious she was losing her patience with me, but I enjoyed watching her lose it. She didn't know what to say, especially when being complimented, and it was endearing to witness.

We remained civil for the remainder of the 'date', refraining from holding hands or gazing at each other longer than friends would, and I was pretty proud of myself for not thinking about kissing her once when we were done.

As we got into the carriage to go back home, the door closed and I was going to ask her how she found it when she moved towards me in an instant, kissing me without question. I raised my hand, caressing her jaw and closing my eyes as she leaned forward, practically on my lap, not that I cared. She sucked on my bottom lip sensually before she opened her mouth, pushing her tongue into mine. I almost forgot how to breathe as she did, unprepared for such an intense kiss.

"I've been wanting to do that all day," she revealed when she pulled away.

I flushed at the contact, a dazed smile on my lips. "Huh."

She chuckled as she sat back beside me more 'appropriately'. "Thanks for taking me. I loved it."

I nodded lamely, still trying to recover from our kiss. "I'm– I'm glad."

She smirked playfully, leaning forward to press a gentle kiss to my lips before sitting back. "You're so cute."

My words still hadn't returned, so all I could do was nod before looking the other way. Her laughter filled the carriage and I wondered how I'd gotten so lucky to be in the presence of someone so perfect.

After exchanging some more kisses and actually being able to hold hands without prying eyes, we reached Wanda's home and she invited me in for some tea. Sadly, that meant we had to let go of one another, but I think she'd given me enough to remember her by as we parted, and she must have thought the same, judging from the smirk she sent my way.

We sat on the patio outside to have some tea and biscuits, enjoying the sunshine and blue skies, a rare occurrence for England. We were chatting mindlessly when her brother decided to make an appearance, helping himself to a seat between Wanda and I.

"How lovely of you to grace us with your presence, Miss Y/L/N," he said playfully, shooting me a charming smile, before reaching to grab a biscuit. Wanda slapped his hand but he stole one anyway, making her roll her eyes.

"Nice to see you, Pietro," I greeted with amusement, always enjoying his presence.

"And you," he returned, before chowing down his biscuit.

Wanda gave me a fed up look over his shoulder which he was oblivious to, and I tried not to laugh as she clearly wasn't a fan of him interrupting our time.

"So, I caught a glimpse of the wedding invitations," Pietro said, making conversation. He glanced between us with a nod of approval. "They're coming along well."

I hummed in agreement, smile becoming less real when he mentioned the wedding. Wanda didn't acknowledge his words as she fiddled with the handle of her teacup.

"Is your brother behaving, Y/N?" Pietro continued jokingly, looking to me. "I know how many admirers he has, but my sister should be his first priority."

"Oh, Piet...," Wanda breathed out with embarrassment, facepalming.

"Of course he is," I assured her brother with a small smile. "He wouldn't dare try hurting Wanda or he'd have a lot of explaining to do."

There was some playfulness in my voice, but an underlying truth to my words.

"It's sweet how close you've gotten," Pietro noticed, looking between us, before settling his gaze on me. "It's about time Wanda made friends with people who aren't me."

Cue another slap. I chuckled at her sheepish expression, amused by Pietro's antics.

"Anyway," he changed the subject for his sister's sake, "mother has been getting on my very nerve about finding a bride because you decided to get married."

Wanda rolled her eyes. "We both know I didn't decide, Piet."

He sighed over-dramatically. "Well, it's because of your engagement that she's now on my back about it."

"Join the club," I joked, knowing exactly what he meant. "My mum was already on my back about finding a husband, but since this engagement, it's ten times more annoying."

Pietro laughed. "Oh, no. Has she lined up suitors? My parents like to point out every pretty woman they see to me in hopes I'll make a move. It's hardly productive."

"I haven't asked her for fear she'll pull out a folder with all of the eligible bachelors in town," I said, half joking and half serious.

Pietro snickered as Wanda rolled her eyes in the background. She should have been happy I was getting along with her brother. He was actually quite entertaining to be around.

"It's funny you say that because you're one of the women my parents pointed out," he admitted.

"Oh, God, so they're saying the same thing to you?" I asked with a groan, and he nodded regretfully. "Isn't it just the worst?"

"You're a lovely girl, Y/N, don't get me wrong," he began gently, "but I don't like you like that."

I raised my hand for a high five. "Me and you both."

Laughing once again, he returned my high five and I was glad we were on the same page. The amount of people that had been hinting at getting to know Wanda Maximoff's very single brother was getting pretty annoying. It was nice to know he was just as irritated at the insinuation as I was.

"Okay, I should leave you both to it," Pietro concluded, slapping his knees and standing up. Looking to me, he said, "Miss Y/L/N, it was as lovely as ever to make your acquaintance."

I smiled as he winked playfully before looking to his disgruntled sister.

"Dear sister, the pleasure is always mine," he continued to tease, and she slapped him once more, making him dodge her and begin to leave. "Love you, too!" he called before heading back inside.

I laughed at his silliness and relaxed in my seat, looking back to Wanda. She didn't seem half as amused as I was as she drummed her fingers on the table and chewed on the inside of her cheek.

"I may be mistaken, love, but it looks like you're jealous," I poked fun at her.

She rolled her eyes and her jaw tensed before she finally looked to me, expression softening. "Can you blame me?" she asked quietly. "You're both single. You're both similar age. Everybody talks."

I shrugged nonchalantly, having a sip of my tea. "True... but I've got my eye on another Maximoff anyway."

She sighed, small smile creeping on her lips. Subtly moving my chair closer to hers, I grabbed her hand under the table and squeezed. My thumb stroked her hand softly as I leaned on the palm of my hand on the table.

"You look really beautiful today," I admitted in a hushed voice. "I should have told you earlier."

She, too, leaned into the palm of her hand as she watched me with an enchanting gaze. "So do you, milaya (darling)."

Unable to resist, I glanced around quickly before kissing her cheek and pulling away. Letting go of her hand, I busied myself with the tea and biscuits again.

"Biscuit?" I offered her, and she began to laugh at my attempt at acting casual.

Playing along, she accepted the biscuit from my hand. But a knowing smile was on her lips as she nodded. "Thank you."

—

Being with Wanda was a luxury in itself, even if we had to keep it private.

To everybody else, we were merely two women about to become family who happened to create a bond that was close. But we both knew what it really was and weren't eager to say it. Because saying it made it true and that meant that what we were doing became realer than it was in our daydreams and hidden moments.

I did find myself wracked with guilt sometimes – particularly the times when Y/B/N would gush about how excited he was to marry her. Wanda was technically cheating on him with me, his sister, but that fact was something that was still blurry to me.

We had no choice but to lie and be secretive. In a world like this, where we would never be able to be together like we wanted to, all we had was secrecy and deception. Did that still make us bad people?

I tried not to think about what would happen when she actually married my brother. The future was something I was adamant on pushing to the back of my mind because I knew what it would hold and I just wanted to enjoy the time I had with her. Convincing myself that what we had wasn't serious, just a heat of the moment relationship maybe, made things easier to accept. But really, I knew that whenever she looked my way with her signature smile and dazzling eyes, it was way more than I envisioned. She was way more.

So, trying not to be dragged down with the weight of reality, I vowed to myself to only focus on the now. Focus on the moments I shared with her whilst we could. Anything beyond that and I'd surely snap.

"Medovyy (honey), the Y/L/Ns are here!" Iryna called behind her, before looking to my family and I as we stood at her front door. "Please, all of you, come in!"

She ushered us into the main hall before closing the door after us. Perfectly timed, the rest of her family left the living room and came to greet us.

Automatically, my eyes found Wanda's and she was already looking my way, her dimple making a show as she attempted to reign in an excited smile. I did the same, trying to ignore the way my heart stirred upon seeing her.

Oleg and Iryna welcomed my parents and then me, kind expressions accompanying genuine greetings. In the corner of my eye, I saw Pietro shaking Y/B/N's hand before Wanda took his place, accepting a kiss on the cheek from Y/B/N. It wasn't jealousy that I felt whenever they were together, at least not entirely – they were to be married, what more could I expect? – but it wasn't anything pleasant either.

"Ah, my favourite Y/L/N," Pietro beamed upon shaking my hand, making my lips twitch upwards. "You excited for dinner? We're having salmon."

"Ecstatic, Pietro," I answered with a playful eye roll. "All I've been thinking all day."

He chuckled at my sarcasm before letting go of my hand and moving over to greet my parents. Wanda was next, her shoulders relaxing when she stepped before me with a soft smile present on her lips.

"It's good to see you," she said, but her eyes said much more than that. "How have you been?"

Exchanging a friendly-looking hug, my body was warm where she pressed against me. Touching her always sent a rush of emotion through me and I looked forward to it every time.

"I've been good," I answered aloud, before whispering into her ear, "Better now."

She squeezed my waist inconspicuously in response before letting go. "That's good. You know, we've got time before dinner and I wanted to show you the painting I've been working on lately. Wanna see?"

I glanced at my parents and hers for permission, knowing they'd heard her question.

"Just try not to take too long since dinner will be on the table soon," Iryna said with a nod. "It's so good to see you girls getting along."

Breathing out slightly, I smiled gratefully before letting Wanda intertwine our fingers and drag me up the staircase. She led me past several doors before we finally reached hers and she tugged me inside.

As soon as the door closed, she was quick to connect our lips in a heated, desperate kiss. I relaxed against her instantly, my hands falling to her side and pulling her closer. Her fingernails gently scratched the sensitive skin behind my neck, giving me goosebumps, and I let out an involuntary gasp at the feeling.

When we pulled away for a breath, her nose brushed against mine and she pressed a final kiss to my lips, slower and more tasteful compared to the first, before smiling at me.

"I missed you," she said, as if reading my mind.

A breathy laugh escaped my lips. "It's only been a week since we last saw each other, love."

She shrugged, arms laced around my neck. "A week too long."

Raising a brow judgementally, I gave her a knowing look. She wasn't embarrassed in the slightest as her half-lidded eyes met mine with a confident smirk.

"Did you just pull me up here to have a quick snog?" I teased her.

"Well, yes," she said, making me laugh again, before adding, "And I wanted to ask you if you'll go to the park with me tomorrow. A picnic. If you want."

She bit her lip anxiously, eyes darting elsewhere as she waited for an answer. I always found it amusing how she could be so confident one second and then so innocently adorable the next.

"Wanda, I'd love to." My thumb rubbed circles on her waist as I kept ahold of her. "I hear it's supposed to be nice weather tomorrow, too."

She pursed her lips. "Even if it rained, I'd still drag you to the park with me."

"Somehow, I feel like that's true," I countered with a ghost of a smile on my lips. She tried to hide her own smile and I continued, "Was there an actual painting you wanted to show me or...?"

Breathing out with amusement, she intertwined our fingers and pulled me to the back of her room where her 'studio' was. Since the last time I'd visited, there were plenty of new additions to her work, all as wonderful as the next.

"This one is from the beach at Blackpool," she said, stopping before a medium-sized canvas depicting the horizon. "When we sat on the bench. Just before I kissed you."

My heart fluttered at the memory and I studied the canvas, recalling it looked similar to her watercolour painting of the same view. She'd done a spectacular replica in oil paints, reminiscent of the trip we took.

"You should already know what I'm going to say," I said, looking to her knowingly. "But just so you can hear it again, I absolutely love this. You're so talented."

She rolled her eyes to distract from the pink spreading across her cheeks. "Thank you... and again, thank you for taking me. Seeing an actual water source upfront really helped me refine my paintings. It feels so much more real now."

I looked back to the painting, noticing what she meant. Either way, I loved both versions of her work, before and after going to the beach.

"You did good, love."

She squeezed my hand gently before sighing quietly with realisation. "We should probably go back down."

"We should," I agreed, glancing at her. "Thanks for showing me these."

She cracked a smile, teeth nibbling on her bottom lip. "Always."

Reluctantly, the two of us returned downstairs and joined the others as they were settling at the dining table. Wanda and I sat side by side, and this time when her fingers brushed mine, I made no move to pull away.

The meal was good, but as usual, I found myself zoning out. The conversation made its rounds, falling to me as the Maximoffs wanted to know how I was doing, then moved on, giving me chance to focus on eating my dinner and getting through the evening. I knew that at one point, everybody was talking about some play that was showing in the theatres.

Bits of the conversation were going in one ear and out the other and I was minding my own business until Wanda's bare foot rubbed against my leg under the table. The sensation of her skin against mine made my knee bounce up and hit the table with surprise, earning everyone's attention.

"Are you okay, dear?" Oleg asked, noticing my discomfort.

I cleared my throat, straightening up and ignoring the stifled smile Wanda had in my peripheral vision.

"I'm good, sorry about that," I apologised awkwardly, shivering when she dragged her foot back down my leg. "You were talking about the play, right?"

That seemed to distract them, as they leapt right back into conversation, giving me a chance to breathe out with relief. I looked to Wanda, watching her lean on her palm and hide a smirk as she stared at me with mischievous eyes.

Glaring and nudging her in the arm subtly, I looked back to my food, but she didn't move her foot, nor her hand. Both brushed my against me, starting a fire on my skin and making me swallow hard. She kept like that for the whole evening, making my head dizzy and leaving me at a loss for words.

And when I looked her way, she was already staring, definitely knowing the effect she had on me.

—

"I just need to find my shoes and we can go," I told Wanda the next morning, before our date at the park.

She'd come to pick me up at my house and was hanging around my room as I finished getting ready. From her place at my desk, she hummed in acknowledgment before distracting herself with my notebooks.

"I see you're making great use of the notebook I picked out for you," she commented, and I glanced towards her mid-search for my shoes, seeing she was flicking through the already-filled book.

"I have a lot of ideas, what can I say?" I joked, before looking under the pile of clothes near my wardrobe.

She chuckled, before falling quiet again. I wasn't really paying attention to what she was doing until she spoke up after a few minutes.

"Y/N, your writing is beautiful," she said, making me look her way to see an amazed smile on her lips. "I didn't know you could write like this. I mean– I should have because you helped write that letter Y/B/N gave to me, but this..."

I shrugged awkwardly, distracting myself with my search again. "It's okay, I guess."

She exhaled mockingly. "Okay? Y/N, this is miles better than okay. Why didn't you show me this sooner?"

I smiled satisfactorily as I finally located my shoes. Grabbing them, I approached Wanda and took a seat on the edge of my bed, opposite her seat at my desk.

"Because it'll never be anything more than what you're looking at?" I said rhetorically. "It'll only ever be words confined to pages that nobody will see?"

She gave me a knowing look. "I think you forget that my brother is a publisher, dorogoy (dear)."

"And I think you forget that he is the publisher to my brother, dear," I retorted playfully.

She sighed, shaking her head and putting the notebook back on my desk. "You know Pietro would love this, right? He'd sign you in a heartbeat."

I snickered at the ludicrous thought. "Wanda, you're a little biased, love."

She rolled her eyes. "Writers write for audiences. I am an audience. I consume literature. And I'm telling you that it's not just me who would read what you have to write."

I tried not to laugh as I pulled my shoes onto my feet.

"Are you really telling me that you'd never want to get published?" she asked with a raised brow.

My heart ached at the thought of such a fantasy. "Of course I would, Wanda." I met her eyes, which were already peering across from me patiently. "I've dreamed of that. But it's just not what's to happen. My family have told me that many times. In another lifetime, maybe."

She pursed her lips, studying me thoughtfully. I offered her a smile and stood up, holding out my hand.

"Forget that," I told her. "I believe you promised me a picnic."

Thankfully, she dropped the subject and accepted my hand, letting me pull her up. The topic wasn't brought up again and I wouldn't have had it any other way.

We went to the park like she wanted and she brought a picnic basket with her, having packed a lovely variety of finger foods and snacks.

As she was unpacking the food onto the blanket, I narrowed my eyes at her. "You know, now that we're finally alone, I can say how unfair it was of you to do what you did last night."

She played dumb, shrugging, focusing on neatening up the sandwiches on a plate. "I don't know what you mean, milaya (darling)."

"Huh. Sure you don't."

Giggles flew from her lips as she glanced at me through her eyelashes. "I'm sorry, I couldn't help it. I just love seeing you squirm. You get all tense and it's so cute."

I pursed my lips. "I figured. You've been watching me squirm since we met."

She grinned knowingly before straightening up. "Okay, I made sandwiches and there's also some coleslaw, fruit, cheese... I made some Sokovian dishes, too, if you want to try them. Okroshka – it's like a cold soup. Then there's this olivye salad. It's... well, salad."

I smiled at the thought she put into it all and grabbed her hand between us. We'd set the picnic out behind a tree so we wouldn't have curious eyes watching us. It didn't look like we were overtly hiding, but we still got our privacy, too.

"It all looks great, Wanda," I said with appreciation. "I can't wait to try it."

She squeezed my hand in response before letting go to grab some paper plates. After popping a strawberry in her mouth, she asked, "Do you just want a bit of everything?"

I leaned on the back of my hands as I hummed a 'yes'. She began to put me some food in and I watched her, admiring the sight.

Her hair was half-pulled back today, falling in waves down her back and exposing her perfectly sculpted jawline. Everything about her was perfect – the way she moved was elegant and graceful, even when her hair fell over her shoulder and in her way; she simply moved it back with a flick of her hand and resumed what she was doing. The sun caught her immaculately, her hair glowing bright under the light and her eyes magnificently green as they focused.

As always, she took my breath away.

"Here," she said, holding out the plate towards me and pulling me from my reverie.

I accepted the plate and fork, returning her smile, before she watching as she began to make another plate for herself.

"You sure this is fancy enough for you?" I asked jokingly, stabbing my fork into a carrot. "I heard you and my brother went to a very luxurious restaurant the other night."

She met my eyes, holding amusement in her own. "Jealousy doesn't look good on you, milaya (darling)."

I kissed my teeth and rolled my eyes. "I'm not jealous, I just– it's so annoying listening to him talk about how beautiful you are or how funny you are or how kind you are."

"Oh, so you don't think I'm any of those things?" she teased, trying to get a rise out of me.

I titled my head towards her. "Of course I know you're all those things. But it doesn't mean I like hearing him talk about it constantly..."

Clearly amused, she erupted into laughter and I felt my face heating up with embarrassment. I know it sounded like I was whining, but it was true. Sometimes, I wasn't envious of my brother but rather at the fact that he could actually take Wanda out properly. He could be seen with her in public and hold her hand without fear of getting looks or disowned. He had the privilege of being with her and it wasn't fair.

"You may hear him talk about it, but there's one thing I can assure you that you get that he doesn't," she said when recovering from her laughter.

I stared at her with an exasperated sigh. "And what's that?"

She smiled confidently, glancing around quickly, before leaning forward and kissing me softly. As quickly as it came, it disappeared, leaving me desiring more.

Licking my lips, I couldn't tear my eyes from hers. "You know, you're a really good kisser."

She chuckled at my reaction and I found myself leaning in again, entranced by the way she tasted. Putting my plate to the side, I raised a hand to pull her closer, getting better access to her mouth.

She tasted sweet like the strawberry she'd just eaten and I swiped my tongue across her lip, indicating I wanted her to part her them. She did, allowing me to slip my tongue in and wrestle with hers, revelling in the way she tasted. My heart was thumping loudly in my chest as she let out a moan, it reverberating in my mouth and giving me goosebumps.

When lack of oxygen became an issue, she pulled away breathlessly, flushed cheeks adorned with a smile.

"As lovely as that was, I actually want to eat what I made," she ridiculed playfully.

"Yes, we will," I assured her, my hand moving from her neck up to her jaw. My thumb touched her lips, outlining them tenderly, subconsciously committing them to memory. "We'll get back to it."

She wanted to laugh, but I moved forward and caught her bottom lip between mine, unable to stay away. It was wrong, the rush I felt in my gut and the warmth that spread all over my body and the tingles that travelled down my spine. Because I knew what it all meant, but admitting it was a different story. So, I didn't.

I just continued to kiss the girl before me, knowing I could have kissed her forever and not regretted a single thing.

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