#lol at the people saying he didn't sound French

[shadowquill17]

as an actual French person, let me tell you that Kit did a really good job with his lines in French? Obviously he still had an accent but it was FAR from the worst I've heard, and he was completely understandable (which is NOT a given even when actors try their best) and sounded quite natural? Honestly he sounded like someone who's been practicing their French for a lot longer than he actually has, so while he didn't sound like a native speaker I am SO PROUD of him because we all know he had a long way to go from "oui"

#it was just really endearing to hear it #it's obvious he worked really hard on it AND IT SHOWED #lol at the people saying he didn't sound French #DUH #he's not??? he was NEVER going to sound like a native speaker #but I've been hearing random actors MANGLE French for YEARS #so I managed my expectations pretty early on? #but Kit did a really good job there I said it #heartstopper #kit connor #heartstopper season 2 #french #languages #nick nelson #my posts #quill's thoughts

[transrevolutions]

french revolution dashboard simulator

🐀 ami-du-peuple Follow

uh actually man has the right to deal with his oppressors by devouring their beating hearts. hope this helps.

🎩 departicle Follow

Hold up. Okay. Actually, fuck this. This sort of violent rhetoric should not be tolerated on here. Do you seriously think this sort of thing is going to make the nobility give you more rights???? You must be out of your minds! Reported.

🧵 seamstressproud Follow

reblog to devour this guy's beating heart

#username checks out lmao #politics #everybody point and laugh #common adp w

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organt-deactivated06151792

update: new canto out now!!! go check it out 😈😏🥀 (remember don't like don't read <3)

📜 sacredhostreceipts Follow

@centuriesandskies this you?? not such a great look for a convention rep ngl

🌄 centuriesandskies Follow

listen. I wrote this a long time ago, before I went into serious politics. the account is deactivated for a reason.

I was twenty. I did poorly. I can do better.

#sj.txt #if this is the worst dirt you can dig up on me #i'm way less corrupt than half the people in the convention these days #at least i'm not doing fucking. embezzlement. #also sacredhostreceipts if you're who i think you are #don't you have better things to do rn?

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🌎 landscape-showdown Follow

🌎 landscape-showdown Follow

why the fuck is everyone tagging this with french??? political figures?

#what the hell is going on over there #also maybe cool it with the death threats #I don't want this blog to get taken down #what's a girondin #is this some joke I'm not french enough to understand #showdown update

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⛪ progressivepriest Follow

Unpopular opinion but why is everyone so up in arms about the new Civil Oath? Literally all it's asking is for you to promise not to commit treason just because the Pope tells you to? I can see where people are coming from with the whole violation-of-religion deal, but can you blame the Assembly for trying to make sure the people aren't forcibly subjugated by the wealth of the nobility?

faith-first-alwaysdeactivated03011791

Sounds like something a heretic would say. To betray the Pope and king is to betray the will of God and your eternal soul! You should pray for forgiveness and pledge loyalty to the monarchy or have fun burning in hell. Sorry not sorry.

⛪ progressivepriest Follow

L + ratio + iirc the Bible says "it is easier for a rope to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven" (Matthew 19:24)

🎻 lacarmagn01e Follow

occasional based catholic moment, go off OP!

🌊 sea-of-revolution Follow

looked the faith-first-always guy's blog, he's like a massive anti-huguenot too 🙄 why is it always the prot-exclusive radical catholics smh

🌊 sea-of-revolution Follow

LMAOOOOO HE DEACTIVATED

#religion tag #percs fuck off #anyways op makes a valid point #reblog #percs dni

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🛌 virtuous-bedtime Follow

she committee on my safety til I can't go public

🍊 springtimeofgovernment Follow

I don't understand the joke, can someone explain please?? 🙂 Thank you!

🧵 seamstressproud Follow

is that fucking MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE?!!?!?!?

🛌 virtuous-bedtime Follow

oh my god citizen robespierre I'm so sorry this was not meant to break containment lol I didn't even know you were on this site please forget you saw this

#this is the most embarassing moment of my life #literally sobbing rn #the original post is /j i prommy #i cannot be known as the citizen who had to explain this to the government

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🪓 indulgentsfuckoff Follow

fabre d'eglantine is NOT your poor little meow meow citizens he literally falsified decrees from the national convention and embezzled money to line his own pockets. I don't care how uwu babygirl you think he is he is a CRIMINAL who should be ARRESTED

💛 i-give-people-bread Follow

🥖🍞🥐

#baguette #loaf #croissant #i-give-people-bread #indulgentsfuckoff #silly

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🧱 comic-sans-culotte Follow

fucking fed up with the constant threat of the swiss guard, I think it's time we got some gunpowder and weapons and took things into our own hands yknow what I'm saying

🧱 comic-sans-culotte Follow

I'm no longer joking about this btw

🧱 comic-sans-culotte Follow

update:

hopital

🧱 comic-sans-culotte Follow

ok bc I've gotten like 50 asks about this: I am not injured and I am not in need of medical care. the punchline was that we stormed the fucking hotel des invalides to get guns and powder. didn't want to clarify the joke before now for security reasons but everyone knows about that and the bastille thing by now. please direct your money to people who actually need it.

#shouldve clarified the last post was /j #however I assumed yall knew this joke already #anyways #revolution #personal #500 #1k

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🌾 nopain-nograin Follow

got so high at the festivial 2day i thnk i saw hte suapreme being

#robespiere speech was prboably 🔥 #unforntuately i camt rember any of it #grainposting #oipum ehre is somtehing else thes days #memes

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🎨 jldavid-real-moved Follow

incredible speech from @springtimeofgovernment today at the jacobin club. nobody should be permitted to use their positions as civic leaders to commit crimes against the people, even under the guise of revolutionary fervor. if it comes to it, I too will drink the hemlock with him. for france. 🤝🤝

🍊 springtimeofgovernment Follow

Thanks for your support, @jldavid-real

The situation over here is deteriorating really quickly, the representatives are getting violent and abandoning due process entirely. Anything you can do to stand with us now would be very appreciated. You do a lot of great work for the revolution, and I trust you completely.

🍊 springtimeofgovernment Follow

@jldavid-real are you still there? We could really use your help right now.

🌄 centuriesandskies Follow

boosting @springtimeofgovernment here, can confirm he's been injured in a skirmish at the hotel de ville, they're passing summary death sentences without trial, @jldavid-real where is the help you promised us??? the people of paris are our only hope now.

edit: of course he moved blogs. coward.

#sj.txt #disappointed yet unsurprised #marat would be ashamed of you #9 thermidor #update

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🎻 lacarmagn01e Follow

DNI if you support any of these groups/people or their actions: m0narchists, f3uillants, br1ssotins/g1rondins, th3rmidorians, b0napart1sts, h3nri du v3rgier (also goes by c0mte de r0chjacquelin), charl0tte c0rday, or lafay3tte

(h3bertists and dant0nists you're on thin ice. behave.)

#censored so they dont show up in the tags #dni #get your nasty ass ideologies off my page #won't hesitate to block and/or report any violators #pinned

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gracchus-babeufdeactivated05271797

reblog to make the directoire choke to death on their stupid fucking outfits

🌊 sea-of-revolution Follow

hey staff. yeah you. where did this blog go?? notfishgoujon and prairial-95 are gone as well?? cowards too afraid to show your faces lmao especially after the fucking mess the directoire's made of the country. bet you anything that staff are on their fucking payroll too iykwim at least the republic didn't tolerate fucking bribery

#this site's gone to the dogs since thermidor yr 2 #following the trend of the rest of the country tbh #i'll probably get nuked for posting this #if so i'm not making a new account #i'll just make a paleocities or smth #politics tag #reblog #don't play with me ik full well gb didn't delete his blog of his own free will #they also zero note glitched it #just when you think they can't stoop lower

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📕 spectrehauntingeurope Follow

it's been 50 fucking years since gracchus-babeuf (and the other CoE blogs) were deleted without warning and still no response from staff, the govt, or anything. the site's gone through a fuckton of ownership changes and still nothing.

we're working on a bit of a project (some of you might know abt it already), it's gonna be out prob in the next year or so. remember '89. remember '93 and '94. remember '97.

the people will rise again. it's only a matter of time. 🚩

-mod karl

#french revolution #pigeon.txt #shitpost #frev #frevblr #robespierre #saint just #marat #oof this was. a project. #dashboard simulator #funny #meme #unreality #just to be safe

[bl-sensei]

Hazbin Hotel songs review: Stayed Gone

This song doesn't have a French title, but if it had one it could've been "Regretter d'être rentré" (lit. Regret coming back).

Pros:

Vox sings "You're not welcome down here anymore" (Say hello to a new status quo), I don't know why they didn't keep "status quo", but I like the translation;

Vox sings "Say goodbye to radio / We prefer video / we want sounds and images in Hell" (While he hid in radio / We pivoted to video / Now his medium is getting bloody rare) there isn't the idea of him being a coward, but I like that he says that people prefer video;

Alastor sings "For a while, you've been demanding / a stylish media / that offers quality" (yes I know it's been a while / since someone with style / treated hell to a broadcast) I like that he says that people asked for him to come back and that he's qualitative unlike Vox;

Alastor sings "Vow gonna regret / Playing" (Your status quo / Will know it's race is run) and I like that he threatens him.

I love Alastor's French va, Maxime Hoareau , he's awesome. I didn't even realize it was him, I didn't even know he could sing! I can't say how happily surprised I was! I love his energy, he was perfect, so it's a pro.

Cons:

In French Vox doesn't call Alastor a coward;

In French Alastor is far more familiar, so it was surprising when I learned that apparently him saying "fuck you" to Lucifer was the 1st he'd swear in English. In this song, he sings (Instead of one of his mediocre whorish little TV shows) (instead of a clout-chasing mediocre video podcast), the word he used in French is dated so it suits him in a way, but hearing him say "whorish" was quite a shock tbh; he also calls Vox a French equivalent of "loser" but far more familiar, so this one was quite a shock too;

We lost the idea of Vox being insecure and thriving only thanks to Valentino and Velvette; but instead, they call each other useless so I guess it cancels out?;

Alastor's French va has a bad tendency to not do the rhymes in [e] and [ə] (ex: tolerate is pronounced / ˈtɒl.ə.ɹeɪ̯t/ [tbh idk if that really helps]). We can often switch the two pronunciations (usually it depends on the region) so you can make them rhyme as long as you pronounce it correctly, which he tends not to do. Not a huge problem but it ticked me;

We don't have the parallelism "I'm gonna make you wish that I'd stayed gone", instead we have "let me remind you who I am", which is good too but I love figures of style;

Alastor sings "Because my voice / Is your friend" (Tune on in / When I'm done) and I don't think he could really be called a friend lol.

It was really complicated to rate this song because the lyrics changed a lot. As a whole, the song is not great, but not terrible either. The translation is very different, but the ideas stayed more or less the same. I'd say the song is OK if you only speak French, but it's better in English. I give this song a 6/10.

#hazbin hotel french dub #hazbin hotel season 1 #hazbin hotel review #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel song #hazbin hotel stayed gone #hazbin vox #hazbin hotel vox #alastor #radio demon #hazbin hotel alastor #stayed gone

[erabu-san]

IDK if someone want to read my Fremillei Brainrot but... here.

FREMILLEI TALKING, watching landscape ( ANGST A BIT (dont worry it ends well) it is not a fanfic bcuz lol i am so bad at writing (if it is not in french)

**CW : self depreciation**

**SLIGHT SPOIL : FREMINET BACKSTORY**

FORGIVE MY POOR ENGLISH BYEEE

Freminet suddenly being pessimist about himself, saying how he can only bring disappointment

"Don't say that !"

Collei shouting a bit fierce, which made Freminet jumping a bit

"You are also have your own strenght-"

He already heard those speech from his big sister but... it sounded different from Collei's mouth

"Look ! You can repare machine, you create toys... that's amazing ! Not everyone can do that ! In Sumeru, we could hire you in Kshahrewar Darshan... Freminet, you are amazing ! You can also diving, fishing..."

Freminet didn't know what to say, he is always gloomy.. "I am sorry Collei... you are just- amazing... compared to me I-"

"Please don't say that.."

Collei looks down.

Freminet suddenly felt guilty

"I am also like you, Freminet" her voice trembling

The young man was perplexed, but too scared to offense, he stayed in silent and just listen

"I feel terrible toward myself. Look, I am slow-learning, it still hard for me to read and write. I made a lot of mistake, I felt miserable... I am so scared to fail, I am so anxious when it comes people expectation... and my dark past growing back, my mind becomes weak and it is overwhelming... and sometime I can't resist them.. it hurts everywhere... it is like..." she stopped. She looked at the sky, trying to not cry. And after her pause, she turned her face to Freminet, with a smile but a broken voice

"It is like I am drowning."

Oh. Those words... that's exactly how he felt too. Those words resonated in him.

"I.. I stopped to trust people ! I hated my mother for giving me up. I hated everyone. But more than hating everyone, I hated myself..."

Freminet couldn't help to think about his mother.. when he didn't know the truth, did he hate her ? Did he hate the orphenage before "Father" took it..? Now he mature a bit, the only person he hate is... himself.

By this thought, he clenched his fist.

Collei took a deep breath and shouted

"BUT LIFE KEEPS GOING"

Freminet startled for a second time

"I met friends... family ! Who are dear to me. They give me their hands. They helped me. They are so patient with me. They love me. I can tell how genuine are their feelings...! And I am grateful to them. I love them too ! To repay them... I decided to become the best person I can be..! Being gloomy won't help me in this goal."

She looked in Freminet's eyes, with a determination stares. It was hard for him to be removed from her gazes.

"So yes, Freminet ! You are also amazing on your own way ! Please believe in you, at least for those you wish to protect !

You also have people you deeply care, right ?"

"Y..yes..."

Collei was silent, it looks like she wished him to continue.

Freminet took Pers in his hands stared his blue eyes.

"When I was young, I fantasized of.. just being emotionless. But, the more I grew up, the more I discovered I was hypersensitive.. it is one of my big weakness."

He did a pause, looking at Pers, deep in his thought.

"The orphenage is my home, and every children was considered like my family but... it felt more like we are just gears to make a big machine functionning. I didn't mind it, at least, I was useful. Everytime I felt lonely, I only have Pers with me."

He wanted to cry. The number of time "Father" scolded him, but he couldn't cry because "Father" hate those who cry.

Collei, was still listening, with an empathic look, as she understood what he was feeling.

"But...! I met Lyney and Lynette and.. even if they were inseparable, Lyney always called me little brother.. Lynette always console me ! In this big family, Lyney and Lynette are my genuine companions, and I can claim it ! And now I also met traveler, and Paimon.. ! I-..."

Ah, this is bad, he wanted to cry so much.

Collei encouraging him, tears in her eyes.

Freminet would usually ran away and go deep underwater, in his safe place, to cry all his heart.. only Romaritime flowers as witness.

But, he bursted to tear, couldn't keep all this feeling for himself anymore.

"I DEEPLY LOVE THEM..!"

Collei smiling, while a tear falling on her cheek

"..yes !"

They both usually alone when they started to feel overwhelmed. But this time, flowers, clouds, and them together were their companions.

////

AFTER A WHILE THEY STOP SOBBING

they are both pretty embarassed but they laughed

This is the first time they both cry with someone else, and.. that's a weird feeling !

#talk #idk what to tag huh #fremillei #I JUST READ FREMINET'S BACKSTORY AND MY BRAIN START TO BRAINROT #haha i would be surprised if someone really read all of this 🫣🫣 #but gosh... as someone who also suffered from depression but is now healed (in some way) #they are both super important for me 😭 #freminet needs to know the warm of friendship so he could accept to have therapy #two kids being sad but one is doing their best to heal and the other one is one his way to accept healing #tw : self depreciation

[sentient-stove]

Fuck it,

A non-comprehensive- and better- list of names containing the root word Leo that are better than what the wiki says for Leo Valdez. Because Leonidas is stupid. (no offense[full offense]) (my credentials: i have over 56 percy jackson/heroes of olympus wips and am chronically allergic to using the same name for leo more than a few times. plus leo is my oc)

-Leonidas. The og, the one that everyone seems to think is the canon name. If it was, why didn't Hera or a monster or Gaea never call him it? Anyway, the first Leonidas was a king of Sparta and claimed to be related to Hercules. The modern Leonidas is a chocolate brand.

-Leoni. Just means lioness. It's a female name (a few on this list are) but it still gets the job done of being a longer Leo name but still unique.

-Leocadius. Bright, shining. If you're looking for something vaguely greek-y, this is usually what I go for ngl. Sounds cooler than Leonidas anyway.

-Galileo. Famous inventor/astronomer. Also the only name on this list that doesn't start with Leo, but instead has the name at the end. Does this ruin the lion motif? Maybe! Do I care? No!

-Leora. Compassion, light. Also a more female leaning name, but look me in the eyes and tell me you won't write trans Leo with him just making his birth name more masc, you won't. Or transfemme Leo lengthening her name to Leora.

-León. Meaning lion. Spanish/French/Italian origins. There's a guy on TikTok that calls Leo León exclusively instead of Leonidas. I've had him blocked for months cause I don't like his content but he did have a valid point not calling Leo Leonidas.

-Leota. 'Of the people.' German roots and origins. (I'm actually using this for an au rn where Leo's an oracle/seer lol. Cause, cause... get it? Nevermind.)

-Leonardo. Another famous inventor/astronomer. Need I say more? Also don't tell me Esperanza wouldn't name her baby after an inventor.

-Leonora. Another name meaning light/brightness. You'll notice that Leo can either mean lion/lioness or light. Which I think is fitting for someone who burns so brightly as Leo Valdez.

#leo valdez #heroes of olympus #hoo #percy jackson #pjo #fanfic #look im not saying you can't call him leonidas #im just saying there's better options #plus leonidas isn't canon #calypso calling him it once in toa is not canon #because again #monsters don't call him it and its a big deal for monsters to call demigods their full names

[bluesylveon2]

After much deliberation, I think I'd love to see Rook with "I Won't Say I'm in Love" from Hercules. It started me on a brainstorming spiral. And! The little bit at the end where Megara holds the nile flower to her chest? Imagine Yuu doing that with Rook's hat. I just really like the idea, that out of all the possible options, they fall for that guy.

It could be fun if instead of the muses it's the ghosts of ramshackle, and instead of falling onto a statue, Yuu falls into the arms of a ghost that looks like Rook. Yuu doesn't know how to process these feelings and the ghosts are being menaces.

So when I first saw this ask, I was like "I got this 😎" Famous last words right there lol. I did enjoy messing with Yuu/MC tho. I hope you enjoy it, anon!

Word Count: 933

Notes: the ghost names are: Billy = short one, Don = tall one, Harry = fat one. I picked the sames based on the Lonesome Ghosts (what Ramshackle is based on) and used the actor's names

Warning: not beta read, possible ooc characters, and one irl reference

"-man!"

"-enchman!"

"HENCHMAN!!"

"Ah!" Yuu jumped and dropped the item in her hands. She frantically looked around the Ramshackle lounge. Her eyes landed on Grim, who was jumping on the other side of the couch. "Yes, Grim?"

Grim crawled up on Yuu's lap, "I'm hungry! Feed me some tuna."

"Oh, I am. I'm sorry, Grim. Let me get you your tuna for dinner," Yuu stood up, grabbed the big purple hat, and walked towards the kitchen with Grim following behind to sit down. 

"You had a starry look in your eyes when you were staring at that hat. Were you thinking about Rook again?" 

"NO!" Yuu exclaimed while placing the hat on the dining table. She opened the pantry and grabbed a can, "Why would I be thinking about him anyway? He is weird, mysterious, and a bit creepy."

Grim put his paws on his hips, "Mhm, sounds like your type."

Yuu almost dropped the opened can of tuna, "Grim! Eat your tuna!" She shoved the can into Grim's paws. He barely had enough time to catch it.  

"Hey, this is premium tuna! Besides, what I said was true."

Yuu rolled her eyes and approached the refrigerator to hide her blush, "I only see Rook as a friend. We are just friends."

"I don't know. You don't sound happy saying that," Grim stopped eating his food to stare at Yuu, "You two have gotten pretty cozy after the Island of Woe incident. I would say a bit too close to be just friends."

"It's not like he is on my mind all the time, or I think about his laugh or the way his hair flows just right in the wind, or how eccentric he sounds when he speaks French…." Yuu sighed, grabbed a random container, and kicked the fridge closed. She headed towards the microwave to warm up her food. 

Curse Grim for putting him in my mind! 

"Is Yuu talking about Rook again?" Don, the skinny ghost, asked. He and the other Ramshackle ghosts materialize in the kitchen for dinner. Although they cannot eat, they stay to keep Yuu and Grim company. 

"Yep," Grim smirked, causing Yuu to roll her eyes. 

"Oh ho ho! I always knew you had feelings for him!" Harry, the fat ghost, laughed. 

"Since when?" Yuu sputtered, her face turning red. 

"Since the VDC. Billy, the short ghost, replied. "You two would always hang out, and he started spending more time here after it ended."

"A lot of people spend time here, too," Yuu pointed out and ate her dinner. 

Harry chuckled, "Well, you at least accepted his gift," The ghost pointed to the food Yuu was eating. Said human looked down to find that she did grab the leftover ratatouille Rook gave her yesterday. That was also the day he left his hat at her dorm.

"It was the first thing I saw," Yuu deadpanned and plopped on her seat next to Grim. 

"Sure it was, Yuu. We'll believe you for now," Don smirked. He and the other ghosts floated to the unoccupied chairs.

"I don't like him like that."

"I don't know…" Billy drawled, "It didn't look like it when he serenaded you on your balcony."

"He was just being nice because it was my birthday," Yuu replied, ignoring how hard it was for her heart not to jump out of her chest that night. She was willing to take how she felt like a princess to the grave. 

"What about that time he wanted to draw you like one of those French girls?" Grim innocently asked. 

"How bold!" Harry exclaimed, and the other ghosts laughed. Grim just sat there confused. Yuu felt her ears turn red as the ghosts smirked.

"Not like that! You know how he is! He is always trying to find ways to appreciate beauty."

Billy raised an eyebrow (do ghosts even have eyebrows?), "Oh, so he finds you beautiful?"

Yuu covered her face with her hands out of embarrassment. Her heart was beating fast, and her mind was thinking about Rook a mile a minute. 

The first time she met Rook, Rook's soft hair that she wanted to run her fingers through, Rook's unique personality, Rook…Rook…Rook…

"Watch this," Don whispered to the ghosts and turned to Grim pointing to something on the table, "Hand me that hat," 

Yuu was praying the teasing stopped until she felt a presence near her. 

“Bonjour, mon amour!”

"Ahhh!" Yuu screamed, causing herself to fall into Ghost Rook's arms and the other witnesses around her to laugh. Ghost Rook looked down at her with a smile similar to the real Rook, except Rook's smile made him look like a prince. Wait, prince? Yuu shook her head. This isn't real! "That is not funny!" she exclaimed, scrambling back and snatching Rook’s hat. She inspected it for any dust. 

Ghost Rook turned back into a laughing Don, "You must admit it, Yuu. You can't deny that you have feelings for him."

Yuu sighed out of defeat, "Maybe I like him a little." Grim looked at her with a 'really?' look, "Fine, I like him a lot. Happy?" Yuu hid her growing smile by placing the hat on her head and hiding behind the brim. 

The ghosts and Grim smiled, "Very."

Meanwhile, a certain blonde hunter sat on a tree, listening to the conversation through an open window. He originally came to retrieve his hat but climbed up the tree instead when he heard his name. 

"Oo la la! It seems ma chérie has feelings for me after all. I must let her know that they are reciprocated!" 

400 follower event (only 1 spot left!!!)

Disclaimer: I do not own Twisted Wonderland and its characters. Those belong to Aniplex, Walt Disney Japan, and Yana Toboso.

©: This story belongs to bluesylveon2 2020-23. DO NOT modify, republish, or plagiarize my work.

#twisted wonderland #disney twisted wonderland #twst #twst x reader #twst x yuu #rook hunt x reader #rook x reader #rook hunt x yuu #thank you for the ask! #400 follower event

[secretagentspydetectiveninja]

(Alright, going to stop procrastinating and finally make this post.) After playing through the new trilogy in French to see what was different, here are some things about the French localisation of Spirit of Justice I thought you should know:

First of all, I usually like the French and English versions of the games equally. This marks the first time I've actually enjoyed the French version... more than the English one?? Especially Turnabout Revolution? Don't get me wrong, I already loved it in English, but I think the next time I replay it I'll actively choose French. Idk man it just hits different when a bunch of French people are talking about revolution and overthrowing the tyrannical regime etc

Oh yes, speaking of which, yes, the "Japanifornia" parts of the game take place in Paris, France, as usual. No, I have no idea how Kurain village can be next to the mountains and also the sea while also being in the vicinity of Paris. I also don't know why the entire population of a small country in the Himalayas are fluent in French and use it on a daily basis. But seriously, the main characters mention SO OFTEN that they're French and from France, like, all the fricking time. Remember the incredibly Japanese rakugo case? Imagine that taking place in France.

The Khura'inese pun names are hysterical in French. An example that English speakers can get too: the first culprit's name in French is Sterh'uey Tu'heiven. I'm not making this up. That's his name.

RAYFA'S FRENCH VOICE ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE A TEENAGER INSTEAD OF A 30 YEAR OLD, THANK THE HOLY MOTHER

Unfortunately the Holy Mother giveth, but she also taketh away, and they gave Nahyuta a crunchy old man voice that doesn't suit his ethereal appearance at all...

Athena has now added German and Italian to her random English and Spanish phrases from the prev game. I mean... it made sense before, since she was meant to have lived in the USA in this version, but now I guess she just does it for fun? Who knows

French Roger Retinz uses €50 notes (euros) to fan himself instead of dollar bills

Inga's full name is "Inga Karkhuul Kel Nomh Bowkhou Tro'lon Pohm'peu Eh'Duhr Apronh Ons'ai Khura'in III" ("quel nom beaucoup trop long, pompeux et dur à prononcer")

Nahyuta's nickname in French is just "Yuta"

Ema and Apollo now use informal pronouns for each other, so do Ema and Trucy now, Maya starts using informal pronouns for Apollo from almost the first moment she meets him (though he uses formal pronouns for her lmao), and yes Dhurke and Apollo use informal pronouns with each other the whole time, even when things are awkward at the start. Rayfa and her mother always use formal pronouns for each other, which is a little depressing.

AS FOR NAHYUTA AND APOLLO... HOHOHO. Obviously they're both using "vous" (formal) in court, but in the scene afterwards Apollo switches to "tu" (informal) when he asks Nahyuta if he remembers him. Later in Turnabout Revolution, Apollo has gone back to vous but he's at least saying "Nahyuta" rather than "Prosecutor Sahdmadhi" or whatever (I think that happened in the English version too). Then during the final trial, after that one insanely angsty scene, Apollo starts using tu again and even (internally) uses the nickname Yuta once! Nahyuta eventually starts referring to him as Apollo and starts using tu after finally openly acknowledging Apollo as his family aaauuuuuugh ;o;

(Listen Apollo usually always tries to be formal and professional in court so this is a big deal!!! It's a big deal to me at least!!!!!!!!!)

In the English version there were a few times our good ol' American Apollo had a sort of "haha I'm just a foreigner I don't know anything here" vibe which... no you're not lol. The French version didn't have that (or at least toned it down a lot) and made him feel less like a tourist and more like an immigrant returning to his old home country with complex feelings, which he is. It makes it more personal that he's the one to bring about the revolution imo -- he's not some random foreigner swooping in to save the day, this is his home and his family, he belongs here. (As an immigrant myself I find aspects of him relatable and will defend his Khura'inese backstory to the death DON'T TEST ME)

The "what's crack-a-lackin' homie" line in all its glory:

#WESH GROS. BIEN OU BIEN. i freaking love this guy #anyway uh sorry for going off on tangents in the middle of this one #(as if i didn't also do that in all the other posts...) #ace attorney #aa6 spoilers #spirit of justice #random stuff #i almost cried when nahyuta switched to tu #okay yeah there's still some parts that were better in english but overall french wins this round #i'm serious about apollo's backstory btw. it's very dear to me #i could write an essay about how it recontextualises his personality and reactions in the 4th and 5th games #and makes a lot of stuff about him make even more sense and even makes some old parts feel like foreshadowing #'oh he's unrelatable and different now--' skill issue. #my boy is perfect and i love him in ALL THREE games

[theloveinc]

i’m sorry if this is overdone but i just need to be alpha!kiri’s housewife!omega, I need tender cuddling while we sleep.. heavy.. heavy amounts of scenting.. to the point where u have to stop for a bit bc ur perfume is being blocked out by his natural scent of sandalwood n vanilla..

I need him to come home to our house filled with the sound of our rowdy-ass children’s laughter.. to the sight of me in the kitchen.. and for him to feel oh so fulfilled..

Need him to want to cover me in his sweat.. to push him away and send him to the bath with the sternest stare a lil tiny n chubby omega like me can give.. not before kissing his forehead n letting him get one sweaty hug in.

Need him to scarf down the massive meals i make for our family.. making sure our youngest eats their veggies and resolving any bickering between siblings..

need him to hold doors open for me.. to keep me safe from creeps while he takes me on a weekend shopping trip..

need him to fuck me in the changing room.. to give me drooling kisses and tight grips on my belly <3

Precious housewife omega🥺🥺🥺 MAKES me think that once an alpha gets a good one, they'll do anything to make them stay and keep them safe from others trying to court them... and for Kiri, the habits all just stuck.

He's so territorial but also sooooo gentle and sweet, you wouldn't know it you didn't see it (and for betas, it's even harder to detect), but rubbing you with his nasty, sweaty goodness is like... thee mark of having it all. I feel like even just being around you kinda makes him reek to other people because he's so !!!!!!!!! about seeing you and being around you and making it known to everyone that you're his.

(it's really funny because it annoys other alphas beyond belief and makes them jealous but also very frustrating because you've had omegas coming up to u both on your shopping trips or wherever to see if he's not mated... bark bark woof hiss LMFAOOOO.)

and the pups that you have, too🥺🥺🥺 i feel like you guys have two regular-sized litters who are just like their daddy and then one baby who comes out alone... hence why they're so picky abt everything LOL. definitely bakugo's favorite niecphew bc they for sure have a 'tude with everyone in the house (despite their size, everyone says they must've eaten the other pups in the litter in the womb LOOOL).

BUT YEAH. you definitely go through two loafs of french bread a night w/ kiri and his spawn in your house LOL. even the toughest, most desperate alphas fall at your feet when they learn what a big 'n protective family you have🥺

#kirishima #crying at the thought of a little like... 22 year old omega peeking from around the corner at u and kiri at the market #bc his scent is so strong they're like.... gotta investigate #i'd def be jealous but also like. yeah. thats my man. get your own (except in a nice way LOL) #and all his coworkers being like 'DUDE PLEASE STOP SMELLING LIKE THAT' #and he's like '🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺can't help in i do it in my sleep bc we share the same bed' #like skdfjaskdjfolrksidilfjaisekjfakeik bruh #anyway #kiri having a littlest child always makes me emo #i hope this was okay!!! #a/b/o tw #caitie things #gen #kids tw

[meat-wentz]

you mentioned you were indie sleaze, can you talk more about that scene from the 2000's? i want to get into the scene but don't really know where to start and i don't trust tiktok lol.

omg of course. so to preface this i wanna say that there is a natural emo to indie pipeline that existed from around 2006-2008 and i was fully a part of that pipeline. there's a lot of crossover especially as emo evolved into scene and as scene evolved into party scene into indie sleaze. musicians like shiny toy guns, dev, cobra starship, amanda blank, hyper crush, etc were all like natural transitional bands that held little emo hands as they transitioned into indie sleaze. for instance, does he look familiar? well, he's the dear boy from sugar we're going down.

indie sleaze was a mixture of nihilism and hedonism, a general mindset of nothing fucking matters let's destroy ourselves and fucking party. it was like this huge embrace of self-destruction and effacement, but also like a huge embrace for being young and saying fuck it and partying your face off. it glorified the unpolished, ripped stockings and hazy drunk eyes, hair plastered across your face with sweat, smudged makeup, looking like you've made out with everyone in your path and you probably have. it was body paint and underground hipsters and red bull chasers and ketamine bumps and perfect cocktails of pills. it was a bunch of jaded young people rejecting 9-5's and blending the party culture of raves with the rock and roll underground of sleazy clubs in nyc. there's a good documentary on this that follows some of the most notable bands in the nyc scene called "meet me in the bathroom" and it's available on showtime right now. they were the "new" club kid. there was a notable genre exchange, it was super eclectic sonically, ranging from techno and electronica to twangy bass riffs and dirty guitars to more folksy or preppy sounds (you'll see more prep aesthetics leak in particularly towards the latter half as indie sleaze evolved into millennial indie in the late 2000's and early 2010's, like vampire weekend, metronomy, two door cinema club, and chester french). aesthetically, flash photography became huge, rejecting the gloss of the mainstream. decade clashing was huge, drawing inspo from 70's vintage athletic wear, sleek 60's mod, 80's punk, vintage shopping was huge, neon and bright colors and american apparel basics, ironic t-shirts were huge, actually irony laid into the aesthetics and sound HEAVY, because irony indicated you didn't care but you were still fun.

photographers like the cobra snake super well documented the scene and all its most notable scenesters, and misshapes would throw these massive celebrity scattered parties with all the who's-who of musicians. they're two really good places to look into what and who and why and how. you might also want to look into kitsune maison compilations, urban outfitters playlists via the web archive, and ed banger records. soundtracks for shows like gossip girl, skins, and misfits were literally soooooooo influential to me as well.

perhaps the prime examples of what the scene looked like and what parties looked like:

and here are some of my personal favorite indie sleaze mvs that i feel really encapsulate sort of the aesthetics and the draw:

not an official video but literally so influential, my friends and i would pregame to this edit of babel so often its literally embedded in my bloodstream:

here's some gems you might not find in any research:

my favorite musicians at the time were mgmt, metronomy, css, crystal castles, uffie, lcd soundsystem, yeah yeah yeahs, young love, the rapture, hot chip, girls, electric six, bloc party, bright eyes, the virgins, the teenagers, peaches, friendly fires, gorillaz, the xx, franz ferdinand, neon indian and kenna. i do actually have a musical archive @sleazeandscum where i just post songs every once in awhile from the time period. i hope this helps and ty for this question lol it was literally SUCH a formative period in my life and also the beginning of my time as a blogger.

#ask #anon #sorry this took a few days to answer i was collecting media!!!!!

[hoodharlow]

Moviestar | Part1

AN: so I decided to split chapter 5 in two parts bc they all happen in the same week so expect part 2 in the next few weeks. This also an El Novio crossover so if you read that that's why you're tagged lol

Requested? No

Warnings: general fluff, slight angst from a non main char

The things Jack did for Miriam. He sat at eight in the morning in the private parking in LAX where celebrities and other rich people would get their cars from if they didn't want to get bombarded by paps. Her plane was landing from JFK since she was in New York for the 'In the Heights' world premiere and doing late night tv interviews to promote it. She was in LA for two weeks doing promotion for the movie. Since Jack had a day off, he jokingly volunteered to be her assistant for the day. 

They were finally on good terms. After he sent her the song and called her, they had a long talk. Miriam heard Jack's side and how he only texted her because he thought her sister would be able to help him get close to her. But after realizing that all he had to do was to talk to her and get close to her, he basically cut off contact with her sister. She'd occasionally text him but he'd ignore them. He even insisted on sending her screenshots of the messages, but she didn't need to see them. 

Miriam believed him and apologized. She felt like an idiot for jumping to conclusions. Jack isn't like him. Jack was kind and honest with her. She now knew that he wouldn't treat her the way he did.

There was a soft knock from the passenger window. He looked up and saw Miriam waving. Jack got out of the car and opened the back door for her. He made a face only seeing her place a few garment bags and her backpack in the backseat. When they flew out to New York, she had two large suitcases, a duffle bag, her backpack and her bag, so he knew she never traveled that light. 

"Where's the rest of your stuff?" He asked as he held the door for her. His eyes lingered on her ass, admiring how it looked in her teal leggings as she climbed in the car.

"Beto has them. Those are just outfit changes for the day." She said, undoing her french braid and twisting her hair into a bun.

"What time do you have to be at the studio?" He asked, scrolling through his music. 

"Twelve. Are you down to get Roscoe's for breakfast? I'm starving." She asked, rubbing her stomach. 

"If you want, I have never been." He shrugged.

Miriam's eyes widened in disbelief when she turned to look at him. "What do you mean you've never been? It's Roscoe's."

"What do you want me to say, I've never been. When I'm here, I'm usually eating out at work dinners or dinners before heading out to events. I don't really have a chance to go explore, but it's been on my bucket list." 

"I guess this means I'm taking your virginity."

"You're six years too late." Jack said, smirking. He grinned watching her get flustered. 

"That's now what I meant."

"Miriam you straight up said, 'I'm taking your virginity.'" He said, imitating her in a valley girl accent.

"Whatever, and I don't sound like that." Miriam rolled her eyes. She smacked his thigh. "Move, I'm driving, the one at Long Beach is the best." She climbed over the center console. Jack obediently got out of the car and went to the passenger side. He bit back a comment as he watched her pull the car seat closer to the steering wheel. In a few minutes she was getting on the 105.

After playing a 00s hip hop playlist, Jack asked, "So you know how to go from the airport to Roscoe's in Long Beach but not your house to Nobu?" 

"It was nighttime." She argued. She pointed a finger at him. "And before you say anything, my mom's parents live in Long Beach. When I was little, if my team won our game, my grandparents would take me to Roscoe's for a celebratory lunch. Plus, I rarely go to Nobu." 

For the next half hour, Jack and Miriam talked about the interview with Jimmy Fallon she did the day before. In reality it was her getting embarrassed for ten minutes. She started her interview talking about how she couldn't stop quoting '10 Things I Hate About You' to Joseph Gordon Levitt, who was the other artist being interviewed when she was backstage. After that she finally talked about 'In the Heights' and how excited she was that it was finally coming out. 

She was asked how she got the role. So went on explaining that when she was in Berkeley, she was the costume director for a community theater in Oakland. They haven't cast Vanessa and the musical director overheard her singing when she was backstage sorting out costumes and asked her to audition. She got cast and on opening night they were told that Lin Manuel Miranda was in the audience. After their performance, Lin Manuel Miranda went up to her and mentioned that she looks a lot like Isabela Miller. She told him that she was her mom. He apologized then started talking about they were looking for someone to replace Melissa Barrera and that she should send a tape because he was impressed with her performance.

Jimmy later brought up how she recreated her look from when she watched the musical on Broadway with her family for the red-carpet premiere. She even recreated the picture she took with Karen Olivo, the actor who played Vanessa in the Broadway musical. Then they played a clip of her character helping Anthony Ramos' character get a stain off his shirt while arranging a date with him through her cousin. To add the embarrassment, Miriam found out her parents sent out a clip of her performance in the musical so of course Jimmy had to play it. Luckily for her people were impressed with her singing. 

Miriam finished her story with how she played a musical genre game with Jimmy and Joseph Gordon Levitt, similar to the one game Ariana Grande played where she sang 'Humble' like she was Evanescence. Though Miriam had to sing a version of 'What's Poppin' in 90s Rock. She asked what they meant by 90s Rock and Joseph Gordon Levitt said 'angry girl music of the indie rock persuasion' which was one of his lines from '10 Things I Hate About You'. To which Miriam got flustered because he quoted the movie. 

Miriam pulled up to the parking lot just as she was telling Jack that her and Joseph Gordon Levitt did a few tiktoks recreating some of her favorite lines from the movie. She gave Jack his keys and led him to the street light so they could cross. 

While they waited to be seated, Jack noticed an older couple sitting in the back glancing over to Miriam. 

"There's a couple that keeps looking at you." He said in a low voice. 

Miriam looked behind him and cursed. "Those are my grandparents." She mumbled. 

Jack looked over to the couple, noticing her grandfather had similar physical features as him. "Yo, your grandpa is white?" He whispered incredulously. 

"Yeah?" Miriam nodded. "Why do you think my mom's last name is Miller?"

"Damn, you got me there. That means you're what…25% white?" 

"C'mon we have to say hi." She said, dismissing his comment. She grabbed his wrist and dragged him to her grandparents. Her face lit up when they neared the table. She hugged and kissed them on the cheek. Then turned to Jack. "This is my friend, Jack."

"Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Jack Harlow." He said, extending his hand out to them. 

Her grandparents shook his hand and called a server to bring them two more menus for Jack and Miriam. They insisted that they join them instead of waiting to be seated. 

"¿Es tu amigo o tu amiguito?" Abuela Marisa asked Miriam when Jack pulled her chair out before he sat down. 

"Abuela." She playfully rolled her eyes. 

"What do you do?" Grandpa Joseph asked Jack.

"I make music," He said nervously. He wiped his hands against his pants and cleared his throat. "I actually performed on SNL the same night Miriam's mom–er your daughter hosted." 

A server came by and took their orders. Jack placed his arm on the back of Miriam's chair, but brought it to his side, feeling her grandfather's eyes on him. Throughout their meal her grandfather kept looking over to him to make sure he had his hands to himself. Jack was afraid to even reach for his water. When it was time to pay, Miriam's grandfather pulled out his card before Jack could reach for his wallet, so he left a generous tip. 

"I think your grandpa hates me." Jack said as they drove off to the studio where Miriam was going to do interviews.

"Nah, he's just jealous because he's not only the token white guy in my life." She said, reaching behind her seat for her HydroFlask. 

Now that it was 10:30 in the morning, traffic picked up. What should have been a half hour drive now took an hour. Not that Jack and Miriam minded, they spent the whole drive talking. Jack was telling her that he and Lil Nas X finally filmed the music for their song. Miriam smiled listening to him talk about how privileged he felt being able to have a song with him and how he was able to get a genuine friendship out of the collab. He went on telling her that he had an inkling that the song was going to be a hit.

"You want Starbucks?" Jack asked her, getting on the ramp to get off the 101.  

"Sure," she said. 

He nodded and switched lanes, so he could make a u-turn. He knew a Starbucks a few blocks away. It was near a studio he sometimes worked at. What he liked about it was that it had a drive-thru. Fortunately there wasn't a line in the drive-thru. 

"Hi, welcome to Starbucks, what I can get started this morning." The barista greeted them when he pulled up to order.

"Mornin'," he greeted the barista back. He leaned into the car door so he could read off the screen to make sure they got their orders right. "Can I get a venti iced coffee with light ice, oatmilk, vanilla and a pump of cinnamon dolce. Then can I also get a venti extra hot honey citrus tea and two water bottles." 

Miriam sat dumbfoundedly. She didn't think that he still remembered her coffee order. When he spent the week with her in New York, he'd go every morning to the Starbucks down the block from her parents' place and bring her iced coffee. She scrambled to get cash out as he pulled up to the window, but Jack had his phone ready. 

"Put that away." He told her, gently pushing her hand away. He paid and handed her her drink. 

Ten minutes later they arrived at the studio where Miriam was doing her interviews. Jack helped her carry her garment bags and backpack. Despite it being 70° he pulled on his hoodie, not wanting to draw attention to him. 

Hours had gone by, Miriam did an impromptu photoshoot for Teen Vogue and finished most of her interviews. She had one more interview left, Elle's Song Association. She was changing out of one of the outfits from the photoshoot while Jack sat on the sofa, reading emails to distract himself from making small talk with Miriam. He got a text from his stylist letting him know that his suit was ready for Zach and Stassie's party. He replied that he'll pick it up in the morning of the party. 

"Hey, Miriam?" he called to her.

"Yeah?" She answered, walking out of the makeshift divider she used to change in in a powder pink, knitted but corseted Vivienne Westwood dress she took from her mom's closet that she knew she was going to get lectured for. 

"Are you going to Zack's party?" He asked. 

His eyes trailed down how the dress hugged her figure perfectly and really accentuated her ass. He also admired how the light color made her tan skin glow.

"No," she shook head. She went over to sit in front of the vanity and wiped off the exaggerated eyeshadow from the photoshoot. "I got a small part in this show during my two week break. And the night of the party, I have a night shoot. Are you going?" 

"Yeah, my team is making me go." He sighed dramatically. He was looking forward to going but now that he knew that she wasn't going, he wanted to get out of going.  

"Ay, pobrecito, your team is making you go to an exclusive party full of models and rich people." She said in a sarcastic tone to him. 

At the same time Jack opened his mouth, Miriam's mom, Isabela, entered the dressing room. 

"Miriam, are you ready?" She asked. She was helping her with her interviews since she was Miriam's manager and agent.

"Yeah," Miriam nodded, hopping off the makeup chair.

Isabela nodded and exited the dressing room. Miriam touched up the rest of her makeup and motioned Jack to follow her out to where she was filming.

The producer came by and explained to Miriam that she was going to have a teleprompter in front of her with the intro and that it will show the word she had with a timer. The director yelled out action and began filming.

"Hi, I'm Miriam Dominguez. I'm going to play 'Song Association' with Elle. I'll be given a word in English or Spanish and I'm going to have fifteen seconds to sing or rap that word in the song." She read off the teleprompter. After that it showed her thirty seconds to add a tidbit about the game. "I love this series so much. That being said, I don't have high expectations but my goal is to beat my friend who did this last year." 

She quickly glanced at Jack, letting him know she'd seen him in that ridiculously ugly green leopard print hoodie. "But before we get started, don't forget to watch 'In the Heights' in theaters or stream it on HBOMax." 

Miriam glanced down at the teleprompter, reading her first word. "'Back'...Oh this is from my college days! 'She made that back move (damn) she made the tiddies move (goddamn)'. That was 'Moves' by Big Sean. Him, JCole, and Kendrick really shaped 2017 musically for me. And it's a fun song to dance to."

The following word was head. "Head. 'In your head, in your head, they are fighting. With their tanks, and their bombs. And their bombs, and their guns.' Zombie by The Cranberries." 

"Town. 'I'll be downtown, get a nice studio, get out of the barrio.' 96000 from In theHeights. That song took us like a month to get right because the weather was not agreeing with us. It rained every other day so we had to film sporadically. But I think it was executed well. It's actually my favorite song from the musical because of how everyone's verses are all intertwined." 

The next word was ask. "Ask? Ask…ask…wait!" Miriam clapped her hands, remembering, "'Ask about me, Ask about me, something something.' Creme by Jack Harlow." 

She avoided Jack's cocky grin and read the next word, fly. "Fly… 'one day I'm walking to JFK and I'm gonna fly'" Miriam held the note for a few more seconds. "That was 'It Won't be Long Now.' That's my character's solo song where we get to know her a little more than just the girl that works at the salon that Usnavi has a crush on. I sang that one while we filmed. Jon Chu, our amazing director, and Lin thought we'd get more rawness and vulnerability from my character if I didn't lip sync."

Fire was the next word. "'We burned too bright, now the fire's gone, watch it all fall down, Babylon.' That's Babylon by 5sos," Miriam leaned forward and looked directly into the camera. "And for the millionth time, Babylon is not about me. Cal and I are good friends and y'all need to stop being weird when me and his girlfriend hang out. We're all adults and talk–"

"Miriam," Isabela said to her to remind her to focus on the task at hand. 

"Sorry," she said, embarrassed. She leaned back and read the next word. "Kiss, oh easy. 'I wanna be missed like every night. I wanna be kissed like it's the last time, say you can't eat, can't sleep, can't breathe without me.' 'Wanna be Missed' by Hayley Kiyoko aka Lesbian Jesus. I used to have the hugest crush on her when I was in high school. Like I've seen 'Lemonade Mouth' and 'Gem and the Holograms' an embarrassing amount of times."

Miriam reached down for her water and took a sip. "Okay, the next word is 'loco'… oh duh, 'Ella y yo, dos locos viviendo una aventura castigada por Dios,' 'Ella y Yo' by Aventura and Don Omar. That song is so messy. It's about this guy trying to tell his best friend that he's fucking his wife, but he's being vague about it and the best friend is encouraging him to get the girl. A wholeass mess, but when I was little I just danced to it so much. Until I was older and let the lyrics marinate in my brain."

She left out an uncomfortable laugh and took another sip of her water. "Maybe." She looked over to Jack and smiled innocently. She cleared her throat and sang, "'Maybe I'm a fool, maybe I'm a fool for you,' 'Cherry Hill' by Russ."

Jack lifted his hand discreetly, flipping her off since her mom was sitting next to him. Miriam knew better than to sing Russ in his presence. She's watched his Crew League game and she joked that he should have put her in his team. She's not afraid of getting scrappy. 

"Anyways, the next word is taste. 'Yikes, might get spooky, scary hours but we ain't afraid to do it. Tastes like candy, yeah, I might chew it. Tastes like candy, yeah, I might lose it.' That's 'Yikes' from the Scooby-Doo soundtrack." 

"Who sings it?" Jack found himself asking her because she didn't mention that it was his song.

"So the next word is paso." She said, ignoring his question. "Oh that's easy, La Carcacha by Selena. 'Carcacha, paso a pasito, no dejes de tambalear. Carcacha, poco a poquito, no nos vayas a dejar.' It's my second favorite song of hers. Not that anyone is asking but 'Amor Prohibido' is my favorite."

She shifted in her seat, her back was starting to hurt from sitting too long. "Pretty…'All the pretty girls in the world, but I'm in this space with you. Colored out the lines, I came to find, my fire was fate with you.' Honey by my fave Kehlani. 2018 was a good year for music, especially for, like, women making music about openly loving other women. As someone who likes women, it's nice to have that representation." 

Jack furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. Did he miss something in all the times he hung out with her? He glanced at Isabela and she seemed unphased by Miriam's comment about liking women. 

"Bailar," Miriam said, making Jack focus back on the game. She swayed her shoulders dancing to the beat she was making. "'Salió a la disco a bailar una diva virtual, Chequea cómo se menea. Chequea cómo se menea. Chequea cómo se menea.' That was 'Diva Virtual' by Don Omar. It was in the fourth Fast and Furious movie at that one scene where Brian and Dom were at the underground club. Truthfully, this is the second best movie of the franchise, the first one is obviously the best one. The fourth one truly encapsulates the 'family over everything' speech Dom preaches in all the movies. My friend Claudia agrees with me. Like we had long conversations about this. Not to mention, Mia and Brian were everything to me. They really got the friends to lovers to ex-lover to lovers trope down in that movie. Though I did listen to the new Fast and Furious 9 soundtrack. I like listening to movie soundtracks and I really like the song with Ty Dolla $ign. Actually I was asked to play young Lety, but I was filming "In the Heights.'...hold on…the first Fast and Furious is basically Point Break but with cars. Like an FBI agent is asked to infiltrate a group that allegedly is involved in some type of robberies and other illegal activities. Then–" 

"Mija focus." Her mom reminded her. 

Miriam felt her cheeks warm up. She pushed back her curls. She glanced over to Jack to see if he got the reference to his song with Ty Dolla $ign, but he had a pensive face, not paying attention to her or the game. She pushed back her curls and went back to the game.

"Right, what's the next word?" She asked. She read the teleprompter and snorted. "The next word is next. Hm, ooh, I got another one from ‘In the Heights’, 'Vanessa, let me get the next one! Vanessa, let me interject some!'. I don't remember the song title but it was the scene where Vanessa and Usnavi go to a salsa club. When we were learning the choreography for that song, Karen Olivo, who played Vanessa in the Broadway production, came to visit the set. I was so nervous to meet her but she was so nice and gave me a few pointers. A few days ago at the movie premiere she was there and made me cry by saying that I did a good job." 

"Last one." The director announced.

Miriam nodded and read the word. She made a face "Gente? Gente…gente? I don't think I have–wait yes I do, I'm so stupid. 'Delante de la gente no me mires. No suspires, no me llames, aunque me ames.' It's that Joan Sebastian song from the telenovela my abuela Marisa used to watch when I was younger. I don't recall anything about the telenovela but I remember the theme song." 

The director pulled up another script on the teleprompter for Miriam to read. "That was me playing 'Song Association'. Thank you for watching and don't forget to watch 'In the Heights' in theaters or on HBOMAX."

The director yelled out cut. A crew member turned off the teleprompter. Miriam stood up and stretched, cracking her back. 

"I totally beat your score." She said smugly when she approached Jack. 

"Yeah, you did." He hummed unenthusiastically.

Admittedly, Jack didn't pay attention to the rest of the game. He spent the rest of the recording thinking about her comment about liking women when she did the Kehlani song. He felt out of the loop and quite frankly embarrassed that he was trying to make a move on her when she wasn't attracted to him. Which confused him a bit since they almost hooked up.

Miriam's mom approached them after talking to the director. "Okay, that's a wrap. I'm gonna head out once I finish with the crew, so I'll be here for another half hour, but you guys can leave whenever."

Miriam nodded. "That's cool. I'm gonna change then."

Isabela locked her iPad and went to where the crew was taking down the backdrop. Jack followed Miriam to her dressing room and sat on the couch, trying to process. He watched her take a garment bag with her.

"Amá!" Miriam called a few seconds later from the divider she was changing at. 

"She's still outside with the crew." Jack said, clearing his throat.

"Shit…wait can you help me?" She asked, popping her head out. 

"Sure?" He said hesitantly.

"Can you unclip the hook? I can't reach it." She said, making her way to him. She took advantage that he sat with his legs spread out and squatted in front of him, gripping the middle of his thighs so she wouldn't lose balance. "The hook is on the back this time."

"Haha," he said sarcastically, earning a snort from her. 

She was referring to when he was struggling to take off her dress back in New York. He pushed her hair over her shoulder. He swiftly unhooked it. He placed a hand on her ribs and slowly dragged down the zipper of the dress. 

"So, uh, remember when you were doing the Song Association video." Jack found himself saying. 

"Yeah, it was like five minutes ago." Miriam nodded. 

She internally cringed. He was probably gonna tease her for mentioning two of his songs. 

"Well, you…okay… I don't want to sound invasive or nosy because it's not my business. But I wanted to clear something up with you." Jack mumbled, rubbing his face. 

"What's up?" She asked, pushing herself up and sitting on his knee to look at him.

"You said you like girls." He said.

"Yeah, what's wrong with that?" She was now confused with what he was asking. 

"Nothing, I was just wondering if that means you're a les…" Jack trailed off at the end so she could fill in.

Miriam snorted. "No it means I'm bi, Jack. I like whoever." She shrugged. 

"Okay, I was just making sure I still had a shot." He said quietly, but still loud enough for her to hear him. She playfully rolled her eyes at him. Jack placed his hand on her knee and softened his face. "I'm sorry if my asking was rude or intrusive. You didn't have to answer."

Miriam reached for his hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. "You're good. If I didn't feel comfortable talking about it, I wouldn't have mentioned it at all when I was making the video." 

"Cool," he nodded.

"Well, I'm gonna change, so…" 

"Yeah…"

Miriam got up and went behind the divider. She carefully shrugged off the vintage dress. She got dressed in a fitted white long sleeve top and paired it with high waisted boyfriend jeans. She walked out to the vanity and switched out her jewelry. She layered two necklaces with her Virgencita necklace and removed the green diamond and tourmaline earrings from Cartier's cactus collection, replacing them with her hoop earrings. 

From the corner of her eye she noticed Jack looking down at his phone with a deep frown. He hung up but seconds later it rang. 

He cursed and answered. "What?" He got up and paced around. "Today's my day off, Neelam…Yeah, I'll be there." 

Miriam pretended to organize her jewelry while Jack talked more. She didn't hear much, but she could tell he was annoyed. 

"Everything okay?" She asked him when he hung up.

She sat on the couch. Jack plopped himself on the couch and rested his head on her lap. One leg was stretched out to the armrest and the other was firmly planted on the floor.

"No, I just got called into the recording studio. One of the sound engineers wanted to try this thing and they can only do it today because they're going to Jamaica to work with someone else for a month." He looked sullen. "We had plans and now I ruined them."

"It's okay. We were just gonna watch the new 'Conjuring' movie and eat pizza back at your rental." She said twirling his curls and gently scratching his scalp. "Unless we were doing something else."

"Maybe you giving me head scratches 'cause, fuck," He moaned in pleasure,  melting to her touch. "Forgot how good your hands feel on me."

"You're just like Daisy when I give her belly scratches. I'm surprised you're not thumping one of your legs."

"That's because I'm not a dog." He said as a matter of fact. Miriam pulled her lips together. He sat up. "Hey, take that shit back."

"I didn't say anything." She giggled defensively.

"You didn't have to, your face said enough." He crossed his arms and fake pouted, looking away from her.

"You're so melodramatic." She teased. 

A few seconds passed and he didn't budge. His fake pout turned to a real frown. Part of him suspected that she hadn't fully forgiven him for the stuff with her sister. If he was in her shoes he wouldn't have. But he at least expected that she didn't think ill of him. 

"Hey, I'm just playing." She said softly. She stood up and pulled his arms apart. She straddled his lap and pulled his face up so he could look at her. "Jack, I didn't mean it like that. I'm sorry. I should have been more aware of what it could have meant. Especially after the hurtful things I said to you when–"

"You're good." He said, cutting off her rambling. He dropped his shoulders. "I let my insecurities get the best of me. I really don't want to fuck this up." 

"You're not." She said, scooting closer to him.

"You're a Warriors fan right?" Jack asked Miriam, casually resting his hands on the side of her thighs.

"Yeah, but I mostly like watching their games up in Oakland. I have my own reserved courtside seat and everything." She said. Her hands dropped to his chest and she began playing with the strings of his hoodie.

"Oh, so I guess you wouldn't want to go with me to see them at the Clippers game this weekend then." He shrugged.

She stopped playing with the strings and made a face. "Now hold on. I didn't say that." 

"So you do want to go with me?"

"Depends on the seats. I only do courtside."

"Obviously they're courtside. We can't have you sit with the common folk." He said coolly. 

"Glad we're on the same page." 

"Me too." 

There was a shift between them. The animosity they had evaporated into the air when they looked into their eyes. Jack glanced down to her lips then back to soft brown eyes. He tentatively reached for a loose curl and tucked it behind her ear. He gently cupped her cheek and slowly pulled her to him. 

"Miriam," her mom said entering the dressing room. Her eyes widened seeing her daughter sitting on Jack's lap. "I'm so sorry for interrupting."

Isabela closed the door, letting the pair scramble off each other. Miriam went to her vanity and went to finish packing up her things while Jack went to the divider to fix the tent in his pants. He grabbed his backpack and his keys. 

"Uh, I'll see you later." He said awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck.

"Yeah, I'll see you." Miriam nodded.

"Bye."

"Bye."

Jack exited the dressing room. Miriam rushed over to the door to hear what her mom was telling him. She cursed when she heard her mom's laughter. All she hoped for was that her mom wouldn't say something embarrassing. It was bad enough that she walked in on them almost kissing, the last thing Miriam wanted was for her mom to make it a running joke. 

Isabela walked in with her phone glued to her ear. She motioned Miriam if she was ready to go as she listened to whoever was on the other side talking. She nodded yes and grabbed her things. 

They didn't talk on the drive home since Isabela was working out her filming schedule with her own agent for an upcoming series, so Miriam spent it on her phone. Both the tiktok of her and Joseph Gordon Levitt recreating a scene from 10 Things I Hate About You and the video of her pretending not to know Jack and his song 'WHAT'S POPPIN' when she was playing the singing game with Joseph Gordon Levitt and Jimmy Fallon were going viral on Twitter. A few of her fans pointed out that she did in fact know who Jack was and retweeted the video of them at the soccer game along with a screenshot of her post with lyrics to his songs. Miriam retweeted them with 'it's called acting lol'.

"I guess I now know what my mom meant when she said that her and my dad had breakfast with you and your amiguito." Isabela said as they waited in line to get through their neighborhood's security gate. 

"Abuela talks too much. And Jack is just my friend." Miriam said defensively. 

"If you say so." Her mom said with an amused look.

"We are." She insisted. 

"Yo no dije nada. If you say you're friends, then you're friends." She shrugged. 

They pulled up to the house. The staff came out to help them with their things. Miriam asked the housekeeper to place her things in her room and that she'll arrange them later. She followed her mom to the kitchen. Her brother was in front of the stove stirring a pot.

"What's this?" Isabela asked Joseph, gesturing to the kitchen island. 

There was a small money tree and two other plants in slate colored eco pots. In front of the plants was a magnetic gift box with a white envelope on top of it. 

"A guy with Tarzan hair dropped this off for Miriam. It's from a certain amiguito as abuela likes to say." He said in a teasing tone. He pointed at the gift box. "Oh and what's inside the box is not chocolate." 

"It's illegal to open people's mail." Miriam chastised her older brother, ignoring her mom's knowing smirk. 

"It's technically not mail, there was no stamp or return address." Joseph said, going back to the stove. 

Miriam ignored him and straight to the envelope. It had her name written in the front and was wax sealed in the back with a butterfly design. She carefully opened the envelope with a butter knife, not wanting to ruin the wax seal. She pulled out a small note card and smiled at the message: ''Congrats on your film, moviestar.' Jack's signature took up most of the space in the note card. She placed it back in its envelope. 

She reached for the gift box. Inside was a square-shaped black box with shredded white paper filling the bottom. She grabbed the box and set it on the island. 

"Oh my fucking god, Miriam, just open it." Joseph groaned at her for taking a long time to open her presents. 

She gave him an annoyed look and went back to the box. She lifted the cover and revealed a necklace. Her eyes widened at the sight. Miriam lifted the necklace off its box to inspect it better. There were six gold butterflies evenly spaced with eight clusters, each cluster consisting four, of what she hoped were fake diamonds. 

Miriam looked at her mom and brother and laughed dryly. "Those are definitely not chocolates."

*** 

Jack's social battery drained out an hour into Zack's party. He did a few rounds and took pictures with people in the photo booth. After taking pictures, he mostly hung out with Lil Nas X. He was with Winnie and her boyfriend, but he felt like a third wheel and the friend Winnie introduced him to was boring him. She was an upcoming rapper/r&b singer. The one thing that interested his team was that she spoke French because she spent half of her upbringing in Paris. His team wanted someone that spoke French to film a video with him to promote his upcoming tour. 

'Fuck it' he thought to himself. He pulled out his phone and called Miriam as he made his way to the bathroom for privacy. 

"Bueno?" She answered.

"Hey, it's me, Jack." He said.

"I know, I have your number saved."

"Right…" he leaned against the bathroom sink.

"What's up?" Miriam asked him. 

"Nothing, I'm bored." He sighed.

"Didn't the party just start an hour ago?" She giggled. 

"Yeah, that's why I wish you were here." He said truthfully. "You're more fun to be around."

"Obviously I am." She said, making him chuckle. "But I'm at work…unless you wanna come over to set. I came in early, my call time is at 11pm." 

"I won't be bothering you?"

"No, I was just gonna order food then watch my friends heckle Bobby Flay on his show while I wait." 

Jack nodded. "Okay, send me the address and I'll be there as soon as I can."

"Va." She said before hanging up.

His phone lit up seconds later with the address and a picture of a code security had to scan to let him into the set. He exited the bathroom and did his rounds of saying goodbye to the people he knew. He vaguely agreed to meet with people and attend their parties as he bid goodbye to them. He made eye contact with Gigi, the girl who played his love interest in the Luv is Dro video, and who also happened to be a really close friend of Miriam's. She was with her boyfriend, the four members of 5 Seconds of Summer, and the Hunter sisters (Alina and Gia).

He nodded at her, but she waved him over. So he went over to say hi. 

"Hey, I'm heading out. I'm sorry I didn't see you earlier." He said, giving her a side hug.

"Bro, I just got here." Gigi giggled.

She motioned to the group and introduced them to Jack. He greeted everyone and made brief small talk. He checked the time and sighed. 

"Do you have to be somewhere?" Gigi asked him.

Jack leaned into her. "I'm going over to see Miriam." He pulled back and watched her eyes widened in excitement. He leaned back. "Don't start, we're just friends."

"I'm not gonna say anything!" She exclaimed in a tone where she was most definitely gonna say something. She closed her mouth then opened it, asking, "Do you mind getting in another group picture? The photo booth finally died down."

"I'm down." 

Jack followed Gigi's friend group to the photobooth. He awkwardly stood off to the side as Gia, one of the Hunter sisters, arranged the group so they all could fit in the picture. Which was a struggle since all six men (Gigi's boyfriend, 5sos and Jack) were at least six feet tall, but Gia made it work. The photographer took about five pictures and Jack was in his way.

While he waited for the valet to bring in his car, he looked up how far the set was from where he was. He was surprised to find out the set was a fifteen minute drive to Van Nuys. He texted Miriam if she wanted food. She replied seconds later that she was fine with whatever he wanted. Jack decided on In-N-Out. 

He pulled up to the drive-thru and ordered a double-double for himself with no tomatoes and one for Miriam but instead of regular fries and a drink, he ordered animal fries and a vanilla shake, but also ordered regular fries and a pink lemonade for her. 

The drive to In-N-Out to set took five minutes. He showed security the code Miriam sent him. Security told him to follow the parked golf carts all the way to the end and that would lead him to the guest parking and the trailers. He got lucky and Miriam's trailer was close to the parking lot. 

He grabbed their food and knocked on her trailer door. Miriam opened the door. Her eyes widened seeing the food he carried. 

"By any chance you haven't seen my Instagram story right?" She asked him, motioning him inside. 

"No, why?" He asked her skeptically. 

"No reason, let me just delete it." She mumbled under breath, reaching for her phone that was next to their food. 

But Jack was closer to her phone. He snatched her phone before she could get it and placed it in his pocket. 

"Jack, give me my phone." She said, trying to reach for it.

"No, I wanna see what you posted."

He stood up, lifting his arm up so she couldn't reach it and loaded Instagram. Her story was the first one to appear. He tapped it. It was a mirror selfie of her in her trailer with the caption 'I'm fucking the next person that brings me In-N-Out.' Jack looked over his shoulder to a mortified Miriam. 

"I don't have condoms, sorry." He shrugged apologetically, handing her back her phone. 

"Funny," she laughed wryly, looking at him. She noticed that he was still wearing his suit from the party. "I have extra clothes if you want to change."

"Oh thank god, 'cause I can't stand this suit."

Miriam snorted at his comment and went to her duffle bag. She grabbed a pair of oversized sweats and hoodie for him. She tossed them to him. "Here, the bathroom is down the hall."

Jack held up the hoodie and pursed his lips. "I've been looking for this hoodie." 

"Who said it was yours?" 

"The fucking tag. I got my initials stitched on them." He showed her the inside tag, low and behold, JH was stitched in the tag.

"I think it's time you know the truth. My real name is Julia Hernandez. The Dominguez family adopted me when I was fourteen but what they didn't know was that the orphanage I was raised at was an assassin training facility." Miriam said in a somber tone.

Jack was quiet, thinking over what she said. It was obvious that she was lying but the way she executed her little speech had him questioning it.

"Not you thinking it's true." She said, folding over laughing. 

"I'm gonna change." He murmured. 

Miriam rolled her eyes. She cleaned up the coffee table and placed the food on it. She unlocked her phone and snapped a picture of their food. After making sure there wasn't anything in the picture that can be traced back to Jack, she captioned it '👁👄👁' and posted it on her public account. 

She switched to Twitter and the first thing she saw was a picture of Calum and the girl that has been claiming that she's his girlfriend and that Claudia is his fake one for PR purposes. The girl was going the extra mile to buy clothes that looked similar to Calum's to act as if they were his. Miriam cursed in Spanish and facetimed her friend. She knew Claudia wasn't going because she was teaching summer school at a magnet school, so she couldn't stay up late in the middle of the week. 

"I know I saw. Mede sent me the picture and Gigi texted me and told me that she was begging for a picture." Claudia answered. She was in Calum's trademark Empathy hoodie. 

"I figured. I just wanted to check in." She said, sipping her milk shake. 

"I'm fine. I know Cal isn't cheating. I trust him. Plus he's not stupid enough to go out with his alleged amante to an event my cousin and two of my friends are attending. He actually mentioned to me that he was planning on talking to her face to face to sort this shit out because he's even tired of her shit."

"That's good. He needs to set boundaries and–"

Miriam was cut off by Claudia's sniffles.

"It's just so frustrating." Claudia began. She pulled on the hoodie and hugged herself. "Me vale verga what she says because at the end of the day she's rhe one making herself look stupid. But I'm just tired of him not doing anything. A simple tweet would clear the air. Pero no dice nada. Then there's the fucking dumb fans that actually believe her and are in my shit commenting how she suits him more because she’s not too Latina. Which is so fucked up to say and I don't have the energy to get in to it, but you know." 

"Who is she? I've only seen her at a brunch thingy with Kat and her model friends." Miriam asked. 

"She's some r&b singer. She was pretty popular in France because she was raised there and knows French and incorporates it in her music. Like she's interesting, even from what I heard about her music, which isn't the best lyrically, she can gain a decent following here. So I don't know why she's making up these lies about Cal. It got to the point where I asked him if she used to be one of his groupies from back then. I hate how it makes me look crazy and untrusting."

"Was she?"

"No, but they met when we started talking because Mitchy Collins befriended her during their tour in 2018. Which is probably why your sister knows her. That creep likes to hang out with girls several years younger than him." Claudia huffed. She looked to the side, she smiled softly. "Hi."

"Hey." Calum mumbled, coming into the frame. He leaned down to kiss her and inspected her face. "Have you been crying?"

"She was," Miriam said, making her presence known. "I saw she posted a picture editing her reaction to 'In the Heights' and I called her. She started crying saying how proud of me she was."

She watched Claudia relax, thankful that she made up an excuse as to why she was crying.

"I'm not surprised, half of her video was crying." He joked.

"Cal, you're spoiling the video." Claudia mumbled.

"She was in the movie, she knows what happened." He said, laying down next to her. He looked straight at Miriam. "I met your friend at the party earlier."

"What friend?" Claudia asked, tilting her head with a knowing grin.

"Don't worry about it." Miriam shrugged.

With her luck, Jack walked out of the bathroom and was in the frame. 

"Oh shit, I didn't mean to interrupt your call." He said, his cheeks flushing when he realized her friends could see him. 

"You're good. I was just hanging up." She said,"Bye."

"Güey–"

Miriam didn't let Claudia finish. She knew she would have said something embarrassing in front of Jack. 

"Why am I just noticing your hair?" Jack said, reaching for a blonde strand to twirl with his fingers. 

"It's a wig. My character is edgy and not like other girls." She said in a snooty tone. She wore a wig with the same shade of brown hair as hers, but it reached her shoulder blades. It was also straight and the underpart was bleached blonde.

"Oh, I thought you were finally embracing your grandpa's white side." He said dropping the strand. "You look good though."

Miriam burst into a fit of giggles. "I hate you, you know."

"Not even ten minutes ago you wanted to fuck me because I brought you In-N-Out." He said, reaching for his tomato-less burger. 

"You're taking my instagram story out of context?" 

"Am I?" He asked. 

"Yes!" 

He shrugged, taking a bite of his burger. "We'll agree to disagree." 

*

An hour or so passed and it was time for Miriam to get her makeup done so she could film her scenes. The makeup artist entered the trailer and spotted a sleeping Jack. It was obvious that the makeup artist knew who he was, but Miriam didn't say anything. Not until she saw the makeup artist position her phone at a weird angle that was pointing directly at Jack after she spent a good ten minutes texting. 

"Um, I don't want to sound rude or anything, but I have a no phones rule when I have crew members in my trailer. It's late and I think you'll be more efficient if you don't have your phone distracting you." Miriam said.

"Oh, of course." The makeup artist nodded with a tight lipped smile. They took their phone and slipped it inside their bag. 

Miriam knew they were probably gonna talk or post about Jack sleeping in her trailer with her thick tiger blanket, but at least they wouldn't have any photographic evidence to support their claims. She knew Jack had an image to protect and a picture of him sleeping in her trailer wouldn't fit the image he and his team created. 

The makeup artist finished their job and left the trailer. Miriam went to change into the outfit her character wore. It wasn't different to what she was currently wearing: running shorts and baggy t-shirt. Her character was supposed to wear biker shorts and a baggy t-shirt of the fictional high school's mathletes team. She ripped out a page from the prop notebook that had some of her lines and scribbled that she was in filming for Jack in case he woke up while she was gone. After they ate, he dozed off while she went over her lines. She knew he was exhausted from spending late nights in the studio the past few days. He helped her align her sleep schedule since he was up until the early morning cooped up in the studio. 

There was a loud knock coming from her trailer door. "Miss. Dominguez, you're needed on set." 

"I'll be there in a minute." She said, grabbing her long 'The North Face' black puffer jacket the production team gave her to wear around the set. 

She grabbed her chanclas and scripts. She jumped hearing Jack turning awake. She had hoped that he was out for the night and was finally getting his much needed rest. 

"Damn, I wasn't expecting you to be the type to leave while I sleep." Jack said, sitting up and stretching.

"They need me on set. You can stay here and keep sleeping. I'll be down there for a few hours." 

"Are you sure?" He said, laying back down.

"Yeah." Miriam nodded. "If you need anything, text me. One of the production assistants will have my phone and they'll come get me."

Jack nodded, pulling her warm blanket over his body. Stifling a yawn, he said. "Go do your thing, moviestar."

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[softpine]

lmaoo i actually saw a post about how to properly censor images; because AI can just remove black bars now and read what's underneath, you have to actually delete the part you're trying to hide and THEN add the black bars on top just to denote that you removed something. i obviously don't care about confidentiality when it comes to something as silly as my sims story, but it's good to know for anyone who works with important web documents!! soooo you're gonna need more than x ray vision because those words are not on the photo anymore :P

mmmm cornbread and mac & cheese sounds so good, i would love to try baking it on top to make kind of a crispy casserole texture. i love to crush up potato chips and put them on top of avocado toast :D ohhh and i love dipping french fries in vanilla milkshakes

ANYWAY MY CHARACTERS (can you tell i'm hungry fjskjds) i think stevie has a remarkable ability to eat really nasty things just to make people laugh but otherwise she eats normally. elaine will try any of those novelty desserts like bacon dipped in chocolate or fried oreos because she has a sweet tooth. asa & beth being vegans can put together a meal from the most random forgotten food at the back of the cupboard. oh and casper will eat THE weirdest food when he's bulking up lmao because he's naturally skinny so his goal is just to pack in as many calories as possible; drown a ham roast in mayo, add shots of olive oil & eggs to protein shakes, cover salmon with peanut butter, etc etc. nasty stuff lol

@morrigan-sims lmaoo i believe your word, don't worry ;-; i love that you have such solid memories because i do the same thing with the media i love (like the day i started watching supernatural with my friend because our school had a half day due to a big snow storm in 2012 fjskjd) so i'll take it as a huge compliment that you remember where you were when you started reading frozen pines! thank you so much for all your kind words 💖 i've just been feeling insecure for reasons that have nothing to do with any of the lovely people who read my story, but the love i got in response to that post made me so happy anyway!! i can't say thank you enough, especially to you in particular because you've always been SO kind to me and i appreciate everything you've done for me 💗💗 i hope you have a wonderful day morri!!!

my bad i didn't see this until thursday fjksjds 🐪

i'm so sorry if i forgot to answer this or if i did answer it and i just can't remember, my memory has been BAD bad lately but this made me so happy to read!! thank you so much for spending your time with my story 🥺 i really appreciate it 💖💖

i'm also sorry if i forgot to answer this ahhhhh :( but that's a good question!! most other ghosts we've seen don't have enough consciousness to even realize that finn is different from them, let alone be jealous of him. they're trapped in their own little worlds with no awareness of their surroundings. it's really bleak :(

#i'm clearing my inbox now because i still have asks in there from simblreen fjskdjs but i think i've answered everything now! #if i missed yours i'm so so sorry it was not intentional #brain fog is a hell of a drug.... #well i'm saving a couple messages so i can take screenshots for you or put more thought into my response #it's probably been so long you don't even remember that it was you who sent the message lmaooo but i'm trying my best #asks #anonymous #nonsims #brandi answers #morrigan-sims

[scary-ivy]

Elvis Costello and the Imposters at Golden Gate Theater, SF 6/13/23 Concert Notes

-we missed the beginning of Nick Lowe's set :( but we came in to Los Straightjackets doing a really good jam

-then Nick Lowe came back and did Trombone and Cruel to Be Kind. He really sang great tonight, better than last time I saw him and I loved his little stage mannerisms which were very Carl Perkins, bending his legs and such. Then he said one more song and this song is a story and did I Knew The Bride When She Used to Rock & Roll. During the "When she used to pony" part he kept repeating the same line over and over like a skipping record, and then yelled "somebody stop me!" which I thought was quite clever and funny. He also forgot a line at one point lol.

- On to the other show, they opened with Mystery Dance! A very high-energy version of it, with extra guitar solos or something idk it just sounded great tonight.

-Right into This Years Girl. Love that they did it, thought the way Elvis sings it now is quite strange. Must be a deliberate choice on his part since he can sing his old songs normally when he wants to. His voice was great on all the fast songs, it didn't feel at all like he was falling behind on them tonight, like it sometimes does nowadays.

-At some point Elvis randomly said "Uno Dos Tres Quatro" as like a count in to one of these songs.

-Hatty O' Hara Confidential. He yelled something like "who's scandalous tonight? People in the top row?!". This song always kills live, Elvis Costello has insane flow for no fucking good reason, even with alternate rhythm patterns. At one point he said "confidential" in a fake French accent randomly.

-At this point I was thinking even if the rest of the show sucks, this was worth it.

-Costello told one of his rambling stories. It started with "we were just up in Canada and the border guard, who was a young man, and I call him a young man…because I can, I was very polite to him because he had a colt gun onn his hip, but he read the papers and said "Eddie Costello". So we're thinking about changing the name, it's either going to be "Eddie Costello and His Imposters" *crowd cheers for this option* or "Elvis Money and His Two Tickets to Paradise". *Crowd cheers and calls out what option they want* I toured with Eddie Money and they put us together every through our styles were very different. To be hip with the kids, they made art for the poster where it looks like we're both wearing lipstick. And I'll say, Eddie Money looked a lot better in lipstick than me." (Sidenote I can't believe he said this. Much to unpack). During this whole speech he said fucking and fuck so many times. Then he said it was great that he and Eddie Money were on the same label as a bunch of other greats (I forget which ones he listed but Bruce Springsteen was one of them). The crowd cheered for name-dropping of bands they like. He said "you had to be careful as a young man buying records…you might accidentally pick up something by Rush…or Styx." The crowd started half booing for this dig. "I almost picked up Metal by Pink and His Floyds. The record store cleck said…don't get that one son…you might hurt yourself". He started talking about Bruce Springsteen and how he made America seem so magical with girls in red dresses wind in your hair, and how he picked up a Bruce Springsteen record in 73' and it inspired him to write this song.

-then almost midsentce he went into Radio Radio, like one second talking next second Radio Radio. Loved Steve Nieve's piano part, as usual.

-Elvis Costello said "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Steve Nieve!!!" about 6 gooddamn times during this concert. He introduced the rest of the band about 3 or 4 times. Steve Nieve deserved the extra introduction because they did so many songs as like a duo.

- When I was Cruel No. 2. Elvis sat on a stoll near the piano that has this little sound effect board kinda like the one Gerard Way has and Steve Nieve played the melodica? I did not know he could play that, it was awesome. During the ABBA reference part Steve played a minor key version of the dancing queen riff, it was very subtle and extremely cool.

-they were like a jam band tonight? Jamming on long solos in the middle of songs and it always sounded extremely good, like as good as the Beatles or Jimi Hendrix or something, I was just blown away. Elvis played a couple notes on the piano when Steve was soloing, lol.

- We are All Cowards Now hit insanely hard. The political message came through so clearly it sounded like a prayer, no a plea for peace. When he said "throw down your arms" and held his hands up everyone held their hands up.

- "Anyone here like New Wave music? I hate it, horrible speed-up stuff. I was once accused of playing it, and that wounded me deeply, the type of sadness that comes to you when you wake up at 3 am in the morning, and you can't find your car keys but then you find them, but you don't have a car, and then you find your house keys but you don't have a house". Mistook Me For A Freind, which has such a great high energy live sounds like it could be off this years model.

-Accidents Will Happen, fully as the solo piano version, except for at the very end with the "I knows" we were encouraged to sing along with. What a lovely treat to hear it fully as a ballad.

- Waiting For The End of the world, which rules, but also Elvis did a funny thing were he just said "Waiting" and then cut it off and paused the first time, before after a pause finally getting to the "Good Lawd!" part, like continuously teasing the audice each time as people sang the normal line. The rest of the song simmered down along with the pause, increasing the impact of this bit.

- "Clown Around Town" wound up being a very cute acoustic song. He explained the story that he was looking out at the sunrise in Reno and all they had for scenery was a miserable looking clown statue holding up a drum. He said they should put that on postcards for the town, and then said actually it's a very nice town nice people it's not their fault they left an old clown out in the rain. Then did the song on acoustic guitar, except for the end the band joined in. Loved it, just a cute little song, which was refreshing considering what the rest of the music is like.

- MASHUP OF WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK AND WORKING MAN BLUES. Man can they do country, switching styles so easily , and I was so happy to hear one of my favorite songs and a clever mashup too.

-WHAT IF I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE! I WAS WORRED THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO IT. I'm literally in heaven during the solos during this song. Idk what it is but it's just so so good and satisfying to hear. Elvis hit falsetto on end of the second bridge, which was unexpected.

-he sat down in a big red chair, said "a throne fit for a king", random said "I'm colorblind" and didn't elaborate. Panted audibly into the mic an alarming amount, like I was genuinely concerned, then said "I'm not sitting down because I'm tired, it's so that I can look into your wicked souls" 

-Said he got the news that he had been dreading but also expecting for a while, that his friend Burt Bacharach had passed away. The crowd audibly :( at this, I guess some of them didn't know and were just now finding out? He said he got the news at while on tour and it was hard to think of doing a show right after that. He said they were working on the remastered collaboration album right before Burt passed away, as something he left them, and Burt still said the track order was wrong. Apparently they worked on and off together for like 30 years? Since the 90s. He then said Burt Bacharach songs were like overhearing a couple talking in some sexy language like Portuguese or French, joked about doing a song in German and how long the bars would have to be to fit in the words, and then said he only learned about two words in Portuguese and they're both in this song, which was Toledo. As like a piano and acoustic guitar piece, lovely.

-He then said they were always doing new takes on old songs because they were trying to find some reason to keep doing this, but the end was near. The way he said that I wasn't sure if he meant the end of touring, the end of his life, or the end of the world. He said it so bitterly.

-Everyday I Write The Book as a slow acoustic guitar and piano ballad. Fucking beautiful, and genuinely so sad and heartbreaking to hear idk why it worked so well.

-Immediately up into a fast song, I forget which one.

-Costello had a couple long guitar solo moments, and they were awesome, he's genuinely gotten so much better on guitar, lots of picking individual strings while holding the same chord and bending it a lot. Simple but effective.

-I Don't Want To Go to Chelsea, Magnificent Hurt, and Pump It Up, lovely high energy section. Dancing in the seats. 

- "we've got just one more song for you tonight" this was a lie.

- said "we just learned this song today, I'm getting a bit excited" and did some song about Licorice, which I think is either a cover or new. Very bawdy song, but it was fun.

-to the audience: "We want you individually, and as a group" ???

-I Don't Want You Lyndon Johnson was very interesting. Last year Elvis Costello did a little spoken word bit in the middle of Watching the Detectives called "Invisible Woman" and I noticed parts of the words of that in this. Also just found it pretty funny and listenable, I hope he does another country album I'm liking all these acoustic little songs. 

- He invited Nick Lowe back up to the stage?!? I literally freaked out like. I was hoping they would do this last time. They did Indoor Fireworks as a duet, trading off verses, which was beautiful. I was surprised by how good their harmonies sounded - their voices are so different but work so well together. I saw Nick signaling to Elvis to repeat the last verse another time.

-for the second time we were told that there was just one more song, which once again was a lie.

-Whats So Funny Bout (Peace Love and Understanding) as a duet! I've wanted this since they first started touring with Nick Lowe, this rules. Lowe did the "for the children of the new generation" spoken word part perfectly. They started doing this funny little thing where Elvis would move his guitar to one position then Nick would mirror it, like a little dance

- "When we first did this song Nick Lowe wouldn't let me play guitar on it he kept me behind a glass wall in the corner of the studio." 

-Allison as a duet with Nick Lowe, it was beautiful with the harmonies, with Lowe doing great on his verse. During the last chords they dropped out and let the audience sing it, and the audience somehow sang Allison perfectly, one of them said "so pretty".

-giving Good Omens vibes with all the songs about the end of the world and especially with Nick in white with normal glasses and Elvis in all black with dark glasses.

-My mom said "this felt like a farewell tour" and that broke my heart because it honestly did. I've literally seen Elvis Costello and the Imposters every year for three years in a row and yet I don't want this to end. But yeah,they could definitely take a break, they tour and release new stuff so much more often than any other band I follow. 

- Probably one of, if not the best Elvis Costello and the Imposters concerts I've been to because it was great energy the whole time, and I knew every song (except for the new ones, which were also great). Highlights for me was getting to hear so many songs off of My Aim Is True, This Years Girl, What If I Can't Give You Anything But Love, WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK, Accidents Will Happen Ballad version, Everyday I Write The Book ballad version, and Nick Lowe coming back on stage near the end which was like a dream come true.

#long #long post #Sorry this is so rambling I literally couldn't sleep all night #Elvis Costello and the Imposters #Nick Lowe and Los Straightjackets #Elvis Costello

[alittlefrenchtree]

George Anon here! Thanks for replying! I loved your answer and you brought up so many good things. I also meant to say that I was not expecting George to be this paramour of ethical decisions or anything like that, but the way he was written makes him look "weak" because it felt like he couldn't do anything on his own or come up with ideas/things on his own most of the time. He remained whiny through the entire thing and that's why I say it feels like he had no growth. The script didn't give him the same ammunition as everybody else, which I know is intentional but it remained like that in all episodes? I don't know if I'm making sense. And characters like Timmy and Luke, as much as people hate the second one, had some relatable qualities (notice how I said relatable not good, lol) that in a way made you root a bit for them so there was impact when something threatened them, but George... Had none. Of course, as an actor, I know Nick had to perform things he's never done before and learn certain skills so it must have been fantastic for him. As a character itself? For your reasons I mentioned, it's one that could've been better.

oooh thank you for the follow up on this conversation. I didn't entirely get what you meant first and you also bring some interesting points.

I 100% agree with you on George being the product of people with their own agenda influencing him and it is hard to know what he really wanted as himself at least for the part of his life when we see on screen.

I guess it's at this point we should have a discussion about what makes a being what they are, about nature vs nurture and it is hint in the show, with George being what Mary made of him. I guess one could argue that it could be the interest of the character itself, and to show how important the place of a favourite was in the life of a royal court and how someone in this position was the constant target of courting and attacks, gifts and traps, most of the time wrapped in the same paper. But you do make a lot of sense in a way that George is more interesting by the things happening to him than by his qualities and faults.

I think it is part because of the writing, part because of what we know of real George himself. They erase some of the things that could have made him more relatable. What comes to mind first for me is his love for arts and his loyalty and his yearning for pretty, fancy things. And, even if I sound like a broken record, the show doesn't show how much James and George loved each other for me. I guess many people watching the show aren't sure if George really loved James or if he was mostly there for power and for the position when there is very little doubt for me. When it is the very reason why the kingdom did go south during George time. Because James loved him so much he gave everything to a man who had no competence to rule and prayed his son to do the same after his death.

But for a long time, George was this man with no real political mind, no agenda known and who was willing to go with the flow and follow than lead himself. Maybe they should have shown a bit of what he becomes after the king's death, even if we see a bit of what this looked like during the trip in Spain and afterwards. It's not pretty but I guess it's not worst than what Charles would have done/did himself? I'm not sure, but what's sure is there was already a lot of incompetent white men in position of power not doing much while patting each other back.

I still think it was an interesting character to play for Nick, and not because of the riding/dancing/frenching/whatever skills. There was still a lot to play with for him as an actor and a lot of emotions to portray on his face -- submission, pride, tenderness, etc. He was a subtle work this Georgie boy, even if he wasn't for everyone and if his stature was relative.

Not so sure if all of my rambling are adding relevant points to the conversation but my point is, George not being that interesting as a person is also part of what makes him interesting for me as a character.

#alft asks #george villiers #mary & george

[toastess-with-the-mostess]

Let's Rewind! Toast Watches Voltron: Defender of The Universe (1984)

Season 1, Episode 37: Lotor's New Hitman Season 1, Episode 38: Raid of the Red Berets

Episode 37: Lotor's New Hitman

Doom pilot training session? These aren't the ships I'm used to seeing with Doom

"[They're] not as good as I was when I was training at the academy!" "Uh yes sire" Oh Lotor absolutely failed every class and just threatened his teachers with death if they didn't pass him, no wonder he can't do shit

Are they actually told to kill each other in these sessions? One of the students is taking down everyone else, I feel like you wouldn't want to kill the rest of the squad that could measure up to him but okay

Uhh maybe the instructor is right in not letting some dude who listens to no authority try to take over a planet for you, this is gonna go real bad for doom really quick

"it must be the fastest robeast ever built and it must be red! I only fly red ships" he's gonna steal red lion isn't he

"my magic can easily turn the color to red, but I don't do windows" LMAO well at least haggar has boundaries I guess

Is this robeast not actually a robeast, looks like this dude is just piloting a mech with very little black magic involved

damn barely hits the ground and immediately starts causing devastation, when was the last time we got a robeast that actually committed war crimes for the Drule empire?

Wow no fanfare or anything this time around, just straight to the lions this time, top tier episode already

oh man some kid was actually under some debris, this is getting pretty serious for dotu

is yellow lion supposed to be the fastest lion? Hunk is chasing the mech after saying he was faster I'm so used to the fastest lion being red, I wonder what else fans changed to fit with their beliefs

plot bunny, how the fuck did pidge and lance make it to the other side of the tunnel when hunk is already pushing max in the middle of it yea I think the change people made with red and green being the faster lions makes the most sense here

early voltron formation, its only mid-episode too

I wonder how fast voltron can go, Keith said they were hitting mach 9 as voltron but do we ever hear how fast the lions push it? Would voltron even be faster ?

Aaand now green lion has a wound on the shoulder

Keith: Pidge talk to me! Are you hurt? Pidge: I'd be hurt if you didn't ask I love them so much

the team really is falling for this guy's traps every time huh, faltering on their training I see

is lion head attack their fastest attack or were they just banking on him not being able to dodge all of them

oh god Lotor you literally had such a good change to get rid of voltron and you RETREATED? You deserve to get your ass kicked every time

back to Arus and back to hazing the castle to make fun of the slow ass pilots

second voltron formation of the dayyy honestly I'm used to the VF episode that is so similar to this, but they used a cadet to solve their issue so how the hell are they gonna beat this guy without one

Oh I guess mach 10 is the fastest they can go as voltron

Chozzerai bridge? No that's over like an ocean or fat ass lake or something

good plan maybe? I think it is at least, setting out hovering mines that their mech can definitely outmaneuver but voltron probably can't and then slowly setting them off as they get close to him

earth wind and water, sounds like a pretty cool band name lol

ANOTHER VOLTRON FORMATION? WOW WEP WAS SAVING MONEY THIS EPISODE

oh so their plan is the same but with mach 10 speed, alright I guess? If that's all you got then whatever

omg they actually got him before blazing sword and everything

"maybe he'll land safely and come back again! There you see! He's going to land on planet gloom! That's one of ours! ... oh I'm afraid he didn't make a very good landing..." LMAOO WHY IS THAT WHOLE DIALOGUE SO FUNNY

/episode end

Episode 38: Raid of the Red Berets

Gonna be honest this sounds like an episode aimed at making fun of the French specifically LMAO

"can you and Haggar think of nothing to defeat that one little planet out in space?" Zarkon you literally fought that planet for a WHILE before Lotor came along, I don't think you can speak for shit

Disappointed father™️

well if their other fucked up science experiments are quaking in their boots even before these robeasts (not really) were introduced then I guess they're formidable

oh they're NOT robeasts, they're just regular robots that are getting transported to Arus BY the robeast okay okay

does the castle not have planetary alert systems or something?? Like they've gotta have satellites that alert when something is entering Arusian atmosphere

holy shit are these robots committing war crimes?? They're literally breaking into homes and killing civilians like that's not unheard of, but that's wild that they'd show that in dotu even if they play it off as the lights getting turned off

why do the pilots wave in their lions when the people below them can't even see LMAO

"It's a nice and safe feelings seeing those lions on patrol" robots immediately jump out of the ground and attack a caravan of people absolutely jinxed it sinvos

"something terrible must've scared them away!" omg they were actually slaughtered in that caravan and that's why they're not showing it

scare tactics,, is that what they're censoring the murder spree of civilians to in this episode? Wild

oh so being attacked on the regular with literal monstrosities isn't enough to make the Arusians want to crucify Allura but apparently the "scare tactics" that doom is doing to them is enough to freak them out and try to kill one of their only hopes of survival? Cool cool cool

Coran what, you said you didn't get any descriptions of the attackers, but now you know they're robots and have red berets? Plot bunny

if crowds were that easy to disperse, things would be changed so quickly my god

not a bad idea encasing at least one lion in something super solid, obvs Keith is getting out of this, but it would be smart to do that mid-fight also ironic because black camouflages as a statue instead of having a den

what kind of design is THAT for a robeast it looks like a dragon but bug like? Idk but still cool

why send all the lions to blast Keith with fire when only lance can actually do that?? Gotta make them useful I guess but distracting the robeast IS useful

Keith's free after being thrown straight into the robeast and now voltron can form pretty effective way to get rid of the rock enclosure I guess

this robeast encloses itself in bullet bill cosplay LMAO

man we're seeing a lot of lion head attack recently, wonder why

blazing sword formed, robeast down, Lotor getting belittled, everything is right in the universe

OH THE ROBOTS DID A SUICIDE BARRAGE AGAINST BLACK TO STICK HIM IN STONE NO WONDER THEY'RE GONE THE REST OF THE EPISODE

"men fight hardest when they're defending freedom" interesting, any other word and that would've been super political y'know ignoring that they're fighting an oppressive government lol

/episode end

#voltron #voltron defender of the universe #voltron dotu #80s voltron #let's rewind! #toast talks #wow more dotu episodes #this wont be a regular occurance lol

[bagheerita]

Because @aintgonnatakethis inadvertently put a thought in my head, I present:

What instrument the crew of Destiny played in high school band, based on vibes:

Scott: trumpet bc it's loud. and like a “normal” mainstream instrument? I would also accept clarinet, bc it's straight also a boring instrument.

Young: Saxophone bc he thinks it's cool. I would also accept French horn bc I do get a brass vibe from him and he's just gotta be that guy whose music is written in a completely different key.

Brody: Flute/piccolo. He's first chair, takes it seriously, and likes making music that sounds good.

Park: In concert band she's first chair bassoon, bc a single reed instrument wasn't interesting enough, and for marching band* she's pit- she's one of those people with a double set of mallets in each hand absolutely rocking the marimba.

Telford: trombone. If he accidentally hits you in the face with this large mobile instrument it's bc you got in his way.

Greer: tuba/sousaphone. You will not forget he is here and if you don't get out of his way he will run you over. Also if you fuck with the woodwinds he will run you over.

Chloe: Clarinet bc it's a middle kind of instrument, and it would theoretically be easy to switch to sax or oboe if she wants and i feel like that option without commitment fits her. She secretly really enjoys playing the bass clarinet but only offers if the director suggests they need someone to do it. Marching season she's in the color guard.

Eli: percussion/pit. Percussion is about switching between several different instruments and paying attention to a lot of different things, and also being in the back of the band and playing computer games when no one is looking.

Spencer: drumline, quad tenors. He spends concert season practicing for drumline.

Volker: Tenor saxophone. He will correct you if you say he plays "the saxophone" to clarify it's "tenor sax" and he takes a lot of pleasure in explaining the differences between alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone.

James: Oboe but marches clarinet* and wouldn't be caught dead in color guard. She's very good but doesn't sit better than third chair.

Varro: trumpet, but in a good way. He plays in the jazz band too.

TJ: Flute, marches color guard. (I dunno, I don't get strong vibes for her other than "band mom.")

Camile: euphonium because she's rebellious/wants to do her own thing and be heard, or I could see her playing oboe/flute because she wants to hang out with the usually predominantly female woodwinds section

Rush: He doesn't believe in organized activities and sneers at everyone else when they're on their way to practice, but he also secretly learns the violin and shows up at the concert when the soloist can't make it at the last minute and plays the flute solo on his violin and everyone is amazed that it actually sounds really good.

*In my high school no one marched a double reed instrument. I dunno how universal that is. (Also we didn't have an orchestra, so I didn't really consider string instruments for most of this.)

This is very much my personal opinions and experiences regarding what i remember of being in band 20 years ago, so please share your own thoughts anyone who has them! for context, i played clarinet lol

#stargate universe #i was gonna do sga too but i dunno they give me theater kid vibes that's gonna have to be someone else's strange obsessive thought lol

[a-mag-a-day]

MAG 68 - folding laundry

"Thanks for letting me do this. I mean, I know you let anyone record a statement. That’s why you’re the Magnus Institute!" - Shots fired, haha xD

"Never had the academic chops to get access to your library or anything, but when all those statements were leaked back in ‘99" - <.< I wonder if it was a coincident that the Magnus Institute in Manchester burned down in 1999 in the Magnus Protocol or if there is any connection to this incident.

"So I’m kind of an artist. I like to use the detritus of mankind’s time on this planet to craft its own reflection back at itself, you know? So I take what others consider garbage and use it to send a message to the puppetmasters and fat cats who hold our lives in the palm of their hand and play with our society like a chess game. A message of art. You know what I’m talking about." - Actually I don't… and I graduated art school. So, does he take trash, make it into art and then sells it to rich people? If they don't consider you a super duper artsy-genius with a famous name, they probably won't care.

"And when you’re making art, you don’t need to be picky. If something’s not perfect, you can make it perfect. You use the beauty inside of you to reach in and pull the beauty out of the object. Sometimes by breaking it more; sometimes by repairing it just enough. And, once, by setting it on fire." - Oh god, that statement-giver sounds like my art teachers…

"I think his name’s Gus. Or Al. He looks like a Gus or an Al." - -__-

I just wanna say Jonny is playing this self-centered, overly confident art guy on speed extremely well. My brain is constantly trying to shut down.

"Don’t know who owned it before, might have even have been a library copy but the sticker was mostly torn off." - lol

Is there static during the passage from the book?

"I asked the corporal for his name, and was told that that was Private Amherst. Fitting enough, I remarked, that he should be named for a dealer in smallpox" (/later in the post-statement segment "Another point is a link that Treeves brings up which I had not considered, that of Jeffrey Amherst, an 18th century baronet who is most remembered for deliberately providing blankets infected with smallpox to Native American tribes during the so-called French and Indian Wars, leading to a devastating epidemic.") - So here's the thing. I didn't know there was an actual Amherst (Jeffery instead of John, but still) with a history in using diseases as weapon. In Austria we learn about prehistoric times, antiquity (a lot about Romans), medieval times, Renaissance, (everything about Central Europe and Mediterranean region) industrial revolution and then we learn 3 years about the first and second world war. I have almost no knowledge about the History of Britain. Even less the US, especially not in detail. I know that there was a discourse about using the name of a rl historical figure who actually did a lot of harm.

I love how these are stories withing a story within a story XD

"Be careful carrying it, though, those old pages are kind of sharp." - Oh no…

"Insects and disease. No clear connection, other than the fact that they somehow feel similar. They both make one feel distinctly unclean." - And that's all there is. It feels right. There is no clear line between the Fears. I love how this works! Soft magic systems are such an underused concept that can work so, so well!

"I’m in the tunnels. I was exploring and I got lost." - LMAO

"There were a couple of spiders, so I changed routes and found, I think it’s a gas main." - <.<

"I didn’t prepare for – AAH" - Jon getting scared is extremely funny! That little scream xD

NOT!SASHA "Hard to focus." / JON "The place plays odd tricks with your mind. When I saw Sasha down there, for a moment it was like I didn’t recognize her. She seemed… far too tall somehow." - Hmmm, so do the tunnels also affect other Fears? It's well known that it blocks the Eye, but the Not!Them also seemed to have a hard time? On the contrary the Corruption seemed to have had a field trip down there, the worms were faster and quieter in the tunnels, which was better for them to get to they prey.

Hmm the corruption getting stronger down there is an interesting question. What powers get lost in these tunnels and what powers are more potent? Is there consistency in how they are affected?

#a mag a day #tma #the magnus archives #episode asks #mod ashes #tma spoilers #mag 68 #lycanlovingvampyre