#mainly because they are both going to have plenty screen time

[corriganatheart]

hey could you write some fwb with jude plss make it long ofc if it’s possible <33 loved your writing

Jude was doing everything he could not to look your way, but it was hard, especially when your face was all flushed and your laughing was the only sound he could hear despite the stadium being filled with hundreds of fans. When you told him that you were attending his game, he acted cool about it, like he didn’t care, but deep down, he was delighted and excited to show off. That was all until he saw your plus one or, as Marco whispered in his ear, “your date,” before the little snake ran off laughing.

It was annoying, really, because he had many “plans” for the both of you after the game. Sure the plan might have something to do with you getting bent over in the locker room or getting finger on your way back to his place, but it all came crashing down when he spotted your plus one. You have started becoming close to a particular person from another team, and he wasn’t fond of that. You said he was your best friend, but Jude started as your friend too before the sexual tension became too much, and you both devoured one another during a drunk night at a party. After that, things got a little awkward, but you both couldn’t deny your attraction to one another. So you guys agreed on having sex with no strings attached. The rules were pretty simple, don’t catch feelings. He doesn’t remember who came up with that rule because now he looked stupid. Instead of focusing on the game, his mind was elsewhere, and although it didn’t cost the team any goals, it cost his pride.

Jude can’t deny that he was slowly getting attached to you. He met you through Trent, a friend of yours, and from the beginning, he knew he was in trouble. You caught his attention from day one, whether because he wanted to be friends or was curious about you; either way, he was fond of you. But Trent warned him not to do anything stupid because you were a good friend and he didn’t want to see you in pain, but who said Jude was going to hurt you? Sure he had broken hearts and hook up with plenty of girls, but that didn’t mean he was a jerk. If you wanted to hook up, he would’ve dragged you into Trent’s room right then and there, and if you didn’t want to, he would’ve accepted that too. Sex was always mutual with him, and he never returned to the same girl until you.

“Bellingham! Get your mind in the game!” Marius shouted in front of him before he glanced over at you and shook his head. Jude embarrassedly looked away after you finally made eye contact with him. No one knows of your sexual relationship with him; they just thought you were friends, and some thought you were Trent’s girlfriend, but that was debunked after you constantly showed up to Jude’s games without Trent. The older players, mainly Marius and Marco, can sense the tension between you two, but it was hard to conclude that you guys were hooking up since you would shamelessly get trapped in the other player's flirtatious advances. In the beginning, Jude didn’t mind because you did agree to see other people as long as you guys didn’t have sex with them to avoid complications, but Jude doesn’t remember the last time he was caught up with another girl. You have become the only girl in his life.

After scoring a goal, Jude runs around the stadium, waving to his fans until his eyes find you again. You were smiling and clapping your hands for him. Only for him, and he waved at you. Jude was going to mouth something until your friend slid his phone to you, and your attention diverted to the bright screen. He frowned and went back on the field with one of his teammates patting his back.

After the game, you wait for Jude outside of the locker room. Your friend has already left and insisted that you go with him, but you wanted to congratulate Jude on his win personally. It has been seven months since you started your secret hook-up relationship with Jude, and although you didn’t want to admit it, you began to like him beyond the sexual attraction. Jude was a sweet guy, to begin with, and you have always liked him, but Trent had warned you about his fuckboy ways, so you avoided his advances. But things changed after a game night at Trent’s place, where everyone got too drunk, and you went home with Jude. Absolutely no one knows about the arrangement, not even Trent. He has been a brother figure to you for a long time, and if he finds out that you are sleeping around with his best friend, he will murder Jude. That is why when you attend one of Jude’s games, you try to bring along someone, particularly a boy, to avoid any misunderstandings.

“Hey!” You happily said, causing Jude to turn around. He was in the middle of changing his shirt when you walked into the locker room after everyone left. “Hey,” Jude smirked and walked over to you, and leaned in for a kiss. “Congrats on the game,” you said, your arms now wrapped around his neck. Jude smiled and decided it was ok to leave his shirt off. “You didn’t seem to be invested in the game, though,” he frowned. You rolled your eyes and pinched the side of his face. “I was, but then my mind was focusing on something else,” you said. Jude stared at your smile; by now, he knew your body language more than anyone. People might think that smile is innocent and sweet, but he knew it had a different meaning. “Oh yeah? What were you thinking?” He asked, his hands now placed on your hips. “I was thinking about how hot Jude Bellingham is and the many things I would let him do to me,” you whispered, just in case someone was outside, although by now, they should all be gone. Jude smirked and pecked your lips one more time before leaning close to your ears and whispering, “wanna know a secret?” You lift an eyebrow waiting for him to continue. “I would absolutely do unimaginable things to you within a heartbeat.”

The sexual tension between you and Jude was always high, but something about this time was different. In the locker room, he absolutely devoured you, making sure you couldn’t stand by the time he was finished. After that, he carried you to his car and didn’t hesitate to touch you on the way to his house, saying dirty things that were way beyond this world. And when you guys got to his house, he wasted no time and carried you to his room and ripe all your clothes off. Jude was always rough, but today he was more rough than usual and more talkative than usual. He made sure you responded to all his demands and would stop moving his hip if you didn't. It was like he was reminding you of who you belong to, even though you guys aren’t together.

Sex with Jude has always been incredible, he was a pleaser, not a taker, but he enjoys it when you dominate him and loves it when you risk it all for him. He can also be very gentle sometimes. Like when he found out you failed an exam, he made it up to you by buying you food and watching movies until things got heated. Jude was also a sucker for cuddling after sex. It was weird because a fuckboy would never want to cuddle after sex, so when you first ask him about that, he shrugs and says he has never gone back to a girl, neither less cuddled with one. And casually says that you were the first girl he has ever been with more than once, and although it shouldn’t have, that made your heart skip a beat.

Like usual, you are wrapped around his sweaty body, listening to his breathing. Jude was exhausted from the game and the celebration sex. But he didn’t want to fall asleep because the last time he did, you left his house, and when he woke up, you posted on your Instagram story of you at the club with Trent and some other dudes. And what made it worse was that Trent is his best friend, and he should be telling these things to him, but Trent would murder him if he brought up this again.

“Stay,” Jude murmured when he felt you shift a little. You look up at his face, and his eyes are closed; his breathing is stable, and his face looks relaxed. You smile and trace his jaws; what a perfect face he has. “My friend’s birthday Is tonight. He expects me to be there,” you whispered. You feel Jude’s body tense up, and he tightens his arms around you, pulling you closer to him. “The friend you brought along?” He asked, his eyes remaining closed but the relaxed expression noticeably being replaced with a mix of anger and sadness. “Yes, Jude,” you said and pecked his tensed jawline. Jude didn’t say anything; the only noise coming from the room was his breathing and your own.

“You never spend the night here,” he mumbles. It was more for himself than for you; it was a gentle reminder of what this was. “Trent shows up to your place unannounced all the time; we can’t risk it,” you say and wrap your arms around his waist. “Would it be such a bad idea to tell him?” He asked. Your eyes widened, and you looked at Jude in shock; he was talking nonsense. “You know Trent will kill you, especially since this is a casual sex arrangement. I don’t want your friendship to be ruined because of me,” you said, trying to put some sense into him. Jude didn't respond; he let go of you, and immediately you wanted his arm back around your waist. As much as you wanted to stay with him, it would only complicate things. From the start, he agreed that this was just friend-with-benefits arrangement, and there was no further than that. Even if he was to let his guard down, you couldn't let yours down. Jude's friendship with Trent was at risk, and you didn't want to be the cause of that. Gosh, you are such a bad friend to both of them.

"Jude," you called out to him after putting your clothes back on. He was still in bed, naked and pretending to be asleep. "I'm leaving," you said. It was weird; you could've just left without letting him know; it has always been like that, but you've become so accustomed to staying a little longer after the sex that letting him know that you are leaving became a natural thing. Do people even do that after a hookup? "I'll see you at the same time in a couple of days?" you asked, even though it has become everyday. After a long pause, Jude finally acknowledges your words. "Sure," he bluntly said without opening his eyes.

"Yo, this party is wild!" your friend automatically said as soon as you stepped into the club. "Yeah, crazy wild," you said while looking around the pack place with several celebrities in sight. Is that Neymar with a couple of the other Brazilian football players? "Is Trent coming?" you yelled through the loud music. Your friend rolled his eyes and pointed to the upstairs of the club. "Already got his tongue in some girl," he shrugged. You just nodded, not really feeling the music or the environment. You don't know why your stomach felt uneasy after leaving Jude's place. If he had asked you to stay again, you probably would. As much as you don't want to admit it, that man has so much effect on you, and he doesn't even know it. He could keep you hidden from the world forever, and you'll be ok with that. He could call you a fuck buddy forever, and you'll be glad. He could wake you up at 3 in the morning just for a quickie, and you'll enjoy it to the fullest; but knowing the fact that he has so much control over you only scares you more. You guys never discuss it, but when would this arrangement end? Eventually, Jude would find someone, maybe one of the numerous models in his DMS, and you'll eventually have to move on with your life, but you guys have never discussed it. And you weren't looking forward to that day.

"Helllloooo Y/N!" your friend's loud scream took you back to reality. Right. You were in a club, not between the sheets with Jude. "I asked if you are going to sleep with that guy other there," your friend shouted, and your gaze followed his. Your eyes landed on a pair of brown eyes, which were barely noticeable, but the light he was under gave him all the justice he deserved. He was extremely handsome, sipping a glass of alcohol while staring at you. His braids were tied back, and after noticing you staring back, he shot you an enchanting smile that you eventually recognized. You have seen many fan edits of this man on TikTok, mainly because he always smiles before scoring a goal. Rafael Leão was his name; he plays alongside Christiano Ronaldo in the Portugees team and is one of the upcoming youngsters, Jude's rival.

You awkwardly shifted your gaze away from his after Jude once again, made his way into your mind. Gosh, you would usually be drunk by now, but why did you think about a guy you promised not to fall for yet stupidly did. If Trent found out, he would've cockily said, "I told you so," while comforting you through the rejection. "Oh, by the way, one of my victoria's secret model friends is very into Jude, and she wants his number," your friend said casually. You looked at him in shock; he was playing a wingman for his friend? And a victoria's secret model at that? How can you compete with that? You huffed and pushed your way to the bar. Some people called you names, but you didn't care; you just wanted to drown yourself in alcohol. "About the number," your friend said while typing on his phone, probably that high fashion girl. "Why can't she just message him on Instagram?" you bitterly said while telling the bartender what you wanted. Your friend looks up from his phone and stares at you before giving you a confused look. "Yeah, about that," he said, sounding slightly puzzled. "She did several times and even asked him that in person, but he rejected her and said he was already seeing someone." Your friend waited for you to respond, like a confirmation, but you just looked at him in shock. Jude was seeing someone? Could he mean you? There was no way he would've rejected someone like her for you, but again he also didn't hide his Instagram DMS and rejected or blocked them in front of you. Gosh, your mind was going crazy with this new information.

"Are you spoken for?" the husky voice that suddenly invaded your thoughts caused you to jump a little in the stool. You turned away from your friend to see Rafael standing before you. One of his hands is in the pocket of his jeans, while the other is holding the cup now filled with a different color of alcohol from before. "Excuse me?" you asked, still shocked that this guy was standing before you. Just recently, you have seen his face everywhere on TikTok, but now he was actually chatting with you, maybe trying to flirt. "Is this your boyfriend?" he asked while staring at your friend, who was obviously shaking from the glare that Rafael was throwing at him. "no-no boyfriend here," he mumbled and sent you a good luck look before staggering back into the crowd. The bartender had already placed your drink on the counter and was making drinks for other customers by the time you remembered the drink you ordered. You didn't hesitate to start drinking it, might need it more than ever.

"I didn't mean to scare you," Rafael said while sitting beside you. You realize the music wasn't as loud anymore, and you could hear him just fine, or maybe it was because he was so close to you. "I-ahum. It's fine," you mumbled. Rafael shot you that famous smile of his, and you realize it might actually be genuine. "I saw you walking in; you looked, and correct me if I am wrong. Out of place?" He asked. His question caught you off guard. Did you really look that unimpressed by the party? I mean, anyone would do anything to come to this party, but you were noticeably annoyed to be here. "It's my friend's party," you shrugged. Rafael hummed and continued to examine you, and maybe he was judging you or checking you out; you can't really tell. "What about you?" you asked; he didn't seem to enjoy this too much either. Instead of dancing with the girls gawking at him, he was openly chatting with a random girl that was only known to be friends with famous soccer players. You waited for him to say something like, "I needed an easy hookup," or "I wouldn't have met you if I didn't come," but instead, he said, "my girlfriend dragged me here." You nearly saw your life flash before your eyes. This man has a girlfriend, but he was over here wondering if you were spoken for? Oh gosh, you can only hear the news tomorrow. Girl caught trying to seduce Rafael Leão even though he has a girlfriend. You can already see the number of hate comments about how you don't deserve to be best friends with Trent or Jude; not like there weren't comments like that already.

"Tsh," your horrified face must've amused Rafael because he was chuckling under his palm, trying his best not to tip over the stool. What was so funny? "You could've seen your face," he said and continued to laugh. Yup, he was drunk. "What's so funny?" you scruffed, causing him to enjoy himself more. "Were you joking?" you asked, wanting him to say yes. "porra não!" he exclaimed. "I do have a girlfriend, but she is upstairs getting fuck by her ex," he said. You blinked and blinked again. No, don't tell me. "Yeah, it's who you are thinking of," he shrugged like it was nothing. "Are you trying to get revenge or what?" you cross your arms. Rafael stares at you like an idiot, causing you to loosen your arm. "No. I was genuinely interested in you."

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"For fuck sake," you mumbled and forced yourself to reach for your phone through the headaches and muscle aches. "Who the hell," you grumble while opening your text message; it was from your friends, Trent, and other family members. Your eyes search for Jude's but was only left disappointed after realizing he hasn't texted you since you left his place. You open Trent's message next, which was so long that you thought it would never end. You scan through the sentence, still half asleep. It was about the party and how he hooked up with a girl, and suddenly the text became violet and the word fucking Rafael and boyfriend in one sentence got your attention. You immediately rose from your bed, forgetting that you have a hungover, and clicked on the attachment Trent sent. It was an article and a picture of you and Rafael at the party. They had to choose the most intimate photo, only Rafael leaning into your ear while you laughed. It was a casual conversation, yet they made it seem like this wasn't the first time you had spoken. And to add to the mix, the article mentions you being a long-time friend of Jude Bellingham and you were betraying him by dating his rival. That was nonsense; Jude never said anything about Rafael being his rival; it was the internet's doing.

You immediately wanted to disappear as you hid your face in the pillow. This was all a big misunderstanding. You never went home with Rafael; he did make sure to call you an uber and threaten to murder the guy if anything happened to you. He also tried to get your number, but you declined and said you already have someone. Your drunk self also talks about your complicated love life, and Rafael voluntarily gives advance, and that was why you guys were whispering and laughing, and at the end of the night, he wanted to be friends.

You wanted to kill yourself, but it seemed like that wasn't an option when the loud knocking on your door caught you off guard. You groan and hurry to open the door after the knock gets louder and more aggressive. "Fuck I'm coming!" you yelled and swung the door open only regretting it after seeing Trent's angry face. He barged into your house, and you wanted nothing more than to hide away. He looks pissed, extremely pissed, while his arms are crossed, glaring daggers at you. Shit.

"Care to explain?" he asked. You bite your lower lips and look away, seemly embarrassed. "Really, Y/N? out of everyone, it had to be Rafael Leão? Fuck, I wouldn't even care if it was Richarlison or Bellingham, but it was that dude. The guy that everyone keeps comparing to Jude and me. The guy I nearly fought once, and I was given a red card because of him!" You were following Trent's every move and were watching him like a hawk. He looked displeased and disappointed, but who was he to judge? He was helping someone cheat yesterday. "Trent, you are not one to judge!" you yelled while pointing the finger at him. He was taken aback but was waiting for your next words. "You were the one fucking his girlfriend, and she was your ex at that!"Trent's eyes widened, and you wanted to frame his reaction; finally, you got him.

You watch as his face goes from shock to a confused look like he doesn't remember a thing. Of course, typically Trent. "Really, Trent?" you asked? Now you are the one with a disappointed look. "Well, how the fuck am I supposed to know it was her?" he exclaimed with his hands dramatically on his chest. "You don't know who you fuck?" you asked; the least he can do is at least remember her face. "And by the way, I didn't do anything with Rafael. He wanted to chat, and then we parted ways," you bluntly said. This causes Trent to sigh in relief. "Thank goodness because I almost regretted saying yes to Jude," he mumbled. You raise an eyebrow, frowning at what he just said. "What are you talking about?" you asked.

Jude stares at the screen in his hand; it is filled with a news article about you and Rafael at the party. His brother had texted him this morning and asked if it was true, but he didn't know what to say because he didn't know. Morning practice was also chaotic because he wasn't focused. His teammates were irritated by that but paid no attention after Marius whispered something. He was jealous; of course, he was; why wouldn't he? You literally ditched him after sex for this party and ended up getting cozy with someone everyone claims to be his rival. It also didn't seem like this was your first time getting cozy with him, but this was the tabloid's doing; he knows you better than that.

Jude ignores your incoming call again; this must've been the 10th time this morning. It was hurting him to not answer your calls, but it was also hurting him to hear what you have to say. Was it to break up the arrangement with him because you found someone? Was it to tell him about the fun times you had? Or maybe it was a slight chance of you finally explaining a questionable action to him. He feels guilty that he was dwelling over this, especially since you guys aren't nothing more than sex partners. There was literally no reason for him to be jealous or sad over this, but he was letting his feelings get the best of him. Getting rid of you was harder than he thought, but it made it worse to think that he was also replaceable and there were other soccer players into you. Wanting to be in his position. Jude groans at the thought of that and angrily shuts off his phone.

Jude's shoulder slumps while reading Trent's numerous messages about talking with you this morning, how it was all a big misunderstanding, and so forth. He didn't need Trent's confirmation that this was all a misunderstanding, yet he was still bitter. The jealous reaction hadn't left his chest yet, and he was still ignoring your calls and messages. You guys weren't anything but fuck buddies, so what was even the point of getting upset? You had the right to go fuck around with anyone, and so did he. Jude scrolls through his Instagram dm, and fresh messages from many girls pop up; he angrily pressed on one of them and was angrily texting them, and at the last moment, an image of you flash through his eyes, and he pauses. Why was he hesitating? He used to do this always, setting up times to meet with a girl to relieve his stress. So why was he hesitating to send the message?

Oh. That's right, you have been the only girl on his mind ever since you smiled at him for the first time.

"What's going on, mate?" Marius's voice causes him to look up. He thought he was the only one left in the locker room, but Marius must've sensed something. "Still about the news? You know how the tabloids work." Jude sighs, puts his phone down, and continues putting on his socks. "If you love that girl, just ask her out," Marius said casually. Jude stops in the middle of rolling his socks up and stares at the older man. "Love?" he asked, dumbfounded by the word. "Yeah. I mean, you are wrapped around her fingers," Marius said while grabbing some stuff out of his locker. Jude doesn't say anything to the man; he has never thought of love because the feeling is so indifferent. That is something out of his vocabulary. "I-I don't th-" Jude paused and looked at the amused man looking down at him. He was enjoying confusing Jude. "Come on, Jude. You guys aren't slick. I know you guys have been doing the deeds for a while now, and I assume that was the arrangement since she brings people to the game," he shrugged before putting a hand on Jude's shoulder. "But you, my man, has caught feelings and doesn't know what to do with it. I understand that can be confusing, and that's fine, but you are in love, mate. But you both are too dumb to admit that to one another."

You frown at the image displayed In front of you. It was a picture of the famous model talking to Jude and touching his muscles. This was posted by a news outlet a couple of minutes ago, so it wasn’t that long, meaning he might still be out there. Your heart dropped, remembering that you hadn’t seen Jude for over a week now, and after he ignored your calls for so many days, you decided to give it a rest. He would tell you when he was ready to talk.

The caption says that the model was out for dinner with a couple of friends and bumped into Jude and his friends and joined them. It seems that way from the look of Jude’s bored face in the photo, yet you still felt sad. Was this how he felt when he saw the picture of you and Rafael? If that was the case, you don’t blame him for ignoring you. It has only been a week, but so many things happened in that little time. For example, Rafael’s snake ass decided to follow you on Instagram, causing more speculation, and he texted you saying it was to help you. Trent wasn’t too happy about that but was still embarrassed about what happened at the party, so he didn’t go as livid as the first time. Speaking of Trent, you still can’t believe what he told you that morning. He has known of your relationship with Jude for a while because Jude asked him to allow you to be his. Trent wasn’t happy about it but agreed after Jude begged on his knees. Trent never said if Jude’s action was because he wanted to continue the friends-with-benefits arrangement or because he really wanted to be with you. It was complicated because you don’t remember Jude ever being serious with someone, and the last relationship you had turned out to be a failure causing you to lose interest in a serious relationship. But if you were given this chance, you don’t think you’ll ever say no to him.

You were in the middle of brushing your when Trent decided to call you; you rolled your eyes when you heard him out of breath, and it was definitely not from playing soccer. “Seriously, Trent?” You asked and listened to some muffling followed by the door slamming. “What? I’m on vacation right now. Can’t I get dirty a little?” He asked. You huffed and tied your hair up in a messy bun, it was past midnight, and you really didn’t want to hear about which girl he was fucking. “Oh, by the way, I saw the pictures. Don’t let it get to you. That’s not his type,” he said, and you hear the sound of a car unlocking. You rolled your eyes and went into the kitchen to grab a glass of water. “Trent did you just leave a girl alone?” You asked. Trent took a while to answer, but you could hear the yes from the other side. “You fucking idiot, I told you to stop treating girls like trash!” You scream through the phone. You hear him clear his throat on the other side before he casually says, “they know what they were getting into. It’s either sex or no me.” You frowned and were about to give him a sister talk when you heard your doorbell ring. The line was quiet, and so were you. “Aren’t you suppose to be out of town?” You asked. “I am Y/N,” you hear him say. You gulped and started making your way toward the door while listening to Trent speak nonsense about girls and how he would only have dated a girl if they had these aspects. You slowly open the door and nearly scream when you see who is standing in front of you.

Jude was still dressed in the same outfit as he wore in the picture, and both of his hands were in his pockets while he was staring you down. He smells like alcohol but looks sober enough to be here, ready to talk. Jude took you in from head to toe, and when his eyes went back to yours, they softened, and you were trying not to lunge at him and apologized. Jude then adverts his eyes to your phone, which is still placed over your ear, and then he looks back at you, demanding an explanation. Your eyes widened, forgetting that Trent was still on the phone, completely oblivious about what was happening. “Hey Trent Ahum-,” you didn’t get to finish because you heard the panic in Trent’s voice. “I-I didn’t describe you! They just have similar aspects to you! There is no way-noway I would like you more than a friend. Hahah you must be crazy to think I like you,” you were taken aback by what he said. What was he even blabbering about this whole time? Oh, right, he was talking about the type of girls, he would be serious with. “Hey Trent, Jude is here; I’ll talk to you later, ok?” The other line remains silent, so you decide to hang up; you’ll catch up with Trent some other day.

“Hey,” you said and smiled at him. Jude continues to look over your face before glancing at your lips and then back to your eyes. “Nothing happened between that girl and me. She just bumped into us, and she knew one of my friends, but there was nothing else.” You slowly nod and gesture to him to come In, but he shakes his head. You felt a sting in your chest. “I wasn’t ignoring you; I just needed time to think about what to say to you and how to do this properly.” He continues to say. You sighed and shook your head, “Jude, I should be the one apologizing. No-“ this boy did not want you to say another word because he completely ignored you and continued with what he was saying. “I haven’t reach out to you because Marius’s crazy ass told me that I might be in love with you and I didn’t know how to react to that because we made it clear that we are friends with benefit yet I was still jealous when those pictures of you and Rafael was surfacing but I was too scare to let you know in case you wanted to break things off and I would go crazy without you and I hate myself for agreeing that we were never going to be anything but fuck buddies because my stupid ass caught feelings not knowing how you would feel and this is all new to me yet I want it to be with you, and I needed to think things through on how I’ll break the news to you,” Jude was out of breath by the time he reached the end, and you were too stunned speak. He did not pause once to catch a breath. “Jude what news are you talking about?” You hesitantly asked.

Jude stared at you for at least a few minutes before he sighed and turned his head to the side before nervously looking back at you again. “I’m in love with you, Y/N,” he said.

For the next couple of minutes It felt like time went by slowly. You guys were staring at one another as if nothing else mattered and that you’ll both disappear if one of you moved or blinked. Jude still has his hands in his pocket, and your hands are still on your side. The sound of a television playing in your bedroom can be heard in the background, and the sound of drunk teenagers driving past can be heard behind Jude’s back. Your mind went back to that night when you made a promise to Jude that you won’t catch feelings, and you can’t remember him saying the same thing. It must’ve been you who only imagined that he had the same idea as you. You swore he said something down the line similar to that, maybe it was Sure. I’ll comply with your request, although it’ll be hard. You smile up at him, and his eyes soften, shoulders finally relaxing, and hands finally out of his pocket. You didn’t hesitate to wrap your arms around his neck and lift your toes. He placed his hands on your hips like where they belonged…where they’ve always belonged. “I love you too, Jude,” you whispered.

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“Seriously baby?” Jude huffed, causing you to pinch his cheeks. You’ve just posted on your Instagram story of him sleeping earlier today, and he didn’t like how he looked, but you thought he looked so cute. “What? This is the cutest thing on earth!” You exclaimed, causing him to roll his eyes and wrap his arms over your shoulders. “The boys are going to tease me again,” he groans and lays his head back on the couch. You chuckle and give him a quick peck on the lips before going back on your phone again. “Look, babe Rafael is trending on Twitter for scoring in the Switzerland game,” you said and showed him a video of Rafael scoring and his teammates jumping on top of him. Jude frowns and pulls you closer to him. “I can’t believe the little ass followed me on Instagram and said that he helped us get together,” Jude groans as he pulls out his phone. You chuckled when you saw the text exchange between him and Rafael going from topics about you to soccer tips. “We’ll if it wasn’t for him, you probably won’t realize your desire for me,” you teased. Jude nods in agreement and places a a soft kiss on your forehead. “I know, baby and Trent is to thank, too,” he laughed. You nod and look back down at your phone but not paying attention to the screen. Trent… he hasn’t hung out with you and Jude since you made your relationship public. He did send a congratulations text, but after that, he made his presence rare in both of your lives.

“You hear me, baby?” Jude’s question brought you out of your thoughts. You raise an eyebrow, and Jude chuckles, “I said let’s make a baby,” he smirked. You blinked. And blinked again. “Jude Bellingham! You pervert!”

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Ok Peepaw has no use for social media or technology. He’s still marvelling at his vintage tube tv, because he’s old and he was around before the tv <3 And he’d literally rather send a raven with a message rather than text. You pushed him to give it a shot, and being the sweet elder goth that he is, he gave it the good old college try just for you. Alas, he grew frustrated easily. He kept having to whip out the reading glasses to read what was on the screen, and he couldn’t tell if that vibrating in his pocket was the iPhone or if he was having a seizure. Not to mention, he accidentally activated Siri on several occasions and he thought the spirit of a demon was speaking to him and apparently telling him the weather forecast. The only thing he really found a use for was the gardening stuff on Pinterest, but he has plenty of books in the library for that anyway. And as for nudes? He has a Polaroid camera for that. Our sweet old man much prefers the feeling of answering calls on his candlestick phone, and he’ll gladly leave the selfie-taking to you ♥︎

Secondo

Alright, Mr. Worldwide tries to be hip and cool, so he definitely owns the latest iPhone. However, he’s had to replace it several times because when he gets frustrated, that thing goes flying across the room. He tried to use the voice dictation one time and his entire text came out hilariously wrong so he threw his phone out of one of the ministry windows. He texts with one finger like an old man, never uses emojis (he calls them hieroglyphics), and he keeps telling you that he wants to “duck your brains out”. He genuinely tries to take selfies, and that can be hit or miss. Sometimes it’s a typical old man selfie where you can see all the way up his nose, but he did execute this fantastic shirtless selfie one time,,, Bone Daddy starts an Instagram where he makes a few adorably lame posts trying to be edgy and dark. But he mainly uses that to post selfies (ones you’ve taken of the both of you) to show you off. He loves when you send him dirty pictures and he’s also found that FaceTime is perfect for some,,, fun activities 👀

Terzo

Oh my god, the biggest social media whore. He’s only two months younger than Secondo, but he’s somehow overcome his oldness and mastered the art of the iPhone. He has an Instagram, where he posts pictures of the two of you on dates or in bed together covered in rose petals and lip prints. Dude even has Snapchat, where he updates his story with some chaotic videos every now and then. He can text with his thumbs, but he does make some really hilarious typos which are exceptionally frustrating when he’s trying to sext with you (this man demands nudes from you constantly). He actually knows what most emojis mean- he will literally text you the eggplant emoji next to everything 🍆- and only has to ask for your help to decipher some of them. He rubs it in his brothers’ faces as much as he can, calling them old men because they don’t know how to use tech as well as he does. And Secondo finds his use of emojis really irritating because he has no idea what the fuck ‘🤪😝🙃🫠🥴🙄🥸💀’ means

Copia

Oh, Copia. Sweet pitiful Copia. He tries, he really does, but this man has no idea how to use emojis. He types with one finger, makes plenty of typos, and always uses the rat emoji for no apparent reason. Also, he disperses emojis into sentences so his texts always read like this:

Ciao 👋🏻🐀 bella 😚 I am going 🔜 to feed 🧀 my rats 🐀 want to come 😀 with me?🤝🏻

He’s such a dork and you never ever correct him because it’s just too charming. His selfies are often painfully awkward, because he thinks that just staring dead-eyed into the camera and snapping the picture constitutes as a selfie. And he’ll post those on Insta too, sometimes with captions that he got off Pinterest. Or sometimes the captions will be about rats for literally no reason. However, he does make awfully sweet posts about you that have your heart melting when you read them. This sweet man LOVES when you send him naughty pictures and rile him up via text. It gives him a thrill and makes him feel so special. Copia also surprisingly uses Pinterest occasionally, because he finds it relaxing. He’s such a gentle soul, and he enjoys saving things about pet rats, aesthetic things that he’d like to show you later, or even some recipes that the two of you could cook together. However, he doesn’t use Pinterest correctly. He doesn’t pin things, he just screenshots them (because you taught him how to take a screenshot). So even though he isn’t the most religious social media user or the best at working technology, he tries and has a good time ♥︎

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luck be a (leading) lady | part 14.

[Posted 2023.08.12]

Summary: Y/N has always been a background character. That’s just life for some folks isn’t it? But what if she’s determined to not just be another member in the ensemble? What if someone helps her step into the spotlight in her own special way?

Warnings for the Series: a teeny bit of angst but mainly fluff

Pairing: ricky bowen x black!reader

Word Count: 3.0k

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Despite the documentary trailer coming out, the general public didn’t believe you and Ricky were together. According to everyone, the whole show was an act. A very entertaining act but an act nonetheless. Not that you or Ricky minded. With the increase in auditions and booking small roles, you wanted your personal life to stay personal for just a little longer. You told Gina that much as you helped her finish packing.

Her mom was back into so your roommate turned sister was officially leaving your house. Gina dragged her entire closet into your room so you two could pack up and watch a movie on the projector screen in your room.

“I can’t believe your moving. Seriously,” you said as you shoved her jackets into a box.

“You act like I’m leaving the state, I’m literally across the street.”

“Yeah, I can’t believe that old couple finally chose to live in a nursing home.”

You and Gina paused before you bursted out in laughter. It was really nice to have her stay near by. While you were friends with the rest of the drama club, Gina and Ricky were still your only close friends at East High.

“You know what I can’t believe,” Gina started. “That two of my best friends are leaving me next year.”

“Senior year. I still haven’t processed it yet,” you admitted.

A knock on the door caught your attention. Your dad was standing in the doorway with a plate of fruit. “My lovely senior and junior…”

You and Gina rolled your eyes.

“Gina, your mother wants me to remind you that she’d like you home by ten thirty and that you two can talk tomorrow at school.”

“Got it.”

“Thank you, here you guys go. Let’s try to finish packing before the night is over.”

“If you really want us to finish. Dad, you could he—”

The sound of your window opening made you all turn. You laughed as Ricky practically fell into your room. He jumped up with a quickness.

“Hi, Mr. L/N. Y/N, Gina.”

“Hello, Richard. You do know we have a front door, right?” you father pointed to downstairs.

“Yeah but since you guys said I’m allowed over any time, it’s not as much fun unless I’m going through the window.”

Your dad looked up at the ceiling. “I have clearly overstayed my welcome talking to a bunch of teenagers. Okay, Gina, home by ten thirty. Richard no sleeping in Y/N’s room but you are welcome to take any other room upstairs. Bed time is eleven, no negotiations. School’s tomorrow… I can’t believe my baby is a senior.”

“Dad, Dad, there’s plenty of time before I graduate. We don’t need to start crying now.”

“Oh, whatever.”

You chuckled as your dad left the room before focusing on Ricky again. He had no problem showing affection towards you with Gina in the room because she was the only person that knew you and Ricky were a real couple. She wasn’t exactly sure how she felt about being sworn to secrecy no matter the reason but she was still just happy to be let in.

Your boyfriend sat on the bed, actually helping you pack up Gina’s closet. “I wanted to give you something but I couldn’t really wait until tomorrow. Well, both of you, kind of.”

“What is it?”

“So, I’ve had this melody stuck in my head all day and it reminded me of Y/N.”

“Sap,” Gina muttered.

“I think it’s sweet.” You leaned over to give him a peck.

“Anyway, I know you don’t really write songs but you have an ear for music Y/N and Gina does write lyrics so I thought maybe we could work on this together?”

“Of course.”

“Okay.” Ricky stood up to leave. “I actually do have to get home. One of Dad’s only rules is bed by ten on the first day of school.”

“Seriously?”

He nodded. “Yep, it’s been a tradition since I started… and it is nine thirty so I do need to go.”

You gave him another kiss. “Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“See you tomorrow… Oh! Did Lucille send you the filming schedule?”

“Yeah, I’m just glad the filming is here. Senior year away from East High would’ve been such a bummer.”

“I know right. Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow.”

~~

You leaned against Ashylnn’s locker, chuckling as you watched Kourtney and Carlos take pictures with fans. It was weird to say you guys had fans.

“So what do you think, Y/N?”

“Hmm?” You focused back on Gina and Ashlynn.

“About Ash and Maddie giving each other relationship advice.”

You and Gina shared a look before you stood up straight. “I think that’s for Ashlynn to figure out but we need to figure out how to get to the drama club before we’re late for Ms. Jenn’s big announcement.”

Ashlynn’s eyebrows furrowed. “For me to figure out what?”

“Nothing,” you said with a laugh before grabbing her and Gina’s hands and leading them to the drama club.

You guys weren’t sure why Ms. Jenn called everyone in for a “surprise.” It was pretty obvious that the next play was going to be High School Musical 3. Without stupid Zacky Roy around to throw the Drama Club off their game, you guys were going right back to doing Disney TV shows for musicals. You just hoped that next semester you guys did Teen Beach Movie before you graduated.

You felt Ricky squeeze your hand once before you guys broke apart and left the drama room with everyone else to go to the Pep Rally. Staying lowkey was going to be so hard. You let Ashlynn and Gina walk in between the two of you on your way to the field.

“Can you believe auditions are this Friday? I need to pick a song,” Ashlynn said as she started searching through a list written down on her phone.

“What part are you going for Ash?”

“I’m thinking Kelsey or Sharpay. You?”

You shrugged. “Whatever doesn’t interfere with filming and my calculus homework. You know I’ve been demoted at Saltwater.”

“What?!”

You chuckled at your friends’ expressions. “Not like that. Bennet agreed that Principal dancer is too much to handle with school and filming so I’m only principal for the fall ballet since we’ve been rehearsing it before filming next month and then I’m just a first soloist for the rest of the time. It’s better this way anyway. This is the exact arrangement I’m going to having at Berklee. I’m thankful to get but my academic advisor sends me an email like every other day with updates. My inbox is dying.”

You guys sat down in your seats, finally moving to be next to Ricky.

“That still means we get to come watch you perform at Saltwater, right?”

“Yeah, you are looking at Coraline Jones in our fall production.”

Before your friends could celebrate you, the pep rally started much to your relief. You were still getting used to being the center of attention without losing the ability to breathe. Part of the reason you weren’t so prepared to be the lead in a feature film. A small film but still… The first Twilight movie was an indie film.

At least you didn’t have time to overanalyze that because the dude who played Coach Bolton was at the pep rally? You and Ricky rolled your eyes and sighed at the same time with the announcement of High School Musical 4 being filmed at your school. Just why?

Of course all the students were cheering no matter what, hoping that filming would mess with classes a little. You had a little fangirl moment when they announced one of the new stars of High School Musical 4. Mack and Dani.

Kourtney played Dani’s TikToks over and over again when you guys were at camp. Hopefully she could act because her TikToks seemed so nice. And Mack? Well you couldn’t help but squeal a little when they announced him.

Your friends looked at you causing you to laugh. “You don’t understand, I had one of the biggest crushes on him when I was little.”

“Me too!” Gina said with excitement. “Mark and Spark was my comfort show.”

“You know, he was supposed to be the first male lead in the movie I’m filming and my heart stopped until he cancelled of course.”

“Well now we know why,” Ashlynn said before focusing back on the stage.

You leaned your head on Ricky’s shoulder, having felt him tense up behind you. He relaxed when you grabbed his hand for a brief moment.

“You know I don’t mean anything by it. It was just a stupid celebrity crush,” you whispered.

“Celebrity crushes are still crushes.”

“Well then it was a stupid little crush. Is that better?”

“Yeah,” Ricky said with a squeeze of your hand.

You made a note to stay at Ricky's for a late dinner later after ballet rehearsal just to make sure he wasn’t still jealous. This relationship really was new territory for the both of you. But that would have to wait because now it was time for a second surprise in the drama room. You were getting real sick of surprises. And super sick of the security guard trying to block access to the drama room because of “filming”.

“Ahh!”

You all turned at Kourtney’s scream.

“Corbin Bleu?”

“Oh great,” Ricky muttered.

“Okay, okay. I deserve that a bit. But I am here to make amends. I know that documentary wasn’t what any of us expected.”

“Seb isn’t talking to me.” Carlos pointed out.

Ashlynn nodded along with him. “Yeah and Big Red is in Cairo for six months.”

“I hear you but we’ve found a way to make it up to you.”

“Uh, who’s we?” you asked with a raised hand.

You heard footsteps before you saw the people attached to the noise. You couldn’t believe it. Standing right in front of you was the original cast of High School Musical. Honestly, Corbin might have actually gotten you guys the best apology gift ever.

Featured extras in High School Musical 4? That was sick! So was everyone character development. You had to admit that you didn’t see Troy and Gabriella being in couples’ therapy… because you thought they would’ve broken up freshman year of college since they were such an on and off again relationship. The entire class was giggling uncontrollably at the prospects of being together on set.

Kourtney raised her hand. “Well, if the movie is going for authenticity casting a drama class to play Ms. Darbus’ drama class then Mack and Dani should consult us. The real life kids of East High.”

“This is why she’s the smart one,” someone said as you all high-fived.

Apparently, the OG cast thought she was brilliant as well because it didn’t take them any convincing. She was immediately assigned to Dani. You playfully shook her shoulders to let her know you were proud of her.

“Do we have any volunteers for Mack?” Lucas asked.

“Right like someone who grew up loving his tv show. Or two someones?”

You tried to back out of being Mack’s guide but it was too late. You were stuck co-guiding with Gina. All you wanted to do was focus on movie rehearsals, ballet rehearsals, your relationship, school, and drama club. That was a lot of things. Guiding Mack was not on your list of things.

You acted like that wasn’t the case when you went to go see the superstar, putting on your best smile. Your eyes went wide at an almost naked man getting his calf measured.

“Oh my,” you and Gina said at the same time.

Mack looked over. “Can I help you?”

You let Gina take over as you tried to look everywhere but at Mack, feeling embarrassed and more awkward than usual.

“We are so sorry. We are real students here, only one credit on IMDb so far but anyway, we were assigned to give you a hand.”

“Yeah, I’d love to know who assigned you to interrupt my costume fitting.”

“No. That was our bad.”

“Yeah,” you offered up. “If we had known you weren’t dressed we would’ve come way sooner before school ended… Soo-sooner because you’d have clothes on. Not whatever you l-look like you, like you’re thinking of. Oh my goodness.”

“Would you mind turning around?”

You and Gina looked at each other before doing just that. “That was probably the first thing we should have done.”

“Okay. So, I do have to ask,” Gina started. “Do you still keep in touch with the dog from the show?”

“There were seven of them and they all retired to a farm upstate.”

“Oh that’s so swee—”

“Uh, G,” you cut her off. “That means they aren’t, um, currently pr—”

“It means they’re dead.” Mack had put on a shirt so you guys could turn around. “The farm is heaven.”

“Well that ruined everything,” your friend muttered. “Okay, we’re going to leave now and we can all pretend we never met.”

“Oh, I’m way ahead of you.”

“Good luck on the movie, Mack. Hope you break a leg, literally.”

“Good luck with your lives, superfans.”

You felt your face get hot as you marched up to him. “Her name is Gina Porter and can I just say, I’m so glad High School Musical 4 took you in. Acting alongside you in Sweet Pea Americano would have literally killed me… G-Gina, why did I just say that?”

“I’m proud of you.” She swung her arm over your shoulder so you guys could leave. “Even with anxiety, you always stick up for your friends.”

“I think I’m going to pass out.”

“Come on, let’s go see if Ricky got a smoothie for us at the food truck.”

While you were mortified at your actions, Gina proudly recanted the entire story to Ricky who echoed her sentiments. You guys went you separate ways. There was no carpool with Gina today. Carlos called her over for an emergency meeting of the Finer Things Club at Kourtney’s house, leaving Ricky to drop you off at Saltwater. You guys stopped at a salad bar first so you could get some real food into your system.

“Oh, Gina finished the lyrics to the song.”

“Already?”

“You know her. Once she gets started on a mission, she can’t stop until it’s complete. Do you want to hear it?”

“Of course, do you have the lyrics on you?”

You handed Ricky your phone to look at the screenshots of Gina’s song journal. Your harmonies were rough and sometimes the melody fell off but the two of you had fun singing all the way back to the car.

“Are you sure you don’t mind picking me up?” you asked him as you leaned into the driver’s side window after getting your bags from the back of the car once you guys reached your destination. “Because we don’t get out till eleven and Mrs. Porter said it was fine for her to pick me up since Saltwater is between Kourtney’s house and ours.”

“It’s fine, baby, I like picking you up.”

“Okay. Oh, don’t forget. Gina’s driving tomorrow morning.”

“I can’t believe she got a car.”

“I can’t believe she got a license.”

You said bye one last time and headed inside for you ballet rehearsals. While you were dancing, Ricky was doing homework, and Gina was laughing as she got into Kourtney’s room. Ashlynn and Carlos were already there and Kourtney… well, she was meditating at the edge of her bed. While, Ashlynn had nearly forty missed texts from Maddox. Gina so had to tell you about that when you and Ricky came over for breakfast tomorrow morning.

Her smile faded at the announcement that Kourtney wasn’t sure about doing the school musical or not. She wasn’t sure if Dani was the best thing for Kourtney. She especially wasn’t sure when her friend suddenly became supper eager and chipper to answer her phone call. Kourtney put Dani on speaker after the others swore to be quiet.

“Hi, so I was studying you. Not in a creepy way but I’m really trying to get into character as a real East High drama student.”

Gina made a face when Dani suddenly stopped the speak pretty harshly to the driver taking her to the airport.

“Anyway, you’ve got that X factor, Kourt, and I want to help you grow your footprint. But I’ve been looking through your post and to be honest I’ve noticed something.”

“It’s the honesty for me,” Kourtney said with a nervous lilt to her voice.

“If I’m going to show you exactly what it’s like to grow an audience and you’re going to do the same for me as an East High student, I want you to tell me everything you know about Ricky Bowen.”

Gina bit her tongue as her other three friends stared at each other with suspicious looks on their faces. She got strange vibes for some reason but didn’t want to act on what could be nothing. Besides, she promised you two that she wouldn’t say anything to anyone. And how could she tell Kourtney not to mention Ricky to Dani if she didn’t ended up revealing something?

~~

You looked down at your phone to see a text from Ricky.

I’m still on my way, baby. Don’t worry, I’m stopped at a red light. I’ll be there in like 10 minutes. I wish your rehearsal didn’t end so late so we could’ve stayed up cuddling.

You smiled at the text before sending a little heart emoji, nothing that would require Ricky to look down at his phone after the light turned green. You ruffled around your bag to get your water bottle, reaching for your phone again when you felt the familiar vibration of a text. Another one from Ricky.

This red light is long. Do you want to get McDonalds after this?

You shook your head, deciding it was better to just answer him in person. A groan left you mouth when you felt the vibration again. That light wasn’t going to be red forever, if he was texting while driving then you were going to scold him because that could seriously inju—

Why was Mack now following your Instagram?

(part 15)

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Good and Bad Anime Backstory Integration

I'm writing this blog post to discuss in length something I'm really passionate about: making good, relatable characters. And through the many anime I've seen, it's done both good and bad. And so I wanted to write this to give my take on the subject. Fair warning: I will be spoiling certain anime series. I will warn again when I am about to spoil something (Demon Slayer Season 1, Hell's Paradise Season 1, One Piece, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Lupin III Part 6, Galaxy Express 999, The Wind Rises). These are also just my opinions. I'm not demanding you to write stories like this; simply my thoughts on the matter.

This is by far my least favorite way to tell a character's origin story. Right as they're dying, or even if it's the last time we see them on screen. Why? Because you don't have any time to let that sink in. I will tell you, nothing is worse than watching a character die just to have the wade to white and the BOOM flashback, no thank you. This is mainly in regard to villain characters.

Demon Slayer was a constant notorious example of this, and my main conflict with the entire franchise. It made every villain a complete sob story. And that's not even necessarily a bad thing, but it's the execution that is faulted every time. (No explicit spoilers since I can't remember Jack about that show, but season 1 spoilers, I guess. Skip this next paragraph if you wish to avoid any).

An episode starts out introducing our new demonic villain. Simple enough. And it's pretty straightforward: evil person does evil things. And it remains that way until Tanjiro has the final fight with the episode's villain, cutting off their head and whatnot. And as we see them fall back in slow motion, blood gushing everywhere. The origin story jumpscares me.

Why should I feel bad for a character who has only been presented as evil with little to no redeeming qualities? There was never a pre-established reason for me to feel bad for this character. They have only been presented as a bad person I should want dead.

I want to put this into perspective in the real world. There are plenty of deplorable people out there, the real-life villains. And aside from those few individuals born into this world truly evil. The majority of the time, there was a significant event in that person's life that brought them to the point of committing heinous crimes. And what does the public do when they find out these people are put on death row or sentenced to life? We are happy. We are glad that this evil person is gone (the sane ones of us, anyway). So, I see fictional villains the same way. "Oh good, the hero killed the villain! Wait, now I have to feel bad for them?? Uh..."

What it boils down to is the inability to form connections. The human mind does not work like: villain (I hate them) -> backstory (THEY WERE AN ORPHAN?!?!?) -> villain (OMG I LOVE YOU!! you were just misunderstood....) No.

When I say this is my least favorite form of backstory delivery, I have seen more of them fail than succeed. But that is definitely not the case for all stories. In fact, there are some simply amazing stories. I will be spoiling One Piece twice here (Dressrosa and Wano, please skip the next paragraph).

I think the smarter thing to do when creating a backstory like this is not to make it a sob story. In episode 1062 of One Piece, Zoro fights King, someone we practically knew nothing about, and gets his backstory revealed. It was great. And it's the tone that makes it great. It is an info drop, not a sob story. Simply informing the audience on how King and Kaido met. In turn, the information from that flashback also plays into Kaido as a character and adds more depth to him. There are practical things to take away from the flashback, even if the central character is no longer going to be relevant.

If you can make a backstory practical and give them a takeaway, then it's worthwhile. Something other shows fail to do. We may see a character's connection to another relevant character, but that's it, just a connection and doesn't actually say anything about them.

Again, back to Demon Slayer. All the demons were turned by Muzan Kibutsuji. We see how they met, and aside from literally turning the character into a demon, that is it. Each interaction doesn't give us a hint into Muzan's mind. He's simply there to serve the plot device.

With One Piece (yes, more spoilers), even though the central focus is on King, we get a bit of inside into Kaido. Although portrayed as a completely standoffish, cold monster, here we see a caring side of him. He lends a hand to someone who needs help. We aren't meant to feel bad for these characters in this flashback. We are simply having information being established. I call it a footnote in the middle of the fight because it is additional information not strictly required but adds further information.

Can an emotional backstory before death be done right? Yes! It's hard to pull off; again, I will use One Piece, Dressrosa, this time as an example. (Skip next paragraph)

Senor Pink is meant to be seen as obscene, pervy, and not a good guy. There's no reason to believe he isn't all of that until they reveal his backstory, as he's losing his fight against Franky. It clearly explains why he dresses like a baby to this day. It is genuinely tragic, even though I hated this guy mere minutes ago. Why can this strike a chord with me while other shows can't? Okay, sure, there is bias because One Piece is already awesome, but there are others! I may have hated Senor Pink until then because he presented himself as a horrible person. BUT I knew who he was. I understood what he did on a surface level, and that is crucial to establishing an origin story. I felt bad because it was relatable and tragic and explained why he acted the way he did. It left me thinking and reflecting. It gave me something to chew on.

This is still risky territory to deal with. You have to put a lot of faith in yourself as a writer that you can engage an audience with your characters without them having any idea who they are. Sometimes it's done well, and sometimes it's done poorly. And unfortunately, I see it done poorly a lot. It's definitely more of a mixed bag than final-moment backstories. I've seen more cases of it done well considerably, but it definitely doesn't mean it can't be screwed up. I will now spoil Hell's Paradise Season 1 (skip the two next paragraphs).

As characters start arriving in Paradise, they give some of them character introductions (or, as I like to call it, padding). Of those are characters named Tenza and Nurugai. In their introductory episode, or at least the first time we spend time alone with them, we are given both their backstories. Nurugai's village is completely destroyed, and she is blamed for it. Tenza was a child who never received love from anyone growing up and did whatever he could to survive, learning to kill people. Then, he's adopted and trained to become a swordsman. Learning to have respect and have someone to look up to and want to achieve goals for. Except, I don't care.

I think the trope of the characters' villages being burned down is overdone. The troubled child turned hoodlum trope is overdone. I couldn't care less about these characters because I've seen it 100 times before. There needs to be something that can engage me and allow me to feel bad for these characters. Tenza is a boring character through and through. I don't care how many times they show me his flashback. He's overdone. He fights valiantly and finds purpose in himself, fighting the monsters he faces to protect someone else. Then he dies, so it's like, ok, cool. Even if I liked his backstory (because, let's be honest, there's heavy bias because I did NOT like Hell's Paradise in the slightest), it didn't have any time to simmer with the audience. HI, CHARACTER YOU DON'T KNOW -> DEPRESSING BACKSTORY -> YOU LOVE HIM NOW -> HE'S FREAKING DEAD. Stop it. Don't do that.

Watching that episode felt like a waste of time. Why did I have to sit there and learn about this character's backstory, expecting they would be a bigger deal, just for the end of the episode to punch me in the face and laugh at me for how I just spent my past 20 minutes ingesting information that will not matter.

I'm happy to say I have more examples of how this can be done well. All of which cover different moods. The key to making a good introductory backstory is to have all the events surrounding the character be intriguing. We should be engaged and curious about the situation at hand, not just the character.

Since many backstories try to be tragic, I'll start with the first episode of Galaxy Express 999. We are given some world-building and then introduced to our titular character, Tetsuro. Immediately, we are already captivated by the world in which these characters live. We are now just following the life of one individual. I will forever praise Leiji Matsumoto for this and his ability to attach you to characters you've just met. There's something that comes off as just so human there's an immediate connection to be found. When we watch Tetsuro and his mother struggle through the cold, barren snow, you can feel the love they have for each other and their desperation for a better life. We understand their struggles. When Tetsuro's mom is killed, we feel bad for him. We don't even know him yet, but it's just the reality that this poor 10-year-old boy just lost his mom, and now he was to brave this harsh, cruel world alone, a world where humans are treated like dirt. This backstory sets up the motivation for his entire character as well. It's perfectly executed, and we can perfectly understand why he wants to get a robotic body to make up for the time his parents didn't get to live for.

The way Leiji Matsumoto executes backstories can be seen in practically every episode of Galaxy Express. In every episode, Tetsuro and Maetel travel to a new planet and encounter someone new and the life they struggle with. A part of the beauty in the message with Galaxy Express is no matter where you go or how distant you feel from other people, there's an inherent connection between us all. It's illustrated so well in this show that even though half the characters aren't even human, we understand their pain. Some characters don't even have backstories, all we see is the oppressive world they live in and feel immediate sympathy. This could be me being a major Leiji Matsumoto simp, but I think that there is so much care and consideration poured into that story. The difference between Demon Slayer and Galaxy Express is one says, "I want you to feel bad for this character," and the latter says, "I want to create something that's human."

Now, there are two other examples of good introductory backgrounds I want to bring up because they both show how this can be done to completely different genres.

I would first like to mention the start of Cowboy Bebop. At the start of the first episode, we are given a greyscaled noir-esque opening. The only sound is a singular music box as we see guns firing, a red rose, and a grenade, and then BANG, the opening starts. For anyone who's seen Bebop, you know very well that the intro sequence shows how Spike faked his death to escape the syndicate. It's something to be appreciated in retrospect, but this is gripping for newcomers watching the show for the first time. It's whiplash, this quiet scene, and then the loud booming intro. When I watched this show for the first time, I was excited. "Whoa, this is gonna be a wild ride," I thought. You want to find out what the backstory was about, however, and the pieces are put into place over the course of the show. The thing I love about Bebop is it's made to be rewatched. We understand the true meaning behind that first scene only by re-watching it. It's gripping with action, even if we have no idea who any of the characters shown were. That's not the point of introducing the characters. It's just meant for you to be curious.

As a final example, I want to talk about the first scene in The Wind Rises. The film starts out showing Jirou's childhood, but this is just a small part of the movie. The movie has a fantastic way of engaging us with the character. The first scene is Jirou's dream of flying a plane across the countryside of Japan until he's shot down. We don't know anything about this guy, but we can tell he loves flying, and it's done in an exciting way where we want to see more. His childhood is meant to show us where he is now, and you already have a great idea of who he is before we even reach the present day. It's done in such an engaging way, especially when he first dreams about Giovanni Battista. A kid so deeply rooted in this passion for planes, you want to see his story unfold.

And finally, my favorite way to integrate a backstory. It is in the middle of a show's runtime or after we've already established a character. I think that this is the perfect way to show a backstory because you've already gotten to understand and like the character, and you still have plenty of time before the show ends or the character dies for that backstory to truly feel like a part of the character that they carry with them and so when the show does end, or the character dies, the gravity of their whole story is felt that much more. However, there still is a way to mess that all up.

One glance at my profile, and it's obvious I really like Lupin, but any sane fan will tell you Part 6 was not it. It suffered from a lot of problems, both technical and in the show itself. It's obvious that the whole thing got thrown together quickly, and that goes for our main antagonist, Lupin's "mom." Hearing Lupin mention his mom was just a "nuh uh, no, we are not doing this." Did it have the potential to be presented in an interesting way? Yes, but that's not what happened.

For those not well-versed in the Lupin universe, there is basically no canon outside of the very, very few established things. Lupin's grandpa and dad were both master thieves; Goemon is the 13th descendant of Goemon Ishikawa, and Inspector Zenigata is the descendant of Heiji Zenigata. That is literally it. Characters' pasts are changed constantly, and even within the same show. Really, a "canon" event is only canon for that singular episode. I preface Part 6 with this because, obviously, bringing up a new character that is a massive part of Lupin is a big deal.

As it turns out, this character, Tomoe, was not actually Lupin's mom but his mother figure who helped train him to be the thief he is today. She was the one secretly pulling the strings behind every episode. That's why all these girls started appearing in Lupin's life. Ok? So yeah, you suck? Tomoe's character is confusing at best, but it is such a slap in the face to anyone invested in the show. That is why I use it as a perfect way to NOT integrate a backstory into a pre-established character, because the way part 6 was handled feels like fan fiction.

To compare, Lupin Zero which came out just a year after Part 6, was a 6-part series solely created to show the origin story of Lupin and Jigen. In that series, it includes Lupin I and Lupin II. These are characters we've only heard talked about, so seeing them was very exciting. Their existence and influence on Lupin are believable and add to his character because this flashback doesn't come out of nowhere. "Oh we've heard of these guys, and now we finally get to see them!!" See that's how to do that right. Not just "Haiii guys~~ So I have a mom now~!!☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆ She is also evil now and you have to believe this is extremely important!!!"

In summary, characters like Tomoe feel like someone inserted their OC and we had to sit there for 24 episodes and actually believe that she was someone we should care about. (This is why I don't read fanfics with OC's). If you're going to throw in a backstory, make sure it doesn't come out of literally nowhere.

There are two different types of middle backstories, one is leaving hints and only getting glimpses into the past, and the other is dumping the whole thing. And both can be done really well.

My favorite example of just leaving little hints, is Evangelion. Practically all the characters follow this type of progression where we're giving a lot of hints where we're meant to put the pieces together. One I want to give special applause to is Asuka. Until the episode where her backstory is revealed, we don't really know much. Like Bebop, Evangelion is a show that demands rewatch in order to understand where everything fits into place. Initially watching Evangelion, Asuka comes off as annoying and narcissistic, and she is, but through her backstory, we find out why she acted the way she did throughout the series. The clues were all there, we just didn't fully understand until we got the main reveal.

As a kid, the one person she ever cared about was her mother, and the only thing she truly felt accomplished in, becoming an EVA pilot, she was never able to tell her mom before she hanged herself right in front of her daughter. This is why she comes off as so high and mighty because she needs to reassure herself that she is because she never had anyone that mattered to her, tell her that.

The way we perceive her actions is now understood because of her past. We needed this story to take place in the middle because we needed to form an opinion on Asuka and pick up on her character traits so that her backstory would explain all of that. The final two episodes speak a lot about her past and why she's like this, without this prior knowledge, we would not understand why she is such a troubled character and after we are allowed to see her express herself, why she is feeling insecure.

One final example. Luffy's backstory is almost as iconic as the character himself. Something I like that the anime does is put his backstory 4 episodes into the show, a change made from the manga, where it's the first chapter. I think that allowing us to spend 3 episodes with Luffy and getting to know his character so his backstory has all the more impact. I instantly fell in love with Luffy's character, so seeing him be so different as a kid and the emotional connection he has to Shanks, has all the more impact to me. I now understand why that hat is so important to Luffy. The little bit of context to Luffy's character before getting to know his past I think creates a deeper connection than starting out with it (I am not dissing the manga at all, I just prefer the anime in this one instance).

I think I've been able to explain my thoughts on how each type of backstory integration can be handled, and again I would like to reiterate, that this is all my opinion. This is something I find very important to me still, so I wanted to share the ways in which they are executed properly and improperly in all different forms. This part of a show is a make-it-or-break-it for me, so I think it's good to have high standards for how to execute a backstory properly. I hope whether you agree or disagree with me, you at least found this interesting. If you do have your own opinions I would like to hear them.

#luffy #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro #essay #backstory #anime and manga #anime #opinion #demon slayer #season 1 #kimetsu no yaiba #hell's paradise #jigokuraku #writing #king #one piece #alber #episode 1062 #senor pink #wano arc #wano kuni #one piece wano #wano country #wano spoilers #strawhats #tanjiro kamado #demon slayer tanjiro #kimetsu tanjiro #tanjiro kimetsu no yaiba #zoro

[yjwhatif]

so i realized the back half of s4 is the second time in the show that Bart has Done Some Shit and we haven't seen the repercussions/consequences. he lies through his teeth for over a month back in s2 about being a "tourist" and when the truth comes out that he WAS lying (and is from the apocalypse) it's never directly addressed on screen. now he's lied for over three months and disappeared for over two weeks in s4 and we don't see how that effects him or his life or the people in it AT ALL.

Yeah… For me, while i still love s4, i do think its biggest fault is in it's lack of outsiders presence - especially once we get to the bart plot - barts connection is with them - not any of the people he's grouped up with once free from lor (bar artemis maybe). we need to see the outsiders/those closest to him to experience the consequences that come from him deceiving and leaving them… it was obviously disappointing to not see them play much of a part through gars decline but i've talked about my perspective on why that is before (if i find that original post I’ll link it here) and when rewatching the series it didn't actually bother me as much… at this point, there remains only two moment where i really wish theyd have been seen or at least mentioned - the first is when Child is causing chaos around the world and we’re told every outsider, along with everyone else, has been called upon to help and yet we only see tara and cassie of the actual outsiders there… would it really have been too much to ask for a few more to be scattered in the background of the different disasters? There’s plenty of them at this point. The other is within the bart plot… it straight up bugs me that there is never any mention of the outsiders - or even just cassie, as their leader - being informed about the facts gathered during dicks investigation, especially after zatanna specifically mentions that bart and conner are both outsiders… if they are outsiders, then the outsiders should be involved in finding them - that has always been the way in which the teams think when something happens to one of their own… except in s4 apparently! Obviously, the show only has a certain amount of time and budget to tell the story it wants and they wanted the focus to be on the ogs - that's fair enough - but it really needed something… even if it was just a quick mention from artemis, or someone, that there were indeed outsiders out looking for bart - something similar to how they revealed joans funeral in s3 - a few small comments that highlight there's still more going on outside of the events being shown on screen.

It’s great getting Bart content (we always need more of it!) but with the decisions he chose to make with the legion and this show being rather good at showing there’s consequences to actions - there really should have been some repercussions at least hinted at by the end of the season. I feel like the closest we get is Dinah saying Jay’s been struggling - but because we never get to see that struggle and it’s never directly linked to Bart - it isn’t enough to count as a repercussion.* I’d have even settled for something to have been said in the comics about it, like him being benched or being on some kind of probation or him just taking some time off - but that also hasn’t happened. At this point, I guess we’ll never know, which is a shame because like I said before, this show is usually very good at including consequences… y’know, unless your name is Bart Allen that is. I am so desperate to see Bart get called out on his keeping secrets, or to see him actually struggle with things - mainly because it’s a side we really haven’t experienced yet - even after everything he’s been through. I wanna see Bart out of his depths, stuck in a situation he can’t run from, or heal his way out of, or be a goofball through. I wanna see the other sides of him. We’ve had three seasons with him - it’s time to finally delve deeper.

*Until told otherwise, my headcanon is that Jay loses some of his trust in Bart and winds up putting him on curfew and becomes a bit more restrictive of what he allows until he feels he can trust him again.

And those are my thoughts - basically, let’s start seeing the outsiders dealing with consequences the same way the OG have being since s1. Thanks for your message Anon!

LB

#thanks anon! #ask box #my response #tackling the backlog #young justice #yj #bart allen #young justice phantoms #outsiders #my random thoughts

[nobedofroses]

Day 19: Anal

pairing: Marcus Moreno x fem!reader

warnings: anal, literally it’s all anal, lots of toys, p-in-v ment, using his metal powers for evil (it goes both ways lmao)

words: 706

a/n: it’s dirty, so there’s that

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He really had an unfair advantage. Over other men, sure, you’d never be able to fuck another one without comparing them to him. But mainly over you. Marcus could get you to do just about anything if he asked you after doing one thing. One thing that drove you absolutely wild and left you practically brainless, all too eager to agree to going to a baseball game or to what felt like the 50th brewery that month. (A truly evil use of his powers, in your opinion.) That one thing was to use his powers to fuck your ass. 

Normally, he used this while also fucking your pussy with his cock, or while you were sucking him off, but sometimes he just sat back and watched as your ass stretched around whatever toy he was using and a vibrator was held right to your clit. 

And fuck, his toys. Sure, metal butt plugs weren’t hard to come by, but these toys were special. He had every single one custom made, so most of them were actually solid metal, but metal encased in silicone so that Marcus could be rough without worrying about being too rough.  

He had typical butt plugs, in small, medium, large, and extra large (only after lots of training and with his guidance), one shaped like a small cock but with the base of a plug, more dildos than you could count, and plenty of ribbed, bumpy, and texturized toys that always had you whining in minutes. It seemed like he got a new one every week, and of course he always wanted to try it out right away, and of course he always had something mundane to ask of you right after. 

That being said, it was probably your favorite time of the week. And your least favorite was about 30 minutes later when you were out of your haze enough to remember what boring event you had agreed to go to with him. Trust the man with the superpowers capable of making you cum from anal stimulation alone to have quality time for his love language and seemingly nothing but tedious hobbies. 

But maybe you were both lucky that your main hobby was one he didn’t mind sharing at all. And that you had a very well sound-proofed bedroom. 

You had a secret weapon anyway, one that Marcus never saw coming. 

Tonight, the two of you were supposed to go to watch a screening of a documentary about the automobile in France in the 1940s, something you had agreed to when he had made the ribbed plug vibrate to the beat of his thrusts. The two of you were getting ready, or more accurately, you were getting ready while Marcus sat patiently on the bed waiting for you. 

You had decided to wear a short, flowy dress because you were grabbing a coffee afterwards at the fun little café you loved. Marcus was watching you walk around in your dress; he very much liked how when you turned the skirt flipped up just a little. Just enough to send his imagination running. 

But then you dropped the earring you were trying to put on, and you had to bend down to retrieve it. You just happened to be directly in front of Marcus and facing away from him. 

Suddenly there was no need for his imagination, because there was your naked ass. And nestled between your cheeks, there was the large plug. 

Marcus couldn’t help himself. It was like instinct, how he made the plug thrust in and out just an inch while you were bent over. You gasped loudly, as if you were shocked beyond belief. Or maybe it was the pleasure, Marcus wasn’t sure. He blushed deeply, a dark raspberry on his cheeks as you turned around. 

“Oh Marcus,” you said, your eyes already darkening with arousal. You stepped between his legs and grabbed both of his hands, placing them on the swell of your ass, “Do it again.” 

It wasn’t long before it was too late to even think about going to the documentary. You’d probably still be able to convince Marcus to go for a pastry, though, if you waited until just after he came to ask.

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#marcus moreno #marcus moreno x reader #smut #blurb #spooky smut 22 #nobedofroses

[dribs-and-drabbles]

Vice Versa ep 8

Sorry folks, it’s a long one today...but mainly because I wanted to include so many screenshots.

I was happy to see that the ep’s colour this week was Cloudy Grey, since I’d been saying for a couple of weeks that I felt like a black-charcoal-grey scale was due...(so I was almost right) and I just love the way thai nicknames can be anything and everything, giving Talay a potential love interest called ‘Cloud’ - Mek in Thai.

As usual, in this ep blue/red, black/white, and yellow/green were all used in various ways...and following a stretch without much red/pink whilst Talay had been pushing Puen away in ep 7, ep 8 starts straight off with Talay in red trousers now that him and Puen have reunited. Note his grey sweater also has a blue and red trim. It was nice to see Tess’ brother again...even if he looks more like he could be Talay’s brother than Tess’...

I loved the little details in the board room scene - Tess’ father has a blue suit with some orange on his tie (the colour of last week’s ep) and when the other board members leave, they take various things but not the red notebook or the file with the yellow stripe along the edge, leaving us with the main three pairings. Of course brown also featured, with Puen’s trousers, due to the serious nature of the conversation.

Brown is also present in the following scene when the Friend Credits group are talking about how to finance the film. This scene also has all three pairings (the blue being on Up’s top), which is very common with the Friend Credits group, and I love this shot in particular because it shows clearly how it’s Up’s thing to wear colourful socks...and of course they would be yellow on a green wall.

In Tun’s room, all three pairings are present again in various amounts, and Talay has what looks like a brown striped top, reflecting the seriousness of when Puen directs him to think about the person he likes. And Up brings in the playfulness with his orange hat (and fantastic rainbow socks!)

The locations in general during the series have been great...and not just because they’re not the usual ones we’ve seen a million times. But this café below...was it not used in Y-Destiny with the actors Perth (the other one), Talay, and Yoon? I haven’t seen it myself but I’ve seen clips and it looks like the same place. I wonder if they did this on purpose as a little easter egg with the names... Anyway, I love the red and blue details, and I was absolutely delighted to see Perth appear. I also love Talay’s sweater and I’ll come back to it later...

I thought this shot was particularly great - subtle but fantastic... A white car with black (and blue trim). The yellow lines on the floor and the green of a building and of some trees behind, and the pastel red of a roof above against the baby blue sky. It’s honestly incredible how they have framed some of these shots to include all these colours.

Of course, there is plenty of grey this ep too...as well as a few purple and green complementary pairings, like the below (which also has Mek’s blue jeans against the red-y brown sofa)...

And I doubly adore Fuse’s “Just Quit” t-shirt here because not only does it add commentary on the scene - both to Talay and Fuse himself - but the green print complements Talay’s purple top - maybe this is more indication that Aou and Fuse will get together (which is who they end up talking about).

I’ve written another post specifically about Fuse’s shirts, but when I first saw his “Ordinary” t-shirt in ep 2, I thought it was black. I like that it’s actually green...and here it’s paired with the yellow of Aou’s top...with Aou’s blue vest having a small red insignia on the left side (hidden by the laptop screen). It’s interesting that the sofa looks more brown than red, perhaps showing how Fuse is trying to be serious with Aou...

And so we get towards the end and for the first time Talay and Puen are dressed alike, more than likely indicating the inevitability of them getting together. (And because the show can’t go for long without having the ‘base colours’ of course Tong’s bike is red against the blue wall behind, wearing a brown uniform with yellow sunflowers and stood next to a green gate. Tick tick tick.)

Puen and Talay even comment on their similarities themselves.

And since it was foreshadowed, I guess the show needed to include a little uncertainty with two potential love interests for Talay...and in order to show this Mek and Puen are dressed in opposites at the ‘Greyllery’. Both have a white t-shirt but Mek has white shoes, blue jeans, and a black jacket...and Puen has...wait for it...vice versa...black shoes, black trousers, and a blue denim shirt.

Having already pointed out the above in a separate post, I then re-watched the show to gather screenshots for this one. In the process, it hit me that during the matching outfits scene, Pang is dressed in the opposite to them...but the same that Puen is dressed later at the gallery. Again another little subtle hint showing that the potential love interest for Puen wasn’t actually a threat to Puen and Talay’s relationship anyway.

And finally, we got the long awaited confession and kiss...and if it couldn’t be in an archway I guess in front of a painting which has black, white, blue, and pink will do...and with Talay bringing the brown for the seriousness of the moment. Despite the absence of red or pink for a while, I love that it’s been included here and in the form of a painting in which the colours look like they’re blending together.

And so for next week. It’s difficult to make a prediction this time...I feel like we’re due for a proper red episode (but I’m wondering if they’ll leave that to one of the last ones) and with Puen’s birthday in ep 9 and Talay trying to find out more about Puen maybe the ep colour will be a red palette...but a tealy/minty green has appeared this ep (Talay’s sweater in the plane cafe...and maybe the wall can be included in this) and also in the preview of the next ep, so it might also be something like that. Who knows!

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#vice versa #vice versa the series #vice versa ep 8 #vice versa colour theories #there's less 'interpretation' and more just *shakes you vigorously* 'hey look at this. isn't it cool!' in this post #but I don't think there's much more to interpret #it seems pretty clear how they're using the colours #I just hope it continues #mjtag #userjjessi #userconcrete #userlinnea #tosnimeat #I hope I haven't forgotten anyone #and also if you don't want to be tagged then let me know! #also if you do I guess

[laufire]

top 5 'fucked up' dynamics!!

I'm going with the ones that are currently living rent-free in my mind. I've loved too much messy shit in my life to order them so easily xD

I doubt I'm surprising ANYBODY who's paid little more than cursory attention to my blog in the past... three months or so, if I lead with Bruce Wayne & Jason Todd lmfao. It's heartwrenching and deliciously meta on both the parent-child front AND the mentor-mentee one. I'm (re)reading a bunch of old Jason-related comics rn and it's all hitting me again. And the latest development... oof. OOF. Do you ever feel that you and a particular writer are suddenly in-sync to a frankly scary degree? That's how I feel with dc writers right now lmao. This is DC comics so I'm prepared to be disappointed in the aftermath xD, but I am SO IN right now. I'm writing at least two more fics based on the current arc as we speak xD

Next in line HAS to be Dr. Jennifer Melfi & Tony Soprano in The Sopranos. The intimacy, the thrill, the genuine danger of it all... I keep wanting to scream at her to escape and leave him to the wolves but loving that she's sticking around because otherwise where would the show be!!! And there are plenty of great dynamics all around, mainly (IMO), those between Tony and the women in his life, but Melfi & Tony's therapist-patient relationship and the way it twists and morphs is particularly fascinating.

I honestly think the relationship between Zatanna & her mentees in Young Justice could AND arguably should have been more fucked up (for my enjoyment alone, maybe!) but given some of the reactions I've seen to it, fuck it, I'm adding it xD

I SHOULDN'T have high hopes for the dynamic between Tuya and that little clone of herself in "Monstress", since I still think the weakest part of the comic is the other child character lmfao... but man, it REALLY has the potential to hit all the sweet spots for me, in terms of my go-to favourite dynamics (clones, doppelgangers, mirror-selves, possessions, sci-fi related split personalities... I'm into that shit xD).

I rewatched "The Devil Wears Prada" recently and I simply must give a shoutout to Andy/Miranda as the ship that launched my fixation on older woman/younger woman + twisted mentor/mentee femslash + mirror selves behaviour. Every rewatch since has been spent finding little moments in time in which they could TOTALLY have fucked off-screen btw.

#objectively these might not even be the MOST fucked up dynamics I've loved lol #but they're certinaly the ones i'm more into at the moment #replies #talking to the void #my thoughts #top 5s #thank you! <3

[colossal-red]

Small Radish, Big Fox

Chapter three: Revealed

Ch.1 Ch.2

Sorry for the wait, after this, I think I'll take some time to create another AU. I mean, I wouldn't be a g/t author without juggling multiple AUs. Enjoy! (Not my best work btw)

(WC: 2450-ish) TW: Swearing, fear, comfort.

5-up f*cked up, after Tommy and Ranboo left to find someone who could help them, Fundy had stopped going into the dark room for a bit, or more accurately, he didn’t go as often. So when Fundy had exited and finished up what he was doing, 5-up wanted to see what he did in there. That was how he found himself on the desk trapped when the Fox had entered the room.

To make sense of how this had happened, we'd have to go back to yesterday, after Ranboo, Tommy, and Tubbo had left, after that whole crazy ordeal, 5-up wondered constantly as to whether or not Fundy would be like that. He had thought about revealing himself to the Fox but was always far too terrified to ever even attempt to do something like that.

However, he did end up deciding to do something ballsy that might get him caught forcibly. Of course, he would never consciously do this, he did it mainly because of the probable large amount of food in there. (Like no one Fox could eat the amount of candies he’d brought in there.) So after Fundy had left the room to use the bathroom, how could he not sneak into the room?

Phil had ended stream not all that long ago, he had wanted to ask Tommy why he hadn't been available to record or stream lately but decided against it. After all, Tommy was just a teenager who had his own life, and that was that. So that was why he was watching Fundy's stream when Fundy had misclicked and not ended the stream. He sighed as he went to DM Fundy that he needed to end the stream.

Ph1lzA: Fundy mate, you forgot to end ur stream.

That was when both Phil and chat realized that there was someone else in the room, that none of them recognized. "What the f*ck?" Phil said aloud as he then DM'ed Fundy again, meanwhile the Chat was going crazy.

inniter#1: Who is that dream4life: Fundy didn't end strem Pog lmanburgswife: Fundy?? InnitFan2011: Robbery (Concerned Pepe) Wallber2001: who dat

So anyway, Phil DM'ed Fundy, while ignoring Boots who was yowling in the background.

Fundy: Ok, I'll go and end strem thanks. Ph1lzA: Fundy, I think there's someone in your streaming room, there's a voice on the mic mate. Ph1lzA: Do you want me to call the Police?

Fundy, however, did not see those last two messages, for when Philza told him he hadn't ended stream, he immediately left the bathroom and headed straight to his recording room where he was met with, a strange sight to say the least.

5-up during all of this, was on Fundy's desk muttering to himself wondering why the hell the Fox was using this small screen when he had a much bigger one outside. He was also muttering curses as he tried to drag away a whole cookie assuming he had plenty of time.

And that was when he heard the creak of a door, and saw a flash of orange out of the corner of his eye. "AHA!" Shouted the voice of the Fox in triumph as the clawed fingers wrapped around 5-up. 5-up wasn't sure what was scarier, seeing his village getting harvested by Farmers or the look the Fox was giving him as he was held.

He absolutely HATED how he felt at that moment, it was just pure fear. He had almost no time to take in the horrifying sight he was in for. He felt the tight pressure of Fundy's fingers wrapped around his small form, since he was easily just a tad bit smaller than his thumb he could easily be snapped like a twig with the slightest twitch. But he wasn't focusing on that, he couldn't look away from The Fox's pearly razor-sharp teeth that were the size of boulders.

"Gotcha Rat!" Fundy said in triumph as he turned on the light to get a better look at the mouse or whatever he had caught rifling through his snacks. However, when the light came on, Fundy was, shocked, to say the least. And by that, he means that he made a little squeak sound as he dropped the apparently living radish back onto his desk and backed away.

5-up fell and fell with a little “oof.” When he hit the ground. He could barely find the courage to react, but when he did, he BOOKED it to the back of the desk and went behind a cabinet, "Wait, what the f*ck are you!" The Fox boomed as he attempted to move the cabinet. 5-up started down the rope he had used to get up to the desk as fast as he could, he's surprised he didn't slip with the amount of Radish Juice he was sweating.

The Fox had finished moving the desk. "Wait, where'd you go?" Fundy boomed from high above, 5-up looked back once and saw Fundy's boots and tail, and also the terrifying sight of him leaning down and reaching out under the desk groping for him. Without another thought, he bolted through the grate and all the way back to his Base.

Three hours later...

It had only been three hours since Fundy had encountered the little person in his home, and he was still trying to process the whole ordeal. He was resting on his couch, tail laying listlessly next to him when he received a DM from Tubbo.

Tubbo: How you doing Fundy?

Fundy thought about whether or not to tell the Bee man about the tiny person that he had encountered, he settled with making it a hypothetical question.

Fundy: Tubbo, what would u do if u encountered a small man in your house? Tubbo: Hmmm, I'd probably try to befriend them by building trust and trying not to grab at them.

"Tubbo, that sh*t was not subtle in the slightest." Tommy scolded after Tubbo sent it. "Why? What's wrong with it?" he asked confused. "Oh c'mon Bee Boy," Tommy started, "The way you answered it makes it sound like you know small people!" Tom was on Tubbo's phone that was resting on the table, it was a bit awkward for Tubbo to use like that, but it was safer than Tommy sitting on his shoulder with the possibility of falling off.

"Okay well, what should I have said, Big Man?" Tommy thought for a sec, "You could've phrased it with more, what's the word Ranboob?" Tommy asked the bag of crisps a few inches away. "Subtlety." Came Ranboo's voice from the crisp bag just a bit muffled. "Yeah, what that b*tch said." Bee Boy frowned for just a moment, "Alright I'll do that next time."

During all of this, 5-up was still hyper-ventilating from what had happened a little while ago. Tubbo had been able to help calm him down before he fainted and died, he was grateful that Ranboo had given him a spare phone that they had. He had no idea what to do now, his instincts told him that he should run as far away as he can from that feral Fox. But Tubbo had claimed that he'd speak with Fundy, so he had to hope for the best.

Then a knock came from the wall next to him, (He knows that he said he ran back to Base, but he was too exhausted by the fear and had simply collapsed not too long after entering the vent.) "H-hey, little person." The Fox whispered awkwardly. 5-up instantly froze. Even though he logically knew that Tubbo had probably told him to be nice or whatever, he was still scared sh*t less by this guy.

“I know you are probably scared,” Yeah, and that’s probably an understatement. “But I promise that I won’t hurt you.” 5-up could potentially believe that, if he wasn’t a fox. You know, the species most associated with being sly and deceptive, and even still, he could hurt him in accident. 5-up didn’t respond.

“It’s fine if you don’t wanna speak, I’ll leave out some food for you on the counter in the kitchen if that’s okay.” However, 5-up, regardless of his skepticism trusted Tubbo a bit. So while he didn't respond, he still went to the kitchen vent and was pleased to find a full cookie waiting there.

A few days later...

From that point on, it was pretty repetitive. Every day Fundy would talk to the wall in an attempt to get anything out of the mysterious tiny radish person, more specifically its name. He was elated when one day after asking for the millionth time what their name was, he finally got an answer. The sound that came from the vent in his recording room was so quiet that any other creature's ears would probably fail to pick it up, but not Fundy's. "f- 5-up." Fundy was briefly confused at who spoke before he realized.

Sure it may have taken 5-up a full week to tell Fundy his name or speak to him in general, but the way the Fox's ears perked up after realizing it was the Radish hybrid who had spoken was a bit adorable. "My name is 5-up." He said again a bit louder, he was positioned at the vent just right so that Fundy couldn't see him, but he could see Fundy. He did hear Fundy's little tone of confusion when he asked "5-up? That's a strange name." 5-up felt a bit indignant about this. "Really? and Fundy's such a normal name?" He instantly regretted this and was going to apologize when Fundy let out a bark of laughter at the statement.

"Yeah, I suppose you're right. But even still you have an actual number in your name." After that, they started talking a lot more. 5-up found that he really enjoyed talking with this guy, he had a lot of things to say. And as time passed 5-up got closer, both literally and figuratively to Fundy. He found himself talking to Fundy in closer places than he would've before. In the beginning, he wasn't visible, just barely inside the vent, then he came right to the opening where he was visible. Next, he got onto the high-up shelf that Fundy would need a stepping stool to reach, he stayed at that location during their talks for quite a bit.

"So like, what even are you?" Fundy asked one day inquisitively. "What do you mean?" 5-up said though he knew perfectly well what Fundy meant. "Well, there is the fact that you are a literal breathing Radish person." 5-up took a moment on whether or not he should tell him, and he decided to do so. "Well, we are called Borrowers." He responded, Fundy took a second before he responded, "That's a cool name."

"Yeh, you can prooobably guess why." he enunciated. "Yep, it was you, stealing my food?" Fundy asked though it was more of a statement than a question. "Yeah, but I prefer the term 'Borrowing', hope you're not too mad?" 5-up had a brief moment of worry that maybe he would be angry, "Nah, you're good. What’s it like in the vents?” They ended up talking like this for a long while.

One day Fundy walked in to stream when he found 5-up sitting, dangling his legs in front of his webcam. “5-up, I need you to move.” He started, “I need that for my stream.” He gestured at the camera. “What is it though?” Fundy realized that the tiny radish probably didn’t know what he did for a living, and wondered how he would explain this concept to him.

5-up was extremely intrigued about Fundy’s livelihood, it was different than anything he had encountered in his village. “So you just show yourself off to the world, through this box, and talk to it?” 5-up asked again, “And you get PAID for that?” "Yeah! It is pretty cool." After that Fundy introduced 5-up to 'Chat', he obviously didn't mention that 5-up was tiny or that they were even in the same house, they ended up having some good interactions with 'Chat' who ended up reacting positively to 5-up.

Then one day after they ended stream, 5-up slipped while climbing down from the top of the monitor. Fundy had only acted instinctively when he caught the small man. "Sheesh, are you okay?" Fundy asked curling his fingers over 5-up so he couldn't fall off. It took a second for 5-up to respond, which was when Fundy realized that 5-up was shaking quite a bit. "Oh, right sorry!" Fundy started to set his paws on the desk so he could get off. "N-n-no, it's f-fine. I should get over it anyway," 5-up started, stopping Fundy. "If we're gonna be friends, I need to be able to trust you."

Fundy was prepared to help 5-up in any way to make him comfortable, so he simply waited there, 5-up laying in his palm trying to calm down of his own accord. Fundy attempted to calm him down himself, but 5-up shot him down saying that he could do it himself.

Eventually, he stopped shaking entirely. Fundy wasn't sure how long the two of them stayed there, he just knew it was long enough to get hungry. Thankfully, 5-up felt the same way. "Hey, Fundy?" "Yeah?" "Could we go get some food?" Fundy nodded and slowly started making his way to the kitchen with the Radish in his hands.

"What would you like?" Fundy asked 5-up, it had taken some time, but he had finally gotten used to being trapped, no, kept safe like this. "Cookies please, they're my favorite." The Fox simply nodded and reached with his left paw for the cookies in the cabinet, while he held 5-up in the other. Fundy then tilted his right hand slightly so 5-up could slide down the side, he did enjoy the feel of the fox fur against his skin. Fundy then nudged him with the cookie, "Eat up Little Bulb." "Don't call me that!" 5-up said already annoyed, even though he had told Fundy that he didn't enjoy the nickname, Fundy seemed to take great pride in annoying him in any way he could.

Fundy thought 5-up was rather cute when angry, it was a nice way of distracting him from what would happen once Boots returned home from Phil's. Fundy, try as he might, could not get Boots to let him trim her claws. So he had to send her to Phil's who would hopefully be able to take care of it. He really was Dadza.

#small radish big fox au #mcyt g/t #giant!fundy #tiny!5 up #tiny!tommy #giant!tubbo #tiny!ranboo #giant!philza

[robb-stark]

Shipping Shasam

This post that nobody asked for is a long time coming and it is mainly here because of @thorst and @chimerrobang who ruined my plans and asked for it (💞). So, let's go ahead and talk about how much I adore Sam Wilson and Sharon Carter as a ship (Shasam, because every ship needs a cool ship name and I'm trying to make this one happen) and why I think they would be perfect for each other.

Origins

Sharon Carter and Sam Wilson joined the MCU in the same excellent movie, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. CA:TWS is undoubtedly a gamechanger within the MCU, contributing to the overall story in a big way with the fall of SHIELD and still acclaimed as one of the franchise's best movies. It is also one of my personal favorites and though it was not when I started shipping Sam and Sharon, I do think it a nice parallel that were both introduced here as side characters in relation to Steve Rogers. Sam has a better introduction than Sharon, I would argue, but this film was enough to interest someone (me) in them despite not having any familiarity with either character prior to that.

Although they have limited screen time in CA:TWS, we are nonetheless able to catch glimpses into Sam and Sharon's respective personalities. Both of them are extremely loyal, for starters: Sam is ready and willing to assist fugitive Steve and Natasha and Sharon likewise proves her loyalty to Steve when she takes on Rumlow. Their action sequences make it clear that they are very physical fighters, which is by necessity due to the work they do. We also find out that both of them have no issue questioning authority when needed, a topic that comes up again when we see them in Captain America: Civil War.

She Didn't Write It

Sam and Sharon's shared qualities are further emphasized in CA:CW, where they end up working together to help Steve. After Steve sees Sharon at Peggy's funeral, she reminds him that she was doing her job when she was spying on him and seems proud of her new role within the CIA. At this stage in her life, I think it is safe to say work is one of Sharon's highest priorities, and her choice to move to the CIA after SHIELD's dissolution suggests that she feels what she does is important enough to do no matter what form it takes. As for Sam, he also comes across as someone who values his work above most things. He worked as a pararescue whose role was literally to save lives, and he disagrees with the Sokovia accords because he doesn't trust the government to keep tabs on who the Avengers should and shouldn't save.

It is CA:CW that seals the deal in my personal opinion that Sam and Sharon are both workaholics who have never paid much attention to their personal lives. While I don't doubt that there are probably racist reasons for Sam to have never been given a love interest in the MCU, in-universe the only explanation that makes sense to me (I mean, look at him) is that he hasn't had time to worry about that in between working with the Air Force, working for the VA and then becoming an Avenger. He alludes to this in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, when he talks about missing his nephews growing up - I, at least, got the impression that it wasn't just because he was blipped. I don't think it's a stretch to assume that Sharon is similar, although admittedly we don't see her much outside of professional situations.

All of the qualities I've mentioned so far are ones that I could see as being points of connection for Sam and Sharon. I like relationships that are founded in common ground, and I see plenty of it to work with here. I don't think Sam or Sharon would be happy with someone who didn't understand the importance of their work to them, and being with each other would allow them to be fully open about that aspect of their lives. Likewise, they share a strong moral compass, which could permit them to understand and empathize with each other's decisions. Crucially, though, I also think together they could also have that personal life that they've been brushing to one side for so long. Having those shared values could allow them to make space for each other, and for something more than what they do.

One of my favorite scenes in CA:CW now is a two-line exchange, where Sam objects to the term 'bird costume' and Sharon counters with: "I didn't write it." It's a very small moment, and I'm not saying for a minute that the writers did this intentionally, but looking at it from a character perspective, Sharon absolutely did not have to defend herself in that moment. She is interested in Steve as far as we know and she barely knows Sam, but she still makes a point of making sure that he knows she didn't write it. She doesn't say much, but she could be saying a lot, like that she respects what Sam does and wouldn't dismiss him in that way. If anything, the fact that she is later the one to steal his wings back together with the shield, only underlines that idea.

All the Sh*t Sharon Had to Go Through

I first started thinking about Sharon and Sam as a ship around the time it was announced that Sharon was going to be in TFATWS. Even though the show panned out differently than I had imagined with respect to Sharon, I think it is full of breadcrumbs that could lead to a relationship in the new Captain America movie. The Sharon we see in TFATWS is hardened, disillusioned and, in my view, playing the role of her life. In order to survive, she's had to seal every crack of vulnerability, like the one that made her kiss Steve in CA:CW. She is cavalier when she asks about Captain America in Madripoor, but she does still ask, and then uses it as an opportunity to show how little she supposedly cares. The actions she takes in the show don't make sense just on the basis of her being the Power Broker, and I think this is partially bad writing, but if we take it at face value we could see it as her wavering in her commitment to her newfound attitude. She helps Sam in situations where she could have gotten rid of him and Bucky or ignored them, even to her own detriment. At the end of the show, she even saves Sam's life. Sam, meanwhile, seems to be the only person who really cares about what has happened to Sharon. He reminds Bucky that she was branded enemy of the state, he apologizes to her more than once for the situation she ended up in, and he brings her up again much later when he is laying out on the table all the trouble the shield has caused. He promises her a pardon and asks her to come back to the United States, all because it seems to matter to him whether or not she is OK.

There is also all the flirting, of course. Sharon's reaction to seeing Sam shirtless is to say "Much better." In that same scene, after making his agreement with Sharon, we see Sam grinning and watching her as she walks away. Sharon calls Sam "a friendly voice" and Sam smiles when he is messaging her. In the last episode, Sharon, who had spent so much time previously mocking the idea of Captain America, tells Sam the suit looks good on him. It would certainly be possible to look at this cynically, and perhaps suggest Sharon is putting on a performance to help secure the pardon she wants. The way I choose to look at it is that Sharon is being who she has always been, someone dedicated to service and who is extremely efficient at what she does. Those qualities are, incidentally, ones I think Sam would look for and value in a partner. They could also be indications that Sharon as she used to be is not entirely gone, and that Sam gives her the opportunity to allow that idealistic version of herself to come to surface.

The Future

Going forward, I think with all the groundwork that has been laid out, Sam and Sharon could flourish into a great love story in future Captain America movies and shows. We could see Sharon start to doubt the image she felt she had to build to survive, in parallel with her developing feelings for Sam that she never expected. For his part, I think even if there was some initial conflict, Sam would ultimately be understanding about what led Sharon to where she was and value her for who she is.

United, they could make an incredible team. Just as they complement each other in many ways, they could also bring out the best in each other. Sharon is someone who very much sees the world as it is and I think Sam does too, but he also sees the world as it could be. There's a beautiful push and pull there between a spy who deals with threats on the ground level and a former soldier who can literally fly. Sam also takes things less seriously than Sharon, and I think could help bring out a lighter side to her, as we got just a hint of in some of their banter in TFAWTS. Logistically, Sharon as Sam's love interest also makes a lot of sense given that she has been in his orbit for a long time already and they have a pre-established relationship. Developing that would be more interesting in my view than try to introduce somebody new.

Zooming out to a more meta perspective, I think there's some serendipity in the fact that both Sam and Sharon have at times been underrated/undervalued by the fandom at large. Sam has been repeatedly dismissed as Captain America even since having officially taken up the title, and Sharon has a long history of being reviled mainly (I guess) for having the audacity to kiss Steve Rogers. I am a Steve fan myself, but since he clearly isn't going to be a big part of the movies going forward, I am thinking about what the MCU looks like without him. I don't know what's going to happen in the future, obviously, but how great would it be to see two people that formerly were seen mostly in relation to Steve find love with each other and become an unstoppable power couple?

The beauty of Sam and Sharon is that they each can totally stand on their own, as independent characters, and they could also be incredible together. I, for one, would absolutely love to see them as our Captain America and Agent 13. ❤️🤍

#SamSharon #Sam Wilson #Sharon Carter #Sam x Sharon #Shasam #My Writing

[downinthehull]

hi hi, do you have any glass onion hcs to share? i see it in your pinned post but i don't know if you still create for that fandom

hallo friend!

i honestly haven't really put too much thought into glass onion agere yet!

but let's see what i can come up with! i hope you enjoy these!!! ♡

glass onion agere hcs/thoughts;

characters that i think regress:

blanc

peg (flip)

birdie (flip)

whiskey

miles (honestly only adding miles because he is just so childish and gives bratty vibes)

caregivers:

phillip (including him even though he only had like- barely any screen time at all, but is definitely blanc's cg)

duke (whiskey)

helen (whiskey [?])

benoit;

age range

he definitely has a wide range i'd say. maybe after a particularly intense case he regresses younger, in between cases probably older. it really depends on the situation!

is hard to keep entertained

i can see phillip trying to keep blanc stimulated and as well as somewhat content between cases. which is-obviously not the easiest task!

there's been plenty of attempts at puzzles, board games, and scavenger hunts that usually either last a few minutes or ends immediately. much to both of their frustration!

loves the bath

although phillip tries his hardest to keep blanc out of the bath, benoit always ends up there.

whether it's by asking over and over, pouting, or simply sneaking away, if the detective's gone missing, phillip immediately knows where to find him!

talkative?

depending on how old he's feeling, benoit is either non-verbal or very talkative. there really isn't an in-between!

when he's on the chattier side, the detective loves to go on and on about whatever he can think of. telling plenty of crazy stories to phillip or singing along to whichever song he listened to last. usually phillip gets him to quiet down by having him taste test whatever yummy bread or treat he's made.

peg and birdie;

age ranges

peg usually regresses around toddler age, but has been known to sometimes regress smaller after a particularly rough day.

birdie regresses from toddler to older child age, sometimes a bit older.

personalities

peg regresses more involuntarily than not. though she does regress regularly voluntarily. peg is usually very easy to take care of! she isn't known for misbehaving at all, and is usually more sleepy than anything.

she's a very patient and loving caregiver! honestly, taking care of small birdie is almost as chaotic as big birdie. actually, if anything, it's significantly easier.

birdie doesn't really regress as often as peg, and her regression is entirely voluntary. she can be a handful, but peg is already used to that! even though she's really a lot calmer, she still can't help but get into some kind of trouble every now and then.

as a caregiver, birdie is really just goes with the flow! she was originally a very nervous cg, considering she never had much experience taking care of other people-but over the years she's gotten way better at taking care of someone other than herself.

peg loves cuddling

since she's more of a sleepy regressor, peg loves to snuggle! she usually just wraps herself around birdie however she can, even if the blonde is busy.

(on more than a few occasions, peg has messed up bird's hair curlers simply because she just throws herself onto birdie.)

whiskey;

age range

whiskey mainly regresses to around toddler age! she is sometimes younger, and sometimes older, but it's not very often.

personality

out of all the other regressors on this list, whiskey would be the shyest.

she isn't a troublemaker, or known for throwing tantrums. she's usually very well behaved and quiet. she prefers to just curl up with her cg, and do something calming like watching a movie, or reading a book.

clingy

even though she can be pretty shy, whiskey loves attention from her caregiver.

the only time she really gets upset is when she feels like she's being ignored or not interacted with enough. which usually results in a few sniffles and ends with a cuddle or plenty of hugs and forehead kisses.

she loves following her caregiver around everywhere! if they're in the kitchen, she's following close behind! the garage, the backyard, and everywhere else she can. wanting to make sure they're always in sight.

#📬 mailbox #fandom agere #knives out/glass onion agere #age regression #sfw #little hcs #i've been thinking about small blanc for the longest time- #i'd love to talk more about small blanc!!! #i love that i said i haven't put too much thought into it and then wrote all of this <3

[qu-film-history-to-1968]

The Influences that Nosferatu has had on Contemporary Villains

By Julia Merolle

     After watching Nosferatu (1922) this week, I made many connections to his character and modern-day, contemporary monsters in more recent films. The characters that I chose to connect to Nosferatu, also known as Count Orlok, were Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter film series. The reason I picked Freddy Krueger to connect to Nosferatu is because of the obvious appearance of their hands. Nosferatu has long fingers that are extremely pointy at the ends. I feel as if the creator of Freddy Krueger took inspiration from this because while he has a glove over his hand, his hand has long pieces of metal, resembling knives, in order to kill his victims. The hands and fingers of Nosferatu are long and skinny, just like Freddy’s glove. For Voldemort, I thought that Nosferatu gave a similar vibe to him because, at least for the most part, they don’t really have a lot of screen time. For Nosferatu, he was in a few scenes, but honestly took the spotlight away from the other actors. Even though Voldemort does have plenty of screen time, I honestly feel like it isn’t until the later movies anyway. For example, he is really only shown through Horcruxes throughout the first few movies and you don’t see him as an actual being until the end. Another reason I think that Nosferatu is similar to Voldemort is because of their looks. They are tall, slender figures who are very pale and are bald. I also think that having bald villains shows that they are in a sense morally decaying, representing their evilness. I think both the creators of Freddy Krueger and Voldemort have taken characteristics from Nosferatu and used them to create their own villains. There are even more similarities, for example between the entirety of the characters Knock and Peter Pettigrew, but I am mainly focusing on Nosferatu’s influences.

      The movie clip that I decided to add based on the similarities between Nosferatu and Freddy Krueger is the final scene from A Nightmare on Elm Street. I chose this scene because you don’t actually see Freddy Krueger’s body except for his hand, which I find to be the important part when relating him to Nosferatu anyway. It’s a bit of a funny clip but I’m just relating the overall characteristics of these villains to each other. The screenshot that I decided to add between Nosferatu and Lord Voldemort is this side-by-side photo of a headshot of Voldemort with a full body shot of Nosferatu in the doorway, probably the most famous picture of Nosferatu (especially from that one episode of Spongebob). From both the movie clip from A Nightmare on Elm Street and the photo of Voldemort from the Harry Potter series, the resemblance shown to Nosferatu can be seen. It is obvious that both Wes Craven, the creator of Freddy Kreuger, and J.K. Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter, had some inspiration in taking certain characteristics based on Nosferatu and applying them to their own characters. This is also interesting because Nosferatu is considered a horror/fantasy movie, and the Harry Potter series is also considered fantasy, yet A Nightmare on Elm Street is considered a horror/slasher film, going back to the horror route that Nosferatu started.

#submission

[lindsaystravelblogs1]

Day 21 - Stanley, Falkland Islands

Day 21, Thursday, 5 January 2023

Land Ahoy!!!  The Malvinas aka the Falklands hove into sight mid-morning, but by then, we had both visited the doctor.  Heather’s bronchitis was no better and I had developed/exacerbated an uncontrollable cough during the night that left me breathless, with sore ribs and a sore throat from the effort.  The doctor couldn’t do a lot but gave me an antibiotic and some ‘cold and flu’ pills similar to the ones she gave Heather that hadn’t made much difference – and they were almost as effective for me.  We keep each other awake at night, wracked with coughing and nose-blowing (and a bit of moaning and groaning to accompany it all).  I hope we aren’t keeping our neighbours awake too but we isolate ourselves from most people during the day when we can.

The Falklands is comprised of more than 700 islands, only 7 of which are inhabited – by humans, that is – there are plenty of seals and birds on many of them.  Interestingly, it was the only place we have seen on this trip with no visible snow.

We crawled into Stanley, the administrative capital of the colony, on a cold, blustery wet day but after an early lunch, we decided to brave the elements and went ashore.  It was called a dry landing, the only one for the whole trip, but you could hardly call the rain dry.  Our landing was shared with three big fur-seals ‘sunning’ themselves close to where we stepped onto the jetty.  The ship staff had done their job well and there was no effective Customs or Immigration process and we headed immediately for the shelter of the Jetty Gift Shop ten metres away.  We purchased a couple of minor items and battled the wind and rain as we followed the esplanade a hundred metres to another gift shop where Heather made a couple more purchases while I stood outside the door to look for birds and cool off from wearing about three too many layers of clothing.  By now, my Falklands bird count was up to about eight and I finished the day with sixteen.

We then went a little further to a Cathedral where I tried unsuccessfully to open the door.  We were walking away when a lady called us back, apologising that the door was hard to open (she had to open it again to let us out).  We took a few photos inside, dripping water on their nice floor, and the lady gave us a potted history and a few insights into local life before we returned to the rain.  Aha!  A supermarket – and a very big super one it was too, selling almost everything you could possibly want.  We needed some savoury things, mainly cuppa soups, because everything on board is sickly sweet.

Heather was not coping well with the conditions so opted to return to our landing point and wait for me while I explored a little further.  There were some birds further along that I wanted to identify and some building that looked interesting, so I walked a couple of hundred metres further, then up the hill to another street and thence back to Heather and the first zodiac back to hot showers and dry clothes.

The rest of our fellow-expeditioners returned to the ship in dribs and drabs (most after spending a comfortable afternoon in one of numerous bars and restaurants) just in time for a slightly later dinner. At about 9.30 or a little later, Russell gave a lecture about the wildlife of the Falklands.  It was quite interesting, mainly about birds, but a little about pinnipeds and cetaceans (seals and whales).  We didn’t go down to the Lecture Room for that but watched it on the big screen in our cabin.  One interesting highlight toward the end of dinner was that the waiter I mentioned with the great bass/baritone voice sang a couple of songs for the whole dining room – using a pepper grinder as a make-believe microphone.  He had everyone captivated and he could certainly make more of his talent than being a waiter.

[rubberpastor7]

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The stucky feels is going to be 500x worse in Avengers 4 and here’s why

heavy spoilers for IW below

The Russos said that those who did not play a central role in IW will be important in A4, meaning that Steve will probably be pivotal to defeating Thanos and reviving those turned into ash.

Aside from Loki, no central recurring character truly died yet and to make space for phase 4, there will be heavy casualties. Some of the original avengers will be dead for good. e.g. tony stark. RDJ has no reason to continue to be iron man for money or for his career.

And of course Cap is also in the danger zone cause he already have a pretty complete character arc and a trilogy.

But Bucky isn’t because of the whole “White Wolf” thing that’s just set up. Marvel wouldn’t bother uttering White Wolf two times and giving him a whole end credit scene just to kill him off one movie later.

One of the cast members (was it Seb?) said that in a4 there is an epic scene of everyone together. So that means resurrection happens before proper deaths. ie. Steve gets to see Bucky come alive and they get to fight side by side. It would be a sweet reunion.

Sacrifices have to be made in order to defeat Thanos. So imagine Peter begging, “Mr Stark please... don’t go” as Tony’s arc reactor goes out. Or Steve uttering, “I’m sorry Buck, can’t be you till the end of the line this time...” as he does some dumb selfless suicide action and gets blown into a million pieces or fall into a pit like Gamora (would be nice to have a corpse like superman but I can’t see Cap dying from stab wounds). Cue devastated Bucky as the role reverses. This time, Buck is the one watching helplessly as his bff dies in front of him. 

If marvel doesn’t want to kill off million dollar characters they can always pull a DCEU and show Cap breathing in his coffin or something. 

Even if Cap doesn’t die we still get to see his reaction seeing his supposedly dead Bucky come alive for the second time. 

And as long as Bucky is alive there will always be Stucky moments, and Seb still has five more movies in his contract.

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Four lords helping their s/o w/ stress

Pairings: Lady Dimitrescu x reader, Karl Heisenberg x reader, Donna + Angie Benevento x reader and Mother Miranda x reader. ( I know Miranda isn't a lord, but I can't write for Moreau. So until then, she'll replace him. )

Warnings: stress, crying, mentions of not eating or drinking anything, and fluff/comfort.

I also just wanted to say that I really hope that y'all are taking proper care of yourselves and that your all taking the necessary breaks and time off of whatever your doing. And if you aren't taking proper breaks then your ✨ toes are now mine 🙂❤️ ✨

Lady Dimitrescu

Lady D has had plenty of stressful moments herself, from the moment she had the cadou placed inside of her from having to take care of her daughter's, and to top it off, she's constantly trying to impress Mother Miranda.

So when she had found you curled up in the corner of your room, sobbing in front of a pile of unfinished papers. You looked horrible..

She was honestly disappointed in both you and herself.

Lady. D is disappointed in you for not taking proper care of yourself. I mean, she understands the importance of getting work done, but humans need to relax.

And she's disappointed in herself for not helping you out sooner.

Lady. D will waste no time scooping you up into her arms, as she dragged you back to her room. Once there, she'll carefully place you onto her bed.

She'll then ask you a few questions, like have you eaten ? Drank anything ? What about taken a shower ?

If you haven't, she'll be quick to have the maids prepare something for you to eat/drink, along with a warm shower.

After eating and taking the shower, Lady. D will scold you for not taking proper care of yourself- before having you take a break for the next few days.

From now on, Lady. D will pay more attention to how you act, especially when you have work to do.

Karl Heisenberg

Heisenberg can hardly take care of himself, so he might not be there to help you right away. Since, like Lady. D, Heisenberg also have had stressful moments.

One example of this is him trying to build his army and kill Miranda- that and keeping you safe. So, He might realize that you haven't been seen around the factory lately.

At first he thinks it's weird, but soon passes it off, and thinks that you might just be tired.

If we're being honest, the lycans probably found out about your strange behaviour first.

Anyway, Heisenberg soon catches on when he didn't see you show up for dinner.

Starting to become worried, Heisenberg wastes no time looking through every single room in the factory.

When he found you in an empty room, a computer screen blinked off and on, showing that it needed to be charged. You were barely awake.

Heisenberg knew right away that you had been overworking and stressing yourself out. Mainly because he's done the exact same thing.

He may hesitate for a moment, because he knows very little about taking care of yourself. So he had the lycans watch you as he goes to call Donna for help. And Thanks to Donna, he now knows what to do. Yay :)

Heisenberg starts with asking you a few questions- much like Lady. D, he'll also ask if you've eaten anything and all that. If you haven't then he'll do his best to make you something to eat.

After that, he'll then have/force you to take a break with him.

If you try going back to work, then either the lycans or Heisenberg will stop you.

Donna Beneviento + Angie

Donna trys her best to take care of herself + all of her dolls. She might take a few breaks, but I don't believe she's ever been stressed out to the point where she stopped taking care of herself.

Angie on the other hand doesn't need to take breaks, due to her being a doll. But she still likes the idea that she needs to do relaxing things.

So, when they both find you laid out on a table, surrounded by all kinds of paper, a few empty bottles of what looked like coffee, looking half dead. Angie merely tilted her head to the side as Donna wasted no time getting a warm cloth along with some medicine, just in case you have any headaches.

Still not fully understand this, Angie walked over to you and climbed onto the table, watching Donna.

Angie soon understands, thanks to Donna explaining how you have been overworking yourself. And, despite Angie being sassy half of the time. She actually feels bad for you.

Angie was honestly tempted to burn your work-

Donna won't exactly question if you've eaten or not, she'll just take the chance and get you food, water and a comfortable blanket.

Donna and Angie will give you space if needed, but if you wanted them to stay then they'll gladly stay with you.

I feel like Donna keeps stuffed animals for whenever she does become stressed out. So, Angie brings you some of those.

If you need anything else then they'll be ready to help you.

Mother Miranda

This is my first time writing for her. So let's see how this goes!

Miranda has been stressing herself out for a while, although she can hide it pretty well from others- and It's clear she's stressed trying to find a perfect vessel for her lovely Eva.

But to be honest, she probably already knew that you were stressed. Before anyone else could figure it out.

So when she finds you hunched over a stupid computer, typing away at something she had zero interest in. She wastes no time walking over to it, and shutting it off.

Miranda pays very little attention to your whines and complaints about your working not being finished.

You needed a break, and she'll do almost anything to make sure your resting properly.

If you aren't feeling too well- most likely due to lack of food or water. She'll get only the best food from Duke's shop.

I know, Miranda might not be so affectionate but I can see her cuddling with her s/o when they finish eating.

If you can't sleep then she might play music or hum a lullaby, to help you relax.

Long story short. Don't even think about continuing your work, or Miranda will probably end up breaking it.

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