#muna and phoebe coming up next

[partoftheairforce]

i’m making a mixtape for my sister for her eighteenth birthday this is the most fun thing i’ve ever done in my life

#slowly getting her into real music because she has been infected by freaks #mostly ethel cain the boys lorde and taylor rn #muna and phoebe coming up next #this is so fucking fun #i need to do it more

[bitethehnd]

Hii, love your writting! ❤️❤️ Can i request one where JB and reader are seen kissing at a party and fans freak out on social media and the next day they look at the posts together?

₊˚⊹ ʚɞ style !

pairing : julien baker x fem!reader

synopsis : after a fun night out celebrating the boys’ new album, you and julien wake up to madness

cw : really nothing, just fluff and an accidental hard launch. some sexual innuendos, actress!reader because i said so, femme!reader, phoebe being a menace

you were a fairly well-known actress, julien was a fairly well-known singer. the two of you should have probably known to be more cautious if you didn't want your business showcased all over enews, but neither of you were thinking about that. the boys had just released their album 'the record' last night at midnight. it had done very well on the charts so far, and there was nowhere to go but up from there. you were insanely proud of the women you loved and all of you were celebrating their achievement.

muna had joined you and the boys at the bar you were at. the four of you all sprouted grins as you stood up to greet them. you pulled jo's girlfriend, kelli, in for a long hug.

"hi, baby," kelli said into the hug. you smiled brightly and kissed her cheek.

"thank you for coming, kells. i know it means the world to them that you're all here," you said sweetly as you pulled away.

"are you kidding me? jo wouldn't shut up about seeing them all week." you and kelli started to giggle loudly. jo and julien turned around in amusement at the sound.

"and what are you ladies laughing about?" jo asked sarcastically and raised one eyebrow. julien walked up to you and wrapped one arm around your waist securely, a giddy smile on her face. it made you practically beam to see her so happy.

"i was just telling kelli my elaborate plan to steal her away from you. you better watch out, jo," you winked at the curly-haired woman with a smug smile. jo fake gasped and pulled kelli away from you. the four of you all started to laugh loudly your antics.

"who's ready to party?!" phoebe suddenly yelled over the loud music. you all started hollering and made your way to the bar top. some ordered drinks, but you and julien opted for soda instead. she was sober and you had decided when you two got serious that you wouldn't drink around her. she insisted that it was fine and it didn't bother her in the slightest, but you stuck with your decision. you were sober in spirit for her.

as the drinks were downed, all of you made your way to the dance floor. you cheered in delight as a rihanna song came on, pulling julien to dance with you.

"babyyy," julien whined, "you know i can't dance."

"anyone can dance, jules. now c'mon, just follow my lead," you said and placed her hands on your hips. you guided her movements, instructing her to move her hips in sync with yours. you put your arms around her neck as your bodies got closer together.

julien leaned up and burrowed her head in the crook of your neck, sucking marks onto the delicate skin. you giggled softly at her actions, moving your torso right up against hers. at that point, you two were practically grinding on each other. you could feel the outline of her abs through her button up shirt, and she was right at eye level with your cleavage that was probably spilling out of your top.

neither of you were thinking about anything other than each other, so you failed to see the woman that was recording you sitting at the bar.

after about ten minutes of dancing, you pulled julien's face away from your neck and told her you needed a drink. she, of course, followed you to the bar and ordered a cherry coke for you.

the bartender filled up the glass for you and slid it across the bar. you took a long sip from the straw as julien watched you. she took the drink from your hands and did the same. you sat down on a stool, and she moved to stand in between your legs. you placed the drink down and wrapped your arms around her neck, her pulling you by the waist to get you closer.

"have i told you how proud i am of you?" you asked her as you played with her hair. she let out a soft chuckle.

"have i told you how beautiful you are?" she countered with a smug smile. you laughed loudly and slapped her on the shoulder.

you leaned in to give her a sweet kiss. she immediately responded, kissing you back passionately and gliding her tongue along your bottom lip. you gave her access, letting her tongue into your mouth. you two made out for a few minutes before phoebe came into sight and wolf whistled loudly. you laughed and julien just flipped her off. that night was perfect.

˚₊‧꒰ა ♡ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

the next morning, you and julien woke up to phoebe banging on the guest room door. the two of you and lucy decided to stay in the blonde’s apartment, which in hindsight was a bad idea. phoebe stayed up all hours of the night doing god knows what and woke the two of you up so early.

“phoebe! cut it out!” julien whined and rolled over, shoving her head under a pillow. the door practically busted open and phoebe came running in.

“guys, oh my god. you have to see this,” the older woman said and almost threw her phone at you.

you sighed and took her phone from her hands, the blonde bouncing on her feet anxiously. what could have made her so worked up? you didn’t know.

phoebe’s phone was opened to twitter. the tweets on her homepage were filled with videos and pictures of you and julien from last night. your eyes practically bulged out of your head as you scrolled.

“oh my god, julien, get up,” you said with a hardy laugh. the dirty blonde rolled over and glanced over your shoulder at the phone. her jaw was slack and she had a horrified look on her face. phoebe came and sat next to you on the bed as the three of you saw the leaked photos.

“this is…” julien trialed off and tilted her head.

“kinda funny…” you said monotonously before looking over at your lover and bursting out laughing. phoebe joined you in the giggles as julien looked at you guys like you grew three heads.

“guys! it’s not funny!” julien tried to reason, but she herself was starting to crack up.

“it’s funny. like, really funny,” you let out through your laughter. it sucked that someone had invaded your privacy, but the two of you were making out in the middle of a bar, so really it was your fault.

“it’s julien’s fault for practically fucking you in public,” phoebe shrugged.

“i was not!” julien exclaimed dramatically and hit phoebe with a pillow. the blonde fake gasped and hit her back. you were stuck in the middle of their childish fighting, trying to get out of the way of the flying objects.

“can you guys shut the fuck up! some of us would like to sleep!” lucy suddenly yelled from her bed down the hall.

“sorry, luce!” you yelled back.

“alright, get the fuck out, bridgers,” julien said and pointed a finger at the blonde.

“fine, baker,” she sassily responded before taking her phone and walking out of the door.

you and julien looked at each other as she shut the door, soft smiles on your faces. you hugged julien and gave her a kiss on the forehead, she cuddled into your chest.

“do you think we should tell people we’ve been together for two years?” julien asked jokingly as she looked up at you. it was surprising that you guys managed to keep your relationship a secret for so long.

“do you think we should tell people we’re engaged?” you joked back as you two fell into laughter again.

the rest of the morning was spent scrolling on social media to see people’s reactions. most were surprised and overjoyed, and some said they knew all along. which was obviously a sham because the two of you were ‘just friends’ to the public until now.

the tiktok edits made you blush and people’s shocked tweets made the two of you smile. after a while, you two decided to post an instagram story to your profile. the picture was the two of your hands laced together. julien’s unique tattoos made it obvious it was her, but the real surprise came from the diamond ring proudly placed on your ring finger. let’s just say twitter had another field day after that.

© bitethehnd

#bitethehnd #julien baker x reader #julien baker x you #julien baker au #julien baker fanfic #boygenius x reader #boygenius fanfic #muna fanfic #muna x reader #sapphic #wlw #lesbian #bisexual

[gingerjolover]

valentine's request: julien being your secret admirer 🤭🤭🤭

guys this is so cute :(

another blurb? all of y'all hop on my magic carpet let's take a ride

(i wanted to make a strap joke but the magic carpet is more appropriate)

no warnings except this is RPF, fluff ahead!

okay i would have to imagine a scenario where you are friends with the boys

like maybe you work at saddest factory with phoebe or you know them through muna or you're part of their crew

either way i imagine you'd have to be around the boys a lot for julien to do the cheesy secret admirer stuff

and i think julien probably doesn't even mean to be a secret admirer like it happens accidentally

okay picture this, you're part of the social team or operations or something that you're spending hella time with the boys so obviously you start to learn a lot about them

and i mean you probably learn way too much like there you are on a friday afternoon loosening the buttons on phoebes button up with a little sewing tool because she decided she wants to flash the crowd meanwhile the band and jb and lucy are talking your ear off about something to do with philosophical trends in modern media

and you're so grateful for the time you've spent on tour because who would've thought this amazing group of people would have convos about their favorite colors and the best way to cook tofu and why certain toothpaste is better for your teeth than others

and so while you're soaking up all this info, jb in particular really takes a fancying to you but there's something always holding her back

luce and pheebs swear that you're sweet on her but she says "losing their friendship is NOT worth me admitting i find them pretty," because jb would rather have you working the tour and be a lifelong friend than freak you out

but jb lit can't help it, she's always remembering the little details and keeping them locked away in her mind

and one morning one of the crew guys heads out early and brings back pastries

and youre running around like a headless chicken before the show so jb saves your favorite flavor of muffin aside for you

she writes your name in a very quick and hasty, and honestly descript scratch

and when you finally catch a break the boys are prepping for soundcheck and your eyes light up at this little muffin sitting on the table all wrapped nice and neat

"thank you! to whoever saved this for me!" you say with sweet eyes and a smile that literally makes jules feel like she's gonna ascend

and jb is about to take credit bc duh when maybe phoebe is like "look at you with a secret admirer," which causes you to blush and holy hell if it's not the cutest thing jb has ever seen

her voice literally gets stuck in her throat and she can't say a word

she decides then and there she's gonna be your secret admirer

and boy does she COMMIT

girlie is buying your favorite candy and ordering flowers from local flower shops, or the second new merch comes in she's snagging a crewneck, or she's looking at your goodreads and getting a book on your 'want to read' list and leaving it in your bunk

and this goes on for MONTHS

i mean a majority of the tour, you're being spoiled and you try to ask around but literally no one knows it's julien

and finally lucy and phoebe and julien are at a coffee shop in a random city later in the tour

luce and phoebe leave to go outside and julien "forgets her wallet" going back inside and grabbing you a chocolate croissant, shoving it in her backpack gently to hide it in the venue when they get back

and phoebe catches her when they are in the green room

and she's shocked honestly, julien's hand pressing to the blonde's mouth

"shut the fuck up" julien hisses, wide eyes staring into phoebes

"you little fucker! just tell them!"

and phoebe is like "whatever", rolling her eyes but for the next 2 weeks smirks everytime a little treat gets found by you

but it comes to a head one of the last shows before break

you're on your period maybe or just not feeling well, medicine and a new heating pad are waiting for you in your bunk

and the bus is quiet like everyone is chilling, not yet asleep, but it's quiet hours and you just start to sob

jb finds you and is like "woah woah woah!" rushing to you, one hand on your back the other wiping at your blotchy cheeks

"you okay?" she whispers, trying to calm you down

and you just point to the items and jb's blood runs ice cold, she starts to stammer like, "what- i don't understand," trying to play dumb

and you LOSE it like, "i don't know who keeps giving me presents but i feel so guilty because i don't deserve them and when i was complaining about my heating pad it didn't mean i needed a new one and the person is spending money and i'm so confused-" like fully having a meltdown

and julien is holding your face so gingerly being like "hey, hey it's... it's me, don't cry sweetheart, you have nothing to feel guilty about," and you're sooooo confused

julien sighs, adjusting her baseball cap, "i- i really like you and i saw how you acted when phoebe said you had a secret admirer and it was so cute so i just kept doing it but i didn't realize how you didn't really ask for any of it and i see now how it could be taken as super creepy and invasive? and i didn't mean to make you cry i-" before you cut her rambles off with a bone crushing hug

"i like you too jay."

#anon cutie #julien baker x reader #boygenius x reader #julien baker fluff #julien baker blurb #i love julien<3 #gingy's cupid shuffle #gingy's blurb night #2/1000 basically lol

[n7punk]

“By the Sea (Drown Me Already)” Fic Notes

By the Sea is done! It took a longer than I was expecting with everything that happened in my life, but it’s also longer than I was originally intending so that's to be expected lol.

Playlist:

This AU was purely vibes for a while, and thus the playlist was mostly vibe-based at first, but a few of these are very good fits.

GOOD GIRL ERA (SIDE A) — UPSAHL. FBL (SIDE B) — UPSAHL. WEEKEND — Betty Who. Silk Chiffon — MUNA (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) Bed — Niko Rubio. Love Seasons — Nina Nesbitt. Yellow — XANA. bad idea right? — Olivia Rodrigo. Casual — Chappell Roan. HOT TO GO! — Chappell Roan. Shy — K.Flay. Naked In Manhatten — Chappell Roan. Borderline — Sigrid. Minute — Kim Petras.

Epilogue Life:

I did more of a traditional epilogue than I usually do, so there’s not too much to say here, but they date working through their issues for six months before Catra officially moves in with Adora and not long after Scorpia, Entrapta, and Perfuma move in together. Catra does stay at the marina for a lot longer than she ever thought she would before eventually getting too fed up with the waves and getting an opportunity to work for one of the resorts instead.

Chapter 1:

⦁ This AU is heavily based on an area I used to visit as a kid, which sucked so much you can bet there was not a single resort there, but it was the basis of my beach experiences, so it inspired certain parts of this set up. I wanted to do a resort-type AU, but there are also some moral issues when it comes to resorts so I focused on the general vacation town angle.

⦁ I made a lot of jokes about not knowing jackshit about what I was writing, which is partially true, but I actually have Some experience related to the water parts of this fic, it’s just rather removed, and I don’t know the first thing about diving. I haven’t even been to a beach in seven years, but I dated a girl with a boat once and I leaned heavily on that experience lmao.

⦁ “Hot surfer chicks coming to the marina might make it a bit more bearable.” Catra, honey, you have Got to stop jinxing yourself.

⦁ Entrapta was right about Perfuma being anxious. She has so much experience trying to decipher emotions that are easily evident to others and picked up on the body language.

⦁ My POV for fics is always somewhat reactionary. If I do a fic that is primarily from one perspective (Adora POV in Roses & Thorns) it’s almost inevitable that the next fic (Catra POV in By The Sea) will swing the other way to balance it out. That’s not planned at all, it just happens a lot. My brain misses whatever girl it got to spend less time with lol.

Chapter 2:

⦁ Mermista’s dad owned the marina for several decades before he sold it to Netossa when he retired because Mermista wasn’t interested in running it and also in middle school. They get a free boat spot for life.

⦁ I mentioned this in a comment but couldn’t expand on it at the time: Adora and Catra’s relationship is very inspired by the setting. It’s a surprise reunion in an unexpected place, which works well with the vacation town vibes, but they’re both also worried about losing it, which matches with the transience of such a place.

Chapter 3:

⦁ Adora’s small talk was actually really important stuff for diving, that just didn’t have any relevance to the rest of the office, nor did Frosta care, and to Catra it just sounded like weather small talk.

Chapter 4:

⦁ Catra kept up most of their photos from high school. There’s one or two she had said something too glowing about Adora in the caption and thus deleted in a fit of spitefulness, but for the most part she couldn’t stand to lose them. Except that one. That one hurt so much every time she read it because it just seemed like lies, and when she was feeling generous enough to not view it was that, it was the ramblings of a best friend who only felt friendly. It was either lies, a goodbye, or a consolation prize to being “friendzoned.” She wiped it from her account and then quickly regretted it.

⦁ On Adora’s part, you can guess, but she wiped her social media in a low fit after her shoulder. The last thing she had posted was a photo taken by the training pool, gushing about how excited she was for the scouting. It hurt too much. Every photo from college did, and every photo from high school had for a while, but those were at least good memories. Now everything from college was tinged with regret and failure. She saved a lot of the old photos — mostly from high school — and even screenshotted some captions or comments — Catra-related, or even left by Catra herself — and then stuck all of that on her harddrive and pretended none of it existed. After she found a life again, she found herself occasionally going back to look at those high school photos, but she rarely revisited the few she saved from college. It took her months to feel like she could post again. It wasn’t until the next summer, when she hoped enough of her college friends had moved on or forgotten either her or what happened, that she felt comfortable doing it, and when she did she went public on her account, trying to open back up her life. Being public also felt like it gave her a layer of separation from those old high school/college followers even if all it really did was add more strangers to the pool.

⦁ I went back and forth on how to describe the age of the account and the timing of the incident, because they’re kind of halfway. Adora’s shoulder got injured at the end of sophomore year, and her social media existence started many months later, after healing time, so her account got remade roughly two-two and a half years ago and she got injured around three.

⦁ The post of Adora getting fancy dinner after the surfboard post was because her friends saw her anxiety and her overworking herself to get the money to get it fixed and knew she would never let them just pay for the repairs, so they took her to dinner instead and didn’t let her pay for the check. She needed a good time with her friends, and the free meal couldn’t hurt.

⦁ The line about crutches in Adora’s caption is actually something I said to my friend once when they were feeling ashamed of their aid. When you need them, you need them, and something being a “crutch” doesn’t mean it’s bad or unnecessary.

⦁ Adora’s injury was her “breaking the sword” moment in this universe.

⦁ It got cut because it was awkwardly shoehorned in the dinner conversation, but Adora’s Serenia bio says she has four years of experience because she actually tried diving while at college, but it was basically just some fun lessons she did that she never expected to go beyond that. It’s part of why Mara took her under her wing so hard, though. She recognized Adora’s trauma with water, but also how it was so tied to her identity and left her feeling like a shell after “failing” at swimming, so she found new ways for Adora to use those talents and find fun in them. And honestly she needed another hand with the town’s growth.

⦁ I’ll be honest: my knowledge of torn ligaments comes not from sports, but from my dog tearing her knee. I remember the vet told us some wild statistic like half of all dogs will have torn their other leg within a year of the first injury but we made all the lifestyle changes recommended while healing from surgery to mitigate risk factors and she never had any more problems! That was like six years ago now and she’s still super peppy. You’d have no idea she’s a senior dog with a knee surgery under her belt. Oh anyway that’s why I mention the injury lingering because yeah it can affect dogs at least so bad they fuck up their other leg the same way from compensation within months.

⦁ Adora talking about being happy in Bright Moon making her realize how much she missed Catra actually was a pretty big revelation for her. College was just hard the whole way through and Adora was distracting herself from her pain (emotional and physical when she overworked herself) by… overworking herself more. Taking a full load, spending too much energy at practice, working a part-time job after school, she had absolutely no room to breathe and honestly the only surprising thing is that it took her that long to get injured. She never had room to look up and see what was missing because she was explicitly avoiding doing that and pretty much everything was a pain point. Once she was healed and happy, the loss of Catra reared its head again and refused to be pushed aside, even if she was more prepared to process it. It was a lot less painful, but still present.

Chapter 5:

⦁ I think Bow 100% is the kind of guy who would enjoy being made into a sand castle but sand is so unpleasant in a lot of places and to get it out of your binder you’d have to take it off and then put it back on, which is kind of difficult on the go.

Chapter 6:

⦁ Okay so the “armor” from the title is Catra’s bravado combined with the emotional armor of making her wants and Adora’s lingering eyes all about desire instead of acknowledging the enormity of her feelings. Adora is doing a similar thing in her head, but she’s also trying to deny her desire too, so her head is a full on shitshow.

⦁ Originally the grocery store scene was going to be later in the fic when they were “Maybes” because I love the casual intimacy of grocery shopping together (romantically or platonically! It’s just fun), but I needed an Adora scene in this chapter to give a little more of a read on where she was at (denial) and the chapter was really short without it, so I decided to write it now.

⦁ I have actually seen a guy “rescue” a grocery store lobster and keep it as a pet for years on youtube. The transformation she went through under his care is insane.

⦁ Apparently cats and dogs aren’t really suppose to have nuts because it’s a big risk to them, but for the most part it has nothing to do with toxins and is just because they’re a choking hazard or at risk of being a blockage since cats and dogs don’t usually chew things up a lot. Anyway there are a few that are actual problems and that’s specifically raw cashews.

Chapter 7:

⦁ I actually wrote the scene with Mara talking about Adora surfing before chapter five, but it was too early in the fic for that and they needed to build more before something that important. The entire point of putting it early was Catra being surprised by how quickly Mara was willing to accept her and thus wondering what Adora had said about her in the past, but 1) it’s honestly still like that even being pushed back, and it’s more reasonable in that regard, 2) it was both too assuring and too insecure for the vibes I wanted.

⦁ Everything from chapter 8 was originally in chapter 7, but then all the swimming/hook up stuff got so long I had to separate them out, so CH7 ended up being mostly transition. I tell myself transitions are important when I just want to write angsty trash make outs lol.

Chapter 8:

⦁ The make out against the pool deck is like The Scene Lite™️ for this fic. It’s one of like two points I was building to early.

⦁ The original idea for the fic was that Adora would live in a house on Mara’s big property out of town, but when I went to write this scene Adora just said some stuff about living twenty-five minutes away and that got abandoned.

Chapter 9:

⦁ Honestly you can take your pick on whether Bow couldn’t arm wrestle Sea Hawk because it would make his arm too sore to drive or the losing penalty was taking shots. Both were ideas.

⦁ The closet scene is The Scene™️ for this fic. I think I wrote it before the first hookup scene in the first outline when things were more antagonistic (more on that later).

⦁ It’s so not relevant to the fic so I’m sticking it here, but Adora’s old swim coach was almost as bad as Weaver, but that actually worked out for her when it came to scouting. The swim coach wanted Adora to go pro for the glory to her team, and she knew Weaver wanted her to go to a local college, so when scouting started, the coach worked with Adora behind Weaver’s back to help her get seen and apply. This made it even easier to hide, and without it she probably would have needed Catra’s help to pull that off, thus assuring Catra actually knew about it and wasn’t totally blindsided. Adora’s coach actually helped her out and drove her to the airport for her flight out since Adora had a total blow-up with Weaver when she found out. It was something Adora needed, but it was still self-serving.

Chapter 10:

⦁ Their whole conversation here was supposed to be a quick joke and then it became the entire chapter somehow and that’s just the story of all my fics tbh. I really wanted it to be quick since I didn’t want people to think I was making light of IRL racial fetishes but I truly do think all of that would function very differently in any world with multiple species, especially the more diverse the species get and thus the less alike. It starts becoming increasingly harder for a human to be wired to find them attractive, and obviously the species in SPOP aren’t that different, but it’s a topic that always intrigued me in Mass Effect/sci-fi fic that there really is nothing like in our reality, so I was interested in at least brushing up against it and that’s how the joke happened. I’ve made some jokes about it before but they were always the quick jokes I meant for this one to be and obviously that didn’t end up happening here.

Chapter 11:

⦁ A lot of people clocked it but the musical song was Dead Girl Walking (not the reprise) from the Heathers musical (which is infinitely better than the movie, god, don’t watch that thing).

⦁ I went back and forth on if Catra would like the Ferris wheel, because on one hand, they have their secret place really high up and she doesn’t seem to be afraid of falling off the railing, but on the other hand, cats getting stuck in trees. Lol no but it is very different when you’re in something that feels as precarious as a dangling basket versus a solid building seemingly made from steel.

⦁ Okay so Bow’s whole thing here was actually written before I had the idea for Adora to ask Catra if she’s aromantic and I ended up turning this scene into that Seed Of Doubt instead of the single mention. It was another thing I meant to be a quick joke (well, Catra to be the joke where she managed to act unbothered so well — to Adora at least — that she screwed herself) but it ended up expanding into a full plot point. Also I should probably mention here I’m greyaro for the people who don’t follow me on Tumblr usually.

Chapter 12:

⦁ Let’s just say that Catra’s work day here is incredibly realistic.

⦁ I know I’ve mentioned this fic spiraling a few times, but the title “Surfboard at Midnight (I Just Might Swim)” was originally on… chapter 5. Okay, okay, it wasn’t that bad because I came up with the name before the chapter contents, but yeah, I was constantly kicking it back. The title belonged to chapter 5, and then 6, and then 8, and then like 10, and then 11, and 12, just constantly kicking it down the road as things leading up to the skinny dipping moment spiraled.

Chapter 13:

⦁ I originally said the POV for this fic was whoever because I wanted to leave the door open for having a scene from Scorfumtrapta’s perspective, but that was back when the fic didn’t have plot, and as the lesbians got increasingly dramatic, the focus on their relationship fell into the background. The main scene I was thinking of was what ended up being turned into the dinner scene. At the time, I just thought it was funny for Scorpia to realize months late that she was in a three-way relationship, but in the fic it turned into this thing about Catra feeling adrift and alone even with her friends, which wouldn’t have come through if I had used Scorpia’s perspective or something.

⦁ This chapter has a Secret Theme. So sometimes — quite often — I’ll write scenes in my head for a fic that I know have no place in it. Maybe it conflicts with the overall tone (in the fic, or just that portion of it) that I’m going for, sometimes it doesn’t super make sense, etc. Some of these things end up repurposed or I do find a way to integrate them, and that’s what this entire chapter is. When I was outlining Catra turning up at Adora’s in the middle of night for sleep cuddles, I wasn’t actually planning to put it in the fic, but then it was really sweet and I realized  fit with the transition of their relationship, so it became an unofficial part of the outline before being promoted to part of the story.

⦁ I did say this entire chapter was from scenes that weren’t supposed to be used, though, so what about the boat scenes? Well, the boat scenes were originally outlined… for Roses & Thorns. Yes, okay, I know. Let me explain. That fic wasn’t supposed to be nearly as horny as this one, but when I was writing the very end of it I had this vision of a scene with the two of them messing around backstage (being vague to avoid spoilers if you haven’t read it). It included some of the dialogue that ended up in the make out scene on the boat, but I knew it wouldn’t fit with the rest of the fic to suddenly have them getting hot and heavy on screen, so I just kind of saved the dialogue with the plan to implement it somewhere else down the line. As I was outlining this fic I had the idea for them to hook up in the storage room at the docks at one point, but I ended up moving it to the boat because that would have necessitated luring Netossa away first if they wanted to get away with it, which was less likely after the summer rush faded.

⦁ So I don’t know how all phones work but on iPhone you can set certain people to break through Do Not Disturb and Adora put Catra on that list because sometimes they would text past when hers activated for the night.

Chapter 14:

⦁ Kinds of chocolate according to Catra: White Dark Super Dark Baking Semi-sweet Sweet Milk Orange (wildcard)

⦁ The “there’s other ways to get these endorphins” thing really goes to show how little Adora understands what Catra is doing. Those kisses are “I love you”s and bids for assurance that Adora just isn’t getting and thus isn’t giving back because she’s so focused on not taking advantage of Catra and the such.

⦁ I’ll be honest I tried to get them together here and it didn’t work. Catra reacted too strongly, too fast. When I first outlined this scene I was thinking about another possible get together (that didn’t end up happening) and wondered how I would even get out of this scene without them getting together and then when it came time and the plan had changed I couldn’t MAKE them talk.

Chapter 15:

⦁ Samantha is dressed like a butch prince and I think that’s great. Also I pulled the name Samantha out of my ass because I didn’t feel like coming up with a reference like a week ago- psyche nevermind the song it's from literally just came on shuffle as I was posting this so it's actually from a Leah Kate song and I just forgot why I picked it.

⦁ This chapter easily could/should be split into two, but I like the flow of it all being together.

Original Outline:

So, this AU didn’t have an outline. It was pure vibes when I started it, with plot just taking vague shape in the back of my mind as I wrote. Pretty quickly I had a few big scenes — the make out at the pool, the closet scene — but I was building the rails as I drove at first. As such, I kept having ideas that pushed the few ideas I started with further out in a spiral.

When this AU was extremely nebulous, there were some different ideas for the concept where maybe Catra worked for the resort so she and Adora were closer to being coworkers, and then others where they all worked totally unrelated jobs on the pier but were hooking up in the “offices” when others weren’t looking, which is closer to what the final thing became, but these were all fleeting ideas before I really started writing. Originally the AU featured more antagonism between them at first too, with Catra denying even being her friend at first, but again, things just happened as I wrote and that didn’t materialize at all.

There was a draft with a very different final chapter/get together, but I honestly might use it in another AU where it fits a lot better (there’s a reason it was kicked) so I don’t want to say what it was lmao. Aside from that, this AU was something I wrote as the ideas came to me, which is fun to do sometimes.

Upcoming:

I’ve got a couple of one shots in the works and then we’ll see what AU takes me, but for now I’m playing around in canon universe (mostly).

#btsdma #ficmeta #fic notes #new share link will go up later

[brandogenius]

eating up the content as per usual ‼️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 i'm so excited ur getting into muna i got into them a few months ago and they're just so chaotic and funny, id say another way to get good insight in their personalities and speech patterns and whatnot is by listening to gayotic (their podcast!) i literally listen to gayotic to fall asleep sometimes LMFAOAO

okay now time for my thoughts on more barista!reader x jb:

question, what do you think the drink actually is that jb orders? like, in my opinion, i feel like its just one of those really popular sweet ice coffees that most people like but its bc they don't actually like coffee and julien is like about to eat a spoonful of salt to cut the sweetness bc how dare she not drink every drop of this ice coffee her pretty gorgeous cool amazing barista girl crush made for her

THE ANGST i love, that's so something that i would do ngl, i can imagine julien being like gutted that reader would think they were coming off weird and stopped doodling on her cup and reader like blushing and smiling at her reaction

speaking of angst can you imagine the dramatics of when reader finds out that jb doesn't actually like her order...in my mind it's not even something reader loves it's just popular and they overhears phoebe or lucy with julien making fun of her getting a drink she doesn't even like and reader doesn't mention it until like a week later because they've been analyzing jb getting her drink

im picturing julien coming in and being like "same as usual ☺️" and reader is like "are you sure?" and julien is confused like "uhh yeah i always get that wdym hahah" and reader explains what she overheard and julien is internally panicking like 'okay this is it she found out and she's gonna hate me and think im a pathological liar'

omg what if from then on reader makes her something new EVERY time until jb finds something that she really likes

julien coming in during a rush and reader frantically ranting to her about how stressed they are but julien is sitting there listening to them like this 😍 and reader can't help but notice and then they're like "sorry i didn't mean to ramble on like that..." and all embarrassed

one last thought, julien coming in and getting her drink but then sitting on the couch or window seat and reading a book or doing work on her laptop and reader is checking on her every 0.5 seconds and they keep making accidental eye contact and smiling but neither will actually talk to each other (classic wlw yearning from afar)

OKAY rant over 😊😊

-🪷

tysm :D i’m definitely getting into muna!! funny enough i’ve gotten a few asks but i’m waiting to get more into them before i write them up!!

i’ve been watching their gayotic podcasts, i started by watching lucy’s then julien’s and lemme tell you i love it. i’m someone who loves to take note of speech patterns and how people word things so it was interesting to learn more about them individually

as for barista! reader

hmmm. i feel like jb isn’t someone to order overly sweet things. like say fraps or something. black coffee or something 😭 a little bit of sugar like maybe a teaspoon is fine but overly sickening sweet nooo. she takes it though and doesn’t complain because at the end of the day reader made it and there was cute doodles on it and she doesn’t want to be like “aha hey… so i don’t actually like this”

she either chugs it down or splits it in half with one of the boys so she has less to drink. she wouldn’t put your hard work down the drain

reader finding out jb doesn’t even like the orders they make and they are like “YOU COULDVE TOLD ME”AND JBS LJKE “that’s true”

omg reader handing jb a new cup everydsy like “so this is peach ice tea” and the next day it’s like “so this is matcha tea” and maybe julien’s just extremely picky on her drinks but she’s yet to find something she likes

reader literally watching julien sit down and write lyrics or type away at her laptop and they make eye contact every so often but both are too scared to say anything so queue reader coming over with a slice of chocolate cake like “here you go” and jbs like “oh i didn’t offer it” and readers like “it’s on the house” and jbs like “oh.. thank you-“ and you stick your hand out like “i’m [name]” and she’s like “julien. i can’t believe we didn’t ask for each others names yet”

#pom speaks #anons #jb coffee shop au #lotus anon the beloved

[whiskeyswifty]

what point were u trying to prove with the poll lol? i am millenial and was most excited for paramore and that’s the show i went to

i saved this ask for once the poll was over because i didn't want to taint my results with the bias of people trying to disprove my point. but it's done now! i reblogged it right before this for reference and linked it here.

the main thing i was talking about with a friend was that her major tour openers can be seen as strategically serving her two biggest demos, but they kind of each serve those demos distinctly. my argument was phoebe, muna, gracie, and girl in red were primarily aimed at gen z and are predominantly gen z beloved artists, and haim, paramore, beebadoobee, and owen were aimed primarily at millennials. I made the caveat though that phoebe and muna could be considered demo crossovers, with a lot of millennial appeal, but ultimately they're more gen z favored artists than millennial artists.

Lets look at the results!

First off, the data spread across the two demos was 46.7% millennials and 53.3% gen z, so an almost even spread! which further validates the results, and is super helpful. For the sake of brevity, i'm going to call my predicted millennial openers Group M and my predicted gen z openers Group Z

Lets look at millennials. Of the 46.7%, Group M got the majority response, at 23%. that's 48.3% of the entire millennial sample group! The second largest response doesn't even come close, at 12.2% for Phoebe (26.1% of the sample group), followed by Muna at an even smaller 6% (12.8% of the sample group), followed by Gracie at 3.2% (6.8% of the sample group), with girl in red bringing up the rear at 2.3% (4.9% of the sample group). If you look at that just those numbers, it comes out pretty even actually. Group M comes in at 23% and Group Z totals to 23.7%, almost an even split, with group Z edging out just slightly. So on those numbers, alone I wasn't totally off, but not exactly validated. I will say, Phoebe and Muna coming in 1st and 2nd for Group Z as chosen by the millennials that picked Group Z, that does prove my parlayed argument! By almost double and then double again, those two are shown to be the crossover demo artists with appeal strong enough with the millennials that they skewed the results towards an even split.

Lets look at gen z. Of the 53.3%, the results were slightly more evenly distributed! The majority, although not by much, was Phoebe coming in at 20.9% (39.2% of the sample group), close behind is Group M in it's entirety at 15.9% (29.8% of the sample group), then gracie at 7.4% (13.9% of the sample group), Muna next at 4.6% (8.6% of the sample group) with girl in red tying them also at 4.6% (8.6% of the sample group). Much more interesting results I gotta say. Way more in favor of my view of Gen Z, with Group Z responses totaling 37% altogether, at a whopping 69.4% of the sample group. Really hitting home that Group Z is a hit with gen z as I had argued. Phoebe also being a big winner with gen z continues the crossover demo theory. However muna coming in tied for last after gracie does put a wrench in that slightly. It's not by much, but enough that perhaps Muna is slightly more millennial than i previously assumed.

Lets compare response totals sample group to sample group!

Phoebe garnered 26.2% of Millennials and 39.2% of Gen Z. Of the total Phoebe response sample group, 40.2% were Millennials and 59.8% were Gen Z. From this we can conclude Phoebe skews very clearly Gen Z comparatively, although the margin isn't super wide. Still, Gen Z first, with Millennial appeal.

Muna pulled 12.8% of Millennials and 8.6% of Gen Z. Of the total Muna response sample it’s actually the opposite, with 59.8% being Millennials and 40.2% being Gen Z. Similarly, it turns out Muna skews way more Millennial than I thought, while still retaining a decent Gen Z appeal!

Gracie got 6.8% of Millennials and 13.9% of Gen Z. Of the the Gracie response sample group, 32.8% were Millennials and 67.2% were Gen Z, a very clear runaway Gen Z artist here with minor Millennial appeal.

Girl in red interestingly came in last for both Millennials and Gen Z, and got 4.9% of Millennials and 8.6% of Gen Z. Of the total Girl in red response sample, 36.2% were Millennials and 63.8% were Gen Z. Comparatively Gen Z showed up in near double numbers for girl in red than Millennials, so that's firmly a Gen Z artist.

Finally, Group M got 48.3% of Millennials and 29.8% of Gen Z. Of the total Group M response sample, 61.8% were Millennials and 38.2% were Gen Z. Another clear skew for Millennials here, with still some decent Gen Z appeal.

Ok, so all together what did we learn from this poll, especially as it pertains to my initial argument?

Conclusion 1: Independently, Millennials chose between Group M and Group Z almost evenly, showing no clear sign of preference between the two. Gen Z, however preferred Group Z to the tune of 69.4%, which is an almost 3/4 margin, if i'm rounding up.

Conclusion 2: quantitatively and comparatively however, Group M was far more often selected by Millennials than Gen Z, by an almost 2/3 margin. By those numbers, the general rejection of Group M by Gen Z supersedes Millennials' neutral lack of preference, indicating Group M skewed towards a predominantly Millennial audience.

Conclusion 3: for the Group Z contenders responses, Gen Z beat out Millennials in percentage of selections every single time except for one artist, Muna. There, Millennials comparatively chose Muna more often with a 59.8% share of the responses. That makes Muna a slightly more Millennial skewed artist.

Conclusion 4: Phoebe won Gen Z's portion of the poll, yes, but in comparing response group percentages, it had the same margin as Muna’s response group results, the slimmest of all of the comparative results margins. Safe to say that by those metrics, Muna and Phoebe are the artists with the most crossover appeal, appealing most evenly to both demos by having the slimiest margins.

Conclusion 5: Alternatively, the widest margin in the comparative response groups was for gracie, making her clearly Gen Z. Girl in Red came next behind her, making her the second most Gen Z audience artist by those metrics.

Was I right?

Depending on how you interpret the data, yes and no. Group Z in total are clearly predominantly Gen Z artists, and Group M is clearly a predominantly Millennial group of artists, as I predicted. With the caveat that Millennials actually enjoy Groups M and Z equally, with group Z edging out Group M by a tiny margin! So I was right based on the overall data analysis, but technically wrong on one data point. While Phoebe and Muna show the smallest margins, meaning they have the most crossover appeal as predicted, Muna actually comes out to be a more Millennial skewed artist, which was not what I predicted. Gracie and Girl in Red however remain firmly Gen Z artists as predicted.

Thanks to everyone who participated, and congrats if you read all this garbage this far. While this is data taken from a blind sample, it is incredibly flawed and influenced by at least like 40 variables not accounted for in this study. So while it's nowhere irrefutably conclusive, it's still fascinating to me and I really enjoyed collecting and analyzing the data with no science or data analysis background beyond AP chemistry!

#sorry to the original asker of this quesiton i don't think you wanted All That but well you got it

[chasingfictions]

tagged by @gaylonelybitch my beloved

rules: shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and post the first 10 tracks, then tag 10 people to do the same thing

brando - lucy dacus. ksjfdksl when i saw this live the crowd went SO hard singing along to 'would it have killed you to call me pretty instead' and lemme tell u. LEMME TELL U!!! also shout out to "they play oldies in the afternoon for the elderly and me and you". anyway i relate too closely 2 being spoken 2 in a Certain Way by men

king - florence + the machine. this song. THIS SONG. beST SONG EVER WRITTEN BEST ONE. when it came out it CHANGED ME. i cant even talk about it. HER VOICE!! YOU NEED TO GO TO WAR TO FIND MATERIAL TO SING. Oh HDkklsjfjkhsfdsf IH!!! oH!!!!!

dancing in the dark - lucy dacus. listen i love bruce springsteen but she ate him up with this cover this is thee cover

the king - sarah kinsley. she is so beloved to me!!!!!!! one of maybe the only artists ive ever found whose songs feel in the same genre as florence.

moon song - phoebe bridgers. im a depressed bitch as much as the next person. LIKE A DOG WITH A BIRD AT YOUR DOOR

dvd menu - phoebe bridgers. this is one of my favorite songs on earth actually bitches who get it get it. if you dont get it pls climb inside my head last winter on the subway listening to this whole album on repeat and then. and then you will get it.

kind of girl - muna. EMPOWERMENT BOP muna are crazy bc theyre like we're gonna write self esteem queer songs and i said oh BOY!! i sure do need that.

ICU - phoebe bridgers. AND I GET THIS FEELING WHENEVER I FEEL GOOD IT'LL BE THE LAST TIME. ocd bop

kissing lessons - lucy dacus. the way i feel so Seen by the girlhood of this song. the way this song is precious and holy to me actually. the mv is a sacred text

lavender haze - taylor swift. i did not like this song at first and now it is stuck in my head once a week and what a treat it is. and that's taylor for you!!!!! she just keeps coming

tagging! @alittlebitmaybe @yoursummerfrost @smellingwormholes @dreadfulcalendarwoman @summrsbuffy @ho-tato

#tag game

[taylorrepdetective]

but is the tv show confirmed? the sun is the one who reported it?

Here’s the thing with the Sun. They clearly have sources that feed them information that is sometimes true. But what happens is it’s usually partly true. Sometimes mostly, but often just a sliver. For example, last summer the Sun reported that Taylor was working on new music, a new album. They were right! But all of the other details were wrong. So most likely their source saw some information about midnights and about eras tour (the photoshoot, information that she was doing something with Gracie Abrams, Girl in Red, Muna, Phoebe) and they extrapolated that it was going to have 70s sound (based on the aesthetics) and she’d feature these acts on the album. And they made it sound like she was still recording it, when in fact, it was done and about to be announced. Who were these sources? Is it actually just Tree feeding them bits and they extrapolate? Is it someone who works on the business side of her projects who only had part of the story and extrapolated? Who knows. The Sun knows well that people don’t remember that they got the details wrong, only what they were right about. And that gives them credibility when the next leak happens.

And the next leak was that they were the ones who reported that she and Matty were dating and that he would be at the Nashville show and that there would be some sort of PDA onstage. If Life and Style or OK! had reported it, no one would have paid attention because they are always wrong (they’ve had Taylor married and pregnant 37 times in the last 15 years.) But the Sun has a track record, so people jumped. Now, this reporting was interpreted as he would come up on stage and they would kiss and confirm their relationship or something. But what their PDA actually boiled down to was her mouthing “this is about you, you know who you are” like he does when he sings About You. Which was just as effective to confirm their relationship (and create an entire new alternate universe to write fanfiction about.) Who was this source? Was it Tree, or was it someone in the business side who found out Matty was on the guest list and reads Deux Moi and extrapolated? Who was the source for the Toe dating leak? Who was the source for the Tom dating leak?

So in this latest case, this is such a random interaction between Taylor and this succession writer, that it’s hard to imagine the morons over at the Sun coming up with it themselves. So one might think it’s at least partially true. For example, maybe Taylor did meet with the writer. But are they working on a TV show that is about Taylor’s relationships? That part seems a bit far fetched and “tabloidy”. So my guess is that yes they talked, but who knows what the scope of the project might be or if it will come to fruition at all. If it does, at some point we’ll find out something more, and we can put together some pieces. And it reminds me that she had dinner with Sacha Baron Cohen a few months ago. Will that ever come to fruition, or was it just dinner?

So, for me, I will be setting my VCR (which does not not exist. That was the joke. Not a great joke, but the point is, it’s way too early to get excited about anything.)

#this reminded me of the Dan Wooton scandal and thinking about how celeb PR people have to figure out ways to work with people like him

[soleilmagazine-blog]

loud letters interview

an interview with indie artist loud letters

november 4th, 2018

soleil magazine

introduce yourself

hi! my name is austin and i make music under the name "loud letters". it generally falls into four categories: summer road-trip rock, acoustic springtime picnic music, bops about boys, and very sad songs about death, all drenched in a thick layer of nostalgia.

how did you get your start?

i've pretty much had a guitar in my hand since i was born and have been playing since i was 7 or 8. but in my freshman year of college, i started to (somewhat) frequently write songs of my own. ever since then, i've been wanting to start some sort of band or project.

what has greatly influenced your music? certain artists or people?

like my sound, my influences are all over the place. my summery songs [are] influenced by bleachers, the mowgli's, switchfoot, and alex lahey. my more poppy songs are influenced a lot by artists like muna, grimes, and the 1975,  with the sad stuff drawing from sufjan stevens, julien baker, and phoebe bridgers.

lately, i've been especially inspired by other people making amazing music out of their bedrooms, such as patternist and pronoun who have also both been incredibly helpful and supportive to me and this project.

what inspired the name loud letters?

the band name was actually chosen from a list of band names i keep on my phone, with the help and input of my friends, who have been a vital part of navigating the waters of this project. as far as the meaning, i think i was really tired and trying to think of the phrase "caps lock" but all i came up with was "loud letters" and i immediately put in on the band name list.

system sound, your incredible first single, is the only song on your bandcamp. what is in store for you in the coming months?

thank you for the kind words! so far that's all that i've posted, and that's just a demo to give people a little teaser of what's to come. i'm currently in the process of recording older songs, writing plenty of new ones, and recording my favorites to gear up for my first release, which will hopefully be out next year. (no promises though). i'm actually mapping out my first two or three releases but it's hard to nail down when i'm always coming up with new songs and concepts. rumor has it i may have a trick or two left up my sleeve to reveal before the end of 2018.

your lyrics are absolutely beautiful, did you fall in love with songwriting or the instrumental aspects first?

wow, that seriously means so much to me! i guess i kind of fell in love with the guitar first, but in high school, i fell head over heels for good songwriting. i finally started paying attention to lyrics and became obsessed with bands like switchfoot, lifehouse, and the fray who put a huge emphasis on lyrics and emotion in their music, and that love has continued to the present. in college, i started getting more into the production side of things when i started listening to artists like björk and chvrches.

i saw that you recently played your first show! how did that feel?

it was definitely the most terrifying and most amazing experience of my life. being on-stage by yourself playing songs you wrote about your innermost thoughts is a completely different animal that i don't think i was fully mentally prepared for. at the end of the night, i just felt so happy and fulfilled and full of love.

you collected donations for our music my body at your show, what does this organization mean to you?

they are so important! they're a chicago-based organization with a mission to spread awareness of sexual harassment and assault at live music events and make concerts and festivals a safer place for everyone. to me, concerts feel sacred. unfortunately, that can be ruined in an instant when someone makes a crude comment or touches you without your consent. it's happened to me and it's happened even more to my non-male friends. it's infuriating to think that not only are many people's concert experiences being ruined by harassment, some people encounter it so frequently that they have to worry about whether it will happen at the event they're going to. that makes me so angry, but luckily our music my body is offering a way to fight against that and i would urge anyone who feels the same way to go check them out.

finally, do you have anything you want to say to our readers? if they take away one thing from this loud letters interview, what should it be?

i guess to anyone who doesn't know me i'd like to say hi! thanks for reading a whole interview about a stranger! you're probably really cool! to those who do, i'd like to say thank you for supporting this little project of mine, it means the world to me and has made me feel so loved. and you can expect more, dare i say, soon.

where to find austin: @loudlettersband on twitter and instagram

[bees-in-my-brain-hive]

if i gotta do them all, u gotta do them all

1-40 hehe :)

a song with a good strings section comforting sounds by mew with copenhagen philharmonic, it’s my favorite version of the song!

a song with a good horns section Black Star by David Bowie

a song that just throws rapid-fire lyrics at you Black Balloons Reprise by Flying Lotus feat. Denzel Curry

a song that is objectively terrible but that you love so much Hm, maybe Bad Habits by Fidlar?

a song with sick drums idk if "sick drums" applies to this but the drums on Don't Go by Bring Me The Horizon are incredible, it's so important to the song and helps capture it's vibe perfectly, there's a rawness and vulnerability to it that I imagine has to take serious skill when it comes to drumming if that makes sense? Like to make a sound like that sound emotional is amazing

a song whose bridge takes you out Violence by Blink-182

a song you love in a time signature that isn’t 4/4 idk lol

a song with a killer bass line Just Like Heaven by The Cure

a song with a key change that just hits The Show Must Go On by queen!!

a song with a tasty acoustic guitar part No One Is Ever Going To Want Me by Giles Corey

a song with a tasty guitar solo Afterlife by Avenged Sevenfold

a song with a feature that takes it to the next level VAMPIR by IC3PEAK Feat. Oli Sykes, such a good fucking song

a song you love that combines artists from different genres Underground Big by Bring Me The Horizon Feat. BEXEY

a song whose lyrics knock you unconscious She by Dodie

a song from the 80s Lullaby by The Cure (you would not expect me to like this song because of the lyrics but oddly enough it’s my favorite song by them lmao)

a song with a really satisfying “fuck” Lots of songs by Bring Me The Horizon lol

a song about new york No Sleep Till Brooklyn by The Beastie Boys

a song about los angeles Los Ageless by St. Vincent

a song about a city of your choice idk

a song about family Family by Mother Mother

a song about friends All My Friends by Dylan Kelly

a song that tells a story Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton :’)

a song about sex Portrait of a Female by Cruel Youth or Feeling This by Blink 182 lol

a song about growing up Perfect Places by Lorde

a song about being young Perfect Places by Lorde lol

a song to overthrow the government to Brave New World by Kalandra

a song that makes you feel like you’re watching it as a movie Earth Death by Baths makes me feel like I’m watching a super dark art house film about the world ending

a song that references another artist/band in the lyrics I can’t think of anything

a song for summer This probably doesn’t count by Feels LIke Summer by Childish Gambino

a song for when you hate men Rich, White, Straight Men by Kesha

a song for hyping yourself up Flames by MOD SUN and Avril Lavigne

a song to remind you that everything will be okay A better son/daughter by Rilo Kiley or It’s Gonna Be Okay, Baby by MUNA :’)

a song that makes you believe in love Virus by Bjork or Changes by Brooke Candy

a song to fall asleep to Holocene by Bon Iver

a song that makes you happy Chateau by Angus & Julia Stone

a song to crank while driving 80 down a highway West Coast by FIDLAR

a song that legitimately makes you cry Elise by The Greeting Committee

a song you wish your past self could have heard Comforting Sounds by Mew

a song you recommend to the person asking this All For Us by Labrinth and Zendaya

40. a song you just really wanna talk about I know The End by Phoebe Bridgers.. It’s such a good song, the outro is wild and I think u would like it

#ask #questions #songs #music

[bitethehnd]

I loved loved love the "miss americana and the heartbreak prince !" thing you wrote, could you do one for Naomi too?

*₊˚ ♫ 𖦹 lavender haze !

pairing : naomi mcpherson x popstar!reader

cw : basically just taylor swift!reader (obvs no physical appearance description), all fluff!

julien’s version 💜

i think reader and naomi met in a different way than the julien x popstar!reader did (that fic linked before the cut <3)

you and naomi met when you asked muna to open for you at the eras tour. you were planning to release midnights very soon, so you and your team were setting up your next tour. since the tour was going to be super long, you had to have many openers, but muna was your top pick

you had been a secret fan of muna for so long. when you had first come to terms with your queerness all those years ago, their songs were the ones to help you accept yourself while also dealing with the spotlight of being a famous singer

right after the release of one of your biggest albums, 1989, it had been leaked to the public that you were dating your best friend secret girlfriend. the media went into a frenzy, being constantly bombarded with homophobic rhetoric of the world. you disappeared for a whole year, to which no one even saw your face, but then clapped back with reputation. your career boomed after that, and you were adored by so many people yet again

naomi, and the rest of muna, had also been a big fan of yours for years. they loved how you so freely accepted yourself, even when the media tried to take you down, and you didn’t care what anyone thought. you were the biggest queer artist in the world and it showed

as you were contacting your pick of openers for the eras tour, muna was the first your team emailed. the band replied back within the day, saying they would be honored to perform for you, and the deal was set

you definitely wanted to meet them before the tour started, so you sneakily got their numbers and asked if they would want to come over and have lunch. you said it was in the premise of getting to know them, but you really just wanted to meet your favorite band

they of course agreed to lunch and the next day they came over. you considered asked phoebe to join you, since she was also another opener and a close friend of yours, but decided against it

the lunch went amazing, to your surprise. they were lovely people. all of you had more in common than you previously thought. you gushed about their music and vice versa

there was some underlying tension between you and naomi from the beginning. as soon as they walked through your door, they greeted you with a tight hug. you could feel the outline of their muscles through their shirt, and they could feel your chest pressing up against their abdominal. it drove you crazy from the start but neither of you said anything. you didn’t want to complicate things for the tour by flirting with them while they thought you were just being friendly

and just like that, you guys all became great friends. there was a groupchat made that you all texted in daily. you gave them updates on midnights and the eras tour while they gave you updates on their own tour

when you were at the studio finishing the final touches on your song ‘vigilante shit,’ you just couldn’t get the guitar right. every single combination of chords you tried didn’t sound right. you complained to them about it in your groupchat and naomi offered to come in and help you. you obviously said yes, and they made their way to your recording studio

when naomi got to your studio, you two immediately got to work. you sang the lyrics to give them an idea of the vibe of the song. as you sang, you both held eye contact with each other the whole time. the song had undertones of sexual references and it made the tension in the room amplify. as soon as you were done, naomi played a riff on their guitar for a starting point. your eyes immediately widened and you loved it. you both worked until the song was perfected, even getting naomi to sing some backing vocals for you

when midnights was released the next week, fans went crazy when they found out naomi was the one playing the guitar in the background of your vocals. rumors immediately started circling but neither of you mentioned it, too scared to make the other uncomfortable in anyway

flash forward to when the eras tour was announced. naomi reposted so many pictures of the announcement and raved about you nonstop. it made you laugh but also a bit flustered. you and all your openers were just so excited to get started

muna and paramore opened for the first night of your tour in arizona (okay i know muna didn’t open that show but let a girl be delusional). paramore was obviously fucking amazing i’m a slut for haley williams and then muna went on after. you watched from right behind the stage and danced the whole time. you couldn’t keep your eyes off of naomi’s fingers. the way they plucked the guitar made you hot in the face

you pushed your thoughts away as you went on next and sang your heart out. you started crying on stage from all the cheering and love you felt

as the tour progressed and the more time you spent with naomi, it kept getting more difficult to contain yourself. you had never felt this much yearning in your life. from the way they made your cheeks hurt from laughing so much to how they looked while they gazed down at you with soft eyes, you were whipped. it kept getting harder and harder to be professional

it was a couple shows into the tour and you started to feel the exhaust creeping up. you had to keep a certain persona one while on stage, but when you were no longer in front of a stadium full of people, you collapsed. at that moment, you were sprawled on the couch in your dressing room, trying to take your platform boots off. as if they knew you needed them, naomi knocked on the door and walked into the room

you gave them an exhausted smile, still struggling with the shoes. “need some help there, sweetheart?” they laughed out in amusement. you gave them a deadpan look and they chuckled again, kneeling in front of you to tug your boots off. after the horrendous things were off your feet, you leaned back on the couch with a satisfied sigh. naomi stayed kneeling in front of you, massaging your tired legs

“what’re you doing?” you whispered out. “just helping you relax. you put too much stress on yourself, princess.” you felt your ears heat up at all the pet names. they had always called you those sweet things, but in your tired state, it was affecting you more

“mmh, come here,” you groaned and held your arms out. they laughed and obeyed your request, sitting down next to you on the couch and pulling you into their chest. you let out a hum and snuggled into them. they gazed down at you with affection that you couldn’t see

eventually, you opened your eyes and looked up at them. you were surprised to see them already looking at you. “what?” “nothing. you just look pretty, is all,” they said and tucked a piece of hair behind your ear. you scoffed, “shut up. i’m all sweaty and gross.” “still pretty.”

you didn’t know what to say next, so you just looked up at them. you both just stared at each other for a moment. you leaned in and naomi leaned in, neither taking action. but naomi made the decision for both of you, pressing their soft lips against yours. you had no time to contemplate the consequences, giving in and kissing them back fiercely. they smirked into your mouth at your desperation and deepened the kiss, pushing their tongue into your mouth

you suddenly pulled away. “wait, wait, wait.” “what? did i do something wrong?” you wanted to coo at naomi’s thoughtfulness. “no, nom, it’s not that. i just… don’t what this to affect the tour, y’know?” they nodded in understanding. “yeah, i get it. but i like you, sweetheart. i really, really like you. and if you don’t feel the same, we can forget this ever happened and—” you cut naomi’s rambling off with a kiss on their lips, effectively shutting them up. “i like you too.”

and with that, you two started to try to work things out. it was a slow start, since you two were in the midst of a tour, but it was nice. you had never felt this kind of connection before. with naomi's dirty jokes that always made you giggle a bit before smacking their shoulder, or the way they snuck into your tour bus almost every night

by the middle of the tour, you two were in full blown honeymoon stage. sure, it was quick, but you two spent almost every waking moment together. okay maybe you guys were u-haul lesbians

no one knew you two were a couple except for a handful of people. it was nice for a while, getting your privacy from the watchful eyes, but you both wanted to show each other off. maybe you two would post subtle pictures on your stories or hold hands while getting coffee at a rest stop. i can so see naomi posting a photo of just your hands, their fingers interlaced with yours with a little heart next to them. fans definitely notice your eras tour colored nails and instantly know it’s you. twitter goes WILDDD

singing directly to them while they sit in the vip section during love songs ('lover,' 'lavender haze,' 'cruel summer,' 'enchanted,' 'new romantics') <333 naomi knows the songs are about your exes but it doesn't matter, because now they have a new meaning. and also making side eyes at them during horny songs ('i can see you,' 'false god,' 'so it goes...'). they lose their shit every time you perform 'vigilante shit.' like they see you do the chair dance every show, but it still gets them. jo definitely takes pictures of naomi's face every time 😭

sometimes you bring muna on for certain songs. like if you feature them in some of your vault tracks (they give 1989 vibes but maybe that's just me). like dancing up against naomi during the song being horny on the mainnn and people eat it up. the internet exclusively refers to you guys as mother and father

you definitely let them pick your surprise songs. like they make a subtle suggestion and it's immediately being on the list for the night

phoebe and jo being disgusted by you guys but katie, lucy and julien think it's absolutely adorable. like maybe you two are cuddling up on the couch while the others are also there, giggling to yourselves quietly. phoebe literally saying "at this point just fuck" and jo starts laughing hysterically. katie and lucy slapping them on the shoulders while julien tries to hide her quiet giggles. naomi smirks and wiggles their eyebrows at the suggestion, to which you shove their face playfully

there are so many photos of you posing in your glittery bodysuits, naomi's hand always on your ass. they can't help it; the tights make your legs look amazing

you were known to be quite the schemer. you dropped easter eggs for your next project in almost everything. soon enough, naomi joins in on the shenanigans since you obviously tell them all your next moves. in every gayotic episode they say something sneaky with a giddy smile on their face. most of the time jo and katie aren't even in on it and they just end up as confused as everyone else

once the u.s. leg of your tour is over, you take a much needed break for about a year. during this time, you attend so many of muna's solo concerts. fans always spot you in the vip dancing and singing along to their songs. you two are so cute fr

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