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wonkavision1971 · 26 days
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I thought it would be cute to make a little thing about me, I expect not get a lot of views tbh
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hit-song-showdown · 1 year
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Year-End Poll #31: 1980
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[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Blondie, Pink Floyd, Olivia Newton-John, Michael Jackson, Captain & Tennille, Queen, Paul McCartney, Lipps Inc, Billy Joel, Bette Midler. End description]
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From here on, I know that the number of people who follow this blog who were around to see these songs on the charts will increase exponentially. To be honest, I am very intimidated. Please be nice to me.
The 1970's exists in a weird time in pop culture history, because it really feels like an island. Any decade that begins with the Beatles breaking up and ends with the murder of John Lennon is going to exist in a strange place culturally. Combine that with the previously mentioned decline of disco, the simultaneous rise in inflation and unemployment, and President Carter's declining popularity leading to Ronald Reagan's landslide victory. It was clear that whatever the next decade was, it wasn't going to be like the 70s.
But during this year, Reagan wasn't in office, so I don't have to talk about that yet.
Musically, you can see the last bits of the 70's clinging on. Disco, despite being famously "killed off" still has its place on the charts. Funkytown, for example, is often brought up in pop culture mythology as being the "last big disco song". I'm mostly bringing it up because I feel bad that I had to crop the song's composer, Steven Greenberg, out of the banner. The one good thing about the charts moving away from orchestras and ensembles is that I don't have to worry about cropping people out.
But in addition to the endings, the dawn of the 1980's also comes with its new beginnings. For one, Michael Jackson's solo career will take him from the standout star of the Jackson 5, to the king of pop music itself.
I talked a bit about the rise of punk rock in the 70's, but I didn't go into that much detail because the scene didn't have much presence on the charts. The Clash may have been "The Only Band That Matters", but that wasn't the case to the data compiling the Hot 100. However, while punk rock has seen little mainstream success on the charts, several of its descendants will come to define this decade. Most notable here is Blondie, kicking off the decade with one of its first new wave hits. This movement will only continue to grow from here, especially when we get to the second British Invasion, as well as pop music becoming more image-focused during the MTV era.
Which means I will no longer struggle to find pictures of the artists features in these polls.
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dreamersparacosm · 2 years
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𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫.
hello angels! this october, i will be participating in kinktober. essentially, kinktober is where i will be posting a small blurb about a kink with a celebrity/character of your choosing for the days leading up to halloween. send in any character/celebrity that i write for + a day, and i will add it to this masterlist. every character i write for is in the tags!
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day one. voyeurism with olivia dejonge
day two. roleplay with austin butler
day three. mommy kink with phoenix
day four. orgasm control with phoenix
day five. praise kink with miles teller
day six. degradation with austin butler
day seven. bondage with austin butler and olivia dejonge
day eight. shower sex with rooster
day nine. breeding kink with austin!elvis
day ten. mutual masturbation with rooster
day eleven. phone sex with austin butler
day twelve. public play with austin butler
day thirteen. knife kink with olivia dejonge
day fourteen. daddy kink with hangman
day fifteen. hate sex with rooster
day sixteen. thigh riding with austin butler
day seventeen. sex tape with austin butler and olivia dejonge
day eighteen. squirting with miles teller
day nineteen. threesome with austin!elvis and olivia!priscilla
day twenty. cockwarming with hangman
day twenty-one. corruption kink with austin butler and olivia dejonge
day twenty-two. sex toys with austin butler
day twenty-three. spanking with austin butler and priscilla!reader
day twenty-four. edging with harry styles
day twenty-five. creampie with austin butler
day twenty-six. face sitting with austin butler
day twenty-seven. dom/sub with austin butler
day twenty-eight. drunk sex with bob floyd
day twenty-nine. throat fucking with austin!elvis
day thirty. dumbification with austin butler
day thirty-one. blood play with austin!elvis
thank you guys so much for participating!
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canyonmoonkay · 2 years
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fleursfairies · 27 days
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im in a stranger things character music mood so here are some artists each character for sure likes
will: super obvious but the clash, the cure, david bowie, billy idol, the police, talking heads, etc. (i feel like this is a very basic answer but its the truth)
mike: he is so 90s so weezer, oasis, radiohead, etc (i already made a post abt this)
dustin: hall&oats, tears for fears, wham!, KISS, TOTO, a-ha, michael jackson, duran duran, baltimora
lucas: idky the first thing i thought of was bananarama but he would so love bananarama. beegees, michael jackson, earth wind & fire, jackson 5, stevie wonder, george michael, prince, idk
el: i dont think she really has time to listen to music but she would like popular 80s pop. like cyndi lauper, madonna, wham!, electric light orchestra, kim wilde, stacey q, the gogos, tiffany, soft cell, reo speedwagon, abba, bonnie tyler
max: kate bush obviously, blondie, duran duran, bon jovi, pixies, soft cell, tears for fears, rick springfield, no doubt, billy idol, pat benatar, tiffany, joan jett, etc
max and el are similar but el's is more 'listening to music for the first ever time' vibes while max is more lived in
jonathan: talking heads, the ramones, the clash, bowie, duran duran but only girls on film, the cramps, depeche mode, R.E.M., phil collins, the kinks, the animals, billy idol, the cure, the cars, blue oyster cult, jimi hendrix, styx, pixies, pink floyd, cheap trick, genesis, ozzy osbourne, foreigner, etc. i could go on and on. i think there would be a little more 60s and 70s in here too.
nancy: madonna, heart, reo speedwagon, billy joel, roxy music, cyndi lauper, joan jett, pat benatar, hall & oats, blondie, kim wilde, whitney houston, kate bush, tiffany, wham!, soft cell, bananarama, bonnie tyler, stacey q, lita ford, the bangles, cher, pet shop boys, john mellencamp, paula abdul, u2, olivia newton john, etc
steve: bon jovi, survivor, journey, boston, yes, DEVO, dead or alive, eddie money, kansas, foreigner, scorpions, warrant, etc. basically just basic (but good) bands that make him feel like a badass LMAO
robin: idk, just a slightly dorkier version of nancys playlist if that makes sense. i can envision it in my head i just cant execute it
joyce: heart, fleetwood mac, the mamas & the papas, journey, foreigner, boston, tom petty, toto, guns n roses, janis joplin, the rolling stones, jimi hendrix, blue oyster cult, ELO, led zeppelin, grateful dead, pink floyd, jefferson airplane
hopper: bad company, joe cocker, bob seger, eagles, the cars, jefferson starship, bob dylan, journey, styx, johnny cash, bruce springsteen
i could probably add so many more artists but it would probably go off the rails so i just gave u the basic ones
also i was looking at character playlists on spotify and most of them sucked (steve harrington is not listening to mitski) so heres some inspo for actual music they would listen to if you want to make a more accurate playlist
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simpliciaty-cc · 2 years
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imaginechb · 4 months
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Luke Castellan Playlist
Because I can fix him 🤭
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1. Heaven, Iowa— Fall Out Boy
2. Bleeding Out— Imagine Dragons
3. Young God— Halsey
4. Start a War— Klergy, Valerie Broussard
5. Revolution— The Score
6. Demigods— Fall Out Boy
7. I Bet My Life— Imagine Dragons
8. Glory and Gore— Lorde
9. Fire and the Flood— Vance Joy
10. Flowers in Your Hair— The Lumineers
11. Poet— Bastille
12. No Time To Die— Billie Eilish
13. Pick a Side— The Lightning Thief Company
14. The Campfire Song— The Lightning Thief Company
15. Wait For It— Hamilton
16. Strawberries & Cigarettes— Troye Sivan
17. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2— Pink Floyd
18. Run (feat. Ed Sheeran) (Taylor's Version)— Taylor Swift
19. Daddy Issues— The Neighbourhood
20. Ghost Of You— 5 Seconds of Summer
21. The Last Day of Summer— The Lightning Thief Company
22. War of Hearts— Ruelle
23. Little Lion Man— Mumford & Sons
24. Miss Missing You— Fall Out Boy
25. Still into You— Paramore
26. Amnesia— 5 Seconds of Summer
27. Alone Together— Fall Out Boy
28. get him back!— Olivia Rodrigo
29. New Year's Day— Taylor Swift
30. Call It What You Want— Taylor Swift
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joesalw · 4 months
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Oh man... that dancing is truly something. Good for the choreographer and the dancers though, the check is fat and they didn't have to overexert themselves. I think that Mandy made the choreo so Taylor can keep up without seemingly struggling and look like the ecocidal billionaire princess she is. I personally don't think that she has any interest in dance. She only does it so the show doesn't look as boring. She doesn't have Adele's natural charisma to pull off a stadium show without dancing. And doesn't have the moves to do so without having pipes. This woman's just mediocre no matter who you compare her with. Olivia Rodrigo is a good lyricist too especially if we're comparing Taylor's work at Olivia's age to 'SOUR' and 'GUTS'. She's certainly a better vocalist than TS, has enough acting chops to act out a performance and is far more confident when she dances (I hadn't seen much though). She's sort of Alanis' regen. No wonder TS felt threatened when Olivia blew up. I'm curious to see if she'll turn on that Sabrina girl if she ever blows up.
I also wonder what kind of tantrum she'll throw when she loses that AOTY Grammy. Especially if she loses to Olivia. There's no shot she's winning it with THAT. I mean, even Beyonce constantly gets snubbed in that category with far better and diverse material that actually sounds like an album and not a bunch of singles thrown together. Mariah Carey doesn't have one either and Amy Winehouse's 'Back to Black' also didn't get it. I also think that '1989' Grammy wasn't deserved. Kendrick should've won. Period. And Beyonce's Renaissance lost because Grammy voters thought that 'she has too many already'. I mean, maybe I'm biased because I'm a Beyhive but the transitions that album has, the cultural impact it has, the history of the genre. I mean, who in their right mind would make a house music album in the year of 2022? Also the genre is built on using the samples. And she did it so marvellously where you couldn't really tell that it was sampled at all without REALLY listening to the original. House is also pretty much the gay music. She brought the ballroom culture back to the forefront and made it and the queer community the centre of the tour. Add the top notch vocal production that she did HERSELF on top of that and she still lost simply because the voters we're like 'nah, she's won one too many already'.
Meanwhile not one of Swift's album had made quite an impact as 'Back to Black', 'Lemonade', 'To Pimp a Butterfly', 'Renaissance', MJ's 'Bad' all of which hadn't won and Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of The Moon' which wasn't even nominated. All of Taylor's albums were tailored to the most popular aesthetic at the time. She didn't make shit popular, she just adapted. Especially when she made the transition into pop music. The hipster thing in 2012, the tumblr and polaroid aesthetic in 2014, cottagecore in 2020. Girl, please. The only original thing about her is her birth certificate information. Even her southern accent in her country days was fake.
I was a casual fan until this year when she chose to publicly parade and profess love to her nazi boo.
Excuse me for the long ass rant and thank you for your service x
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barbiebutgayer · 3 months
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Celebrities who are supporting Isr*el-
#boycotthollywood 🇵🇸
Gal Gadot
Mayim Bialik
Madonna
Baby Israel, I mean, Ariel
Adam Sandler
Brett Gelman
Bob Odenkirk
Amy Schumer
Floyd Mayweather
Jerry Seinfeld
Jamie Lee Curtis
Chris Pine
Mark Hamill
Howie Mandel
George Lopez
Ryan Murphy
Noah Schnapp
Millie Bobby Brown
Justin Bieber
Hailey Bieber
Florence Pugh
Natalie Portman
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jack Black
Jeremy Shada
Liev Schreiber
Selena Gomez
Kris Jenner
Kim Kardashian
Kylie Jenner
Scooter Braun
Micheal Rapaport
Montana Tucker
James Maslow
U2
Emily Austin
Gregg Sulkin
Barbra Streisand
Nathaniel Buzolic
Ronen Rubinstein
Isla Fisher
Yael Grobglas
Sofia Richie
Ashley Tisdale
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Nina Dobrev
Andy Cohen
Mindy Kaling
Blake Lively
Ryan Reynolds
Dwayne Johnson
Kathy Griffin
Debra Messing
Timothée Chalamet
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Tom Brady
Mark Zuckerberg
Alec Baldwin
Jordan Peele
LeBron James
Rosie O’Donald
Tyler Perry
Gwyneth Paltrow
Chris Rock
Bradley Cooper
Justin Timberlake
Jon Hamm
Judd Apatow
Julianna Margulies
Karlie Kloss
Katy Perry
Orlando Bloom
Olivia Wilde
Brooke Shields
Tiffany Haddish
Will Ferrell
James Corden
Courteney Cox
Diane Von Furstenberg
Ben Savage
Josh Peck
Ivanka Trump
Van Jones
Leonardo DiCaprio
Quentin Tarantino
Casey Neistat
Ethan Klein
Hila Klein
Moses Hacmon
Trisha Paytas
Drew Barrymore
Caroline D'Amore
and these are only some, there’s so many more people :(
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rendezvouz-fling · 5 days
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Celebrities you share placements with Pisces Placements Edition
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Pisces rising:
• Whitney Houston
• Michael Jackson
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Ryan Gosling
• Richard Pryor
• Billie Eilish
• Andrew Garfield
• Ringo Starr
• Tony Hawk
• Kourtney Kardashian
• Ellen DeGeneres
• Zayn Malik
• John Stamos
• Demi Moore
• Antonio Banderas
• Jay-Z
• Brandy Norwood
• Nancy Spungen
• Amanda Bynes
• Phylicia Rashad
Pisces sun:
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Eva Longoria
• Victoria Justice
• Kurt Cobain
• Trever Noah
• Steve Jobs
• Adam Levine
• George Harrison
• Camila Cabello
• Stephen Curry
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Shaq
• Queen Latifah
• Cindy Crawford
• Floyd Mayweather Jr.
• Terrence Howard
• Rebel Wilson
• Dakota Fanning
• Becky G
• Kat Von D
Pisces moon:
• Prince
• Axl Rose
• Lacey Chabert
• Jhene Aiko
• Bad Bunny
• Erykah Badu
• Freddie Prince Sr.
• Shailene Woodley
• Jason Statham
• Dylan O'Brien
• Felicity Jones
• Robert De Niro
• Kidada Jones
• Sarah Michelle Gellar
• Luke Mitchell
• Vanessa Hudgens
• Macaulay Culkin
• Joey King
• Kevin James
• Matt LeBlanc
Pisces mercury:
• Heath Ledger
• Lady Gaga
• Lily Collins
• Reese Witherspoon
• Shay Mitchell
• Ashley Greene
• Jennifer Grey
• Joan Crawford
• Daniel Gillies
• Michael B. Jordan
• Vida Guerra
• Pharrell Williams
• Jenny Slate
• Matthew Lawrence
• Luke Evans
• Vince Neil
• Eddie Murphy
• Jackie Chan
• Jennifer Love Hewitt
• Christina Ricci
Pisces venus:
• Selena Quintanilla
• Brandi Quiñones
• Drew Barrymore
• Orlando Bloom
• Michelle Pfeiffer
• Kristen Stewart
• Barbra Streisand
• John Travolta
• Emma Watson
• Jon Bon Jovi
• Diana Ross
• Iggy Pop
• Alice Cooper
• Victoria Beckham
• Celine Dion
• Justin Bieber
• Michelle Obama
• Samantha Fox
• Dave Grohl
• Dove Cameron
Pisces mars:
• Denzel Washington
• Rowan Atkinson
• Tom Hanks
• Marilyn Monroe
• Shirley Temple
• Tina Turner
• Bob Dylan
• Phil Collins
• Heidi Klum
• Paris Hilton
• Elton John
• Enrique Iglesias
• Eric Clapton
• Ellie Goulding
• Ricky Martin
• Lisa Marie Presley
• Paco Rabanne
• LL Cool J
• Kelly Rowland
• Big Pun
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ambrossart · 24 days
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Hello, my question is about the Bowers gang and the music. I simply found it curious and fun and since Victor also seems to be a music fan and invited Evelyn next time to listen to music, my question is about her musical tastes, if she has a group. favorite or what genre of music do they listen to or if they have a favorite singer since Belch is a character who is characterized by the fact that he loves Metallica, so he asks me what type of music would each one listen to, Belch, well, he listens to metallica and anthrax (he has a band t-shirt and it appears in a movie if I remember correctly) Victor in one of the chapters says that he likes an Aerosmith song but from there I don't have an idea of ​​the bands or singers I heard, much less Henry or Patrick, I feel Patrick would be the strangest, he doesn't even seem like a person who listened to music or is a fan of someone and Henry doesn't seem that way to me either, and also it's from the 80's so it's even more interesting because I love the music of the 80's. 80s and 70s.
First of all, I absolutely love questions like this! I’ve had the worst week, so this was a very welcome mental vacation. Thank you for this.
Anyway, let’s discuss everyone’s music preferences! I’m just gonna break this down character by character to make my life easier.
— Evelyn
Evelyn likes whatever songs catch her ear on the radio. Music isn’t a huge part of her life, so she doesn’t really have a favorite song or artist. She has songs she likes (a lot of those classic 80s pop hits), sure, but I doubt she knows the names of most of them. So far, I think the only artists I’ve specifically mentioned her liking are Olivia Newton-John, the B-52s (literally just for “Love Shack” probably), and The Beach Boys, but we’ll discover more of her interests later. It’s not a major storyline by any means, but it does get explored.
— Vic
This may be a departure from canon, but in my mind, Victor Criss is an early adopter of the whole 90s grunge aesthetic. Messy hair. Ripped jeans. Flannel. Oversized shirts. Drinking coffee and smoking weed. If this story took place in the 90s, Vic would be all up in that grunge scene. I’m honestly super bummed I couldn’t go that route with him, but mark my words, that boy will go full grunge in college. He will.
Since this story doesn’t take place in the 90s, a lot of people (and by “people” I mean the characters in the story) probably assume Vic’s into heavy metal like Belch, but that’s not necessarily true. See, Vic is very picky about his music, and I don’t mean that in a snobby way at all (although Vic can be a little snobby about it). For him, music is therapy. Vic just wants to get really high, listen to some music, and escape himself for a while. And the wrong kind of music can be painfully grating to him, like to the point where it would cause him intense physical discomfort. That’s why he’s so picky.
So what kind of music does Vic like? I dunno… I could see him being into psychedelic rock, artists like Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, The Byrds, The Beatles, stuff like that. Vic is very private about his music, though. There’s a reason Christie Gibson can’t seem to figure him out.
It's also a pretty big deal that Vic has invited Evelyn to listen to music with him. Just saying.
— Belch
Next to Victor, Belch is probably the most serious about music. As we all know from the movie, heavy metal is his preference and his passion, but he’s also the kind of guy who can (secretly) appreciate a well-composed song regardless of its genre. That being said, Belch does tend to steer clear of the mainstream pop music scene… unless, of course, Christie Gibson is with him. Yeah, when those two are together, he pretty much lets her play whatever music she wants (because Belch is a good boyfriend).
— Henry
Yeah, I don’t think Henry is that serious about music. He listens to it, sure, everyone does, but it doesn’t impact his life significantly. Despite that, Henry’s tastes are probably very similar to Belch’s, simply because that’s how Henry gets exposed to most of his music: he listens to whatever Belch plays in the car. Apart from that, I could also see him being into bands like Led Zeppelin, Blue Öyster Cult, Deep Purple, Kansas, etc. But would he consider any of them his favorite band? Probably not, because Henry doesn’t have a favorite band.
Honestly, I think Henry has a very negative relationship with music in general. Anything that tries to tap into his emotions or influence his emotions, yeah Henry doesn’t like that. At all. He doesn’t wanna feel things. He doesn’t wanna think about his parents or his childhood. He wants all that shit to stay buried real deep.
— Patrick
For Patrick, all music sounds the same—and by that, I mean it’s all just “noise” to him. He doesn’t connect to it on any level, least of all emotionally.
In Chapter 5 (I think?) we saw Patrick using the radio kind of like a weapon. He purposefully messed with the knob to create the most annoying sounds his possibly could, hoping that it would drive the other guys in the car crazy. And it worked. Belch almost crashed the damn car. That pretty much sums up Patrick’s relationship with music. It’s just something else for him to manipulate and use for his entertainment.
So yeah, I could see Patrick listening to some really weird shit, like music that isn’t really music, but more like a bunch of random creepy/disturbing sounds put together. Patrick’s a weirdo. There’s no way he listens to traditional music.
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Okay, that's all I have to say on the subject. Thanks again for this ask! It was a lot of fun to think about. ❤️
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mothdruid · 8 months
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SOUR || GUTS
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This one is for all the teenagers in their twenties and my angsty bitches. Olivia Rodrigo's new album GUTS came out today. So, I wanted to host a little writing challenge/event for all of you!! But I'll be doing her debut album (SOUR) too!
Characters/Fandoms I'd like to see:
Top Gun: Maverick
Rhett Abbott
The Bear
if you wanna write for someone specific just ask!
Just send an ask for the song and character you want to write with it. Please tag your fics with #SOURGUTS so I can track them to read!
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SOUR.
brutal
traitor
drivers license
1 step forward, 3 steps back (@bobfloydsbabe with Jake Seresin)
deja vu (@translatemunson with Chef Luca)
good 4 u (@bobgasm with Bob Floyd)
enough for you
happier (@rae-gar-targaryen with Mickey or Javy)
jealously, jealousy
favorite crime (@southpawbitch with Rhett Abbott)
hope ur ok
GUTS.
all-american bitch (@callsignspark with Rhett)
bad idea right? (@rhettabbotts with Rhett Abbott)
vampire (@laracrofted with Rhett Abbott)
lacy (@poetrieshouse with Bob or Bradley)
ballad of a homeschooled girl
making the bed
logical
get him back! (@joaquinwhorres with Jake Seresin)
love is embarrassing (@southpawbitch with Bradley Bradshaw)
the grudge
pretty isn't pretty
teenage dream
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bobgasm · 6 months
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present day | the namesake [02/04]
pairing: robert “bob” floyd x reader word count: 2039 warnings: stalking, backstory, a revelation
summary: in which you track down a relative of evelyn and robert “pirate” floyd
author’s note: thank you guys for the love on this fic!
the chest | sincerely, | the letters
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Grandpa Michael was a frail man but still full of life. His eyes lit up when he was telling a story, he gestured wildly as he spoke. He used to pace and put on voices – he was a really great storyteller. 
He still was, just not as animated these days. His eyes still lit up, but he forgot his words. Forgot the flow of the story. He still held your attention, though, he always would.
You arrived around ten and sat for a cup of tea with him and a few other residents. The nurses knew you well by now, greeting you by name and asking how you were. They updated you on how Michael had been since your last visit two days ago, and you asked them how their kids were. One of the nurses, Olivia, had been away with a sick kid recently, and she happily told you she was on the mend. 
Grandpa Michael could always tell when your mind wandered. He wasn’t oblivious to knowing this visit had another meaning, but he was still grateful for you showing up. 
You tried to go as often as you could. You couldn’t bare the thought of him thinking that being in a retirement home meant his family would slowly stop visiting. Your dad, Michael’s youngest son, had fought against putting him in a home. Unfortunately, his sisters had won the argument. 
Your dad owned a boat repair business, and while the off season meant he had more work to do, the work unfortunately never stopped. He couldn’t be around to care for his father as often as he’d like, and it had been you who’d helped him realise it just wasn’t possible anymore. Grandpa Michael needed more and more assistance to get around. He sometimes got lost during his walk around the block, and it wasn’t kind to him. He felt terrible for being a burden, for having to rely on others, and he’d confessed to you that it was time for him to move out of the house and into the village. He just needed your help to convince your dad that it was the best thing for him. 
“What’s on your mind, doll?”
You looked at your grandpa with a sheepish smile. “Did your mom ever talk about Evelyn Floyd?”
“Aunty Evie, yeah,” he replied with a fond smile. “We were neighbours for years. I grew up with her son, Robbie.”
“You were all close then? I mean, obviously if you called her Aunty Evie,” you said with a laugh. “I found something of hers and her husbands when I was cleaning out the house yesterday. A chest full of letters written between her and her husband during the war.”
“In my house?”
“Yeah. I think she gave them to your mom to pass on to Robbie when he was old enough, and either she forgot, or they moved away, I don’t know. They were tucked away in the attic. I almost missed them.”
He hummed. “Evie got sick when Robbie and I were about ten. Lung cancer. When she passed away, Robbie lived with us for a while but it was tough times, you know? He didn’t like to talk much, but when he did it was about how he was going to join the navy like his old man. I don’t know if he ever did. Then one day he was just gone. Left us a letter thanking us for everything we’d done for him over the years, as well as some money to keep us going.”
“Do you think he’d still want the letters? You know, if he’s still around?”
He chuckled a little, thinking it over. “I can’t say for sure, but I’d want them if I were him. Have you started searching for him?”
“Not yet, I wanted to talk to you first,” you confessed. “See if you were still in touch or if you knew about the letters. I just…I hope I find something. Someone.”
You left a little while later, heading home to start doing some research. Opening your laptop and typing “Robert Floyd Navy” into the search bar. You had to start somewhere right? Why not start with the obvious.
Most of the search turned up historical pieces. Articles about Robert “Pirate” Floyd and his valiant battles and accomplishments during the war. He was photographed with his little bird and it brought a smile to your face as you thought back to the letter he’d written to his darling Evelyn, telling her all about his new little companion.
Continuing your deep dive, hoping to find something about his son, Robbie, or his wife, Evelyn. Finding Evelyn’s obituary in the online archives of the town’s newspaper and shedding a tear. She’d died from lung cancer, just like Grandpa Michael had said. She was survived by her only son, Robert Lonnie Floyd, and her husband had been a Captain in the Navy during the war.
After the search only turning up a few articles here and there about Robert and Evelyn, you tried to search for their son. Searching for ‘Robert Lonnie Floyd’ and hoping there was news about him.
There was a link that took you to Facebook, and a photo posted by Evie Floyd. That was promising. 
The photo was of a young guy who couldn’t have been too far out of graduating high school. He had glasses and acne, and an awkward smile on his face.
The caption read: Bob’s off to the Naval Academy!
There were a couple of other pictures posted alongside it, with who you could only assume was the kid’s parents and grandparents. If that was true, then Evie was likely his mom, which meant his name was Bob Floyd.
You felt like a creep as you clicked on Evie Floyd’s profile and scrolled through her photos. She really should update her privacy settings, though in this instance this was the most promising lead you’d found. 
Your suspicions were true as the woman from those photos continued to appear in most of the others, meaning she was in fact Evie. 
You clicked on a post that she’d written about her son, about his accomplishments. He’d graduated from the Naval Academy/Flight School, and was a Weapon Systems Officer. She’d even done the liberty of posting a picture of him in uniform, which almost schooled you to the bone.
The neatly-pressed uniform, the Navy issued aviators to replace his own glasses, and his hair styled to perfection. 
He was the guy who’d bought you a drink at the Hard Deck when you were drowning your sorrows over the letters you’d found. What were the chances?
Apparently, he was a Lieutenant now. Lieutenant Robert Floyd, callsign ‘Bob’. Huh. 
You stared between his photo and the chest that sat not too far away. You knew you had to go back to try and speak to him, but what if he wasn’t related to Robert and Evelyn? What if you looked like a crazy stalker?
You sighed. You were going to look like one anyway. There was no right way to announce to a stranger that you’d tracked them down, hoping they were a descendant of some people who’d written love letters back in World War Two. You could only hope that your hunch was right; the guy who’d bought you a drink was the great-grandson of Robert and Evelyn Floyd.
He was definitely going to call the cops on your crazy ass. You’d do the same if the roles were reversed.
With a sigh, you headed to your room to change. If you were going to be arrested for stalking, you were at least going to look good in your mugshot. 
For a Saturday night, the Hard Deck sure was empty. The bartender from last weekend greeted you with a warm smile until she saw the chest tucked under your arm, the confusion crossed her features.
“Do I want to know?” She enquired.
“Just had a feeling I might see someone here who belongs to them,” you explained cryptically. “Can I please get a double gin and soda?”
“Of course, but you gotta tell me what’s in the chest first. Not pirate treasure, is it?”
You chuckled, running your fingers over the slightly rusted metal. “Love letters. They’re what I was reading that made me so upset last week,” you explained. “I saw someone here that I think is a relation.”
She worked on making your drink. “Oh, does this mysterious stranger have a name?”
“Lieutenant Floyd,” you revealed. “At least, I think he’s the great-grandson of Robert and Evelyn Floyd, who wrote these letters during World War Two.”
She placed the drink on a coaster in front of you. “I hate to be the bearer of bad news, hon, but Bob and the rest of the Daggers have been deployed for the foreseeable future. I’m not sure when they’ll be back.”
You took a sip of your drinks. “You gonna make me buy a round for everyone if I set the chest on your bar?”
She laughed. “Not at all.”
When you placed the chest on the bar, she smiled as she took in the small but beautiful casing. “I’m Y/N, by the way.”
“Penny. I own this place,” she replied.
“You said Bob and the Daggers have been deployed, is that why it’s so quiet tonight?”
“Afraid so,” she revealed. “Plus, the next Top Gun class isn’t set to start for another month, so unless pilots are returning from missions, it’s a little quieter than normal. Not too many civvies spend a lot of time here, otherwise.”
“Well, you’re going to see a lot more of me until I manage to give these back to their rightful owner,” you confessed. “It’s not so bad when it’s quiet.”
Penny laughed. “That’s true. And in that case, you’re welcome here any time, even after you’ve returned the letters to their rightful owner. Don’t be a stranger, okay? It’s nice having normal company for a change.”
“Of course.”
Despite the first night of your search being a bust, Penny had informed you that she wasn’t sure when Bob would be back from his mission. You didn’t mind that you’d have to stop by a few more times until the chest had been turned over to him. If anything, it gave you time to think of how you were going to break the news to him. Of course, there was no good way to admit you’d deliberately tracked him down, you just hoped he was the understanding type.
The next week breezed by and you seemed to cart the chest everywhere with you. It sat in the glove compartment of your car, never too far away from you in case you spied the Lieutenant on your travels. You never did, but you held out hope. 
Hope that he was safe during his mission. Hope that it didn’t run too long. Hope that he heard you out before calling the cops on you. 
So much hope.
By the time you arrived at the Hard Deck and spied Penny, she’d prepared your drink before you could even ask.
“Double gin and soda, right?”
“Yes ma’am,” you replied, settling the chest on the bar. “Any word of our Lieutenant?”
“Sorry, hon, nothing yet,” she apologised. “It’s getting busier again now that the next class of Top Gun candidates are arriving in town. Might pay to keep that chest safe somewhere else. Can’t make any promises that drunk aviators will keep the contents safe.”
“Good idea,” you replied with a smile. “What exactly is Top Gun anyway?”
“Advanced Aviator training, to sum it up,” she replied. “Only the best of the best get picked to attend. Seen a lot of pilots and wizzo’s come and go over the years…a lot of egos.”
“I can imagine,” you said with a laugh, sliding over some cash for your drink and Penny’s tip. “I’ll keep trying my luck. Thanks, Penny.”
“Any time, Y/N,” she replied, ducking off to serve another customer. You took the time to finish your drink, keeping a hand on the chest in front of you.
You’d be back next week, and the next, if that’s what it took. 
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