No, but what I love about this is he just couldn't wait to show how proud he was. He needed to give Ted approval. He absolutely could have waited until their next training day. He could have texted him later. No, he fucking RAN from wherever he was sitting (because it wasn't wit the team) to get to the dressing room and meet Ted.
He's so excited for Ted to know he's on the right track.
And even when the others are making fun of him, Ted is the one who reminds the others that Trent is one of them. (Come on Diamond Dog Trent WHEN???)
I swear these two have more chemistry than some of the actual ships on this show.
And further, Trent couldn't wait to show Ted later just why he WAS straight.
When Shawn teases his upcoming song “Summer of Love”, he posts a video of himself driving along the highway to the sunset listening to a (teaser) clip of his new song.
August 6th 2021 sunset driving
Two days later, Niall tweets randomly that he was driving into the sunset whilst playing stuff he’s been working on.
August 8th, 2021 Niall driving tweet
Shawn releases the song called “Summer of Love”, which Niall very proudly promoted at every chance he could (including reminding everyone on the day it was dropping) and then even posting himself singing it while wearing the merch….
SOL lyric video included the words “kisses on your body” on a man’s back…
And gay coded even further in Shawn’s music video, by him in what creates a suggestive position while eating a peach at the very end. (Which, thanks to annoying YouTube slapping windows on the screen, made it so if you blinked you would miss it.) Shawn unhinged gay, love it for him so much. Genuinely. ❤️🏳️🌈
Also, that is a mermaid masthead, in a mesh shirt, eating a peach. Shawn is the mermaid in the clip.
And then here in 2023, Niall releases a whole song saying “wanting your summer skin pressed on mine”?!?!?
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BOYS PLEASE
Do I even remind us that the PR package being sent out for SOL, included SOL branded condoms?
When Niall said one of the emojis that summed up this album was the eggplant, he was correct. Get it though.
Now also, look at how Shawn’s “Higher” and Niall’s “On a Night Like Tonight” feel like they’re so intertwined with one another. ❤️
Then…
“Burning hearts” you say??? How about 8 of them!!!
Shawn comments on Niall’s IG Reel for The Show music video teaser.
Better late than never 😬
Last week was a blow-out for both votes. Clearly we have some fandom favorite moments and I can’t wait to see how this continues.
This week is a little tougher, which engagement moment is your favorite...I know it’s evil that two engagement moments landed against each other in round 1!
Sobs, this was the best MTL translation I could get (not the default one embedded in Twitter):
I forgot to notice. I checked in at Chang Shui. And you're going to be shui, right? All in all, take my brother to the event. Senoff and his brothers roared, and the person who took the picture was Shimi. I'm proud of anyone who disagrees.
Hopefully these from Korean -> English are a better explainer
The tweet also said that Apo took the photos. Unfortunately I think this one is delulu 😭
Jeff and Barcode had their dtac event on the same day at the location. It's part of the reason why there were so many extra seats at Mile's fan sign even though it was a closed event (they set up the event for dtac and didn't need to change it for Mile's event)
You can see Jeff's photoshoot here matches the background of Mile's, so they were likely done on-location. Where would Apo have snuck in 🤣
The industrial wall paneling from Mile's IG photos matches the outside and inside shots of the building as well as Jeff's photos.
Another Thai poster said Apo likely went to another market, which is not where Mile had his event.
Apo definitely was cheering for and supporting Mile's event though 🥺 He tagged his own fan base to trend for Mile.
Apo likely didn't want to take away Mile's chance to shine at his first solo event, just like he was with Mile at his Wan(der) Day to make him feel more comfortable while vlogging but didn't appear on video.
Pansy sits on a stool braiding Theo's hair while he works with some buttons.
Astoria is on the couch next to Luna with Millicent on the floor between her legs. The girls are fussing with Muggle glue while Blaise and Neville work on some Charms.
"People!" Draco calls. "We need to work faster. Potter, what's the progress on the banner?"
"Calm down, love. It's all in control," Harry soothes just as Ron enters their living room.
Pansy chucks a bagde at Draco, which Ron catches effortlessly.
"Weasley is our king!" He reads and smirks placing a kiss on Draco's forehead.
the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.
sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.
you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.
it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.
but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.
they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.
they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.
barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.
and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.
but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.
they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!
this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.
I just noticed when Ozzie appears behind Fizz, the initial explosion shows his sigil for exactly ONE frame (replacing Mammon's sigil we've seen plastered throughout the episode).
I just thought it was a neat little detail, Asmodeus essentially summoned himself in that moment.