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danvers--carol · 3 years

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ok ur top faves wangxian fic recs pls

wangxian has a looooot of good fics - here are my bookmarks 😅

im only going to post some of them

a stone to break your soul, a song to save it by rikke (M, 180k)

canon divergence, wangxian arranged marriage, 1st fic i’ve read after binge-watching cql in less than 5 days

love, in fire and blood by cicer (E, 360k)

lwj enters an arranged marriage with yiling patriarch bc wwx helped get rid of wrh

Wrong Turn, Right Place by diamondbruise (E, 71k)

modern!wwx ends up in cultivation world in gusu and meets lwj

spider lilies to sunflowers by cicer (E, 33k)

omegaverse mpreg where lwj must give wwx his firstborn for helping with killing wrh

The Golden Cutsleeve by syrus_jones (E, 77k)

wwx experiments with a uhh fleshlight

Teach Me The Ways by likeafox (E, 58k)

lwj asks wwx for help with sex stuff etc but wwx is a virgin

The Simplest Way Forward by harriet_vane (E, 70k)

modern au, wwx suddenly has baby a-yuan

every love story is a ghost story by aisthuu (M, 59k)

ghost wwx that haunts lwj’s new guqin from ebay

asymptotic by chinxe (Teen and Up, 26k)

lwj falls in love with ghost wwx

Two Weddings and a Family Reunion by scifigeek14 (Teen and Up, 36k)

wangxian has shotgun wedding so wwx can attend his shijie's wedding

myself through someone else’s eyes (series) by thunderwear (59k)

lan xichen permanently turns himself into a baby post-canon and wangxian rises him

My Leaves Reach Ever for the Sun by nonplussed (Teen and Up, 26k)

wwx fakes being lwj’s wife to attend shije’s wedding

Wei Wuxian, Who's That? by bumbledees (Teen and Up, 48k)

canon divergence where they make wwx into jiang xiaolian aka lwj’s new wife

Lynchpin by ShanaStoryteller (Not Rated, 103k)

jc timetravels and fixes everything

Like Rabbits by Setari (Teen and Up, 41k)

mpreg, how many children can wangxian have during canon events

your problem as a mountain. by crowry (E, 30k)

nhs and wwx are writing letters, and nhs “accidently” sends wwx’s letters about lwj to lwj

Lan Yuan's War by BurningTea (Gen, 159k)

ongoing; lwj timetravels with lan sizhui to the beginning of the sunshot campaign aka kinda 18 y.o. single dad au

The Third Young Master of the Qishan Wen by KouriArashi (Teen and Up, 138k)

wwx was adopted by dafan wens instead of jiangs

what builds a home by Stratisphyre (Teen and Up, 45k)

meng yao’s mom adopts little wwx

Brilliance in the Moonlight by rosweldrmr (E, 97k)

soulmates but its connected to golden cores… also lwj/oc in one chapter

I Started From the Bottom/And Now I’m Rich by x_los (E, 57k)

black widow wwx, marries sect leaders and kills them while lwj suffers in the bg

Regrets by antebunny (Gen, 37k)

lwj accidentally kills wwx during nightless city and then time travels

nothing you confess by PorcupineGirl (Teen and Up, 31k)

wangxian are soulmates but dont realise, lan zhan can FEEL wei ying getting his golden core taken out of his body and bc of the golden core hes like ????? when he meets jiang cheng

Pebble in the Deep by catchmeifyoucreon (E, 183k)

mo xuanyu and lwj spend the night together before mx sacrificed himself to bring back wwx, he’s brought back after for ex. yi city arc

picking up the pieces by KouriArashi (M, 111k)

jc dies at Nightless City instead of jiang yanli, she and lwj became friends while waiting for wwx to come back

to swim through the fires by littledust (M, 36k)

lwj is bethroted to jiang yanli

Just as the Snow Melts by draechaeli (Teen and Up, 66k)

one day wwx brings a-yuan to yiling to play by the river and some women ask him to watch over their children, he starts to teach them how to write and opens up a school etc

while covered in mud by merthurlin (Teen and Up, 12k)

nhs joins wens and wwx in burial mounds

box your errors by mellowflicker (Teen and Up, 42k)

dad-ji and little a-yuan vs human disaster wwx

Help, My Dad Is Fucking Someone My Age!! by sweetlolixo (Teen and Up, 3k)

lan sizhui pov about lwj suddenly taking a twink (wwx as mo xuanyu) back to gusu

shout it from the rooftops (tell them all I know) by arypls (Teen and Up, 12k)

lwj is trying to cope with his crush on wwx, he wrote his name in his notes without realizing etc,,,

make this chaos count by devotedbones (E, 15k)

when u (wwx) defend ur bros (lwj) dignity and everyone tells you that you should have fucked him more so he wouldn't be so strict lmao

mianmian the disaster lesbian saves the cultivation world by i_kinda_like_writing (Teen and Up, 27k)

mianmians pov about the wlw mlm solidarity she has with lwj,,, just “give lwj friends” a fic

Lead Me On Through by mrsronweasley (E, 54k)

everyone is in arranged marriages but they dont know the spouse until the wedding day

Lovelocked by Vamillepudding (Gen, 18k)

wangxian meets in paris and clown wwx makes lwj kiss him in front of famous sights for insta pics

不忘 | Don't Forget by dragongirlG (E, 50k)

wwx was thrown into burial mounds but he time travelled to modern times

Aftermath by KouriArashi (Teen and Up, 57k)

jiang yanli has had enough and kills jin guangshan

Keep Holding On by abCEE (M, 38k)

ongoing BUT demonic cultivator jiang yanli

in your skin by darkredloveknot (enheduane) (E, 10k)

wwx gets possessed by a skin-stealer

Double Dare by malkinmalkout (Teen and Up, 11k)

cloud recesses study era; jc dares nhs to pretend to have a crush on lwj to piss wwx off

it's just (aah) a little crush (crush!) by sweetlolixo (Teen and Up, 9k)

cloud recesses study era; wwx panics and says he has a crush on lwj

Bet Your Heart by Vamillepudding (Gen, 14k)

cloud recesses study era; wwx gets a bet to kiss lan xichen

Losing My Mind by pupeez4eva (Teen and Up, 6k)

cloud recesses study era; jc hears lwj's horny thoughts bc of a potion he drank

with you, I am home by tellthemstories (M, 47k)

canon, wwx has to return to lotus pier for marriage proposals, so he and lwj fake date to avoid that

Nothing But Trouble by brooklinegirl (E, 60k)

modern wangxian fake dates

Orchids in Lotus Pier by Vamillepudding (Gen, 21k)

jc and lwj are friends and people (including wwx) think they are dating

Blossom by triedunture (E, 26k)

cherry magic au during canon wwx's death

paint smears on sunny days by SnowshadowAO3 (E, 53k)

dadji and a-yuan’s art teacher wwx

in a river you wade by bleuett (M, 20k)

Mpreg where WWX died, leaving pregnant LWJ and A-Yuan; deals with postpartum depression, being a single father spoilers but my fav quotes 🥺

#wangxian #fics rec #fic rec #pls remember to leave kudos and comments for authors 🙏#wangxian fic rec

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righteousinadversity · 2 years

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Hi......if you don't mind me asking, can I ask, who are your top 5 favorite characters from MDZS? And why? And what are your top 5 (or top 3) fav moments from the novel? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks.....

Hello!! No need to apologize, I adore talking about MDZS!

My top favourite characters:

1. Wangxian: It is very unfair to make me pick between Wangxian. Wei Wuxian is everything I adore. He is funny, empathetic, mischievous and brilliant. I love how he faces everything in life, how confident he is in himself and how adorable he is in love. Lan Wangji is everything I admire. He is strong, righteous, as passionate on the inside as he is perceived as cold on the outside. His character arc is my favourite, and every version of him from the Teen LWJ to the revered Hanguang-Jun who went where the chaos is with no desire for prestige or rewards is just so good, so human. I could write a thousand verses on how he loves WWX, how WWX loves him, on how their love is so beautiful.

2. Wen Ning: Wen Ning, is without a single doubt, my favourite character after Wangxian. I love everything about him, the stuttering, fierce, protective brother that Wei Wuxian deserves. He commits treason for WWX, for the kindness WWX offered him, and the friendship and faith they both have in each other brings me to tears every single time.

3. Lan Sizhui: Lan Sizhui, Wen Yuan, the bestest boy. Who suffered so much, but was loved so deeply that even when the world wanted him dead, that love saved him. I loved A-Yuan from the very beginning, for his kindness, his diplomacy and how observant he was. Finding out everything about his past, reading the Burial Mounds arc, everything, only made me adore him all the more.

4. Jin Ling: Oh my beloved peachick. Jin Ling is someone I want to wrap up in a thousand blankets and keep safe from the scary world. I loved his growth, how he flourished under WWX's care and guidance, how by the extras, he is taking on night hunts no one else will, like Hanguang-Jun.

5. Wen Qing: When I say I stan Wen Qing, I mean I STAN Wen Qing. Brilliant, kind, and protective, I liked Wen Qing the moment we are introduced to her. Pragmatic, and yet soft-hearted, she commits high treason to protect WWX and JC, and then helps WWX with the core transfer, on someone she knows is going to come to slaughter her sect. Her last words, thank you and I'm sorry, had me sobbing.

Top Favourite Scenes

1. Rabbits Scene

Everything about this was so adorable. WWX gifting LWJ rabbits, cleverly making him accept said rabbits, LWJ breaking the rules for WWX and keeping the rabbits such that there is an entire warren of them by the time 13 years come to pass. Adorable kids with their adorable crushes. 💕

2. Dinner in the Burial Mounds after Wen Ning's Revival

The Burial Mounds arc is without a doubt something I adore very much, for the tiny place WWX carved out for the Wens, far from the world that would see them dead. I love this scene especially because WWX says he will walk the dark single path alone, but the Wens light lanterns for him, welcome him into their family, and he no longer feels that it is dark at all.

3. Trip to Yiling

WWX imagining LWJ and himself as happy as his parents were, imagining a future with LWJ, falling in love, and LWJ is so indulgent, so utterly in love, and gods... I cannot put into words how much I love this scene.

4. Confession Scene

LOVELY. STUNNING. A MASTERPIECE. The narrative? The hostage situation? Life threat? Irrelevant. WWX will confess to his HGJ dammnit and no one is going to stop him. This is a moment when both WWX and LWJ knows, for sure, that the feelings they held for the other is not simply tolerated, it is returned. The gentle love they hold for each other burns as bright in the other too, and gods... it is beautiful.

5. Dream Come True Extra

The fluff!!! They're married and in Love, your Honour!!! LWJ and WWX are so soft with each other, so utterly blissful, and they deserve it. The dates, the boat ride, a dream in cloud recesses come true, something both their young selves yearned for and yet could not have, but now they are happy and free and in love, in a way they never imagined to be as teens.

#mdzs #asks #wei wuxian #lan wangji #long post

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limeinaltime · 2 years

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Random bits of extra OC/lore facts that fit into both the Deus Ex Murder Machina and Hell. Pain Even AUs

- R was also a trainer for the younger generations, and was especially harsh and left everyone with either trauma or a lot of unhealthy needs for validation, control as well as over-the-top expectations for their teammates. Picking on X's students was one of the few ways to get X to actually bare her teeth and show more of the fire she had in her early days, something R secretly sorely misses.

- S wasn't so much a trainer, but he was asked to watch over the new drones sometimes when X and R were busy. They didn't mind each other and just vibed together until X came to pick them up.

- X did have a baby stage, except instead of an untrained neural network, she started out as a smaller version of her current form that slowly grew bigger as time passed due to the Void. The Internecion Drones are made of an artificial nanite version of the Void, so they also started out smaller than their current forms, although they started their lives as "adolescents" to allow them to keep up with X. I also just like the idea of baby Internecion Drones. Human-sized monster bots with wobbly legs.

- Cali was the highest-performing Scout Drone of her time, and became a well-respected and beloved doctor after the core explosion. Eko looked up to her a lot, and Cali was one of the few who treated the Blueshift women with respect before her death. She and Indy were good friends.

- X and S were one-time co-workers with benefits after X and R broke up

- I personally think that Khan was an okay (emphasis on "okay") guy when he was younger otherwise there would be no justifiable way for me to explain how he and Cali ended up together. He was programmed to be a builder, and was kind of always a workaholic with a one-track mind, at least until a group of Scout Drones took shelter in one of the bunkers he and his crew were working on. Khan didn't pay much mind until one of them thanked him for the shelter, winked at him, and vanished into the night, taking Khan's heart with her. The two reunited after the core collapse several years later, burned hot for a couple of years, and then decided to have a child. Their romance, while still in a sort of honeymoon period, seemed destined to succeed, and then everything changed when JC Jensen sent some unwelcome visitors to clean up their mess.

- Uzi had a super secret senpai crush on Eko when she was younger that she eventually gets over and is very embarrassed about. A lot of the teens who aren't as influenced by their parent's views on Eko actually think she's kinda hot??? She'll never know.

- N and O were a kinda-sorta thing during training (the feelings were complicated), and the two had a bad argument shortly before she died. He still feels really bad about that.

- Eko was attacked by J during the first wave of murder drone attacks, and got a bad crack on her forehead. Her mom came in to save her and Eko's head healed (Core Drones have an early version of the regenerative nanites due to the nature of where they were meant to work), but she still had nightmares about J cracking her face until the bunker invasion, where she's forced to confront her demons and return the favor.

- Eko isn't from Copper 9. There is a colony near the crater with very different living conditions than the other colonies, and after Indy's ex-husband left her to raise her daughter alone, she left to give Eko a better, safer life, leading them both to Reuben.

- I've mentioned this before, but Eko is a great mechanic and does her own repairs. She has a better understanding of her inner mechanisms than any of the older, certified doctors at Copper 9 and knows it. She also offers free healthcare (and maybe had to repress the urge to drive a screwdriver through Khan's face when he told her she shouldn't)

- Eko has a shitty ex named Brad who basically used her to cheat and spread a bunch of stupid rumors about that did not do her reputation (or self-esteem) any favors

- All of my OCs are good singers, but only O, Eko and X know how to dance

#murder drones #oc #deus ex murder machina #hell. pain even. (murder drones edition)#Serial Designation X #Serial Designation R #Serial Designation S #Eko Blueshift #Cali Mendatta

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neverdoingmuch · 3 years

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I’m here for the ‘swords not as pets’ agenda. Swords as cars: solid, get you from place to place, potentially dangerous, customizable, something people name. Wwx losing his license taking the fall for a mistake jc made (idk, dui maybe?) and just choosing to mod the hell out of a self-balancing scooter or segway or something so it goes dangerously fast. Alternatively: spending 3 months inventing the first functional actual levitating hoverboard, with an insane top speed. 3 months in the (1/2)

sawdfert this is delightful!! i saw segway and i immediately started wheezing,, there was no time for laughing i went straight to the wheezing. i think it would make more sense if wwx lost his car and got a motorcycle? like hoverboards and segways are cool but motorcycles have that big reputation of being dangerous and there’s the whole ‘rebellious teen gets a motorcycle and becomes a delinquent’ thing? like motorcycles are fast and if you crash it’s so much worse than if you were in a car and there’s no airbags or anything. but also?? wwx rocking up to school on a segway while playing his flute like the shittiest entrance ever? iconic. but let’s stick with chenqing as a motorcycle/scooter (motorcycle-esque scooter not the ones that try and take out your ankles).

okay so all the major sects are super rich so in a modern au it would make sense for all the sect heirs to get cars. i’m not saying that jc and wwx complain about jzx being stuck-up bc he was given a porsche for his birthday even though they were also given cars for their birthdays,,, but i am. at first it would have been this major point of contention between yzy and jfm bc wwx isn’t even their son so why is he getting a car too but wwx is like ah it’s so i can drive jc and jyl to school! you wouldn’t want their cars being left outside the school all day would you? someone in my maths class had their car get keyed and it was super expensive to fix,, and yzy is like yes wwx may have a car only to protect my children from parking hassles,, also wwx must pay for his own parking. so wwx and jc both get given cars for their bdays.

now wwx gets bored easily,, so you could translate him being a cultivation genius to him being really good at driving. im talking that jc is still getting the hang of switching gears and wwx is out there casually drifting around corners. (this does mean he has to get new tyres really frequently but he’s friends with wen ning, whose family runs the mechanics that wwx likes to go to so he just helps around the shop for a bit and gets a discount (yes its the family discount)). anyway wwx really enjoys driving, also! he just rocks up to wen ning’s place one day and is like dude, i wanna pimp my ride, wanna help and wen ning is like heck yeah. so wwx pays for some upgrades with his own money and he spends hours doing some custom work to make it look cool,,

it’s all going well until wwx and jc go to wen chao’s party one night and jc gets absolutely sloshed,,, like completely hammered. wwx had walked in, grabbed a cup of lemonade or something and was gonna hang with his friends but lwj was there for some reason so he spent the entire night talking to him in the back garden. which means that when jc wanted to leave he saw wwx hanging out with lwj and went ew gross and just decided to drive home himself. he crashes and when wwx comes home the next day jc gets super pissed at him bc he was meant to be the designated driver and if he hadnt been screwing around with lwj jc wouldnt have tried to drive home and now his parents will be super pissed and wwx is like woah chill my grandmother is a mechanic and she can fix this up just give me a couple of days.

so wwx goes to baoshan sanren mechanics (which is just the back entrance to the wen sibling’s mechanics) and spends the next three days getting rid of all of his customisations and mods so his car looks exactly like jc’s. does he cry when he has to spend like five mins spraying the inside of the car with axe body spray to get the jc stench going on? maybe a little. but he does it and returns the car to jc! and jc is like oh wow my car is fixed, your grandma is a miracle worker and wwx is like haha yeah (:

anyway wwx mysteriously and suddenly discovers a passion for public transport,, it’s a good way to stay humble jiang cheng, he says, also i used all my petrol money buying porn from nhs or whatever. anyway wwx is doing the whole pt to school thing but then one afternoon wen chao and wzh find him and idk maybe the party got too rowdy so the cops came and wc got in trouble with his dad? he assumes wwx called the cops on him so he shoves wwx into his car and drives him out to the middle of no where and dumps him in the burial mounds scrap metal recycling place or whatever.

the train line isn’t running that day and there’s no phone service either so wwx is stuck there overnight. he gets super bored. so what does he do? he finds an abandoned scooter and starts scavenging for parts. he’s not expecting it to actually work but by the time the sun rises he’s found some actually decent parts and he thinks that he could get it working. tbh he kinda forgets to go back home and just walks into town to buy some food and then goes back and continues fiddling with the scooter. he doesnt live there for the three months but the people in yiling just accept that this random teenager has all but moved into their scrap heap and adopt him anyway. so he goes and visits the burial mounds every day after school so none of his friends or family really see him anymore.

until! one day he rocks up to school on his scooter. scooters,, are kinda like sad pathetic motorcycles,, but wwx mods his scooter with like a powerful engine and new steering and everything so people see it and go oh! a motorcycle! even though it’s not actually (can you do that with a scooter? idk but suspend your disbelief pls). so lwj is like hnnngg wwx in a leather jacket on a motorcycle but also wei ying, stop riding a motorcycle, *enter statistics about motorcycle crashes here* and wwx is like no! you cant take chenqing away from me. and jc is pissed bc they were meant to be brothers and have matching cars and be able to work on them and give them cool paint jobs together! but now wwx has this bike which has been modded to hell and back and refuses to drive his car bc it’s not as cool as his bike. so we get to have the whole ‘everyone thinks wwx is doing something dumb and dangerous’ bc he has a motorcycle and why isnt he just driving his car anymore? but we also get to keep some of the nuance of the demonic cultivation bc yeah it’s more dangerous than driving in a car but wwx doesnt have a car anymore and scooters are a loottt safer than motorcycles (if my two seconds of research is correct).

so! wwx won’t abandon chenqing and he did most of his work using scrap parts so he goes back to the wens and is like wen ning my best bro check her out and he’s like oooooooh and they start modding chenqing together. wen qing doesnt know why wwx is constantly over at their shop all the time but jc keeps arguing with wwx and wwx grows more distant with his family and friends bc he’s making ~bad decisions~ and a motorcycle is a gateway to idk teen delinquent shenanigans like smoking and doing graffiti so he’s kinda ousted from respectable rich people society and wen qing is like i have two (2) brothers now and they’re adorable not that i’ll ever tell them that. and wwx modding chenqing got him a reputation in yiling like everyone saw him walk in one day and then drive out with this sexy sexy bike so people start coming to him for mods and stuff and wwx earns the title yiling patriarch and wen ning, his trusted best friend and helper, gets called the ghost general bc idk he helps a lot but the customers never meet him. so they become some dynamic duo for car and bike mods!

anyway,, yzy delivers him an ultimatum one day: the car or the bike (or more accurately: the family or the bike) but wwx can’t drive the car anymore so he just gets quietly disowned and drops out of school. (we’ll save jzxuan the suffering in this au he can keep his car). he goes to the wens and theyre like hey whats up? wait no you cant live in a scrap heap,, not even if you buy a tent,,, just live with us please. and then wwx gets adopted by the wens and idk i want them to have a happy ending so wwx and wn go off and do some actual mechanic and modding training with some expert (sqdcfgt imagine if it was the real baoshan sanren who just happened to be in the market for some apprentices and saw wwx and wn’s work and was like them and then later realised it was her grandson). so they get their apprenticeship and they disappear off somewhere for a year or two - when wwx had been disowned he’d deleted everyone’s contacts and was like if they text me i’ll add them back but im not gonna have a contact list cemetery. (no one contacts him).

eventually the 13 years pass and wwx has been helping the wens raise their little nephew a-yuan who is showing a real aptitude for being a mechanic even though he’s just a kid and just generally enjoying the quiet life of being a mechanic while doing fun mods and lil baby projects. then one day lwj’s car breaks down while he’s driving through the area and he calls up the local mechanic and guess who rocks up? it’s wwx. and then we get to have them dance around each other and wwx being like lwj doesnt trust me, he’s just sitting here and watching me work all day ): and lwj is like dont let him go dont let him go dont let him go,, and eventually they get their romance but this is way too long already so im im gonna end this here

i didnt mean to make this an entire au but i adored your idea so much anon so i kinda had to!!

#mdzs #modao zushi #wei wuxian #wangxian #lan wangji #wen ning #wen qing #my aus #asks #cql #the untamed #i might come and add a read more later but i dont have time now sorry!#Anonymous

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jadecrawford · 2 years

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did JADE CRAWFORD chase one of seven sins seven miles down the coast? originally from MIAMI, FL, the THIRTY-TWO YEAR OLD CIS WOMAN is a SECOND GRADE TEACHER and has lived in the key for THREE YEARS. SHE is suppose to call MIDTOWN home, but there is always temptation lurking between the streets and the ocean that keeps HER from heading back. sinners and saints take many forms, but they look like CLAIRE HOLT and on their way to make decisions, good and bad, they always seem to sway to the beat of THE SCIENTIST BY COLDPLAY.

THE BASICS

FULL NAME: Jade Jasmine Crawford

NICKNAME(S): Jay, J, JJ, JC

AGE: Thirty-Two

GENDER & PRONOUNS: Cis female, She/Her

FACE CLAIM: Claire Holt

EYE COLOR: Green

HAIR COLOR: Blonde

HEIGHT: 5′7″

WEIGHT: 117 lbs.

DATE OF BIRTH: August 25th, 1989

ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo

LEVEL OF EDUCATION: Masters in Education

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, French, & Spanish

OCCUPATION: Second Grade Teacher

HOBBIES: Dance, Painting, Yoga,

HOMETOWN: Miami, FL

NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown

THE HISTORY

Jade was born to one of the most prominent families in Miami, Florida. Her grandfather was a well known broadcaster. Having acquired a Miami television station in the 1960′s. The Crawfords were a well known household name. A name that Jade would later on resent.

Her childhood was as far from disadvantaged. She was given what she was needed and more. Tossed objects while her parents were off being The Crawfords. Jade’s mother was a well known socialite and former model. She had later on decided to become an author. Describing the ways to raise children and how to be a “woman in today's world”. None of which was actually true. Casey didn’t know how to be a mother nor a regular woman in today's society. Jade’s father, William, followed in his father’s footsteps. As the money built up from the network, he developed new movies and television shows. Which kept him away as well. The only real friendship Jade had was her grandfather, Frederick. Upon retiring his career, he stayed home with the young girl. Everyone believed Jade to have the perfect life. However, she spent most of her time alone. Surrounded by objects and made to entertain herself.

One of the worst days of her life was the day her grandfather died. Her parents were consumed with greed. Caring about the money and real estate, and the stocks, and everything else he had in his life. The material things. Jade cared that she had lost the one person who had always been there for her. Her grandfather’s death affected teen Jade emindesly. She no longer cared about herself or her safety. Began going out more and getting into all sorts of trouble from street racing to all night parties at various nightclubs. The Crawfords of course put a quick end to her activities as soon as the People Magazine covers came out and stocks took a dip. Their daughter became the new Miami social scene It Girl with one table top picture.

Now her activities were hidden, not stopped completely. Jade developed a ‘I can do whatever I want as long as daddy pays the bills’. After receiving a full ride to University of Miami, the youngest Crawford went on to begin a new chapter in her life. Her freshman year of college, over winter break, she learned of her parents numerous affairs. Particularly, her fathers. Jade soon came to the realization that her parents were not in love - were never in love - and actually hated each other.

Her mother had apparently stole her father from another woman. A woman who was pregnant. A woman who would later on have a son in which would be Jade’s older, half-brother. With everything that had happened over the past few years, Jade decided it was over. She no longer associated with the Crawford name. Disowned her family for the greedy, selfish people they were.

Graduating University with a Bachelors in Education and Social Psychology. She threw herself into her studies. Entering into the masters degree program at the University of Miami. Previously her education came second to her personal life. Later realizing that she was turning into exactly what she swore to never be, a Crawford.

When Jade turned thirty years old, her boyfriend at the time ended up getting her pregnant. The second the strip turned pink, he was never heard from again. She went on to move to raise her child. Luckily she had her grandfather's inheritance to keep her afloat and help with child care as she still maintained a full time teaching position at the local elementary school.

#sevenmiles.intro

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unforth · 3 years

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Today in “random shit that got totally away from me,” I just wrote almost 6k of this nonsense instead of anything for Kinktober or my tweet fic. Oops.

So I started thinking about MDZS Harry Potter AUs. Yes, JK is a trash human being but eh HP does still hold a place in my heart so I don't mind putzing with it as long as I never again put another penny her pocket. Anyway, all the HP AUs I've seen seem to be focused on Hogwarts and who'd be in which house, that kind of thing, and it felt all wrong to me because the sects are different schools of thought...that's literally the point...so shouldn't they be different schools? And this is where I took that...this is really more like a fusion than an AU and I've butchered canon and how magic works for both HP and MDZS but oh well, here goes...

(ships: WangXian, SangCheng, Luo Qingyang/Wen Qing, Xuanli until it’s not, Wen Ning/Jiang Yanli, and others)

Wei Wuxian is born a muggle, the child of a witch and a muggle who decide to leave the wizarding world and raise their child without the prejudices and problems that surrounded them and their relationship. However, the world catches up with them, and both die when Wei Wuxian is only 4 years old. He gets kicked into the foster system, and it takes over five years before he's finally brought to a family that seems to be long term - old friends of his mother's and, as he'll learn, old wizarding blood, the Jiang family. Wei Wuxian has shown no sign of being magical to that point but, then, he also had no idea that magic was a thing, and existed outside that paradigm completely. He learns right quick though. His new parents, Yu Ziyuan and Jiang Fengmian, are both powerful wizards, and their eldest daughter is already at Jinlin Tower, studying to follow on their footsteps. His foster brother, Jiang Cheng, talks excitedly and sometimes sneeringly about his own expectations of going, and that Wei Wuxian won't be. To say he's jealous would be an understatement, but more than that, he's sorely disappointed, because aside from his occasional arrogance, Jiang Cheng is the closest thing to a friend, the closest thing to family, he's ever had. His new parents are okay, he supposes...certainly better than some he's had...but Yu Ziyuan barely tolerates him and Jiang Fengmian's condescending form of affection isn't much better. Further, Wei Wuxian is old enough that he hears the rumors. People at Lotus Pier whisper that he's actually Jiang Fengmian's child, that JFM loved the witch Cangse Sanren and that he acted on that affection, possibly without her consent. How dark the rumors tended depended on who said them, and everyone made Wei Wuxian wish that he'd never been brought to Lotus Pier, even if he at least was no longer starving.

Anyway. Events unfold, as they tend to do. Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng grow close. Jiang Yanli returns from school for holidays and Wei Wuxian quickly grows to adore her. When he's with his siblings he can forget how garbage the rest of his life is, and his hope for the future improves when he accidentally dyes Jiang Cheng purple from head to toe (after JC punched him because he called JC a grape). At first this seems like a dream come true - he can do magic, so he can go to the school! - but as seems to always happen in his life, the good news gets balanced by a heavy dose of bad, as the worst rumor mongers take this revelation as a sign that he couldn't have possibly had a muggle for a father, and their vituperation grows louder, and Yu Ziyuan's behavior grows more abusive.

At least he'll get to leave.

Except going also proves a mixed blessing, as the school is just as much a rumor factory as Lotus Pier is...heck, maybe more of one. The Jin family, also old blood, run the place, and teach according to their own principals. Virtually everyone there is from a long ancient line of wizards, and they all look down their noses at Wei Wuxian for being half blood, and he's bullied a lot, and Jiang Cheng and Jiang Yanli are bullied by extension, which is even worse. He does his best to keep his head down, but usually fails, since he can accept any amount of hatred heaped on his own head but refuses to stand down if his brother and sister are insulted. His repeated run ins with Jin Zixuan, heir to Jinlin Tower, affianced of Jiang Yanli, and tool douche bag incarnate especially lead to trouble, not because Jin Zixuan himself is so bad...he's a tool douche bag but he's essentially harmless...but his family is less so. His cousin Jin Zixun is especially vile, and the number of encounters with him that Wei Wuxian keeps secret lest Jiang Cheng learn and intervene and experience the same or worse is sizeable.

Still, for all the bad, he's mostly happy at school and it's still better than being at Lotus Pier. Their classmates are from the Jin and the clans that follow them - it turns out the only reason the Jiang are there instead of at their own school is that it's part of the arranged marriage between Jin Zixuan and Jiang Yanli - and while the main clan is full of assholes, their followers include some damn good folk. Wei Wuxian develops an especially close friendship with Luo Qingyang. He also excels at magic, which eventually begins to pay dividends. The first couple years he's there, his classmates have all been doing magic since they were in their cradles and he's racing to catch up, but by the time he's 14, 15, 16, the playing field is more even and those who were cruel to him have mostly been visited by highly unpleasant pay back - if not from Wei Wuxian himself, then from Jiang Cheng or Luo Qingyang.

His 6th year, when he's 17, is a big deal for several reasons. First, Jiang Yanli graduates...and immediately starts an internship at the school's infirmary, ostensibly because she's interested in medicine, actually because no one wants too much distance between her and Jin Zixuan. Speaking of whom, secondly...he's a jackass and a peacock but he has improved with age, and Wei Wuxian can almost tolerate him for short periods of time, especially because his doing so makes Jiang Yanli happy. Jin Zixun is still irredeemable but Wei Wuxian is unsurprised there. But the biggest event is that it's time for the biannual competition between the greatest sects in the world, and this time Jinlin Tower is hosting. Everyone who wants to participate may, and it's basically an Olympics for people in their 6th and 7th years - no one else is eligible. There are competitions in martial arts, wizarding duels, arranged battles against monsters, Night Hunts, races. Each competitor is scored based on their performance, and after each event, fewer people are able to advance to the next round, until the final event is a two-on-two-on-two-on-two battle between the top pairs from each school - Jinlin Tower, Cloud Recesses, Unclean Realm and Nightless City. If two from one school are still standing at the end (highly unusual, generally one is eliminated before the other) then they will fight to determine a final winner, who gets accolades, attention, a mess of flowers, a few medals, at least two marriage proposals...and respect, which is the only one of those things Wei Wuxian gives a shit about.

Wei Wuxian is *determined* to be one of the two - and that Jiang Cheng will be the other. He can think of no better way to show up the haters, and anyway, it sounds fun as hell.

The school year up until the start of the competition, held every spring, is dull dull dull, but finally the long awaited day arrives, and with it come the 6th and 7th years from the other schools and the teachers sent to chaperone them. Cloud Recesses arrives first, punctual to the second, and god are they a snooze fest. Their leader, Lan Qiren, drones on and on during his welcome speech, and his students all stand in lock step and hang on every boring word. When Wei Wuxian has the audacity to yawn, one in particular glares murder at him, and Luo Qingyang explains to him in a hurried whisper that that's the famous Lan Wangji, second son of the family, heir to Cloud Recesses, and widely considered the hands-down favorite to win the entire event.

After them, the Unclean Realm contingent arrives, led by Nie Mingjue, youngest of the current school leaders. They seem very battle oriented, all heavily armed with more than just wands, except for a disinterested young man at Nie Mingjue's side - his brother, Nie Huaisang, Luo Qingyang helpfully explains.

("How do you know all this??" Wei Wuxian hisses.)

("Latest issue of Teen Witch did a profile on everyone favored to win from each school!")

("...oh yeah? What'd they say about me?")

("You weren't in there, dumbass, they profiled Jin Zixuan and Jin Zixun.")

("And you trust them to be right about literally *anything* if they think those two are the favorites from here?")

("Shut up, at least it means I know something about the competition we'll face.")

("Will you *both* shut up?" interjected an exasperated Jiang Cheng, "because if not, I WILL curse you for the duration of the welcome...")

Nie Huaisang is fun to watch, because he seems as bored as Wei Wuxian feels, and because he is high enough in the pecking order that no one gives him shit for it. Watching him is even slightly cathartic. But too soon, their school goes to their table - another vote in favor of the Unclean Realm, their welcome speech was short and to the point - and then the Nightless City students step up. Their leader is a sneering youth ("winner of the competition six years ago," Luo Qingyang supplies) named Wen Xu, son of the school's head, because they are so arrogant they didn't bother sending their headmaster. They’re also the only school to send two chaperones, and Wei Wuxian feels an instant connection with the other, an attractive young woman, because the murderous glare she directs at the back of Wen Xu's head is truly a thing of beauty, and grows more intense the longer he babbles bombast, arrogance and stupidity.

Finally, the welcome ends, and the houses share a banquet. There are various "getting to know you" events scheduled, and a prom-like ball halfway through the competition. It’s interesting to see the relative sociability of the different groups as the events commenced. The Lans from Cloud Recesses, for example, keep almost entirely to themselves. They make minimal efforts to mingle but only because they’re expected to. The Nie, on the other hand, are incredibly happy to meet new people, and Wei Wuxian ends up friends with Nie Huaisang almost by accident - there was a bird, a curse backfire, a talking staircase and a gigantic bubblegum bubble involved but the less said in general the better - and it gives him hope for the future. His prospects of staying at Lotus Pier are dim - even if they wanted him there he didn't want to stay, especially after Jiang Yanli leaves for her wedding and Jiang Cheng launches into his duties as heir. Nie Huaisang likes him, and has influence at Unclean Realm, and hints more than once that they don’t share the prejudices of some of the other families since it’s well known they'd been founded by a late-blooming spellcasting muggle. Wei Wuxian is self-interested enough to forward the friendship even if he didn't enjoy Nie Huaisang's company...but he does, and that just makes it so much the better.

The Wens from Nightless City, on the other hand, are a problem. They love to interact...if arrogance, condescension, aloofness and bullying can be called interacting. They don’t even spare members of their own family, and Wei Wuxian saw a lot of parallels to his own treatment at Jinlin Tower in how Wen Ning, Wen Chao's cousin and younger brother of the second chaperone, is treated. Wei Wuxian intervenes more than once to protect Wen Ning - from the other Wens, from Jin Zixun, even from a random Lan once.

Thus do things stand when events finally start. They make for a weird clique - Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng, Luo Qingyang, Nie Huaisang, and Wen Ning vaguely shadowing them while clearly trying not to get too close. In events where they can aid each other, they do. In events where they can’t, they at least try not to directly act against each other. Lesser names are quickly eliminated from the competition, and the leader board is mostly those who'd been expected, in part because a lot of clan members go out of their way to support their clans' favorite. Lan Wangji, that second Lan son from Cloud Recesses, leads in points, and that’s extra impressive since the Lan are the only clan that AREN’T cheating to help him get ahead. Lesser members of the Nie routinely act to help Nie Huaisang instead of themselves, which is especially absurd since Nie Huaisang himself seems indifferent. The Wen actively cheat, and are sanctioned for it three times, to forward Wen Chao, Wen Xu's younger brother and their clan's favorite. And the Jinlin Tower contingent strives to put Jin Zixuan on top...and Jin Zixun strives to unseat him.

So, basically, it it’s all a huge mess, especially early on when the entirety of all four schools are involved.

The first of Wei Wuxian's friend circle eliminated is Luo Qingyang. She takes it in stride even though it had been a bullshit technicality and Wen Chao's fault to boot, and immediately begins conspiring from outside the competition to help the others. Things proceed apace, event after event, and despite some obvious attempts by lesser Jinlin Tower folk to sabotage Wei Wuxian, he of course still does well, especially at the magical competitions. He hung on through a dismal showing against a giant dog (his phobia’s triggered and it’s one on one so no one can help him) thanks mostly to an exceptional performance during an transfiguration and enchantment event, that he won easily and to everyone's amazement, even beating the unparalleled Lan Wangji. Jiang Cheng is doing well too, not exceptional at anything, but never near the bottom, either, which keeps him afloat, and it helps that he never does anything that sinks himself to float Jin Zixuan or Jin Zixun. The ball comes closer by the day, and the events are spaced farther apart later in the competition to give competitors time to heal and prepare, and as more people are eliminated, the ball becomes the premier talk of the group - what to wear, who to ask, who else has asked who and who has said yes and who has said no, all gossip all the time. Nie Huaisang seems especially invested, even though he hasn't been eliminated...he seems to find it fun, while giving zero information about his own intentions as regard a companion.

Jiang Cheng asks a pretty Lan girl, and is turned down, and Luo Qingyang, and is turned down, and at least three other people, with no success. (Nie Huaisang whispers that this is because Wen Chao has threatened to hurt anyone who says yes to him...Luo Qingyang says it’s because Jiang Cheng is an idiot and a dick.)

Luo Qingyang refuses to say who she’s asking, leaves to do it...and returns aglow, saying that the person she'd asked has said yes...but still won’t say who that is.

Wen Ning mumbles that a Jin girl he didn’t know had asked him, and he said yes, and he supposes it’ll be fine. It troubles all his friends, since he’s actually incredibly sweet, but that anyone at all asked him seems to be a shock, and that anyone else might do so - or that he might ask someone he liked, and they might say yes - both are apparently so implausible to Wen Ning that he won’t even consider it.

Wei Wuxian asks no one. It’s not that he doesn’t want a partner at the ball...he does, he supposes...but he can’t find the motivation. He’s worried he got eliminated during the last event, and he won’t find out until the banquet before the ball, when the final 16 competitors will be announced, and the uncertainty is making him jumpy and anxious. So, he dithers, and he supports his friends, and he messes with their enemies, and he takes a dilatory approach to preparing for the next event (a dragon hunt) that he may or may not have qualified for…

...and then Jiang Cheng takes him aside, like, “dude you’ve got to find *someone*!”

“Why?”

“ ‘Cause all of the top 16 need a date!”

“Then you’re boned, aren’t you…”

“So’re you! Anyway, you’re wrong, I’ve got someone.”

“I didn’t make it, a-di...I’m sure I didn’t…and wait, you do? Who is it?”

“Like I’d tell you.”

“You’re a damn liar, you ain’t go no one.”

“No, I’m set, but you’ll sure look like a dumbass if I’m right and you need a date…”

And, well, Jiang Cheng has a point...so Wei Wuxian keeps an ear to the ground, trying to figure out who is still available. The pickings are slim...there are a lot of hopeful younger students, but...no. Just no. At least a dozen people have asked Wei Wuxian, but he’s turned them all done, and now everyone seems to be paired...and then a few hours before the banquet, Luo Qingyang grabs him.

“Pssst, I heard you need a date.”

“Why’re you whispering? Is it a secret?”

“Ask Lan Wangji.”

Wei Wuxian can only blink at her, because *what the actual fuck.* Lan Wangji is leading the competition, and he’s gorgeous, and yeah, he has a shit personality, but even so he must have had every single person in the school and every other school tripping over themselves to ask. Further, if there’s one person he will definitely say no to, it’s Wei Wuxian, because ever since that first time Wei Wuxian yawned during Lan Qiren’s shitty speech, Lan Wangji has hated him. During every meet and greet, during every event, whenever Wei Wuxian glances Lan Wangji’s way, Lan Wangji is glaring at him, scowling, like Wei Wuxian is a piece of gum stuck to the bottom of his shoe...and yeah that DID happen, it was part of the whole meeting Nie Huaisang debacle, but still, Wei Wuxian has been doing decently, and has tried to be nice to the guy, and nothing. Still, Luo Qingyang is incredibly persuasive when she wants to be, and finally, Wei Wuxian caves, if only to get her to leave him alone. Lan Wangji is easy to find, lingering in the common room assigned to his school, sitting and reading, still in the white robes he always wears (the girls all swoon at his miraculous ability to keep them pristine through every competition, and there are running bets on what it’ll finally take to stain them) and apparently indifferent to the frenetic preparations that those around him are hurrying through.

“Hey, Lan Wangji!”

Lan Wangji shoots that disdainful stare at him again.

“Heard you don’t have a date for tonight, is that true?”

Lan Wangji shrugs, eyes back on his book.

“You know all the top competitors need one, right?”

Lan Wangji shrugs again.

“So, you wanna go with me or what?”

The book crashes to the floor and Wei Wuxian is amazed to see Lan Wangji...react? To literally anything? Ever? By looking stricken, and surprised, and taken aback, and maybe a little horrified?

“Ugh, fine, well if my proximity offends you that bad...at least I can tell Luo Qingyang I tried.” And Wei Wuxian manages his own shrug, turns to walk away...and a hand on his shoulder stops him. Turning...there’s Lan Wangji, eyes wide, lips slightly parted, long hair swooping about his shoulders, crap is he pretty, no wonder he’s got half the school in love with him, no wonder he only finds flaws with Wei Wuxian, just like everyone else, no wonder--

“Seriously?”

...what?

Wei Wuxian nods slowly and Lan Wangji’s expression softens.

“Thought you and she were a couple.”

Shocking thing the first: Lan Wangji spoke. Shocking thing the second: Lan Wangji touched him. Shocking thing the third: Lan Wangji has paid enough attention to Wei Wuxian to have drawn conclusions about his love life. Shocking thing the fourth: Lan Wangji apparently has a personality of some kind? Shocking thing the fifth: Lan Wangji certainly doesn’t appear to hate him??

Too confused to speak, Wei Wuxian shakes his head.

“I would be pleased to go to the ball with you.”

Shocking thing the sixth: Lan Wangji ACTUALLY WANTS TO GO WITH HIM.

The entire common room goes still, apparently everyone else is as shocked as Wei Wuxian, and then they break into congratulatory hurrahs.

“Whelp, good, okay then,” Wei Wuxian manages, still too asea to have any idea what the hell just happened. “Guess I’d better go get ready. You too. I’ll see you soon, yeah?”

The banquet opens with Jin Guangshan rising and pompously announcing who the top 16 are - among them, Wen Chao and Wen Ning both have made it, and Lan Wangji of course, and Nie Huaisang, and the four from the Jin are Jin Zixuan, Jin Zixun, Jiang Cheng, and Wei Wuxian. He’s so amazed he can only stand, and he glances to Lan Wangji...and gets a smile in return??? And what has his day become he has no idea what’s going on!!

After the meal, the first dance is called, and the way people pair off prompts scads of whispers. Jin Zixuan is the obvious one, of course he’s with Jiang Yanli, and neither looks particularly happy about it. Jin Zixuan keeps glancing toward a Nie girl that Wei Wuxian doesn’t know, and if Wei Wuxian didn’t know better (and after the day he’s had, he’s genuinely not sure if he DOES know better) he’d think that Jiang Yanli kept glancing to Wen Ning. Jiang Cheng gives Wei Wuxian a smirk as he and Nie Huaisang go out hand in hand, only to have it fade into stunned wide eyed WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCKness when Wei Wuxian goes out with Lan Wangji. It’s clear almost immediately that neither actually knows how to dance, but they both know how to fight, and it sort of translates, and things actually go pretty well.

Dancing with Lan Wangji is nice.

Being near Lan Wangji is nice.

The soft timber of Lan Wangji’s voice on the rare occasions he speaks is nice.

The whole evening is...really surprisingly nice. Memories of all the times Lan Wangji looked at him come back...why WAS Lan Wangji always looking at him? Clearly, Wei Wuxian has mixed everything up monumentally, and he’s starting to wonder if Luo Qingyang suspected as much when she sent him on what he’d thought a wild goose chase, but there’s no asking her, because as soon as the floor opens to the general group so everyone can dance, she’s on the floor with Wen Qing, of all people - it hadn’t even occurred to Wei Wuxian that he could ask a chaperone - and the two are staring adoringly into each other’s eyes and Wei Wuxian would think it insane and weird except that once or twice he realizes he’s kinda sorta maybe vaguely giving Lan Wangji a similar look and what even is his life?

They end up kissing outside the Lan’s common room.

Wei Wuxian has no idea what’s going on but he’s not at all unhappy with the turn of events.

The last couple events are incredibly difficult, the moreso because Wen Chao and Jin Zixun have each either collaboratively or independently decided that this is their last chance to try to get their fiercest competition eliminated. Jin Zixuan loses the next one badly, and Nie Huaisang also seems only too pleased to bow out. The other Wens team up against Wen Ning and he’s eliminated, and almost badly injured, and then they move on Wei Wuxian, and he only holds on by the skin of his teeth...and, he comes to suspect, because Jiang Cheng did something, because that’s the only explanation he’s got for why Jiang Cheng is eliminated even though Jin Zixun bombed one of the events. Eventually, the final 8 are chosen…

Wen Chao and some other Wen.

Lan Wangji and some other Lan.

Two random Nies.

And Jin Zixun and Wei Wuxian.

Intent on preparing even though he knows Jin Zixun hates him, Wei Wuxian approaches him. They’re supposed to work together against the other six, after all...but Jin Zixun won’t even talk to him, so Wei Wuxian assumes he’s actually on his own and does his own preparation. That morning, he’s absolutely sick to his stomach. Rumor is that some students have died in the duels before. It’s no holds barred, no spells off limits, even an Unforgivable Curse would be allowed if someone actually knew one. Weapons, sword-flying, everything is allowed. Wei Wuxian has his sword Suibian, his flute and his wand when he joins the others. They all look fidgety, and the only one who spares Wei Wuxian a glance is Lan Wangji, and he looks concerned. They’ve spent time together as they’ve been able, but it’s been little enough, the event occupying most of their time, and Wei Wuxian was in the hospital for a week after the last event with no visitors allowed.

“Be careful out there,” Lan Wangji murmurs to him, giving his hand a squeeze, and Wei Wuxian can only return the sentiment, but he’s not worried. Lan Wangji has led the competition since day one, and leads it still, and everyone is assuming he’ll win, presumably with his white robes still pristine.

Finally, the final duel starts, and Wei Wuxian realizes immediately that it’s so much worse than he feared, when the Wen opposing Wen Chao eliminates himself, and Jin Zixun ignores all foes to immediately turn on Wei Wuxian, and he loses track of what the others are doing because fighting Jin Zixun takes all his focus. Jin Zixun has been training for this his whole life, and he’s a year older, and whereas Wei Wuxian doesn’t actually particularly want to harm him, Jin Zixun’s every action makes it clear he couldn’t care less if he kills Wei Wuxian. It’s as hard a battle as anything he’s ever done, and it’s only when Wei Wuxian stops pulling his punches (he can hear his friends screaming at him that he’s an idiot from the sidelines) that he finally FINALLY wins.

But the cost has been high.

His qi is depleted. His body aches. He’s bleeding from multiple wounds and from the mouth. Suibian has been tossed from the competition area, and his wand is broken, leaving him with only Chenqing. And he’s got no idea who else is left, who might yet be in his way…

...and oh god, is he going to have to fight Lan Wangji? He won’t do it, no matter what…

...and he takes a step back, and Wen Chao’s voice shouts - he must have been lurking, waiting for the end of Wei Wuxian’s battle, knowing whoever won would be weakest and least on guard immediately after - and the word cruciatus echoes across the suddenly silent arena, and Wei Wuxian squeezes his eyes shut in preparation for agony...and it never comes.

He opens his eyes.

Lan Wangji stands before him, panting with effort, his guqin before himself, his fingers on the strings as he uses his own qi to catch the Unforgivable curse and contain it. The effort of it is clearly great; a cough spurts blood from Lan Wangji’s mouth, staining red down the front of his pristine white robes, but he doesn’t give up, and Wen Chao’s expression contorts as he tries and tries to force the spell through Lan Wangji’s resistance...and then it explodes in Wen Chao’s face, and he screams as the backfire casts the spell on himself.

“Wen Chao - eliminated!”

Lan Wangji collapses to his knees, spells evaporating in a swirl of blue motes. His wand falls to the ground near Wei Wuxian’s feet, and he uncertainly picks it up. It feels odd in his hands, but he’s sure he could cast with it.

“Why?” whispers Wei Wuxian.

“I couldn’t let him hurt you.”

“Who’s left?”

“You and me.”

And this is it - his moment. Lan Wangji is hurt, down, bloody and muddy. Wei Wuxian is exhausted and hurt, but he’s up, and he’s got Chenqing, and he could do plenty with it even if he doesn’t want to use Lan Wangji’s wand...and why wouldn’t he want to use the wand?...Wei Wuxian could get everything he wants, the prize, the respect, the marriage proposals, everything...but Lan Wangji couldn’t let Wen Chao hurt him, and Wei Wuxian can’t possibly, can’t FATHOM, hurting Lan Wangji.

“I’m out,” he shouts to the judges.

“Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian will engage in a wizard’s duel to determine a final winner.”

“I won’t,” Wei Wuxian bellows back.

“Eliminate me,” Lan Wangji whispers, for his ears alone. “I always knew you were going to beat me.”

As if that’s not the craziest shit Wei Wuxian has ever heard.

“You’re the brightest young master of our generation, Lan Wangji...it was always going to be you.” And Wei Wuxian realizes he means that in so many more ways than merely as regards the competition.

Because Wei Wuxian feels so much more toward Lan Wangji than he’d ever imagined he could toward anyone, much less toward the supposedly cold and indifferent and aloof Second Young Master Lan.

“Very well,” Wei Wuxian murmurs. Lan Wangji closes his eyes. “Petrificus totalus!” Wei Wuxian shouts...and aims the wand at his own feet.

And the next thing he’s aware of, he’s in the infirmary, and Jiang Yanli and...Wen Qing and Wen Ning???...are there, and Wen Qing is leaning over him while the other two have a hushed conversation across the room. Six of the seven other finalists are there as well - the self-eliminated Wen didn’t hurt himself badly enough to need the hospital - and Wen Qing is roughly jabbing at a pierced wound in his side, ignoring his grimace and soft protest.

“You’re all idiots, and this is all stupid, and I have no idea why any of the schools sanction this insanity, and you shut your face, Wei Wuxian, and let me do my job…”

He can’t really argue with her. Everything hurts too much anyway.

So Lan Wangji is awarded winner, but given that he spends that night in Wei Wuxian’s arms, Wei Wuxian is pretty sure that he’s the actual winner. He got his respect, too - beating Jin Zixun one on one impressed a LOT of people, and before the houses all leave to go back to their own clans, Nie Mingjue offers him a job post-graduation, and Jiang Cheng gets all offended since obviously Wei Wuxian will be working for him, and Lan Wangji promises to send him owls every day, and Wei Wuxian lies through his teeth when he assures Lan Wangji that he’ll do the same (it’s not a lie because he doesn’t want to, but because he knows he’s not a fraction well enough organized to actually pull something like that off), and Wen Qing and Luo Qingyang exchange tearful farewells...and Wen Ning stays, which is surprising and excellent, and in amazingly short order, things go back to normal…

...except they never quite go back to normal.

Because Jin Zixuan breaks off his engagement to Jiang Yanli, announcing that he’s too in love with that Nie girl who’s name Wei Wuxian still doesn’t know to consider marrying simply to satisfy his family.

And because as soon as she’s at liberty to do so, in front of the entire assembly, Jiang Yanli stalks across the room, grabs the front of Wen Ning’s robes, and hauls him into a kiss.

And because Nie Huaisang and Jiang Cheng solve the “which clan gets to keep Wei Wuxian” problem by announcing their own engagement.

And because Jin Zixun graduates at the end of the year, and as soon as he’s gone all the Jin who used to torment Wei Wuxian sheepishly apologize and say Jin Zixun made them - themselves or Wei Wuxian - and while he doesn’t forgive them their abuses, he can at least tolerate being their classmates.

And because Luo Qingyang announces that she’s renouncing the Jin clan, and that she and Wen Qing are planning to ride off into the sunset and start their own clan with two well known independent wizards of their acquaintance, Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan. They pointedly suggest that Wei Wuxian go with them.

And because Lan Wangji keeps his promise and sends Wei Wuxian a letter every day, and Wei Wuxian - wonder of wonders - succeeds in replying daily, by giving up on the idea of sending letters and instead sending drawings. Lan Wangji loves the idea of joining the new sect.

And because, after graduation, when Nie Huaisang and Jiang Cheng try to claim him, they find themselves beaten to the punch, because Lan Wangji has already got him heart, soul, body and mind. The two begrudgingly conceded that Lan Wangji can marry him, as long as he’ll continue to be part of all three clans, and help with enchantments and Night Hunts and whatever else.

Wei Wuxian is shocked to find himself so wanted, and does everything he can to satisfy all the claims on him.

It’s a way better life than Wei Wuxian had ever dared to hope for.

And he’s got every reason to think it’s only going to get better and better.

#unforth writes #wangxian #untamed #harry potter #idek how to tag this #or if anyone will read it #but i had fun writing it so oh well #i'll xpost it to AO3 later #the reason i didn't do anything real is that I'm actually kind of fried #did a bunch of construction work on my house #and had to take my mom to urgent care #don't worry she's fine

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Episode 8 - WangXian go on a date & DON’T BLINK

Hello there, welcome to another Untamed commentary. To put everyone in the mood, it is Friday evening, one of those grey rainy days interrupted briefly by by brilliant burst of sunlight. I’m having a snack (chopped mango with yoghurt and a homemade matcha latte with honey), I just washed my hair, I’ve exfoliated, masked and moisturised. And everyone in this household is doing their own thing (napping, watching tv shows, more napping), I’m in a very good mood, so let’s go ahead with episode 8.

I think I’ve never commented on the intro credits before, I’ve seen people say they prefer to skip them because they find them spoilery, which they undoubtedly are. However, besides the absolutely stunning cinematography what I feel they aimed for is confusion. You’ve got this guy who’s kind of dark, but he’s crying and playing the flute, then some people are trying to kill him in some scenes, but in others he’s fighting back to back with the same guys and then there’s black smoke everywhere... I feel that, if I saw the credits I’d be intrigued enough to actively look for the drama and find out what the deal with the guy with the flute is.

And let me repeat something from the previous episode:

BUNBUNS. LOOK AT THE BUNBUNS

HOW’S WWX CUTER THAN THE BUNBUNS. THEY’RE BUNBUNS.

DONT FUCKING DO IT. Oh but these three with the bunbuns just melt my heart. STAY WITH THE BUNBUNS FOREVER AND NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN.

JC: gentlemen’s don’t hold bunbuns.

JC: *proceeds to be soft and cute and gentle with the bunbun he’s holding*

Ok but stoic serious no-nonsense LWJ stopping to say goodbye to the bunbuns? That’s fucking adorable.

FR tho, people who are “tough/cold/unapproachable” being super soft with tiny creatures is my damn kryptonite. It’s like, Ben Solo, being a super-beefcake with a lightsaber, a terrible past, too much attitude... and a kitten on his shoulder, I would 100000% ignore the bit where he was a super effective killing machine and go “aww. you like cats!”

As a lover or thunderstorms at night when everything is still and quiet I would’ve stabbed WC up a nostril just on principle, so props to LXC for not murdering that clown. Never mind threatening his baby brother.

I LOVE SHIJIE’S UNWAVERING FAITH IN HER XIANXIAN.

Aaaaaand let’s have a moment to admire LWJ/Wang YiBo in blue.

Ok, done.

OH MY GOD. I’d forgotten this bit was in here. So you know when WWX has just caught up with LWJ and he throws him a loquat and complains about LWJ leaving him behind? I love the bit when he’s calling the Lans petty, and LWJ just goes “boring” and sweeps past him with this tiny sassy smirk and leaves WWX fucking processing for a second. I live for that kind of LWJ and that’s partly what my TimeTraveling!LWJ was based on.

WWX: *ties them with magic* isn’t this neat?

LWJ, internally: so he’s a genius dumbass, I’m fucked.

Ok now that we are a bit in I can safely say this is one of my favourite episodes. No, it is not because it is pretty much an episode-long WangXian date. How dare you.

LWJ’s internal monologue: I can’t believe in so in love with this dumbass. I’m moron-sexual the gods help me.

JC being a good bro and JYL being the fucking queen of the universe like she always is.

(Another moment to appreciate LWJ/Wang YiBo in blue)

I feel LWJ’s aversión to crowds on a spiritual level.

I also feel NHS excelling just in what he likes so much. I mean, I was never a terrible student, but looking back at just the last six years in Med School my marks skyrocketed from a passing grade in stuff like physics and biophysics to top marks in things like neurosurgery; just due to the fact that I find neurosurgery way more interesting than physics.

THE PETAL SHOWER SCENE IS STUNNING. Also, if you don’t think WWX already had a crush on LWJ (and I am talking in The Untamed/CQL verse, I know that in the books he still thought he was straight) I’m pretty sure this is filmed just so we’d have visual confirmation that he is indeed crushing so hard. And I still don’t know if NHS is wingmaning or third wheeling. (Both? Both? Both? Both is good.)

I mean, NHS goes onto his “LWJ is stunning” monologue, and then WWX gives him kind of a disbelieving look. BUT THEN, he glances at LWJ (again being showered in flowers bc he wasn’t gorgeous enough on his own) and his face turns considering, he makes a stupid joke, and he goes back to looking at LWJ with the softest smile. I will fight anyone that dares tell me CQL!WWX hasn’t been crushing on LWJ since the Cloud Recesses.

//Sidebar LWJ’s looks adorably in awe at the petal shower this whole time.

Aaaaaand plot happens.

Oooof! The contrast between all the colourful flowers before and the burned blackened garden now. Ooooof.

Ok but that shadow bird is fucking cool and I want one.

WC’s head piece (guan?) makes me think of the Disney designs for Pain and Panic.

I know is wishful thinking, but if I wonder how different things would’ve been if WQ had snapped and offed WC when he was taunting her with the safety of her family.

Can I take a moment to rave about how clever WQ is? I mean, she’s already worried and scared for her family, she had absolutely no warning before JC ran into her and yet she managed to pull off that ruse to warn him about WangXian and NHS being in trouble in what, a few minutes? She’s so cool.

Ok, full disclosure here, I can’t see elderly people being sad, scared or worried, it reminds me of my maternal grandparents whom I adored and I get super sad.

(My dad still has his parents but they are terrible to my mum, dad and me, so they get no sympathy)

Funny story: I almost fell backwards the first time I heard “grandmother” used as a respectful term to an elderly lady back when I was living in Bulgaria (I moved back to Spain like a week ago, I’m over the moon to be home y’all). You don’t do that in Spain, calling someone who’s not your grandma “grandma” is really fucking rude.

Aaaaaand none of these knuckleheads know how to speak with a person in shock. They get a pass because all teens are knuckleheads in some measure but...

But if I heard a terrified lady muttering about soul snatching I’d fuck right off that village tbh. I’d take my chances sleeping in the woods with the roaming serial killers.

[it just started storming, I love this!]

Sure! Let’s stay the night in a cave with a creepy anthropomorphic statue that’s supposed to snatch souls. I’m sure it’ll be ok.

NHS is the only one with a Braincell here. (NHS is my adorable Slytherin son and I love him)

Y’all might not have noticed but I have not I’m not going to comment on the quality of the CGI/special effects/monsters. I’m aware this is a tv show and it doesn’t have the same budget as idk, a Marvel movie. I’m ok with them not being that believable. Same with unbelievable sword moves, I know shit all about sword fighting and even less about xianxia. Y’all might even be lucky enough to avoid my “bodies don’t work that way” rants, because again, everyone has magic, why would medicine be any different.

[brief interlude here, I had to go cat-hunting because we couldn’t find one of the cats, she likes to make a break for it sometimes, it’s a full on thunderstorm outside, almost sundown and she’s solid black. We found her in the basement exploring. Two of the other ones are in the kitchen with my mum and my big scaredy boi is under my bed. Also, this storm just reminded me that my dad is fixing the attic so I can have a “loft” next year when I start my residency and I can’t wait to fall asleep to rain up there.]

NOT THE TIME TO FLIRT WWX. NOT THE FUCKING TIME.

What LWJ says: stay alert (in case the statue moves again)

What I hear: Don’t Blink!

Oh come on! Zombies now? Fuck right off, let them sleep!

And that was episode 8! Thank you for reading.

#cql #the untamed #mdzs live action #mdzs #foxglove watches cql #foxglove watches the untamed #lan wangji #wei wuxian #wangxian #nie huaisang #foxglove has a cat #well foxglove has four #and now she actually lives with all of them

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fibula-rasa · 6 years

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August 2018 in Review

I have a weird memory. It’s highly pattern-driven and very visual. This means that my memory of films I’ve watched is based on images and series of images that made an impression instead of plot points. It’s why I rewatch movies so often. Even though I’ve been tracking my movie viewing habits for two and a half years, that doesn’t mean I’ve created strong memories for all those movies. That’s why I’m gonna start doing monthly roundups of the new-to-me films that struck me, one way or the other.

[If you wanna know all the films I’m watching, I keep full lists on letterboxd and imdb.]

The reviews below are essentially transcriptions of the notes I took right after watching the films. Because of Summer Under the Stars and my cosplay challenge, this month was pretty TCM heavy for me.

Full Roundup BELOW THE JUMP!

Teen Titans Go to the Movies (2018)

27 July 2018 | 84 min. | Color

Directed and Written by Aaron Horvath and Peter Rida Michail

Starring Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Tara Strong, and Hynden Walch

I’m already a fan of the show and the movie kicks it up a notch with its humor and style. [If you liked the original series, give TTG a chance already.] TTG to the Movies is a great superhero movie for anyone who’s down for superhero stories but is fatigued by the current spate of offerings. Grain-of-Salt warning here because I think Superman III (1983) is great.

Fun that they included some gags here and there for the parents out there who’ve had to hear the Waffles song a few too many times. Also, one of the best ending gags for a kid’s movie ever.

Where to Watch: Still in theaters, but I’d imagine Cartoon Network will be playing it soon.

Doctor X (1932)

27 August 1932 | 76 min. | 2-strip Technicolor

Directed by Michael Curtiz

Written by Earl Baldwin and Robert Tasker

Starring Lionel Atwill, Lee Tracy, and Fay Wray

I made the statement that Darkman (1990) is the most comic-book movie that isn’t adapted from a comic book. I hadn’t seen Doctor X yet though.

The set pieces are phenomenal. Each shot is artfully constructed and the way the shots are strung together makes the most of the production design. If one were to do a comic adaptation, it would take some imaginative work to not just mimic the film. The 2-strip technicolor is particularly effective in the laboratory scenes in creating an eerie aura. Sensational.

Lee Tracy is playing, as usual, a press man and he’s doing so perfectly. Tracy is so underrated.

Where to Watch: Looks like the DVD is out of print, so maybe check your local library or video store. TCM plays it every once and a while and, since Warner Bros has a deal with Filmstruck, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it pop up there eventually.

The Half-Naked Truth (1932)

16 December 1932 | 77 min. | B&W

Directed by Gregory La Cava

Written by Corey Ford and Gregory La Cava

Starring Frank Morgan, Eugene Pallette, Lee Tracy, and Lupe Velez

You might very well think Lee Tracy was a featured TCM star this month. (Maybe next SUTS? Pretty please.)

Lupe Velez is so talented and natural it was nice to see her in a film where her wits were matched. I’ll be honest, I’m a big Lupe fan but, for most of her films, she’s the only good reason to watch them. This wasn’t the case here! There are a lot of wonderful moments with small movements and gestures that make Velez and Tracy’s relationship feel very real, as if they’re actually that caught up in one another. Eugene Pallette, Franklin Pangborn, and Frank Morgan round out the ensemble. The running eunuch joke might not be all that funny, but it’s a masterclass in not saying what you mean. Also, very cute chihuahua.

Where to Watch: The DVD is available from the Warner Archive. (So, once again, local library or video store might have a copy.)

The Cuban Love Song (1931)

5 December 1931 | 86 min. | B&W

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke

Written by John Lynch, Bess Meredith, and C. Gardener Sullivan

Starring Jimmy Durante, Lawrence Tibbett, Ernest Torrance, and Lupe Velez

Lupe is wonderful in this. She plays a Cuban woman who sounds an awful lot like a Mexican woman--which might be something you have to overlook to enjoy the film FYI. Lawrence Tibbett has a shocking dearth of charisma in the lead, but Jimmy Durante, Ernest Torrence, and Louise Fazenda take the heat off him well. It’s a little hard to root for Tibbett’s character and the ending is disappointing. (Spoiler: privileging of the affluent “white” couple.)

The songs are great. I love the habit of placing people in musicals so that they are singing full force directly into each other’s faces. I don’t know why I find it so funny, but it’s not a mood ruiner for Cuban Love Song. The editing is fun and energetic. Until the war breaks out, there’s a lot of solid humor.

After watching so many Lupe films this month, I’d love to sit down with people who do and don’t know Spanish to talk about her films. There seem to be some divisions on social media and across blogs about Lupe’s films that might be attributable to whether or not one understands Spanish. I myself understand Spanish reasonably well and I think knowing what Lupe and others are saying makes almost all of her films funnier. And boy, does Lupe like calling men stupid animals.

Where to Watch: This one seems kinda rare. Looks like there may have been a VHS release, but you may just have to wait for TCM to play it again!

The Night Stalker (1972)

11 January 1972 | 74 min. | Color

Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey

Written by Jeffrey Grant Rice and Richard Matheson

Starring Carol Lynley, Darren McGavin, and Simon Oakland

and

The Night Strangler (1973)

16 January 1973 | 74 min. | Color

Directed by Dan Curtis

Written by Jeffrey Grant Rice and Richard Matheson

Starring Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, and Jo Ann Pflug

I loved that these films are exactly like the Kolchak TV series. My SO and I have been watching the show weekly as it airs on MeTV and so he surprised me by renting the movies that kicked off the series. Honestly, watching backwards may have made the movies even more entertaining. How is Kolchak still working for Vincenzo in Las Vegas?? The answer is in Seattle.

The TV movies were intended as a trilogy, but after the success of the first two films, it was developed into a series instead. It’s cool to see how every piece of the Kolchak formula was in place immediately and how firmly Darren McGavin had a hold on the character. His chemistry with Simon Oakland (Vincenzo) is spectacular--a great comedy duo TBH. If you like their shouting matches on the show, Night Strangler has a humdinger to offer you.

Night Stalker is a pretty straight-forward vampire story, written by Richard Matheson, one of the great spec-fic writers of the 1960s and 1970s. Matheson also wrote one of the best undead novels of all time, I am Legend. What elevates the film over the basic mythology, aside from the great performances, pacing, and editing, is that the story’s really about how suppression actually goes down--how mundane and frustrating it can be even in the face of the supernatural.

Night Strangler is a little more creative with its monster. They integrate the nature and landmarks of Seattle in fun ways. The stripper characters are delightful. Jo Ann Pflug gives a truly funny performance and feels like a natural contender for Kolchak. Even his romantic relationships should be affectionately combative. The ditzy lesbian, Charisma Beauty (Nina Wayne) is hilarious and Wayne’s timing is impeccable. (BTW: they don’t explicitly call her a lesbian but it’s still made very overt.) There’s also a wonderful cameo by Margaret Hamilton.

As far as I can tell, it’s easier to get access to these films than the series. They’re worth seeing even if you haven’t seen the Kolchak TV show. They’re also a good pick if you’re a fan of X-Files, as Kolchak is the mother of that show. Even though I’m an X-Files fan and grew up watching it, Kolchak is edging it out for me lately. Maybe because if you’re telling a story about fighting for truth against the suppression of information, you undercut yourself by making the protagonist a fed.

Where to Watch: Kino Lorber is releasing restored editions of the films on Blu-ray and DVD in October!

The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)

1 July 1944 | 95 min. | B&W

Directed by Jean Negulesco

Written by Frank Gruber

Starring Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Zachary Scott

This was great! I loved Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet together. If you’re looking for a mystery story that flows and escalates well and presents a parade of interesting characters and locales, Dimitrios is for you. It’s also always nice to see Lorre in the lead.

Where to Watch: The DVD is available from the Warner Archive. (So, once again, local library or video store might have copy.)

Strait-Jacket (1964)

19 January 1964 | 93 min. | B&W

Directed by William Castle

Written by Robert Bloch

Starring Diane Baker and Joan Crawford

I mentioned in my Joan Crawford CUTS post that I’d been meaning to see this for years. My enjoyment of the film didn’t suffer a bit from that length of anticipation.

I like William Castle’s movies a lot. I like the campy humor and quirky stories. This one is campy still, but not as heavy on the humor--unless you have a real weird sense of humor. That’s not a strike against Strait-Jacket though. Castle builds so much tension that by the end of the film, you feel like anyone could be axe-murdered at any moment, which becomes absurdly fun. The ending might be a little predictable, but it’s fun to go along for the ride. I didn’t particularly like the tacked on ending but I guess every JC movie needs to end on JC?

Largely unrelated, but if you’re a Castle fan, have you checked out his TV show Ghost Story/Circle of Fear? The first episode, The New House, in particular is top notch.

Where to Watch: It’s on Blu-ray and DVD from Sony (your local library or video store might have a copy) and it’s for rent on Amazon Prime. It’s also still on-demand via TCM for another few days.

One I didn’t write up: Cairo (1942). I brought up in my Jeanette MacDonald post that I was hoping to find a MacDonald film I enjoyed watching on her Summer Under the Stars day and I did!

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GAY MUSIC CHART - 2018 week 23

Due to an increasing music actuality and votes on our channel, we try to make a TOP 60 LGBTQ+ related music videos chart. Let’s see if it’s possible, because we are so frustated to see so many good music videos which don’t enter or stay more in the chart. In this format, votes of fans are limited to 4 weeks. Please notice that this new format is just an experimentation.

Welcome to the Gay Music Chart, the LGBTQA related music videos TOP 60 actuality and most request.

Vote for your favourite LGBTQA related music videos by leaving a comment for this post on :

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TWITTER : https://twitter.com/GayMusicChart with #GayMusicChart

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Here is the recap for this week :

OUT : Be Steadwell - Sometimes (LW: 43 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 43)

OUT : Titica - Reza Madame (LW: 45 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 45)

OUT : Jaloo feat. BADSISTA - Say Goodbye (LW: 47 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 47)

OUT : New Jiew - Tonight (LW: 48 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 48)

OUT : Ryan Beatty - Bruise (LW: 51 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 51)

OUT : Leon Markcus feat. Bilal Hassani - Hot City (LW: 52 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 52)

OUT : Ірина Білик / Iryna Bilyk - Не ховай очей / Don't Hide Your Eyes (LW: 55 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 19)

OUT : Juan Guiã - Despacho (LW: 56 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 29)

OUT : Gumball Machine - I'm Gay And Instagram Is Ruining My Life (LW: 58 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 58)

OUT : K's Choice - Je Ne Rêve Plus De Toi (live @ Liefde Voor Muziek) (LW: 60 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 60)

01 (=) : Troye Sivan - Bloom (Lyric Video) (LW: 01 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 01 (x2))

Australia - 2018

The Australian singer deleted a tweet where he said that the song was talking about bottoming. Now, he answer that it only talks about flowers. If the first explanation is real, the brilliant metaphore makes this song an enjoyable gay sex anthem.

02 (+ 1) : Years & Years - If You're Over Me (LW: 03 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 02)

UK - 2018 / from the album "Palo Santo"

03 (+ 4) : Francisco Victoria - Todo lo que tengo (LW: 07 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 03)

Chile - 2018

04 (- 2) : Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together (LW: 02 / WO: 13 / PEAK: 01 (x5))

Ireland - 2018

Congratulations Ireland for your 16th place in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest! But in semi-final, this act was censored in China because it includes two men dancing together. Meanwhile, in Russia, the commentator said that this act showed a strong male friendship.

05 (+ 5) : Calum Scott - What I Miss Most (LW: 10 / WO: 13 / PEAK: 01 (x1))

UK - 2018 / from the album "Only Human"

The singer won the Metro Guilty Pleasures Award of the British Music Awards 2018.

06 (=) : Kodaline - Follow Your Fire (LW: 06 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 01 (x1))

Ireland - 2018

There is a gay couple in this music video.

07 (+ 1) : Céline Dion - Ashes (LW: 08 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 07)

Canada - 2018 / from the album "Deadpool 2 OST"

This is Yanis Marshall (and not Ryan Reynolds) who plays Deadpool dancing in high heels in this music video.

08 (+ 17) : The Diesel Tykes feat. Scott Free - LGBT Alphabet Song (Pride Song) (LW: 25 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 08)

USA - 2018

09 (- 5) : Kim Petras - Heart to Break (LW: 04 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 04)

Germany - 2018

The transgender singer will be on first part of Troye Sivan's Bloom Tour.

10 (+ 1) : Openside - No Going Back (LW: 11 / WO: 6 / PEAK: 10)

New Zealand - 2018

11 (+ 9) : Blair St. Clair - Now or Never (LW: 20 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 11)

USA - 2018

This is the first music video of the drag queen who was a contestant on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

12 (+ 2) : Eli Lieb - The Nights We Lived (LW: 14 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 12)

USA - 2018 / from the album "The Nights We Lived"

The music video is composed with his own home footage taken over the past 15 years.

13 (+ 5) : Ryan Amador - Loverboy (LW: 18 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 13)

USA - 2018

Such a romantic love song...

14 (- 2) : Jackson Krecioch - Little Things (LW: 12 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 05)

USA - 2018

Jackson Krecioch is a 19 years old Musical.ly star and YouTuber. He came out publicly in 2016.

15 (+ 1) : Lostchild - Blacklist (LW: 16 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 06)

UK - 2018

16 (+ 1) : Christine and The Queens feat. Dâm-Funk - Damn, dis-moi (LW: 17 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 16)

France – 2018

You can call the queer artist Christine or Chris now. The english version is titled "Girlfriend".

17 (- 8) : Namuel - Poder (LW: 09 / WO: 15 / PEAK: 03)

Chile - 2018

18 (+ 1) : Tiago Braga - Ilusão (LW: 19 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 18)

Portugal - 2018

A story of infidelity.

19 (+ 25) : Lars von Keitz - We Are Weeds (LW: 44 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 19)

USA - 2018

20 (+ 14) : Francisco Victoria - Marinos (LW: 34 / WO: 23 / PEAK: 03)

Chile - 2017

This is the first single of the Chilean singer, produced by Alex Anwandter. A revelation.

21 (- 16) : Saara Aalto - Monsters (LW: 05 / WO: 17 / PEAK: 02)

Finland - 2018

Finland came 25th in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

22 (+ 18) : Jake Shears - Creep City (LW: 40 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 22)

USA - 2018 / from the album "Jake Shears"

This is the debut single in solo of the lead singer of the band Scissor Sisters.

23 (+ 30) : Tuure Boelius - Lätkäjätkä-Ville (LW: 53 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 23)

Finland - 2018

The 17 years old Finnish YouTuber decided to release this music video just before the debut of the Ice Hockey World Championship 2018, hoping changing mentalities for more acceptance and diversity in this sport. It caused a mediatic storm in Finland.

24 (NEW) : Roy Kinsey - BSAYF (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 24)

USA - 2018

25 (+ 14) : Not.Your.Regular.Boy. - Crazyland (LW: 39 / WO: 6 / PEAK: 25)

The Netherlands - 2018

Revealed on X-Factor and the Voice, this is his debut single.

26 (NEW) : JC Brooks Band - Anywhere But America (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 26)

USA - 2018

27 (+ 3) : Smashby - Wild One (LW: 30 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 27)

UK - 2018 / from the EP "Wild One"

28 (NEW) : Monét X Change feat. Bob The Drag Queen - Soak It Up (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 28)

USA - 2018

29 (- 2) : Don Diablo feat. Calum Scott - Give Me Love (LW: 27 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 10)

The Netherlands / UK - 2018 / from the album "FUTURE"

30 (- 2) : Years & Years - Sanctify (LW: 28 / WO: 13 / PEAK: 01 (x3))

UK - 2018

Years & Years singer Olly Alexander says the band’s new single Sanctify is about straight men who experiment with gay sex.

31 (- 18) : Netta - Toy (LW: 13 / WO: 11 / PEAK: 04)

Israel - 2018

And Israel won the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 : congratulations Netta!

32 (+ 1) : Keiynan Lonsdale - Kiss The Boy (Official Lyric Video) (LW: 33 / WO: 10 / PEAK: 15)

Australia - 2018

33 (+ 16) : Ian Sepheer - Cries Of The Jungle (LW: 49 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 23)

The Netherlands - 2018 / from the EP "After Dark"

This is the debut single of the 21 years old Dutch singer.

34 (+ 20) : Trevor Moran - Sinner (LW: 54 / WO: 25 / PEAK: 01 (x2))

USA - 2017

35 (- 9) : Janelle Monáe - Pynk (LW: 26 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 21)

USA - 2018 / from the album "Dirty Computer"

36 (+ 1) : Openside - I Feel Nothing (LW: 37 / WO: 17 / PEAK: 06)

New Zealand - 2017

Lead singer Possum Plows, who is gender non-binary, raises the transgender flag in this music video.

37 (- 2) : Sam Smith feat. Logic - Pray (LW: 35 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 16)

UK / USA - 2018

Finally, a music video is available for this awesome collaboration.

38 (- 9) : Alex Aris - Wrong Love (LW: 29 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 14)

Sweden - 2018

This is the first single in solo of the 29 years old Swedish singer. His song is talking "about someone who constantly falls in love with the wrong people. And it does not matter if it's a man or a woman", he said.

39 (RE-ENTRY) : Chester Lockhart - In Loving Memory (LW: - / WO: 2 / PEAK: 39)

USA - 2018

40 (- 9) : Ben Davidson - Fallin In (Official Lyric Video) (LW: 31 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 14)

UK - 2018

41 (NEW) : Eli Lieb - Ashes (Celine Dion Cover) (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 41)

USA - 2018

42 (- 21) : SAKIMA - Daddy (LW: 21 / WO: 25 / PEAK: 05)

UK - 2017

43 (- 1) : King Princess - Talia (LW: 42 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 42)

USA - 2018

44 (- 20) : BuzzFeedVideo - The History Of Queer Dance (LW: 24 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 24)

USA - 2018

The story of this young teen is emotional.

45 (- 13) : Emmanuel Moire - Et si on parlait d’amour (LW: 32 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 32)

France - 2018

46 (NEW) : Hayley Kiyoko feat. Kehlani - What I Need (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 46)

USA - 2018 / from the album "Expectations"

47 (- 32) : La Prohibida - La pubblicità (Un mondo ideale) (LW: 15 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 09)

Spain - 2018 / from the album "100k años de luz"

This is the new music video of the Spanish drag queen.

48 (+ 9) : Leon Else - My Kind Of Love (LW: 57 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 48)

UK - 2018 / from the album "13 Reasons Why - Season 2 OST"

49 (NEW) : Elodie, Michele Bravi, Guè Pequeno - Nero Bali (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 49)

Italy - 2018

50 (- 4) : SuperKnova - Night's A Bitch (LW: 46 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 46)

USA - 2018 / from the EP "Splendor Dysphoria"

51 (- 10) : HEIDRIK - White Flag (LW: 41 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 34)

Faroe Islands (Denmark) - 2018 / from the album "Funeral"

52 (NEW) : J Pee - Candy Rapper (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 52)

USA - 2018

53 (- 15) : Melo Moreno - One More River (LW: 38 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 53)

Spain - 2018 / from the album "No soy una Señora"

54 (RE-ENTRY) : Michael Medrano feat. Steve Grand - Heal (LW: - / WO: 2 / PEAK: 38)

USA - 2018

55 (- 5) : Asbjørn - Nothing 2 Lose (LW: 50 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 31)

Denmark - 2018

56 (- 20) : Steven Redant + Joe Gauthreaux - Together and Always (LW: 36 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 36)

Spain / USA - 2018 / from the EP "Together and Always"

The music video is focused on an intriguing trouple.

57 (NEW) : The Irrepressibles feat. Jon Campbell - Submission (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 57)

UK - 2018

58 (- 36) : Colapesce - Maometto a Milano (LW: 22 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 22)

Italy - 2018 / from the album "Infedele"

The Italian singer dares to represent two Daesh fighters falling in love and then executed when their relationship is discovered. His music video is aged restricted on YouTube because of that.

59 (=) : The Internet - Roll (Burbank Funk) (LW: 59 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 59)

USA - 2018

60 (- 37) : Zolita - Come Home With Me (LW: 23 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 23)

USA - 2018 / from the EP "Sappho"

Her girlfriend in real life is in this music video with her.

ALSO NEW THIS WEEK

Kesha - Hymn

USA - 2018 / from the album "Rainbow"

Kylie Minogue - Golden

Australia - 2018 / from the album "Golden"

Brandi Carlile - Hold Out Your Hand

USA - 2018 / from the album "By The Way, I Forgive You"

The music video has been filmed at the March For Our Lives in Seattle, WA on March 24, 2018.

TMBOY - Focus

USA - 2018

Dorian Electra - Career Boy

USA - 2018

Davis Mallory - Sun and Moon

USA - 2018

Renato - I Can't Wait

Czech Republic - 2018

This is a cover of Nu Shooz.

Les Funambules feat. Alexandre Faitrouni - Tu es là

France - 2018 / from the album "Les Funambules"

Isaura - Closer

Portugal - 2018 / from the album "Human"

Cristiano Malgioglio feat. Fernando Proce - Danzando Danzando

Italy - 2018

Lia Clark feat. Heavy Baile - Q.M.T.

Brazil - 2018

BeBe Zahara Benet - Jungle Kitty

USA - 2018

Monet X Change - Strange Fruit

USA - 2018

Hyukoh (혁오) - Love Ya!

South Korea - 2018 / from the EP "24: How To Find True Love and Happiness"

There are some same-sex couples in this music video.

The Lovers of Valdaro - Lost Forever

Sweden - 2018

MNEK feat. Hailee Steinfeld - Colour (Lyric Video)

UK - 2018

Matt Fishel - Twinks (Official Lyric Video)

UK - 2018 / from the album "M/F"

Madblush - Homophobic (Lyric Video)

Brazil - 2018 / from the EP "Cactus II"

Allie X - Focus (Official Lyric Video)

Canada - 2018

Isaac Folch - Warm Summer Nights (Audio)

Spain - 2018

Дмитрий Гревцев / Dmitry Grevtsev feat Teo Entertainment - Курортный роман / Holiday romance (Stason project demo remix)

Russia - 2018

David Courtin feat. Izia - Nous deux (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 25)

France - 2018 / from the album "Volupté des accointances"

Calum Scott, Barbara Pravi - You Are The Reason (French Duet Version/Audio)

UK / France - 2018

SAKIMA - Show Me (Audio)

UK - 2018

Anthony Bowens - How We Met [Official Audio]

USA - 2018

The professionnal wrestler made a song for his boyfriend's 24th birthday, Michael Pavano.

Betty Who - All Things ("Queer Eye" Theme Song)

Australia - 2018

RuPaul feat. Skeltal Ki - Supermodel [RuPaul's Drag Race: SEASON 10 QUEENS - Trailer & Meet the Queens Supercut]

USA - 2018

Pabllo Vittar feat. Coral de Drags - I Will Survive (Live @ Prazer Pabllo Vittar Multishow)

Brazil - 2018

Troye Sivan - Bloom (Live on The Today Show /2018)

Australia - 2018 / from the album "Bloom"

Troye Sivan - My My My! (Live on The Today Show /2018)

Australia - 2018 / from the album "Bloom"

Tuure Boelius - Lätkäjätkä-Ville (live)

Finland - 2018

Years & Years - If You're Over Me (Live @ The Biggest Weekend)

UK - 2018 / from the album "Palo Santo"

Christine and the Queens - Girlfriend (Live @ The Biggest Weekend)

France - 2018

Sam Smith - Too Good at Goodbyes (Live @ The Biggest Weekend)

UK - 2018 / from the album "The Thrill of It All"

Sam Smith - Pray (Live @ The Biggest Weekend)

UK - 2018 / from the album "The Thrill of It All"

Sam Smith - Midnight Train (Live @ The Biggest Weekend)

UK - 2018 / from the album "The Thrill of It All"

Rickard Söderberg - Bögtåget (Fag-Train)

Sweden - 2018

After receiving homophobic hate mail over a concert that included music by LGBT composers, a Swedish orchestra has responded by turning the messages into music.

Steps - Chain Reaction (Live From The SSE Arena, Wembley)

UK - 2018

Steps - Stomp (Live From The SSE Arena, Wembley)

UK - 2018

Steps - Neon Blue (Live From The SSE Arena, Wembley)

UK - 2018

See you next week and don’t forget to vote for your best LGBTQA music videos ! Here are the rules :

1 ) You can vote for many videos as you want under the videos on YouTube in the comment section. It could be recent or past music videos, which must provide at least one among the following conditions:

- the music video has LGBTQA related content, in the lyrics or the music video

- the artist is LGBTQA, an LGBTQA icon or eventually ally

- LGBTQA medias talked about it.

2 ) You can’t vote more than 3 songs of a same artist per week.

3 ) In case of an artist who receive votes mostly by a fan base, we will count only one song, in a limited time of 4 weeks of presence in the top.

4 ) You can vote with only one account.

5 ) If you make 5 votes or less, your first vote will represent 5 points, your second vote 4 points, etc… until your last vote and following 1 point. If you make 6 to 10 votes, your first vote will represent 10 points, your second vote 9 points, etc… If you make more than 10 votes, your first vote will represent 20 points, your second vote 19 points, etc…

6 ) People who make 1 to 5 votes form the amateur ranking, those who make 6 to 10 votes form the fan ranking, those who make more than 10 votes form the expert ranking. We form the jury ranking. And we count now the ranking of minutes of views of our weekly playlist of the previous week. The Gay Music Chart is the addition of the five charts. In case of equality, the number of votes and the dates of votes will count.

7 ) The votes will close on Thursday, 8 PM, European time.

#gay #music #chart #2018 #week 23 #LGBT

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Awesomely bad songs? I think not... (Reposted from February with edits

Hey kids! Your Auntie Phoenix is bored, and rather than something constructive, I thought I’d kill my time with this. So I’ve been rewatching some of those old VH-1 lists I used to watch in my teen years (many…eons ago). And one such list was one they compiled with the now-defunct Blender Magazine of the 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever.

Yeah…there are a handful of actually bad songs on this list and then…yeah, let me just give you my thoughts.

(You can watch the video here if you care to- https://youtu.be/pMBSGFOqiAI)

50. Corey Hart - I Wear My Sunglasses at Night: It’s…fine. It’s kind of weird how the Z-list commentators just focused on the concept of wearing sunglasses at night…not actually proving this song is bad.

49. Puff Daddy f/ Faith Evans & 112 - I’ll Be Missing You: This is…just uncomfortable. Yeah, he took a creepy-as-fuck stalker song and turned it into a loving tribute to a friend. And they actually had the gall to say the sample was more shameless than Vanilla Ice (oh, we’ll get to HIM later).

48. Michael Bolton - Can I Touch You There: It’s fine. Not my thing, but it’s okay.

(by the way, the bald commentator guy is trying waaaayyy too much to sound like Lewis Black…except he’s not funny)

47. Bobby Brown w/Whitney Houston - Something in Common: Yeah, it’s…uncomfortable.

46. Spin Doctors - Two Princes: Oh, step off, you music snobs! This song is fun!

45. Ruben Studdard - I’m Sorry: I remember this song being on the radio all the time when I was in high school; I never thought it was a bad song. I wonder what happened to him…

44. Billy Joel - We Didn’t Start The Fire: What are these people smoking?

(yeah, the cola wars line wasn’t what made him lose it, smartass)

43. Master P feat. Silkk, Fiend, Mia-x & Mystikal - Make Em Say Uhh: Yeah…not good…that sound is the one I make when I’m getting PMS boob pain.

42. Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe: Yes, this song sucks.

41. JC Chasez - Some Girls (Dance with Women): Yeah, this song is trash.

40. 4 Non Blondes - What’s Up: This song is GRATING.

39. Snow - Informer: More trash.

38. Ja Rule - Mesmerize: None of them actually proved this song was bad (also funny that the announcer called Ja Rule “wussy,” like she’d ever say that to his face and not clutch her purse, running to the other side of the street). And to the Karen who made cracks about Ashanti swooning over the lyric “I got a fetish for fucking you with your skirt off...” um, some girls and fems are into that...not naming names...

37. Bette Midler - From a Distance: Ms. Midler’s music isn’t for me…but it’s fine…and don’t most theists consider God watching them a comforting thought rather than a voyeuristic one?

36. Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up: Again, it’s fine. A nice summer song.

35. Don Johnson - Heartbeat: It’s nothing that bad. It’s kind of the ‘80s embodied in a song (esp. with the music video).

34. Crazytown - Butterfly: This song is awful…and I adore it.

33. Jennifer Lopez - Jenny from the Block: All these people did was whinge about how dishonest the song was. I’m not honestly bothered by that; I don’t care that Jennifer Lopez doesn’t bring old friends from the Bronx to her mansions or yachts (because, apparently unlike these commentators, I’m not a child who lives with her head up her own ass). The song is fun enough with a good beat.

32. Mr. Mister - Broken Wings: Another classic piece of the ‘80s. Also funny how they whine about this being a stalker song after sucking off The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” near the top of the hour.

31. R. Kelly - You Remind Me of Something: I agree. #MuteRKelly

30. Nelly - Pimp Juice: Not my thing; Nelly has better songs than this (although the comments are fucking cringy).

29. Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t do That): Again, I ask, WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE SMOKING???!! And...he DOES say what he won’t do for love; the way his lover made him feel.

28. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up: This song was bad before meme culture bled it dry.

27. Wreckx-N-Effect - Rump Shaker: Not for me.

26. Bryan Adams - The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You: This song sounds like a pick-up line Will Smith would say on Fresh-Prince; Bryan Adams is better than this.

25. Michael Jackson - You Rock My World: It’s honestly fine, but Michael Jackson has done better.

24. Phil Collins - Sussudio: Same; not Phi Collins’ best, but not bad.

23. Sisqo - The Thong Song: Another guilty pleasure (though, TBH, the comments here were kinda funny).

22. Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling: Not great, but the comments about his no-talent brat of a daughter are already dated AF (does anyone even remember her?).

21. Rembrandts - I’ll Be There For You: It’s from a TV show…so it’s bad? Plenty of TV theme songs are fun to listen to (this one included, and I don’t think I’ve seen more than two episodes of the show).

Also, Gen X “cynicism is good/happiness is for babies” attitude is played out (it was played out in 2004, too; we get it, y’all are bitter because no one knows who you are).

20. Toby Keith - Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue: Yeah, this song is jingoistic, warmongering crap.

19. Chicago - You’re the Inspiration: It’s nice enough. These damn music snobs.

18. Hammer - Pumps and a Bump: Not good…not as bad as the abomination that was Hammerman, but…not good.

17. Right Said Fred - I’m Too Sexy: It’s supposed to be a cheesy novelty song.

16. Europe - The Final Countdown: That synth line is great, and the song is classic. These damn music snobs.

15. Crash Test Dummies - Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm: WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE…oh, forget it. Point is this is a great song and they in no way proved it was bad. They just bitched about the chorus (how about analyzing the lyrics, since y’all are great music experts).

14. Will Smith - Will2K: Again, didn’t prove the song was bad. Just whined that Will Smith has an ego and it sampled a Clash song. Um…grow the fuck up maybe? (Seriously, the fact that people get so butthurt over celebrities having an ego, and seemingly don’t get that sampling is a thing in rap) I actually only heard the song for the first time a few months ago, and it’s BOMB.

13. Aqua - Barbie Girl: Congrats, one of the few actually bad songs on the list.

12. New Kids on the block - Hangin’ Tough: Teenage boys pretending to be badass? Alert the media. It’s fun, has a nostalgic feel.

11. Gerardo - Rico Suave: Yeah, not good (also, Weird Al did do a parody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7zJdwEsWmU; pretty hilarious).

10. Huey Lewis & the News - Heart of Rock-n-Roll: This song is fun, and the fact that it was anywhere near the top 10 is a fucking joke.

9. Bobby McFerrin - Don’t Worry Be Happy: In fairness, Bobby McFerrin got sick of this song to the point of not performing it anymore.

(The commentators are pretty annoying bitching about a cappella music, a lot of which is really good)

8. Ricky Martin - She Bangs: Yeah, this song isn’t great…but Top 10 worst songs-bad? No…

7. Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time: This song is fun and has a good beat. Buncha stick-in-the-mud…

6. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Oh…no. You don’t touch this song! (Yes, the song is unenthusiastic. That’s the entire point; it’s about a couple who has no basis for their relationship except their love of this one movie, and thus the relationship isn’t strong enough to last).

5. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby: Yay, you got another actually bad song for the list!

4. Limp Bizkit - Rollin’: Yeah, the lyrics are shit and the song is bad…and I listen to it at least twice a week. It’s a major guilty pleasure (and fun to listen to when riding a scooter cart at the store).

3. Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight: Another fun song; y’all have no taste.

2. Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart: Okay, you found another actually bad song.

1. Starship - We Built This City: WTF??? This is a good song!

So…a list with only a handful of actually bad songs…yeah.

Thank you!

#vh1 #2000s vh1 #2000s tv

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* 199 - 1?? >:3c i fucked up on sending the last one

199: I was born in:One of the worst states ever 198: I am really: Strange?197: My cellphone company is: AT&T196: My eye color is: Blue 195: My shoe size is: 6194: My ring size is: ??193: My height is: 5′5192: I am allergic to: SO MANY The one’s I remember on the top of my head are mites, black walnut, pine, and timothy grass (I’m allergic to like 6 grasses jc)191: My 1st car was: Don’t have one190: My 1st job was: Don’t have one yet189: Last book you read: Can’t remember 188: My bed is: so soft I love but I need to get two slats because they broke187: My pet: I have so many! I love all of them! There’s Ralph, Groucho, Axel, Paisley, Psycho, Josh, Pepper, Cole, Hamilton, Philip, Meowgi, Wrex, Wolf, Nikka, Ivypool, and Crowfeather. I’m fostering three animals. Two cats and one puppy!186: My best friend: S I R185: My favorite shampoo is: TRESemme Smooth and Silky 184: Xbox or ps3: PS3183: Piggy banks are: Good I guess182: In my pockets: I don’t have any I’m wearing Kenna’s pants181: On my calendar: So many birthdays (I have a bad memory)180: Marriage is: Alright179: Spongebob can: ??178: My mom: Ugh177: The last three songs I bought were? I download I don’t have any money 176: Last YouTube video watched: 1000 ways to die175: How many cousins do you have? I don’t talk to any of them ever.174: Do you have any siblings? Two both are half siblings but I never talk to one of them173: Are your parents divorced? No 172: Are you taller than your mom? Yeah171: Do you play an instrument? Not good170: What did you do yesterday? Hung with A.Ham while I recovered from my wisdom teeth surgery[ I Believe In ]169: Love at first sight: No I believe it isn’t love but attraction at first sight You can’t really love someone until you get to know them 168: Luck: Not really167: Fate: Not sure166: Yourself: Nope165: Aliens: Yea164: Heaven: Agnostic163: Hell: ^162: God:^161: Horoscopes: Iffy160: Soul mates: Iffy159: Ghosts: Yet again iffy 158: Gay Marriage: Of freaking course 157: War: Unfortunately we can’t have peace in these times because of people like trump 156: Orbs:??155: Magic: ??[ This or That ]154: Hugs or Kisses: Hugs153: Drunk or High: Never been high so152: Phone or Online: Online151: Red heads or Black haired: No pref150: Blondes or Brunettes: Brunettes149: Hot or cold: Cold148: Summer or winter: Winter147: Autumn or Spring: Autumn146: Chocolate or vanilla: Vanilla 145: Night or Day: Night144: Oranges or Apples: Apples143: Curly or Straight hair: No pref142: McDonalds or Burger King: Mocha Frappe141: White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate: White140: Mac or PC: PC139: Flip flops or high heals: Flip flops138: Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor: sweet 137: Coke or Pepsi: Coke136: Hillary or Obama: Obama135: Burried or cremated: Burried 134: Singing or Dancing: Singing133: Coach or Chanel: ??132: Kat McPhee or Taylor Hicks:??131: Small town or Big city: Small town130: Wal-Mart or Target: No pref129: Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler: Rami Malek128: Manicure or Pedicure: I hate either127: East Coast or West Coast: Idk 126: Your Birthday or Christmas: We don’t really celebrate birthdays125: Chocolate or Flowers: flowers124: Disney or Six Flags: Six Flags123: Yankees or Red Sox: Neither[ Here’s What I Think About ]122: War: It should be avoided but the orange idiot is probably gonna throw us into one soon 121: George Bush: Jet fuel can’t melt steel beammsss 120: Gay Marriage: !00% Great 10/10 119: The presidential election: I hate trump 118: Abortion: Should be 100% percent legal Pro choice 117: MySpace: I used to have one116: Reality TV: I like Jeremy Kyle115: Parents: sigh 114: Back stabbers: Kill em 113: Ebay: Never used it112: Facebook: I hate most of the people who post on it 111: Work: Depends I really love working with animals110: My Neighbors: sigh109: Gas Prices: bad108: Designer Clothes: Never wear them 107: College: Good but expensive106: Sports: nah105: My family: oh god104: The future: OH GOd[ Last time I ]103: Hugged someone: Kenna the other day I think?102: Last time you ate: Couple minutes ago 101: Saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile: Can’t remember 100: Cried in front of someone: When I got my wisdom teeth out I didn’t know what happened and I was afraid99: Went to a movie theater: Long time ago98: Took a vacation: Long time ago 97: Swam in a pool: About a month ago 96: Changed a diaper: Back in 4th grade I think?95: Got my nails done: When I was like 894: Went to a wedding: Never93: Broke a bone: I think my finger was the last on and that was over the summer92: Got a peircing: Idk how old I was but I was young91: Broke the law: Too many 90: Texted: About 12[ MISC ]89: Who makes you laugh the most: Toss up between you and Kenna88: Something I will really miss when I leave home is: Ralph87: The last movie I saw: Can’t remember86: The thing that I’m looking forward to the most: Reading that letter Boiii85: The thing im not looking forward to: School or these stitches falling out84: People call me: A mistake™83: The most difficult thing to do is: ?? Talk about feelings??82: I have gotten a speeding ticket: Never81: My zodiac sign is: Taurus80: The first person i talked to today was: You79: First time you had a crush: We don’t talk about my first actual crush 78: The one person who i can’t hide things from: Idk 77: Last time someone said something you were thinking: You know76: Right now I am talking to: Technically you 75: What are you going to do when you grow up: Veterinarian 74: I have/will get a job: Idk73: Tomorrow: Stop the pain in my mouth 72: Today: Hanging out with you 71: Next Summer: Idk70: Next Weekend: Idk 69: I have these pets: I have mix breed dogs, purebred pugs, cats, and rabbits68: The worst sound in the world: So many but pained screams67: The person that makes me cry the most is: idk 66: People that make you happy: Ralph 65: Last time I cried: When I got my wisdom teeth removed 64: My friends are: Great™63: My computer is: trash 62: My School: Trash 61: My Car: What one60: I lose all respect for people who: The list goes on and on (Don’t be Max and youre pretty much set)59: The movie I cried at was:So many but Marley and Me came to mind first 58: Your hair color is: Blonde57: TV shows you watch: Teen Wolf and Jeremy Kyle56: Favorite web site: Tumblr55: Your dream vacation: SNOW54: The worst pain I was ever in was: The puss pocket in my mouth 53: How do you like your steak cooked: Medium52: My room is: cold51: My favorite celebrity is: Jeremy Kyle50: Where would you like to be: Snow49: Do you want children: Nah48: Ever been in love: Sigh47: Who’s your best friend: Si r46: More guy friends or girl friends: I’m not sure45: One thing that makes you feel great is: Helping animals44: One person that you wish you could see right now: Ralph 43: Do you have a 5 year plan: Yea42: Have you made a list of things to do before you die: Nah 41: Have you pre-named your children: I did a long time ago 40: Last person I got mad at: Idk 39: I would like to move to: Snow 38: I wish I was a professional: Veterinarian [ My Favorites ]37: Candy: Hershey36: Vehicle: Lexus35: President: Obama 34: State visited: DC33: Cellphone provider: AT&T32: Athlete: Don’t have one31: Actor: Rami Malek30: Actress: Holland Roden29: Singer: Jon Bellion 28: Band: BMTH27: Clothing store: Hot topic26: Grocery store: ??25: TV show: Teen Wolf24: Movie: The Guardian 23: Website: ??22: Animal: Wolf21: Theme park: Six Flags20: Holiday: Don’t really have one anymore 19: Sport to watch: Lacrosse 18: Sport to play: none17: Magazine: none16: Book: ??15: Day of the week: Saturday 14: Beach: None13: Concert attended: Haven’t12: Thing to cook: Mac n Cheese 11: Food: Mac n Cheese10: Restaurant: Steak N Shake9: Radio station: ??8: Yankee candle scent: ??7: Perfume:??6: Flower: I’m not sure5: Color: Blue, Purple, and green 4: Talk show host: Jeremy Kyle 3: Comedian: Idk 2: Dog breed: German Shepherd1: Did you answer all these truthfully? 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#a.ham #anon #long post #moon to my stars

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frogmanwritings · 5 years

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Chapters: 3/?

Fandom: Teen Titans (Comics), Teen Titans (Animated Series), Teen Titans - All Media Types,

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Relationships: Beast Boy/Starfire, Garfield Logan/Koriand'r

Characters: Garfield Logan, Beast Boy, Starfire, Koriand'r (DCU), Slade, Slade Wilson, Deathstroke, Robin, Robin (DCU), Dick Grayson, Cyborg (Character), Victor Stone, Raven (DCU), Rachel Roth

Additional Tags: Angst, Romance, Villains to Heroes, Fluff, Smut, Violence, Alternate Universe - Teen Titans (Animated Series) Setting, AU, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Evil

Summary: Garfield Wilson has lived with his adoptive father, Slade, since his parents died. Finally, after 5 years, Slade is sending him out to try and take down his rivals, the Teen Titans. How will a dark and mistreated Garfield react to them upon meeting them? How will he deal with their bright alien bringing a shine of positivity and joy to his life that he had hidden from him behind angst and abuse?

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" It seems that there is a new supervillain in Jump City, California. Last night at one of Jeffery Hughman's laboratories, someone had infiltrated and stolen classified property from the facility, workers tell JC News. "

The news anchor's voice just seemed to taunt Robin, his gloved fingers digging into the leather fabric of the couch in the Common Room. The pain of defeat almost never stung this bad before, making his body shake in rage, which only fed into the pain of his wounds over his back scream even more. How could he let himself get fooled like that? How had he never found out about this 'Garfield' before?

" Lab workers have remained silent on just what has been stolen, but have assured they are working with police in order to try and get it back. But if the reports coming from the Teen Titans are true, that will be no easy task. According to their leader and former apprentice to Gotham's Batman, the thief in question is aligned with perhaps the most mysterious villain in Jump City, Slade. "

His lucky cape hadn't been able to protect him from the glass shrapnel that pierced his skin and left several cuts over his back, his stomach was aching in pain after a gorilla powered gut punch and he had twisted his knee after being tossed around like a ragdoll straight afterwards. Whoever this 'Garfield' was, he was certainly a cut above the usual criminals Jump City got. Mumbo Jumbo, Doctor Light, Doctor Chang, Control Freak... they were annoying, but never did they cause such injuries to the team like the apprentice did.

" But it seems that this thief isn't just that. On the scene of the crime, a police officer by the name of Dwayne Colton was found dead, shot to death with his own pistol. Nothing is known for sure on how he had died, but early reports say that he had been in the nearby area when alarms first went off and went to investigate, only to be attacked and murdered by this villain. "

Raven was the first one to find the body, though it wasn't like she was looking for it. After being kicked up into the second level of the laboratory, she landed just feet away from the cop's corpse. She ended up with a cracked rib, along with others being bruised and a broken nose. Thankfully she heals quick thanks to her powers, but even then, she wasn't going to available for the next day or so. Robin could glance over to the kitchen area and see her with two tissues stuffed into her nose, idly stirring a cup of tea.

" The Teen Titan's primary mechanic and builder, Cyborg, found signs of the extremely rare disease, Sakutia, in the blood of this villain. He has primarily green skin, hair and eyes, and was seen wearing black and orange. If you see someone fitting this description, it is advised you contact police forces immediately, as the mayor of Jump City has been adamant in declaring that he doesn't want any outbreak of the deadly disease to come over the city. "

Cyborg was probably the one who was going to miss the most time. His entire circuitry was damaged after their battle, thanks to the electric-induced overload that struck his power grid. He had to carry around a large battery that hooked up to his chest in order to keep his power levels in check and not risk any sort of outage until he could verify that all his functions had returned to normal. Not only that, but his arm had been ripped off of him, which he himself described as something that would take him days to fully repair, in conjunction with his power shortages. And given how his injuries were all purely related to his robotics, Raven couldn't even try to heal him with her powers. In the meantime, Cyborg was sitting at the dining table, the large battery sat next to his bowl of ramen, barely touched as he continued to work on the circuitry in his shoulder.

" We were able to have an interview with the leader, Robin, about the battle that ensued with this villain. He says that he goes by the name of 'Garfield Logan', though Logan is only his middle name. All Titans were injured in the battle, but are fully capable of stopping any sort of attacks that go in the city like normal. "

Starfire, being the most durable of the Titans, was the most healthy of the four. Her bruises had all but subsided at this point, and her injuries mostly come with the side effects of the flashbang that went off under her. She couldn't handle bright lights, which is why the lights were dimmed around the Tower, along with the fact that she had to wear earplugs for the time-being to help combat the constant ringing in her eardrums.

Robin was infuriated by her condition, something that he could've easily prevented had he knocked out the apprentice of Slade's, or handcuffed him immediately, instead of trying to interrogate him in a fit of rage after finding out that Slade was back. Not only that, he couldn't protect her when the menace stood over her, staff in hand and ready to finish off the weakened Tamaranean. Just why he didn't was unclear, with Starfire's senses still rattled from the effects of the flashbang, she could only make out the sharp red color of the explosive tip of the shaft pointed right at her face, and then.. it wasn't.

Did Slade want her alive? Then why didn't he capture her? Was it purely for intimidation?

Whatever it was, Robin was working endlessly on tracking down this Garfield, the supposed son of Slade, to try and find a connection between the two in anyway he could in order to try and get the true name of his arch-nemesis. He had found a few leads on signs of Sakutia in Africa, but it was all contained and no one has gotten the fatal disease in half a decade, and that was when the son of two rangers had gotten bit by a Sakuta-infected monkey. He was looking more into that, most recently getting the names of the two parents, Mark and Marie Logan.

" The reemergence of Slade in Jump City only means bad things, if anyone has any leads on the villain's whereabouts, along with his supposed apprentice in 'Garfield', both the police force and the Teen Titans urges you to immediately contact them. And now we move on to the story of Dwayne Colton, not only was he a veteran of the Jump City Police Force, but also a loving husband and a caring father... "

The radio was cut off as the news went to transition into a tribute for the cop who was killed, turned off by Garfield's own father, Slade. The tall, secretive man had forced his son to stay the night elsewhere, somewhere far away from their home in case he was being tracked or got caught up with law enforcements. But after having arrived back in home in the early morning, the changeling couldn't be happier to see his unmasked father with a smirk on his face upon seeing him.

A part of Garfield felt superior to everyone else, knowing what the most elusive villain in Jump City looked like while no one else did. Chiseled face with a few wrinkles, he wore an eye-patch over his right eye, had silver-gray hair that ran down to the middle of his neck, along with spotless sideburns, all going down to a thick enough goatee.

"Good work." Was his simple words when Garfield had returned home, but that was the most praise he had received in over a year, and he was elated to hand over the top-secret staff over to his father who examined it for a brief moments before sheathing it. The apprentice explained everything that happened during his heist, including how he had fought and defeated each of the Titans, but he did hide his plot to kill the Tamaranean, Starfire. A part of him thought of this as weakness, that he should stand up for his own plans and ideas, but it was his first mission and he didn't want to disobey his father, who specified that all Titans remained alive. But another part of him was relieved he had an excuse to not talk about the alien, knowing just why he didn't end up finishing her off...

Of course, Slade wasn't quite satisfied with that, and he went into his office alone to verify Garfield's story, and this made the changeling nervous. He knew that his father was a master of hacking and probably had access to all security cameras in the area of where the fight commenced, and what he'd think when he nearly killed Starfire, something he specifically forbid. So while that happened, he turned on the radio just outside of the assassin's office, listening to the news covering his theft and attack to occupy his mind. Slade's home was very comfy, auburn-colored wood was laid on the floor, shining enough to practically see your reflection in. Tasteful dark red was painted over the walls, with several paintings of the wealthy assassin, all of which of course of him unmasked. Just outside of the office, there was a small end table with a radio on-top, mostly for decoration but it still could pick up the local radio stations, including the news.

And now Logan looked up at the man that raised him, trying his best to hide his anxiety and meet the man's one-eyed gaze with confidence and intensity. But if a man could read emotions, it was Slade, and he could tell that his father wasn't exactly convinced by his bravado.

"Excellent."

Or maybe he was? Garfield had expected some sort of chewing out, but instead, the assassin looked quite pleased with his son, running a gloved hand through his green, oily hair and petting him, like a dog. An act considered humiliating to most was amazing for the changeling. Physical appreciation was something he NEVER received, usually getting 'Acceptable' or 'Decent', maybe a 'Good' if he was lucky whenever he did something good, but an 'Excellent' and physical gratification? It was something he never actually thought he'd receive!

And while it didn't last long, it was more than Garfield could ask for in terms of a reward. "Now, with the Titans out of commission, or at least weakened for the day, I want you to accompany me somewhere." And it just kept getting better, if he had a tail, it'd be wagging like crazy right now. "A scientist by the name of Professor Chang is willing to negotiate on a lucrative amount of Xenothium. However, he is also known to not exactly hold up on his side of deals, and while I am confident I could take him should he ever do that, You are to come with me just in case."

"Of course!" Garfield almost yelled, letting out a cough afterwards and clearing his voice, not wanting to seem too excited about the mission. He had already been plenty elated when he heard about his lab-robbing, why was this mission so special compared to that? A snort came out of Slade's nostrils, and the apprentice couldn't quite read if it was out of annoyance or amusement before the man spoke once more. "I wasn't asking, Garfield. Now, hand over your utility belt."

A moment of hesitation passed before the teen complied, unbuckling and holding out his belt to his father who took it. "Why?" Garfield made sure to ask AFTER he had handed it over, as to make sure he didn't seem to be defying. "I wish to see what you can do without these tools. Your defeat of the Teen Titans was very impressive and you did good with what you were given, so I want to see what you can do without these tools." The grizzled villain explained thoroughly, walking back into his office to place the belt down on an weapons' chest, and when he came back out, his signature black and bronze mask was held under his arm.

It was true, while he did defeat the Titans, he did have to use most of the weapons in his arsenal, and if he didn't have that smokebomb and flashbang, he probably wouldn't have won that battle, and would've to at least retreated. "Now, let's get going. Chang wants this transaction to be done as soon as possible, so let us not disappoint the Professor."

Garfield was forced to follow his father from the skies as a crow, watching his white Ferrari 812 drive casually along the road. They were set to meet up only blocks away, which made the changeling confident if Slade was willing to do something like this so close to his personal home. And bring such an expensive vehicle nonetheless. Then again, the assassin wasn't really attached to cars, since he rarely drove when not on a job, and when he was on a job, his clients usually had already paid for his travel and for any vehicle use he may need.

It didn't take long until the expensive Ford pulled up and parked on the curb just outside of the lone warehouse. A second later, the classic Slade opened up and walked out of the car, wearing his signature mask and suit, an odd sight to see in broad daylight, but with no one else around, it wasn't exactly risky. And when the black-covered man opened up the door to the abandoned place of storage, Garfield took that as his queue to follow, dropping down and shifting back into his human form, catching the door just before it closed and following his father inside.

"... Aaah, and this must be Garfield!" An elderly voice greeted the changeling as he walked in, doing so while a man dressed in laboratory whites was speaking. On his face was black, three-eyed goggles, lenses shining with scarlet red. And while his wrinkles told of his age, he was the shortest in the room, with Garfield noting that the man couldn't be taller than 5'6". Standing at his sides were two tall, muscular guards, wearing similarly colored white jumpsuits that were akin to hazard suits. Tinted glass on their helmets covered their faces and the two of them each carried weapons. The one on the right held a long staff, red electricity dancing off the fork-shaped end of it, while the one of the left held a gun similar to that of an assault rifle, but a cool gray coloring and a shining rid tip.

"The Toppler of the Titans, the Hunter of the Heroes, the Beast of the Brats! Glad to meet you, boy." Professor Chang went on, extending a gloved hand out for a handshake, but he was quickly rebutted by a swift glare from the apprentice's master. "Not a fan of the nicknames, are you Slade? And here I thought 'The Terminator' would welcome such taglines!"

"If I were to have pleasantries, I'd choose to do them with someone much more my sort of caliber." Was Slade's simple answer, not a hint of malice in his tone despite what he just said, that cold, calculating eye staring a hole through the professor. "Oh, you hurt me, Wilson! But if you wish, we will do business without any of the 'pleasantries'." The elder said with a bow, nodding towards his two guards who gripped each side of a large, metal chest and lifted it open.

It was nearly overflowing with crates of red radiating Xenothium, almost hurting Garfield's eyes to look at with how much of it was glowing. Slade's eye and body language didn't change, except for him walking forward and kneeling down to get a closer look of the compound. "A joy to look at, isn't it? My mind wanders endlessly of just what you would use all of this wondrous ore for." Chang said in a dandy manner as the assassin picked up a singular vial of the power source, twisting it around in his two fingers.

Curiosity set in for Garfield and he made two large steps forward, wanting to get a closer look as well and asking his father for permission to do so without words. Slade simply nodded his head, instantly understanding his son's steps and thus the changeling walked over fully, picking up a vial as well and squinting his eyes as he examined it. "Careful now, green one. It is quite the unstable chemical, if just a small bit of it touches your already messed up skin, who knows what would happen.." Chang's voice was starting to annoy the apprentice now, looking upward to give the professor a hard glare after he heard his skin being called 'messed up'.

It wasn't exactly false, but he at least thought there was a level of respect between the two since he defeated the Teen Titans, something that Chang himself hadn't done. If he wanted, he could point out the amount of wrinkles the professor had in his ugly face, or how he had stump legs, or the fact that he had a hunchback, or- "So, do we have a deal, Mr. Slade?" The old man eventually asked of the villain, who glanced up at Chang, his single eye narrowing down in thought before eventually, Slade stood up. "What's your price, Professor?"

Suddenly, a red blast struck Garfield's shoulder, sending him crashing into the nearest wall. But instead of a burning or sharp pain, the only discomfort he felt was a sore back after it landed directly on the wall, and the fact that a sticky substance was seemingly glued to his arm. Taking a look, a large web of scarlet was stuck to his shoulder and the wall behind him, and a couple of hard jerks wasn't enough to free him. And then glancing up, he saw one of Chang's guards with that rifle pointed at him, while the professor watched on with a grin. "The sheriff was very clear on his priorities to take in your pet, Slade."

"How much is he offering?" Slade asked, his one eye showing surprise but not... urgency. He just stood there, arms behind his back as if this was just a normal business transaction. "Oh, nothing concrete yet. The news of Sakutia being in him is driving it up, but the possibilities of keeping him for a good while, maybe have him sent out to do a few jobs to up his price, get them desperate, it's also a tempting decision." The professor responded with a sinister smirk, causing Garfield to furrow his brow. "Father, help me out here!" He growled, kicking and tugging at the red web that ensnared his arm, but to no avail.

But, he didn't. He just stood there. "Tempting, but not smart. The police will forget about him in due time. If you truly want him as your price, then I suggest calling them in now." Slade advised the shorter man, who gave a nod of his head and tapped a few buttons on what looked like a small radio box on his belt. That singular mysterious eye of his father bore into the trapped changeling, as Chang had a sinister smirk on his face, guards by his side. It was... taunting, like he was daring him to do anything about his condition, to try and fight back in his helpless position.

"Or.. perhaps a man of your scientific expertise could find another way to make use of him." Slade continued to talk to the professor, that narrowed eye never leaving his son. "The DNA of the entire animal kingdom is in his blood. Just imagine the possibilities..."

A panicked huff escaped Garfield's mouth as he heard that, his eyes pleading with his father, trying to snap him out of this, to realize that he is far more valuable than some dumb red glowsticks, but nothing. Why? After all those years, he was going to toss him away like this? After saving his life and raising him, he was going to be abandoned? ...No, he wasn't going to allow that! Confusion turned to grief, and that grief turned to anger. He struggled more and more, until eventually realizing that he wasn't going to break through that special glue. Whatever it was, he wasn't going to get it off of him with one arm. But the thin wall however...

Transforming into a gorilla, or at least, as most of one as he could with his left arm completely entrapped and thus remained human. Swinging a huge arm towards the wall behind the goo, his fist was easily able to break through the wooden structure. He then gripped down on the outpointing wood, yanking down hard until eventually, his body landed down onto the asphalt floor of the warehouse. A large chunk of wood was still stuck to his arm thanks to the red goop that was glued to him, but at least he wasn't restricted to the wall now and his eyes was set on Professor Chang.

Slade seemed to have ran away or something, as his only opposition between him and the professor was his two guards. Several shots of red adhesive was fired in his direction, but thankfully for Garfield, the wood stuck to his arm was just large enough to act as a shield to absorb the glue-like substance while he closed the distance. His thunderous stomps didn't slow down as the guard kept firing, and the man in the white radioactive suit seemed to realize that this wasn't going to work out for him, as he tried to turn his back and get some distance between the two again, but the changeling wasn't going to allow that, grabbing him by the arm and tossing him into a nearby crate.

An electric shock ran through Garfield's body, the cold feeling of steel pressing against his side and his vision blacked out for a moment, causing him to kneel over. Turning his gaze to his right, the second bodyguard stood, static staff in hand and looking to shock him again. At the last second, the gorilla ducked down, avoiding the electric stab by mere hairs, and at the same time, shifting back into his human form and kicking out a leg to sweep and trip the guard. The man dropped his staff in the process, the metal pole bouncing and rolling far away from him.

Before the faceless guard could try and make a move, Garfield was atop of him, using the wood stuck to his arm to slam down onto his adversary's protected face, not stopping as the sound of glass breaking and wood splintering indicated the damage that the changeling was dealing, and even the screams of fear from the man didn't stop him. Only when there was silence and his arms were properly covered in blood did he pant and stop, looking down at the gruesome mess he made on the face of the security guard of-

"Stupid boy!" -Professor Chang's, his voice followed by another paralyzing and painful shock running through Logan's body, this time causing the changeling to fully fall over, asphalt digging into his sweat-soaked top and his blurry gaze looking up at the ugly scientist who stood over him with that electric staff. "At least your DNA will be valuable.."

And what happened next, Garfield could barely even see, but the sound... a gunshot echoed in his eardrums, earning a pained grunt and for him to raise a stone-weighted hand to plug one of them. His gaze seemed like he was looking through fogged glass, but he could make out the spurt of scarlet that escaped Chang's cranium, followed by an unpleasant *thump* and the professor falling out of sight.

His ears still ringing, Logan took several seconds, up to a minute before beginning to get back up, his muscles feeling gravitated towards the ground making it a somewhat difficult action, but eventually, as his vision cleared, his eyes fell onto Slade staring at him with that sinister eye, a smoking pistol in his hands. "Not bad, you cannot let your rage get in the way of taking out all opposition however." His silky voice evaluated his son, letting the wounded boy slowly wobble his way over to him.

"Wh... You..." Garfield was at a lost of breath, along with the fact that the situation was just so.. confusing. His father was just about to sell him off, but now... But eventually, his fried brain connected the dots and tears began to well up in his eyes. He... was testing him, to see if he could handle himself. He didn't have any intention to leave him to some crazed professor, he just wanted to see what his son was capable of in person. "I... thought you were going to abandon me..." He half-whined, his face pressing against the metal plating of his father's chestpiece, a soft hand placed on his shoulder.

"You are my son, are you not?" Slade's tone never changed, Garfield's exhausted body and brain unable to contain all the emotion that was running through him, sobs clawing out of his lungs and tears falling from his flustered cheeks onto the black jumpsuit of the assassin's. "I l-love you.." The changeling heaved, and he only received a gentle pat to his upper back in response, but it was still oh so comforting all the same. "Let's get out of here now.."

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YA Books We’re Anticipating in June 2017

Dividing Eden by Joelle Charbonneau (6/6): From the author of the New York Times bestselling Testing trilogy comes a sweeping new fantasy series, perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sarah J. Maas.Twins Carys and Andreus were never destined to rule Eden. With their older brother next in line to inherit the throne, the future of the kingdom was secure.But appearances—and rivals—can be deceiving. When Eden’s king and crown prince are killed by assassins, Eden desperately needs a monarch, but the line of succession is no longer clear. With a ruling council scheming to gain power, Carys and Andreus are faced with only one option—to take part in a Trial of Succession that will determine which one of them is worthy of ruling the kingdom.As sister and brother, Carys and Andreus have always kept each other safe—from their secrets, from the court, and from the monsters lurking in the mountains beyond the kingdom’s wall. But the Trial of Succession will test the bonds of trust and family.With their country and their hearts divided, Carys and Andreus will discover exactly what each will do to win the crown. How long before suspicion takes hold and the thirst for power leads to the ultimate betrayal?

Follow Me Back by AV Geiger (6/6): Tessa Hart's world feels very small. Confined to her bedroom with agoraphobia, her one escape is the online fandom for pop sensation Eric Thorn. When he tweets to his fans, it's like his speaking directly to her...Eric Thorn is frightened by his obsessive fans. They take their devotion way too far. It doesn't help that his PR team keeps posting to encourage their fantasies.When a fellow pop star is murder at the hands of a fan, Eric knows he has to do something to shatter his online image fast--like take down one of his top Twitter followers. But Eric's plan to troll @TessaHeartsEric unexpectedly evolves into an online relationship deeper than either could have imagined. And when the two arrange to meet IRL, what should have made for the world's best episode of Catfish takes a deadly turn...Told through tweets, direct messages, and police transcripts, this thriller for the online generation will keep you guessing right up to the shocking end.

Once and for All by Sarah Dessen (6/6): From Sarah Dessen, the beloved New York Times bestselling author of SAINT ANYTHING and JUST LISTEN, comes a new novel set in the world of wedding planning! Is it really better to have loved and lost? Louna's summer job is to help brides plan their perfect day, even though she stopped believing in happily-ever-after when her first love ended tragically. But charming girl-magnet Ambrose isn't about to be discouraged now that he's met the one he really wants. Maybe Louna's second chance is standing right in front of her. Sarah Dessen’s many fans will adore this latest novel, a richly satisfying, enormously entertaining story with humor, romance, and an ending that is so much more than happily-ever-after.

Wildman by JC Geiger (6/6): "How can a complete stranger know you better than the people you've known your entire life?" Lance Hendricks is homeward bound, four hundred highway miles from the best night of his life. There's an epic graduation party brewing, his girlfriend will be there, and they've got a private bedroom with their names on it. When his '93 Buick breaks down in the middle of nowhere, Lance is sure he'll be back on the road in no time. After all, he's the high school valedictorian. First chair trumpet player. Scholarship winner. Nothing can stop Lance Hendricks. But afternoon turns to night, and Lance ends up stranded at the Trainsong Motel. The place feels ominous, even before there's a terrible car wreck outside his room. When Lance rushes out to help, the townies take notice. They call him Wildman, and an intriguing local girl asks him to join in their nighttime adventures. He begins to live up to his new name. As one day blurs into the next, Lance finds himself in a bar fight, jumping a train, avoiding the police. Drifting farther from home and closer to a girl who makes him feel a way he's never felt before—like himself. This debut novel by a remarkable new talent explores the relationship between identity and place, the power of being seen, and the speed at which a well-planned life can change forever.

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley (6/6): A beautiful love story for fans of Jandy Nelson and Nicola Yoon: two teens find their way back to each other in a bookstore full of secrets and crushes, grief and hope—and letters hidden between the pages. Years ago, Rachel had a crush on Henry Jones. The day before she moved away, she tucked a love letter into his favorite book in his family’s bookshop. She waited. But Henry never came. Now Rachel has returned to the city—and to the bookshop—to work alongside the boy she’d rather not see, if at all possible, for the rest of her life. But Rachel needs the distraction. Her brother drowned months ago, and she can’t feel anything anymore. As Henry and Rachel work side by side—surrounded by books, watching love stories unfold, exchanging letters between the pages—they find hope in each other. Because life may be uncontrollable, even unbearable sometimes. But it’s possible that words, and love, and second chances are enough.

Be True to Me by Adele Griffin (6/13): It's the summer of 1976 on Fire Island, where sunbathing, lobster bakes, and the Bicentennial celebration reign. Jean, a sometimes cruel, often insecure, and always envious rich girl, is accustomed to living in her glamorous older sister’s shadow. So when Gil Burke, a handsome newcomer with uncertain ties to one of the most powerful families in the exclusive enclave of Sunken Haven, notices Jean—not her sister—Jean is smitten. Then Fritz, a girl from outside the gilded gates who humiliated Jean in the Island’s tennis championship last year, meets Gil. The chemistry between them is undeniable, and she quickly falls Gil herself. Soon the girls are competing for much more than a tennis trophy, with higher stakes than either of them can imagine. Through the alternating perspectives of Jean and Fritz, Adele Griffin captures the angst of feeling like you don’t belong and the urgency of first love with vivid language and perceptive wit.

Want by Cindy Pon (6/13): From critically acclaimed author Cindy Pon comes an edge-of-your-seat sci-fi thriller, set in a near-future Taipei plagued by pollution, about a group of teens who risk everything to save their city. Jason Zhou survives in a divided society where the elite use their wealth to buy longer lives. The rich wear special suits, protecting them from the pollution and viruses that plague the city, while those without suffer illness and early deaths. Frustrated by his city’s corruption and still grieving the loss of his mother who died as a result of it, Zhou is determined to change things, no matter the cost. With the help of his friends, Zhou infiltrates the lives of the wealthy in hopes of destroying the international Jin Corporation from within. Jin Corp not only manufactures the special suits the rich rely on, but they may also be manufacturing the pollution that makes them necessary. Yet the deeper Zhou delves into this new world of excess and wealth, the more muddled his plans become. And against his better judgment, Zhou finds himself falling for Daiyu, the daughter of Jin Corp’s CEO. Can Zhou save his city without compromising who he is, or destroying his own heart?

Aftercare Instructions by Bonnie Pipkin (6/27): “Troubled.” That’s seventeen-year-old Genesis according to her small New Jersey town. She finds refuge and stability in her relationship with her boyfriend, Peter—until he abandons her at a Planned Parenthood clinic during their appointment to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. The betrayal causes Gen to question everything.As Gen pushes herself forward to find her new identity without Peter, she must also confront her most painful memories. Through the lens of an ongoing four act play within the novel, the fantasy of their undying love unravels line by line, scene by scene. Digging deeper into her past while exploring the underground theater world of New York City, she rediscovers a long forgotten dream. But it’s when Gen lets go of her history, the one she thinks she knows, that she’s finally able to embrace the complicated, chaotic true story of her life, and take center stage.Aftercare Instructions, a debut full of heart and hope, follows Gen on a big-hearted journey from dorm rooms to diners to underground theaters—and ultimately, right into readers' hearts.

Generation One by Pittacus Lore (6/27): The first book in a pulse-pounding new series that’s set in the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series. The war may be over—but for the next generation, the battle has just begun!It has been over a year since the invasion of Earth was thwarted in Pittacus Lore’s United as One. But in order to win, our alien allies known as the Garde unleashed their Loric energy that spread throughout the globe. Now human teenagers have begun to develop incredible powers of their own, known as Legacies.To help these incredible and potentially dangerous individuals—and put the world at ease—the Garde have created an academy where they can train this new generation to control their powers and hopefully one day help mankind. But not everyone thinks that’s the best use of their talents. And the teens may need to use their Legacies sooner than they ever imagined. Perfect for fans of Marvel’s X-Men and Rick Yancey’s The 5th Wave, this epic new series follows a diverse cast of teens as they struggle to hone their abilities and decide what, if anything, they should do with them. As a spin-off of the bestselling I Am Number Four series, those familiar with the original books and newcomers alike will devour this fast-paced, action-packed sci-fi adventure.

Midnight Jewel by Richelle Mead (6/27): The Selection meets Reign in this dazzling trilogy of interwoven novels about three girls on a quest for freedom and true love from #1 internationally bestselling author Richelle Mead. Mira is not like the other Glittering Court girls. She is a war refugee, cast out of her home country and thrust into another, where she has learned to fight against the many injustices around her. For some, the Glittering Court offers a chance at a life they’ve only ever dreamed of, one of luxury, glamour, and leisure. But for Mira, it’s simply a means to an end. In the new world, she plans to earn off her marriage contract price, and finally be free. Mira pitches herself as an asset to one of the passengers on board the ship: the sardonic and aloof Grant Elliot, whom she’s discovered is a spy for the prestigious McGraw Agency—and her ticket to buying her freedom. His cover blown, Grant has little choice but to take her on. Mira applies herself by day, learning the etiquette and customs that will help to earn her anonymity. By night, she dons a mask and slips into the city, fighting injustice and corruption on her own terms—and impressing Grant with her extraordinary abilities and insights into an elusive case. But the case isn’t all they’re fighting… Neither of them can ignore the attraction burning between them—an attraction so powerful, it threatens to unravel everything Mira’s worked so hard for. With freedom finally within her grasp, can Mira risk it all for love?

#YA #new releases #Joelle Charbonneau #AV Geiger #Sarah Dessen #JC Geiger #Cath Crowley #Adele Griffin #Cindy Pon #Bonnie Pipkin #Pittacus Lore #Richelle Mead

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