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thefairyletters · 3 years

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aaaAAAHH, when you wrote abt sasusaku and reverse pining like YESSS. I couldnt exactly put it into words before reading your post, but I wholeheartedly agree. it would pose a more interesting narrative for the development of their relationship if the roles were reversed and entertaining to read sasuke going out of his comfort zone

Oh yes, Sasuke trying and fighting to get back what he had initially denied is everything that characterizes a canonically healthy SS romance.

Let's also look back to Sasuke getting welcomed back into Konoha. Now, personally I find it strange that people, especially civilians and several shinobi who didn't know Sasuke even existed within village or just knew him in the passing, didn't react to his presence back in the village. He is one of the most notorious S-class missing nins, is he not? Someone who helped instigating the war in the first place, even though he did help in ending it too? Someone who left behind his village before he even knew what his village actually did to his clan?

He is one of the luckiest characters with one of the most tragic backstories on his back.

Inspite of his long list of crimes, Sasuke was allowed to get away unscathed, something that would have gotten any other person slaughtered without a second thought. Alright, so village values his bloodline and is willing to turn blind eye to every atrocities he's committed against all five villages and whatnot. Understandable, because it's politics.

What's not understandable is the extent of sacrifice Team 7 makes for Sasuke. Particularly, Sakura who was turned into some kind of homecoming gift to Sasuke. He came, poked her forehead (voluntarily!) and left (again!), it doesn't help this pair that the forehead poke doesn't have a very positive intonation to begin with. That means, he also got the girl (broodmare) in the end; the same girl he knocked out and left behind alone on a cold bench in the middle of the night.

I wouldn't deny that Sasuke may have always harboured special feelings for Sakura, but Sakura hardly ever saw him after he left and when she did, it's always an attempt on her life by him. It should be enough to make her question if her Sasuke will ever be back.

I can understand that she never stopped loving him because she fell in love with the boy who was her teammate, not the one who made attempts on her life, so she may have always kept loving him. But after everything – the war, and their angsty moments – she more or less should have just settled with focusing on bringing him back and not on her feelings for him.

If it wasn't for Kishimoto, she would have done just that – not caring for Sasuke's feelings for her and only wishing him to return home to them, instead of getting reduced to blushing mess everytime Sasuke is in her presence. Like life had always been so peaceful and pink. Like Sakura and Naruto hadn't survived a war which probably killed many people and left many more without family. Like Sakura didn't know firsthand how death can affect people. Like Sasuke almost hadn't tried to get them all killed.

Reverse pining should have been important in SS because Sasuke easily leaves everything behind and he gets everything back just as easily. There's no effort from his side – he wants to revive his clan and he gets a willing broodmare who happens to be the same girl he had left behind, he wants his Konoha citizenship back which he recieves handily and then proceeds to leave the village the next day, with only "until next time".

I personally would have preferred Sakura to keep her feelings locked behind a polite smile and only present herself in a very cordial manner to Sasuke. I would have preferred her avoiding Sasuke, if only because she doesn't know where she stands with him and is traumatised by his attempts on her life. This, if he really loved her and wanted to let her in, would have confused him, then worried him and then finally forced him to work his way to build his relationship with Sakura, starting with a tentative friendship. Even a word between them on how they should start over would have done wonders on SS relationship.

I can't stress enough how much I hate Naruto for everything that Kishimoto/SP messed up spectacularly. Sasuke and Sakura are duo embodiments of hypocrisy. In their attempts to make Sasuke look cool and attract sympathy towards his character, Sasuke ended up looking really foolish and withdrawn to the point that he could pass for a toy broken beyond repair.

I would even approve the idea of Sakura accepting Sasuke's hand in marriage only because it is expected of her. After years of pining for Sasuke and then pretend-pining (because change will raise questions), it will be well within her character to forgo her personal feelings and do what everyone expected of her. Featuring Sakura being unconditional in giving him a home, though with sad eyes and warm company, and Sasuke understanding her sadness, acknowledging how kind she was to him even after everything he had her go through, and then trying to win her love by reciprocating the love he had always denied her. That way, it would become a story of love in an arranged marriage. This arrangement would go well in Boruto considering the gratitude that Sasuke shows Sakura from time to time.

The whole idea of reverse pining would have put Sasuke's insights of their relationship into perspective and also given us an idea about his mindset during the times that involved him trying killing her. I personally think between Sasuke and Sakura, Sasuke is the more emotional person. Uchihas are particularly passionate and volatile, but all under the wraps. Sakura is expressive and wears her emotions on her sleeves but is considerably calmer of the two where it counts. Comic relief don't count.

Shippuden either shouldn't have ended without another season expanding upon the reunion of Team 7, or it shouldn't have hinted on any pairings – least of all, SS, which is easily the most complex pair I've come across.

SS is one ship that deserved its own movie than any other. period

Am I clear?

#sasusaku #why kishi you do this to us #sasusaku had so much potential #and you people ask us why we ship narusaku #sasusaku is so frustrating #ss is beautiful but only if it is written right #i was once a big SS shipper #until it went downhill for ss #sakura haruno #i'm still mad sasuke was recieved well into the village after a war which was partly his doing #i liked sasuke best when he was genin and only a stupid 12 years old #i wasn't sure what you wanted to hear from me so I just rambled on about ss in general

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eldritch-muppetshow · 2 years

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have some more abt my pikmin aus bc i like posting abt them

the louiemin au

in this au, louie’s terrible first impression on the koppaites is because he thought they were stealing and controlling his pikmin (and vice versa). he doesn’t go after their juice supply at first because he knows how to find/hunt food for himself.. but he does occasionally try sneaking some during the brief time he was aboard the s.s. drake (much to the koppaites’ annoyance, especially brittanny).

the reason for why he has a glowcap for a stem instead of the usual flower displayed by most pikmin is currently unknown. olimar’s currently looking into it.

after several months of hunting for food without cooking it (since he quickly learned that it was more convenient and the smell of food cooking would attract hungry wildlife anyway), louie went through a period where he genuinely forgot how to cook. he eventually recovered and gets super embarrassed if anyone brings it up.

louie mostly kept his mind, but he talks even less now and generally doesn’t speak more than a few short sentences at a time unless someone pushes him.

olimar still blames himself for louie’s death because even if he didn’t permanently die, he still has to live on a hostile alien planet with no real chance of coming home. people who knew him on hocotate think he’s dead (and well, they’re not wrong).

olimar and the koppaites definitely want to study louie more because hey, the guy definitely stands out as an anomaly out of everything they’ve documented (although actually publishing these studies is a different story). louie (understandably) was not receptive to the idea until he was bribed with juice.

untitled pikmin 3 au

i’m naming character d “del” for this, since i personally don’t believe he built the ss drake.

initially, the 3 captains don’t get along at all. there’s still some tension between olimar and louie from the events of pikmin 2, olimar is seriously questioning why del was chosen for this mission if he’s this unequipped for the wildlife, del’s super creeped out by louie’s tendency to try and cook everything he sees, and louie just finds del’s panicking at the wildlife super annoying. they eventually bond because it turns out that they have more in common with each other than they first thought (and because they really don’t have a choice).

finding and fixing the three koppads eventually reveals to our protagonists that the koppaites had high hopes for this mission even if they didn’t get along very well, only for things to quickly go downhill when charlie had an argument with brittany and went off with his pikmin to do things his way.. and never came back. brittany initially assumed charlie did something dumb/petty, but quickly starts worrying when it becomes clear that he’s actually missing.

meanwhile, alph was freaked out by the captain’s disappearance from the very start, and this leads to things getting pretty tense between him and brittany before she agrees that yes, something was definitely wrong. they work together to collect fruit while also trying to find charlie, but it quickly becomes clear that something’s picking off their pikmin while they’re not looking.

a few days pass of searching with no luck, and alph and brittany agree that they absolutely have to stick together. unfortunately, something requires them to split up one day, and alph’s worst fears come true when brittany’s squad of pikmin come back to their onions that night without her.

after that point, alph’s frantically trying to collect fruit and search for his crewmates at the same time, but it quickly proves to be an exhausting task. he passes out from exhaustion eventually, and that’s when the plasm wraith snatches him to join his crewmates.

when they were captive, the koppaites (ironically) bonded and got to know each other better in a “misery loves company” situation.

on a lighter note, del’s notes can best be described as “the pikmin version of what happens when you ask blathers to tell you about a bug in animal crossing” (although he’s a lot calmer about completely harmless enemies and plant life).

#pikmin au #pikmin #pikmin 3 spoilers #character death tw #food mention #louiemin au #pikmin 3 au #ask to tag

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ichirukilover · 3 years

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The first season/the first film of something is always considered as the best of that something until it starts going downhill the second season/second film and so on. I'm not really surprised that it happened to bleach. I'm used to seeing it ex riverdale and the promised Neverland.

I'm more surprised because bleach promised to the audience to be different than what they were used to watch. Yet by the hc mundo arc, it broke that promise and went with the same storyline except it's weaker than its predecessor. It starts to become very cliche. Too cliche to the point that it becomes very annoying. I mean aizen literally became a cliche villain mad with power. In the ss arc, he had the most shocking reveal moment I've ever seen. Inoue ended up screaming at a dead corpse to save her when in the ss arc, Rukia was ready to sacrifice her life in exchange of the safety of Ichigo and co. Ichigo was fighting without purpose when in ss arc, he had some of the most badass moments and gained new powers. He defied a whole system and went on a suicide mission.

Honestly, I could go on but *sigh* alas it's useless to talk about it now 😴.

Yeah I agre the long things go on the worse it gets. It all just starts losing its sparks, freshness and direction. I mean you can lit make a stroy go on forever, see bleah, streatched over 15 years, BTW somewhat attached to it, special chapters, novels, you can make sequels but....it's just ??? A brand at this point, it's not "Bleach" anymore. Not to mention like you said how it started to lose its cool and soul along the way already. It's just charatcers upon characters appearing wondering around without a meta, doing who knows what for who knows why. They should just make a rule that if a story does well to just end it when the set goal is reached and not to make up countless of unrelated things and mixing it up all together hoping it goes well.

#in the end it's all about the money

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anonymoushouseplantfan · 4 years

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“I went from thinking she was brilliant, to thinking SS was brilliant, to thinking the palace was in charge of everything and they were brilliant” I was one of the first anons saying she wouldn’t do well post royal family. After reading the above ask I realized that the reason I was able to see through her so easily is that I didn’t start paying attention until Eugenie’s wedding so from my point of view she never really had it together and was always a shit show.

My take is that she went downhill after she got pregnant. She had it in the bag at that point and DGAF anymore.

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kazsinej · 4 years

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okay... so i watched it... thoughts... spoilers incoming since i’m on my phone

it’s A LOT. jumps around and goes from place to place to place to place to place...

aside from that i WAS enjoying the first hour (around that). i saw someone on twitter, i think, that said the first hour was enjoyable... then the r*ylo fight happens and you’re like well this is going downhill

more detailed thoughts here that will be a mess...

fuck i REALLY wish the trio had been really established before the LAST FUCKING MOVIE. it should’ve been there THE WHOLE TIME.

i am annoyed that they had rey and poe at odds at first. i don’t dislike the idea but more the fact that they started their relationship off like that but then don’t do much else with it bc HEY no time

i got my force sensitive finn!!!!

however, why couldn’t HE have been trained hmmm???

john looked so good this whole movie and i really did love finn. he really was my savior for this movie.

jj flat out LIED about giving finn’s backstory. and he was making statements about it just a few weeks back

i am highkey annoyed about poe’s characterization. poor boy has been all over the place. then making him a DRUG DEALER. the whole disrespect to the backstory he has in the comics??? like it’s not acknowledged whatsoever and i saw someone go “well, it fits here and can be explained by his mom’s death” but that wasn’t even a thought in the movie. that’s a fan having to make the connections to something the general audience doesn’t look at.

i loved what we got from lando.

rose was just... there. which is sad because when she’s not berating or physically harming finn i feel like she could be amazing??? i say could because again she didn’t do much.

sighhhh i wish we could have gotten jannah sooner. I liked her!!! they didn’t go there with her and finn like i thought people were insinuating they would, but i would’ve been all for them if they had had the time!! i was kind of WHOA with how quickly she was ride or die with him (i mean i get it because i was too after watching him for five minutes) and yeah quick connection i get but you barely know him!! and poor bbs didn’t get the proper time to really dive into that connection!! #shouldvehadjannahsooner!!!!!

also jannah spin-off teaser!!!! gimmeeeeee!!!!

however when does finn get to find his origin??? (not letting it go)

i love how they gave No explanation as to how palpatine survived. i wish they hadn’t brought him back. he was amazing the way he was.

okay i’m about to get real ranty

okay so i’m not even sure why leia died. she was trying to reach k*lo and died???? idek i really hated it and only cried because they really did just kill off my original trio like that.

so leia dies to reach her son and OH there you go!!!! he’s b*n again!!!

???????????????????????????

you almost killed her in the last movie?????? both of your parents tried to reach out for you for YEARS. both of your parents died for it. it took you a fuck ass long time for it to finally CLICK and a lot of irredeemable things.

like it really was Dumb

sighhhhh... rey....

why the fuck did she even heal him??? because his mom just died??? because she wanted to hold b*n’s hand??????????

who the fuck is b*n to you????? you don’t even know a b*n???????????????

i really hate that they had her force fling finn back and how she got all no one understands me with him.

but really she was doing fine... until that point... like what happened to my girl. it’s sad that rey never returned after tfa. what happened to her on that island?

i’m really mad that r*ylos got it ALL. they have that stupid f*rce b*nd. which was apparently powerful enough that it revived palpatine (?????) they couldn’t kill each other. she fucking heals him. he becomes b*n. after many previous attempts. comes to fight with rey. he crawls out of a freaking hole that he should’ve died in and heals HER. they get a giddy af k*ss. (i couldn’t even WATCH) rey miraculously knows who tf b*n is (who is he rey????) but they’re upset because he died (a way better death than he deserved)

i will take his death as a win. and the fact that she just went on with her life.

i’m so sad because i loved her. my girl had so much potential.

i loved my trio hug 😭

i’m tired. i’m complaining a lot and this is really long. i did enjoy some of it.

#tros spoilers #sw spoilers #anti reylo #long post #really long sorry #needed to get my thoughts out #but i mean there are even more thoughts there

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thehikingnerd · 3 years

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Day 139 (10/3).

Today I woke up and was on a mission for 30 miles. These short days kept pushing back our finish date, and it was getting dangerously close to interfering with me getting home before Halloween. After getting packed up and ready a little earlier than Butt'rs, I popped two ibuprofen and made a big pot of very very strong instant coffee... and we were off! It was a beautiful day and we were making good time right from the start. We saw bear prints everywhere in the snow as we made our first climb of the day, along with coyote and deer prints as well. The bright red huckleberries in the valleys were beautiful and we stopped for lunch at the peak of the first big climb in the snow. I cooked two ramen with some textured vegetable protein, olive oil, a few other things and then made more extra strong coffee. I needed entertainment and fuel, like I said I was on a mission and was feeling good, like 30 was possible that day if we pushed and could make up for the last 4 days being sub 20-mile days. Man... that second round of coffee must have done it... I was a hiking machine after that. I was rolling down the backside of the mountain! Butt'rs and I saw another bear and I tried to get around the bend quickly to see if I could find him and watch him run away down the mountain but I lost him. I stopped at a lake for just a minute because it was so pretty and because the water looked so nice and clear blue I wanted to try out filming under water with my phone being waterproof and hadn't tried that out yet. But then the race was back on. We made our way down into a beautiful valley and then a couple of fighter jets spaced out rolled through the valley... one came though just before our next big climb started and was low enough to hurt my hears and was pretty intense. This downhill seemed to go on forever and we could see the switchbacks up the other mountain and it was obvious that this was going to be one of the worst cases of PUDs (pointless ups and downs) on the whole trail and it certainly was! Mile and miles of steep downhill and we were just rolling at near-jogging pace. Finally, after crossing a bridge over a stream at the bottom, the trail went down another half mile or so before turning around and heading straight back up. They really should take you around the mountainside and cut off some of this pointless up and down. Normally I wouldn't complain, but this one is 3000ft down to a random point and then right back up 3000ft. It was just killer and uncalled for. But also, I was so jacked on caffeine and had the 30 mile goal in my head, so I just kept on rolling. I was a fair bit out in front of Butt'rs and I was only just starting the big uphill when I saw a hiker going SOBO. I said hey and stopped to chat for a bit. He said he had run into several NOBO hikers today... Will (the 19yr old from TX we had met at the trail angel's place a couple of days ago) I knew he was way ahead of us... he said he had seen him that morning so I guessed that put Will at least 15 maybe 20 miles out ahead of us and that he had just walked to Butt'rs! I was like Butt'rs?! Butt'rs is behind me I'm about 99% sure, but he insisted he had just talked to Butt'rs and then complained about how cold the last two nights have been. It was possible to have crossed the stream earlier on and taken a short cut that would have saved him more than a mile of down and up. Hmm... so it looked at this point as though one of two things was going on... either there was a second guy with the trailname "Butters" ahead (which was possible) or that Butt'rs had cut a corner and was now out ahead of me. With Butt'rs and I both being purists, however, I didn't think he would cut a big corner like that, and as weird as it sounded the notion of a second Butters seemed like the more likely of these two scenerios. This SOBO guy's name was Savage, and after just a brief chat I was on my way. Now I was really driven to go faster up this climb, which I usually go slower than Butt'rs on the climbs, but I wanted to either catch up to him or catch up to the other Butters. I was in a Butter sandwich, A Tale of Two Butt'rs, I can't believe it's not Butt'rs, lol, we're all silly things that came to mind when thinking of this situation. Unfortunately this side of the hill was facing south and had dried out enough that I couldn't make out any clear shoe prints the whole way up. I would have been able to recognize Butt'rs' New Balances and could have known whether he was really ahead of me or not. I did think it was odd that we had been following a set of tracks for two days or so now from a hiker who had passed us the morning we let the sun dry our tents out and I had been following these Altra prints for a while now and I figured this must be the person savage had just talked to, but I still hoped to catch him and see if his name really was Butters/Butt'rs. Finally, after a grueling 3000 ft climb I made it to the snow line and could see clearly that Butt'rs was indeed still behind me and had not taken the shortcut and gotten out ahead of me. I had told him that I wasn't going to take a break until I reached the top, but since it was snowy I thought I would just go a little further or maybe stop of the opposite side of the flat top area before the final descent of the day. About half way across the top flat part I saw another much smaller bear who was sitting and eating huckleberries on a hillside near a small tree (for some reason I knew I was about to see one before I saw him, had this weird feeling he was there before actually seeing him). He sat there and hesitated for a second but then ran away too; it's wild how these bears just get out of dodge when a human is near. But in looking down I saw tons of nice huckleberries and decided to wait for Butt'rs while eating as many of these berries as I could. I had eaten a good number of these when Butt'rs finally rolled up and we discussed the whole situation with Savage. It was weird, but Butt'rs thinks he was tripping on acid and must have gotten confused hearing me say Butt'rs and just kept saying the wrong name of the guy ahead of us. I wasn't paying that close attention to him personally to notice if he was tripping or not, but anyway it was all figured out that at least Butt'rs was indeed behind me and we took off down the mountain. We had gotten cold sitting up at the high elevation while eating the berries. I was once again feeling driven and got out ahead of Butt'rs and I was hoping to keep pushing even after we reached the bottom and try to make it to a campsite a few miles further away. But while going downhill, I was reading through the Guthooks app and saw that the town of Stehekin had already reduced their shuttle service down to twice a day rather than the normal four times during peak season... thus meaning that even if we pushed on we would really have to haul ass to get there by 3pm on October 4th if I wanted to get into the resort/town in order to call Angie on Mid-Autumn Festival... but we would also have agree to hike into the night tonight and probably wake up at 4am or so to make it, and even still would run the chance of just not making it in time (and to be honest, I knew he had little incentive to push like that personally). I sat down on the trail disappointed knowing we wouldn't be able to make it and that I wouldn't be able to call Angie on this holiday, it would be the first I hadn't been able to swing something from the trail on a special day and the first time to not talk with her on this particular holiday. So I just sat there and waited on Butt'rs while resting and looking at all the comments on the app so I'd know what to expect whenever we would eventually make it into Stehekin. Finally, Butt'rs came and said he was beat. I told him I would have wanted to push on, but since it was impossible to make it by tomorrow night's last shuttle that there was no point in killing ourselves, and we camped at a site beside a silty river after a 24-mile day with an estimated 9,000 ft of elevation gain throughout the day! It had been a rough-@ss day, and we were both beat and hurting all over. So at Mile 2532.6 we set up camp, ate, threw out decoy thrash for mice, and went to sleep.

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in-her-wildest-dreams · 7 years

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MY LA SECRET SESSION EXPERIENCE!

Background:

So Taylor’s been following me for over 2 years now and she’s showed up for me somewhat regularly ever since she followed me which I’m incredibly grateful for (like INCREDIBLY). When she did secret sessions last era, I didn’t even have a fan account for anything and I got all the news off insta and my best friends in real life @thislove-brittany and @thosegeorgiastars13 when we would come into school and talk about how some extremely lucky fans got to go into her home and hang with her for hours on end. At that point we all almost had to laugh because we live in Australia and we weren’t known AT ALL by Taylor and we just told ourselves it was such a far fetched dream it was ridiculous… Fast forward a few months later that next year in 2015, when Taylor followed me – I believe to this day she saw a photo of B, G and I posing as Bad Blood characters, and she followed me from that. So basically the first memory I have of Taylor acknowledging my existence was shared with my 2 best friends, but let me now continue with the story….

On the 1st of January this year, I wrote this post:

About 4 weeks ago, things at uni went downhill and I had quite literally hit rock bottom in terms of my stress and my future regarding uni. At the same sort of time Taylor had started joining people’s livestreams but she would do so between the hours of 3-7am Australian time so I just kept waking up to her lurking people and watching their lives while I had zero chances in the first place and it was there and then that I thought to myself ‘I’m never meeting her, I have negative hope that I’ll ever meet Taylor” and basically I spent a few days not logging in very much because I was so upset about everything and just didn’t want to bother. But then I started having so many fun events like friends and family birthday parties over those next few weekends and life felt a bit better. During one of those weeks, Taylor had seen 2 or 3 of my tumblr posts where I complimented people’s selfies and it hit me then that good things were still coming and that she still probably maybe had her eye on me (but it was still just wishful thinking). Then London SS happened and my best friend from England, Katy aka @ethereal-swiftness ended up meeting T and I’d sent her an ask about keeping the secret and Taylor saw that a day later and once again I really started to feel things again and it was almost as if right then I knew something was coming for me – like I just knew.

Getting Contacted by TN

So it was Wednesday morning on the 18th of October, 5.36am, when B and G texted me about 23 times in a row with messages like “EMENME” “CHECK TUMVLT NOW GO DHCIENEONC DO IT CHEJCK IT” “WE GOT THE SMEDSAHE” so naturally I nearly fell out of my bed because yes, in fact, my 2 best friends in real life had both individually received a confidential message from TN and so I went to check my tumblr and there was nothing there so I was worried at first, but I know they always take a while to send each one out, and once again, by my own intuition, I just knew I was getting one, and knew somehow that all of us were going to meet her together at some point – we’d been on countless walks by the beach all year dreaming about the day we’d meet T together, and I just knew in my heart it would happen for us all – and so I had to go to uni that day so I was checking my messages every other minute of the day, and I got home in the afternoon and had a nap because I was physically exhausted LOL. Next minute I realise its nearly 6pm and I was getting ready for dinner, and out of nowhere, my subconscious mind decided that I’d click on my twitter app, which I genuinely barely EVER touch these days - I hadn’t touched it in days, but somehow my mind told me to click on it in that moment, and the second I logged in there was one new message, and there it was. I screamed so loud and started shrieking, running over to mum and dad and yelling at them – they were very very excited because I’d told them about the girls getting one that morning!!! I couldn’t believe they’d sent it via twitter as my main account is tumblr and I was expecting it to come from there but hey then I realised how shifty Taylor is and she probably gave them my twitter because its in my tumblr bio (!!!!!!) (TN don’t follow me on twitter either). They asked for my details in the message. Anyway so it hit me that night that I was officially meeting Taylor anytime in the next 2 weeks or so and I remember proper crying in the shower that night (I never cry properly like I just don’t do it?!!!!) because it was just a shock and it couldn’t have come at a better time honestly and it all just hit me so hard. So anyway the next day I was writing my notes for uni and at about 1pm, I got a call from a New York number and I knew instantly it was TN. I think it may have been Sierra but I honestly can’t remember LOL so the first thing she said was “I understand this may be a bit of a flight…” and in the moment I was like ‘yeah no Sydney or Melbourne is nothing for me’, expecting the event was to be held in Australia LOL, but the next thing she said was “So there’s actually going to be an event in the Los Angeles area on Sunday” and I straight away said “wait you mean this Sunday?!!!” and she said “Yes like in 4 days Sunday, yes in Los Angeles, now I know this is a lot and you may not be able to come but at this stage there’s nothing else on the cards, and we do have your details now and we can send you some things in the meantime” so I said “okay okay can I just call you back so I can sort some things out, can I please just call you back” and she was fine with that and so I hung up and told Mum instantly and then called Dad and he was so happy for me that he was already helping me look up next day flights! So low and behold, within the hour, I ended up booking flights myself and getting in contact with the girls so we could sort out similar flight times and hotels etc, and TN called me back and I told them it was a ‘go’ and that’s the story of how I was suddenly about to fly to LA with one days’ notice to meet Taylor Swift LOL. So basically I had to spend the next few days making up (very) lame excuses to you guys online as to why I wasn’t posting at my usual times and it was the hardest secret I will ever have to keep OH. MY. GOD.

Arriving in LA

So Friday morning LA time I arrived and met up with the girls straight away at the airport luckily, and we made our way to our hotel. Of course because we were all on a 13+ hour flight, we missed the release of ‘Gorgeous’ and we knew we had to learn the lyrics before Sunday LOL so it was on repeat for 48 hours straight and we were loving every moment of it. We had an amazing 2 full days exploring LA and doing fun things, knowing how excited we were for Sunday’s adventure!!!

Meeting Taylor

In no time it was Sunday the 22nd October, aka the day we were meeting Taylor Swift in her LA home. (!!!!!!) We had to go out shopping in the morning to find a frame for B’s painting she was doing for T, and then we probably spent the rest of the day in the hotel with ‘Gorgeous’ on repeat getting prepared to actually get ready LOL. By 12pm we started doing our makeup and hair because we didn’t want to rush the process or anything, and honestly soon enough it was already 3.30pm and we were downstairs taking photos and vlogging, about to hop in an uber to take us to the meeting spot (!!!!!!). So we get there and walk inside to where TN directed us, fill out some details and get our wristbands (!!!!!) and suddenly I recognise this girl with dark hair and a stripy dress, and I just kNEW straight away it was Bella aka @swiftful-thinking13 but I had that fear it wasn’t so I waited a bit longer to properly check and it was DEFINITELY her LOL so we were all kind of standing in a circle and I just looked at her and went “Bella… Bella… BELLA” and she dead set looked at me in complete and utter shock for god knows how long (there were no words coming out I kid you not) and so then and there we both ran into a hug and she basically started crying, saying “THIS IS BETTER THAN MEETING TAYLOR SWIFT I CANT BELIEVE YOU’RE HERE IN LA WTF MY DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE I LOVE YOU” and literally until we actually got on the shuttle she was in disbelief and none of us could quite believe what was happening LOL (I knew ALL ALONG she was gonna be there, may I add, I KNEW it).

This is a pic of Bella and I basically as soon as we met!!

Anyway among all this chaos, someone informed me that @ohkimani just rolled up and I legit stood up, looked around and went “KIMANI” and there she was in front of me and yeah that was casual, considering I was supposed to meet both these girls in a few months time when I’m back in LA!!! So we took some photos, had a good chat, and I also met Paige!! ( @heypay ), and waited around until it was time for us all to get on the shuttles to the ‘secret location’.

Kimani, Bella and I!

It was about 6pm or so when our group got on the shuttle after a security check, and I sat next to Bella, while B and G sat right behind us, and we spent the entire ride basically holding each others hands crying, knowing that we were minutes away from Taylor Swift’s house (!!!!!!). So we roll up to her place, the gates open and it felt like I was in wonderland in that moment, I’m telling you it was indescribable. We had to have another body check when we got off the shuttle, and we were then told to stand against the wall. On my way to the wall, I saw what looked like her guest living area all lit up with about 20 candles sitting around a bench LOL, and then there was an archway next to the wall to the backyard that was surrounded by fairy lights!!!!!!!! So in the few minutes we waited for everyone to get off the bus, we started hyperventilating and going into panic mode like I think I said to Bella about 20 times in a row that I wanted to turn around and leave because it felt fake and I got so scared suddenly that we were about to be in Taylor Swift’s presence (!!!!!!!!).

Anyway soon enough I think it was Erica who escorted us through to the backyard, and into the pool area where the first group were mingling. All the food was set up on tables around the pool area and I just about lost my entire soul in that moment…. It was like a scene from a Hollywood movie like her location is divine!!!! and just sitting around her pool eating her food was a feeling I could never ever ever describe to you…ever. I had a plate with hommus and carrots because a lot of you know I can’t live without hommus LOL, and I had some olives, a REP cookie, REP m&m’s, a sushi roll thing, chips, and of course, a SMART water hehe. When we went to sit down by the jacuzzi, ‘Fire Away’ by Chris Stapleton started playing, and Bella and I just looked at each other in disbelief because in that moment everything was perfect, and we were listening to such a chilled, country song as the sun set in the most beautiful way over LA on a warm autumnal night at Taylor Swift’s house. It was there that I think we both just cried, like we’d met for the first time at Taylor Swift’s house and we’d already felt like best friends and it all came full circle, and I looked at B and G and went, guys this just isn’t real, its not… how did we fly here, I can’t believe life right now. That moment is a memory I’ll treasure forever and I truly could not have felt more content with my life – everything felt perfect. So we were waiting until the other groups arrived, and suddenly I saw Tree turn up so I went over and while she was chatting to other people, @teardropsonsmyguitar came over to me and said “OH MY GOD I KNEW I RECOGNISED YOU OH MY GOD EMILY HEY” and I was like oh my gODDD girl, remind me your username again!!!! And she told me and I knew it was Kaitlyn straight away and she told me I was beautiful etc and just about cried then too because I felt closer than ever to everyone there even though I was oceans away from home! Finally Tree turned to us and she said “So where are you guys from?!” and B, G and I said together “Australia!” and she goes “wOW WOW oh my GOD what part?!” and we said Gold Coast and she was so enthused and ecstatic for us and then I asked her how her cat is going and she told us a cute little story and it was adorable hehe and then we spoke more and she had to go and check on something and left. I also finally got to meet my Aussie gal @screamedsooloud and her sister during that time and we were talking about the fact that none of us knew if any other Aussies were gonna be there and omg Dani is truly as funny as you see online LOL.

Anyway soon after, we were escorted back up to the house, into a small living area with candles lit everywhere and soft pillows/blankets all over the floor. I was so mesmerised by everything that I wasn’t paying attention to where B and G were and suddenly they said “EM, come over here!!!” and I turned around and saw a red chair with speakers either side and I knew EXACTLY where homegirl was about to be sitting, so somehow we ended up smack bang at the front of the room, less than 1m away from the chair. We then spent a solid 10 minutes screeching and crying to each other, knowing Taylor Swift was about to sit less than a f*****g metre away from us for 2 hours (!!!!!!!!!!!!). So yeah all of a sudden, there was commotion at the back of the room, and Taylor Alison Swift appeared through the curtain, and the whole room turned into madness and hysteria holy christ, but no apparently that wasn’t enough – two of the HAIM sisters are right behind her, as well as Jack Antonoff, Ruby Rose, Jessica Veronica (I think), Ash Avignone, and someone else and the whole room went into riot (!!!!!!) Taylor made her way to the front, hugging some people along the way, including B, to which T said “YOU MADE IT!”, knowing we came from Australia (????!!!!!!!). So there we were, less than a metre away from Taylor Swift herself, trying to act like we were somewhat alive in that moment. She looks very different in real life I found I don’t know she just looked so beautiful and perfect in every way and she was wearing high waisted camo pants with huge boots and a long sleeved black crop with her curly hair and red lips!!! I won’t talk now much about what happened in that room, but I WILL say I had a dance party with her and she came over to us and fully had a proper dance sesh and it still just felt like a dream. Throughout the playing of the album, she looked at me so intently so many times that I felt like I had to look away at times because she truly does stare into your soul like its mesmerising WOW. Anyway when (my now favourite song) was playing, I started crying instantly and I saw that she was watching me at times, and by the last verse, Bella, me, B and G had all lost it, laughing and crying at each other, having the absolute time of our lives, and T watched us, smiling and miming the lyrics to us the whole verse and that was by far probably the happiest moment of my life, it was just a feeling you could not put into words – it meant everything and it couldn’t have been more perfect, she made that song extra special for me and I’ll have that memory to hold onto forever. We also fully bowed down to her like you actually would to Queen Elizabeth, because hey she IS a queen, and it was so funny LOL.

Once she’d kinda finished up with that part of the night, she told us she had to go de-sweat and freshen up because that LA heat with 100 of us in a small room was really getting to everyone and so we kinda mingled and went for a bathroom rush to freshen up ourselves before we started the meet and greet/photo opportunity. We went to what was probably her guest bathroom, as the house is still in renovation and there were actual notes on the wall saying ‘wallpaper’ etc like it was legit in mid renovation so it was exciting to know that she told us we were the first official ‘guests’ in this home?!!!! And then we got back into the room and mingled while people started forming a line to the next room where she was about to take photos and meet us! It was probably about 45 minutes later, after lots of crying and talking and general disbelief, that we were about to walk over and hug Taylor Swift – ‘Malibu’ by Miley Cyrus was playing right before we met her and I could not have been happier I swear.

Brittany went over first and she hugged her so tight, and then T looked at me like ‘HEY!’ and we hugged (absolutely magical hugs they are), and then G hugged her. The first thing I said was “okay so we got told on Thursday and booked next day flights over here” and she said instantly “look I still can’t believe you guys made it like I can’t believe it WOW!” and then I think we spoke a bit more about it and she said “so Ali texted me before saying ‘The Australians are here!’ and I was so excited and I can’t believe you’re actually here!” And B said something like “of COURSE we’re here we wouldn’t miss it!!!” and then I think we must have taken the photo and I was like “Can I hold the Grammy” and she was like “uhhh yeaahhhhhhh” and I asked her which Grammy it was to which she said “1989 AOTY” and so there I was holding her latest Grammy in her house, just casually. I gave it to B to hold, and then held it again on the throne that we sat on in the photo LOL, and she gave G the phone from the LWYMMD music video that she danced with earlier LOL. So we all sat down and then T leaned in from the side and I think she put her arm around B and before I could even orientate myself nicely they’d already taken the photo LOL so I’m worried how that will turn out…. So then we all spoke a bit more and I asked her how the cats were and she said “yeah they’re doing really well at home now, although they did have a fight today” and she showed me the scar on her finger LOL, and then she said “but Meredith’s been so good lately, she’s been behaving and she even purred” and I think I just laughed and said ‘yeah purring’s always a good sign’ or something stupid, and then I complimented her black sparkly nails and she pulled them out towards us and said “aww thanks, do you like them? I did them today!” and then we must have said again that we couldn’t believe we were really there and she said “guys I just cannot believe you made it, thank you so much” and then the girls walked away because everyone seemed to go as a group first and then allow each person to have a one on one with Taylor. So suddenly it was just me and Taylor and I think the first thing we did was get a photo and so I said “okay what should we do” and she was like “I don’t mind, whatever you want” and so I quickly said “lets just hug” because I always wanted a cute hugging photo so we just locked ourselves in a hug, and JUST as the photographer was about to take our photo, they had to walk away and change something, so in any normal situation I thought T would let go and just wait, but she LITERALLY KEPT HUGGING ME in that position and I nearly died I was in shock but also felt so loved in that moment and I said “oh my god you smell AMAZING” because we were literally THAT close her scent was fully rubbing off on me and she smelled DIVINE like my gOD !!!!!! And she said “awww thanks” and then I think we finally got our photo, and then started talking more. The first proper thing she said was “oh my god I LOVE your dress so much, wow, its like perfect for like a more important, special type of occasion, like a first date, you know what I mean?!” and I just lost it then wow. I think after that I mentioned how thankful I am for all the tumblr friends I’ve made and how supportive we are online and she said something like “awww yes it’s the most beautiful thing” and then I mentioned Akhila ( @smilingswiftie ) and how she told me she was meeting T beforehand and then I realised I probably shouldn’t have told Taylor that so I quickly said “don’t worry, I kept the secret!!” and she turned back and cackled LOL I found it pretty funny and then she ACTUALLY SPOKE ABOUT AKHILA and said “oh my god she’s so pure and adorable and I didn’t want to let her go” and I said “yeah she’s so beautiful” and then I mentioned how Mere ( @lifeofswiftie89 ) had mentioned Jess ( @jessicaswiftie1989 ) and I (my OG group chat) at the RI ss and she interrupted and said “ah Meredith with the cats” and nodded and said “yeah yeah” before I finished Jess’s name and she fully knew them as she apparently did when Mere mentioned Jess and I to her (?!!!!!) so yeah that happened and she knows a LOT of people I tell you… And then I think she was just standing there and I remember looking up and saying “you’re GORGEOUS” because I wanted to sneak in the ‘gorgeous’ reference LOL, and she stepped back and did that cute little smile of hers and said “thanks GORGEOUSSSSSSS” just like she sings it in the song (!!!!!!) and then I probably said for the millionth time that I couldn’t quite believe I was there and she said for the millionth time “I can’t believe you’re here thank you so much for coming!!” and then she had the AUDACITY to say so casually like so casually I almost died, that “you were on the list ages ago, I’m so sorry they took so long!” and I think I just laughed in shock and went “well I can’t BELIEVE I’m here, thank you so much” and then I think she hugged me again and we said our goodbyes and it was B and G’s turn to speak with her. I got my merch bag and Ali wanted me to wait for the girls because they wanted to interview us about coming all this way…. And then soon enough we were escorted out the side door and back onto the bus and I basically wanted to cry then LOL and so that was the story of how I flew 13 hours across the world with 3 days notice to meet Taylor Swift in LA with my 2 best friends!!!!!!!

Timing really is a funny thing, and it all just so happened at quite honestly the most perfect time ever. This year I have felt more confident than ever, and most content with myself and my life and I feel like the best things happen when you’re at your best and that’s why meeting her when I did couldn’t have possibly come at a better time – just know that good things come to those who wait, and you’ll know when you know, I promise. Never ever ever give up.

And so to end the story, on October 22nd 2017, this happened:

thank you endlessly from the bottom of my heart for the opportunity of a lifetime, and for giving me a memory I will NEVER forget as long as I live, Taylor, you’re truly the best there is :’)

#la ss #story #miss IT #ss experience

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cas-hyung · 7 years

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Because Of You, I’m Becoming Ruined

Fandom: Voltron Legendary Defender

Rating: Teen and Up (for language oops)

Summary: Keith doesn't really believe in soulmates, he's not really a fan of the whole thing. Yeah a line magically shows up on your skin some day and ta-da! It's what the love of your life is gonna say to you when you meet them. Sounds perfect right? Definitely logical.

This is a back up gift for @dylogger as a part of the @voltron-ss !! Hope you enjoy this :3

Read on AO3 or under the cut

Everyone always said sappy things about soulmates; how they saw the writing on their wrist and they were already in love. What they were taught in school was that one day around your 18th birthday you would wake up to find writing somewhere on you. No one ever knew where it would show up or what it would say, but everyone anticipated the day it would be there. Of course everyone would be happy to get a glimpse of the person they’re gonna spend the rest of their life with. Right?

When he woke up his hip itched, which is normal enough, but it wouldn’t stop. So Keith did what any sane person would do and he looked at the offending area, and really didn’t expect what he saw.

“You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me!”

His mark appeared, y’know the one that’s supposed to be the first words that the person you spend the rest of your life with is gonna say to you. Keith never expected the “you have pretty eyes,” or “I love your smile,” but what he never would have imagined is waking up with “your hair is stupid” written across his hip in delicate cursive. Truly romantic. Definitely something he wants to hear from the ‘love of his life.’

Even though he has the shittiest line ever for his mark, that doesn’t change the fact that Keith has stuff to do. So he gets up and goes about his business, even forgetting about the mark. Out of sight out of mind right?

Days pass, weeks, months and then it’s years. No sign of the ass he’s supposed to end up with, and really Keith isn’t too worried about it. He goes about his daily life and for the most part forgets that little mark is there. Sitting and waiting to come to life, for its words to be spoken and the whole ‘fate’ thing be sealed.

Really Keith isn’t into the whole soulmates thing anyways. Why does some biological evolution get to decide who he ends up with, and how does it really even work. He’s sure not everyone out there believes the whole “It’s magic” *insert jazz hands here* thing.

There’s plenty of people out there that never meet their soulmate and Keith would be okay with that happening to him, being alone doesn’t sound so bad anyways.

That’s what he tells himself, until he actually meets his soulmate.

He thought it was a normal day, keyword is thought. He went in to work just like every other day, Keith works at a mechanic shop in town and it just so happens that there’s a really good café right next door. So when he forgets his lunch he heads there for warm food and a nice atmosphere, but today was different.

They were so busy, line all the way to the door and Keith had no idea why. There were always a few people in line but never this much, and he’s been coming for years.

So after waiting a good 15 minutes and only being halfway to the counter he hears another regular grumbling about ‘damn new cake, making me wait in this line just for some grub.’ He supposes it makes sense, the café does seasonal stuff a lot and it’s always packed when they bring back a favorite.

Anyways, now he’s been waiting for a solid 20 minutes and he’s getting aggravated. He’s been here too long to just give up and leave, yet there’s still quite a few people in front of him. He resorts to tapping his foot and sighing every once in a while, y’know, typical ‘I really don’t wanna be here but I don’t really have a choice stuff.’

He was okay being passive aggressive until some dude behind him answers a phone call and he’s so obnoxious with it. Talking loud and not caring that he’s literally surrounded by people, ones that really don’t want to hear that his sister can’t find her favorite jacket and she thinks he hid it from her.

His sighing turns into an outright growl and the foot tapping turns into an angry stomp as Keith crosses his arms, really his day couldn’t get any worse. Well that’s what he thought.

Keith angrily turns around to give the dude a piece of his mind and those words are tumbling out of the other’s guy’s mouth like he doesn’t even realize what he’s saying.

“Your hair is stupid,” it’s so nonchalant and casual. He says it like it’s normal to tell a complete stranger that their hair is stupid. At least he looks a little surprised when he realizes it, the fact that he just insulted a complete stranger.

“And you inspire my inner serial killer. Now could you please shut up so we can all continue to suffer in this line, but in silence now.” Keith didn’t know what was wrong but the guy really didn’t look like people usually do when Keith says something like that.

He looked speechless and surprised, mouth hanging open and eyes and wide as they could go. Then it hit Keith, he didn’t realize it before because of the anger but now it’s hitting him. This guy said the words, the words that have been set in his skin for years now. The words that Keith tries so hard to ignore.

“Let me buy your lunch, it’s on me today. I’m pretty sure there will be other times to pay me back so today let me do this, we should probably talk,” he looks so awkward. Which is understandable, you only meet your soulmate for the first time once.

“Well I guess I can’t really say no, and I’m not one to complain about a free meal after all this waiting.” It was no use fighting it right? Keith has deemed this dude an asshole since the day the mark showed up, but now that he’s looking at him he can’t bring himself to keep thinking that.

“My name is Lance,” he steps up even with Keith now, standing next to him in line now since he’s the one paying.

“Keith.” He knows he’s being standoffish, but soulmate or not, he just met this dude.

Lance just bobs his head a few times; he looks so awkward and like he doesn’t really know what to do, but Keith really can’t say anything; he’s kind of in the same boat.

They order their food and find a table, everything still pretty quiet and awkward. That is until Lance desperately tries to break that silence.

“You know; I tend to do my best thinking over coffee. I usually have a latte on my mind.” He says it with the goofiest smile and Keith really can’t help but laugh.

These are usually the kind of people Keith hates the most, the annoying kind that says whatever is on their mind and they’re hyperactive and silly and well, the complete opposite of Keith. Lance though? He doesn’t mind Lance, and it’s weird and new but that makes it exciting.

They talk, and then they talk some more and it keeps going. Somehow that terribly awful pun broke the ice and then there was no stopping. Even Keith was talking more than normal, more than he had in months. All because of Lance.

After a few hours passed and their food was eaten and coffee drained, Keith remembered that he does indeed have a job and if he wants to keep it he should probably run back and with a damn good excuse. So they agree to meet again, they trade phone numbers and head off in their separate directions.

~A year later~

Keith always dreaded his mark, wanted to forget about it and told himself he was better off alone. Then Lance showed up, dorky Lance. So goofy but smart in ways people can’t imagine, hyperactive but so gentle when it matters, so loud and yet he listens the best. Keith fell fast, faster than he thought was even possible. He went straight from not believing in any of the soulmate shit, and straight into being in love with his soulmate.

No it’s not perfect, especially considering they’re almost complete opposites, but that’s what relationships are. It’s something you continuously work at and evolve, something that’s always changing and growing in new ways. They made it work, and for the first time in a long time Keith is truly happy.

Especially happy at times like these where they’re lying in bed going to sleep and they just talk, about anything. About the starts and how amazing it would be to explore them, about how a cat would fit perfectly into their little family, and about them. About how they met and how they’ve changed.

“You know, the day we met I was so aggravated. My sister was being so whiny and I just wanted a piece of that new cake and the line was so long, and then you turned around. Words flew out of my mouth before I could even finish thinking about them and then you were responding, you were responding and they were the words I had been waiting to hear for so long,” Lance started tracing random patterns into Keith’s back as he continued, “they were words I looked at every day for so long. Words that left me curious as to what sort of person would say that to a stranger, but they were words that gave me hope. Hope that I would find someone to love.”

At first Keith just hummed his acknowledgement, too comfy to move from his spot tucked against Lance’s side to try and talk but then something changed his mind.

“To be honest the type of person you are is what I hated most before I met you. Hyperactive, goofy, and somehow always happy. Then you said that goddamn pun and you had me. I’ve never laughed at a joke like that and then it was coming out of your mouth with the goofiest smile and I couldn’t help it. It was all downhill from there.”

“Oh so you’re saying it wasn’t my looks that made you fall madly in love,” Lance accompanied that statement with a very well executed eyebrow wiggle and Keith was gone again.

He started laughing just like the day they met. A year has passed and so much has changed and yet here they are, Lance still making bad jokes and Keith still finding them hilarious.

Keith moved up to give Lance a quick kiss before settling back down for bed.

“Have you ever tried to eat a clock? It's very time consuming.”

“Lance go to sleep”

“Nope now that I know you like my puns it will never stop, sorry I don’t make the rules you did this to yourself.”

The last thing heard before they drifted off was the sound of Keith groaning, but he still wouldn’t have it any other way.

#voltronss2k16 #dylogger #voltron legendary defender #vld #klance #soulmate au #ish #a spin on it really #brianna writes #crack too

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scottiedawg4 · 7 years

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10 Key Youngsters for Seahawks Future

All are 24.7 years old or younger

1. DE Frank Clark Clark plays an extremely expensive position, and Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril are towards the end of their careers. While Clark is closer to his first payday than his draft date, he's still the most important player for the defense's continued dominance for years.

2. WR Tyler Lockett WR has also become an expensive position, albeit not to the level of DE/OLB or CB or QB. Lockett has emerged as a complete WR; deep threat, route runner, great hands. Even though DB89 is in his prime, Kearse and Richardson may not be around after 2017. Lockett's youth and production is key to our WR group.

3. OT George Fant George Fant has impressive physical capabilities and little football experience. If he is able to be a competent NFL Left Tackle, the value will be enourmous to the Seahawks, considering he was an Undrafted Free Agent. Fant this high speaks more to his low cost than the probability that he becomes a competent NFL tackle.

4. RB C.J. Prosise In the New England and Philadelphia games last year, Prosise showed how much he transforms our offense. Even with RW banged up and the OL super struggling, Prosise caused our offense to be a relative juggernaut. In the modern NFL, Prosise's flexibility as a runner and catcher allows the Seahawks to utilize multiple personnel packages, even without substituting, which stresses the defense.

5. DT Quinton Jefferson After the luxury of rotating Bryant, McDonald and more, the Seahawks have tried and failed to find a pass rushing Defensive Tackle. Jaye Howard would have worked out but he couldn't make the 53 on those DEEP Seahawks squads. Jordan Hill didn't work out. Jefferson is the new hope. Schneider pretty clearly saw a tier in last year's draft and traded up for Jefferson. I bet Schneider also knew the 2017 draft was short on pass rushing DTs. It's likely that Jefferson would be a Day 2 pick in this year's draft. If Jefferson can stay healthy and provide interior pass rushing to complement Reed/Rubin base run stopping, Bennett's inside & outside pass rushing, and Avril 7 Clark's speed exterior rushes, the Seahawks defensive line will once again have a stable of talent able to keep each other fresh.

6. OL Germain Ifedi Ifedi is a complete conundrum. He's got the physical tools. He's been an OL for a while (i.e. not a DT convert or basketball convert or TE convert). He mauled three Jets defenders on a Seahawks TD run last year.

BUT, he was woeful for much of the year, looking lost on stunts.

As a 1st round pick, he has to produce well to return value to the Seahawks. But at this point his draft cost is a sunk cost. Ifedi is still a young player, with upside at a position group desperately needing it.

7. DT Jarran Reed Reed fell to the Seahawks, who went up to nab the undervalued run defender. Reed played great in his first year, filling his role as expected. If he adds any semblence of pass rushing to his game, his value leaps up.

8. TE Nick Vannett Vannett was one of the best in a weak 2016 TE draft class. He's a pretty classic Y TE; more so than Graham and Willson. Because of Graham and Willson, Vannett saw few snaps with the offense last year. Graham and Willson are back, but I hope Vannett sees an expanded role that allows him to provide blocking and receiving. He could provide more personnel package flexibility. A 12 personnel package with Prosise, Graham, Vannett, Baldwin and Lockett causes problems for the defense. If the defense goes nickel to combat the 5 potential receivers, SEA can run heavy with 2 TE blocking and Prosise carrying.

If the defense goes heavy base to stop the run, SEA can split Grahm out and/or motion Prosise out of the backfield.

9. RB Thomas Rawls Running Back is the youngest position group the Seahawks have. It's also perhaps the core of their team identity. If Rawls can run tough and downhill, the entire offense runs better.

10. RB Alex Collins Collins took a long time to get going in his rookie campaign. Injuries slowed him down early, and once healthy, he didn't seem to have the decisiveness, vision, burst that we saw on tape. Late in the year he got more carries and got into better rhythms.

A 4 headed RB monster of Rawls, Prosise, Lacy and Collins would allow the Seahawks to have good, healthy RBs all year.

Young guys that didn't make the top 10: Deandre Elliott Tanner McEvoy Rees Odhiambo

Cornerback is the #1 position I would love to add a young stalwart in the draft. With Shead hurt until mid year, Lane playing poorly in 2016, and Thorpe and Elliott unproven at CB, the Seahawks have a need at CB. A drafted CB will have the opportunity to play a lot in 2017, something that can't be said for a drafted SS or FS. Adding two of King, Humphrey, Moreau, Witherspoon, Jones, Douglas, Stribling, White and Allen would vault the CB position from among the oldest and shallowest on the team, to among the youngest and deepest.

The Seahawks blue chip core defenders are really at their peak. It’s hard to come to terms that most do not have their best football ahead of them. It’s also tough to draft/develop their replacements when Avril, Bennett, Sherman and Kam are RIGHT NOW among the best in the NFL. Playing time just isn’t there for developing players. At least there are multiple starting DE, DT and CB on the defense. It will be much harder to replace the single, highly-specialized positions on the defense.....MLB (Wagner), WLB (Wright), SS (BamBam), FS (Earl).

The Seahawks are unflinching at rewards homegrown players that have bought into the culture and are leaders of the team.

The Seahawks have also been unflinching about planning for the future and never letting emotion trump pragmatism when moving on from players.

#Seahawks #Frank Clark #Tyler Lockett #George Fant #C.J. Prosise #Thomas Rawls #Alex Collins #Quinton Jefferson #Nick Vannett #Jarran Reed #Germain Ifedi

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