Some String Orchestra Should Do A Cover Of Magic In The Hamptons

Bridgertons Sports/Workouts Headcannons

I’m sorry this is really weird and I don’t see a lot of oddly specific headcannony type stuff in this fandom, but it popped into my head and IDK why. 21st century AU obvi

Anthony: He played football (soccer) in school. Maybe he joins a rec league as an adult, IDK. Him and Simon definitely played football together when they were in school. I feel like Simon went on to play longer than Anthony and at a higher level. But he hits the gym pretty regularly, headphones in and zoned out, lifting workouts. 

Benedict: Look, this guy has played sports, he’s been to a gym, but he does not play sports or go to the gym. He definitely played sports with his brothers or friends when he was a kid and stuff. He’s probably tried to start a couple workout programs, or randomly goes to the gym, but its not something he consistently does. Definitely makes it his new years resolution to get fit every couple of years and stops going to the gym by the end of January. 

Colin: He plays rugby. Rugby is a very social sport and Colin is a fun social guy. He doesn’t play at an elite level or anything. He plays for a casual club team and lives for the post-game socials. He’s a bit cheeky so I definitely see him as a #9. Bonus: Penelope also plays rugby. This might be inner rugby player projecting, but I think they are an adorable rugby couple. 

Daphne: Daphne is your classic basic hot girl at the gym. She is like a fitness influencer type, but more casual about it. She does incline walks on the treadmill, she wears cute matching legging sets in pastel pinks and blues, she lifts to. She goes to the gym with Simon and at the end of their workouts they take a mirror selfie at the gym. 

Eloise: I’m a little unsure with this one. I feel like she either doesn’t bother or she does some random sport that really reflects who she is. Maybe a sport she played while she was in school, but doesn’t do anything as an adult. She might have done rugby with Penelope or something kind of random and niche like fencing. 

Francessca: This is where its going to start getting rough because I haven’t read the books, but from what I gather Fran is kind of the smart one, kind of the tough one, but like keeps to herself. I see her doing something a little niche but totally bad ass like boxing. 

Gregory: Football (soccer), typical British child playing a mainstream British sports. I can’t picture this kid as grown-up so that’s all I got.

Hyacinth: Hyacinth is wild, she is unhinged. I feel like she does not do any consistent sport or workout program, but she tries a bunch of different things and is pretty great at a lot of things. She’s definitely gotten like thrown of the field during a football match for like getting mad at the referee or getting too competitive or something. It’s great. 

my ducks are not in a row but they are all wandering in vaguely the same direction

this is realer than ever

Totally agree. Not to mention the fact that Katniss wasn't trying to be the face of a rebellion, it just kind of happened to her. The biggest difference I noticed between THG and SOTR is that Haymitch was trying to end the games and actively rebel while Katniss would love that to happen but is primarily focused on the survival of herself and her family.

Katniss accidentally became the face of a revolution through a mixture of her natural reactions to her situation being publicized and the orchestration of those that have been behind the rebellion for decades.

It is not a teenage girl saves the world story it is a teenage girl becomes propaganda story.

Suzanne Collin’s just said fuck you to everyone who’s ever critiqued the Hunger Games as being a “teen girl saves the day” story. She said oh, Mockingjay didn’t make it clear enough? Here’s a book about how people have been rebelling for decades only to have their efforts suppressed and propagandized. Rebellion takes time and it takes failure and Katniss may have been the spark that ignited the wildfire but she did so standing atop the doused flames of everyone who came before her.

Modern AU Pevensie Sibling Relationship Headcannons:

Peter and Lucy:

- Lucy has Peter completely wrapped around her finger

- like Peter has a major soft spot for Lucy and will go out of his way to make her happy

- For this reason she has been able to convince Peter to be in her tik toks

- all her siblings make appearances on Lucy's tik tok, but Peter has been in the most dance tik toks

- They're both the more friendly and outgoing siblings. They just have a lot of golden retriever energy so they're relationship is very soft and pure

- Peter is very protective, as he is with all his siblings, but especially for Lucy

- sometimes Lucy finds this very frustrating

Edmund and Lucy:

-They weren't close when they were younger. Edmund especially did not like Lucy when she was a baby

-but they got a lot closer as they got older, especially after their older siblings started to move on.

-After Peter went to uni Edmund became Lucy's most frequent guest star on her tik tok account. He would pretend to be annoyed but have a lot of fun

- Edmund is protective over Lucy too, but knows he has no business interfering with Lucy's decisions and has complete faith in her ability to handle herself

- Edmund knows Lucy better than Peter and Susan do

-They watch vines and get Starbucks together

- Edmund liked that Lucy listened to him and saw his and everyone else's good qualities. Lucy is kind of universally everyone's favorite sibling.

Susan and Lucy:

- When Lucy was a baby Susan was overjoyed to finally have a sister

-Susan was determined to be a good example to Lucy and she saw her relationship with Lucy as special because Lucy was her only sister

- Susan always tried to be a safe space for Lucy to tell her anything and come to her with problems

- As they grew up they had less common interests but they would still confide in each other and share a few inside jokes

- We see in the movies that Lucy is jealous of Susan's beauty and charm, but Susan was always jealous of how bold, free, and at peace Lucy seemed to be.

- if they played a game with teams and played boys vs girls they would always win because they could work together better than Peter and Edmund.

Susan and Edmund:

- Like Lucy and Peter, Edmund and Susan had a lot of the same fundamental traits, but they're a lot closer in age so they have more in common than peter and lucy

-They're both terribly competitive. Susan despite all her grace and elegance still can't stay entirely cool when she's losing a boardgame on family game night

- Peter and Lucy can't decide if it's worse when Edmund and Susan are against each other or on the same team

- they always win bc they're both strategical, but than one day Peter and lucy beat them and they are so frustrated especially bc they're trying to find a strategy for a game of complete chance

-One time Susan dragged Edmund to the salon with her and Lucy. He pretended to hate it at first, but now goes regularly and loves to gossip.

-They're both bi and end up competing over the same guy a weird amount

Edmund and Peter:

- these two have the most difficult relationship bc they're almost complete opposites

- that being said they are both extremely loyal and while it's one thing for them to pick on each other it's something entirely different if someone else does. They can always trust that they ultimately have eachother's backs.

- Edmund looks up to Peter a lot more than he lets on

- When they were little Edmund would always follow Peter around and try to keep up

-They weren't very close when they were older but Edmund was still Peter's best man at his wedding and vice versa

-there is also a picture of them together at Peter's graduation on Edmund's insta captioned, "proof that i get along with my brother sometimes. Congrats bro"

- Peter's comment on the post was, "I'll miss you, you little shit"

Peter and Susan:

- Since they were the oldest they were always focused on protecting the younger two. The front they put up around Edmund and Lucy was totally dropped when it was just them

- They were really close in age do they did a lot more hangouts with friends and stuff, and they were both super social so they would go to like grab drinks and go to parties

-Peter married one of Susan's roommates.

- they check up on eachother but subtly because neither of them really has the authority to fully older sibling the other

- they fought over who gets the car constantly, and Susan usually won

my mom's watching law and order in the other room and one of the characters referred to LGBTQIA+ as just "LGBT," and another character (an LGBTQIA+ activist, i assumed) corrected him by saying "LGBTQIA." i got really fucking hopeful because she was recognizing these identities, but when someone asked her what the "QIA" meant, she said "Queer, Intersex, Ally." not to be a dramatic bitch or anything, but as an asexual, my heart shattered. this was said by someone who either "supported" or was a part of the LGBTQIA+ community.

i'm going to say this one more time:

THE "A" IS FOR ASEXUAL/AROMANTIC/AGENDER. ALLIES ARE NOT PART OF THE LGBTQIA COMMUNITY. IT IS NOT A SEXUALITY OR GENDER IDENTITY. YOU ARE CISHET. YOU ARE NOT OPPRESSED FOR SUPPORTING US.

I AM SICK OF THESE IDENTITIES GETTING ERASED. IF YOU CLAIM THE A IS FOR "ALLY," GET OFF MY BLOG.

reblog if you support your ace, aro and agender friends

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{disclaimer: i appreciate and love allies and all your support, but you are still not part of the community.}

Nick Miller is the Cat in the Hat. My mind will not be changed.

On the Benefits and Pitfalls of Living Through Fantasy

For me, life is like a movie. I can always see its narrative arc. I can always see my character archetype. Narrative arcs tend to have limited options, so you try to spot the ending. You try to find who the other main characters are and guess where your story will take you. You try to spot the heroes, villains, love interests and comic relief of your life. You try to spot where you play these roles for others.

In short, you live in a world of fantasy. This can be both the best and worst thing for your life.

On one hand you can live life with the reassurance that the story will finish. You can see how the trials you face can motivate your character arc and enhance your story. However, once you feel you've completed an arc, you feel a bit empty. Life works in installments of plot for you (series, novels, episodes, etc). When you complete an arc you get into a rut and you have no reassurance it's going anywhere until a new plot unfolds. You get scared you could be stuck like this forever.

When you live in a world of fantasy there is always somewhere to escape to. Always your vision of how it could go differently, a fantastical plot of another universe, a made-up romance, or a wild adventure. But you know this isn't real. The discrepancy between fantasy and reality can often be confusing, jarring, and misleading.

Of course sometimes it helps to go through life as if the fantasy is the reality. To go through life thinking you deserve all the good things, that you are learning through your own adventure. It's a great way to think about yourself. It's how you think about others that becomes the problem.

Who did you unfairly cast as a villain? What when the happily ever after you expected doesn't come? How about when you lose someone you were hoping would be a main character?

I am constantly tortured and comforted by the fantasy I surround myself with. Of course I could say the same about my reality.

“Slipping Through My Fingers” by ABBA, Dead Poets Society, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Book Thief, any dog movie

If you aren’t hit with feels by thinking of these things, I’m genuinely curious how do you do it?

I was NOT aware that Bi Bi Bi was a break up song.

I thought it was just a fun banger to come out as bisexual