off the top of my head

just throwing it out there

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On cultural appropriation...

First off, this is NOT a 'reverse racism' type of thing. But it really does bother me that a lot of white girls and celebrities get called out for appropriating cultures and a lot of black girls' appropriation flies under the radar. Sometimes, it is a case of the artist being simply better known and therefore receiving more backlash... But sometimes it's not. I just feel like there is a 'trend' where people have been getting high on being the ones to call out those 'ignorant white girls' FOR CALLING OUT WHITE GIRLS AS OPPOSED TO ACTUALLY FOCUSING ON THE CULTURAL APPROPRIATION PART. That has become just an excuse, a lot of times. As a person with native american heritage, I would like to see appropriation of my culture called out WHENEVER it happens, whatever ethnicity the offender is, because THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT BLACK GIRLS, by the way. OF COURSE not. It's just that black and white presence in mainstream media is bigger, and so these were the examples I could find. But that's exactly my point: cultural appropriation has been done by people of all classes and ethnicities and cultural backgrounds and it is sadly becoming a 'normal' thing. Please treat this subject with the seriousness it deserves as opposed to being just another 'social blogger' who thinks you're so cool for calling out white girls on their dumb shit.

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anyone else completely gutted that Butterfly Gun didn't update yesterday, as expected??

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Hiii, Zarah!

This is gonna be kind of a random post, I guess. It’s just that I just discovered a new song and I’m completely in love with it… As it happens, my personality is very similar to Louis’ – or at least to what the general consensus is about what his personality is like. So as I was thinking about the song and how it relates to me, as one does, I ended up kind of relating it to Louis as well… And really, there’s no way of doing that without throwing Harry into the mix too. The thing is, what I get from the song reminded me so much of your version of their relationship in ‘Into the Blue’ from Louis’ POV; of course, sometimes it gets a bit metaphorical, but there’s not a verse I couldn’t somehow relate to them – both your fictional version of them and what everybody seems to imagine to be the way they perceive each other.

“Babe, there's something tragic about you/ something so magic about you/don't you agree/ Babe, there's something lonesome about you/ something so wholesome about you/ Get closer to me”

This part sounds like it was written with your story in mind, I swear. How Harry’s still on shaky ground with the end of his relationship and how it was basically his whole life. The boy’s got such obvious baggage, but Louis’ instantly drawn to him. And then:

 “No tight side, no rolling eyes, no irony/no 'who cares', no vacant stares, no time for me”, which is basically Harry to a T, even that last part – at least at first.

Then comes the chorus:

 “Honey you're familiar like my mirror years ago/ Idealism is in prison, chivalry fell on its sword/ Innocence died screaming --honey, ask me, I should know/ I slithered here from Eden just to sit outside your door”

The first part being about how they instantly connect as soon as they let themselves, like the kindred spirits that they are (yes, I am hella cheesy). But then the rest would be about the way Louis has been living up until this point, his past experiences and the way he’s just a bit jaded. And he recognizes that in himself, but can’t help but keep coming back to Harry (who is constantly associated with innocence and naiveté, being that he’s barely really lived, stuck in the same problematic relationship from a very early age; so the biblical imagery works – Louis, the snake from Eden representing knowledge and experience, being there to show things to Harry, sit outside his door because he’s also fascinated).

“Babe, there's something wretched about this/ something so precious about this/ oh (what a sin/where to begin)”

That last part in brackets depends on the version of the song. Regardless, this part, for me, is just about how they see their situation and then their developing relationship, blossoming under very uncertain circumstances at the time.

“To the strand a picnic plan for you and me/ a rope in hand for your other man to hang from a tree”

Metaphorically, of course, talking about Louis’ desire to be with Harry and for him to bury his negative history with Jamie.

And then it’s just basically chorus again, but. Yeah, I don’t know. Just wanted to show you because I feel like, apart from being a great song, it really feels custom-made for the fic to me. And I can totally see them, sometime later – Harry stumbling upon this song and playing it, and Louis really connecting with it and it becoming one of their songs; maybe them swaying to it in the living room after a night in eating Harry’s cooking and drinking wine. I’M GONNA STOP NOW.

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Grazi Massafera // Isis Valverde

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Real Scarlett on the left.

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Real Idina Menzel on the left.

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Real Jade on the left.

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Real Jesy on the left.

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Real Perrie on the left.

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Something about Khloe Kardashian's face is off to me, so I tried to 'fix' it.

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I keep thinking about a One Direction White Houses!AU

I can clearly see it as being from zayn's POV, but I can't decide if it should be LiLo or Ziam. Look at the lyrics (I changed them a tiny bit to fit the prompt, but have the original here):

Crashed on the floor when I moved in this little bungalow with some strange new friends

Stay up too late and I'm too thin

We promise each other it's till the end

Now it's spinning empty bottles, it's the five of us

Pretty eyed boys girls die to trust

I can't resist the day...

And Harry screams out and it's no pose

'Cause when he dances, he goes and goes

And beer through the nose on an inside joke

I'm so excited I haven't spoken

And he's so pretty and he's so sure

Maybe I'm more clever than a guy like him

Summer's all in bloom; summer's ending soon

It's alright and it's nice not to be so alone

But I hold on to secrets in white houses

Maybe I'm a little bit over my head

I come undone at the things he said

And he's so funny in his bright red shirt

We were all in love and we all got hurt

I sneak into his car's cracked leather seat

The smell of gasoline in the summer heat

Boy, we're going way too fast; it's all too sweet to last

It's alright and I put myself in his hands

But I hold on to secrets in white houses

Love -- or something -- ignites in my veins and I pray it never fades

in white houses

My first time, hard to explain; rush of blood and a little bit of pain

On a cloudy day, it's more common than you think

He's my first mistake

Maybe you were all faster than me

We give each other up so easily

These silly little wounds will never mend

I feel so far from where I've been

So I go and I will not be back here again

I'm gone as the day is fading on white houses

I lie, put my injuries all in the dust

In my heart, it's the five of us

in white houses

And you, maybe you'll remember me

What I gave you is yours to keep

In white houses

so... yeah. it would be all beautiful and full of character development but with a bittersweet ending that would make my heart clench. i wish i had the ability to write this... *sigh*