i'm an excellent shot.

𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.

[politicalgenius]

THE ZANZA CINEMATIC UNIVERSE PRESENTS:   PRESIDENT MELLIE GRANT.

heavily canon divergent,  hugely headcanon based,  cherished very deeply.

ZANZA,   SHE/THEY,   28

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[politicalgenius]

the amount of,,,, i don’t give a fuck abt being hugely active and multis are hard has me,,,,,  tempted

[rpmemes-galore]

The West Wing {Sentence Starters}

[strangercountrymoved]

“That’s almost hard to believe.”

“You know what the worst part about this is?”

“It’s going to be an unbearable day.”

“Can I have a cookie?”

“This may be a good time to talk about your sense of humor.”

“Don’t try to make up with me.”

“You’d better believe I’m going to take the bait.”

“There ought to be a law against it.”

“It’s what we do. It’s what we’ve always done.”

“Am I right, or am I missing something here?”

“I’ve never felt like this before.”

“It doesn’t go away…”

“Can we possibly do this meeting at another time?”

“Do you think you have to be crazy to create something powerful?”

“I wish you wouldn’t do that.”

“Do you really believe that?”

“What did I do? Where in our past, what did I do to make you treat me this way?

"You were not the first choice, but you are the last one, and the right one.”

“This, right here, this is the reason why you have a reputation as a pain in the ass.”

“Can I have a couple of aspirin or a weapon of some kind to kill people with?”

[politicalgenius]

i need to make new icons and leave for therapy in a few but also hit the heart for a thing bc i miss mellie immensely

[myfanwymusings]

TAYLOR SWIFT / RED (TAYLOR’S VERSION) EXPLICIT

These lyrics are from Taylor Swift’s 2021 re-recording of her 2012 fourth album, Red. These lyrics may be modified to better fit roleplay purposes. Please note: every track from the new album has been included, however All Too Well lyrics are divided up between the standard version, containing the original lyrics and the ten minute version which only shows the new lyrics. Additionally acoustic and remixes of pre-existing tracks are not included unless new lyrics are featured. Please note: Due to the nature of the song Ronan being a highly personal song for the family and about a real child — it felt inappropriate to use lyrics from the song for roleplay memes, and thus has been omitted.

STATE OF GRACE

All we know is touch and go 

We fall in love ‘til it hurts or bleeds or fades in time

I never saw you coming

I’ll never be the same

You come around and the armour falls

You pierce the room like a cannonball

Don’t let go

You were never a saint and I’ve loved in shades of wrong 

We learn to live with the pain

This love is brave and wild

This is a state of grace

This is a worthwhile fight

Love is a ruthless game

Love is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right

You’re my Achilles heel

This is the golden age of something good and right and real

RED

Loving you is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street

Loving you is like trying to change your mind once you’re already flying through the freefall

Losing you was blue like I’ve never known

Missing you was dark grey, all alone

Forgetting you was like trying to know somebody you’ve never met

Loving you was red

Touching you was like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you

Memorizing you was as easy as knowing all the words to your old favourite song

Fighting with you is like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there’s no right answer

I wish I never found out love could be that strong

Remembering comes in flashbacks and echoes

It’s time now

I’ve gotta let go

Moving on from you is impossible when I still see it all in my head, burning red

You’re spinning around my head

TREACHEROUS

Put your lips close to mine, as long as they don’t touch

I’ll do anything you say, if you say it with your hands

I’d be smart to walk away, but you’re quicksand

I’d be smart to walk away

This slope is treacherous

This path is reckless

This slope is treacherous and I like it

I can’t decide if it’s a choice, getting swept away

All we are is skin and bone trained to get alone

I’m forever going with the flow, but you’re friction

I will get you alone

Your name has echoed through my mind

Nothing safe is worth the drive

I’ll follow you home

This hope is treacherous

This daydream is reckless

I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE.

You found me

I guess you didn’t care

I guess you didn’t care, and I guess I liked that

I guess I liked that

When I fell hard, you took a step back without me

He’s long gone when he’s next to me

I realise the blame is on me

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

Shame on me

You flew me to places I’d never been

Now I’m lying on the cold hard ground

You’ll never see my cry

He pretends he doesn’t know that he’s the reason why I’m drowning

You pretend you don’t know that you’re the reason why I’m drowning

I heard you’ve moved on

A new notch in your belt, that’s all I’ll ever be

He was long gone when he met

I realise the joke is on me

The saddest fear comes creeping in

The saddest fear comes creeping in, that you never loved me, or her, or anyone or anything

You never loved me

You never loved me, or her, or anyone, or anything

ALL TOO WELL

Something about it felt like home, somehow

I left my scarf at your sister’s place

We were singing in the car, getting lost upstate

I can picture it after all these days

I know it’s long gone

I know that magic’s not here

I might be okay, but I’m not fine at all

You almost ran the red

You almost ran the red while you were looking at me

I was there

I remember it all too well

You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-sized bed 

Your mother’s telling stories 'bout you on the tee-ball team 

You told me about your past, thinking your future’s with me

I know it’s long gone and there was nothing else I could do 

There was nothing else I could do 

I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to 

Maybe we got lost in translation

Maybe I asked for too much

This thing was a masterpiece before you tore it all up

You call me up again just to break me like a promise

You’re so casually cruel in the name of being honest

Time won’t fly, it’s like I’m paralyzed by it

I’d like to be my old self again, but I’m still trying to find it

It was rare

 22

It feels like a perfect night

It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters and make fun of our exes

It feels like a perfect night for breakfast at midnight

We’re happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time

It’s miserable and magical

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling twenty-two

You don’t know about me

You don’t know about me, but I bet you want to

Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing

It feels like one of those nights

This place is too crowded

Who’s Taylor Swift anyway?

It feels like one of those nights where we ditch the whole scene

We’ll end up dreaming instead of sleeping

We’re happy, free, confused, and lonely in the best way 

You look like bad news

You look like bad news, I gotta have you

I gotta have you

I ALMOST DO

I bet this time of night you’re still up

I bet you’re tired after a long hard week

I bet sometimes you wonder about me

I just want to tell you it takes everything in me not to call you

It takes everything in me not to call you 

I wish I could run to you

I wish I could run to you, I hope you know that every time I don’t, I almost do

I hope you know that every time I don’t, I almost do

I bet it never, ever, occurred to you that I can’t say hello to you and risk another goodbye 

Each time you reach out, there’s no reply 

We made quite a mess, babe

It’s probably better off this way

I confess that in my dreams you’re touching my face

WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER

I remember when we broke up - the first time

I remember when we broke up

This is it, I’ve had enough

We hadn’t seen each other in a month after you said you needed space

What?

I miss you and I swear I’m gonna change - trust me

Remember how that lasted for a day?

I hate you

I love you

We called it off again last night

We are never, ever, getting back together

I used to think that we were forever

I used to say never say never

Never say never

So he calls me up and he’s like “I still love you” and I’m like, “this is exhausting, okay we are never getting back together, like ever”

I still love you

This is exhausting

STAY STAY STAY

I’m pretty sure we almost broke up last night

I was expecting some dramatic turn away

We should talk about it

I read you should never leave a fight unresolved 

Okay, let’s talk

Stay, stay, stay

I’ve been loving you for some time

You think it’s funny when I’m mad

I think it’s best if we both stay

I only dated self indulgent takers who took all their problems out on me

I love you because you’ve given me no choice but to

You took the time to memorize me, my fears and hopes and dreams

I feel like hanging out with you all the time

It’s been occurring to me I’d like to hang out with you, for my whole life

I’ll be loving you for quite some time

No one else is gonna love me when I get mad

THE LAST TIME (FT. GARY LIGHTBODY OF SNOW PATROL)

I’m not sure how I got there 

All roads, they led me here

I’m not sure how I got there, all roads, they led me here

I’m breaking

This is the last time I’m asking you this

Put my name at the top of your list

This is the last time I’m asking you why you break my heart in the blink of an eye

This is this last time I’m asking you this: put my name at the top of your list

I was there to watch you leave

All the times I let you in, just for you to go again

You disappear, when you come back everything is better

I’m aching

Run fast

Nowhere to hide

This is the last time you tell me you got it wrong

This is the last time I say it’s been you all alone

It’s been you all along

This is the last time I’ll let you in my door

This this is last time, I won’t hurt you anymore

I won’t hurt you anymore

This is the last time I’m asking you

HOLY GROUND

I was reminiscing just the other day while having coffee

Lord, it took me away

You fit in my poems like a perfect rhyme 

I left a note on the door

Darling, it was good

Right where we stood was holy ground

I need you

For the first time, I have something to lose

I guess we fell apart in the usual way

I wonder how you think about it now 

I see your face in every crowd 

Tonight, I’m gonna dance for all that we’ve been through 

I don’t wanna dance if I’m not dancing with you 

I’m gonna dance like you were in this room

SAD BEAUTIFUL TRAGIC

Words, how little they mean, when you’re a little too late

Good girls, hopeful they’ll be and long they will wait 

We had a beautiful magic love affair

What a sad, beautiful, tragic love affair 

We both wake in lonely beds, different cities 

Time is taking its sweet time erasing you 

You’ve got your demons and darling, they all look like me

Kiss me, try to fix it, could you just try to listen? 

Could you just try to listen? 

For the life of us we can’t get back

THE LUCKY ONE

In the angel’s city, chasing fortune and fame

The camera flashes make it look like a dream 

You had it figured out since you were in school 

Everybody loves pretty, everybody loves cool

Everybody loves pretty

Everybody loves cool 

They’ll tell you now, you’re the lucky one

Can you tell me now if you’re the lucky one?

Your lover in the foyer doesn’t even know you 

Your secrets ended up splashed on the news front page

They tell me that I’m lucky, but I’m so confused 

They tell me that I’m lucky, but I’m so confused - because I don’t feel pretty, I just feel used

I don’t feel pretty, I just feel used

I wonder if I’ll make it out alive

They still tell the legend of how you disappeared

Take the money and your dignity and get the hell out

They say you bought a bunch of land somewhere

It took some time, but I understand it now

I think you got it right

Let me tell you now, you’re the lucky one

EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED (FT. ED SHEERAN)

You good to go?

All I knew this morning when I woke is I know something now I didn’t before 

All I’ve seen since 18 hours ago is green eyes and freckles and your smile in the back of my mind

I just wanna know you better

Your eyes look like coming home

You’ll be mine and I’ll be yours 

All I know since yesterday is everything has changed

Everything has changed

I feel in my stomach is butterflies 

Come back and tell me why I’m feeling like I’ve missed you all this time 

I’m feeling like I’ve missed you all this time 

Meet me there tonight and let me know that it’s not all in my mind 

Meet me there tonight

Let me know that it’s not all in my mind 

Dust off your highest hopes 

STARLIGHT

Oh my, what a marvelous tune

It was the best night

The whole place is dressed to the nines

I met Bobby by the boardwalk

We were seventeen, crazy and running wild

Can’t remember what song it was playing when we walked in, the night we snuck into a yacht club party

We were dancing like we were made of starlight

Look at you, worrying so much about things you can’t change. You’ll spend your whole life singing the blues if you keep thinking that way

Look at you worrying so much about things you can’t change.

You’ll spend your whole life singing the blues if you keep thinking that way

Don’t you see the starlight?

Don’t you dream impossible things?

He’s talking crazy

We could get married, have ten kids and teach them how to dream

We could get married

BEGIN AGAIN

He didn’t like it when I wore high heels, but I do

He didn’t like it when I wore high heels

You always said you didn’t get this song, but I do

You always said you didn’t get this song

I was expecting that you’d be late

You don’t know how nice that is

You throw your head back laughing like a little kid

I think it’s strange that you think I’m funny 'cause he never did 

I’ve been spending the last eight months thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end 

You’re coming off a little shy

I’ve never met one girl who had as many James Taylor records as I do

For the first time, what’s past is past 

On a Wednesday in a café, I watched it begin again 

THE MOMENT I KNEW

You should have been there

You should have burst through the door with that ‘baby, I’m here’ smile

I would have been so happy

People were asking me how I’ve been as I combed back through my memory about how you said you’d be here

You said you’d be here 

It was like slow motion, standing there in my party dress in red lipstick with no one to impress 

There was one thing missing

That was the moment I knew

I just wanna be alone

Your close friends always seem to know when there’s something really wrong

I’m trying not to fall apart

He said he’d be here

What do you say when tears are streaming down your face in front of everyone you know? 

What do you do when the one who means the most to you is the one who didn’t show? 

I’m sorry I didn’t make it

I’m sorry too

COME BACK… BE HERE

How strange that I don’t know you at all

Don’t get attached 

In my mind, I play it back, spinning faster than the plane that took you 

I don’t wanna miss you like this 

Come back, be here

I guess you’re in New York today

I don’t wanna need you this way 

If I had known what I know now I never would’ve played so nonchalant 

I can’t help but wish you took me with you 

I guess you’re in London today 

This is falling in love in the cruelest way

This is falling for you when you are worlds away

I’m in New York, be here —- but you’re in London, and I break down  cause it’s not fair that you’re not around 

Cause it’s not fair that you’re not around

GIRL AT HOME

Don’t look at me, you got a girl at home and everybody knows that

Don’t look at me, you got someone at home 

I don’t even know her  

I don’t even know her but I feel a responsibility to do what’s upstanding and right

I feel a responsibility to do what’s upstanding and right 

It’s kind of like a code

You’ve been getting closer and closer and crossing so many lines 

Honey, I am no one’s exception 

It would be a fine proposition if I was a stupid girl 

It would be a fine proposition if I was stupid 

I see you turned off your phone now that you’ve got me alone 

I just want to make sure you understand perfectly that you’re the kind of man who makes me sad 

I just want to make sure you understand perfectly

You’re the kind of man who makes me sad 

While she waits up, you chase down the newest thing and take for granted what you have 

Call a cab, lose my number

You’re about to lose your girl

Let’s consider this lesson learned 

It would be a fine proposition if I hadn’t once been just like her

BETTER MAN

I’m probably better off on my own 

I see the permanent damage you did to me

I just wish I could forget when it was magic 

I’m probably better off on my own than loving a man who didn’t know what he had

The bravest thing I ever did was run 

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again 

But I just miss you 

We had to say goodbye

I just wish you were a better man 

I’m probably better off all alone than needing a man who could change his mind at any given minute 

It was always on your terms

I waited on every careless word and hoped it might turn sweet again

Your jealousy, I can hear it now!

You’re talking down to me like I’ll always be around 

You push my love away like it was some kind of loaded gun 

I never thought you’d run

I hold onto this pride because these days it’s all I have 

I gave to you my best and we both know you can’t say that 

I wonder what we would’ve become if you were a better man 

We might still be in love if you were a better man 

You would’ve been the one if you were a better man

NOTHING NEW

They tell you while you’re young “Girls, go out and have your fun“ then they hunt and slay the ones who actually do it

People criticize the way you fly when you’re soaring through the sky and shoot you down and then they sigh and say, “She looks like she’s been through it”

She looks like she’s been through it 

You look like you’ve been through it

Lord what will become of me once I’ve lost my novelty 

Lord what will become of me

I’ve had too much to drink tonight 

I know it’s sad but this is what I think about

It’s like I can feel time moving

I’m getting older and less sure of what you like about me anyway 

How can a person know everything at 18 and nothing at 22 

Will you still want me when I’m nothing new?

How long will it be cute?

How long will it be cute? All this crying in my room when you can’t blame it on my youth and roll your eyes with affection and my cheeks are growing tired from turning red and faking smiles

You can’t blame it on my youth

My cheeks are tired from turning red and faking smiles

Are we only biding time till I lose your attention?

People love an ingénue 

I know someday I’m gonna meet her

It’s a fever dream, the kind of radiance you only have at seventeen

She’ll know the way and then she’ll say she got the map from me

I’ll say I’m happy for her then I’ll cry myself to sleep

BABE

You broke the sweetest promise that you never should have made

You said “no one else”, so how could you do this?

You really blew this

We aren’t getting through this one.

This is the last time you’ll get to hear me call you babe

Your face doesn’t look so innocent

Your secret has a consequence and that’s on you

I break down every time you call

I keep picturing her lips on your neck

I can’t un-see it

I hate that because of you, I can’t love you

What about your promises?

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

I know that you like me and it’s kinda frightening standing here waiting

I became hypnotized by freckles and bright eyes

Now you’re so far away and I’m down feeling like a face in the crowd

I’m reaching for you, terrified.

You could be the one that I love

I could be the one that you dream of

Sending a message in a bottle is all I can do standing here, hoping it gets to you

You could be the one that I keep, and I can be the reason you can’t sleep at night

You could be the one that I keep 

I can be the reason you can’t sleep at night

These days I’m restless

Workdays are endless

Look how you made me but time moves faster, replaying your laughter

How is it in London?

Where are you while I’m wondering if I’ll ever see you again?

You could be the one that I love and now I’m standing here, hoping it gets to you

You could be the one that I love

I BET YOU THINK ABOUT ME (FEAT. CHRIS STAPLETON)

I’ll bet you’re just fine

The girl in your bed has a fine pedigree 

I’ll bet your friends tell you she’s better than me 

I tried to fit in with your upper-crust circles 

they let me sit in back when we were in love

They sit around talking about the meaning of life and the book that just saved them that I hadn’t heard of 

Now that we’re done and it’s over, I bet you couldn’t believe it when you realized I’m harder to forget than I was to leave

I’m harder to forget than I was to leave

I bet you think about me 

You grew up in a silver-spoon gated community, I was raised on a farm, no, it wasn’t a mansion

You grew up in a silver-spoon gated community

I was raised on a farm

You know what they say, you can’t help who you fall for and you and I fell like an early spring snow

You can’t help who you fall for

You said we’re too different

You laughed at my dreams, rolled your eyes at my jokes 

Do you have all the space that you need?

I don’t have to be your shrink to know that you’ll never be happy 

Why did you let her go?

Does it make you feel sad?

Does it make you feel sad that the love that you’re looking for is the love that you had? 

Now you’re out in the world, searching for your soul. Scared not to be hip, scared to get old

You’re chasing make-believe status

You’re chasing make-believe status, when last time you felt free was when none of that shit mattered 'cause you were with me

I bet you think about me when you’re out at your cool indie music concerts every week

I bet you think about me in your house with your organic shoes and your million-dollar couch

I bet you think about me when you say “Oh my god, she’s insane, she wrote a song about me”

Oh my god, she’s insane, she wrote a song about me

Oh my god, she’s insane 

She wrote a song about me

FOREVER WINTER

He says he doesn’t believe anything much he hears these days 

Why fall in love, just so you can watch it go away?

He spends most of his nights wishing it was how it used to be

It’s not just a phase I’m in

All this time I didn’t know you were breaking down

I didn’t know you were breaking down

I’d fall to pieces on the floor if you weren’t around

I’ll be summer sun for you forever, but forever winter if you go

I’ll be summer sun for you forever

I’ll be forever winter if you go

He seems fine most of the time, forcing smiles and never minds

His laugh is symphony

When the lights go out it’s hard to breathe

I pull at every thread trying to solve the puzzles in his head

I live my life scared to death he’ll decide to leave instead

I live my life scared to death you’ll decide to leave instead 

You’re up at 5am, wasted

If I was standing there in your apartment I’d take that bomb in your head and disarm it

I’d take that bomb in your head

I’d say I love you even at your darkest

Please don’t go 

Believe in one thing, I won’t go away

RUN (FEAT. ED SHEERAN)

Give me the keys, I’ll bring the car back around

We shouldn’t be in this town

My so-called friends, they don’t know I’d drive away before I let you go

So give me a reason and don’t say no

There’s a chain 'round your throat, piece of paper where I wrote “I’ll wait for you”

I’ll wait for you

We can go where our eyes can take us

We can go where no one else is

Darling, let’s run

You laugh like a child 

Sing like no one cares

I could see this view a hundred times

There’s a heart on your sleeve and I’ll take it when I leave and hold it for you

I’ll take it when I leave

There’s been this hole in my heart

This thing was a shot in the dark

Say you’ll never let 'em tear us apart

I’ll hold onto you while we run

THE VERY FIRST NIGHT

I wish I could fly and pick you up and we’d go back in time

I miss you

I miss you like it was the very first night

So it goes, every weekend the same party

I never go alone, so I don’t seem broken hearted

My friends all say they know everything I’m going through

I drive down different roads but they all lead back to you

They don’t know about the night in the hotel

They don’t know how much I miss you 

We never saw it coming

We weren’t  trying to fall in love

We weren’t  trying to fall in love but we did like children running

Back then we didn’t know we were built to fall apart

We broke the status quo and we broke each other’s hearts

Don’t forget about the night out in L.A

No one knows about the words that we whisper

No one knows how much I miss you

Take me away

Take me away to you 

I wish that we could go back in time

I wish that we could go back in time and I’d say to you I miss like you it was the first time 

I miss like you it was the first time

ALL TOO WELL (10 MINUTE VERSION)

Fuck the patriarchy

I was thinking on the drive down, any time now you’re gonna say it’s love and, you never called it what it was till we were dead and gone and buried

You never called it what it was till we were dead and gone and buried

All I felt was shame and you held my lifeless frame 

All I felt was shame

You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath

We’d swear to remember it all too well

They say all’s well that ends well but I’m in a new hell every time you double cross my mind

You said if we had been closer in age maybe it would have been fine and that made me want to die

The idea you had of me who was she, a never needing ever lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you

It’s supposed to be fun turning twenty-one 

I was never good at telling jokes but the punch line goes I’ll get older but your lovers stay my age

 You’ll get older but your lovers stay my age

I was never good at telling jokes

I’m a soldier who’s returning half her weight

Did the twin flame bruise paint you blue?

Just between us did the love affair maim you too?

This city’s barren cold I still remember the first fall of snow and how it glistened as it fell

A MESSAGE FROM TAYLOR

It was all over the place

It was a fractured mosaic of feelings that somehow all fit together in the end

Happy, free, confused, lonely, devastated, euphoric, wild and tortured by memories past

 love you guys

[ohisms]

𝑸𝑼𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑫𝑺 .   (  an  updated  collection  of  100+  question  prompts .   feel  free  to  adjust  phrasing  /  gendered  terms  as  necessary . )

❛  you’re  leaving ?  ❜

❛  can  i  come  in ?  ❜

❛  can  you  shut  up ? ❜

❛  are  you  [ name ] ?  ❜

❛  who  am  i  to  you ?  ❜

❛  why  should  i  care ?  ❜

❛  can  i  come  inside ?  ❜

❛  did  i  do  something ?  ❜

❛  you  don’t  trust  me ?  ❜

❛  can  we  make  a  deal ?  ❜

❛  are  you  lying  to  me ?  ❜

❛  are  you  free  tonight ?  ❜

❛  are  we  going  to  die ?  ❜

❛  can  i  come  with  you ?  ❜

❛  can  we  call  it  even ?  ❜

❛  you  stay  here ,  okay ?  ❜

❛  you  think  i’m  stupid ?  ❜

❛  can  you  stitch  me  up ?  ❜

❛  are  you  doing  alright ?  ❜

❛  is  that  …  my  shirt ?  ❜

❛  who  takes  care  of  you ?  ❜

❛  have  you  seen  yourself ?  ❜

❛  what  took  you  so  long ?  ❜

❛  can’t  you  see  i’m  busy ?  ❜

❛  who  do  you  think  i  am ?  ❜

❛  why  are  you  helping  me ?  ❜

❛  are  you  happy  with  him ?  ❜

❛  are  we  having  a  moment ?  ❜

❛  are  you  listening  to  me ?  ❜

❛  how  are  you  so  arrogant ?  ❜

❛  how  did  you  afford  this ?  ❜

❛  what  are  you  doing  here ?  ❜

❛  is  this  all  in  my  head ?  ❜

❛  why  won’t  you  look  at  me ? ❜

❛  are  you  here  to  kill  me ?  ❜

❛  do  you  want  some  company ?  ❜

❛  are  you  from  around  here ?  ❜

❛  do  you  need  to  lie  down ?  ❜

❛  are  we  on  the  same  page ?  ❜

❛  why  didn’t  you  defend  me ?  ❜

❛  are  you  sure  you’re  ready ?  ❜

❛  where  is  this  coming  from ?  ❜

❛  where  were  you  last  night ?  ❜

❛  you  wanted  to  talk  to  me ?  ❜

❛  will  you  PLEASE  be  quiet ?!  ❜

❛  what  was  i  supposed  to  do ?  ❜

❛  why  do  you  look  so  guilty ?  ❜

❛  [ name ]  …  truth  or  dare ?  ❜

❛  why  did  you  bring  me  here ?  ❜

❛  are  you  looking  for  someone ?  ❜

❛  since  when  does  that  matter ?  ❜

❛  why  do  you  put  up  with  me ?  ❜

❛  THIS  is  your  breaking  point ?  ❜

❛  what  can  i  say  to  fix  this ?  ❜

❛  do  you  think  i  deserve  this ?  ❜

❛  hey ,  hey ,  are  you  with  me ?  ❜

❛  why  are  you  leaving  so  soon ?  ❜

❛  what  do  you  get  out  of  this ?  ❜

❛  [ name ] ,  what  have  you  done ?  ❜

❛  do  you  have  a  minute  to  talk ?  ❜

❛  did  you  ever  actually  love  me ?  ❜

❛  do  you  need  somewhere  to  stay ?  ❜

❛  why  don’t  you  ever  listen  to  me ?

❛  do  you  hear  yourself  right  now ?  ❜

❛  you  knew  &  you  didn’t  tell  me ?  ❜

❛  do  you  want  something  to  drink ?  ❜

❛  when  did  you  know  you  loved  me ?  ❜

❛  when  was  the  last  time  you  ate ?  ❜

❛  what’s  your  favorite  scary  movie ?  ❜

❛  do  you  want  to  get  out  of  here ?  ❜

❛  why  is  this  so  important  to  you ?  ❜

❛  can  i  at  least  buy  you  a  drink ?  ❜

❛  how  can  you  think  this  is  funny ?  ❜

❛  are  you  sure  you’re  up  for  this ?  ❜

❛  are  you  trying  to  start  something ?  ❜

❛  what  are  we  supposed  to  do  now ?  ❜

❛  can  we  at  least  try  to  be  civil ?  ❜

❛  why  won’t  you  just  leave  me  alone ?  ❜

❛  are  you  thinking  what  i’m  thinking ?  ❜

❛  why  are  you  so  concerned  about  me ?  ❜

❛  why  can’t  you  just  stay  out  of  it ?  ❜

❛  you’re  not  bailing  on  me ,  are  you ?  ❜

❛  how  long  have  you  been  lying  to  me ?  ❜

❛  can  you  keep  your  eyes  open  for  me ?  ❜

❛  how  long  have  things  been  like  this ?  ❜

❛  why  is  this  suddenly  such  a  problem ?  ❜

❛  what ,  am  i  supposed  to  be  impressed ?  ❜

❛  do  you  ever  wish  you  could  run  away ?  ❜

❛  you’re  going  to  believe  them  over  me ?  ❜

❛  why  are  you  looking  at  me  like  that ?  ❜

❛  why  can’t  you  just  tell  me  the  truth ?  ❜

❛  why  can’t  you  ever  take  responsibility ?  ❜

❛  what  can  i  do  to  make  it  up  to  you ?  ❜

❛  can  we  put  this  whole  thing  behind  us ?  ❜

❛  i’m  coming  to  get  you ,  where  are  you ?  ❜

❛  can  you  stay ?  just  for  a  little  while ? ❜

❛  why  won’t  you  let  me  be  here  for  you ?  ❜

❛  when  are  you  going  to  forgive  yourself ?  ❜

❛  is  that  what  your  nightmares  are  about ?  ❜

❛  what  kind  of  person  does  this  make  me ?  ❜

❛  where  are  we  supposed  to  go  from  here ?  ❜

❛  are  you  TRYING  to  get  yourself  killed  ?!  ❜

❛  why  can’t  we  just  talk  like  we  used  to ?  ❜

❛  why  do  these  things  always  happen  to  me ?  ❜

❛  how  long  has  it  been  since  you’ve  slept ?  ❜

❛  can’t  we  just  enjoy  the  moment  for  once ?  ❜

❛  why  can’t  you  ever  stand  up  for  yourself ?  ❜

❛  why  haven’t  you  been  answering  your  phone ?  ❜

❛  what  was  i  supposed  to  do ,  let  you  die ?  ❜

❛  can  you  listen  &  do  what  i  say  for  once ?  ❜

❛  what  do  you  mean ,  you’re  not  coming  back ?  ❜

❛  why  don’t  you  stay  the  night ?  just  once .    ❜

❛  can  you  see  how  many  fingers  i’m  holding  up ?  ❜

❛  you’d  tell  me  if  something  was  wrong ,  right ?  ❜

❛  where  do  you  go  when  you  space  out  like  that ?  ❜

❛  you  were  going  to  leave  without  saying  goodbye ?  ❜

❛  you’ll  stand  by  my  side  no  matter  what ,  right ?  ❜

❛  what  kind  of  mess  have  you  gotten  yourself  into ?  ❜

❛  i  need  you  to  sit  up ,  can  you  do  that  for  me ?  ❜

❛  if  you  have  nothing  to  hide ,  what’s  the  problem ?  ❜

❛  can  we  all  just  act  like  we’re  winning  for  once ?  ❜

❛  can  we  talk  about  this  at  a  time  that  isn’t  now ?  ❜

❛  you  really  don’t  care  about  any  of  this ,  do  you ?  ❜

❛  can  you  just  tell  me  everything’s  going  to  be  okay ?  ❜

❛  you  know  we’re  gonna  have  to  talk  about  this  eventually ,  right ?  ❜

[politicalgenius]

prettytragcdies​:

All Karen had to do was look into her mother’s eyes to know that she was speaking the truth. Her emotions and expressions spoke louder than any words possibly could, but that didn’t make the explanation any less comforting to hear. This honest and open heart to heart had been a long time coming, and the First Daughter was hopeful that nothing would be left unsaid by the end.

“A lot, yeah, but I don’t think you’ve made too many mistakes.” The tiniest hint of a smile was attempting to make itself known as Karen did her best to be just as genuine as Mellie. There’d been moments she never wanted to relive ever again like the time she’d walked in on her mother and Andrew in an all too compromising position or when her older brother died right in front of her. There were also good moments like Christmas with Mellie and Teddy and the morning after she’d finally been able to open up and grieve with someone who understood what it was like to miss Jerry so much it literally hurt. The negative shouldn’t have outweighed the positive for so long, and she was learning that now.

Maybe wisdom really did come with age and maturity.

There were so many thoughts swirling around in her head that she wasn’t sure how to make sense of them all, much less put any into actual words. Maybe just keeping things simple and straight to the point would achieve the results she was looking for. It was certainly worth a try, leaving Karen choosing the one response she’d kept coming back to as the ultimate common denominator.

“I just want you to be my mom again. Not the First Lady, not a Junior Senator – not even the President of the United States.” While Karen was certainly proud of Mellie’s political accomplishments, none of those titles and everything that came along with them mattered when it was just the two of them. Having so much of her family’s life being thrust into the spotlight had grown exhausting all too quickly, and there were times when she was left craving the day it would all be over once and for all.

“I just want my mom.”

with all the hell the last decade’s brought her way...   god,  it’s unfortunately too easy to forget that her daughter’s been through at least as much.  karen deserves better than that,  she truly does,  and mellie knows it.  just another in her laundry list of fuck ups.  another reason her daughter could,  and with all honestly...  should,  hate her;  resent her;  want nothing at all to do with her mother.  

by some miracle,  that’s not the case,  and the acknowledgement of that fact is something that mellie takes incredibly seriously.  it’s a gift she doesn’t deserve,  not by any stretch of the imagination,  but the deep love she feels at karen offering it?  god,  the older woman swears not to take it for granted.

“not too many,”   she echoes,  shaking her head  —  how’d she get so lucky?  how in the world had she been blessed with such an incredible young woman as her child?   “i’m glad you think so,  karen,  i really am,”

she’s wasted time.  wasted too much time with her bitterness and anger and hurt,  too much time with her children in the periphery when...  hell,  that’s the last place they ought to be.  as she listens to karen speak,  mellie’s heart races in her chest,  tears springing to her eyes at the request that’s oh-so-simple...  a request her daughter shouldn’t have to make.  

one would think that after jerry she’d have learned how precious time is,  how very much her children need so much more of her than they’ve received.  

that’s a mistake mellie intends to rectify.

“she’s here,  baby,  i promise...  she’s right here.”   jaw trembles as emotion swells and she closes the space between them,  pulling karen into her arms,   “i’m sorry.  ‘m so sorry,  i’m here,”  

[politicalgenius]

ofmalice​:

—  @politicalgenius​ ;    (   … starter call, accepting.   )

“ you’re not allowed to be mad at me, I brought dinner! ”   minerva all but yells. rolling out of the elevator. motioning down with her chin at the tied up bag of styrofoam containers sat within her lap. another round of meetings gone late, the fifth day in a row. the executive constantly being inches from bashing her head into the nearest wall. those days, mellie was truly the only thing keeping her from doing it. the joy of knowing her best friend would be waiting for her at the end of a horrible day.

“ I brought your favorite. does that mean I’m off the hook this time? ” minerva bats her eyelashes as she wheels closer to the living room. stopping only at the edge of the rug, casting an apologetic gaze to mellie.

at the sound of her friend’s bellowing mellie’s attention shifts,   the book she’s been reading moving to lay on her chest as she glances in the direction of the elevator.   “i’m not mad,”   she sighs,  hints of concern slipping into both her expression and her voice,   “you alright?  that’s five days,  min,  you’re pushing yourself awfully hard,  don’t you think?”   

swinging her legs off the edge of the sofa,  mellie her pushes her fists into the cushion as she stabilizes herself and sits up.   “you feelin’ alright?”   now that she can actually see her friend,  there’s a distinct frown accompanying the concern,   “i’m worried about you,  that’s all.”   sure,  she’d been looking forward to spending time with her best friend,  but frankly?  if anyone’s a master at not getting her hopes up,  it’s mellie eaves.   

“teddy wanted t’say goodnight,  but i made sure he went to bed on time,”   not that it’d been long ago,  so technically she could wake him,  but routine’s important so mellie’d prefer not to,   “so he’s disappointed...  ‘n i can’t say that i’m not disappointed too,  but neither of us is mad.”   she rises to her feet and walks to meet her friend where she’d stopped.   “c’mon,  i’m sure you haven’t eaten enough today.  i’ll even let you rage about whatever foolishness it was that kept you today,”

[politicalgenius]

endless mellie love   *   15  / ∞   *   writing partners can reblog!

[politicalgenius]

SOFT SENTENCES,   accepting.

there’s no denying it’s been a shitty day...   hell,  it’s been a shitty week.  this is the first she’s seen saren in days,  and there’s no denying mellie’s missed her.  god,  she’s missed her.  she’s missed her warmth,  her gentility,  her company,  and the sheer comfort that’s impossible to feel even a hint of resentment toward.  

saren also has the uncanny ability to pin down exactly when it is mellie’s growing restless.  she’s just getting the urge to squirm when her girlfriend speaks,  prompting cold fingers to clutch to the fabric of the shirt that’s laid under her fingers for the last hour  —  it’s a sort of symbolic gesture,  even as @everstride​ speaks,   “please.  just let me hold you,”   the gentle urging is paired with mellie taking a deep breath,  pulling herself closer to saren,  just by a little,  as a soft response is offered,   “‘m not going anywhere,”   and every part of her is fighting to find some sense of contentment in being held,  in the arms around her,  in all of it    it just doesn’t seem to be working.   “i can’t get my mind t’slow down,”   mellie laments with a heavy sigh,   “sitting still isn’t going well.”

[politicalgenius]

everstride​:

`    ♡   .        PROMPT        ⅋        @politicalgenius​ .

“We went down to Malibu in my BMW.”    Elbow digs further into the top of the couch as she leans down,  the edge of her knuckles digging into her temple as she looks to Mellie sitting beside her.    “I didn’t care about the view,  all I could do was look at you.”

she sits with full attention focused on the tale weaved by the other woman.   there’s something so incredibly intriguing and compelling about the idea    maybe it’s the feeling of freedom that laura manages to produce with her words alone,  maybe it’s the fact that mellie has admittedly thought about the possibility of...  of something more than professional or platonic with the other woman more than once.  it could be a combination of the two,  but in the moment all she can do is look at laura with a smile,   “sounds like quite the dream.  truly,  the idea of just taking off on a road trip,  hair flying in the breeze with the windows down and the top down,”   a pause,  just a hint of hesitation before she proceeds,   “and wonderful company?  the concept of that sort of freedom is more appealing than you know,”

[politicalgenius]

I hope you don't mind such a random question, but how do you make your icons? They just look so lovely, I can't help but wonder)

Besides, isn't Scandal, like, 7 seasons long? That must be an awful lot of screencaps to choose from.

ahh no i never mind!! i hope you don't mind the late response! honestly i just have figured out what i want and mess around a lot with exposure + color balance + selective color, and i have a sharpening action that does two layers of sharpening! it's chaotic trying to figure out what caps i wanna use but it's also a lot of fun!

[politicalgenius]

STARTER CALL.   hit the heart and specify muse if you’re a multi,  i’ll throw out some starters based on what i have inspiration for!

[politicalgenius]

you are never alone…  YOU HAVE ME.

OLIVIA POPE  ( @gdvas​ )   +   MELLIE GRANT ( @politicalgenius​ ) of scandal.

by terrena  &  zanza.

*   non-rp blogs don’t interact!

[politicalgenius]

you are never alone...  YOU HAVE ME.

OLIVIA POPE  ( @gdvas​ )   +   MELLIE GRANT ( @politicalgenius​ ) of scandal.

by terrena  &  zanza.

*   non-rp blogs don’t interact!

[politicalgenius]

gdvas​:

MELLIE​

@gdvas​ said:  ’ it would’ve been fun if you would’ve been the one. ’ (olivia @ mellie)

FOLKLORE   ⟶   ACCEPTING.

oh.

she almost feels lucky she’s spent so many years behind such carefully crafted masks   —   it helps her to retain some small sliver of her composure.  behind it though?  she feels herself shattering.   

it’s not like she won’t pull herself together,  of course,   she’s done it so many times before.

maybe next time she should take bets.  how long will it take for mellie to get her heart broken?  hours?  days?  weeks?  maybe she’ll even make it a month.

but no one ever chooses her.  they never have,  and evidently they never will.

“yeah,”   tone is entirely absent as she nods vaguely,   “yeah that   —   really would’ve been something,”

olivia was usually confident in taking what she wanted and being with who she wanted,  but mellie was different.  she was one of the few people she had respect for and knew that she deserved better than what olivia could give her,  better than the self sabotage she was sure would ruin something good with mellie.  

with fitz it never mattered if she messed up,  if she hurt him he would get over it because he would just push back against her.  that wasn’t something she wanted with mellie,  not in a romantic relationship      there was that push and shove in their professional relationship but that created better solutions. 

  ❛  you were better off without me and you still are,  you’re the only person i wasn’t selfish with.  i didn’t want to hurt you.  ❜   and she would have because that was what she did best to the people she loved,  she wanted to save her from her path of destruction altogether. 

around the pieces that shatter it’s a surety that a hard shell will form,   that she’ll be protected from the pain and shielded from whatever fallout is on its way.  typically it’s self-inflicted to some degree,  but in this case especially?  fuck,  in this case mellie’s certain her self destruction will come with a fury that’s rarely  —  if ever  —  been seen before.

and she hates it.  so,  the shell forming is met with heavy resistance as she pulls in a deep breath and takes a step closer.  

what does she have to lose in taking one more swing at fixing this?  mellie has to try to fix this,  the idea of withstanding another heartbreak is really just unfathomable right now.  she just can’t do it.

“you don’t get to decide what i’m better off with or without,”   words are firm,  matched with a scowl as she takes a step closer,   “olivia,  i swear to god,  i’m exhausted.  i’m so fucking exhausted because people just keep deciding things for me.  they decide how i feel,  they decide how i’m thinking,  they...  they decide who i love.”   mellie grows quieter as she presses forward,  emotion weaving through her words like vines of ivy growing too rapidly and too aggressively to stop.   

“you didn’t want to hurt me?  do you even hear yourself right now, liv?  do you...”   mellie paces in a circle,  eyes shutting as she comes to stand still again,   “do you have a single clue how much i...  i...”

“i love you,  liv.  i...  i can’t explain it,  but i’m certain it’s true and i don’t know what i’d do if you didn’t...  if you didn’t at least give me a chance here,”   anguish extends to her voice as one last push is made in a battle she hopes so desperately to win,  as mellie’s certain she genuinely feels her heart hanging precariously off the edge of a cliff.  the question now...  will olivia come to rescue it or will she let it fall?  

[politicalgenius]

@malbloom​ / @fatalelity​ said   ⇾   “your dress is so pretty, auntie mellie!!” beams mallory as she stares at the former president with awe. “you look like a princess!”

THE LOST MALMALGRAM,   always accepting malmal content.

“you’re too sweet,  malmal,”   mellie laughs lightly,  gaze adoringly fixed on her goddaughter,   “but i think the one who looks like a real princess here is you,”   she’s startled at the relative ease with which she manages to crouch down while maintaining her balance  —  in heels it’s no easy task,  but being on mallory’s level makes the challenge especially worth it,   “i think we should get you a tiara one day soon,  every princess needs one and we’ve got to make sure everyone knows about you being a princess,  don’t we?”