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Gunnar/Juliette + Are you drunk?

First, it was Avery’s ugly chair now it was his friend showing up at her… No, their home she reminded herself, putting on a tight smile as Gunnar swayed through the front door.

"Avvvvvverrrrry…" Slurred and far too loud, Juliette clenched her teeth realizing the ‘G’ in ZAG - or was it SAG now? - was, in fact, drunk.

And of course her wonderful husband was off producing Sadie Stone’s latest album.

'I'm providing for our daughter, remember, honey?' His sickly sweet tone from that morning as they argued about why he had to leave invaded her ears, and she wanted to march over to the downtown recording studio and drag him back here to deal with this.

"Hey, Julieeeeeeeeeetttteeee…" Gunnar hiccups, even more dopier smile than usual gracing his puppy face and Juliette hears Avery’s voice again.

'Count to ten, remember?'

"One…Two…Three…" She starts, reminding herself to breathe deeply like she was taught in la maz class so as not to upset the baby.

"Practicin’?" Gunnar murmurs as he pokes at her rounded stomach. "Hey, baaaaaaaaby…." There goes another hiccup and suddenly, it appears his legs can’t support him anymore, because Juliette then has her hands full with his dead weight.

"I am gonna kill my husband when he comes home." She mutters scathingly, somehow dragging Gunnar along with her as she makes her way into the nursery. "There’s only one place for you. And that’s…" She huffs, grunting as she shoves him into the offending chair. "Here."

"Sleep it off, Scott. And I swear to God if you puke in here, I’m gonna kill you and Avery."

"Thanks, Julieeeeeeettteeee," Still with that dopy grin and slurring. "You’ll be a great Ma…" Snoring is what comes next and Juliette shakes her head, making her way into the kitchen, thanking God she still has all the ingredients for pink macaroni so Gunnar will have something to eat when he comes to.

"The things I do for you Avery Barkley…" She mutters, smile coming to her lips as she shakes her head.

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barkleyandbarnes replied to your post “Avery in season one. That hair. That angst. *swoon* HE AND JT GOT...”

I hate that people still refer to him as season 1 Avery and refer to things like redemption tour in season 2.

I want to Hulk out when I see shit like that. It still infuriates me. Hopefully this season has proved that he still possesses all the characteristics shown in season 1. Season 2 was him laying back and licking his wounds and growing up. 

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barkleyandbarnes replied to your post “barkleyandbarnes replied to your post “Here it comes. The afternoon...”

Awesome! You do not want to miss this episode also for selfish reasons I'm totally dying to see your reactions.

I'm excited. Last winter finale they left me with Juliette showing up at Avery's door about to declare her love and Will standing on the train tracks (and Peggy being shot but I didn't care about her) so I'm interested to see what cliffhanger they have for this season. 

I'll have my computer with me so I might be doing the liveblog on here instead of twitter. I haven't decided yet. 

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barkleyandbarnes replied to your post “Here it comes. The afternoon crash. Darn SOA for running so late. I...”

Are you going to watch Nashville live?

I will be, yeah. That's the show. So after I get done at the theater (around 9:15) I'll be headed over to the friend's house who has been letting me jack his TV on Wednesday nights.

[holycityfangirl]

Hey I hope everything is going good with you. I'm just curious to know what you thought about the Avery/Gunnar/Zoey/Scarlett stuff last week and the fact that we're finally starting to see some progress for Avery career wise.

First I’ll start with the Avery career stuff. I’m super stoked about it! He sacrificed so much because he thought validation as a musician was what he needed to prove his father wrong and now that some of that desperation is gone I am ready to see him be rewarded. 

Onto the Avery/Gunnar/Zoey/Scarlett stuff. Honestly, I’m sad for a couple of reasons and conflicted. 

From Zoey’s perspective this whole situation has sucked and I am REALLY sorry to see her go. I really loved her character and honestly felt that some of her jealousy at the beginning of the season was a bit OOC for the Zoey we had previously established in season 2. What was not out of character was her not being happy falling into the house wife role. I completely understood why she had to walk away from her relationship with Gunnar and, in the end, the band. 

I feel a bit bad for Avery because I really do feel like they had a shot at being something special and really feel like it may have been an opportunity to make it as a performer, which I do not think is going to come around much again. On the other hand he is starting to make his way as a producer and has a child on the way so the timing was not the best for him. 

Sadly, the timing was also not the best for Gunnar. I’ve actually been really proud of how he has stepped up to the plate when it comes to fatherhood and how he truly wants to be there for Micah. The boy was just abandoned by the only parent he ever really knew and so his new-to-his-life father suddenly out touring would likely only make a situation worse. Much like Avery, I feel bad for Gunnar because we have outright been shown that people are not interested in him as a performer unless he is coupled with someone else. And he was a bit bitter about that but accepted it and was going to make that work. Then, when he finally gets his chance there is a major thing standing in his way.

Now Scarlett. I’m excited Scarlett is performing again. And honestly, I think that it is great that Gunnar and Avery are the ones she’s performing with. Those two men have managed to be there for her through some awful times and there is a sense of comfort she has with the both of them. Plus their company will make performing less lonely. 

That being said I’ll still miss Zoey’s vocals with the boys. Scarlett’s is good but I just think for the kind of music the band was doing that Zoey was a better fit. I fear this change will lead to a change in the style of songs they do and since the few we already received were some of my favorites from the show I’m a bit weary. This isn’t to say that I didn’t like the song but it was… different. 

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barkleyandbarnes replied to your photoset:Avery Barkley: a handler of zippers Nashville...

You totally beat me to this lol. Love it.

Sorry,¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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barkleyandbarnes replied to your post: barkleyandbarnes said:Juliette an...

This sing wasn’t even on my radar but it’s absolutely perfect. It’s so perfect I’m considering a vid or a gifset or fanart something, anything really to immortalize J/A with these lyrics.

Yeah, it definitely got added to my J/A playlist last spring! The lyrics are just so damn perfect for them. The runner up song was "Save Me From Myself" by Christina Aguilera. 

[holycityfangirl]

Juliette and Avery (I'm going the predictable route)

Send me a ship and I'll tell you a song that reminds me of them

This is particularly hard because my playlist for them is like 50 songs and spanning different portions of their relationship but I've decided to go with "Not A Bad Thing" by Justin Timberlake.

This would really be from the portion of time at the beginning of their relationship when Juliette is dealing with the idea of letting someone in so completely.