Summary: After a very disastrous break-up between you and JJ Maybank, you are struggling to find a common ground while juggling your 4-year-old son, Logan. You guys have the same friends, you attend the same events, so the two of you can definitely co-parent... right? Well, maybe if JJ wasn't so aggravated by you and your son's closeness to a certain "favorite uncle"... Or maybe it's the fact that JJ will never quite let you go... Can you two work out your differences? Now, THAT is still up for debate...
Relationship: SlightlyToxic!BabyDaddy!JJ Maybank x Reader
AN: It seems you guys DID notice that this was announced in my to-be-written post, but it didn't make it into my May Teasers... WELL, that would be because when I redid my masterlists, I realized I lack quite a few JJ series, SO this one will be coming out a little early 😭😂 ENJOY!!!!
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SYNOPSIS‧₊˚[2.9k] Three weeks on Poguelandia and it seems things are looking up just a something starts to come down...
WARNING(S)‧₊˚ swearing, mentions of injuries, graphic depictions of natural disaster(s),
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A/N‧₊˚ heyyyyy! THIS IS THE LAST POGUELANDIA CHAPTER AND THANK GOD (i loved writing this but i'm more excited for season 3, it's so much dramaaa)
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“HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BACK IN THE WATER?” JJ asked as the two of you waded in the middle of the ocean, floating on large pieces of wood. It was early in the afternoon, the sun just reaching its peak.
“Feels good…” You nodded, admiring the crystal waters beneath you for the first time in weeks. “Great, actually.”
“That’s great, baby.” The blonde smiled, eyes stuck on your glowing figure in front of him. “Hey,” He called in an attempt to gain your full attention. You turned to look at him, eyes locking with his own. “Look, I don’t wanna kill the mood but…I think we should talk.”
You swallowed, tucking a strand of hair behind your hair. “...About?”
“...Kiara.” The boy dragged.
You couldn’t stop your immediate sigh. “I thought we already did.” You snapped slightly — it’d been a week since one of your best friends took it upon herself to risk your relationship to clear her conscience.
“You’re right…” JJ nodded, paddling closer to you in the water. “But I had some time to think. And I owe her an apology…and so do you.”
You nearly choked on your own words at his statement. “An apology?” You spewed incredulously. “For what? If anything she owes us an apology.”
“Baby, be reasonable about this-”
“I am.”
“You’re not.” He finalized, head dipping down as he fixed a stern look your way. “Look, I love you and it’s because I love you that I gotta tell you — you’re being mean, princess.”
“Mean?-”
“Yes. Mean.” He asserted. “Do you want me to be real with you?” The Maybank boy asked rhetorically, speaking before giving you the proper capacity to answer even if you intended to. “You’re being really harsh about this whole thing. Kiara has been your friend, your closest friend, longer than any of us. You two have literally spent your entire lives together. And correct me if I’m wrong, but she’s been there for you through a lot and kept a lot of secrets to protect you. I get this is weird for you, but think about how hard this is for her. She may not have made the best choices, I’ll admit, but neither have you and neither have I, but you know and I know and all of us know that Kiara would sooner die than do anything to intentionally hurt you or any of us. She’s dealin’ with some seriously complicated shit, baby. And we’re her friends. We’re not supposed to make it worse. You gotta realize she wasn’t out to hurt you. The same way I wasn’t out to hurt you when I lied about what happened in Charleston. The same way you didn’t mean to hurt her.”
You sat in the ambient silence for a moment, contemplating the boy's words. JJ was right, and if he was the one mediating, then there was clearly a problem. You weren’t completely blindsighted — you knew this whole thing hadn’t been easy for yourself or Kie. But you admitted to yourself, you’d been being just as inconsiderate as she was. If not, more so.
“I already talked with her earlier,” JJ continued, eyes glued to your own that were glossing over the more your thoughts raced in your mind. “I apologized for reacting the way I did and we’re okay. I’m not going to do anything on your behalf. All I’m doin’ right now is giving you a push, alright? Kiara is more your family than anyone here. I get it, shit is awkward but you don’t want to lose her. And definitely not like this. I know you don’t. I know you.” He explained, taking one of your hands in his. “Each other is all we’ve got. So, don’t push away one of the only people you have left. Go talk to her.”
“...NEED SOME HELP WITH THAT?” You asked, creeping up behind the brown-haired girl as she stood on her tippy-toes, reaching for the low-hanging fruit on a tree.
She quickly glanced over her shoulder, startled by the unexpected voice before registering just exactly who was offering help and turning away, refocusing on the fruit swinging in front of her as she strained to get it. “No thanks.” She muttered.
You stood awkwardly behind her, rocking back and forth on your feet. Your skin was sticky and slightly cool from the sea water, small grains of sand sticking to your frame. A few moments of silence passed, watching the girl struggle to get the mango taunting her before you decided to try and spark a conversation once more.
“I, uh, I talked to JJ.”
“Well, he’s your boyfriend... I’d expect you to.” She shrugged, finally grasping the fruit with the tips of her fingers and snatching it down with an exasperated sigh and returning flat on her feet, turning on her heels to face you. She drew her lips into a thin line, raising her eyebrows. “Did you need something or…?”
You simply sighed, running a hand through the front of your hair. "I came over here to apologize.”
To your surprise, the girl scoffed before rolling her eyes and walking past you to take a seat on a large log. Your eyes followed her as she sat down, a look of confusion etched on your features. “What?”
“Nothing.” Kiara shrugged, mindlessly fiddling with the fruit in her hands as she avoided eye contact with you. “Did JJ put you up to this? ‘Cause I just find it funny that he apologized this morning and suddenly you’re so eager to patch things up.”
“He didn’t put me up to anything.” You defended. “He suggested it, yeah, but I can make my own decisions-”
“So, he did.” She scoffed. “That’s-”
“Okay, I’ll admit I wasn’t jumping up this morning with the intention of apologizing to you. But JJ helped me see some things that I clearly wasn’t seeing before.” You started, taking a slow and cautious seat next to the girl as she made a point to not look at you. “So, do you want to talk to me or do you want to ignore each other forever?”
“There’s nothing to talk about, Y/N…” Kie sighed, dropping her head as a small breeze drove by. “You said everything I needed to know the night I told you how I felt. And you’ve made it abundantly clear that every since that night, all I’ve done is make your life worse.”
“That’s not true-” You tried.
“But that’s how I feel.” Kiara cut in, finally turning to look at you. “That’s how you’ve been making me feel.” She told you, voice wavering as her eyes softened in the slightest ways. “And I mean, I keep thinking to myself…can I really blame you?” She spoke aloud. “I mean, ever since our freshman year, it’s like everything I do just drags you down. If I hadn’t introduced you to my friend group, you wouldn’t have gotten tangled up with Rafe. If I didn’t kiss JJ in Charleston, maybe our friendship would’ve been more salvageable. Maybe me telling you how I felt would’ve gone differently. Better…”
You couldn’t help but twist your face in something between sadness and utter confusion. “Kie…” You started, voice soft. “I am…so sorry, if I made you feel like you being in my life has made it worse.”
“...Hasn’t it?” She added, eyes welling with tears slowly.
You shook your head quickly, angling your body more towards hers and placing a hand on her shoulder without thought. “Kiara, you have literally been my guardian angel. You and your family were there for me when my dad died, when I moved to Figure Eight you made sure I had friends and didn’t feel like an outcast because you knew what it was like. My situation with Rafe wasn’t at all on you.” You assured her, watching the girl focus her sights on her shoes. “And when he did what he did, you didn’t tell anyone because I asked you not to. It didn’t matter that you thought I should, you respected my wishes. You were ready to fight Rafe when he drugged me and not to mention, you and your parents have been kind enough to give me and Marley a place to stay. From the moment I was born, you made sure I always had a person. And I just threw seventeen years of friendship back in your face.” You listed, your own eyes tearing up now. “...I don’t know why I’ve been acting like you feeling what you feel for me is the end of the world. I can’t excuse it or take back anything I said. But I am genuinely so sorry, for everything. I think…it’s just been so many changes and losses at once for all of us that it just took me by surprise to the point where I took all of my frustrations out on the wrong person. And you didn’t deserve that.”
Kiara sniffled at your words, quickly wiping a stray tear. “...I just, I’ve been trying to do the right thing. I thought, with everything going on, that it’d be better to just get that one thing off of my chest.” She said, voice shaking. “It’d been crushing me for so long. It was like walking around with a boulder on my chest. Everytime I’d see you or you and him together, I just couldn’t take it. I thought saying it and getting it out into the open, or at least out to you, would somehow relieve the guilt that I was feeling. But I shouldn’t have. I was being selfish-”
“No, you weren’t.” You shook your head, letting a stray tear fall. “I should’ve told JJ when it happened. I was so mad at him for what happened in Charleston and I turned around and did the exact same thing. And I shouldn’t have put that pressure on you, either. You had a right to tell him. And what I said to you wasn't okay. All I’ve done since you told me about your feelings is make you feel worse.”
“All I’ve done since I realized my feelings is hurt you.” She let out a watery chuckle. “So, I guess we’re even.” She threw out with a bittersweet smile, placing her hand on top of yours that hadn’t left her shoulder. “Y/N…I don’t know how we’re going to work around this but…I can try.”
“Well, for starters,” You began, letting your hand fall and throwing it out in the direction of JJ who was trying to start a fire. “I know it’s not easy with us practically rubbing it in your face…”
Kiara started shaking her head to the side, scrunching her face together. “No, no. No matter whether you guys make your relationship known or not doesn’t affect me. And even if it did, I’d never ask you to tone down your love for someone to make me feel better.” She immediately shut down your thoughts and turned fully to face you now. “Look, I will get over this. It’s not the end of the world. Maybe one day, we’ll look back on this whole thing and see how stupid it all was.” She said lightheartedly. “...But, seriously. I know it may not seem like it but it’s already gotten easier to see you guys together and talk to you again. So, really. I’ll be fine.” Kiara assured you.
You didn’t offer a verbal response immediately, just a quiet nod as you stared out at the clouds in front of you, hands gripping the log underneath you. “...And the others?” You remembered. “Did you tell them or…?”
Kiara took a deep breath and nodded, glancing over at the remaining group of your friends as they gathered food, rinsed their clothes in the ocean water, and set up for the night. “Yeah, I did…” She trailed off, flipping her hair over her shoulder. “They didn’t really…care? I didn’t expect them to freak out or anything, y’know, but they were so…’eh’ about it, the blank look on their faces was actually kind of funny.” Kiara smiled to herself as you chuckled at her words. “But they agreed — the situation isn’t an easy one. I did things, you did things, JJ did things, and it’s all just messed up. I even got a chance to talk to Cleo and get an actual feel for her. But we’re all each other has. And they said letting something like this ruin one of the longest friendships in the group would be ‘catastrophically stupid’, as Pope put it.” She added. “And I agree.”
“Yeah,” You started. “It would be. And I don’t know what I’d do without you.” You added with a small smile.
“Yeah, I don’t know what you’d do without me either.” The girl joked to which you playfully nudged her shoulder.
“Shut up.” You grumbled with a lopsided smile, throwing an arm over her shoulders and pulling her into a tight embrace, which she eagerly returned. “I’m really sorry.” You spoke into her shoulder.
“Me too.” She softly returned the sentiment when the sound of rapid footsteps bounding your way had the both of you pulling apart and turning towards the direction of the noise to find Sarah and Cleo running your way.
“No, don’t stop, we wanna join!” Sarah screamed, nearly tripping over her own feet as they dug into the sand. Once the pair of girls reached the both of you, they practically tackled the pair of you off of the log and into the sand, forming a messy group hug. “I love this! I love my girls!” Sarah squealed, voice muffled from the embrace.
The four of you fell into a fit of laughter, struggling to breathe under the mess of limbs until you abruptly startled away from one another when a bolt of thunder struck in the sky — a loud crack sound reverberating against your ear drums.
As you released one another and sat up to peer at the sky, you noticed that the once beaming sun was hidden behind an army of grey, stormy clouds, with an occasional spark of lightning behind them. Seconds later, small drops of water hit your skin, one by one — the sand underneath your feet turning from its typical tan color to a sodden shade of brown almost resemblant of brown sugar.
“Get away from the trees!” A voice shouted, all of you turning to your left to find Pope standing out in the open sand with JJ and John B, his hands cupped around his mouth. “Now!” He urged.
The four of you scrambled to your feet, the rain coming down harder by the second. You ran through the sand to reach the guys, shielding your face from the rain as it gained weight and the sand started to pick up with the wind.
“What the hell is goin’ on?!” Cleo asked, trying to move her hair from her face. Her voice was almost lost to the whipping winds that had seemingly risen from nowhere. The sky was now completely grey.
“The storm!” Pope communicated back to her, a hand over his eyes as his shirt whipped around his figure.
“I thought you said it wasn’t coming!” Sarah added, eyes squinted.
“I didn’t think it was! I thought it had passed over us last week!”
“Well, what’re we supposed to do?!” You asked, trying to ignore the roaring winds, quarter-sized raindrops hitting your skin.
“I-” Pope stuttered, quickly glancing at the island around him. “I don’t know! But we can’t stay out in the open like this! The tide’s gonna start rising and I don’t know how far past the shoreline it’s gonna go! And the trees aren’t safe from the lightning right now!”
“We got that, Pope!” John B retorted. “But we don’t have anywhere to go!”
“Nowhere?!” Kie asked like the statement was ridiculous. “Nobody found anything in the three weeks we’ve been here?!”
“Have you?!” John B shot back.
“Shut up!” JJ threw in, looking behind him at the rolling waves in the ocean before turning back to you all. “I know a place we can go!”
“What?!” You started. “Where?!”
“I don’t have time to explain!” He told you, now walking in your direction. “Just follow me!” He urged the rest of your friends, taking your hand in his and heading in the forest of trees.
“Wait, JJ!” Pope protested, slowing in his steps but still following. “The trees aren’t safe!”
“Then we better run!” The blonde called over his shoulder before quickly sweeping you off of your feet and managing to swing you onto his back with some assistance from you. “We can make it! But we gotta move!”
As the seven of you disappeared into the forest, you looked behind you as JJ carried you to wherever he was leading the group. Your eyes were glued to the makeshift fire pit, the pile of leaves you’d been using as beds, and the fruit pile you all had been living off of for the past three weeks.
Poguelandia was a dream but it was clear that this dream didn’t come without some nightmares. By the time this storm passed, you knew everything you all had built for the past few weeks would be gone with the wind once you returned. And you couldn’t help but wonder — would you and your friends restart or was it finally time to start finding ways back home?
A/N: Honestly I‘ve been a goner for series lately, and I want to recommend some to u.🫶🏻
And yes maybe, I am in Love with SMAU Fics at the moment, but every single Series on here is a 10/10 for me!!
⤷ OUTER BANKS:
› Gossip Girl: Outer Banks by @maybejj
▸ JJ x Pofue!Reader | Best friends to Lovers | SMAU
› FRACTURED TIES by @maybejj
▸ JJ x Kook!Reader, Rafe x Kook!Sofia | Reader is Rafe's Best Friend, Rafe & JJ are brothers | forbidden Love | SMAU
› Set Me Free by @maybejj
▸ JJ x Sarah's!twin!sister!reader | pogue/Kook relationship | SMAU
› The Pen Pal by @rafesbabygirlx
▸ prison!rafe x collegestudent!reader | mini SMAU
› Baseballplayer!Rafe x Trophy!Wife!Reader by @rafesbabygirlx
▸ Highschool sweethearts to Baseball superstar and trophy fashion columnist wife. | SMAU
› late night talking by @lynnieverse
▸ Rafe Cameron x pogue!reader | wrong number led to more | SMAU
› Who're we to fight the alchemy? by @lynnieverse
▸ Football Player!rafe x bookish!reader | friends to lovers | slowburn | SMAU
› dangerously yours by @lynnieverse
▸ rafe cameron x baddie!kook!reader | Childhood friends to lovers | SMAU
› redamancy by @lynnieverse
▸ bsf!rafe cameron x silly!reader | childhood friends to lovers | SMAU
› nobody gets me like you by @lolxdswag123
▸Rafe Cameron x Reader , Reader & Topper | Friends to lovers | SMAU
› Love You Goodbye by @kissylec
▸ Rafe Cameron x Pogue!Reader | Secret Relationship | SMAU
› I Love You, I'm Sorry by @drewstarkeyluvbot
▸Rafe Cameron x Kook!Reader | Childhood Friends to Lovers | SMAU
› Cinematically Yours by @papercranesandinkstains
▸Rafe Cameron x Reader | Friends to Lovers | SMAU
› Right Person, Wrong Time by @leather-n-velvet
▸ Rafe Cameron x Kook!Reader | ex-lovers to lovers | SMAU
⤷ SPN:
› Never Say Goodbye by @zepskies
▸Dean Winchester x F!Reader | Strangers to Lovers | Soulmate!AU
⤷ SRANGER THINGS:
› June Baby by @luveline
▸Eddie Munson x Teen Mom!Reader | Friends to Lovers | Slowburn
⤷ 9-1-1:
› Good luck charm by @achilles-rage
▸College!Football Player!buck x plus size!reader | College!AU | Strangers to Lovers | Slowburn | tiny bit enemies to Lovers
Otherwise known as my personal section to write love notes to all of my favorite authors..... Will be updating frequently because I am chronically online and I use the word OBSESSED a lot. Be warned...
REMINDER: You are responsible for your own media consumption! If you don't like an aspect of a fic, feel free to move on QUIETLY! Sending hate to authors who make FREE content is insane and you will be treated as such!!
SMAUS:
Heartbreak:Live/Offline- @zyafics (Rafe Cameron x Reader) Complete
Have you ever read something and you were so obsessed it was all you could think about? That is this SMAU for me. I have made a few SMAU’s in the past for Marvel, but never posted them because I was too anxious, but when I read THIS fic????? I genuinely have read it probably 20 times, I am so obsessed. It gave me the push to make my own SMAU’s for OBX, but to also post them! This girl makes such incredible work and graphics that I genuinely am so in awe of her! She is literally the sweetest, and if you haven’t read this, I genuinely can NOT recommend it enough. I spend hours talking about it with my sister because I am SO obsessed with it. I could write an entire book of love letters to this writer because she genuinely has put her heart in this fic and it really does show! It’s literally perfection! In my mind we are genuinely best friend's, I am so obsessed with quite literally anything she does!!
Kildare Split- @ghostofwriting (Rafe Cameron x Reader) complete
This???????? You're going to see a few Band/Musician AUs in this list and this was the start of my obsession! The relationships? The music? The longing??????? Don't even get me started. this fic is literally a MASTERPIECE and should be treated as such!
Lay all your love on me- @kimoralov3 (JJ Maybank x Heyward!Reader) in progress
This fic is sooooo special to me because I love love love the relationship between Reader and Pope as their brother. Anytime I see the Heyward!Reader tag, it’s an immediate click for me, but this fic is absolutely everything!! I’m talking poor JJ is down in the trenches for this girl to the point he’s cleaning fridges….
Salt &&. Secrets- @sematarygirls (Rafe Cameron x Reader) in progress
This fic is another one of my favorites! Reader is venting on an online blog about Rafe and he is going OUT of his mind trying to figure out who it is! Kelce and Topper are such instigators in this that I find myself laughing every time I see a new part! There are some really cute and different graphics that this writer does a really good job of creating!
Rhythm & Revelry- @darlingchronicles (Reader X JJ Maybank) in progress
Okay, this fic???? Every time I see an update I am giggling and kicking my feet. JJ is fighting for his life against the allegations that he has a crush on Reader/Blue, but the man has been down bad since they were kids and EVERYONE knows. This is a fake dating trope and it is so cute! I am so down bad for this fic!
Summer Lovin’- @murdockcastleslut (Jackson Genrette x Pogue!Reader) in progress
A Kook obsessed with a Pogue is a guilty pleasure of mine and this fic is EVERYTHING. The interactions between JJ and Pope are my absolute favorite, but he is SO desperate for any kind of attention from Reader that you can’t help but fall in love! I love love love this story so much, I will drop everything the second I see an update!
Off Limits- @whorelaud (BFB!Rafe x Reader) in progress
This one is a mix of SMAU and written fanfic and it has me on my knees. The interactions between Rafe and Reader, but also Reader and everyone else have me rolling on the floor every chapter! This is such a cute story and the dynamic between Reader and her brother really takes it over the top!
Off Topic- @murdockcastleslut (Rafe x Reader) in progress
Okay, so you are definitely going to see this author quite a few times and I’m not even sorry about it! She is literally so sweet and she creates such amazing work that there’s no way I’m ever going to shut up about her! Rafe is so down bad all I can do is giggle and kick my feet at every interaction! Sarah in this fic has me obsessed!!
Meddle About- @murdockcastleslut (JJ x Reader/ Rafe x Reader) in progress
A band AU that has me in a chokehold already and it has just begun! I genuinely am obsessed with this story already and it only has a few chapters! Then again, I think this writer could post blank posts and I would still eat it up because she is just that good!
Bed Chem- @lolxdswag123 (Rafe Cameron x Reader) in progress
Okay this story is so amazing, I don’t even know where to start! It’s a story of Reader falling in love with Rafe while also wanting to return to college after the summer is over. She and JJ have a complicated history, which has its own twists and turns. This fic is literally so amazing!!
Riding the Edge- @ghostofwriting (Rafe Cameron x Reader) in progress
Motorcycle content creator Rafe and Bookstagram poster Reader are literally everything to me! The graphics on this story are so cute, but the story itself just blows me out of the water! They fall so in love so fast, and then Rafe Cameron does indeed fumble the bag… BUT there’s hope guys! I love this story so much!!
Ocean Blue Eyes- @softspiderling (Rafe Cameron x Reader) in progress
Okay but musician Reader is always everything to me and this fic????? I literally am so obsessed with it! The fan theories? The literal threads the audience ties together time and time again?? Literally obsessed!
Summer Sun Forever- @l6ndry (Rafe Cameron x Reader) in progress
Band AU’s have my heart in case you can’t tell…. But a celebrity falling for their biggest fan??? The delusional girl in me will EAT it up every time! This story is literally so cute! Reader and their friends are such cuties, but Rafe and his band mates? I have to laugh every time they have a conversation… This is SUCH a great read!
Poor Un-American Girls- @greyswaren (Rafe Cameron x foreignexchangestudent!Reader)
This is such a cute and original idea that I have been eating up like crazy! Reader’s friendships with their friends back home?? Their new friendships with the OBX community?? Rafe being a down bad fella (as he should be).... I am obsessed with this!
Gossip Girl- @maybejj (JJ Maybank x pogue!reader)
Don't even get me started on this..... Literally so full of fun and drama and ANGST.... Literally prepare to have your heart ripped out and stomped on and be ready to want to rip out someone else's (I'm looking at you Adam and I'm coming for you buddy....) It literally feels like a movie every time I see a new part!!
Criminal Love- @maybejj (Rafe Cameron x college!reader)
You want a COCKY SMUG Rafe Cameron who just so happens to be a killer in every universe????? Look no further! I am literally so obsessed with this series it's not even funny! The banter, the little comments online, the HANDWRITING FONTS.... I fear I too would fall for a criminal.... This author is literally fantastic! She could put out a post of watching paint dry and it would be ART!
might be controversial, might be a bit of a stretch, might be rude but some of y’all are WEIRD
madison has a gf, rudy has a gf, the two never publicly spoke about ever dating which means even if they did, they DON’T want people knowing or speaking about it
yes I liked Jiara, yes I miss Jiara, yes I think it was EXTREMELY forced but it was sweet, yes I don’t think JJ should’ve ever died and yes I think it sends the wrong message that contains ‘abused kids never get a happy ending’ which could cause some serious mental issues for kids that take it seriously— but that’s not what we’re talking about here
the season is OUT, jj DIED, rudy LEFT (he’s mostly likely not coming back) y’all have no business tryna create more drama
“madison didn’t recognized her own gf, she recognized rudy!!!!” don’t care. doesn’t mean they dated. nobody asked. shut the fuck up.
“rudison 2025 = jiara obx s5! jj comeback confirmed!!!” do u hear the shit leaving ur mouth? do u seriously hear the delusional bullshit that is leaving your mouth?
“they dated, y’all don’t GET IT” I’m employed, what does this mean? why do u care? WHYYYYY do u care? go get a job.
this shit is exactly the reason why the cast got fucking icky and why rudy left and now y’all wanna go out there and cry about jj’s death when all this time YOU WAS THE REASON
as a FUCKIN FAN I’m tired of hearing this bullshit imagine mariah or elaine (I have no comments on both, I’m not interested in their personalities, they can suck as people, doesn’t mean y’all have the automatic right to mess with their relationships)
I need y’all to be so fucking fr for one second, it is SO disrespectful and BORING to come out here and write paragraphs about why you think rudison ever happened. “it’s time for us to accept the truth!!” bitch, it’s the time for you to go do your damn assignments
y’all need to learn the concept of boundaries and sit your asses down and read fucking fanfiction to cope. I don’t wanna stalk madison bailey and see comments about her ‘BOYFRIEND’(?) rudy. you FREAKS.
who has been open about dealing with the grief of losing his mom to cancer, talked about love, loss and longing on "Modern Love." The result was a conversation unlike any other in the history of the show.
You've been Lando's teammate. I don't know if you've seen some of his interviews in the media pen lately. Do you think he's different?
Carlos: No. Lando? I see him as a very honest man, maybe a bit too much at times for the criticism he then receives for being honest. He tells the truth, he doesn't have any filters. If he isn't doing well mentally, he says so, but then he criticizes himself.
When the whole world is pushing to have clarity, honesty (about) mental health, we don't speak with such an example. There's a guy who has done an incredible season – because Lando drove very well this year – and he's a bit honest, he shows his weaknesses a bit and gets criticized a lot.
All of us in press conferences put on a face, but we all have weaknesses inside. All the drivers. And one of us who shows them, gets criticized a lot, so I feel a bit bad for him in that sense.
Here's my opinion. Actually, we can start with facts:
I don't wanna see this movie. I'm tired of hearing about this movie. Everything I've learned about this movie has been against my will. It's been 2 years of pre-release fatigue. I'm tired of the PR stunts, I'm tired of the obvious photo ops, I'm tired of the press leaks, I'm tired of the on set leaks, I'm tired of the "anonymous sources", I'm tired of all of it. Any interest I might've had in this movie doesn't exist anymore.
This film went into production in 2020 during a time when every single studio was panicked and desperate to figure out how they were gonna survive the pandemic. With theaters being closed, everything shut down, them losing money to streaming services. And the PR campaign for this film, which started during casting, is a direct reflection of that [studios being panicked].
Again, the budget is small, it's a $20 million dollar budget, it's not a ton of money in movie-money, and they're obviously supplementing that small budget with a never-ending PR campaign to make up for it. (edit: it went over budget to 30-40M! All the more reason for the excessive PR).
On to my opinion:
1 - Harry and Olivia are obviously in a PR relationship.
2 - The movie is not gonna do well. It's gonna tank.
3 - Florence comes off looking great. I don't know her that well, I've seen her in a few movies, she's not my generation, but whenever I see her mentioned, whether she's being slighted or supported in the PR campaign, I think she comes off looking fine. Love that she's also pretty silent in terms of press. This film wrapped a year ago (edit: it was 2 years ago) and she's probably moved on to better things at this point, and will probably just do her minimal press, which is fine. She, despite being the lead actress of this film, does not have as much at stake as the stunt queens, Harry and Olivia do.
4 - General opinion on Olivia Wilde: I'm more the same age. I remember back when she was just a rich girl socialite in NY. I love that she's into acting and into directing. But, I know she directed this film....I dated a director one time, and when his film went into post-production I didn't see that man for months because he was locked in an editing bay and would not come out for air. This chick [Olivia] was on tour with Harry Styles 2 months after production wrapped, I don't know how that worked. (edit: it was 6 months but she still fucked off to England the day after production wrapped, and the film needed extensive edits and was delayed so yeah...she was not "directing" anything really). Also, as a director she is behind the camera role, but her PR team are dead set on over-saturating her in media as the face of this title. Even putting her out more so than the actual actors in the film. Which is weird. There's a word for it, I can't figure it out (edit: I can, it's narcissism. You're welcome.). She's all up in the video, all up in the studio, all up in the radio...it's like...just this is your vanity project and move on.
5 - Harry Styles: there is no way in god's green earth that a role that Shia Labeouf was cast in could be back-filled by Harry Styles. Harry Styles is youth marketing - that is simply it.
6 - Shia Labeouf is right. I'm sure that when Shia quit this film the studio was desperate and panicked, and went into a tailspin and said 'figure out a way to save it or we're pulling the plug'. And just like Shia has a video of Olivia begging him to stay, I'm sure Harry has a video of Olivia begging him to join this film.
Wait Nico was bullied in the paddock for being too pretty?
*pulls out the jenson button book*
Incidentally, it has to be said that in F1 our nickname game is pretty weak, with Christian names – Lewis, Kimi, Sebastian – being the most common informality, and initials like JB and DC reserved for the truly adventurous. That said, Team Button was responsible for one or two good ones, and having been the victim of them at school (‘Zipper’, ‘Jennifer’), I was more than willing to dish them out. Dad became ‘Papa Smurf’, named after he grew a Papa Smurf-like beard, but perhaps the best one was ‘Britney’ for Nico Rosberg, because he used to have long, wavy hair. I remember him walking into a night club in Tokyo, spotting our lot and looking very happy to see us until I stood up and yelled, ‘Britney! Hit me baby one more time,’ across the club at him. The smile turned upside down pretty quickly.
- source: How To Be An F1 Driver, by Jenson Button
Mark Webber was also the one who popularised the nickname, by saying "Britney's in the wall" when Nico crashed in 2006.
"Nico Rosberg is beautiful. We call Nico 'Britney' because he's so beautiful. He should win I think," replied Button, upon being told female French journalists voted him as most beautiful driver.
Nico hated the nickname 💀😭
tldr: yes he got bullied for being too pretty, he really was that bitch. and we're not even gonna touch the fact that jenson had a huge crush on Britney Spears and also married a britney 💀no need to get fruedian with it
Summary: Florence is unhappy in her currently relationship, but she won’t say anything, you’ve sat back and watch from the side-lines wishing things were different.
Word count: 1.6K
Warnings: Swearing & mentions of drinking
Type: Angst? Fluff.
Request: Can be read HERE on my old blog.
Author’s Comment: I hope you enjoy this x Thank you for sending in the request!
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Once a month you and your closet friends would hold a girl’s night, movie, games, wine and what not. This was a great way to stay in touch with those closest to you, with work and other commitments sometimes time can slip through the cracks, and you’d find yourselves forgetting about having a social life outside of work. This month was being held at your own house and this time Florence was bringing her girlfriend which was rare as the woman didn’t seem to like spending time getting to know Florence’s friends.
It's almost time. On Saturday your dash will be filled with Eurovision galore. You'll see us bitching about ballads, because honestly who really needs another ballad!
Dutchies will bitch about their Dutch host (if it's Jan Smit, fuck that guy). I'm Dutchies.
All Europeans will inevitably make a joke about Australia being European. We make it every year. And we will continue to make it every year. Australia also always brings the actual bangers, so we do love them.
Eurovision is meant to be a non-political thing, but it's the most politics filled thing ever, neighbors voting for neighbors etc, and there's always a country who will make a bold statement when they're not supposed to and all the more power to them honestly.
Graham Norton is the best man to watch if you want to actually watch it.
Just remember. It's only one day. A couple of hours where we will post like crazy and then we'll be quiet about it for a whole year. And we all use the same hashtag. #eurovision <-- blacklist it, if you don't want to see it.
I will inevitably say at the start, "Time to see how many followers I lose today!" because I say it every year.
Anyway. Eurovision. WITH MIKA. And Laura Pausini! I mean, it's worth it just for that.
What about soft! dark Yelena? She’s only around you because of a mission she’s carrying out but your sweet nature calls out to her, she’s smitten and can’t help but be a little sidetracked. You make her feel like she’s a normal girl and that’s something she can’t shake off.
“You’re nice.”
Yelena smiles, her gaze on you softening.
“If you knew enough about me, you wouldn’t say that, pretty girl.”
❝ rule number one of bro code states that sisters are completely off-limits, and, y/n, we just pushed that limit. ❞
PAIRING ▸ na jaemin x fem!reader
GENRES ▸ smut, crack, fluff, college au, friends with benefits au
WARNINGS ▸ lots of !! sexual tension !! and jaemin acting like a dick, protective big brother!jaehyun, lots of sneaking around, jaemin calls you princess a lot, teasing, fingering, alcohol consumption, hooking up, thigh riding, smut, oral sex, aftercare
SUMMARY ▸ tired of meaningless hookups and dull parties, na jaemin had always been hesitant to indulge himself. that is, of course, until he met you. however, upon realizing you’re none other than jeong jaehyun’s little sister, jaemin has to keep his relationship with you under wraps to make sure his team captain doesn’t find out.
PLAYLIST ▸ move! by niki • playinwitme by kyle (feat. kehlani)
AUTHOR’S NOTE ▸ thank you so much for all of your love and support !! it’s beyond me & i hope you guys enjoy this ! part of the dunk shot! series but it can be read separately ♡
NA JAEMIN HATED PARTIES.
In the same vein, he hated basketball to an extent. It wasn’t the sport itself that he despised, it was the commitments that followed it. As a vital player on the team, he was obligated to attend every afterparty despite how much he loathed parties. Yet, what he couldn’t stand was being nagged by his teammates, so Jaemin went to the parties. He went to the parties and drank until he was numb and the party was tolerable.
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