It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! Thatâs a big deal! Iâve never thought about it before but now that I have, itâs ridiculous to me that thatâs not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why donât we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!
Itâs July 20th. Thatâs the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. Iâm ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and Iâm going to have a goddamn potluck. Youâre all invited.
PITCH: We call it Moon Day, and then every 7 years when it falls on a Monday, that's an even BIGGER deal and we call that Moon Day Monday and go absolutely apeshit about it (the next Moon Day Monday is in 2026 so we have a couple trial runs first)
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@hollanovmicrofic July Prompt: Babe. @hollanovbingo Prompt: Boston. ~610 words. (This is a standalone AU meet-cute.)
"Hey sexy, can I buy you a drink?"
Shane declines. "Oh, no thank you. I don't really drink."
"Then what's this?"
"It's just ginger ale."
"Oh really?" This jerk doesn't believe him. "Can I sit here?"
"I'd rather you not." Shane says.
"I mean, it's a bar, right? I can sit wherever I want."
"Then why bother asking?" Shane mutters.
"You've got a mouth on you huh?" And suddenly the jerk is grabbing Shane's wrist.
Shane freezes. He doesn't know what to do. He really doesn't want to start a fight. He just wanted to watch the hockey game playing on the bar screens in peace. Then, suddenly, he hears another man's voice from behind him.
"Hey babe, sorry I'm late." Shane turns towards the low, accented voice. The man had curly blonde hair and ocean blue eyes. He's eyeing down the jerk who sat beside Shane and asks, "Everything ok?"
Thankfully, Jerky McJerkface lets go of Shane's wrist. A beat passes and then, impulsively, Shane gives the blonde man a quick peck on the lips.
"Yeah babe, all good. Just tired." Shane says steadily. "Let's go home?"
The blonde man blinks for a moment and says, "Ok."
Shane gets up from his barstool too quickly and wobbles a bit but he feels a hand on his waist helping steady him. Then he's walking towards the door with the blonde man following closely behind him.
When they're outside, they walk side by side in awkward silence for a couple of blocks.
"I'm Ilya."
"Shane." And he lets out a sigh of relief.
"Boston is.. not the safest city in America." Ilya says.
Shane definitely regrets going out by himself in an unfamiliar city he's visiting for work for a couple of nights. But he was feeling wild and impulsive. And he didn't want to stay cooped up in a hotel room after the stressful week he's had.
"Yeah, I noticed." Shane lets out a shaky laugh. They stop walking.
"Thank you for.. what you did back there. You saved me."
"Yes." Ilya smiles at him.
"Well, I should head back to my hotel. It's a couple more blocks from here, I think."
"I could walk with you. If you want." Ilya offers. "Boston remember? May not be safe."
To Shane's own surprise, he agrees. It ended up being a 15 minute walk back to the hotel. That's when he learns that Ilya moved to Boston from Russia a couple of years ago. And that Ilya was pregaming with a friend but he stayed back cause he wanted to watch the rest of the hockey game.
"I was watching the game too." Shane pauses and realizes. "Oh no, you're a Boston fan."
"Yes, I did not see your Metros shirt until I was already your fake boyfriend." Ilya says jokingly. "Maybe, is bad idea to date Montreal fan yes?"
Shane laughs. Maybe he wasn't the only one feeling impulsive that night.
"But maybe, maybe is worth it." Ilya winks at him. Shane is rolling his eyes but he's smiling. They spend the rest of the walk talking puck and chirping each other's teams.
When they get to Shane's hotel, the awkward silence returns but there's something more to it now.
Ilya breaks the ice again. "Good night Shane. Have a safe night."
"You too. Good night Ilya. Thank you again."
Ilya gives him a brief nod and turns back the way they came. He doesn't make it too far before the impulse takes over Shane again.
"Hey Ilya!" Shane running a bit to cut the short distance between them. "Would you.. want to come up?"
It's Ilya's turn to let out a sigh of relief. "Yes."
and if i said that that jeremy trying to yoyo in the scene where he and jean meet is a perfect introduction to his character. because think about it. yoyoing is an activity which many deem childish and useless. that said, it takes a lot of skill and practice to be able to do it well, and it's impressive when someone actually can. yoyoing can be read as a symbol for jeremy's optimism. at first, jean doesn't understand what kevin meant by saying [of the trojans] "their kindness matters." he assumes that jeremy's optimism is the result of naivetĂŠ, and that it is ultimately futile. as jean gets to know jeremy, however, he learns that he has suffered profoundly, and experiences negative emotions as regularly as anyone else. he realizes that jeremy is kind in spite of his sufffering, in spite of his capacity for cruelty, and that it makes a huge difference in the lives of his teammates and loved ones. like yoyoing, this is a difficult skill that jeremy has spent years honing, heedless of those who would dismiss it.
fun behaviors to give dragons that aren't feline/canine based
cause as much as i love dragons purring and roaring i wish there was just more variety in how they would act
clacking their teeth together to show contentedness/happiness (budgies)
using tails as a defensive weapon in a whip like fashion (iguana)
twitching to express that they're not a threat to members of their species (hognose snake)
feeling calm when eyes are hooded/covered (birds of prey)
head bobbing as a threat display (anoles/bearded dragons)
flattening neck or sides to appear bigger (snakes/lizards)
mantling over food to protect it from hatchmates (birds of prey)
wiggling neck as a courting maneuver (budgies)
audibly grinding teeth as a warning (macaques)
maintained eye contact as a challenge (gorillas)
pounding wings against sides as a threat (gorillas)
slapping other dragons with their claws when their personal bubble is invaded (seals)
hoards used as a site to impress mates (birds of paradise)
snorting when undergoing heightened stress (horses)
making repeated loud noises with surroundings to establish territory (woodpeckers)
loud constant arguments with other dragons when roosting (bats)
building lairs that cause a domino effect of change in the land around them (beavers)
slapping their tails against the ground/water as a warning (beavers)
wiggling tail tip to attract prey (various animals)
wiggling tail tip as a warning (snakes)
plucking or scraping off scales as a sign of stress (parrots)
raising spines/frills as a response to danger and carrying on with their usual business as they believe they're protected (lionfish)
and im not saying canine and feline behaviors are wrong or bad to give a dragon (people wouldn't write dragons with those behaviors if they weren't fun in the first place!) but i feel for creatures that are mythological giant winged lizards that you can do more and get experimental with it. often the more unfamiliar behavior the more dragony the dragon feels
Baby crocodilians make laser noises to summon their parents. A long, repeated bout of laser noises is an affiliative call, but chirps with pauses in between is "mom come pick me up I'm scared." (If you ever hear the laser noises in the wild, get away from the water's edge, there are few creatures as scary as a mother crocodilian defending her babies.)
Adult crocodilians hiss and bellow, and when they bellow, there's an infrasonic layer we cannot hear but a rider would feel... and it makes water dance on their backs. They do this in groups during mating season.
Many lizards make a huff sound when they're annoyed. I don't have a video for this one but it's like the audible equivalent of a teenage eye roll.
When the Chihuahuan hook-nosed snake is scared, it farts dramatically.
Not a reptile in the classical sense of the word, but a reptile in the taxonomic one- a parrot's syrinx shriek (the bad noise)
Another terrible bird noise
My favorite "why does it sound like that" bird noise
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@folding-fan Jean has a hard enough time dealing with his teammates' very normal uni student eating habits, so I want him exposed to Andrew. Kevin is already suffering and Jean hasn't had any exposure therapy to him yet
I canât believe when Jean Moreau was 14 he threw his hair into a messy bun and went downstairs just to realize his parents sold him to One Direction to pay their debts ..
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Hollanov lie detector interview where Ilya begs beforehand to be allowed to ask every Rose Landry comparison heâs ever been insecure about, and he totally plays it out like heâs joking (heâs not).
Shane is like no! Itâs embarrassing! And this is public! And you wouldnât make me actually do that to Rose would you? You know the answer, Iâm gay!
Only Rose thinks the whole thing is hilarious and gives Shane the go ahead so thereâs no real reason to resist Ilyaâs begging anymore, still he holds out to the day before the interview.
âFine! Fine! You can ask about Rose, but I get to ask about anything I want too!â And Ilyaâs like yes yes of course my love. His boring Shane would hardly ask anything damning.
Fast forward to the day of the interview Shane is fondly exasperated with Ilyaâs Rose questions, and Ilya is being a cocky bastard so happy with how it played out.
Until they switch sides and Shane breaks out his first question:
âIs it or is it not true that despite famously calling Scott Hunter âa nearly extinct fossilâ you think heâs hot?â The blood drains from Ilyaâs face pretty quickly after that.
âDo you think Hayden Pike is a good hockey player?â
âDo you consider Hayden Pike a close friend?â
âWho do you love more: me or Anya?â
âBesides me who is your favorite teammate?â
He gets so nervous all of his lies get caught, and by the end his asshole reputation is in shambles. Kip takes a video of Scott watching the interview and he laughs so hard he canât even comment. It goes viral.
