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Post by Shane Micklesen on Nov 20, 2019 19:05:45 GMT -5
The Second Day
Shane couldn't take all the credit for the contests that he had chosen for the Best Couples Contest that he was hosting on his vlog. Most of the things were a hodge podge of other competitions that he had seen. Some took longer than others. Today was the second day and after a good performance in yesterday's 'marriage game' he was feeling good going into the challenges that had been set up. The first one was simple enough, easy to film too, as it just required a person to sit in front of a screen and pick from the options.
He'd had everyone send over one of their spotify playlists, then he'd gotten the assistant, named Julie, that he'd hired for this video in particular - a film major from the Academy that lived in Kansas City who seemed to be very competent and someone he trusted to help him get everything together. This whole series had a lot of preparation that had to be done before hand and he wasn't really able to do much of it because he as going to be a participant. It made him nervous to have so little control over things, although he had given very specific instructions for what he'd want done. In this case, Julie had to use a random number generator to select songs off of the spotify playlist and put together a list of ten from each. Those were then given a random number that she had the key to so that everyone could participate.
The problem, he was finding, while sitting in front of the camera with an ipad featuring the lists of songs was that some songs appeared on multiple playlists. Two of the playlists featured almost all of the same artists, with only two differing, even though the individual songs were different. Those he ruled out immediately as having to belong to Elsie and Chloe, whose taste in music was undeniably an overlap with very little fringe on either side. Obviously, he knew his own off the bat as well and quickly, silently, crossed it off in his mind.
As for Kylee's taste, he found it was harder than he thought to pick out what belonged to his girlfriend. None of her absolute favorites had ended up on the playlist but he narrowed it down between three playlists that most likely belonged to her. The tricky part was that this was a one minute timed challenge too, so he had to make a snap decision.
"Uh, let me think," he said a loud. "It's definitely 1, 3, or 7. Actually, wait, it's not 3. It's 1 or 7."
"You're running out of time," Julie told him in response, not showing any sort of response to his choices. . "I'm gonna go... 7," he decided.
"Final answer?" She wasn't giving anything up as she raised an eyebrow at him. One of the reasons he'd picked her is that she had a good poker face. Now he was wishing she'd had a slightly worse one.
"Final answer," he confirmed. Then stood up and made his way out of the shot because no one was getting the answers to if they were right until everyone had made their guesses, just because it was too hard to keep people from walking by.
Once everyone had made their guesses though he did get the confirmation that he had gotten it correct and he shared a victory kiss with Kylee as they added the points under their name on the white board where the scores were being kept.
Next was a similar kind of test, though that one had a small table full of clothes. Everyone had to bring a shirt that the partner would have to identify as belonging to them. To make things more difficult, he'd asked friends and family who wore sizes that matched any of the participants to give him any shirts that they were planning on donating.
Since he had asked months ago for this he didn't remember what he'd gotten from anyone and he'd always left them in the bags that people gave them to him in. Again, he'd given all of them to Julie, just as everyone had with their own shirts and only she had the answer key. She'd at least sorted them by gender but that was all the help anyone was getting and so as he looked at the fifteen or so shirts in front of him with only two minutes to decide which was Kylee's he found that this was a much trickier challenge than he'd anticipated.
For one thing, Kylee's style wasn't hard into any one stereotype. For another, everyone had been given rules that they couldn't pick something that would super obviously be theirs. Which meant that as he shifted through all the shirts multiple seemed like things that Kylee could have worn and at least two of them seemed to be things that she had actually worn before.
He had two in his hand when time was called and he had to make a split second decision on which he thought actually belonged to his girlfriend. The second he dropped one of them, he realized that it was the one that was actually hers and he was left holding a shirt that he knew before being told did not belong to her.
With a sigh he held it up nonetheless and then dropped it once he was told that he was good to go. At the reveal he wasn't surprised to find that he'd chosen wrong - something that Kylee had fallen into as well since she'd picked Thomas' shirt that Shane had stolen before.
There weren't many couples that scored points in that challenge though; the twin problem ended up taking down Emily, Karen and Kevin. Andrea had picked up Zane's shirt, Chloe had grabbed Karen's, and Thomas had gotten Emily's, but otherwise people failed when the timer went off and they had to make the decision of what belonged to their partner.
The last challenge, at least was one that he felt much more sure about. The hand test, where everyone of the proper gender stood in line holding out their hands and the other person was blindfolded to find their partner by touching their hands only. Julie also had two male friends that would come to fill in the male lineup and even the odds for everyone. There was a time limit on that too, of course, though it was up to five minutes if people needed it. To make things more interesting, he'd suggested that the fastest person would get a bonus point.
Blindly reaching out and grabbing onto someone's hand was stranger than he expected it to be but he leaned into it as he did most things, trying to figure out whose hand he was currently having a hold of. It wasn't Kylee's, that much became obvious after a moment after he tried lacing his fingers through the other person's. "Nope," he said, shaking his head and releasing the hand.
Moving to the next one he felt less sure and frowned as he squeezed her hand in a few different ways. "Maybe?" he decided to move on and keep the second person in mind. Sizing wise it seemed about right anyway and as soft like Kylee's hand.
The third one seemed similar though and he pulled his lips together as he let out a sigh. "God, also maybe," he said and moved on again. The more people he could eliminate right away it would be better.
What he realized as he moved to the fourth option though was that this was not the way that he usually interacted with Kylee's hands. If he could stand next to everyone and take their hand in his he'd immediately be able to know which hand was Kylee's based on how his hand fit in around hers as they were next to each other. This was a whole new way of doing things though. "Um, this is not Kylee, for sure," he decided, feeling what was likely a small writer's callus on one of the fingers of who assumed was probably Emily.
Quickly, he let go and moved on to the fifth person. This hand he could also tell wasn't Kylee's though it took a moment longer and he couldn't say why. "Not Kylee," he voiced, certain despite the unnameable quality that made it so.
But the sixth person had him stumped again because it felt kind of right. Not exactly right, but then, nothing about this felt exactly right. "I can't say for sure," he frowned again. "Okay, so two, three or six. I'm gonna go back. Someone tell me when I'm standing in front of number two."
Letting go of the sixth person he walked blindly back toward where he came until he heard Julie speak up. "Okay, you're in front of the second person."
Reaching again, he took the hand and tried to compare it to the sixth person to figure out which was more Kylee. This hand felt more Kylee, from what he could tell. But he wasn't sure. "This hand is Kylee-like," he commented. "But is it Kylee's?"
Then he dropped the hand and moved to the third person again and picked their hand back up. "Okay, wait. Let's see," he squeezed this hand again and traced his thumb along it. "Also very Kylee-like," he groaned. "Why is one of you a Kylee imposter? I can say now that number six is out of the running. But one of you, number two and number three. One of you is my Kylee and one of you is a fake."
Reaching out he used his other hand to grab the hand of number two and held them both at the same time. "Number two, number three. Number three, number two. Oh which one of you is my Kylee?" he sang to himself loudly and off key. "I've got to make a choice here. That's it, I'll follow my heart. And my heart says... number three. You're Kylee. Number two, you're a fake."
Dramatically, he dropped the hand of number two and brought both of his hands to the third person. "Don't make me look like a dick here on my own show."
"Take off your blindfold, Shane," Julie instructed her voice again holding no indication of if he was right or wrong.
Dropping the hand of who he hoped was Kylee, he took off the blindfold and was thrilled to see Kylee standing directly in front of him. "Yes!" he cheered and pulled his fiancee in for a kiss. After he pulled away he looked to see who the rest of the line up had been.
Chloe stood at the front of the line, with Andrea next, then Kylee, followed by Emily as he'd suspected, then Karen and finally Elsie rounded out the bunch looking very unimpressed at Shane even though he was no longer touching her.
"Andrea, how dare you try and trick me into thinking that you were my beloved," he scolded the vet in training.
She fixed him with a look and then shook her head. "Shane, it's not my fault you don't know your own fiancee's hand from mine."
"I did though! But, you have very similar hands, you should try holding hands and you'd see, your hands are very close in shape and size and texture," he argued. "Doesn't matter. Points for Shane! Add it to the board! We're on our way up."
They were still a little behind as of now, but it didn't matter. He had faith that they could come back and win it all.
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Post by Emily Parker on Dec 13, 2019 19:19:34 GMT -5
Day Two
Emily had known that she and Thomas would be participating in Shane's couple competition from the moment that he floated the idea. She and Thomas were frequent enough guests on the vlogs and series that Shane was making his living with. While she at first was very reluctant to be involved in any way, she'd gotten used to it by now. Really, she wasn't the most interesting of people and she never tried to be more than anything that she was. For some reason, there were a lot of people who seemed to like her. That was what had been strange for her. She'd made her social media private because she did not like when a ton of strangers had started following her and commenting on her things.
That had no stopped comments from pouring in whenever she and Thomas were in videos together and when Shane had announced that the two of them would be participating it hadn't surprised her much that they'd become a favorite to win the whole series. What she'd noticed was that a lot of people tended to think that she and Thomas were a perfect couple, which she didn't think that they were. They were well matched to one another and they did seem to have a natural rhythm that was well suited but she didn't think that they were perfect and she wasn't sure that they'd even win the competition.
Yesterday, they'd come out with the highest amount of points for having their answers matching, but they hadn't had that big of a lead on everyone. Besides, she didn't know what would happen today. Winning wasn't what she was trying to do, she was just going through with Thomas.
The first thing that was to be done was to look over the Spotify playlists people had given over - or an abridged version of it - and find the one that belonged to their partner. As she sat she looked over each of them until she found something that would make her eliminate it as being Thomas'. Her own was easy enough to recognize she felt, and when she did get to one that she felt confident was Thomas' she still continued down to look over the last few to be certain.
"Time," Julie said as a buzzer went off.
"It's number 6," she said, giving a slight smile to Shane's assistant.
"Thank you, Emily." It was a dismissal, so she stood up and got out of the way. There were still other people to finish before the answers would be revealed but she wasn't stressing over it.
When the answers were actually given she found that her instincts were right and was unsurprising that Thomas had also gotten her playlist without any trouble.
Next would be the clothing test, which she was not very certain of. Standing in front of the small table with a pile full of men's shirts, she felt even less certain of what she was doing. Sorting through the shirts took time and she found two shirts that she was certain could be worn by Thomas. The problem was, Shane often stole Thomas' clothes and though she thought she remembered Shane wearing one of them, that didn't mean anything. So she looked between the two, trying to figure out which was actually Thomas' shirt and which was Shane's because she was sure that she'd at least narrowed it down between the two of them.
The buzzer was counting down again as she tried to figure out which she would pick. It went off and she held up one of the shirts, honestly unsure if she'd managed to pick her boyfriend's or his twin's clothing. Watching Kylee go after her, she picked the other shirt and so she figured that at least it was a good sign that both of them had picked different shirts.
As it turned out though, both of them were incorrect and had picked the wrong shirt. Thomas did pick out her shirt though, which was impressive.
"Good job," she complimented him. "There were a lot of shirts there."
"I remembered seeing you in the shirt and you don't have a twin always stealing your clothes," Thomas replied, obviously trying to make her feel better about the fact that she had not gotten his shirt right. He squeezed her hand lightly in a reassuring way.
"Even so," Emily answered, giving him a smile. She didn't mind that she had gotten it wrong.
Then it was time to move to the last challenge of the day. This one made her a bit more nervous. For one thing she didn't like having a lot of physical contact with people she wasn't close to and for another, it just seemed awkward to her to try and find her boyfriend by touch alone. She supposed it was good that Shane hadn't suggested that they do more than touch the other person's hand.
Going through the line, she tried to keep her initial contact just to judge sizing of the hand and eliminate people that way. Moving quickly seemed like the best idea to keep them in mind from person to person. What would be the problem would be when she got to Shane and Thomas. She wasn't sure how to get past that problem yet either.
At the urging of Julie she did start to voice some thoughts. Simply eliminating some people because the sizing wasn't right. Strangely she was left with three people to begin with, but then after going between the first, second, and fourth person she realized that the second wasn't one of the twins. Going back between who she knew had to be Shane and Thomas was a problem and the timing was ticking down. Both felt right, in the only way that they could so she made a choice and picked the fourth person.
"You can take off your blindfold," Julie told her as the timing buzzed off.
Her brown eyes met blue green eyes but not the right ones and she sighed as Shane gave her a cheeky grin. "Well, Emily, I see you're here. Finally willing to admit you've made a mistake and ask me to run off with you? I'll have to say no, of course, because I'm Kylee's now but I would accept hearing you confess your true feelings."
Again Emily gave a sigh as she dropped Shane's hand and looked over to where Thomas was standing at the start of the line and gave him an apologetic look as Shane continued to tease her thoroughly. Well, she supposed this was better than having picked just some other random person in line. Still, it wasn't likely something that she'd live down anytime soon.
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Post by Elsie Hale on Dec 13, 2019 20:07:42 GMT -5
Day Two:
If it weren't for the fact that Shane was offering a $100 prize to the winner of his couples competition video, Elsie might have passed. However, she was fairly confident that she and Kevin would win. Not that anyone else believed that, except maybe Chloe. Still, Shane had put up a poll on his twitter before filming was set to start and the only people who placed lower in the polling than them was Andrea and Zane and that was because only Andrea had ever appeared on the vlog before and she had appeared briefly.
As for herself and Kevin, they'd made occasional appearances but nothing like the rest of the group - save Chloe who wasn't featured near as much as Karen was. Either way, they were underdogs in terms of audience guessing.
After the first episode aired, the trivia competition game from yesterday she thought the tide might shift. She and Kevin had scored only one point different from Thomas and Emily - who had, unsurprisingly, gotten the most answers correct about each other. Shane had been being a dick about it since then though, taunting the two of them although she was trying to ignore him.
Today was a bit of a different set up, which didn't require everyone to be filming most things all at once. It was easier that way, since it allowed her to actually spend some time hanging out with Kevin. They were finally getting to see usage of the spotify playlists that they had sent in to the girl that Shane had hired for this series.
Looking at the different playlists in front of the camera she recognized Chloe's as the second one, surprised but not surprised how many artists were on her own playlist. Then, the fifth one she saw was Kevin's. He wasn't someone who played music all the time, but from car rides with him she recognized the artists that were present here. Just to be sure, she looked through the rest - guessing that it was possible that Thomas had similar taste in music. But no, even though a couple of the artists were found on other playlists she was confident that the fifth one was Kevin's.
"It's number five," she told Julie, the camera operator and general aid for this project.
"You're sure?" Julie asked, in a neutral voice that gave no hint as to what the answer was. It didn't make her second guess herself in the slightest though.
"It's number five," she repeated with a nod and waited until she was given the go ahead to stand up.
No one was given the correct answer officially until everyone had made their guesses and at that point she was proven right. Unsurprisingly, Kevin also got hers right. She was somewhat surprised that Karen had gotten Chloe's correct too, but she was trying to give the other girl more credit as of lately.
While some people made a flashier display of their victory, she only exchanged a look with Kevin that said she was glad that he'd gotten it correct too. Especially considering how many of the artists she'd had in common with Chloe.
Unfortunately, the next challenge of finding his shirt among a pile of other shirts was more difficult than she would have liked. She should have known that Shane would have thrown in shirts that didn't belong to anyone in the group and that was the problem. Quite a few she could set aside because the sizing wasn't right. Then she was down to two that looked to be about the right size. She refrained from holding them up to herself to see where they'd fall because she wasn't about to let the whole world judge her for how frequently she slipped on her boyfriend's shirts when it was too cold to walk around without anything on.
Time was called and she was faced with a decision. She dropped one of the shirts and held the other out to Julie, who nodded and told her she was done. Once more the results were being held but she wasn't sure that she'd done it right. It looked like something that Kevin would wear, but then, he wasn't the most exotic dresser out there.
It made her feel a little better when results were given and she was far from the only one who didn't score a point there, a bit amused to note that everyone dating a twin had picked up the clothing item belonging to the twin and not their partner.
Then came the last challenge, one that she felt extremely confident she was going to do well in. She knew how Kevin's hands felt probably better than most parts of his body. When they were together she often absently found herself playing with his hand, her fingers twining through his own or stroking his palm, whether they were watching a movie or having dinner next to one another it was almost second nature for her hand to find his - often without looking.
Once she was blind folded she waited until she was given the go ahead and then stepped forward until Julie said that she was in the right area. Reaching out, she felt for the first hand and only had to run her fingers along the back of it to know with certainty that this wasn't Kevin. The hand was too small and the fingers too thin.
"No," she shook her head and moved on, going to the next person.
As her fingers moved along the back of this hand she knew it was Kevin's, almost instantly, she recognized how familiar it was. Still she let her thumb run along his palm to be sure, finding the familiar callouses that came from his workout routine. Lazily, she linked her fingers through his and turned toward where Julie's voice had come from. "This is Kevin," she said, certain and firm.
She could hear some shifting around her, possibly people exchanging glances in disbelief.
"Are you sure you don't want to continue down the rest of the line? This is only the second person," Julie said, her voice was boarding on neutral but there was an edge of surprise in it that was hard to hold back.
"Don't need to," Elsie replied, not moving away. There was no way the person whose hand was currently in hers wasn't Kevin.
"Take off your blindfold then, I guess," Julie told her and Elsie could almost hear the shrug that she gave.
Uncovered, her eyes met the extremely familiar green ones she knew would be waiting for her. Kevin gave her a proud little smile and she gave him a half smile back. For a moment it was one of those stange moments that she had with him from time to time where it seemed like the two of them were the only two in the world. Where she felt close enough to him that she didn't doubt at all how much he actually knew her or how close they'd grown.
That was the briefest of moments though and then Shane's voice was tearing her out of it. "What the fuck?" he was exclaiming from his place down the line. "Everyone just saw that was, like, less than one minute right?"
Now she was rolling her eyes as she looked over at her boyfriend's brother. "Shut up, Shane," she commanded, her voice short because he always had to ruin things.
Glancing around though, it was clear to see he wasn't the only one that was surprised. A shared look with Chloe, who was standing back behind the camera, told her that her twin was highly amused at how quickly she'd been able to suss out Kevin from a group without even going through it. Through that same silent conversation she told Chloe not to make a big deal of it. It was nice though, to get the point and to know that she was almost certainly going to bring back the bonus point.
Shane hadn't shut up, he was still exclaiming how weird that had been and asking a loud how it had even happened and wondering if her blind fold hadn't been put on right even though it was the same blind fold that had been used by the guys and they'd tested it on everyone after it was put on. Kevin squeezed her hand though in a comforting manner and she shared a look with him too, one that admitted that she wasn't embarrassed in the slightest about this. It wasn't her fault she knew him. Besides, she wanted that prize.
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Post by Zane Harris on Dec 18, 2019 18:35:28 GMT -5
Day 2:
Zane had agreed to do this video series with Andrea because she had seemed very excited to be a part of them. He wasn't sure that it was that good of an idea, honestly, but he'd decided to go along with it anyway. There were no illusions on his mind that they could be the winners of this contest but that didn't seem to matter to her.
The day prior there had been a sort of answer matching game and they hadn't done too well on them. To be fair, some of the questions weren't things that he thought he should have shared with Andrea nor did he get why other people had shared them with their partners. The answers of things that he felt that he should have known he did know. Points wise though, they weren't too high.
Today was a different set up than yesterday had been, instead of gathering everyone together to do things at once it seemed to be working more of an individual basis. This did allow for a bit more conversation amongst people who weren't busy. Right now he was talking to Kevin, the two of them comparing some recent hospital stories as Andrea listened in and reacted. Kevin's girlfriend, Elsie, was scrolling through her phone not engaging in the conversation though her hand was linked through Kevin's and her head rested against his bicep. Occasionally, he'd see her glance up at him, then around to himself and Andrea before she returned her focus down to her phone.
Andrea had just begun a story about her own clinic experience as a vet when Zane was called in to do the first activity. With a quick squeeze of Andrea's hand, he ducked out of the conversation and headed back over to the filming area. As there was only one chair he took a seat and waited, taking the ipad once it was offered so that he might look over the playlists present.
This was difficult, as, what he found was that he was awful at remembering bands and titles of songs. Most of the playlists looked pretty similar. He didn't even recognize his own right away, but a few songs in realized that it had to be his. After looking at all of them he had one that a few songs at least seemed familiarish.
"Time is up," the young woman named Julie, who was doing most of the filming and the like, said.
"I think it's the third one," he said, not entirely confident in that but since he had to give an answer, he did it.
It had already been explained that there would not be any answers given until everyone had gone, so he'd want back out and waited for Andrea who had been called next. When she came back out she seemed pretty confident that she'd gotten his, and so they chatted for a few more minutes before the answers were revealed. He hadn't gotten Andrea's correct and she seemed a little bummed by that.
He supposed the only thing to do was try harder for the next thing. The problem was, the next thing happened to be standing in front of a table full of women's shirts all pretty much in Andrea's size and try to figure out what shirt belonged to her. Nothing seemed familiar as he sorted through the shirts wondering where all of them had come from. Each one that looked somewhat in her style he'd try to picture her wearing but he couldn't for the life of him figure out what actually belonged to his girlfriend and he somewhat hopelessly held up a shirt when he was told that he had to.
"This one?" It was a question, not a statement but he'd done what he could.
Answer time came again and he was told that he had not picked Andrea's shirt. Somehow she'd picked his. Today was not a good day for him, though Andrea seemed to be doing fine. It was only a stupid video series so he wasn't too upset but he worried that Andrea might read more into it. Especially when she seemed to be up to par.
The last challenge of the day was his only chance to still redeem himself. Unfortunately, it didn't seem like it would be that much easier than anything else that he'd done today. Especially not when Andrea had managed to find him, granted, not as quickly as Elsie had found Kevin but that wasn't a record he was trying to live up to. Having been on the other end of this first might be an advantage, since he'd seen and felt the different strategies that were employed. Personally, he thought that Emily had had the right idea with moving quickly and seeming to just go for a first impression - even if she'd ended up picking Shane instead of Thomas.
So that's what he did, reaching out to envelope the hand of the first person once he was told by Shane that he was at about the right place. He shook his head at the first person, whose hands were too small and moved on to the next. That was tricky, he couldn't rule out right away but he didn't think so. Giving a slight shrug he moved on again, the third person's nails were a bit too long so he shook his head and continued. Four had fingers that were not Andrea's proportion. Another head shake. Now onto five, maybe but he wasn't sure. Then six, he couldn't rule out right away either.
So that left two, five or six. Now he allowed himself to do other things that he'd witnessed, linking his fingers through the young woman's which was strange from this angle , still it did give him the idea that it wasn't entirely wrong. His thumb ran along the palm and tried to feel out where the callouses were. "Not... not Andrea," he frowned after a moment of trying to remember what Andrea's hand felt.
Then it was back to five and the same thing, but he wasn't sure that this wasn't Andrea. Or that it was Andrea. "Back to two."
This hand was very similar to the fifth one, though the nails were slightly different and the callouses as well. He sighed as he tried to concentrate on which was actually belonging to his girlfriend. He didn't feel confident so he decided to go back to the fifth person again, touching the tops of other hands along the way to count himself to the right place.
Letting his fingers run along the hand of the fifth person again, he nodded slightly. "I think this is her," he spoke carefully, then paused for a moment and gave a more decisive nod. "Yes, I'm going to say that this is Andrea."
"Alright man, go ahead then," Shane instructed and Zane pulled his hand away to remove his blindfold.
Somewhat uncertainty he looked toward the person he was standing in front of once it was out of the way and was hugely relieved to see that Andrea was standing in front of him, giving him a happy smile.
"Who?" he looked down to see that the person standing in the second position was Kylee and thought back to when Shane had done this just about fifteen minutes.
"I told you guys!" Shane was exclaiming as he walked out from behind the camera to address it. "Weirdly similar hands! Back me up, Zane."
"I think the footage does that itself," he answered, shaking his head a little not wanting to align himself with Shane even if he was correct.
"Wow, Andrea, your boyfriend is like the least cool person here," Shane complained, frowning in Andrea's direction.
"Well Kevin did leave the room," Karen spoke up.
"Oh fuck off," Elsie threw in her direction at the same time that he heard Chloe sighing.
"I'm willing to make the argument that Zane is less cool than Kevin," Shane was countering and things were dissolving around them.
But Zane's attention was taken back to Andrea as she leaned in to give him a peck. "Guess I should be glad you were able to tell the difference then," she said, somewhat teasing.
"Couldn't fail at every challenge today," he answered dryly, ignoring everything else going on. All and all, he could only be glad he didn't have to deal with this group all the time.
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Post by Karen Parker on Dec 20, 2019 19:28:31 GMT -5
The 2nd Day
Karen was frequently on Shane's vlog. She quite enjoyed it too and the response that she got to it. Her social media had blown up and she couldn't deny that she loved the attention that she had been getting. So when Shane had brought up a sort of competition she had of course known that she was going to be a part of it. Convincing Chloe hadn't been hard to do either, though she hadn't been too sure about their chances of winning.
Chloe had her money on Elsie and Kevin winning it and though even Karen couldn't deny that the couple was very close, but in her own opinion it was obviously Emily and Thomas that were going to win everything. The two of them were so close and she was pretty sure that Emily had even let him read her poetry - something that no one ever got to do.
Yesterday was a good indication to her too that she was right because Emily and Thomas had come out on top of everyone else. Really, she didn't care that she and Chloe weren't going to win - as long as they weren't the worst and as long as they looked cute doing it she didn't care. Today seemed to be focused on activities that didn't require everyone to be in the same place at the same time which meant that she was currently chatting with Shane and Kylee as they weren't needed right now.
Chloe was at her side for now, though she had no doubt that at some point during the day she'd either go over to Elsie alone or want the two of them to be with Kevin and Elsie. It was a fact of life that she had accepted now. Just as she accepted the way that Chloe occasionally looked to see where Elsie was - the two of them always had to know where the other was. It was what it was.
As she was finally called forth for the first test (she and Chloe were last), she checked her face in her phone before taking a seat and adjusting her hair. "Okay, ready," she said, now reaching to take the ipad that Julie was holding on to.
Looking over the options she recognized Chloe's right away. Well, she thought she did and then she reached one that had also her music taste on it and gave a sigh toward the camera. "Unsurprisingly, Elsie and Chloe have very similar playlists," she explained.
Yesterday she had made a comment during the knowledge competition that the two of them operated on the same wave length after saying that it was obvious that Elsie was the first one that Chloe had told about their relationship and that the two of them had probably just looked at each other and said it in that unspoken twin thing they did.
Luckily, of the few differing artists she knew for sure one of them was one that Chloe didn't care for. "Okay, Chloe does not listen to Dylan Myles, so that makes number eight Elsie's and Chloe's is number two." She flashed a confident smile toward the camera.
"Okay, if you're sure," Julie replied.
Karen nodded and then stood up and turned off her mic pack. She moved out of the room before Chloe was made to do the same exercise. As soon as she was done they were all called back in and given the final list of whose playlist was whose as well as the points that were to be awarded. It turned out that she was correct in her logic and she found that Chloe had been right about hers as well. So she, like Shane, gave her girlfriend a kiss.
Then they were dispersed for snacking and other things as the next part of things got set up. It seemed that the male shirts would be searched through first so she and Chloe had more free time that was spent getting some food and then chatting with others, including Andrea, Elsie and Shane at various points until they were called back to try and find the shirts.
Standing in front of the table full of shirts Karen's confidence was shaken a bit. Even so, she went ahead and started to look through once the timer was going, narrating as she did so. "No, no, maybe, maybe, no, no, who the fuck wears this? That's Emily's, no, no," she kept going, making two piles and then going back to the maybe pile. "You know another thing, Chloe and Elsie are always wearing each other's clothes. And I asked who was the one who started the stealing and you know what Chloe said? She came back at me like, 'sometimes we both want something so we just buy one and share instead of buying two'!"
She looked up at the camera and held her hands up, shaking her head and sighing. "Like, how am I supposed to tell which shirt is which when the two of them openly just be buying clothes with the express purpose of each wearing it?" she demanded. Now she had narrowed her pile down to two shirts, each of them for sure having been worn by Chloe. "See this? One of these Elsie turned in and one of these Chloe turned in but fuck if I know which is which."
"You do have to pick one," Julie reminded her.
"Okay, yeah I know that I have to, but like, it's unfair is what I'm saying," Karen explained, holding one shirt up and then the next. "Alright, I guess it's this one. Flip of a coin."
"Final answer?"
"Well, yeah, I have to pick one," she answered.
"You're done then," Julie told her and Karen flipped off her mic before leaving the room, heading back upstairs. This took a bit longer between the people as she imagined that Julie had to mix up the shirts every time. Plus, there was a longer time granted to each person. Shane was using the inbetween times to get some talking heads of people on how they thought they were doing so far, which she was honest about her problem with Chloe's shirt.
It didn't come as a huge surprise when the answers were revealed, and she found out that she'd picked Elsie's shirt. At least Kevin had picked Chloe's so she wasn't going to look worse for comparison. Emily even screwed up and picked Shane's shirt as Kylee did with Thomas'. Everyone failed the twin test, it wasn't just her.
The last test was probably the most difficult. When she was blindfolded and placed in front of a line of the other women there, including Julie she took in a breath and reached out to the first person. Immediately she knew this wasn't the person because their nails were too long. "That's a no," she snorted, let go of the hand and then moved to the next person.
Again the next one had nailed that were short enough but as she traced her fingers along the other woman's, she felt a small callous on one of the fingers that did not belong to Chloe. It was probably Emily's hand. "Nope," she popped the p.
She moved to the next person, whose nails didn't rule them out but the hand itself didn't feel right entirely. It could have been though, so she sighed. "Maybe," she allowed.
The next hand had nails that were short enough and it seemed like it was the right sizing. She wasn't entirely sure that it was Chloe, although the chances were high. "Most likely, so far," she nodded but kept moving.
Instantly, the next person was ruled out by their nails and she shook her head. "That's not her."
"This one is..." she started, feeling that the hand was the right size and shape and was a lot like Chloe's but when she got to the nails they were not short enough. It was probably Elsie, or maybe it was someone else, she didn't know for sure. All she could say was, "Not Chloe."
Having found Elsie she moved back to the fourth person and moved her hand around that one. Once she had, she gave a nod. "This one is Chloe's," she confirmed, turning her head toward the camera.
"If you are sure, take off your blindfold," Shane instructed.
She wasn't nervous as she did what she was told to, finding Chloe standing in front of her and giving a smug smile. "Knew it," she said.
"One would have hoped," Chloe teased her.
"You do have a twin in this line, it is impressive," she countered, leaning forward to give her girlfriend a kiss, not caring about the fact that there were people or cameras looking at them in this moment. It wasn't like she was about to start making out with her.
Chloe was the one to pull away and she simply gave her a slightly indulgent smile. "Sure it is," she answered, her tone saying that she didn't believe her but wasn't about to have this disagreement right now.
Which was fine, she'd take what she could and enjoy it.
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Post by Shane Micklesen on Jul 18, 2020 19:26:01 GMT -5
|Video posted by Shane Micklesen|
Shane, sitting in front of the camera and looking straight on: Hey everyone, I'm really excited to share a project that I've been working on with the group. Starting next week the first episode of the three part series will go up, but until then enjoy this trailer that I put together.
|Video fades into black and suspenseful music starts to play|
|A clip is played on screen, it shows a hallway but is focused on the couple that is standing in it - clearly they are not aware of the fact that they are being filmed. Emily is wiping something off of Thomas' face gently while speaking words that are not able to be heard. Thomas is smiling contentedly at Emily|
WHO
|Another clip is played, this time it's taken in a room and there are multiple people visible on screen. The backs of Thomas and Emily are present but they're blurred slightly and the focus is on Zane who stands with Andrea, she reaches for his hand and he takes it. She turns her head slightly and shoots Zane a smile|
WILL
|Another clip shows Karen placing her hands on either side of Chloe's face and pulling her down for a kiss, the background is unclear|
BE
|A clip shows Elsie standing next to Kevin, neither of them appears to be talking but their hands are intertwined. Suddenly, in unison the two turn their heads toward each other and share a silent look|
THE
|A clip shows Kylee laughing on a couch, her head leaning against Shane's shoulder as he talks. No sound is heard but he's gesturing as Kylee grips to his arm|
BEST?
|A sweeping shot goes from left to right showing each of the couples wearing varying expressions and sitting next to each other in folding chairs. The chairs are coupled but staggered to allow more space on the screen, one partner in each couple appears to be holding a small whiteboard and a dry erase marker|
The Best Couples Challenge: Battle of the Best A three part challenge, coming soon.
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Post by Shane Micklesen on Jul 18, 2020 20:26:17 GMT -5
|A black screen|
NEXT WEEK
Shane, voiceover: One challenge is done but there are still two more to go. Who can prove they know their partner best?
|Exciting music with a suspenseful theme plays in the background|
|Elsie stands in front of Zane, touching is hand with her own. Her eyes are covered with a blindfold and her nose scrunches up slightly|
|Thomas holds an ipad in his hands, the apple logo is blocked out by a 'Shane Nation' paper button - he furrows his brow in concentration|
|Karen stands in front of a pile of shirts, two lay atop the others and she looks at the camera in exasperation, throwing her hands up|
|Kylee holds onto Thomas' hand, her eyes blindfolded as she bites down on her lip, clearly uncertain of herself.|
|Andrea holds the same ipad as later, her finger moves in a swiping down direction. Clearly she is in deep concentration.|
|Shane is quickly sorting through a pile of women's shirts, setting them into two separate piles, he looks frazzled and is muttering to himself|
|Zane is cautiously touching Kylee's hand, his drawn back body language says that he is not comfortable, he's gently shaking his head|
|Chloe has the ipad in her hands, her nose is scrunched up and an eyebrow is high in question as she looks at the screen.|
|Emily is frowning and holding up a shirt as if to see it better, in front of her a table of many other men's shirts sits in a jumble|
|Kevin wraps his hand around Andrea's, blindfold clearly in place and his head tilts slightly to the side.|
|Screen fades to black|
Julie, off screen: Are you sure?
|Close up on Elsie's blindfolded face turned facing the camera| She sounds certain when she speaks: This is Kevin.
|Thomas' face fills the screen, he looks steadily at the camera as the ipad rests in his hands| He gives the slightest smile: I've found Emily's.
|Close up onto Karen, her shoulders are raised as if she's holding something in her hands. Her eyes are wide and her mouth pulls a little off to the side| Her voice sounds somewhat defeated: I guess it's this one.
|Kylee's blindfolded face is turned toward the camera, it's hard to read her whole expression with the cover over her eyes. She is smiling weakly| Her voice comes out clear but not entirely certain: I think this is Shane.
|Andrea is holding an ipad and she looks relaxed, giving a simple nod toward camera| She's certain when she speaks: Yes.
|Shane is blindfolded, the camera is close on his face so it's uncertain who he is facing at the moment. He seems completely unbothered| His tone is somewhat pleading, somewhat teasing: Don't make me look like a dick here on my own show.
|Zane is standing and an edge of fabric is visible in the corner of the shirt. He's looking uncertainly toward the camera.| He sounds as uncertain as he looks: This one?
|A tight shot of Chloe's face is shown, she appears collected and pushes her blonde braid back over her shoulder| Her tone rings of confidence: Yes, that's Karen's.
|Emily is blind folded and looking in the general direction of camera, her mouth is pulled together as she gives a slow nod| Her voice is quiet: I think so.
|Kevin can be seen giving a bit of a shrug as he looks to camera| He doesn't seem certain, but is owning it: I had to make a choice.
|Screen fades to black|
The Best Couples Challenge: Battle of the Best PART 2
|A close up of Shane's profile is on screen, his mouth is hanging open in shock and he turns quickly to face the camera head on with wide eyes| Loudly: What the f-
|The screen abruptly fades to black|
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Post by Shane Micklesen on Jul 18, 2020 20:42:05 GMT -5
Shane, voice over: As we go into our final round, tensions heat up!
|A shot shows Elsie running her fingers through her long, blonde hair, she sighs deeply in frustration at something in front of her.|
|Karen sits down onto the floor, pushing something just off screen away from her and groaning.| Her voice is whining and she refuses to look toward camera: I don't want to do this any more!
|A close up of Emily shows her shaking her head and frowning deeply. Her hand reaches out to grab a hold of Thomas' arm, stopping his motion|
|Kylee is kneeling on the ground, her face is pink and she turns suddenly toward someone off screen.| Her tone is sharp: I need you to stop doing that.
|Andrea is on screen, her mouth is set into a frown and she looks sharply to the side.|
Shane, voice over: Can the couples make it out of this in one piece and prove once and for all who is the best?
|Chloe is seen rolling her eyes and shaking her head, she throws her hands up in apparent exasperation|
|Shane holds his hands out in a surrendering motion in front of him| He speaks defensively: I thought it was a good idea!
|Kevin runs a hand through his short hair, his jaw clenching in apparent frustration|
|Zane gives an unimpressed look directly to the camera, takes a sigh and looks away| He sounds a touch condescending: Well if you'd listened to me before...
|Thomas closes his eyes and shakes his head|
|Fade to black screen|
The Best Couples Challenge: Battle of the Best THE FINAL CHALLENGE
|Fade to black screen|
|A clip of Shane laying on the ground, he's nodding his head back and forth and doesn't seem to be doing anything else| Singing loudly and off key: I wanna be the very best
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Post by Shane Micklesen on Jul 19, 2020 9:14:35 GMT -5
Shane Micklesen @shanenationoff 4:32 pm Excited to share the Best Couples Contest starting tomorrow!
Who is everyone rooting for?
Shaylee can get it @shanesnations 4:33 pm replying to @shanenationoff Come on, we all know that our main couple #shaylee has it in the bag!
thomas' book collection @graygreydiana 4:35pm replying to @shanesnations @shanenationoff that's a weird way to spell #themily who we all know are #couplegoals
doesn't get any gayer @almsttoogay2fun 4:37 replying to @shanenationoff where is the love for our favorite wlw couple?? i don't believe in god but i do believe in @karen4u and @chloeh18
a quiet poet @shemilydreams 4:40 pm replying to @shanenationoff how can the best couple win when u and emily aren't competing together? #shemilyrights
do crimes be gay @mileydearest 5:20 pm replying to @shanenationoff i'lll throw a wild card in cause if they win i want the credit, i'm gonna say elsie and kevin. do they have a ship name yet? #kevsie ? #elsvin ? #kelsie ?
kevinstannation @kevinmnation 5:23 pm replying to @mileydearest @shanenationoff we tend to go with #kelsie around here but even i'm unsure they can take down #themily in this case
happy free confused and bi @tarawegoagain 7:55 pm replying to @shanenationoff i love how absolutely no one has faith in Andrea and her boyfriend 😂😂😂
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Post by Shane Micklesen on Jul 19, 2020 9:57:20 GMT -5
Shane Micklesen @shanenationoff 10:25 am First episode of Best Couples Contest is live! Tune in to see @kyleexxmarie and I start kicking ass youtu.be/X6YIx6-59as
thomas' book collection @graygreydiana 11:15 am replying to @shanenationoff
love how @shanenationoff lives in such denial. we all saw #themily shining out there like we'd know they would
doesn't get any gayer @almsttoogay2fun 11:20 am replying to @shanenationoff did you hear how certain @chloeh18 was in the preview for next week? she and @karen4u are going to make such a comeback next week
karen parker 🏳️🌈 @karen4u 1:25 pm replying to @almsttoogay2fun thank you! at least someone believes in us
doesn't get any gayer @almsttoogay2fun 1:26 pm replying to @karen4u @shanenationoff
you've just made my entire life
Shane Micklesen @shanenationoff 1:27 pm
replying to @karen4u @almsttoogay2fun
if you were a better couple more people would believe in you 🤷🏽♂️
Shaylee can get it @shanesnations 11:22 am replying to @shanenationoff
Ahh you and @kyleexxmarie were so adorable! The looks between the two of you! Your little happy dance at getting stuff right? Her big smile at how cute you were being?
Shane Micklesen @shanenationoff 11:25 am replying to @shanesnations
what can I say? we can't help who we are
kevinstannation @kevinmnation 12:25 pm replying to @shanenationoff
can't believe anyone could focus on anything other than how attractive kevin was today?? and he was scoring points like crazy? we stan a king.
just another hot single in your area @ytvloggerdays 4:45 pm replying to @shanenationoff i'm really intrigued by the blindfolded hand holding next week? i think this will be a downfall for all the twin couples. maybe Andrea and Zane will have an advantage?
Shane Micklesen @shanenationoff 11:55 pm replying to @ytvloggerdays You'd think so, right? 👀 👀 👀
just another hot single in your area @ytvloggerdays 11:57 pm replying to @shanenationoff
oh damn, someone is getting just yeeted under a bus right now.
do crimes be gay @mileydearest 7:20 pm replying to @shanenationoff oh shit #kelsie actually starting off hot! wish i had bet money on it or something cause now i am starting to think they could win it
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Post by Shane Micklesen on Jul 19, 2020 10:37:46 GMT -5
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Post by Shane Micklesen on Jul 19, 2020 11:36:08 GMT -5
Shane Micklesen @shanenationoff 5:44 pm Trailer for the final episode is up now!!
youtu.be/W3Vbz8-34sa
a quiet poet @shemilydreams 5:46 am replying to @shanenationoff i'm just saying that emily would never snap at shane #shemilynation
Shane Micklesen @shanenationoff 5:46 pm replying to @shemilydreams
Yeah... that's not true #emilycanbesomean #whenshewantstobe #butitshardtotakeherseriously
thomas' book collection @graygreydiana 5:47 pm replying to @shanenationoff only @shanenation would make a super charged trailer full of drama and end it with him singing the pokemon theme song
doesn't get any gayer @almsttoogay2fun 5:50 pm replying to @shanenationoff i fully believe @karen4u is too pretty for whatever task @shanenationoff has planned
elsie stop dming me hale @elsieh18 5:52 pm replying to @almsttoogay2fun @shanenationoff does @karen4u pay you to write these things?
doesn't get any gayer @almsttoogay2fun 5:52 pm replying to @elsieh @shanenationoff omfg i wish!!! is that something she'd do? if i could get paid to tweet about @karen4u i'd be in heaven
karen parker 🏳️🌈 @karen4u 5:55 pm replying to @elsieh18 @almsttoogay2fun @shanenationoff
you're just jealous that people love me and the closet thing you have is a kevin stan account 💅
elsie stop dming me hale @elsieh18 5:55 pm replying to @karen4u @almsttoogay2fun @shanenationoff fuck off 🖕
Shaylee can get it @shanesnations 5:48 pm replying to @shanenationoff what?? Shaylee troubles? Why would you do this to us after you gave us such a beautiful episode earlier today? 😭😭
thomas' book collection @graygreydiana 5:47 pm replying to @shanenationoff @shanesnation But there was a song at the end for you, Lisa!
Shaylee can get it @shanesnations 5:48 pm replying to @shanenationoff it was a beautiful song Diana, but my #shaylee feels can't get over the idea that there will be Shaylee problems!
just another hot single in your area @ytvloggerdays 6:03 pm replying to @shanenationoff oh shit things are going down!! I know Zane isn't gonna be talking to Andrea like that. She's too sweet for that!
kevinstannation @kevinmnation 6:04 pm replying to @shanenationoff on one hand, all that drama 😳 on the other hand, kevin's arm muscles 🥴
do crimes be gay @mileydearest 6:17 pm replying to @shanenationoff
notice how neither kevin nor elsie is saying jack shit and doesn't actually look anything other than mildly frustrated?? yeah it's cause whatever is going down they've got this #teamkelsie
happy free confused and bi @tarawegoagain 7:00 pm replying to @shanenationoff i feel like i brought this angst upon myself by asking for the trailer 😬 sorry y'all
Shaylee can get it @shanesnations 7:13 pm replying to @shanenationoff @tarawegoagain I also said that the finale deserved drama but I didn't mean like this! 😭
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Post by Shane Micklesen on Jul 19, 2020 12:28:03 GMT -5
Shane Micklesen @shanenationoff 10:45 am It all comes down to this, the final episode of the Best Couples Challenge is live now! Who will be the victors? youtu.be/X4Bby7-21sa
a quiet poet @shemilydreams 11:17 am replying to @shanenationoff still think that #shemily would have swept everyone #shemilynation #shemilyrights
Shaylee can get it @shanesnations 11:20 am replying to @shanenationoff @shemilydreams it's cute that you think that #shayleereigns #themilyiscute
thomas' book collection @graygreydiana 11:25 am replying to @shanenationoff I really thought that #themily was going to get it but they still finished so strong. we love an emotionally healthy couple <3
doesn't get any gayer @almsttoogay2fun 11:25 am replying to @shanenationoff i don't care what the scoreboard says the gays deserved the win and @karen4u and @chloeh18 were robbed.
karen parker 🏳️🌈 @karen4u 12:55 pm replying to @almsttoogay2fun @shanenationoff we were robbed, like everyone knows that furniture building is not a test of a good couple
elsie stop dming me hale @elsieh18 1:20 pm replying to @karen4u @almsttoogay2fun @shanenationoff 💅 🥇 karen parker 🏳️🌈 @karen4u 1:21 pm replying to @elsieh18 @almsttoogay2fun @shanenationoff
chloe hale 🏳️🌈 @chloeh18 1:30 pm replying to @karen4u @elsieh18 @almsttoogay2fun @shanenationoff
Karen 😒
Shaylee can get it @shanesnations 11:27 am replying to @shanenationoff as Shane said, he and Kylee are the real winners here because they're the cutest #shayleereigns
just another hot single in your area @ytvloggerdays 12:01 pm replying to @shanenationoff anyone else spend the episode like? #andreacandobetter
Shaylee can get it @shanesnations 12:05 pm replying to @shanenationoff @ytvloggerdays
🙏🙏🙏 #dumphim
kevinstannation @kevinmnation 2:24 pm replying to @shanenationoff kevin building furniture isn't content i knew that i needed but i could watch it on repeat forever #thosehandstho
do crimes be gay @mileydearest 3:09 pm replying to @shanenationoff remember when i called the wild card of #kelsie ? and now here we are a winning team
kevinstannation @kevinmnation 3:12 pm replying to @mileydearest @shanenationoff it's what kevin deserves
happy free confused and bi @tarawegoagain 4:15 pm replying to @shanenationoff after seeing the episode i think we don't give @kyleexxmarie enough credit for having to deal with @shanenationoff in stressful situations, girl is a saint
addie m @inkbyaddisonm 5:21 pm replying to @tarawegoagain @shanenationoff kylee needs to be yelling at shane much more often if you ask me.
Shane Micklesen @shanenationoff 5:26 pm replying to @inkbyaddisonm @tarawegoagain We didn't ask you, mom. Also where is @shanesnations to defend me and my singing??
Shaylee can get it @shanesnations 5:26 pm replying to @shanenationoff @tarawegoagain being summoned by @shanenationoff like 💀💀 but more angels got their wings today from your voice! #sorrykyleeitstrue
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Post by Shane Micklesen on Jul 19, 2020 18:55:14 GMT -5
Shane Talking Heads throughout Series:
-Pre-interview- |Shane stands next to Kylee, each of them have mics that are visible on their shirts and they face the camera| Some people might think that I have an unfair advantage going into the series, but I assure you that I do not. Kylee and I are going to win just because we're the best. |He turns to Kylee and presses a kiss on the tip of her nose before turning back to the camera| Watch out world, Shaylee is in the house and we're gonna burn it down! |Beside him Kylee shakes her head and mouths the word 'no'|
-After Kylee has answered his questions- |Shane is standing in the designated interview spot, he looks directly at the camera and seems in good spirits| Listen, I really think that Kylee did the best that she could. She knew a lot, which is all I could want from her. I guess though if we ever want to do another competition I should tell her more about my past relationships, even though it's like, uh they're past for a reason. Now I've got Kylee and it's all good.
-After Shane answers Kylee's questions- |Once again in the interview spot, he is shaking his head|
I thought that she told her best friend about us first. Should have known that it was her mom.
|He frowns then shakes his head again|
No, she loves Anna too. I stand by my answer. It was solid. I didn't do anything wrong. -After the music matching round- |Interview spot. Shane takes a drink out of his water before speaking| Here's the thing, Klee loves a good love song and specifically Love Like This. I saw it on the playlist and it was like, yeah, that's my girl.
-After his shirt round- |While looking at the camera he runs a hand through his hair|
Kylee has a lot of clothes. I have favorites of those clothes.
|He wiggles his eyebrows toward the camera|
Unfortunately for me, none of those favorites were in the pile and my girl Kylee, she's like a model you know? She just looks good in everything. It was hard to narrow it down. -After Kylee's shirt round- |He's already in the process of shrugging when the camera cuts to him| Yeah I've worn Thomas' shirt before. It's a valid loss.
-After trying to pick Kylee's hand- |Shane gestures broadly while speaking, getting a little closer to the camera as he does so|
Kylee and Andrea are hand twins! Seriously! Kylee!
|He looks off screen as he calls for his girlfriend|
Andrea! Show the people your hands! I need them to believe me! -After Kylee picks Thomas' hand- |Shane isn't looking at the camera until a throat clears and then he turns back toward it| Oh, right. Umm turns out Thomas and I are hand twins too! Isn't that wild?
-After Elsie picks Kevin's hand- |A wide eyed, open mouthed Shane is looking at the camera in clear shock|
What the fuck did Elsie do? How the fuck? That was the weirdest goddamn thing I've ever seen in my entire life!
|His hand goes down to hit his knee|
My entire life!! -After Emily picks Shane's hand- |A head tilt toward the camera and a smug look crosses his face| You know, Emily really just can't control her love for me. It's just how it is. She's so attracted that she was just guided to me. |Off screen a question is asked| Pfft, no Kylee picked Thomas because we're hand twins but Emily picked me because it was in her heart of hearts to do so.
-After the furniture building- |Shane is looking sheepish toward the camera as Kylee stands next to him with her arms folded in front of her| It is possible that I got a little distracted... |Kylee turns to look at Shane and opens her mouth to correct him| I just wanted to sing! But it turns out that singing does not build furniture and also I guess instructions are important or something? Who knew?
-While Elsie and Kevin are building their furniture- |A motion camera moves from its position on Elsie handing Kevin a hammer before he asks for it and turns to Shane whose mouth is hanging open. Shane sputters and gestures wildly at the couple, looking between them and the camera and motions for the camera to follow him into the hallway away from where the couple continues to work| Again I ask... what the fuck is going on with them? Are they mind readers? Oh my god... I bet against mind readers.
-Post interview- |Shane sits on a couch next to Kylee, his arm is wrapped around her shoulder and she rests her hand on his thigh| Am I disappointed we didn't win? I mean, sure I am but I think that Kylee and I are the real winners here. You know why? Because we're the cutest and that makes us winners. Also because it's my channel, so I always win in the end. Would I do this again? Yes! I'll kick the mind readers out and then try again. Maybe I'll make one of the competitions couples karaoke, Kylee and I would kill at it. |Beside him Kylee pats Shane's leg softly in what might be a reassuring way|
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Post by Shane Micklesen on Oct 10, 2020 14:18:36 GMT -5
weareshanenation
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Why is this art so beautiful but so hurtful?
#I'm on a rollercoaster of emotion #fanartfriday #shanenation #devoncreates
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[Image Description: A fanart of members of Shane Nation. There is a white background over which the words 'Best Couples Awards Ceremony' are written in black font. A gray tiered set of podiums, like those in the Olympics are present and each step features a couple on it On the highest and middle podium are Elsie and Kevin. Kevin is wearing the blue t-shirt that he wore in the final episode of the competition, blue jeans, and black tennis shoes his short brown hair is styled in a simple fashion, in his left hand he is holding up the bed side table that he and Elsie built in the furniture assembly competition. It is a simple, black, two drawer table that is lifted to be at Kevin's shoulder level. Kevin's face is looking up toward Elsie with a content smile on it. On top of the table Elsie sits with her legs dangling off. Elsie is wearing the purple dress she wore in the final episode and a pair of flip flops, her blonde hair is pulled back in a pony tail. In one hand she holds a plaque that reads 'Best Couple Award' and she is smirking toward the viewer. Her other hand is extended out with her middle finger up.
On the right podium with a number 2 on it, stand Emily and Thomas. Thomas is wearing the blue shirt that Emily incorrectly picked to be his, blue jeans and white tennis shoes, his brown hair is short and out of his face and a closed mouth smile is spread across his lips. In his hands he holds a personal sized white board with the word 'calamari' written in neat writing. Next to him stands Emily in the light pink shirt that Thomas' correctly identified as hers and a beige maxi skirt with tan sandals, her wavy brown hair is loose with pieces falling over her shoulder and she looks forward with a gentle closed mouth smile. Positioned in front of her is also a personal sized whiteboard with the words 'strip steak' written on it.
On the left and lowest podium with a tiny number 3 just visible are Shane and Kylee, both only seen from the side profile. Shane is wearing the red tank top that matches his social media icon, khaki shorts and red high tops, he has a blindfold over his eyes and is holding onto Kylee's hand with his own. There is a speech bubble coming from him that says, 'I really thought we were gonna win this'. Kylee stands with her left hand out, trapped in Shane's hand. She wears a bright pink tank top, jean shorts and a pair of black gladiator sandals her dark brown hair is loose behind her back in soft waves, a smile is visible on her face. END ID]
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