video posted by @ruffboi

[ohhmrburnsides]

[ The video shows a largeish well-lit room, the back wall made up entirely of mirrors, with three narrow poles set up in the middle of the room. It begins shakily, in medias res, a minute or so into Nicki Minaj's inimitable Anaconda. On the poles are none other than Taako, Lup, and Cisco, each performing some variation of pole dancing. It is clear that they have been practicing for a little while... but not all that long. They are clumsy, to varying degrees. Each of them is wearing some kind of festive and 80's outfit, extremely neon and extremely tacky. They don't seem particularly aware of being filmed, concentrating instead on their dances, singing along in some parts, and doing quite a great deal more hair flipping than is strictly necessary. There's an occasional glance of Magnus himself in the mirror, recording all of it on his phone. They are doing their best, but there are moments of clumsiness and laughter. At the end of the song, Lup does a dead drop that is taking the word 'dead' way more seriously than anyone ever intended. Her body drops to the floor with a loud THUD and her lich form raises out of it, concluding the whole video with a spectacular dab that sends Magnus into loud, booming fits of laughter as the camera jostles and the video cuts out.

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oh my god lucretia PLEASE watch this

[ ... This clearly wasn't meant for the network. Whoops. ]

Comments

text; @altin

[bringbackgold]

Ah...

@fromtv

[spellslots]

Use your words, pumpkin

[bringbackgold]

Don't quit your day jobs.

[franciscoramon]

wow dude
harsh

[bringbackgold]

Only honest.

I have seen some great pole dancing.

[franciscoramon]

yeah well i've seen some dudes who can really pull off an undercut but you don't see me offering up unsolicited commentary now do you

[bringbackgold]

This was solicited. It was publicly posted on a network.

[franciscoramon]

kinda obvious magnus didn't mean to post it publicly but
thank god he did
and thank god you were around to swoop in and set us straight
what would we ever have done without you and your honesty

[bringbackgold]

I would reconsider a friendship with someone who records me trying something like this and sends it to random people.

[franciscoramon]

whoa
ok hold up there
what the fuck????
i mean are you for real right now?
yeah i'm gonna need you to not start talking shit on magnus or this is gonna get actually ugly

[bringbackgold]

I would be really upset if I were you if a friend did this to me.

That's all.

[franciscoramon]

good for you

anyways shoutout to my dude magnus, i love you even if you press the wrong buttons sometimes

[ohhmrburnsides]

bro...

private to cisco.

[bringbackgold]

Sorry. Didn't want to offend you, but clearly my comment was taken differently than intended.

I did want to talk to you. And Eddie. But since you're here. I'll talk to you.

I know you're important to Yuri.

[franciscoramon]

[ Well that's maybe halfway to an apology, if a bit on the "I'm sorry if you felt offended" side of things. Cisco sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose. ]

well a good pro tip would be:
you can insult me all you want, i can take it
but don't talk crap about my friends
i'm pretty sure nobody on earth or any other planet likes that very much

[ But Cisco's always been a soft touch and never good at staying angry for long. Besides, he knows Otabek means a lot to Yuri, so... ]

look, it's fine okay
don't worry about it
i forgive you

but whatever it is you wanna talk about
unless it's like super urgent
how 'bout you message me tomorrow when i'm not doing damage control on this whole video thing?

[ohhmrburnsides]

🍿🤭

[spellslots]

Quick question do you usually go into beginner classes and tell people they're not as good as professionals or are we like, special?

[bringbackgold]

Only if they ask me to spit it out - or use my words.

[spellslots]

I mean, you didn't have to respond at all if you weren't into it, that's all on you, buddy

[bringbackgold]

I'd rather be honest. It isn't like dancing is my thing, either.

[spellslots]

One day all those assholes who use 'I was just being honest' as an excuse for being dicks are gonna realize that literally no one is buying it, but enjoy your blissful ignorance until then

[bringbackgold]

I'm not saying it to be a dick. This was embarrassing and I am embarrassed for you.

[spellslots]

lmao holy shit, my dude, you can take your embarrassment and choke on it 🤷 we look great, we had fun, I'm sorry that it wasn't up to the standards of some random asshole

[He doesn't give a single fuck about anyone else's opinion, but he knows Cisco has a whole lot less confidence and he's not into people shitting on that.]

[bringbackgold]

Well, at least you had fun.

[spellslots]

Sorry was I not clear enough? You can go away now, no one cares about your shitty opinions