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your--isgayrights · 7 months

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Probably a bit silly and you’ve likely answered this before, but do you think you’re going to come back to “at the Very least, the Wall will change?” I’m just getting into ORV and I want to read some fanfic! I promise I am patient but I’m hesitant to start reading something that’s abandoned. I hope this doesn’t come off as disrespectful! I completely understand burnout (med student here hehe) and there’s no shame is shelving a project for a time if it no longer speaks to you. I just wanted to check

You're right that I've answered this before but like it's totally fair to ask me again after how long it's been lol. Bc like I think about this a lot too and thus the answer/feelings I have about it kind of changes?

Like my journey with this fic has kind of been tumultuous because I started it before I had access to ADHD medication and a lot of my life can be divided into the Before times and the like Now Times where my baseline happiness/standard of care of myself is vastly improved. I outlined all of wall fic before publishing the first chapter and then the scenes I wanted to include took up a lot more time to create than I initially thought they would and that like frustration was really harmful to like my sense of being a "writer," I guess?

Sorry, getting into this bc I'm trying to articulate my own feelings to myself, but I'll tldr; it at the end probably.

Like when I first started wall fic it had like a strangle hold on my imagination and was a way I was able to articulate feelings about things in life. Truth is, I'm someone who has called 911 for suicide/self-harm of friends/classmates like 4-5 times before turning 18. There is this feeling of helplessness I always had as a minor that the world was always ending around me but even when I was up till 5 am making sure my friend got to the hospital ok without any way of really knowing except waiting for a text back, I still had to just buck up and go to school the next day. The emotions I have towards these times in my life really latched onto omniscient reader, because the way it discusses suicidal ideation and what can help with it rang really true to me. I love KDJ a lot, part of that is, in my interactions with suicidal ideation, his sense of narrative inevitability really describes the emotions behind it well, the feeling of "this is the only Solution that will Actually work" is sewn into the fabric of the universe as "probability." And I've actually been thinking about that term "probability" a lot lately, and how it relates to ideas about Narratives. We're always estimating the likelihood of future events based on past experiences, calling things "realistic" or not. But the function of this system in my own life has often been to convince myself to 'give up' on certain things, conserve the energy it would take to try them. Sure that has helped me when Ive not had any free time/energy in crunch times or big projects, but when something is actually important, giving up feels like shit to be honest. Which is part of why I really love and kind of idealize this character of Yoo Joonghyuk, someone who 'never gives up.' To me KDJ and yjh in wall fic represent these two radical sides of a spectrum where someone becomes unhappy by giving up caring about everything and someone becomes unhappy by never giving up on anything. KDJ is then sort of this love letter to people who give up on themselves, people who could never imagine living past a certain age and yet somehow implausibly remain. YJH is a love letter to people who have been left behind and are So aware of their choices and their power over situations that they blame themselves for things that were actually out of their control in the first place. It's these two different ways of interacting with helplessness and grief and fear, giving up knowing you never could have made a difference in the first place or being convinced you could always have done Something and blaming yourself for failing, constantly stressing about what you could have done and what you ought to do the next time it happens.

Codifying these themes into Characters is originally this fun way of exploring emotions I have about them and sharing the experience of feeling them with others without having to tear too much of my self a part. I feel like when we're young it feels like a sense of self is something like a wall, an image of ourself that we have Built and must put in work to Maintain from erosion. This sense of self and protection makes us feel distinct from other people, the line we draw where we begin and end in the universe, and they become rules dictating How we will Act and Appear towards others. Drawing these walls and lines is pretty important to KDJ's perspective in wall fic, but i now realize I had sort of started doing to myself? Towards the middle of writing it?

Just because I've been on the Internet so long, I know the sort of "narratives" of being different "kinds of authors" online. Because of this, when I started posting wall fic, something that was of a lot of concern to me was how I appeared as an Author to people reading. I honestly think now that the performance of things I associated with like Being an Author were more sort of motivated by a fear of failure and disappointing others than anything else. It's kind of only been recently that I've realized that I have a choice to do things because I enjoy them instead of the fear of not doing them, which sounds a little crazy/obvious to be honest, but forcing myself to be an honor roll student for like more than a third of my adolescence while completely unmedicated kind of made that sort of intrinsic fear of disappointing others the ole'reliable of Task Motivation. Participating in ORV fandom has sort of been this emotional tight rope walk for me of like. Kind of really desperately desiring validation from others but also being afraid of receiving it bc of like the pressure it then puts on to Keep Doing the thing that Works and otherwise feeling like a Failure. But obviously like creative writing isn't going to have the same like Fear/Urgency factor as life stuff and it shouldn't feel that way, anyway, tbh. I'm kind of having to like. Re-invent the idea of writing being Fun and Relaxing for myself. And the idea that talking to other people on the internet (also like. People in general I still do this at uni even) does not actually have to have like any performative elements or factors of like? Disguise? Because like my sense of self doesn't actually have to be a wall I keep building and have to repatch whenever someone comes along with a pickaxe like my sense of self doesn't actually need a metaphor attached to it because it just is what it is lol. Like whatever I am RN is my "self" and that meaning would only suffer under the restraint of comparison, lol.

It's been easier to like feel normaler/better quicker in like my day to day stuff, but because a lot of the time I spent previously trying to write wall fic lies in that like that brain space where I felt afraid and stressed out etc I think I currently have like an aversion to sitting down with it out of like a fear of returning to that mindset. Because I'm like looking it in the face and such I do have like strategies of getting over it like doing warmups or taking time to make nice writing spaces and having a name to/strategies to access the creative part of my brain, but that stuff takes time and because it's a lot less likely I'll have writing on the brain than go through my every day life like the process of becoming normaler/feeling better goes a lot faster day to day than in my approach to writing.

Because in my brain the progress of wall fic is a sort of gentle curve I've been trying to shape the growth of upwards, I wouldn't say it's abandoned at all. But also like because the next "update" is not really guaranteed and I'm kind of hesitant to force myself to commit to a timeline for finishing/releasing it, I think it makes sense to like hesitate about starting it as a reader? In terms of a sense of completion, the chapters are organized in such a way that each one concerns a sort of complete Section of KDJ's life/relationships, tho. Like, Chapter 1 shows KDJ and YJH's first meeting as kids and establishes the "soulmate" setting. Chapter 2 shows the life KDJ carved himself to thereafter, how he and YJH's paths have diverged, established the stakes of KDJ's current "world" in a way parallel to the first few chapters of wos/orv. Chapter 3 focuses on how the soulmate worldview and KDJ + YJH's characters/past interact with the way they view children/the idea of "childhood/youth." Chapter 4 is meant to show how that worldview encounters adult life/ adult friendships/relationships, but the final part of it is something I'm still working on a bit. The structure is such that I tend to bring the end of the chapter back to a moment of peace/resolution/settling in the "new world" after the events of the chapter and then writing a one sentence cliff hanger about what the next chapter includes. So if you want to give some of it a read but don't want to be left feeling too incomplete, I'd read up till before the last sentence of Chapter 3, tho that's a bit silly, lol.

I will say again and have said before, I don't mind that much getting thoughtful comments/messages like yours at all. Thoughtful in the sense of like, desiring a response from me as a person, I suppose? Towards the start of writing online i really like needed the validation of little comments to feel good about myself/my work, but now I realize that the thing I like actually desire that ao3 comments aren't often a good format for is that I just like talking/discussing these things with other people. Sometimes comments will make me feel more like an unpaid customer service representative getting feedback or a student looking at a quick note on my report card. The kind I like most are messages where people want to ask me questions, argue with me about something, share something of their own interaction with the text that there's room for me to interact back with them as a person. The thing I hate most is feeling like I care too much about something/talk/think too much to the point that people are tired of hearing from me/form a bad opinion of me.

So like typing this all out has actually put myself in the brain space of remembering some of the things I like to write about and feel and how the current part of wall fic explores them. I'm kind of setting up my computer and such to start working on it like rn actually, hopefully the like feelings I'm having towards wall fic won't evaporate when i have to go to my class in 1/2 an hour or when i try to reread some of what I've written so far lol.

TLDR; Wall fic isn't abandoned or on hiatus or anything, but I am super slow about it lol. If you wanna give it a read I recommend stopping before the last sentence of Chapter 3 if you don't want any "cliff hangy" feelings. Questions like yours that ask me to interact with orv/wall fic/related themes do honestly help me start thinking about it again and I'll probably try to work on some of it tonight bc of you so thanks 👍

#long post #wall fic #ask #anonymous #TLDR; Wall fic isn't abandoned or on hiatus or anything #but I am super slow about it lol. If you wanna give it a read I recommend stopping before the last sentence of Chapter 3 if you don't want #any “cliff hangy” feelings.#Questions like yours that ask me to interact with orv/wall fic/related themes do honestly help me start thinking about it again and I'll pr #obably try to work on some of it tonight bc of you so thanks 👍

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daisythornes · 1 month

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plotting and scheming a little goody two shoes au for tbosas 😈

i'm thinking a little something like:

Coryo is a terribly unfortunate poor orphan boy stuck in a cycle of servitude and narrowly-avoided starvation.

He lives in an idyllic Alpine village, but it doesn’t matter to him - not when everyone there treats him like the dirt underneath their boots. Well, not everyone. Beautiful musician extraordinaire Lucy Gray, the snooty but sweet Bergmeister's daughter Clemensia, and of course, the kind-hearted, ever-loyal Preacher's son Sejanus, are quite good to him.

But it’s never been enough for young Coriolanus Snow - on the darkest of nights, it seems nothing but a gilded palace and boundless feasts and an army of servants catering to his every whim will suffice to sate his desires.

Something old and powerful lurks deep in the woods. It can sense the might of Coryo’s greed, and it knows the boy will be ever so easy to bend to its will, just like all the wretched souls that came before him, seeking better than they were dealt at any cost. But is Coryo really willing to follow in their footsteps all the way down the twisted path? Who will he bring along at his side? What will he sacrifice?

#tldr dark fairy tale au of tbosas!#with multishipping/maybe a choose your own adventure (that is. a choose which ship you want) format to mimic the game?#i know i've been working on my prim's hunger games au #but like... im obsessed w this game and it works SO WELL for these characters #i do recommend checking it out if the vibes of this interest you btw #it's fucking HARD but extremely good #tbosas #my fics #snowbaird #snowjanus #snowcote #coryo/clemensia #lgts #btw this is very much a rough draft in early stages #flesh and bones

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everythingshinesunderthesun · 4 months

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I just went on the Cassette Beasts tag and queued up like 10 posts so uh

Sorry about the next few days I guess

#ive been obsessed with this game for a week now #I'll write some more coherent thoughts on it at some point but tldr it's really good and i strongly recommend it #cassette beasts

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klauswalz · 1 year

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#call of the sea #call of the sea game #gamingedit #indiegameedit #indiegamesource #I finished the game yesterday and tldr #it's really pretty game with some good puzzles - the ending felt lackluster but I would recommend this game #the visuals are incredible #**#*call of the sea

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kokoasci · 10 months

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Hello! I think that your art style is beautiful! I was wondering what brush you used for sketching/lineart.

Thank you, have a great day!

this is always funny bc i just use the regular hard airbrush in procreate. like the most basic of the basic airbrushes yep that’s the one 😭

for lineart i just keep the sketch and erase/redraw parts with different line thicknesses and weights using that. same brush 💀 there might be a brush that does it better but idk i like the feeling of being able to control the lineweight instead of thickness relying on pressure

#ask koko #i’ve also tried the jingsketch basics square/rectangle brushes and they are very nice!! but they are very flowy and i prefer to make lines #sharper and blockier so they don’t fit well with my style. but they are very nice overall if that is your preference i highly recommend!! :#btw i also use that airbrush for everything ngl. like apart from flat colors with a textured brush it does. everything else #tldr we stan procreate default hard airbrushes fr 😔✊✊

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headgehug · 1 year

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streetlight manifesto: a comprehensive review*

*of one album

streetlight manifesto (SM) is an American ska band founded in New Jersey in 2002, consisting of several members of other musical collectives, such as Catch 22 and Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution. alright i'm done summarizing their wikipedia page. i just learned those things. let's review the album Somewhere in the Between (2007).

1. We Will Fall Together

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physically impossible to start off stronger than this! the band is made up of so much talent, several members being former orchestra members, etc. WWFT is sort of your summary for the overarching themes of struggling with religion and fear of death.

If you listen to nothing else from this list, listen to this one! the brass is incredibly sexy (I say brass instead of being specific because there's horns, and trombone, and saxophone.. i mean it's kind of everything and i have a hard enough time telling the difference), the bass is simply devious, and the times it focuses on just guitar are so clever.

not to mention the lyrics! this song in particular is a sort of fuck you, when we go down, it'll be together, with those of us we trust and love.

And when we fall we will fall together No one will catch us so we'll catch ourselves

and in the face of a religion that is in practice only violent and threatening, when things seem this hopeless

They're coming after all of us with everything they've got With the fury of a soldier who will answer to his God So how will we fight? All we have is logic and love on our side

anyways! WWFT is simply maddening in its perfection. it's a rally, it's a war cry, it's a warm embrace in the dark. and how could the rest of the album possibly hold a candle to it? (somehow, it can)

2. Down, Down, Down To Mephisto's Cafe

this one starts out as if it's angsty 90s grunge, but oh, this is no Creep, this is no 1979. we're not lamenting loss of belief and alienation here, we're riding a sick bass line down to hell :)

I will say that in an album that is just so fast, the slower start can be a little jarring, but we're early on, and it's for a good cause, so it doesn't particularly bother me! especially not when we have such hard-hitting lyrics such as:

Someone shouted "Everything's for nothing" (Somebody shouted, "All is lost") But I can't buy that nonsense too

Even in the pits of despair, ostracism for one's lack of belief, facing the idea that there is nothing after this life, perhaps, everything is not for nothing.

This is a fun song in the same way Keasby Nights by Catch 22 is a fun song ("My my my how the time does fly when you know you're gonna die by the end of the night!" is so revitalizing to repeat over and over), because that whatever we're all gonna die, let's do a kickflip about it mentality is awesome, but the emphasis on love and kinship and atheistic morality is so, so important also.

Give 'er a listen here

3. Would You Be Impressed?

AGAIN! you would not think things could get any better after those two. Yet the song opens up with a fresh sound, grittier vocals, and a darker tone. the horns in particular are so eerily announcing... something. and with the song's condemnation of apathy, of cruelty and of detachment from the world, judgement day may not be too far off base.

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the song progresses, proclaiming various horrors in the world, from "it's not my fault" to "it's all my fault," the former in protest of responsibility, the latter in stark realization once it's too late. well, that gets pretty dark, but the song itself is absolutely wild.

4. One Foot On the Gas, One Foot in the Grave

well, it was inevitable in an album full of 10s. OFOTG,OFITG is a solid 9 :/ if only because of the slow start, again! if this was your average mid 2000s pop punk/indie rock album, it would be par for the course, but this is ska, and so there's kind of a high demand for your music to be thoroughly adhd.

that being said, we do pick up speed relatively fast, and it's a plucky consideration of questioning one's ingrained beliefs. give it a whirl if you so please

5. Watch it Crash

oh boy, are we back to the 10s. we have some of the most rhythm guitar heavy moments in the intro, and it so suits the desperation and resignation of the lyrics:

It said "We can't just blame it on our mothers Claim everything they did was always wrong" And there ain't no turning back, when our train is off its track And there's nothing we can do but watch it crash

the resounding, nearly ironic cry for "Mercy, mercy me!" paired with this sort of watching it all burn feeling is so real? there's always a cloying desire for the security that religion offers, that there's some force watching out for you. and it can be hard knowing there's not.

but! at least we have watch it crash. listen to it :)

6. Somewhere in the Between

this is THE epitome of that thing that's like, emo/punk/goth is when life sucks and you ___ about it, and ska is off to the side like life sucks but we got a fucking sax solo! doot doot doot

We have an absolutely joyous brass riff throughout this song about how we are all going to die.

Maybe the times we had, they weren’t that bad And everything else was part of our path We sang: “I don’t know where we go from here” This is the anthem, the slogan, the summary of events And we all just idealize the past So you were born, and that was a good day Someday you’ll die, and that is a shame But somewhere in the between was a life of which we all dream And nothing and no one will ever take that away

not only that, but this quivering, sensual instrumental in the middle-- how's that for something amazing in the between? this song is a masterpiece honestly. like-- yeah!

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7. Forty Days

once again-- how could you top SitB? well, with Forty Days. we've got this sultry, swinging riff opening a song about the haunting creep of past sins.

with regards to the vocals, i get a Mad Caddies vibe from this song, just with the way the singers sound. a little rough, discernibly edgy.

These lines are kickers:

What a way to begin, we inherit sin

the christian belief that we inherit sins from our ancestors, and that we are born into a sin that can only be cleansed by belief-- well what if you don't believe?

I've tasted seven sins, so they won't let me in I knock knock knock until my knuckles are bruised and raw Stuck in the middle with my blood in a puddle on the floor We made our beds, we'll judge ourselves

I love this set of lines for its rebellion, the "no one can judge me but me" attitude, the knowledge that one's lust for life will be one's eternal downfall.

What a waste! So many decent people at the gates

and when we all get to heaven- the challenging of traditional religious morality, the idea that a perfectly good person could be turned away for lack of belief.

and then while you contemplate all of this, we have a pleasantly clean but complex guitar solo. anyways, it's a must listen, i think.

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8. The Blonde Lead the Blind

and we're back to cheerful ska riffs :)

this is a fairly stand-alone song, and can be about popular culture leading those who subscribe to it, or about religion and its affect on those who subscribe to it... well i guess they're both fads, aren't they?

the chorus is delightfully rebellious:

Did you lose faith? Yes, I lost faith in the powers that be But in doing so I came across the will to disagree And I gave up, yes I gave up and then I gave in But I take responsibility for every single sin

let's take a moment to wax poetic about the skill of this band, yes? let me be a hater for just a split second and say that it's a little disappointing to hear so much popular music that doesn't ooze musical talent. it absolutely requires technique and expertise far above my comprehension, but i kind of like to just hear a song where i know the people are ridiculously talented... like yeah these guys are Professional Musicians. okay i'm done lol. TBLTB here

9. The Receiving End of it All

i believe this song references the fact that SM was robbed not once, but twice on their tours of Europe... hence "That motherfucker, he took everything we had"... well considering the other lyrics, it's probably not that, but this is a fun and essential SM fact. no, i don't have any others. just preaching for the album lol.

this song stands alone just a bit, in that it's about a failed relationship. it may or may not relate to the themes of religious separation throughout the rest of the album. it does, however, go very hard.

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10. What a Wicked Gang are We

any instrument that can trill is brrrilliant in my book, and this song therefore does not disappoint at all. This is the final track on the album, and holds the position well. it's a biting address towards America as a whole, evidenced by the use of "Tis of Thee" like, as in, "my country".

I mean, in that regard, it's nothing particularly unusual though, just about how the political class is running this country into the ground... pretty standard stuff in the punk sphere?

however, it does wrap the album up quite well. shifting the focus from religion and fear of death towards something that we can control is so smart, relevant in 2007 and unfortunately still relevant now! it's so terribly easy to get depressed in the wake of all this, but do please remember. at least we have killer sax solos.

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to sum it up: yeah good album . i'd say more but tumblr is groaning under the weight of all my links. sure hope this posts.

#Youtube #streetlight manifesto #christ this got really long lol #ska punk #tldr i highly recommend this and ive had it on repeat for. well only weeks but

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lee-hakhyun · 7 months

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Hey lime!! This ask is gonna be sad, just in case you don’t have the spoons for it rn and reading this makes it worse. Take care of yourself!!

I haven’t read the orv side stories yet (because I’m a coward) but I’ve seen some spoilers and it got me thinking.. what if this is about grief and living on with it(for the kcom). The stages of grief. With the side stories ending with acceptance. Knowing that they tried everything and in the end he was still gone.

I desperately don’t want him to be gone. But he has already been reincarnated.. and they are living somewhat happier lives than he had. I feel like I’m being selfish by wanting him to come back.

Just wanted to hear your thoughts on the whole stages of grief thing

so! i had this in my drafts for a while. trying to figure out how to word my thoughts, and maybe think of how things might go. but then the newest chapter came out, and ah! it addressed (part of) this.

they know they can't get all of kim dokja back. and they know that when someone is lost, grief cones through several steps. it's normal for humans to mourn, but eventually they would have to accept that fact and live with their absence.

that is, if they were normal. kim dokja, and kimcom, are not ordinary beings. they were saved over and over, there's no way they can just grieve normally. while acceptance may have been feasible at some point, maybe, it's clearly not the case anymore. in the same way han sooyoung said she'll write for eternity, all of kimcom are willing to be 'characters' for as long as it takes to get him back. they will not be able to move on. maybe that's not healthy, but. that's just how they are.

also, about the fragments. they are collecting the scattered fragments, but only the pieces that haven't been reincarnated into new people yet. <- also kim dokja is kinda. confirmed alive? at least some part of him..? he did leave them a note saying he'll be back (????) anyway they're not like attacking reincarnated kim dokja fragments (as of now) so there's no need to fret over that.

#tldr: kimcom will never be able to move on. how could they‚ after everything kdj has done for them?#my original answer was.. much more negative! but i am fully on the side of a happy ending #i did plan to answer this earlier but i got super sick when i did want to answer it so 😭 at least this latest ch directly mentioned grief #ask #orv side story #orv spoilers #i do recommend reading the side story!! i can't say it's happy but god is it a fun read #side story spoilers

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bananasofthorns · 5 days

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i noticed you’ve been reblogging all for the game stuff recently! i looked into it a bit and saw that it was a book series, but i’m not a huge sports novel fan. i figure i’ll shoot an ask towards you if it’s any good to read if i’m not a diehard sports fan? i’m always looking for new books to read, though!

help. so here's the thing LMAO

I don't think you need to be a sports novel fan to enjoy aftg. it's about a fictional sport called exy, which is kind of like the violent child of hockey and lacrosse.

it is also about the mafia. so. you know

here's the summary of the first book for your consideration:

Neil Josten is the newest addition to the Palmetto State University Exy team. He's short, he's fast, he's got a ton of potential - and he's the runaway son of the murderous crime lord known as The Butcher. Signing a contract with the PSU Foxes is the last thing a guy like Neil should do. The team is high profile and he doesn't need sports crews broadcasting pictures of his face around the nation. His lies will hold up only so long under this kind of scrutiny and the truth will get him killed. But Neil's not the only one with secrets on the team. One of Neil's new teammates is a friend from his old life, and Neil can't walk away from him a second time. Neil has survived the last eight years by running. Maybe he's finally found someone and something worth fighting for.

I do enjoy the series a lot but you absolutely have to know what you're getting into if you want to read it. here's a list of trigger warnings for each book, so take all those into consideration, but if you're fine with reading books that deal with all that, go for it! these books changed my brain chemistry for the better and I mean that completely genuinely

#banana made a post #banana answers things #i did laugh when i read this ask #explaining aftg to outsiders is like. are you prepared to receive information that may baffle and concern you #also i read these books for the first time in middle school #absolutely not the best reading material for a like. 7th or 8th grader. but i think i turned out fine #tldr i would recommend this series but PLEASE know what you're getting into #also the fourth book that just came out. OGHHHHHH #tsc my beloved

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okcoolthanks · 1 month

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GRIPS YOU BY THE SHOULDRS. listen the live action one piece is only 8 episodes. its sosososo good. its sort of cartoony and silly but it is based off of the Silly and Cartoony show so. uhmmm my favorites are buggy (again jeff ward is just. amazing) and koby (who i think u would like a lot). :3

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I waaassssss thinking of getting netflixxxxxxxxxx

#THE CLOWNS NAME IS BUGGY??? THATS AWESOME #okokokokokokokok I’ve listened to your recommendations before and I’m gonna listen to them again #ALSO IN A THING IM WATCHING (jrwi riptide I talk about it a stupid amount and I’m sorry) IS I THINK A LITTLE INSPIRED BY IT? BECAYSE THE #GUYS WATCH ANIME AND THEY ACTUALLY MAKE JOKES ABT THE ANIME IN IT LMAO AND I THIN YOUD LIKE IT #ITS ALSO TOTALLY CHILL ID YOU DOJT WANT TO WATCH IT I TOTALLY GET IT BUT I LOVE JRWI SO MUCH THEYRE AWESOME #TLDR I MIGHT CHECK IT OUT I HAVE TO GET NETFLIX BECAUSE I BET ITS ON THERE #(((((((:

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daz4i · 2 months

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this isn't directed at you i'm asking because i know you use it sometimes but when people say "hope this helps :)" is it supposed to be passive aggressive or am i reading it with too much snark??

not always, but yeah it usually is passive aggressive D: at least when in response to someone saying smth out of pocket, or expressing frustration of some sort

i personally use it sometimes as a joke abt mundane topics too, so that might be the case for others as well, but!! yeah that depends on the topic. if that makes sense. hope that doesn't add to the confusion ajdkflhj

and i'm sure others use it genuinely too 🫡 really a matter of context. if you ask a genuine question and someone replies with a genuine answer and "hope this helps" at the end it's better to assume they mean it genuinely too, to feel better abt it, yknow? 🤔

#. again i hope this didn't just confuse you further ajdkglg i apologize if that's the case 🙏#tldr: well it depends #(but i generally recommend giving ppl the benefit of the doubt rather than assuming malice. at least with strangers online)

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aceoflanterns · 1 year

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byler fic rec week day 2: s5 speculation

day two of @bylerficrecweek babey!!

changing our ways, taking different roads by strangerangels

In the back of his mind, Mike remembers the feeling of him and Will carrying the Unknown Hero Agent Man by his waist to the inside of the van. He remembers the nausea that he shoved back in his throat as he tried to keep pressure on the bullet wound, all while Jonathan and Argyle were yelling at each other, figuring out their next step. He remembers blood on his hands, the look on Will’s face when they both realized he was dead, and the energy that was drained from his toothpick arms while burying the body in that hot and humid junkyard. “I didn’t see where he went. It’s kinda hard to focus on anything else after you’ve been shot at,” Mike answered. He could hear his inner-Hopper groan at the snark of his tone, but Mike couldn’t care less. (Or, the events that transpired following their defeat against Vecna.)

just know that if you hide, it doesn't go away by @fizzseed

Mike doesn’t like this. He doesn’t like this at all. “What’s wrong?” he asks. Will takes a deep breath. “You’re not going to like it,” he says wryly. El’s hand closes around Mike’s wrist, and Will’s eyes flicker quickly to it before he looks back up at them. He glances over to Jonathan, too. Joyce brings her arm up around his shoulders. “I think I know how to get him,” Will says. “Vecna, I mean.” (Mike breaks up with his girlfriend, helps save the world, and comes out. Not necessarily in that order.)

house of memories (promise me a place, baby) by ginily

“Max. Where are we?” He tries again. Still, she sits with her back towards him, unmoving. He doesn’t speak up again. He feels like it might make everything worse, even if he doesn’t know why. The pit of anxiety in his stomach worsens. “We’re not anywhere,” she finally answers. “You are.” (Or, my take on the birthdaygate theory… except it got way out of hand.)

i've just read some of these recently and they're wonderful so please please check them out :) mind the tags, as always, but happy reccing, happy reading, and happy byler fic rec week! <3

#btw if any of these authors are on tumblr (aside from fizzseed) please let me know so i can tag them! <3 #found some of these literally last night don't look at me #however:#they're so good #cannot recommend the last one enough #and the second??? omlll #the first is also lovely i read it a couple months ago atp #tldr check them out ;)#byler #byler fic #bylerficrecweek2023

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lopez-richter-fangirl · 4 months

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Have you seen nightmare time? And if so do you recommend it? I’ve been putting off watching it for a while and just wonder if it’s worth it

Of COURSE I’ve seen nightmare time! I just don’t get what people mean when they say is it worth it. Is it worth it for Lauren and Joey giving some of the best acting performances of all time, absolutely. Is it worth it to expend on the world Nick and Matt have created, for sure. Is it worth it if you’re vehemently opposed to the zoom format, idk. Personally I don’t really get the issue with it but I know a lot of people haven’t watched it for that reason

#tldr i highly recommend!#it’s great #and if more people watch it we have a better chance of getting s3 #which i would LOVE!

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sarioh · 2 years

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im totally a completionist when it comes to watching content but mindcrack is so long that it seems impossible so i need ur expert opinion: do u think someone needs to watch every episode of a mindcrack season to get the full experience, or is watching ur playlist of hand picked videos probably enough??

mindcrack is one of those series that has a lot of famous and iconic episodes but also lots of filler in between so i would say it's DEFINITELY not necessary to watch everything! the playlist i posted is not a good place to start though LMAO it's more like a deep cut of random streams i've been collecting.

if you want to watch a full season i'd say watch season 4. the first episode of that season is one of my favorites ever so if you like that one it'd be a good indicator for whether you will like the rest of the series (heres a clip i posted from it). and then with season 3 you can pick and choose whichever episodes come up in your recommended or which ones have the most views. things like king of the ladder and the trial are famous episodes from that season that you might have heard of that are good to watch! but unless you're an insane completionist like me there's really no need to watch the full thing since it's PRETTY dated and etho spends half the series digging a giant hole LMAO. here's a playlist of season 3 with some of the episodes i personally love to revisit a lot if you want to skip around it ^_^ hope this helps

#tldr; skip around in season 3 and just watch the iconic episodes. season 4 is the best one to watch start to finish #no need to watch season 5 i think.#season 4 is the best season of mindcrack imo. i think it set the tone for hermitcraft and inspired it a lot #etho and bdubs build a nether hub together and an unfinished horse course. etho runs a business. death games. etc #really good season i think it still holds up today #ty for the question i love to give recommendations and i love to talk about mindcrack #i havent rewatched it since 2018 so i feel like its about time now

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Not an Oblivion fan so, can you explain to me what are "the Reclamations"???

it's a pretty in-depth thing in the lore of the elder scrolls itself, so I'll try to condense it as much as I can. there's also this video by FudgeMuppet that explains the religion in itself, would recommend watching it because these guys are Way better at explaining the lore than I am

major spoilers for the plot of Morrowind

the ancestrs of the dark elves took to worshipping the Three Good Daedra of Morrowind, Azura, Mephala and Boethiah. about 3000 years ago, the "fake gods" took over. I won't get into the exact details of how these new gods - Vivec, Sotha Sil and Almalexia - achieved their false godhood, but the three of them became the rulers of Morrowind as the gods that walk among their people, taking the place of the Three Good Daedra. they renamed the Good Daedra 'The Anticipations' to suggest that they were only there until these new "gods" could claim their place and formed the Tribunal Temple. as you can imagine, achieving godhood and replacing your gods is not exactly something one does without a lot of blood on their hands, but their divinity lead their people into a golden age

fast forward to the end of the third era, about 6 years before the events of Oblivion, and the events of the Nerevarine Prophecies take place, blah blah, a saint is reincarnated, more fake divinity fuckery, the Tribunal is less than happy about what happened because the results of these events leads to the destruction of the one thing keeping them divine. it drives Almalexia insane and she kills Sotha Sil, which ends up getting her killed as well, and the god Vivec disappears, too

after all of this mess, the dark elves came back to worshipping the Three Good Daedra, now The Reclamations, after they "reclaimed" their posts as the gods of the dark elf people

I could go into the actual belief systems and what each of the daedra represent (spoilers: they're not Actually good), but I think the main takeaway regarding Dream's past in the au is that him and his family were supporters of the changes in the religious beliefs and system of their country, and he took to worshipping the Daedra rather than continuing worshipping the Tribunal

#asks #oblivion au #I am So sorry if I messed anything up its been a while since Ive played the game #would recommend the video I sent to explain this better Im worried this is a mess #tldr dreamie boy is a fan of the reinstated old religion #as of the tribunal they were turned into saints so the old schooled people wouldnt be mad about them losing their divine status #thenaiads

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sanstropfremir · 1 year

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Have you listened to Ay-Yo or the other new singles part of NCT 127’s repackaged album? I always enjoy diving into your perspective on groups artistic vision! I never really gave them much time but was sucked into their recent music (I think it’s because of Dem Jointz and Kenzie who helped produce some of the album??). The AY MV wasn’t as flashy as 2 Baddies but I do love a cunt moment and Taeyong delivered for me. I am now so curious about NCT!! You’ve mentioned before that they’re one of the backbones of 4th gen. What do you think it is about the group that has established them beyond others? I appreciate that the songs are experimental and unafraid. The music videos always feel like being sucked into an intense video game and I am here for it lol. Thanks for running such a thoughtful blog btw! Most times I feel like I’m in a little island with too many thoughts but it’s always a fun time checking out your posts.

yes! i love ay yo and the new songs on the repack! skyscraper is my fave of the three but i also really dig dj. dem jointz has actually produced quite a few of 127's title tracks, including cherry bomb, punch, kick it, sticker, and some bsides like right now, time lapse, designer, and nct dream's arcade! kenzie has also done a few 127 tracks including limitless, favourite, and several of my all time fave nct songs ok! and music dance.

sm obvs has big three privilege and for a reason, they have a really long history as one of the founding pillars of the industry since they pretty much invented it. bc of the company's status and their consistency with training their idols + the legacy of the popularity of their groups + the quality of their music, any new group that sm debuts automatically garners a lot of attention, both from the gp and from others in the industry. because of that, they tend to be imitated just by nature of having that much publicity, but nct made a splash with weird choreo and ''noise'' music. the seventh sense was a very unusual debut and no one's managed to level up to it since, even if nct wasn't exactly doing anything that new for the era they debuted in. they're spiritually continuing f(x)'s musical legacy, and the weird choreo + acrobatics of late third gen you can see in other groups that debuted in 2016, like knk and sf9. it's just that they had the higher visibility and outlasted a lot of other groups, so the combination of all those factors is what solidified them as being a significant influence on the subsequent generations.

#sm groups are never TOTALLY new. theyre almost always building on a concept taken from another gen and pointing in a different direction #which is how you should build a group tbh #nct is very strange as a kpop group and profoundly underutilized but even the thing theyre known for (units) isnt even unique to them lol #lsm is so desperately chasing after the jpop mega group model even though it very dramatically failed with suju and exo #bc kpop fans are not receptive to altering established group structures #the fact that nobody's left nct yet is a MIRACLE when you look at how how their predecessors fared #but the basis of their success has to do with being from sm specifically #plus theyre all very well trained musicians (not as in playing instruments as in understanding music)#also all the typical things like: good music good concepts and theyre good performers etc etc #and theyve kind of become the epitome of 'good artists pulling off insane/''bad'' music/concepts bc of their skills'#id recommend watching their dingo killing voice bc you can see them absolutely wipe the fucking floor #actually there's also a drunk version of designer that they did and where the rapline totally forgets their verses #(even though they have lyrics in front of them)#i have a TONNE of nct playlists if you want recs they have a huge catalogue and it's so good #kpop questions #nct #nct w #text #answers #the tldr of this is nct is the backbone of 4th gen bc sm knows how to build a group

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