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originallypoki · 6 months

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Our Flag Means Death S2 Spoilers!

Something people doesn't seem to realize, is that pacing has a key impact to a story. Yes, the tale you want to tell can be the best someone has ever come up with, but if your pacing of it is awful, it pulls the whole story down with it. To rushed pacing? It loses meaning and impact, because there's no time to become attached. To slow paced? It becomes boring and uninteresting, finishing the book, show or movie feels more like a task than actual fun.

The first 4 episodes of season 2 of OFMD were awesome. The pacing was perfect, we had enough time to register what was happening and to sort out our emotions. I was a bit thrown off by ep 5. Because, while still good paced, you can start the see the problems because of the missing 2 eps ( for example the skipped fight, instead choosing to tell, not show. )-

Then episode 6 and 7 happened. And oh boi, I wanted to drop the show, only my love for it keeping me going.

I know that it isn't David Jenkins and the production team's fault, since the 2 episodes got cut, giving us the total of 8. But I can't excuse the decision to cram the plot of 10 eps into 8. If you have so little time left, why don't just cut some 'unimportant' storypoints?

Like Ned Lowe, he was introduced and died in the same episode. His purpose was to give GentleBeard development I know, that still doesn't give him enough importance to let him stay in the shortened version. Just like the second break-up from GentleBeard we got in ep 7.

Instead we got very out-of-character characters, Stede for example. I can see why he acts the way he does in ep 7. It would make sense, had he more time to have proper character development! Instead he feels weird, plus the very very uncomfortable second-hand embarrassment scenes (like the fight with Zheng). And sadly after ep 3, I couldn't feel the same chemistry GentleBeard had in S1. While there were cute scenes, like the end of ep5, I felt like something was missing to make me actually care. It's just my feelings, so not very important, but it was a bit disappointing.

The end of ep 7 gave me hope. Because it was a perfect way to introduce a villain, who's a genuine threat to our heros. And I maybe like Prince Ricky a bit to much. Then ep 8 came crushing down while drowing my love for OFMD, that made me ignore everything wrong with the second half of S2.

I like ep 8, well the first few minutes. It felt like I finally had time to see what's happening and David Jenkins didn't leave us completely clueless. ( Let's ignore the logic holes since it was is a comedy show and they were always there. ) And I was way to busy squieking like a pig of happiness to think critical.

I have many criticism points, but will only focus on one;

Izzy's death. And by god, I. Am. Pissed. Killing a character that is beloved by the fandom isn't the problem. While I love him, he's my favorite, I also love a good ol' angst. But he was in the middle of his redemption arc, and ending this with death is just such weak writing. I have nothing against killing a character off for development. Iron man for example, his whole story is about becoming a better person and jumping over his ego. And it ends just like Izzy in death. But Tony was through his arc, his death was the final, showing he has changed, showing he would do everything to save the universe and more important, the people he loves.

If Izzy died at the start of or before S2 I wouldn't complain, because it would've been perfect for him. Maybe if he died a more impactful death I wouldn't write this. But you can't make a character finally change and then destroy the meaning of it by killing him off in the fucking middle of the change. It would've had so much more impact seeing how he becomes a part of the crew he loathed not even a few weeks ago. Episode 5 did that great, while a bit fast. I like how he and Stede get along. Growing closer. It was a bit too fast paced, and I hoped for them to finally communicate, not talk. The same with Ed, I wanted him and Izzy to finally talk to eachother and not through eachother. However, giving us acutally communication while Izzy's fucking dying is not how you give impact. (And credit where credit's due; I really like that dialog, it was beautiful and the right words choosen to explain how Izzy feels)

Not to forget what a meaning it conveys. Izzy always did what he thought was right, even when it was completely wrong. But when he finally grows and begins to do actually what is right and let's go of Ed, he dies?

Still, I wouldn't say that they shouldn't have done a season 2 at all. It has great potential and I can see what they were going for. So, while it has it's problem's, it's nothing what a good fanfic can't fix. So I look forward to the amazing works that will build up on this hot mess and / or 'correct' it.

So bye, I'll go cry and give the last three episodes of S2 of OFMD, the last 20 minutes of S2 Go treatment T^T (except that GO S2 was fucking fantastic through the whole season)

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avastyetwats · 5 months

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The way Stede looks at Izzy when he comes out dressed and singing is everything to me.

#ofmd #our flag means death #stizzy #gentlehands #stede bonnet #izzy hands #ofmd gifs #rhys darby #con o’neill #the way stede smiles at izzy has me MELTING #he looks at him with such love and adoration it makes my heart so happy #i wish we could've gotten them talking about it. stede complimenting izzy and whatnot #also made this for #izzyeffinhands #<3 #cause they love this scene and so do i and it's so our stizzy #hold me close and hold me fast (stede x izzy)#the polite menace (stede bonnet visage)#the unicorn (izzy hands visage)

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o-wild-west-wind · 8 months

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so after the s2 teaser drop the pirates have been ping-ponging inside my brain for the past few days rapidly enough to reach a boiling point and I think it’s just cooked a theory: the Kiss™ was, for all intents and purposes, a marriage proposal—and Ed’s not raiding weddings just because he feels like the possibility of a future marriage is off the cards, but because he sees himself as, quite literally, having been jilted by a man who just said yes to his proposal.

Prefacing that a) I know the historical context is not (and absolutely should not) be given much weight in this show, and b) I am not a historian (so please correct me if I say anything patently ~falshe~) but that said and with my only qualification as being a Certified Slut for period dramas, I think a case could be made that this show—and Ed specifically—could be assuming an era-specific formula for romance.

While the majority of society was kind of a free-for-all when it came to sex/marriage/etc. in the 18th century, the upper echelons were still bound to a relatively strict level of propriety, as well as transactional views of a relationship; and at the same time, this was a period when the notion of marrying for love was rising in popularity (Stede, of course, is the poster child of someone forced into this contradiction). For the upper classes, you'd be lucky to get a period of courtship before the actual marriage, because if you did, it meant you got a shot at getting to know the person you were going to end up with (and had the potential for love). And—as such—courtship was kind of a thrilling, romantic thing with a few common qualities: it tended to be very public, very loaded & grandiose, and very brief, and even though it didn't have to end in marriage, marriage was always the end goal. You can probably see where I'm going here.

I think it's easy to read the "you wear fine things well" scene as a possible soft-launch of their courtship, and Lucius's nudges solidify it. Courtship was traditionally full of big, romantic gestures—maybe planning treasure hunts and setting ships on fire weren't typical ones, but they sure do count—and as much "getting to know you" as possible. Like dating, it was the time when you'd learn the other person's values, hobbies, preferences, etc., except perhaps to a shallower degree given the typical lack of privacy. If anything, Ed and Stede have a leg up in this respect.

Now, I do think it's a misconception that the majority of marriage proposals in this time happened after, like...3 weeks of knowing each other, but the trope is there for a reason. It was a lot more common for the engagement period to be the time you really got to know each other, and it wasn't abnormal for the engagement to last longer than the actual courtship; a marriage proposal kind of WAS the first truly official step in someone's relationship socially, emotionally, and physically. And while this might not have been true of the rungs of society Ed has been a part of, it definitely would've been true of Stede's.

Now, I don't think Stede is really thinking consciously of all of this during the timeline he's with Ed; he's intent on breaking all the rules he's felt strangled by his whole life. But Ed—he wants all that. He loves the idea of an aristocratic life, but he's also a romantic who wants an aristocratic love. Like how so many of us romanticize Jane Austen novels because it's a world we're so far removed from, Ed probably romanticizes love in Stede's world. He doesn't want the free-for-all he's been living; he loves the thrill of a courtship, of gentlemanly sensibilities, of the metaphorical dance of it all. And when an upper-crust gentleman appears to have initiated this courtship—and when he's being encouraged by everyone (except Izzy, but there's even more romance in rebellion) to reciprocate—he's going to indulge in it with all his heart. He's literally living a romantic novel dream world, and once he's sure of Stede's feelings, he has absolutely no reason not to expect that their trajectory is marriage. Sure, Stede is a pirate now—but he's still a gentleman, and isn't that what being wooed by a gentleman means?

So when they're in a desperate situation and the bar for grand gestures can't go higher, and they experience true privacy for the first time ever, and Stede kisses back, and he says yes to running away together—and Ed even asks for confirmation to make sure it’s all for real—"yes?" "I think so?" "yes!"—that's as good as a vow. That's a promise on par with a proposal. And this is probably when it clicks for Stede, too—he hears Mary's words, "we never would've chosen each other," and suddenly he realizes that he can finally choose love! And so there they are: relationship made official, 1700s style.

Cut to Ed, crashing weddings and stealing little cake toppers in dramatically tragic, anachronistic fashion—because, well...they were supposed to get married, weren't they? Because that's what gentlemen are supposed to do, or so he thought. But in reality, gentlemen aren't romantic; they're just fickle.

And let the divorce arc commence.

#i went for a thesis brainstorming walk and came back with this can i send this to my advisor instead #and apologies if this has been said before and I didn't notice i've been awol from fandom for a while and i miss her sm #also obligatory note that i think Kraken!Ed is 100% Izzy's doing but i do think the sims wedding era is something closer to his true self #and i love him for it <3 #ofmd #ofmd season 2 #ofmd spoilers #ofmd meta #our flag means death #blackbonnet #edward teach

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doctor-mccoys-sanity · 4 months

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#like bro my blog has a massive lighthouse for a reason #i’ve done the destiel meme for like every OFMD big announcement #this… fuck #this feels oddly appropriate #i’m so sad about this but also i hadn’t gotten over Izzy so i was hoping for a good season 3 to see how everyone dealt with season 2 #wtf hbo #hbo #hbo max #fuck hbo #ofmd #our flag means death #destiel meme #destiel i love you meme #i love you meme

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bluebelleisabelle · 4 months

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My 93 year old Korean grandmother just danced the Gangnam Style 💀

#god I love her #this is the same woman that woke up at 2:30 AM this morning to pick up miscellaneous sticks in our front yard T-T #she’s 93 as of the 23rd and still rides her bike every morning and picks up the sticks in our front yard #well actually it’s a tricycle #not because we ask her to #but because she just… is bored and wants things to be clean djdjd #I was baking a pumpkin pie yesterday #and she was taking all the dirty dishes and washing them 💀#and whenever I’d try to be like ‘oh I can do those halmeoni’#my mom would be like ‘no… give her something to do; she’s bored’ T-T #but she loves it I guess #oh also this is her first time spending Christmas with us #so it’s been wonderful <3 #Izzy bitty slice of life

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arsenicflame · 6 months

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Today on songs that have been absolutely consuming me as edizzy:

i debated adding it to my playlist for a while because i thought a song whos main hook is 'You must be a masochist' was a little on the nose but the more i listen to it the more i cannot deny that its them

i wont ramble on about all my thoughts but here are two sections to consider in specific:

So I cut out all the good stuff Yeah, I cut off my foot to spite my leg

obviously also on the nose considering s2, but my specific reading is with Izzy as the foot and Ed as the leg- Ed is doing everything he can to cut Izzy off so he can suffer for it! Izzy's the only one left who cares about him, and he doesnt want that- its so much easier to commit when theres no one there waiting for him. the song revisits this theme later with these lyrics, which only extends the theme:

Because that limb which I have lost It was the only thing holding me up

this song also does one of my most favourite things in songs- where the last section slightly twists earlier lines to change the meaning:

That that is you in front of me And you are back for even more of exactly the same Well, are you a masochist? You love a modern leper on his last leg And you're not ill and I'm not dead Doesn't that make us the perfect pair? You should sit with me and we'll start again And you can tell me all about what you did today

ultimately. Izzy's always gonna love him. hes always going to come back to Ed, whether its good for him or not. theres nothing Ed can do to change that. the only thing he can control is how it goes.

maybe, from that realisation, they can try to start again, just Ed and Izzy this time, and make something new. something thats better.

#also this plays without a redirect my loves <3 #so you can listen in app or wherever while you read along #this is probably the only song with any s2 centricity in my playlist im not fuckin thinking about it <3 #theres like 4 FR songs in this playlist though i think i have a problem #nyxtalks #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd s2 spoilers #izzy hands #israel hands #blackhands #edizzy #honestly most my thoughts on this song are just [gestures frantically at the lyrics] THEM!!! THEM!!!!!!!#i tried to keep this pretty short. i failed ':)#Bandcamp

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soupnwaffles · 7 months

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i don’t know something about izzy whittling toys for whenever he regresses is just so pure.

and he gets frenchie to help him with fabrics so they can have cute costumes and— yeah.

just izzy with his collection of wooden toys and being the happiest boy ever !!

#agere #ofmd agere #fandom agere #age regression #izzy taking care of his other half does something for my heart #also #*softly pushes frenchie/izzy*#i love them immensely #sorry :3 #soup speaks

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treasure-goblin · 2 months

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Love you liitlemoon

...who died? /lh /hj

#love you toooooo #soooo muuuuuch #but also like #what is prompting this hmmmmm??? /lh #reyes #izzy🌺#trippy!!<3 #my sunshine <3 #asks

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erexart · 2 years

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Based on @meowzfordayz’s home at last (home is wherever you are)

Thank you again for writing my request!❤️✨i truly appreciate it!

#also i love the piggyback ride in the story because #in my kny sona’s hc she got injured after the whole muzan battle #so since she cant walk as fast kyojuro would carry her around #hashira retirement shenanigans ensue <3 #even in another timeline kyojuro carries her around XD #thank u thank u thank u <3 #rengoku x reader #rengoku kyojuro #rengoku x y/n #kny oc #fics #kimetsu no yaiba #oc #my art #rengoku x oc #kyo x izzy

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bonyato · 11 months

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my beautiful son who has every wikipedia article memorized.

#in an izzy kinda mood today(<- Experiencing symptoms of withdrawal syndrome cuz theyve been too busy to continue their digiаdventure watch)#digimon #digimon adventure #izzy izumi #koushiro izumi #doodling ur comfort character in a corner of the page during class will do Wonders to ur psyche actually ‚i highly recommend it #kept glancing @ Him in the middle of lecture & getting all smiley abt it <3 peace and love #ALSO THE FLAVOR TEXT READS“n.1 Encarta Kids enjoyer” btw #i wonder how much of an universal experience this is but at least in my case this program formed part of mine #and many other kids' childhoods here in latam ^_^#doodles

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darcyolsson · 2 years

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it’s the mortal cup, jace, not the mortal toilet bowl

#made this today out of boredom i wasnt going to post but might as well #city of bones movie my beloved........#also SO much of this movie is clace dfghkdjk...simon's there sometimes but alec and izzy are there for about 3 scenes #one of which is alec physically assaulting clary for pointing out he's gay. movie alec you are such bad rep i love you xoxo #the mortal instruments #tmi movie #the mortal instruments movie #how the hell do you call this thing #tmi #tsc #op #my edits

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ihonestlydontknowwhattocallthis · 6 months

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This is going to be a bit long so get ready:

Okay so, I’m not someone that cares too much about Izzy dying, I mean I do, but like, he was a great character and all and his arc was great but he wasnt one of my favourites. But I am a little disappointed with the fact that he died after seeing what other people have said about it.

The guy had a lot more he could’ve done in this show, idk what but he had potential to do more in later seasons. But I personally didn’t think that his death was unnecessary, I was talking with my mum about it and she said that she saw it coming, I didn’t see it coming but I knew if any of them were going to die it would be Izzy, as none of the background characters had ‘I’m going to be killed off by the end of the show’ energy.

I’ve seen some people talking about this and I’ve seen them say that they’re leaving the fandom over this and that they’re so angry with David Jenkins for doing this to them. But like, don’t be angry with David I don’t think it’s his fault. Like the whole thing with Neil gaiman and the ending of good omens he did on purpose and it was also passed off as a joke (the threats and all that) but people are actually really mad at David because of a character being killed.

Also, if people start leaving the fandom because of this, there’s a chance we might not get season 3, and they worked hard for this show and I also don’t think I can survive if it just ends there, like I know it was a happy (sort of) ending but I need to know what happens next!!

Maybe izzy’ll come back to life through buttons bird magic or necromancy or something. I mean we’ve already seen sea witches in this show so I guess it’s could be possible (I doubt they’ll do that though)

#ofmd #ofmd season 2 #ofmd season 2 spoliers #ofmd Izzy #ofmd buttons #ofmd season finale #ofmd spoilers #they probably could’ve done a better funeral for him as well #also whoever picked the song in the background I want to shake their hand cause that sorta shit makes you feel something #idk man I love when music pairs with scenes and creates a feeling #anyways #he did deserve better ngl #but please don’t blame David for this #idk what else to put here #idk man maybe I’m just writing this to cope #I think I might die if I don’t get a season 3 if I’m honest #I need more character backstories #like Frenchie and roach and that #WHATS THEIR DEAL! I can’t just go through your life with that knocking around my brain!#oh and like #renew as a crew #also I need wee john setting stuff on fire while dressed in drag #cause he never got to set anything on fire and I think that’s a missed opportunity #so please. we need another season

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olivia-anderson-fanfic · 11 months

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WIP ask game

No one tagged me but I have a bunch of dumb names for my WIPs and it's a crime not to share them

So, rules:

Post the names of the files of your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you asks with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it. If you want, tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Some of these are future chaps, some are fics I have already posted a few chapters for. Your guess is as good as mine for some of these.

Help my brain is rotting/These are MY trials and I am failing (Maribat)

Electric boogaloo (Maribat)

Espresso the Depresso (Maribat)

Projecting onto Tim even more than usual (DC)

What if Mari was aroace in this wouldn't that be funny (Maribat)

Flipflopswipswap (Maribat)

Is this actually even fanfic at this point (Maribat)

Sometimes things don't go as planned :) (TWST)

Fictional gods should always be evil and in this essay I will - (MLB)

All this in wonderland? (Maribat)

If you say depression in a french accent it sounds fancy (Maribat)

Finally caving to the BuzzFeed Unsolved AU (Maribat)

HELLo (TWST)

Fae-ke ass bitch (DC)

Baby baby baby noooooo (TWST)

Plot hard. Shenanigans time........ jk there is also plot (Maribat)

Fantasy aus are my lifeblood (Maribat)

I will not analyze why I have so many stockholm aus (MLB)

Tagging @boldlyanxious and @izanae because they are very beloved.

#ask game #my wips #wip #writing #fanfiction #yea im not tagging that many people #i dont know 17 people let alone well enough to do this to them #izzy and bold however are free game #they love me too much to drop me <3 #also we r married they cant give me back

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frankensaint · 2 years

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I’m obsessed with Alma Bonnet, pirate jr. She decides in favor of a pirate ship instead of finishing school

#ofmd #our flag means death #alma bonnet #stede bonnet #Izzy hands #Edward teach #jim jimenez #🪦#did they have finishing schools in the 1700s? idk #anyway. she becomes a pirate in training at 16 and gets cool tattoos and cuts her hair #she also becomes a master swordfighter and loves the crew of the revenge #also she’s a lesbian and gets a pirate gf <3 #this kid had what. 4 lines.#whatever I see a kid that has Weird Girl Energy and I simply MUST give her a weapon #the crew are all uncles to her. even Izzy #he’s just happy that Alma is more pirate than Stede #my art #alma bonnet; pirate in training

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sunnibits · 2 years

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I hope izzy continues to be a selfish fucked up masochistic mean freak in s2 of ofmd btw. like obviously I enjoy a good domesticated izzy as much as the next guy but I truly do not want them to go immediately into a soft uwu baby arc I desperately need more content of him being messy and violent and jagged thank you <3

I may draw and engage with a lot of silly and fluffy content about him but I can’t forget the fact that the scene that really made me interested in him was the toe scene. like that was the hook for me!! I genuinely want to see more crazy shit like that from him!!! like I do enjoy him when he’s complicated and bad actually hope this helps :)

#this isn’t like a dig against anyone else I prommy I’ve just been thinking about this a lot lately #like I do think soft izzy is my end goal of course but I would genuinely be disappointed if I didn’t get more fucked up bloody scenes #the fact that he is a selfish freak with acts of violence as his love language is important to me!!!!#it’s the whole fucking thing that made me want to dissect him in the first place!!!!#like he should do more desperate bad shit to try and get ed back actually. I would like to see it #he should sustain even more horrific injuries <3 #not because he DESERVES it but because it’s INTERESTING it’s INTRUIGING #I LIKE it #if I wanted a soft lil meow meow I would have fixated on another guy lmao #if u disagree with me just move on it’s ok we don’t need to have a Discussion #I respect yalls opinions I just like when he’s nasty as much as I like him being soft and tender #and also I do not actually think the writers would go straight for an uwu baby arc anyways lmao I’m not actually scared of that #I trust David and I’m rlly excited to see what they do w izzy in season 2 no matter what :))) I hope it’s twisted actually #I really really REALLY hope we get some tasty scrumptious fucked up shit I’m crossing my fingers 🤞

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arsenicflame · 7 months

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i think my edizzy playlist is finally in a state im willing to share it in! you can find it here :)

its mostly divorce era/jilted wife izzy vibes but theres a few other things in there also!

im def still tweaking and adding so if anyone has any feedback on any songs in the playlist id love to hear it! if you would like me to explain why a song is on there i ABSOLUTELY will so many of these i would die on a hill over

theres also a companion playlist for songs that just have one line that is SO them i had to save them somewhere

#this is my music taste core btw. i have taken no feedback from any other blackhands playlist djdjdndm #i will take suggestions from beloved friends tho <3 #if you have a song you would die on a hill over i am SO DOWN to know #i just love music. so much #nyxtalks #blackhands #edizzy #izzy hands #israel hands #ofmd #not putting this in ed tags bc i feel like id get raked over the coals with how the fandom is rn :') im just a silly little guy!#theres probably still some things i need to take out from my unhinged adding spree but like. at this point i know it so well i dont notice #also you get them as links because tumblrs spotify widgets are my enemy and i refuse to use them

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