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as a child i never imagined i could afford to own my own copy of the unauthorized autobiography, but i loved poring through it for clues. so i just got a bunch of paper and copied the entire thing, word for word, every template and illustration.
the family tree and the map were my favorite parts to do.
The unauthorized biography is my fave Snicket book <3
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oh my GOD thank you for reminding me of Daughter of Smoke and Bone, its been years and it captivated me so much
HECK yeah, I've reread that series at least three times and I cry every single time. Ziri and [redacted] is one of the few romances I really, seriously get behind. I even cosplayed Liraz one year at a costume banquet—made a whole set of foam wings, drew hash marks on my arms, the whole nine yards. It was awesome, it got a lot of attention, and it gave me a chance to ramble about this series and introduce a whole bunch of people to it. One of the best nights of my life. Here's a crappy picture:
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hero laundry time
dawing based on these emojis
@exnihilo-comic told you I would do it :3
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@exnihilo-etc, I got interested after you enquired about philosophy, so I ran the algorithm on some philosophy pages. Here are 7k pages with 1.2m links between them. It is a little hectic since the visualization algorithm decided to push almost all pages to the edges of the graph.
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@exnihilo-comic yeah, so was......someone with your same name, almost, saying on the original post. I saw the stuff about the time travel and the hobo stuff, I'm delighted it's coming full circle 🤭
I played West of Loathing but not Kingdom!
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🎶✨when u get this, put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. then, if you're comfortable, send this ask/tag 10 of your favourite followers (positivity is cool) 🎶✨
I was tagged a sodali mea @gnostica-et-vetusta
so here are five songs I've been listening to a lot recently and think are very fucking good:
Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) by James
More Like You by Orla Gartland
almost home by mxmtoon
Talk by Hozier
Carry Me Out by Mitski
and now tag time:
@crynwr-drwg @ringwraithmd @leitharstjarna @girlcavalcanti @exnihilo-comic @escapefromthoughts @noctuamagna @eye-of-the-silver-dragon @nekrotikon @blubblesss
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She Living my Failures until I:
A damnatis invenitus
Venae horror oris
A damnatis invenitus
Ave, ave stellar
Orae requiem futurum
Ave, Maria sanctus
Hic tenere ivero sano sangua infans exnihilo
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-boops you on the nose- send this to ten blogs you think are lovely and deserve a boop on the nose 🖤 ~booooop~ <^_^>
@bluethatisred @dragomirkingsman @rattrasha @exnihilo-comic @knifewall @silkysong @patheticpat @itswrenly @beatriceportinari @victor-the-gay-bitch (that's you!)
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okay so. im like. idk ANY music theory. like. at all apart from when i played the piano for a couple years when i was like 7. so. this is definitely the ramblings of a guy who is being very autistic about bug video game. and nothing more. (and also has been done before i am purely doing this for @exnihilo-comic bc they asked me on my thoughts) BUT. i am sooooo fucking insane about the hollow knight ost. (LONGGGG post below the cut)
SO LIKE. theres OBVIOSULY the like. main theme yknow. thats in enter hallownest and the title screen song. the one that goes likeeee errr. (wait i gotta look up smth rq)
OKAY SO THERES THIS. (just taken from here) :
anddd theres this :
WHICH is like. yknow. the whole Big leitmotif of. Everything. BUT. the thing is. i was wondering which songs specifically it is in. bc like. im hoping its not just. hallownest’s motif. and more for smth specifically. BUT YEA. so so far theres obviously the title screen and enter hallownest (which is the trailer music im p sure ?)(ok yea it was the ferocious foes trailer music). BUT. im gonna go thru all the songs n see which ones have this in (i will not be accurate as im going by ear since errrrr. im not the best at reading sheet music)
okay well dirtmouth (taken from here) IMMEDIATELY has the theme in it (with the bit in red missing)
it is clearly slower n in a dif key but like. the same theme
and pretty much most of the melody of dirtmouth is like. essentially this same theme. just a loaddd slower. and in a dif key. im not gonna screenshot each comparison and try to pinpoint each difference bc. like ive said, idk music theory. i just like video game osts.
okay so crossroads is a little more difficult but to me it sounds like it possibly has the same chord progression ? but i may be speaking out my arse so someone who actually knows what theyre talking abt could draw comparisons.
altho i DO want to talk abt the crossroads track. this is the part where i start bullshitting FULLY. so like smth i LOVE abt it is how very drawn out each note is. like it sets the scene of hk PERFECTLY. its like. the track feels a lot more loose ? i suppose ? than the other songs you wouldve heard by now. which ig feels like it rlly shows how sorta. abandoned and like. i mean “forgotten” the “forgotten” crossroads rlly r. like they have no sorta form left but its clear that crossroads was once a place w a lot more life in it besides the handful of npcs u meet there (well like. yknow. uninfected life). but the one thing abt the crossroads track is that it sounds. calm yknow. which does reflect the crossroads compared 2 the other locations. the enemies there r simple enough to defeat and theres plenty of safe spots. its right under dirtmouth so its (before its infected) the safest area a player will explore for a whileeee. anyways ye the crossroads track is cool.
okay w the false knight battle theme i wasnt RLLY gonna say anything abt it BUT. it does actually have the main theme in it.
(link)
sooo yea so far the only connection ive made is Almost Every Song Has This Theme In It.
oh also in the false knight theme there is this ONE bit that sounded a little like the very beginning of the mantis lords theme to me but idk theyre not the CLOSEST just similar.
anyways next song: greenpath. so i THINK its happened again and THE WHOLE BIG LEITMOTIF IS ONCE AGAIN HERE.
like dirtmouth it is slower and in a different key but thats definitely it. which honestly was unexpected i didnt think it was in any area music. so once again, i think this is in literally almost EVERY track so thats making me more wonder abt the tracks its NOT in. but ill come to that later maybe. what i do want to know is if theres anything else in greenpaths track thats in another song. what im thinking is perhaps therell be a similarity between greenpath and hornets battle music ?
okay this sorta call and response thing here is interesting to me because it sounds veryyyy familiar to me. (everytime i have heard it tho it just sounds like either hornets voice at some point or when sly says gibolen mas sooo take this as u will. i am however listening 2 a couple of hornets lines and the closest i think there is is when she says la fe nuva nido or whatever that gibberish is) anyways the call and response interests me.
anyways more abt greenpaths song in general terms, i do love how this one feels a lot more full of life than crossroads, because crossroads felt very barren w the blue and the brick(?) whereas greenpath is full of life, just in the sense of scenery. its (obviously) a lot greener and full of plant life which already feels loads more alive. and the enemies there also arent simply just husks (AND EVIL SAP MONSTERS) theres like. theres moss creatures and fucking squits and those shooty wall things and just a whole lot more life, and that is reflected very well in the track bc it sounds a lot more full and like it has actual emotion. and even the battle theme (like where u fight the moss knight) is a lotttt more emotional and tense than crossroads’ - which feels a lot more like just sorta. primal fear what with a beat that sounds almost like a heartbeat and the repetitive drums. but greenpaths battle theme is a LOT more lively and dance-like and it has DEPTH. idk i thinkkk im rambling a little but i do love greenpaths contrast with crossroads
OKAY. hornets battle theme. smth obviously noticed a lot before is her theme is comprised of only string instruments (yknow bc. shes a spider n uses a needle and will star in SILKsong so like. yeah. string) ONCE AGAIN. the main motif is in this song surprise surprise. (link)
altho smth interesting abt it is how it changes depending on which half of the theme is playing. for the first half the er. whatever u call the top bit i forgot. is playing it (and im prettyyy sure its a violin or viola or smth similar). but then it switches to the er. bottom line. and is played by a perhaps cello ??? smth lower than the first instrument. and different. which i think is a nice little thing AND is similar to the call and response from greenpath.
thats p much all i can say in terms of “technical” stuff BUT. in terms of vibes. I love how perfect this is for hornets fight. it definitely reflects how shes a lot more agile than the false knight and depends less on pure strength and more on her movement in the arena. i love how very fast paced it is AND HOW HAPPY IT IS. it is a VERY happy piece because hornet is ENJOYING HERSELF. bc yes her and ghost r fighting but she never wants to HURT it (even if i DIED to her like. a million times.) and WE never hurt her, we just beat her (and if ur a speedrunner, bully her in a corner) but she laughs during the fight, she has silly little battle cries, shes having a FUN TIME. which is shown in the music bc its CONSISTENTLY HAPPY. also the very sharp and sorta staccato (see i know SOME music terminology) notes throughout r veryyy fitting for the fights pacing and hornets attacks.
Okay this has been sitting in mt drafts for a bit and idk i might rb w add ons but j think i was just on smth else that night bc ive never been like. In the Mindset(tm) to do more of this. Ok. Have fun exnihilo person. Yea.
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Seeing as I was tagged by both @who-is-riley and @exnihilo-comic I figured I should actually get around to this.
So, here are five ten a lot of songs I am listening to often. (in no particular order)
Queen of all Queens by Popol Ace
Thurston Hearts the Who by Bikini Kill
If I Wasn't Shy by They Might Be Giants (listen to every TMBG song. all of them)
Newfound Interest In Connecticut's Album: Tell Me About the Long Dark Path Home
Love Me I'm a Liberal by Mojo Nixon
Wet by Dazey and the Scouts (listen to the whole album - maggot)
Judy Garland by Frog
How I Get Myself Killed by Indigo De Souza
Roses Are Falling by Orville Peck (listen to that whole album - Pony) (also listen to Bronco by Orville Peck) (listen to Orville Peck)
Man Meant to Lose by Dogbite (another whole album to listen to - who's afraid of big)
Honorable Mentions go to -
The White Stripes - Cold Cold Night and Hotel Yorba
Guadalcanal Diary - Where Angels Fear To Tread and 3AM
Daniel Johnston - Casper the Friendly Ghost (any of them, its a recurring theme)
Robert Graettinger - City of Glass (a two movement+ piece)
BANSHEE - FAIRY METAL
Songs in the Key of Z - a four album collection of outsider music
Anna McClellan - Heart of Hearts
illuminati hotties - Pool Hopping
This is a small selection of the top third of my 'liked songs' on spotify. If you want music I got music.
um. I don't know ten people. uh.
@fitruffles @thecookiefaunus @charlottan @skhellaboi @tibbythewizzrd @absolutelyinsanebutitsfine
good enough. go ham
#sometimes indeed#music#popol ace#bikini kill#TMBG#newfound interest in connecticut#Mojo Nixon#dazey and the scouts#frog#indigo de souza#orville peck#dogbite#the white stripes#guadalcanal diary#daniel johnston#robert graettinger#BANSHEE#songs in the key of z#anna mcclellan#illuminati hotties#Im not kidding. I listen to music a lot of the day
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🎶✨when u get this, put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. then, if you're comfortable, send this ask/tag 10 of your favourite followers (positivity is cool) 🎶✨
Tagged by @exnihilo-comic
Devil in a Midnight Mass - Billy Talent
Free - Crush 40
The Pretender - Foo Fighters
Fallen Leaves - Billy Talent
crushcrushcrush - Paramore
@lunaire-moonchild @dragomirkingsman @corin-tuckers-left-one @neas-magical-transgender @rip-rowsdower @b1g-m00n @oleandy @baconfyre @animorphstruther1987 @mumblgrumbl
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i would also like to wish you a very happy birthday :)
TY!!!!! <3
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🎶✨when u get this, put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. then, if you're comfortable, send this ask/tag 10 of your favourite followers (positivity is cool) 🎶✨
Tagged by @exnihilo-comic :3
White Flag // Dido
Angel's Thanatos // Akira Yamaoka
The Killing Moon // Echo and the Bunnymen
Tuhje Dekha To // Lata Mangeshkar
I've Seen Footage // Death Grips
Tagging (no pressure ^^ you can also ask to be removed)
@eggslovemetoo @are-we-really-doing-this @labratgirlz @spiritualinstinct @beastofmoss @nettelz + anyone I might not have tagged :3
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I posted 293 times in 2022
That's 293 more posts than 2021!
138 posts created (47%)
155 posts reblogged (53%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@noctuamagna
@who-is-riley
@auxiliary-riley
@exnihilo-comic
@jassumkiddos
I tagged 158 of my posts in 2022
Only 46% of my posts had no tags
#ex nihilo - 88 posts
#webcomic - 81 posts
#math - 57 posts
#zero - 48 posts
#not a comic - 30 posts
#inktober 2022 - 26 posts
#inktober - 25 posts
#six - 21 posts
#two - 20 posts
#eight - 19 posts
Longest Tag: 119 characters
#i was thinking if i should send a small vid too but lighting struck far away and i was like 'welp too late now anyways'
My Top Posts in 2022:
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hello, zero
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#4
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#3
i drew a little knight on a work whiteboard last week and when i walk by, im reminded its still there and it makes me smile
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#2
side comic: buzzfeed unsolved
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My #1 post of 2022
roots
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Before 11 tonight, it'll hopefully be sooner tomorrow.
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