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dontbotherwiththepronunciation · 11 months

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Cersei! Or Jaime/Cersei!

CERSEI MY LOVE. Oh, with her I feel like I'm allowed to make this a shitpost. This will be ridiculous but I'll have fun

Cersei

Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan

You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns When they all come down and did tricks for you You never understood that it ain't no good You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat Ain't it hard when you discover that He really wasn't where it's at After he took from you everything he could steal.

Bitch by Meredith Brooks

So take me as I am This may mean you'll have to be a stronger man Rest assured that when I start to make you nervous And I'm going to extremes Tomorrow I will change And today won't mean a thing I'm a bitch I'm a lover I'm a child I'm a mother I'm a sinner I'm a saint I do not feel ashamed I'm your hell I'm your dream I'm nothing in between You know you wouldn't want it any other way

What You Waiting For? by Gwen Stefani

Like an echo pedal, you're repeating yourself You know it all by heart Why are you standing in one place? (Uh-huh) Born to blossom, bloom to perish Your moment will run out 'cause of your sex chromosome I know it's so messed up how our society all thinks (for sure) Life is short, you're capable (uh-huh) Oh, oh-oh Look at your watch now You're still a super hot female You got your million dollar contract And they're all waiting for your hot track

Fucked My Way Up To The Top by Lana del Rey

I'm a dragon lion, you're a whore Don't even know what you're good for Mimicking me is a fucking bore To me, but babe Lay me down tonight In my diamonds and pearls Tell me something nice About your favorite girl

King by Florence + the Machine

But a woman is a changeling, always shifting shape Just when you think you have it figured out Something new begins to take What strange claws are these scratching at my skin? I never knew my killer would be coming from within I am no mother, I am no bride, I am king I am no mother, I am no bride, I am king

Jaime x Cersei

Gold Dust Woman by Fleetwood Mac

Rock on, ancient queen Follow those who pale in your shadow Rulers make bad lovers You better put your kingdom up for sale, up for sale Well, did she make you cry? Make you break down? Shatter your illusions of love? Well, is it over now? Do you know how? Pick up the pieces and go home

The Lion's Roar by First Aid Kit

But don't you come here and say I didn't warn you About the way your world can alter And oh how you try to command it all still Every single time it all shifts one way or the other And I'm a goddamn coward, but then again so are you And the lion's roar, the lion's roar Has me evading and hollering for you And I never really knew what to do

Michelle/La Femme Michelle by Sir Chloe

Fun enough there are two versions of this song. I like to believe the first one is Jaime struggling but the second one is him coming to terms with who Cersei really is.

Walk in the room Watching you smoke I'm such a fool Take off your coat You know just how to be cruel When you shake your hips that way I don't care what you say Michelle Michelle You are a monster from Hell

Yes by Coldplay

(Shut up. I don't care. I pretended not to like that band for years because of the implications. I like their old stuff.)

When it started, we had high hopes Now my back's on the line, my back's on the ropes When it started, we were alright But night makes a fool of us in the daylight There we were dying of frustration Singing, "Lord, lead me not into temptation" But it's not easy when she turns you on

Ready To Let Go by Cage The Elephant

Sun went down, sun went down over Pompeii On both sides the vow was broken Oh my my, I'm the one Trying to hide this damage done One day, all our secrets will be spoken As we slow dance, I became your statue, frozen 'Times I wonder, are we just a puff of smoke? Yeah Underneath this bed of ashes Still withholding everything Like we were never close

#theostrichsdaughter #Hey just be happy I didn't add Blonde Bad and Beautiful to this #speaking #cersei x jaime #cersei lannister

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witch-of-the-west-country · 1 year

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8. movies or tv shows?

9. favorite smell in the summer?

19. sleeping position?

23. strange habits?

28. five songs to describe you?

8: Very much depends on what I'm binging. I will binge watch a series obsessively until it ends, then rely on movies to keep me going until I find something else to obsess on

9: Not fresh mown grass. I actually don't like that. But where I live people dry their laundry outside when it's sunny and its nice to get a whiff of their detergent in the breeze. I just imagine people being really happy at being able to dry their laundry for free by nature

19: Side sleeper. I start off on my left side and will flip to the right if I can't sleep. It feels like a reward. I have a pillow between my knees and a pillow to cuddle. I can't sleep without either.

23: Nothing strange. But stuff I do. If I drop something I will tell it to fuck off before picking it up. I talk to my dog as if he can understand me, and try to reason with him, and apologise if I've said anything out of line. I sing songs with wrong lyrics to make them funny. I've been known to bite people too, but I've mostly cured myself of that after about 30 years. I will hit the snooze button as many times as feels necessary, depending on the situation. Won't drink alcohol before 7.30pm because that used to be my kids' bedtime.

28: Bitch by Meredith Brooks; Girl, God, Gun by Gen and the Degenerates; Waking Up by Elastica; Raise Your Glass by Pink; Reach Out I'll Be There by the Four Tops

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artcalledtheewhip · 9 months

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Hey Dad Walkina UR Walk kin ahh Hey Father walking with a close leash & fluorescent shirt Rabia - NonPoint Thayya Thayya - Sukhwinder Singh Viciously try loving exit enter exit walk around Hats Off To The Bull - Chevelle Welcome To This World - Primus Did the wifey wear too much rouge Walk that dad, where’s the dog I only see a cat Undead - Hollywood Undead Shiny Guns - Le Disko On’z parade On’z parade Your daddy took you on trip Walk the Casey’s, if friends were around Look down look down Magic Man - Heart You Spin Me ‘Round - Dope Pulling up in an heep automobile Scratches and damage I never pulled out my phone Never even heard music Dumbshit Dad Double D Just like the fakes On’z parade Hey Dad walking UR Main Titles - Charlie Clouser Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield Meet UR Master - Nine Inch Nails DumDum It’s a hard day out for a Daddy Hey Dad walking UR Hustle and Flow I watched earlier this morning Flower - Moby Hey dad walking UR You loved the figure of the Mom To close this out!!!! Scared of self, I would be too Such thoughts in your head The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash .|. Hey dad walkina UR 13 songs Just for you .|. Hey on leash, it wasn’t ever about you! All embarrassing These are dedicated just for you The High Road - Broken Bells Is Your Love Big Enough - Liann La Havas Maybe Tomorrow - Stereophonics Bitch - Meredith Brookes Hang on be strong, those guys just want you like your Father wanted your Mother, and he fears you’ll be used in the wrongs ways, he had time being there, before Momma Neck collared by a leash Crazy Bitch - Buck Cherry It’s old school Daddy after Momma He’s not singing any more he started a marriage and then family, but his infidelities or not, makes his legs shake in this day and age, he’s worried for you! Forget About Dre - Dr Dre (Eminem) 6 songs for the leashed I won’t forget This day, you looked UR Daddy was walking you It wasn’t UR fault, please don’t regret No friends witnessed! On’z Parade Extra Outro Moments In Love - Art Called Noise Are You With Me - Vaux 21 Track Playlist Artcalledmusica WordsbyMM MMybsDroW Artcalledwords I didn’t add Supermassive Black Hole - Muse Hey Dad Walk Kin Ahhhhh! UR?

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biglisbonnews · 10 months

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The orca uprising: whales are ramming boats – but are they inspired by revenge, grief or memory? A pod in the strait of Gibraltar has sunk three boats and damaged dozens of others, and their story has captivated the world. What explains this unprecedented behaviour?What’s going on with the #orcauprising? You’ve probably gathered the basics: orcas are “attacking” yachts. To be strictly factual, since 2020, a small pod of orcas in the strait of Gibraltar has been interacting with sailing boats in a new way: ramming vessels, pressing their bodies and heads into the hulls and biting, even snapping off, the rudders. Over three years, more than 500 interactions have been recorded, three boats sunk and dozens of others damaged. Last month, the first instance of this behaviour was recorded in another place, when an orca rammed a boat near Shetland. “What I felt [was] most frightening was the very loud breathing of the animal,” said the Dutch yachtsman targeted, Dr Wim Rutten, who had been fishing for mackerel. “Maybe he just wanted to play. Or look me in the eyes. Or to get rid of the fishing line.”There are two fascinating things about this. First, of course, what are the orcas doing? But the second is about another species entirely: us. Why do we like this story so much? Because we do: people – including me – love the idea of orcas attacking boats. Browsing through orca memes, there’s an orca as the sickle in the hammer and sickle, with the headline “eat the rich”, and a Soviet-style graphic of a heroic orca emerging under a superyacht. “What if we kissed while watching the orcas take back the ocean,” reads one tweet with 1m views, while a much-used image of an arm holding a microphone up to a captive orca has been repurposed endlessly to highly entertaining effect – I like one where it’s “singing” a bespoke version of the Meredith Brooks classic: “I’m a bitch / I’m an orca / Sinking yachts /Just off Majorca [sic] / I’m a sinner I’m a whale / Imma hit you with my tail.” We’re taking great pleasure in projecting extremely human narratives and motivations on orcas. But how wrong is that, and why does it appeal? Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/11/the-orca-uprising-whales-are-ramming-boats-but-are-they-inspired-by-revenge-grief-or-memory

#Whales #Cetaceans #Environment #Marine life #Wildlife #Biology #Science #Emma Beddington #The Guardian

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transfenris-truther · 2 years

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Ask game! Okay, I'm curious about your Fenris songs, and your Isabela songs? Can be shippy with Hawke or just them on their own!

AH! Thank you! Two of my all-time faves. Sorry for how long as fuck this is. It was hard to choose.

I have a whole Fenris Playlist because I can't get over him. Here's a few key songs:

Rain in Soho by the Mountain Goats- This song just has SO MANY primo Fenris lines and it has this anguished chasing feeling all the way through that HITS. Every major fanfic I've written is titled after this song and I still have dozens of good lines left to steal. If I had less self control, I would just list five of six Mountain Goats songs here.

No One is Ever Going to Want Me by Giles Corey- It's about the viiiiibe. A depression anthem for the ages that builds to a very real anguished dispair. This song will tear out your heart and ruin your day.

Color in your cheeks by the Mountain Goats - Quintessential Fenris in the Fog Warriors song. I think a lot about this time in his life and the way he experienced community and healing for the first time with all these other desperate people. The lyrics hit perfect for me.

Mountain Man by Liz Cooper - My post-game happiness song for Fenris and Hawke. I feel like all Fenris wants is time. It's a song about growing old together, about being with the one person who you really want to be with. It's such a gentle, sweet song about being home with someone. I also think there's like this undercurrent of genuine attraction in the song that isn't often there when someone is singing about their love of a man. I just vibe with it for them.

Isabela also has a whole Playlist, lmao. I love her.

Bitch by Meredith Brooks- if you can't vibe to this song, we can't be friends I'm sorry. One of the few songs chosen less because I think it suits her and more because I think she would absolutely rock out to it.

Dixon's Girl by Dessa- A song about not really knowing how to support other women and rooting for them to get out of their shitty abusive relationships. I kinda see it as Isabela rooting for people like her but not really being ready to actually help, which is kind of an unfortunate reality her character struggles with. The line between protecting yourself and doing what's right.

Bad Reputation by Joan Jett- If it's wrong, I don't want to be right. She doesn't give a damn about her bad reputation. Nor should she.

Handle with Care by Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins- Fenibela or Hawkebella ship song. A song about how every shitty thing possible has happened to her and now she needs patience and gentleness to be able to fall for someone again. It's also a little about being open to love again. It's nice.

#Ask game #Music #Fenris #Hawke #Fenhawke #Isabela #hawkebela #da2 #Fenibela

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amazonworrier · 2 years

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Oh the Hold on scene, the friendship between our lord an savior and that bum. We deserved more of that. He could've become Santana's second best friend after Brittany.

(how often does Naya get lines that are more or less about the person singing being a bad person. Get your crap together glee)

BumTana BrOTP. We could've had it all.

But you're so right anon. Santana could've literally been rescuing orphans from burning buildings on a foreign aid mission and the writers would've still had her singing 'Bitch' by Meredith Brooks because she ate Rachel's last twizzler in the cab on the way to the airport.

#anon #santana lopez

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polikszena · 3 years

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It all started as a headcanon that modern AU! Robert’s guilty pleasure would be Frank Sinatra, and in every once in a while he would sit to the piano and sing a song by him to Cora (if it happens around Christmas, the whole family would be present), and it led me to the thought of the modern AU! Crawleys organizing a charity gala, encouraging everyone to perform, including the staff and the villagers. So, imagine...

the footmen joking about forming a boyband and performing something by Backstreet Boys (or basically, any other boyband from the late ‘90s, early ‘00s)

Thomas impersonating Mr Carson singing Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely

Daisy laughing so hard at the performance that she wouldn’t notice Carson standing behind Thomas

Bates being in a rock band in his younger years, and now he’s getting behind the drums again, surprising everybody

Isobel tries to convince Violet to do something together, and she’s unstoppable, so Violet has to persuade Dr Clarkson to ask Isobel to dance a foxtrot with him at the gala

Matthew wanting to sing Damnit Janet! from Rocky Horror Picture Show with Lavinia, but she doesn’t really want to perform and suggests him to ask Mary instead

Mary wanting to choose something about strong single women to prove she is way over Matthew (which she is not)

Edith jokingly suggesting her sister the song Bitch by Meredith Brooks, and to everyone’s outrage, Mary actually considers singing that one

Sybil being torn between choosing something very feminist to sing or do something totally unexpected, like a belly dance number

everyone joking about Sir Richard singing The Man on the Flying Trapeze, except for Sir Richard who wouldn’t sing that song even if someone put a gun to his head

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maycanady · 4 years

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season 2, episode 1 summary

i tried my best to summarize the episode in order using the official episode stills, and frames from the official and unofficial trailers.

the episodes starts with a flashback to liz and max in bed after being together in 1x13. she’s resting on his chest with her leg draped over his. max tells her about Noah and the alighting. He jokes about her owing him a road trip. they laugh and she kisses his chest and tells him he smells of rain. then it cuts to liz crying over max’s dead body.

rosa comes in and is confused by how much older liz looks. she tells rosa she’ll explain everything. rosa wants to call an ambulance for max, but liz tells her no and that max is dead.

two weeks later.

liz sits with her father who is working on his citizenship papers. they mention her taking the palo alto job. her dad is very proud of her. he calls her a genius.

maria comes by. she doesn’t want to say goodbye to liz, but she’s there to see her before liz leaves town. she mentions to liz how michael is ghosting her.

arturo gives liz a picture of a saint to protect and watch over her since she’s planning on leaving roswell at the moment.

arturo, liz, and maria all share hug, then obviously head to the funeral that we transition to.

at the funeral, michael walks in and maria offers the seat next to her, but he dismisses her and decides to sit alone. it’s one of his many attempts to push her away throughout the episode.

isobel is having difficulty giving a eulogy for noah, so when she turns away from the masses to take a breather, she sees a photo with max in it. she takes off her veil and very clearly to us the audience starts giving a eulogy for max. she talks about him being her better half.

at the wake, isobel is asked about max’s whereabouts, and the sheriff brings up the time Noah went to her about his suspicions of max, so she reminds the sheriff that he did ask for time off. ann overhears and tells the sheriff to worry about their graffiti problem. ann talks to isobel about max, and how his texts have been so vague lately.

michael: mrs. evans.

ann: michael.

they’re very short with each other.

alex notices michael arriving at the wake.

liz and isobel then play out a scene to reaffirm to everyone not in the known why max isn’t there. they act like the reason that max isn’t there to support isobel in her loss is because liz and max broke up and he’s too heartbroken to be around. it starts out as innocent as a scenario like that can be, but then very clearly affects liz.

she runs out of isobel’s house after that, and michael follows to check in on her. he asks about rosa. isobel is having a hard time letting go of max. liz tells michael that they need to tell isobel about max’s heart being fried.

sometime during the wake, kyle and alex discuss what to do with jesse. kyle tells him he can’t keep him like that much longer because of hospital resources and because he’s not a murderer, and alex tells him that jesse is, so.

another point, at the wake i believe, maria lets michael know that it’s okay to drop by the pony since he’s a regular. that he doesn’t have to avoid it just because he’s avoiding her.

we also get a flashback at a certain point of isobel and michael in the pod cave after max is dead. isobel is holding on to max, and crying over his body. she freaks out and asks liz and michael to help her move his body into the pod so they can try to save him. they look at her very worried.

michael goes to his trailer and finds alex’s guitar with a small note from him. michael stops by alex’s place to return it. alex is sitting on a chair, not wearing his prosthetic. he uses his crutch to get up. he mentions noticing earlier at the wake that his hand was healed and that’s why he brought him the guitar. he then shares a file with michael. it contains information on what was done to his mother while she was being help captive. seeing the battered picture of his mother in that file upsets michael. when alex asks him the question about going with him, michael puts his foot down and tells him no, and how they’re not good for each other.

after the funeral and wake, isobel is at home alone and calls the morgue to see if noah’s body had been cremated yet. she’s upset it hasn’t been. she hears/sees noah like if he’s still a part of her and screams for him to leave her alone.

rosa has a nightmare where she’s visiting the crashdown at night when it’s closed. it involves the jukebox scene, and noah.

after she wakes from the nightmare, we see she and liz are staying at max’s place. liz worries because she couldn’t wake rosa from the nightmare. then rosa notices that liz is wearing her necklace. they have a big/little sister moment about liz taking her stuff. she tells her that next time she dies to just bury her with all her stuff.

so after rosa has that nightmare, and liz had trouble waking her up from it, she brings rosa by to have kyle check her out. this is how kyle learns about rosa being alive. kyle finds her to be in perfect health. max cured her withdrawal symptoms, the physical, when he brought her back to life. he talks about people not needing a doctor with max around, which is where rosa reveals Max’s death to him. he’s shocked to hear this.

rosa also pokes fun at kyle about her half brother liking her sister. they have a moment in which kyle mentions not taking this opportunity with her for granted. how when his dad and she died, they knew him as a different person, but he’s different now and he wants her to know the grown up version of him basically.

after rosa falls asleep in a patient bed, he talks to liz about max. liz also talks to kyle about the hand prints not showing up on her and michael, but still being on rosa. they don’t know what could be the cause at this moment.

isobel is practicing her powers on some glass bowls when michael stops by. she shows him what she can do. she breaks the whole line up of glass containers, they linger in the air for a bit then she lets them all drop. she talks about noah mentioning how they’re only using a certain amount of their potential with their powers. michael clearly understands from all this that isobel is trying to get stronger so she can try to resurrect max with her powers.

michael takes isobel to the cave where max is in the pod. he shows her that his heart is damaged. that they can’t save him. he uses an ultrasound machine to do so.

liz and rosa are on their way out of town to palo alto for liz’s new job. they sing “bitch” by meredith brooks together. they stop at a motel. liz tells her she’s gonna take a shower, and rosa says something about older sisters going first. liz jokes about being the older one now. they talk about being in palo alto and rosa makes a comment about being the hottest 31 year old. liz has a few laughs with her about that when her grief for max just hits her. she goes in the bathroom and starts uncontrollably crying. rosa tries to check on her outside the door of the bathroom, but liz just ignores her and gets into the shower fully clothed so she can cry under the noise of the water. this doesn’t help though. rosa can still hear her.

after another nightmare while spending the night at the motel, liz realizes that rosa is linked to max and that that must be why rosa is having nightmares with noah and knows about the alighting, because max knew those things. liz then decides to try to bring max back to life by using noah’s heart for a alien heart transplant.

we find out alex had the morgue keep a hold on cremating noah because aliens body release a fume/chemical when he and kyle go to pick it up for liz. when they get there, they find out flint has taken noah’s body.

kyle calls liz and tells her they lost their chance with noah’s heart because flint has the body, but as they’re on their way back into town from the motel, rosa notices the military vehicle and causes liz to swerve and in turn causing flint to crash.

maria notices michael is at the pony. at first it makes her smile to see he decided to come around, but then michael flirts and kisses this girl he’s playing pool with.

the random girls boyfriend shows up and he and michael get in a fight.

maria kicks him out of the bar, and they get into a argument about him trying to push her away. she takes his keys away from him so he doesn’t drive drunk, and tells him to walk it off.

michael gets a call from liz asking him to help her move a body. he makes a joke about how if he had a dollar for every time he was asked that.

flint wakes up from the crash and finds that noah’s body is gone.

kyle and liz open up noah to get his heart, and michael watches. noah’s heart is damaged from when max attacked him with his powers. we do also learn in this scene that aliens are kinda like tech and the spaceship tech has a biological aspect to it. the tech stuff makes liz realize that she can rejuvenate noah’s heart for max. so they start working on it, and michael joins in to help them.

isobel sits in the pod cave. she wonders why she can’t feel her brother, but she can’t seem to stop feeling noah. she suddenly has a realization. she gets up and walks towards the ultrasound machine from earlier and uses it to check herself. she realizes she��s pregnant.

mimi escapes the assisted living home earlier in the episode and ends up at the pony, where she’s actually lucid and makes an alien joke at maria. we see she’s escaped yet again towards the end. she’s on her way to the pony when she’s approached by a bright light. we don’t see if it’s a car, who’s in it. we’re just left with maria walking the opposite way down the road to the pony to see if she’ll run into her mother, and she finds her mother’s bracelet.

liz confronts rosa for being so reckless earlier, how she’s still a 19 year old addict, and how she was too quick to risk her life. rosa isn’t dealing well with the fact that she’s alive and max isn’t. she thinks she doesn’t deserve this chance over a hero like max.

liz talks to rosa about how max gave her back her sister, and how now it’s her turn.

rosa has another nightmare. this time noah is chasing her down the street. she makes it to where she drew that rose in the gazebo. noah catches up to her, but he is then taken out for the moment by max. this is where we learn definitively that max and rosa are connected. he tells her that he’s been trying to tell her something. he warns her to not let liz bring him back.

side notes:

cameron was not in this episode

steph, forest were not introduced yet

rosa did not interact with anyone but liz and kyle in person, and noah and max in her nightmares/subconscious/brain?

scenes not in the premiere from the trailers:

alex and michael talking about mimi

sheriff valenti interrogating a handcuffed liz

maria seeing rosa and terrifed when she does

rosa spray painting in max’s clothes

michael fighting someone in the center of town during the day

jesse seizuring while alex and flint are there

liz and kyle kissing

isobel training in some sort of physical fighting, and another scene of isobel laying down with her head hanging out

cam teaching liz how to shoot

maria smiling at what looks like michael from the curly hair

michael’s mom surrendering when she was younger

cam out in some empty lot with some car lights shining on her

the scene where liz calls michael from the police station, but he’s already in lock up

watch the trailers here:

nycc trailer

official trailer

#roswell new mexico #roswell nm #rnm 2x01 #rnm spoilers

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momrry · 4 years

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I was tagged by @lesbianiconharrystyles and @dulcimerharry to put a playlist on shuffle and write 3 fic prompts for the songs that come up (I cheated a bit because I don’t have these songs on my own playlists, but they work! they’re on *someone’s* playlist! somewhere!):

bitch by meredith brooks. kidfic, canon. Harry gave birth to his second child after his second album and took a bit of a break to slow down and soak in some mama time before getting back out on the road to promote album number three. He’s so happy that he can bring his babies along for the ride, and they’re soaking up tour life before school starts in earnest. The words still sail over the younger one’s head, but his oldest absolutely falls to pieces over the sassy way he sings "bitch” during soundcheck.

baby-i’m a want you by bread. grocery store, AU. Harry works a thankless job in the bakery department at the Albertson’s in Irvine, baking sheet cakes and fresh french loaves all day long, day in and day out, and he thinks it’s fucking HILARIOUS to sing “baby-i’m a want you” in the most annoying goddamned voice EVER to the sourdough loaves that pop out each day at 3 pm on the dot (because it’s by bread, gedddditttttttt?), but when he ends up giving birth to his first child, he finds himself singing it with real feeling and emotion each day at 3 pm on the dot to get his boy ready for his afternoon nap. He likes to think of him as his own little sourdough (the baby is a *crier* for the big milk).

(this one I stole from @dulcimerharry because it’s way too perfect) how do you like your eggs in the morning by colin paul. mpreg. poly relationship. harry is pregnant and carrying his third child. he’s having some pregnancy troubles and suffers temporarily memory loss. he can’t remember which partner likes hard boiled eggs and which partner likes soft boiled eggs. he’s very frustrated by it because he loves to do things right. he tries to get the attention away from the fact that he can’t remember their favourite egg recipe for the morning, by making many jokes and puns about how he’s about to lay an egg. his partners obviously know what’s up but they play along to avoid to hurt his feelings. “i like mine with a kiss”

#what to even tag this!#music #AU ideas #i guess???

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cooltmoney95 · 4 years

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Guess who stayed up til 3 in the morning to make this video!? THIS GUY! Anyway, I got inspired after watching some of Kururu’s character theme vids to (As well as my friend Magnus) make some of my own. And I figured what better way to start that than with a set of characters who revolve around music!? Anywho, I wanted to make sure that each of the G squad got a song that fit the two things I look for in character theme: Personality & Backstory. Basically if the mood of the song fits what I’m going for with the characters, then it goes with them. I’ll also include links to the full songs if anyone is interested in hearing them.

Grunt’s Theme Song- My Story by Sean McGee!

Why?: I’ll be honest, it’s honestly hard to describe why this song fits him without spoiling his bio. But all I’ll say it that I felt this song taps into Grunt’s insecurities with not just his race. But also with his ancestry. (Not going to spoil anything. But let’s just say a certain Septarian is going to play a big part in why Grunt is the way he is.)

Gardenia’s Theme Song- Bitch! by Meredith Brooks

Why?: I was originally going have this be Galaxina’s theme. But after listening to Raise Your Glass and comparing the two, I felt that this song fits Gardenia better.Because it has that nice blend of “I’m a bitch and proud of it!” & “I’m nice when I feel like it” vibe with a hint of “Take me or leave me.” tease added in. Which honestly fits Gardenia’s character perfectly.

Gertrude’s Theme Song- What if I Shine? by Jordyn Kane (For the Barbie Rock n Royals Movie!)

Why?: I’ll be honest, When I was picking a potential theme song for Gertrude, I had a LOT of choices to pick from! But I eventually narrowed it down to either this song or Fergie’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry”. And decided to go with the former since the latter was more of a love/breakup song more than anything. while “What if I shine?” seems more in line with Gertrude’s character.In that it’s basically about a girl who wants to perform. But is being held back by her own insecurities.I especially liked that the beginning of the song started with a piano, Since Gertrude is the keyboardist/pianist of the band,

Gunther’s Theme Song- Proud of Your Boy (Pop Version from the Disney mania Album) by Clay Aiken

Why?: I can honestly picture Gunther singing this to not just his mother. But the rest of his tribe as well. Cause despite his shortcomings (Being shorter than most giants, as well as his past and not being one of the strongest fighters.) he still wants to his best to make his people proud. Even if it doesn’t involve anything combat related.

Galaxina’s Theme Song- Raise Your Glass by P!nk

Why?: Do I really need to explain why this song fits Galaxina so well!? XD Cause honestly, the song is basically about a rocker chick who loves herself unapologetically and wants to encourage other misfits like her to do the same. Which is basically the basis of her character. Heck, I can honestly picture singing this at an actual concert!

So that’s that.I’m going to make another video for the Birds of Prey as well. But that’s going to have to wait for a while.

Tales of Mewni belongs to @kururu418

The G Squad belongs to me

#princesscallyie #callyieverse #kururu418 #tales of mewni #the g squad #galaxina #grunt raptoraus #gardenia evergreen #gertrude luckytail #gunther highmountain #character themes #Next Gen

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Alle Song asks

Das ist die Rache für die Playlist, nicht?

1. Your current favorite song

Zuckerwatte -Tristan Brusch

2. A song that used to be your favorite, but now you don’t like

Victorious Opening (die Serie auf Nickelodeon)

3. A song that used to be your favorite that you still like

Alejandro - Lady Gaga

4. A song that you’re embarrassed to like

Best of both Worlds - Hannah Montana (ich stehe halbwegs dazu)

5. A song that reminds you of another period in your life

Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners

6. A song that reminds you of a place you’ve been

Gallipoli - Beirut -> Flashbacks witzigerweise von Barcelona

7. A song from a genre you don’t usually listen to

The Star of the County Down - Loreena McKennit

8. A song you loved when you were a little kid

Just Dance - Lady Gaga

9. A song you loved 5 years ago

Rock-Paper-Scissors - Katzenjammer

10. A song that reminds you of your childhood

Über den Wolken - Reinhard Mey

11. A song that reminds you of your best friend

Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drop - Cocteau Twins

15. A song that makes you want to fall in love

Dispoqueen - Tristan Brusch feat. Charlotte Brandi

16. A song that makes you want to cry

Heroes - David Bowie

17. A song that makes you want to slay your enemies

Bitch - Meredith Brooks

18. A song that you work out to

Das letzte Mal, als ich ein Work Out gemacht habe, war irgendwann im Frühjahr 2019... my bad

19. A song that you’ve seen performed live

Über sieben Brücken musst du gehen - Karat

20. A song that you’ve listened to on repeat recently

Die Party am Schlesischen Tor - Element of Crime

21. Your top most played song on iTunes

Don’t know...

22. A song that motivates you to work/helps you focus

Ich hab eine ganze Playlist dafür, aber wenn ich mich wirklich fokussieren (Uni Kram, etc.) muss, dann höre ich keine Musik.

23. A song from the soundtrack of your favorite video game/movie/TV show

Zählt auch Theater?

I’ll call thee Hamlet - Woods of Birnam

24. A song that you think is really overplayed

Alles, was momentan so in den Charts rumhängt, zusammengemischt mit Justin Bieber und dem Ed Sheeran nach 2011

25. A song that you listened to ironically, but now you genuinely love

Las Palabras de Amor - Queen

Ja, ich habe Frage 26-28 ausgelassen.

29. A song that cheers you up when you’re sad

Der Untergang des Abendlandes – Von Wegen Lisbeth

30. A song from a band that you’ve grown up loving

Spending My Time - Roxette

31. A song that you want to cover (regardless of how much talent you have)

Das Moritat von Mackie Messer

32. A song that you think has an important message

Fuck the Government, I love You - The Burning Hell

oder

I’ve no more ... to give - Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq, Damian Clark

33. A song whose message you don’t like

Vieles aus der Kategorie Deutsch-Rap

34. Your favorite song that’s a cover of another song

Jolene – The White Stripes

35. A song that sends chills down your spine

Fading like a flower - Roxette

36. A song that best describes your current emotion

König von Preußen – Hannes Wader (ich denke im Moment sehr über die Politik nach)

37. A song that helped you through a difficult time in your life

Heroes - David Bowie

38. A song that you think is underrated

Ich würde in diesem Falle nicht Lieder aufzählen, sondern Künstler und davon existieren so einige, die untergegraben werden durch die Führungskräfte der Musikindustrie.

Tristan Brusch

Drangsal

Woods of Birnam

Phillip Boa ans the Voodooclub

Nur eine Auswahl meinerseits, die Liste könnte aber weitergehen. Ich finde auch, dass wir genau jetzt versuchen müssen, diese Leute zu unterstützen, weil ihnen sonst einfach der Boden unter den Füßen weggezogen wird. Sei es der Straßenmusiker, den du kennst und gut findest oder doch kleinere Künstler, die im Business etabliert sind und ihre erste Tour absagen mussten. Dies gilt für alle Menschen, die im Bereich der Kunst aktiv sind.

39. Your favorite instrumental (no lyrics/singing) song

Chan Chara – Jaja (ein bisschen Text ist mit dabei)

40. A song by a band from your hometown

Wir haben keine Bands...

41. A song from the year you were born

Join Me - HIM

42. Your favorite “old” song (pre-90s)

wtf... als ob das alt ist... (pre-70s) ist alt. 60% meines Musikbestandes wären sonst alt…

Running up that hill – Kate Bush

43. A song that makes you laugh

I’ve no more ... to give - Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq, Damian Clark

44. A song from your favorite musical

I… don’t… have… one… sorry

45. Your favorite Disney song

He lives in you – Tina Turner

46. A song that you wish more people knew about

Boi… don’t know

47. A song that you love to dance to

Latin Lover – Gianna Nannini

48. A song that you can’t help but sing along

Young Folks – Peter Bjorn and John

49. A song whose lyrics you have memorized

Heroes – David Bowie

50. Free slot! Any song you want to share!

Dancing Lasha Tumbai – Verka Serduchka

Ja, ich hab nicht alle beantwortet.

#lets get ready to ramble #song asks #fanpersoningfox

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Re-Engaging: SLC Reunion Pt I

Part one of the the first season reunion! We get the typical footage of the women’s jitters before the reunion begins. Whitney and her glam team saying they’re going to really feature her new boob job in the look for the evening. Jen and Heather saying they’re excited. I would be excited too! I mean, I’m a shady bitch... I would love to get paid to sit around and talk smack to people’s faces.

The set is actually pretty shah-mazing. Imagine a very gay food court set up for Santa, but socially distanced. Andy Cohen says, “This is the Super Bowl, guys!” Accurate. These reunions really are like the gay Super Bowl, complete with fumbles, MVP’s, and emotional tackles. Those are the four football terms I know. OK... Roll footage. I love that!

Andy opens by saying he gives the season two thumbs up, and congratulates the women. “Hey, Lisa! Does God care now that you own at tequila company?”

“Yeah. He’s blessing me by selling more.” All the women look very rested, and their makeup for the most part in my opinion is pretty understated. Lisa has a somewhat modest outfit. Her tan is looking very nice. Very white teeth. A curled look for her hair. It’s sort of fancy free, and I love that for her.

Heather is wearing a light pink dress with a bejeweled motif that is somehow both tight, but also does almost nothing to show off her curves. It’s very Mormon, but make it fashion.

Whitney is giving me beachy vibes with her blonde bob this evening with a plunging-neckline maroon sequined number and a pair of really EXPENSIVE white gold hoops.

Mary looks like Beyonce’s wax figurine at Madame Toussaud’s, with a rose gold sparkling dress and eyeshadow to match.

Meredith looks like Jessica Rabbit got dressed in the dark and is now ushering a Cirque Du Soleil knockoff show at the Nomad Hotel Casino, but what do I know? This is probably just too fashion forward for me to understand.

Jen stopped at the Spirit Halloween inside the closed Linens-n-Things next to Heather’s new Beauty Lab+Laser and bought a knock-off Jasmine from Aladdin costume.

Some highlights from the customary 20-minute greetings are Heather being DM’d by Rihanna and being told Rihanna thinks Heather is “everything,” and Jen promising to be “Zen Jen,” unless somebody “makes [her] turn up.” So basically no one has learned anything. We’re off to a great start for this reunion. I’m glad everyone is on the same page for what makes a good viewing experience. These reunions are like group therapy if no one were willing to change, and everyone lied and yelled the whole time. I’m NOT disengaging for this one.

Round one! (This is a boxing reference. I’m basically a jock now). Whitney’s journey this season is shown, and Andy brings up the whole swinger situation. Whitney denies being a swinger herself, but says she knows a lot of Mormons who do it, and it’s very Mormon 2.0. I give this one to Whitney because Lisa is riled up, and it was like very nuanced shade, especially for Whitney. Whitney zing!

Next Andy asks how Meredith feels about Jen’s reaction to Brooks’s sweat suit line at Park City Fashion Week, asking “Are you appalled that Jen would be picking on a child?”

Meredith replies, “One hundred percent I was ... He saved his own money to launch his brand ... He should be commended, not criticized.” So Brooks (who by the way is well over 21 at this point, but at the time of filming was definitely NOT a child) should always be commended no matter what, even though he couldn’t even be industrious enough to rip off two Givenchy track suits? Also how was Brooks saving his own money? What does he do for work to earn this money? He couldn’t even call the coordinator of the fashion show himself to say he was going to be late!

We also learn that Meredith was not upset that Jen made Meredith’s birthday party all about her, but she was upset that it was thrown on Lisa’s actual birthday. We are shown unseen footage of a thousand-plus dollar wedding cake for Meredith being wheeled out and a comparatively tiny birthday cake for Lisa being brought out behind it. Unseen footage of Lisa singing happy birthday to herself is also shown. So that makes two women who were confused as to whose birthday party it was and singing anyway: Lisa and the drunk woman whose name I won’t mention because she attempted to overtake the Capitol. Conversely, Lisa reveals that she wasn’t upset about the birthday party itself, the thing that she found to be upset about was how Heather gave her a quick once over because Heather had heard that LIsa was calling Heather a “good-time girl.” Don’t worry though, because Lisa explains what actually happened, saying, “ I said she was a good time! My friend told me an antecdote ... Heather was so much fun. She would press her boobs up against things.” Heather denies all allegations of ignoring Lisa, and Lisa yells, “Roll footage!” Heather tells her that’s not a thing, as the footage of Heather blatantly ignoring Lisa is shown. Lisa calls Heather a pathological liar.

I will say, In this situation originally, I was on Heather’s side, but it does seem like Lisa really didn’t know Heather prior to filming. If we remember even more though, it was Jen who told Heather that Lisa had said this about Heather in the first place.

Andy asks Whitney what he thought of Lisa’s comments regarding her love of the stripper pole. Whitney says she is more angry at the overall vibe Lisa gives that she’s better than Whitney. I definitely can see where this is coming from; Lisa and Meredith do seem to have an elitist attitude toward the other women, however, Lisa hypocritically claims that she doesn’t have a problem with Whitney’s dancing in general, just how she handled herself at Sharrieff’s put-put golf birthday party, “twerking” in front of another woman’s husband. Footage is shown of Lisa trying and failing to one-up Whitney’s splits on the dancefloor. The editors throw in a helpful arrow to let us know where in the crowd Sharrieff is standing (far closer to LIsa). Whitney says Lisa called Whitney trash multiple times, to which Lisa replies that she only called Whitney trash once, AND SHE CAN’ EXPLAIN THAT! I’m glad we’re only sticking to the facts here. Objectively, Whitney, you are trash, but I’ve only called you that once. Love that.

After commercial, we are shown Jen’s season highlights (This really is similar to SportsCenter, isn’t it?) It’s mostly footage of Jen yelling, throwing things, crying, more yelling, and crying more. We find out that Heather’s father passed away in April, though. Mary shares that her father also died this past year, but she has this weird dreamy chipmunk look in her eye when she says it. Also, I love how these women aren’t even going to pretend for the cameras they know even the most basic things the others are dealing with when the cameras aren’t rolling. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW YOUR “FRIEND’S” FATHER DIED?! Heather says that there’s more than enough drama to talk about during this reunion without talking about her dad’s passing. Exactly! The really important stuff, like how Mary can fit into a loofah dress that most people can’t.

Andy asks Jen what it is exactly all her assistants do. We learn that Jen actually has a real job in the marketing field. While I doubt that she actually came up with the technology she uses, I was impressed with the amount of industry jargon she threw out. She says she does “direct response marketing.” I worked in advertising for five months, and I was basically an assistant. I can confirm that telling people they were pretty all the time was about 90% of my job as well.

Jen goes into the story of her father’s passing and Sharrieff missing the funeral. We learn that Jen nearly kicked him out for missing it, and it’s a very big point of contention for the two of them. This is where I start to feel sorry for Jen. While I can’t justify much of her behavior this season, it does seem like she’s dealing with both the loss of her father and realizing that her 20-year marriage is not as solid as it could be.

Speaking of Jen’s behavior, someone from Hawaii asks if Jen thinks it’s appropriate to act the way she did all season at 50 years old. At this, time stands still, and the women are ALL flabbergasted. How DARE?! Jen is only 48! So distracted by being confused for someone two WHOLE TWO YEARS older, Jen needs to regroup before saying, “Shit happens.” and that she’s just “temperamental,” which, according to Oxford Dictionary means “liable to unreasonable changes of mood”. Jen just admitted her behavior is unreasonable. ROLL THAT FOOTAGE! Mary jumps in and talks about how she has been a scapegoat for Jen all season, which didn’t really make sense because Mary seems like a genuinely terrible, racist scam artist. Don’t kick her off the show, though. It’s very entertaining!

Andy brings up vagina-gate. This was very revealing to me. (See what I did there?) Meredith says she’s upset with Jen for purposely “rattling” her kids. Jen claims that she loves Meredith’s kids, and she would never do anything to harm them. Jen says that the whole story was taken out of context, and Brooks had caught Meredith smoking, which is the real reason Brooks was so upset. Meredith reveals that she does occasionally smoke a cigarette (but so what? Meredith is cool, and smoking is very elegant), and she says that Jen recorded Meredith smoking without her knowledge or permission. Jen denies this allegation (but looks like she’s lying to me). The real confusion is cleared up, though, and we learn that Brooks in fact did see Jen’s vagina, and he had to go to Best Buy at that point. Meredith also reveals that she had not invited Jen to sleep over that night, but Jen passed out in Meredith’s bed and had to borrow one of Brooks’s track suits in order to have something to wear home the next morning. Jen denies this as well, and doubles down, saying that Meredith was actually the one who passed out. This is like the time my mom caught me drinking when I was 16, and she said, “:You’re drunk!” and I said, “No I’m not. You’re drunk!” Jesus, Jen!

Meredith accuses Jen of attacking Brooks on social media, calling him white privileged. (Um, that’s not an attack, Meredith. That’s just the truth. I’m white privileged, and I can’t even open a credit card right now). Jen denies this too, and the following tweet is shown: “ @therealitybitch R U SERIOUS?????? I never went spread eagle... it's COMPLETELY INSANE to me that NOT ONLY did you all SEE I DIDNT but bcuz a white privelaged family tells you I did, you somehow think I Sis something wrong. (Girl with face palm emoji).” Arguably my favorite part of this episode is the dramatic music playing as the misspelled words “white privelaged” are highlighted on screen.

Next we’re shown Lisa’s highlight real, where she mostly says, “I love that,” and talks about how much she loves herself and what a go-getter she is. Andy asks Whitney which couple out of the group she would swing with, and Whitney answers Meredith. Not Seth. Just Meredith. Really, Whitney? You don’t want to get down with Mary and her grandfather? At this point, Jen’s superiority complex is brought up by essentially all the women except Meredith. I understand LIsa’s response; she doesn’t feel like she owes anyone an explanation for how she acts like a boss bitch, and I truly believe her. I guess I have a soft spot for Lisa? I am team Lisa on this one for sure, though. I don’t understand why Heather and Whitney feel the need to change Lisa’s attitude. Meredith jumps in and says that Lisa says the same things to her in the same tone, and Meredith doesn’t take it personally, which is why she and Lisa have been able to remain close friends for ten years. This rings true to me.

What gets tricky to me, though, is then Heather and Lisa start fighting. Lisa plays a victim, claiming all the bad press she got for coming off as elitist was in direct response to how Heather portrayed her on the show. I feel like Lisa is trying to walk a line of owning her bossiness, but still wanting to throw Heather under the bus for people hating her for being a boss. I truly don’t understand where Lisa is coming from on this one, and it’s not a good look.

Mary then brings up that she NEVER talks down to people or makes them feel less than, and Lisa tells her that she most certainly does do that to all the members of her church. Dramatic music plays, as Mary blinks and twitches Bewitched-style, and says that Lisa better not bring up Mary’s church, or Mary will bring up Vida Tequila.

in the midst of all of this nonsense, Whitney tries to have an epic moment in which she reveals she has TEXTS from Lisa regarding the bartenders she had claimed made a mess of her party at the beginning of the season, but when Andy goes to read them, he says, “This is a bad Xerox, babe.” (”Jen, you know I’m a straight shooter.. wait. Can I start over?”) Before we’re shown the scenes from next week’s episode, everyone basically starts talking over each other, and Lisa says something about Taco Bell.

My final thoughts: I’m wondering what it is Jen has to offer that is so appealing to Meredith and Jen that they’re giving her so much grace. Beyond the fact that neither of them seem to vibe with her at all, the sudden change of heart Lisa had in the finale was VERY fishy to me. Meredith didn’t seem to have much to say in the way of Jen, but I assume that bridge will be crossed in the parts of the reunion to come. I was also a little shocked to learn that the bartenders Lisa hired really were a gift, and they really had nothing to do with Vida Tequila. Maybe there is something to what Lisa is saying about Heather and Whitney portraying her as more of a monster than she really is. Did she get a bad edit? Also, though it may be a long shot, I would love to learn that Whitney is actually an evil genius playing dumb. There are hints of it I’ve seen so far. She DID organize the whole trip to Vegas, and she DID start the ball rolling on Sharrieff’s birthday-gate. One thing is for sure, after the reunion thus far, I’d say these women all came to PLAY, and I’m living for Salt Lake.

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What Women Want (USA, 2000)

Predictions: Kat had mixed this movie up with some other movie and thought that it starred Richard Gere and was...probably some kind of ensemble romp about what women want?? She was extremely disheartened to learn from Alex/the DVD sleeve that in fact it stars Mel Gibson, and is possibly about him being able to hear women's thoughts. Oh no.

Plot: This movie was predictably NOT good, let's be clear, but it was actually better than we expected. Largely because, as soon as we saw Mel Gibson's name, our expectations were so low. First of all, this movie was made in 2000, so every single person who was in it has since become wildly famous. (Several of them were famous already, but it's like, even the lowliest assistant is now a person with their own miniseries and/or memoir.) Second of all, there was some pretty hilariously '90s shit going on, like Mel Gibson listening to Meredith Brooks. Third of all, surprisingly, there were no transphobic jokes, probably, unless we missed them, because we definitely only paid attention to about 60% of this film.

But let's back up and explain. Mel Gibson, a chauvinistic dickbag, works at an advertising agency that is not doing well. His boss, Alan Alda, hires Helen Hunt to help turn it around. They need a woman's perspective, or whatever. Mel Gibson, trying to prove that he can provide a woman's perspective, goes home and starts trying out all sorts of lady products (leg wax, pantyhose, etc.) -- this is why we were on tenterhooks anticipating those transphobic jokes -- and listening to "Bitch" off his daughter Ashley Johnson's Meredith Brooks CD. But then, whoops, he falls into the bathtub holding a hairdryer and is electrocuted. Naturally, this gives him a psychic ability to hear the thoughts of women.

SURPRIIIIIISE, Mel Gibson discovers, as soon as he next encounters another living, breathing human being -- no one likes him. Especially not women. This revelation causes him to begin adjusting his behavior, thus making him a much less unlikable person. He repairs his relationship with his daughter, becomes a friend to everyone from Lisa Edelstein to Sarah Paulsen (SO MANY FAMOUS PEOPLE WORKING AT THIS ADVERTISING AGENCY, YOU GUYS), and has sex with barista Marisa Tomei. He also, inconveniently, starts working closely with Helen Hunt on the...advertising...project...thing (who cares). They "collaborate," aka Mel Gibson steals her thought without her realizing, and also, like any normal pair of professional colleagues, they make out.

Long story short, Helen Hunt gets fired for not coming up with anything useful, and Mel Gibson, having regrets about this, must put things right. He manages to convince Alan Alda, blah blah whatever, and goes crawling back to Helen Hunt to beg her forgiveness/ask her to date him as part of his continued personal improvement. Helen Hunt agrees, although she understandably must fire him, and they make out some more.

Best Scene: Mel Gibson, in a bid to be a better dad, takes Ashley Johnson shopping for a prom dress. She tries on a bazillion outfits, some nice, many terrible, while he lolls about, looking like every dad you've ever seen at the mall. It is a nice bonding time. Reasonably funny/sweet.

Worst Scene: His whole life at the beginning is not great.

Best Line: Um… Maybe when Mel Gibson was singing along to Meredith Brooks -- that part was okay??

Worst Line: Oh, basically everything else that happened in this movie. Some of the stuff with his daughter was nice. Some of the stuff with Helen Hunt was almost charming. His friendship with the ladies in the office once he stopped being a dickbag was kind of interesting and fun. His scene with depressed assistant Judy Greer was inoffensive. But nothing was good, you guys. Nothing was good. Marisa Tomei's whole storyline was a pretty big bummer…so maybe one of her many self-denigrating thoughts** would be the worst line? Go to therapy, Marisa Tomei. You can do better than Mel Gibson.

**But wait, are thoughts even technically lines???? Let's be fair to poor insecure Marisa Tomei. We all think all sorts of things that we would not, and should not, say out loud.

Highlights of the Watching Experience: Um… Sadly, the biggest highlight was probably the pleasant realization that no terrible cross-dressing jokes were made. (Certainly some other bad things were probably said, though. We might've missed them. We spent a lot of this movie looking at AirBnBs online.)

How Many POC in the Film: 4, and not good ones. One black lady doorman, unfortunately portrayed as excessively sexually aggressive (BUT WAS SHE???? It's not like she chased him down the street! Is it her fault you can hear her thoughts, Mel Gibson?!). One black lady at work, thankfully not also portrayed as excessively sexually aggressive. An old, presumably-Chinese lady in a Chinatown alley (not great). A younger, also-presumably-Chinese guy who biked past said lady and Mel Gibson in same Chinatown alley.

Alternate Scenes: *crickets* … M-maybe the version of this movie where Mel Gibson was a decent person from the beginning, and he and Helen Hunt just, whatever, fell in love over work? But honestly, it's so hard to picture Mel Gibson as a decent person. Perhaps we'd simply have preferred a version of this movie that starred someone who didn't hate Jews.

Was the Poster Better or Worse than the Film: Hard to say. They both have Mel Gibson's face. (Helen Hunt looks great in both poster and film, though! Except her face is so close to Mel Gibson's. :|)

Score: 3.5 out of 10 ♫ I’M A CHILD, I’M A MOTHER ♫ smooches. While this movie was less offensive than we feared it might be, and arguably made a 2000-era attempt to be less gendered than its extremely gendered premise, it was still...not good/really boring/a movie starring Mel Gibson.

Ranking: 68, out of the 89 movies we’ve seen so far. Guys, ranking gets tough once you've seen SO MANY bad movies!! We really had to think: gun to our heads, would we sooner rewatch this movie or Some Kind of Beautiful? (We picked Some Kind of Beautiful. Just to be clear, though, no gun to our heads, we would certainly not rewatch either.)

#what women want #mel gibson #helen hunt #2000

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“What A Girl Wants” Songwriter Shelly Peiken Talks “Song Sex” and A Changing Industry [ANATOMY OF A SONG]

There are some songs we all just know. There’s no telling exactly when or where we picked them up, but the melody is inexplicably ingrained in us. A shining example is “What A Girl Wants,” the female empowerment anthem that marked a career milestone for Christina Aguilera as the first #1 hit of the millennium.

Co-written by Grammy-nominated songwriter Shelly Peiken,“What A Girl Wants” helped to define the sound of early 2000s pop. Peiken has an impressive resume, from working with Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Brandy, Meredith Brooks, and more to being a mother, a founding member of SONA (Songwriters Of North America) and most recently penning her first book, Confessions of A Serial Songwriter.

We sat down with Peiken to deconstruct “What A Girl Wants,” a changing music industry and the term “Song Sex.”

BRAIN: The Thought Process

OTW: Take us through the writing session for “What A Girl Wants.”

Shelly Peiken: I had just had a baby and wasn’t going to a lot of sessions. Todd Chapman invited me to come over and work with this ex-mouseketeer. He told me she could really sing. I was skeptical, because everyone says they can really sing, but I went. She was really sweet, petite and polite. And when she opened her mouth, she could really sing! Ron Fair wanted to make a record with her and was putting her with different people to see who she’d be compatible with. And then, on another day, I went to work with Guy Roche. We were fooling around with this idea and we thought it was pretty hooky. But we had to see if we felt the same in the morning. A good test is, if you wake up and it’s the first thing you think about, it’s probably worth revisiting. I feel the same way about shopping. If I like a jacket, I’ll leave it behind in the store, and if I’m still thinking about it the next day, I’ll go back and get it.

As it turns out, we still liked it in the morning. I felt kind of bad about sending the song to Ron because it was Todd who brought me into the project. But I sent it anyway. Ron asked if we could switch the order of the "What a Girl Needs” and the "What a Girl Wants.” Maybe he thought the “wants” was sexier, plus it alliterated with the “what.” I didn’t want to change it at first; I'd have to change the whole rhyme scheme, but she could really sing. So I did. And no regrets. The song became the first #1 song of the millennium.

OTW: You mention that verses come easily to you in your book. How do you usually start a song?

Shelly Peiken: Well, when I write with myself it is. I start having a conversation about whatever is on my mind. The title, which is usually in the hook, reveals itself when it’s ready.

OTW: In your book you mention “Song Sex.” Can you elaborate on that term?

Shelly Peiken: “Song Sex” is a term I coined for the act of writing a song. “Song Sex” with yourself is very satisfying in that you know exactly what you like. And you don’t have to compromise. “Song Sex” with two or three other people is a whole other game…you have to compromise and be flexible. But if you’re writing with suitable collaborators, they might take your idea and go in a totally new but exciting direction. And that’s how you learn!

HEART: The Core Emotion

OTW: How did you come up with the lyrics for “What A Girl Wants?”

I had these words about my boyfriend giving me space when I was trying to get the courage to move to LA. All my most successful songs come from real life experience.

OTW: How did it feel watching the song you wrote send Aguilera further into fame?

Shelly Peiken: Effing Amazing!

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LEGS: The Means To Take Off

OTW: Tell us about your journey to becoming a songwriter!

Shelly Peiken: I was writing songs since I was a kid. But it wasn’t like I knew I wanted to be a songwriter when I grew up. Plus, I thought all the songs I heard on the radio were written by whoever sang them. I never met a songwriter before college! Didn’t study music at school. But after I graduated and came to NYC, I heard about this group of songwriters that met every week and of course I went because I was curious. What I found was a room full of song junkies just like me and I was in heaven. They took me down to the village where all these singer-songwriters had their 20 minutes of fame every night at the Bitter End and Kenny’s. I just knew I wanted to do that too. So I became a witness.

OTW: Your first U.S. hit was “Bitch.” How was writing different after that?

Shelly Peiken: It was funny cuz after “Bitch,” everyone wanted me to write another “Bitch.” And it doesn’t work that way. Very frustrating.

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HANDS: Advice For Songwriters Who Need A Lift

OTW: What advice would you give songwriters who aren’t sure how to get a break?

Shelly Peiken: If there is something else you love to do, consider doing it. Because this business is not for the faint of heart. On the other hand, if your fire is pretty consistent and you’re just having a bad day, distract yourself. Go to the gym…it definitely gets the endorphins going. And for God’s sake, get out of the house. Be available for opportunities to find you.

OTW: What advice would you give to songwriters who are balancing other commitments like motherhood?

Shelly Peiken: Make sure your partner, if you have one, is someone who wants to share parenting responsibilities. Duh! And if your partner has some bucks and you don’t have to wait tables, you’re going to write a lot more songs. If you don’t have a partner, make a songwriter friend who you can trade off with. Good luck! It’s do-able. Just a lot less downtime. And you learn to edit a lot more efficiently.

OTW: How did you come to the decision to write a book?

Shelly Peiken: I was reeling from all the changes in the business and I was a lot older than I was when I started out. There were stories to tell. Funny ones. Heartbreaking ones. I started writing them down, and it kind of took on a life of its own. I made a decision to finish and put it out myself if I couldn’t find a publisher. But I did find a publisher in the 11th hour. That shows you how the universe works. It wanted me to do that work. And I did it. I followed my truth. And that’s what it’s all about.

OTW: Who are your Ones to Watch?

Shelly Peiken: Hamish Anderson, Phoebe Bridgers, Lemon Twigs, Leon Bridges.

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