My first song! Vibes inspired by MCR. I wanted this to be kind of an MCR interlude (like Romance or Interlude)

For some reason everytime sing or play piano it sounds like diet evanescence but I'm pretty stoked on this one!

lyrics: no

𝔒𝔷𝔷𝔶 𝔒𝔰𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔢 ♰

I'm a little bit insane about how in novel canon the whole xiyao ending where Jin Guangyao wants to die with Xichen, who accepts, which then makes jgy change his mind and pushes him away at the last second isn't actually explicit. A lot of adaptations chose to make it so but in the novel this is all VERY up for interpretation.

Here's what actually happens in the text: Lan xichen stabs jgy, jgy moves away from lan xichen, xichen follows him, wwx realizes jgy is about to open the coffin and calls "watch out!" to lan xichen. Jgy unseals nmj, pushes xichen away, nmj kills jgy and they are both dragged into the coffin which is sealed again.

Here's what wei wuxian, our narrator, thinks is happening: Jin Guangyao wanted to lead lan xichen to his death out of revenge for stabbing him. Lan Xichen, unaware, simply followed Jin Guangyao to try and stop him from getting away. Wei wuxian's warning came too late, but Jin Guangyao- for an unknown reason- changed his mind at the last second and pushed lan xichen out of danger before lan xichen had any idea of what was going on.

Here's what most fans as well as the teams behind several adpatations think is happening: Jin Guangyao leads Xichen to nmj's coffin to die with him, Xichen accepts, because of this acceptance, proof xichen still cares for him, Jin Guangyao pushes him out of harm's way. Wei Wuxian just doesn't get that gay people who aren't him or Lan Wangji exist.

Here's what ALSO MIGHT BE HAPPENING: Jin guangyao wants to die in a different way than he is currently dying. Maybe he's afraid of what'll happen to his body after his death like he was scared for his mother's, maybe he wants to confront nmj one last time now that there's nothing more for him to lose, maybe - if he can't take her body with him- he'd at least like his final resting place to be where he buried his mother. Lan Xichen thinks he's trying to get away and follows but Jin Guangyao, who despite everything doesn't want him to die, pushes him away. Xichen doesn't know what happened until it's already happened. What he would've wanted if he had known remains up in the air.

Or, alternatively: Jin Guangyao's reasons are as above, but unbeknowst to Wei Wuxian, Xichen DOES know what jgy is about to do and either misinterprets this as an invitation to all die together, or inidividually decides he, too, is done, and wants to join his sworn brothers in the grave. To Jin Guangyao this has nothing to do with Lan Xichen, and he still doesn't want him to die, so he pushes him away against Lan Xichen's wishes.

Every single one of these interpretations is unhinged and they are all supported by the original text. It's like a choose your own adventure of tragic gay endings.

228. Septic Funeral - Coffin Mulch (Death Metal, 2021 - EP)

Art by Nightjar Illustration / Adam Burke

late night cuddles

I've been getting more and more into different subgenres of metal and it got me thinking that Eddie really deserved to keep living, if only so he could see all the evolution of metal and the six million subgenres and sub-subgenres. Sure, the 80s were when metal really started splitting into subgenres and it seems like Eddie favored thrash metal, but can you imagine how excited he'd be by groove metal, nu metal, goth metal, and all the DnD inspired power metal sub-subgenres? Imagine Steve finding a metal band he actually likes and it isn't really Eddie's thing, but it's metal and Steve likes it because now metal is something accessible and enjoyable to almost everyone in some form. In the early days, Corroded Coffin only sees regular metalheads in the crowd, but over the years they see punks and goths and grunge and a bunch of of other alternative styles because metal is for everyone and heavy metal concerts where the lead guitarist is a queer dilf are a safe space for all alt people to feel welcome.

Corroded Coffin would 100% do a Christmas album. The cover would be the 3 other members in elf costumes standing around Eddie, who's sitting on a red throne in a Santa costume. The back of the album has a picture of all their instruments wrapped in Christmas paper.

so i started reading a new novel,

Florence + the Machine - Lungs

all artists

lungs / ceremonials / how big, how blue, how beautiful / high as hope / dance fever

I just read this poem by Rick Barot and I want to make Wooden Overcoats fans read these lines:

I know the difference doesn’t matter, except in poetry, where a coffin is just another coffin until someone at a funeral calls it a wooden overcoat, an image so heavy and warm at the same time that you forget it’s about death.

INTERLUDE

I'm earlycuntsets. I'm also @abrandnewshadow (personal blog)

things I am fucked in the head about:

my chemical romance

earlycuntsets.org - I made this archive because I needed to put the love of MCR I have into a thing. I know I need sources in places, so this site is active and updates often. Honored to share it with other fans

other music (lately: frank's entire discography, pixies, pj harvey, radiohead, hole, siouxsie)

making music - I got my degree in music education and learned to sing, and play piano/guitar. I went through some stuff and put music away for long time- then I got back into listening to MCR and I became very inspired (imagine that) to hear my song/my vocal covers of ray's solos see #earlycuntsets sings in tags below.

"what's this blog about?"

finding and sharing (perhaps lesser known) MCR content (scans, shows, old mcrmy, videos, etc).

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Metallica - Ride The Lightning patch.

147. Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) - Drudkh (Black Metal, 2006)

Art by Vasily Perov: "The Last Journey", 1865

The lyrics for this album are taken from classical Ukrainian literature. You'll find adaptions from poems by Lina Kostenko, Oleksandr Oles and also several tracks that contain elements of the poetic movie "Mamay" (2003)

Did y'all know that Fenriz has a new band with one of the guys from Aura Noir? This shit rules!

Coffin Storm - "Over Frozen Moors" Arcana Rising March 29th, 2024 Blackened Heavy Metal / Doom Metal Peaceville Records Kolbotn, Norway

Valentino, Vox, and Vision

Something that Valentino used to be able to handle better in their past together was the light that Vox's head put off. When they met and started their partnership, Vox's light was much dimmer and much easier to actually see.

Becoming partners with a man whose face was a light, however, was what started him wearing his sunglasses everywhere all the time. It helped him to see better than he had in eight years in Hell, though his vision still wasn't the best, any improvement was better than nothing.

As Vox improved and upgraded his head, his face grew ever brighter and even harder for Valentino to see. Once upon a time, Valentino could have fallen victim, somewhat, to Vox's hypnotism, but once his face began to brighten and it was harder and harder to see, he wasn't able to maintain that.

Now, the blue light given off by Vox's teeth is blinding for Valentino, who cannot see those winning smiles very well even with his glasses on. He struggles not to get Moon Eyes over Vox's face when he gets in close, though he doesn't often fight it.

Despite this, Vox's smile is still one of Valentino's favorite things to try to see. He loves it whenever Vox smiles at him, especially those rarer, genuine ones. He will happily deal with being blind just to know Vox is pleased with something he's done.