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miheartsedthings · 2 months

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(And a hopeful rhythm broke within him)

Glory

(You are required by law to listen to this song while you read this)

Just a little post StarCourt fluff

Billy Hargrove stands in the summer sun flooding your porch, his arm leaning against the frame. Steve, Nancy, and Robin are waiting in the car parked in the street. He’s looking at you, so determined but of what you have no idea. His cool blue eyes take stock of your face and then flick away as he glances over his shoulder at the car.

“You got this,” Robin shouts, and is then elbowed by Steve.

Billy makes a face as he turns back to you, one of aggravation and impatience. Though not with you, but with himself. It’s simple, this thing he’s come to do. One of many stops on his way to turning himself around. It’s been months since StarCourt, the day which had effectively electroshocked his nervous system, opening his eyes to the larger evils of the world. He knew now that he didn’t want to be part of them ever again. But the road to a better self was full of obstacles, internal and external.

This one he’d been putting off, but summer was nearly over and you’d be moving into the dorms soon. It was now or never.

“You okay?” You ask, stepping onto the porch.

He backs up to give you space and you drag the door closed behind you. This is only the second time Billy has spoken directly to you, the first being the day you recited a poem at the senior assembly, afterwards in the hall you’d bumped into him and he’d scowled at you.

“Good job up there, I’ve never felt so many of my brain cells fry up all at once.”

Those words burned, and stuck with you for many reasons, not least of all was that despite yourself, you had a thing for Billy. Not his rudeness or his boorish party games, but him. For some reason you liked him, you could love him, given the chance.

Now he’s on your porch, and his eyes are full of a question and he’s hesitating to say something.

“Look. Sorry about that day.” he says, his brows pushed together in a frustrated glare. “The thing you read was nice I just…yeah, sorry.”

You smile.

“I can’t believe you’re apologizing.” You say. “What’s come over you?”

“A lotta shit happened.”

You nod a little, and stand there watching him watch you, and your brows raise.

“Is that it?”

He huffs, grinning a little, shaking his head because he can’t believe he’s nervous.

“Come out with me.”

You blink twice, a flutter of surprise dropping you back a step.

“E-excuse me?”

He chuckles, shifting around, beautiful as ever in his denim jacket.

“You’re gonna make me say it again?” His eyes land on yours, and that charming grin spreads farther. His heart is beating so fast because…he really likes you. He's always liked you. A cool breeze sweeps across the porch, reminding you of autumn’s quick approach.

“Maybe.”

He looks at you, and his grin erupts into a full blown smile. You’ve never seen Billy smile like that and you didn’t know it’d be so lovely.

“Tease,” he laughs. “C’mon.”

You’re full of warmth. Your life full of welcome changes. You weren’t expecting this, but you can’t say no.

“Alright,” you say, and watch his smile fade a little, his eyes softening with the realization that you’ve said yes. You actually said yes. “I’ll go out with you Billy Hargrove, but you better be nice to me.”

His smile spreads again.

“Yeah, darlin, I’ll try.”

#billy hargrove #billy hargrove x reader #stranger things #fanfic #billy hargrove imagine #billy stranger things #billy hargrove fluff

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never-gonna-danse-again · 2 months

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favourite DCR songs

Because here, we think about the important stuff.

(fyi these are for the base game permanent companions, but if you want to hear about any others let me know :)

Cait: Whole Lotta Shaking Goin' On

I can't actually think of a reason she'd like this it just speaks to me. You can't deny that Big Maybelle would start playing and you'd suddenly look over to see her having a tiny dance and humming along. At higher affinity she's ask you to sing with her; a true honour

Codsworth : Way Back Home

Let's be real, Codsworth is a robot made to serve who has been stuck in the same house for two hundred years, all alone. When Sole starts bringing people back to Sanctuary and renovating the whole town, it was the best thing that had happened to him since pre-war life. He can help people, he can fulfil his duty as a Mr. Handy, and this song lets him reflect on how far he's come

Curie: Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

She loves Ella Fitzgerald's voice, deeming her an angel (in a french accent, this will sound cute idk) and always asks questions to Sole about how they played the instruments, an art that has since become almost extinct after the war. Sole promises one day they'll try and find a guitar and learn the song for her

Danse: One More Tomorrow

This was him and Cutler's song. Back in Rivet City, they shared a flat somewhere in the complex, and they found a record left behind from the previous owner (one of the tiny ones with like two songs on). Other than the Muddy Rudder, there wasn't too much to do, so One More Tomorrow was often played on repeat. Cutler taught him how to dance to this song, and it remains as his favourite because it helps him remember how he used to laugh and smile back when they were younger

Deacon: Sixty Minute Man

100% hears this song come on the radio and proceeds to give Sole the most childish side eye known to man. He knows full well what the songs is about, but always manages to put some stupid spin on the lyrics and has danced his way away from a super mutant suicider to it.

Hancock: I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

One of the few memories he still recalls from his childhood is him and his mother playing while this songs plays somewhere in the background; it makes him feel happy, though after so much chem abuse, he can't really understand why. He doesn't remember her face, but always imagines her voice singing along with him to every line.

MacCready: The Wanderer

Absolutely vibes with it, and though he hasn't been around with as many women as the song details, he's been roaming the wastes all his life. He's not quite ready to settle down because he's still trying to recover from Lucy's loss, and The Wanderer speaks to him and his nomadic spirit, letting him know it's okay that things turned out this way.

Valentine: The End of the World

one of his pre-war favourites inherited from his namesake, who attended ballroom dances with Jennifer every Tuesday evening; they loved the slow sway of this song, and even now Nick can't seem to shake the urge to turn it right up from Sole's Pip-Boy whenever it comes on. Can be heard humming it if you listen closely enough in Sanctuary

Piper: Personality

She's always been a great judge of character, even since she was a girl, so understandably, personality's pretty important to her. Her and Deacon duet it while travelling/ in a bar and have gotten surprisingly good at harmonies; Shaun's been trying to fix up an old karaoke machine for them so they can grace the whole of Sanctuary with a personal concert.

Preston: Good Rockin' Tonight

his old Minutemen buddies made a whole routine to this song after he told them he liked it; there's a lot of sentimentality attached to it for him, and doesn't hesitate to make new drunken mistakes to the song, if not just for them.

Strong: Butcher Pete

Strong likes Butcher Pete because he eats people. Butcher Pete is one of his number one idols because of this fact

X6: he claims to hate the station and insists that he much prefers the Classical Station, but really, he secretly loves Pistol Packin' Mama. How does Sole figure this out? They walk in to see him bobbing his head along with the music and singing the odd chorus while he mods his rifle. Most embarrassing moment of his life, but hilarious for the rest of Sanctuary.

#fallout 4 #fo4 #fallout 4 companions #deacon fallout 4 #nick valentine #fo4 maccready #x6 88 #fallout x6 88 #cait fallout 4 #sillys #diamond city radio #travis fallout 4 #i haven't seen one of these before #i did not take into mind the canon music preferences but ah well

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fand0mh03 · 1 year

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Hi! Could you do some hdcs of spending new years with the evans?

Spending New Years Eve with the Evans

Thank you for the request love <33

Tate Langdon:

I see Tate as a night owl, so he like have no problem staying up until at least midnight

You two would chill out in your room (his old room) and listen to music, while on your laptop there’s a countdown to the new year

You two would talk about resolutions and other things as well, while Tate sits up resting against a wall, while your head is in his lap, looking up at him

You two would probably play a few games together

You’d be so relaxed that you would actually start to fall asleep in Tate’s lap, so when it finally hits the new year, Tate will lean down and whisper into your ear “it’s the new year baby” while kissing your cheek

Kit Walker:

You’d have two kids to look after, and they’d be determined to make it until midnight, but probably fall asleep at 8, since Kit has them trained to go to bed early

So, at about 8:30 pm, the kids are fast asleep on the couch

Kit will pick both of them up, and take them to their beds

They’ll wake up and ask “did we make it to midnight daddy?” To which he’d softly say “yes you did, you did so good baby,”

Then, you two would tuck them in, leaving a kiss on each one of their foreheads

Closing the door behind you, Kit and you would continue staying up until midnight

You two would dance to music and get a little bit tipsy

Just a little bit

Well he’d be a little tipsy

You’d be a lotta bit tipsy

And by tipsy

I mean borderline drunk

So he’d also put you to bed, tucking you in and leaving a kiss on your forehead and on the tip of your nose

Kyle Spencer:

You two would attend a party that all the guys from Cappa Gamma were going to

You and Kyle would most likely sneak out back and hang out and talk

If there was a pool, you’d dip your legs in the pool

You’d drink some alcohol, but overall wouldn’t even really be tipsy

You and Kyle dancing to music together

Stopping fights

Kyle stopping his frat guys to not make any stupid decisions

You two would kiss at midnight, then not want to stop kissing, so you’d go back to the frat house into Kyle’s bedroom. You can guess what happened next

Jimmy Darling:

The freak show is more busy on New Year’s Eve since everyone comes to see a live performance

A few more acts being put in just because it’s new years

Afterwards him taking you to the forest and to a clearing

Jimmy would have a blanket and a candle set up

You would be leaning against him while watching the stars and talking

Jimmy would set an alarm on his watch to go off at midnight, where you to would kiss to celebrate the new year

Kai Anderson:

He would sit everyone down in the cult and make resolutions, including you in the meeting as well

Would make everyone make at least 20 goals

Afterwards, Kai and you would go upstairs and yk ;)

Because about 10 of Kai’s goals were for a messiah baby

So you two got an early start

Rip to you

You’ll be remembered

Evan Peters:

You two and some friends would go to a karaoke bar

You two would get drunk and sing horribly to songs

You and Evan singing love songs

Evan cheering you on loudly whenever you sing

Evan getting waaaay too into the whole thing

Puts on a whole goddamn show

Would kiss for about a minute when the new year came

Not the only thing that came that night

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littleperilstories · 1 year

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The Prince of Thieves: Making Home (bonus story)

Warnings: mention of insects, mentioned parental death, mention of poverty/homelessness

Listen. It's mostly cuteness. I swear. <3 We've got early-relationship Geoff and Jamie, late-teens Will, and ever-badass Colette!

The idea for this one hit me while we were watching Matilda: The Musical (the film), during the song "My House." It took me two months to actually write it, but here it is.

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You don't need to have read any other TPOT chapters to read this, but the character dynamics will make a lot more sense if you have!

Word count: 2169 || Approx reading time: 9 mins

It Isn't Much, But It Is Enough For Me

Teaser: With a glance around, Jamie tried to imagine what the place would look like once they had moved in—once it had more than a few rickety chairs, a table, and some very suspicious-looking beds, once there were curtains on the windows, once it was brimming with food and voices and maybe, after a while, shelves full of books, too.

Jamie

When Jamie Wardrew stepped through the door, the first thing that hit him was the smell of mildew.

Colette, too, wrinkled her nose, but she didn’t seem terribly upset. “Let’s open the windows.”

The spring air still had a bite to it, and if the wind picked up, the old townhouse would certainly feel draughty, but it would help with the mustiness. Colette smiled when she crossed the room to push open the cracked glass window, taking a deep breath as fresh air flowed in. “Better already.”

With a glance around, Jamie tried to imagine what the place would look like once they had moved in—once it had more than a few rickety chairs, a table, and some very suspicious-looking beds, once there were curtains on the windows, once it was brimming with food and voices and maybe, after a while, shelves full of books, too.

Savouring the image he’d painted in his head, Jamie matched Colette’s grin. “Think it’ll be enough space?”

“It’s gonna have to be.” With her hands on her hips, Colette peered around again. “Actually, you know what? I think it’s perfect.”

“Lotta work.”

“You afraid of a little hard work, Alpha?”

Jamie blinked, unsure of exactly what she meant by alpha, but not wanting to admit it and ask. “No. Who do I look like? Will?”

Colette blew a curl out of her face. “He’s going to bitch so much about the cleaning.”

Groans, huffs, sighs, curses, moans. Probably at least one attempt to escape and weasel out of all the work that needed doing, which Jamie or Colette would surely thwart, though Geoff was more likely to let him sneak away, probably. That was going to be Will’s response, no doubt, when he saw how shabby the place was—how much fixing-up was required. “I’ll set him straight if he makes a fuss.”

“I’ll set him straight,” Colette muttered, and Jamie chuckled, not doubting her for an instant.

“When do you think we’ll get to move in?” Jamie ran his hand along a small table in the corner, cringeing at the sight of dark grey dust coating his fingertips.

Taking stock of the place, Colette said, “Well, once it’s scrubbed. And once we know there’ll be enough beds for everyone.”

“Only need three,” Jamie began to say, catching what he was about to do and cutting himself off after need. At Colette’s quizzical look, he quickly added, “Well, that’s good. It’s not too much to do.”

She kept her gaze steady for an extra few moments, a bit too long and discerning for his liking, before she said, “Everything else… It’ll come in time.”

Jamie nodded, smiling again. “Yeah. It will.”

It took a month, in the end, to move in from the day Jamie and Colette signed the lease. Once she split open one of the ancient mattresses the previous tenants had left behind and saw everything that was squirming inside it, she refused to live there until all the mattresses had been replaced.

That ended up being a good idea—Jamie’s stomach turned when he saw exactly what had made her shriek and jump back in horror—and a good task for Will to work on. He and Geoff went on a few excursions to find cheap woven ticks; Colette gave him a tip on where to find some old textiles, discarded by a nearby mill, that would be perfect for stuffing; and he spent a day filling the fresh mattresses with cotton and wool.

What a marvel it was, Jamie thought, that he didn’t even complain too much about it. It was something Will could do to keep his hands busy that didn’t distract him too much from his constant blathering—on and on, rarely even pausing to take a breath. Some days, the everlasting chatter gave Jamie a headache, but most of the time, he found he couldn’t complain. It made him smile to see Colette challenge Will on half the things he said, or to see how attentively Geoff listened although he seldom contributed a single word.

Best of all, since stuffing mattresses wasn’t technically cleaning, it kept his brother much happier than scrubbing the floorboards would have.

It truly was something, Jamie thought, to watch his younger brother’s eyes widen the first time he crossed the threshold, once the place was finally ready to inhabit.

“Holy shit,” Will breathed, and Jamie laughed. “This is ours?”

“It’s not ours,” Jamie corrected him quickly. “We’re just renting it. Don’t get too excited.”

He pushed away one niggling thought that had been itching at him since he and Colette signed for the townhouse. He’d used his real name on the lease. Had she? She was so secretive about her past, and so much more quick-thinking than all of them sometimes, he suspected she had not. He feared to ask, lest she chastise him for being foolish or naive. For giving his name when perhaps not doing so would have been wiser.

“I know, I know.” Will waved away Jamie’s words. “But it’s… It’s real.”

Swallowing, Jamie put on a smile, hoping his brother couldn’t tell that a lump was growing in his throat. “Yeah.”

Moments like this, moments where Will could stand still, without fidgeting or pacing or tapping his foot—they were so rare. But he was motionless now, captivated, staring at the freshly washed walls and floors, the windows sparkling with rain, the secondhand but still functional white curtains. “It reminds me of…”

His words trailed off, but Jamie knew what he meant. He’d noticed it, too—how much this townhouse resembled the one they’d grown up in. It was older, to be sure, and shabbier than their childhood home had been, and it was in a worse neighbourhood, but something about it nevertheless felt similar; something about it felt familiar.

“I know.” Jamie, too, looked around, letting himself drift into his memories for only a few seconds before he focused back on his brother’s face. “So? How’d we do? You like it?”

Will grinned and flung his arms wide, the moment of peace now passed. “Well, yeah. Beats sleeping outside.”

Clearing his throat, Jamie turned his face away as if he were inspecting the room as his brother had done.

If their parents could see them now, what would they say? Would there be any hint of pride in their eyes when they looked at their sons? Jamie doubted it. Ma would be right pissed that they had scrounged up the funds to rent a decent home with stolen money. Even if he explained the plan, the vision, she’d surely be unimpressed. Iustitia aecum, she’d mutter, shaking her head. Who do you think you are, James Wardrew?

Justice for all men, justice for everyone. Taking from the wealthy. Giving to those who needed it.

Like we did, he’d say.

It isn’t right to take what’s not yours, she’d say. Jamie would duck out of the way before she landed a well-meaning but still surprisingly painful smack on his ear.

I’m doing what I have to do to take care of Will.

While he knew that there would be some sort of clever retort to that, the vision faded as Colette and Geoff tramped through the front door. Jamie held back a chuckle as Geoff shook the rain from his hair, sending a torrent of droplets over Colette.

“Watch it!” she admonished, giving him a nudge with her elbow, her arms occupied with a box full of food she’d picked up from the market before the storm hit. Turning her attention to Will, she said, “Are you going to help me with all this, or what?”

Rolling his eyes and heaving a long sigh, Will crossed the room to relieve her laden arms. “Thought you were tough and strong and didn’t need any help with stuff.”

“Don’t test me, Will Wardrew, unless you want to spend your first night here with a black eye.”

“Are you hearing this?” Will complained, skirting around her hand as she halfheartedly swatted him away.

“Well, don’t be an asshole,” Jamie said with a shrug.

“Don’t play with fire unless you want to get burned,” Colette echoed, glaring him right into the kitchen, though Jamie could see the laughter trying to fight its way onto her face.

Her grin faltered as she caught Jamie’s eye, and they both seemed to have the same thought at the same time. When Jamie glanced over at Geoff, he, too, appeared to be thinking it—the creeping sense that Colette’s warning applied to more than Will’s childish aversion to work.

In starting IA, wasn’t playing with fire precisely what they were doing?

“Hey!” Will called from the kitchen. “How much of this did you actually pay for, huh?”

The tension passed, and Jamie clapped a hand to his forehead. “Fuck’s sake, Will, do you want to yell that any louder?”

A sheepish cackle drifted in from the other room. “Sorry. Wasn’t thinking.”

“The walls aren’t that thick, all right? Watch what you say around here. And how loud you say it.” Jamie went to hover in the kitchen doorway and found that what awaited him there didn’t surprise him in the slightest. Will had stopped short of actually putting away any of Colette’s shopping, and he was now sitting on the edge of the table, swinging his legs, his feet just brushing the floor. He’d pulled an apple from the box and was tossing it into the air and catching it again, looking thoroughly untroubled and amused by this new preoccupation.

With a sigh and a shake of his head, Jamie darted in and snatched the apple from mid-air, before his brother could grab it. “Hey. Get your lazy ass up and put this stuff away.”

The response Jamie received was less than polite, but Will slid to the floor and obliged, muttering only a little as he did. When Jamie glanced back through the doorway, he caught Geoff watching them with a smile tugging at his lips.

Can’t believe we’re here, he seemed to say.

Jamie looked back at him for a moment, then looked away to monitor what Will was doing, feeling the heat in his face and chest that always accompanied Geoff’s searing gaze.

Neither can I, but I’m glad we are.

That feeling of contentment, the sense that Jamie had at last gotten something right after so many years of floundering and failing, stayed with him as night fell—their first night together in their house, their home. He and his family curled into the sitting room, and the space didn’t feel crowded or too small, even though Geoff’s legs stretched from his spot halfway to Colette’s chair, even though Will had sprawled on the floor like a child, gangly limbs everywhere.

Jamie relished the closeness of Geoff next to him, not too close, not touching, but near enough that the air between them crackled with warmth. He bent over one of Will’s shirts, silently cursing the dim light of the fire and the candle on the age-spotted table next to him, as he sewed a red patch onto the elbow to hide a tear that had come from who knew where. A muscled brown arm obscured his vision for a moment, and when he followed its movement, he saw Geoff nudging the candlestick a little further away.

“Gonna set your hair on fire.”

Will cracked up. “Now that would be funny.” Colette, from where she was thumbing through a book she’d acquired earlier that day, aimed a kick at his shoulder, and he rolled out of the way just in time, forcing Geoff to lift his legs to avoid a collision.

“Two for two,” Will chuckled, keeping his distance, and Jamie recalled Colette’s earlier attempts to smack his brother earlier in the day. “Better luck next time.”

“One of these days, your luck is going to run out.” Colette, however, was laughing too. She held up her book. “Everyone ready?”

Jamie murmured an affirmation, Geoff nodded, and even Will, despite a scoff that was a bit too dramatic to be believable, settled into a comfortable position as Colette flipped back to the first page and began to read aloud. “‘Attend and listen, gentlemen that are of freeborn blood, for I shall tell you of a good man. His name was…’”

Still on the floor, Will was fidgeting with a smooth stone he’d picked up years before, something to keep himself from wriggling around too much, but he was listening. With his eyes on Colette and Colette’s attention on the page, Jamie pulled one hand from the mending just for a minute and rested it next to his leg. Quick as a flash, Geoff’s warm fingers brushed his, squeezing tight, and then pulled away again.

It was perfect, Jamie decided. Small, absolutely. Shabby, well, that couldn’t be helped. But it was warm and safe and full of the most important people in the entire world. And that was all he needed.

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Tagging: @starlit-hopes-and-dreams, @gala1981, @kixngiggles .

#lps the prince of thieves #lps-birthday #tpot bonus chapter #will wardrew is a snarky little sh*t #jamie wardrew is too tired for this #the IA boys would be nothing without Colette #Geoff makes a damn good cup of tea #lps-writes

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sonicattos · 1 year

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ah random blurble spouting random headcanons at a random person i follow at 3 in the morning time! -Everyone says Shadow is represented by heavy metal, a lotta people seem to think that the Super Sonic songs of Frontiers would be "better suited" for him, however a lot of the songs in his own GAME are NOT heavy metal, in fact, most of them are electronic rock or full-on electronic jungle, sometimes even trance type tracks. As such, I propose that the genres that would best represent him would be either atmospheric dnb that uses lots of samples, or experimental types of electronic rock. -Sonic would be the type to listen to breakcore (like actual breakcore) to help him focus and Tails would be the type to be like "S...Sonic h...how does this- yknow what, sure, if it helps it helps" -Shadow likes nature. We already know he probably has a soft spot for animals, he loves lavenders, and part of his whole thing is thinking of the world as beautiful in some ways, as Earth itself represents both his and Maria's own personal desires, dreams, and wishes. Despite the fact that he has that edgy emo boy demeanor going on with his looks and his small actions, his overall personality really doesnt actually reflect that much, apart from some of the ways he speaks. However, that can just be chalked up to him enjoying being a bit dramatic. Overall, he's a lot less.... aggressive, than people seem to make him out to be. -To add to the "dramatic" part, I think he genuinely enjoys BEING dramatic, but in the moment he doesn't really realize he is being dramatic. Like, i dunno if this is relatable, but the being "autism funny" thing i go through, where I intentionally do try to be comedic, yet somehow at the same time i dont actually realize i am. I'm stating things I truly think, however i do know that when I say it that way it makes people laugh with me, so I'm cool with it. This is part of why the Shadow in my Paradox AU got into theatrics as an adult, because he's really fucking good at being dramatic and people think he's just a really good actor, but no, he's thinking about actual shit that's happened and channeling his inner drama from that thing into himself saying the lines lol. -Tails often tells Sonic all about how he overworks himself and shit, but he himself does the exact same thing. Whether or not it's something he picked up from Sonic, or just something that happened to be part of him thats a similar trait, is unknown. However, it DOES lead to them both badgering one another over overworking themselves until they both do the "I'll only stop if YOU stop!" thing to eachother before passing out somewhere random. Amy often has to check in on them to bring them out to a couch or something like that lol. -Tails tried to make a robot doggy to act as a "friend" to Knuckles so he could have a buddy on Angel Island whenever he's there for extended periods of time, the robo dog ended up a lil... wonky, though. Think like... a very very weird chihuahua. That's what it acts like. But Tails can't bring himself to "shut it down" because he says it's TOO much like an actual dog and he feels bad for it. They have yet to show Knuckles, so this weird yapper robot that "sleeps" most the day and kinda weirdly wobbles around the rest of the time just kinda.... lives in Tails' workshop. And sometimes bumps into them while they're doing stuff. This dog is also the only thing Eggman outright refuses to destroy when it comes to Tails' creations, even sometimes going out of his way to make sure it DOESNT get caught in the robotic-battle crossfire while fighting the team. Eggman is.... oddly sympathetic toward robotic beings, as seen in a lot of continuities of him where he doesnt just, like.... scrap and replace his "less reliable" robots despite them being, well, less reliable. It's an oddly continuous trait of his and I think it would be funny if a silly weird robo dog were to be his goddamn weakness lmao.

-This is more of a future au, but Amy ends up growing up to be a very witchy type who's genuinely knowledgeable in those types of practices. She's already got those hippie vibes to her, even moreso than the rest of the group lol, so I think it'd check out pretty well! Knuckles would bring her an especially cool rock that looks like a squid and she'd be like "Knuckles those are amethyst crystal points where did you find this it's absolutely stunning??????" And he's like "oh there's a bunch of em none of them looked that cool though". And it turns out that he's been finding cool crystals everywhere, just none of them looked enough like animals to him so he didn't think they were that important lol. But now he brings her the "weird shiny ones" because he knows she likes em so why not? -Sonic and Shadow have a chili dog eating contest and Sonic learns the true extent to the whole "Shadow cant get sick" thing -Just... overall other bizarre shit they compete over. They'd absolutely make a competition out of anything, which they need to absolutely bring back in-canon. They wouldnt always be beating the shit outta one another, but they WOULD be having multi-mile races over the dumbest possible decisions, or having a contest over who can go the longest without pissing someone off on accident lmao.

(tried to give some love to characters besides Sonic, Shadow, and Tails lol. They're all good characters honestly, I love em. Also help me name the robot doggy because i may use that in a possible AU lol)

- i agree with the first one!!! although i feel like shadow appreciates almost all types of music! he hates being perceived so he doesn’t talk about the music that doesn’t “fit his vibe”

-i can see sonic either LOVING breakcore or despising it, no in between and i won’t elaborate

-shadow loving nature is one of my favorites. and there’s no way it isn’t true since it was his and maria’s dream to visit earth. they’ve had to have read books and stuff too! that’s why he’s standing by that tree in shadow 05, it’s “his tree”

-you’re so right about shadow being dramatic. in game canon, doesn’t matter in what game, he’s calm, but when he gets excited or any intense emotion, he starts yelling and says over the top one liners. a more recent example would be in team sonic racing and how he behaves in the game while just talking to someone vs how he acts while racing. he’s so monotone and calm but when he’s competing he’s practically screaming at everyone.

-i hc tails is an intense hypocrite because at least sonic takes time for naps. tails will not sleep for days and still yells at sonic for pulling one all nighter.

-i love the robot dog hc hdjfjd; eggman is a very interesting character because while he literally abuses animals he has sympathy for his robots. perhaps because he designs them with voices and personalities and such. you’d think he’d shut off orbot and cubot by now especially since they’re ruthless to him but no, he still keeps them around. don’t forget sage like jeez he literally just made a human girl and didn’t think he’d be attached?

-i see amy becoming more witchy too!! she already has her tarot cards and her “sonic sense” i’m pretty sure she’s said that she can sense chao as well? or just peoples auras in general? i have this stupid hc that she cursed herself by accident which is why she wears rings, and also why she can turn invisible in 06.

-shadow becomes sick for the first time not clickbait

-i love the competition for no/a stupid reason so much. they kinda haven’t stopped doing that, again, in team sonic racing sonic challenged shadow to a race because he wanted to help shadow on a mission i think.

#sonic hcs #saltcat text #ask box

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Life’s Little Comforts

I saw someone else do this, so I had to try as well! 😊💜. some of these have two answers 😅…

Comfort movie:

The Ying Yang Master: Dream of Eternity.

I watched the movie when it first came out, and absolutely fell in love with it. It has a perfect mix of everything I like! So I always come back to it, just for a good rewatch.

Comfort song:

Wishes (Instrumental) by Jamie Miller. (I think It’s from the snowdrop soundtrack?)

I stumbled upon this instrumental by complete accident, but since that moment it’s been a part of my everyday life. I put it on when I just need a calming sound that’s still enjoyable to listen too. An absolute beautiful piece of music.💜

Comfort food:

Rouladen

it’s a German dish my dad makes from scratch. It’s thinly sliced beef wrapped around pickles, bacon and mustard. Usually served with pickled red cabbage. 😋

Comfort place:

Simple answer, my house surrounded by my family. Nothing is better then that. 😊

Comfort book:

Now this is a tough one. My first thought was the Ascendence Series by Jennifer A Neilsen. I’ve read the entire series multiple times. It’s one of my absolute favourites! (Good whump and good story, highly recommend)

But as of late, I’ve begun reading a book called The Uncertain Soilder by Karen Bass. Now I havnt read an actual book in quite a while, as I’ve always been to busy. Recently my mental health has taken a slight decline, so I’ve been taking care of myself a little more. And as reading used to be one of my favourite past times, I’ve started again! It’s gotten to the point that when ever I feel Even the slightest bit to anxious i just pick up the book and read a page. It helps so much! (I picked this book because: 1) it looks cool and 2) it’s set basically where I live! Which i find interesting. 😆)

Comfort TV show:

Anything from the DMBJ Universe

They’re just amazing shows with so much beautiful bromance and SO MUCH WHUMP, that I’m constantly rewatching them. It always brings me comfort when it’s on😌

Comfort trope(s):

oh man this is hard... I think my “comfort” tropes to read/watch would have to be seizures, fainting, and cradling. :) Classics!

Tagging:

@silversanimewhump @killerandhealerqueen @sasuga-whump @simply-whump @whumpetywhump @strandedchesspiece @whump-lover-and-reader and @i-love-me-a-lotta-whump�� Of course if anyone else wants to join, be my guest!

#tag games #tag game #comfort #not whump #comfort tag #comfort show #comfort song #comfort books #comfort food #comfort place #comfort movies

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Please Please Me (1963)

Part 1 in the CutCat Reviews Beatles Albums series, and what better place to start than the beginning?

Dang... they were sure Baby Bugs back then!

I ain't yet listened to every song on this here album, so this'll be interesting and strangely new, haha (Though I should disclaim that I'll be listening to the highest quality versions I can find on YT, so some will be innately more advantaged than others)

SIDE ONE

I Saw Her Standing There: One, Two, Three, FAUWH!! While part'a me raises eyebrows at "Well she was just 17, and you know what I mean" part (which is also somewhat mitigated by their own youth at the time! lol), the rest is such a fun, high energy bit of Rock n Roll that I enjoy this quite a bit, and it makes a great energetic opening to the album to boot!

Misery: A sad song set to jaunty music, if I didn't understand English I'd prolly miss that detail XD - Though I defo prefer said upbeat instrumentations to the otherwise kind of stock breakup song

Anna (Go To Him): Ahh, our first cover! Not keen on their harmonies here, something sounds Off. The song itself is fine, but as they didn't write it I won't be going into much about the words :P

Chains: Harmonica! Another cover so I'm gonna skip the lyrics, but the instruments and harmonies are on good display here~ I'm sorry to say I didn't notice it was George on vocals until I checked though, sorry! ^^;;

Boys: Ringo's turn with a cover!! He puts a lotta energy into this, and I like that they didn't change it to Girls or something instead lmao - His range works well for this, there's great guitar and Paul screaming in the background too, but the lyrics themselves don't stick in my mind much, it seems to be mostly "Talk about Boys, [Yeah Yeah Boys]"

Ask Me Why: We leave the sea of Covers for this side, for a lot of stringing out single words lmao, it kinda feels like an inverse of Misery, being much lower key but being Glad, though again the lyrics ain't really making a strong impression on my memory so when I get to the next side I doubt I'll be able to recall it well

Please Please Me: NOW WE'RE TALKING, BAYBEE! The words may be cheeky and arguably shallow, but it's got such energy and rhythm that I really do feel motivated to stand and move in response! The instruments all do a strong job here, and I think I actually first heard this as an instrumental and knew I needed to check it out more lmao. I can't think why Love Me Do got the #1 and this didn't, man!!

SIDE TWO

Love Me Do: I do not care for this song! Objectively it has a lovely bass, nice steady drums and impressive harmonica. But URGHHHH I cannot stick the vocals saying such inane, repetitive words! I feel like this is the only Beatles song that Beatle Haters hear, and form their entire opinion on. I can't fathom how it reached a #1 slot, other than it having been an exceedingly slow period for Tunes, or maybe the mouth organ really WAS that novel?! But when playing the Number Ones CD I always, always skip it, and even the newest version with the Now and Then release fails to win me over. And Ringo ain't even the drummer here!!

P.S. I Love You: Really benefits from following LMD, lmaoooo. It's a nice little tune with some instrument I can't identify (castanets?). I feel like From Me To You kinda does the long distance thing better, but there's a nice rhythm and harmonies that make this pleasing. It's also not Ringo drumming, again - no offence to Andy White, but y'ain't one'a the Lads! :T

Baby It's You: We're back in the Cover Realm. This song is nice. When I first heard the "Cheat" I thought they were saying "Shit" though, which I think woulda made it better XD ...15 mins after listening to it I have no memory of how it sounds :v

Do You Want To Know A Secret: In original and George territory! Gotta say the "secret" was extremely predictable :P The music is perfectly nice, but it doesn't strike me as Beatles Standard, ya know? That applies to a fair few on this album, not just this, but it's now that I really Am Thinking it ^^;;;

A Taste Of Honey: Cover! Less to say! They do good! When I listen to it my brain tries turning it more into a meme song, like it goes "A taste of Honey! Tasty!!", so idk what that says about the song itself but it's not the most glowing of reviews lmao

There's A Place: Ahh, the last Original on this album~ Sounds oddly modern in the sense of maladaptive daydreaming...! They really WERE ahead of the time (or having a Mind Palace is old as Hunter Gatherers maybe, both work lol). It's another inoffensive but hard to really talk about number, musically.

Twist And Shout: I've been pretty Cool to all the covers here, but this is quite the exception, and OOOOH IT'S SO RAAAAW (Infamously so, we all know John had to save this one for last as it shredded his vocal chords somewhat!). Another one that actually makes me Move, which is impressive, and it closes the Album on a very strong note~

CONCLUSION

Best 3: I Saw Her Standing There, Please Please Me, Twist And Shout

Blurst 3: Love Me Do, Anna (Go To Him), Baby It's You. [To be honest I kinda wanna put LMD here three times instead, but myeah]

Overall Quality?: It's Decent! In the context of it being their debut album, it's more impressive, but knowing how much the songwriting and music would develop does rather cast this in a long shadow. My 3 faves here are also the only ones* that got Red Album remasterings by the looks of it, and I sure see why they were chosen over the rest (*Though Love Me Do's omnipresence baffles me!)

🪲🪲🪲🪲

Neeext Time on my Bug Music reviews, we shall be With The Beatles ;3c

#The Beatles #Please Please Me #and some other songs of variable quality #CutCat listens to Bug Music #Music Review #[ as written by someone with a shaky understanding of Music. But I do ENJOY it!! When it's good ;) ]#Sorry if anyone is a Love Me Do enjoyer but the first harmonica notes have turned into a Rage Button for me lmao

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okokok its gym birb anon im taking that name bc i need to find an emoji

what if. birb played an instrument well. like real real real well. like almost proffesional. like u know that whole fire pit thingy scene what if birb only played the fiddle so theyd have a duet partner. and they actually slay at like classical guitar or steel stringed ur choice bro. personally i think some of the gfs would be all over this.

imagine lemme set the scene. birb just casually picking up a guitar and playing real well (tuning it cause as a multiple instrument playing musician idc u tune ur instruments pleeeaaaes even if its the death of you)

vada would def be like loook at how faast those fingers mooove. def thinking unholy thoughts (trying to get birb to play unholy on electric)

tara would be horny thoughts horny thoughts horny thoughts with vada obviously. like no doubt but also so so so so eager to learn to play literally draping themselvers onto birbs guitar filled lap like teeaaaach me

wenesday would def be like oh my god competent duet partner this entire time??? getcho ass oveer here lurch brought my cello and then grabbing birb by the collar when they try to go fight lurch guitar and all with them. She'd definatley choose some casual piece and deal with birb playing it okayish before sighing and playing the only classical piece birb plays eagerly. Canon in D

lorraine i feel like would sing along softly prolly making up her own words or melody while sitting near birb or working around em like she is also feeling horny thoughts but is always down to listen to music. maybe distracts birb a lil by sitting wrapped up arms around them and pressed to their back singing into their ear but shhh we'll never know

phoebe i thikn is with vada and tara like goddamn the skill but look at how fast them fingers move...

and harley katie and ellie want birb to play tiktok songs.

can i be :) anon cause finding an emoji is a lotta work

Okay okay okay, listen, if this is in our Happy Timeline where no one dies/stays dead and trauma is Healed, here's how I think this whole thing would go down

Nicky is still a-fiddlin away because... of course, he's a natural. And Birb, imo, can't play a six string to save their life BUT they can play a 12 string like it's nobody's business. It's out of tune but still surprisingly sounds good (I say as someone who also plays multiple instruments, but who grew up with a farm family that just... doesn't take the time to tune, don't come for us) so those two are just jammin out like it's what they were born to do

And they ONLY do it when they're all out at The Family's place when they have their bonfires (which, if everyone is over, is a nightly affair). And every single time the gfs are just "and you can't play it in our own home???" And Birb's instant response is "it doesn't sound as good when it's not around a fire :/" with the most sincere genuity they can possibly invoke

Meanwhile, all the gfs just sit there trying not to appear that interested (even though everyone knows otherwise) because "well if you won't play at home, I just won't listen 🙄" even though they're constantly watching Birb like they are only this 👌 close to pulling them away for... reasons

And then yeah, no, Harley, Katie, and Ellie are just like "... but can you two play Savage by Megan Thee Stallion?"

And yes bestie, your emoji has been set, welcome to the Emoji Knights of the Round Table 🧑‍⚖️

#multiverse birb #:)

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girlfriendsofthegalaxy · 2 years

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tuesday again 8/23/22

my landlady gave me the plague. this one's extremely fucking short

listening new panic album's shit, as were the last two. have my all-time top favorite old sappy panic song instead, off the Whoops We Independently Reinvented The Beatles album

youtube

reading i would actually recommend clicking through this article to the original callout post about the fuckin piece of shit goddamn hellhole that is the bored ape yacht club nft project bc there's imo too many coincidences for this to be a coincidence or the occasional edgy reference by undersocialized dudes. i do wonder how much of this the original artist was given as a brief, and how much was from her? we will probably never find out.

the sheer influence this group of people have over the rest of the blockchain scene (which is all grifters and marks, no one is using blockchain in a non-speculative manner) anyway the grip they have on their whole subculture is fucking bonkers, and i'm not surprised it's rot all the way down

watching i watched five westerns this week and several other films, due to the agonies.

i don't really have it in me to do a full review but my god was prey (2022, dir. Trachtenberg) so much goddamn fun to watch. an extremely competent little horror flick.

this was a mix of stuff off my letterboxd watchlist and stuff found by hopping from free youtube video to free youtube video. i think i heard about prey the same way everyone else did, by hearing the echoes of twitter whining about how it was too woke

playing an awful fucking lot of spider solitaire while curled up in bed extremely feverish. also a bit of fallou/t 4 on my laptop from twenty fucking eighteen. all the settings are cranked down as low as possible (how i originally played this game, on this very laptop) but it overheats like crazy and the fan never turns off. whenever i enter a cell with too many objects we slow to a crawl. this laptop HATED croup manor, but so do i so that's okay. why have a settlement where the corpses constantly respawn? why have a settlement where the corpses constantly respawn where i have to grenade them loose bc the one in the dining room is half fallen through the ceiling and the one in the safe room is always stuck on the ledge? why is this a known issue and was never patched??? todd you gotta lotta fuckin things to answer for

making hey gram it's been about two weeks how ya doin

pretty good it seems

#the java fern is simply Not doing pretty good but we'll see #tuesday again #tuesday again no problem

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Okay as promised here's my more thoughts to follow in the Buffy update, A+ series had a great time. "Innocence", "Passion", "I Only Have Eyes For You" and "Becoming" so great, Buffy gets so much good everything for all the big Angel fallout Sarah Michelle Gellar is just always nailing it. Also actually warmed up to Cordyxander wasn't expecting that. Gonna admit wasn't super into Spike at first but I'll tell you into the second half once he was in the wheelchair loved that guy, dunno just wasn't really buying the hype they tried but after taking him down a few notches my kinda guy. RIP Jenny but she got a lot of great stuff loved her, RIP Kendra kinda wish she'd got a bit more for her death. Also I remember back in What's My Line I thought oh a cop who just starts blasting in a school of course she's an assassin but then they do the same thing in Becoming just as regular cops incredible. Also wow they went real hard on the queer coding with Buffy coming out to Joyce in Becoming (this was also a great scene), also a hard unsympathetic turn for Joyce especially in 3x01 with her blaming Giles for Buffy following Joyce's ultimatum, wasn't expecting it so much. Giles also, lotta great stuff, shocker Anthony Stewart Head does good work I know but he was so good in Passion and I Only Have Eyes For You. I didn't think I'd get so into the whole AngelxBuffy romance considering y'know I already knew how it goes but nah its still real good even with that foreknowledge. Also shout out to Willow just having to double as a teacher for the latter half of the series since Jenny died incredible stuff, and good for her getting into the witch phase which is what I mostly knew about her from second hand knowledge, besides that finding out she was gay in the evil mirror verse was part of how she found out she was gay herself.

Also I forgot about that joke about how David Boreanaz can't do an Irish accent and man he can really not do an Irish accent, I remember an episode of Angel where his pre Vampire memories took over or something and they just had him do the American accent, shout out also to Angel being dead and still in the opening credits for series 3 (I've watched one episode so far) really selling me that he's dead forever guys. Also gotta say despite I Only Have Eyes For You being real good, kinda sketchy the whole I dunno if the student being in a relationship with his teacher was handled particularly well. Like I get it yeah for the comparison between Angel and Buffy but directly bringing that in makes that a bit sketch as well, like I'm not gonna complain about age differences with vampire/human romances because its a staple, you can't get away from it they're vampires but if you're directly bringing in the comparisons y'know.

Also glad you mostly enjoyed the song recs, I've been listening to Rise Against since you said The Weight of my Pride is like them meets Fightstar (who I will also get to but I am incapable of checking out music in a way that isn't listening to they're entire discography in a row before trying out another one), they're so good I haven't clicked this hard with a band since I got into Dio and REO Speedwagon, its just banger after banger.

Also gonna go read HerInsectReflections' essays on series 2 like you recced. Will read your Common Ground fic when I get to around about Faith's heel turn I think.

Final last second thought the theme song seems a bit different for series 3? Dunno if I like it as much I'm sure it'll grow on me

Yeah! Definitely read the @herinsectreflection essays, they're really incredible. In particular I think you might enjoy skipping straight to the one she wrote for "I Only Have Eyes for You" since I think it does a really good job dissecting and contextualizing the teacher/student and age gap stuff in that episode while still acknowledging what sucks about it.

I know I've said before that my favorite episodes of Buffy are the ones that are really about other episodes of Buffy but I really mean it and I think you probably know exactly what I mean about that by now. As such, I'm really excited for you to get further into s3 and start getting to the Faith stuff. Very enmeshed with the Angel/Angelus arc.

Anyway fully agree re: Kendra. The show really did her dirty. It's got to be acknowledge that the one way Buffy fails egregiously and repeatedly throughout all 7 seasons in with race. Characters of color and black characters in particular are rarely seen, usually only fulfilling temporary roles, lack the depth and interiority of white characters and are usually victims of some sort of stereotyping. It's a bummer and I wish I could say it gets better but it really doesn't. Huge L!

Re: Spike - honestly yeah, for me he's best when he's kinda just being the buttmonkey.

I think the season 3 theme might be where they ditch the scream? I prefer the scream tbh. But when I watch with my best friend she does it for me, which is very sweet.

Thanks for checking in again! Love your updates! Glad you're having a good time!

#replies #Anonymous

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Rant time.

Okay, look, we all know Viva Las Vengeance is a whole…. something that isn’t quite Panic! At The Disco, nor is it anything particularly amazing either because Brendon can’t write for shit, but I think one aspect in which we can cut it some slack is the beautiful musical disaster that is:

Sad Clown

What could possibly be the saving grace for this astronomical fuckup of a song?

Well, you’re absolutely right in that it is an underwhelming absolute lack of an orgasm after chafing your genitals for a fucking hour, but dear god, in a way, doesn’t that make SENSE? Look, we know Brendon Urine didn’t do it on purpose at all cuz, you know, he’s a dumb cunt and not a 5’1 autistic man hoarding literature degrees like a useless dragon hoards gloves for hands it doesn’t have. But if he HAD done it on purpose, Sad Clown could have been recognised as a satisfyingly UNsatisfying metaphor for, well, unsatisfying…ness.

Consider:

"I pop a pill to feel euphoria. Five minutes, ten minutes, to a half an hour, But not the rest of my life."

And

"Even though I'm smiling, I'm crying. I'm sick and tired of trying, I'm dying. Is this all there is?"

In a badly done, even babygirlification somewhat, of the Hey Ya theme of sad lyrics on a preppy dance tune (and look, I never said the lyrics were good), we can extrapolate the story being told here; ex-lovers, one, Maggie presumably, has moved on quite happily whereas our protagonist has not, though he puts on a front of happiness and copes with drugs, and while the drugs may give him a temporary relief, he knows that he cannot rely on this permanently.

How does this make a shit song a good song?

In an overly analysed close-reading of the music, which I am absolutely qualified to do because I took music theory class for one year in highschool and I'm a man on the internet, I can conclude that this song just doesn't have a chorus? Sure, Urine tried, but if you actually ignore the urge to do a dancey dance and listen for like two secs, you'll realise that the "chorus" is just a whole lotta buildup with no payoff. Bridges, no chorus. Chafing, no orgasm, whatever fucking analogy you wanna roll with. We literally get like three bridges in a row:

"Five minutes, ten minutes, to a half an hour For the rest of my life."

I call this the pre-bridge. It's different to the verse, and we get a sense of "change is coming" in the dropping of the notes towards the end of the bar, and even the general softer, more emotive tone in Urine's voice in "For the rest of my life," however this isn't yet a bridge in the same way most of us would recognise one.

"Leave me alone (a paliacciao triste) Leave me alone (he not so molto bene)."

Bridge 1: Huge musical buildup in the drum, the dropout of other instruments (again, a common indication of "get ready, it's coming!") and the inclusion of the backup singers singing the goofiest fucking shit I've ever read in my life.

"Your majesty's magnificent. My tragedy is imminent. Even though I'm smiling, I'm crying, I shall win."

Bridge 2: Oh, another bridge? I mean, it COULD have been a chorus, but its that last line where we get basically exactly the same musicality of the first bridge, but louder, and man I'm on the edge of my seat. I'm waiting for the climax, I'm rearing to fucking GO.

guitar riff

Oh.

That was it?

That was...

Well, I didn't come that's for sure.

Where the fuck is the chorus, Urine? Because I sure as shit didn't hear one! I feel like I'm back four years in time with my ex who had the weakest dick game I've ever seen in someone without erectile dysfuction.

And then that ending too. He screeches that last note (and this is the only comment I'll make on Urine's actual singing capabilities because that's a whole other rant for another day) and then everything just... dies. And not even in a satisfactory way. No fade out, no sharp sudden stop; it gives the vibe of the orchestra awkwardly realising the conductor's stopped and is glaring at the trombones.

It is unsatisfying

BUT IT FUCKING WORKS.

AND I'M SO MAD THAT IT WORKS.

Literally an entire song about dissatisfaction, faking pleasure/happiness, relying on temporary highs that ultimately never amount to anything, AND IT IS MOST UN-FUCKING-SATISFYING SHIT I'VE EVER LISTENED TO.

WHY

#p!atd lyrics #panic! at the disco #brendon urie #calling him brendon URINE because that's funny #viva las vengeance #music analysis #comparing music to orgasms #doing this instead of my lecture notes #you can't stop me #overanalyzing #take my literature degree away

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Machina - Epilogue 2

Location: Machina Stage Characters: Mika, Shuu, Makoto & Sora

Shuu: Our performance will begin very soon.

Mika: Yeah. I always get nervous and excited right before we start. My head feels oddly clear but my body is achin’ ♪

Shuu: They’re good nerves. I hope you’ll perform with the same sort of mindset.

Kagehira. The digital art you made was unexpectedly not bad.

I had you actively take part in the making of the stage for “Machina” so that your inspiration wouldn’t go to waste.

But I didn’t think you would include something old-fashioned like a CRT TV.

When you see a large monitor and state-of-the-art technology together, it reminds me of junk art. Were you aware of the comparison between the two?

Mika: Ahaha. Are you givin’ me a compliment, Oshi-san?

But I’m glad you’re not angry. I really like this stage.

I had the idea when I heard you can have performances with projected images.

A long time ago, when I was in a dump site, there were heaps of TVs that had been thrown away.

It costs money to throw those things away, right? I thought there might actually be something that still works there – It was like a mountain of treasure before me.

I did consider that my artwork from the “Test World” might be rubbish in yer eyes, though.

In a world where another man’s trash is another man’s treasure, being able to make art without puttin’ on a bold front reminded me of my past feelings and it was a lotta fun…♪

And then, Oshi-san, you acknowledged digital art…

And I realised you really are the person I respect the most.

Shuu: Hmph. You get carried away the moment I’m nice to you… Junk is junk no matter the instrument.

I acknowledged it because the themes happened to match up this time, but I still haven’t allowed you to pick things up from the dump.

Mika: Ngh, t-that’s already somethin’ from the past!

We already settled that matter back then so that we don’t end up interferin’ with each other, right? Are you gonna be persistent and say I’m in the wrong again?

What a waste of my feelings~! It was my mistake to respect you, Oshi-san!

Shuu: Non! I did not mean it like that. Back then, Kagehira, you–

Makoto: *Whispers* The performance is about to start, you two.

Sora: *Whispers* Please get to your places!

Shuu: ...Ahem. We’ll get to the end of this later – Let’s focus on the performance.

Mika: …Yeah. It’ll be rude to our audience if they see us arguin’.

Alright, let’s go, Oshi-san.

We’ve got a song to perform for the people waitin’ for our art.

Mika: There’ll definitely be people who like us here, but I think there’ll also be people who disagree and are sceptical of us.

The people who got caught up in Oshi-san’s online flame wars and the incident in the “Test World” will probably not have good opinions about us.

But if they’ll listen to our song – even if it’s just a little – I’ll do my best to sing so that it reaches their hearts ♪

“♪~♪~”

Shuu: …Hehe.

Kagehira, you’ve improved yet again. Your voice sounds melodic and pleasant.

You’re not very good at what you do, but I do acknowledge your passion for art.

The digital world is something that simply takes shape with zero and binary numbers, but humans have a variable in the name of emotions. The one who makes that sparkle is, once again, you. Be sure to continue devoting yourself to that.

There are a number of things that exist in this world – be it one’s position and principles, ideas, the rich and poor, gender…

The finest people who disagree with me are not few and they most definitely exist.

But forgetting that sort of concept and questioning those who appreciate it is why art exists.

Nothing in the world is convenient. It can be irritating but it’s definitely not a dead end. You can ponder to yourself and walk around while making progress inside a labyrinth at the same time.

Shuu: The world that was created conveniently ended at the hands of Deus Ex Machina. However, reality causes us to be lost and although we may choose the wrong path, we have no choice but to continue onwards.

I wish for us to walk together in that awful reality.

Alongside you – someone who differs from me.

“♪~♪~”

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Hii! 🌸 For the wholesome oc ask meme: 9, 16, 23, 30 for Naraka Bonus: 5 for another character of your choice 💛

meme!!

9. How would they react if a person they love gave them a flower bouquet unexpectedly?

Unless it was Thom, and history with the carta included, I would say she would first be suspicious/anxious. If she didn't have time to talk to the person, she'd be going to Varric trying to learn "flower language" so she can determine if it has some sort of secret meaning. I doubt anyone else in her life (aside from Thom) does understand "flower language" though, so I'm sure it would have some nefarious meaning unintentionally, which would only put Naraka on edge more.

If Thom gave her a bouquet unexpectedly, though, she'd just get gooey.

16. What was the happiest moment of their life?

Ooohh, that's a good one. I imagine Naraka by and large having a less-than-stellar existence. Pre-Inquisition, it was probably related to learning about Cadash Thaig, giving her a sense of belonging back with Orzammar. (Not saying she ignores everything about House Cadash getting banished so she can focus on hoping one day to step foot in her ancestral home, but like... She's a lotta delusional about how Good things are in Orzammar.)

In a bittersweet way, I think another moment of singular joy for her is finding out the truth about Thom/Blackwall, because it means he actually understands her in a way that almost nobody else does. It means he actually sees her for her and not just some Paragon of Andrastian Virtue she could literally never live up to be. He lied to her and he killed people and he's struggling through wanting to be a better person but trying to fill the boots of an identity far larger and Better than he thinks he could ever be, and isn't that just so perfectly imperfect?

23. Would they prefer reading books or listening to an audiobook? Besides, would they rather read for someone or have someone read for them?

I think it depends on how much she wants to pay attention to the book. If she's deadset determined on getting the information the first time, she would prefer to read, but otherwise she would prefer an audiobook so she can listen to it while she does other things. The problem with an audiobook is that she would have to rewind a lot as her attention splintered.

And the same with the second half; it depends on the intent. I think she would actually get a lot of pleasure from reading a book she particularly enjoyed to someone else, but someone reading to her would almost certainly put her to sleep. Not that that's necessarily bad; she doesn't sleep well with the mark at first because dreaming makes her feel like she didn't properly rest, won't properly rest. So anything that lulls her to sleep is undoubtedly a good thing.

30. What is their love language?

Toooouuuucccchhhhhh. Please she lives in a crime family she is so touch-starved please give her hugs and ruffle her hair and kiss her nose. Squeeze her hand and pat her shoulder and play footsie with her. Please touch her.

BONUS: Doing 5 for Ziphrane!!

5. What is the song you most associate with them?

"In Our Bedroom After the War" by Stars "Whispers" by Twin Atlantic

In Our Bedroom After the War is just kind of generally my Dragon Age Protagonist theme song, but I like it for Ziphrane especially because it makes me think of the first time she wakes up in the Fade and realizes that everything she's worked so hard for is over, and life is moving on without her, and wasn't that what she was working for?

Whispers by Twin Atlantic is just because there's not a lot of songs that can manage to have the chorus "If you thought dying was the easy part, leaving life behind's the thing that's hard" without feeling too edgy. Don't get me wrong, that's such an edgy line, but idk imo they make it work. That combined with "all i hear are whispers" just makes the whole song feel very Ziphrane.

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