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50c14lly4nx10u5 · 1 year
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i'm still, like, feeling weiirrrrrd, having a post from my province come up on my daaaaashh
bc like no one knows about the place lol...
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portuguesedisaster · 1 month
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Went to watch an orchestra play a bunch of Hans Zimmer, and like...I don't particularly enjoy Dune but the track they played from part II slaps.
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empty-movement · 1 year
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I remember seeing a post floating around on Tumblr about a 1980s anime movie that had some strong parallels to utena (especially with the rose bride and rose related imagery I think) but now I can't remember the name or find the post. Since you're the resident utena expert I wondered if you have any idea about what movie that could be or if you knew of any other stuff that might have had influence on utena and would be worth checking out. If not no worries and thanks for all the great work you do.
I'm going to guess the movie you're thinking about is Belladonna of Sadness, though that's much older, at 1973. Note: EVEN THE TRAILER HAS EXPLICIT NUDITY AND STYLIZED BUT HONESTLY PRETTY SHOCKING DEPICTIONS OF RAPE.
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I honestly can't recall if anyone in Be-Papas ever brought this movie up specifically, but I cannot stress enough how obviously it is part of the DNA of Revolutionary Girl Utena. This was a film absolutely all of the creative team would likely have seen. Not only is it a major work of animation from the era, it's very much adjacent to the world of 70s ass musical theater abstract rage art that Ikuhara ate up so hard that alumni of it ended up working on Utena. (Seazer doing the duel choruses, there's even a lost musical by Ei Takatori, more on that another day.)
This isn't one of those 'lol check out this shot to shot comparison it's identical' kinds of things. While Ikuhara makes explicit references more often in later work to pop culture of note, Utena's vibe is more about digesting those inspirations, instead of decorating with them. Belladonna of Sadness is a film that feels like Utena content when you watch it. Visually, it's so much its own thing, but the shocking delicacy of Utena's most explicit scenes, the way rape is depicted, those sensibilities definitely have their origin in this film, in part.
It's not an easy watch, definitely look into content warnings for it, but those pass for you, it's probably one of, if not my top, recommendations for what to explore to find Utena's inspirations.
Another film with similarly deeply obvious vibes:
Lost Highway: This David Lynch film came out while Utena was being produced. I saw it before seeing Utena because I was Smashing Pumpkins trash as a teenager and they did a bop for the OST. I can't stress enough how much the Akio Arc is inspired by this film. Don't believe me? Listen to this:
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The work of Shuji Terayama is very obvious as inspiration spiritually for Utena, especially Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets. However, I caution anyone interested in that end of the Utena universe to tread *very* carefully, this content gets honestly fucking horrifying sometimes. Explicit abuse and rape will be depicted in much of this content. Themes Utena shares, but depicts very differently, for a very different audience.
Anyway, hope that helps! Or at least is interesting!
-Vanna
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luna-writes-stuff · 2 years
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My Badass Girlfriend, Eddie Munson
Fanfic, female! guitarist! reader
FIX IT FIC (fuck canon), Angst, fluff-ish
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Tw: SPOILERS FOR SEASON 4 EPISODE 9!!! Mentions + description of battle, use of weapons. Mentions + description of blood and injuries. Some angst is good for the soul. Use of swear words, one (maybe two) uses of Jesus as a swear word. Eddie canonically listens to Iron Maiden, my life has been made, so use of Iron Maiden music.
Summary: Fix it fic! Takes place during S4 E9; When Eddie runs right back into the Upside Down, you cannot leave him there. So, as he runs from the demo-bats, you take it upon yourself to distract them from him.
For those wondering; the song used is The Trooper by Iron Maiden. I tried to pick a good rock number (time accurate) a lot of people would know, so it would avoid confusion. If you don’t know the song, I highly recommend listening to it! It’s a bop, Iron Maiden is amazing. That was all. Goodnight.
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 The wait was the very worst.
Having, much to the dismay of Eddie, come with everyone to the Upside Down, you were now waiting in Eddie’s trailer. Holding your arms out in case Dustin would tumble out again, or in case your boyfriend would jump in first.
After his very successful distraction of the demo-bats, as you and Dustin had named them, you had run back into the Munson trailer. Adrenaline had been pumping through your veins as you pushed yourself into the middle of the room. The younger boy had been standing in front of you as Eddie’s back was placed against yours, all three spears aimed at the sky. You remembered the sheer panic surrounding the room, or the high screams that tore from all your throats when the creatures flew into the stronghold.
So you climbed back into Eddie’s trailer; the trailer you knew. The boy had been very persistent in letting you climb in first, even after expressing your concerns towards Dustin. But there you stood, your weapons left in the Upside Down, and your arms stretched out.
“Come on!” You yelled at the pair, staring up to the ceiling.
The curlyhead nodded firmly, discarding his weapons on the floor, before following suit. His hands grasped the sheets dangling from the ceiling, and you took it as your sign to step forward.
“I got it!” He called, shooing you away from your spot.
You merely shrugged at him, taking two steps back, abandoning the mattress on the floor.
Just as you retreated, Dustin’s form fell down, a pained grunt escaping his lips. You moved forward quickly, helping the boy up while you dusted off his shoulders. Scrambling to his feet, you pushed him behind you.
“Eds, hurry up!” You shouted, motioning your hand towards him.
His eyes were blown wide as he looked back in shock. Again, you called his name, drawing his attention back to you.
“Let’s go!”
Nodding swiftly, he ran up to the sheets, throwing his spear down. His hands reached towards the rope, tugging on it once. For a final time, he looked back, swallowing thickly.
“We are no heroes,” You reminded, your heart beating in your throat. “We stay safe. Come.”
Hesitation visibly showed on his face, yet he slowly climbed up, his eyes now set on you. An encouraging smile washed over you, relief flooding your senses while you sighed heavily. The demo-bats were heard audibly from the other side of the gate, making new anxiety rush through your veins.
“Faster!” You encouraged, but Eddie only looked back, looking at you once, before looking back again.
“Eds,” You warned, your voice wavering. “No.”
Trying to duplicate your earlier smile, he looked up at you. His eyebrows furrowed together, as his lips parted slightly.
“I’m sorry, sweetheart.” He whispered. 
His hands let go of his rope, his feet hitting the floor again. He reached down for his spear slowly, his other hand fumbling for the shield discarded by Dustin.
“No.” You mumbled, running up to the gate. “No, no, no, no.”
“Shit, Eddie, no!” Dustin yelled after him, stepping up behind you.
“Stay back!” Eddie warned, but you scoffed, climbing back onto the sheets. 
“Like hell I am.”
Yet, just as you reached the opening, the sheets dropped, taking you with them. Your back collided with his mattress heavily, a pained sigh pushing past your lips. Looking up in despair, you threw the blankets off of you.
“Eddie Munson, you get in here now, or I swear to fucking god-” You threatened, but he cut you off halfway.
“I know,” Taking one last look at you, he frowned, blowing you a kiss from above. “I love you too, sweetheart.”
“Eddie!” You screamed, Dustin following suit. “Shit, Eddie, come on!”
“Come get me, assholes!” Eddie shouted, shooting one last wink towards you, before disappearing from your sight, running, to what you could only assume, outside. Pushing yourself up quickly, you tried to reach for the ceiling.
“Shit, shit shit!” The younger boy cursed fiercely, his eyes not leaving the portal.
“Fucking hell!” You yelled, your fingers not even scratching the surface. A shaky breath escaped your lips as you looked around in despair.
“Eddie, you absolute idiot. You asshole,” You damned, pacing across the room as if to look for something. “Imbecile!” 
Stomping back to the mattress, you looked at Dustin sternly, whose face was contorted in equal distress. Swallowing harshly, you let a helpless sob escape.
“Boost me.” You commanded, gesturing towards his hands.
Dustin looked up at you in shock, blinking rapidly. “What?” Yet, when he figured you were dead serious, he shook his head furiously, taking a step back. “No, not you too.”
Ignoring his protests, you stepped towards him again, putting on a stern face as you leaned down slightly. “Boost me.”
“I am not boosting you!” He refused, panic evident in his eyes as he took yet another step back.
“Boost me, Henderson, or I will crawl through your window every single night and put armies of ants in your room until you cannot keep them out anymore.” You threatened, grabbing his collar and forcing him closer to your face.
“I swear, I can make your life miserable. Ants get everywhere, Henderson.” You spoke lowly, your voice a mere whisper as you now breathed in his face. “Everywhere. I know where you live.”
The boy only froze at your words, seemingly stuck between his choices. His eyes ran everywhere but to yours, as if to find some sort of distraction. Tears burned in your eyes as you counted down the seconds, the thought of not knowing where Eddie was gnawing at the back of your brain.
“Dustin, please.” You begged, your voice breaking as a tear fell from your cheek.
Inhaling deeply, he finally nodded, holding his hands together in a bowl, parting his legs. Silently, you nodded at him in gratitude, letting go of his collar, and grabbing his shoulders instead.
Leaning back on one leg, you bounced lightly, before placing the other in Dustin’s hands. You forced your jaws together as you pushed your weight up, your hands reaching towards the portal. A disgustingly wet sound filled the room, as your hands felt a cold new temperature; The Upside Down.
Your arms set over the barrier, pushing yourself up - or rather down. Grunting in effort, you managed to topple over, your body slowly becoming weightless as you crashed towards the floor. The air got knocked out of your lungs as your back roughly collided with the floor, the mattress now missing.
Slowly sitting up, you saw Dustin grabbing a chair, before taking three steps back.
“Dustin, no…” You mumbled, but you saw his form appearing again, now sprinting towards the furniture. “Fuck, no!”
But he had already come tumbling down, landing on top of you. Both of you wheezed upon the impact, shutting your eyes at the feeling.
“Jesus fuck!” You shouted, pushing him off of you. “Break my ribs while you’re at it, won’t you?” 
“Stop complaining.” Dustin groaned, standing up as he brushed his trousers.
You followed suit, grunting in pain as you tried to push the pain away from your chest. As you stood, you tried to reach up to the spots, hissing as hot pain soared through your body as your fingers brushed your skin
“I’m gonna have bruises there and I’ll have to explain that to Eddie.” You huffed, glaring at Dustin, who had reached down to grab the makeshift weapons again.
“He won’t kill me.” He assured, handing you your spear.
“No,” You agreed, walking out of the trailer. “He’ll do worse.”
As you stood outside once more, you halted. A swarm of demo-bats had gathered around a bike, carrying a form that was all too familiar to you.
“Shit…Eddie!” You shouted, but your voice fell on deaf ears, Eddie already too far gone. 
Dustin was yelling beside you, taking off behind the bike. Your heart leaped into your throat as you silently calculated your options. Dread settled in as you watched the young boy run away, but you were nailed to the ground, unable to do anything. You knew that with Eddie’s pace, neither of you could catch up with him.
“Dustin…” You whispered, blinking quickly. “Dustin!”
The said boy looked behind him quickly, shooting a glance towards you. But all of the sudden, your eyes were not on him anymore; They were on the bike that had fallen down.
“Eddie!” You screamed, your voice cracking upon the sight of him being tackled to the floor.
Dustin’s eyes widened as he ignored your earlier calls, now running towards the group of bats. You shook your head wildly, your breath coming out ragged as you forced yourself to look at Eddie’s figure on the floor. A million thoughts raced through your mind as you tried to bring yourself to move. Anywhere, would be fine. Or to say something, or do something, but it was as if you were frozen to the ground.
It wasn’t until Eddie stood back up that you snapped back to reality. Jumping in place, you scanned around, trying to find a second bike. But it was just you. Dustin was too far gone to call back, but he would never make it to Eddie. Not at the speed he was running with. 
And then, an idea suddenly sprang to mind.
Spinning around, you ran back to the trailer, moving towards the back. Breathing loudly, you grasped the railing of the ladder, pushing yourself on top of the trailer. Sprinting towards the boxes you had installed earlier, you picked up the cord, holding it in your hand tightly.
“Where is it?” You mumbled as you looked around on the roof, passing more soundboxes, all of which you turned on simultaneously.
Halting your steps, you saw Eddie’s guitar discarded in the corner of two boxes. Sighing in relief, you leaned down to pick it up.
“There she is.” You breathed, throwing the sling around your shoulder, testing the weight of the instrument.
Staring at the bats in front of you, you stepped forward, shredding the strings once, successfully halting a small amount of the creatures attacking Eddie. Anxiety flushed through your veins as you noticed their bodies turning towards you. Exhaling sharply, you turned to the guitar, shredding it a second time.
“Come get some, fuckers.” You whispered, before playing your first notes. The noise of screeching bats now got replaced with the beginning cords of The Trooper, your face set on your hands, hoping to not get distracted by the creatures. 
In your mind, you tried to remember the lyrics, timing your strums with the drums in your head. While the bats hadn’t moved from their place, you had certainly drawn their attention. Though you were terrified under their looming eyes, adrenaline ran through you, newfound confidence flushing to your head.
In a moment of overwhelming brashness, you looked up, glaring at the bats. Strumming your guitar angrily, you furrowed your eyebrows at them.
“Hey, assholes!” You yelled at them, somewhere hoping Vecna could hear you as well. “You’ll take my life, but I’ll take yours too!”
Your fingers ran along the strings, before halting them again, now singing the lyrics in your head. 
“You’ll fire your musket, but I’ll run you through.”
Dustin had now stopped walking, turning around with a big smile, though his eyes were still set in panic. A loud cheer escaped his throat as he pumped his fist into the air. And even though you knew he couldn’t see it, you nodded your head at him.
“So when you're waiting for the next attack. You'd better stand, there's no turning back.”
Finally, the creatures began to move. Slowly at first, but the more neared, the quicker they seemed to fly. Swallowing thickly, you looked back at the guitar, trying to distract yourself from the oncoming danger.
“The bugle sounds, the charge begins. But on this battlefield, no one wins. The smell of acrid smoke and horses' breath. As I plunge on into certain death.”
Silently, you hummed along to the lyrics playing your head, doing your best to not get distracted. You knew that the second you’d fail, they would fly right back to Eddie.
But Eddie had noticed you as well, and he could not help the new found fear flushing through his body. He had been scared before, mere seconds ago, but this was something entirely different. He was okay with sacrificing himself to help others, but never, not in a thousand years, was he ready to let you do the same.
“No, no, shit, baby, no.” He muttered, running after the creatures, leaving the bike for what it was.
“The horse, he sweats with fear, we break to run. The mighty roar of the Russian guns. And as we race towards the human wall. The screams of pain as my comrades fall.”
The thunder roared loudly as Eddie sped through the roads he had biked through only moments ago. Through the falling of the snow-like particles, he could see another figure. One that made him groan loudly out of worry and frustration.
“Henderson!” He yelled, the boy running towards him at equal speed.
“Eddie!” He exclaimed, heavy breaths escaping his lips as sweat ran down his back.
“What are you doing here?” Eddie asked, his voice high. Having neared the boy, he stopped momentarily, giving him a short hug.
“Your girlfriend didn’t want to leave you here. And I didn’t want to leave you here.” He confessed, beaming with joy when he realized his friend was okay. “You said we weren’t supposed to be heroes.”
“Yes, well….” Eddie trailed off, looking at you, who was still standing on top of his trailer, strumming along to Iron Maiden. “She does look badass doing it.”
“We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground. And the Russians fire another round.”
“Come on.” Dustin ushered, tugging on Eddie’s sleeve, forcing him forward.
And so, the two got running again, heavy footsteps on the floor while they passed the hive mind, shooting occasional glances at each other. The bats were a lot quicker than the pair, yet they hadn’t reached you. Not yet. But with every passing second, they seemed to pick up their pace.
But you stood there, grounded to the roof of the trailer, your eyes fierce, nearly challenging the creatures. It was a sight Eddie was not to forget any time soon.
“We get so near, yet so far away. We won't live to fight another day.”
You could see the two running towards you, but you could not bear to stop now; To let the bats know that there were still others. But you also knew you were running out of time.
“Time to show off.” You whispered, shredding the guitar once, before playing the solo, keeping your eyes locked on the monsters.
As your fingers ran along the strings, you took a step back, giving yourself space to move. Another step was taken back, now leaving you incapable of looking over the edge of the trailer. 
“Hey!” You heard Eddie shout from below, trying to draw the attention of the bats. “Over here, assholes!”
Furrowing your eyebrows at his calls, you used your foot to adjust the volume on the box beside you, now maximizing the sound completely.
“Eyes on me.” You whispered, panting heavily.
The bats flew down quickly, searing straight towards you. Your fingers ran faster than your mind, now wrapping themselves around the hilt of the guitar, rather than the body. Swinging the piece off of your shoulder, you let it collide with two bats, sending them to their death swiftly.
The swarm flew right above you, one of them imprinting its claws in your arm. With a shout of pain, you tore it off, throwing it on the floor before stomping down on it. 
“Baby!” Eddie screamed from below, Dustin yelling your name beside him. But once more, you ignored their calls, continuing to use Eddie’s guitar as a weapon, its strings sounding throughout the entire terrain with every hit you dealt.
A sharp pain suddenly hit your thigh, making you buckle in pain as your leg gave up. On one knee, you slammed the guitar down on the creature, the blood splashing onto your face. Wiping one hand up to your face, you forced the droplets off, leaving only red marks.
Before you could get yourself to stand back up, a tail wrapped around your wrist, making you drop the guitar. A high-pitched tone ran through the air, the demo-bats screeching angrily upon to noise.
“Oh, you don’t like that?” You voiced, trying to reach for the guitar again, but the grip on your wrist was too strong, and your other arm had grown too weak to reach it.
Groaning in effort, you tried to sit back up, but another bat landed on you, forcing you down. Screaming in aggravation, you lunged at the creature on your chest, but your actions were in vain.
Another sharp bite hit your arm, its blood seeping into the already existing wound. A painful yell climbed out of your throat, tears streaming down your eyes.
And then, a spear embedded itself into the bat that had held your wrist captive. The force immediately left, and you found yourself retreating your hand quickly, ripping the creature on your chest off, before it could cause any damage.
From beside you, another spear shot through the two bats at your legs, the creatures dying upon impact. You sighed in relief, furiously wiping the tears from your eyes. The blood oozing from both wounds on your arm left you hissing as you moved it, and Eddie noticed it immediately.
“Shit,” He cursed, kneeling down as Dustin did his best to keep the bats away with his shield. “Shit, sweetheart, are you okay? Can you hear me?” 
You nodded at his words, looking down at your arm, and then looking at your thigh, which had left a reasonable puddle as well.
“Shit, okay, you’ll be okay.” Eddie assured, handing you the spear, before taking off his bandana. 
He flattened the fabric first, then folded it once. He slowly reached it towards your arm, as if to silently tell you his actions. You merely nodded for the second time, keeping an eye on the bats behind him.
His hands worked quickly, tying the bandana around your arm tightly. Much to your luck, the wounds were close to each other, so the fabric left both of them covered. 
“Thank you.” You whispered, grabbing his shoulder with your free hand, the other one holding the spear. Eddie’s arm wrapped around your waist as he helped you stand up, allowing you to use him as support.
As the both of you stood, Dustin handed Eddie back his shield, who proceeded to hold it out in front of him.
“There’s too many of them!” The younger boy shouted over the noise of the creatures.
“We’ll be fine!” You tried to assure, though the amount of weight you were putting against Eddie told you otherwise.
Another wave came crashing down, and the bats attacked in one swift motion. Much to the help of the shields the boys had crafter earlier, none of the bats managed to get any more serious damage in, save for some small scratches on your shoulders and face.
Again, the swarm flew high, alerting you of their next attack. But now, they suddenly dropped, as if someone had found their off switch. One bat crashed into the guitar, causing both to drop off the trailer, the cord disconnecting from the instrument, the high-pitched tone finally quieting down.
Pure silence filled the fields. No sound was heard, except for the heavy panting of Dustin, Eddie, and you. Even the thunder seemed to halt for a moment. You looked around in shock, not knowing whether they were playing dead or if they actually died. You and Eddie shared a look, both of confusion and relief.
“That was it?” He dared to utter.
“I think so.” Dustin answered, poking one bat to be sure it wasn’t moving.
Meanwhile, Eddie turned to you, his face set between a mixture of worry and awe. He dropped his shield, his hands now grasping your shoulders.
“Are you okay?” He asked, his voice higher than usual, his eyes scanning your face for any signs of further injuries.
“Harrington lived with holes in his sides,” You tried to joke. “I can live with holes in my biceps.”
“And your leg?” Eddie ignored, looking down at the mentioned injury.
“There’s enough meat on there to protect me.” You chuckled in exhaustion, leaning your head onto Eddie’s shoulder. The boy, however, was not having it.
Moving your body back, he looked into your eyes with sheer panic.
“Baby?” He whispered.
“Ssshh, it’s okay,” You muttered. “I’m only tired. I’m not dying.”
“Good.” He only answered,  though his eyes were kept on your form sternly. “Though that was incredibly stupid, and reckless, and downright the most terrifying thing you have ever done to me,” He scolded, pointing at your chest in accusation. “That was the hottest thing I’ve ever seen.” 
Now grabbing both your cheeks, he pulled your face towards his, shoving his lips onto yours clumsily, but endearing. You dropped the spear that was still in your hand, your hands finding his biceps, squeezing them tightly as you kissed back with equal fervor. 
“You guys are disgusting.” Dustin complained, rolling his eyes as he threw his shield off of the trailer. 
You and Eddie parted, your face set in a huge smile as you stuck your tongue out at the young boy.
“Seriously,” He lectured. “You have blood everywhere,” As he spoke, he gestured to his face, circling it as if to make a statement. “It’s disgusting.”
“It’s badass.” Eddie interjected, nodding his head at you, before wrapping his arms around you tightly, pushing you into his chest. “My badass girlfriend.”
A kiss was placed on the top of your head, and you chuckled at the feeling.
“Dude, there’s blood everywhere!” Dustin objected loudly. “You’re gonna get sick.”
“Shut it, Henderson.” You mumbled from Eddie’s chest, peeking your head out from over his shoulder. “As if you wouldn’t do it for Suzie.”
“Ew, no. Gross.” He denied, shaking his head wildly as he walked back towards the ladder.
You just puckered your lips together, imitating the sound of kisses behind him, making Dustin fake a gag.
“I’m never joining you two again.” He protested, climbing down.
You parted from Eddie, giving him a kiss on his cheek, before stumbling towards the ladder as well.
“You love us, Dustie-Bun.” You called after him, doing your best to use one leg to come back down.
As you felt the floor again, you leaned against the trailer, waiting for Eddie to climb down as well. In front of you, Dustin just frowned at you upon the nickname.
“Yeah, Dustie-Bun.” Eddie agreed from the ladder.
“At least we didn’t sing to save the world.” You pointed out, wrapping one arm around Eddie’s shoulders as he came to stand next to you, offering you his support again.
“You still played the guitar,” Dustin countered. “What exactly is the difference?”
“The difference is, my little friend,” The metalhead began, as he lead the two of you inside his trailer. “Is that we looked absolutely metal doing it.”
“You weren’t even there.” The boy argued, throwing his hands up in frustration. “How would you know what it looked like?”
Eddie smirked over his shoulder, pointing towards you, who shot Dustin a wink.
“You two talk about me?” He gasped, almost offended.
“Almost all the time, darling,” You nodded. “You’re our favorite child.”
Eddie laughed at your words, leaning his head against yours. For a moment, everything was perfect again. The worries of Vecna escaped for only a short while, and neither of you had any idea what was happening in Hawkins. Adrenaline slowly began to wear off, but the three of you were still alive. And happy, if only for now.
If only Hawkins had been normal when you jumped back through that portal.
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Heres some games ive been playing:
Mario Wonder is very cool and a fun mario game, dont think its winning any serious awards though.
Got back to playing Super Lesbian Animal RPG, if you are any one of those adjectives i suggest checking it out. Cute and emotional and really funny and epic swaggy. i think theres a demo on their website also.
Mario RPG remake is fun. i found the lack of a more detailed soundscape to be odd, no text noises and some enemies look like they should be making sounds but dont. i played the original like 4 years ago and thought it was fine, this feels more fun to play than that.
New Warioware was a little disappointing. No silly toys to unlock and motion controls were a little unresponsive at points.
I played a little bit of Who's Lila, which is like... a horror puzzle game about controlling your face? Its SO weird and so confusing and i got lost and kinda just dropped it. No idea about anything at all in this game.
My friend convinced me to play Dont Starve Together. A lot of "What the fuck do i do to live" and then "Ok everything i do makes it harder to survive". Started getting fun like 10 hours in once i started understanding things a bit more.
Deltarune Chapter 3 was alright, Stylep Groove was maybe my favorite song even though the fuckin channel switching puzzle was awful. Pierre my beloved....
Im not good at thinking, but despite that I decided to start playing FEZ. I havent gotten to anything really puzzley yet but so far its charming.
Other hyperfixation i have rn is Keyboards. Im looking into getting a pretty custom keyboard that sounds nice and feels good. Im still researching switches, ordered some test ones today! Dont know what im gonna do about a case though, but i know i need a hotswappable one because i REFUSE to solder anything. (if you have any suggestions please let me know :) )
And uhhh think thats about it WAIT! Music recommendations. Very into Vylet Pony rn, and EX-LYD released a new single thats pretty nice. Also slowly going through Patricia Taxxon's "TECHDOG", which goes from "strange, slightly overwhelming noise that are sometimes bops" to "i feel like i just jacked my brain into a computer and god is speaking to me through it".
alright thats it. have fun today :)
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dietmountaindewbae · 1 year
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could you please do something white humbug alex and he’s subby and the reader is dom
ix. i think god is moving its tongue
alex turner x (dom) reader
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word count: 2966
summary: nighttime was your favorite time, you were invited to a party on the beach, and you felt lonely but (humbug) Alex was quick to fix that.
warnings: degradation, oral sex, spit.
song recommendation: my own summer by deftones
Tides rolled down the endless dark sea, beneath the pale light of the moon, blowing smoke out thru your mouth, watching people all over each other, music loud, nowhere to hide but at plane sight. You looked for something exciting tonight, even though you had yet to find out what that could be, so you began searching around the beach house.
The inside was just like the outside, you were dazed, and the number of drinks you had kept you a bit dizzy but not enough to make you look like a dead girl walking, even though you felt like one. What could you do? Split a joint, drink more shots, dance, you were looking for more tonight, something that genuinely sparked something inside you, three easy getaways from your mind couldn't fulfill your necessities tonight, you fetched another drink, but that was until all heads turned to a loud blender crushing ice.
"Hey you, big star! Turn that shit off" Someone yelled at the guy with a blender full of ice, and liquor, he was dancing, his feet stomping to the music, banging his head a little, he wore a black leather jacket, some baggy denim jeans, and boots, his long hair reached to his jaw, he glanced at the guy who yelled at him.
"Fuck off! Who wants margaritas?" He listed 4 margaritas, then another one came asking for another, "No, four margaritas!" He drawled, signing 4 with his fingers.
"Not even a little for me" You joked, his eyes looked at you from bottom to top thru his dark sunglasses, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"What's your name pretty baby?"
"Gimme one, and I'll tell you at least one letter" He smirked, and nodded while he put some ice for your drink, he poured the rest of the bottle into the blender, while he squeezed some lemons with his hand, but that wasn't working for him that well, the juice was everywhere except the blender.
"Where's the- lime squeezer," He danced, bopping his head to the beat, shaking the blender, and pouring the drink into your cup first, the rest could wait a little longer, "Full name" He demanded.
"We agreed on a letter," You specified, as you were about to savor your drink, he took the cup away from you.
"Full margarita, full name" You approached him slowly, you could feel his eyes on your lips, and your bright eyes.
"You can call me anything you want" You grabbed the margarita away from him, disappearing into the crowd, the rest complained their margaritas weren't served but Alex didn't care, he was fascinated by you, and now you found just the thing that would cure you tonight, he was willing to chase the girl with eyes painted silver and black, scarlet cheeks, and pouty lips, he thought you could be another perfect pray, you were the one that was letting him in, and he didn't know what was he in for, he was just drawn to you, like an instinct almost.
He followed the trace of a ghost, he was desperate to find you, otherwise, you could've been one of those girls he longed for, that he was too busy thinking you were make-believe, he was getting tangled on his own web, following your trace in every corner of the dark house, until he got outside, finding you shimming out of your clothes with a cigarette between your lips, and his margarita on your hand, he admired you, followed your movement, and you caught him watching, locking eyes together, he could read what you hid in your smile, so he wasted no time, taking the leap to get himself out of his leather jacket and boots, throwing his jeans and shirt away only to get to you.
He followed you in, and watched how your hair sank inside the water, the blue water making your eyes look like crystals, he wanted to see like your eyes do when you look up to the sky and smile.
"Hello, big star," You said to him just to tease him a little.
"Full margarita, full name" You giggled at how persistent he was, maybe you should have racing stripes the way you kept him in pursuit, you finally spilled your name at him, the full name, "It's lovely, mine's Alex" You nodded at him like your hello, "All on your own?"
"Well, I've got you now don't I?" He smirked at the comeback, "What about you big star?"
"I'm with me mates," You knew him, if someone didn't know who he was they would probably be living under a rock, most of the people that came were people who saw their performance today, you being one of them as well, your friends had dragged you in, somehow you made it, and just a few moments in everyone got lost, "But I think I've got something more exciting here"
"Do I excite you?" Someone was up to play with him, were you the one to beat him at his own game?
"We both know that answer," He told you, "Right?"
"I never said anything, you were the one that got here, went inside the pool, and chased me around like a little puppy without even knowing my name" When you hold him accountable like that, it was hard for him to look for a comeback, "I got you where I want you"
"Does that mean you want me too?" His doe eyes were so desperate to hear your answer, he was willing to keep chasing you to hear your voice again.
"Kiss me if you wanna find out" His face taking a complete 180 when you said those words, he put his hands on your hips pressing your back against the barrier of the pool, your hands running up his hair feeling him relax under your comforting touch, his lips were about to finally close that small fraction of space when you pulled his head back, your mouth attached to his neck, your thumb running down his adam's apple, he breathed heavily.
"Please don't make this any harder" He begs.
"I know what to do to make things harder" He was desperate for a little more, this had never happened to him, never came across a girl like you, and he liked that so much it made him sick, he always had the lead, never had he struggled to get with someone at a party, all of them were wrapped around his little finger, but no one had the control just like you, he willingly let go of his nature just to give into you, "What do you feel like Alex? what are you thinking?"
"I feel like more... I want more of you, all of you," He felt exposed, sensitive, weak, all of this for a girl with a face like an angel but a fire in her eyes.
"You sound so cute when you talk like that to me" He rolled his eyes, this time you loosely place your hand on his neck to wrap him up in a kiss he yearned for so deeply, he was needy, gripping your hair, kissing your mouth roughly until your lips were plump, feeling your tongue slip inside his mouth, he wrapped your legs around his torso, his hard dick pressed against you, a moan escapes your mouth into his when he pressed it harder against you, he made the water warm, his breathing unsteady.
"I swear I could fuck you here, and let everyone watch you get fucked up" That thought made you moan, your legs crossed tightly against his making the spot tighter, you could feel his hard cock against your cunt, and it made you feel so needy and wet.
"If you wanna fuck me, fuck me right and get us out of here" He completely forgot where he was when he kissed you like that, some people were even looking your way, but the question was how was he going to get out of the pool without everyone noticing his dick was the size of a thermos flask.
"Fuck... " He whispered under his breath, "But let's get out fast" When you pulled away it felt like a piece of him was taken away from him, your warmth and your scent getting him intoxicated, you turned and pulled yourself up, he took a good look at your body, compared to him, you were smaller, considered even weak, he could be the one who easily bends you over to fuck you, but he was weak enough to fall into your perfect tramp.
He tried to cover his boner when he went outside, grabbing a towel and loosely wrapping it around his hips, his v-line exposed, he covered you in another towel, and it didn't take long until you found a room downstairs, he was quick to take his boxers out, but when he tried to take your bra off you pushed him into the bed, "I don't think you understand how things are Alex... you're not the one in control... I am" You pinned his arms above his head, and if he wanted he could easily hover you over but something inside him stopped him, "And if anyone here is going to get fucked up, and bend over is you"
You spit on his swollen dick, spreading it up and down, "Fuck-"
"If you want to shove your dick inside me you'll beg for it" Your hand began to stroke him faster, squeezing your hand a little bit tighter, his eyebrows pushed together, his lips parted, and his mouth dry, then you slowed down, "Are you gonna be a good boy or a bad boy?"
"I swear I'll be good... please love, I wanna fuck your pussy, I know it's so tight, and warm... do whatever you want to me"
"You're so cute, you have no idea how happy you made me" Nothing has ever happened to him before, beg? you bet the girls were the ones who begged for it, gagged for it, but you had him right beneath you, trapped between your legs, begging to at least feel a little bit more of you, and it fitted him so perfectly.
You took your bra off, and his fingers ran up and down your waist, "You're so beautiful" He kissed you deeply, and you put your hands over him, curing that hunger inside him, allowing him to touch your body, one went up to knead your breast, while the other one gripped your ass tight, you moved your panties to the side, shoving his dick inside you, his thickness making your hiss until he was all the way in, your walls adjusting to his size, while he adjusted to your warmth, you made it harder for him not to cum at that moment.
"You feel delicious" You whispered, your breathing grows harsher, and your hips grind in circles, going up and down, it was so gentle, but feeling him fill you up so deep, it brought shivers up your spine, he held your waist in place, watching your every move, admiring each curve of your body, he let you take full control of him, "You could watch me ride you for hours" He was captivated, he couldn't stop himself from looking how his dick sinks inside you and glistens with your wetness, "You dirty little fuck" Your hips began to take the pace a little higher, arching your back and lifting your hips up and down, the moment you had called him like that something inside him had risen, you could see it in his eyes.
"Don't call me that" He exhaled, you look deep into his eyes, this was new to him, he wasn't used to being the one called like that, it made him feel so weak, and even a little fragile, he felt mixed emotions.
"A what?" You spat back, threatening him with your eyes, "Dirty little fuck?" You smiled, "Don't act like you don't love it" You kissed him deeply while grinding your hips against him, your walls clenched around him, and it only made you wetter that look in his eyes, his veiny hands, and strong arms, "Now shut up," You ordered, your hips grind rougher, now feeling the heat increase between your body and his.
The sweat on your chest glistened with the lights, your damp and wild hair, your eyes shooting stars, he was mesmerized by the amount of beauty, and hotness you carried, how your body rocks forward and back like tides, your mouth opens to moan his name.
"Tell me that you're all mine"
"I'm all yours" He whispered back in a trance, like you had him under a spell, "God, you're so fuckin' hot, babe... you ride me cock so good"
"If you like this... how about this" You switched the position, instead of facing him forwards you went backwards, so he could get a good look from behind as well, you knew he would love it, and his little whimpers were everything that you needed to hear to let you know how much he did.
"Fuck... don't stop" He tried to compose himself as much as he could, grinding your hips harder against him, following your pace with his hips, the shivers crawled up his body like little spiders, and his eyes rolled back, he pulled out just in time giving himself a few strokes but you took his hand away.
"Give it to me, I know you want it" He didn't want to though, he wasn't satisfied with the fact that you didn't get to finish and he did, but he couldn't help himself when you looked at him like that, your hand moving in just the right pace to make him finish, he groaned and made fists with the blanket, his heart at the limit, feeling it beat on his ears, but once he came down he saw you standing up from the bed fixing your hair, grabbing your bra from the floor.
"Where-"
"I had fun," You said, putting your bra back on taking your towel with you, and heading towards the door.
"But..." He breathed out, "You didn't get to finish... " He felt so stupid for not letting you finish first, that was the only thing he wanted, he just wanted to make you feel so high, but now he fucked it up, he felt guilty, and he needed to fix it.
"We don't always get to" His heart dropped when you grabbed the door knob. You seriously weren't going to leave, right? But you were, and that's when he stood up and shut the door again, he was more than confident, more than sure to take you there.
"Don't leave me," He begged you, "I'll finish you up, I swear" He sounded so confident, and desperate, you did consider it, after all, you had come here expecting to finish as well, "Please"
"How bad do you want to fix it?" You asked.
"So bad, please babe... let me make up for it, I'll show you how sorry I am" You liked the sound of it, the confidence he said it with, he kissed you with passion, walking backwards to the bed, slowly laying you down on it, he kneeled in front of you slowly opening your legs kissing your knees.
He slides down your panties carefully, taking a good look at your legs wide open for him, "You're drooling" You teased him, "Get on it" Your wishes were his command, and his tongue licked your wetness tasting every bit of it, devouring it, his lips sucked on your sensitive spot, your hand descending to his hair and twirling some strands between your fingers, his tongue licked everything that came out of your pussy, flicking your clit over and over, your legs began to shake, the pit of your stomach felt like it was on fire. The tip of his tongue circled your clit so lightly you quivered, he hummed with satisfaction when he felt you get closer, he never had tasted something so good in his life, and he loved to go down on you, he loved how your body arches, and rises with every lick. He slurped and gulped every drop of your arousal.
"How does it feel?-" You pushed his head in to keep eating you out, his warm mouth covering all your pussy, he was so eager to make you finish, he was giving all of him into you.
"It feels good... so fuckin' good" You moaned when his fingers entered your hole, looking for the spot to make you see stars, your stomach pinches like pins and needles, as you enter that state, the one where your legs couldn't move, forcing Alex's face down, sinking his fingers into you fucking you faster, while his tongue pressed down on your clit, "Eyes on me" He smiled at you when he felt he hit the spot you needed, your back arched, your eyes were shooting stars, "Holy fu- Alex!" He kept circling your clit with his tongue slowly dragging his fingers in and out of you, making you come down slowly from your high but still hitting that spot.
"That's it" He chuckled, "Do you forgive me?"
"Fuckin'- yeah I do" You answered him back both of you chuckling, he properly laid you down on the bed, him next to you laying on his elbow, resting his cheek on his knuckles, he was fascinated by every aspect of you, the roundness of your eyes, your pink lips, the redness of your cheeks, without him noticing he leaned in forward, and kissed you so tenderly, that when he broke the kiss off he sighed.
"Can I get your number or summat like that?"
"Maybe make me a margarita first and we can talk about it"
A/N
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I wanted to say thank you so much for all the love you give my stuff, and all the requests you write to me are currently being worked on, being horny all the time is a dirty job but someone has to do it.
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hi ari!!!! hope you’re doing well!! 🐟🐟 these days the weather is so so nice and the sea is so tempting……………… i went ahead and took some days to swim like the fish i am! surprisingly the water wasn’t so cold and it seems i wasn’t the only one who thought of swimming because the beach was full of people 🙂‍↕️ it was really fun!
anyway!! i wanted to ask you, which films and/or cinematic universes you think your jjk favs would suit the most??? :33 if it is too restraining you can name tv series, of course!!
(p.s.: oh, i’m glad you liked my silly rant about statue!gojo TT 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 it has been rotting in my mind for months now but i’m a procrastinator and i have too many wips… i think it might be that summer is near and i’m super inspired but i don’t know where to begin lmaooo. my notebook is overflowing with half-finished prompts and chapters that are waiting to be completed……. 😭😭) — 🐟 anon
HIIIII MY LITTLE 🐟 ANON!!!! :33
i’m so happy that it’s getting warmer where you are!!!!! the weather is starting to take a turn for the better here too hehe….. but wahhh!!!! beach trips!!!!!!! i miss them i do…. you’ll have to have double the fun for both of us!!! <3333
AND . GULP. that’s a super fun question and also super tough bc i don’t watch …. a lot of movies……… 😔😔 i’ve been watching more recently!!!! but honestly i have a lot of trouble remembering series and movies that i’ve watched….. my brain doesn’t store a lot of them. HOWEVER . yk what i do watch??? and adore????
……. musicals >:33
so here are some musicals that i associate w my jjk favs!!! I HOPE THAT’S OKAY… i got a little too into it i think 😭
gojo - legally blonde
I JUST THINK HE WOULD LOVE IT SO MUCH……….. i know him personally . honestly i would’ve given him the movie if i had followed your original assignment bc it just screams gojo to me either way!!!! i think he loves chickflicks. :3 and this is definitely one of his comfort movies…… the musical is also just SUCH a bop i knowwwww this man is terrorizing his coworkers by singing ”gay or european” in broad daylight (specifically to nanami)……
sugu - the phantom of the opera
THE PHANTOMMMMMMM OF THE OPERA IS HEREEEEEEEE 🎶🎶🎶🎶 …. <- sugu doesn’t sing along to musicals + doesn’t rlly like them that much in general but i know in my heart and soul that he would hum this part quietly to himself . what can i say….. this is just a very classy musical that i think would appeal to him <3333 he’d read the book beforehand too. he’s a lil pretentious but it’s okay :3 he’s veryyyy picky abt what musical renditions he enjoys tho…….
shoko - the guy who didn’t like musicals
MY PERSONAL FAVORITE MUSICAL OF ALL TIMEEEEE <333333 i just know she’d adore it. the blend between horror and comedy is soooo shoko and i feel like she wouldn’t like musicals at ALL lmao so she’d appreciate the meta commentary!!!! it’s just. suchhhh a good musical….. i love starkid so much it hurts………… AND THE WHOLE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE THINGGG she would eat that up!!!! pls watch this one if you haven’t 🐟 anon you can find the full thing on yt and it’s INCREDIBLE i’ve watched it like 10 times!!!! it’s my most beloved!!!!
kenny - beetlejuice
BEETLEJUICE 👏 BEETLEJUICE 👏👏 BEETLEJUICE 👏👏👏 okay so i actually lied this one is ALSO my absolute favorite . and i’m giving it to kenny solely based on vibes :3 HE REMINDS ME OF BEETLEJUICE OK…. and i think he’d love it a lot. the songs are so fucking good and i know he’d appreciate them. the theme of life/death is also very kenny obv !!!!
toji - black friday
ANOTHER STARKID MUSICAL. this one is just…… soooo good and funny and also . tragic. one of the characters reminds me a lot of toji :’3 former veteran w a dead wife…. who struggles to show his son how much he cares…… and the theme of capitalism and money and how it corrupts ppl also feels in line w toji’s character!! but above all else this musical is abt. Family. and that’s more toji than anything!!! :((( this is another musical that i rlly recommend checking out, it’s set in the same universe as the guy who didn’t like musicals but like . an alternate timeline. it’s not my favorite in the series but the songs slap and it made me cry so <3333 yeah.
nobara - heathers
was lowkey considering six the musical for my beloved nobara (bc of the gorgeous women and catchy fun songs) but . i think heathers fits her more!!!! i just feel like she’d ADORE it…… i know she’s singing along at the top of her lungs too LMAO especially to dead girl walking <3333 it’s just such a fun badass musical and i think she’d be obsessed. she does NOT like jd tho god bless 🙏🙏
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Oh Pearl you should listen to Rises the moon or Anarchy by Egg
know Rises the moon isnt made by egg, but they've made a cover of it and I love Egg and her music is just so comfy and beautiful and omy goooooooood
Oh you should also listen to Cynical Fairytale, by Egg, I think you'd like it :D
And and and oH MY GOD YOU SHOUDL TOTALLY LISTEN TO MASICHISM TANGO!! Its such a bop, honestly its completely different from Eggs music, but its so good
If you want sad music then I reccomned No children by The Mountain Goats, cus its sad and sad and very nice. Also for the sad vibes I deserve to bleed by Sushi Soucy, which Im glad I dont relate to as much, but still its such a bop
For some musical music, all of Les Mis, Candy Store from heathers, Show me your hands from The guy who didnt like musicals, and probably lots more but those are what i have from the top of my head
If u like romancy songs I recommend uh, hm wait I just gotta remember some actual romancy songs
Okay so my brain has a hard time deciding what to categorise as a romancy song, ig Anarchy, but I dont see it as a romance song so idono
Also just lots of Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, Dont stop me now, Loverboy, oh yeah thats a love song yes, and Killer Queen
OOOOOH and how could I forget all the metal covers of Worlds end valentine, theyre so fuckings cool, all of them
Oh and also lots of Toby Fox and Omori music in general
Okay I've been rambling, I love music so much like omy god music is so fun, and omy god i love talking about my favorite music (as you've probably figured out)
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(Also note to Author, I hope its not too annoying that i wrote so much about music haha)
(Rises the moon-covered by Egg)
Pearl: It's very slow, It's like a lullaby... very calming...
Scott: Yeah, It's nice. Really like the high notes especially.
Grian: It's nostalic. Reminds me of the nights back in the desert... It's familiar.
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(Masochism Tango)
Pearl: This is a whole different vibe.
Scott: A VERY different vibe.
Grian: When I saw the name I tought of Tango... could you imagine him singing this?
Pearl: Nah not really, thats not really his vibe... its more of a Scar song.
Grian:... That is... true.
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(No children)
Scott: That "I hope you die, I hope we both die" hit me like a truck. I didn't expect it at all.
Pearl: I am sure if I knew this song back in Double life I would have sung it to my Scott.
Grian:... It's really bitter-sad... i don't like it.
Pearl: What?! It's so good!
Grian: I just... don't...Am I not allowed likes and dislikes?
Pearl: ... to each their own tastes I guess.
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(Candy store)
Grian: Now this, this is great!!
Scott: I like the rythm but the lyrics are a bit-
Grian: Shhh- 🎶Honey whatchu waiting foor? 🎵Welcome to my candy store! 🎶Time to prove you are not a loser anymore, welcome to my candy store!🎵
Pearl: He's really into it isn't he?
Scott: sure looks like it.
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(Bohemian Rapsody)
Scott: Is this another slow song? It's nice, kinda sad, but- well nevermind the tempo changed completely.-
Pearl: Galileo🎶, Galileo🎵, Galileo🎶, Galileo🎵 Galileo Figaro. This is fun.
LimL!Jimmy:... *Murmurs* He is just a poor boy nobody loves him.
Grian: Jimmy?!? How long have you been here?
LimL!Jimmy: Since you sang about candy stores.
Grian: Ah.
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(Worlds End Valentine-metal cover)
Scott: I like it ... Jimmy seems to be completely entranced.
Grian: Yeah It's nice enough.
LimL!Jimmy: That was great!!
Pearl: We know, you were focused entirely on it like your unlife depended on it.
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Scott: Omori? I am pretty sure It's a game on our laptop, do you whispers think we should try it?
(Also I don't mind the music stuff :D)
(Also, also, wanted Martyn to be there but I find it unlikely he would have accepted so I didn't)
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Do you have good recommendations of books/movies/ect that either do a particularly good job explaining certain facets of it (you mentioned Early Modern Catholicism recently, which was what got me thinking of this), or simply captures a vibe of the period in a way you think was particularly well-done?
Thanks!
Oooh like late medieval/early modern Catholicism/religious movements of the time (i.e., reformation)?
I think some of my favourites are:
Little Hours (film) - ok, so hear me out. Boccaccio would have LOVED the recent film interpretation of those stories of his (it's stories one and two from the third day, if I remember right. Been a while since I read the Decameron). It's modern in language, music, humour and incredibly pop-modern particularly. Yet the clothes and scenery etc. are all more or less of the late 14th century. Boccaccio, who wrote in the vernacular and enjoyed the bawdy and "common" entertainments of the day, would have been like "yes, you get it. you get what I'm doing" about it.
Just a fun, raunchy story of the late medieval era and it does capture some of the vibes~~.
(Story time: I got into an argument with one of the more curmudgeonly and pedantic historians I know irl and he was so against this movie and I was like "I'm sorry that you're wrong and Boccaccio's ghost is going to laugh at you but it is what it is I guess".)
Wolf Hall (book and show) - while I love the show, I recommend the books over it (for many reasons, not the least of which is: let Thomas Cromwell be fat). That said, if you're pressed for time or can't get into Hilary Mantel's writing style, the show is perfectly good.
She does a great job of capturing England in a state of change and the push pull of the early reformation. Cromwell is obviously of the Protestant persuasion but the dynamic, complicated quality of the average person's engagement with their faith and the Church is more or less captured. It's also just gorgeously written--very lush, you sink into her writing style, quite gorgeous. She also gets her historical details right, so that's a win.
(Unlike the movie Luther which is just like: Luther is always right, the Catholics are always wrong. The end.)
If you're a fan of Thomas More, he doesn't come the best in this, but you know - we are deep in an interior third person of Cromwell's brain so that informs the view of the world we are presented.
(There is a hilarious scene where Cromwell is trying to rally the troops to save More from himself and you get Cromwell, the Duke of Norfolk and a few others kneeling before Henry basically begging for mercy to be shown and it's so fucking funny. Bleak, heart breaking, but also funny.)
A Man for All Seasons (play and film) - and the famous play that Hilary Mantel is in direct conversation with! There's a good movie version of it that I was enamoured with for a time. It's very much a pro-Thomas More piece of writing, so take that for what it's worth. It does suffer a little from the Luther effect of Thomas More always being right and Cromwell and Cranmer and the others always being wrong (or, rather, Luther suffers from the A Man for All Seasons effect). But you know, it's still worth watching I think.
An Instance of the Finger Post (book) - a little later than the other pieces, this is set in the 17th century and is a great who-dunnit from three different perspectives, exploring the classic issue of an unreliable narrator. I remember feeling that it captured life in Oxford just post the Restoration quite well. Also we get some fun cameos from Locke, Boyle and others who were bopping around at that time. Two of the narrators are also known figures from Oxford in the 1660s.
Lent (book) - So, my main man Marsilio Ficino wrote that famous letter to the college of cardinals after Savonarola was executed describing Savonarola as a demon who didn't know he was a demon. Jo Walsh took that concept and ran.
Basically, we follow Savonarola (who is a demon that, at first, didn't realize he was a demon) as he gets stuck in this time loop where he has to keep reliving the last five(ish) years of his life until he manages to free himself from hell. It's like Ground Hog Day but in 15th century Florence.
I have questions around the mechanisms and theological implications of like...his birth, his childhood etc. but you know, don't let that ruin a fun read.
I will say, Lent is a sloooooow start. Like. very slow. I almost set it down and didn't pick it back up at first. It really hits its stride about halfway through. But, it's a fun look at 1480s and 90s Florence with Ficino, Mirandola, Poliziano, Lorenzo de' Medici for a hot minute before he dies etc.
My beef is 1: Piero Soderini, my boy, she did you dirty (tbf to Walsh, the book is from Savonarola's perspective and he and Soderini were not close, shall we say. I may, or may not be, biased); 2: Marsilio is present and we love that but there is no word on Cavalcanti. Not even mentioned in passing!; 3: some of the exposition is heavy handed and could have used some tightening up etc.; 4: Jo Walsh's use of the English for words like Prior etc. which she explains her motive for at the back of the book. I've still got quibbles with that choice, though I know that's a me-thing.
But if you want a novel that is a decent look at every day Catholicism in the early modern period, this is a good one.
Le Moine et la Sorcière (The Sorceress) (film) - a medieval French film from the 1980s that takes place in the 13th century and follows the arrival of a Dominican friar in a small southern French town investigating rumours of a sorceress. It's a delightfully weird piece that plays with the story of St. Guinefort (the dog saint!) as well as medieval faith healing and other local synchronistic practices that carried over from pre-Christianized France.
The whole exploration of local sainthood, where a figure is not formally determined to be a saint by the Church but local people venerate them and eventually they sort of are absorbed into the canon, is fantastic.
The friar, Etienne, is wonderfully drawn as a character. I do wish they had given the same treatment to Elda, the titular "sorceress". But it's still worth a watch if you can get your hands on it.
Name of the Rose (book and film) - an Umberto Eco classic! Another who-dunnit, but in a Medieval monastery in the 14th century. Absolutely worth reading - beautifully and intelligently written. Lots of back and forth on the different religious thoughts and movements of the time (some deemed heretical, others more just fringe things people were into).
William of Baskerville is the main detective figure but the story is told from the point of view of his acolyte Adso. It's got lots of gothic feeling to it with an isolated monastery, a labyrnthian library, murder, madness, sexual tensions and so on.
This is one of my favourite books (up there with Wolf Hall and Kate Zambreno's Heriones).
There is a movie version with Sean Connery and it's fun to watch but really, the book is worth it. 110% worth it.
Other good films/plays that I can think of off the top of my head (they're all more medieval but w/e):
Seventh Seal (film)
Becket (film and play)
Lion in Winter (film and play)
I hope this answers your question? (I mostly hope I got the time period roughly right! I know I veered heavily in medieval in some of the rec's but they're all gold and worth the time.)
Thank you so much for the ask! <3 <3
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Sigh. You know, usually when people recommend songs by motionless in white they suggest the normal people ones like another life or something. I, however, will exclusively talk about their camp songs. Not camp as in campfires but camp as in 💅.
I think. I realllllllly like the songs that ricky horror tends to like for some inexplicable reason, a la dead as fuck. Like their REALLY bad music.
But I think as far as actual intro songs. You COULD listen to their boring ass top 3 songs (that I vehemently hate.)... or you could spend your time doing literally anything else.
Iirc their top 5 on spotify is another life, masterpiece, voices, sign of life and slaughterhouse? Which I DO not like. NOT THAT I HATE ALL OF THEM, I LIKE SIGN OF LIFE AND I LOVE SLAUGHTERHOUSE. Sign of life does have the line "i'll scratch my nails through this coffin wasting away in the dark's not an option" which i genuinely fucking ADORE. And slaughterhouse is slaughterhouse (i love slaughterhouse).
The songs I HATE are masterpiece and voices. I just really dislike another life, but masterpiece and voices are genuinely the worst songs i've ever heard in my entire life. And I listen to motionless in white, so that's saying something.
I think slaughterhouse is high up because of the collab? But like it genuinely deserves to be up there. They play it at all their concerts, it's pretty good. Genuinely. Love you slaughterhouse.
The PROBLEM with motionless in white is even their good songs have something so fucking cringey in it that i can never recommend it. Like Werewolf is just like, a generic catchy halloween bop. But in the middle of it they go "werewolf...😈 AWOOOOOO" like i am NOT showing that to people.
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ms-moonlight-inn · 20 days
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WEEKLY TAG WEDNESDAY
Thank you, my darlings @jrooc @mybrainismelted @energievie
Name: That Bitch
What is the most listened to artist in your music app of choice this month? The Rolling Stones? (how the fuck did that happen?)
What song do you know all the lyrics to? Any song? Or a Stones song? Any song, off the top of my head, The Cure's "10:15 Saturday Night" & "Doing the Unstuck." By the Stones, ugh, I don't think I know any of their songs all the way through. Eep! 😬
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What song do you pretend to know all the lyrics to and sing along to even though you don’t? Oof, so many. One that comes to mind right now is "Echame La Culpa" by Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato.
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If you were to be crowned Queen/King/Royalty of listening to a band or artist, who would that be? Rancid.
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What band/artist surprises you the most on your frequently listened to artists? I have no idea why the fuck Alanis Morissette continues to pop up on my random, also Maroon 5. At least I can say Taylor Swift pops up on my frequents 'cause I share my profile & people listen to her music. But the other two? 🤷🏻‍♀️ Why? 🤦🏻‍♀️
Favourite line from a song (or one you have been thinking about lately? One of my all time favorite songwriters is Jarvis Cocker. He has a way of turning a phrase that I find absolutely captivating.
In the song, "Seductive Barry," he wrote: "I will light your cigarette with a star that has fallen from the sky." Which is not a new phrase, but the way he uses it within the context of the song makes it ✨ special. ✨
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Guilty pleasure band or song? Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam's "Can You Feel the Beat," & "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off," by Jermaine Stewart.
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Okay let’s talk fandom music:
Fave band or song you’ve discovered from a Fan Fic? I think the one that's stuck with my the most has been "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" the Daniel Duke version of the song originally done by The Proclaimers. It was used in AllThatMatters' fic The Ghost of You and Me.
Fave Fanfic Playlist? I like clicking on to playlist to see what's on them, but I can't think of any memorable ones right now. I think for me I have clearer memories of songs that are attached to a specific moment in a storyline or that are suggested as a play-along during a chapter.
Fave Gallavich song? "Pink+ White," by Frank Ocean.
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Do you listen to music recommended by the writer or an included playlist? If there is a song that is recommended in the beginning notes, I will listen to it while I'm reading or before I am reading if I am using the screen reader while I'm driving. I don't always get a chance to listen to everything, but I do like to hear a song or two in order to get into the atmosphere the writer's trying to create.
What song do you think is Gallavich coded? Oof, so many. Gimme a sec...
Well, on the angst side, I've had Beck's "Lost Cause" stuck in my head.
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What’s a bop you want to share with your mutuals today?
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Tagging @ian-galagher @sleepyfacetoughguy @creepkinginc @iandarling @transmurderbug @deathclassic @jademickian @blue-disco-lights with no pressure to play. Also, if you haven't been tagged, feel free to join. 🤗
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ppeonppeonhan · 17 days
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Songs That Remind Me of BL Characters & Couples
@zimmbzon kindly tagged me in their post, prompting me to share the first ten songs in my On Repeat playlist. Highly recommend checking theirs out, because mine is...rather basic. And becauuuuse it's basic, I'm gonna add another layer to this and tell you which BL character or couple perfectly matches the vibe of each song.
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1 | "imperfect for you" by Ariana Grande: This one's off her new "please feel sad for me because even though I'm messy when it comes to love I still have feelings" album. I may have listened to this one "on repeat," because it's just cathartic to two-step to these lyrics: "I'm fucked up / anxious / too much / but I'll love you / like you need me to / imperfect for you." What's that? Self-awareness? Respect. I just know Ming from My Stand-In would have the audacity to sing this to body-swapped Joe.
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2 | "Acid Dreams" by MAX and Felly: Could not tell you who either of these people are but this song is a snap-worthy bop that got me feeling myself every time it comes on -- probably because it opens with: "You look so good in a night gown girl / freckles on your face / lemme kiss each one." This was clearly meant for my generation, because there is not a single human under 30 in possession of a night gown. But Khem from Deep Night would 1,000% use this song to charm the pants off of someone.
3 | "Toco Toco To" by Dixson Waz: I'm Dominican. And even though I understand Spanish, I cannot for the life of me tell you what this man is saying, but I can assure you it is inappropriate. Rated NC-17 without a doubt. And for that reason, I'd pair this song with the entire cast of Playboyy -- just casually playing this in the background of one of their random, impromptu, midday sex parties.
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4 | "Lie to Me" by Meghan Trainor: Obsessed. Not with her. With her music. She has so many non-butt-related songs that are worth a listen. I truly feel like she's underrated -- on par with Ed Sheeran -- and she doesn't get enough credit for it. In this track, she sings: "I don't want the truth / I want you." That sounds exactly like our lovesick boy Nick in Only Friends, thirsting after anti-monogamy Boston like he didn't know better.
5 | "Jealous" by Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, & Big Sean: While it is true that every single person on this track is problematic, including producer DJ Khaled, the swagger is immaculate. Every time it comes on, I, sincerely, close my eyes and just picture BTS's rap line to cleanse the beat. Not gonna miss out on a banger because men are the worst. Anywayyyy, the most jealous character I can think of is Way from Pit Babe, who tried to r-word his "bestie" because he chose a random nerd over him. He fits in well with these clowns.
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6 | "Bounce Back" by Little Mix: The only British pop girl group I've ever intentionally streamed is Spice Girls, but the algorithm clearly thought it meant I'd like this group, and the track that hooked me was one that sampled the iconic Soul II Soul's "Back to Life." Instant replay. Someone I think lives and breathes the mantra "You can have me however you want me / however you need me" is the Sultan of Simp, Karan from Cherry Magic (Thailand). Achi could've asked for a kidney, and he would've delivered. But coming in a close second is obviously Rain from Love in the Air. Payu had to practically beat him off with a stick -- no pun intended.
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7 | "Body" by Loud Luxury and Brando: It's the buildup to the chorus for me -- come to find out many listens later that it's about a guy who is begging a girl to sleep with him because he's been "waiting too long." 🙄 This one very obviously goes to Yuan from Unknown, who damn near disintegrated Qian's clothes the minute he saw even the glimmer of a green light. Talk about a slow build.
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8 | "Into You" by Fabolous feat. Tamia: Back in 2003, rappers used to drop an R&B hit every now and then to remind women that they were romantics. The gaslight kings of the aughts. So in this track, this duo talks about an inexplicable-but-undeniable connection, which only makes me think of Vegas and Pete from KinnPorsche. Those two needed a PowerPoint presentation to explain to their friends and family how they went from hostage situation to star-crossed lovers. But we got nothing -- just good vibes and patricide.
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9 | "i wonder..." by j-hope feat. Jung Kook: Do I miss them? Yes. Will I listen to any BTS track that's easy to Namjoon to? Yes. Now that we got that out of the way: This song is about enjoying the moment and not wasting the good times by dreading the future. And that just screams Be My Favorite to me. Kawi just kept trying to time-travel his way to a hetero fantasy, not realizing his queer happily ever after was standing right in front of him the whole time in the gorgeous form of the eternally patient Pisaeng.
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10 | "MY HOUSE" by Beyoncé: Not to bring up BTS again, but 👀...j-hope would body any choreography set to this song. Without breaking a sweat. And mother would be proud. On this track, the Queen B speaks of once dreaming of the wealth, fame, and stability she has now, and making sure to only keep positive people around her, because love heals. Sailom from Dangerous Romance would certainly relate to having similar dreams and beliefs, and effortlessly exudes equally feisty bad bitch energy. I still can't get over how he disarmed his bully (and future love interest), Kanghan, by basically saying, "You clearly like me. Shut up." And saying it with tongue.
That was fun. 🤸🏿‍♂️
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wizardsaur · 2 years
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How I Cleanse
Hermit-Wizard's Custom Craft Series Pt. 3
First off, I physically clean & organize. Messy or dirty spaces capture energy & allow it to stagnate. Everything in it's place. Tidy, scrubbed. It's a high-investment work.
While cleansing, I visualize stale or negative energy as the actual grime itself - I'm breaking it up & removing that grime.
I also highly recommend blasting positive music for this. And I don't mean meditation, energy reiki YouTube shit. I don't mean Bach. I mean songs that make you sing along & make you wanna dance. Personally, I have a playlist... And there's a lot of Panic! at The Disco on there.
The music actually acts as sound cleansing, which vibrates stagnant energy, shakes off the cobwebs, and breaks up the weird "sticky blobs" I get in low-traffic areas like my guest room or the corners by the ceiling. Like jiggling ice until it shatters.
Open the windows, let in the light and fresh air. Turn on the fans. Shake out the sheets. Get a flow going, to move in new energy and let the old energy see it's way out.
If there's a particularly bad vibe - I tell it to do it's job & fuck up a pedophile. I personally believe there is an equal balance of positive & negative energy in the world, so I can't "fix" it. I simply give it a more meaningful purpose
Dance. Sing. Get wiggly. Prance through the space like a very happy deer. Ideally with some sort of smoke or sprinkling cleanse.
Burn herbs or use a blessed spray. I've used dried rosemary I've grown myself in the past, and dried/aged Pine twigs. Some folks use bay leaves. Personally, incense does the trick & but so does Febreeze in a pinch. Use what you have access to.
I even know folks who make infusions of herbs & blessed liquid, then put them into a small cosmetics spray bottle. Witch Hazel, with a pinch of salt & a bay leaf in it. Fully charged by the moon? Perfect.
Fan around the smoke, the smell, fling the water everywhere, spray your spritzer bottle. Let the music get all those vibes moving again. And SPEAK.
Speak aloud about what you want to see out the door, what you want to invite in, give it purpose & reason. Set the tone for what energies are welcome.
Then close the doors, keep the music bopping, and keep charging those energies. Get wiggly. Cook. Dance. Chat. Make art. And keep a lit candle by the front door to make the cleansing last longer.
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Fandom song animatic tournament: Side A Round 2
The other side - The Greatest Showman Musical
"Don't you wanna get away from the same old part you gotta play? 'Cause I got what you need, so come with me and take the ride It'll take you to the other side"
How bad can I be? - The Lorax (Movie)
"How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just doing what comes naturally How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just following my destiny How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just doing what comes naturally How ba-a-a-ad can I be? How bad can I possibly be?"
Remember that we're voting on how Iconic they are for ANIMATICS, not for the song itself. In order to make things fair, the tone and mood of the song should not affect how iconic it is (for example, a serious song should not be considered more iconic than a joke song just because it's serious)
Propaganda and animatic links of the songs under the cut:
The other side - The Greatest Showman Musical
Propaganda:
uhhh i never watched the greatest showman but the song goes HARD and its cool as fuck to see how ppl portray these opposing tropes & characters in their animatics
Obnoxious as hell but without it weed be down so many homoerotically charged interactions. The enemies to lovers people would be quaking
it was so popular even i wanted to make an animatic of it 😭 (i never did cause i didn’t even have a stylus at the time but i think that was for the better)
Luz and Hunter. Grian and Mumbo / Etho and Bdubs. Hawks and Dabi. I'm sure I'm forgetting something
oh my god??? the homoerotism of trying to convince ur enemy to join ur side??? whats there not to love?
The only objectively good song in The Greatest Showman deserves some respect, god damn it. Also it's a very catchy way to show a character's betrayal/character changes in general.
The song just overall slaps and also it's great for showing characters having a conflict with one trying to convince the other to join the opposing side
its very character driven, so no wonder its very popular. almost every fandom ive been in has an animatic of this song.
Animatics with the song:
Creepypasta Marble Hornets
Karmaland
BNHA Villain Deku
The Owl House
The Promised Neverland
She-Ra
How bad can I be? - The Lorax (Movie)
Propaganda:
it’s an evil bop
I need everyone to go watch How Bad Can I Be? By Public Spam Account. The best animatic every, plus the song is perfect for any villain character and came from a movie deeply important to tumblr lore
...the only propaganda i have for this is the time two years ago when a zine team gave andrew francis like $50 to sing part of it in the voice of morro ninjago thanks to a joke about onceler morro. someone did animate it if that helps at all
Animatics with the song:
DSMP
Hermitcraft
Darkstalker Animatic
DeadCells The King Animatic
MBIT ENTJ Animatic
Please be cautious and read the title, description and warning cards on the animatic videos if you decide to watch them. If you've got specific triggers I'd recommend even more caution when watching animatics of fandoms you don't know, since sometimes canon-typical themes don't get warnings.
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crestfallercanyon · 19 days
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✨Tag Game Wednesday Thursday✨
Thanks for tagging me!! @jrooc — we’re talking music this week!
Name: crest
What is the most listened to artist in your music app of choice this month? Bombay Bicycle Club just dethroned Remi Wolf because I keep listening to the same song on repeat lmao
What song do you know all the lyrics to? Several — but the songs I sing to loudest in the car are Street You Live On (Live Version) by Remi Wolf and Other Side of Paradise by Glass Animals
What song do you pretend to know all the lyrics to and sing along to even though you don’t? Anything by NSYNC
If you were to be crowned Queen/King/Royalty of listening to a band or artist, who would that be? The Japanese House or Glass Animals
What band/artist surprises you the most on your frequently listened to artists? I’m not surprised by any.
Favourite line from a song (or one you have been thinking about lately? I love music and this was genuinely me narrowing it down lol —
“I was thinking about who you are, Your delicate point of view, I was thinking about you — I’m not worried about where you are, Or who you will go home to, I’m just thinking about you.” Little Freak by Harry Styles (Honestly, Matilda by Harry Styles is also incredible too)
“While you were sleeping I turned up the dials, and I walled up your kingdom with radio wires…” This Empty Northern Hemisphere by Gregory Alan Isakov
“I know I shouldn’t need it but I want affection, know I shouldn’t want it but I need attention, Know I shouldn’t say it but I had to mention —“ Touching Yourself by Japanese Waterhouse
“I am the driver, I am the shadow, and I am the hearse.” Mr. Rattlebone by Matt Maeson
Guilty pleasure band or song? Look, the Glee version of Smooth Criminal was fucking incredible and still holds up. Fight me.
Okay let’s talk fandom music:
Fave band or song you’ve discovered from a Fan Fic? This December (Slow) by Ricky Montgomery and @hamartian-cathexis showed me for Thomally: Take it Out on Me by White Lies
Fave Fanfic Playlist? I’ve only seen broken links to playlists I’ve read actually, so I don’t have one — But it sounds fun!
Fave Gallavich song? I’m going to be honest, I was going to say Basic Instinct but because of jrooc I listened to Thunder or Lightning and that IS a bop so I have the same answer:
Basic Instinct - The Acid OR It’s Thunder or Lightning by We Were Promised Jetpacks
Do you listen to music recommended by the writer or an included playlist? Usually! Unless it’s an artist I know I don’t like, I love finding new music.
What song do you think is Gallavich coded? I’m sorry I’m gonna be annoying and suggest a few
I Summon You — Spoon (which I feel like is actually in Shameless but I honestly can’t remember if my brain is tricking me on that or if that’s true)
Run My Mouth by Ra Ra Riot (more just Ian coded but I see it fitting Mickey too)
Also, for something that’s just kind of Shameless/Gallagher coded, I recommend Happy Family by Sundara Karma
(And Thank you for I need a forest fire - Bon Iver/James Blake because now it’s on my playlists btw)
What’s a bop you want to share with your mutuals today? Was gonna suggest Chappell Roan but I think she’s covered —
Talk it Up by Sammy Rae & the Friends is a jazzy bop, so there’s my rec to you ❤️
Now some tags!!!
@michellemisfit , @callivich , @mmmichyyy , @sam-loves-seb , @gallawitchxx , @mybrainismelted , and anyone else who wants to do this!
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cult-of-the-eye · 25 days
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Have you got any song recommendations?
(Because you have good music taste! <3)
AHHH this is the HIGHEST HONOUR!!!
I'll give you a couple random ones of different vibes so you can pick depending on the mood!
affection by between friends (such a good slow motion driving in the rain to avoid your feelings song)
sunflower by michele leigh (a bop that's just emotional enough to get you to connect with it but not so emotional that it takes you to dark dark places)
a complete list of fears age 5 - 28 (aprox) by the yellow dress (so wonderfully weird with just the right emotional tinge)
vroom vroom by mickey darling (just an amazing fuck u and all ur friends song)
i love you like an alcoholic by the taxpayers (giving smoking a cigarette outside a shitty bar at 2am vibes)
I hope you enjoy!!
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