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what-gs-watching · 8 months

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“Sunlight over me, no matter what I do.”

This week on what G’s watching - what G’s listening to.

This is exciting!

Gang, I told you content is how I apparently digest my feelings, and a big ol’ part of that is music. Always has been, my dad has this crazy extensive collection of albums. When I was a kid he always had something on in the car, or playing from the old stereo in our living room. One of my favorite memories is listening to the Beatles’ White Album with him on long afternoons. He’d let me dance around on his feet, and we’d sing every single one, I was the eight year old who knew the entire thing by heart.

Music is a core fucking memory for me, it’s my dad in a nutshell. I remember one year for Christmas, he gave me a bunch of burned cd’s - all of the Beatles broken up by time period, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, a set of discs that included the top songs broken out by month between 1964 and 1968, six in total. The tracks, he told me eventually, perfectly encapsulated the way those different seasons felt to him - The March/April disc really feels like springtime.

If you knew my dad, you’d know that the effort he put into it was much more than his usual Christmas attempts, which were: my mother buying the gifts and then writing his name on the tag.

So the point is: music can be an incredible thing and it’s a large part of who I am. I could write an entire post about all of that (and one about the Beatles, and one about Paul McCartney specifically, and one about Adele, and one about Bo Burham…see, I’m nuanced) but I won’t. Right now, at least.

Because I want to talk about Fleet Foxes. Specifically, Helplessness Blues.

This album came into my life at a weird time, I’d moved to a new city and was working my first ever real tech job and I was living with my sister, trying to figure my shit out. Which involved coworker-turned-friend drama because at the time I was absolutely not the best person, and it was very early 20’s of me. You know, when everything feels frenetic and you aren’t sure what the fuck you’re supposed to be doing with your life, so you’re just…doing random things, all the things.

Which made me extremely susceptible to the creeping kind of darkness infused with hope the album has. I have a penchant for indie folk bands. I can’t help it. I fucking love guitar and thrumming drums with violins and shit. It just feels real to me. Authentic. Organic.

So it’s no wonder Fleet Foxes pulled me. I had a couple of their other songs on random playlists but had never attempted to listen to their first release. And then one day I was getting my oil changed, sitting in the waiting room and I read a review of Helplessness Blues in a magazine, probably Rolling Stone. I immediately bought it, which wasn’t really like me at the time - I was deep into stitching together random lists on my ipod, pulling tracks from all over the place, but I felt like I had to. Thankfully.

I don’t know what it is about this album, but it’s the perfect mix of mauldin, shiny, twisted, uneasy, exciting, overwhelming. It feels like there’s a story to it, it’s cohesive and purposeful, but I couldn’t tell you what the narrative actually is. And that’s probably the point. It’s whatever the story is to you, and man this album for me is angst and questioning and accepting. It’s become one of those perfect albums you can listen to, never skipping a track, because they’re always a little different depending on the mood you’re in.

And right now, I'm in a weird mood. I’m lost in my life again, and angst sounds about right, so I put the album on this afternoon after I’d finished my unemployment application and tried to harass the pharmacy for my husband, did some laundry, some dishes, random life things. I decided all I wanted to do with my Friday was chill the fuck out, blast Helplessness Blues through my airpods, and just, be with myself, and something familiar. Inside my own brain, but with something comforting, lulling me in the background.

I wanted to wrap myself up in something, and this was the perfect choice. Apparently one of my coping mechanisms is to just put some music on and let it overwhelm me, turning the volume up as high as I can tolerate, and singing along as needed at the top of my lungs. It’s honestly therapeutic.

That’s what Helplessness Blues is good for. Because it’s quite a production. You can get lost in the story and it’ll morph into whatever you need at the time. Today it’s a squirming sense of unease, but also triumph. It’s so good.

I could probably talk about all of the tracks, I’m not going to lie, but that sounds exhausting; they’re still lulling my brain right now and I don’t feel like I could pick out each one well enough, they flow together too well.

However, The Shrine / The Argument is fucking ambitious. It’s so many different things all at once and it’s almost confusing as one song but eventually it’s really, really not. It’s weird and it ends with a horrible cacophony but then delivers really soft and agonizing violins. It has some of my favorite lyrics from the entire album:

In the morning waking up to terrible sunlight / All diffuse like skin abuse the sun is half its size

When you talk you hardly even look in my eyes

In the doorway holding every letter that I wrote / In the driveway pulling away putting on your coat

In the ocean washing off my name from your throat

Because, who hasn’t felt like that? It’s a really specific loss. How else can you say something like that?

This is clearly getting away from me, but that’s okay. This is what I wanted to do today. I don’t do this very often, Helplessness Blues isn’t in my regular rotation, because it deserves to be listened to and I don’t always have that kind of time. I’m thankful that I do today though, I’m almost through my second rotation, and it's helping. I’m updating the story that it is, for me. Next time I listen to it, it’ll remind me of this stupid thing I’m going through and all that I am right now, a little bit.

For example: listening to Blue Spotted Tail was very Crowley and Aziraphale today. That’s apparently where I am, so now it’s part of the story.

Why in the night sky are the lights hung? Why is the earth movin’ around the sun? Floating in the vacuum with no purpose not a one…

Poor little Antony J.

Why is life made only for to end? Why do I do all this waiting then? Why this frightened part of me that's fated to pretend?

So. If you need to feel ways about things (we all do, now and again, right) this album will do it for you. And this is a terrible love letter to it, but just…trust me.

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#fleet foxes #helplessness blues #what g's watching #comfort music #Youtube

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x3rrorx · 3 months

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Previous Noah Spotify anon here I forgot a bit more (just went through my own follow list again and things off his playlists that I remembered) Cher, The National, The Japanese House, Nothing But Thieves, Drake, Bo Burham, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Too Close to Touch, Chief, Good Charlotte, Thousand Below, Poppy, Taylor Swift, The Story So Far, Don Bronco, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Waterparks, The Ghost Inside, Slaughter to Prevail, A$AP Rocky, Tyler the Creator, Chance the Rapper, Djo (Steve from Stranger Things band), The Neighborhood, Movements, Invent Animate, Aerosmith, Childish Gambino, I See Stars, System of a Down, Boys II Men, Halsey, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (sang Peaky Blinders theme song so you know why Noah likes them lol), New Found Glory, Justin Bieber, Falling in Reverse, Nine Inch Nails, and I think the band Davis used to sing in. Ok for real that’s as much as I remember 😂

If I remember correctly, he was also following 30 Seconds to Mars

Hell yeah, love me some 30 Seconds To Mars 🖤🔥

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burger-idk · 3 years

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#daffy duck #looney tunes #bugs bunny #ace bunny #danger duck #loonatics unleashed #rev runner #slam tasmanian #im sorry i keep making this type of videos #i love him so much #bring this show back #bo burham inside

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therandomfrogg · 3 years

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Headcanon:

Reki watches Bo Burnhams "Inside" like every weekend but refuses to watch it with Langa bc he doesn't want Langa to see how much he can relate to a lot of what Bo says. Langa really tries to get him to watch it with him until one day Reki snaps at him and screams that he doesn't want to watch it with him then leaves. That night Langa watches it alone and realises why Reki didn't want to watch it with him and why he snapped at him. Langa never brought it up again but it was understood between them from then on.

#sk8 langa #sk8 reki #sk8 the infinity #sk8 hcs #sk8 headcanons #renga #renga supremacy #i love reki so much #reki kyan #langa hasegawa #reki x langa #reki kinnie #bo burham inside #bo burnhan #icameupwiththiswhilewatchingitforlikethemillionthtime

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nyamafriend · 3 years

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So we are just. Not talking about bo burnhams new special??

#nyambles #bo burham #inside #y’all I thought this site would be all over this shit #I know it’s been a while #but don’t think I forgot how much everyone here loved him #it was bo and John mulaney #the dynamic duo #I vividly remember both of them being claimed by the gays #so what’s up with this

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a-lotus-leaf · 3 years

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finally watched Inside and I am pleased to announce I am back on my Bo Burnham bullshit for the foreseeable future

#i def hyperfixated on this man 5 years ago after make happy #and i forgot how much i love what he makes #so here i am #once again #bo burham inside #bo burnham #alotusleaf speaks

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marsandsaturn · 2 years

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aot actor au: tik tok addition hcs

—this was supposed to be a small little thing bc of a tik tok i saw and the idea of them seeing these tik toks made me happy, but i got carried away lmao. anyways so if there are typos, i did this ok my phone and i rushed this (finished this under an hour so…) anyways enjoy

so each actor is on tik tol which means they see the aot videos on there fyp and they follow a bunch of people but they don’t want the fans to find out so their usetnames are not associated with their names. this is their usernames:

eren yeager: jeankirsteinshorsie

mikasa ackerman: aruminarureruto

armin arlert: konisupuringa

jean kirstein: humantitteshope

sasha braus: asianwargoddess

connie springer: potatogirl

levi ackerman: hangezoestitties

hange zoe: erwinsmithbigasseyebrows

erwin smith: humantittiesstrongest

reiner braun: femaletitansteponme

annie leonhart: iamthearmoredtitan

bertolt hoover: beastitansimp

zeke yeager: andheisthecolossaltitan

pieck finger: jawbreakerporco

porco galliard: warhammerthisass

falco grice: keepmovingfowarderen

gabi braun: iamfounderymir

historia reiss: attacktitanthispussy

no one would know bc they literally act like the fans on there so most of the time the fans are geeking out about their favorite characters with the actual actors

fun facts:

levi has seen all the thirst post about him on there, and i mean all of them. he also likes them and saves them.

armin as seem rhe “veronica open the door” tik tol bc of eren. ended up saving it bc he likes the animation style. (he doesn’t condone the actions of said video tho)

eren sees all the ship wars happening and likes to contribute to them as a joke. in reality he doesn’t ship eren with anyone (whole ass lie as he ships eren with jean but secretly)

eren also sees all the thirst traps of him and saves them. he even goes as far as to comment on them.

i.e. (😍😍😍) (🥵🥵🥵) (😩😩😩) (😏😏😏)

mikasa saves all the edits of her friends (she particularly likes the jean ones bc some of them make her laugh)

sasha cried when she saw the ones honoring her after her death in the show. she has a whole folder.

eren also likes the animations (especially the ones his spanish songs {his mother is cubn okay you can fight me all you want but its true} ) and hes showing them to his parents.

connie laughs at the crack ships on there (his favorite is conkasa and he dhows mikasa who also laughs)

levi actually likes the skits of him and zeke (he generally laughs and saves them)

erwin likes all the hange skits, bc the irl hange isn’t crazy like the hange in the show

zeke isn’t on it as much but when he is he’s always saving the eren pnes bc hes proud at how popular his brother is (wish he had thirst edits of him bc there isn’t many)

annie saved the armin “veronica open the door” video bc he looks hot (secretly an armin simp, even tho thete dating????)

bertolt loves the video of people purposely writing his name that isn’t his name. i.e. birth control, bo burham, bearturtle, benadryl, benedict cumbetbatch, birthhole, burrito, and his personal favorite, barnes and noble.

gabi likes every video of falco and always comments ‘🥰🥰🥰 my little on them jaw titan bird thingy🥰🥰🥰’ it makes falco blush every time bc she sends them to him after

falco also limes every gabi video that praises her and defends the videos that hate her (he gets ratioed but he doesn’t care as long ad he defends get he’s all good)

historia saves the yumihisu ones bc they are so cute (she also sends them to ymir)

as soon as porco saw the ones of him before his death thirsting over him his ego sky rocketed. he showed them to everyone who teased him.

pieck saves the one of people making fun of zeke to tease him, but also the ones thirsting over zeke (also the baby zeke edits make her squeal bc zeke was such a cute baby, but look at him now LMAO)

hange loves the people who cosplay her (literally her dream come true) and saves them to her phone (she shows them to levi and erwin to smile at her) (before you come at me isayama said you and interpret hange as whatever gender, i use she/her and sometimes they/them for hange)

reiner loves the one with him and eren, thinks they are cool and is always sharing them. he especially loves the animation ones bc it takes a lot of time and effort, so hes always sharing them so they gain more attention

they all show each other aot tik tokd whenever they appear on their fyp if they are all together. they also have a group chat and they send tik tols there

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if you want more let me know but i stopped bc im getting tired and i need to finish chapter one of my fic which im almost done with :)

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maries-gallery · 3 years

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300 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕

𝑨𝒐𝒕 :

SFW :

Mikasa :

Drabble inspired by Goodbye by Bo Burham

Eren :

“The thought of losing you terrifies me.” and “Go back to sleep, I’m right here.”

Pieck :

“Your cuteness is making everyone stare, stop it.” and “Yes that’s my girlfriend and she’s a freaking goddess !”

“You’ve gained weight ? And so ? I don’t give a fuck.” and “I’m so proud of you.”

“It’s okay, you’re safe.” and “I’m so proud of you.”

Erwin :

“Mine.” and “Your cuteness is making everyone stare, stop it.”

Miche :

“I will boop your nose as many times as I want, thank you.”

Hange :

“It’s okay, you’re safe.” and “Go back to sleep, I’m right here.”

Levi :

“The thought of losing you terrifies me.” and “No, you can’t leave me. Please stay awake !”

Jean :

“Your cuteness is making everyone stare, stop it.”

“I will boop your nose as many times as I want to, thank you.”

NSFW :

Eren :

“Keep it all inside, nice and warm for me.” and Cock warming

Connie :

“Doing so well for me, baby.” and Public sex

Armin :

Breeding kink and “Tell me how does it feel to have me so deep ?”

Yelena :

Public sex and oral sex

Degradation and Size kink

Reiner :

Breeding Kink with Daddy kink and “Cum for me baby.”

Levi :

Breeding kink with Size kink and “Look at you, taking my cock so well.”

Jean :

Size kink with Breeding kink and “Good girl, so eager for my cock, eh ?”

Cock warming with Breeding kink and “Keep it all inside, nice and warm for me.”

Cock warming and “How does it feel to have me so deep ?”

Erwin :

Daddy kink with cock warming and “If you can still talk I haven’t fucked you well enough.”

𝑰𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒗 :

SFW :

Fenrir :

“I didn’t mean to love you so much.”

NSFW :

Edgar :

Praise kink with “Good girl, so eager for my cock, eh ?” and “Cum for me baby.”

Public sex with dirty talk

Ray :

“You’ve gained weight ? And so what ? I don’t give a fuck.” with “Keep it all inside, nice and warm for me.” and Breeding kink

Daddy kink with “You’re doing so well for me, baby.” and “Cum for me, baby.”

Daddy kink with “How does it feel to have me so deep ?” and “If you can still talk I haven’t fucked you well enough.”

Oliver :

“Look at you, taking my cock so well.” with “If you can still talk I haven’t fucked you well enough. and “Keep it all inside, nice and warm for me.”

Your cuteness is making everyone stare, stop it.” and “What did I say ? Don’t move.”

Lancelot :

Cock warming with ‘Acts like a whore, gets fucked like a whore.” and “Good girl, so eager for my cock, eh ?”

“You’ve gained weight ? And so what ? I don’t give a damn.” with Breeding kink and “Keep it all inside, nice and warm for me.”

Luka :

Thigh riding and breeding kink

𝑰𝒌𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒎𝒑 :

SFW :

Leonardo :

“Your cuteness is making everyone stare, stop it.” and “I will boop your nose as many times as I want to, thank you.”

Comte :

“You’re blushing so hard, all I did was say I love you in French.” and “I’ll boop your nose as many times as I want to, thank you.”

Isaac :

“Go back to sleep, I’m right here.” with “It’s okay you’re safe.”

Arthur :

“No, you can’t leave me. Stay awake !” and “You are home.”

NSFW :

Arthur :

Praise kink and Size kink

Leonardo :

Public sex with “Good girl, so eager for my cock, eh ?” and “Cum for me baby.”

#masterlist #aot x reader #snk x reader #attack on titan x reader #attack on titans x reader #aot smut #aot fluff #ikerev #ikemen revolution #ikevamp #ikemen vampire

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erifoe · 3 years

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who else just straight up vibing to bo burham’s new special, because i sure am

seriously that was an emotionally rollar coaster, and the songs were so catchy, and i loved it so much

like i didn’t even listen to much of his stuff before, but now i have

(like i honestly just loved inside so much!!!!!!!!!!!!)

#inside #bo #bo burnham #bo burham inside

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autumnpleaves · 3 years

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Do you have any song suggestions?

Also Achilles come down is one of my favorite songs right now, i’ve been listening to it on repeat for days! (So yay for tons of people finding cool songs!)

(Ignore me purposefully not answering this ask for a *long* time because I was busy collecting and compiling songs to suggest. Thinking of making it a Spotify playlist so you can listen more easily :))

I DOOOO!!!

And YEE!

I have yet to do a full week of listening to that song, but it’s soooo gooddd!!

(YAY INDEED!! :DDD)

I’ve been listening to much more like pop and rap style songs lately, so 0-0 Be warned XD

Okie! Song suggestions: Warning: I kinda went overboard with this there’s like.. 50+ songs under cut. I might make a playlist for easier listening, honestly? Sure. Why not.

1) Literally any song from Wilbur Soot (Understandable if it’s not some people’s style of songs, but Internet Ruined Me is a bop) (Also, Wilbur has two profiles on Spotify [Why? I don’t know] but it’s Wilbur and Wilbur Soot)

2) Ghostwriter - RJD2 (Am listening to it at the moment while I type it out. Still searching while typing for more suggestions :D)

3) All the Pretty Girls - KALEO (Cottagecore vibesssss~)

4) Canyon Moon - Harry Styles (And literally anything from Harry Styles, honestly, his songs are just so ~aesthetic~)

5) Out of My League - Fitz and The Tantrum

6) Ultimately - Khai Dreams (This is my favorite song, like ahjfdlad it’s good, the riffssss)

7) Argeers - The Fyre and Lightning Consort (Classical songs? Folk songs? In my playlist? More likely than you think)

8) Sorry Haha I Fell Asleep - Egg (Pretty sure most people have heard this song before)

9) The Jellyfish Song - Caroline Konstnar (Credits to Yawn for finding this song)

10) Glad You Came - The Wanted (Oldie but a Classic)

11) Where the Watermelons Rot - Madelynne Whitt

12) Malibu Nights - LANY

13) Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite III, Siciliana (Another classical? I’m on a rollll~ 😎)

14) Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16 “Italian”: I. Allegro vivace

15) Alice in Wonderland: Act I: Alice and her Sister (Will this list just end up being a classical list from here on out? Perhaps, I’ll try not to though)

16) invisible string - Taylor Swift (Honestly the whole new album is a bop, go listen to it if you haven’t :D)

17) Roses - The Chainsmokers

18) Prelude - TwoSetViolin

19) It Ain’t Me - Selena Gomez

20) Echo - Talisk (I literally found them just today, wow. It’s good)

21) short kings anthem - blackbear (This one is a little out there, but the chorus I like :))

22) Can’t Sleep love - Pentatonix

23) In Case You Don’t Live Forever - Ben Platt (Personally, I don’t really like his version, his voice in this one is pretty eh, there’s this one other version that I really like, forgot which one though Ah- by Ryan Stewart)

24) Hidden In The Sand - Tally Hall (Iconic animatic song)

25) Train Wreck - James Arthur

26) Producer Man - Lyn Lapid

27) Ophelia - The Lumineers

28) Arcade - Duncan Laurence

29) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Pentatonix

30) Be Around me - Will Joseph Cook

31) Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

32) Dandelions - Ruth B

33) The Grey - Annelle Staal

34) Take Yours, I’ll Take Mine - Matthew Mole

35) It’s Simple, Child - Matthew Mole

36) Running After You - Matthew Mole

37) Hold On - Chord Overstreet

38) Dreams - Joakim Karud

39) Everywhere at the end of time - The Caretaker (It’s like a playlist of samples) (I personally haven’t listened to all of them, but it’s said to be really good)

40) Brooklyn In The Summer - Aloe Blacc

41) starstruck - biosphere

42) SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK - Joji

43) Sad - Bo Burham

44) Tiny Dancer - Elton John

45) Shotgun - George Ezra

46) Paradise - George Ezra

47) Life’s A Happy Song - Mickey Rooney

48) Classic - MKTO

49) Able Sister (From “Animal Crossing”)

50) Casin - glue70 (Meme music? Meme music)

51) Inside a House - Amy Turk

52) Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra

53) Buttercup - Hippo Campus

54) watch - Billie Eilish

55) Be My Mistake - The 1975

56) IDK You Yet - Alexander 23

57) Fire - Barns Courtney

58) The Fall - half alive

59) Beige - Yoke Lore

60) Marlboro Nights - Lonely God

61) LEMONS - Brye

62) Mariposa - Peach Tree Rascals

63) Can I have a Ride Home? I’m at a party and I Don’t Know Any1 - carpetgarden

64) Down the Line - Beach Fossils

65) Lucy - Still Woozy

66) To My Parents - Anna Clendening

67) Honey Moon - Birds in the Airport

68) Interlude (For You) - Ashton Edminster

69) (Heh 69, nice ;)) Clouds - Zach Sobiech

70) if you’re feeling lonely - Chance Pena

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Did I go overboard with this? Yes. I do not regret a single thing.

Hope you enjoy some of the songs I picked though! XD

Bonus:

Written in the Sand - Old Dominion

The Other Side of Paradise - Glass Animals

Rat - Penelope Scott

#answered stuff #song stuff #Blue the ChamomileGal #long post

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cottage-hippie-no1 · 5 years

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DnD Character thingamabob

I was tagged by my good pal, @quinnpacqard . Thanks again for tagging me!!

I'm doing 3 of my characters I have; Oolga, Aelphaba, and Winnifer.

Oolga Thropp

Class: Fighter

Race: Half-orc

Physical Appearance: Oolga is tall, muscular, but feminine. In summary, the butch of my dreams. She has long, thick black hair and brown eyes. Two of the teeth protrude from her bottom row, which is troublesome and causes mouth breathing. Her face is very soft and empathetic. She tends to wear Leather armor and a lot of neutral colors.

Likes: Helping others, maidens, her father, fresh-baked bread, knitting, and cheese.

Dislikes: Dishonesty, abandonment, careless individuals, and snakes.

Relationship? She's single, but isn't desperate to find a partner. She is quite content with being in small company, given that she lived with just her father for a long time.

What would their aesthetic be? Goblincore with a dash of bread.

What would their favorite musician be? Oolga would probably be into folk music or acoustic. She would probably really like Hoizer.

Who would their favorite comedian be? Hands down Gabriel Iglesias. He's energetic and full of spunk and Oolga finds those kind of people to be fun to be around.

Coping mechanisms? Talking out her feelings. She likes to have someone who can listen to her, even if it's a tree.

Random fact: She loves daffodils.

If they were an animal, what kind would they be? A Saint Bernard. She's big, but incredibly soft.

What is an irony about your character? She is supposed to be a tankish fighter, especially with her lineage, but she is just a big empathetic baby.

Make a short playlist for your character, whether or not the songs are from their ‘favorite artist’, with a short description as to why:

Changes- David Bowie- Oolga has been sheltered and the concept of new and strange things is a big deal for her.

Grow- Conan Gray- A big thing for her is that she is quite self aware when she needs to step up. She loves continuing to grow as a person

She- dodie- Oolga is a helpless romantic and I feel like this would be her in a relationship.

Aelphaba Naïlo

Name: Aelphaba (Phae) Nïlo

Class: Sorcerer

Race: Wood Elf

Physical appearance: Aelphaba is what one would call extremely short. She is thin and little and looks feral. She has neutral, medium toned skin with lots of freckles. she has light blonde hair that's long and curly. I've always seen her looking like Zendaya in a way, just much less distinguished. Her eyes are a deep green. She wears a lot of oranges and neutrals. Tunics and oversized cardigans are a staple in her wardrobe.

Likes: Relaxing, socializing, the smell of honey, warm, soft beds, and the orange glow of mid-afternoon.

Dislikes: Incompetent people, people who take things too seriously, stale food, people who cannot keep their hands to themselves, and Wizards.

Relationship? None. She's a nomad, so she doesn't have long lasting relationships. She does have an old flame that she admired from when she was just starting out on her own.

What would their aesthetic be? Aelphaba would be urban cottage core. She is an urban person and the softness of cottage core is a look.

What would their favorite musician be? I feel like she would be a The Cure fan. Like not to be goth, but just kinda like it for the sound.

Who would their favorite comedian be? John Mulaney. They're both incredibly feral.

Coping mechanisms? Telling jokes and being funny. She hides her problems behind her charming, loud, comedic exterior.

Random fact: She would be a fan on fluffernutters if she were to ever have one.

If they were an animal, what kind would they be? Aelphaba would be a ram. She has the qualities.

What is an irony about your character? She left home to have control over her life, but the most vital part of her life, her magic, is never under control.

Make a short playlist for your character, whether or not the songs are from their ‘favorite artist’, with a short description as to why:

Teen Aged Riot- Sonic Youth- she left in a sort of rebellion against her folks.

Young Dumb & Broke- Khalid- A constant state of Aelphaba.

The Chain- Fleetwood Mac- She and her parents had a spat like this song. I feel like she feels this way towards her parents.

Winnifer Irithyl

Class: Warlock

Race: Moon Elf

Physical description: very sad looking, pale skin, platinum wavy hair, and icy blue eyes. She has a frail upper body, but strong, dare I say, thick legs. She wars a dark cloak and working dresses. Upper tittie almost always out.

Likes: Warm tea, baking, warm, buttered bread, and soup.

Dislikes: Her patron, rats, and feeling helpless.

Relationship? Currently single. Her husband (and everyone she ever loved) very recently were massacred. However, her patron is very flirtatious.

What would their aesthetic be? Fire and ember mixed with palecore

What would their favorite musician be? Coer de Pirate, a French artist with an aesthetic I can see for Winnifer.

Who would her favorite comedian be? Probably Bo Burham.

What is an irony about your character? Her whole world revoled around family and now she is alone.

Coping mechanisms? Who needs coping mechanisms when you can live through revenge.

Random fact: She has a habit of twirling her hair when nervous.

If they were an animal, what kind would they be? Maybe a house cat or a leopard.

Make a short playlist for your character, whether or not the songs are from their ‘favorite artist’, with a short description as to why:

La Petite Mort- Coer de Pirate- its depressing, the narrator talks about losing a peice of one self (which is the other side of the french euphemism) with the loss of a loved one. I think it fits.

Still Feel. - Half Alive- She's dead inside, what else is there to say?

and for giggles: Jesus is the one (I got Depression) - Zack Fox and Kenny Beats - it's the two sides of her in a weird way.

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The Best Films of 2018

Top 10 Films of the Year:

1. ROMA (Netflix)

If I harbored any doubt that Alfonso Cuarón was among the greatest filmmakers/storytellers of this (or last) century, it was forever dispelled with Roma. Cuarón’s hyper-naturalistic memoir reveals the thorny relationships between employers, caregivers, and those who receive care. It possesses a kind of clarity, maturity, and tenderness that only comes with distance and time. As it communicates the innumerable intersections of and parallels between ethnicity, class, and gender, it neither rushes nor exaggerates and romanticize, which is quite commendable considering just how visually rapturous Cuarón’s execution is. Moreover, he does so without pontificating or criticizing. Some of the film’s detractors claim it’s an elitist exaltation of domestic workers; I find that assertion unfair, for it would require a larger conversation about who is able to represent whom. I believe Cuarón respectfully illuminates and savors the mundane for therein lies the clandestine miracles of life. It’s clear he has so much love for the ghosts of long ago. Roma is a paean celebrating and lamenting all the pains and pleasures that usher us through any given year. (Watch the trailer.)

2. COLD WAR (Amazon Studios)

Sexy, sad, and everything in between, Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cold War chronicles a nearly two decade-long love affair between Wiktor - an accomplished music director - and Zula - a rising singer - in a world in threat of extinction. The film examines the violation of cultural identity and the mechanism of war which thwart any attempt to preserve authenticity. Epic and tactfully sparse in equal amounts, the film is comprised of unbearably terse episodes peppered over fifteen years. Thus, we are only privy to fragments of the characters’ tumultuous timeline together. Within the interlude – between each passionate episodes - Pawlikowski brilliantly employs subtext and chilly atmospheric tension to sustains the pair’s longings – and subsequently preserves our infatuation with them. Cold War is a rich love story swathed in bitterness. By the end, we can’t help but envy, pity, and mourn each part of Wiktor and Zula’s hot-blooded romance. (Watch the trailer.)

3. THE TALE (HBO Films)

The Tale is a work in progress. I say this without insult but unrestrained admiration. Documentarian Jennifer Fox’s devastating filmic memoir about childhood sexual assault is personal exercise in understanding deeply entrenched trauma. Much of the film’s approbation notes its nuanced handling of difficult thematic material and Dern’s towering yet understated performance, but Fox’s haunting lyricism – the way she manifests a cinematic conversation between her present self and her younger self from dispersed memories – makes this film a formal and aesthetic triumph just as much as a cultural watershed.

Initially, I questioned how “accurate” the film’s conclusion was. Did the events unfold with the same amount of understated poetic justice? Did Fox have the opportunity for confrontation and vindication as depicted? I realize that asking for explication undercuts the power of Fox’s investigation and exemplary subjectivity. The film itself is an act of introspective healing. As harrowing as The Tale is, it is essential viewing. (Watch the trailer.)

4. THE FAVOURITE (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

I’m still quite ambivalent towards the film’s nauseating photography, but make no mistake; The Favourite is the best writing and acting you’ll witness this year. While Lanthimos other films (Dogtooth, The Lobster, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer) are the superlative statements on the auteur’s résumé – perhaps in part because he also penned them – his dark, stomach-churning talents certainly lend themselves well to this gleefully filthy farce. The deliciously dicey sexual politics between the characters provides a scathing critique of class, decorum, regal period pieces, and the current political climate on a grand scale. The trio’s absurd antics keep the film alive with color and candor, but film’s lasting impact comes with the glimmers of profound sadness laced within Olivia Colman’s performance as the sovereign. Colman, one of the finest living actors, carefully vacillates between her character’s illogical command and her surprising frailty. The Favourite typifies the best kind of satire: deliciously catty as it plays out with a melancholic sting in its aftermath. (Watch the trailer.)

5. HEREDITARY (A24)

Balance is key in life – and because we’ve relished the delectable delights of Mary Poppins Returns and Paddington 2, a hearty dose of uncompromising nihilism is also imperative. Hereditary more than excels in that role. It is a grotesque descent into unimaginable horror led by Toni Collette in a game-changing performance. Following films like Antichrist (2009), Babadook (2014), The VVitch (2015) and this year’s equally terrific and terrifying The Haunting of Hill House series, Hereditary marks an apex in the horror subgenre exploring the connection between loss and dread. It’s aware of the genre’s robust history. Consequently much of its success lies in its perceptive ability to draw from other classics like Rosemary’s Baby, Don’t Look Now, and The Exorcist while continuing to probe the complexities of grief and unconscious shame. (Watch the trailer.)

6. YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (Amazon Studios)

Had the titles not already been taken, You Were Never Really Here could have easily be called “Making a Murderer,” “Gone Girl,” or “Vengeance Is Mine.” Lynne Ramsay’s follow-up to We Need to Talk About Kevin follows a damaged antihero hired to rescue trafficked girls. Her The story’s presentation is so lean and alienating that it’s difficult to ever form a comprehensive understanding of merciless world the characters inhabit. The violence is graphic, however Ramsey rarely shows the actual acts as they are committed. Instead, she takes us through static terrains in the wake of horrific brutality. Her juxtaposition of overwhelming ambient noises creates a particularly affecting cacophony. Surreal, distressing, yet oddly tender and uplifting, You Were Never Really Here confirms once again that Ramsay is an artist of the highest order. (Watch the trailer.)

7. EIGHTH GRADE (A24)

Bo Burham’s Eighth Grade a wonder to behold – that is, if you can endure an utterly distressing experience to endure. Eighth Grade’s young heroine, Kayla, navigates the frightening contours of adolescence. During my initial viewing of Eighth Grade, it felt like a slideshow of memories from the most repellent stages of childhood. I only allowed myself to recognize it all at a distance – perhaps a self-induced safety mechanism – as if all of it existed in a half-remembered past. Revisiting the film months later, it felt startlingly indicative of not only my eighth grade year but every year of life. If we cut through the handful of distinct aches of puberty, I’m really not so different now than I was at age thirteen – though Kayla is perhaps a bit less polished. What’s more, Kayla’s anxieties, comforts, and hopes function the same way mine do now. Burham’s film brims with compassion, so it’s easy to see - and feel - that eighth grade wasn’t that long ago. (Watch the trailer.)

8. IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (Annapurna Pictures)

Fear begets fear... until it eats the soul. Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel is a exquisite study of how fear - internalized and externalized - leads to systematic racism and discrimination. As Baldwin and Jenkins reveal, the only remedy to combat this fear is love – and there’s so much of it in and around Beale Street. (Perhaps Donnie Darko’s Jim Cunningham and his simplistic binary theory were actually prophetic?) It’s difficult to examine Jenkins’ expertise without acknowledging his stylistic and thematic influences – specifically Wong Kar-wai and his intoxicating visual romanticism and Douglas Sirk and his flair for weepy melodrama. Yet even as glimmers of other great works shine through Beale Street, Jenkins contributes his own unique voice to the pantheon of Cinema. Using Baldwin’s poignant prose as a template, he blends the conventions of great American stage plays with docudrama tenets to craft a vast universe of feeling. Furthermore, If Beale Street Could Talk is evidence that Moonlight certainly wasn’t a fluke. (Watch the trailer.)

9. MARY POPPINS RETURNS (Disney)

It feels inappropriate to include such an imperfect movie among intimidating achievements like Roma and Cold War. Even with all its excessive schmaltz, saccharine sentiment and scenery-chewing cameos, Mary Poppins Returns represents a kind of homage I feared was entirely lost. Not so; I learned nothing’s gone forever, only out of place. Sure, the film’s nostalgic structure (or lack thereof), design, quips and songs are all aggressive imitations of a perfect cinematic and cultural touchstone, but the whole ordeal is just so beautifully flattering it’s impossible not to melt in its warmth. It reverently and earnestly reminds us just how lucky we are to have a classic like Mary Poppins to return to. It sends up and throws back to the pinnacle of the expansive (and now unforgivably carnivorous) Disney kingdom. As demonstrated here, indulging nostalgia from time to time can be quite healthy. Unlike most current family movies that pander to the lowest common denominator, Mary Poppins Returns transcends cynicism, pop iconography, and humor ingrained in the present moment. Although much of the film’s success is due to the collaboration of a surplus of talent, the film belongs to Emily Blunt. She, in fact, IS practically perfect as she evades mimicry and adds nuanced wit and benevolence. (Watch the trailer.)

10. MADELINE’S MADELINE (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Madeline’s Madeline, an experimental coming-of-age thriller, is a film for those who care deeply about grueling and convoluted “artistic process.” It deftly walks a tight rope between satire and an earnest exploration of psychosis and performance – not unlike Bergman’s Persona or Lynch’s Mulholland Drive. Co-Writer/Director Josephine Decker fashions a platform for the fascinating newcomer Helena Howard; she reveals a rare kind of brashness and vulnerability in the title role. Alongside Howard, Molly Parker and the ever-brilliant Miranda July put their trust in Josephine Decker’s peculiar process. As such, they elevate and legitimize Madeline’s nightmare. There is palpable malice woven through the confounding narrative, though it is impossible to discern its primary source. Thematically, the film picks up the baton where Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York left it, but Decker uses a film language loaded with obtuse codes and metaphors. Aesthetically, the film is something else entirely – more dangerous and anomalous than we’re comfortable seeing. And for that reason, it’s quite difficult to shake. (Watch the trailer.)

Another Praiseworthy 10 (in alphabetical order):

BEN IS BACK

BLACK PANTHER

BLACKkKLANSMAN

BURNING

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

THE DEATH OF STALIN

LEAVE NO TRACE

SHOPLIFTERS

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

A STAR IS BORN

Best Direction:

1. Alfonso Cuarón for ROMA

2. Paweł Pawlikowski for COLD WAR

3. Lynne Ramsay for YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

4. Barry Jenkins for IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

5. Yorgos Lanthimos for THE FAVOURITE

Best Adapted Screenplays:

1. IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

2. BLACKkKLANSMAN

3. BURNING

4. CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

5. BLACK PANTHER

Best Original Screenplays:

1. THE FAVOURITE

2. SHOPLIFTERS

3. EIGHTH GRADE

4. THE DEATH OF STALIN

5. EIGHTH GRADE

Best Leading Actors:

1. Bradley Cooper in A STAR IS BORN

2. Ethan Hawke in FIRST REFORMED

3. Joaquin Phoenix in YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

4. John David Washington in BLACKkKLANSMAN

5. Lucas Hedges in BEN IS BACK

Best Leading Actresses:

1. Toni Collette in HEREDITARY

2. Olivia Coleman in THE FAVOURITE

3. Emily Blunt in MARY POPPINS RETURNS

4. Laura Dern in THE TALE

5. Yalitza Aparicio in ROMA

Best Supporting Actors:

1. Timothee Chalamet in BEAUTIFUL BOY

2. Steven Yeun in BURNING

3. Richard E. Grant in CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

4. Adam Driver in BLACKkKLANSMAN

5. Josh Hamilton in EIGHTH GRADE

Best Supporting Actresses:

1. Natalie Portman in VOX LUX

2. Emma Stone & Rachel Weisz in THE FAVOURITE

3. Regina King in IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

4. Amy Adams in VICE

5. Emily Blunt in A QUIET PLACE

Best Cinematography:

1. ROMA

2. COLD WAR

3. IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

4. AT ETERNITY’S GATE

5. SUSPIRIA

Best Film Editing:

1. SUSPIRIA

2. BLACK PANTHER

3. FIRST MAN

4. ASSASSINATION NATION

5. WIDOWS

Best Sound Design:

1. YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

2. FIRST MAN

3. A QUIET PLACE

4. ROMA

5. SUSPIRIA

Best Production Design:

1. SUSPIRIA

2. MARY POPPINS RETURNS

3. THE FAVOURITE

4. BLACK PANTHER

5. READY PLAYER ONE

Best Costume Design:

1. MARY POPPINS RETURNS

2. SUSPIRIA

3. THE FAVOURITE

4. BLACK PANTHER

5. IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Best Original Scores:

1. Marc Shaiman for MARY POPPINS RETURNS

2. Ludwig Göransson for BLACK PANTHER

3. Alexander Desplat for ISLE OF DOGS

4. Justin Hurwitz for FIRST MAN

5. Nicholas Britell for IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Best Original Songs:

1. “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from MARY POPPINS RETURNS

2. “Shallow” from A STAR IS BORN

3. “Suspirium” from SUSPIRIA

4. “All the Stars” from BLACK PANTHER

5. “Treasure” from BEAUTIFUL BOY

Best Animated Features:

1. SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

2. ISLE OF DOGS

3. THE INCREDIBLES 2

4. MIRAI

5. RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET

Best Acting Ensembles:

1. MARY POPPINS RETURNS

2. SHOPLIFTERS

3. BALCKkKLANSMAN

4. THE DEATH OF STALIN

5. A STAR IS BORN

2018′s Most Important Films:

1. THE TALE

2. SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

3. BLACK PANTHER

4. INSTANT FAMILY

5. CRAZY RICH ASIANS

To commemorate Ingmar Bergman’s 100th Birthday (and a sold-out Criterion Collection boxset of 39 of his films), let’s recall his greatest works:

1. PERSONA

2. THE SEVENTH SEAL

3. CRIES & WHISPERS

4. WILD STRAWBERRIES

5. SHAME

6. FANNY & ALEXANDER

7. AUTUMN SONATA

8. THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY | WINTER LIGHT | THE SILENCE

9. SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE

10. THE VIRGIN SPRING

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