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lvxybby · 9 months

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Music Ties (kurt Cobain X fem! reader) (pt9?)

Y/N's Pov: Kurt lied on his bed holding his stomach and accepting the pain. "kurt...you poor thing" i said walking over to him. dave and krist left the room, leaving us alone. my hand grazed through his hair. i gently pet him. he looked sad and full of discomfort. he hummed a bit and adjusted closer to me. soon krist walked back in with the bucket and some things to help kurt. krist set them down and sat next to kurt. "how you feelin' man?" he asked kurt. "total shit..." kurt replied. "ok...just get some rest ok dude" krist said "okay" kurt replied. kurt moved some more to get under his blankets. he snuggled under them and lied there staring at me. he looked so adorable lying there with his big blue eyes. like a puppy. "im sorry" he spoke "for what?" i asked confused. "for being weird" he said breaking eye contact. "oh kurt your not weird..." i said rubbing his cheek. he stayed silent before talking again "its just that...i feel that my stomach issue is weird" he said looking at me again "kurt i know you cant help it...i dont think its weird at all...not one bit" i said giving him a smile. "i.....i really hate being sick but im scared that if i get rid of my problems i wont be as creative..." he said. "well...you can write songs about what it was like to be in that horrible pain...that discomfort for so long...then you have a huge topic you can write songs about. i believe its such a big topic that you can make a whole album about it. and another thing is your creativeness isnt in your pain its in your head. whatever you got going on in there is genius kurt...its lovely that you can think so much...." i said. my hand cupped his face. our relationship was growing by the second. we were getting closer and closer. it was almost too fast. we stared at each other before kurt spoke again "this is...awkward...." he said looking away. "i know...just get some rest" i said placing a kiss on his head before walking out. holy shit i just kissed him. did he like it? will he hate it? does he even like me? i cant think straight. i need some fresh air. i walked outside and patted my sides for my cigarettes, but they weren't there. right...they're in my car. i pulled my keys from my pockets and went out to my car. i unlocked it and sat in the seat, looking for my pack. it was really cold so i shut my door and cranked the car while i looked to keep warm.

Kurts POV: she kissed me...oh fuck...it was so nice....i want to see her... and talk to her. i heard the front door open and close. who went outside? i slowly shuffled over to my window and saw Y/N in her car. it was cranked and she looked in a rush. was she leaving me...? that horrible feeling overwhelmed me. i dont want her to leave. was my stomach issue too weird for her? was it because im a moody mess and constantly changing moods because im a stupid bipolar fuck? was it the kiss? i dont know. but sadness has flowed into my thoughts. im really close to her now.

#dave grohl #krist novoselic #kurt cobain #kurt cobain x reader #nirvana #part 10 soon

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lilybug-02 · 3 months

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Establishing shots. My beloved.

#wow this was surprisingly really fun to draw! I usually hate backgrounds #I'll be coloring it soon. But I just wanted to release my excitement onto you all :) It'll be at least 10-15 more days before I release the #next part. I think the “No Color” rule has really helped me speed up my process. I'm so happy it has :))))#deltarune chara timeline #my art #sketches #sneak peek

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loki-us · 5 months

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Best Lokius moments: season 1 edition (post 1/2)

Post 2/2 here

#Lokius #loki #gifset #loki s1 #loki season 1 #loki tv #loki series #mobius #mobius m mobius #loki-us blog #soft #it was literally so hard picking just 10 gifs for this #so I will soon be posting a part 2 #lmao #best Lokius moments

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cvntdracvla · 2 months

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MY LITTLE KRIEGIE MARCONI 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ #!;$-'!_;@-#+$+$$

"kriegie" as in prisoner of war bc thats what they currently are

"marconi" as in that italian guy guglielmo marconi who was an electrical engineer inventor and whatnot

and "my little" as in i am gay and in love with my best friend

#i am shocked that more people arent freaking out about this #like fuck me bucky is so in love with him #i miss them so bad #they coulda rounded the show to 10 episodes i wasnt ready to part with them so soon #i kin bucky icl #masters of the air #mota #mota spoilers #buckbucky #john bucky egan #john egan #gale cleven #gale buck cleven #austin butler #callum turner #motaedit

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honeydots · 8 months

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750 INIGORBS!!!

#WOOOOOO #inigo orb fund is going well #the next 250 are actually gonna be part of a ~xander reserve~#bc i wanna get his legendary to a +10 and its gonna come back soon #but at least i have 750 ready for inigo!!!!#i wont be summoning when the revival comes on the 27th #im waiting for the forma revival #bc then he'll be the only greeeeeen!!!!!#better chances!!!!!#dots draws #i tried posting this a few mins ago but it broke so lets hope it works this time #if you saw me type the wrong thing also no you didn't

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chocoenvy · 2 years

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Two Gods (Part Six)

Part one; <;- prev ; next -> (not yet available)

Notes: Oh dear it's been a minute huh? Decided I should just post the drafts even if I'm not particularly fond of them at least this will maybe jump start my motivation for this series once more. I just want it done at this point. Either way I hope yall appreciate the continuation!

warnings: Cult behaviors, fluff

word count: ~2.5k

Beidou had seen countless treasures out at sea, most of which were shiny, all of which were extremely valuable.

Seeing her god - her two gods - smile so brightly at the sight of her, was a better treasure than anything she’d ever seen.

You and your twin barreled down to Beidou with wide grins, still gripping tightly onto each other’s hands. She blinked in surprise as you both stopped right in front of her, still grinning with stars in your eyes.

“Hi Beidou!” You both giggled, waving.

She blinked off her surprise, a smile overtaking her face, “Your graces! It’s an honor to have you on my ship!”

She bowed and the rest of her ship followed suit, including Kazuha.

“Ah, there’s no reason to bow.” T/n shook their hands dismissively, “It’s nice to meet you Beidou, Kazuha.”

You nodded, beaming, “It’s nice to meet you both.”

Excitement bubbled in your chest, you and T/n were giddily grinning.

“It’s an honor to be in the presence of your graces.” Kazuha said with a smile, “I humbly thank you for all of your blessings.”

You and T/n nodded, “It’s nothing.” You shook your hand, still grinning. Your hands were practically shaking from how giddy you were.

“Well,” Beidou puts her hands on her hips, drinking your presence in, “What brings you to my ship?”

“They wish to travel to Inazuma, and they’d like to travel on your ship.” Zhongli answered for the both of you, standing next to T/n.

Childe stepped up to your right and grinned down at you affectionately. You sent a small grin back before looking back to Beidou.

She nodded, “I see, well, of course we’ll take you to Inazuma! It’s an honor to have you both on my ship, your graces.” She laughed boisterously, causing you and T/n to laugh.

You remembered the both of you playing her hangout event together, far too excited for it to do it separately, and hearing her beautiful laugh. It was so different in real life though, with her right there, and your twin holding onto your hand.

“Thank you so much, Beidou!” T/n grinned, turning to you, their eyes wide and grinning from ear to ear, “We’re going to Inazuma on Beidou’s ship!”

You tilted your head back and laughed, gripping T/n’s other hand, “We’re going to Inazuma on Beidou’s ship!” You giggled, holding onto both of their hands tightly.

T/n jumped up, shaking your hands, “Finally! God, I’m so upset they didn’t show this in the game, but now we get to experience it in real life!” They laughed almost maniacally, vibrating from excitement.

“Hey- T/n,” You giggled, gripping their face in your hands, “Calm down.” You said, though you were still shaking with laughter yourself.

They paused for only a moment before continuing to grin ear-to-ear, gripping onto your hands to keep themself grounded in their excitement.

Beidou’s loud and confident laugh was a blessing to the ears, “I’m so glad you’re both so excited. Is there anything you both need? Are you hungry? Tired?”

“I don’t believe your graces have eaten at all today.” Childe said with a frown.

“Well in that case, Kazuha,” Beidou turned to the boy with a confident and glowing grin, “Go with their graces to get some food. I’ll be manning the ship.” She turned back to the two of you, her eyes softening ever so slightly. She bowed once more, “It’s an honor your graces, please enjoy your stay.”

You and T/n nodded, “Thank you for letting us stay.” T/n smiled and glanced at you from the corner of their eye, “Beidou, can we have a hug?”

Beidou froze, her eyes fluttered as though she couldn’t process the words, “Excuse me, could you please repeat that?”

T/n grinned, their grip on your hand tightening, “We want a hug! If that’s okay with you.”

Beidou gained her bearings and opened up her arms, “Of course, your graces! It’s an honor.”

T/n tugged you and themselves into Beidou’s arms and holy shit it was the best thing you’d ever done. Her arms were strong and secure and yet she was just soft enough to where you felt you could melt into her. You could’ve fallen asleep right then and there, no problems.

You pulled away before you and T/n came across as weird, “Thank you for the hug, Captain Beidou.” You grinned.

“Just Beidou, for your graces.” She bowed once again.

“Then call us Y/n and T/n.” You pointed to yourself and then your twin.

“Aha,” She shook her head, “I don’t think I could sully your names like that.”

You laughed, despite the fact she was completely serious, “You could never sully our names, Beidou. It’s you.”

Beidou didn’t understand what you meant by that. She was just Beidou, captain of the Alcor. You were a being above everyone and everything, in the grand scheme of things, she meant nothing to you. Didn’t she?

She smiled fondly at the two of you, her eyes soft, dark emotions swirling deep within them. Ones that caused the hair on the back of your neck to stand on edge, but you ignored it. It was Beidou, one of the characters you loved without question.

“That’s very high praise from your graces. I hope to hear more from the both of you soon, but I should get going so we can set course for Inazuma.” Her eyes were obsessive, “I’ll see you soon your graces. Kazuha-”

“Yes Captain Beidou.” Kazuha nodded, swiftly making his way to your sides, “I’ll take care of them.”

She nodded and waved as she turned to leave, Kazuha sent you both a small but warm smile, “Follow me, your graces.”

He led you, T/n, Childe, and Zhongli down under the deck, where the kitchens were located. “Take anything you’d like.” He offered, nodding towards the food with a smile.

The chefs were stiff as you and T/n picked through the food. You didn’t grab anything big, but there were some plates already prepared with simple fruits and foods that you and T/n took.

“Thank you.” You and T/n muttered, grabbing a plate of simple fruits and vegetables.

“It’s our pleasure.” Was all they said.

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T/n and you leaned over the edge of the ship. Childe, Zhongli, and Kazuha were next to you two. Beidou was steering the ship but you could tell she was staring at you.

The ship ride was hella fun. T/n was talking about lore the entire time, the crew thinking it was some ancient proverbs or something (which was hilarious when they started quoting all of the memes T/n put in there). Then you, of course, were fussing over Kazuha’s artifacts.

“We have nothing else to do,” You shrugged, your fingers crossed praying for good rolls, “Might as well do some spring cleaning.”

Kazuha was procuring some poems about you two, “Why pass up this golden opportunity when I have the perfect inspiration, your graces?”

“You’re too nice.” T/n chuckled with a disbelieving shake of their head. “-Y/n what’re you doing?”

They whipped their head over to you and you smiled sheepishly, a pile of artifacts in front of you.

“Leveling artifacts…” You said, holding an anemo goblet, “This is actually probably really good for Xiao.” You held it up with a grin.

“Of course it’s Maiden’s Beloved,” They scoffed with a grin, “What’s it got on it?”

“Double crit, flat attack, and def percent.”

T/n hummed, “Have you rolled it yet?”

“Yeah it’s rolled into crit damage twice.” You grinned, “We just keep that up and it’ll be perfect for him.”

Xiao and the rest of the crew blinked at all of the trinkets on the ground, all of it going over their heads. You and T/n spent a good chunk of the day cleaning out your artifacts (that you’d been hoarding for months now so it was much needed).

Beidou had come to find you two when the sun started going down. Her eyes, after staring at you two with a star-struck smile, caught onto the artifacts.

She hummed at the familiar objects, “Are those artifacts, your graces?”

T/n nodded and Beidou hummed with a dangerously fond smile as she watched you level the artifacts, “It’s amazing your graces, the power you two possess.”

“It’s nothing.” You said, crossing your fingers, praying for crit rolls, “Just taking care of ya’ll.” You shrugged with a smile.

Beidou faltered, but sat down next to you along with your other party members. She laughed heartily, “That awful kind of you, your graces.”

“19% crit dmg and 8% crit rate.” You grinned, “Here you go, Xiao.”

He brought out his artifacts and you placed the goblet down, setting his old one beside you.

“Fodder?” T/n asked, glancing at the piece.

You nodded, “It was trash, we shouldn’t have kept it for so long.”

T/n hummed, and the rest of the characters stared at you two in wonder at the shiny and dull artifacts in your laps.

Zhongli, ever the curious to information he hadn’t yet obtained, inquired you two about the nature of artifacts. What everything you just said means. Who has the best artifacts and why did you give it to them?

“It’s all luck.” T/n explained over the sound of the waves, “But our luck is shit so our artifacts suck.” They shrugged, “The fact that Childe and Kazuha have any good artifacts at all is a miracle.”

“No it’s bullshit.” You huffed, “I”ve done those domains enough times I could defeat them with my eyes closed. And yet still only barely a full set of decent artifacts.”

Beidou frowned, “Your graces, if there’s anything you wish for just ask and we’ll put our all into getting it to you.”

You hummed, “I guess… but I don’t know how artifact domains work outside of…”

“Artifact domains?” Zhongli inquired, “Those domains scattered around?”

T/n nodded, “Yep, they’re full of stuff to make you guys stronger. Artifact domains are probably the worst, and the ones we’ve done the most.”

“Just tell us the location and we’ll make a stop by there to get you what you need your graces!” Beidou grinned proudly.

You grinned, “Bet, I’ll show you. Artifact domains are tedious though but we need to do them to make y’all stronger.”

Beidou grinned, pleased with herself, “I’d be happy to do it for you, if it’s what you need.”

“I’d appreciate it a bunch!” You grinned as she called over someone to go and give her a map.

When you were given the map, your heart practically stopped. “T/n! T/n! Look!” You grinned, grappling their shoulder to pull them over.

They stumbled into you, “Hey! The heck-” They looked down at the map you were showing them with a bright grin. They blinked.

“It’s the map of the entire Teyvat!” You had stars in your eyes, grinning up at your twin.

They grinned, matching your excited expression, “It is! We need to go everywhere on this map!”

You nodded fervently, “Yes! You’ve always been so excited to see the rest of Teyvat!” You shook their shoulder playfully, “Now we can do so and not wait a year for each region! There’s so much to explore too! Haven’t you wanted to go to Snezhnaya for a long time now? We could meet the Tsaritsa! Like you’ve always wanted to do!”

T/n grinned, “Yeah! We can go together too! Instead of just one of us playing and the other watching. It’ll be fun!”

“Do your graces like Snezhnaya?” Childe asked with a prideful smile.

“Of course!” T/n answered, “It’s so pretty and interesting, and now we can go and explore it.”

You shook them excitedly, “Yes! I can’t wait!” You giggled, grabbing a quill and marking the spots on the map of the domains you needed. You grinned at all of Teyvat that you hadn’t explored, excited to explore it with your twin. Excited because you knew they loved Teyvat.

“Y/n! Y/n! Wake up!” Your form was jostled around, and you groaned as T/n’s shoulder disappeared from under your head and their arms attempted to pull you up from the ground.

“No…” You mumbled, weakly tugging your arms away from them.

“Y/n!” They whined, “We’re in Inazuma, come on!”

“What?” You groaned, a bit more awake now.

Your eyes peeled open to the cool night, your twin grinning madly, and the crew bustling around quietly with flames lighting up the ship. You heard Beidou issuing orders and the idle chatter of you and T/n’s “team” next to you.

T/n tugged on your arm and you stood up with their help. You stood up shakily, rubbing your eyes as you held onto their hands.

You looked out over the ship as it turned, nearly stumbling as the ship docked in Ritou.

“Holy shit.” You whispered at the beautiful scenery, the red trees and dark wooden houses lit up in the night. And the crowd waiting at the dock, including all of the playable Inazuman characters (even some unreleased that you definitely hadn’t looked at the leaks for).

T/n clutched your hand tightly, grinning from ear to ear, “There they are.” They whispered.

“Your graces are excited,” Childe mused, “I’m glad.”

“Yes,” Zhongli agreed with a small smile, “It’s a lovely sight to see you two so happy to be in Teyvat.”

You jumped in excitement, the ship stopping entirely, the crew rushing to lower anchor, and Beidou shouting orders.

You perched your feet up on the edge of the ship.

“Y/n…” T/n narrowed their eyes.

“I’ll be fine!” You giggled, your feet dangling over the edge of the ship, “I’m a professional.”

“A professional at getting your ass hurt.” T/n huffed, tugging lightly on your shoulder, “Don’t do it, it’s stupid.”

“And since when have I listened to you?” You chuckled, prepping yourself, swinging your feet and staring down at the dock.

T/n shook their head incredulously, “Never,” They scoffed, amused.

“Your grace?” Zhongli questioned. You and T/n turned your faces to him. He smiled, “It’s time to go. Are you both excited?” He asked as he turned to lead you both to the piece of wood that was propped up for you to walk off of.

T/n gasped, clutching your arm with an iron grip, staring out at the sea of people with wide, awe-struck, and nervous eyes.

“Owch- T/n the fuck-?”

“Pretty fish lady, she’s here,” T/n covered their mouth, muffling their scream, “She’s here!”

You whipped your head around to look out at the crowd of people. Sure enough, standing tall and graceful near the front, with her general Gorou beside her, was Kokomi.

A Cheshire grin erupted onto your face as you grabbed T/n’s hand tightly, “Do you wanna go and meet her?”

#sagau #genshin cult au #cult genshin au #self aware genshin #twin au #sagau twin au #n e ways expect part seven out sometime soon #and then part 8 who knows #and then part 9 or part 10 will be the final i think #either way IT'S GETTING DONE #no more lying and saying soon soon soon im just finsihing it lol #i suck at finishing series if u couldn't tell

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ty-bayonet-betteridge · 1 month

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we as a community need to make demise more dramatic. all the animatics ive seen of it so far have been of silly things like Gem bodging her attempt to kill X and OBLITERATE!!!!!! i think we need to make some really angsty art and animatics of Impulse smirking as he betrays Skizz and the fear on Gem's face as she hits the top of her arc after being fished to death and whatnot. come on we're mcyt fans making silly nonsense as dramatic as possible is what we DO

#hermitcraft #hermitblr #hermitcraft 10 #i will do my part as soon as i figure out how to write fic about it #i sort of struggle writing fics that arent AUs #but by gum i will find a way

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themostfuniveverhad · 8 months

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#hey uhh it's my 10 year tumblr anniversary #which is like. wild #anyway i know i'm not on this blog much anymore #but i felt like i wanted to at least acknowledge this #just because this website and this blog specifically have been such a huge part of my life #and i'm honestly very grateful for it #major shoutout if literally anyone remembers my theyoutubefangirl days #or remembers me at all really #but um yeah #am actually hoping to make at least one new dnp gifset soon just for funsies #so maybe look forward to that #another shoutout to anyone who read all this #okay ✌🏽✨#<3

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myfandomhalf · 2 months

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The amount of Dazai mischaracterization in this fandom is CRAZY

I’m not tagging this with a thing because I don’t feel like getting jumped today but whew I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of people finally realizing that Dazai doesn’t actually give a shit about Sigma past “this is a person -> this person became involved in a dangerous situation -> the right thing to do is my best to try to keep them alive” NOT “I must keep this person alive because they matter a lot to me personally and I would be very sad if they died or got hurt” 🥴 plus also the fact that Sigma is useful to him for information, I do think he would’ve tried to keep him alive even if he wasn’t useful, but NOT because he cares about him or has some sort of personal interest in his well being 💀 (he also would probably not have tried as hard if sigma wasn’t useful)

Like that’s so crazy to me do y’all even know who Dazai is 😭😭

Anyway like I was saying I was pleasantly surprised and then those people started showing up with their pitchforks and now I’m back to having very little faith

#just needed somewhere to rant #why do you guys want Dazai to be a goody goody so bad #DAZAI?? caring about a man he met 10 minutes ago???#PLEEEEAAASE be so serious #he barely even cares about (redacted for my own safety)#I saw someone say well I’m insert mental health stuff here and I met someone new and cared about them quickly #like okay??? lmao 💀💀#who cares???#you’re not Dazai???#but wait 🤔🤔 ohhh I see #you’re projecting #now that makes more sense #please separate yourselves from characters when you’re analyzing CANON content #okay I’m done #believe it or not I have more controversial opinions #but this is so ridiculous #the funny part is as SOON as I saw that panel I told myself #watch them twist this to make it seem as if Dazai is worrying about sigma #AND I WAS RIGHT

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whatudottu · 3 months

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Seeing the “cerebrocrustaceans are highly territorial” headcanon slowly start to pick up more steam (albeit with a split as to whether they’re so cliquey and ride-or-die they view everyone who isn’t in their in-group as a potential threat until they’ve made it abundantly clear that they mean no harm or if they despise any sort of group collaboration unless it’s absolutely, positively necessary) makes me wonder if it’s a common stereotype by the galactic audience to view them as being massive pricks to everyone they meet. Like, oh, everyone on Encephalonus-IV hates each other’s guts and they’re incessantly rude to anyone and everyone they come across! They’re so petty and envious they can’t stand the thought of anyone being better at them than anything and delight in the suffering and misfortune of people they don’t like! They fly into murderous rages if a galvan so much as breathes on them, and if they weren’t such cowards, they’d nuke Galvan Prime into oblivion only to immediately start yet another rivalry with some other species for one reason or another!

Hah! Doesn’t help their case that Dr Psychobos became very well known thanks to the super famous superhero Ben 10!

But no yeah with galvans being the cold detached sort of smart, especially with their prevalence in intergalactic relationships (you don’t become the smartest being in not one but multiple galaxies by sitting alone in your room), what comparatively little interaction to the wider galactic sphere cerebrocrustaceans have has more expectations than if the galvans were more subtle in their influence. If you’ve heard how much of an grumpy old man scientist the First Thinker is, especially when you hear about one of his creations striking out against him due to neglect, well you’ve already started to get the picture of an isolated workspace that no one dares interrupt.

So then you come face to face with a snappy cerebrocrustacean scientist who’s rude, direct, and hovering over your shoulder making sure you don’t fuck up, well you won’t really find many cases of neglect when everything you do is under scrutiny. I guess the difference between my headcanon and @ohyeahben10 ‘s headcanon would be if you can endure the territorial… hostility may not be the right word, the fact that you’re in the same space as a cerebrocrustacean at work is already more than what they’d typically give, in my headcanon sphere you could potentially get past that barrier and transition from outgroup to ingroup; I don’t know exactly what’s in ohyeah’s head but I assume given his headcanons she might say that you practically could never get on a cerebrocrustacean’s good side, or at least not as close as an ingroup would suggest-

Either or, it’s gonna leave a bad first impression, and that is how the stereotype for being prickish is so widespread. Potentially, if a notable cerebrocrustacean scientist works intergalactically, the stereotype may narrow to Encephalonus IV having a very dickish social culture.

#ask #anonymous #cerebrocrustacean #encephalonus iv #ben 10 #hope i pronouned you right ohyeah (or whatever shorthand name you’d prefer- central or sceathered idk)#but right yeah being territorial sucks for your reputation but it’s probably why scientists aren’t representatives #which might have to bite the bullet and fight against the instinct to be territorial- or at least innately not be as much #then again they’re collectively a rather smart intelligent species so maybe scientists are representatives #i think i like thinking about cerebrocrustaceans (god it’s such a long name)#it’s not going to beat out petrosapiens anytime soon but with galvans in canon getting a lot of focus #imagining what makes cerebrocrustaceans different besides appearance is really neat #i like thinking they’re like cliquey scientists- mostly because aside from medical doctors i don’t see a lot of big science teams in galvan #like it seems to be mostly kept to two either it’s the first thinker and their assistant #or it’s blukic and driba as the technicians (r&d?) of plumber earth base #i mean technically dr psychobos was completely alone in regards to the sciencing part #having malware hunt for the omnitrix schematics and have khyber literally hunt the omnitrix wielder #but like i don’t think i can base all cerebrocrustaceans after dr psychobos #because well i don’t think everyone on ecephalonis iv hates galvans- djw even said they don’t have a rivalry #but it’s fun i like cerebrocrustaceans (god is there anyway to shorten the name)

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thewhizzyhead · 7 months

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before I sleep, here is my definitive ranking on all the NPMD songs and some rambles on why I placed them there - also the ranking is based on how much I vibe with them (music production and lyricism have different rankings)

1. Hatchet Town (aka the hatchetfield trilogy theme song like this tune perfectly encapsulates the chaos Hatchetfield has to go through with every Starkid project pos-2018 and I love it - kinda wish it was a number that is more integrated with the plot with the kids tho BUT I REALLY DID LIKE that this melody was quite prominent in the other songs too)

2. High School is Killing Me (I've watched many teen centered musicals and believe me when I say that this song is one of, if not, the best introduction numbers out there for this genre - also it's a really great opening hook for a show)

3. Nerdy Prudes Must Die (FUCKING AMAZING HONESTLY - amazing way to REALLY re-establish a villain back from the dead and to establish the main theme for the nerds here: "I'm Not A Loser" (tho i fucking wish that motif was used a bit more))

4. Just For Once (everyone cheer for Lauren Lopez flexing not just her high tier soprano skills, but also how amazing of a fucking actor she can be like the concept of this song is quite layered and to pull it off both comedically and emphatically takes great lyrical and acting prowess)

5. The Summoning (a well-anticipated onstage introduction to all 5 of the LiB that balances out befuddling neon-entertainment with genuine fucking menace)

7. Cool As I Think I Am Reprise (A FUCKING GENIUS REPRISE I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW COOL I FIND THEM RECONTEXTUALIZING THE OG SONG AND IF I LOVED YOU TO FIT THE SITUATION AND BOTH OF THE CHARACTERS GROWTH. LIKE IN TERMS OF THEMATIC IMPLICATIONS WITH CHARQCTER DEVELOPMENT, THIS SONG AND ITS SCENE WOULD BE THE TOP)

6. If I Loved You (I think this song could be a bit more honestly like I know how much Starkid has explored Steph and Pete's relationship in their other projects and I was really hoping that they would have it more portrayed here - however the song is a bop nonetheless and it matches neatly with their themes and the harmonies are top tier. I placed this higher than the next just due to my personal bias like I really do like the song)

8. Dirty Dudes Must Die (A GREAT TWIST THAT MAKES ME WANT ANOTHER MUSICAL ABOUT GRACE CHASITY'S DERANGED SELF - also the new context of the song Grace is reprising here makes her a villain even scarier than MAX of all people but that's just me)

9. Literal Monster (A very catchy beat and well structured song that provides a good introduction to a jock-bully with the god complex. also kinda foreshadowing to nerdy prudes must die)

10. Cool As I Think I Am (the instrumentation reminded me of Dear Evan Hansen ngl fjsjd but it really does sound like an I-Want song from a teen-musical which is of course what they are going for - it sounds very nice and earnest though and I loved how it was utilised in the reprise. However I still fucking wish that the I'm Not A Loser motif was used more)

11. Dirty Girl (look I'm sorry for ranking this quite low on the list but like there is no fucking way I'm using this as bait to lure other people in like they'd be scared away I'm sorry fjdjs BUT I love how Will and Angela perform this though like top tier starkid performances ever - its not just what I would listen to on repeat personally jgjdjs)

12. Go Go Nighthawks! (This one gets plus points because of FUCK YOU CLIVESDALE GO GET FUCKED. otherwise its nice and cheery and perfectly shows how happy everyone is without Max but um I kinda wish it could be a bit more especially in terms of showing how happy the other nerds are now that Max is gone but that's just me)

13. Bully The Bully + Bury The Bully (Look I couldn't decide which was better like they both are the same melodies so like gjxjs these two are cute though and I liked seeing the 5 kids bonding in Bully The Bully since we don't get that many scenes with them)

14. The Best Of You (the pop-punk happy number is a staple of teen-centered musicals and it does really sound nice - just isn't that much of a standout compared to the others.)

#also for the best of you i have like a bone to pick with that one as much as i find it a fun song #but that is once again a rambly critique on how steph was utilized in the show sO WE'LL SAVE THAT BONE FOR ANOTHER DAY #but yea that's my NPMD ranking #the music prod here is on another level honestly #like they stepped up their game here #as for lyricism hmm given the genre it's more or less as I expected - i like it but there are some parts where i expected more #but they did a good job in having nuance in some of their songs like Nerdy Prudes Must Die and Just For Once like those r GOOD DEEP DIVES #hmmm maybe i'll do a full review soon of NPMD to just consolidate all my critiquey rambles #rn it's sittiing at a score of 8.5/10 #and is probably my top 3 fav starkid musical of all time - tgwdlm and twisted are top 2 and 1 #(i cant say much about black friday yet cause i havent watched it but um i have a feeling it could technically be a tie with npmd)#nerdy prudes must die #npmd #npmd spoilers #starkid

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