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amytheforgetmenot · 7 months

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Chapter 6: Commit To the Bit

Commit To the Bit: A Danny Gonzalez tale sequel

Chapter 6: ANOTHER SHOCK ANNOUNCEMENT BY SIDE CHARACTER?! *KIDNAPPED?* 😖

Sequel to Lost In the Rainforest: A Danny Gonzalez Tale

Overall story description: After being returned home Danny Gonzalez works to find the rat that kidnapped him, and in the process discovers disturbing secrets about the workings of the government, and finds they may have had a hand in his abduction. What will he do after learning about their plans? Will he find Marcelle? Will he save all of his friends?

"I've made my decision." Danny stood at the end of the table across from Chad Chad, who was sitting at the head of the table. "What is it? I don't have all day. I have to make it to the pilates class I'm leading." She said.

"I hope I don't regret this." He thought. He breathed in and then out heavily, "I've decided to be the symbol of this rebellion.'' Chad Chad had a straight face, Amy and Radio Rebel had a large grin, and to say everyone else was flabbergasted would be an understatement!!!

Everyone suddenly started clapping, including Drew, Kurtis, Jarvis, Jordan, Nick, and Eddy who all joined Danny for emotional support. Ryan Trahan was there too over video chat. They did collab once and he wasn't busy that day!

"Well, we will start your training tomorrow," She said. Danny nodded and tried to lead all of his friends out of the room down the large confusing hallway filled with mirrors. And after about 4 hours they managed to find their way back to the rebel base living room.

It was Danny's favourite place to lounge during the day because usually no one would be there other than his friends because all of the other people would be busy doing "war" or whatever. All of them sat down on the big comfy couch.

"Alright, bye Ryan!" They all said. Ryan finally hung up. He was not very helpful in getting them out of that long hallway, but regardless he stuck with them through it all. Truly a good fellow. "So, how are you feeling Danny? Do you need anything?" Jarvis asked sympathetically. Danny was drenched in sweat and had a seemingly permanent face of pure fright.

"Yeah actually. Can you find Gooby? I think his presence would really make me feel better." Danny smiled sadly. "Um, yeah sure I guess." Jarvis responded, "Do you have a home address?" Danny shook his head, "Work address?" Danny shook his head again. "City?" Danny shook his head again. "I think he lives somewhere deep in the Siberian taiga." Kurtis added. Everyone agreed in unison except for Jarvis who sat there with a puzzled look

"Thanks for the help buddy! Can you find him before tomorrow? I need his emotional support as soon as possible." Danny smiled. "Um... I- Yeah sure." He said, gingerly leaving the room as if not knowing if he was actually leaving.

"So now what?" Nick asked. "We could watch something on Netflix." Drew suggested. "No! Let's play Truth or Dare!" Kurtis demanded. Everyone anonymously agreed and formed a circle on the ground. "Danny! Truth or dare?" Kurtis asked. "Um... Truth!" Kurtis closed his eyes and thought really hard about what to ask Danny.

"Who is your best friend in the whole wide world?" He asked eagerly. "I would have to say Drew." Danny replied, looking at Drew and smiling. "Drew! Truth or Dare!" Danny said happily. "Dare." Drew giggled in excitement. "Recite the chorus of one of my songs!" He said. "Oh easy! ♪ I ghosted Kevin Jonas, not responding to his texts! I'm too busy getting checks, you're impressed! Cause I ghosted Kevin Jonas! I'm not even tryna flex, cause he's probably so perplexed, yeah he's stressed. Cause I ghosted Kevin Jonas! ♪"

Drew got up to take a bow and everyone clapped for him. "Bravo! Bravo!" Everyone cheered. Then everyone calmed and sat back down from their standing ovation. "Nick! Truth or Dare?" Drew asked. "Truth!" Nick replied enthusiastically.

"What's your biggest darkest secret!" Drew laughed. Nick's face darkened and the energy in the room completely changed. Everyone suddenly became very afraid. "I- I have to go." Nick ran away.

"Eddy! Truth or Dare!' Drew laughed. "Dare!" He seemed very excited. "Do a backflip!" Drew said in a sassy manner. "I don't know if this is a good idea. I think that's too hard." Jordan said. Eddy got up and suddenly had a look in his eye like he was a robotic boyfriend in How to Build a Better Boy and his programmed mission was to do a backflip. "No, I can do this." He said epically.

"This seems dangerous... you could really hurt yourself." Jordan warned. Kurtis got his phone out, "Backflip! Backflip! Backflip!" He chanted. Eddy suddenly did a perfect backflip!!! Everyone cheered in excitement! Eddy was so happy he did another backflip, and another, and another! Everyone was so delighted they started throwing money at him! "Backflip!" They all chanted. After about 30 minutes of Eddy backflipping and cheers, everyone sat down.

"Jordan! Truth or Dare!" Eddy exclaimed out of breath from his display of strength. "Dare I guess... but don't make me do any extreme examples of the physical capabilities of man." He said concerned.

Eddy wasn't sure what to say now. He went into a group huddle with everyone to brainstorm what to make Jordan's dare. After about 15 minutes they came up with the perfect dare!

"Prank call Jarvis!" Eddy giggled, barely able to say the words without cracking up completely. "Alright." Jordan got out his phone and called Jarvis up.

He tried and tried, but kept only getting voicemail! "He must be out busy trying to hunt Gooby." Kurtis said, "that can be pretty exhausting, trust me." Suddenly, Amy busted through the door with a face of pure terror!

"Jarvis is gone! They kidnapped him!!!"

#danny gonzalez

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harpscent39 · 2 years

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wartornrequiem · 2 years

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the roles that we play are paved with cruel intentions 🐀

#you are not immune to goth spice #came across this video and couldn't resist sorry #rats may not be one of my favourites but the energy of this song live is unmatched #honourable mention to vinny's hair #chris motionless #motionless in white #miw #usersotr #miscellanea #tw flashing

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bonesthebeloved · 4 years

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You did to me what tsunamis do to homes- Sanders Sides

@lance-alt

Summary: Patton and Remus fuse for an experiment. Then they fuse again. Then they stay fused because Patton wants too. When the others finally find out how bad it is hurting Remus, the damage is already done and they have to deal with the aftermath. Wordcount: 3849 words Relationships: Platonic creativitwins, Romantic Intruloceit. TRIGGER/ SQUICK WARNING: !UNSYMPATHETIC PATTON!, mental abuse, neglection, manipulation, dismissal, swearing, disassociation, shouting, panic attack mention (brief), some plushy and clothes get ripped apart I guess, vomiting, (idk how to tag this but Patton flirts with Roman while he and Remus are fused so that), Crying, food mention. (If I forgot anything please let me know. this is a heavy one and I don’t wanna accidentally hurt people with it.)

Patton being unsympathetic/ abusive isn’t really explained but I don’t have the brain cells for that atm so let’s just say he thinks he can protect Thomas this way and is willing to do anything to ‘keep him safe’ however incorrect he may be.

After this post by @lance-alt (Hope you like it bud.)

They had found out that they could fuse because of creativity. Remus and Roman had finally reconnected enough for them to be friendly with each other again. Baking and making a mess of the kitchen while loudly singing Disney songs at 10 am, sitting on the couch together to watch crappy horror movies and laughing at how terrible the special effects were. Dancing in the living room to Panic! at the disco, with energy so high it could match Patton’s when he had too much sugar.

When Remus had grabbed his brother to spin in circles, the soul reason just being him simply wanting to do so now that he could, when something had happened.

Bright light and they both weren’t quite themselves anymore.

A stumble as they looked down. The floor much further away and their body not quite theirs.

It had been exciting, to be the King again. Remus had made them hug themselves and Roman had spun them around before both of them made them run towards Patton’s room.

When they unfused again there had been confusion. When they fused again Logan had conducted an experiment.

And now Remus was in the logical traits room. Fidgeting his thumbs while Patton picked some music. It wasn’t the duke’s preference. He liked something more upbeat. Something edgier. But Patton had picked the music and this was only for an experiment so he didn’t argue.

Besides. He did not want to get on Patton’s bad side.

The dancing was awkward and so was the fusion. It didn’t feel quite right. Unlike being Romulus where he and his brother just shared the mind and looked through the same eyes, they were in a room. Two chairs in front of a big screen and a control panel. It had been a little odd. But not bad perse so he’d let it slide. Maybe Patton just liked it like this. He didn’t mind. Simply wasn’t used to it yet.

Not that he had to get used to it. This was a one-time thing after all.

When they unfused Logan had been ecstatic. Already asking Patton so many questions about how it had felt and set up a meeting for them to fuse as well so he could witness it first hand.

Remus was dismissed with the wave of a hand. Leaving the room confused and not feeling quite right.

They had fused again after a few days. Patton coming to him with a smile and an offer to try it again because ‘it felt so funny! didn’t it? I think you’re my favourite person to fuse with Remus!’

And Remus couldn’t have known that Patton had only tried it with Logan. Remus couldn’t have known what ‘letting Patton steer the ship’ for a while could have let too.

They were fused the whole day. And inside the room, Remus had sat back. Patton needed time to learn how to properly control their body. And, as he already had experience with fusing with Roman, he let him figure it out, repressing the odd feeling that came with not being himself.

And when they unfused in the evening, Remus too tired to do anything else than simply plop on his bed and fall asleep, Patton said goodbye and that they should do that again sometimes.

A few weeks later and they were barely unfused.

They only separated when it was time to go to bed. Too tired to do anything else and slowly forgetting how to do anything else but sleep and wake up to Patton knocking at his door.

One of the two chairs in the room had disappeared. Remus never sitting on it.

Instead, he said in the corner of the room, trying to ignore the feeling of his limbs moving and touching things even if he sat still himself. Trying to ignore the feeling of their body eating and talking and communicating while he was silent.

At first, he had been trying to pitch into their decisions. But after Patton had made them rip apart the octopus plushy that Roman had gifted his brother on their birthday, threatening to destroy more of his precious belongings if he didn’t work with him, he had settled down.

Remus now barely moved when they were fused. Arms wrapped around his legs, staring blankly at the opposite wall, trying to tune out the sensations and sounds. Trying to not look at himself being so…not himself.

A few months had passed and Patton made their body lay down onto Remus’ bed every time they unfused because Remus couldn’t remember how to move his limbs without somebody else doing it for him

When Logan walked up to them after three months of nonstop fusion, Remus had lifted his head to look up at the screen for the first time in weeks.

“Hey, Pathos.” He disliked that name. But Patton had picked it for them and arguing had only led to Virgil’s old jacket, which he had used as a comforter for when everything got too much, being burned right in front of their eyes. Remus not even having a chair or the power to do anything but watch, tears streaming down his cheeks. Mouth sealed shut because he wasn’t the one that did the talking.

“I know it’s none of my business but I can’t help but ask, don’t you think it might be unhealthy to stay fused all the time? I know you’ve told me that you get things done easier like this, yin and yang and so on. But I also know that it is easy to lose your sense of self in things like this.”

“Oh Logan, thank you so much for worrying about us,” Patton spoke. Remus had lost the ability to flinch at that point. Simply keeping his head low, his body stiff, staring at the wall opposite of him. It had begun to change colour in the last few days.

“And it hasn’t been easy. Believe me, it hasn’t been. Remus and Patton are very different people after all.” Remus’ only response was the twitching of his pinky. On the inside, he was screaming, yelling, hoping that Patton had finally seen the error in his ways.

“Remus really wears on Patton sometimes. With all of his crazy ideas and violent tendencies.” Oh.

“But They’ve found their peace like this. Like me! I think they’re better off like this. And isn’t everything more peaceful now that Remus is under control? Don’t you think it’s better this way?”

Logan looked taken aback by the negative talk towards one of the components of the fusion. Though he didn’t comment on it. Simply nodding, shrugging it off and going about his day while Remus was left in the room with Patton. Trying not to listen to the moral sides thoughts in his head. Trying to get them away from his own. Trying to not think.

Patton just walked them to a mirror. Staring right at it before he spoke.

“You really thought he was going to help you? They know you’re wrong Remus. And if this is the only way for me to keep you away from them then I will carry that burden with pride.”

No. He hadn’t wanted to be free. He hadn’t. Because that would be bad and he wasn’t bad. He wasn’t- “You can’t lie to me, Remus. Or did you forget that I can hear your thoughts as well?”

Remus turned his head again. Retaking his staring contest with the wall opposite of him.

The wall was getting patchy. spots of green and blue interrupting the evenly coloured cyan wall like the wallpaper was coming off.

The fusion got more unstable. With Roman coming up to them to confess that he missed his brother and Virgil crying during a panic attack because he wanted Patton to comfort him but the idea of Remus being there too made his skin crawl.

Logan had begun to figure out what he thought was going on. Pathos seemed too put together. Too nice and cheerful and pg to have them both equal parts controlling him. He didn’t swear. Didn’t make a mess, didn’t do anything like Remus but rather was just a slightly more excentric and charismatic version of Patton.

And that night Remus hung above the toilet. Retching as wave after wave of sick clattered into the toilet bowl. The memory of Patton controlling their body to flirt with his brother making him physically ill. A new wave of bile rising up at the memory of how he had them smile of the thought of Pathos with his brother. Of how Patton’s thoughts about his brother had mixed with his own. Of how uncomfortable Roman had looked until nothing but stomach acid was left and his throat stung and the taste of sick had to be washed away with mouthwash.

The wallpaper was peeling more each day. The corner opposite him now almost fully green and blue.

Virgil had avoided touching them. Stopping his hushed conversations with Logan each time Pathos walked into the room. Eyeing them with suspicious than slowly grew into anger. And Remus felt one of the last strings that attached him to the others snap when they cut up his usual outfit that night. Patton’s anger and sadness at making his best friend this upset coursing through him. Feeling the self hate and hate for him rip at his chest as the sash was cut to pieces. The eye attached to the outfit ripped off and stomped on.

He wasn’t sure which were his own feelings anymore.

The wallpaper was halfway off now. Green and blue replacing Cyan walls. Remus focused on the green parts and silently wished for freedom. When Patton threatened to drown his pet rat he numbed the thoughts until only Patton’s own remained.

Deceit hadn’t spoken to them for an entire month. Though he and Logan were together a lot. Always talking or holding up papers. Always quieting down when they entered the room. When Pathos had confronted Deceit and had wanted to judge him for not communicating with them and say that he could at least be civil, Deceit had actually hissed at them.

“I’m not speaking to you until you give me my friend back Patton.”

Remus had cried that night. Patton having left him on the bed as always. Unmoving. Unresponsive to the almost freezing temperature in his room and the fact that he couldn’t use his blanket to get warm because it had been ripped to pieces. He laid there the entire night. Tears simply streaming down his face as he stared at the wall he was facing. The grey colour of it a nice change to the usual green and blue that had completely taken over the room.

Unmoving when Patton broke his mirror the next morning when they fused again and he had felt tired and cold.

Roman had begun to look at them strangely. His expression was so sad that Remus could feel the hurt from where he was sitting. His brother had stopped talking to them all together after the conversation they’d had. Remus had gotten enough of his willpower back from hearing his brother begging them to un-fuse, to please have his brother back, to finally take action.

They were having dinner when it happened.

Pathos had called all the sides to the dinner table. Wanting to spend some time with all of them because ‘we never talk any more kiddos!’

They were holding the pot of spaghetti, about to put it on the table when they froze.

Virgil cursed loudly when the hot spaghetti dropped onto his lap and arms. Though cursed even louder when he looked to the side and saw the pot lying on the ground and next to it, gripping their head and slowly being consumed by light, was Pathos.

“Stay together! I’m not letting you leave!” A voice, sounding more like Patton’s then the one they had gotten used to coming from the ball of light. All of the sides having jumped up, Logan and Deceit ushering the other two back. Holding their arms out protectively.

“It’s better like this! We’re better like th-” “No!”

And with Remus’ voice, hoarse and terrified sounding, echoing through the room, one silhouette split into two.

And there were Patton and Remus. Patton quickly jumping up from his place on the ground and staring down at Remus with fury in his eyes. His usual outfit on like always. Fists bawled, teeth gritted. Furious.

Patton was about to open his mouth to say something to Remus when he was stopped by a hand gripping his arm. He whipped around to see Logan shake his head. Holding back Deceit, Virgil and Roman with his other arm. The three of them looked ready to kill.

“Go,” Logan said simply. It wasn’t comforting. Wasn’t even a warning. No, with the cold tone and cold eyes and arm holding back the other three it sounded more like a threat than anything else.

Because Remus didn’t look well.

Remus lay curled up on the ground. Not having moved a muscle since they un-fused. Arms around his legs and head bowed down slightly. Eyes staring at something they couldn’t see. Wearing an old t-shirt and joggers instead of his usual outfit. Muscle mass almost completely was gone.

Roman’s vision what white with anger, breath uneven and harsh as he tried to calm himself. Deceit was visibly shaking and Virgil had run out of the room as soon as they knew for sure that Patton had locked himself in his own one. Logan was frozen in place for a good few seconds, snapping out of it as soon as Roman rushed passed him, dropping down to his knees next to his brother.

“Remus? Remus, it’s me! Can you hear me?”

The only response he got was a tear slipping from his brother’s eye. No movement. Rising and falling of his chest the only thing moving his body.

“What the fuck did he do to you…?” Came Deceit’s whisper, coming to sit next to Roman on the floor and lifting Remus’ head up slightly to lay it on his lap.

When Deceit began to carefully card his fingers through grimy hair Remus’ pinky twitched.

“He’s getting back his responses. Keep going.” That was Logan, kneeling down at Remus’ feet and putting a hand on the side’s ankle to show that he was here.

Another twitch.

When Roman carefully wrapped his arms around his brother and leaned his head onto his arm Remus did a full-body shiver and his gaze dropped.

Remus moved his hands. And after repeating the same gestures a few times Logan realised that he was using sign language. “He’s signing your name Roman.” And Roman burst into tears.

“Yes! Yes, Remus, I’m here! We’re all here okay? Logan, Dee, all three of us are here for you okay?”

‘Deceit?’ he signed

The ghost of moralities thoughts swirled in his head. Mixed together with his own so much so that he didn’t know which were his own anymore.

A part of him said Deceit was bad. Evil, wrong, bad, snake, liar.

Another part wanted to simply be held by his long term friend and short term crush. Wanted to be comforted like he would have been had none of this happened. Wouldn’t Deceit have seemed scared to touch him like he would break if he did something wrong.

‘Tired,’ is what he signed instead of the thousands of words he’d been wanting to say. And the three of them seemed to understand.

So Logan picked him up. And Remus tried to ignore the panic that shot through him at being touched so suddenly. Tried to ignore the feeling of wanting to be closer and of knowing that he also felt something for Logan because that would be too complicated.

And when they entered his room he tried to ignore his twisting stomach when all three of them gasped. Deceit insisting he tells them what had happened. Why it looked so empty.

‘He made us destroy it. Had to behave.’ He signed. Happier than anything that he had taken the time to learned to sign a few years ago.

“He…what?” “What is it? What did he say?” Roman pressed Logan, the logical side carefully laying Remus down in his bed, summoning a blanket that was clearly his own and putting it over the creative trait before answering the question. Looking at Deceit and Roman, a frown carved into his face.

“He said that Patton made them destroy his belongings so he would behave.” “He WHAT?!” Deceit roared. And the lump on the bed jumped at the loud noise.

“I’m going to tear that fucker apart!” “Deceit wait! That wouldn’t do him any good right now,” Logan tried to argue. Trying to calm down the fuming Deceit.

It seemed to help a bit. Dee sitting down on the bed next to Roman and holding his head in his hands while Logan summoned a comb and slowly began to work through the knots.

For now, they just had to make sure Remus was alright, Deceit decided. He’d get Patton back for this eventually.

The aftermath of the abuse (because Logan had said, that’s the only way to describe this,) was heavy.

Remus had to learn how to move on his own again. Seemingly having completely forgotten that he had to move his own limbs after such a long time of not being in control.

Logan had, after a long conversation with Remus where not a word was spoken, reported back to the other two to tell them that his muscle mass had declined so much because he had barely moved, if at all, in the last few months.

He had to learn how to walk again. They got him crutches once he could properly lean on his arms again and watched him hobble around the new common room.

Patton had moved his room to another part of the imagination. If he was too ashamed or too stubborn they didn’t know. They still made videos together. But Remus never showed up. Leaving Deceit to fill in his place. He and Patton were never in the same video and the conversations Patton had with the others were short and harsh.

Virgil was indecisive. He and Remus had never gotten along. But as soon as Logan had told him what had happened he felt sick every time he saw Patton.

So Virgil moved to the grey. The neutral part of the imagination where nobody ever went to and that nobody could find unless you weren’t looking for it. He came by on occasion. Talking with Logan or Roman, bickering with Deceit. But it wasn’t quite the same as it had once been.

Roman and Deceit both went and taught themselves sign language. Roman wanting to be able to communicate with his brother once they had realised that he seemed to have completely forgotten how to speak and Deceit wanting to be there in any way possible.

Remus was able to walk again after a month of practice. Wandering around the living room and swinging along gently when music played.

He worked out together with his brother. His strength returning slowly until he was able to enter the imagination again to go on a quest together with Roman.

He grew closer to Deceit as he had ever been. When they finally decided to put a label on things it had felt natural and nothing had changed.

Half a year later and Remus admitted to having fallen for Logan as well. Tears streaming down his face and fingers shaking as he signed the message.

And Deceit had hugged him and kissed his tears away. Telling him that it was alright and that they could figure this out. And after a month or two Deceit announced that he wouldn’t mind Logan joining their relationship. Roman just happy for his brother and his friends and baking them a cake for the occasion.

And not everything was alright.

Remus wore soft sweaters and leggings. Refusing to put on the outfit Roman had remade for him.

And they never baked and made a mess of the kitchen while loudly singing Disney songs at 10 am again because the ghost of the thoughts was still present and he refused to make any noise before he was certain everybody was awake. Never sat on the couch together to watch crappy horror movies and laughing at how terrible the special effects were because the voice of Patton was scowling at him that these people had put effort into this movie and ‘why would you mock something like this when everything you create is so much crueller?’ Never danced in the living room to Panic! at the disco, with energy so high it could match Patton’s when he had too much sugar because his mind told him that acting like that was foolish and a waste of his brothers time.

He didn’t speak his mind like he had done before. Only said what was necessary. No vulgar or odd thoughts. No weird or exciting ideas. Nothing because he had been convinced that it was wrong. That he, his whole nature, his whole being, was wrong.

Remus understood then that Patton didn’t fuse with him because he liked it or wanted to help him. Morality wanted nothing more than to break him.

But life went on and healing was a slow and painful process.

When, after nearly a year of silence, Remus spoke his first words, his boyfriends and his brother had hugged him close while crying happy tears.

And when, after nearly a year, his brother invited him for movie night again he had agreed.

And when, after nearly two years, he didn’t flinch anymore when somebody made a sudden gesture towards him nobody said anything but he knew they noticed.

And when, after nearly two years, the voice in his head that wasn’t his and the thoughts that weren’t his own began to quiet down, he didn’t say anything. Though his boyfriends noticed that he slept better. And his brother noticed that he spoke his mind from time to time.

And when, after nearly two years, he was dancing to Panic! at the disco in the living room with energy so high it could match Logan’s when talking about the stars, he felt that, though nothing would be the same again, though nothing would ever be quite whole again, he might be able to be okay again.

So Uhm… Here ya go? This was extremely heavy even for me so I’m sorry I guess? A very quick thing for all the Patton stans that are gonna come for my chins after this: I love him a lot. I love all of them a lot. I just, at the moment, think unsympathetic Patton is interesting to write.

Anyways. Hope this is kinda what you imagined Lance? Yeh. Okay. Bye.

Idk if I should put my taglist (I’m gonna but I hope y’all are mindful of the warnings and tell me if you wanna be excluded from heavier stuff/ removed.)

Taglist: @purp-man @crazycookie13o @deceitifullies101 @sapphire-knight @ragingdumpsterfiremess @chronophobica @lance-alt

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papa-1-rights-activist · 4 years

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Could you tell us some things about your characters?

thank you so much for this ask :D sorry for such a late response, but ngl i got very excited and started writing shit down as soon as i saw it, but then it turned into an entire essay and i had to cut down a ton of stuff until i decided to write it in a list of some sort kjhgkjfgkfg

currently i have like 11 fan characters in total so i will start with 4 to not infodump too much at a time

and i’ll admit that literally all of these guys were made for shipping purposes, but they all have different personalities and dynamics with canon characters. i’m such a sucker for writing couples, so many things to explore, that’s like my favourite thing ;w;

it got very long so imma put it under the cut \o/ (hopefully it works bc tumblr has been pretty unpredictable lately)

sorry if it’s probably way more than just “some things” but i couldn’t help it, i just love these guys so much and i don’t get to talk about them often u v u

e n j o y ~

imma start with the one you guys are more familiar with

Lucas

one of the cardinals in Ghost’s church

Mexican

in his late 40s (like 46-47)

hardworking, ambitious

pretty composed

huge „your teacher from english class who’s also a dad” energies

his character can be summed up to, as someone has said, „he’d kindly but sternly correct your shitty posture”

currently takes the 3rd place of most „best employee of the month” awards (Copia is 4th at that time)

he and Copia start off as rivals for the 2nd place (bc no one can beat whoever is the 1st)

but wouldn’t you guessed it, they end up dating

Lucas has a fair collection of various rodents, including rats. Actually, he’s the one who infected Copia with love for them. Luc prefers ferrets (that’s a rodent right kjhfgkjgh)

he doesn’t really get angry, but when he does he really goes off

he writes poetry, which is actually very, very bad, but Copia loves it to bits which makes Luc feel validated to write more

because his language is so similar to italian, Lucas can implement a lot of spanish into his conversations with Copia, while the other will reply in italian and they will still understand each other (ofc there are some exceptions that result in miscommunication, but that just makes it all more fun)

Copia shared with him that he’s writing music for his album (even tho he wasn’t supposed to tell anyone) and Lucas was more than happy to help him in the process…which was mostly moral support and a few suggestions.

he loves calling Copia “cariño”, “mi amorcito”, “mi alegría” and other cute names in spanish

once Lucas mentioned he used to play flute and Copia immediately decided to include a flute solo in one of his songs, so Luc could play it. Unfortunately things didn’t go as he planned and he had to change it to sax solo

The thing about Lucas is that Imperator sees him as a threat. She’s been plotting with Copia to get him to papacy for a long time, but in the end she isn’t the one who decides who will be in charge, so Copia has to work hard to deserve it. He was already a hard worker, but unfortunately Lucas works harder. It creates this dillema for Copia, bc on one hand he does want to become Papa and in order to do that he has to get rid off competition. But on the other he loves Lucas and he wants what’s best for him.

(i’ll probably post the pic above in a separate post with other doodles, i just wanted to show sth new and relevant)

Elise & Greg

Imma put these two together bc it’s impossible to talk about one without the other.

they work together in a company that takes art commisions such as paintings & murals and their restorations. They’re both pretty skilled in those departments, except Elise specialises in art restoration while Greg specialises in murals and frescos. And ofc one day they’re hired by the church.

they’re both pretty good at painting (but the thing about restoration is that you don’t have to be a great artist to do that, it has more to do with chemistry tbh)

They live together and have been very good friends for a few years now

they both went through some traumatic events in their lives, but maybe i’ll leave that part for another day (or i’ll leave it in my fanfic they’re from that i need to finish ;w;)

they’re very supportive of each other, but also they like to mess with one another

their chat is filled with horny texts about other people

Elise

34 years old

British

a bit awkward, tends to stutter when nervous

very sweet overall, feels the need to be everyone’s therapist

autistic, which shows mostly through her sensitivity to certain textures

hates onions (bc the texture is awful)

gets very emotional very quickly when she sees cute animals. She will use her baby talk to speak with them (which is sth that Copia does too with his rats and once he catches her doing that as well, he feels less embarrased about it)

Cirrus was the first one from the church to actually talk to her and show her around, making her feel a bit more welcome in an unfamiliar place

she talks through her sleep. A lot. Copia finds it very amusing…and adorable.

she discovers that Papa III has fallen hard for her friend way before he himself realises that, but then she’s also the kind of person to not see her own feelings for someone

she finds working on restoration quite relaxing. It’s sth she can fixate over and do for hours (even tho it’s not recommended)

a bit of a workaholic

another thing she finds relaxing is sitting in a corner somewhere warm and doodling people she sees around the abbey (mostly those she finds attractive lol so mostly Cirrus and Copia)

eventually ends up with Copia and Cirrus in a poly relationship

she also finds Cumulus cute, but the ghoulette isn’t interested in another romantic relationship. the one she has with Cirrus is enough for her.

Elise’s relationship with Copia is basically two dorks trying to impress the other while trying not to be too obvious about it, while her relationship with Cirrus is bisexual equivalent of „shy nerd has a crush on a cool girl leading the cheerleaders squad and shopes she doesn’t know. She knows.”

(had to doodle sth real quick bc i can’t believe that i don’t have a single good pic of him lol)

Greg

37 years old

Polish (bc ofc he is)

pretty stoic, might come off as cold

he gives cute nicknames to people he likes (in polish ofc)

he’s actually pretty cheesy and wholesome, but you wouldn’t know that bc he shows his affection through a language that no one understands (which is what he wants, he doesn’t want others to know he actually cares)

has some trust issues, so it’s harder for him to become friends with people

huge Scorpions fan. no, like really, he’s obsessed and will share his music taste with whoever will listen (which is mostly Eli and Papa III lol)

knows a few words in italian, but mostly those related to art after he’s been studying it for a few years. He doesn’t speak it, but he can read it.

he owns a guitar signed by Kirk Hammett (his musical crush)

he’s the kind of guy who will call the person he likes „my dear”, „my love”, „sweet pea” in his mother language and then tell that person it means „dickhead”, „loser” and „lazy ass”

his stay at the abbey is just laying under the ceiling and doing fresco for most of the day, visiting Elise in her art studio and dealing with Papa’s bullshit

Papa eventually starts coming up to lay beside Greg on the construction and watch him work. They tend to just lay in silence while a mix of Scorpions and ABBA plays from the radio. There’s barely any space for a second person, but Greg would lie if he said he didn’t find it endearing.

one time Greg fell off the construction and broke his leg bc of that dumbass (but it’s his dumbass uwu)

anyway he eventually starts dating Papa III

Papa purrs to Greg in italian and Greg speaks sweet words to him in polish (tho it took him a lot of time to get comfortable with that)

their relationship is your typical „1 brain cell and 1 dumbass” and under certain circumstances simply „2 disastrous dumbasses”

they once burnt down Elise’s apartment on accident and the only things they managed to save were the art supplies and Greg’s guitar

anyway

here are these guys in comparison to their partners in this silly style, bc all the other drawings are outdated ;w;

Melea

45 years old

American

fashion designer commissioned byt the Ghost’s church

huge fan of old rock

for a long time her relationship with Papa III was purely professional. He came to her studio, she took some measurements, they discussed what he would like and then he left and they didn’t see each other until the next meeting to try the outfit on, to make some changes, or for another project.

well that is until she asked him to stop putting his face paint on so he wouldn’t ruin the fabrics

i share this popular headcanon that Papa III is pretty self conscious about his clean face, so it was kind of hard to convince him at first

eventually their sessions became that much more personal because of that

she’s a bit superstitious, believing that some things may cause bad luck

collects crystals with good energy

she’s in a way a modern witch…but it’s not like she tries to be one

knows french fairly well, which allows her to talk to Papa (who also speaks it) when they don’t want others to understand them.

huge mum energy

loooves watching conspiracy theories. Sometimes she will pick one of the more ridiculous ones during her sessions with Papa and will argue and try to convince him it’s true, making it seem like she fully believes it, even if she doesn’t – just to fuck with him

and a few times she actually did convince him. Then had to tell him she wasn’t serious and oh my god the millenials aren’t killing the pillow industry by going vegan

anyway at some point they start dating which eventually leads to them getting married ;w;

her relationship with Papa is very soft and romantic. they have the same energy as Morticia and Gomez in regard of how loving they are to each other

also some chibis of these two bc again, all the other drawings are a bit outdated ;w;

#asks #sweet-marionette #it was so much fun \o/#my art #ff talk #art talk

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bakatenshii · 4 years

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✧･ﾟ:* Tag Game *:･ﾟ✧

I was tagged by my fav bully who spitroasts me on da daily @enjifuckersupreme

1. what do you prefer to be called name wise?

angel! or any typo-variation of it bc even if I complain they’ll still call me angle >:( but auntie calls me baka

2. when is your birthday?

June 19th

3. where do you live?

currently in London, but I’m from Canada

4. three things you are doing now?

not making my patterns, making ramen, screeching about cock n ball torture

5. four fandoms that have piqued your interest right now?

bnha & haikyuu!! I tunnel vision so I can only keep up with two hehe (but I’m always on my HxH bullshit u kno)

6. how has the pandemic treating you?

personally? abso fuckin brilliaaant, I get to stay home all day, play games, and read manga. It’s a NEET’s dream tbh

7. a song you can’t stop listening to right now?

How You Feel? (Freestyle) feat. Lil Yachty, Danny Towers & Ski Mask the Slump God by DJ Scheme

8. recommend a movie.

Kill Your Darlings or American Psycho, two classics

9. how old are you?

22 tomorrow!

10. school, university, occupation, other?

menswear student at uni

11. do you prefer hot or cold?

hot hot hot

12. name one fact that others may not know about you.

French was my first language when I immigrated to Canada! I was too young to go to school back in China, and I went to a French immersion school so I only learned English in grade 3 and picked up Chinese from my parents. (I can barely speak it now anymore tho don’t try me)

13. are you shy?

not at all, but I permanently think I come off extremely over the top, overbearing, and annoying.

14. do you have preferred pronouns?

she/her

15. any pet peeves?

When people try to force their opinions on you? Miss me with that shit. I am 100% openminded towards most, if not all, opinions and beliefs. Just don’t try to convert me. And in the same vein: thought policing.

16. what’s your favourite “dere” type?

I’m a tsundere, I like my men yandere.

17. rate your life 1-10. 1 being really crappy and 10 being the best you could ever be.

currently, a solid 7.

18. what is your main blog?

@coelestial is my main that I don’t frequent!

19. list your sideblogs and what they are used for.

back from the 2012 themed tumblr days, I had: quality, hipster, rosy, modern, summer, fitspo, porn, one direction. I don’t use any of those, this is now my sideblog hehe ( ✌︎'ω')✌︎

20. is there anything you think people need to know about you before becoming friends with you?

I have the biggest NPC energy, I’m literally the laziest friend. I cbf to reply, my best friend and I go 6 months without speaking, I see my other friends on average once a term for dinner. But!!! I’d like to think I’m a pretty good friend despite that?

- ♡︎ -

tags: @blahkugo , @theygottheircages , @pomsuki , @lookslikeleese , @rat-suki , @softkatsuki , @sanguinekeigo & everyone else who’s already been tagged a million times!

#tags #this took me so long #literally no one is reading this but #I THINK PEOPLE CARE!!! HHH #these remind me of those ancient fb tag games #i am thriving #crackheads in the psychotic server

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isobel-thorm · 4 years

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🌹🌻🌾💫 for the incomparable nic

🌹 Where in the world does your OC feel most at home? Is there any reason why? If it’s not the place they were born, where were they born? Is there a certain somebody that makes them feel at home where ever they may be? What does home mean to them? She’s always been happiest/most comfortable in places where her loved ones live, and for some reason she’s always loved climbing up on roofs of houses/etc that have that connection. She warmed up to the entirety of Hope County and thought it was gorgeous, so as much as she’d never admit it to John early on in the relationship, she feels most at home on the Yes sign hill. It’s peaceful, it’s secluded, the view’s amazing, you can see a good chunk of the Valley and the Henbane from there - it puts her at ease and it feels like home most from up there.

🌻 What little things do they notice about people or the world around them that make them happy? What tiny little treasures do they find in the normal every day that makes the world seem a little brighter for them? She’s good at reading people, so she can tell when they’re happy, and in turn she’s happy for them, and she feeds off of that energy. As far as ‘little treasures’- she’s an absolute sucker for sunsets and will appreciate every single decent one she sees.

🌾 Describe your OC through the eyes of someone absolutely head-over-heels in love with them: John: “She’s my savior, she’s the love of my life, more than I deserve.” And when we’re on the topic, the entirety of that Christian Kane song that has that last bit as a title.

💫 What is your favourite fact about this character and why? There are too many but one I really like that I can think of is: When John finally gets his hands on his old tattoo equipment Nic makes him tattoo a minimalist, cartoon-ish rat on her ankle “for old time’s sake.”

#Deputy Nic #amistrio

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thereallygoodblogshow · 5 years

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MA Fashion and Textile Practices Major Project Path - 5th August

I feel it has been quite some time since I put anything down in this blog, and looking at the date of my last entry it has been some time! A lot has happened since my last entry, I created my practice pieces and put together my verbal presentation for our individual MA Practice Presentations. Here I thought I would document this process prior to continuing my ongoing research, as this I feel will add weight and significance to the research going forward.

I had finally got all the equipment and materials I thought I would need to start making my practice pieces, and as I discussed at the end of my last entry I thought the best way for me to start my practice pieces was to create a design map for each of the T-shirts I planned to make. I initially thought that I wanted to create a zero waste T-shirt as discussed previously, but thought that the space I would need to fill would be too big on each piece within the time frame I had. I still plan to create a zero waste T-shirt to see how it would look and as I believe any waste within the manufacture of fashion needs to be addressed. The use of organic cotton or other sustainable fabrics was also discussed, but at this particular time I did not have the financial ability to purchase a higher priced jersey. Part of this research will look at sustainability and waste within the fashion industry and why the higher cost of these materials may be a factor in why many manufacturers are currently using cheaper, less sustainable alternatives.

In this instance Vivienne Westwood’s Climate Change T-shirt was my inspiration for my practice pieces as it looked easy to make (I am not a great sewer) and would act as a good ‘billboard’ to work on. It’s square cut shape, raw edges and exposed seams reflects a hand-made aesthetic - how a protest placard or self -made billboard could look.

Westwood, V. (n.d). Vivienne Westwood Climate Revolution T-shirt. [Photograph]. Retrieved from https://www.viviennewestwood.com/en/women/clothing/t-shirts/square-t-shirt-climate-revolution-white-nat-white-CLA305AW550168.html?cgid=women-clothing-tshirts#page=1&start=1.

Vivienne Westwood’s Climate Revolution T-shirt strives to illustrate the vital ongoing campaign against climate change. The front of the T-shirt shows a map of the world, the red areas indicate where the planet would become inhabitable if estimated future temperature rises are correct. The revolution refers to the fact that most people accept that climate change is the result of a man-made interjection and that we are all responsible for safeguarding our future.

The first T-shirt design I mapped out was based on a Protest T-Shirt but using relevant song lyrics as I had discussed previously. Finding appropriate lyrics was surprisingly easy, it was honing down the selection that was hard as there were so many song lyrics I could choose that said what I wanted to say.

Here is the design for the Protest T-shirt using the song lyrics I found. In my previous blog entry I discussed the reasons why I chose Green Day’s lyrics ‘Where have all the riots gone’ from their song Letterbomb and the lyrics ‘Despite all my rage/I’m still just a rat in a cage’ from Smashing Pumpkins song Bullet with Butterfly Wings. I thought now would be an appropriate time to discuss what songs struck a chord with me (no pun intended!) and why I chose their lyrics to use.

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Manic Street Preachers [Manic Street Preachers]. (2009, Oct 25). If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (Official Video) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX8szNPgrEs

Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next is one of my favourite 90′s songs. As a protest song it has stood the test of time. Released in 1998 its lyrics now are ever more poignant 21 years later. The song was partly Inspired by Welsh volunteers joining the left-wing International Brigades fighting against Francisco Franco’s fascist rebels in the Spanish Civil war. A graphic Republican propaganda poster displaying an image of a dead child killed by Spanish Nationalists was released between 1936-39 and bears the words: ‘MADRID. THE 'MILITARY' PRACTICE OF THE REBELS. IF YOU TOLERATE THIS YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE NEXT.’ - became inspiration for the Manic’s song title.

Imperial War Museum, n.d. (1936-1939). MADRID. THE 'MILITARY' PRACTICE OF THE REBELS. IF YOU TOLERATE THIS YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE NEXT.. [Poster]. Retrieved from https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1122.

As with many Manic Street Preacher songs, they draw inspiration from many sources. Another lyric in the song - ‘If I can shoot rabbits/then I can shoot fascists' is said to have been a quote by a Welsh man to his brother when he had joined the Republican fighters. The lyric - ‘ I've walked Las Ramblas/but not with real intent' was from the book ‘Homage to Catalonia’ by George Orwell in regards to the fighting which took place there. Being very much an anti-fascist song it was ironic that in 2013 the English Defence League took it upon themselves to use the song to promote their rally in Birmingham. Clearly not taking the time the listen to the song, the band were said to be horrified as its misuse and threatened to take legal action. The similar action happened back in 2009 when the British National Party tried to interpret the lyrics to suit their own means saying that people could interpret lyrics in different ways, that really beggars belief!

Websites:

Trendell, A. (2018). Manic Street Preachers look back on ‘If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next’ on its 20th anniversary. Retrieved from https://www.nme.com/news/music/manic-street-preachers-if-you-tolerate-this-your-children-will-be-next-lyrics-meaning-video-song-stories-interview-2370143.

Factmag. (2013). Manic Street Preachers take on English Defence League over use of ‘If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next’. Retrieved from https://www.factmag.com/2013/07/12/manic-street-preachers-take-on-english-defence-league-over-use-of-if-you-tolerate-this-your-children-will-be-next/.

Wikipedia. (n.d). If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Tolerate_This_Your_Children_Will_Be_Next.

Whilst watching the Handmaid’s Tale - a TV series based on the best selling novel by Margaret Atwood, which tells the tale of a totalitarian society called Gilead where women are treated as property of the state and are forced into sexual servitude in an attempt to recover an underpopulated and devastated world - a song played over the end titles caught my attention. It was the X-Ray Spex song ‘Oh Bondage! Up Yours!’, very apt for the Handmaid’s Tale and for a protest T-shirt no less!

Released in 1977 the songs lyrics speak of the servitude of not only women but of anybody forced into anything which goes against basic human rights. Initially stating you can ‘Bind me/Tie me/Chain me to the wall/I wanna be a slave to you all’ But then...’Oh bondage up yours!/Oh bondage no more!/Oh bondage up yours!’ The lyrics are saying you can do all those things to me as a human being but I won’t be broken by your regimes.

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X-Ray Spex [DAVID299333]. (2013, Apr 30). X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours! [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYMObdOqcRg

Poly Styrene, the lead singer and founder of the band X-Ray Spex was a really interesting and fashionable lady. Sadly she died of breast cancer in 2011 but has left behind a punk legacy that remains strong to this day. In the early 70′s - after being inspired by the paint splattered clothing at Brixton shop Pollocks - she started her own ‘POLY STYRENE’ boutique stall at Beaufort Market on the Kings Road, London. Her boyfriend and manager Stuart Falcon had also run boutiques in the late 60′s. In the book Flash Bang Wallop!: Photographs of the Dawn of Punk by Ian Dickson, Poly Styrene (2000) said of punk culture:

"The Punk explosion was a fashion statement as much as a new attitude and a high energy-music buzz. Street-cred counted and no smart lad wanted to be an industry doll."

She had already released a single on GTO records in early 1976 in a reggae style but had failed to be a success. In the summer of 1976, she and Falcon went to see The Sex Pistols at Brighton Pier and were immediately drawn to their energy, then after seeing The Clash at Fulham town hall in October 1976 Poly was inspired to start writing lyrics that were more rebellious and edgy. Later that year she and Falcon decided they’d like to create a band, so the put an advert in the magazine Melody Maker for:

'YOUNG PUNX WHO WANT TO STICK IT TOGETHER'

After gathering the other members and a few rough rehearsals in Falcon’s living room later, they played their first gig London's Roxy in Covent Garden - the X-Ray Spex were born. The name apparently was from an advert Poly had seen in a porn magazine for glasses that you could see naked ladies through called X-Ray Spex.

Dickson, I. (1991). Inside unorthodox punk icon Poly Styrene’s wild, day-glo style. [Photograph]. Retrieved from https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/43847/1/poly-styrene-dayglo-xray-spex-celeste-bell-style-riot-grrrl-punk.

Websites:

Punk77. (2013). X Ray Spex - History Part 1-3. Retrieved from http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/x_ray_spex.htm.

X-Ray Spex. (2005). X-RAY SPEX 1976 -1978. Retrieved from http://www.x-rayspex.com/x_ray_spex/activity1.html.

Literature:

Dickson, I. (2000). Flash Bang Wallop!: Photographs of the Dawn of Punk (n.d ed.). London: Abstract Sounds Publishing.

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melancholiablackbile · 7 years

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A lot of questions... my my, someone's curious lol

@black-satin-dancer tagged me, cheers dude :D

Rules: answer all the questions, add one of your own and tag as many people as there are questions …pshh please, let’s keep it realistic - I don’t even know that many people irl. (also didn’t feel obligated to answer the Dragon age/Mars effect questions, because I’ve never played it)

1. coke or pepsi?

Neither. I absolutely hate fizzy sweet drinks lol. The only thing I enjoy is kombucha and I’ve had ginger ale which I can tolerate. (btw did you know there’s something called bacon soda? I just found out and I’m absolutely horrified and disgusted. pls burn this knowledge out of my brain thank)

2. disney or dreamworks?

I don’t have a preference, nor am I overly invested in any of the two, so it depends. By Disney I really like Hocus Pocus, The Nightmare before Christmas and Frankenweenie, to pick a few. As for DreamWorks, Penguins of Madagascar are THE SHIT omg 3. coffee or tea? I’m a tea person, however I enjoy coffee flavour in things

4. books or movies?

Both

5. windows or mac?

I use windows, don’t feel like I’m missing out or anything tbh

6. dc or marvel?

I’m only starting to get into comics, and I’ve probably seen more marvel films than dc ones, but I think I like dc a little more I like the older Batman films by Tim Burton.

7. xbox or playstation?

playstation. “OF COURSE we’re going to go with the ps4 - they’re blacker!” :D

8. dragon age or mass effect?

Haven’t played either, but was thinking about giving Dragon age a go

9. night owl or early riser?

aw shit dude, I don’t even know anymore. my sleeping schedule is so fucked up lately, I tend to be a night owl tho. But hey, time isn’t really anyway, so..

10. cards or chess?

both, but you can do more with cards. like chess is just one game, but there are lots of different card games. I personally identify with CAH, I think the company should hire me, because I’m a horrible person lmao

11. chocolate or vanilla?

chocolate all the way. I don’t eat it often, but when I do, I’m a snob about it - I only like the dark stuff (only vegan ofc). bonus points, if there’s dried fruit like berries in it. To sum it up (i’m taking this way too seriously and detailed lol, but I have insomnia ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) overall, chocolate flavour is better I guess, vanilla makes me vomit, it’s disgusting and I hate it. 12.vans or converse? I used to own a pair of converse, but neither are shoes I’d wear now

13. fluff or angst?

a good combination of both ehehe

14. beach or forest?

forests are awesome - they are green and smell amazing, you can spot a lot of wild animals and the atmosphere is very serene and calming. I’ll always pick forests over beaches, unless the beach is all sand or small round marble stones, the water is clear without the detached, rotting algae stuff that floats around and ew, the sun has fucked off so I don’t get sunburnt (my skin always skips the tan stage right to red and I prefer pale skin anyway) and all sweaty and shit, there are NO people beside those I’m there with and I do NOT spot any animal while in the water that’s bigger than like 5cm. Because even though I love and respect it deeply, I’m genuinely afraid of sea life, I don’t care that there are lots of totally harmless creatures. …lmao, I feel like a rich asshole saying all that - way too many demands. (sorry sea/ocean, I love you, but you freak me the fuck out)

15. dogs or cats?

I have dogs, but I love both. With dogs, the love is more likely to be returned though :D

16. clear skies or rain?

clear night skies for star gazing, rain during the day

17. cooking or eating out?

I eat mostly raw vegan nowadays, because it’s healthy I don’t have the energy to cook and can’t be arsed and I’m not too fond of eating in public so… preparing/eating food at home?

18. spicy food or mild food?

all the spices lol

19. halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas?

How is this a question, have you met me? My whole existence basically revolves around celebrating Halloween like every day

20. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot?

The first one is way better imho, I’m usually a little too cold anyway (no pun intended omg) and I’m fine with that.

21. if you could have a superpower, what would it be?

Hydrokinesis (so basically I’d be a water bender ehehe) or Telepathy

22. animation or live action?

both are great (with the exception of some anime adaptations lol)

23. baths or showers?

showers don’t take too long, but baths are very nice from time to time

24. team cap or team ironman?

Team Loki, duh! No, but honestly, I’m not really invested in the whole civil war thing, but if cap is a nazi, then I’m team ironman

25. fantasy or sci-fi?

both are amazing and bring happiness into my life

26. do you have three or four favourite quotes, if so, what are they?

I guess I have a lot of favourite ones, but these two came to my mind right now: “I do desire we may be strangers” (Shakespeare) it’s such a classy and eloquent way to tell someone you hate them :D “And so being young and dipped in folly, I fell in love with melancholy” (E.A. Poe) because ME tbh

27. youtube or netflix?

Youtube, no netflix here

28. harry potter or percy jackson?

Harry Potter all the way. I’ve read the first Percy jackson pentalogy and don’t get me wrong, Greek mythology is awesome, but wizards over demigods

29. when do you feel accomplished?

Idk, when I’m able to do more than the bare minimum and when I totally Tony Stark the whole subject/study material the night before the exam. and probably smug/petty rather than accomplished - when I prove horrible people/people I don’t like wrong or do things they don’t approve of lol

30. star wars or star trek?

I have to say Star Trek but I love both

31. paperback or hardback books?

Hardback. HARDBACK!

32. horror or rom-com?

I’ve always gravitated towards horror - psychological, gothic, really bad b/c movie style, etc. - I get bored by rom-coms

33. tv shows or movies?

depends, but both. as an aspiring actor, beside theatre, I think I’d like to work on films over tv shows - if I ever get the chance to do so that is

34. favourite animal?

penguins, rats, corvids.. but like, birds in general and all animals are awesome anyway and precious and worth of life 35. favourite genre of music? alternative rock - which is a broad spectrum tho, so I guess rock sub-genres in general.. art rock, goth rock, punk rock my favourite (purely because of the name) is krautrock (aka kosmische Musik) which is the German term for space rock, but the literal translation is either herb or cabbage rock lmao :D throw in some psychedelic stuff, ambient music, experimental and classical and I’m good to go

36. least favourite book?

Madame Bovary. I think The Great Gatsby was boring too. I don’t usually read books without researching it a bit before so I can somewhat predict whether I’ll like it or not. (btw, if you’re into fantasy at all, 10/10 recommend reading the series A Raven’s Shadow by Anthony Ryan, he’s such an eloquent writer and the plot and characters are incredible! 37. favourite season? The season of Halloween - autumn all the way

38. song that’s currently stuck in your head?

Cinnamon Bone by Eliza Rickman. She has a really nice voice and combined with the melody it sounds very unique. Actually didn’t know who the singer was until a few days ago. She also performed in the weather section in a Welcome to Night Vale episode. Oh and I rewatched CATS the musical on Sunday, so like.. the whole libretto is playing in my head on loop :D I’ve pretty much known the entire thing by heart since I was like 8 lol

39. what kind of pyjamas do you wear?

Either boxer shorts or Levi Ackerman’s running titan pyjamas lmao

40. how many existential crises do you have on an average day?

I’m having an ongoing one since the age of 16 tbh

41. if you can only choose one song to be played at your funeral, what would it be?

Space Oddity by David Bowie

42. favourite theme song to a TV show?

I’ve know this song before I started watching the show, but Far from Any Road from True Detective is amazing. And the opening to snk season 2 lol, it gets me all fired up and ready to salivate every time Levi appears cry probably idk :D

43. harry potter movies or books?

even though, they are problematic in some aspects, both have their charm (pun absolutely intended this time)

44. you can make your OTP become canon but you’ll forget that tumblr exists. will you do it?

Bitch, my otp is canon. and I doubt anyone can really forget about tumblr - you can try and leave, but it will never leave you

45. do you play an instrument and if so, what is it?

Not like professionally or since early childhood and all that, but I taught myself how to play the violin and I think I’m pretty decent. Same goes for drums. My dad and I low-key collect musical instruments, I think we have around 20+ pieces ^^

46. what is the worst way to die?

alone and helpless and in excruciating pain from whatever the cause was that didn’t kill you immediately though, so you have to suffer

47. if you could be entirely invisible for a day, what would you do?

Be sneaky ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) lol idk, I’d do stuff anxiety and self-consciousness prevent me from in normal life. Okay, that is so pathetic, but my first thought was “I’d go swimming” … *wipes away a tear*

48. If you could have personally witnessed anything in history what would it be?

I feel like it’s kinda selfish and considering I’d choose this out of any moment in history maybe a wasted opportunity? but I would have loved to see David Bowie perform. Idk, I’m sure there’s more, but it’s 3am here..

49. If you could understand animals but you could never understand humans again, would you?

I find I often don’t understand humans anyway..

50. What is your most favourite album currently?

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie is my go to favourite album, haven’t really listened to whole albums lately, just a few songs here and there 51. (my question) What is your favourite word/phrase/colloquiallism? Name one (or more) per language you speak c:

tbh, Jeremy tagged most of the people I’d tag too, so I’m just adding @the-river-dream-shore and @slecnaztemnot to this if they or anyone else feel like it ;) I’m going to sleep now hopefully~

Note: Wow, that’s a lot of reading material lol. Why did I sound so angry?? I was tired, so that took a toll on my answers, I promise I’m not that much of an asshole :D

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5k Survey XLVII

2401. Does love come from the brain, the heart or elsewhere? >> Listen, all “love” is to me is a set of behaviours. I don’t know where the impetus to do those behaviours comes from, I don’t know what kind of emotional resonance those behaviours are supposed to have, and I’m consistently annoyed at being asked about this esoteric concept that I’m perfectly content to leave to the poets. 2402. Have you ever given a shot? If not, do you think you could give one to a loved one if you HAD to? Do you think you could give one to yourself? >> I’ve done it (on myself and on another person -- the same kind of shot, incidentally: testosterone) and I’d do it again. It’s not that difficult. The difficult ones they save for the professionals, obviously. 2403. Can you lick your elbow? Come on, didja try? >> No. And no, I did not try, because I already know the answer. 2404. If i was going to be talking to you for 10 minutes, what would be something really interesting you know a little bit about but would like to know more? >> Anything relating to mythology. 2405. If today was a holiday, what would it be? >> ---

2406. If you were making a mix tape what would you HAVE to have one it? >> --- 2407. What do you think of the Sopranos? >> I don’t think of it, I’ve never seen it. 2408. Can you name three good things about the society you live in? How about three bad things? >> Probably, but I don’t feel like thinking about it right now. 2409. Have you ever had a crush on your teacher? How about your boss? >> I don’t know if I’d call it a crush, in hindsight. I mean, maybe it was. But mostly I was just glomming onto a pretty-ish man who paid me positive attention, as an emotionally-neglected, traumatised teenager will. 2410. What is the difference between acting like someone in high school and acting like an adult? >> I assume emotional maturity is one of the major differences. 2411. What is the difference between a whopper and a whopper jr? >> The Whopper is larger, I’d assume. 2413. Do you like: Moby? Run DMC? the Cure? Yes. Shakira? Blink182? A couple of songs. the Pet Shop Boys? Weezer? Eh, occasionally. Red Hot Chilli Peppers? Yes. Nick cave? YES. The Pixies? Well, I do like that one song. You know the one. KRS-One? The Juice Crew? 2414. Have you ever seen a movie in 3D? >> I’ve seen several movies in 3D. For some reason, the glasses that seem to bother almost everyone I know don’t bother me... which is ironic because I’m the one who’s sensitive to everything sensory-wise. :V 2415. How difficult do you think it is for immigrants to come into your country? How difficult is it for them to become citizens? >> I assume it’s more difficult to immigrate here now than it was when I was a kid. I think it’s been difficult to obtain citizenship for a while, though. 2416. Do you have what it takes to go live in another country, maybe for years, where you don’t speak the language as your first language? >> I don’t know. What does it take? 2418. have you ever died in your dreams? >> Once. 2419. Do you like Douglas Adams? Eh. Kurt Vonnegut? Tom Robbins? Philip K Dick? Orson Scott Card? It’s been so long since I read that one book that I don’t know how I feel about this author anymore. 2420. What clothing size are you? What size do you wish you were? Did you know that Marilyn Monroe was a size 12(and lots of people think she’s HOT)? >> That obviously depends on the kind of clothing (and the brand, the country of origin, the gender it’s catering to...). As far as Marilyn Monroe is concerned, I don’t care. 2421. Does science leave room for faith? Does faith leave room for science? >> Those concepts are indifferent towards each other. The people who stand for one of those concepts may vary widely in their acceptance of the other. 2422. What book should our political leaders read and why? >> --- 2423. Why and under what circumstances are people more likely to buy brand names rather then their generic counterparts? >> Like, I understand it’s hard to think of 5000 questions and all, but I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with all these Google-type questions. 2424. What is your favorite glass object? >> I don’t have a favourite glass object. ...My computers have glass in them? 2425. Do you like to window shop? >> I don’t. 2426. Have you ever loved someone so much it just turned to hate? >> That sounds like an interesting situation to be in. I’d like to pick the brain of anyone who answers “yes” to this. 2427. What is arrogance? >> Can I introduce you to a guy named Webster... 2428. Are you more liberal or conservative? >> Liberal, if I must declare. 2429. When there is a presidential election in the USA why do we never hear anything about the third party candidates? Do you even know who they were last time? >> Because the bipartisan system is what pays the bills, or whatever. No, I don’t generally look into the third-party candidates, because these days, what’s the point? 2430. Are you more likely to buy one really nice expensive outfit or a couple of cheap outfits? >> I mean, I buy what I can afford... which is usually not the former. 2431. If you could, would you wear everything once, throw it out and buy something new? >> I really the fuck wouldn’t. I hate that that’s a thing at all. 2432. Do you believe that people have a responsibility to be: good to other people? good at their job? helpful to the earth(not litter, recycle)? aware consumers(not buy animal tested products, not buy products that were made in sweatshops, etc)? non-wasteful (not spend their money frivolously when they could save it to help others)? charitable (donating money, volunteering)? Which of the above are you? >> So, I don’t know anything about social responsibility. I don’t consider myself qualified to dictate what other people should be doing with their life, energy, money, time, whatever. I can barely figure out what I ought to do with my own. As far as what responsibilities from the above I’ve undertaken... yeah, I don’t know. I do my best to not be a dick to other people and I do my best to be aware of what I consume and how much. But let’s be real, most of my time, energy, and whatever disposable money I have goes to managing myself on a daily basis, which is a full time job. 2433. How do you feel about the internet? Should there be laws and censorship on the internet? >> I love the internet. I think there should be laws restraining corporate interests, and certainly the things that are illegal in meatspace should remain illegal in cyberspace. I don’t think the government should be censoring the average user’s content, though. That doesn’t seem constitutional. 2434. Can you think of any questions that aren’t already on this survey? >> I could if I tried. Am I going to try? No. 2435. Does sleep seem like a little death to you? >> Yeah, sometimes. If I’m in a particularly anxious vibe, I can end up fixating on the deathlike feeling of falling asleep, which obviously prevents me from falling asleep. It’s annoying. 2436. Have you ever seen(and if yes, what did you think of): Joy Ride? Ghost World? Monsters Inc? Queen of the Damned? Yes, quite a few times. I enjoy parts of it, mainly out of it just being a regular fixture in my life for a few years in my twenties. Office Space? Yeah, and I thought it was pretty great. 2437. At what age did you find out that Santa Claus wasn’t real? >> I was never taught about him in the first place. 2438. How many pairs of shoes do have in your closet? Do you like to wear the same shoes everyday or do you like a variety?: >> I have two pairs of shoes, not counting weather boots. So yes, I’m usually wearing the same shoes every day (the sneakers most often in the summer, the boots more often the rest of the year). 2439. How many lovers have you had? >> Hm. 2440. Have you ever had surgery? For what? >> No. 2441. What puts you in the mood for sex? >> Some stuff Inworlders do. But most of the time, it’s just a random urge. It can happen multiple times in a week or not happen for weeks and then randomly happen. 2442. Have you ever been on alcohol or drugs while at school or work? >> --- 2443. What do you think of Martha Stewart? >> I don’t think of Martha Stewart. 2445. What do you think of: British people? This is stereotype bait. Australians? Americans? Canadians? Mexicans? French people? Germans? 2446. What do you do to cure the hiccups? >> I don’t ever have hiccups for longer than, like, a couple of minutes, so. 2447. What is the FIRST thing you do when you come home from school or work? >> --- 2448. Are you a slob? >> No. 2449. Do you have a good work ethic? >> I don’t know, I’ve never been in a situation where work felt fulfilling and I felt like I was of some real use to the world. I’d imagine that could have an effect on one’s “work ethic”, but hey, what do I know. 2450. Are you a pack-rat? >> Rather the opposite, I’d say.

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La La Land

Yep, it’s brilliant.

Given the Hollywood nostalgia, magical realism and tap dancing, that I should like La La Land seems a foregone conclusion - in actual fact, I was only amused, but not sold, for maybe the first hour of the film. What clinched it, in the end, were the surprises; somewhere down the line there comes a slight tonal shift, one strata-spherical performance and a real flexing of Damien Chazelle’s directorial muscles, all details that slapped me out of my apathetical stupor and left me without a doubt that La La Land is the real deal.

four and a half out of five

It’s a brand new musical love story, which sounds like a sure-fire way to chase off any potential audiences. What they might not expect is that the newness is bundled up in an appreciation and homage to oldness - that classic, nostalgic, golden Hollywood style that nowadays “congratulates everything and appreciates nothing,” (I paraphrase - I couldn’t find the quote). What might also be a surprise is that it is musical in the fundamental sense of the word - not merely dragging viewers from one song to the next, but instead injecting song and musicality into the world of the characters, and feeling the rhythm along with them (it reminded me a little of Everyone Says I Love You - my absolute favourite Woody Allen film (largely unseen, too) where the characters, like us, sing and dance when they feel like it). And as for the love story, the exuberant and fruity style that bombards us from the opening hides characters that are not just that joyful themselves, but also passionate, dramatic, and panicked about their stakes in the world.

Mia (Emma Stone), an actress, works as a barista on a movie studio lot while frantically chasing up auditions. Seb (Ryan Gosling) is a jazz pianist, lamenting its waning relevance to the masses and with dreams of opening his own joint. A few meet cutes over a few seasons and the two are an item, trying to strategically navigate the pitfalls of Hollywood with each other. There is a rhythm that rattles over the story that the filmmaking picks up on, the original score by Justin Hurwitz always miraculously held in the cast and crew’s minds from scene-to-scene. They sing and dance when their moods demand it of them, extended whimsical numbers like an ode to a wasted beautiful night, or recurring character themes that reveal as much as dialogue. Linus Sandgren photographs a Hollywood awash with sunny atmosphere, finding the music in the most unromantic of vistas - like the powerlines or freeways that look like something like staffs on sheet music.

They both need jumpstarts in their personal quests; she devises a one-woman show, he joins forces with an old adversary to join a band. They support each others’ dreams, but ultimately have to acknowledge theirs and each others’ delusions too. It was when this bitterness crept into the story that the characters become more alarmed, and the performances surge into brilliance. There is a specific moment I can think of - a surprise song-less dinner date between Mia and Seb, when the mood of the evening descends as she essentially accuses him of selling out. The writing of the argument is so, so intelligent and painfully honest on both sides, she trying to calmly extract some objectivity from a flailing artist and he lashing out at the sense of rejection.

And how brilliantly this scene preempts Mia’s own insecurities and desperation. Later on she has a dream audition, a comeback from having already checked herself out of the rat race. Asked to tell a story, a song comes over her and those tormenting judges at the casting table disappear from her existence - we circle her while she simply sings an appreciation of dreamers and the heartbroken. I have always liked Emma Stone the appropriate amount (i.e. she is so goddamn likeable), but in this scene she demonstrated such incredible devotion, lyricism and heart that completely destroyed me. It was among the finest acting moments I’ve seen.

And that would have been the showstopper in another film, but Damien Chazelle has, as it turns out, been holding out on us until his masterful closing number that takes all of the films greatest qualities and exacerbates them. A long-form daydream sequence that not only showcases the best of his old-Hollywood creativities, but also confronts the the dreams and delusions of the characters with hindsight and irony. What a stunning mix of joyful, buoyant filmmaking and bittersweet, challenging storytelling. How naive our life maps for ourselves seem with just a few years of life lived, no matter how great the outcomes may have been. How are artists able to reach such soaring heights of expression without having to admit to conformity or compromise along the way? What is worth sacrificing along the way?

I loved this film. The immense craftsmanship and energy on the screen throughout is kind of just the beginning here. I think it takes major guts to chase a dream of Hollywood, let alone one that makes light and bubbling entertainment of its hypocrisies and brutalities. I feel that every contributor on this film knows that struggle themselves, and injected it into their work. In a world gone to shit, its not too surprising that the most lauded film of last year is one that communicates romance, nostalgia and celebration, but even if you take La La Land out of this simplified context I think it is expressing something truly wonderful. “Here’s to the ones who dream, Foolish, as they may seem.”

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