oroorhah lemon demon song ocs

SWEET BOD - Or Coughdrop!

-huge fan of LAA (Lifetime achievement award)

-Chandler

-Thousand year old corpse

Lifetime Achievement Award - Or Acosta Marin!

-Wax figure in Coughdrop's house

-Super Cool Star™️

-Loves the ocean :-)

we love these buds they're so fun to draw

Building OC's is so fun ❤️‍🔥 I'm still dreaming up the full character design for my girl, but this song made something finally click!!! Prime in Disguise Bumblebee's "leitmotif (of sorts)"* in my mind has long been chiptune, inspired by his vocoder in Prime. I can't fully describe the surreal feel of chiptune, but to me, the low, vacillating resonance coupled with the higher, merry melody capture his character so well. If you want to get the feel for it, I think it is best heard in "Halcyon" by Owl City (which I hear as Bumblebee's teenage arc) and "Focus" by Chipzel (which I hear as Bumblebee's young adult arc). *(I know "leitmotif" is not the correct term; really, what I truly speak of simply the voice of an instrument, but the term "leitmotif" is close enough to conveying what I wish, so I use it as shorthand. Music theory people, don't get mad at me; I'm using this term wrong on PURPOSE) So what does this song ^ have to do with anything? "Our Hearts Collide" by iamsleepless has been circulating my playlists for a bit now, inspiring me to write the scene(s) ;) where Bumblebee first meets this unknown sparkling and subsequently chooses to open his spark to her. I always loved the music, but today it finally hit me why it's so special.

It combines Bumblebee's "leitmotif" with hers!!! I didn't know my little sparkling even had a "leitmotif" (of sorts), but hearing it now in a new light, I can see how it connects to her character design! And it's inspiring me to design her bot mode! Yay! :D I don't even know the proper name for this instrument voice, but the best way I can describe it is: "It's Owl City's." You hear it all across his albums; it's instantly recognizable even if it is indescribable. It dances up and down across the background delightfully in his newest cover, "Gone." (You can hear it whistle at 1:06, and swing back and forth at 3:42, most strongly.) Anyway, this instrument's voice is notably higher, softer, and more whimsical than the deeper, earthy, almost vibrating chiptune voice that I associate with Bumblebee; but it doesn't clash with it. The way I hear it, the sparkling's musical voice laughs and soars like a cirrus cloud drifting the open sky, while Bumblebee's musical voice rumbles like pavement shaken up by miles of cars zooming over open road...but the instruments actually blend well together. And that brings me back to "Our Hearts Collide." The song starts with something more earthy, an instrument closer to what I hear as Bumblebee's musical voice. But, faint in the background are the soft, higher notes. Her musical voice. A whisper of what's to come. Then, at :44, that looping melody ends and a beeping one sets in. Like a passcode being entered into a keypad. Bumblebee's spark has a lock on the door, so not just anyone can get in. At :59, the "beeping" deepens; the electronic button pressing gets louder. Like someone is knocking on the door of Bumblebee's spark, demanding entry...and she just figured out the code. At 1:14, the original melody returns, as if all is normal...but then...at 1:43...the melody transforms. Higher, softer, more whimsical notes flit around and around, completely altering the song as we know it! (If that isn't my sparkling, I don't know what is!) ✨ This even happens halfway through the song! A crucial turning point! At 1:58, lower notes (more like Bumblebee's chiptune) of a differing melody take center stage, circling anxiously, as if trying to rediscover the original melody. As if trying to remember who they are. All anxiety fades out at 2:27; and there...there, the original song returns. The original melody dances again. Bumblebee has found his spark is intact...but someone has left her mark on it. At 2:57, her voice returns. 💙 This melody no longer feels out of place, because we have heard it before. At 3:13, the little sparkling's musical voice dances alongside the passcode beeping we heard before. Now, instead of the little sparkling frantically pressing the buttons, trying to crack the code to get in...now, Bumblebee is resetting the passcode himself, and the keypad beeps not to keep her out of his spark...but to seal her in there forever, as their hearts collide. T-T IT'S SO GOOD!!! Not only do the "leitmotifs (of sorts)" aka musical voices fit my characters perfectly...but this song is so well-crafted that even if I had no characters to associate with it, if I listened closely, I could hear the story in the music itself. I'm very impressed with the artist for their musical storytelling. Anyway, I am very excited about this for my story and my girl! I understand her character design more now that I know what her musical voice is! I'm so excited to design her bot mode and try to capture her character just right. Can't wait to share her story someday <3 Oh my goodness, and now I am thinking about how some clouds really are like tire tracks in the sky. That's such good symbolism for her character T-T but I can't talk about it because SPOILERS

🍁 Year in Review 🍄

Tagged by: @samwise-babeyy

Rules: Answer the questions about 2020 and tag some people to pass it on!

All my answers are basically “out of date” because I don’t actually keep up with anything new, so I’m just listing the stuff I listened to or watched in 2020 the most, or for the first time.

🍁 5 favorite films you watched in 2020

i. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

ii. Predator

iii. Rob Roy

iv. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

v. Black Christmas

🍄 5 favorite tv shows you watched in 2020

i. Mandalorian

ii. Cells at Work

iii. Beastars (listen...)

(That’s all I watched)

🍁 5 favorite songs you listened to in 2020

i. Green Bus - Innocence Mission

ii. Deep Sea - Oh Land

iii. Sky Blue - Peter Gabriel

iv. Reincarnation - Susanne Sundfør

v. Avalanche - Leonard Cohen

[BONUS] vi. Saturn Swallows the Sun - Ghost Twin

🍄 5 favorite albums of 2020

i. Oceanborn - Nightwish

ii. Plastic Heart - Ghost Twin

iii. Prequelle - Ghost

iv. Children of Termina - Rozen

v. American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash

🍁 5 favorite books you read

i. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

ii. The Shadow over Innsmouth

iii. The Call of Cthulhu

(Technically they were audiobooks lmao...and that’s all I listened to)

🍄 How did you spend your birthday this year?

The same as usual...I stayed at home with my parents and brothers, ordered a cake from Dairy Queen, and opened up a couple of presents that I’m always surprised to get. Ironically, my dad got me a Predator Funko Pop because of this inside joke that we’d had at the time, but then I actually saw the movie like a month later and now I thirst.

🍁 What was your most memorable day this year?

When a friend of mine said “Hey you should meet this guy I know” and I finally reluctantly agreed, and now I’m in love.

🍄 What was your most memorable meal you had this year?

Well...I’ve had a few memorable ones for bad reasons, mostly because of my recovery. But the only one I can think of that was memorable, and happy, was the meal my family had for Christmas. We all ordered our own takeouts of choice, and it was awesome tbh. Very lowkey, which is what I prefer with holidays. Everyone had a nice time. 

🍁 Did you find any new hobbies or interests in quarantine?

I did bake cookies a few times. Prior to this year I’d only baked once, and it was not great. Definitely not a natural born baker lol. But I did make cookies and found it very enjoyable.

I also tried to make a donut in Blender...and I did ok, but my computer doesn’t like to run the program so I abandoned it after putting on the sprinkles.

I also drew a comic for my OC, but I still haven’t posted it anywhere bc I forget it exists.

🍄 What was the last big/event you remember doing before Covid?

Valentine’s Day I guess?? Idk I don’t really care for it much tbh. I also watched Cats ironically, and it was honestly one of the funniest experiences I’ve ever had, because of the other audience members.

🍁 5 good/positive things that happened to you in 2020

i. I met my future husband (jk but not really)

ii. I appreciate things more that I didn’t beforehand.

iii. I made it through an entire year of ED recovery (yay!!!)

iv. I got into slasher stuff, which while it’s had a few downs, has mostly been ups. It’s been the most fun I’ve had in years.

I legit can’t think of anything else. My life is mostly just kinda boring these days tbh.

🍄 Biggest messages or lessons learnt from this year

Don’t underestimate how important hugs are.

It’s ok to eat cookies. And it’s ok to not eat if you’re not hungry.

Pay attention to the people you care about, because even if you think you know everything about them...you don’t. 

If you’re worried about something, and you don’t see yourself being worried about it in a week, then it’s probably not a big deal.

🍁 And what are you most looking forward to in 2021?

I am scared to look forward to anything, in general. I just sort of go day by day every year...even without the virus stuff. It’s easier on my anxiety.

Plus I started the year literally crying my eyes out, and then woke up sick the next day...so my expectations are low lmfao.

@ everyone...everyone I was gonna tag has already been tagged lol