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tomsmusictaste · 2 months

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Heaven :x: Hell first reactions

Heaven Side:

Waiting On A Twist Of Fate - we already know this is a banger

Landmines - fun and catchy, just some good classic pop-punk vibes

I Can't Wait - now this feels like truly oldschool Sum 41

Time Won't Wait - gotta be honest here, this one is missing a certain je ne sais quoi. If I had to guess i'd say this was one of the ones that was originally written for a different artist

Future Primitive - hella Offspring vibes on this one and I'm here for it

Dopamine - this one's okay, but the verses are very similar to Landmines, making it feel kinda like Landmines again but not as good

Not Quite Myself - wasn't sure at first, initially felt a little samey but I like the way it switched up in the second verse, won me over

Bad Mistake - jammy, banger, awesome Offspring vibes again

Johnny Libertine - Yes! Super oldschool sound, this rules

Radio Silence - Gotta get that ballad track in there! I am deffo vibing with this one, could join the ranks of Pieces and What Am I To Say in terms of classic Sum ballads

Hell Side:

Preperasi A Salire - Something of a transitional filler track, which tbh is pretty much what I expected - really like the Rise Up vocals coming in with it though, that was a nice surprise

Rise Up - it's a banger, your honour

Stranger In These Times - funky intro. Love the tension building in the pre-chorus, and the chorus itself does indeed fuck

I Don't Need Anyone - darker tone off the bat, we like it. Go the fuck off, Dave, hell yeah!!!!! That guitar solo got me feeling like Kaiba getting obliterated

Over The Edge - one of Dreamworks' most underrated pict- oh, edge, sorry, misheard you there. Real pump-up chorus, I dig it

House Of Liars - sliding in with some kickass guitar wails. Cool atmosphere to this one

You Wanted War - oooh, i like the intro here. Channeling those 13 Voices/Screaming Bloody vibes. Guitar solo is very cool, but doesn't top the one from I Don't Need Anyone

Paint It Black - oh this is straight up a cover, then. Well I can't say it outclasses the original Rolling Stones track (just 'cause, y'know, it's iconic) this is nonetheless a very cool heavier interpretation

It's All Me - FAST! ENERGETIC! YEAH! Huh, maybe this is the track that should have been called Time Won't Wait. Dave & Tom back at it again with guitar solos that FUCK HARD. ...Were those last couple of notes a reference to a DTLI track? Sounded super familiar

How The End Begins - Oh, some of these lyrics are going for the throat huh. Caught between a memory and visions of what could be. Damn. Given this is ostensibly the swan song for Sum 41 as a whole, it's got a lot to live up to, but it does be living up it though

Well. Wow. They definitely went out with a bang. I can see myself listening through this a lot in the weeks to come.

Downsides? Some. We know conceptually this album began when Deryck was asked to write some songs for other artists and/or to be bonus tracks on an anniversary addition of All Killer - these ended up being tracks on the Heaven side and it does feel like you can tell which ones they are — if I had to guess, I'd say those were Landmines, Time Won't Wait, Dopamine and possibly Not Quite Myself. Time Won't Wait in particular felt a little bit disjointed, lacking a bit of that Sum 41 personality. That said, songs like I Can't Wait, Future Primitive and Bad Mistake are awesome enough to lift up the Heaven side by a fair margin.

With the Hell side you could argue that with Preperasi being really just an intro to Rise Up and Paint It Black being a cover that we're really only getting 8 heavier Sum songs here, not 10... however, those 8 are all really fucking good. If I had to single one that I wasn't as keen on it'd probably be House Of Liars, but who knows, that one has the potential to grow on me over time.

I think the Hell side is stronger overall, but I'm definitely glad that this did end up being a double album - with Sum disbanding after this, it gives something great to end on across the gamut of their fanbase - those who prefer the oldschool pop-punk stuff, those who prefer the heavier stuff, and indeed those like me who are here for all of it.

Overall though, this whole record is chock full of bangers. While I'm certainly sad to see Sum 41 go, this was an exceptional note to end on.

Heaven :x: Hell | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ (4.5/5)

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paperlovesadness · 1 year

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"Shavambacu" - Miles Kane song theory

Back at it again! I truly didn't expect the positive feedback I'd gotten from my previous (Star Treatment) theory - so encouraged by it all I'm giving this another go. Join me as I unleash my crazy thoughts! Disclaimer: Some of these little interpretations are a little bit out there. But this is all in the name of good fun. And I'm not at all claiming that I believe this is actually true. It's just what I feel when I listen to it.

Ghost eyes fall upon my baby doll Ghost eyes love to watch me too Ghost eyes don't say much but they see it all, yeah

Alright - let's start at the basis of this little theory. The way I interpret the "ghost eyes". Ghost eyes - someone observing you, while remaining unseen. They're in a way present in your life, but not literally. And you can only feel/assume their presence. Along with the other lyrics (I'll expand on this below) of this song I see these eyes as belonging to a woman, who is currently involved with someone Miles was involved with / there was a period they were involved with them at the same time (so implied cheating)

Maybe this is getting to specific - but I also feel this may involve social media? I'll explain later. So, overall: Miles is involved with someone - his "baby doll". A few observations - the term isn't gendered. Doll - puppet? (it's a stretch). Doll/baby doll is also kind of a retro term of enderament. Personally it kind of transports me to like a US 1950s/greaser era (there's even a 1956 movie titled "Baby doll"). And the greaser persona brings to mind one person, doesn't it? (yes, Alex Turner) The woman sees and knows everythings that's going on/went on, but is silent about it, chooses to ignore.

Ghost eyes sleep beside my baby doll All night when I'm in bed with you

Okay, so either this is just again emphasizing that this is some sort of affair/non-monogamous deal: Miles spends the night with the person, but it's the woman who falls asleep next to them on a daily basis. Or, again: Miles is sleeping with this person, but the woman keeps her thoughts on them through it all. Knows everything. Maybe also quite literally - Miles is in bed with "baby doll", and beside them, on the bedside table lays the phone, that's 'home' to the ghost eyes. (This sounds super complicated, I'm sorry! Hope it's understandable)

Sunrise never sets on baby doll

Baby doll isn't just an anonymous person. They're known - people observe them, talk about them all over the world. Thus - the sun never sets on baby doll. Someone is always writing, talking, thinking about or listening to them. (Heartthrob frontman of a famous band? *wink wink*)

Her ghost tears, some call it rain Well I'm crying for just one name

This hurts the woman. But Miles also only cares about baby doll - it's the only name that truly matters to him.

I made it up in a dream I had My French is bad, some say "Je t'aime beaucoup" I say, my darling "Shavambacu"

So the story from an interview goes: Miles took "shavambacu" from his mum, who used it as a term of enderament - learning it from his grandma. Turned out she just misheard "Je t'aime beaucoup" in a song she loved. ANYWAY - it's a family-derived term of enderment Miles said he used it with the ex, who inspired the CDG album. Seems like a big deal honestly, to use such a significant term with someone. Had to be someone super special. (both shavambacu and little darling aren't gendered either)

Also, if we're talking Alex (that's how I see it) - I've thought a lot about how Miles may be using french phrases and references in his songs when talking about him? Because of how special France was to them (french countryside; recording their first TLSP album together). See: Coup de Grace, TLSP's Everything you've come to expect and how they chose to cover Paris Summer (I really feel there was more? My mind went blank though). Alex is also kind of obsessed with France/french cinema/old french music etc.

I can't stand to see another day I'm not in L.A. to have my way with you My little darling shavambacu, oh honey I love you

First off - this is so tender, I could cry. Also: person lives in LA (checks out for that time period) Honey - still no gendered terms. They're apart - either just because Miles isn't the main partner - but more probable - they're not continuing with the romantic part of their relationship (cause you know. This is a breakup album after all)

Her ghost eyes float around my empty room They're your eyes, but I can't tell it's you

Guys, I know this might sound ridiculous - it's just what my mind automatically went to when I first heard this song. So I'll just share: This part is why my mind went to social media. The woman follows Miles and watches him closely - everything he posts. BUT - this could also be her boyfriend - who uses her account (anonimity? doesn't have social media himself?) to see what he's up to now, as they're apart. But he couldn't tell, he just sees it's her account.

Well I try, but I can't see for baby doll Her ghost tears, some call it rain Well I'm crying for just one name

It's either continuing on the last thing - he can't know who it is keeping tabs on him. Or: he tries but can't care about anybody besides this one person, loves them too much. And then we have the dadada's / chorus bits for the outro. What do you guys think? I feel like if I tried I could have many more interpretations of the "ghost eyes". Like this one: Maybe it's not the girl at all? Maybe it's the audience - the fans, media: everyone who is involved in their lives due to them being famous. No matter how much they hide their relationship someone might be there to see it. They do - there's theories about them being together floating all over the internet already. They see it all. So it's hard to stay together if they wanted it to be anonymous. Eyes are always on them. These are my main ones: just stuff I felt/popped into my mind back when I was listening to the album for the first time. I'd be super happy if you shared any of your own theories on this song! Hope to do more MK/TLSP/AM theories soon. Peace & love!

#Miles Kane #Miles Kane song theory #Miles Kane lyric interpretations #song theories #lyric interpretations #Coup de grace album #Shavambacu #my posts

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hairasuntouchedaspartoftheamazon · 1 year

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MCR ASKS FOR SEBASTIAN!! 4, 18, 24

AHHHH thank you Rio you beautiful enabler. okay okay okay here we go:

4. Favourite Gerard outfit of this tour (2022-2023) ?

I have a feeling I've made it very clear, but just so everyone is aware, it's the cheerleader outfit. I am not joking when I say that shit changed my life and means something to me as a trans person and as a weirdo from Jersey and someone who found the whole thing very sexy. Cheerleader outfit for the win, every day all day.

18. Lyric that you misheard for a long time?

I have two silly ones

I thought it was "do our talking with the laser thing" not "laser beam" in Bulletproof Heart

and "I'm just a toy who had to sing along" instead of "I'm just a boy who had to sing this song" in Welcome to the Black Parade

24. What’s your favourite Ray solo?

Rio Rio I love you to pieces let me go on about this. it's the (Thank You for The) Venom solo, bc it just feels so raw and like, okay you know that interview where Ray and Gerard were asked what they wanted people to get out of their concerts, and Ray was like "I want them to feel like they just got fucked"? yeah that's what the Venom solo feels like. it just builds and builds and BUILDS and then crashes down again so so so rapidly and it just feels like the whole song condensed into thirty seconds, this insanity of getting louder getting faster and leading into something but standing on its own BEAUTIFULLY and it's like yes yes yes give it to me give me everything you got no matter if you think it's too much GIVE ME THE VENOM and ugh. it's so fucking GOOD. I do feel like I got fucked every time I listen to it

#Sebastian speaks #Sebastian loves MCR

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fairykukla · 5 months

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My sister in law tells me I need to record a Christmas album.

She's not wrong, and apparently that household has a good microphone, so maybe I should give it a go.

I have several songs I could do. My set list would be something like this.

The Nice List:

Silent Night/Peace Peace: my choir performed this one in high school and I love busting it out for caroling parties. The "Peace, Peace" descant is fun to sing and showcases my voice well.

Oh Holy Night: assuming I don't break down crying halfway through.

God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings: I finally got to do this with my two friends who recruited me for their church choir a few years ago. Our take on the Barenaked Ladies medley with Sarah McLaughlin.

Coventry Carol: assuming my pianist doesn't break down crying.

Do You Hear What I Hear? There's a specific arrangement that I want to do with a full quartet or even chorus.

The Naughty List:

Santa Baby: where I sing as an oversexed cougar, and Santa does spoken word commentary about how I'm still on the Naughty List.

Baby It's Cold Outside: no, for real. I have a version of this that will SLAY. I might even put it on the "Nice" list.

(and now I'm composing, "Santa it's cold outside" and I'm going directly to hell.)

Carol of the Seat Belts: I'm working on this one. A SATB Quartet representing Mom, Dad, and two siblings trying to get out the door and into the car to go somewhere for Christmas.

Do You Hear What I Hear: shorter take of the Nice arrangement. It's a scream.

The Shickle Carols: Throw The Yule Log On, Uncle John (or, Punctuation Is Important) and Good King Kong.

Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Shitscram: I had better get this Tumblr meme parody Carol in the bag before someone else beats me to it.

O Holy Night: heh. Heheheheh. The South Park Cartman version complete with cattle prod.

The Christmas Song (Or, Punctuation is Still Important.) From roasting Jack Frost on an open fire to improbable reindeer hobbies (Reindeer really know how to fly, and sew) this song is about pauses, misheard lyrics, and drunk Santa. (They know that Santa's on his way; he's loaded.)

Yep. I need to record a Christmas album. Look for it next year, or in funny videos in the meantime.

#2023 #my christmas album

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colossal-idiot · 10 months

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130-140☺️

130. What’s the craziest thing you’ve learned about the music business?

If it counts, that time that Roger Taylor locked himself in a cupboard until everyone agreed to make his song I'm In Love With My Car the b-side to Bohemian Rhapsody.

131. What’s an artist/band you couldn’t even be paid to see live?

Nothing really, I usually don't hate music and those I do would be bearable with compensation.

132. What’s an artist you’d kill to see live?

If I'm allowed the whole band, Queen, but if I'm not, Freddie Mercury. You'd be unreasonable if he wasn't at least a consideration.

133. What’s some the most obscure band/artist you know?

Bill Wurtz, he's the guy who made 'History of the entire world, I guess' and one of his songs is 'Just Did a Bad Thing'

134. Which non English sung music(and excluding your mother language) do you listen to the most?

La Bamba - Ritchie Valens. I'm currently learning Spanish and it's just a plain good song

135. What are some of the most creative musicians you can think of?

Yes. Yes was my favorite band for a while and I think they are insanely creative. They make long songs, but they use the inflated length to explore many different sounds and themes in the same song that all work together to create songs that aren't just songs, but compositions.

136. What’s a music pet peeve of yours?

Weird to say, but one-note music that doesn't have much soul in it. As popular as Kiss is, I can hardly get any enjoyment out of it, it lacks a type of soul that most songs don't.

137. What is your first favorite song based on memory?

Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry. My dad always played a best of Chuck Berry album in the car and me and my brother loved Johnny B. Goode.

138. What is your first favorite band/artist based on memory?

The Beach Boys for much of the same reason I liked Johnny B. Goode, they had good simple songs and my dad played them all the time.

139. What is your first favorite album based on memory?

90125 - Yes. This was the first album I got in my little collection and it has by far the greatest sound I've ever heard and I cannot for the life of me find any other music that captures the same magic.

140. What’s a lyric you’ve horribly misheard?

Nothing really. If I find a song I want to sing, I'm usually curious to read the lyrics first.

#idiot music #idiot mail

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jamestaylorswift · 3 years

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in honor of the very large brained oh worm playlist that taylor dropped...my miniscule pea brain confession of the day is that I thought “november flush and your flannel cure” was describing the effects of climate change

#november flush as in november is hot #flannel cure as in if it’s hot you sweat and sweat is salty so your shirt would be too. like a cured meat #in my defense my first few listens of evermore approached 1989 levels of misheard thus misunderstood lyrics #this one was ‘november flushed and your flannel cured’#different enough to be 🤡#don’t @ me I understand the lyric now lmaoo #yes I love taylor the only singer who enunciates swift no I still don’t know what she’s saying yes we exist!#rambles

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heartsunholy-a · 5 years

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Jojo as the DM: You guys hear a scream, a blood-curdling scream from the hallway. Mr. Pulitzer whips his head around and looks. What do you guys do?

Davey: I take off towards it.

Jack: I follow.

Hotshot: I’ll go.

Katherine: Same.

Goliath: What??

Betty: I mean, I guess if everybody’s going, we should go??

Jojo, as Mr. Pulitzer: Now hold on guys, don’t rush into anything!

Goliath: I’m gonna go.

Hotshot: I just see [Davey and Jack] running and I think we’re making a jailbreak.

@tomorrcwsnews // @asortofsensation

#/#//#///#////#/////#i'll stop wearing black when they make a darker color (ooc)#((im just gonna submit all these to mak's incorrect quotes blog wow #also i was so stuck trying to figure out who'd be r.iz and who'd be g.orgug but like????? obviously g.oliath is g.orgug #big tall hulking behemoth of a boy who's just soft and sweet???? yes #and d.avey is r.iz bc like......he's the investigative one with like no friends prior to the adventuring party #also betty's a.daine bc she's got Anxiety™ and hotshot is f.ig bc she got daddy issues))#misc » insert misheard lyrics here (crack)

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onceuponadisembo · 3 years

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Chapters: 1/5 Fandom: 王室教師ハイネ | Oushitsu Kyoushi Haine | The Royal Tutor (Anime) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Viktor von Granzreich & Heine Wittgenstein, Viktor von Granzreich/Heine Wittgenstein Characters: Viktor von Granzreich, Heine Wittgenstein Additional Tags: Drinking, Hurt/Comfort, Light Angst, Bad Humor, Happy Ending, Excessive Hand-Holding, anime movie canon, Staying Up Too Late, viktor just wants to spend more time teasing heine for his height, unamused heine, heine's anime past, a little bit shippy, Queerplatonic Relationships

Summary:

Viktor invites Heine to his study for wine, makes as many bad jokes as he can, and then asks to dance with him. Set after the ball that happens at the end of the anime movie.

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I'm only up to Volume 9 of the manga right now and I don't know Heine's past, so although the manga will have some influence on some parts of the story, this fic is set in the canon of the anime, and will include references to Heine's and Viktor's past based on what was shown in the anime.

I'm also putting together a (very short, somewhat shippy) playlist for this fic so if you're into that sort of thing, here it is.

FFN link.

Read the first part under the cut

In the king's study, the bottle of Niedergranzreich white wine glittered in the lamplight.

There had been drinks at the ball. The usual wine and beer, which Heine had politely declined, but there was also something from Romano – a honeyed concoction with sharp-smelling spices and an even sharper burn as it slipped down his throat. When Viktor proposed a toast with the king of Romano, Heine had found himself with a glass in hand. He was then handed another at more than a few points in the evening – and at least one of them by Viktor himself. Heine did not quite remember how many cries of Prost! to the two kingdoms there had been, and now he sat, still in his evening suit, at his usual spot by the desk, swirling yet another glass with Viktor and feeling the wine more than usual.

It was already getting late.

He was not worried; tomorrow was his rest day. But there are no breaks for a king – although this one did not seem to notice the time at all. Heine had been surprised when Viktor invited him here tonight, thinking that perhaps the king wanted a report so soon after the princes' assignment had been completed. He had been equally surprised when he saw the bottle.

"More wine?" he chided. "Are you sure?"

Viktor was already pouring the first glass. "You can always have something else if you won't join me," he had said, a mischievous gleam in his eye. "I'll send for it. Milk would be much more… age appropriate. Or what do you think?"

Heine harrumphed and took a glass.

It seemed that they were here for no reason at all. Tomorrow – or the day after – they would talk about how the princes had done, and what that could mean for the future of the Granzreich and Romano kingdoms. And although they were no longer young, nor as free with their time as they had been way back then, Heine did not mind indulging the king. Viktor may request the strangest things, but it was never without sound reason. There is always a first time for everything, though, because Heine was now starting to suspect that Viktor, too, had had more than a few at the ball.

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"Eins dropped by, you know," said Viktor not long after they had clinked their glasses. "After the song."

"Oh?" said Heine, pausing as he lifted his glass. "I did not see him."

Chin in hand, Viktor hummed a sigh. "He didn't stay long. You know how children are when they grow up."

They sat in silence for a while. They had both grown up a long time ago, and far too quickly. There was still so much more to be done.

Viktor drained his glass and straightened up with a toss of his head, as if the silence were a blanket he was trying to shrug from his shoulders. "Well!" he chirped, refilling his glass. "I am glad that my sons are growing so well under your care. Shall I…?" He gestured the bottle towards Heine.

The tutor glanced into his glass. "Thank you, but I am barely halfway through."

"Take your time." Viktor settled back in his chair. "Speaking of my sons, I am already in talks with King Romano to arrange a visit to his kingdom. It is my hope that we can continue to strengthen our relationship as allies."

"And mine as well," murmured Heine. It could not be easy, as a young prince of Romano, to shoulder the high expectations of one's position while growing into one's own person. He thought of Prince Ivan, the eldest twin, who could never do enough in his father's eyes as well as his own; and of Prince Eugene, overlooked in favour of his brother and who, like his brother, expressed a disdain for "forever benchwarmer princes" at the start of their visit. The fact that the younger prince had done so even though, if all were to go according to plan, he himself would not be expected to ascend the throne, could explain why Prince Eugene had not seemed to see the point in trying for anything. The Granzreich princes could prove to be a good influence on the Romanos, if only they could spend some more time together.

A chuckle from Viktor interrupted Heine's thoughts. "What is funny?" he asked the king, his sombre musings quickly dissipating.

"I was just wondering if you also taught the princes to dance at the ball."

"Goodness, no."

"Ah. I thought so. Teaching them to sing would have been enough of a handful."

"Yes, but I cannot tell you how much I came to wish that I had blocked out a few hours, at least, to revise the basics together with them. I did not anticipate how insistent they would be." Heine took a fortifying drink from his glass. "Do you know how terrifying it is to be led around the floor by partners who do not quite know what they are doing? I was even lifted once. I was in the air."

Viktor chuckled even more. "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I did love seeing all of you getting along so well."

"You were watching us?"

"I was watching you."

What a strange way of putting it. Heine was not sure he had heard Viktor correctly. Perhaps he should ask him repeat that, to check that he had not misheard him.

He sipped some more wine and held out his glass. "Could you top me up, please?"

-:-

"There's something I want to show you," said Viktor as he led Heine over to the lounge area. On the low table sat a strange shape, which Heine thought he recognised when Viktor removed the sheet that lay over it.

"My word," murmured Heine, venturing closer to inspect the instrument and the brassy sheen of its parts. "Is this… a phonograph?"

"Do you like it?" smiled Viktor, barely containing his delight. "It was a gift. Go on, give it a try."

"What does it play?"

"Wind it up and see for yourself."

Soon the hazy melody of a waltz undulated about the room and Heine watched Viktor hum along, fingers dancing in time to the music.

"What a tremendous invention," said Heine when the song neared its end. "It seems as if I were right in front of the orchestra."

"Yes, and listen to this." Viktor stopped the machine and switched out the cylinder. When it started up again, it sang out in a long, yearning trill.

Heine put down his wine. "This song!"

"Yes?" said Viktor, a twinkle in his eye.

The melody was haunting and the libretto solemn – far too serious to have been fully-appreciated the first time Heine had heard it. Perched next to Viktor, in oversized borrowed clothes, Heine had been certain they would be spotted among the crowded back seats. Once the show was over and he could finally relax, they spent the evening falling over each other as they butchered the most dramatic of the songs, missing the high notes and substituting their own lyrics.

"Why Viktor, had I not known any better, I would have thought that you had impeccable taste."

Viktor laughed – the same laugh from the alleyway behind the Wienner state opera house nearly thirty years ago.

-:-

Back at the desk, they talked of important things.

The latest in the national opera:

"No, don't tell me. I haven't seen it yet."

The moral discrepancies in classic childhood fables:

"I can't explain that to you, Viktor, I did not write it."

Whether or not it was possible to brew wine from carrots and bell peppers:

"I find it highly worrisome that a child would know so much about winemaking."

The bottle of wine slowly emptied out.

-:-

"And another thing," said Viktor who, at some point in the night, had ended up sprawled out next to Heine. They were down to the last few glasses, and Heine was propping himself up against the cushioned arm of the settee, trying hard to maintain a slight semblance of propriety.

"Why are we always drinking this?" Viktor squinted at his glass of wine, holding it up to the light. "It's the same wine every time ever since God knows when, always wine white- I mean white wine- from Niedergrr- Niederglan-zish."

Heine nearly slipped off the arm. Goodness gracious. Where was this coming from?

"But isn't it… isn't this your favourite?" he faltered, his head foggy. "You don't like it?"

Viktor made a sound that resembled both a hiccough and a splutter. Or perhaps it was a laugh. Heine could not tell at this point. "I do like it, but people get tired of favourites, Herr Professor. Even Lich… Leonhard. Would hesitate at the idea of eating sacher torte for every meal.

"I wouldn't be so sure," muttered Heine. Then, struggling with the plush upholstery, he pulled himself into a slightly less crooked sitting position. "But Viktor, you are being unfair. You were the one who brought this wine. And it was supposed to be my turn."

"Oh, don't worry about that. It's a special occasion."

"You must let me bring the next one." Heine racked his brains for all the good wines he had ever tried or heard of, but the memories seemed to have left him for the moment. "We could try… red wine?"

"Hmm?" Viktor tilted his head.

"From… Obergranzreich?"

"Interesting proposal," said Viktor, "considering their viticulture is not what it used to be."

"Hintergranzreich, then."

Viktor snorted. "You are making things up."

"And you were making a fuss over something that could have been so easily resolved," retorted Heine. "Why didn't you tell me sooner? If I had known, I would have looked around town and found something new, or checked with the chefs for recommendations – anything, if only you had asked."

Viktor leaned back to look at the tutor and smiled fondly. "That's just like you. I know I can always rely on you. You're a good friend, Heine."

Heine took a sip from his glass. "Though you tend to ask for the most reckless things," he said.

That was when Viktor asked him to dance.

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It's been almost exactly one year since I first watched The Royal Tutor, and I'm super excited to get this out. I already have the rest of this written out, but because it’s such a pain to upload fics to Tumblr, I’ll be uploading the rest of the chapters to AO3, and I’ll be putting just the link on Tumblr. I really want to make sure I check each chapter thoroughly, so I might take a few days to upload the next one. In the meantime - comments are appreciated and I'll love you forever.

#the royal tutor #oushitsu kyoushi haine #oushitsu kyoushi heine #heine wittgenstein #haine wittgenstein #viktor von granzreich #viktor von glanzreich #viktor von grannzreich #victor von glanzreich #victor von granzreich #victor von grannzreich #heine x viktor #write by me #fanfiction

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j3tsabyss · 3 years

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Hollywood Undead iceberg 1 full explanations

This is a super long post so just keep that in mind reading. I ended up finding out icebergs are the best way to infodump. Also feel free to correct me on anything. Also sorry if I have the stupidest wording ever

Level 1-Everywhere I Go/Riot: both songs are popular HU songs

Lorene Drive: Danny’s first band before he joined Hollywood Undead

Danny American Idol: Danny originally competed on American Idol before dropping out to join HU. This was often disputed about and originally Johnny disapproved that Danny was on American Idol. But eventually Johnny later said in another interview he didn’t know Danny actually DID try for American Idol and did manage to get on. Not only that but there is at least 2 pics of Danny being on American Idol but his audition (if any) is not shown (he’s also only shown for like 1 second in the episode he was in). So ultimately yes Danny American Idol is real

Johnny falling off stage: a popular meme that goes around the HU fanbase referencing that time Johnny fell offstage at a concert. Surprisingly he didn’t get hurt (I think?)

Masks: up until New Empire Vol 1/Vol 2, HU’s signature was masks (though the masks briefly came back for House Party)

Old versions of songs: certain songs like Black Dahlia and Sell Your Soul have old versions that you can listen to. I think the word for this is demo versions

Deuce’s departure: Deuce parted ways with HU in 2010. As we all know it’s very complicated

Level 2-Brian Cox music videos: during the Five era, Brian Cox became the director for music videos and other stuff for HU. Most fans didn’t mind his presence at first until his editing became repetitive and too flashy and it got to the point of having Already Dead be special effects overload and practically unwatchable. Eventually he was replaced by Cameron Nunez. Also he loves Starbucks. AND ALSO he and Johnny tend to make fun of each other. A lot

Da Kurlzz’s departure: Da Kurlzz departed from HU in 2017, making HU a five man band

Dead Cultoure/Danny Rose Supply: clothing lines ran by the HU guys and Danny respectively. Clothing from Dead Cultoure was often worn by J-Dog and Johnny. Both clothing companies eventually went defunct without explanation. Tho Danny Rose Supply somehow magically got resurrected when the company collabed with a mask company to make face masks back in March 2020 and lemme tell you those face masks are COMFY. But despite that there’s still no way to purchase Danny Rose Supply clothing

Misheard Lyrics: it’s VERY easy to mishear a lot of HU lyrics. It’s also common to see fans fight over what lyric is the correct one

S.C.A.V.A title: S.C.A.V.A is a song from American Tragedy (deluxe version). The title is an abbreviation that has never been confirmed about what it means. Most think it’s from Johnny and Danny’s daughters’ names, Scarlett and Ava. This song is also the first song Johnny and Danny dedicated to their daughters so that probably helps the theory

Bald J-Dog: joke entry but seriously bald J-Dog is cursed

Charlie’s youtube channel: CS101HU is Charlie’s youtube channel from 2008. The channel has 7 videos and the most well known of these videos are Shady Fizz, Stella and J Dog’s Biggest Fan. In 2018 Charlie briefly revived his channel to upload his “workout routine” but he hasn’t uploaded anything else since

Dove and Grenade (company): Hollywood Undead’s weed company that’s based in Oklahoma. It also has its own merch

Dead Bite (the character): Dead Bite is a masked character made by the HU guys named after the song of the same name. There’s been implied lore about him but nothing much has been revealed of him yet. He also has his own twitter instagram and youtube accounts. He’s also EXTREMELY buff and tall

Johnny likes fan posts the most: both on instagram and twitter Johnny is the one who likes fan posts the most

J-Dog never went to high school: self explanatory. He just never went to high school

Johnny went to Yale: disapproved. Johnny never went to Yale and him going to Yale was just a joke he made. Despite that the HU wiki still keeps that point in his trivia section so go figure

Level 3-Dead Bite is Deuce/Kurlzz theory: for some reason when Dead Bite first debuted, a LOT of HU fans started to assume Dead Bite was Deuce or Da Kurlzz in disguise. This ended up being disproven with Dead Bite not only being played by an actor (Robert Mukes) but also the fact Dead Bite is EXTREMELY tall and muscular and does not match neither Deuce or Kurlzz’s builds at all

FunnyMan having long hair on 3 different occasions: I should’ve worded this differently but I think FunnyMan had long hair 3 different times. In some Swan Songs photos his hair is tied back in a bun, then I guess somewhere in 2012/2013 maybe his hair was longer and curlier, then in 2015 he started growing out his hair again and it was gloriously long enough for him to wear it in braids… and then he cut it leap day 2020. Rip Funny’s long hair you are still missed

FunnyMan’s fake toyota commercial: Funny made a fake commercial related to toyota. I honestly thought it was real until I saw a post saying it was fake. It’s glorious tho

J-Dog’s inactive tumblr: jdog-hlm-blog is basically J-Dog’s tumblr he had from April 2012 to September 2014. Most of his tumblr was just reposts from instagram and then he abandoned his tumblr since then

Johnny’s voice being deeper in American Tragedy: credit to my mutual Dove for this one. When you listen to Johnny in Swan Songs then to Johnny in American Tragedy, there’s a definite difference in his voice between the two albums. It’s unknown if there’s a reason why (if any) this happened

Guzzle, Guzzle and Your Life were written under the influence: both songs were written under the influence. While Guzzle, Guzzle is obvious, Your Life actually sounds comprehensible for being written while high/drunk

Brittany: Brittany Burton was Funny’s ex. She’s on the iceberg because I don’t recall if there was ever a reason on why they broke up

The unknown heights of the HU guys: with the exception of Johnny who has stated his height (6’3”), most of the HU guys’ heights are completely unknown. Estimating their heights are furthermore confusing by pics of the HU guys being together having them all look roughly around the same height despite Johnny being super tall. In addition to that, there’s also debate about if Johnny or Funny is taller. But then some months after I made the first iceberg Anna kindly mentions that FunnyMan is 6’4”, so this equals that one other HU guy’s height is now known and Funny really is taller than Johnny

Deuce Invaders/FunnyMan Pac-Man: both of these were reskinned games on the official Hollywood Undead site on an unknown year (though it was likely around when Deuce was in the band). Both gameplays have minor graphic changes like Funny’s mask substituting for Pac-Man and alcohol being used as the power pellets. Good thing they didn’t reskin a Nintendo game *cough*

The Loss unknown meaning: a lot of fans believed that The Loss was about a brother of J-Dog’s who committed suicide. However that was later disproven. Despite that, there has been no other explanation about what does The Loss mean

Who did Ghost verse 3?: verse 3 of Ghost is infamous for having vocals that HU fans fight over who did it. It was assumed to be J-Dog but some believe it to be Johnny. Some still fight about who did verse 3 to this day and the answers on who did Ghost verse 3 are mixed

Pray (Put Em in the Dirt) is not rated E despite the f word: pretty self explanatory. Pray does not have a E rating on itunes despite the f word and it’s variants being dropped a million times. Ratings at its finest

Level 4-J-Dog’s fake relatives: a pretty lengthy one. Like I’ve explained, on the HU wiki J-Dog’s relatives list had 3 random names that were of 2 brothers and 1 sister. Yet in reality those 3 people weren’t proven to exist which implies that they just added that randomly with no source. I edited it to be more accurate but since it’s currently 2021 that means for literal years those names have been there since forever. In fact it doesn’t help google itself has the fake names listed as his relatives too

J-Dog divorced Vanessa: wording is important people. It was J-Dog who issued the divorce not Vanessa

The P in Charles P. Scene stands for pussy: I straight up googled this one time and turns out there’s an actual meaning for the P in Charles P. Scene

Unfilmed War Child music video: back in 2016 there was an announcement that was about War Child having a music video and the director was going to be Charlie Scene. As you can tell it never came out so the label probably screwed them over

“What You Ask For” unreleased song: during the Five recording sessions there was a song that seemingly had FunnyMan singing. Despite a sample being shown in a video the song was not released on Five at all. There’s also no official title given to it

Pray (Put Em in the Dirt) early demo: in another video Pray appeared to have a way different sound than the released version of Pray (Put Em in the Dirt). Again this demo has never been released but I wanna hear this demo so badly

Mother Murder unknown meaning: I’ve written a post about this but generally Mother Murder has a really different vibe compared to the rest of HU’s serious songs as the lyrics sound a lot like a male victim of abuse. There’s no known meaning to Mother Murder if any

Someone attempted to kill Danny (NOT A JOKE): in a 2011 interview Johnny briefly talked about an incident where a stranger randomly gave Danny a cyanide laced pill. Johnny ended up taking the pill as he thought it was a sleeping pill and he ended up going to the hospital. While it’s never outright said the pill was maybe supposed to kill Danny there’s enough implications that someone likely attempted to kill Danny for replacing Deuce since it happened back in 2011 and how it was only given to Danny

Da Kurlzz works at a beef farm: at one point Kurlzz shared some pics of him at a ranch and turns out that the ranch is a beef farm

Deuce and Kurlzz no longer live in California: Deuce moved to Oregon at some point in 2015 while the beef farm Kurlzz works at is located in Nevada. It’s a bit of a stretch to say “no longer” in the case of Kurlzz but hey who knows

Level 5-Deuce-J3T-Kurlzz extortion: back in 2015 Deuce accused Johnny and Kurlzz of extortion on twitter. Considering this is Deuce it’s unknown if there’s any truth to it and Johnny didn’t give a frick to say anything while Kurlzz simply said “did someone say something? Didn’t think so. Back to it.” It’s also ironic since Kurlzz left the band 2 years later

Hannah Decker: sort of related to fake relatives, there was a girl named Hannah who claimed she was J-Dog and Vanessa’s daughter and some actually believed her. She also wanted to get plastic surgery to look more like Vanessa. That’s all I can remember about this. There’s also the fact this is another ironic one since J-Dog and Vanessa divorced now

Hollywood Undead parasocial relationship: honestly a joke entry. I heard of the word parasocial relationship and it ended up making me think about how that is the relationship I have with the HU guys. At the same time HU just happens to appreciate their fans really and parasocial relationships aren’t bad per se as long as it doesn’t become obsessive

Hmm, maybe Idol is secretly about parasocial relationships

End of iceberg 1

#hollywood undead #iceberg #long post #ok to reblog

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the-al-chemist · 3 years

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Director’s Cut on the upcoming brilliance that is Legacy? Any parts you care to share.

Why is it that every time I’m tempted to play an ask game and decide that I’d better not, you send me an ask and ruin my resolve? It’s not a complaint. I love it. Thank you 🧡

So, I’m going to share an extract from the prologue of Legacy: An Incident in Ilfracombe. In the HP canon, the Ilfracombe Incident is one of the largest scale dragon attacks in the U.K. during the 20th century. I decided long ago that Artemis’ grandfather Marius was an Obliviator who met her Muggle grandmother when investigating the event - I stand by the fact that all good love stories need at least one dragon in them - but when Ophelia came into the picture, Mavis’ background changed a bit. But I kept this story, and decided to use it as a framing device for the rest of Legacy - each chapter is a short story, one being told by Marius to Mavis, or vice versa.

I’m hoping to post this next week, but in the meantime, here’s an extract:

“My name is Detective Hexley. I have some questions about the fire that broke out in the village this morning, which I’d like you to try and answer for me.”

“Of course. Anything to help the police with their enquiries.”

The Muggle woman smiled, though her lips remained closed and her eyes sceptical. Her voice was soft and strong and lyrical and captivating. Marius wasn’t surprised, she was a singer after all. He placed a sheet of Muggle writing paper on the table in front of him and picked up one of the Muggle quills. Pens.

“Why don’t you start by telling me what you saw this morning?” he asked.

That question had received a lot of different answers so far today, from ‘a bloody great lizard’ to ‘a massive featherless seagull’, but very few had guessed correctly. Why would they? From his experience, Muggles could be very obstinate when it came to refusing to accept what they’d seen with their own eyes.

But perhaps Miss Morland was more open-minded than other Muggles, because she answered:

“A dragon.”

He was going to have to Obliviate her, then. Now he just had to find out exactly what she’d seen, so that he could modify her memories accordingly. Marius smiled patronisingly, the way he had seen real Muggle Aurors do.

“A dragon?”

“Yes, it flew over the village towards the beach, I saw it whilst I was on my way to the bakery,” Miss Morland informed him. “I suspect that is what caused the fire on the balustrade, was it not?”

“The fire started at the pasty shop. Why don’t you tell me more about this… dragon?”

“It was a dragon. I don’t really know what else to tell you. Large, winged, scaly, breathed fire,” Marius nodded and pretended to take notes as Miss Morland’s unusually coloured eyes bored into him. She sighed loudly. “I suppose that if I were to hazard a guess, I should say that it was a Common Welsh Green.”

Marius stopped writing. He raised his eyes from the Muggle parchment. His interviewee’s face was serene. Perhaps he’d misheard her.

“A common what?” he asked, conversationally.

“A Common Welsh Green,” Miss Morland repeated. “Judging by the colour and the wingspan. And, of course, we’re not a great distance from Wales, and given that it’s the Common Green’s mating season at this time of year, you might expect them to venture a little further than they would normally.”

He hadn’t misheard her. She knew about dragons. She knew more about dragons than he did. But how? She was a Muggle. Muggles weren’t supposed to know about dragons.

His confusion must have shown on his face, because Miss Morland smiled again, coyly this time, and tilted her head to one side.

“Are you going to Obliviate me now?”

#the beginning of a symphony #the hexley legacy

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amalthea9 · 2 years

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"The Maiden and the Selkie" - Song by Heather Dale

Lyrics:

Once a fair and handsome seal-lord lay his foot upon the sand.

For to woo the fisher's daughter and to claim her marriage hand.

"I have come in from the ocean, I have come in from the sea,

And I'll not go to the waves, love, lest ye come along with me."

"Lord, long have I loved you as a selkie on the foam.”

"I would gladly go and wed ye and be Lady of your home.

But I cannot go into the ocean, I cannot go into the sea.

I would drown beneath your waves, love, if I went along with ye."

"Lady, long have I loved you: I would have you for my wife.

I shall stay upon your shoreland though it robs me of my life.

I will stay one night beside you, never go back to the sea,

I will stay and be thy husband though it be the death of me."

"Lord, I cannot go and wed thee all to watch my lover die!

Since I'll not be left a widow I have a plan for us to try:

Let us speak with my grandmother who's ever dwelt beside the sea.

She may know some trick or treasure that I may wed my fair selkie."

So they've gone to her grandmother's little cottage by the sea

To inquire how a maiden can be wed to her selkie.

For the selkie's watery kingdom would surely rob her of her breath

But to stay on land past midnight, it would surely be his death.

"Lord, I know not how to aid you – you may never live on shore.

For your kind to live 'til dawning has ne'er been seen before.

But my mother had a seal-coat that she buried 'neath a tree

For she told me that its wearer would become a fair selkie."

So they've journeyed farther inland

Though the seal-lord's getting weak

And she's shouldering the shovel to unearth the thing they seek.

At the rising of the full moon underneath the elfin oak

She's unearthed that very treasure of which her grandmother spoke.

And just before the stroke of midnight they have made it back to sea

And she's donned that magic seal-coat and become a maid selkie.

Now they've gone into the ocean, hand in hand into the sea,

She has gone along -- a fair seal-bride for her selkie.

- Song by Heather Dale

The song!

https://youtu.be/ryKdMQPJOYM

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So this song came up on my YouTube recommendation and I misheard "seal lord" as "sailor"

and my brain was like "SAILOR? STYLES! SELKIE STYLES? SELKIE SEAN?! SELKIE SEEAAANNN!!!" *confetti gun goes off somewhere*

So here's a canva so my brain will shut up.🤣🤣🤣🤣

@professorlehnsherr-almashy @ariel-seagull-wings

It's whole story line in my brain hole now....

In a storm or dimly lit hour, Seal lord Sean gets trapped in some old nets on the shore line, starting crying out.

I hear the seal's cries and come to free him. I get him freed and tend to his injuries.

Seal lord Sean starts visiting me as I work, a sweet seal whom I recognize as being magical because his eyes are green.

#canva edit #the maiden and the selkie #not sure what tags to use here even

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ithinkilikeit-reactions · 3 years

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Favs of 2020 (Guys edition)

A/N: This is just personal opinion, everyone has the right to disagree. Also all title tracks are linked!

Girl’s Version

TOP 10 of 2020:

1. Spin off - ONF (Sukhumvit Swimming)

All the songs on ONF’s ‘Spin off’ album are really fun. But ‘Sukhumvit Swimming’ is definitely my song of 2020. ‘Cactus’ is my favorite b-side though. The amount of happiness this song brings me is absolutely insane. Even though I severly misheard what they were saying (I LIKE IT STUPIDDDD SWIMMING) the first time, I love the song and the mv concept. Very fresh, very happy, sparks a lot of joy and very Onf.

Onf is one of my favorite discoveries of 2020.

2. Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer - Ateez (Answer)

The end of Treasure era and well one of my favorite title tracks like ever. ‘Answer’ hits a nostalgic nerve in me and I love it so much. The ending always makes me emotional and I think this was the era everyone served their best looks too. My favorite b-side was most definitely ‘Horizon’ because it also hits that nostalgic nerve.

Ateez hits different and I was supposed to see them live this year so in the words of Hwasa: “Corona... fuck you.”

3. So, 通 - N.Flying (Oh Really)

Okay, N.Flying has really become my favorite band this year so I couldn’t not mention this album. Especially not with how many times I have played it. This whole album is really good but ‘Flower Fantasy’ definitely takes the cake for me. I love a good power rock ballad. Also Kim Jaehyun has made his way to share Johnny’s ult bias position.

I love N.flying so much.

4. Hey, Go Smile - Bloo (When I smoke)

(this is a gif from Nae Tat, I’m aware. Couldn’t find one from the actual mv)

Bloo’s song ‘Downtown Baby’ blew up this year and rightfully so. However the song he released this year is sooooooooooooo much better (in my opinion) The way ‘When I smoke’ starts remind me of a movie, the song is so good throughout and also makes me weirdly emotional alot like ‘Answer’ does. ‘Let it Go’ is also such a good b-side.

I am even considering getting ‘Go smile, it’s your time’ tattooed.

I hope Bloo returns soon.

5. So Beautiful - DPR Ian (So Beautiful)

A piece of art from a man I deeply, deeply respect. Christian Yu created an absolute masterpiece with this one, not only visually but also for the ears. The classic music and jazz elements in it make it such a fun trip to listen too. I’m so glad this was his long awaited “debut” I can’t wait to see what else he brings out.

I’m also painfully whipped for him but that’s besides the point.

6. From Home - NCT U (From Home)

This song on their 2020 compilation album is by far my favorite. I love the mixing of Korean, Japanese and Chinese in the track. The lyrics are phenomonal and their voices are absolutely lovely. I’ve listened to this every day since it came out and it’s just so pretty. It gives me a lovely comforting feeling and makes me all warm and gushy.

Maybe my favorite NCT U unit and I want another song like this.

7. Mayday - Victon (Mayday)

Victon is also one of my favorite finds of 2020. When I tell you I listened to this song daily since it came out. It’s just such a good track and I love the build up and also how the music demonstrates the chaos around like a mayday. Very good song also, all of them looked phenomonal. So this definitely made my top 10 this year, I preferred it over ‘Howling’ immensly.

8. Neozone: The Final Round (Punch)

The song that gave everyone temporary memory loss. I loved ‘Punch’ so much, from the concept to the styling, to the song. It was soooo good. It made me kind of regret not waiting for the repackage and buying the ‘Neozone’ album. But it seemed my man’s is slowly getting his time to shine and it was about time. This song gives me those nostalgic future vibes. Like what people in the 70′s thought the year 2020 would be like.

9. Chocolate - MAX (Chocolate)

The legend who dropped an album and got married. Changmin’s album is absolutely amazing and the title track ‘Chocolate’ makes me feel like I stepped into a luxurious ceo’s office. I fully, fully love this album as well. ‘Piano’ is definitely my favorite b-side and I hope to own this album some day.

Also congratulations getting married Changmin! You deserve the very best.

10. Zero: Fever Part 1 - Ateez (Inception Thanxx)

The start of Fever era. Although this era is bittersweet, the songs are absolutely amazing and I have listened to them nonstop. Aside from the double title tracks, I loved ‘Good little boy’. I remember when the tracklist was released and the fandom was like “the fuck is ‘good little boy’” But yes this album the diary film, the music videos. It was grand.

Favorite boygroup debut:

TOO and DKB

Now ‘Magnolia’ was a song I didn’t quite like at first. I thought it was just another dark concept boy group and it didn’t really speak to me. But then they released ‘Count 1,2′ and they got me. They really got me. That song and album were both contendors for my top 10 this year. BEcause of that song I revisited ‘Magnolia’ and ended up really enjoying it.But still I hope they do more songs like that ‘Count 1,2′ in the future.

Okay... another group I didn’t enjoy the song from at first. But ‘Sorry Mama’ got back on my radar recently and I really, really, really enjoy it. But their most recent release ‘Work hard’ is soooooo good. Look I’m completely here for concepts other than dark lately. The world is dark enough so let’s bring cute and happy concepts back please. ‘Work Hard’ is just sooooo much fun.

Favorite solo debut:

It’s a tie between Wonho and Seungwoo from Victon

This whole album was really good and I’m just really proud of Wonho and I don’t have much else to say about that. (Open mind)

I love Seungwoo’s album so much surprisingly! I wasn’t expecting to enjoy it as much as I did but it really caught me by surprise. I loved ‘Child’ and ‘Sacrifice’ is also just so good.

A/N: Keep in mind these are just my favorites, your favorites may differ as they should! Let me know what your top faves are this year!

#onf #ateez #n.flying #christian yu #nct u #victon #nct 127 #bloo #changmin #max #seungwoo #too #ten oriented orchestra #DKB

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shrinkthisviolet · 3 years

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...wait was anyone gonna tell me the lyrics are “in Malibu” and not “in the lagoon”?? Am I the only one who misheard it that way??

Yes, I know it doesn’t make sense to eat ice cream in a lagoon, but shh 😂 it made sense to me at the time

#deja vu #olivia rodrigo

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onlydreamofmysoul · 3 years

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It can’t be just me who accidentally heard “he looks up grinning like the devil” as “he looks so pretty like the devil” and lowkey kinda thought the misheard lyric was better

I hate how ye can literally just say a couple of lyrics and I just know straight away. And can immediately say the next ones. I know these far too well

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nonstoplover · 4 years

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trust fund baby ~ Timothée Chalamet (song drabble) - version 1.0

my masterlist │ my song drabbles

song i used as inspiration: why don't we ~ trust fund baby

words: 1.6K

approximate reading time: about 10 mins

a/n: okay so when brainstorming about this song's lyrics i came up with an idea (this one written below) but as i started writing it, another possible, quite similar situation came to my head and since i couldn't decide which one i liked better, i figured i let you guys decide and wrote both. anyway i'm not an expert in cars and repairing them, so excuse my lack of knowledge please. i hope you still like it though! please leave feedback, it means the absolute world to me. love youu

here's version 2.0, the alternative idea

"Damn it." Timothée cursed out loud, slamming his palms against the steering wheel.

He couldn't figure out what was wrong or if accidentally he did something that caused the problem, but here he was in the absolute middle of nowhere, all alone with a slightly smoking engine hood.

He had no clue only that something's really bad was going on. He grabbed his phone and opened the browser to search for the closest garage. A minute later he was already dialling the number he had found on the website as he was slowly getting out of the car.

Walking a little further from the vehicle he looked up and down the totally empty road in front of and behind him. As he listened to the ringing coming to his ear, he couldn't help but think what if the car would explode?

"Hello, Dave's Auto Repair," a chirpy, womanish voice answered the call. "How can I help?"

"Uh... I think something in my car engine went wrong," Timothée spoke, trying to sound less amateurish.

"What are you experiencing?"

"The car started kinda twitching so I pulled off the road and now there's a bit of smoke coming out of the hood," he turned back towards his car with knitted eyebrows, his eyes searching for any new happening.

"Alright, where are you?" The woman on the other side asked and he swiftly gathered all information he could give her about his whereabouts.

She reassured him that soon a breakdown truck would come and pick him up and pull his car to the garage where they would repair it. Hanging up the call Timothée let out a relieved sigh, already feeling less stressed even though his vehicle was still in a quite bad condition.

Thank God I'm not in a hurry, he thought as he slowly sank to a sitting position on the ground, unlocking his phone to spend the rest of his waiting scrolling through social media.

About twenty minutes later he heard the familiar sound of a car approaching and glancing up he was glad to notice it to be the thing he wanted to see. He got up to walk back to his car, leaving the space in front of his car free. The breakdown truck slowly reached him and pulled over in the spot he was previously sitting at. Timothée stepped forward just as the door opened, a figure jumping out.

"Hi, I'm (y/n), from Dave's Auto Repair," (y/n) walked closer, pointing back over her shoulder to the large stickers on the side of the truck behind her advertising the mentioned company, a toolbox swinging in her other hand. "You called for us, right?"

"Ye-yeah," Timothée muttered, eyes slightly widened. "I'm Timmy. I mean, Timothée."

This was not what he was expecting to happen. In his mind he was waiting for a beefy, older man, not a girl around his age. Her (y/h/c) hair was pulled back into a quite messy ponytail, baby hairs that weren't long enough to stay with the others framing her beautiful face that was covered in small, smeared oil-spots. No makeup was on her face but she without a doubt was still the prettiest girl he had ever seen.

(y/n) placed the toolbox in her left hand before wiping the now free right in her stained, blue overalls before holding it out towards him, a playful glance in her eyes as she watched his slight suffering. He immediately reached out to shake the held out hand, wondering about how could this girl keep her palm and fingers so soft whilst working such a job.

"Okay, let's see this rowdy engine," she giggled, bypassing him. She put the box down next to her feet and had the engine hood open, half disappearing in it in no second.

Timothée paced up and down behind her, trying hard to not be a nusiance as he examined the process. The thoughts were racing in his head no matter how hard he tried to stop them. This girl was the absolute dream girl for him. All his life he was saying that he was waiting for a girl who could take care of things herself, whether it's changing a lightbulb or repairing a car.

And now here she was in front of him. He had to pinch himself to make sure it wasn't a dream.

(y/n) examined the car for only less than a minute, recognising the common problem swiftly. She could feel his eyes on her back all the time she was working, and she hated to admit but it made her flustered. The first glance she casted on him she felt a strange attraction, like a magnet that pulled her towards the boy.

It was hard to concentrate on the work in front of her but she resisted the urge to turn her eyes towards Timothée every other second and shut her mind as good as she could, focusing solely on the engine.

Not much later she straightened her back with a sigh, climbing out while (unsuccessfully) cleaning her palms in her workwear, closing the hood behind her. With a quick glance at her bottom she made sure it wasn't dirty and opening the door she sat in his car. She started the engine and smiled happily when she heard the satisfying growling of it, and after fully rolling down the window she stuck her head out.

"Can I go a bit with it?"

Timothée nodded, completely astonished and watched as she drove past him and the service truck, speeding off into the distance. It felt weird to let a complete stranger just drive away with his car, but all her stuff was here beside him and somehow he trusted her enough to remain calm. It was part of her job.

A couple minutes later the shrinking image of his car started growing again, signalling that she was coming back to him. Turning the car carefully around (y/n) came to a stop at the exact same spot the car was standing at, shutting the engine off and getting of.

"We're done," she stretched her back.

"Already?" Timothée replied, and even though he tried hard to fight back the disappointed tone of his voice, it was useless.

"Yeah," (y/n) chuckled, moving her shoulders in a shrugging motion. "It wasn't such a serious problem, and it's quite common actually. I'm used to having to solve it."

"It wasn't serious? It was smoking!"

"Don't let the facade fool you."

"Never again," he muttered, though he meant quite a different thing. All he could think about was how acutely the appearance of the girl fooled him when she got out of her car.

In the meantime (y/n) placed all the equipment she used back in the toolbox and brought it back to the truck, swinging it into the passenger's seat.

"How much is it?" Timothée followed her, pulling out his wallet from the back pocket of his jeans.

The girl rapidly calculated the fare in her mind, announcing it to the boy, but when she glanced at the amount of money he placed in her palm, she had to rethink the situation, thinking she'd said the wrong number.

"It's... it's a lot more," (y/n) frowned, looking up into his green eyes in confusion.

"I know," he giggled and shrugged, visibly blushing. He glanced down at the ground, trying to hide his fluster.

"Oh, wow."

The young girl never felt more speechless in her entire life. This man randomly gave her about twice the price of what she worked for. What should she say? A simple thank you didn't seem enough.

"I mean, thank you, that's very generous of you."

"You deserve it. You came here to the middle of nowhere in no time," Timothée held his arms out, pointing around the two of them. "And you repaired my car in no time. It's quite out of the common."

(y/n) felt the blood rush to her cheeks hearing the compliment. Not one customer had ever talked to her like this before.

"But, you know, it still wasn't perfect," the boy spoke up again, slightly cringing by his straightforwardness. The girl looked up, curiously waiting what he would say, a little scared to hear a possible mistake she made. "You could still fix it, though."

The small pause wasn't meant to increase the nervous tension in the air as it eventually did, Timothée just had to take another deep and shaky breath before speaking the final words out, ready for rejection.

"How?" (y/n) couldn't take it anymore, her rusty voice breaking the silence. Her father would kill her if she had made a noticeable mistake.

"If I can take you out for dinner sometime."

She thought she heard wrong. Was this boy truly flirting with her so slyly?

"I mean, of course you don't have to, no pressure, really, I would just like to get know you more," he rambled on in embarrassment.

"Hey, hey, shh!" (y/n) silenced him, placing a hand against his shoulder. "I'd love to."

This time it was Timothée who thought he had misheard the outspoken words, but seeing the wide, cheery smile on her face he convinced himself that it was actually her answer without a doubt.

"Amazing!" He exclaimed.

"Give me your phone, I'll put in my number and then we can arrange the time and place," she held out her hand, a little surprised at herself and how she confidently lead the situation unlikely to her natural behaviour.

Within a minute she had finished it and even sent herself a text so she could have his number as well, placing the device back in the boy's hand.

"Okay, then, I gotta go now, my shift's still going." (y/n) spoke. "See you later, I guess."

"Yeah, see you!" Timothée answered, still mesmerized by the girl and how his plan to ask her out succeeded.

He was still standing in the middle of the road when she started the truck and turning around drove off, his phone in his hand, eyes wide and joyful.

.::the end::.

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