anotherghoul666

[anotherghoul666]

hi, I have your intro to sleep token lore saved and someone just asked for an intro to the lore on Reddit - would you be okay with me sharing your answer there?

Hello! I appreciate you taking the time to ask the question! :)

I'm gonna come out of blog retirement for this one answer, doesn't mean I'm back yet but this ask felt important. Please do not repost or share my content outside of tumblr unless I have myself made the post on this other platform. I wrote that Sleep Token primer post for a fandom friend who asked. My post blew up outside of our smaller sphere alongside the band itself blowing up. And while I am comfortable with this post of mine circulating around tumblr in our relatively contained fandom space, I am not comfortable with it being spread outside of it. I read the Sleep Token reddit too, if I wanted my content to be on there, I'd have posted it there myself.

If you read my post, gathered information for yourself, and have any understanding of Sleep Token and its lore, I encourage you to write your own reddit post, in your own words, to share the information you've learned. You may use my writing as inspiration for your own reddit post, but I do not consent for my words to be used, shared, copied, linked or reposted on reddit in any way.

Thank you for having taken the time to listen, and thank you for your understanding! :)

[anotherghoul666]

My humble apologies for my sudden absence again, after I talked such big shit about being consistently here until July and in time for the new Ghost tour and all that. Life and the universe are decided to break me in 2023 clearly, as I am currently weathering what I can only describe as a Tower moment. Complete destruction and loss of everything I held dear, I hope in order to reconstruct on the other side but right now I can only project myself a few hours into the future. I want to be here but I can't right now. I'll catch up eventually. I'll drop in and out to answer DMs and asks and tags but that will be it for a little while. I'm sorry. I miss yall. I miss this joy here. I just gotta keep my head down for a bit and make it through this storm. Love yall. Take care of yourselves. Tell the people you love that you love them. We don't know what we've got 'til we lose it. So live fully, love fiercely and unapologetically.

[anotherghoul666]

Oh great and knowledgable one, I have a question for you to consider when you have enough space in your brain.

I have decided that the stars are in alignment for me to try and get into Sleep Token. I mean, I say "try to get into them", I know I'm gonna love them.

The point is. I know you did a ST primer a while ago, but with the new album now in the picture, do you have any new thoughts on where a new listener should start? I trust your opinion implicitly in matters of music.

Thank you for your trust! I hope I'll honor it properly.

My take on this depends on how much time you have to dedicate to get into the band. Do you wanna get hooked right away but skip steps, catching back afterwards? Immediate payoff, but you are spoiling the experience a bit and diminishing its overall emotional impact. Or do you wanna give it the time to grow on you if you already know you're gonna love them, and take the slow, intended, carefully crafted route? It's a bigger time and attention commitment so you gotta want that and payoff will come later.

If you want the quick way in: Chokehold and The Summoning, into the rest of the new album Take Me Back To Eden. You'll get the end of the story before the beginning, thematically, lyrically and emotionally; but there's a reason why those two singles are the ones that made them go viral. They are the optimal hooks. Then you can catch up with the rest of the discography.

If you want the slow, scenic route as the band intended it and you have the brain space / time for three albums: 2019's Sundowning album, into 2021's album This Place Will Be Your Tomb album, into 2023's Take Me Back To Eden album. Listen to the albums all the way through, get the full story, get the full brunt and weight of the emotional payoff of TMBTE without having spoiled yourself. Then you can explore the demos and EPs.

Hope this helps and never hesitate if you want more guidance into their world! Worship!

[anotherghoul666]

I cannot possibly express how much I love this fandom <3

(This thought had to go somewhere, I’m so sorry it had to be your ask box)

~owlish

No need to apologize deary, I'm happy you feel this way and want to share it :D May the fandom keep contributing to your life in all the positive ways ❤️

[anotherghoul666]

i went to a tiny counterserve diner once and accidentally poured sugar instead of salt all over my hashbrowns and was eating them sadly anyways. the waitress took them away and started making me another one and I tried to protest, but she just snorted and said "we're not catholic here". now every time i'm doing something painful out of obligation i think about how that is not repenting, this body is not a catholic establishment, there is no nobility in suffering.

[anotherghoul666]

Also for the ask game (and I hope you haven’t already answered these:

Palm tree, jasmine, abelia, bamboo?

~owlish

Thank you for the questions deary!!

palm tree ⇢ do you have a fictional villain you shouldn’t like but love regardless? lol Liking villains is all I do thoooo XD I almost never like the heros, the villains are where it's at! The more fucked up the better! I don't believe I'm not supposed to like any characters: if they were created / written into existence, it's to be seen and enjoyed. I don't believe in guilty pleasures and stuff like that, I like what I like, and I happen to love fucked up characters with trauma and depth that have horrendeous coping mechanisms and sometimes (oftentimes) turn to violence of the psychological and/or physical nature to attempt to heal themselves by watching the world burnnnnn- Ok all of that to say it's not easy to pick one cause all my favorite fictional characters are that. NBC's Hannibal? Down bad. Gaslight me into oblivion and cannibalise me. Outlander's Blackjack Randall? Break my fingers and flog me in the town's square please. Game of Thrones's Ramsay Bolton? Flay me and feed me to your dogs my man, you are a fascinating creature. Criminal Mind's Frank Breitkopf? Sit me down in prison with this serial killer, I wanna poke his brain about everything. I am down bad for the Big Bad Evil Guy Final (?) Boss in my DnD campain, I'm just wired like that, what can I tell you XD

jasmine ⇢ do you have a movie or book you loved but will never watch/read again? The vast majority of the books I read, the few movies I watch, and the video games I play. Like, 99% of those. I cannot make myself replay something I've played once, or re-read a book, repetition does not hold my attention at all when it's not music.

abelia ⇢ do you have a particular piece of jewelry you always wear or can’t part with? I answered this one over here and I don't have an alternate answer to give for this one.

bamboo ⇢ do you change into a different outfit when you get home? Yesssssss immediately. Shoes go, socks likely get changed for comfier, fluffy socks. Anything I sweat in gets off of me the second I step inside, if it was hot outside I cannot stand having wet clothes on while they cool. Jeans and work pants get chucked and replaced by pyjama pants also immediately. If I'm home, I'm in loose, comfy PJs with no seals and nowhere tight so I can lower the sensory load of my clothing.

[anotherghoul666]

Hoot!

Took me a while from seeing you back on my dash (about which I was/am VERY excited) and going back to your ask box, but I figure I could say hi :D

There was a ton of stuff going on for me haha

But right now I’m sitting outside (wearing ear plugs and headphones and also sunglasses because my sensory issues won’t let me have anything nice without needing to prepare for it), just breathing in fresh air and relaxing. It‘s pretty nice, even though I feel a little guilty for not doing anything

I Hope You’re doing okay!

~owlish anon

Hi little owl!!! It's so good to hear from you again! ❤️ I am doing stellar, thank you for asking!

Dude I got the transition glass on my glasses just because I cannot step outside in the sun without sunglasses or that's an instant overstimulated state + potential migraine starter. And I never go anywhere without at least headphones to block out the noise. And that's A-OK! We do what we gotta to to be able to enjoy being outside, the fresh and and the smells of nature that are good for our brains, it's wonderful! Using our aids and accomodations is never a failure. I'm happy that you can have that moment of tranquility and peace. Sometimes doing nothing is the best thing you can do, I hope you can enjoy it.

You take all the time you need to be able to chat, I'm gonna be around consistently until my next contract in July so there is no hurry, I'm not going anywhere for a while. Take care now!! :D

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[anotherghoul666]

hello i came to show you my drawing (im very proud of it!!) and to say that you can follow me on instagram (its @forestxfire) where i post more art sometimes ;)

[anotherghoul666]

Finally got the picture colored! Hope you all enjoy this piece! It was a lot of fun to draw.

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[anotherghoul666]

Headcanons of what years the Papas (and Sister Imperator) were born + explanation using math and Kiss the Go-Goat (please kill me)

Because I am losing my fucking mind. If any of you ever questioned my mental stability, this is the proof that I have none. - Jez

Papa Nihil - 1917

Going with the general headcanon of him dying at 103 years back in 2020, Nihil would have to be born in 1917. This would make him 52 during the Kiss the Go-Goat incident in 1969.

He would have Secondo and Terzo at 42/43, depending on the month of his birthday.

Sister Imperator - 1935

I've always assumed Nihil and her have a big age gap, considering how different their states are when they're old. She also looks really young in Kiss the Go-Goat, so I decided to go with the age her absolutely beautiful actress was back then, which is 34. This makes her 88 now.

Primo - 1932

He was said to be 80 when he left the stage in 2012, which means he would be 37 during the Kiss the Go-Goat. This also implies Nihil was 15 when Primo was born. It would mean Primo was 86 when he died.

He would also be around 27/28 when his younger brothers were born.

Secondo - 1959

Him and Terzo are mostly justified by the Ghostpedia than anything else. They were said to be in their late 50s/early 60s when they died in 2018. Secondo has his date of birth listed as "circa 1950s", while Terzo has his listed as "circa 1960s" despite being only three months apart. So I'm assuming he was born in like novemeber/december of 1959.

This would make him 9 during the Kiss the Go-Goat incident, seeing as it happened in September. It would also make him 58 when he died, since they died in April (aka before his birthday).

Terzo - 1960

I pretty much explained everything in the note under Secondo - Ghostpedia, year of death, the three months difference between them... This makes me assume he must've been born in january/february of 1960.

Just like Secondo, this makes him 9 during Kiss the Go-Goat and 58 when he died.

Copia - 1970

In Kiss the Go-Goat, we can see that it's hinted that Sister is in early stages of pregnancy in September of 1969. That would imply he was born somewhere next year, probably around June. This makes him 53 this year and 50 when he was anointed Papa.

[anotherghoul666]

Papyrus and aloe Vera!!

I already answered those two previously, but I'll do new answers for you dear! ❤️

papyrus ⇢ if you put your ‘on repeat’ playlist on shuffle, what’s the first song that comes up? what do you like about it / associate it with? Pang by Caroline Polachek

I absolutely adore her, and while her new album from this year blew her debut out of the water, 2019's Pang is still an incredible record that I go back to. It has a special place in my memories as being part of the soundtrack of my first relationship when me and my life partner went the non-monogamy route. This was the type of dreamy pop with lovesick lyrics I craved at the time because I felt like an absolute teenager with a crush again. What a youthful experience that was, and Caroline Polachek's breathy, airy, flight-like shimmering sound was exactly the vibe. There was lots of nervous energy in that first attempt at enm, a healthy dose of not having words anymore so I'd let song lyrics do the talking. Lines like "There's a look in your eyes when you're hungry for me. It's a beautiful knife cutting right where the fear should be." resonnated, what with being very afraid of putting myself out there and maybe not getting love back the way I wanted to. That partnership ended badly (spoiler: we were too eager and we didn't see the red flagsssssss and it came back to bite us in the asssssssss) so it's difficult to look back entirely positively at it. But it taught us a lot, and songs / albums like this remind me of how good the early months felt, how giddy and truly happy I was, and that's always gonna be worth something.

aloe vera ⇢ what’s something (mundane) you really want to experience in life? A wedding. I've never been to a wedding, and it's not like I think I'd like it, in fact I'm pretty sure it would be an awful experience socially and in terms of sensory management (and if it's christian in any way and/or in a church I am not fucking going under any circumstance so that limits my options). But my 'tism brain asks for me to do test runs of things and see how other people do things before I can do them myself. So I'd need to attend someone's wedding before I can confidently start planning my own to see what's "allowed" and "normal" (likely things I will then refuse to repeat in my own ceremony - sometimes it's better to lead with that you know you don't want hahaha). And me and my life partner do wanna get on that in the coming years ideally so my brain's a bit stuck. Idk how mundane that is, but I feel like most people have attended at least one wedding in their lives, from family members or aunts and uncles or cousins when they were young, etc? I did not have that experience.

[anotherghoul666]

Abelia, chamomile, nutmeg!

Thank you for the ask buddy! :D

abelia ⇢ do you have a particular piece of jewelry you always wear or can’t part with? I can't wear jewelry at all because of sensory issues. I ttried for decades to tolerate jewelry in all different types and nope, can't do it. At this point I know there is no point of draining my own spoons being overstimulated by an acessory. My heathen ass, however, had a physical need to wear my mjölnir, that's the necklace I tried to endure for the longest. At one point I knew I couldn't keep wearing it but I needed to have it on otherwise I felt something was missing, so I got it tattooed. Been "wearing" my mjölnir that way for nine years now haha. So I gues that counts, kinda?

chamomile ⇢ what kind of things do you like receiving as gifts? Things that I want but that I can't bring to buy myself because I'm not super keen on splurging monetarilly on myself. Useful things like appliances I wanted but never wanted enough to shoulder the bill. Band memorabilia or vinyls I couldn't make myself pay import customs on. Kink gear I'd been eyeing forever but never went for. I have this mental block sometimes where I really waqnt something and can,t get it out of my mind, but it's just a notch under wanting it enough to be able justify it in my own brain as not a waste (because issues make me feel like things are wasted on me ha haha hahaha yay). So people easing that process by getting the thing for me, it takes the stress away and now I can enjoy and honor the gift by using it to its full potential.

nutmeg ⇢ how’s your room/home decorated? do you have a specific theme or style going on? If it was just me I'd go full goth, black walls, bones and curiosities, vinyls all over the walls type of vibe hahaha. But me and my life partner live together, and that's not her vibe, so I'm super respectful of that. Just like she is respectful of her decoration prefernces that I'm not keen on. We go for things that bring some joy for us both. The place we rent now, the walls are all white and we can't paint them, so we went for the "white with metallic pops of color" vibe. So mostly white with brass, gold, rose gold, silver, etc. accents. My office's more black cause my computer desk and bookshelves etc. are all black and that's where I can display my metal things. Her's space's in her colors. It's not coherent, but it's important we have space we agree on and space where we can fully express ourselves :)

[anotherghoul666]

😀😀😀EXCUSE ME

[anotherghoul666]

Well, you knew this was coming, right, my dear? Sage, ivy and papyrus <3

Of course darling, but that doesn't make any less special to have you in my inbox ❤️

sage ⇢ what ‘medium’ of art (poetry, music, fiction, paintings, statues etc.) is the most touching to you? why do you think that is? Oh music, 100%. I am a very audotiry-seeking person, I tend to need an audio component to make the deepest emotional connections to things, and I love to feel the emotions in a physical way through my body. While other mediums like writing etc. can instill emotion in me, it's a detached experience. I can rationalize and internalize the written word but I'm not gonna feel it in my actual body much. Music, I feel inside my body, with the goosebumps, the vibrations of the sound, the ways it compells me to move and stim. My body is made to move in rythm, but reading is a static, often sat, experience. Plus there's live shows which can feel like literally being pummeled, emptied out, scooped out with your innards replaced by the sonic vibrations. Music for me is an experience that involved all of my senses, so it's more easily connected with my nervous system and and brain. There's something distinct about the physical experience of music, like, lyrics do it for me, but poetry does nothing to me at all, and that's cause I couldn't hear the poem necessarily and have it paired with specific tones and chords and modes to support or contrast the words. Audio's my main priprity when it comes to having an emotional response to anything.

ivy ⇢ what are your ‘tells’ for your emotions and moods? how can someone tell you’re happy, annoyed, upset or tired? Now that's a question to ask an autistic person XD My tells are clear, direct communication. Ask and I'll tell you, type of vibe. I let people know. I'm sure I have instinctive, subconscious shifts in my tone of voice, pattern of speech, microexpressions, stance, aura and what I give off in general when my mood changes. My problem with those tells is, very often people misconstrude my "tells" and assume I feel a certain way when I don't. Reading tells implies a big amount of projection and inferring things that unfortunately people don't always seek to confirm. So to me, in my experience, my tells are missread constantly. People think I'm mad so often when I'm nowhere near that state, for instance. I dunno what I'm doing to look mad all the time but I guess I have that "tell" going on loads more often than I feel that emotion. Tells are unreliable. Someone can tell what mood I'm in by asking directly! Ain't that the most autistic answer I could have given to this question hahahahha, fuck xD

papyrus ⇢ if you put your ‘on repeat’ playlist on shuffle, what’s the first song that comes up? what do you like about it / associate it with? The audio rip of this chillstep mix by Chillout Deer on youtube:

Apparently the first track on this mix is called Sleeping Forest by artist Wayr. I associate this a trip me and my mom took in the summer of 2018. There's a sort of spa retreat / nature retreat place my mom's been going to for decades. She used to go with her sister before she left, with her mom before she passed away, with her best friends before they drifted apart; she'd drag my dad even if it isn't his thing too much and he'd humor her and they'd have a lovely time. I went 3 times with her so far. This place is my mom's safe haven. In 2018 we'd planned to take the trip together for her birthday. It's about a 4 hour drive from us, my mom doesn't drive much and is scared to because she has a medical condition that greatly diminished her sensitivity in her feet so she has a hard time feeling the pedals the correct way. One of the things I did to help calm her during the drive was play those chillstep mixes. She loved them and they really helped. We had our windows down and we vibed, driving deeper and deeper in nature near the water on the shoreside. Both drives went perfectly. We also listened to those mixes in our room before and after our spa treatments when we'd get back together after. We played chillstep while doing diamong painting, while talking about our values, while trying to decide which spa treatment to go to next. That was the year we had our shetland sheepdog puppy that got a neurological condition days after the trip and we had to euthanize her. The last pictures of her we have are on the balcony of our little shoreside cabin over there. That was the year me and my life partner got together, and these few days were the longest amount we'd spent apart since we began our life together. We texted and sent pictures back and forth and I was trying to live in the moment with my mom and take in every minute of this trip while also dealing with my cells yearning for my partner. That was the year we had the best food we ate at that retreat, my mom and I sharing our menues and for once I didn't have an allergic reaction to anything, so the trip was safe health-wise for me. That was the year me and my mom made up the silliest game of trying every chair / surface to sit on in the entire property, taking pictures and ranking them, finding out best chair XD That was the year we got followed by a dog? wolf? wild canine during a walk in the woods for legit an hour, getting trailed by this animal which was terrifying and awe-inspiring at the same time. That was the last time me and my mom went to the retreat, cause my life with my partner and work and personal life took over. I should organize another one of those trips soon. Lots of good and bittersweet memories in that music.

[anotherghoul666]

at your mercy