#[[ban is emo today]]

[partytillicry]

jeff, toby, jane and EJ with a scenemo partner??

Jeff the Killer, Ticci Toby, Jane the Killer, & EJ with a scenemo Y/N

details: SFW, GN reader, just fluff

AN: omg this is my first freaking ask im so excited. i really hope this good enough 4 yall omg

Jeff the Killer

jeff's an emo fucking edge lord so of course he'd love himself a scenemo lover

i know that jeff being emo is very fanon but idc 😜

you both definitely have a lot in common when it comes to music

my chemical romance, pierce the veil, sleeping with sirens, three days grace, black veil brides, etc etc

trust me, for a man with no eye lids, he can do eyeliner

and pretty damn well too

you guys are banned from most spencer's and hot topic's because you steal so much

jeff loves to pick out an outfit for you, he's such a sweetie but wont show it too much

sometimes when he goes out killing, he'll look around someones room to see if there's anything you'd like

fixes your fringe all the time, if you have one

"ew omg fix ur hair. nvm ill just do it"

he's a real sucker when it comes to you, he actually enjoys the sappy stuff

Ticci Toby

once again, we've got another emo on our hands

he doesn't dress emo or anything like that but he does listen to the music

get scared, pierce the veil and the used

you guys share earbuds all the time

every once in a while, he'll ask you for a makeover

he wants you to straighten his hair, do eyeliner, borrow your clothes, all of the above

oh and he will be wearing that shit out too

don't play wit him on dis

"gotta show of my b-baby's workk"

he likes some of your more scene outfits, the bright colors and accessories are just so cute to him

since you share a room with Toby, most of the stuff on the walls is literally just your accessories 

and let me tell you, this man don't give a fuck

as long as you're happy, he is too

he adores you and your style

Jane the Killer

Jane sits more on the goth side than the emo or scene side so she wouldn't listen to any music you would

but that doesn't mean that she doesn't love you!!

she's very open to any new music so if you give her any rec's, they will be played in the car the next day

she adores your style so much tho

the more emo outfits are definitely her favorite but you look cute with anything!!!

she loves when you wear tiaras or small crowns

"well hello, your majesty. you look lovely today"

she will bend over and kiss your hand immediately

EJ

EJ is a simple guy so when he started dating a scenemo edge lord. the rest of creeps were definitely shocked

he also wraps himself up in books and studying so it was also a surprise when he started dating anyone at all 😭

if you guys were to ever hang out while Jack studies, it would be you sitting in his lap as you sleep

EJ sees his studies as very important work but never more important than you

you always come first

he's very fond of you and, since he's a demon, he wants to keep you close

he's not the type of guy to dress up at all so its a overdressed partner & underdressed bf relationship 

you love it so its alright

he really loves you for you so he does not give a fuck on what you wear

wear the craziest thing out and he'll praise you

actually so happy abt this ask!!!! my first 1!!! i love whoever asked this ilysm xoxo <333 have an amazing day/night, love you all sm !!!

[yurinaa-world]

Hey! If you're taking requests, would you mind writing the housewardens from twisted wonderland with a reader who's like that one weird kid? Like, the reader will just randomly go "y'all.. Jeremy died today.." and Jeremy ends up being the twisted wonderland equivalent of a worm on a string that lost all its fur, or like "so anyways, *random student* is low-key giving emo.." but they're somehow extremely popular. Thank you!

Characters: Housewardens x Gender Neutral Reader

Synopsis: reader thats the weird kid but is very popular

Warnings: fluff, spelling mistakes

𝑅𝒾𝒹𝒹𝓁𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝓈𝑒𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓈

doesn't understand your jokes at all, like what does emo mean? He's a sheltered boy who doesn't hear jokes from people like you. You seemed to be so popular; every member of Heartslabyul seems to know you and wants to talk to you every time you visited.

You both first met you, first looked at him, and you just said, “You give off major mommy issues” (I’m so sorry for this), and everyone just went silent for 10 seconds, like you did not say that to his face. Did you lose some screws when you came to this world?

Since getting better from the tyrant, he used to act like (disgracing the queen of hearts). He still can’t understand your jokes and why some people crowd around you just to talk, but what can he do? He’ll laugh with you if that’s what you want. He has tried to ask Cater and Trey what your jokes mean, and he got a whole history lesson from Cater.

𝐿𝑒𝑜𝓃𝒶 𝒦𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒶𝓇

Weirdo…such weirdo. Just shut up. Whenever you're over, he can hear everyone laughing so loudly while he’s taking a nap. It got too bad, and he came out and yelled at everyone and you. After that, you were banned from coming to Savanaclaw.

He gives you death glares whenever you hang out with people and are making a ruckus. He won’t ever forgive you (he’s lying). You have tried to talk out with one another, so there is no bad blood, but just stop trying to talk to him while he’s taking a nap.

Just leave him alone, man, or just be quiet. He’s trying to sleep, and he forgives you, so just be quiet.

𝒜𝓏𝓊𝓁 𝒜𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓃𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓉𝓉𝑜

You seem to be very popular; have you ever thought about Monstro Lounge’s comedian or doing a stand-up there? He'll pay you quite well if you do consider his request (he’ll be the one with most of the profit).

You and Floyd seem to hang out a lot. How about you spend your time with him since something is business-related and he can change your mind, but he just wants to spend time with you as well?

𝒦𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓂 𝒜𝓁-𝒜𝓈𝒾𝓂

he will laugh at anything, even if he doesn’t understand what you are saying, like what emo and who died! Oh, you're only joking; he’ll try to catch on sooner; that was a joke in the future.

𝒱𝒾𝓁 𝒮𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑒𝓃𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓉

“You have no humor at all,” you tell him. No humor? Now you are asking for an even longer lecture. Yes, your jokes may be funny, but you seem to always cause a ruckus wherever you go. The sound of laughter follows, but you seem to always spend your time with other friends, making them laugh, so why not spend your time with him, or is he not your friend?

He‘s not clingy; he just wants to relax for a little bit, and that's it!

𝐼𝒹𝒾𝒶 𝒮𝒽𝓇𝑜��𝒹

At least there’s someone like him who thought first and wanted to talk to you, but let's be real, he couldn’t even come near you since somehow you could go popular! Are you serious right now? He can't believe this. How can a weirdo like you get so popular? This can’t be real; pigs must be flying right now!

He didn’t mean to call you a weirdo. He rubs people the wrong way a lot! You called him an emo; HE'S NOT EMO. What's wrong with playing games? Is it a crime now in Twisted Wonderland to have fun and play gacha games? You are the same as those other normies!

He’s lying to himself; you are so funny that every time you make a joke, he can’t help but laugh, but he won’t ever admit that! but Ortho will.

𝑀𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓊𝓈 𝒟𝓇𝒶𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒾𝒶

When you first met him, the weird emo-looking guy outside of your dorm, if wasn’t for the fact you had a couple of screws lose yourself, and called him emo to his face as well. When you find out that the emo guy was actually Malleus Draconia, you have even told Ace that you called him and that he just looked at you as if he were going to slap you for your stupidity.

Sebek reaction

You: “Oh yeah, when I first saw Malleus, I called him Emo.”

Sebek: “HOW DARE YOU! YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRAYING THAT MASTER MALLEUS DIDN’T THROW YOU; YOU SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR YOUR CRIME!”

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[backseatloversz]

im going to get out of my bedroom and go to target and buy black hair dye. because ive banned myself from doing anything super vibrant with my hair until i have a job (+ given itll be an acceptable environment to have vibrant hair in). but i figure black should be fine. also it feels like a right of passage as an emo to dye my hair black at least once even if i cut it off in like a month. And i need to get out of the house today amd I need to do SOMETHING with my hair asap or ill go stir crazy out of boredom and go back to buzzing it every week even though i dont really want to do that. idk. Okay goodbye

[radlymona]

(Don't post off anon) Your fandom artist reblog reminded me... I admit to being a loser & joining lots of fic exchanges and other fan creation event Discords lately, and I do NOT know how you can brush up against these spaces and not face the glaring reality that kids are picking up trans identities like emo fashion or sparkledog OCs. There are always places to pick your "pronoun role" and they're ALWAYS 50-60+% they/neopronouns. And as for the huge selection of "he"s? Sorry not to stereotype but I highly doubt a cis guy in his 20s is joining hyper fandom events to write slash fanfiction.

(Oh and also they all love to make characters trans and rape fic is progressive praxis. Of course. I feel like reading/writing porn of trans characters is its own fetish, but since they're armed with 'he/they' pronouns, it can masquerade as representation.)

(Ctd):

I completely get what you mean here and I wanted to expand about something related to this widespread gender crisis for teen girls.

While I don't want to oversimplify why there's been such a massive increase in female teens adopting trans identities, I think part of it is that it's essentially a substitute for being a part of subculture. Today's nonbinary xie/xir is yesterday's scene kid, is last week's goth kid.

The way that coming out of trans seems to spread rapidly within friend groups (I personally witnessed a version of the ROTG effect while in high school with former friends), feels like how one person would come out as goth (usually the 'leader' of the group) and then rapidly the rest of the friend group would come out as such so they wouldn't be left out of the group. It goes back to what you were saying about wanting to fit in. This isn't to say that everyone stops being goth after school/uni, but obviously let's be real - most do.

Moreover, the new names trans teenagers adopt often sound like the silly nicknames teens would use with each other in these subcultures like "blood" and "raven". I've lost the post but there was a trans activism insta page with a list of trans teens protesting the ban on puberty blockers in the uk. The list included names like "coven", which again sounds like something a 14 year old would go by in 2007 chat room. The difference is that 14 year olds now believe it's a legitimate name because of the online TRA slop they've been ingesting. It affects interests too, "Gender" was an interest a former friend of mine suddenly had, replacing all her other hobbies like writing and other creative endeavours. And I think this is reinforced by the isolation of the online spaces you've discussed above.

But the difference between becoming trans and becoming goth/scene etc. is that the former involves way more life changes, especially if you've medically transitioned. This of course promotes the sunken cost fallacy, because it's a lot more embarassing to change back to she/her pronouns after forcing your family to call you he/they for four years. A photo with a bad scene hairstyle is something you cringe at in your 20s, and laugh about in your 30s+. It's a lot harder to laugh about the time you thought you were a boy or a special genderless being.

And I have to wonder if this mass gender crisis would be as widespread if teens still had proper irl subcultures, not just online spaces to interact with other strangers who reinforce their delusions rather than naturally growing out of phases. Figuring out your identity and rebelling against social norms as an awkward teenager by adopting a dramatic fashion sense is a perfectly normal thing to go through. A 14 year old girl genuinely believing that she's a boy named Kai who needs to go on puberty blocks and cut off her breasts otherwise she'll kill herself is not.

[emeraldspiral]

Nobody today really knows how groundbreaking it was that Professor Membrane said "Video games good, actually" on Invader Zim in 2001. Back then there was a huge moral panic about video games. People were calling them "murder simulators", blaming them for school shootings and other violent crimes, and political figures like Jack Thompson were on a crusade to have "violent" games banned, heavily censored, or restricted to only mature audiences. Gamer culture was nowhere near as mainstream as it is today and was still looked at as a niche hobby for nerds and socially inept outcasts who shun the outdoors and socialization. Even up to the late 2000s/early 2010s people were seriously debating whether or not video games had any merit what-so-ever, artistic or otherwise.

Zim was one of the first shows to come out and reference video games and gamer culture heavily from an obvious insider perspective and make jokes about it that actual gamers would get rather than jokes from the outside looking in scornfully at a culture the writers don't understand.

Also, somewhat related, but allegedly (IDK what the source for this is, could just be classic Zim-fandom misinformation) they had trouble getting Dib's character design approved because the Nick execs thought his jacket made him look like a Columbine shooter. But apparently they fought to keep it in the face of a concurrent moral panic about goths, punks, emos, scene kids, and anyone else who was part of an alternative subculture. The kinds of subcultures Hottopic caters to. The exact subcultures Zim was designed to attract.

[0613magazine]

042423 Rolling Stone

‘I Poured My Soul Into This Album’: How SUGA Let Go of the Past and Stepped Into His Future

The BTS multi-hyphenate describes the emotional process behind recording the final album in his Agust D series, finding freedom through music, and collaborating with his hero, the late Ryuichi Sakamoto

OF ALL THE BTS members, SUGA is probably the one who is most familiar with the daunting feeling that comes before dropping a solo project — but he’d never released something the size and scale of D-DAY before. 

The 30-year-old rapper/producer/songwriter born Min Yunki has two full-length mixtapes using his alter ego Agust D — his 2016 debut, named after his second alias, and 2020’s D-2, both which established him as a ferociously introspective artist. Through his emotionally wrenching raps, he’s also emerged as a bold K-pop star, unafraid to share his reflections on mental health and inner struggles.

But last summer, BTS announced that they would be focusing on solo projects instead of group albums. SUGA was already in the midst of working on the final installment of his planned Agust D trilogy, and he realized that the whole world would be paying extra close attention to what was supposed to be his side project. Suddenly, he felt pressure to stay true to his raw, explosive rap persona as Agust D while still living up to the name of SUGA, the BTS member who speaks at the U.N. and the White House and collaborates with pop giants like PSY, Halsey, and Coldplay. 

“Since I had to finalize the trilogy, I wanted to push Agust D by any means,” he tells Rolling Stone on a Zoom call from the HYBE office in Seoul. “Yet in reality, in terms of marketing, SUGA has more presence. There was a heavy pressure to synchronize [the personas of] Agust D and SUGA, and it took a toll on finishing the album.”

In his solo work and across more than 100 songs that he’s helped write for BTS, SUGA has always worked to reconcile different identities and competing desires, wrestling between striving for success yet rebuking material desires, aspiring for honesty yet fearing overexposure, and wanting to meet expectations of the public yet feeling being misunderstood by critics. But on his new album D-DAY, which arrived on April 21 alongside a behind-the-scenes companion documentary, SUGA: Road to D-DAY, streaming on Disney+, he reveals that he’s learned how to conquer these inner conflicts. On the opening title track, he declares that he’s forging a new future, defined only by himself. “Comparing yourself to those floundering in life, inferiority, and self-loathing / Starting today, aim your gun at these things,” he raps.

Across the 10-track project that blends hard-hitting drill beats, affecting R&B, and angsty emo rap, he unleashes philosophical verses that unpack his personal traumas, love and loss, the impossibilities of living under late capitalism and, as always, the hypocrisies of his haters — now with a wisdom that comes with self-knowledge. If 2016’s Agust D represents a SUGA who used rap as an outlet for his intense emotions, and 2020’s D-2 captured a version of him learning to accept himself despite uncertainty, then D-DAY is the sound of a musician who finally understands who he is, comfortably moving through life’s chaos and changes. 

Throughout D-DAY, SUGA reflects on the idea of “liberation,” rapping about his search for freedom from the structures of the world and his own anxious thoughts. Yet the album posits that music, and the emotional process of making it, might be a form of freedom in itself. On the single “Haegeum,” a Korean word for “lifting a ban” that is also the name of a Korean traditional string instrument, he makes incisive cultural commentary about digital overconsumption. “Everyone’s been blinded by envy and jealousy / Without realizing that they’re putting shackles on each other / Don’t get swept away by this tsunami of info,” he spits. But when he pleads for everyone to “get on” the track’s grimy drill beat in the hook, it’s as if he’s urging listeners to live in the present by losing themself in the raucous music.

SUGA also proposes liberating yourself from regrets of the past on “Amygdala,” a mournful rap song inspired by the part of your brain that stores fragmented memories of traumatic events. The verses see him making his most personal admissions yet, as he raps about the hardest parts of his life in a frantic string of visions: His mom’s heart surgery she underwent soon after he was born, the motorbike accident he endured as a teenage delivery worker, and “the call I got during work about dad’s liver cancer.” Yet making the song, and taking out those “unpleasant memories” to reorganize them again, facilitated the process of healing, he says in Road to D-DAY. “It’s part of the treatment to bring back bad memories from your past and learn to control those memories,” he explains in the film.

Growing up in Daegu, South Korea, SUGA taught himself how to rap and produce long before he dreamed of becoming a K-pop idol. As a teen, he would practice sampling by making beats from the instrumental scores of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the famed composer and Yellow Magic Orchestra member who died in March at the age of 71. D-DAY marks a full-circle moment for SUGA, who was able to meet and collaborate with his music hero on the album cut “Snooze,” which also features Korean indie rock singer Woosung of The Rose. 

Road to D-DAY captures SUGA and Sakamoto’s first meeting, in which they discuss their motivations for music-making and take turns playing each other Sakamoto’s “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” on the piano. The delicate piano chords of that classic song and Sakamoto’s string scoring style were SUGA’s inspirations while making “Snooze,” a moving trip-hop song that is dedicated to all the emerging artists who were inspired to create because of BTS, he tells Sakamoto in the documentary. “I wanted this song to give them some strength. ‘I know it’s hard, but it’ll be okay […] I’ll catch you if you’re afraid to fall,’” he explains. It’s a masterful example of SUGA’s ability to offer words of solace to his listeners, as he does on “Life Goes On,” BTS’ Billboard No. 1 hit song that he reinterprets into alternative hip-hop on D-DAY.

SUGA joined Big Hit Entertainment in 2010 under the belief that he wouldn’t have to learn complex choreography. Now, through his years in BTS, he’s become a well-rounded performer, able to pull off slick dance moves, unleash fiery raps, and also play some guitar, which he’s been learning in recent years. Though he’s the first BTS member to embark on a headlining solo tour, which will kick off April 26 in North America, before heading to Asia this summer, he’s humble almost to a fault when discussing his goals for the stage. “I am just a rapper,” he says. “I worried a lot about what’s the best way for me to express myself. But I am not that terrible at playing guitar, so if I showed that to people I thought maybe they would like it.” 

Ahead of the album and tour, SUGA spoke to Rolling Stone about collaborating with IU and j-hope, his production philosophy, and whether the Agust D moniker will live on. 

In the Road to D-DAY documentary, you said, “When I was working on this album, I wondered if it may be the last piece of work under the name Agust D.” Just to confirm, D-DAY is not your last album as Agust D? No. If you buy the album and look at the “thanks to” section in the liner notes, then you’ll know [the answer to that question]. And if I say it’s the last, then it has to really be the last. A lot of musicians will say they’re retiring and then they make another comeback — I definitely don’t want that to happen. It’s the last of the trilogy, not the last of Agust D. 

The stories that I have to tell as Agust D are heavier than those of SUGA, right? I don’t have much energy left in me to continue to tell those heavier stories, because I poured out my soul in this album. But after a couple of months, maybe I’ll have some more stories to tell as Agust D, or I can put stuff out as Yunki, or release things as SUGA. No one knows what’s possible in the future. 

So I can’t tell you that this is the last of Agust D. My next album could come out next year, in a decade, or right before I die. Maybe the company said that it would be the last? But this is not where I’m wrapping up. There was the Batman Dark Knight trilogy, but then Batman came back again [in a new movie]. It’s that kind of vibe.

You collaborated with IU again for “People Pt. 2,” after producing, and appearing on, her 2020 single “eight.” What do you admire about her as a collaborator and what kind of synergy do you have together? We needed to work on synchronizing [the personas of] Suga and Agust D, since from a marketing perspective, there was no reason for me to release this as Agust D. But because I have told stories about myself, Min Yunki, through the persona of Agust D, I now had to match it [with the brand of SUGA]. I put a lot of thought into which artist would be the best for this synchronization.

I could’ve included BTS members. Jung Kook actually recorded vocals as a guide for the demo. But If I did the track with Jung Kook, I didn’t want to give the impression of, “Oh, this is another BTS thing!” So I searched for an artist to feature. I already had collaborated with [IU] for “eight.” We already had synergy, and a lot of people loved that song because of our connection. Also, me and her have a good relationship. We are already friends and we are the same age. So I requested that she appear on my song. Because she’s such a busy person, I worried that she wouldn’t accept. Thankfully, she accepted without any hesitation. I’m pretty satisfied with “People Pt. 2.” 

For “HUH?,” featuring j-hope, did you give him any sort of direction on how to write his verse?I’ve been doing music for 17, 18 years, but when I’m working with someone else I never pressure them. The genre of that song is drill. I made it with Yijeong [HYBE songwriter-producer EL CAPITXN]. The beat is very difficult. j-hope told me that it was hard [to write on], but I was like, “Just do whatever you want. I’ll organize it all for you later!” 

It’s similar to when I was working with PSY, or on “eight,” or making music for commercials. When producing music for others, I would ask them: “What would you like? What kind of song do you want? What do you want me to write?” When someone’s writing a song for me, the same applies and I would tell them, “Do whatever you like” or “Write what you want.” When I first heard j-hope’s verse, I wanted to use it right away. I said, “Wow, you really said what you wanted to say, and it worked!” We just went with it without any edits.

Did you play the album for any of the other BTS members, and did they give you any feedback?The other members don’t really give me feedback. They do, but their feedback feels like, since the documentary film is with Disney(+), I will say it in terms of Disney, their feedback is Disney-like. Always positive. They just say something like, “Wow, the album is sick!” I can’t really feel certain that it’s objective, so I try to rely on external feedback. The members always tell me it’s good. If I show them something that’s not good, they won’t tell me it’s not good. [laughs] I always appreciate them though. They motivate me and give me courage.

For “Snooze,” you collaborated with Woosung of The Rose and Ryuichi Sakamoto, who recently passed away. How has Sakamoto inspired you as an artist and what was it like collaborating with him? This might be a little complicated, but there is this method of reversing samples, chopping and splicing which is commonly used among songwriters a lot. Some people would see this and ask, “Is this really composing?” And it actually is because all these samples are being taken from their original sources and then recorded again. For example, for “eight” with IU, I made the theme in the beginning by reversing and chopping a piece of audio. This process is very common in hip-hop — many hip-hop musicians have used, and are still using, this method. And, in order to do this, you need instrumental songs, songs without vocals that can be put into different structures. 

I needed to practice that kind of production through sampling, and I ended up using Sakamoto’s songs for practice. Even before I started producing, ever since I was young, I really admired his compositions, like “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” or the score from The Last Emperor. And I used these kinds of instrumental tracks to make my own beats when I was in seventh grade or something. So Sakamoto naturally was one of the legends that I dreamed of meeting, and when I expressed my interest in meeting him, he accepted without hesitation. 

I am very saddened by his passing. But when I met him, it was so nice. We didn’t meet musician to musician. It just felt like he was an adult, and I was a child. I really miss him. He was one of my role models. He gladly participated in my album, and the collaboration went so smoothly. We both worked happily on the song. 

Also, that song isn’t necessarily me telling just my own story. When people listen to the lyrics, they’ll probably see that. Not only is it about the artists who have come up after me [and BTS], but there’s also the many people around the world who have found solace in Sakamoto’s work.

The theme of the album is “liberation.” What does liberation mean to you? In the past, I knew what that theme meant, and I figured out my thoughts were already resolved in the process of recording it. There was this K-drama called My Liberation Notes [from 2022] that did really well. I had started working on the album three years ago — and then I noticed that it really matched thematically with the drama. I felt and hoped that people were looking for more stories, more discussion on this topic of “liberation.” 

Honestly, I didn’t write the song [“Haegeum”] because I was so obsessed with the concept of “liberation.” Haegeum is an instrument. But a while ago, I was playing this rhythm video game a lot. In the game, there’s these songs called “haegeum songs.” [Editor’s note: “Haegeum songs” are songs that you can only unlock in the game by reaching a certain stage.] That was originally the meaning of the song. So I wrote the hook to “Haegeum” about three years ago while I was working on “Daechwita.” Back then, I was composing many songs using traditional Korean instruments. Also yes, I made that beat for “Daechwita,” people seem to not know. 

Once I asked myself about what my definition of liberation is, I started unpacking that idea of liberation more [through my songs]. I think viewers will think it’s very fun and entertaining—considering the other kinds of promotions I’ve done. I have confidence. In the video, I’m just living very freely. [Laughs]

The “D” in Agust D stands for Daegu, your hometown. Since you’ve lived in Seoul for a while and traveled all around the world, what kind of place is Daegu to you now?  People will always ask me why there’s a space after Agust, and there’s a D. They say, “Is that a One Piece thing?” [Editor’s note: The protagonist of the One Piece manga is named Monkey D. Luffy.] Daegu is very important — of course, it’s my hometown. I feel very comfortable there. And you know, musicians have this pride about where they’re from. I go there pretty often. I go there for makchang [grilled chitterlings]. Also, my parents just like it a lot. It’s a dreamlike place. 

Source: Rolling Stone

[trickstarbrave]

Can I please have your scenecore music reccs these playlists are killing me but I want new music to listen to

i actually dont like a lot of scene music nowadays and ironically i like more music on the scenecore playlists for nostalgia bgfhgregh they get some right but also. some are just vocaloid songs or random electronic japanese inspired ones??? when most of the acknowledgment japan got in the subculture was just hello kitty. but sure i can give a brief overview of what i thought were Classic Scene Music from my era

(please note pretty much every big name creator was either bullied relentlessly or is just the most awful person in existence, maybe both. you cannot throw a rock into classic scene music without hitting a fucking predator or racist, usually you will hit more than once. this is not a recommendation of artists to support financially or even good music)

fer sure is like. the most quintessential scene song i can think of. it is horrible, nonsense lyrics that revolve around just mentioning sex and drugs and myspace and getting ur hair done. but it was the bop of the year. i can still recite the fucking jkjkjkjk lololol bridge.

bring me the horizon is pretty indicative of the metalcore part of the music subculture. never super into it but i think their music has mostly held up???

metro station. shake it was on repeat for me.

jeffree star. he embodies some of the worst aspects of the scene subculture scene. chronically online, racist and sexist as hell, spewed more transphobia than a conservative or terf today, and just annoying in general. his music was pretty iconic for scene kids tho and he helped build up some of the aesthetics of it

blood on the dancefloor. see above for jeffree star but worse along with child predators and worse music. the genre of music i would describe it as is "music that would make your parents ban you from ever using the internet again in your entire life" which was appealing when you were 15 during the height of shock culture of the late 2000's/early 2010's. the music is worse than jeffree star's though like i said, musically disjointed, hard to listen to at some points, with equally disjointed or weirdly rhymed lyrics. it was again pretty iconic at the time and exemplified some of the scene culture in this time period in multiple ways.

hellogoodbye was like. more chill in many aspects to the point it may be hard to categorize it as scene but it kind of fed into scene culture so i would recommend them on some level. it would show up on someone's myspace or knock off myspace more often than not.

mayday parade i feel is newer...? or maybe they have just stuck around culturally more lol. i still like their cover of when i grow up i confess.

miss murder by AFI was constantly playing on my ipod nano before classes if that helps.

if you put metal, screamo, pop punk, and techno in a blender with drugs and sex you probably have scene music. a gif of gir dancing to sexy vampire is also incredibly scene on the techno side. but most of the playlists lack the variety you will see and need more pop punk and emo lest they actually just be "fast paced music you listened to on the internet in 2010"

[mino2aur]

the cartoon fuckup that happened to me a while back

This is not supposed to be a story. I feel this thing that happened to me would be best captured in an oil painting by a sexually repressed Renaissance master, perhaps taking inspiration from the tale of Icarus. I don’t have a canvas on me, however, so you will have to make do with your imagination. Usually I only write horror stories, so I apologise if the tone is not sufficiently comedic. It was a difficult time.

If you are picturing me in your mind, please imagine a 5 '7 twink with bad skin and an inexplicable emo haircut.  I am in college. I am generally considered old enough to know better. On this particular day, I was making a stop at Toronto’s Union Station on my way to school. I was operating on several prescription drugs, some of which were working and some of which were not. I was also operating on about four hours of sleep. I was carrying three large bags containing most of my worldly possessions. We arrive at the station on a platform that I do not recognize. The announcer says we will be making a thirty minute stop here and then continuing on to where I need to be. I am also running on an empty stomach, so I disembark and take an escalator down to the food court within the station. This is where the first domino fell.

I purchase some mcdonalds. For those keeping score at home, I am now carrying four bags and a beverage. I return to the place where I dismounted from the escalator, only to discover, horrified, that there is not an “up” escalator to be seen. It’s a very large train station, you see. Lots of corners. Lots of places that an escalator could hide. I look around for a very literal moment before giving up almost immediately. 

“Well,” I think, “maybe this is a one-way type situation. What if I’ve fucked up and I wasn’t supposed to get off the train? That would be bad. This is the only train on this line today.”

Something is forming in my mind. The dominoes are falling faster now. 

“Well, here’s an idea!” says a voice in my head. “What if we just go up the “down” escalator?” 

Oh boy! I’m sure that can’t go wrong!

So, with the chorus in my head being uncharacteristically supportive, I begin to climb the escalator. 

When was the last time you did this? Not with the intent of actually making it to the top, I imagine, just out of curiosity. If you have climbed a few steps and then ridden back down, chuckling to yourself, you are the backwards escalator’s equivalent of a tourist. You know nothing of what I have seen. 

The motion is similar to a stair-climbing elliptical machine, if you and the stairs were in combat. The conveyor-belt handrail is unfortunately your only ally, and it is also moving the wrong way, so you had better be fucking quick. After about three steps, I was struck by motion sickness as my body reacted to the strange non-movement I was trapped in. I was also struck by the thought that someone had seen me. This in turn made me paranoid that when I inevitably fell off and broke my neck I would be recorded in a viral tiktok, potentially titled “F4gg0t Gets Una1ived on Escalator 😂”, and they would have to write “Escalator Faggot” on my tombstone. The danger of my task was beginning to dawn on me. 

I was on the second step to the top when disaster struck. This is the point where I need you to visualise it. I tripped. 

Picture me, silhouetted by the sun, bags strewn about me like wings, so close and yet so far. I lose three steps of progress and slam my knee into the escalator. If you only ever pay attention to a single time I compare myself to Jesus, let it be this one. I was in a biblical level of pain here. They should add escalator injuries to the banned shit in the Geneva Conventions. They should add me to the Victims of Communism memorial. 

I may be an escalator faggot, but I’m no quitter. I began pushing harder. The mcdonalds beverage is spilling onto my arms and bags, because I am clutching it like that lady clutched that banana in that Friday the 13th movie. You know the one. 

I made it to the platform, eventually. In spirit, I feel I may always be on that escalator. I sat on the concrete floor for about five full minutes, as the doors to the train were closed. I got on via the accessibility platform, followed by the announcer, who politely informed me that the doors could have been opened by pressing the button located next to them. This knowledge would have saved me from walking about two train cars. I thanked him profusely, because I know what he saw and I need him on my good side. I would also like you all to know that I only cried a tiny little bit.

This happened about two weeks ago. I remember it like it was yesterday. It returns to me at night, during intimate moments, when my lover runs their fingers up my leg and pauses at three, evenly spaced scars on my knee, and quietly wonders what I had done to receive them.

[songstuckinmahead]

My personally curated playlists:

Information about my main four playlists and links for you to enjoy ;)

VH1 Classic:

Named after the channel this playlist contains "absolutely none of today's hottest new music". Starting as just 70s rock and 80s soundtracks, now curates the top hits of the 20s century from the 50s with Singing In The Rain to the 90s with Ice Ice Baby.

With pop only starts to be conceived, a diverse mix of rock, disco and more makes this playlist the perfect counter to pop.

Except for the Beatles. They're banned.

5 important songs:

I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Vogue - Madonna

Hound Dog - Elvis Presley

I'm gonna be (500 miles) - The Proclaimers

M1LL3NNIUM:

If you like those bot-controled engagement bait 00s nostalgia pages on Instagram, twitter or tiktok then this is the playlist for you.

Well, partly, i originally made this playlist to be the pop counter with emo rock music but atfer moving songs from the other playlists, (including the entire 90s boyband genre,) we have a more complete era to listen to.

Despite it's name, there are songs in the playlist from 1987(Step By Step) to 2023 (Speak Now TV Vault Tracks)

5 important songs:

I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys

I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

All Star - Smash Mouth

Toxic - Britney Spears

10s:

The 10s being the decade i grew up with makes this playlist the biggest on this list as i heard the song as they came out and not just a retrospective chart listen.

The transition from the previous playlist to this is arbitrary, based on what vibes with me and probably no logic behind it.

The playlists picture is the top 4 artists by amount of songs in it as well as how i personally would divide the decade to sub-eras: Pink Friday - Nicki Minaj (2009-2012), 1989 - Taylor Swift (2013-2015), Get Weird - Little Mix (2015-2017) Thank U, Next - Ariana Grande (2017-2019)

5 important songs:

Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift

Feel This Moment - Pitbull and Christina Aguilera

I Love It - Icona Pop and Charli xcx

20s:

With a new decade comes a new generation with their own preferences such as TikTok, nostalgia, K-pop and a bigger LGBTQ+ identity. Those affect pop music today by making songs shorter, sample older songs, multilingual, and openly sexual (the latter could've also happened because I became an adult).

How i see the transition between these playlists is not as random: summer of 2019 had Señorita, summer of 2020 had WAP, the time between was covid lockdown.

Several songs from 2018-19 have their remixes in this playlist as well as modern (2016 onwards) Eurovision songs.

With only half of the decade passed this playlist still has more potential behind it.

5 important songs:

WAP - Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion

Say So remix - Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj

Driver's License - Olivia Rodrigo

Physical - Dua Lipa

Rain On Me - Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande

[biohazard-inevitable]

Y’know, writing comes so naturally to me that I kind of forget that its sometimes the only thing some folks know me for.

Like, to me my writing is just that! My writing! Its my brain splattered into text, visual scenes in my mind turned into words the best way I know how, even the impossible to describe ones!

(Long post below)

But to someone who’s only read my fanfiction, my words are all they know me for. For some, its probably not all that interesting, but to a few, its the most profound thing they’ve ever read.

Occasionally, I get a comment reminding me of that fact, or a fanart of a scene from my fics or someone reblogging a poem of mine just flabbergasted that I could write something like that.

But to me its always been there as a way to express myself.

I’ve been writing for about as long as I’ve been drawing, though I couldn’t always read my handwriting.

My journey started simple, in class when we were learning about poetry and writing styles. The rhyming was simple enough to get behind once i figured out of to navigate a thesaurus, and alitteration scratched that just right itch of my adhd.

My first ever work of fanfiction has probably been lost to piles of paper somewhere in my house, but if I find the notebook ever again I may just post a few snippets, but I do remember what it was.

I had been reading the hunger games and got really latched onto it, but I also adored dragons with my entire soul, so I did what any sane kid would do and hand-wrote a hunger games fanfiction where the main characters were dragon ocs. I remember how gaudy and over-the top the descriptions were, and i remember how obvious of a fanfic it was that i was trying to pass off as an “original work” even though it toally was fanfic before I ever knew what fanfic was. I was certainly way too young to be reading the hunger games, but still I remember being so proud of my work.

As I grew older, I started adding more imagrey and metaphors in my writing, fully entering my emo “i hate the world” phase of poetry in middle school after i was banned from using wattpad for life by my parents. I even won an award in a poetry competition! Out of like- the 4 people that actually entered it. My teachers always said that I could be the next “robert frost”, though I’m pretty sure they were just trying to hype up my interest in the topic.

After wattpad was prevented from my life, I kind of stopped writing fic, instead rping with irl friends over text until that too subsided into nothing and i stopped writing alltogether except for the occasional essay for school.

A while after I graduated though, sometime during covid I got an ao3 account and started writing again. I used the dialogue skills i learned from rp and meshed them with my love for metaphors and poetry and the scenes that played through my mind like strands of fluttering film, and that all brought me to where I am today with my writing.

Idk what im really saying with this, its like 3am, but yeah. write, draw, do whatever the fuck you want forever

[ear-worthy]

Open To Debate On TikTok; Unbreakable Podcast With Former Baseball GM; Scripted Emo Prom Night Podcast

Today we have three podcasts that span the genre universe of podcasting.  First up is Open To Debate, which is the superb debate podcast that teaches the media how to hold civilized and informative debates instead of partisan screaming matches. Then, one of the best podcasts dealing with mental health issues, Unbreakable with Jay Glazer talks with the former General Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team about his mental health journey. Finally, the very creative Audio Up studio offers listeners a unique scripted fiction podcast. 

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  With the Senate currently poised to take up the just-passed House bill forcing China-based parent company ByteDance to either sell TikTok or face a national ban, tying it to a broader package sending aid to Israel and Ukraine to speed its passage, nonpartisan debate podcast Open to Debate recently shared a debate on a very timely question: "Should The U.S. Ban TikTok?"

Foreign policy and defense expert Kori Schake argued Yes. Director of the Internet Governance Project Milton Muellera argued No. Emmy-winning host John Donvan moderated. And several journalists including Forbes' Emily Baker-White, whose data was improperly accessed by ByteDance employees, joined to ask questions.

Kori Schake, arguing Yes, said:

“There are two concerns about TikTok. The first is the data being amassed and potentially used as surveillance by China. Second is the potential for it to be a propaganda tool by what its artificial intelligence and algorithm bounce into our feeds. As people increasingly use it as a media platform, China has the ability to censor and boost content on it, which it did during the Hong Kong protests and which it does over Xinjiang repression. What TikTok has said is, ‘We won’t do it anymore.’ I don’t think we ought to take that as a definitive answer. I think we’re right to be concerned about the potential for that kind of manipulation. I think there is the basis for legitimate concern about the Chinese government, manipulation of media content, and collection and use of data.”

Milton Mueller, arguing No, said:

“This is really a political case, a foreign policy case. There are people who believe in decoupling from China, and they’re going to interpret any Chinese company, any economic connection between the US and China as a threat. This is exactly what I’m challenging. I think TikTok is a perfect example of how a foreign company can come and introduce competition and valuable services into the American market. They can provide a form of platform communication that Americans love and benefit from and they can create economic value. There’s really no evidence that this is harming the United States.”

Listen to the Open to Debate episode "Should The U.S. Ban TikTok?" wherever you get podcasts, via WNYC, or at opentodebate.org.

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On Unbreakable with Jay Glazer: A Mental WEALTH Podcast,” host Jay Glazer welcomes former Cardinals General Manager Steve Keim, who opens up for the first time about going to rehab while serving as G.M. of the team, and the issues he was battling that led him to make changes in his life.

On why he’s telling his story now:

… “it's funny because when I walked into the room to do this podcast, I felt that sort of, not anxiety, but sort of that little bit of excitement, actually, to be able to tell my story, and hopefully, my story helps someone …maybe somebody else out there, maybe another general manager, maybe another athlete can say, ‘you know what, here's just another guy that has had his issues along the way and was able to talk about it and to be open and honest.’”

On what led him to go to rehab during the season:

“Here I am making the most money I've ever made in my life. You know, more than I could ever imagine making as a young man, living my dream as a general manager, and I was still unhappy. …I'm sitting there trying to ask myself, what's wrong with you? Just get out of this funk. And it was not easy to do, and I couldn't get out of it, and it just got darker and darker. I got more depressed. And really the culmination of what really happened, it probably was the worst part of it, was my inability to sleep. I got to a point where I couldn't even shut my brain off. So, I couldn't sleep. I was taking Xanax, I was taking Ambien just to sleep…”

 On the darkness he felt:

“…one thing I learned… which was a great learning lesson for me in the treatment centers, sometimes for guys like ourselves or ‘Type A,’ alpha males, guys who are so driven to be the best, you know, it can become a real predicament whenever you get into a situation where when is it enough?  And you know, that's kind of how it was for me. …Money is not enough. How many cars do I need? How many houses do I need? How many things do I need? How many suits do I need? How many watches do I need? Just nothing was gratifying anymore either.”

On what he’s learned as he continues his mental health treatment:

 “…the day I walked into the treatment center as the General Manager of the Arizona Cardinals. Knowing that that changed everything in my life. Could have been for the good, bad, or whatever anybody else thought about it. But when I walked out that other end, 45 days later, I found out who Steve Keim was. I liked who he was. And I embraced the things that he did in the past. I forgave him for the things he did in the past. And more than anything, I found a way to love him again.”

On former Arizona Cardinals executive Terry McDonough’s accusations against the team:

“Oh, it's just unfortunate to me, you know, because again, as I said, the stress that I carried that I was trying to keep people happy in every sort of compartment. And that really would tear at you whenever you knew that people couldn't get along. And there were things that went on behind the scenes that maybe only I knew about, or some others knew about, that they were just tough to know that I couldn't fix certain things. Because I always felt like I was the kind of guy that my mentality was always, you know, be part of the solution, not part of the problem, and keep everybody's attitude in the right direction, and roll your sleeves up at the door and check your ego there, and that sort of thing. But it's unfortunate, you know, we had a good run and, you know, I'm still rooting for the organization because again, a lot of people there that I care about.

 On whether he’s happier now or when he was a GM:“Oh, I mean, much happier now. Much happier. Yeah, I mean, you know, when the paychecks stop coming in and fans stop screaming, there's certainly an evolution of life that changes for you. Things slow down, and you miss certain parts of your life in the past. But at the same time, you can finally, again, appreciate the small things. As we said, you know, at a point in time, how many cars, how much money, whatever it is, how many watches. Now, you know, to go on a walk and to see a beautiful day and appreciate that, it changes everything.”

On whose decision it was to get help:

“Leading up to it, you know, I had enough people, again, friends, family, coworkers, Cardinals Owner Michael Bidwill even came, our owner came and sat with me multiple times and said, ‘hey, you know, you don’t seem like yourself.’ And I didn't know what it was, but I'd also didn't try to hide from it. I told him straight up, ‘yeah, I'm not doing good. I don't know what's wrong with me.’ And you know, he was great and supportive. There's a difference between acknowledging and saying, ‘hey, I don't know what's wrong with me and I'm not perfect,’ versus ‘I really need some help.’" Listen the full conversation HERE.

Below are some highlights from the conversation, and the full interview can be accessed HERE.  

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 – SiriusXM and Audio Up Inc. are taking listeners back in time to 2005 with their new scripted podcast series, Emo Prom Night.  The launch is part of a new slate of podcasts set for release throughout the year, with Emo Prom Night being a raunchy, coming-of-age scripted series that will debut May 8th on the SiriusXM app and wherever podcasts are available.

The series was written and created by Audio Up CEO Jared Gutstadt, and stars recording artist Mod Sun and rock group Beauty School Dropout. Emo Prom Night will also feature new original music from both. The series revolves around three best friends; Dallas (voiced by Beauty School Dropout lead singer Colie Hutzler), Cos (voiced by Beauty School Dropout guitarist Bardo), and Tyson (voiced by Beauty School Dropout bassist Beepus Burdett), who embody the emo music culture from the mid-2000s, and make an Emo pact and vowing to not drink, do drugs or lose their virginity during their senior year of high school. This all changes when prom night comes around, and the cast of characters is challenged to keep their emo vows intact. The series stars Mod Sun as the narrator, and music contributions from Grammy winning and multi-platinum songwriter Sam Hollander, known for his collaborations with the likes of Panic! at the Disco, Weezer, Blink-182, Boys Like Girls and Gym Class Heroes among many others.   Check out the first official trailer HERE.

"The episodes arrive just in time for prom season,” notes Gutstadt. “They series is heartfelt and hilariously entertaining, and the music is absolutely incredible. It's one of our best examples of integrating music and storytelling, and we can't wait for the world to hear it."

 The announcement marks an expansion of the creative programming and strategic agreement between Jared Gutsatdt’s Audio Up Media and SiriusXM, an alignment that was originally announced in October of 2022.   “Emo Prom Night” is set for release on May 8th and will be available on the SiriusXM app and all other major U.S. podcast platforms.

 Audio Up has built an ecosystem of premium entertainment content within the music and audio space. The company is led by Audio Up CEO Jared Gutstadt and produces and releases fictional scripted podcasts, a Marvel-like universe of musicals, and one-on-one interview formats.  

[son-of-the-unknown]

I relate to this a lot, in fact I had a massive identity crisis over this.

I'm Hungarian but was never exactly involced in my country 's traditions because my parents aren't either (I was a sheltered child also, they barely let me go anywhere).

This paragraph in particular sums my experience up perfectly.

I generally never felt like I belonged either. Anyone who lived in Hungary for more than a month of vacation knows that Hungarian culture is complaining and licking our own wounds but not doing anything to improve things. Only one of our national holidays are not mourning-related and that one celebrates our first king, who banned Old-hungarian Paganism and genocided the ones who kept practicing anyways.

My dad is Catholic but in name only as far as I know, my mom isn't religious at all outside of conspiracy theories. The Hungarian national religion is Christianity, (mostly Catholicism) but when our ancestors settled in the Carpathian Basin they practiced an animistic faith of murky origins and specifics. I say murky specifics because *points to the end of the previous paragrap*.

If you see Hungarian paganism practice today, 99% of the time they've been co-opted by nazis. Even if they aren't, there's so many pieces missing, you might as well just make up anything and call it Hungarian paganism.

I'm so disconnected from my culture in fact, that English is easier for me to speak than Hungarian, my mother tongue. The fact that I was very isolated and even more autistic as an adolescent and therefore spending most of my time on the English speaking side of the internet may or may not be the cause of that.

Related that I never hoped to see someone else describe themselves as a spectator related to subculture but boy do I vibe with that too. I was kind of a weeb and an emo as a teen but not really? I was kind lf just looking at these people wishing *I* was that cool.

Too many paragraphs to say that I understand what you're going through and I want to share my experience with culturelessness with you.

The moment I realized that I didn't really have a culture to call my own, I was plunged into months of identity crisis. The main reason being that I spent my whole life being abused and bullied and never felt like I belonged anywhere and this realization made that feeling so much more painful.

I practiced Shinto at the time and still do. It's a Japanese faith that I have no business claiming the culture of for myself. But since religion (this particular one anyways) can't be separated from the culture, in a way you must if you want to practice respectfully.

The thought still made me pretty icky, and I nearly gave up on Shinto altogether because I felt like I'm trespassing. I wished I *had* that culture to call my own, because it would just make things less weird and complicated.

Sometime later I saw someone speak in a video on Youtube who was raised Buddhist, because her parents took up Buddhism later in their lives. That's... capital C culture, isn't it? Buddhism is pretty universal now that capitalism co-opted it, so it's not the same as something as specific and Shinto or Norse Heathenry, but this made me think about the fact that culture had to start somewhere.

And maybe it's not wrong to start a new one, because that's just how cultures are born. In fact, a lot of cultures are just people deciding they'll do [thing] but differently than others.

And speaking of, culture is so man things. The language you speak the way you speak it, the food you eat, how you make it, the holidays you celebrate, how you celebrate them... you can pick and choose all of them (within reason) and that Is Just Your Culture. It doesn't have to be named, I don't think. It just has to matter to you.

I don't think there's anything wrong with you practicing Heathenry, and nor is there any wrong with me practicing Shinto because both are open religions and for that reason, we're not appropriating these faiths. I think these faiths are just part of our culture simply because that's our calling and that's what we do.

Oh my god I just had a horrible realization. It's a really personal one so please bear with me but I need to share it because…Idk, maybe it's not just me.

But I realized. I didn't actually grow up being a part of any culture. I grew up with seeing culture around me, and sometimes participating in culture temporarily, but I was not raised with a cultural identity of any sort whatsoever.

I identify as an American only because I live in the US, not because I'm acculturated American. I only have the cultural senses I have because it just so happened to be what I was surrounded by.

None of the stories told to me, none of the food I ate, and nothing I wore, were used to convey "This is who we are as people" by my family or community. Stories were just for entertainment, food was just for eating, and clothes were just whatever I liked wearing from the department store. These things weren't, in any way, identity, outside of things I could use to express my own personal identity if I wanted to.

Fuck, I wasn't even given the cultural knowledge associated with the class I was raised in. No leadership skills, no business sense, nothing.

"But what about religion?" No religion either. My family has culturally Catholic leanings, but it's residual and unrecognized.

"What about being white?" The fact that I can't describe what "being white" even means—beyond how I've heard it described—goes to show you my expertise in the matter.

"What about subcultures?" I only know how to participate in subcultures as either a spectator or as a guest. No culture has ever identified me as belonging to it, despite welcoming my participation, and I can't consider myself part of cultures if they don't claim me.

In terms of my cultural identity, I'm completely blank. It's like I have no name.

I write all this because I was thinking about why some Scandinavians would be upset at me using "Heathen" (as well as bigger questions of cultural appropriation in general) and came to this realization.

For the record…I don't consider myself Heathen because I identify as part of Scandinavian culture. That would be absurd. I use "Heathen" because I accidentally befriended a Heathen god. Loki hid his identity from me for years, and I was very upset when when he finally told me who he was—I felt like he betrayed me, and also like I was going insane, because my worldview prior to that did not support the existence of gods.

I dug deep into learning about Norse paganism because I knew understanding Loki within his cultural context was vital to understanding who he is. The reason I started digging around in Scandinavian culture directly, though, was because—surprise!—nothing we have published in the US actually has this context.

…I'm embarrassed to admit I wasn't aware "cultural appropriation" describes a situation where one person walks into another person's culture and says, "Yes, this is my home now," like a cuckoo taking over another bird's nest. I always thought it was a function of mishandling a culture—using it in ways that was careless and ill-informed—but no, it's taking away other peoples' identities in the name of playing dress-up for yourself.

"You're robbing me of myself for your own stupid aesthetic desires!" That's how I imagine it must feel.

It disgusts me to think that's how my actions may have looked.

[00katrinka00]

Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #37

Dear Diary, Today officially marks day 1 of honestly, I don't know what, but it feels like something has changed. I think I just need to put my nose to the grindstone and work super hard to ensure my dreams come true, so I guess day 1 of doing that. -Violet

Before school started, Violet and Jenna sat in the auditorium listening to Lacy practice her lines for the upcoming auditions for that year's school play. She was aiming for the lead again and wanted to be off book in time for auditions. "She's doing really well," Violet noted.

"How are you doing about the breakup today?" Jenna asked "Honestly really well" Violet admitted "Totally over that backstabbing bitch" "That's good. You were pretty emo about the whole thing for a while yesterday. It was getting kind of annoying" "What can I say?" Violet shrugged

On her way to class Violet stopped to freshen up at her locker when a boy from her class approached. "Hey!" he exclaimed. "So, I heard about your breakup with Janie, and I've always thought you were pretty hot, so maybe we could simflix and chill sometime?"

Violet visibly cringed, "um no thanks," she said bluntly. Not only was she not interested in another relationship, but this guy was giving her serious Noah Brooks flashbacks and after the disaster that was, Violet thought it a good idea to avoid boys all together.

"Did you seriously reject Finn Alden?" Jenna asked in disbelief "He's a football player!" "Gross" Violet cringed. "Mind if I ask him out then?" Jenna asked. "Honestly go for it," Violet shrugged As Jenna headed towards Finn, Violet and Lacy began cheering, "Go Jenna! Go get him!"

After their first-class Sage approached Violet, "can we talk?" she asked hesitantly. "You know my hunger is really low, I should really go eat something," Violet said quickly and tried to step away. "It'll only take a moment I swear." "Ugh, what? Here to gloat?"

"What? No- I'm not," Sage paused for a moment before continuing. "I didn't know the band already had a lead singer; Janie sprung that on me when she kicked you out. If I'd know I wouldn't have agreed to join. She said you just wrote the songs but had no interest in performing."

"You seriously want me to believe that mumbo jumbo?" Violet rolled her eyes. "I do actually," Sage said in defense. "Because I'm not a liar. I actually wanted to warn you about some stuff Janie's trying to do to sabotage you, because I don't think it's right."

"There's this event coming up, battle of the bands. Janie doesn't want you to know because if you were to enter, she think's we'll lose. I don't think restricting the competition is fair," Sage explained. "I would also look into copywriting your music; Janie wants to steal it."

"Oh," Violet looked down. "Well, thank you, for the heads up." "You're welcome," Sage said. "Seriously though, get a copywrite lawyer. Janie's trying to make it so if she puts out an album with your songs you can't do anything because legally, they'd be hers" "I will, thank you."

That evening Leo had initially invited Owen over so they could continue to work on their school project, but it inevitably led to Leo suggesting they play MySims Racing instead. Even though he lost Owen still resigned himself to the fact that at least he didn't come in last place

Violet soon stuck her head into the entertainment room wondering what all the noise was. "Ugh!" she exclaimed. "What is he doing here?" "Violet just leave," Leo said irritated. "C'mon," Owen joked. "I thought we were besties now, that's what you said on Spooky Day." "Ugh!"

"One day when I'm rich and famous and living in a mansion in Del Sol Valley I can literally ban you from entering my home," Violet told Owen. "Violet, leave," Leo said again. Owen smirked, "We'll see about that. I kind of like annoying you." "Jerk," Violet scoffed. "Leave!"

"Spooky Day, huh?" Leo asked. "Jenna threw a party," Owen told him. "She and Violet tried to corner Lacy and I into a room and make us talk our feeling out, it didn't work." "So, you and Lacy are officially done?" "I don't really think we ever started; she just rejected me."

"Can I ask you something?" Leo said. "Sure." "About rejection," Leo paused for a moment. "You and Lacy were friends before, why'd you decide to ask her out if there was a possibility of you not being friends anymore. Weren't you scared to lose her?" "Yes and no," Owen replied.

"I guess if I hadn't asked her out then I would have just been stuck pining for her whilst friends, never knowing how she felt," Owen explained. "I think that can make you miserable, never knowing. It might not have worked out how I wanted, but I don't regret asking her."

"But now you aren't friends wouldn't you rather still have her in your life rather than ruin the friendship" Leo asked "I think the never knowing would have ruined it eventually so in ways I think it was inevitable that we didn't work out" Owen said "I guess I know what you mean"

[marune2]

The marriage chapter 4

Today are Morgan and Yami grounded Nacht finde out this they trow his cooking away as julius tell him in a agsedent

Nacht waiting in the House as Morgan and Yami as they come

Morgan:we are Home Brother!!!

Nacht looks at them mad

Yami:what now Emo I did nothing I swear

Nacht: we Need too talk sukehiro and Morgan Faust“could voice

Ok now ringing the alarm bells really lout Nacht never use NEVER Morgan’s full Name and he just call Yami sukehiro if he is Mad

Morgan:what is Brother „scared voice

Nacht:why trow your my cooking out? Sukehiro old Mann tell my“smile

Yami/Morgan(oh shi€)

Yami:dam you old Mann…..

Morgan:umm-„nervous

Nacht: TELL MY NOW

Yami: you cooking is shi€y it’s kill us if we eat it happy now Morgan I did tell you He finde out

Nacht looks at Morgan now

Morgan:…..sorry Brother….

Nacht: you shuld have my told my this long ago „pisst voice

Morgan: I doesn’t want’s too hurt you

Nacht:I’m not mad abaut my cooking but I’m really mad abaut you lied too my I ban all the sweet and alcohol in this hous four your tow four a moth

Morgan/yami:?!

Yami:come on Emo this going to fare!

Nacht:Nope good luck you“use his shadow magic too teleport Yami away and then he looks at Morgan

Morgan:ok ! Brother sorry I pfinking I go in my room“run away

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Julius room

Julius:…..

Yami:…….

Julius:what have you do this time?

Yami:why ask you what I did do?!

Julius:come sit down we can talk in pease

Yami:tsss fuc€ you Nacht

[dirt-goth]

Babe I know scene discourse you would never even care about.

[creepymutelilbugger]

oooo! ok! emo I am going to smooch you 4 tagging me . get ready

Name: valerie (fuckin try to wear it out)

pronouns and gender?: she/they demigirl

Sexuality?: bisexual (femininity.. mmmm tasty)

Country?: the unipted stapes of amernica

Top5 fandoms?: (in no order) team fortress 2, deep rock galactic, fromsoftware, futurama, power metal (does that count?)

Most forbidden snack?: anti freeze :3!

Would you pet a bug?: i pet a bug earlier today💜

Weird fact/story?: i have 2 sets of nips. yes fr

What does blue taste like?: raspberry windex

Most beautiful thing you've seen?: MyFuckinTits

Stupidest thing you've done?: ate 40 painkillers

Stupidest thing you've seen someone else say/ do?: impossible to say. i have internet access

Hyper fixation song?: MMMM I LOVE THIS SHIT LOOK AT THE LINK YOU GAYASS BITCH

Meaning behind your username?: yeah

Dream career as a child?: treasure hunter :3!

Dream career as an adult?: Sommelier. Easiest shit on earth

Thoughts on cilantro?: I fucking love Mexican food. I season my twinks with cilantro

Ever been banned from a location?: yes multiple,,, stealing is fun

Cursed food combos?: anything with goat cheese. fuck goat cheese. all my homies hate goat cheese

Trans rights?: i am a faggot ! hope this helps <3

here is my song !

this was fun n I am drunk . any questions via ask box will be answered promptly

i don't think i have anyone to nominate . uhh @twinkenjoyer @homosexualasstransbian @queerofthekingdom @reparadordp @ramenboytwentyone @temmies-world @unusual-pybro @poodlerooster--send-me-a-new-pfp @propaganda-inc THERE ARE MORE BUT I CANNOT REMEMBER ! Sry if i annoyed u with a tag ! LOve you Messy Style !!!!!!!

“I just came from r/196” ask game

Saw another post. I think I should invite y'all to one of our longstanding traditions. Answer the questions then tag 10 (or more) people. I'll go first.

Name? Frankie

Pronouns and gender? he/they/it, transmasc

Sexuality? Lesbian

Country? USA

Top 5 fandoms? Bungou Stray Dogs, Cosmere, All for the Game, Fundiesnark (not a series but I'm too deep in it to not consider it a fandom), .....the tornado fandom? (they're my special interest)

What is your Most forbidden snack? The preserved bones at the Atlanta Bodies Exhibition. They looked so crunchy...

Would you pet a bug? If it's big enough, it is pettable.

Share a weird fact/story about yourself with the class. I like to drive around rural areas and photograph old, sometimes abandoned locations in the dead of night. I have been literally chased out of towns by foot and by car on two separate occasions. The second time this happened, "See You Again" by Miley Cyrus came up on shuffle and that's the soundtrack my friend and I tore out of town to. Also every "guy" I've dated except for my most recent ex (who has big egg energy) is a lesbian now.

What does the color blue taste like? Creme brulee

What is the most beautiful thing you've ever seen? The appalachian mountains of Tennessee in the middle of summer. There's kudzu everywhere. On the backroads, there were several old, dilapidated Baptist churches barely hanging to the side of the mountain. I wonder how many of them were still in use.

What is the stupidest thing you've ever done? Short version: my friend's house almost got broken into by this dude who'd been stalking us for months while we were home alone. Instead of calling the cops, we decided to confront him with a bow and arrow (me), a hatchet, and a baseball bat (him). The plan was that if it went badly, we would simply throw his corpse into one of the many lakes in the neighborhood and let the alligators eat his remains (this was Florida). Why? Because we were afraid of having our home-alone privileges revoked. Luckily for us all, the guy fucked off and we never saw him again.

Stupidest thing you've seen/heard someone else do/say? My ex thought that Jackalopes were real. Also, a nurse I was doing rotations with apparently thought that "Witness Protection" was for Jehovah's Witnesses.

Hyperfixation song? Young Enough + Bleach by Charly Bliss

Is there any meaning behind your profile picture and/or username? Profile pic; I'm transmasc and I'm currently obsessed with TriStamp. Username; It was my fake internet name when I was like 13. I won't change it because I want my mutuals to recognize me, and because I do have a viral post associated with this name.

Dream career as a child? Doctor (funnily enough I'm now in nursing school)

Dream career as an adult? Professional Jester. Not a comedian. I just want to be some weird little guy who dresses silly and you can hire me to roast your boss at work parties.

Thoughts on cilantro? Delicious

Have you ever been banned from a location and if so, why? I honestly can't remember? Probably... but in recent memory I've mainly banned people from places.

What is your cursed food combination? Pineapple on a hotdog with grilled onions. It Slaps.

Trans rights? TRANS RIGHTS

Tagging: @rocket-mankoi @mostlymarco @atleast8courics @jazzlike39 @gemsweater72 @limbobilbo @ameliaaltare @redcrane112 @theoneofwhomisblue @twinkenjoyer @theultimatecarp and anyone else who wants to jump on