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I JUST OPENED THE APP BRO💀
#🪽— angel’s spam#WHAT AM I LOOKIN AT 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭#GAGGED.#donald trump#donald trump mugshot#astv#astv hobie#astv miguel#astv gwen#astv miles#across the spiderverse#donald trump indicted#why he tryna serve face so bad in his mugshot#spider man: across the spider verse#hobie brown#miles morales#gwen stacy#miguel o'hara
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#mairimashita! iruma kun#welcome to demon school iruma kun#Mephisto#Mephistopheles#<- not well verse in demon names so fck me when I couldn't remember how to spell his name n had to look it up n felt like#I was misremembering his stupid name not being that long#mairuma#M!ik#wtdsik#Ignored how I coloured the background like as if it was a mugshot lmao#Also it was originally pink but last min decided orange cuz it fit better BUT know I did want pink as the background colour 😔#Also hope u like the red eyeliner I gave him 😋#Would have loved making the X on cheeks also red but I check a ref n it seems it more like a birthmark so I left it as black#My colourings
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lets be real, they would both be ken
#this is only if miguel actually gets his hands on them lmaoo#also i tried and failed to recreate the animation styles sorry yall#realising just now i spelt nueva differently on both pictures#in universe thats ben reillys fault#i just know it#across the spider verse#pavitr prabhakar#hobie brown#marvel#marvel comics#into the spider verse#spider man#spider punk#spider man india#reds art tag#who is barbie tho?#i wanna say miles but no he wouldnt be that scared#thats if miguel could even get him#gwen certainly wouldnt#id say peter b but hed be happy bc he and mayday would have matching mugshots
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considering the way people acted/still act about bonnie and clyde i refuse to believe the diaz brothers don't have some kind of freaky little in-universe fandom, especially after the cops started putting out pictures of Sean with the eyepatch. the one thing that makes the redemption ending even vaguely tolerable for me is how many deeply weird letters he must have gotten in prison.
#people would be making tiktok edits of the trial to that one diaz brothers mountain goats song#listc should have had some anarchist character with sean's mugshot in their room#lis verse#we are the wolves#wolf brothers#sean diaz#life is strange 2#monsters talks life is strange
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[insert Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse Prowler theme]
#donald trump#fuck trump#trump#trump mugshot#trump arrest#trump arrested#trump 2024#trump is a threat to democracy#trump indictment#president trump#spiderman#across the spiderverse#into the spider verse#beyond the spiderverse#prowler#atsv prowler#itsv prowler#uncle aaron#Goku#dragon ball#vegeta we have to blow up the earth#destiel#georgia#i do not like that man#i do not like him#i do not like trump#i hate trump#trump is a traitor#trump is a criminal#trump is the enemy of the people
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POV: You and your best friend are Spiderman @jei-rifni
#I love this too much I spent too much time on it#The sillies#spiderman#spiderverse#across the spiderverse#spidersona#into the spider verse#I still have no idea what to tag this#Barbie meme#barbie mugshot meme#barbie mugshot#meme redraw#meme art
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New tags since my nav page is broken anyway...
#&& inbox. should my lawyer be here for this?#&& ooc. i've never seen that monkey in my life#&& open starter. evil genius seeking pawn#&& meme. time for a game of wits#&& starter call. i'll give you something to cry about#&& headcanon. another story for my memoir#&& mirror. take the mugshot from my good side#&& musings. inside my dangerous mind#&& verse. townsville's most wanted#&& verse. just a kid playing with some dangerous toys#&& verse. a second chance to fuck up fatherhood#&& verse. an imperfect reflection
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BOOK OF BILL WEBSITE P2
This contains MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK OF BILL WEBSITE REFRESH. if you want to find and decode things by yourself do not read this!!
this is gonna be long bc im a yapper and all ive done the past 4 hours is sit on this website. strap in folks.
connecting to my last post, where we left off with the message from bill saying "IM STILL ON YOUR MIND" (if you havent read it, its pinned on my page and i will be referencing it a bit in this post)
If we plug this into the computer we get this video of the beach with Stanley talking, and from the sides it looks like hes on a boat, probably the Stan O War.
On the same note, if you type in "KINGS OF NEW JERSEY" you get a zip file sent to you labled SECRET CODE, which contains the bros code shown in the book of bill! nothing new but i thought it was pretty cute :)
I also wanted to share some code i found in different images. if you type in "BAAAAA" you get this:
I found this incredibly interesting, because a large part of bills backstory is that he wanted to "show his dimension the stars" he wanted to show them freedom. He was the shepherd. In the first part, i feel like it really shows bills feelings. "Tired of trotting around aimlessly, munching on whatevers near your mouth, sleeping on whatevers under your haunches." Bill knew there was more out there, he wasnt going to sit around doing nothing. He describes his massacre as "liberation."
The last verse of the poem stuck out to me. "It's time to fit in." but when i decoded the message at the bottom it made sense. It says "BLACK SHEEP" this suggests that Bill never fit in his home dimension.
more bill stuff, if you type in irregular you get his mugshot.
The code underneath reads : "NO PRISON OR ATTENTION SPAN CAN HOLD HIM" which may be hinting that he escapes his rehabilitation. hopefully not :/
The only reason i found this one was because it was in the code. it probably relates to something in a different code or book, but if you enter "BOOBERRY," you get this:
labled: "The Meaning Of Life," its a nice little tidbit i wanted to share.
"glue knives to your body and run around the buffet" true poetry.
and the last bill cipher bit of this post, if you type "ADASTRAPERASPERA" you get another page of the journal about bills corpse.
ford and mable bonding time my babies...
also the triangluar spots in the mushrooms?? the disease spreads...
onto fiddauthor we only eat fiddauthor in this house. this isnt decoding but i needed to share because they are my everythings. if you plug in "SORRY", it blesses you with the complete photo of fiddleford and stanford :( and if you flip it its a note from fidds
FIDDLEFORD BEING THE FIRST MCGUCKET TO GO TO COLLEGE
also his mustache getting caught in a pencil sharpener??? shave that shit boy
also ford being the only one who believed in his theory, then spent 9 hours with him proving it??? they r soulmates, and also the fact that mcgucket was about to go home when stanford came in.
also fiddleford never noticing his hands
thats all for now, im tired. if you read all of this i love you
#gravity falls#book of bill#bill cipher#fiddleford mcgucket#stanford pines#fiddauthor#thisisnotawebsitedotcom#thisisnotawebsitedotcom spoilers
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I'm in love with the split Phoenix AU!! It's such an interesting concept and the shape theory is beautiful!!
When Phoenix get accused of murdering Shadi Smith in Turnabout Trump, which Phoenix is arrested? And how does Apollo react to first seeing them?
Kristoph would be the kind of guy to use (: and 🙃 in messages ( passive-aggressive )
In this AU, Nick and Feenie both keep up that fake relationship with Kristoph (to varying extents), but both hate the man (and he hates both of them)
And so here, he’s trying to get Nick sentenced so that Feenie loses the serious, critical-thinking side of Phoenix and so it’ll be much more difficult to get Kristoph taken down
So he makes sure that Apollo understands immediately that Phoenix is lying to him and that he shouldn’t trust him (knowing full well the irony)
So yeah, Nick is the one to get arrested, but I thought it would be funny to draw them as the Barbie / Ken mugshot meme on that last page, so there it is :)
Transcript under the cut ^^
Page 1-
Apollo: Oh I’m so nervous…Phoenix Wright is my idol
Nick: Hey kid.
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Apollo: (Sheesh losing his job really changed him, didn’t it?)
Nick: Don’t worry, kid. I’m not as scary as I look.
Feenie: He’s right! He’s actually scarier!
Apollo: Oh, uh…hi. Who’re you?
Nick: *shakes head* (indicating to Feenie to not tell Apollo the truth yet)
Apollo: (thinking about how sus this interaction is)
Feenie: I’m Ryu! Phoenix’s twin brother!
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Apollo: huh…Never knew you had a twin, Mr. Wright
Kristoph: That’s because he doesn’t
Kristoph: It’s okay, you two. Mr. Justice here is the lawyer today. You can trust him.
Nick: Hello Kristoph.
Feenie: TOFFEE!
Feenie: (he’s an ✨Actor✨…Despises Kristoph)
Apollo: Wait I’m so confused. If he’s not your brother, then who is he?
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Nick and Feenie: We’re both Phoenix Wright.
Apollo: WHAT?! Like an alternate universe?! Like in Spider-Verse?! *Nerd noises*
Nick: Woah, slow down kid. Not at all. Phoenix split into two. Into me, Nick, and him, Feenie.
Apollo: (thinking about it)
Apollo: Wait, so which one of you is on trial?
Kristoph: Nicholas here is.
Nick: that’s not even my name.
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Apollo: Look…you’re 1/2 of Mr. Wright. You would know…He wouldn’t kill anyone, right?
Feenie: well…
Apollo: WHAT DO YOU MEAN “WELL-“
#doctorsiren#ace attorney#ace attorney au#phoenix wright#feenie#apollo justice#kristoph gavin#split phoenix au#ace attorney fanart#art#digital art#my art#fanart#procreate#tbh Feenie acts on emotion and isn’t really fully rational and so he probably would have tried to kill Kristoph#if Nick hadn’t had to have talked him out of it#he’s like: GRRR LEMME AT HIM!!! and Nick’s like: Stop it. 😠
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mugshot meme with the trio :) i love fishlegs which reminds me....
INCOMING BOOKS-MOVIES RAMBLE- even if you only know the movies please stick around, i cant make you but maybe you'll find the rest of this interesting
SO, so so so. i love the movies (well the first two...) but i will never forget their transgressions on the original plot
they took away hiccups Heroic Hair why would you do that he's nothing without his Heroic Hair
they swapped hiccup and fishlegs's personalities why would you do that why would you take away my nerd protagonist my nerd self is weeping
hiccup and fishlegs are no longer best friends why why would you do that to me i live for their loser friendship its just like me
they took away camacazi and made a mid love interest i dont care what you say astrid is mid tier never liked her much apologies i also dont like love interests so take my opinons with a grain of salt
in the movies toothless is actually Super Cool and hiccup also becomes Super Cool and earns massive respect and is not a laughingstock ever since the very first movie which hurt his appeal to me in the movies since, believe it or not, i am a Loser and hiccup also being a Loser and Becoming A Hero The Hard Way was very compelling to me
hiccup is the Absolute Main Character in the movies and the supporting characters don't get much spotlight while in the books it's a pretty well balanced group which i like
snotlout is no longer hiccups cousin and is just comic relief which is a HUGE missed opportunity for drama and depth that i loved in the books
villains in general are sort of mid tier throughout (except viggo viggo was cool. also i love dagur he's the best)
WHERE'S ALVIN
dragons are no longer complex. i loved their society of sorts and their unique morals (generally selfish, cruel creatures who have full knowledge of their actions and just don't care- though have the capacity for kindness) and their whole language and the fact hiccup knew that language because he is a Nerd
HICCUP'S LANGUAGES!! GUYS WHO ONLY WATCHED THE MOVIES, DID YOU KNOW HICCUP IS FLUENT IN AT LEAST 4 LANGUAGES?? HE KNOWS NORSE, DRAGONESE, FRENCH, AND LATIN!! WELL YOU DO NOW
HOOOOLY CRAP the story is SO much darker i'll avoid huge spoilers but let's just say. war. slavery. torture. death. surprisingly generous amounts of blood.
more main-line content- technically yes the shows and other companion materials count for the movie-verse but some things are questionably canon and all that. meanwhile you have 12 whole books that are irrefutably canon and are incredibly well-connected especially through the end.
thats everything that my brain feels like spitting out now. there's obviously more (ESPECIALLY in regards to my uh... opinions about the third movie) but im too lazy to do anything about it at the moment
overall all two movies and the shows are still good and i cherish them so my smack talking is pretty lighthearted. still love the books more though
#httyd books#httyd art#httyd fanart#how to train your dragon#hiccup horrendous haddock iii#art#fishlegs no name#camicazi#barbie mugshot meme#httyd hiccup#httyd fishlegs#httyd rant#the books are better#httyd#httyd movies#trashmann treasure#rancid ramble
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⋆ ⭒𓆩 2023 - 2024 MASTERLIST 𓆪⭒ ⋆
✰ Welcome to the 2023 - 2024 masterlist! (Also, the first ever masterlist on my blog)
Disclaimer: Not all entries will be posted on Tumblr but each of them will contain a link that will lead you to the post from here or my other platforms. Once an entry is complete, a link will be added to it so feel free to check back!
The Incredibles
┌────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──────┐ Main Incredibles characters and their elemental visions in Genshin Impact:
Mr. incredible/Bob Parr, Elastigirl, Violet Parr, Dash Parr, Frozone, Edna Mode, Syndrome, Evelyn Deavor, Winston Deavor
Incredibles 2 X Sanrio: Elastigirl/Helen Parr (My Melody) X Evelyn Deavor (Kuromi)
[Edit] Elastigirl X May: God is a Woman
[Edit] The aesthetic of The Incredibles
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Turning Red & 4☆Town
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[Edit] [Soft] Robaire 🌹: Jordan Fisher - All About Us
(MerMay) 4*Town members as mermaids: Robaire, Jesse, Tae Young, Aaron T, Aaron Z
[AU] BirdTown & Headcanons
BirdTown logo
Tae Young: Easter
Barbie and Ken Mugshot Redraw ft. Aaron T. and Aaron Z.
[Shitpost] Red Panda Ritual scene edit
Jesse: Father’s Day
Outfit redraw! ✨
[Pride month post] Bisexual Pride
[New pfp] Werewolf Jesse
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It Takes Two
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[Edit] The aesthetic of It Takes Two
[Edit] May: Supalonely
[Edit] May: Lizzo - PINK (bad day)
Princess
Butterfly Monarchy
[AU] It Takes Two: Lovedollz
Season of the Witch
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The Amazing Digital Circus
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Ragatha
Caine: Hundreds of all seeing eyes
Random TADC sketches
[Edit] Pomni, Jax, Ragatha, and Caine: Circus
[Edit] CAINE SUPREMACY
Chef Bubble on the hunt for a thanksgiving dinner
Jax: Mistletoe
POV: You’re a parasite
Horse Photoshoot
Happy New Year 2024!
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Miscellaneous & Stuff from other fandoms
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Happy New Year!
[Puss in Boots: The Last Wish] Death
Tikalla
[Spider-Verse] Hobie Brown: Nine Inch Nails - Closer
[mini comic] On the way to watch the Barbie movie
Barbie Girl
[MC:SM][PASTEL GORE] Wither Sickness ft. Petra
[FNAF] Foxy
How my OTP’s would kiss under the mistletoe
[Hunter X Hunter] [Badass Edit] Kite: In victory or defeat, it’ll be hell.
Verbalase running from Hisoka
Birthday Hunter
Year of the Dragon: Mushu
Fanfics:
TADC: New Year’s Day
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#masterlist#hazelight studios#disney#pixar#the incredibles#incredibles 2#turning red#4town#it takes two#mod post#taglist#tag masterlist#the amazing digital circus#hunter x hunter
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Oc idea: schizophrenic guy that believes a woman he likes is a demon bc the bible says “an angel makes itself scary to ward off evil but a demon makes itself beautiful to fool mortals” or whatever the verse was
I imagine this guy is German. 39 years old at the beginning of our story. He’s 100% Catholic bc it’s always Catholics taking stuff too seriously. Long, platinum blonde hair. Ghostly pale skin that’s only exasperated by how much he stays inside. Some wrinkles setting in by the end of the story (lasts 10 yrs). Big, bright blue owl eyes that just scream “I’m crazy”. Deep purple eye bags.
His design is inspired by Randy Rampage in the Alison Hell music video by Annihilator (I recognize thaf that probably sounds insensitive to Randy Rampage, and im so sorry Rampage ur legacy doesn’t deserve this, but in my defense he was a heroin addict so i think thats why he has maniac energy). I got the initial idea of a psychotic white guy thats after learning about the Jlo stalker in Papa Meat’s stalkers video. The second i saw that guy’s mugshot i was like “yeah that guy is insane” and started thinking of a character design that just tells u the person is deranged. I also like to think he’s inspired by Johan Liebert from Monster- although i cant say for sure bc ive never seen it lol. He’s inspired at least in appearance and the fact they’re both German. I think I’m gonna name him “Johan” not only after the guy from Monster but the Jlo stalker’s name was John (“John” “Johan” and any other variants are red flags).
I like to think this guy is an artist. He fell in love with her initially because he thought she looks like a renaissance painting. Makes gorgeous religious oil paintings of her as an enticing demon, almost like how Lucifer is depicted. “The most beautiful angel” type stuff.
Oh yeah and his house is LITTERED with religious iconography: a shit ton of crosses, famous religious paintings from the old renaissance masters, and religious murals he painted himself. Very obsessed with morality and scared straight of sinning- to the point he has at least one image of Jesus in every room at all times bc he wants to always be reminded that the lord is watching. The house in general is barren (excluding the murals and paintings). No furniture other than a mattress (no covers), a dining table, one chair at said table, an easel, and an old desk for art purposes.
The woman used to be a college student. 19 years old at the beginning of our story. Deep brown eyes you can lose yourself in. She was studying complex mathematics to become a physicist and was interested in space exploration. Friendly and social, but no party animal. She was responsible and hard working. A book worm that loves a good sci fi, usually seen reading in the campus library, the city library, or her favorite cafe. Another one of her hobbies is art. She draws breath taking landscapes with color pencil, oil pastel, and/or soft pastel. She likes to draw the scenery in various places around town to document her time there.
By “document her time there” i mean she’s not originally from that city. Nor the state. Not even from Germany.
Shes an international student from Spain. Her name is Dolores.
They were acquainted at best. They met through work. Her first job in Germany was retail stocking shelves. He’s been stuck at that job for a while behind the cash register. They had some minor interactions before she moved on to another job, but nothing major. It was enough for his delusions to go wild though.
One thing that is proof this is God’s plan is that they were born exactly 20 years apart. He was born at 08:21 CET on the 8th of August 1982 and she was born at 08:21 CET on the 8th of August 2002. Not just that, but they were born in sister cities- Langen, Germany and Aranda de Duero, Spain. This must mean something!
He fucking has a war in himself. He tries to fight his desires and kill the “demon”, but he can’t bring himself to harm her and “gets fooled by the demon’s charm.” In a very confused moment, he captures the demon saying “I can’t let her get away and wreak havoc on the world. I will kill her one day, but for now i have to keep her from causing harm.” Amd flip flops from being very abusive, starving and torturing her, to being very loving and “giving in” to the demon’s charms. I can imagine one of his favorite torture methods is water boarding with holy water. Never once thinking that a real demon woulf fucking use some magic shit on him to kill him and be done or get burnt from holy water.
He keeps his “demon” in a closet. He painted a mural of Jesus on the cross on the door- both sides- as some type of “blessing” of the door that prevents the “demon” from getting out. She stays there 24/7 with a small futon, pillow, thin blanket, and food bowl.
It all comes to an end one day when he contacts a priest to kill her because he can’t bring himself to do it and well… the priest sees it all…
#my oc#this is whats been on my mind recently#so thats why i havent been super productive recently#this and fafsa#oc Johan
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If Alice's parents were still alive, how do you think they'd view Norton as her love interest?
HEH
I wish I knew more about them but from the vibes it seems to me like they basically took in Orpheus and took good care of him while Orpheus's parents were working. Then them being referred as kind and gentle
but that is with children lol
So to set the scene, the manor games are happening and Alice, Melly, and Norton escaped. Alice reunites with her parents that are living in a hidden safe place, both parties believing that the other didn't survive the initial attack and are shocked that they are standing face to face, and this grubby guy right behind Alice lol
Imagining Alice all gown up now and is with this grubby guy -WHEEZE- but even then I imagine they would be quite gracious with him cause Alice and him kept each other safe, and I can see Norton being a little weirded out that they aren't staring at his scars like everyone else does, especially rich people. That they aren't forming negative opinions of him and treating him lesser than because of his appearance.
Sidenote: I sometimes think that Norton kind of likes his scars cause they finally gave him a reason to look grumpy at the world like he is on the inside. Giving him an excuse to hate people cause they are staring at his scars. Like he is putting them on display and not hiding them so he can give himself excuses to be mad and offish and alone. I think he was masking so hard before cause he is this tall good looking guy that the ladies would fawn over, especially the old nurses and old ladies in hospice, he would probably play the part of the local heartthrob for them cause one he wasn't on the doom train just yet and then two, to keep his image glowing for job opportunities. But was still likely taken advantage of and looked down upon by the snobbish rich people that would visit to look over their mines and hospitals and such.
Then here are these extremely confusing rich people that are being nice to him and it isn't fake, from what he can tell. Talk about confusing
Anyways back to the parents.
I bet they were nervous at first cause they remember seeing his picture (where it looks like a dang mugshot with his empty eyes in the newspaper pfff) but Alice talks so highly of him they are like 'oh, yea I see what she sees in him, at this core he is gentle and kind'
I bet they would do all they can to behind the scenes to get him to open up to them, cause I BET they are well versed in the fake conversation stuff so once Norton starts actually opening up and speaking his truths they would 100000000% know it ;; It would likely take a WHILE but well worth it once he finally speaks as his true self with them
So all in all I think they would trust Alice and her judgment at first until they really sit down and talk and are like 'yea there is more to him' and get curious. and get extra curious when they notice how soft Alice and Norton glance at each other lol
I can see the DeRoss parents being more cautious than they used to be and such, cause of the initial attack all those years ago. But they still have their core values intact and I think they would end up liking him LOL
#identity v#norton campbell#idv#idv prospector#alice deross#idv norton#idv journalist#identity v norton#nortalice#identity v norton campbell#idv alice#identity v alice#minty answers#minty speaks#ask#asks#THANK YOU FOR THE ASK
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I’ll probably get hell for this but JT gives me jealousy vibes when it comes to her new beef with Glorilla. Glo has been in the mainstream a lot including the White House & just worked with Meg while JT hasn’t achieved that yet all while being in a girl group & having a famous man. And I don’t know why she tried to flex her mugshots like that’s something to be proud of. She got them for stealing not fighting. I heard the verse Glo said & it wasn’t bad so I don’t know why she’s mad. But that’s just my opinion 🤷🏾♀️
Yeah I agree lmao
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Apparently Jesus is too "woke" for some white Evangelical Christians. And that segment of the US population gave Trump a larger percentage of its votes in 2020 than in 2016.
If they are turning their backs on Jesus in favor of Trump, are they still "Christian" by definition?
These folks are basically worshiping Trump as a false god.
I found a Bible verse that reminds me of these Trump worshipers, it's from the Book of Hosea.

Nowadays those craftsmen are making MAGA caps and coffee cups with Trump's mugshot.
Remember how people were posing next to a graven image of Trump at CPAC a year or so ago? He's the new Baal.

Trump is at the center of a new religion.
#donald trump#white evangelicals#jesus#christianity#jesus is too 'woke' for some christians#russell moore#the trump cult#graven image#false god#baal#hosea 13:2#republicans#mehdi hasan#Youtube
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Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster EXTREMELY subjective review
I usually post a review here if I'm excited or anticipating an album and I'm curious how it turns out. This one I was not excited for at all, in fact I was ready to shit on it very hard when I first saw the Ronnie Radke mugshot album cover. Hearing reviewers, media and obviously the vocal minority on Twitter calling it one of, if not the worst album of all time just made me more curious.
Ronnie Radke is a very divisive personality. Love him or hate him, he is very successful at his thing. Very popular (as the title suggests), but very much a jerk. To pretty much everyone who doesn't agree with him on something. His overly inflated ego is the driving force in this record. Songs like Bad Guy. Ronald and the titular Popular Monster are all ego trips, walking the listener through what's going on in his brain while obviously being very narcissistic and self-centered about it. These songs are all acknowledging the fact that he loves AND hates himself most of the time, he still sings about being the savior of the scene, he is still a self-proclaimed messiah who went through so much shit in his life that now he deserves all the attention he gets, so he can sing (or scream) about being the necessary evil that he considers himself. The lyrical content of the album is more or less about this very same topic, which means it becomes tiresome by the half of the record.
In the second half of the album there are songs like Zombified and Trigger Warning which are more about the current state of cancel culture and politics. The former is more of how the aforementioned vocal minority cancels everyone in an instant even if they made a mistake 10 or so years ago. According to them, people are incapable of changing, which is sadly very true. The latter is about "freedom of speech being taken away" specifically in the US. Trigger Warning sounds like it would be played at Trump rallies, while Zombified is just another funnel for Ronnie to give his opinion about people trying to cancel him. His cause in these songs is fair, but the intention is still from his ego.
The song Popular Monster came out in 2018. Life was very different back then and I have to admit, in 2019 that song was one of my most played ones for that year, from musically speaking deservedly so. It's very catchy and the chorus and the pitch shifted breakdown got stuck in my head for weeks. But 6 years passed, and in these 6 years we got all of the singles one by one: Voices In My Head, Watch The World Burn, Zombified, All My Life. And these songs share an eerily similar thing: that "duuuun dududun" breakdown of Popular Monster. It worked once in that song, so Ronnie milks the ever loving shit out of it over and over again. Just like his narcissistic lyrics, this also gets very boring after the 4th song.
Purely from a musical standpoint this album is not that bad however. Actually it's pretty decent when it comes to changing subgenres many times in a song. Watch The World Burn illustrates it very much, we can have a very heavy metal part, a rap verse and a Queen-like choir in the same songs in Ronnie's universe. Which I admit is executed, not very tastefully but pretty well compared to other bands that try to do the same. The intro song is well produced, the instrumentals are very epic sounding, just like in the closure which is Ronnie's rendition of Last Resort by Papa Roach. These huge sounding instrumentals make Ronnie's vocal abilities sounding try-hard and at some points he sounds like he's struggling to catch up, even though he never sounded this good while belting his vocals, rapping his fastest or screams his lowest. I especially like the buildup of Tech-N9ne in Ronald (the "devil's right here" verse).
There are some unnecessary things that piss me off about this record though so I'm just gonna list them here:
Zombified blatantly ripping of the riff of One Step Closer by Linkin Park
The constant building up and letting down of Prequel, very weird pacing for an intro song (the climax is very epic, which I liked though)
The whole lyrics of the song Bad Guy... seriously... stop
Ronnie's annoying mumble rapping in No Fear. It sounds dated and obnoxious. That song is probably the worst of all.
In conclusion I hear what people hear, but I still don't think this record is that bad. Ronnie can be a dick sometimes but he's still a very talented composer and his vision about the sound of the band is very creative and absolutely deserves the success. Still, there are some cringy and obnoxious parts that I wanted to tear off my own face to so I wouldn't say it's a good record either. I would give it a 5/10 maximum.
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