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vampireacademysims · 6 years ago

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So, I got tagged for this 50 OC questions meme by @blackswan-sims, thanks girl (B&W squad!) :D I asked her whom should I do it about and she said Rose, although she also gave me the liberty to do about someone else. Well, Rose Hathaway is NOT my OC, she belongs to Richelle Mead, but I will do this one at the best of my knowledge, bits of headcanon might have seeped in, it’s only my opinion after all, so bear with me. If you have different view, post them bellow, I’m curious.

Tagging, @in-sempiternam, @grecadeasimsstudios, @moocha-muses, @fannycandysims, @mdpthatsme, @yandereplumsim, @ilikefishfood and anyone else. I really love reading OC stuff, so poke me if you do.

01. How old is your sim? Recently turned 18.

02. When is your sim’s birthday? March 21st.

03. What is your sim’s zodiac sign? Aries.

04. What is your sim’s ethnicity? Scottish - Turkish.

05. Does your sim have any nicknames? Everyone calls her Rose since her full name is Rosemarie. As for special nicknames, Adrian called her Little Dhampir and Dimitri calls her Roza when he’s being affectionate.

[More under the cut]

06. Do they have a job? She just dropped out of school, so no. She’s going rogue while being financed by Adrian.

07. Where does your sim live? She lived most of her life at St. Vladimir’s Academy before she left. She’s currently on a personal mission in Russia and she’s constantly moving, so she lives nowhere right now.

08. Who does your sim live with? In St. Vlad’s she lived in the Dhampir dorms and had no roommate.

09. What environment did your sim grow up in? (strict, loving, cold etc.) She grew up with the other Dhampir and Moroi at St. Vladimir’s Academy, a boarding school for both species. She was treated like every other Dhampir, so I guess… itty bit strict for being a boarding school? Other than that, I guess it was an ok environment, she must have had some perks for being Lissa’s best friend, with Lissa being a Royal.

10. What is your sim’s favourite food? Pizza, brownies… Rose can eat about anything (except Borsht apparently XD) she loves sweets and junk food.

11. What is your sim’s favourite drink? Not really sure? I know she dabbled with alcohol in the past… but Russian Vodka (the one really produced in Russia) is like rocket fuel for her.

12. If they have one what is your sim’s favourite color? Red?

13. Does your sim believe in any clichés? (love at first sight, etc.) I don’t think so? She’s quite skeptic.

14. What is your sim’s sexuality? Heterosexual.

15. What is your sim’s gender identity? Female.

16. Is your sim type a or type b? Definitively Type A.

17. Is your sim introverted or extroverted? Very Extroverted.

18. What is your sim’s favourite woohoo position? Rose has done the Devil’s Tango only once (up until now) and there wasn’t much information about it. I guess Rose would fallow any instructions Dimitri gave off, being her first time, but I envision her liking to experiment in the future.

19. Is your sim a pet person? If so what is their favourite animal? Not a pet person. Apparently animals don’t take well to Dhampirs, Lissa had a cat once and he and Rose only seemed to tolerate each other.

20. Does your sim have a best friend? Vasilisa “Lissa” Dragomir, more than her best-friend, she’s her bond-mate.

21. What is/was your sim’s favourite school subject? Rose is not very… scholarly. Dhampirs have specific classes to learn to act like bodyguards - known as Guardians when they graduate, before that they are Novices - besides more mundane stuff like pre-calculus or Slavic-art. I’d gather she liked combat lessons the most (even better when they were with Dimitri).

22. Is/was your sim a high, mid or low achiever in school? I gather she was a middle achiever on non-combat stuff. On Dhampir related subjects like combat and such I’d say she was a high achiever, she learned fast when she wanted to.

23. Are they planning to go or have they already been to college? If so, what would be or what was their major? I don’t really think it passed through her mind in the past. Dhampirs are raised, educated and trained to solely be Moroi Guardians. Their moto is “They [Moroi] come first” after all. But now that Lissa is finishing school and she wants to go to college. As her Guardian Rose would go with her, enrolling and having classes, but mostly because it’s part of the job to protect her, not because she personally wants to. 24. What are your sim’s political beliefs? Human politics don’t matter to her. Moroi politics, she’s starting to pay attention as she learns how Guardians are treated by Moroi, she sees things that need to change. But she isn’t all that political.

25. What is one thing your sim wants to do before they die? Right now, free Dimitri’s soul from being a Strigoi. But other than that and be Lissa’s Guardian, I don’t think she has a bucket list (or I can’t really remember right now).

26. Does your sim have a favourite TV show (cable) and/or movie? I don’t think St. Vlad’s allowed TVs and right now even if she had time to watch some TV, it’s all in Russian and she barely understands it lol

27. Is your sim a Netflix viewer? Netflix didn’t exist at the time the books are set in, and for the reasons explained previously, I’d say no.

28. Does your sim like books? Nooooope!

29. Does your sim enjoy video games, if so what is their favourite one and do they play on PC or console? Goes the same as TV. Not allowed in school, no time for it currently.

30. What is your sim’s personal style? Rose likes to be comfortable, but if she can go for sexy, she will do it. She knows she’s pretty and that her body attracts attentions, so she will flaunt it given the opportunity.

31. Does your sim have a lucky charm? A Nazar necklace that her mother gave her for Christmas, which was given to her mother by her – for now – unknown father. Lissa gave her a family heirloom Chotki bracelet meant for the guardians that served the Dragomir family, but Rose gave it back when she left.

32. Is your sim religious? Not at all.

33. What kind of music does your sim listen to and who is their favourite artist? There isn’t much information about what she likes, but there is about what she doesn’t like: 80’s music with a focus on 80’s European music. She always complain when Dimitri is listening to that type of music, which is his favorite.

34. Is your sim a festive person? If so what’s their favourite holiday? Don’t think so…

35. What is your sim’s favourite type of weather? Sunny warm weather, since she rarely gets to experience it. Although Moroi don’t die with sun exposure, it’s uncomfortable for them (because vampires after all). So they work on a nocturnal schedule and thus so do the Dhampirs.

36. Does your sim prefer to start fights or finish them? Both!

37. Does your sim have a dream job? To be Lissa’s Guardian, she won’t take anything else.

38. Does your sim have any siblings? She’s an only child.

39. Does your sim get along with their family? For a long time she resented her mother a lot for not raising her and choosing to be a Guardian full time, meaning she left Rose at the care of St. Vlad’s since an early age. It’s complicated, female Dhampirs that choose to stop being Guadians and choosing to raise a family and looked down upon and a few have the ugly nomenclature “Blood Whores” attached to them for choosing family. She has been coming to terms with her mother and coming to admire her and having a friendlier relation. She doesn’t know who her father is.

40. What is your sim’s favourite hobby? Fighting? She doesn’t have the time to go partying anymore.

41. What does your sim look for in a romantic partner? Someone that respects her and treats her as an equal, mutual understanding.

42. What is a secret about your sim? She and Lissa are Bonded. During a car crash that killed Lissa’s family, Lissa brought Rose from the brink of death using her Spirit element and it created a bond between the two, making Rose Shadow-Kissed. Rose can see through Lissa’s eyes and feel what she feels at any given time, although Lissa doesn’t have these perks. This is not much of a secret anymore, ever since it became known that Lissa is a Spirit user. The current secret would be is that she is in love Dimitri, who is her 7 years older mentor, and that both did the Devil’s Tango once.

43. What is a wish your sim has? Becoming Lissa’s Guardian and having an accepted relation with Dimitri. You see, Dhampirs having relations with other Dhampirs is frowned upon.

44. What is a flaw your sim has? Rose is impulsive, fight prone and known to hit first and ask questions later.

45. How do others generally perceive your sim? Same as above. Not someone you want to cross.

46. Does your sim have a greatest achievement? Coming back from death. Sure, she had help, but she did it. Taking Lissa from St. Vlad’s and running away, living amongst humans for 2 years before Dimitri tracked them down and brought them back to school.

47. If they have one, what is your sim’s greatest regret? “Allowing” Dimitri to be taken by Strigoi. She was held back, but still. On top of that one, having left Lissa behind when she embarked on this possibly suicidal mission to Russia to find and kill Dimitri.

48. Does your sim have a favourite emoji? No idea lol

49. Does your sim use simstagram? At this point she doesn’t even own a phone.

50. What is the last text your sim sent (and who did they text)? See above, so no texts.

#50 oc questions #tagged #not an oc tho....#Vampire academy #VA #Rose Hathaway #sims 2 #ts2 #memes

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moldypieceoflasagna · 6 years ago

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36 questions that nobody asked me

(except @lollipoppedchainsaw )

(the 36 questions that lead to love or whatever) https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html

1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?

I hate going out to dinner so much i probably wouldnt be able to enjoy it properly

2. Would you like to be famous? In what way?

It would be interesting to see what it’s like for a short period of time, but i’d never be able to keep it up; i’d probably have an identity crisis

3. Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?

yes i have to mentally prepare myself 100% of the time

4. What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?

hanging out with the people i love is enough to keep me happy for a good while tbh. sitting around doing nothing literally nothing with them is endlessly entertaining to me even though sometimes i might make that hard to believe

5. When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?

i sing to myself a lot, not so much to others- although i AM a slut for karaoke

6. If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?

body because i feel thats probably what old people complain about most. plus like,, 90 years of life knowledge? sounds great to me

7. Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?

probably an accident that’s almost statistically impossible

8. Name three things you and your partner appear to have in common.

single rn (ladies) but i usually try to find friends with similar music tastes because scream-singing in the car is the most fun one can have

9. For what in your life do you feel most grateful?

im most grateful for my dogs and for my friends! i love them and it means the world to me to have people that i can call family. also i would die without my dog juno, she is my rock (and my therapist)

10. If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?

Not rly how i was raised, but i wish i had a closer relationship with my older siblings. Three of them had moved out before i was rly old enough to not be an asshole child, so most of them still see me as an asshole child and they never take me seriously. im glad i have an alright relationship with them, but that’s kinda all it is and i know i could do better

11. Take four minutes and tell your partner your life story in as much detail as possible.

Lived in Texas my whole life yeehaw. I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters; 2 of them dont like me, and my relationship with the other 2 is,, certainly not bad. Had a lot of physical and mental illness in the past, but 20gayteen is definitely my year, yeet

12. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?

either speaking a different language or playing the piano. im very jealous of good piano players, and at some point i need to be able to speak a more useful language than french because so far in texas it’s proved absolutely useless (other than talking to my mom but that doesnt count)

13. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future or anything else, what would you want to know?

I’d wanna know wtf im supposed to do with my life because sweaty i still have no idea. passion? dont know her please introduce me

14. Is there something that you’ve dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven’t you done it?

i wanna go skydiving bitch, no one wants to go with me! pussies!!! the lot of you

15. What is the greatest accomplishment of your life?

that one time i did an entire semester’s worth of work in the last three days of the school year

16. What do you value most in a friendship?

being able to put up with my huge fucking mouth. also honesty is super important, even if it’ll make me feel shitty

17. What is your most treasured memory?

when i went camping with a bunch of friends and they were bitter i got to be in the middle of the tent because they were all cold. either that or the time i was getting really bad sleep paralysis and @lonelywaterfall & @skity stayed over so my paranoia didnt render me completely useless,,, also the paramore concert lol ive never been more vulnerable in my life.

18. What is your most terrible memory?

coming out to my mom haha

19. If you knew that in one year you would die suddenly, would you change anything about the way you are now living? Why?

i’d go on a trip around the world to explore/to see a few people, and i’d put extra effort into my gender expression

20. What does friendship mean to you?

comfortable silence is my kink. also emotional vulnerability and SAD BOY HOURS we cant forget those

21. What roles do love and affection play in your life?

I’m such a slut for physical affection yall have no idea please hug me as much as possible and play with my hair or my hands

22. Alternate sharing something you consider a positive characteristic of your partner. Share a total of five items.

i guess ill do the same with previous partners so.. i think being funny is probably the #1 thing i appreciate in someone. when you make me laugh so hard i cry, just know that’s like. peak. also stubbornness is strangely attractive to me, plus like,,, uh having an unexpected soft side? an appreciation of art is super important, too. also SPOON VERSATILITY.

23. How close and warm is your family? Do you feel your childhood was happier than most other people’s?

it was probably happier than a lot of people’s but there wasnt much to it. plus being the youngest in my ENTIRE family really sucked during my childhood because everyone picked on me and i think that’s probably what started a lot of my issues lol

24. How do you feel about your relationship with your mother?

better than it could be, but definitely not what i want it to be. we both love each other and i admire her work ethic, but she gave me a lot of anxiety problems (both genetically and not) and she isnt the most understanding person. i have hope though, people change

25. Make three true “we” statements each. For instance, “We are both in this room feeling …

I’m hungry and sitting alone in front of my computer feeling like OVERSHARING ON THIS BEAUTIFUL THURSDAY MORNING, BOYS

26. Complete this sentence: “I wish I had someone with whom I could share …

many, MANY animals and a lighthouse in the middle of nowhere

27. If you were going to become a close friend with your partner, please share what would be important for him or her to know.

I’m REALLY insecure about my body xd

28. Tell your partner what you like about them; be very honest this time, saying things that you might not say to someone you’ve just met.

LOVE feeling safe.

29. Share an embarrassing moment in your life.

probably every time that i’ve ever worn a dress, because i really,, really dont like wearing dresses and that’s it

30. When did you last cry in front of another person? By yourself?

last cried by myself this morning and last cried in front of another person at my friend’s birthday party

31. Tell your partner something that you like about them already.

no partner but if youre reading this im rly proud of ur attention span. gj buddy

32. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?

i think most things can be joked about after a certain amount of time, but like,, it has to actually be funny and it has to come from someone i know isnt serious about it. if a joke is made just for the purpose of being offensive and edgy, it’s never funny no tea just truth.

33. If you were to die this evening with no opportunity to communicate with anyone, what would you most regret not having told someone? Why haven’t you told them yet?

i’d regret not spending enough time with people that i love, not traveling as much as i should have, and also i’d regret not formally coming out of the closet to my family (they probably already been done knew but like. yknow). i came out to myself & the people closest to me a LONG ass time ago, but i’ve kinda seen what it did to my immediate family so im not too excited to do that to my extended family. if i’m not too much of a pussy, ill probably do it in the summer when i see them next, bc ive been meaning to for a while.

34. Your house, containing everything you own, catches fire. After saving your loved ones and pets, you have time to safely make a final dash to save any one item. What would it be? Why?

is it bad of me to say my computer? i feel like everyone else has a much more meaningful answer lol. it would probably either be that or the papers i keep on my bulletin board, bc most of them hold a lot of sentimental value (also my prescriptions would be a pain to get copies of)

35. Of all the people in your family, whose death would you find most disturbing? Why?

either of my parents because i dont want them dying before i reach the point where i can expect them to be happy for me when i marry a girl

36. Share a personal problem and ask your partner’s advice on how he or she might handle it. Also, ask your partner to reflect back to you how you seem to be feeling about the problem you have chosen.

personal problems? what’re those lmfao dont have any srry try me again later

i’m too much of a pussy to tag certain people so if you see this and I've had any sort of conversation with you, do it coward

(also @skity @drawinintherain )

#love exposing myself to people on the internet #hot

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deadcactuswalking · 5 years ago

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS 2020: 17/01

I don’t really have an intro for this one so: REVIEWING THE CHARTS 2020. Let’s get into it.

Top 10

At number-one, for the third week in a row, is “Own It” by Stormzy featuring Burna Boy and Ed Sheeran, and honestly I don’t really see a foreseeable threat to this song’s throne, but much like all songs in January, it’s a pretty weak stance and could easily fall to an unexpected climber.

Lewis Capaldi’s “Before You Go” is once again stalling at the runner-up spot.

At number-three, we have a surprise debut from an artist I didn’t think would ever peak this high in the UK, Future, who has partnered with Drake for “Life is Good”, a collaboration that is clenching the top spots on a bunch of charts, I’d imagine, mostly because of Drake. God knows how many top 10 or top 40 singles he has at this point, I’m not going to even bother counting them. Future, on the other hand, has had his highest ever charting song on the UK Singles Chart this week, and his third UK Top 40 single (His first hit in the top 10 ever). Congratulations, I suppose, but we’ll talk about the song a bit later.

Due to the sudden debut, most of the top 10 is falling this week. First of all, “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa is down a spot to number-four.

“The Box” by Roddy Ricch seems to immediately abolish that trend as it has rocketed up 11 spaces in the chart to number-five, perhaps highlighting a possible #1 candidate in the coming weeks. It’s Roddy’s first top 10 hit in the UK.

“ROXANNE” by Arizona Zervas is down two spaces to number-six.

Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved” is stable at number-seven for some God forsaken reason.

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is up two spots to number-eight and with the video release, I could see this peaking even higher.

Justin Bieber’s “Yummy” falls hard off of the debut, being nearly pushed out of the top 10, losing four spaces to number-nine.

Finally, “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I is down four spots to #10. Sure.

Climbers

We have a rare week where there are no notable climbers at all outside of the top 10, which is emblematic of a certain period on the chart.

Fallers

In January, popular music repeats itself and the chart regurgitates the biggest hits of the year for a brief month where nothing can seemingly actually make a spin for the top spot or become a smash hit, and everything somehow collapses, and every debut goes nowhere, only to be gone by March. It should be the month where the smash hit songs appear on the charts for the first time, and it usually is, but it definitely never seems like that, as the chart is so dry and after the influx of 2019’s greatest hits, we seem to have reached a new equilibrium, so we can start waving goodbye to our fallers and drop-outs; I doubt we’ll see many of them again. “Ride It” by Regard featuring Jay Sean is down six spots to #16, “South of the Border” by Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B is down seven spaces to #24, as is “Gangsta” by Darkoo and One Acen at #26, “HIGHEST IN THE ROOM” by Travis Scott and remixed by ROSALIA and Lil Baby is down five to #30, “Senorita” by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello is down five to #35, and finally, “Lights Up” by Harry Styles is down eight positions to #40.

Dropouts & Returning Entries

There aren’t any returning entries, after all, we seldom have too many re-entries to the chart, but there is a handful of dropouts from the chart. First of all, we have the three-songs-per-artist rule coming into effect for the first notable time in a while, as since there’s a new Stormzy song, “Audacity” featuring Headie One is out from #26 and I’m going to predict it’s definitely back next week. Also out is the promising new arrival “Savage” by MIST out off of the debut at #35, non-starter, “Into the Unknown” by Idina Menzel and AURORA from the Frozen II soundtrack, out from #37, and “Heartless” by the Weeknd, out from #38.

Before we get into the new arrivals, here are some songs in the top 75 that have a trajectory seemingly aiming for the top 40, that I’d like to see get there. Not all of these songs are good but they are all healthy predictions. We have “Good News” by the late Mac Miller at #49, “Power Over Me” by Dermot Kennedy at #60, “Say So” by Doja Cat at #65, “SUGAR” by BROCKHAMPTON at #66, “Eleven” by Khalid at #70, and “Roses” by Saint Jhn at #72. I’d bet money on most of these eventually making the top 40. Anyway, here’s the main attraction:

NEW ARRIVALS

#37 – “You should be sad” – Halsey

Produced by Greg Kurstin

It should be no surprise that I’m not the biggest fan of Halsey. Part of her alternative-pop-girl image was really pretentious and turned me off initially but once she fully embraced she was a pop singer, whilst I respect her more, I still found her lacking, arguably more so, as a singer and songwriter. This song, however, is pretty unique, and it comes from her album Manic, which I’ve yet to listen to. It’s a country song, funnily enough right next to the only other country song that made a big splash in the UK last year, “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, which is at #36. It’s not a common occurrence for country songs to appear on the UK Singles Chart, for obvious reasons, but I’ll take a Shania Twain-influenced country pop song dependent on more neo-traditional 90s pedal-steel—Listen, I know little to nothing about country, and I’m throwing all these random key terms around... I’m not necessarily the best person to speak on this, and I know that, but I guess I’ll see if I myself prefer Halsey’s ninth UK top 40 hit. For what it’s worth, the guitar line here is really sweet, but Halsey’s voice with an additional country twang and drowned in reverb, just sounds kind of gross and ugly? I guess that’s the best way to say it, and even though sometimes it works, she seems way too downbeat and subtle for a vengeful kiss-off... until the entire flow of the verse obstructs for the chorus, which is introduced by a really dodgy, awkward wave of distorted strings that just sound awful. Whatever tone, genre, style or mood this song attempts to build up is immediately broken by that, and whilst some of these lyrics are really specific and genuinely pretty good, I’m tuned out until that killer electric guitar riff comes in and steals the show... before it just goes again. It’s not like there’s build-up to the riff either, or that it’s a break from the momentum because everything just keeps happening in the background. It’s not a drop because there’s no climax or catharsis to it, it’s just a cool riff that’s... there. Yeah, this is wasted potential, and that’s not even including the questionable at best mixing and whatever the hell that bridge is. This song might actually be broken, like what happened in the mediating process, guys? Who leant on seven wrong buttons at the same time? God, what a hot mess of a song.

#28 – “Rare” – Selena Gomez

Produced by Sir Nolan and Simon Says

Selena Gomez has a new album. It’s where “Lose You to Love Me” comes from. It’s probably pretty mediocre. I do not care for Selena Gomez. She makes robot pop music. It is about as standard and droning as these sentences. This is her 16th solo UK top 40 hit, or without “the Scene” if you prefer—that clause alone gives me more character than a Selena Gomez album. Sometimes with good songwriters, she can get something decent out of her limited range and bland production, and with Madison Love as a songwriter and Charli XCX involved as the person originally handed the song, I actually have somewhat high expectations for this, and you know what? It’s promising. The lo-fi bass groove and steady funk/soul groove in the intro is pretty sweet, but then the whole 2019 pop schtick comes in, and some of the soul is lost, but it has a pretty quirky, fun string instrumental with nice, bubbly synths and seemingly randomly-placed hi-hats. Here, Gomez actually works pretty well as she stays calm until the chorus, and she doesn’t sound too bad there, even if she’s desperately filling up the meter with nonsense, because it does sound like a child’s nursery rhyme. Hence, she fits in perfectly with the petty lyrics and cute instrumental. The guitar in the post-chorus/bridge sounds really great too. Perhaps it is over-long though, as three minutes and 40 seconds does make the chorus wear off, although it really could not have been as good as a song without that bridge, as the slow sense of dread is keeping up in the pre-chorus, with that intense bass groove and what seem to be airplane crash sound effects, only to propel itself back into a really cute chorus, with kind of an 80s sound I’m just noticing. Yeah, this is pretty good, and it has Charli XCX kind of written all over it. I’d like to hear a remix if that’s fine with you, Selena. You’ve impressed me with this one.

#21 – “STILL DISAPPOINTED” – Stormzy

Produced by Mikey J

This is Stormzy’s 22nd UK Top 40 hit and Christ, there’s a lot to unpack with this one. Okay, so this is the 2019-2020 Grime War, or at least that’s what r/grime is calling it. There have been 32 rappers or MCs involved in the war so far, including Ed Sheeran, but most are just mentioned in diss tracks, or “dubs” as the grime scene calls them, without responding. Basically, JAY1, who has been on this show before, didn’t pay Dot Rotten for producing the song “Million Bucks”, which was credited to Steel Banglez (It’s actually a great beat, by the way, I’d want credit too), so Dot Rotten released three dubs, one of which was copyright-claimed by JAY1, thus in response Dot released another song called “Copyright Claim This, P***y”. Classy. Then two of the most desperate-for-attention people in the grime scene find themselves dissing each other: Dot Rotten and Wiley. Within four days, Dot Rotten releases eight dubs. There’s this whole mess with Wiley, Dot and Jaykae, but then finally, a fan asks if he will be dissing Jaykae. Wiley says, “Never, he’s with Ed and Stormzy now”. Hence, Wiley and Stormzy go back and forth for a while on Twitter, and the beef escalates, with Wiley posting a Stormzy dub called “Eeydiat Skengman”, which is just okay, but has a pretty killer beat. Stormzy responds with “DISAPPOINTED”, but the reception is lukewarm. Sure, the Brexit joke was funny, but he had mostly weak bars and he also called himself the King of Grime over a drill beat. In fact, might as well cover all the Wiley tracks: they all sound the same. The beef has mostly stopped for now, but it’s still going on in the lower echelon. I would argue it probably stopped because of Stormzy’s final dub, “STILL DISAPPOINTED”, which is hilarious, and actually on a grime beat, in fact it’s on an iconic beat from the first Lord of the Mics in 2004, “Mic Check 1-2” by Kano. It starts out pretty okay, Stormzy just saying that he’s a real G and all... but then:

So why you love to talk about mums so much?

The entire diss track is about Wiley’s mother, and that when Wiley’s house was threatened by bricks and guns during gang violence, he (supposedly) sent her to Cyprus instead of trying to rescue her and improving her quality of life. He then says that his mother is pregnant because Wiley is fraud (Huh?), that Stormzy will have sex with his mother, and that she is a whore, but it’s not her fault that she had to move to Cyprus, but he will still have sex with his mother and become the man of the house. He takes only a few bars to relax and stop going on this tangent detailing Wiley’s mother’s move to Cyprus, but then comes back to the topic again, and whilst some of the bars make seemingly no sense at least to me, the dub is cruel and so oddly specific that I’d be incredibly offended. I’d probably want to fight Stormzy after this, honestly, and the song isn’t even that great. It’s a diss track, so I can’t really critique it as a song and not a personal attack, but Stormzy’s flow and charisma is definitely there and this was a funny listen.

Also, this line had me cackling:

I never wanna hear you say, "Free the mandem" (Yeah) / Let's go Cyprus and go free your mumzy

#3 – “Life is Good” – Future and Drake

Produced by OZ and D. Hill

It is so weird to see Future here. Drake not so much obviously, but this song peaked at #2 in the US, nearly giving Future his first #1, all thanks to Drake. Without Drake, the song would still be entirely coherent but it wouldn’t chart at all. That’s because this is not a collaboration in any sense of the word. It wouldn’t even fit under the guise of their little collaborative effort, What a Time to be Alive. It’s a Drake song, and then a Future song. Hold on, let me change this.

#3 – “Life is Good” – Drake, then Future

Produced by OZ and D. Hill

I don’t mind guest artists having solo sections of songs, hell, Drake had one on Travis Scott’s “SICKO MODE” a year back, but there’s a beat switch in the middle that completely separates both performances. Drake has a chorus, as does Future. Drake has a verse, Future has two—under two completely separate beats. At least on “SICKO MODE”, Travis joined in with Drake and Tay Keith for a verse and a couple ad-libs under the same beat. Sigh, I guess it doesn’t matter in the end, even though Future cheated a chart placement; it’s not as obviously fraudulent as Ellie Goulding’s efforts, or John Legend’s. I’m surprised that a plain and simple trap-rap song charted this high in the first place, even if it was just Drake (And for most people who skip after the first two minutes, it might as well be). I don’t know why I’m complaining honestly, because the song is honestly pretty good. I would have usually dismissed this as dark trap-rap nonsense with no redeemable qualities, but this is one of those songs with such a lack of energy it’s almost eerie, and those creepy synths in Drake’s part are fantastic in making it sound like that. Repeating inflections from “Mob Ties” aside, Drake’s performance is pretty good, with a couple funny lines, although I’m not sure how intentionally funny they were.

Haven’t done my taxes, I’m too turnt up

[Gnarly dude]s caught me slippin’ once, okay, so what?

I think Pusha T’s diss track about you hiding a child was a bit more than being caught slipping once, Aubrey. Anyway, after a voice memo interlude from Future, we have a pretty great beat, with an admittedly stiff but still impressive trap groove, and while Future is less on beat than Drake and arguably less interesting, he rides the beat well enough, and the synths are really quiet, for whatever reason. Regardless, this is a pretty cool song with great flows from both rappers and an eerie, cool beat from OZ.

I’m trying to avoid nonsense, get Osama spray in this b****, woo!

HUH

Conclusion

This was actually a pretty great week, with the obvious Worst of the Week going to Halsey’s “You should be sad”, and a surprising Best of the Week for “Rare” by Selena Gomez. In fact, I’m going to give a tied Honourable Mention instead of any Dishonourable Mentions, so it’s going to Stormzy’s “STILL DISAPPOINTED” and Drake’s, then Future’s, “Life is Good”. Follow me on Twitter @cactusinthebank, I’ll see you next week.

REVIEWING THE CHARTS 2020

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camp3di3m · 7 years ago

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( its 11pm and i started thinking about daniel and got emotional so here’s a gross rant about how much i love this Horrible Horrible man (its a big ol skype convo paste, sorry)

[10:37:35 PM] ♔dad brother♔: im FUCKING THINKING ABOUT DANIEL AGAIN LIKE. NO ONE CAN BE THATFUCKED UP UNLESS THEY WERE RAISED WITH THAT SHIT AND ITS GENUINELY ALL THEY KNOW AND THATS SO DEPRESSING [10:38:13 PM] son brother max 🌟: FUCKING HELL I FEEL ????? one of the theories that i find rly painful is that he was brainwashed too i just. Fuck [10:38:24 PM] ♔dad brother♔: FUCK [10:39:06 PM] ♔dad brother♔: tbh i love doritofalls' camper daniel au BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT KINDA FITS IN W THAT IN A WAY??? LIKE IT WAS HOW HE WAS RAISED AND JUST [10:39:15 PM] ♔dad brother♔: god him hating that shit as a kid and like [10:39:35 PM] ♔dad brother♔: ohhhh god the cult INVENTING the brainwashing stuff just for this one rebel kid [10:40:32 PM] son brother max 🌟: YEAH I FEEL , FFUCKING HELL THO THATS WHAT I ENVISION TOO AND IT FUCKING PAINS ME?????? [10:40:44 PM] ♔dad brother♔: SAME??? [10:40:45 PM] ♔dad brother♔: i weep [10:41:25 PM] ♔dad brother♔: and like.... IT JUST FITS I THINK BC REDEMPTIOPN DANIEL WOULD BE SO FUCKED UP BECAUSE LIKE THE CAMPERS BROKE OUT OF IT FAST BC ITD ONLY BEEN LIKE A DAY BUT DANIEL WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER THAT SHIT FOR YEARS [10:41:45 PM] ♔dad brother♔: TO THE POINT WHERE HE TECHNICALLY WASNT EVEN BRAINWASHED ANYMORE LIKE HE WAS BUT IT WAS SO MUCH OF HIS OWN BELIEF [10:41:52 PM] ♔dad brother♔: EVEN THO IT HADNT BEEN TO BEGIN WITH [10:41:54 PM] ♔dad brother♔: IDK IM JUST [10:43:26 PM] son brother max 🌟: FFFFUCK UR FUCKING RIGHT , I CRY??? DUDE NO WORRIES I UNDERSTAND IM ACTUALLY EMOTIONAL OVER THIS [10:44:31 PM] ♔dad brother♔: and i cry so much imagining like [10:44:37 PM] ♔dad brother♔: a relapse in redemption daniel [10:44:49 PM] ♔dad brother♔: like something happens that makes him remember trauma and he just [10:44:54 PM] son brother max 🌟: fUCK [10:45:02 PM] son brother max 🌟: FUCK?? [10:45:18 PM] ♔dad brother♔: YEAH AND ITS JUST OUT OF NOWHERE AND [10:45:35 PM] ♔dad brother♔: BUT LIKE [10:46:04 PM] ♔dad brother♔: IT MGHT NOT EVEN BE EVIDENT AT FIRST BECAUSE IF HE RELAPSED HE DPROBABLY SLIP BACK INTO THE MANIPULATING HABBITS TOO [10:46:38 PM] ♔dad brother♔: its just tiny little hints that no one can see unless they pay really close attention [10:47:17 PM] ♔dad brother♔: david catches him like. staring at one of the kitchen knives one day. really intently [10:47:24 PM] ♔dad brother♔: staring really close at the food [10:47:51 PM] ♔dad brother♔: and ofc when he asks if hes ok daniels just like " : ) : ) : ) im fine, friend" [10:48:00 PM] son brother max 🌟: FFFHDXHF I M DEAD WTF [10:48:15 PM] ♔dad brother♔: AND THE THING IS [10:48:31 PM] ♔dad brother♔: DANIEL RELAPSING WOULD HURT DAVID THE MOST [10:48:39 PM] ♔dad brother♔: because he was the one that trusted him to come back [10:48:46 PM] ♔dad brother♔: its HIS FAULT the kids are in danger again [10:49:07 PM] son brother max 🌟: fUCK DUD E [10:49:38 PM] ♔dad brother♔: david feeling like "oh god he really is better than me" because he might not even realise that its a relapse he might just think "he was manipulating me this whole time" [10:50:37 PM] ♔dad brother♔: JUST. IM FUCK [10:56:44 PM] son brother max 🌟: fucking relatable [10:58:44 PM] ♔dad brother♔: god though daniel struggling with his thoughts and just having a breakdown because his brain is so loud he doesnt know which way of thinking is right. is ascension good??? or is killing wrong??? help Him??? [10:59:19 PM] son brother max 🌟: I WEEP WT F... somebody sa ve him [11:00:40 PM] ♔dad brother♔: daniel blaming david for him breaking down like "if youd never brought me back here this never would have happened" [11:01:09 PM] son brother max 🌟: DAMN [11:01:18 PM] ♔dad brother♔: im dying scoob [11:02:19 PM] son brother max 🌟: sam e ?? god tho iii. david getting worried abt daniel and assuming hes being manipulative again and he talks to max abt it and max just??? "i fucking TOLD you" [11:02:41 PM] ♔dad brother♔: YEHAHH FUCK [11:03:20 PM] ♔dad brother♔: and then DAVID breaks down because GOD HE JUST WANTED FOR HIM TO BE A GOOD PERSON SO BADLY. DAVID JUST WANTED SOMEONE WHO LOVED BEING A COUNSELOR AS MUCH AS HIM SO BADLY HE DIDNT WANNA BE ALONE [11:04:52 PM] son brother max 🌟: nfFHDJDH FUCK????? max assuming that david would stand up to him andtheyd get rid of him together but david just starts crying and it kinda Stuns max???? MAX AWKWARDLY TRYING TO COMFORT DAVID EVEN THOUGH HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT TO SAY [11:07:57 PM] ♔dad brother♔: YEAH FUCK, AND JUST. DAVID CRYING BECAUSE HE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT HIM BACK IT WAS HIS OWN SELFISHNESS AND LONELINESS THAT PIUT THE KIDS IN TROUBLE AGAIN IM FUCKING DEAD

#ooc #SORRY FOR DUMPING THIS HERE IM JUST. FUCK #also im Dad Brother in this #(coughs) rick is son brother #camp stories; headcanons #I GUESS

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viscomblog · 6 years ago

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All right, I want to see a show of hands: how many of you have unfriended someone on Facebook because they said something offensive about politics or religion, childcare, food?