#2021 Five Years of Remixes!

[celinamarniss]

Year in Review

In 2024 I posted 4 fics at 53,035 words.

Previous years:

2023: 4 fics at 58,153 words

2022: 4 fics at 45,096 words.

2021: 3 fics posted, 55,788 words.

2020: 7 or 10 fics posted, 125,738 words.

2019: 7 fics posted, 72,149 words.

2018: 7 fics posted, 87,752 words

2016: 9 fics posted, 51,643 words

2017: 9 fics posted, 115,336 words

2016: 9 fics posted, 51,653 words

In total, 52 fics posted to Ao3.

Thrones, Dominions

31,420 words, explicit, Thrawn/Mara/Luke

I finally wrapped up the Triumvirate verse with a big flashy finale (and bound it, too). I started Triumvirate in 2019, which means I've spent six years on this series, and that blows my mind a little. (a lot).

Will there be more Triumvirate stories? I genuinely hope that other writers will take up the torch and write more fic for all fans of the series. I’m not sure if I’ll write any more myself. It could happen. But for now, I’m happy to let this series rest.

An Oral History of the Ewok Bikers of Endor

4,115, gen, an Uncommon Hazards fic

I pitched three story ideas to the From A Legends Point of View fic collection, and this is the concept they accepted. It takes an idea from the Uncommon Hazards series, that post-Endor, Ewoks have immigrated to Coruscant and started an illegal swoop racing industry.

As I began to write it, I realized that the fic challenge required 5k and this story wasn't much more than a 3k concept. I stretched it out to 4. I'm not sure that this story was exactly what the mods had in mind, but it was fun finding ways to bring in characters and reference different types of media.

A Smuggler’s Guide to Joining the Rebellion

14,355 words so far, gen, the sequel to The Things You Find on Tatooine.

I wanted to get this fic through all of ANH by the end of the year, but my brain didn't cooperate and I ran out of time. But Smuggler's Guide has been a fun distraction to carry through into 2025.

The Coruscant Job

3,145, gen, Fenig Nabon/Ghitsa Dogder

Who? you may ask. Why, the super obscure con artist team that appeared in three short stories in the 90s. AKA the Fenig Nabon/Ghitsa Dogder fic literally no one asked for, because no one even knows who these characters ARE. This was another idea I pitched to the FALPOV challenge, and while it wasn't selected, I wanted to write it anyway. It turns out that was a good decision, because what I wrote wouldn't have followed all of the FALPOV rules. (My idea moves their timeline forward and retcons the story “Credit for Your Thoughts.”) 

GOALS FOR 2025

Finish A Smuggler’s Guide to Joining the Rebellion (teen, Luke/Mara) The ongoing project. Progress: five chapters posted, uhhhh lots of scraps and and partial drafts in a doc.

Lando Calrissian and the Jewel of Andara (gen, Lando/Karrde, Luke/Mara) The Lando and Mara heist romcom I’ve been promising forever. Will 2025 finally be this fic's year??? at this point, I don't even know. Progress: three chapters drafted, but in need of heavy revision.

Experiments (teen? Luke/Mara) I honestly started to think this fic was dead dead, but this year I dusted off the old files and finished drafting the first two chapters. What happens next? I'm not really sure. I feel like this period/setting (Mara on Coruscant post TTT, pre Yavin) has already been well-worn by other fics recently and I don't know if there will be any interest in it. If I keep going, I'll have to come up with a outline and figure out what I want to do with the fic. Progress: two chapters drafted, but they may need to be merged into one chapter.

Other fics on the backburner:

Courtship remix

Daughter of the Rain and Snow (dead???)

More daemon fic! (I always want to write more daemon fic)

[mariacallous]

More than a decade after the advent of the 3D-printed gun as an icon of libertarianism and a gun control nightmare, police say one of those homemade plastic weapons has now been found in the hands of perhaps the world’s most high-profile alleged killer. For the community of DIY gunsmiths who have spent years honing those printable firearm models, in fact, the handgun police claim Luigi Mangione used to fatally shoot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is as recognizable as the now-famous alleged shooter himself—and shows just how practical and lethal those weapons have become.

In the 24 hours since police released a photo of what they say is Mangione’s gun following the 26-year-old’s arrest Monday, the online community devoted to 3D-printed firearms has been quick to identify the suspected murder weapon as a particular model of printable “ghost gun”—a homemade weapon with no serial number, created by assembling a mix of commercial and DIY parts. The gun appears to be a Chairmanwon V1, a tweak of a popular partially 3D-printed Glock-style design known as the FMDA 19.2—an acronym that stands for the libertarian slogan “Free Men Don’t Ask.”

The FMDA 19.2, released in 2021, is a relatively old model by 3D-printed-gun standards, says one gunsmith who goes by the first name John and the online handle Mr. Snow Makes. But it’s one of the most well-known and well-tested printable ghost gun designs, he says. The Chairmanwon V1 remix that police say Mangione had in his possession when he was arrested in a Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s varies from that original FMDA 19.2 design only in that another amateur gunsmith, who goes by the pseudonym Chairmanwon, added a different texture to the gun’s grip.

“For someone who has been building firearms like this for five years, it’s a bit of an odd choice. We’ve been building nicer models,” says Mr. Snow Makes, who hosts an annual ghost gun shooting competition. But he adds that “this is one of the earliest 3D-print Glock styles that was widely tested and successful at creating a reliably functional firearm.”

Authorities in New York charged Mangione on Monday in the December 4 murder of Thompson, alongside weapons charges and other alleged offenses in Pennsylvania. A handwritten “manifesto” police say they found on Mangione's person upon his arrest laments UnitedHealthcare's practices and the US health insurance industry more broadly. Bullet casings discovered at the scene of the shooting outside the New York Hilton Midtown hotel in Manhattan were reportedly emblazoned with the words “deny,” “defend,” “depose”—likely criticisms of health care industry practices.

The fact that even a relatively old model of 3D-printed firearm allegedly allowed Mangione to shoot Thompson repeatedly on a Manhattan street—certainly the most high-profile shooting ever committed with a ghost gun or a 3D-printed weapon—shows how far DIY weapons tech has come, says Cody Wilson, the founder of the gun rights group Defense Distributed. Unlike the earliest 3D-printed gun models, the FDMA 19.2 can be fired hundreds or even thousands of times without its plastic components breaking.

“It just speaks to the ease with which you can do this,” says Wilson. “He doesn’t have to be an expert at 3D-printed guns or shooting, and it all works.”

Despite its simple description by law enforcement and others as a “3D-printed pistol,” the FMDA 19.2 is only partially 3D printed. That makes it fundamentally different from fully 3D-printed guns like the “Liberator,” the original one-shot, 3D-printed pistol Wilson debuted in 2013.

Instead, firearms built from designs like the FMDA 19.2 are assembled from a combination of commercially produced parts like barrels, slides, and magazines—sometimes sold in kits—and a homemade frame. Because that frame, often referred to as a “lower receiver” or “lower," is the regulated body of the gun, 3D-printing that piece or otherwise creating it at home allows DIY gunmakers to skirt gun-control laws and build ghost guns with no serial number, obtained with no background check or waiting period.

The FMDA 19.2 model, released by a group originally known as Deterrence Dispensed—a gun-building group initially inspired by Wilson’s Defense Distributed but now widely seen as a rival—was distinguished by its use of commercially available “rails,” the metal components that guide the upper part of the gun known as its slide, which retracts with every shot, resetting the trigger and loading a new round into the chamber. (In a widely circulated video of Thompson's murder, the gun allegedly fired by Mangione appears not to have functioned as a semiautomatic. That's a result of the suppressor attachment preventing its re-chambering mechanism, gunsmiths say.)

The FMDA 19.2's relatively simple tweak—the use of commercially produced metal rails instead of homemade ones—led the gun model to be considered the most practical and reliable 3D-printed Glock design available at the time it was released three years ago. “There had been earlier Glock-style pistols, but the interior rail components were not as refined,” says Mr. Snow Makes. “It’s kind of that perfect blend of 3D-printed frame and precision rails.”

Deterrence Dispensed, the group behind that FMDA 19.2 design, has since rebranded under the name “the Gatalog.” But the group’s original website still bears the libertarian gun rights slogans that summarize its ideology. “All individuals are entitled to the utility to defend their humanity,” the site reads. “Gun control has failed. You can’t stop the signal.”

A founder of Deterrence Dispensed who went by the named Jstark, later revealed to be a now-deceased German man named Jakob Duygu, was featured in a 2020 Popular Front documentary wearing a black balaclava and sunglasses. “We want people to have freedom of speech and the right to bear arms," he says in the film. “If that’s too politically extreme for you, fuck yourself.”

Just two months ago, one Bergen, New York, man who allegedly acted as an administrator for the Gatalog named Peter Celentano was arrested and charged with illegal ownership of two machine guns and numerous 3D-printed and other homemade handgun and AR-15 components.

Exactly why Mangione allegedly used a 3D-printed gun in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s Thompson—whether as a political statement or in the belief that it would help him evade identification—remains far from clear. But as a coder and technologist, he may have been attracted to the idea. “This is the US. It’s not the easiest way to get your hands on a gun,” says another DIY gunsmith who spoke to WIRED but asked not to be named, in reference to 3D-printed firearms. “But he’s a techy guy, and he may have just owned a 3D printer. It wouldn’t be a bad way to make an untraceable gun.”

[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday Scottish singer-songwriter Roddy Frame.

Roddy was born on January 29th 1964 in East Kilbride, he described the town as a decent place to grow up, and not a slum.

In his early teens, Frame was inspired by the songcraft of David Bowie, the conversational realism of Mark E. Smith and the Fall, and the sounds of earlier rock innovators such as the Velvet Underground, the Byrds, and Love. Frame took up song writing, and in 1980 he formed Aztec Camera with like-minded friends Campbell Owens on bass and Dave Mulholland on drums. After making an appearance on a cassette-only compilation of new Glasgow bands.

After signing for the Scottish label Postcard records and releasing several songs with good response from critics Rough Trade picked them up for the home market, and Sire, who had Madonna on their books at the time, signed them in the states.

The band’s debut album, High Land, Hard Rain was released in the summer of 1983, and critics on both sides of the Atlantic embraced the album, with Frame’s literate songs earning frequent comparisons to Elvis Costello.

As Aztec Camera’s fame grew, the original line-up of the band splintered, and by the time they began touring in support of their second album, 1984’s Knife, the group had expanded to a five-piece, but Owens was the only original member left besides Frame. With Aztec Camera’s third album, 1987’s Love, the group essentially became a Roddy Frame solo vehicle, with the singer and songwriter using different combinations of session players for each project. While Love was a commercial success in the U.K., Aztec Camera’s star began to fade in the 1990s, and after 1995’s Frestonia, Frame retired the Aztec Camera handle and began releasing material under his own name.

On 21st January 1985, alongside Orange Juice, the Woodentops and Everything but the Girl, Aztec Camera raised an estimated £18,000 for the striking miners of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) through a fundraising event at the Brixton Academy—the year-long strike concluded six weeks later.

Released in 1998, The North Star became Roddy Frame’s first official solo effort, and his first record as part of a new deal with Sony. Dominated by acoustic pop sounds and jangling guitars, it was a critical success but a commercial disappointment, and when Frame re-emerged with the low-key voice-and-guitar effort Surf in 2004. A series of decent releases followed, and although given critical acclaim they were not setting the heather on fire with sales.

Roddy continues to tour and write songs, Aztec Camera s album Love was among the nominations for “Best British Album” at the 1989 BRIT Awards. “Somewhere in My Heart”, the second single from Love, was the band’s biggest hit, reaching No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart,.

In August 2021 we saw the release of Aztec Camera, Backwards And Forwards, subtitled The WEA Recordings (1984-1995) it is a nine cd collection it includes five albums the Roddy Frame-led outfit recorded for the label, plus a plethora of bonuses, including live sets, remixes and rare tracks.

Roddy Frame recorded Seven Dials, his latest solo album on Edwyn Collins AED label, both started out in the music business about the same time, Collins band was Orange Juice.

I've chosen the 1988 hit ‘Somewhere in my Heart, I sing it at Karaoke occasionally and have read that it’ is still one of the biggest songs on FM radio. I'm off to Benidorm in the morning, it's a massive Karaoke holiday spot so may sing this over the next week sometime. I might not be posting as much til I return on February 6th.

[magistralucis]

2025 Translation Tuesday Entry - 04/52 Title: Информация (Information) Artist: Технология (Tekhnologiya) Album: Мне Не Нужна Информация (I Don't Need Information, 1992/2021)

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Я не учавствовал в битвах (I haven't participated in battles,) Я не ходил в тай��у (I didn't go to the taiga,) Я не стрелял из оружья (I haven't fired a weapon,) И не добывал руду (Nor have I mined for ore.) Мне не нужна информация (I don't need information,) Я не хожу в кино (I don't go to the cinema,) Мне не нужна информация (I don't need information,) Я не читаю давно (I haven't read for a long time.)

Мне не нужна информация (I don't need information,) Я не смотрю кино (I don't watch movies,) Я закрываю все двери (I'm closing all the doors,) Я закрываю окно (I'm closing the window.) Мне не нужна информация (I don't need information,) Просто я умер давно (I simply died a long time ago.) Мне не нужна информация (I don't need information,) Просто я умер давно. (I simply died a long time ago.)

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This is the biggest mood that ever mooded. What an incredibly motivating song. Просто я умер давноооооо! ᕕ( ᐛ)ᕗ

Remember Поп-Комбинат (Pop-Kombinat) from the first week of January? How they were the side project of Биоконструктор (Biokonstruktor), who later disbanded and continued as БИО with a smaller group of musicians?

Well, the story continues, because today we're dealing with the other half of that group who didn't follow the rest to БИО. Out of the five major members of Биоконструктор (Alexander Yakovlev, Andrey Kohayev, Valery Vasko, Leonid Velichkovskiy, and Roman Ryabtsev), only Yakovlev and Vasko followed onto БИО. Kohayev, Velichkovskiy, and Ryabtsev founded the band Технология (Tekhnologiya) instead, and in the process brought on Vladimir Nechitailo (b. 1967), who remains as the band's main vocals to this day. If you thought the first week's and this week's entries sounded similar, that's no coincidence - they're from the same people, working with the same ideas and produced in roughly the same period.

Though the sound inevitably grew apart. A common comparison of Технология seems to be with Depeche Mode, aesthetically as well as audio-wise! ✨

Технология was founded in 1990, almost as soon as the Биоконструктор project was disbanded. They remain active today, though they've changed band members significantly through the years. Nechitailo never left, but nowadays, Ryabtsev is the only old-timer who's remained in close proximity.

But this song is from the time the original founders were all together - indeed one of the last times they were, since shortly after the release of Мне Не Нужна Информация Roman Ryabtsev declared his first departure. (He came back from 2003 and stayed til 2017.) This is a mostly a remix album, consisting of updated remixes of songs from their first album Все, что ты хочешь (All That You Want, 1991), but 'Информация' was a completely new track. I can't be certain why the lyrics are this way, but given the fall of the USSR was in full swing, I find it fitting for the period. 🥶

Like Pop-Kombinat, these guys also have a bandcamp, where they re-released this album in 2021. I have put two dates in my posting of the song to reflect this.

[royal-ruin]

red, white, and royal blue fic recs (part 2)

other rwrb fic recs here personal favorites are starred, by the way. everything is complete unless stated otherwise.

five times henry's competency turned alex on and the one time it turned him into a pile of romantic goo by helenblqckthorn (~4k)

Alex has a fucking thing for competency. A competency kink, if he wants to be crude. And it just so happens that his boyfriend is one of the most competent men in England. Well, Alex, he thinks. You sure know how to pick ‘em.

*ever so careful (heartbreak remix) by everwitch (~7k)

Did you know about me and Henry? Henry is a singer in the mega-popular boyband Honey. Alex is an award-winning actor. But before either of them made their claim to fame, they were something else entirely.

so heart-breakingly beautiful

*i see you (your whole heart) by indomitablelove (~7k)

‘I think he’s excellent,’ Arthur says, picking up a knife from the pot of jam to spread over his toast. ‘It’s refreshing to see someone be so unapologetically themselves. I think we need more of that.’ He glances at Henry. ‘I think that everybody should be able to be exactly who they are, without shame.’ Five times Arthur tried to tell Henry he knew (and one time Henry told him).

when i tell you this had me tearing up

*fleeting seconds (wish you would hold me for more) by zellymaybloom (~9k) incomplete

Henry and Alex have a tradition where they kiss on New Years. 5 times they do, 1 time they don't. Henry isn't sure how much it means. OR in a world where Rio doesn't spark a rivalry, but instead a friendship, Alex kisses Henry every year instead of Nora.

more of the boys being completely oblivious (mostly alex ofc)

(baby) don't make me spell it out by extasiswings for letmetellyouaboutmyfeels (~2k)

One night near the end of first semester 1L finals, just a few weeks before the two-year anniversary of their first kiss, Alex finds himself looking up from his desk with its messy piles of color-coded notes and tabbed textbooks to see Henry asleep on the couch, clearly having dozed off waiting for him to come to bed, and unbidden he thinks, God, I’m going to marry this man. It startles him, the spike of adrenaline that floods through him waking him up and bringing the parts of his brain turning over concepts like proximate cause and strict liability to a standstill as he stares at Henry.  I want to marry this man.

a must-read. i never get tired of alex's pining. (should clarify, they are dating here)

I'm Fine With My Spite and My Tears (and my beer and my candles) by Megg1223 (~8k)

Henry leaves Alex at the lake house, but Alex doesn't storm Kensington. What happens when they see each other after three months? With the election right around the corner can Alex keep it together enough not to cause another international incident? Alex just needs to get through the night and then he can forget about the boy who broke his heart, but he's finding it increasingly difficult as the night goes on.

tagged with a happy ending, but it is angsty :(

**God Save the Blessed American President Mom by zipadeea (~31k)

["June stopped by at lunch; she showed me a delightful channel called Hallmark, which repeats the same story every hour after they swap one round of white, straight, small-town conventionally beautiful actors for another. It was entertaining.”  “June and I used to play a drinking game with those. Take a shot every time someone goes ice skating, sledding, or leaves the big city for their tiny hometown.”  “Good lord, you must’ve been sloshed in the first ten minutes.”] --- On December 4, 2021, an attempt is made on President Ellen Claremont's life.  Alex gets shot instead.

if you haven't read this, you definitely have to now. be warned it is very angsty though.

[thelensofyashunews]

GRAMMY NOMINATED RAPPER LATTO AKA “BIG MAMA” RELEASES HER THIRD STUDIO ALBUM, SUGAR HONEY ICED TEA

Today, ATL-based Grammy nominated rapper Latto aka Big Mamareleases her highly anticipated third studio album Sugar Honey Iced Tea via RCA Records.

The album is centered around Latto’s Georgia Southern roots and displays her signature raw, witty lyricism over magnetic beats. The 21-track album features A-List Southern artists including Megan Thee Stallion, Ciara, Coco Jones, Young Nudy, Flo Milli, Teezo Touchdown and more.

This album release follows Latto’s major Billboard July cover print issueand the release of the singles “Big Mama,” “Sunday Service,” “Put It On Da Floor” and latter two track’s respective remixes.

The 2023 BET “Best Female Hip-Hip Artist” award winner has brought everyone to her ATL church this summer starting with the original version of the single “Sunday Service” which garnered viral buzz when Latto teased a snippet of the song on her IG a few months prior, giving fans her signature witty bars over a catchy beat. Directed by Hidji World and Latto herself, the video features Latto in various settings including the Bronx with “twenty black suburbans we pull up like Sunday Service” – click here to watch. 

In June, Latto released the remix to her single “Sunday Service” featuring Megan Thee Stallion & Flo Milli and her next single, “Big Mama.” The latter track was dropped right before her two performances at the 2024 BET Awards – one for a medley of “S/O To Me,” “Big Mama” & “Sunday Service” and the other for Usher’s tribute. She garnered two nominations at the award show this year, “Best Female Hip-Hop Artist” and “Best Collaboration.” Latto also headlined ATL’s Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash that same month and made history as the first-ever female headliner. Big Mama showed up and showed out giving a stellar performance to her fans and surprising them with major special guests including Usher, Flo Milli, Mariah The Scientist and more. Most recently, Latto has been nominated for two 2024 MTV VMA awards –  “Best Collaboration” and “Best K-Pop” for “Seven” with Jung Kook.

In addition to music, Latto wrapped up taping Season 2 of Netflix’s Rhythm & Flow as a judge alongside DJ Khaled and Ludacris, which is coming out this year.

With over 1 billion streams worldwide across all platforms and accolades continuing to rack up from her success, Latto has the stage to become a global superstar. Since the release of her hit RIAA-certified and Music Canada certified 3x Platinum single “Big Energy” in 2021 Latto has been inescapable.

She went on to make history with the single as the first female rapper to ever have a #1 record at Pop, Rhythm and Urban Radio with the same single. Overall, she’s also the first female artist in 12 years to accomplish this feat, joining the company of Rihanna (“Rude Boy”), Alicia Keys (“No One”), Beyonce (“Irreplaceable”),  Mary J. Blige (“Be Without You”) and Mariah Carey (“We Belong Together”), the last five to previously achieve this. Since then, she has won various awards including: “Best New Artist” at the 2022 BET Awards, “Best New Artist”at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards, Variety Hitmakers “Breakthrough Artist” Honoree, 2023 Billboard’s Women in Music “Powerhouse Award,”“Song of the Summer” for “Seven” with Jung Kook at the 2023 MTV VMA Awards, and “Best Female Hip-Hop Artist” at the 2023 BET Awards.

In addition to all the awards Latto has racked up over the past few years, she was also nominated at the 2023 Grammy Awards for “Best New Artist” and “Best Melodic Rap Performance” (for “Big Energy (Live)”) and has graced multiple print covers in 2023 alone such as Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone “Musicians on Musicians” Issue with Snoop Dogg, XXL Magazine – which included a video component for XXL’s first-ever all female cypher curated bby Latto (that trended on Youtube and went viral) – and a digital cover for Forbes ’30 Under 30’ as the call out for the Musicians section. 

In the summer of 2023 Latto had her firstinternational festival run in Europe that included Wireless Festival (London), Roskilde Festival (Denmark), Rolling Loud Germany, and more. She’s also attended various fashion weeks over the years in New York, Milan, and Paris where shewent shows for Robert Cavalli, Etro, Blumarine, Diesel, Tommy Hilfiger, Rabanne, GCDS and more. With the release of her third studio album, this next chapter of Latto’s career will spolight her new music, have creative vibrant visuals and give more big energy from The Biggest.

[lakecountylibrary]

It's my favorite time of year! Time to make my annual blog post about the best queer books I read in the last 12 months!

I've been doing this since 2017 so here, go back and see some trends: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Now, you may look at the covers of this year's batch and think... Four out of five of those are... kind of intense looking. Are you okay. And the answer is no, but are any of us? These books will help! Probably!

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (lesbian, gay, bisexual, poly characters)

Ok so this book comes with like. All of the trigger warnings. Government sanctioned homophobia, racism, eugenics, graphic depictions of violence... read this one when you're feeling strong. It's a fantasy novel about characters who fight against those things in a world colonized by a profit-driven (and often, too familiar) empire. Brilliantly written, but steel your heart.

Twelve Percent Dread by @emilyscartoons (nonbinary characters)

Let's lighten up a bit, shall we? This one's a graphic novel that, as promised on the back cover, is fast paced and action-packed. Follow the adventures of Katie and Nas as they navigate jobs, adulthood, and the whims of one eccentric tech CEO who's going to change the world, one way or another.

The World We Make by @nkjemisin (ace, gay, lesbian, trans characters)

This one's a sequel, so sorry (not sorry) you're going to have to read The City We Became first. You'll love it, and you'll love this sequel. It's about New York manifested in human avatars, and it's about home and the power of being where you belong. The characters deal with some very real, familiar problems - and then they STOMP ON THEM WITH AWESOME GIANT CITY POWERS. Very satisfying read, highly recommend.

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (wlw characters & general gender shenanigans)

This one's the third in the series, also not sorry about this one, start with Gideon the Ninth. It's sci fi! It's necromancy! God is there and he's depressed. It's really hard to describe.

A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow (bisexual, lesbian characters)

A novella for when you are short on time or attention span and want a Sleeping Beauty remix told by an author who knows her folklore. Definitely have the second novella in the series, A Mirror Mended, on hand for when you finish - you'll want more.

See more of Robin's recs

[liminal-zone]

fanfic round up 2023

(2021, 2022)

LIST OF FANWORKS

Posted

Crave (LOTR | haladriel | tentacles and rings of power | rated E)

somewhere in the haze (LOTR | Celeborn/Sauron | mutual stockholm syndrome | rated M)

taking me with your song (The Little Mermaid (2023) | Ariel/Eric, Ariel/Ursula | tentacles and possession and mindfuckery | rated E)

can't escape the ghost of you (The 100 | clexa, clarke/the judge | being fucked by the divine wearing the face of your dead lover is better than therapy | rated M)

Eating fire (SPN | Claire Novak | the girl who was castiel grieves for her fathers | rated T)

Bound (SPN | megstiel | a demon and her angel | rated NR)

uncharted territory (Supergirl | supercorp | the dangers of being hated by a luthor | rated M) (technically, just chapter 4 counts for 2023)

nothing can go wrong when you're in love (Nimona (2023) | Nimona/Gloreth | when your boss’ boyfriend looks like your ex, ugh! | rated Gen)

through a father’s eyes (Narnia | King Lune | dads gotta dad | rated Gen)

atomic blonde (Narnia, LOTR | Susan/Eowyn | it’s not the first time a power beyond understanding ripped Susan away from her home to fight in another world’s war | rated M)

Beware how you give your heart (LOTR | haladriel | a fourth age haunting | rated M) (a wip!!)

a little touch in the night (LOTR | haladriel | a love letter in tiny bites | rated T)

+three yuletide offerings to be revealed in January!

WIPS

MCU: the king and queen of Asgard wrt Valkyrie/Carol Danvers

MCU: the final conclusion of my winterbaron sugar daddy fic

LOTR: Doriath trash party wrt Melian/Galadriel

LOTR: “Sauron becomes a tree”

LOTR: dark Galadriel/Samwise and their garden of the world

LOTR: healing generational trauma with fourth age Arwen and her peepaw

The Matrix: Trinity and Smith as mirrors

Good Omens: Crowley haunted by his angel

Star Wars: A really scandalous dinluke sex pollen

Total number of completed works/fandoms written in: fifteen completed works in 2023 for a total of just over 32k words; six LOTR, two SPN, two Narnia, the rest sundry & various.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: ::taps the top of this car:: you can put so much monsterfucking in this bad boy, jfc.

PERSONAL FAVORITE: Getting unblocked by the most unlikeliest of sources and FINISHING MY SUPERCORP HATESEX. uncharted territory finished FIVE YEARS LATER. This has been a weight on my shoulders for years; I always knew it ended with a sadistic Lex Luthor torturing Kara (oop), but it was time passing and The Flash (2023) that got me where I needed to be to get that banged out. I’m really really pleased how that ended, and that I actually can finish a WIP.

MOST UNDERAPPRECIATED: Bound is really exceptional. It was part of my WIP amnesty week, and a revisitation and remix of a meg masters fic I wrote in 2013 after I had a terrible life-altering accident. My favorite 2023 additions are how she can only speak in the language of Sodom at the end. It’s not a GREAT fic, but I really love Meg and I love Meg & Castiel.

MOST POPULAR: Definitely Nimona (nothing can go wrong when you're in love) with 1,200+ kudos. Y’all, the teen/gen fic in younger fandoms hits hard. OOPS. re: my deeply funny stats for the little mermaid tentacles fic with over 3k hits and 86 kudos. AHAHHAHAH. welp.

STORY WITH THE SEXIEST MOMENT: OKAY, so this is sexy specific to me: in Crave, Galadriel taunts Sauron about how he has to fuck Ar-Pharazôn (a mini love letter to my beloved 5ummit!) and this, to me, is everything: “And you’ll never enjoy Ar-Pharazôn’s little prick again,” she says, drinking in the horror of his recent memories, a soured scheme. “Your play at feigned pleasure in service to a base creature will be ash in your mouth now. You will only think of the taste of my cunt with his cock shoved in your whore mouth.” The crass words burn on her lips but she can sense how he trembles, even in this form. “You’ll hunger for the taste of me. And when he’s dead, when you’ve sucked the miserable mortal life out of him, you’ll never take a lover again for the rest of your unnatural life,” she says. “You know where your dick should be sheathed. In me and no where else.”

MOST FUN STORY TO WRITE: Okay, I traveled for work a LOT this year and one night I was feeling down and angry about the world and asked on twitter that for every like, I’d write a soft haladriel headcanon and by the end of the night, i had the bulk of a little touch in the night and I was such a happy delighted lil soul. Such a highlight of the year.

HARDEST: A tie between Crave, which was writing on hard mode since I’m violently anti dominant Sauron (oop), and uncharted territory since I had been blocked for years.

BIGGEST SURPRISE: The delicious lush connection of Celeborn/Sauron in somewhere in the haze that STARTED AS A JOKE and now I’m full rarepair conspiracy theory into it.

DID YOU TAKE ANY RISKS IN WRITING THIS YEAR? Posting SPN in 2023, lol what was that. And neither of them explicitly destiel. Girl. Both tanked but I love those two fics.

MOST UNINTENTIONALLY TELLING STORY: Okay, one of my yuletides this year is really too close to something I’m working through in therapy. Oop.

FAVORITE LINES/SCENES: Okay literally everything in atomic blonde, that fic is nonstop bangers imho. I love this especially:

“Ah, there it is,” he replies. Stops, and turns to look into her eyes. To drink in her fury. “This isn’t your world, Daughter of Eve. Take your cursed horn and your beautiful face and take the little shieldmaiden too for all I care and leave Middle Earth to me. Grow old and find joy in women’s work.” He blinks, nonsense words emerging out of him: “In Christian Dior dresses and Chanel lipstick, in Italian leather handbags and silk nylons, in handsome British officers and those American boys who offer more than kisses, in the rumble of a Jaguar and the cries of healthy babies who do not fear war. Live and die on an island far, far away.” He blinks again. “I do not want you here.”

MY FAVE PART OF FANDOM IN 2023: Repeatedly saying “you hear me, baby? hold together” at the haladriel fandom like Han Solo does to the Millennium Falcon and we did! We made it another year!!! Let’s go, 2024!!!! (YOU HEAR ME, BABY. HOLD TOGETHER.)

2024 WRITING AMBITIONS: same as last year’s: Write more steadily and consistently. Get back into the drabble mode. Make time, take time, just do it. It doesn’t have to be groundbreaking, it just has to be creating something. The joy of creation is like nothing else. Chase that high.

2024 FICS ON THE IMMEDIATE HORIZON: Jan 1 - htp trash fic exchange Feb 3 - rffa exchange March - haladriel exchange!

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Secret Garden • Side Chara(cter) • Half Empty • Lady Le Blanc • As We Are • Time Traveler • Nothing I Can Do • Weather Girl • Another Sad Love Song • Anthem Undefined • Paper Faces • Secret Garden • Lady Le Blanc (VnaneP Remix) • As We Are (Flanger Moose Remix) • Heading Home

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

[scibot9000]

top discovered albums this year. as in, top albums from not-2024 but that I found in 2024. i dont have spotify so i gotta do this manually.

rankings approximate. links and thoughts under the cut

BT - The Secret Language of Trees (2023)

"This Binary Universe" is not only an amazing album but one that left a deep impact on me. many years later, BT has given us a spiritual sequel of sorts. it doesn't hit me quite as hard as the original but still holds a special place in my heart.

much love for the clicks in "Time Moves So Fast"

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Diverse System - JAPAN 2 (2023)

this is here mostly for the huge slappers of "灯火" and "Amatsu". but more broadly, there's something really delightful of hearing a japanese take on the fusion of japanese music and modern wobs and cuts.

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Geeez 'n Gosh - Nobody Knows (2002)

how do i say this... what in tarnation. i am pretty sure this is a joke at the expense of todd edwards, but i can't find anything to back that up. and more importantly, the result is a really really cool glitchy y2k-ass clicky bleep affair. rastermusic? it's a style that gets to me and i think the odd theme just embedded this deeper in my head.

actually listen to "It's no secret (what god can do)" tho. good stuff, right?

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Nobukazu Takemura - Child's View Remix (1995)

you might know this as "the source of Let My Fish Loose (Aphex Twin Mix)" but it has more than that. it's a goldmine timecapsule of the era. it's got that early ninjatune sound. chill breaks, chill jungle, electric but homely. iyky.

it's nostalgic to me but in a like... retro toonami way? perhaps?

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Aleksi Perälä - Starlight 1 (2018)

man. Aleksi Perälä. what a weird guy, right? I think it's all meditation music. it feels.... fungible. taco bell variations. but sometimes a variation will hit, so I dig through his albums. the Starlight series seems pretty strong imo! I went with Starlight 1 as the highlight here because "UK74R1823020" shows you the more chill side and then "UK74R1823090" delivers a taste of something harder. but not too hard. (Starlight 2 goes harder so i do recommend that too)

listener beware though! this discography is as mixed of a bag as you can get.

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Joe Hisaishi - Asian X.T.C. (2006)

what original works has mr ghibli composer done? here's one. it's beautiful as you might expect, but it leans a bit towards... i think the liner said "pop"? idk about that. the title track is alright but "Dawn of Asia" is THE standout here!

it's kind of a softer take on "asian music mixed with other influences", a funny contrast with Japan 2 from above.

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Five Star Hotel - spiral ctrl. (2021)

a short but intense little journey. this was a late discovery but i can't listen to it without going at least a little wild! listen to the nonharmonic sounds in the opening alone!! haze with knives.

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pilotredsun - Achievement (2016)

yeah, took me long enough. it's 8 years old now but it feels like its 24 years old. this is an early 00s electronic bedroom musician sound that you just don't see very often anymore. I'm going to quote my initial reaction: pristine. an album misplaced in time. does it deserve the top spot on this year's wrapped? iduno... but it stands out to me somehow.

[igazikutya]

Zajok a nappaliból - 2024 Top 12 album és kislemez megjelenései

Megkezdődnek a szokásos éves zárások, összegzések. Először 2024 legjobb LP illetve Single/EP megjelenései a 12 havi „Zajok a nappaliból” alapján. Érdekesség, hogy két kazetta is felkerült a dobogóra, természetesen az albumok között. A zsűrinek nehéz dolga volt... hát nem, zsűri se volt, a korábbi szelekciók számadatai döntöttek utólag, viszont az elmondható, hogy nagyon szoros és erős volt a mezőny mindkét kategóriában, és mondjuk a 10. és 20. között egyáltalán nincs akkora távolság, mint a sorszám azt sugallja. Nem kis bravúr, hogy Phase Fatale két EP-je is Top12-es! Ami részemről nagyon vicces, hogy a két lista tetején a következő fontos üzenetet dobta a gép: The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now – Tomorrow Doesn't Exist

Top 12 LP – 2024

1. Holy Tongue Meets Shackleton - The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now [AD 93][LP] 2. Boundary - Oxido En El Espejo [Exotic Robotics][MC] 3. Microcorps - Macrocorpse - 2021-2024 [The Tapeworm][MC-Comp]

4. Scotch Rolex, Shackleton & Omutaba - The Three Hands of Doom [Nyege Nyege Tapes][LP] 5. E-Saggila - Gamma Tag [Northern Electronics][LP] 6. Legowelt - Like a Song From Your Dream [L.I.E.S.][LP]

7. Chateau Flight - La Folie Studio [Versatile][LP] 8. Rrose & Polygonia - Dermatology [Eaux][LP] 9. Fake Youth Cult - White Light / Black Noise [Shipwrec][LP]

10. Open Yellow Circle - New Meridian [Optimo Music][LP] 11. Years Of Denial - Suicide Disco Vol.2 Remixes [VEYL][Rmx-LP] 12. EROS - Your Truth Is A Lie [Downwards][LP]

12. British Murder Boys - Active Agents and House Boys [Downwards][LP] 13. NVST - Silence Itself Is Noise [Seilscheibenpfeiler][LP] 14. The Future Sound Of London - Presents Pulse Five [De_tuned][LP] 15. Big Yawn - NGBE [Research][LP] 16. Or:La - Trusting Theta [fabric Originals][LP] 17. Nic Arizona - Shavua Tov Remixed [Malka Tuti][Rmx-LP] 18. Rainsoft - Nature Resonance [Oslated][LP] 19. Paranoid London - Arseholes, Liars, and Electronic Pioneers [Paranoid London][LP] 20. Contours - Elevations [Music From Memory][LP] 21. JK Flesh - Echo Chamber Music 01 [Avalanche][LP] 22. Tolouse Low Trax - Kiosque Versions [Bureau B][LP] 23. Monolake - Studio [Monolake - Imbalance Computer Music][LP] 24. CRC x VC-118A - Flow Zone [Touched Music][LP]

Top 12 EP/Single – 2024

1. Reeko - Tomorrow Doesn't Exist [Samurai Music][EP] 2. Phase Fatale - Altars [Bite][EP] 3. Neel - Movimento [Spazio Disponibile][EP]

4. Detroit's Filthiest - Proceed with Caution [Syncrophone][EP] 5. Lawrence - Epiphany Remixes [Giegling][EP] 6. Black Dot - Love at Glance [Italo Moderni][EP]

7. Phase Fatale - Love Is Destructive [BITE][EP] 8. Vril & HVL - Far Field [Delsin][EP] 9. Sepehr - Genesis Domain [Dekmantel][EP]

10. Ivy Lab - Mild Snake [Sneaker Social Club][EP] 11. Lewis Spybey - LEWISPYBEY [Up][EP] 12. Timothy J. Fairplay - Convictions That Stick [Pinkman][EP]

13. Committee - The Conquest [Trule][S] 14. Akob / Atomic Moog - Destinations [Indefinite Pitch][S] 15. Tagliabue - Abisso [Subject To Restrictions Discs][S] 16. Orlando Voorn - No Cellphones [Kompakt][EP] 17. Al Wootton - River Songs [Trule][EP] 18. Red Axes - Up [Shall Not Fade][EP] 19. Azu Tiwaline - The Fifth Dream (Remixes)[I.O.T.][EP] 20. Re:Ni - BeautySick [Timedance][EP] 21. Mantra - Schemes & Dreams [System Music][S] 22. Andrei Rusu - I've Lost Control [Malka Tuti][EP] 23. Furious Frank - Raving Lunatic [Kalahari Oyster Cult][EP] 24. Developer - Rhythms Translated in Volstron [Modularz][EP]

[smoshgoshbefosh]

December 28:))

What Smosh Videos were Posted on Your Birthday?

2009

Best of Smosh 2009- Smosh Main

2010

No videos December 28

2011

No videos December 28

2012

Best of 2012 Remix- Smosh Main

Crossovers That Need to Cross Over (Top five Friday)- Smosh Games

Mario Mud Tackling (Game Bang)- Smosh Games

2013

Super Naughty Lyrics- Smosh Pit

Dangerous Love (DeadRising3 Pt. 13)- Smosh Games

They're In For A Shock! (DeadRising3 Pt. 14)- Smosh Games

A Buffet To Die For (DeadRising3 Pt. 15)- Smosh Games

2014

Smosh Games Year In Review (Bonus)- Smosh Games

2015

Ab Shocker Trivia- Smosh Pit

New Years Explosion Preparation (Maricraft)- Smosh Games

2016

Silence of The Fam (Press Start)- Smosh Games

2017

The Whisper Challenge 6- Smosh Pit

2018

No videos December 28

2019

No videos December 28

2020

Every Youtuber's Apology (The Music Video)- Smosh Main

2021

Eat It or Yeet It 2021 Marathon- Smosh Pit

2022

Revealing Our Dating Profiles- Smosh Main

2023

No videos December 28

[ultrakdramamama]

Adding to their title "Princes of K-pop," the Korean media officially recognized SHINee as the irreplaceable "Edge of K-pop"!

SHINee Earns New Moniker Irreplaceable 'Edge of K-pop' — Here Are 3 Reasons

On May 23, two days before their 15th debut anniversary on the 25th, the Korean media announced SHINee's new moniker!

According to its official SNS as well as Korean media outlets including OSEN, Newsen, Xports News, Sports Chosun, etc., SHINee is the irreplaceable "Edge of K-pop."

The article started by acknowledging SHINee as "idol of idols," thanks to their outstanding and unrivaled music. The outlet also highlighted SHINee's identity as TRENDLEADERS.

"SHINee is a contemporary band that creates new trends that best match the current era in many ways, including music, performance, and fashion."

Since their debut, the group has been consistently praised not only by the public but by music critics as well for their "sophisticated and unique" charms.

In the past, they recorded the first "Rookie Grand Slam," winning all "Rookie of the Year" awards from five major music awards shows.

Their hits remain iconic to date, such as "Ring Ding Dong," which is still a "banned" song among CSAT takers for its addictive tone; "Sherlock," which introduced an unconventional, experimental hybrid remix of two songs "Clue" and "Note"; as well as "View," a song used by Korean classes to explain synesthesia.

Secondly, media outlets implied that SHINee is SHINee because of their "SHINee-like" music. Although the group is constantly contemplating, changing and growing, they don't fail to deliver the solidness, completeness and uniqueness of a song — which is very SHINee-like.

They don't repeat concepts; rather, they expand concepts and stories.

Last but not least, SHINee is one of the groups that get better compared to their past releases. You may think that a certain era is already their "best," but the group always succeeds to surpass their recent records.

In June, the team is expected to unveil their first full-length album in about two years, and it is expected to be a meaningful album to start another chapter of SHINee, which has become more colorful as you can meet SHINee's music and other different styles of songs.

"Whenever a new album is released, SHINee, who attracts high attention from global fans as well as the music industry, is expected to show a new and powerful chapter."

SHINee Prepares For Their 15th Debut Anniversary

The "Princes of K-pop" SHINee will celebrate their 15th anniversary on May 25!

SHINee, who is considered one of K-pop's most complete idols by solidifying its differentiated position, will return as a complete group about two years after their seventh full-length repackage "Atlantis" in 2021 to mark the 15th anniversary of their debut.

Starting with the opening of a pop-up store on the 25th, a fan meeting will be held at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium in Seoul from the 27th to the 28th, and the release of a new full-length album is also scheduled in June.

Written by Eunice Dawson

[celinamarniss]

Year in Review

In 2023 I posted 4 fics at 58,153 words.

Previous years:

2022: 4 fics at 45,096 words.

2021: 3 fics posted, 55,788 words.

2020: 7 or 10 fics posted, 125,738 words.

2019: 7 fics posted, 72,149 words.

2018: 7 fics posted, 87,752 words

2016: 9 fics posted, 51,643 words

2017: 9 fics posted, 115,336 words

2016: 9 fics posted, 51,653 words

In total, 49 fics posted to Ao3.

We Can't Keep Meeting Like This

34,355 words, gen, Din/Luke/Mara

The Din/Luke/Mara fic I told myself I wasn't going to write! As these things tend to do, it expanded into a much longer fic than I expected. The "five things (plus one)" structure helped to keep it from spiraling even further, but those individual chapters ended up being much longer than I expected and took much longer to write. At first, I serialized the first couple of chapters in smaller excerpts for WIP Weds on tumblr. It was fun to get a little feedback and the weekly deadline compelled me to write those chapters quickly. But when engagement dropped to basically nothing I stopped posting updates and waited to post each chapter to ao3 when it was done. My progress slowed down considerably, but the chapters got longer. I had fun, most of the time.

The Girl Who Traveled the Ways Between the Walls

4,938 words, gen, Animalis verse

Written for the 5k AU fic challenge. Luminous Creatures begins with Mara and Luke's daemons settling, and I regretted never writing a story with an unsettled daemon character. I wanted to write a fic with a fairy-tale vibe and I wanted to explore the weirdness of the Imperial Palace. The Palace becomes a fairy tale wood, and Mara sets off on a quest in which she encounters strange people who aid her or demand aid. Does she learn the right lesson in the end? Perhaps not.

Echo, Revenant, Targeter, Phoenix

15,431 words, gen, Winter Retrac character study

I wrote this one for the Star Wars Big Bang, an experience that ended up being so stressful that I dropped out. I still finished the fic on time and posted it. The fic attracted a modest number of readers (unsurprising given Winter has been basically forgotten these days), but their enthusiasm was very gratifying. I've always liked Winter and I wanted to give her a chance to shine.

However, while I love the worldbuilding and individual scenes and images in this fic, as a whole I don't think it's very gracefully written and I've never been very happy with it.

Cascade

3,429 words, mature, Luke/Mara

I wanted to include A Non-Zero-Sum Game in Vol II of my printed fic collection, but the series felt unfinished without the fourth and final story that I planned to write after Tether. So five years later, I finally wrote it. It was interesting to go back to those old fics and try to write a story that fit the series. I wanted to post it before the new year broke so that I could count it in the 2023 list, and I rushed to get it out. It could probably still use some work.

As the year went on, I failed to meet a lot of the arbitrary deadlines I set myself, and that made writing frustrating and unfulfilling. I don't want it to be like that! I want fic to be fun.

However, I have a lot of non-fandom projects coming up in 2024, and I'm going to have to shift my focus away from fic, at least a little bit.

GOALS FOR 2024

(almost exactly the same as the goals for 2023)

Triumvirate Finale! (explicit, very) The big finale of the Triumvirate series, in which the trio returns to Coruscant to face the Emperor. Doesn’t have a proper title yet. Progress so far: three chapters drafted, 15,410 words.

A Smuggler’s Guide to Joining the Rebellion (gen) The sequel to The Things You Find on Tatooine. Progress: the first chapter finished, 2,241 words.

Lando Calrissian and the Jewel of Andara (gen) The Lando and Mara heist romcom I’ve been promising forever. Progress: three chapters drafted, but in need of heavy revision, 6757 words.

Other fics on the backburner:

Courtship remix

Experiments

Daughter of the Rain and Snow

More daemon fic! 

[learnfromexperts]

Justin Bieber

Justin Drew Bieber (/ˈbiːbər/ BEE-bər; born March 1, 1994)[1][2] is a Canadian singer. Regarded as a pop icon, he is recognized for his multi-genre musical performances.[3][4][5] Bieber was discovered by American record executive Scooter Braun and signed with RBMG Records in 2008, gaining recognition with the release of his debut seven-track EP My World (2009) and soon establishing himself as a teen idol.

Bieber achieved commercial success with his teen pop-driven debut studio album, My World 2.0 (2010), which debuted atop the US Billboard 200, making him the youngest solo male act to top the chart in 47 years.[6] The album spawned the internationally successful single "Baby" (featuring Ludacris), which became one of the best selling singles of all time in the US.[7] His second studio album, Under the Mistletoe (2011), became the first Christmas album by a male artist to debut at number one in the US.[8] Bieber experimented with dance-pop in his third studio album, Believe (2012), and went on to become the first artist in history with five US number-one albums by the age of 18.[9] From 2013–14, Bieber was involved in multiple controversies and legal issues, which had a drastic impact on his public image.[10]

In 2015, Bieber explored EDM with Jack Ü as a lead vocalist on "Where Are Ü Now", which won the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording.[11][12] The song's musical direction played an instrumental role in his fourth studio album, Purpose, which produced three US number-one singles: "Love Yourself", "Sorry", and "What Do You Mean?". He became the first artist in history to occupy the entire top three of the UK Singles Chart.[13] Bieber diversified on numerous collaborations between 2016 and 2017, including DJ Khaled's "I'm the One" and his remix to Luis Fonsi's "Despacito"—both reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 a week apart, making him the first artist in history to chart new number-one songs in consecutive weeks.[14] "Despacito" was named the greatest Latin song of all time by Billboard and earned Bieber his career-first Latin Grammy Award. In 2019, he released a country collaboration with Dan + Shay, "10,000 Hours", which won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.[15]

In 2020, Bieber released his R&B-inspired fifth studio album, Changes, which debuted at number one in both the UK and US, and a standalone duet with Ariana Grande, "Stuck with U", which debuted atop the US Billboard Hot 100.[16] Bieber returned to his pop roots on his sixth studio album, Justice (2021). It spawned the worldwide hit "Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon) and debuted atop the US Billboard 200, making him the youngest soloist to have eight US number-one albums, a record held previously by Elvis Presley since 1965.[17] The same year, Bieber released "Stay" (with the Kid Laroi), which became his eighth US number-one single.[18]

Bieber is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 150 million records worldwide. He is credited with four Diamond certifications from the RIAA.[19] He has received numerous accolades, including two Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy Award, eight Juno Awards, two Brit Awards, one Bambi Award, 26 Billboard Music Awards, 18 American Music Awards, 22 MTV Europe Music Awards (the most wins for any artist), 23 Teen Choice Awards (the most wins for a male individual), and 33 Guinness World Records. Time named Bieber one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2011, and he was included on Forbes' list of the top ten most powerful celebrities in 2011, 2012, and 2013

[ryttu3k]

Pink Floyd CD collection starting to take shape. I now have:

Meddle (2016 release)

Dark Side of the Moon (20th anniversary release, found at a second-hand CD sale for $2, still with three of the five postcards!)

Animals (2018 remix)

Wish You Were Here (2016 release)

Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987 release)

Delicate Sound of Thunder (1998 release)

Live at Knebworth (2021 release)

And now…

Echoes (2001 release)

Pulse (1995 release, LED very dead)

Still on my wishlist:

The Wall (I have… a 1990 Waters solo laserdisc version courtesy of my uncle lmao)

The Division Bell

The Endless River (yes I know but I like it)

Pulse (deluxe Bluray set)

Honestly would kill a man for a good complete version of the 1974 Wembley concerts, I know they released the DSotM bit but I desperately want Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Raving and Drooling, You've Got To Be Crazy, and the Echoes finale, it'll be 50 years in November and that's my birthday month, please, universe, can I get a version not split over three different album sets?

I do kind of covet the DSotM 50th anniversary box set but also it's over $500 and that is. A lot.