#Bando Kid

[nonbinaryprints]

I feel like I just got hate crimed yall what the fuck

[romanarose]

The Bikeriders as a metaphor for bisexuality

Now I ain't saying this was intentional because I'm pretty sure it's not but this is how I read the struggle between Johnny and Kathy for Benny just feels like Benny's internal struggle between homosexuality and heteosexuality, how neither of it fits him so he was always walking that line.

For the record Im speaking in terms of binary gender because this is just a simple movie theory. I am well aware of other genders but this is just how I see it.

Spoilers below

Kathy tried to get him to leave, he wouln't do it. It's like he wouldn't let go of that same/sex attraction, the queerness, the subversive side of him.

Johnny never tried to get him to leave Kathy for him, but his pull comes in the two times he tried to get Benny to take over the club. Benny refused, because that full commitment to the club, the lifestyle, would be rejecting the other side of him.

He didn't want to choose. he wanted to just be himself. I think his happiness came in accepting that.

Benny didnt give up riding because Kathy made him. He gave it up because Johnny was dead and that broke him. He was ready to settle down. Benny didn't choose "being straight", I think in his crying, his finally crying he and Kathy new what Johnny was to him and I think Benny accepted who he was. Then he was happy with Kathy, because he did love her. I think she was wrong that he didn't miss it. I think he did. But I think he misses it in a sense that we as people will always long for the past.

Another way I see it is that yes, he's happy. Yes he has a good life. But Maybe he was always going to end up with Kathy as the "settling down". Johnny didn't equal settling down. I think a lot of times, especially back then, homosexuality was viewed as a phase, like the trope of college girls going through a "gay phase" or concepts of homoerotic military men secluded from women. That its something you do for a while then you "grow out of it." But thats not how it really works. I stand by that Benny loves Kathy and is happy at the end.

He smiles, which is rare for his character. He's smiling when Kathy isn't looking, so he's not performing for anyone.

But I think when you look at it in the context of the time, she was the option if he wanted to settle down. That, as bisexual people, maybe you have some crazy times in college but then you find someone in a heterosexual relationship and settle and try to put that behind you. It doesn't mean he's not happy, as bisexual people in straightpassing relationships are happy. It just means, when the motercycle sounds echo for him, he still thinks about the past. the what if.

And thats just a human thing to do.

I saw The Bikeriders on Saturday and then twice, yes twice today (sunday). I was bawling at the end the last two times when the bisexual metaphore theory came to me. I read Benny as bi right away.

Johnny is said to have gotten his inspiration from Marlon Brando. Bando has talked about being bisexual. Another famous name and face of Brando's era was James Dean. Although Dean was more a car guy in the end, he was deffinetly into motercycles. Dean's sexuality is speculated but many close friends say he was bisexual.

I think it would be almost impossible not to have homoerotic subtext with this sort of thing if the movie was true to inspirations of the era. I don't know how you can watch it and think benny and Johnny dont want each other.

Personally, I don't think Johnny was bi, I think he was gay. I think because of how little emphasis on his wife there was, how she never quite seemed to get him, not in the way Benny got him, I think he was gay. I think he married and had kids because thats what you did.

Anyway all this to say I fucking love this movie. At first watch I wasn't a fan of Austin butlers performance but now I get it. Wow. I get it

I know its not anyone intention making the movie for it to be a metaphore for bisexuality but I can just see it see clearly.

This came out during pride month for a reason

[kaccvcate]

sorry if this is a bit of a personal question, but is your lifestyle costly in any way, especially concerning the gas for your (sick) car? and is homesickness inevitable?

i feel like a stationary life in a house for years bogs me down. i don't know if i feel this way because of my current living situation causing me a lot of stress and a lot of bad memories attached to my current home, being in a shitty area, mental illness, or all of the above, but i just don't feel like i can live this way especially with my increasing wanderlust (a strong desire to travel).

it was magical to me seeing your many interactions and various views when you were traveling around the country. it was honestly really exciting! i feel like there's a lot to witness in the world and i want to see what i can in the short time i have on earth. (i think it's why i love visiting my family so much, besides enjoying their presence.)

but i don't want to throw myself head first into it, ya know? i want to know how much it's going to cost me. i would love to travel, but i don't wanna go broke over it! ;^;

i also have a strong attachment to my current home, florida. no other place has really matched its beautiful savannas, messy yet beautiful rivers, crazy plant overgrowth, and the nostalgic noise of cicadas (i even managed to find a shell this summer! it's my most prized possession, physical music aside). but, god... i really feel like fucking off sometime and going elsewhere for a little bit.

sorry if this is a lot of personal details, haha... you just feel very easy to talk to and i would like to have a roaming lifestyle. haven't been attached to people as much lately due to things, and i want to have my own adventures and experiences. maybe it's some sort of natural instinct to finally leave the family? xD who knows

To be honest, I've struggled with mental illness and depression the whole time I've been running this blog, and since I've stopped being homeless the last couple months, I've become a completely different and much happier person.

My comic seems very lighthearted and happy go lucky because I choose to focus on positive parts of my life in my work, it helps me to stay alive. When I was a kid my parents took me out of Mississippi, isolated and abused the shit out of me. My whole life I've actually dreamed of being able to live here and make music and have friends, and the whole time I was homeless I was homesick as fuck and cried multiple times daily. A lot of the drug use I portray is from times I was extremely suicidal, now I'm happy as a clam and don't ever feel the need to get fucked up like that, or hate myself or my life or anything (I don't even drink anymore.)

I've always wanted to help my family, who live in extreme poverty, but as a disabled person felt unable to. Now through my work, I'm able to be healthy and improve my life, and it's extremely satisfying.

I know this isn't the answer you guys probably want to hear. When my life was horrible and I was surrounded by abusers, moving into my car was the obvious choice, and while I was homeless, travelling was the obvious choice. You wear out your welcome one place and have to move on. For a while at first I stayed in one place and kept day jobs, which was difficult because of my condition, then when my old truck broke down I moved into the bando and just shoplifted all my food that wasn't paid for by fan donations. Through the kindness of my fans I was able to go to New York, there I lived on the street, and sometimes slept in parks or crackhouses, which isn't the most fun (although there were lots of funny times also, which I drew comics of, and crackheads can be as nice as anyone when they choose to be.) I was hoping to get treatment for my condition and get on disability, but without a place to stay through winter it was impossible. It was thanks to the generosity of fans that I was able to get a van, and I tried again to move to Mississippi, but things fell apart and I had nowhere to stay, so to avoid police attention I went out west. I had wonderful adventures in california, but still I regretted leaving my family to struggle while I bummed around having fun.

Even times I was really broke, kind people would take me in and feed me. People seemed to go out of their way to be extremely nice all the time as soon as I was out of Mississippi, and when I got out west it was fun to hang out in San Francisco with all the other free people who lived in and around Golden Gate Park (there are many.) Travelling was fun, I made so many amazing friends across the country and had great times, but still it was hard to be truly happy.

I'm very lucky to have the support network I do, my life wouldn't be possible without it. Living in a van is definitely cheaper than living in a house for obvious reasons. If you're going to move into a van, get to California as soon as possible, it's the best place to do it. But if you feel you're in a good situation and have nothing to gain from homelessness, you should just enjoy your nice life and be grateful. And next time you have some extra cash or bud, go hand out some alms to your friendly neighborhood busker. They need it more than you.

[cottoncandy-cult]

Tiny Mistakes

Chibi! Misaki Yata X Reader

(Y/n) hummed softly from her spot on the couch, she was in the HOMRA bar waiting for her big brother and the other clansmen to return from their "walk". She decided to stay back at the bar, knowing well just how out of hand these "walks" could get. Little did she realize that today she would learn, she just didn't know the half of it. Not a half hour later she heard the jingle of the doors bell, everyone began filing in. Many had sheepish looks, that was when she noticed that the fire ball that was her boyfriend wasn't there. She also noticed that Mikoto, her king, had a cat carrier. Now she never thought of Mikoto as a pet person, but he was somewhat similar to a cat, so she figured he wanted a nap buddy.

That was until the cat carrier was set in front of her, she raised an eyebrow when she saw her king take a step back from the corner of her eye. The soft growling from within drew her attention, upon peeking inside she was greeted with the sight of a 6in tall Misaki Yata. Now this gave her a mix of conflicting feelings; on one side she was concerned with a million questions swirling in her head, on the other he was so adorable she just wanted to cuddle him. She turned her head and looked at her king, while the others seemed a little afraid, he was stoic as ever. "Mr. Mikoto... What is this?" She was hoping to hear that it was a prank, that it's some weird hologram or something. She watched the king take his time as he removed a cigarette from the pack he fished from his pocket, lighting it with his fire before he focused on her. "It's Yata." He stated it so matter of factly that she felt her eye twitch, she couldn't figure out if he was doing this on purpose or not. "I can see that, why is he little... And in a cat carrier?"

Mikoto took a slow draw from his cigarette, letting out a sigh. "He wasn't paying attention and bumped into some kid, he popped off and the kid gave him this dirty look before there was a puff of smoke. The kid ran off and when the smoke cleared well... There he was." She nodded her head and sighed, she warned Yata that he'd get in trouble if he let his attitude get the better of him. She rubbed her forehead before looking back into the kitty crate, before glancing at her king. "Ok but why is he in a crate?..." Kusanagi spoke up next, Mikoto meanwhile made his way to his usual couch to lay down and Anna wasted no time curling up at his side.

"Well... He bit Chitose, he tried to set Kamamoto on fire, and kept hitting Bando in the shin with his bat... Which had also been shrunk by the strain. The only way he'd calm down is if Mikoto set down beside him, but even then he kept growling a everyone. It was Dewa's idea to get his cat Mochi's carrier so that we could get Yata back here." Another sigh escaped her, when she looked back to the carrier she noticed Yata was sitting infront of the door. He watched her with big chocolate colored orbs, a blush on his cheeks. (Y/n) could only smile as she poked her finger through one of the little squares, everyone tensed up but were surprised by her giggles as Yata hugged her finger. She wasted no time opening the cage, watching him slowly walk out. He had looked around a little before looking up at her and reaching out, this brought a loving smile to (Y/n)'s face as she gently picked him up in one hand. She leaned him against her chest as one would a kitten, lightly running her finger over his back and watching him relax into her soft skin.

"Heh maybe we should have called you instead, it makes sense he'd let you hold him. You two have been dating a while." This had been Erik speaking up, he had kept his voice down though to not disturb the little cherry bomb. (Y/n) had giggled a bit, nodding her head. "I'll take care of him from here guys, I think we'll go to one of the spare rooms upstairs and take a nap." Kusanagi had chuckled as everyone dispersed to get comfortable, he himself went to his place behind the bar. "I got a new bed for the room at the very back, why don't you use that one and tell me how it is later." (Y/n) had nodded, moving to stand as she gently held the Chibi Yata. He was in fact awake, simply watching what all happened around them. "Will do, thanks Mr.Kusanagi."

With that out of her way (Y/n) carried the little bean upstairs, the whole way he watched her closely. He was like a kitten curious of it's new owner, his little hand reaching out and carefully touching her chin. This earned him a grin and a kiss to the head, he blushed darkly but did nothing more than watch her with his big soft chocolate gaze.  Before she knew it she was at the room, she slowly opened the door, and a sigh of relaxation left her when she made it to the bed. She sat on the edge and lied back, closing her eyes as Yata moved to make himself and comfortable on her tummy. (Y/N) felt instant relaxation, the bed had been beyond comfortable and the warm little mass that was Yata helped to lull her into sleep.

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(Y/N) awoke a few hours later when she couldn't move, a heavy weight held her in place. She stared groggily at the ceiling; it took a few minutes for her vision to clear. When it did, she gazed down and was met with Yata, only he wasn't a chibi anymore, but he did have his head buried in her chest and his hands certainly weren't on your hips. A deep blush struck her, but even still she stayed calm. This was the most peaceful she'd seen him in a while, he was usually a wild sleeper. A gentle smile graced her face, she reached up carefully and removed his beanie before placing it to the side. Her fingers gently ran through his hair, enjoying the soft texture.

After a few moments she felt him shift and she stopped moving, she could make out his chocolate-colored orbs thanks to the moonlight filtering through the window. He looked into her eyes a moment, though he suddenly seemed to realize their position before he jumped up to quick and fell on the floor. Of course (Y/n) laughed a bit before she sat up, even though they had been together a while he still got flustered with anything that could be considered perverse. "You ok Yata?" She spoke softly since it was a little late, Yata had sat up quickly as he now sat on the floor. His head was turned to the side as he tried to hide his blush, though she knew full well it was there. "Y-yeah.... Sorry about... Ya know..." His voice grew softer the more embarrassed he got, but hearing her laughter made him smile a bit as he relaxed. She would always be his biggest weak spot, so knowing he made her happy made him truly ecstatic. He may be a wildfire, but she was quickly becoming his oxygen.

[virtualratmilk]

ive really been enjoying this new Childish Gambino album, Donald Glover has really been showing off his versatility in this one, and the production is bonkers !! like I've been getting genuinely so envious of the production it's so good. Now of course I'm sure Donald Glover has a considerable amount more resources at his disposal when making music compared to when I do it, I'm literally just some girl who makes bips and bops but still, it's very impressive and I really enjoy it !! And Lithonia is such an ear worm,,, alot of the songs are!!! Its just so neat,, and he's releasing a movie as a companion piece to it (ig?) with the album functioning as part of (if not all) the soundtrack and that is so wild to me,, that's so cool. like that's something I'd dream abt doing as a kid. Idk I just,,, I started listening to him so long ago and he's been such a foundational part of how my music taste has evolved,,,

I'm particularly talking about Awaken My Love, which is still one of my favorite albums of all time !! (I do enjoy some of his other albums, but not nearly to the same degree, esp bonfire, ive never really enjoyed that album, not for me i suppose) everyone knew the one single from Awaken My Love back in the day when it came out but I feel it kinda overshadowed the rest of the album, and that's a bummer to me, because that album is so fucking good!!!! and like, idk it changed me dhajldkfksbqa I started listening to that album a lot in freshman year when I was really depressed and it helped me get through it and led me to listen to more funk and r&b and soul and it just,,,, idk that album is really important to me ig, and it's always gonna have a special place in my heart :3

that being said, Bando Stone doesn't feel very much like Awaken My Love, and I love it for that

like I said before, there's a lot of versatility and variety in the album, from like hars tech industrial rap to like 2000's electronic indie pop and I dont know where the next song is gonna go ever and it's so exciting... there's also one song he did with his son, and it's so cute and endearing and idk, it turned out so good and I loved it so much,,,,

when I first started listening to this album I was like "meh, whatever" but now I'm so not normal about it it's wild

It's currently my second favorite album of his, but hell, maybe in time it could surpass Awaken My Love in my eyes,, maybe

[twinterrors29]

when Komari Vosa was a young Padawan, she met a cute youngling in the creche and staked a claim to take this kid as her own eventual Padawan, once they were both old enough

however, after her dramatic exit of the Order, she was presumed dead, leaving young Obi-Wan with dashed hopes of becoming a Jedi Knight as no other Master had been looking his way with her claim, and now it was nearly too late to find a Master

then, a few years later, the leader of the Bando Gora got word of a Jedi Master-Padawan pair disrupting some drug operations they'd had a distant connection to and went digging

only to discover that her own older Padawan brother had had the audacity to poach HER APPRENTICE

this, of course, could not be allowed to stand

so Komari set out to kidnap Obi-Wan for herself

only to stumble upon Xanatos attempting a similar scheme

unluckily for Xanatos, Komari acutely recalled how much of a little snot her most recent lineage nephew always was, and was no longer held back by Jedi propriety

after she dumped his body, Komari looked over his plans for sneaking into the Temple and decided that they weren't a bad start, as far as plans go; she might as well make use of them, and anything else Xanatos happened to have lying around...

[queenwnds]

A mente humana sempre foi algo explorado pela ciência, mas sua complexidade e desenvolvimento do cérebro humano nos deixa mais difícil de compreendermos como a mente e a individualidade de cada funciona.

Mia tinha uma boa vida, mesmo após o casamento conturbado, seu segundo casamento e sua família eram perfeitas. Algo que ela sempre quis, junto com a vontade de permanecer no estrelado. Mas, em alguns momentos, ela se via perdida, se perguntando se aquela família era mesmo o desejo dela, ou algo que suas memórias lhe pediam para ter. Por vezes, Mia se sentia uma parasita na própria cabeça, mas nunca confessou isso para alguém.

Naquele momento, presa no subsolo com aquele bando de desconhecidos, o cheiro de algodão doce no ar, a visão de Mia ficou turva. Ao fundo, ela conseguia ouvir os acordes de um piano, que ficava cada vez mais alto em sua mente.

I'm Still Standing — Elton John.

O ambiente pareceu tomar uma cor mais brilhante, as vozes se tornaram mais harmoniosas, enquanto todos pareciam saber a mesma coreografia estranha. Os olhos de Mia se arregalaram, enquanto lampejos de memórias que não eram dela corriam em sua mente, dando uma profunda dor de cabeça. Ela até mesmo bateu na própria cabeça, tentando conter os pensamentos.

You could never know what it's like

Your blood like winter, freezes just like ice

And there's a cold, lonely light that shines from you

You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use

Mia arregalou os olhos para o capuz preto na televisão, a voz dele cantando aquela parte da música, ao mesmo tempo que a mente dela rodopiava. Uma dor profunda em seu estômago, o cheiro de sangue, a imagem de uma mulher em uma camisola branca. Choro... alguém estava chorando? Isso não fazia sentido algum.

And did you think this fool could never win?

Well, look at me, I'm coming back again

I got a taste of love in a simple way

And if you need to know, while I'm still standing, you just fade away

A cabeça de Mia virou para o homem ao seu lado... ele era chinês? Não fazia sentido. Uma voz sussurrou em seu ouvido que o nome dele era Harvey. Por que ele estava dançando daquela forma? Por que isso a lembrou de outra pessoa? Motos... uma brincadeira... isso não fazia sentido, mas sua mente apertou, tentando fazê-la se lembrar.

Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did?

Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid

I'm still standing after all this time

Picking up the pieces of my life, without you on my mind

Mia encarou novamente os outros ao redor, sem entender porque eles estavam todos se juntando ao seu redor. Aquilo a estava fazendo hiperventilar. Merda, ela não era claustrofóbica, por que aquilo estava a deixando em pânico? Mas algo lhe dizia que ela era assim, sempre foi. Um trauma da vez em que seu irmão a prendeu no carro. Irmão? Mia era filha única, da onde estava aquele irmão?

A música continuava, mais alto, todos cantando em plenos pulmões. Até que ela viu.

A foto.

O nome.

O rosto.

Mia caiu para frente, arquejando. As memórias agora vinham mais fortes, como ondas, afogando a mente de Mia. Eram memórias dela, memórias de outra pessoa, tudo entrelaçado. Ela se lembrava que a mãe a odiava. Ela se lembrava que o pai a ignorava. Ela se lembrava que o irmão a maltratava. Ela se lembrava da solidão da vida adulta. Ela se lembrava o cheiro do cigarro. Ela se lembrava do abraço quente da avó. Ela se lembrava... ela se lembrava.

A imagem na televisão começou a cantar, a voz alta, as expressões grotescas.

I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah

Mia gritava para pararem, gritava para tentar calar aquela voz, mas era inevitável.

Mia sabia que ela não era a Mia. Nunca foi. Ela estava se enganando, e enganando a todos à sua volta. Olivia Priestly já havia tomado conta de tudo, aquele corpo sempre foi dela.

Ollie ergueu o rosto, os olhos finalmente compreendendo o que estava acontecendo. Ela encarou a mulher alta ao seu lado.

— Bells?

[thatnamiberry]

Omega da floresta

by: chanlvrs

• “omega da floresta” é uma Fanfic minha que já vai nos seus 5 capítulos, conta a história de um jovem híbrido de raposa que passa a viver com um bando numa pequenina ilha. É uma Fanfic cujos protagonistas são o bando A (Stray kids) mas que engloba diversos outros grupos, tanto em bandos quanto solos.

• uma Fanfic mística, com diversos segredos, porém curta e objetiva. Convido-vos a dar uma vista de olhos, não se vão arrepender!

[ capa antiga, a nova foi feita pela minha mulher também @/Shynnii ]

[thesinglesjukebox]

CHILDISH GAMBINO - "LITHONIA"

"New Theory: Cody LaRae is the name of a SPAM employee"

[5.55]

Taylor Alatorre: Sooner or later, the zeitgeist outruns you. "Lithonia" is Gambino's half-willing surrender to the New World, and despite its overfamiliar post-apocalyptic mode, it is nothing more than the long-delayed acceptance that what he's "with" is no longer "it." He'll never again be the 30-year-old kid who predicted the American Dialect Society's 2013 Word of the Year; more thankfully, he'll also never again be the guy who called himself rap's Andrew Auernheimer. Left with little choice but to lean further into his out-of-touchness, he concludes that it must be rock opera time. It helps that the list of canonical rock operas is so small as to make faithful homage largely plug-and-play: a vaguely sketched outsider hero to serve as author surrogate, power chords as brick walls to be broken through, references to drugs and fame and the combination thereof, and you're 90% done. Ever a student of pop culture, Glover doesn't try to rescue the form from its post-Green Day cultural ignominy and instead embraces its excesses for entirely pragmatic reasons – there is simply no better backing track for the Life-Altering Realization. We don't need to know much about who Cody LaRae is, only that he's at a point where a regressive teenage sentiment like "nobody gives a fuck" can seem like profound insight (it is), and also that his name is more fun to say than Tommy or Pink. [7]

Jonathan Bradley: Donald Glover is capable of producing a genuinely great song — “Redbone,” if nothing else, demonstrated that — but a lot of his Childish Gambino work gets by on affect: stylish set pieces that demand attention but, on subsequent listens, reveal a paucity of ideas. Is “This is America” getting plays in 2024? “Lithonia” is stunning in conception and execution, recasting Glover as emo revivalist drenched in a downpour of torrid guitar distortion and angst, but once the storm ebbs, I don’t feel as if it left much of anything behind. It’s a glorious noise, though; hopefully “nobody gives a fuck” will not turn out to be clairvoyant. [6]

Katherine St. Asaph: An uncharacteristically chameleonic Max Martin tries to turn this into an ABBA song while Childish Gambino tries to turn it into a pop-punk song, and I assume that if I imbibed more of the album's lore I would learn who Cody LaRae is and what he tried to do. (Alas, the Donald Glover Wiki is no help, as the only edit this summer is some guy saying "Wtf.") When you release a rock-opera-coded single severed from its rock opera, you risk the possibility that nobody gives a fuck. [5]

Ian Mathers: What are N*E*R*D up to these days, anyway? [6]

Harlan Talib Ockey: “Lithonia” is full of meta recursion. LaRae/Stone had a break from music, and so did Glover/Gambino. LaRae is from an Atlanta suburb, and so is Glover. Musically, he alternates LaRae’s amateurish belting with Bando Stone’s more nuanced vocal delivery. The lyrics switch between first and third person, letting Gambino extrapolate on LaRae and LaRae on himself and Stone. It’s very intellectually interesting, but all this lyrical lore forms an impermeable layer between the listener and the actual song. [6]

Brad Shoup: Sorta-crunchy, kinda-glammy scene setting, where the feedback precedes the blocky Weezer downstrokes and the vocals keen like Panic! at the Disco. It feels like I'm missing a playbill. [4]

Nortey Dowuona: The frustrating thing about "Lithonia" is that it doesn't explode into glorious technicolor as Max Martin's work is supposed to do, but simply crashes against the wall. The drum production hides the way it strikes the kick then stumble through the snare, scattering little tom runs that stop the momentum whenever they appear, then reveals them to present the beating heart below the frustration and bitterness. Either way, the color drains out of the song whenever they arrive or leave. It's a novel part, not a masterful one, since being novel is how you earn money and mastery is how you become a ghoul. [6]

Leah Isobel: "Lithonia" swings wildly between corny and affecting. Donald's lead vocal is overdone, but his backing harmonies have a gentle shininess; the guitars have a nice bit of crunch and the bassline is lovely, but the synth piano and strings are just tacky. The insistence on making things just a little wrong draws attention to the places where they aren't, like a pair of pre-Sharpied sneakers. It feels slightly condescending. [5]

Alfred Soto: Organ? Guitar power chords? Childish Gambino-the-thespian has sure learned shock tactics for the sake of Childish-Gambino-the-musician. I'm less inclined to endorse a statement like "Nobody gives a fuck" in 2024, but "Lithonia" isn't my song. What lets it down are its strengths. After the melodramatic opening, it doesn't have anywhere to go. I might come to the same conclusion about Gambino's career so far. [5]

Andrew Karpan: In committing himself to making nihilist post-Kanye pop jams for the vitally unimportant Urban Outfitters vinyl buying demographic, Glover prepares himself to eventually make his own Norman Fucking Rockwell! I have to admit that I'm with him on this. Good riddance to Childish Gambino! Good riddance to 2011, prestige TV, refried electronic soul, and the other forgotten dreams best unremembered from that decade.  [5]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: When I saw Childish Gambino live in 2013, it was perhaps the worst show I've been to in my life. Packed high up into the Shrine Auditorium in LA, gazing down onto Donald Glover from the rafters, I realized that he didn't quite have it; he lacked some ineffable skill that would allow all of the grand visions of his project to cohere. He performed in a projected simulacrum of a vast and empty mansion, sounding completely swallowed up in the work; the clothes were wearing him, as they say. When I saw him again, on the other side of the decade, he finally lived up to his ambitions; after a number one hit, an acclaimed TV show, a role in Star Wars, he was suddenly the performer he always wished he could be. Even when performing lesser works, he seemed a magnetic force, his sweaty face on the music festival screen impossible to look away from. Now we stand at the putative end of Childish Gambino's project, his attentions turned elsewhere. "Lithonia" feels at once tossed off and deeply effortful — which makes it in some sense the perfect Childish Gambino track. He's brilliant at times — the chorus here, in all of its arena-rock meathead glory, has worn me down — and utterly ineffectual the rest, executing the minimum viable versions of his ideas and hoping that everything hangs together. In "Lithonia," it does, but only barely; every iteration of Childish Gambino fights for control, with no clear victor by song's end. [6] [Read, comment and vote on The Singles Jukebox]

[taylortruther]

talk my shit is probably my favorite track from bando stone but for the non-childish parts. then yoshinoya. then running around because i'm an emo kid at heart. then h3@rt$. and no strong preferences after that

[podtudo]

• podtudo de hoje com @h4nagaki !

bom dia, boa tarde ou boa noite tudinhos do perfil! no podtudo de hoje, trouxemos a ilustre presença do ekki, @h4nagaki ! sentem-se que lá vem tudo e mais um pouco!

1. Nos conte um pouco sobre você, tudinho da vez! Faça uma pequena biografia sua para nós.

R: olá!! eu me chamo ekki mas vc pode me chamar de rae ou reese, eu tenho 16 anos e meus pronomes são ele/dele, eu sou isfj, tenho tdah e sou aroace awoo, meus animais favoritos são gatos e águas-vivas!! eu sou um pouco (médio muito) obcecado com X a marca da morte, livros, pearl, skz, enhypen, my chemical romance, deftones, hyperpop e mistski (preciso de terapia)

2. O que ou quem te incentivou a postar esses posts maravilhosos do seu blog? Adoro!

R: onwtt obrigado por achar isso **risos 😈😈** brincadeiras a parte, começou qnd eu decidi entrar pro anitwt (pior fase da minha vida depois dessa recwente), eu via algumas layouts de anime e decidi fazer, e depois conheci os mb's da xi4ngling e da bajizitos que me inspiraram a começar aqui!!

3. O fav também tem favs fora do tumblr? Se sim, nos conte tudo sobre eles!

R: acho q essa lista poderia ter uma escada pq meu coração é igual de mae, PORÉM os meus principais são (no mundo do kpop): leeknow, soobin, jungwon, mark, jeongin, yeonjun, wonjun, mingyu, chaewon e soyeon,, fora do mundo do kpop são: beabadoobee, jenna ortega, mia goth e andrew garfield

4. E sobre músicas, curte? Adoraria saber sobre as suas preferidas.

R: as que eu provavelmente mais escuto são: kill bill (sza), oui oui marie (chelsea wolf), goodbye, my danish sweetheart (mitski), helena (my chemical romance), i don’t love you (my chemical romance), not for sale (enhypen), any (stray kids), dark dream (e'last) e pra variar  hang 'em high (my chemical romance)

5. Tem inspirações aqui ou fora do aplicativo? Nos conte sobre também!

R: aqui no mini queride tumblr sao @sachly @fshione @tiansmo @oikawazitos @emocatts xi4ngling e bajizitos!! (que nao usam mais)

6. E vamos de um top 5, seus maiores favs da edição icônica do tumblr!

R: hmmmmmm todos sao euuu 💋💋 mentira nao sou narcisista psicose assim

1° @fshione meu amor

2° @m-jng

3° @oikawazitos

4° @emocatts

5° @v6mpcat

7. Poderia explicar mais sobre seu estilo de post? É tudo muito lindo e a curiosa que me habita quer saber tudo sobre essas maravilhas.

R: olha, eu nao mantenho um estilo eu acho? eu acho q seria focado em "grunge"? na vdd eu sempre gosto de mudar meu estilo de post e explorar coisas novas :D

8. E na sua vida pessoal, tem hobbies? Uma lenda como você com certeza deve curtir fazer algo.

R: meus hobbies principais sao, ler, jogar (enstars principalmente), assistir filmes, me arrumar e brincar com os meus cachorros

9. Indique alguns blogs fenômenais para os telespectadores!

R: todos os citados anteriormente sao os que eu mais gosto!! mas óbvio q tem uns q eu particularmente acho q mereciam UM grande reconhecimento, como

@soulmateszedits @luffyttaro @yongblock @gojy @waterrr meu lindinho e so

10. Tem alguma pauta para os seus haters sem senso? Nos diga algo sobre esses sem noção aqui!

R: nunca sofri hate ate pq eu sou tao desocupado q nem briga eu causo gracas a Deus 🙏🏻🙏🏻, minha mensagem pra eles são, vão cuidar da vida de vcs pqp bando de desocupado inuteis lixosos a valeria almeida simplesmente existindo faz mais coisas q vcs q nao tem outra coisa pra fazer q nao ser xingar os outros por puro prazer, vao trabalhar assistir jogar transr sla porra so cuidem da vida de vcs, acho q vcs nao gostariam de ouvir coisas ruins direcionadas a vcs por puro entretenimento próprio pq entretenimento alheio e ver vcs sendo xingados até o talo 💋

11. E por último, alguma situação constrangedora que já passou, todo mito de verdade já passou por uma dessas, não é? Vai ser incrível escutar alguma história de sua vida.

R: foi ano passado mas eu deito a cabeça do travesseiro e lembro disso até hj, eu fui no cinema ver o show do nct com minha amiga, e no site nao tinha absolutamente nenhum ser humano na sala, provavelmente so nos dois, eu falo muito muito baixo, só q nesse dia o cao diabo 666 satanas me atiçou e mandou eu falar alto, ai eu lindamente falei "nossa tem ngm aqui acho q so a gente q é esquisito", e tinham 2 meninas e 1 menino na sala e eu quase caí da escada indo sentar 👎🏻 valeu a pena ter passado vergonha mas eu sinto q aquelas pessoas vao fzr uma macumba pra mim

Agradeço sua presença ilustre aqui no podtudo!!! Volte sempre lenda, a Nayara a qualquer momento estará de braços abertos a você!

dep: eu que agradeço!!! foi bem divertido participar e escrever minhas doidices maluquices kahsksmsksks obrigado ano por ter me recomendado, e obrigado a vc nayara por ter sido doce e gentil comigo 1 bjo pra qm quiser nao queiram nao gosto de contato humano /j /srs

[asknarashikari]

My Malewives: So what did you give us and the kids for White Day?

My Dumbass: *says the Plankton March 14th line* Muhahaha...

Them: *facepalm*

1/4th of them: *gets the joke and laughs*

Me: I'm kidding... Here. Actual fried Crab. Fried soft shell and real crab cakes. *pulls them via a portal*

Chiaki: Honey... I'm pregnant again. Thanks for the White Day gift.

Me: I wasn't expecting that, but oh well...

Them: At least...

Azuma: None of us, Rider malewives want anymore kids.

Takaharu: I... yeah. Same here for us, Sentai, except Chiaki as of today.

Yasunobu Bando: Same here with us Ultra Malewives.

Me: Yeah. *looks behind* Oh. Yeeesss... my baby boy.

3rd Husty son: Papa... What's White Day?

Me: *picks him up and explains White Day*

3rd Husty son: Similar to Valentine's Day?

Me: Yes. You are so cute...

3rd Husty Son: *giggle and laughter*

Gira: *goes in and hugs*

Everyone's reactions?

"None of us malewives want anymore kids"

And Amatsu Gai wasn't responsible for crimes against humanity...

[dustedmagazine]

The Year the Stars Crashed: Ray Garraty’s 2023 in Rap

Peezy is writing the most disgusting rap in 2023

Let’s be honest: we can’t just have exciting years in music. The year people stepped on the Moon was more exciting than the one when they didn’t. We love to cheer when during a year we discover new talents, when we are buried under tons of great stuff which just keeps coming. But we shoegaze when our favorite musicians fall off. We tend to stay silent about it.

And in 2023 I mostly watched artists I admired go wrong. It was painful and embarrassing but also sobering. It is a price artists pay when they enter this game. They are creative and genius and entertaining until they are just not.

Mac J was hooked on the Auto-Tune, so his latest tapes were full of bad singing and not very good lines. EST Gee and Lil Yachty went even more mainstream which in political terms would mean far far right. The Alchemist did a lot of production for the artists that don’t deserve it. ShittyBoyz drifted aimlessly, and their best album this year is not even under their name (it’s Lando Bando’s Family Business). Cash Kidd is not so funny anymore (kid you not). BandGang Lonnie Bands got too caught up in his mind games.

Yet it is Peezy and Valee who had the most embarrassing fall in 2023. Which is hardly surprising for those who have followed them since day one. Valee now is a proper elevator music artist, filling his anemic songs with AI-generated lines. Peezy, top-5 worldwide just a few years ago,  is now writing the most disgusting rap music, and he even admitted that. Signs of rot were visible in both last year, so nothing really new is here.

I just kept trying to follow the ones I liked (mostly Michigan-based), and the one who grew up from a Rio Da Yung OG sidekick (and a blood brother) to a fully mature artist with his own unique style is Louie Ray. While Rio is still locked up, Louie Ray is keeping his torch. I enjoyed nothing more this year than his solo tapes, and his collabs with YN Jay. Let’s hope the next year will be better than this one.

Ray Garraty

Tapes

Cellow — Ghetto Takeover

Rio Da Yung OG — The F Tape

Louie Ray — Even Stronger/We Still Don’t Grind The Same

Rio Da Yung OG, GrindHard E, RMC Mike — Ed, Edd n Eddy

Lando Bando — Family Business

Philthy Rich — King of Oakland

Mike, Wiki & The Alchemist — Faith Is A Rock

Production

Wayne616 — Talkin Crazy (Rio Da Yung Og)

Marc Boomin — No Big Homie (Rio and RMC Mike)

The Alchemist — Scrabble Jam (MIKE and Wiki)

Kmoney — Heads (Rio, Louie Ray, RMC Mike, GrindHard E)

Sav — The Getback (Rio, RMC Mike, GrindHard E)

Danny G — Dirty Pop (Rio, StanWill)

??? — Special (Cash Kidd, OhGeesy)

Wayne616 — April 14th (Louie Ray)

[unohanabbygirl]

¡Aemma! ¡Aemma va a aparecer! No recuerdo si tu autora, en otro capítulo dijiste que iba a salir, ¡pero es que! ¡Aemma! ¡Ahhhh!

Algo que también me gustaría leer es como reaccionó Aemma con Alicent cuando supo que Viserys se casó con ella. Y que gracias al miedo que le puso Otto, más su propio odio que ella misma le tenía a Rhaenyra, hizo que sus hijos y todos los del bando de los verdes mataran a su hija, a sus nietos y que gracias a lo que hicieron se comenzara el lento declive de la casa Targaryen.

Es que yo me muero si escribes eso. No sé si Aemma podría tener algún rechazo hacia Alicent y sus hijos. No la veo de esa forma, pero tampoco la veo como una mujer que abrace y bese a los (ahora) Tully por que ahora son mejores personas y por buena voluntad.

Te dejé un RW que es casi lo mismo que te escribí aquí, pero con más cosas...

Mucha suerte y buenas vibras

Yes!!! Im so glad you caught that because it seemed like most readers were too focused on the whole Aemond vs Jace beef (which i also enjoyed seeing ppl talk out don’t get me wrong) to realize lol.

The next 6 or so chapters will only be Luke’s pov (minus an interlude) but we’ll definitely be take a peak into Aemma’s mind a while from now which I think will be fun.

Not only is she a character who I think should be explored more personally wise, but her death literally created a domino effect leading to viserys x alicent and eventually the beginning of house Targaryen’s fall. So for her to come back after her brutal and heartbreaking final moments to not only find out what viserys had done to the girl she adored and I would even go out on a limb and say loved like a second daughter at least a little, but everything that happened to Rhaenyra and her grandchildren too. Ugh, you’re making me wanna get out of bed and break out my laptop!!

Right now what I will tell you is that her feelings towards Alicent and the green kids is that of love. Though it was tough accepting all the hurt Alicent put her only living child through, Aemma comes off as a very rational woman in my eyes who would see Alicent’s personal growth. Even sympathizes with her to a certain degree being as she was also a young wife and mother repeatedly forced into the birthing bed.

But her relationship with Viserys? That’s a bit more complicated so I’ll save it for later.

I haven’t had time to reply to the comments over on Ao3 yet but I still want to because the discourse was fun. I’ll prob send you an even longer message over there when I find the time skskskskaak

Much love 🥰

[vro0m]

I was tagged by @sebsrainbowbicycle and I've had to think about this for a hot minute.

Imagine you’re a racing driver, what would be the top ten songs on your pre-race playlist? Go wild and tag as many people as you want

In no particular order :

Banye - AKWAEKE

Pump The Brakes - Dom Dolla (yes I'm still thinking about that video daily)

Bando - ANNA, Rich The Kid

PYPPARE - Taxi B

Run Boy Run - Woodkid

What's Up Danger - Blackway, Black Caviar

Stupeflip vite!!! - Stupeflip

Boss Bitch - Doja Cat

Prada - cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe

BRAZILIAN DANÇA PHONK - 6YNTHMANE, RXDXVIL

Tagging whoever is bored and wanna do it (tag me so I can be nosy about it)

Listen under the cut :

[uespromobr]

pergunta importante: ainda é cool fazer um real life de rich kids, sem nenhum plot mirabolante, além de gente rica sendo rica? estou morrendo de vontade de ver um dos meus xodós como base em rp, então estou aqui para saber se vocês têm interesse em alguma das premissas a seguir. 

gossip girl: centrado em nova york, é claro, e acompanharia a vida dos nova-iorquinos, com ênfase em manhattan, brooklyn e bronx. assim, poderíamos jogar com o topo da cadeia, classe média e pobres de marré.

the oc: muito parecido com a ideia acima, se passaria numa cidadezinha (inventada !) pequena e à beira da praia, onde todos se conhecem e têm a vida entrelaçada de algum modo. tinha pensado em skeletons, mas pode ser sem.

one tree hill: nada de escola, tá? hahaha. sinto falta de um rp em universidade, e pensei em uma que instiga bastante a competição acadêmica e esportiva, então os estudantes estão sempre brigando e competindo entre assim. 

maldivas: um bando de riquinhos brasileiros em um condomínio de luxo em ipanema/leblon/copa, viviam a vida numa paz, mas uma vizinha morreu e a polícia descobriu segredos de vários moradores.

sociedade dos poetas mortos: serei clichê em associar a uma sociedade secreta?! pois é o que é. uma série de sumiços vem acometendo a universidade mais difícil de entrar, e a única que liga as vítimas é uma seita sociedade que participavam. 

white lotus: meu favorito da vida. um bando de ricos num hotel de luxo, onde, aparentemente, não tem nada errado... exceto que os funcionários são caóticos e o backstage acaba escapando. no lugar do paraíso, vira um inferno quando uma hóspede é encontrada morta na piscina do hotel.

eu sei que foram muitas e agradeço muito quem leu!!! quem tiver sugestões, dicas, puxões de orelha, o que for, a inbox e o chat estão abertos.