#CORRECTION: MASTERPIECES!??¿°°¿

[cobrasx]

I DONT WANNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH SPACE KWEEN ILL LEAVE THAT FOR THE TAGS BUT OMLLLL

THIS SHIT TOOK ME OUT,, YOUR EP BREAKDOWN MADE ME APPRECIATE AXE MANIAC A WHOLE LOT MORE IM BEING SO /SRS + SO /GEN RN HEAR ME

THIS BEING SO HIGH QUALITY LEFT ME GAGGED

HEY GURL HHHHEEEEEEYYYYYYYY

super happy holidays and all that super good stuff!! this is cobrasx from the main blog! just wanted to pop in n say that ur so awesome sauce, i hope ur having an awesome sauce day ANNNNNDDDDD i got 2 questions for u..... i lied, LETS MAKE IT THREE.

. why do YOU, ms g <3, like dtmg?

. who r YOUR top 3 fav characters? and why!

. if YOU had to pick, which dtmg episode would b your favourite of ALL time? 

¡¡¡¡¡HOLAAAAAAAAAA (≧∇≦)/!!!!!!

¡No sabes lo feliz que estoy ahora mismo, JAJAJAJA! Parezco una fan loca, ¡no puede ser! (ಥ ͜ʖಥ)

Me daba muchísimo miedo mandarte un mensaje porque soy DEMASIADO PENOSA, pero equis, necesitaba hacerlo porque ¡ME ENCANTA TU CONTENIDO Y TU FORMA DE SER!

Lo peor de todo es que también iba a poner tres preguntas, pero pensé: "Debe ser mucho, mejor no las pongo". ¡Me arrepiento! JAJAJAJAJA. Ahora quiero hacerte otras 8382939294828848294 preguntas.

Antes de comenzar, debo dar un AVISO IMPORTANTE: hablo muchísimo, JAJAJAJA, así que este post va a estar RE LARGO. ¡Una disculpa por adelantado! JAJAJA

•Why do YOU, ms g <3, like dtmg?

La primera razón por la que amo DTMG es, sin duda, por la nostalgia.

Procedo a contarte sobre mi vida, así que prepárate para leer una tremenda biblia:

Estaba en primaria cuando comencé a ver la serie y, desde el primer momento, captó toda mi atención. Estoy segura de que mi familia estaba harta de mí  y mi gusto por un fantasma rockero JAJAJAJA. No seguía horarios ni me importaba qué canal poner, pero cuando descubrí DTMG, todo cambió. Me despertaba desde temprano, lista y emocionada, solo para ver si pasaban un nuevo capítulo. Gritaba, saltaba y me divertía muchísimo viéndolo.

No recuerdo muchas cosas de mi infancia, pero NUNCA voy a olvidar aquella vez que me puse a llorar porque mis papás decidieron llevarme a otro lugar JUSTO a la hora en que pasaban la serie. ¡Ellos lo sabían! JAJAJAJA. Lo malo de verla en la televisión era que SIEMPRE pasaban los mismos tres capítulos, lo que me hacía sentir un poco triste. Por eso, fue hasta hace poco que finalmente pude ver la serie completa, tanto en su idioma original como en castellano. Sin embargo, me deprime saber que hay muy pocos capítulos disponibles con el doblaje latino, amaba muchísimo la voz de Billy y Spencer :(

También me vienen otros recuerdos muy especiales, como cuando mi hermano me hizo creer que Billy Joe Cobra existía y que había muerto por una sobredosis. En realidad, él me estaba hablando del cantante real, pero yo entendí otra cosa por completo. Lo de la muerte, no sé de dónde salió, pero estoy segura de que fue culpa de mi hermano XD. Me acuerdo cómo buscaba imágenes de Billy en la computadora para después tomarle fotos con mi celular viejo y ponerlo de fondo de pantalla. AMABA DEMASIADO ESE CELULAR, y ahora ni siquiera sé dónde está.

Otro recuerdo que me encanta es cuando mi mamá me llevaba a la casa de una costurera. Mientras ellas platicaban, yo podía jugar con los hijos de la señora y aprovechar para presumir mi fondo de pantalla y hablar de Billy JAJAJA. Amaba ese lugar, me sentía libre y feliz.

DTMG solo me trae buenos recuerdos, de una época en la que era realmente feliz. Disfrutaba muchísimo de ver la televisión sin preocuparme por la vida adulta. Siempre fui una niña solitaria, y DTMG era mi manera de sentirme acompañada. Cuando la serie fue cancelada, todavía logré encontrar algunos capítulos en YouTube. A pesar del paso de los años, cuando me sentía triste o solo quería apartarme del mundo, me escondía bajo las cobijas y veía esos pocos capítulos que me devolvían la alegría que tanto necesitaba (´༎ຶ ͜ʖ ༎ຶ `)♡

Cada vez que pienso en esos recuerdos me llega un olor y sabor a jugó de naranja natural, vagas memorias de cómo era mi antigua casa con el jardín que tanto amaba y una pequeña Pan disfrutando de correr, saltar y mancharse de tierra. Mi hermano aun recuerda a Billy y me sigue molestando, diciendo “¡Aaaah! ¿Ese no es tu novio?”

(Oh, qué melancólico se puso todo esto, LOL. Me burlo de la personalidad diva de Billy y yo soy tremenda dramática AAAAA)

La segunda razón por la que amo DTMG es por el enorme potencial que tiene para ser explotado.

Ya no quiero alargarme mucho, así que trataré de ser breve. La serie era, en su momento, un simple boceto de prueba que, por ALGUNA RAZÓN, no captó la atención suficiente para dar el siguiente gran paso. La gente la dejó pasar como si fuera "una serie más", ¡pero SON UNOS WEONES!

¿CÓMO NO TE VA A INTERESAR UNA SERIE SOBRE UN FANTASMA? Un fantasma cuyo pasado sigue siendo una incógnita, con el detalle de que su mayor fan quiere secuestrarlo y nos deja con preguntas como: ¿Por qué lo hace? ¿Qué tipo de relación tenía realmente con Billy? Además, ¿cómo te atreves a decir que los personajes son "cliché" cuando la serie presenta una gran diversidad cultural? Tenemos algunas representaciones como la mexicana, japonesa, india, ¡y hasta los personajes de fondo logran captar nuestra atención!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

Incluso las primeras ideas y conceptos que se tenían para la serie son DEMASIADO BUENOS y llenos de contenido por explorar. Es frustrante que la gente solo se enfoque en un ship raro o que crean que es "una serie aburrida" sin prestarle atención a todos los detalles increíbles que ofrece.

¡O.M.G! Esta serie es simplemente INCREÍBLE y merece una segunda temporada. O, al menos, que nos den una canción completa de Billy.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

•Who r YOUR top 3 fav characters? and why!

3-Chico acrobacias

No lo sé, ¡siempre me ha dado risa! JAJAJAJAJA. (Olvide su nombre lol)

Es de esos personajes de fondo que simplemente no puedo odiar porque, sinceramente, me parece genial y divertido. Su diseño me gusta muchísimo y estoy segura de que, si lo conociéramos más, sería una persona muy tierna.

No tengo mucho más que decir porque necesito ver de nuevo la serie y prestarle más atención. Pero este personaje, en especial, siempre ha vivido en mi mente como si tuviera un papel súper importante en la serie JAJAJAJA.

2-Madame X

INCREÍBLE, MISTERIOSA, BELLA Y UNA COMPLETA FANÁTICA DE BJC.

Me encanta porque ella es un personaje importante en la vida de Billy. Su presencia me deja con este sentimiento de duda constante, con las ganas de saber más sobre ella y cómo le afectó la pérdida de su cantante favorito.

Es normal que pueda ver a Billy porque tiene cosas de él, pero entonces me surge la gran pregunta:

¿Cómo sabía de la existencia de Billy fantasma?

��CHAN CHAN CHAAAAAN!

¡Ella me hace enojar porque de verdad QUIERO SABER MÁS DE ELLA! ¡Es frustrante lo intrigante que es!

1-Spencer

¡LO AMO DEMASIADO!

Amo su personalidad, sus aficiones, su resiliencia y cómo demuestra su cariño hacia su familia. Es imposible no admirarlo.

Además, he notado que en la serie dice algunas palabras en español, así que en mi headcanon (agregando a mi personaje), Pan, al ser mexicana, le ayudó a Spencer a aprender el idioma desde que era muy chico. Billy, por su parte, suelta algunas palabras o frases en español, pero es malísimo en ello JAJAJA. Aunque conoce muy bien de la gastronomía mexicana. Mientras que Spencer tiene la habilidad de entenderlo y hablarlo con mucha facilidad.

Mi amor por Spencer es tan grande que casi me hizo cambiar por completo la personalidad de Pan. Inicialmente, su apodo era Jenz, y en lugar de ser un self-insert, iba a ser un personaje completamente diferente:

Jenz sería alguien a quien le gustaba el terror y quería ser productora de cine de terror (ALGO QUE YO JAMÁS HARÍA PORQUE SOY IGUAL DE MIEDOSA QUE BILLY JAJAJA).

Después de conocer a Spencer, su relación se volvió muy cercana gracias a que compartían este gusto por el cine. Spencer la inspiró a seguir su sueño de ser directora y a dejar por completo la banda. Sin embargo, con el tiempo, surgió una riña entre Jenz y Billy (en esta historia, Billy no muere), pero a pesar de eso, Jenz siguió viendo a Spencer. Ahora, le pide ayuda con sus películas, lo cual la hace sentir orgullosa por su gran habilidad para imaginar cosas raras pero increíbles.

Spencer es mi niño bonito. Lo veo como a un hijo, y me dan tantas ganas de abrazarlo hasta que explote. ¡¡WUAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

•If YOU had to pick, which dtmg episode would b your favourite of ALL time?

ESTA PREGUNTA ES MUY COMPLICADA, cuando realmente me gusta una serie es muy difícil escoger UN SOLO EPISODIO. Si o si me va a encantar todo o la mayoría del contenido, así que no estoy muy segura de mi siguiente respuesta:

Axe Maniac, Episodio 8

Gracias a este episodio, la pequeña Pan decidió que AHORA LE GUSTABA LA CREMA DE MANÍ. Nunca la he probado, el olor siempre me ha parecido algo mareador. Mi hermano y mi papá la aman, pero yo solo fui una fake fan JAJAJAJA.

Estoy segura de que este capítulo fue el que me hizo enamorarme por completo de Billy. Quería vestirme igual que él, cosa que nunca logré, solo pude robarle una chamarra de mezclilla a mi mamá JAJAJA. Eso sí, logré tener mis tenis rojos,  en primaria tuve un par (que desconozco donde quedaron) y más o menos por 2019 hasta 2024 use otro par. No los solté para nada solo porque LOS AMABA DE VERDAD. Lamentablemente, tuve que tirarlos porque ya estaban todos rotos... lloré internamente, pipipipi. Ahora estoy en busca de otros, tengo unos negros por #EMO pero no es lo mismo.

Hace poco, encontré este episodio en español latino, aunque en una calidad MALÍSIMA. Es alguien grabando la pantalla del televisor, pero bueno, no puedo quejarme porque está completo. No saben CÓMO GRITÉ ese día que lo encontré. (Ya lo descargué por si vuelven a borrar los capítulos en YouTube pipipipi, no quiero un MEGA LOST MEDIA).

Para cerrar esta sección, les dejo una lista de razones por las que este episodio es increíble:

Eso sería todo, ¡gracias por devolverme las preguntas! La verdad, es muy divertido hablar como loca de mi serie favorita JAJAJAJA.

Ahora ya sabes todo sobre mi vida, mis headcanons, mi amor desmedido por la serie y mi enojo con la gente que se atreve a odiarla.

¡Felices fiestas! 🎄✨ Espero que te la pases BOMBA en estos días tan especiales. Ojalá el milagro de la Navidad nos llegue y nos regalen lo que tanto merecemos:

1-Una nueva temporada.

2-Al menos una película

3-¡Y 3,843,847,823,483 canciones nuevas de Billy! 🎶

CHAOOOOO,BESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS MUAK MUAK MUAKI MUAK

[swan2swan]

Oppenheimer: “There is Life, but Death is inevitable.”

Barbie: “Death is inevitable, but there is Life.”

[marvel-master]

Fandom before Act 3: WTH Jayce

Fandom after Act 3: sorry Jayce

[reinvent-and-believe]

i don’t even know where to start with this

art from start to finish. we've got the most dramatic tv chair of all time (i need it). we’ve got armand’s collection of poetry self-tapes on repeat like a super normal person. we've got armand sitting around watching mid-80s sitcoms (omg the golden girls? armand's sitting around watching the golden girls). we’ve got confirmed musical theatre girlie armand. we’ve got fucking ganymede. a lot is happening and i'm into absolutely all of it

[shakshukagirl]

she and this whole scene mean everything to me!!!!! i cant believe people were saying this season was bad when this episode exists it's fucking beautiful and i would die for tina <333

[valeriefauxnom]

The Eldest Trio of Royal Siblings and Their Father Goes Over the Plan Regarding Euden, One Last Time:

(They're royalty, so their handwriting is good!)

Between resolution and font, here's the text:

"Bring that strange commoner that knows too much back to the castle"

"Corner him verbally with witty observations and foil each of his desperate attempts to get away"

"He becomes so upset about the matter that he starts spilling his deeply-held secrets"

[devilsskettle]

i've watched a lot of good films lately in an attempt to catch up with a bunch of movies that have come out recently, but talk to me was the best movie i've seen in a LONG time

[guillemelgat]

Hey hello I made a thing! As perhaps a few of you know, I have spent the last half a year being completely unhinged about Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin books, and I’ve always been particularly interested in the character Stephen Maturin and his relationship to Catalonia. I saw that there was a lack of stuff about this part of his identity, and, being me, I felt the need to fill it in the only way I could: compiling music and yelling about it for thirty pages. Hence this playlist.

You really don’t need to know anything about these books to listen to this playlist. You also don’t need to know anything about Catalan (I hope). Catalonia and the Catalan Countries in general (including Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and parts of southern France, Aragon, and Sardinia) have a really interesting musical and literary tradition, and I wanted to make that more accessible, so I put together a few songs I liked, translated them, and wrote a bit about each of their significance, including the most important cultural tidbits I could. Some things don’t translate super well, and I hope my Catalan followers will forgive me for trying to adapt them more for English-speaking audiences than perhaps would be preferable; I usually don’t choose to do that, but in this case I wanted to open the door, and not to intimidate people.

Now that that’s out of the way, here is a link to the PDF of the liner notes (graphic design is my passion, as they say): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MUpRM84W8aypznEIrt0eA1jG5OxaRZvz/view?usp=sharing

Under the cut I’ve included the ephimera and unnecessary commentary that you know and love, feel free to read or ignore it as you will

These roughly follow the order of the songs and are varying levels of seriousness

If you like "Sant Joan, feu-lo ben gran" then I'd highly recommend listening to the whole Tornaveus album. I almost included the “Stabat Mater de Sudanell” and the “Goigs de Sant Julià de Lòria”, which are both from western Catalonia, and they also have more cançons de pandero, in perhaps a slightly more traditional style. A lot of the other songs have interesting cultural commentary in them, especially on feminist topics, and they’re very well-researched because literally one of the members of the group is basically the ethnomusicologist of Catalan music at the moment. Anyways, if people would like the liner notes perhaps next time I’m home I’ll scan them, they’re in Catalan and English and very well-written. Also note the legendary Lluís Llach song which has been turned into a polyphonic piece lol (and I did not include the “Goigs de la Nostra Senyora de la Llibertat” but tbh that might have been a mistake on my part) (Blorbo side note that I think this fits Stephen’s childhood very well which is mostly why I chose it)

“L’Hereu Riera” is one of my favorite Catalan folk songs I love it so much and if you want to hear the Catalan version (as opposed to the Valencian one included here) and see the dance and also see a cobla, I am including a link to this version by Germà Negre which is tragically not on Spotify. I chose the Valencian one because (1) Al Tall and (2) I think it fits The Blorbo better (specifically I was thinking of his fiancée who dies before Book One who idk if anyone ever remembers shdjfhskf). That being said, Stephen would probably know the Catalan one (and almost certainly not the Valencian one). Also, on a memey-er note, Hereu Riera bisexual king and literal icon <3 love how he has to remind his girlfriend on her deathbed that actually he'd technically be interested in both her sisters AND her brothers if he wasn't so into her that he never wanted to marry anyone else

I literally did put in Roger Mas just so there would be at least one person with a Lleidan accent, #diversity win

Many points about the “Cançó de pandero de l’Urgell” and “Jo no canto per la veu” so here we go:

I put these two songs in mostly because I got very obsessed with the cançó de pandero from Alcarràs (which is a great movie that came out last year about a farming family in a village near Lleida that is winning all the awards atm). Anyways, since Carla Simón has been too busy winning things to put up the gotdam soundtrack, I did a bit of digging and it turns out that it was written for the movie?? By her brother??? It's excellent and very anticapitalist and you can listen to it here and see the trailer for Alcarràs all in one! (Includes English subtitles)

The original “Canto per un amic meu que per mi daria la vida” is probably from a Valencian cant de batre, although I could not get any confirmation on that. But regardless everyone should listen to Pep Botifarra's version of it, which I would literally marry if it had a physical form it’s so so good. (I posted it here back in ye olden days but it's been long enough I think I can post it again)

Valencian music side note because I can’t stop myself: the second pair of verses in the "Cançó de pandero de l'Urgell" (starting with “vos esteu ben acotxada…”) are sung by Miquel Gil, who is a very famous Valencian traditional singer, anyways you should listen to this version of him singing “Del Sud” by Obrint Pas (you want to go down a Valencian music rabbit hole so so bad)

I firmly believe that Stephen would canonically be obsessed with Ausiàs March, and the fact that he has not yet recited any of his poems is Patrick O’Brian’s biggest failing in my eyes. Anyways I have more thoughts but I’m saving them for other posts shdfjsd

If you read this before listening to the playlist please just listen to "El testament d'Amèlia" and follow along with the lyrics in real time before reading the blurb, it's such a good experience to let that song hit you as it comes. I won't say more than that but you'll get it when you get it. (Also obligatory listen to Marala they're so good <3)

From the Càntut album, I also quite like the songs "El pomeró" and "El divino vull cantar", and Càntut in general is an incredible resource, it's a database of folk song field recordings from northeastern Catalonia.

Brief pause to scream about the fact that Maria Arnal and Marcel Bagés WERE ON NPR??? AND NO ONE TOLD ME???? Anyways link in the sources section, also they're great and you should listen to their whole discography

As the #1 Roba Estesa stan blog on Tumblr, listen to Roba Estesa. And Ebri Knight. And El Diluvi.

I chose this version of "La presó de Lleida" because I like it but here's a more traditional one sung by Joan Manel Serrat, another Catalan legend. Here's another one in Catalan rumba style with Sílvia Pérez Cruz singing, the sound is a bit wonky but it's also one of my favorites. The Valencian version of this song is called "La presó de Tibi" and El Diluvi have done a very explicitly anti-monarchical rendition of it (the Balearic one is "La presó de Nàpols").

I'm sorry for never putting the Sílvia Pérez Cruz version of "Corrandes d'exili" but if you want it here it is. Also note that the statue of the Virgin in the poem is a reference to the Virgin of Montserrat, it literally all goes back to her shfjkshdf (also apologies for being very bad at Christianity and Catholicism, if I mistranslated things let me know)

HOO BOY SARDANA TIME

Okay so I have a whole essay to deliver on this that I've been holding inside for the past like two months or so, I apologize in advance for my excessive pedantry on the topic.

In Master and Commander, Stephen delivers this speech:

"‘Then I must tell you that on Sunday mornings it is the custom, in that country, for people of all ages and conditions to dance, on coming out of church: so I was dancing with Ramon Mateu i Cadafalch in the square before the cathedral church of Tarragona, where I had gone to hear the Palestrina Missa Brevis. The dance is a particular dance, a round called the sardana.’"

I hate to be a hater but it is very, very unlikely that anyone would have been dancing a sardana as far south as Tarragona in this time period. The sardana as the symbol of equality and brotherhood emerged in the Renaixença and would not yet have been a thing; Stephen could well have heard sardanas in Ullastret, but they would have been a more typical folk dance, and not anything like the way they're described in the book. It's very ironic, then, that they've become THE Catalan music style for Aubreyad readers, but hopefully this playlist can change that a bit :)

(also sorry for being a sardana-hater on main, someone bring me to dance a sardana and maybe I'll feel better)

Songs that didn't make the cut: La cançó del lladre, Rossinyol que vas a França, La balanguera, La gavina - I'm always happy for more recs!

Originally, this list was also going to include songs in Irish; I quickly realized that I was in over my head with that one, but the working list of songs is here (may be subject to changes so save songs elsewhere if you like them!). Also I would add "Fé Bhláth" by Imelda May and Kíla if it was on Spotify but alas it is not; and "Amhrán na Leabhar" which I have not had time to add but was kindly recommended by someone. I'd love it if someone was interested in actually doing a proper playlist for Irish though—it's a gap in my knowledge that I'd love to start filling.

Aaaaaaand that's a wrap. I hope. Final comment to say thank you to everyone who voted in the cover image poll, turns out you all won :) (Pirineus did win and take the cover of the liner notes though)

[bloobydabloob]

You give the vibes of a guy who makes excel sheets in preparation for their farm on stardew valley. and I respect that.

I gotta be honest I’ve never played that game in my entire life, but I was literally taking photos of this one guy from the game this morning and overlaying them in varying opacities. Weird coincidence.

Glad you respect my non-existent grind though.

[pawpyrus]

as i have just finished homestuck i have also just finished a piece of media, similar in both length and literary prowess: war and peace

[froggie-robbie]

i forgot to post this earlier lolz

also do you guys wanna do an art trade because i would really like my yumeship drawn haha. no pressure though lol haha 🤔

[carrotcakecrumble]

The golden globes and all those other vapid glitzy soulless film award events have always been one big rich man wank circle though like who’s surprised

[mariocki]

Infinite list of favourite lyrics: 229/?

Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe (1967)

"And Papa said to Mama, as he passed around the black-eyed peas:

'Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please.

There's five more acres in the lower forty I got to plow'

And Mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe, anyhow.

Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge

And now Billie Joe McAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

[...]

"Mama said to me, 'Child, what's happened to your appetite?

I've been cookin' all morning, and you haven't touched a single bite.

That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today

Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday - oh, by the way

He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge

And she and Billie Joe was throwin' something off the Tallahatchie Bridge'"

[internetkatze]

i rly wish ppl would stop repeating the "Ryoko Kui ended Dungeon Meshi so she could play Baldurs Gate 3" joke as a fact 😭yall this is just spreading misinformation at this point, theres no way you can have as perfect an ending for a manga as complex as this if you're gonna end it on a whim to play a videogame, be real now

[mylittlerwde]

I am working on a thing about Yang. I hope I finished it today.

[vaniliens]

I changed my mind give me those fucking colored pencils I cant watch this anymore