#Fionna looks so gorgeous

[quartzdawn]

Just saw the “Fionna and Cake” preview and-- 

[babykittenteach]

2023 in review! I made an effort to try more things and it worked mostly (at least for TV and movies). New things, new-to-me things, and new installments of old things all had characters to love even if I didn't necessarily feel fannish about them, and I'm hoping 2024 does, too.

[sysig]

Cool guys, measured in C° (Patreon)

[llycaons]

Cosplay highlights day 2

almost the entire teen titans group (all minus cyborg guy)

hornet hollow knight

storm who I actually think is quite cool

'skyrim npc' costume that that the wearer had developed for a ren faire (gorgeous, unique)

a truly excellent chainsaw man

columbo

l and light...throwback

t rex

another farlyn but closet cosplay so I didn't realize for a minute

hatsune miku with such accurate makeup and proportions I legit thought she was a mannequin

man whose face, head, and neck were painted entirely blue including his beard. he may have been a naruto character but I was too starstruck to ask. he kept high-fiving a baby (baby wanted interaction, also clearly starstruck)

several harley quinns who I like

spider punk (woman) who I also like

several bleach characters, which I only mention since why is it still so popular. naruto has endearing charm and sasunaru. one piece is still running and has an LA on netflix that released last year with another season to go. bleach was never good and it ended a long time ago and badly. and I grew UP with bleach. it's the only one of the three I actually watched. I simply do not understand

several very hq baldur's gate tieflings (the purple one and the red one)

woman in chainmail

padme specifically when she's in that white suit with the blaster but she got whipped so the back of her shirt is torn and she's painted with some fake blood

LOTS of hazbin hotel

lobster monster from dhmis

mothman

fiona from shrek

caduceus's sister (from crit role 2)

princess bride wesley in the mask but he looked exactly like my coworker **** but I don't THINK it's him that would be insane

fionna from adventure time but the og version with the skirt

the tiny cowboy and spartan from night at the museum

spiderman riding an axolotl

whatever this is

[m00ngbin]

Movies I think that everyone should watch but also probably read the warnings for:

1. The Menu (very funny, fucked me up for a week, good commentary on how the rich ruin passion and also everything)

2. Don't Look Up (what can I say I'm a sucker for movies that talk about how corporations and billionaires and the government are going to kill us all with their greed and ignorance and stupidity. This movie is terrifying and hilarious and I think you should only watch it if you're in the right headspace)

3. Any movie by Laika Studios (I Love stop motion animation and the movies that this studio has created are absolutely breathtaking)

4. Paranorman (this is one movie by Laika Studios that I think that you should watch. The style is gorgeous and it's funny and cool and Norman and his dad made me so miserable)

5. Kubo and the Two Strings (another movie by Laika Studios, can't tell you much cause I don't want to spoil anything but it made me bawl my eyes out what I was like 11 and fhelsofjskks it's really good and the style is gorgeous and the story is awesome)

6. Wendle and Wild (it's another stop motion movie, I'd be shocked if you haven't seen it. The main character is a punk afro indigenous girl who ends up killing two millionaires who are trying to decimate her town to build a giant prison and exploit the system for profit. The cast is really diverse and it's awesome and if you haven't seen it you should watch it)

7. Game Night (this movie is NOT animated this time, it's a live action comedy about a man (very competitive) who can't get it up because he feels like always he's being bested by his brother. During one of him and his friend's weekly(?) game nights, his brother gets kidnapped and they think that it's a joke for a while so they're trying to solve where the brother got taken to and it is SO. FUNNY. you have to watch it I beg of you)

8. Princess Mononoke (absolutely GORGEOUS. My personal favorite Studio Ghibli movie. So madly in love with Sen, Ashitaka and Lady Eboshi everyone in this movie is so hot. Loved the message that nobody was truly a bad person. Lady Eboshi was killing the forest but she was also kind and taking in lepers and women who otherwise would have had hard lives working in brothels. Anyways the forest spirit is creepy as fuck why does it have a man face)

9. Fantastic Mr. Fox (I don't feel like I even have to say anything. It's Fantastic Mr Fox. I think that by now you all know how much I absolutely adore stop motion movies, and this movie is so silly and heartbreaking and ughjhjhhhhhhh. This movie scratches just the right itch in my brain. I hate that fucking coach btw. Fuck that guy what was his problem)

10. This is just gonna be a shameless plug for all of my favorite TV shows I think you should watch (I don't even need to say this but mob psycho 100, the last of us, adventure time, Fionna and cake, Hannibal, Grey's anatomy (don't actually it's horrible and mind numbing,) bobs burgers, what we do in the shadows)

[popculturebuffet]

For the second half of the bonus Cartoon Network Studios produced stuff (being miniseries, Adult Swim stuff, and Max stuff), favorite character from: Over the Garden Wall, Long Live the Royals, Primal, Black Dynamite (Technically they produced only season 2), JJ Villard's Fairy Tales, Adventure Time Distant Lands, Close Enough, Unicorn Warriors Eternal ( I hear it was supposed to be for Cartoon Network until it got moved to Adult Swim), and Fionna & Cake?

I appricate you finding new ones of these to do. Okay we can skip Long Live the Royals, Primal (Though I have a high opinon of what animation i've seen from it I just procastinate), and JJ Villard.

Over the Garden Wall: I never finished this one back in the day but I did love it's moody atmosphere. It's excellent stuff. My faviorite character was the lead kid Wirt. Elijah Wood did a fantastic job.

Black Dynamite: DYNO-MYTE, DYNO-MYTE: That frog Curtis. He's a fucked up kermit parody. I.. really need to cover that episode and it's sequel. As for the show I loved it. Still do and need to rewatch it. It perfectly captures the charm of the film and takes it one step further, while also having a lot of neat points about black culture my white ass never knew about. IT also has Richard Nixon as it's main antagonist, what's not to love?

Adventure Time Distant Lands: I've only seen Obsidan and Together Again, both absolute bangers. The former gives us allt he gay we'd been missing and is a truly touching tale with some truly awesome music, while Together Again is the finale we deserved and serves as a nice evergreenf inale: they can keep the franchise going, but this serves as a proper finale to the series core. A lot of the cast isn't present.. but that's okay with me. It's the end of FINN'S life and afterlife, and his story. The others don't seem to be over just yet.

Close Enough: Alex. I made no secret of it during the shows running and make even less of one now it's dead and sadly buried. I love Jason Mantzokus in most things and while his viking obession never clicked, I related to a harry man not being quite where he wants to be in his life whose kind of a disater. More of one than me but still. This show is one of my faviortes of the 2020's and if I make it to the end of this cursed decade, and do a proper best shows of the decade list, it'll likely stay that way. It was the best evolution of regular show possible, a spiritual sequel scooting the premise ahead, going from 20 somethings dicking around to late 30 somethings trying to deal with the stress of adult life: a complicated divorce, raising a child, and having to rescue said child from a birthday dimension and talk to a Kate Miccui present monster that makes out with the dimensions god when you leave. So fairly relatable grounded adult scenarios.. still given the insane JG Quintel touch: from logans run as a night club, to your papa having to both help you escape hell and explain why you shoudln't fear the hosptial, to a small child conquering her pre school and turning it into a post apocalypse because of breakfast for dinner. It was a true masterpiece and should be remembered.

Unicorn Warriors eternal: I need to go back and finish this one as I only watched three episodes but it';s a gorgeous, unique fun as hell series with a great premise. Faviorite character is hard to say with what little iv'e seen.

Fionna and Cake: Simon. Loved him in the og and tom kenny really gets to flex. I loved this show. It made a few slots on my best of list last year and will likely do so again whenever season 2 drops, as even with me shortening it from 20 to 12, it's still a standout. An emotional story about accepting your life where you are and not wallowing in your regrets, that creatively uses the what if scnearios to create a ton of good worlds, from a seeming swap with a sinister secret to seeing what it'd be like if the lich really won. It's a masterpiece and I look forward to seeing how they follow this up.

Also since we're in the cn lands and I don't THINK we've done this one yet.. why not adult swim? It's original shows and some of it's aquireid shows.. i.e. make sure mission hill and the oblongs are included as while fox shows, they feel more like Adult Swim. Baby blues

[emerystellar]

The Letter, Vocalized

(the ‘why’ of every song in my simon petrikov playlist- the poor dear i love him so much) heres the playlist -> https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2bFlf5AD54EyszuCKqGRVV?si=0bdff473d752467a

then all the actual writing is below the cut because this shit is 4700 words long. im obsessed. anyway BEEP BEEP

—- 1. Everything in its Right Place ~ Radiohead

*Simon doesn’t exactly have a right place at the moment per se- so this song leads more like a plea for this place, and the build of the instruments really matches a sort of spiral- it’s also got that nice eerie Radiohead feeling that’s inexplicably chilly, which is something you’ll be seeing A Lot of throughout the playlist cuz even tho a lot of these lyrics are spot on it’s also about the sound of the songs too. and this one just happens to be both and it’s lovely. i also fucking love the repetition of the lyrics "there are two colors in my head / what was it you were trying to say?" that could be the black/dark brown of simon himself and the drilling blue of the ice king \:) and then. forgetting immediately what he was talking about/what was happening- what was it you were trying to say? anyway i love this song very much*

—- 2. Grammar King ~ Flocks

*okay you know how i just mentioned the sound of the songs being important? well boom. here we go! a strange instrumental introspection to break the drone :3 it sounds like being in a blizzard (or fittingly a mental spiral) but it’s still so crisp and refined!! i love it cuz it’s got such a wonderfully off kilter feeling to it. when the fionna and cake title sequence played i was surprised at how __frantic__ it was?? and this song captures that same breathless feeling and franticness in a really nice and crisp way (plus the drums are really cool) and it holds the same, like, hallmarks of aivi and surasshu’s stuff they did for the steven universe battle scenes (which the music of fionna and cake in general feels like a sweet cousin to SU music (Looking At You Mx. Sugar Hi I See You) but either way it’s a very solid vibe and it go crazy i like it \:)!!*

—- 3. In Two ~ Will Paquin

*i think this fits very well as him singing to the idea of crown itself! "half of me is half of you now/.../you sit so high, like a cranium that rests on the spine /.../ can you feel me buckling beneath you" he sounds so soft (will paquin's voice is gorgeous) so it's almost as a love or reverence for his idolization of the crown :3 at the moment his quest is literally To Find and Have and Be it again, so i don't think he fully resents it- but it's definitely still an odd relationship with it, something so incredibly fascinating and i think there is a LOT to say about it! "in the end i won't escape from the sight of you.../is it even a game if in the end i let you kill me?"*

—- 4. The Place Where He Inserted the Blade ~ Black Country, New Road

*this song is so tender! it paints a picture of the past, immersive in memory. one bit i especially love is that with each new "Good morning" it could be interpreted as simon forgetting that part of himself again, benig wiped clean, falling into becoming the ice king again. \:) it's lovely! it also feels as if he's begging betty, the motif of "show me the place where he inserted the blade / where is your light / am i home?" is him calling out to her, asking where she is, where Golb is. show me the place where you are, betty, please. they're both clinging to these ideas of each other, and it's so hopeful and strained, and this song does a wonderful job of depicting it!!*

—- 5. The Mind Electric ~ Miracle Musical

*you really think that for one second i couldn't include the Token Song About A Guy Named Simon Going Insane? i feel like, moreso than other people i've seen, i really really really want to explore the idea of the repeated memory/identity loss really fucking with his head- it obviously has, and even though we may have seen more of this loss when he'd first gotten the crown, i'd love to dip my toes into the angst that it still continually hurts him to try and remember. citing my sources here, it's similar to jim in good omens- looking where the furniture isn't. anyway i went a bit on a tangent but point being this song represents this insanity! the sound of the song itself and the glitches/bits of samples like memories flitting in and out of his head, trying to remember himself against all odds, trying to fight the manic or strange urges that come with being the ice king, "my brain has claimed its glory over me/i've a good heart albeit insane" and he really is. the more time he spends trapped inside of himself, the more he questions his existence and reality, yea? that wretched goddamn crown, "spiraling down thy majesty". even though it's angsty i really really really want to see them delve way into this when he does reunite with the crown, more viciously than they ever could have back in AT.

doctor, i can't tell if i'm not me.*

—- 6. In Between ~ WILLIS

*some could argue this is a little too light bedroom-poppy of a sound for the purposes of this playlist, but the lyrics are wonderful! the whole introduction definitely gives the same meandering, aimless feeling he had when he was the ice king, reinforced with the line "this place still feels the same/i am bound in hindsight from now". you could also see "take me back to summertime" as a sort of take me away from the cold and ice, take me back to who i used to be, happy and unbroken- maybe thats a little of a stretch tho ;P and "meet me at a point in life when I feel more in control" framed as a last plea to betty, a perfect hopless little cherry on top to these poor dears scattered across spacetime \:)*

—- 7. The Bug Collector ~ Hayley Heynderickx

*this is a song betty sings to simon. with the different situations presented as small trivial things to the singer, and the subject of the song being scared over seemingly nothing, but they take care of it anyway. it's still worth it to them. this matches how betty treats ice king- he has his own set of motives and problems and thought processes completely seperate from simon, which yes is infuriating, but it's part of helping him, yes? this song sounds both defeated and resolute at the same time, which is a fantastic balance that is hard to strike. it reeks of the unwavering love between the two of them and it's very special to me*

—- 8. Evil ~ Interpol

*i feel like this is could be viewed in the context of simon ritualistically trying to get back to betty. "heaven restores you in life", as was done, "you're weightless, you are exotic/you need something for which to care" both things very true of betty. i also just really enjoy the sound of the song- it communicates a very certain desperacy and i love it \:) also the story of the animatronic Norman and the music video being of someone/something that distinctly doesn't belong in the place that they are, with simon not really belonging anywhere anymore- overall it's a really nice ensemble for this purpose, i may be a little biased tho thanks to norm my boy my baby haha*

—- 9. Bathed In Sound ~ Cosmo Sheldrake

*Fantastically, this song sounds like being underwater, melting into something. This, to me, is a bit more interpretive than the other songs on the playlist- of course we're not actually talking about whales, but i think "the wonder of that wild wet world beneath" could refer more to the sense of drowinging in the madness, the magic. The song presents it so slowly, so calmly, as if it is this warm and wonderful thing to sink into- and I'm sure for Simon, the idea of sinking back into that comfortable emptiness is extremely appealing at this point. He wants it. He needs it. Tense and cold and swallowing him whole, He Needs It.*

—- 10. Daydream / Wetdream / Nightmare ~ Saint Motel

*SO much of this song rings true with him!! "Well, I can die a happy man if I could be with you/behind these eyes I believe fantasies can come true" This is self-explanatory, he wants to be home with Betty. Find the time to be the man that you like to talk to/in dreams, it seems that I can be anyone you want me to, oh" The nature of dreams being of the subconscious mind, and the implications that Simon can in fact remember at least some of the things he percieves as Ice King (with lapses in those memories, of course, just like real dream remembering) is extremely curious. This whols song reads very idyllic and hopeful with the way the vocals are sang, and I love the fact that yes- against all idiot odds- the poor guy just wants to be himself, wants things to be concrete, just wants his wife back. The song itself seems to be split up in three pieces, same as the veritable phases of Simon/IK's lifetime- it matches very well, and represents the same sort of wistful nature he's got goin' on.*

—- 11. The Fool On The Hill ~ The Beatles

*If I haaaad to choose a song here that fits the most perfectly out of anything here- it might be this one. That could be the hyperfixation on the song talking, but, man. Man!! He really is just a fool on the hill!! The strange silly man with patches in his memory, sitting atop his icy mountain. A"And nobody wants to know him, they can see that he's just a fool." which is very true of the wayward motive of the princesses that he displays as IK. It's fantastic, I love this as an examination of his IK behavior. "And the eyes in his head see the world spinning round"- aptly implying those eyes don't belong to the Ice King, per se, because they're __Simon's__ eyes. Genius!! Unintentional connected genius!!!! Love it!!!!!*

—- 12. In an Ice Palace ~ The Music Tapes

*the title is a dead giveaway, and even though it doesn’t have lyrics, i still think it fits that like… somber whimsicality might be the term? of a magical world gone wrong \:) and the melody is gorgeous and chilling in all the ways it should be. whether you see it as a reuniting with the crown and his return to ice king, or as a wistful and awful recollection of it, up to listener’s interpretation because i can and will think of it as both. it is crystalline and strange and i love it very, very much \:) I also really love the almost Rankin/Bass or Charlie Brown feelings of it? The vocalizations and harmonies feel so fantastic in that sense, and it really drives home the quaint nostalgic winter feeling like not much else could in this specific sense, while still being unrefined enough to represent the strangeness of IK.*

—- 13. Waves ~ Bahamas

*"There's a part of it, that I'll miss/at the heart of it, your cold kiss"- god, he misses Betty, and even now when he's meandering through worlds he misses who he used to be. this song is an extremely tender and wistful apology to her, and to marcy, and to himself perhaps. he knows it was too much, and the motif of the waves is excellent for this- waves in the ocean are scary and unforgiving, always ready to sweep you under. "And when I knew I'd become the ocean's slave/I just stayed" (when he'd gotten taken over by the crown he just. kept it. he tried to use it to keep marceline safe until he knew it was too late. and he became far, far too attached, the easy comfort of forgetting. it's horrid!!!! i love it*

—- 14. Room with a View ~ Russ Morgan and his Orchestra

*I picked up Russ Morgan from Everywhere at the End of Time, but out of all his songs (even the more uncanny ones,) i felt this one fit the best. this is the moment betty sacrificed herself- the "room" with the view being the closing of golb's stomach, him being the last thing she say- it feels romantic, even aside from the lyrics, the instruments themselves do- much of 40's-50's connotates to be. also take a minute to imagine if they'd listened to this song together back when they were both human. danced to it, even. i'm a sucker for motifs and goddamn.*

—- 15. Video Killed the Radio Star ~ The Buggles

*i’ve always loved how sad this song presents itself!! another big sense of defeat covered in whimsy, i feel like it’s either ice king killed the man who metaphorically was once simon, or vice versa, and the Guilt that he might feel over either one of these situations..! it also kind of plays into the fact that a remote is their interdimensional tool when he goes on the journey with f&c hehe, we can’t rewind we’ve gone too faaar~ it’s such a general well-rounded song for stuff like this it’s so tonally interesting and that’s the kind of thing i am loving for this playlist If Ya Couldn’t Fuckinf Tell Hahahahhehehehe :3*

—- 16. No Surprises ~ Radiohead

*this song has always connotated to me a sense of “please for fucks sake just let the guy REST!!” which is extremely true here. I feel like it can also be read in a sense of memory loss- he starts losing his functions again, things that *should* tip his mind off or remind him of things but don’t, alarm bells that should be ringing in the face of danger are silent, instinct and memory gone. the instrumental is also extremely cold and somber and you know that’s a recurring theme at this point-*

—- 17. The Funeral ~ Band of Horses

*Help, my inner criminal minds nostalgia is showing … anyway, all things considered. Spencer Reid has some similar things going on of odd emotional capacities, schizophrenia (connected to the idea of insanity,) and just. the general idea of someone insanely intelligent being shadowed by this looming reputation, but still having that lost deer sort of empathy.. and in general, the song as a stand-alone I’ve always seen it as someone waiting for death (their __own__ funeral in a sense) and he definitely seemed ready to embrace that as a way to not be so empty and lonely, and maybe see Betty once more. It’s very interesting to read him like this, and again, it’s the same sort of hopelessness he feels in the beginning and Prismo’s episode. Poor honeybun.*

—- 18. Cold Island ~ My Singing Monsters

*This one definitely seemed like a necessary edition, it’s always read as isolation and the mental shift and resulting backwards appreciation that causes? “Look at the stars in the big black ink,/tell me what you feel and tell me what you think./Is it cold outside? Is it cold out?” holds such a deliciously dark weight to it [that tiktok found and stomped into the ground, but it still applies nonetheless]. It’s just.. so gorgeous, and solemn, and for an MSM song it’s pretty damn good- it’s complexity and layers are quite similar to Another Certain Unidentified Man’s mental complexity, yeah?*

—- 19. Forevertime Journeys ~ naran ratan

*Another simple instrumental of Vibes, this is windy and soft, holding an uncanny sense in its detuned twinkles. i also love the sort of windchime essence of it, it's so very gentle and soft just as he really is down inside. i have a massive love for these sorts of soft things, little breaks from the madness, a bit of peace. light glinting through the ice, perhaps. it's wonderful, concise, and thoughtful.*

—- 20. Bitter Sweet Symphony ~ The Verve

*ohh? is that a timeless anthem against the dreary drone of normalcy i hear????? something that simon might resonate with considering his strange relationship with normalcy and being exploited for just how perfectly mundane he is???? hrmm, yes it is! and in fact his entire existence up until now has been extre,ely bittersweet- to be sentenced to this, after a life of wonder and magic, SURROUNDED by wonder and magic? i thonk this really represents te catalyst of him missing being part of the madness... everything is far too quiet now. he had gotten used to the loud static of memory and silly brashness of being under the crown that now, all seems lonelier than ever.*

—- 21. Bluebird of Misfortune ~ Toby Fox (Deltarune)

*Someone completely taken over by ice-related magic… though in a different fashion, it definitely makes me think of Snowgrave. Slowly succumbing to a power quiet and strange. The song itself is also eerie but still light in that way- asking a question of what used to be there and what it has become now. Perhaps I’m reading into it too much and not articulating it well enough, it’s hard for such a double entendre like this is, but in a sense he’s both Noelle __and__ Berdly as it relates to snowgrave. the destruction of his old self. the idea of trying to fight back against this thing, uncanny and unwavering, coercing you into forgetting the relationships with those you held dear and simply becoming as magically powerful as possible? Yeah, i think we can all see it..*

—- 22. Philadelphia ~ Alt-J

"Am I cold, I cannot tell." (True!! I don't think he's able to feel cold in any sense anymore.) The beginning sets up an extremely melancholy tone, extremely fit with the rest of the playlist's purpose. The guitar itself echoing as it does, and the high chilling strings- i love it. It's also fairly raw and a little more... darkly intimate might be the word? Not in an odd way of course, but I definitely think Simon's mind is darker than we'll get to see on screen, especially with his longing for Betty. Y'all already know I'm obsessed with the loss of identity, the being stuck between two poles, two bastions of existence on different ends of the same coin- "And I'm losing my ability to fathom/'Awake' and 'not awake'" like damn true pop off*

—- 23. The Nowhere King ~ Centaurworld

*A media song that I feel kind of goes hand-in-hand with how AT handles Simon’s story in general, and the sense of eerieness that surrounds it. I think we can agree that him becoming Ice King again is endgame one way or another (my implications of this i am not sure i’m just Scared of it) and the sense that it will not be all he’s been wishing, and he will fall to it again. even though the concept of the nowhere king is different, i do think it’s that he’ll essentially be a nothing king instead. I don’t think this is going to solve the emptiness, the sense of loss, and potentially losing his memory again will Absolutely take a toll on him.*

—- 24. Potatus Et Molassus ~ Over the Garden Wall

*Another related media song, this sort of somber tone is very very special to me, and the whole idea of succumbing to the Beast after a long time of trying to fight it (becoming the Ice King after a long time of trying to build himself back up from it) and the idea of it being ever-present, waiting for you. ~~Also i used to be a huge Bad End Friends fan so. it has a soft spot there :3~~ The choir resonanting with that kind of antiquated sense of death or eerieness does mirror the fact that simon has been going this for years. and years. but he still holds all of those now completely historical values and I feel like in the "endgame" of the crown he will return to that kind of solemn funeral-like nature. it's giving up, after all.*

—- 25. Kiss Me, Son of God ~ They Might Be Giants

*I aaaaalmost wasn’t gonna add this one, but. then i thought about the contrast of simon prime to the other Simons (namely the Winter King) and by god, it shows the Possibility of what he could be. and kind of describes their weird kinship/relationship/whatever it was?? The song really talks about a sense of defeat to me almost, and it also touches on the sense of how he would react to so many people loving him at the moment.. the world really is screaming “kiss me son of god” to him, yeah? and being Ice King in general could be considered a godlike pedestal in some senses, even if he’s not taken seriously. i have so many thoughts about this song*

—- 26. The Sea of Tranquility ~ The Music Tapes (ft. Orbiting Human Circus)

*Ggghhh another song i tried so hard not to add cuz i’m OBSESSED with it and i put it on like every playlist.. but there’s definitely begging for solace in “oh, we’ll be old and weary friends.. god bless that all this never ends” and it’s such a soft and raw song i love it. ifsmgkfnejkf it sounds like him pleading for his old life back, a life where he is important and seen, or maybe begging to stay in this limbo where he doesn’t have to forget? there’s so many ways you could read this but it just reads like someone so, so weak begging the universe for comfort \:-) plus there’s my bias towards the song bc i just really love it.. another elephant 6 represent moment*

—- 27. goodnight nebula ~ EMI//NOVA

*okay yeah, maaaybe this is a shameless self plug. and it's again an instrumental focused on describing the magic and element of ice itself with crystalline tones, because at that point it's a hugely important part of his character, yeah? even as simon, it's inescapable. i wonder if IK ever went out and looked over the mountaintops to see the sunrise. and simon, back there, faintly watching, remembering. it's a nice breath of fresh air, tender and contemplative, methinks.*

—- 28. Heartaches ~ Al Bowlly

*Internally I fought with myself over this one because this song is starting to become extremely overused in fandom spaces as Everywhere at the End of Time became more mainstream, but really, it fits the energy of Simon so much better than any other cases I've seen it being used in, what with the deas of depersonalization and memory loss. And of course, obviously, the endless Sisyphus love story of him and Betty. It's just a burning memory, after all. There's not a ton I can say about the song that hasn't already been said somewhere, in some capacity, but it stiiiil does indeed do very well to describe the solemn tradgedy of Simon Petrilov with the very sounds of the past he held dear.*




—- (Bonus- not on spotify yet!) 29. flurry fugue - EMI//NOVA

*i'm not sure if anyone realizes yet that i literally wrote this song to describe how i see simon??? magical, eerie, yet sweet.... and of course it's called fugue because that was exactly what he was as ice king- and the song decays a little over the course of the runtime, just as he did. i have a tendency to write these soft instrumental songs and i do think it relfects the style of the shows' music very well too! i've had a lot of good feedback that displays it's doing what I want it to, but i don't know if anyone knows this is LIterally dedicated to him?? if anyone has picked up that on the cover.. \:) i love him so much guys you have no idea*

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Honorable Mentions that I couldn't/wouldn't add

—- No Children ~ The Mountain Goats

*It’s a huge trigger song and I can’t physically listen to this without spiraling, so I don’t want it on the playlist, but. I still think it fits his story. The kind of last-hurrah flippant hopelessness he has, especially showcased in Prismo’s episode, god I’m glad Fionna and Cake are helping fix that even in some sense because THE POOR DEAR NO. it’s such a ridiculously tragic song for a tragic man. i do think he could be singing it to betty as a sort of finality.. not that there’s gonna BE ANY cuz i don’t WANT THERE TO BE FINALITY unless it is HAPPY…. :)! it also really goes to show that he's been in his own sort of living hell for so long- it begs the question of whether or not betty was selfish to try and guarantee his future to be long and meandering by sacrificing herself, instead of. well. "i hope we both die," this song is also just too fuckin tragic so i dont have a lot of Text Evidence here cuz if i look at the lyrics i will cry so !! you get the idea tho.*

—- Mind Electric Demos/Inside the Mind of Simon ~ Miracle Musical

*They’re not on Spotify, but if I had my way, I would add much more of the Mind Electric demos, they all show different facets and I love them all they are my children and like. It’s Simon. He Has a Mind. It’s Broken Up and Insane, Yeah? Yeah. We already went over this in The Mind Electric in detail so i’ll save you all that but point is i want it As Much as possible on here :3 (also can we talk about how in demo 2 the agonizing screams sounded like simon AND THEN SHIFTED TO THE LOWER AND MORE GRAVELLY CADENCE OF ICE KING. WTF. MADE FOR HIM)*

—- Biggering (Demo) ~ The Lorax

*I didn’t end up adding this one simply cuz the lyrics fit Winter King!Simon more than Our!Simon, even though the tone of the song and distress and cadence still really fits our simon.. it could be connected to him trying to get to Betty, but I feel like that’s not exactly Biggering in the same sense as trying to get away from something? It could still apply to him trying to get away from being the Ice King but i feel like it also doesnt quiiiite fit now that his motives have changed towards it anyway.. we’ll see what happens as the season progresses tho…..*

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by the way! i likely will add more to this playlist, but this is already a whole fuckton of analysis and connection to write out and it took me Days to actually shove it on paper so for future entires just Ask me why i included it if it doesn't become apparent in and of itself!

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anyway yeah is it apparent that i fucking love this guy yet? i’m just. i’m so Fucking bent out of shape over it i LOVE HIM. \:)

for some of these there is an extent of "you've gotta hear it to get what i mean" bc i can only describe so much here without being insanely redundant (and i feel like i have been anyway) so please do listen to the playlist i am very proud of it and insanely obsessed with it If You Can't Tell

hes so much more than just a sopping wet cat istg y'all. smiles so hard at you. anyway thank you for reading it means a lot you stuck with me to the end

[hawkinsuniversity]

𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐭. 𝟏

series summary : when fionna brings you home one night the gallaghers are unsure of how to react, however, if there is one thing they are sure of, it is how much they each want a turn with you.

series warning : this series is going to contain extremely explicit and smutty content and is quite literally the most shameless thing you may ever read. this series is mainly going to consist of smut and content discussing poly relationships.

pairing : fiona gallagher x fem!reader

warnings : mentions of prostitution and sex trafficking, mentions of sex, mentions of hickeys, bruises and cum, physical violence and abuse, mentions of blood

11:12 pm (fionas perspective)

“hey gorgeous!” dave called over from the bar while proceeding to look me up and down as if i were a meal he was ready to indulge in.

i took a deep breath and approached him as well as the other two beefy men who were leaning on the counter top in front of me.

“good evening gentlemen, how can i help you out tonight?” i asked sweetly while smiling up at them.

“well well well… look who it is. here i was thinking that we wouldn’t get the pleasure of your company tonight but here you are.” one of dave’s friends stated while glaring at me through a pair of shiny aviator sunglasses.

“here i am!” i exclaimed back, trying to keep things friendly.

i had only been working at the club for a week but dave and his two other friends had come in every night since and made a point to speak to me regularly. not that i was complaining or anything, they left great tips.

“how’s it going with your boyfriend gallagher? what was his name again? johnny?” dave asked playfully.

“jimmy.” i corrected “and we actually broke up a few weeks ago.”

“sorry to hear that” dave’s other friend said cockily while looking down at me with a hungry grin smeared across his face.

“you know fionna, if you’re looking for someone to rebound with i think i might have someone in mind.” dave stated, clearly wanting to get to the point.

“well dave i’m flattered but i don’t think i’m ready for a one night stand with a regular from the trashy nightclub i work at.” i responded playfully.

“who said anything about having a one night stand with a regular from the club?” dave countered.

“i have a girl who i think you’d be very interested in. she’d only be 200 for the night but i’d be willing to make a more permanent deal for a grand or so.”

“a girl? i don’t think so gentlemen. i’ve been feeling kinda vanilla lately anyways.” i said firmly trying to bring an end to the conversation.

“seriously? fionna gallagher? vanilla? no way.” dave mocked “listen, if you cant do a grand i’d be willing to go as low as 800. i need to get her off my hands soon and if i cant find anyone to take her by the end of the week she’s gonna end up living in an abandoned warehouse with the other 200 illegal hand whores i got.”

was he really trying to convince me to buy some illegal russian prostitute off of him? i thought to myself, trying to comprehend what the fuck we were talking about.

“you don’t have to agree to anything right now, but just meet her.” dave coaxed, trying to get me to give in even a little bit.

“dave…” i started.

“you know what! i’ll go down to 700! he interrupted. “look, i really need to get some of these whores off of my hands fionna, and you’d be saving some poor girl from ending up below the poverty line giving 10 dollar hand jobs for a living.

“i live below the poverty line!” i snapped back at him. “and even though the thought of some used up russian slut sounds appealing i’m going to have to pass.” i said as i smiled up at dave, clearly satisfied with my response.

“fine, but if you change your mind you know where to find me” he said with an exasperated look on his face.

“great!” i smiled up at him before walking away contently.

. . .

3:04 am

as i stepped out of the back door i felt the cold, harsh wind whip into my face, causing my hair to thrash around me. i quickly locked the entrance to the club and tucked the keys into my pocket before walking at a quick pace towards the L train which was conveniently located only a couple minutes away from the club.

“put me down!” a female with a slight russian accent screamed from about 50 feet away.

as I looked to my left I saw dave and his two buddies trying to load a small brunette into the back of their grey van. they were clearly struggling but seamed to be somewhat in control of the situation.

“hey!” i shouted desperately attempting to grab their attention.

dave looked over his shoulder at me and started walking over to me.

“fionna, what can I do for you? he exclaimed cheerfully “change your mind about the russian whore? i got her right here if you’re interested. however she’s gonna be in slightly damaged condition now.” he said sinisterly while smirking. behind him his two friends continued to struggle with the girl who was covered in bruises, hickeys, and dried cum. her tight strapless black mini dress clung to her petite figure and brought attention to her large breasts and ass.

“what the hell are you doing?” i screamed in disgust as the two men grabbed her by the arms and legs before forcefully shoving her into the back of their dirty honda.

“well fionna i warned you, if i didnt find y/n a new home before the end of the night she was gonna have to deal with some pretty serious consequences.” dave said calmly while examining the distraught look on my face.

“how much?” i asked angrily

“excuse me?” he asked

“you heard me!” i said loudly. “how much do you want for her?”

“well i was offering her up for 700 earlier but now that you’ve past my deadline…” dave trailed off

“how much dave.” i said through gritted teeth.

“twelve hundred.” he stated calmly

i looked over at the petite girl who was now passed out on the floor of the van with a bloody cut on her left cheek and a deep gash on her right arm.

“fine.” i spat and began digging through my wallet to find the cash that was meant to be put towards this months electricity bill.

shoving the cash into daves hand i immediately hurried over to the girl sprawled out across the back of the van and gently pulled her up and out of the honda.

“nice doing business with you sweetheart.” dave said sarcastically before climbing into the front seat and taking off with the two men in the back.

as they drove away i turned my attention back to the girl. i think dave called her y/n but i was unsure.

i turned her onto her back and was immediately amazed by her beauty. her lips were gorgeously plump and a soft shade of pink, her nose was small and naturally contored, she had long dark eye lashes and stunning glossy h/c hair.

although i was unsure of her age i had a feeling she was in her late teens, maybe around 17?

even though i didnt know her i was immediately relieved i had protected her and decided it would be best to bring her back to the gallagher house until she regained consciousness.

“come on y/n. lets go home.” i whispered to her

before picking her up and carrying her to the L.

[sometipsygnostalgic]

Where is the best place to start for AT comics? (Coming from someone who really loves the show but never read any of the comics)

Fair word of warning - the comics tend to depart from Finn and Jake a lot. They’re usually involved, but almost never the focus. The comics try to take advantage of AT’s expansive cast, who dont have much time to themselves in the TV show. The comics also have a lot of OCs.   

Issues #1 to #35 (I believe volumes #1 to #7) of the original “Adventure Time” run - by Ryan North, Braden Lamb, and Shelli Paroline - are considered at large to be the best experience of the comics. These issues also have a self-contained continuity that diverges from the TV show at some point in season 3, but does reference some events that happened in later eps of the show, like Flame Princess appearing. The volume I was discussing was #7, which is awesome. 

This continuity is referenced in the other mainline comics later, but issues #36 and onwards are generally considered to be a downgrade, in art and writing. I really, really don’t like the art style. It’s not comic book at all. Way too clean and “on-model”, without realising that AT constantly goes off-model for the purpose of better expressions. 

If you want a more focused experience, try the graphic novels. However, of the ones I’ve read, I’m not really that big on any of them. I love “Thunder Road”, but it’s one of the last graphic novels ever released - right when the show was about to end. The ones that came out before all have a bunch of continuity and characterisation issues. They also have the same problem with the art as the later AT comics, which makes sense since half of them are done by the same artist!   

I read “Seeing Red”, which is a DECENT Marceline graphic novel. I also read “Bitter Sweets”, which is unfortunately a bad PB novel. I liked the Flame Princess novel “Playing with Fire”, and “Pixel Princesses”, which stars a bunch of C-lister princesses. Bear in mind - none of the graphic novels have accurate descriptions for what happens in them. They’re all wrong. Why? I have no idea. 

There are a bunch of miniseries for the comics, but I was never big on any of those either. I haven’t read many of them. “Fionna and Cake” is a bit aimless but it’s by Natasha Allegri! Drawn AND written. It’s referenced in the show, with Fionna using her sword from this comic in later episodes.    “Banana Guard Academy” could be canon - it was written by Kent Osborne himself. This one was fun, but it stars a bunch of C-listers. 

I read Scream Queens when it came out but it... really hasn’t aged well. Marceline’s character is awful in those comics. (And PB dates a random guy......yeah, this released during season 4.)   The scream queens sequel series “Marceline: Lost In Space” is written by the same person and has similar issues, though they’re less pronounced, but I still don’t dig it. Art is nice mind you.  

“Simon and Marcy” and “Season 11″ have gorgeous art, but like Lost in Space, they suffer from bad writing and storytelling. A shame since “Simon and Marcy” was written by Olivia herself! Her work on “Marcy’s Super Secret Scrapbook” is OUTSTANDING, so give that a read.   “Season 11″ does have a following, so there are a lot of people who liked it, even if I think it departs far too much from canon. It looks like it was written/drawn while the finale was still in concept stages, so the creator had no idea what the characters were dressed like or doing in the finale. 

[madnessresideshere]

◈ -Fi for Marshall

This was certainly not what he had expected from the night. Sure he’d gotten Fionna to agree to come with him into the dark woods, he was sure she only came because he mentioned a monster, but it had gotten her to spend time with him. Away from Cake, away from PG, and away from her stupid ex. He’d taken to walking with her, an ax at his side replacing his guitar for the night, he’d wanted something nice. But Fionna wasn’t that sort of girl. She was adventurous and outgoing, she wasn’t some princess that needed to be swept off her feet. 

“Okay so this cave is up ahead...” He started to whisper towards her and paused as a large growl was heard. He blinked as he looked up, and up, and up. The large black scaled beast could only be a Nightosphere Dragon. He took a step in front of Fionna, giving off his own hiss to match the growl. The ax forgotten in his hands. 

“Oh it’s just you your highness...” The dragon’s head bend down to blink large glass looking eyes at them, the old thing was blind and Marshall finally relaxed, rolling his eyes. The dragon sniffed the air before his muzzle seemed to stretch into a large grin. “On a date I see. Oh don’t let me get in the way...” the dragon chuckled before kicking off from the ground and taking to the sky, a few trees falling down as he bumped into them. A few ‘oops’ and ‘my bad’ were heard before the dragon disappeared out of sight. Marshall sighed loudly as he reached up to run a hand through his hair. 

Well that was a waste.

He turned to look at Fionna to apologize for the mess and found that they were very close. Closer than he had been before the stupid beast had spoke up. How had that happened? Hadn’t she been beside him a moment ago? His eyes locked with hers and he could feel himself stop breathing. Oh. Oh she was beautiful. His heart was racing and it was making him dizzy. Without him telling it to, his hand reached up to gently pull the white bunny hair from her head, letting that gorgeous blonde hair to fall down her shoulders and back. 

Damn. He loved her hair so much. 

It reminded him of the sun. Of a happier time with Simone. Of a time where he wasn’t constantly in this state of darkness. When he could view the bright life of the day without worrying about burning. She was his sun. He knew that now. 

He closed his eyes as he slowly placed a hand on her cheek and leaned in slowly. Giving her all the chance to run away or punch him. When she didn’t, he moved in closer, his lips just inches away.

“You are my sun... I... I love you Fionna...” With that he closed the small gap between the two of them.

                      { @ofmythandlegend - First Kisses - Accepting }

[whitneypierce717]

Bella – 8 year old female Yorkshire Terrier

Bella is a 8 year old female Yorkshire Terrier. This gorgeous tiny Yorkie girl is looking for a new home due to her owners illness. She is tiny, weighs in under 5kg. Bella has just had a birthday, she was born 29.5 10, though no.longer a pup she is still agile and is full of life. Belle is house trained and well behaved ondoors, though has clearly had the run of the house and allowed to sleep anywhere she chose. Sofas, laps and double beds seem to be her favourites. She travels very well in the car, even for long distances. Bella walks well on a lead ( she wears a harness). She is fine off lead meeti g people and dogs – but her recal is not quite up to scratch for her to be free in unenclosed areas. Its not that she disobeys, rather thsn she takes her time to finish whatever she is doing before coming to see why you want her.

Bella loves her walks and to run on freshly mown grass is her idea of heaven, closely follwed by racing through the tall course grass up and down the sand dunes. Even better if with other dogs. She has clashed previously, and only briefly, with another Yorkie bitch, so ideally we woukf like her to be homed with male dogs, all her interactions with both sexes whilst in our care have been kind and completely without tension or aggression.

Bella loves everybody she meets, adults and children. However due to her diminutive size, we will not consider applications from those with children under 12 years old. She has lived and slept, very happily with cats. But, like most dogs, she will fiercely chase strange cats from her property so a period of adjustment will be needed while she learns any cats in her new home are family. Seeing as all bar the youngest kittens will be bigger than her, it shouldn’t take long with dog savvy cats.

Bellas living in the barn at the Sanctuary with Fionna. You will need to be able to travel to South Wales, to meet / adopt her. If you think you could be her new family please email us and we will send you our adoption enquiry pack and questionnaire.

Please note ALL applicants, and their homes, will be vetted for suitability prior to an invitation to meet her.

via WordPress https://whitneypierce123.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/bella-8-year-old-female-yorkshire-terrier/

[arrowhearts]

For the character thing: Shrek, Magnus, Gabriella from Brink

Shrek*

*not your average shrek! I’m talking Shrek the Musical characterization ONLY

general opinion: fall in a hole and die | don’t like them | eh | they’re fine I guess | like them! | love them | actual love of my life hotness level: get away from me | meh | neutral | theoretically hot but not my type | pretty hot | gorgeous! | 10/10 would banghogwarts house: gryffindor | slytherin | ravenclaw | hufflepuffbest quality:  is actually pretty idealistic (despite all appearances), wants to do no harm worst quality: expects others to believe the worst in himself and lashes out to prove them rightship them with: I guess fionna but it’s weird since I also ship myself with fiona so we’d have to work that out brotp them with: fiona and donkey.needs to stay away from: harmful marriage stereotypes aka Shrek 2misc. thoughts: Look I really enjoy Shrek the Musical-and by extension the role that Shrek gets to play as protagonist. I think that the musical conventions of having him get to sing his “I-want” song, and reveal his anxieties allow Shrek to become a more relatable character to me than in the movie. There’s just not the time nor desire for Shrek to be more than Swamp Grump Fart Man, and that’s okay. And Shrek will always be Swamp Guts Stink Guy on some level- that’s who he is! But I am a sucker for outcasts wishing to be heroes and that’s what Shrek the Musical delivered to me.

Magnus Burnsides (from the Adventure Zone)

general opinion: fall in a hole and die | don’t like them | eh | they’re fine I guess | like them! | love them | actual love of my life hotness level: get away from me | meh | neutral | theoretically hot but not my type | pretty hot | gorgeous! | 10/10 would banghogwarts house: gryffindor | slytherin | ravenclaw | hufflepuffbest quality: nothing says “I love you” like relentless teasing (also magnus actually says “I love you” to all his friends)worst quality:  please slow down you are a mannequin now(friend)ship them with: julia, also avi, also Every. Single. Dog brotp them with: that’s the podcast. that’s Tres Horny Boys needs to stay away from: Pringles, team rocket dark elves trying to steal his bodymisc. thoughts: I surprise myself daily at how much love I have for this ruff boi

Gabriella [Last Name Unknown] (from Brink! A Disney Channel Original Movie)

general opinion: fall in a hole and die | don’t like them | eh | they’re fine I guess | like them! | love them | actual love of my life ACTUAL HERO OF THIS MOVIEhotness level: get away from me | meh | neutral | theoretically hot but not my type | pretty hot | gorgeous! | 10/10 would banghogwarts house: gryffindor | slytherin | ravenclaw | hufflepuffbest quality: TAKES NO SHITworst quality: ???????? [Error] No Worst Quality Foundship them with: none of those dorks she skates with that’s for sure brotp them with: all of the dorks she skates withneeds to stay away from: gravelmisc. thoughts: look if you have no desire to see Brink! that’s okay. All you need to know if that this is how hermione would have turned out had she grown up in 90s southern California and rebelled against her parents by becoming a soul skater in addition to becoming a witch

[emilyemcnabb]

Laura and Scott’s wedding at Carmel Valley Ranch

Laura and Scott’s wedding had us at unruly-purple-wildflower-centerpieces. And that’s just a sliver of the floral-gorgeousness that Fionna Floral brought to the Carmel Valley Ranch wedding planned by Amazae Events. Look for the delicate greenery climbing up the simple wood arbor, huge overflowing white arrangements flanking the ceremony isle, a soft and textured bouquet and stately potted herbs on the escort table. No detail was left un-flowered and we’re loving the way it tied into the vibe of the ranch. The event was completed with invitations by Rachel Brandzel Creative, a dessert bar by Monterey Donuts and Laura’s beautiful tailored lace Lela Rose gown. Lucky for us, Amanda Wei Photography was on hand to capture all the details in these lovely images of the day.

What made the wedding special and unique?

From the very beginning my goal for the wedding was to be a fun, beautiful, and relaxed party, and a great weekend getaway for my family and friends. I wanted the ceremony and reception to be seem personal and intimate. The location, Carmel Valley Ranch, was perfect for these goals! My whole extended family and many friends were able to stay at the Ranch. It was so fun to run into people at the pool, restaurant, and spa before the wedding! The venue for the ceremony and the reception had beautiful views of the valley and the weather was perfect! The activities and relaxed vibe of the venue added to the great weekend getaway. I thought that Amazea did a great job of bringing the aesthetics of the Ranch and Carmel Valley into the decor of the wedding.

Tell us about the gown and where/how you found it!

I found my gown at Jin Wang in San Francisco. My cousins, aunts, sister, mother, and I all traveled from Seattle to San Francisco for a girls weekend and some dress shopping. Jin Wang was our last stop and the whole experience there was perfect. The dress was a gorgeous Lela Rose, that Jin custom tailored.  It had straps and she made it strapless. Also, she took in the bottom layer to make it more of a sheath fit and left the lace overlay A-line. The dress was light weight and fit perfectly. The lace had this wonderful silver threading that added just the right amount of shimmer.

What were some touches added to make the wedding personal?

My husband’s best friend did the ceremony. I thought it reflected our personalities and our relationship. We had signature drinks, Moscow Mules (my favorite) in copper cups, which tied in to the decor.

What was the most memorable part of the day?

This is always the hardest question to answer because everything was memorable! I loved the dancing! I also loved right after the ceremony being with just Scott and then being joined by the bridal party and our immediate families to celebrate for just a few minutes on our own. We had some champagne and toasted the occasion!

Tell us how you met and became engaged.

Scott and I met through mutual friends when we were living in Manhattan. The first long trip we took was a ski trip to the Canadian Rocky Mountains, where we decided we needed to get out of Manhattan and be closer to family, nature, and skiing (for my husband). Shortly after we moved across the country to Seattle (where I am from). We took a trip to Alaska to ski. On a beautiful drive from the city up to the mountains Scott pulled over so we could take pictures. He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I was very surprised because I didn’t expect he would propose on the side of the road. We also honeymooned in the mountains in Japan!

Photography: Amanda Wei Photography // Coordination: Amazae Events // Florals: Fionna Floral // Invitations: Rachel Brandzel Creative // Wedding Stationery: The Quill // Venue & Catering: Carmel Valley Ranch // Hair & Makeup: Melissa Hoffmann // Linens: WildFlower Linen // Rentals: Chic Event Rentals / Williams Party Rentals // Dessert Bar: Monterey Donuts // Entertainment: The Lucky Devils Band

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[sukats]

WHY am i so UGLY man like ?????? absolutely every person i know is drop dead gorgeous.... super models honestly...... angels among us humans...... and here i look like ogre Fionna from Shrek (tm) @God what did i ever do to u man