#Forgive Me Girl

[rolandrockover]

Working For Me Seems Too Easy

Today we come to a song that must have given a few old fans from the very beginning a digestive problem or two. And that's no wonder, because it's a track from Unmasked (1980), and as we all know, this album only contains light fare. Which means less meat and potatoes, and more sausage rolls and lamingtons, if you know what I mean.

Whether you like it or not, Paul makes every effort and shows the love of a mother bird to gently feed the predigested, filling porridge into willing beaks. But not everyone would want that, and hey, honestly, who can blame those, especially when, of all things, the R&B influence seeps through.

And where does that come from? The attentive reader of kissographies or other Kiss secondary literature will of course already have guessed that I'm gently alluding to The Spinners with their hit grenade Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me Girl from 1979/80, which itself is more or less a slightly modified cover version of Working My Way Back to You (1966) by the Four Seasons.

Paul had actually only revealed in general terms that he had been inspired a little by The Spinners, but that he must have had exactly this song in mind should be unmistakable if you take the trouble to look up which Spinners track Youtube spits out first and briefly compare the corresponding result with Easy As It Seems.

And of course both choruses catch the eye, or rather, the ear, because apart from the fact that both tracks pretty much start with their choruses and Easy As It Seems verses virtually merge with its bridges and the chorus and can hardly be kept apart from each other, it is precisely these elements of both songs that bear a clear similarity to each other, both in melody, flow and in pointed emphasis. The result is a not really demanding, but rather groovy little song that may not necessarily shake the Rock world to its core, but one must not forget that it doesn't want to hurt anyone either.

Yes, life can be pretty hard and unfair, especially when you're a fan of a rock band that not only produced music that's easy to understand, but also dared to make it so varied.

Somehow I now have an insane desire to bake a cake.

Easy As It Seems (1980)

Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me Girl (1979)

[pupkinpumpkin]

Thinking of Rook always having this mask of humor and chillness at all waking moments, but there are these little moments, where the worry and the stress and the fear are shown in a small downturn of the lips, a quiver of the voice, a furrow of the brow, or a nervous laugh. And then their mask is right back on.

The companions joke about how hard it is to read Rook or they comment on how confident they always look. Rook is their leader and sometimes they seem utterly untouchable.

Then they get sent to the Regret Prison. Everyone is obviously terrified and worried for their safety, but they don't imagine Rook being scared. They imagine Rook blazing through the prison, too stubborn and fierce to be kept down. So the only option is to meet them in the middle. Rook has inspired and helped them all so much that they spend those missing weeks working to get them out, because Rook would've done the same for them.

Finally, after weeks of trial and error, they find a tear in the Fade, just big enough to pull Rook out of. When they pull them out, they expect to see Rook exhausted but relieved. They expect a joke or for Rook to tease them for worrying so much. But that's not what they find.

They find Rook, shaken, sobbing, and scared. There is relief in their eyes, but that mask they always wore is gone, worn away by the prison, revealing all the terror and doubt that they tried so desperately to hide.

For the first time in this entire adventure, Rook is the one who needs to be comforted and taken care of. But that's a lie. Rook always needed help. They were just so busy helping the others with their problems that they never allowed themselves to feel the true weight of their emotions and they NEVER allowed their friends to see how fucking fragile they constantly were. How they were always so close to losing themselves. Rook never truly allowed anyone to see them. Not even their lover.

And now, in this moment where they are finally letting out everything they've kept so hidden, the companions rush to their side. Emmrich is checking if they're hurt, Bellara or Lucanis insists on making them food, Taash or Davrin go look for the comfiest blanket they can find(if Davrin is alive, that blanket is Assan), and, if Harding or Neve is there, they calm Rook down enough to where Rook can finally speak without their voice shaking. Rook's love holds them close while the others all sit around Rook and just listen.

Rook never expected anyone to take care of them, that was their job. They're the leader. Helping everyone else with their problems was enough. But as they explain what happened in the Regret prison, and realize that their friends don't judge or see them any less, Rook feels this profound sense of catharsis. Before Tearstone Island, all the companions set out to deal with their own problems and worries, with Rook by their side, and now each one is here for Rook as they finally let that mask fall and allow themselves to feel everything.

[dapper-lil-arts]

and somehow, that only makes her fall in love more

[wykonii]

Bracelet making class

[nightowl374art]

Posting because if I spend another second on this I will literally cry

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Ok, for me, Erik is the one who does the housework.

Imagine him wearing a chef's apron (strictly magenta), rubber gloves for washing dishes and a headband to hold up his magnificent hair.

domestic erik save me.......

[myeagleexpert]

A story about the director and Grim, who are very close friends <3

Translation from fan to fan, all credits go to the appropriate artist, see the source in the pin below:https://br.pinterest.com/pin/902690319055568233/

Who else wants to see Grim's final form? but…. What cost would this have?

[hajihiko]

Just you and me and me and you just us and our mutual very close friend Steve

[paper-rips]

cw for mild blood n a knife to the throat

[hibapanem]

[pallanophblargh]

Wake up, new cryptid just dropped!

It’s true that I’ve had to reimagine my day to day life since we got her, but I can’t imagine how we got this lucky. We thought we would have to work to earn her love, but from the moment she entered our house it’s been a cuddlefest, one I couldn’t possibly deny. There are hurdles she will be facing to be sure (and she will still need to meet the cats face to face) but I’m so happy to see this happy lil cheese every day. Welcome home Raclette!

(The couches will always be hers, even if it means she does try to smush whatever I’m working on at the time!)

[hornyverymuch]

starting a 2nd run be like

[cloud-ya]

my reaction to sonic 3 post credit scene but as shadow because I had my very cool shadow hoodie on lol

[dapper-lil-arts]

Stay winning <3

[theloveinc]

sugar daddy Bakugo is so funny b/c if he's paying your tuition he's getting mad if you don't go to class

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Marvel Meow (2021), Nao Fuji | Professor X and Magneto

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