#I haven’t even watched the trailer yet bc I’ve got things to do today and I know it’s gonna ruin my life

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*extremely loud sounds of me falling down the stairs*

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

SEB I JUST WOKE UP AND ALREADY IM LOSING MY MIND OVER THIS !!!

reading in bed with robert ‘bob’ floyd.

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Why you should watch RWBY

TL;DR:

Summary: RWBY is an epic fantasy with themes like found family, the struggle to remain hopeful, the younger generation growing up, villain redemption, and systemic evils.

Strengths: RWBY has unique and memorable characters. The show is smart. It has excellent cinematography and animation. It has representation. It tackles hard topics. It’s got incredible music and it’s free on RT’s website.

Weaknesses: RWBY has some early growing pains, specifically volume 2’s finale, as well as budget and polish. Later on, volume 4 is weaker than the rest. Volume 8's finale is extremely distressing for a lot of viewers (and we haven't seen the follow up to those events yet). The fandom can be bad at times.

Misinformation: The early volumes being bad, the racism plot line, and the animation (not the same as “budget and polish”) are not as bad as you may have heard from YouTube.

Suggested viewing order

Red Trailer, White Trailer, Black Trailer, Yellow Trailer

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4 Character Short

Volume 4

Volume 5 Weiss Character Short, Volume 5 Blake Character Short, Volume 5 Yang Character Short

Volume 5

Volume 6 Adam Character Short

Volume 6

Volume 7

Volume 8

(I did my best to make this spoiler-free. When there are spoilers, they’re worded ambiguously enough that someone new to the show would never guess what’s going to happen just by reading this.)

What to expect

The world of Remnant is filled with monsters called the creatures of Grimm. Warriors called Huntsmen and Huntresses defend humanity. Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang go to school to become the next generation of heroes. Together they make Team RWBY (pronounced, “Ruby”)! Joining them is team JNPR (“Juniper”), made up of Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren. But evils even more dangerous than the Grimm are ready to make their move, and school quickly becomes an afterthought…

(I mention these next two topics specifically bc they can immediately turn someone away based on bad expectations.) There is a fantasy school setting, but RWBY is not a show about school. School topics are not a dominant idea: it seems to resemble a setting like Harry Potter, but the actual focus of the show rarely touches on things like classes or homework or tests, and we quickly move on. There is romance and it has a role in the plot, but RWBY is not a romance show. On the scale of romance in FMAB to She-Ra, RWBY falls somewhere in the middle.

What is RWBY about, then? RWBY is like an epic fantasy or high fantasy, despite first appearances. Perhaps not every genre convention is followed, but at its core, RWBY is about an epic struggle of good and evil.

RWBY contains themes such as found family, the struggle to remain hopeful, the younger generation growing up, villain redemption, and systemic evils.

Strengths of the show

The characters are unique and memorable. One of the cool things is that they all draw inspiration from a real life fairy tale, myth, or something else. They designs are all top notch. One character who died with extremely little screen time even got so much fandom love, they included the character in a mid-hiatus short later. The characters have unique weapons, too; in the world of Remnant, a weapon is an extension of ones’ soul, and they reflect the variety of their owners. They’re also just plain cool; Monty was famous for following the “Rule of Cool.” And their individual stories are all compelling and interesting.

The show is smart. As a fandom, we generally pick up on the narrative hints the creators are dropping. And our predictions usually come true, but not in a way that makes the show predictable and boring. We very rarely guess exactly what will happen, but we have some similar idea of it. It’s just excellent foreshadowing.

RWBY also likes to play with tropes, as an extension of this. Often it will challenge them, or subvert expectations. In other cases, RWBY uses tropes to avoid showing us what we already know will happen. This occurs in both characters and plot. For example…

SLIGHT SPOILERS FOR VOLUME ONE FOR THE REST OF THIS PARAGRAPH: Jaune’s entire character arc is about trying to be the anime protagonist, and learning that he doesn’t have to do things alone, and it’s ok to be a support main. The show sets up the narrative in a way that looks like, oh of course the direction it will go is him becoming the main character, but then it destroys toxic masculinity instead.

Our characters are smart, too. Plot-induced stupidity generally doesn’t happen. (A few big mistakes or errors in this regard aren’t actually the fault of the narrative, either, but animation and miscommunication and failure to execute. And those aren’t common.) It goes beyond just “not being dumb,” however. The villains’ plans are incredibly clever, and our heroes sometimes even guess at the usual “plot twists.”

The cinematography is just incredible. There are numerous freeze frames with extreme attention to detail that reveal character motivations or arcs or foreshadowing, there are many effective cuts and moving parts, there are soooo many parallels and callbacks, and visual cues such as lighting and color all are used appropriately to convey emotion and assist the narrative. It is one of the biggest overlooked strengths of the show, imo, simply because a lot of people in the fandom don’t notice these things as much for whatever reason, or else don’t give as much praise about them.

The animation is extremely good as well. Budget issues and technology issues aside (which means a lack of polish), the actual animation? The fight choreography, and all the other parts of animation that aren’t just “expensive CGI” are all wonderful. You can have very shiny, polished turds after all, and RWBY is like the opposite: not very polished, especially early on, but very well animated. All the trailers, volume 1 episode 8, the volume 1 finale, the volume 2 penultimate episode, and basically everything else hold up extremely well even today. If anything, the worst fight animation was in volumes 4 and 5 because of Maya growing pains, and those are an example of being more polished, but not necessarily better animated. Animation of faces has always been good, animation of characters has always felt lively. Aside from a few small actual hiccups (that one person running across rooftops for instance), it’s well done.

There are LGBTQ+ characters. The treatment of one of the recent trans characters, in volume 8, was nothing short of amazing. They worked with a VA who was trans. The moment of canon confirmation was important to the character for backstory, because of course that affects the character’s life, but not the only important thing about the character. The representation is not in-your-face or pandering. And there is a split of representation among the main cast and the minor characters, with promises of more to come (notably they’ve said they’re working on more mlm for future volumes, too).

RWBY is not afraid to tackle hard topics. It deals with things like mental illness, systematic racism, and cycles of abuse. It’s not because the show is trying to earn “gritty and dark” points, it’s because those are some of the topics that real people have to struggle with as well. And the show handles most or all of them very well, in a way that shows respect and an honest attempt to depict these things as best they can. (NOTE ABOUT VOLUME 8: THERE IS A VERY DIFFUCLT CONVERSATION CURRENTLY HAPPENING. I am on the side of, let’s wait and see what happens next because the story isn’t over, so we haven’t really seen the fall out. But I understand why this paragraph feels really difficult to agree with if you've seen the volume 8 finale. I trust the track record of the rest of the show, personally.)

As an example, the show has a theme that villains are rarely evil just because. A lot of villains choose to do bad things because they were hurt in some way. Some lived in poverty; some were hurt by racism; many of them are victims of abuse. But the show doesn’t make excuses for them. It’s possible to be both sympathetic and still choose evil over and over again (that’s called tragic). The ones who eventually do try to do good again are not always forgiven, either.

The music is amazing. I can probably count on my hands the number of times I’ve heard someone say otherwise, which is astonishing when you consider this fandom.

It’s also free on RT’s website. (A paid, “FIRST” subscription removes ads and lets you see new episodes one week early, but they all eventually release for free.)

Weaknesses of the show

Early volumes’ growing pains exist, much like most or all other shows. (Even some of the greatest were not immune to this, like ATLA.) In this case, however, it’s a little bit rougher. A large reason why is that this was kind of the first big thing from RT to ever come out. If you remember back almost a decade ago, their only other big thing at the time was RvB, which was machinima. They pretty much started from scratch with everything, from assets to VAs to animation to writing. Imagine if a random twitch streamer, like Ninja (idk who’s popular these days) said one day, “OK let me just direct something that’s intended to be the next great movie series of all time, like Star Wars, with a $4 bill and an iPhone camera.” Then went out and actually made something. Of course it would be rough…but then it turns out the movie is actually really good. And then you get to watch over the next several years as everything gets better and better until it’s honest-to-god comparable to the MCU. That’s kind of what happened with RWBY.

One specific growing pain was the volume 2 finale. Pretty much everything else up until that point, I love about the show. But the finale just fails to deliver on the build up of tension from other episodes. Some of it is because of later plot developments that we didn’t know at the time; some of it is because of just not great writing; some of it is because of just not great animation; and yes, some of it is budget. Regardless, it’s a low point for the show.

Speaking of, the budget for the early volumes is super small. The infamous volume one shadow people, the infamous person jumping across the rooftops in volume two, and just production quality isn’t high compared to a major release from some established studio. These are real weaknesses of the show that for some people, make it unwatchable, and if that’s you, that’s ok.

One last weakness of the show, the screen time per episode, especially early on, is NOT a full 20 minutes like you may expect of an anime (or anime-inspired-western-media, for those of you who will die on the “RWBY is not an anime” hill). This is a trend that has stuck with the show, a shorter run time per episode, for generally the entire lifetime. On one hand, it means it’s a little less daunting to catch up or rewatch than the number of episodes might imply. On the other, early on, some episodes have a little weird pacing. It also means the writing had to adjust for this, so while RWBY got really good at telling a story within a shorter amount of time, there’s also challenges with that too. Perhaps one of the notable ones is the pacing, with slower moments sometimes feeling like it takes up too much screen time, or not enough. Volume 4 was a particular struggle for the crew, both because they switched animation engines and also for the story.

Common complaints that I don’t agree with

I don’t agree that the early volumes were actually bad overall. Growing pains, yes, but not bad. I attribute that complaint to overly focusing on one character’s storyline, back when it wasn’t clear there was so much more to come and before people realized the show would challenge the tropes instead of falling into them. It’s pretty much just volume 1 when people say this anyway, most of them I’ve heard admit that volume 2 was a lot better (except the finale) and almost everyone loves volume 3. And looking back on it, I do think volume 1 holds up.

Tying into this, the racism plot line is another common complaint. I don’t think it’s actually executed quite that badly. I think it makes sense for there to be regional differences in the amount of racism we see, it just so happened that we only saw a very small and isolated environment, Beacon, for much of the early volumes. (Incidentally, that’s actually similar the environment I myself grew up in.) It’s not perfect, though. But there’s no doubt that the later volumes do a better job portraying this. Again, I attribute it mostly to people not knowing how long the show would run for at the time, so of course if that’s all we saw, it would’ve been bad. But it’s not. I have a lot of respect for Miles and Kerry for even attempting to handle the racism topic in the first place. And for the faults that DO exist in this plot line, I credit them for learning and growing past that too, and doing better in later volumes.

The animation is not bad. I’ve already touched on that earlier, but people confuse “budget and polish” with “animation.” Give me RWBY any day over Michael Bay’s Transformers: no matter how much polish those robots have, they’re still a confusing mess to try and follow. And the polish isn’t even an issue once we get past the growing pains of Maya and get a bigger budget, because wow does this show look good now.

Between these three complaints I hear about often, I think those are the biggest ones. And they’re all generally done in bad faith, based not on just those but on other more provocative statements people also make with them. That’s part of my issue with the fandom, specifically the vocal but small parts of the fandom, because they’re just repeating these things from early days that aren’t true. But YouTubers gotta get those rage and hate clicks somehow, right? Unfortunately it discredits the show a lot and influences other people’s opinions into not giving it a fair chance, because it’s become a narrative of “RWBY IS BAD” when they all won’t shut up about it. So yeah, fandom can be bad, join at your own discretion. (Of course, all fandoms have annoying parts, and my interactions with the fandom have been good overall, otherwise.)

Onto other complaints, some say the cast is bloated. I don’t agree, but I don’t think this one is in bad faith. I think we get the important characters as much screen time as we can, and the minor characters don’t actually detract from that; one of the differences between good minor characters and bad ones, is that bad ones take up too much time. RWBY has a ton of characters but many of the minor ones don’t actually take up too much time. So it appears bloated, but actually I don’t think it is.

Finally, a small word on the no-no topics. Adam, and Monty. Adam is like the champion of the Monty topic. Which essentially boils down to “Miles and Kerry are ruining Monty’s vision for the show.” Toxic fandom is truly awful and I have no respect for anyone who says anything like that. Shame on all of you. This isn’t really anything negative about the show, but the fandom, and tbf all fandoms have toxic parts. But toxic fandom can be a real and valid reason to not watch a show. Thankfully they seem fewer in number these days, but I think they’ve evolved into hiding behind other characters or topics, so you know. Beware. Again, it's not too hard to avoid them or block them, and my interactions otherwise with most fans have been good.

[f-117-nighthawk]

Playlist Update? From MY Brain? More Likely Than You Think

can't remember the last time I posted these all together but I just put a few new songs in. I've been playing Arknights bc STARSET songs keep being used in the trailers, and then I was listening to Transmissions while making dinner, and uhhhhh there's two new Transmissions songs on the playlists, plus whatever else the spotify links needed to update to my ever-changing apple versions.

This is just the main playlist, because this one is now 3h 40m, and the other three playlists are about an hour each. I’ll give them their own post tomorrow. Under the cut, because it's also Write Random Snippits and Include Important Lyrics time

Dark Matter

Surprise surprise, this one’s got probably the most work done on it. A lot of that is moving things around, a few deletions, and the additions.

DM now starts with Your World Will Fail, Dark Matter, and Eater of Worlds. Turn the Lights Out still kinda applies, but I stopped vibing with it starting everything, and wasn’t really sure where else it should go so it got dropped. It’s role is sort of picked up by a UtA song later? Anyway, the opening three are still very much about not only the birth of [REDACTED], but the birth of the universe itself. And that’s why it feels better to start out with YWWF. Because it is the start.

(Your world will fail my love/It’s far beyond repair/Your world will fail my love/It is already there)

(Bring me your soul/Bring me your hate/In my name you will create/Bring me your fear/Bring me your pain/You will destroy in my name)

(Can’t imagine the violence/The rage and the love in my madness/I am the eater of worlds and I’m looking for someone to feed me)

Remnants of Stars is a hook to Filaments at this point, but stays way up here because the thing it’s about connects back up to those three ^ and is something slowly realized by the Paladins throughout the series. There’s kinda three different points that they realize something new about this (at the moment, I Am the One, Cosmic Vertigo, and Centigrade).

(Shed all you know and make way for a galaxy of light/Answers found hidden inside the smallest stone/Bringing forth a new way of life/Open your heart to the sky)

Apocalypse 1992 hasn’t changed. Still about The Fall, still the turning point for the entire damn war. Still about poor Krolia. Still the Rogue One of DM. It happens between parts of Awakenings, detailing the rise of [REDACTED] and the final hours before the destruction of everything sentient species knew beforehand.

(Fly high through apocalypse skies/Fight for the world we must save/Like tears of a unicorn lost in the rain/Chaos will triumph this day)

Apex is the final moments of Apocalypse 1992 from the Red Lion’s perspective, and connects nicely (just as in the albums lol) to the next UtA songs. Which we’ll get to in a bit.

(Brother mountain/Now we sleep/For a thousand years/I will see you again/Something is coming/Coming for me)

You Keep What You Kill covers the slow degeneration of the Empire between The Fall and the Battle of Arus. The knowledge harshly taught by the Thuanial War is forgotten under the influence of Zarkon, Haggar, and [REDACTED]. Marzin and Galraasa quickly rise the ranks as the Empire’s left and right hands, like omens of destruction before them. The four are the ‘holy half-dead,’ the ones who shape the devouring of the universe before them.

(Defying dimensions/These ruthless creatures will steal your soul/Breaking away from the chains of mortality/They won’t be taken down/Bow now to the holy half dead/The master to death mongers calls)

The Glory and the Scum is partially here bc I missed having Delain, I’ll freely admit that. (Delain split up! Like six months ago! I’m still sad!) Here, it’s (most) of the reason why Krolia isn’t around until MGHM. Think Winter Soldier-ish. It’s also from Krolia’s perspective as she’s talking to Kolivan in a conversation I implied in Shatterpoint. Perhaps it shall see the light of day.

(Look at what we've done/Take a step back/Shake your head at what we have become/We're the glory and the scum)

The Seven Sisters is about Keith, mostly, and connected to Closure via its influence on Child From the Stars (Lost in the Dark) and also to Memories of a Girl I Haven’t Met. Also the thing about the Pleiades has kinda become A Thing associated with my two favorite halfbloods.

(I cast my hope upon The Pleiades/The Seven Sisters who would come for me/They’d fall to Earth to grant a child’s dream/But I’m still waiting)

Starlight is the Adashi song. Here, it’s the sad part, based around the time that the SFSS Genesis launches for Kerberos. It also is sort of about Shiro’s thoughts throughout the war as he watches ‘from distant skies’ (and influences String Theory kinda)

(At night the earth will rise/And I’ll think of you each time I watch from distant skies/Whenever stars go down and galaxies ignite/I’ll think of you each time they wash me in their light/And I’ll fall in love with you again)

Waking Dream and Abyss are Awakenings. They’re specifically the Red Lion waking up on Sendak’s ship to her new Paladin, but also sort of the rest of the Lions as they find new Paladins for the first time since The Fall (and, also, an accidental hook to the end of Filaments just by virtue of being on the same UtA album…)

(Centuries like flowing streams as years go rushing by/Waiting in the dark for afterlife)

(Open my eyes in a daze/How long has it been? Am I so out of place?/Warmth I can no longer feel/My mountain is gone, I’m surrounded by steel/The strangest of structures arises ahead/Seems to be held up by nothing/Where have I gone, do I dream?/How can the stars be all I can see?)

Who Will Save You Now is about the Paladins in First Contact. It’s the video messages they send to their families, the warning that Something Is Out Here that they need to prepare for. It’s a declaration of protection for Earth, but a recognition that the Paladins may not be able to do what they say.

(I will not take from you and you will not owe/I will protect you from the fire below/It’s not in my mind/It’s here at my side/Go tell the world that I’m still alive)

Then there’s The End of the Beginning. Which is, well, the eponymous fic. And don’t forget the String Theory connection! Fun fact: part of the last chapter leads directly into part of String Theory at the moment.

(Every night I die just a little/All this time, I’m caught in the middle/All your life, you fought with no winning/This is just the end of the beginning)

A Simple Plan is about anything but a simple plan. Lotor is making his secret bid for the construction of the Sinkline ships, but there’s one more thing he needs before it can come to fruition. Haggar has suspicions, and knows one thing that she needs to keep from both him and Voltron. Team Voltron is still struggling to fit into their new roles, especially with a Black Paladin who adamantly does not want to be Black Paladin, and is in desperate need of one thing to fix the last of the damage done during the Battle of the Sarnan Nebula.

(How long can we hold off ending?/How long can we pretend we’re ok?/No one goes on fighting it forever/I know I’m better this way)

Memories of a Girl I Haven’t Met. Such a short song for such an important fic. It skips all the way over Naxzela to the Mission to the Baaria Shipyards, the first major offensive that isn’t somehow connected to canon (even if only a very very small part of it is actually at the shipyards lol). This is also the song that solidified Keith’s very queer identity in Dark Matter. And more Pleiades stuff!

(In this lonely place, bathed in silence and thoughts of you/I can’t see your face but I’m trying to envision you/So are you really out there? Are you awake with memories/Of a boy you haven’t met yet who’s wished upon the Pleiades?)

There’s another fic in here that I’m still waiting for a song to catch my ear, but it’s pretty big so I’m putting it in here. For the moment, it’s called MGHM 2.0: Electric Paladinloo. Featuring the Whispers, Voltron, and a few mullets.

And then. Hoh boy. The beast of beats. TRIALS (reimagine), Dark On Me, String Theory, and I Am the One. We’ve got [REDACTED], we’ve got [spoiler], we’ve got the first major turning point in the entire war, and the first revelation of the true nature of [REDACTED]. Hence the honor of being the separation point of my two main DM folders. TRIALS is the first part, the horrifying realization. Dark On Me and String Theory itself are from Shiro’s perspective. I Am the One is… an image song? I guess? That’s all I’ll say on that. (I would like to note that the STARSET songs bar OWtT tend to be about the Shiroganes…)

(Hear me from the bottom/Forged in regret, I'm the silversmith/Doomsday, you we had it coming/Marching the streets with an iron fist/Obey no more in silence/The steel in our hearts will be monuments/Today, they'll hear the violence/We'll rise from the dark like Lazarus)

(You're the cause/The antidote/The sinking ship that I could not let go/You led my way, then disappeared/How could you just walk away and leave me here?/Light the night up, you're my dark star/And now you're falling away)

(You don’t believe in space/You don’t believe in light/You don’t believe that anything is well beyond your might/We walk across the sky and beneath the ocean floor/We’re never going anywhere we’ve never been before)

(I am the one/I am the architect to rule your fate)

House on Fire is the aftermath of String Theory, and a large vibe of We ARE Struggling Together! It’s about family, never letting go of something you care about, and the slow act of trusting.

(So I’ll just hold you like a hand grenade/You touch me like a razor blade/I wish there was some other way right now/Like a house on fire we’re up in flames/I’d burn here if that’s what it takes/To let you know I won’t let go of you)

Belgrade is The klance song! It is a) a bop b) always stuck in my head because it is That Good. The line in the chorus about ‘sweet songs of seduction’ is eternally funny to me bc a)they’re both ace and b)QPR’s don’t usually involve seduction. Belgrade also leads almost directly into…

(We pretend in the darkness/We pretend the night won’t steal our youth/Singing me the sweet songs of seduction/Let me be the fool, fool, fool/Who will live and die for you)

Here to Save You is about Sam. Mostly. It’s also about Pidge. And Zaivorge cannons.

(A slave for humankind/I made sure I would survive/To stay alive/Now it’s time to move on/When there’s nothing left to prove/I’m coming to get you)

Iron is the third Closure fic (the second is End of the Beginning, forgot to mention that. They’ve slowly moved away from actually being related to it in anything but name and general idea). It’s about Keith coming to terms with parts of himself, and learning how to use them to great effect. Also has a huge info dump about the Blade.

(You can’t live without the fire/It’s the heat that makes you strong/‘Cause you’re born to live/And fight it all the way/You can’t hide what lies inside you/It’s the only thing you know/You’re embracing that, never walk away)

The second major turning point in the war is Monarch, Birthright, and Firewall. I really recommend reading the whole lyrics for Monarch, because the entire thing is very much a Lotor song. I had a bit of trouble picking a lyric to use here. Monarch is here because Lotor is also the ‘singer’ of Birthright, and both songs are to a very specific high-level target of the Coalition. Firewall is a little different as it’s a Team Voltron song not a Lotor song, but happens because of the same thing the other two do. They’re all not exactly a direct result of Iron, but they wouldn’t happen how they do without it, and then [REDACTED] swings back into the fray and things learned in String Theory/the framing story for Through Apocalypse Skies hit in full force.

(I am not the person you remember from before/The one you patronized and stepped on, the one you hurt/And I have pulled the arrows, now my skin has become stone/No longer am I prisoner to your empty fucking words)

(The voices in my head have all begun to sing/(The voices in your head have all begun to sing)/And they sure as hell hope I am listening/(I sure as hell hope you are listening!))

(They come to your dreams with illusion/They come to bring shape to your mind/You know how to stop the intrusion/We all have to fight for our lives)

and then, The Day the Earth Collapsed

(How much time has been elapsed/Since the day the earth collapsed?)

Here Comes the Reign doesn’t come into full effect until several months after Birthright/Firewall, but starts with The Day the Earth Collapsed. It’s largely about Haggar and [REDACTED]

(You made something they can’t take away/Now bring the fire of the burning sun on everyone)

Supersonic is here… kinda as a placeholder? Things have shifted around since its original purpose, and frankly it’s here still as a framework for what I like to call The Meme Battle. It’s generally about the increase in Coalition support and general winning as they go after warlords in the aftermath of Feyiv, culminating in I Need a Hero which is, of course, The Meme Battle.

Yes, it’s the Shrek version. It’s the Meme Battle.

(Supersonic, polyphonic, this is our war/Mustering the armies, marching faster than before)

(I need a hero/I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night/He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast/And he's gotta be fresh from the fight)

But Tonight We Dance isn’t exactly a klance song, but it’s here for them. On a diplomatic mission gone wrong, the Red and Blue Paladins of Voltron uncover a literally-buried government conspiracy, a rebel cell, and nearly die. A normal days work for the two of them. But they’ve really gotta stop having relationship milestones in the middle of a warzone.

Another reason it’s here is Tonight We Dance is a very aro song to me. “A language universal, but I speak not its tongue” hits hard. I felt like I needed a bit in here to remind listeners/readers that romance isn’t a language Keith speaks. And it becomes very explicit in this fic, just like Belgrade.

(Tomorrow we might wake in servitude and silence/I will give you everything if only you would have me/Tomorrow we will sweat and toil/Our hands will quiver, caked with soil/Tomorrow we'll give it one last chance/But tonight we dance/But tonight we dance!)

But Tonight We Dance is the last of the Closure fics, which is why it’s here. Closure in general is a lot of Keith’s character development and some of the struggles he goes through to accept his place in the universe and the fact that yes, he does have people that care about him. The last fic is me shining a brighter light on Closure’s chorus and taking a ‘last goodbye’ as never needing to say it again

(I am the child from the stars/That got lost in the dark/Between heaven and hell/I am forced to live on/I am the cause when you sin/I am the demon you skin/But there is no more tears to beautify/This is my last goodbye)

Then we step back into the universe-level action with Soulbound. Revelations from String Theory and Firewall swing back in with a vengeance on a joint Whispers-Voltron mission, leaving them reeling and Krolia questioning her very identity.

(Soulbound, endlessly forever/Locked between the darkness and the light/Don’t drown in the swarming, blackened rising/Hold on to humanity and fight)

About three months after that is My Darkest Hour and Faster Than Light. Haggar realizes something and goes searching for her fifth [spoiler], sending the Blade and the rest of the Coalition scrambling. These also lead directly, and I mean directly, into…

(When the sun comes crashing down/When the world is spinning round and round/I will face what must be my darkest hour)

(Once more we’re flying fast as light/Dark matter passing in the night/Pursued by a force we can’t outrun/As we hurtle towards a dying sun/We maneuver through the remnants of a moon/On the solar winds of supernovas/There is not a place to hide, the Matriarch is close behind/It’s plain to see she’s coming for us all)

Cosmic Vertigo and Other Worlds Than These. Together they are the second of two revelations in what, exactly, is [REDACTED]

(Banish me like burned down planets/Write my fate with sparkling lies/I am the universe; you're just one sky)

(Pull the wool out from your eyes/It won’t shade your frail belief/In the end we cannot hide/There are other worlds than these)

Godhunter is Team Voltron, well, hunting for gods, even as one of them disappears.

(She’s been watching for a century/With hatred, and with scorn/If you know the hunter’s coming/Then you hide or keep on running/'Cause she’s slain the gods before)

Trophy Hunter, Ember, and Redemption are the culmination of Godhunter. I’ve been thinking of them as akin to the suicide mission in Mass Effect 2, if that gives you an idea of what the hell they run into. Also I switched which specific Redemption is on the playlist, because I was listening to Red Handed Denial again and their Redemption was vibing way more than the Hammerfall one. They link up to Godhunter and Soulbound in subject matter, and lead directly into…

(You, you won’t escape me, I’ll rise from the deep/In this final moment, no words left to say/I can’t let you be when a life fades away/You, you won’t escape me ‘cause I’ll set you free)

(Dark matter falling from the sky/Dancing flames reflecting in your eyes as you watch them burn/Watching all your riches witches burn)

(Remember me not for the mess I’ve made/But who I could have been/Finally I’m going home)

World On Fire, This is a Call, The Reckoning, The Wind That Shapes the Land, and Louder Than Words. Switched the order up a bit so it makes more sense chronologically, because the message ‘sent by forces beyond salvation’ has to get there before the reckoning can begin.

(World on fire with a smoking sun/Stops everything and everyone/Brace yourself for all will pay/Help is on the way)

(This is a call to action/This is a call to arms/All lives for one, together/There are no false alarms)

(I see your face, find peace of mind/Between the madness and the sadness and the fire burning/The end of war, the great divine/We’ll see the day of reckoning)

(Search within/Uncover the will to win/Turn against the tide that washes o'er/Find the strength to fall and rise again/Open up the gates, unleash the force/I am the wind that shapes the land/Old as time and twice as strong/Oceans arise at my command/I alone can carry on)

(We have the force to fight/We have the blinding light/A war is more than heard/Coming in louder than words)

[riskeith]

hi babe, hope you slept well.. ♥️

answering on the phone is just *takes screenshots* *opens tumblr app* *switch between screenshots and answering* do you also put on my messages on the laptop and answering with your phone usually, because that’s what i do lmao sjshdks. thank god for technology.

(I LOVE BEING CALLED BRO.. i believe that i would’ve been a dudebro in another life tbh..) there is? i’m not super immersed in the fandom actually so i had no idea, do you have any examples? ofc only if you wanna talk about it i know these topics can sometimes be annoying to think about. also you’re right! ‘don’t like don’t read’ is the law. follow it. i can’t believe how some people have the nerve to talk about what other people do creatively... yikes

you should if you ever find yourself not knowing what to read! i think their fics were some of my first in the fandom and they set the bar so high hehe. dude i love how oikawa just wants to see kageyama burn it’s so funny..... he’s so cocky about it while kageyama’s just his moody self. speaking of; one of my fave fics of yours is the swapping jerseys one!

WTF 😭 BABY POOLS AND POOL FLOATIES..... razor please come back to us please. sidenote but do you also think that his powers are 5 star level? hes soo powerful it’s so odd how he’s only 4 star haha... or maybe it’s just me being biased.

YEAH! THE SAVING SCENE IS SO AHHHHH. god especially if they have dialogue while person a is hurting and person b just spills all their feelings and becomes so erratic and scared and person a is like holy shit you love me.... and after everything is okay there’s still some awkwardness and tension and aaa.... 💢💔

OOO. sadly the ps5 is always out of stock it’s crazy how fast it sold out. but i mean it makes sense it’s arguably the most popular console so.. hopefully they restock soon. last of us is such a fun game! and the second part is ~gay~ which is always a plus. i’m not sure which memes you mean? tell me 👁 HAHA that makes sense actually omg... lumine and aether reunion won’t happen until like two years if the updates keep coming the way they are (STOP THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE SO FUNNY.... like hello if you want to unlock the rest of the story you either gacha $pin for it or you imagine it yourself love ♥️😗) talking about this makes me wonder what the other worlds might look like....

your followers are just here to witness us planning our co-op date sjsjdkdjskz. speaking of,,, hehe. i have some fantastic news. i’m at ar level 11 right now and co-op unlocks at level 16... i might just reach that tomorrow (today for you) so i’m just saying hehehehehehehehehehehe.... 😏♥️

BOWL CUT. my cutie little baby. also mullet? sounds nice omg you will probably rock that look... 😳 i’m a non mullet supporter but if cluna has a mullet then call me a yeehaw mullet lover i suppose. can’t believe my wife is a cowboy. OMG YEAH IT MUST FEEL SO NICE your head went bzz bzz. how long did it take for them to accept it? and yeah god ikr some people take hair so seriously which is fair but also i’ve never understood it... like it grows out..? wow you really went from a ballet girl to punk rock style huh. i feel like you’re the both sides of the ‘she was a punk she did ballet’ meme.

memo fic is a jealous fic? mmm smells good. I FIGURED jshdjdkhsjs slow songs are just not your forte, huh? rip. langst is the best yet worst thing ever tbh. and YEAH I DO we’re truly 🤝 ok literally mood sometimes it’s just nice to talk about how much you love a character through another character in a fic yk? so what if this 2k fic contains 1k words about how beautiful oikawa looks? it’s what iwa feels <3 (YOU’RE LEARNING!!!!!!! THATS SO EXCITING!! i guess you just have to drive me around, huh?)

oh i’m in love i’m with that fic my girl. and i knew about that spoiler it’s kind of hard to miss it since it’s everywhere skdhdkdhdk... god, that sounds so good thank you for sharing it. pining iwaizumi hajime >>>>>>>> the air i need to exist 🥺 

THE DAY IS SO SOON CLUNA, it’s literally here soooo soon holy shit i just can’t wait. i played for almost 6 hours today in a row like an idiot and now i never wanna see hilichurls again in my life but hey, one step closer to my baby. prepare yourself.. 😏

AWWW i had a feeling you’d be a tea person. but omg tea effects your sleep? how late is too late for you to drink it? what’s your favorite flavors? 👁 and i’m addicted to both shdkdhsks. i say addicted bc i literally have 6 cups of tea per day easily and like.. 1 or 2 coffee cups per day. it’s really bad but i can’t stop so.. 🙇🏽‍♀���

COLLEGE BOYFIES CLUNA. COLLEGE BOYFIES WITH DIP DYE HAIR. imagine them doing each other’s make up and nails before going to concerts together. imagine xiao in euphoria kind of make up. holy shit. here’s something for your overwhelmed heart jsdhjshska. xiaoven soulmates girl, no doubt about it. THE EDIT THE EDIT THE EDIT!!!! they just look so beautiful. we need scenes with them like Asap. the edit is based on a fic... notes down.

can’t wait to see your screenshots. super excited!!

xo, m.a. (i almost wrote my name down in a haste shshskdjdk... although you’ll find it out soon...)

hiya!! i slept alright~ ahaha

:o that’s smart! but no i don’t LOL whether i’m on my phone or my laptop i just continuously scroll up and down fhdskjfkhsdf i think that’s why i come close to missing some paragraphs some times oops. yay for the ~wonders of technology~

(AIGHT NICE AHAHHA fhsdkjfsh does that mean you’re a bit of a tomboy?) actually coincidentally i came across this thread: https://twitter.com/maxatsuomi/status/1350145589296685057 which gives you an idea lmao (also some things on there i wasn’t even aware of wtf) EXACTLY??? it’s even worse when non content creators try to come for content creators like?????????/ um you’re getting all this food for FREE and yet?????? lmfao the nerve of some people

i def will!! FKJSHFDSKJ yeah that do be their dynamic lolol. and thank you!! i too think i snapped on that one 😩😩 glad others agree ahahah

i actually haven’t really seen him in combat... and when we could trial him i was too busy trying to pass the quests to focus on how he fought fhdkfhsdkfjshf but i do think his abilities are cool!! he have wolf above head 🥺

YEAHHH BOYEEEEEEEEEEE god that reminds me of a scene from a drarry fic (What We Pretend We Can't See wink wonk)

oh damn!! hope they restock soon for your sake~ yissss ive watched a playthrough and omg lev.... my Son. i don’t think i can find the memes again but it was just about the bugs like how if you throw a grenade on the highway everyone will run out of their cars like a flashmob or something hfskfhsdjfkds. (LMAOOOOO) there’s actually a trailer with the other worlds! https://youtu.be/TAlKhARUcoY (it has spoilers tho supposedly lol. none we understand rn at least)

hdsfkhjs. omg you absolute legend!!!! but i also hope that you’re taking care of yourself and prioritising the important things too fhsfhdksdhf. but i am excited hehehehehe

AHHAAHKFHDSKJFSD pls... once i saw someone with an actual proper mullet on the bus and i was like “ew... keith would look like this irl?” FJSDHKFSAHKDASHDFSDJFKJFDSHFKJS. but what can i say i got influenced by all the kpop bois 😔 and hmmm idk? i think my dad didn’t care too much but ik my mum did/does fhsfskfsdfhkf so who knows lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllll. IT REALLY DOES GROW OUT LMAO LIKE. fhkshkfsdkj my cousin called me a rockstar when she saw it LOL so you’re prob right 🤪

yeah slow songs really just. aren’t LMAO ‘behind this mask of mine’ was based on a slow bts song and i put it in the playlist i had for it (bc obviously) but i wanted to skip it every time hfksjdhfskjdfhskfdkfhkslfhadksfjsdjhfkashkfjsdh. EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!! you are so correct. (hehehe i was gonna say that too that you don’t need to drive bc it’ll take you around 😏 LMAO)

fhkdsj thank!! legit pining iwa.......... more like pining ME mayhaps i just be self projecting 🤪🤪

lolol dw i can fight the hilichurls for you 😩 also who’s your fave enemy to fight! i used to like fighting the treasure hoarders most but the hilichurls are cute.. FHSKJDHFSDFKJSD plus i need their fucking masks my god why are their drop rates so shit hfsdhjfks

i’m not too sure actually? i’ve never been up early enough to test it but i like drinking tea like after dinner... which is the problem AHAHA. hmm well i like matcha a lot LOL but also chai? and then like black tea.... all the other ones too... i used to drink some fruity ones which were nice but we have a lot of the like basic chinese ones at home too and i enjoy those as well lol. wbu?? omg.... m.a........... dfhksdfkjhfkjshfksjd that’s a lot!!!!!!! do you even need to drink water then HKDSJFHKSDFHDKDSHFJKSDH

omg............. ive never seen euphoria LOL but ............. omg ...................... i cannot process thoughts rn.....

xoxo!! c.r. (you mean bc we’ll be playing co-op? you don’t have to if you’re uncomfy fhdskjf my genshin name was literally ‘aether’ up until yesterday FHDFHSDKFSDFJSHFKSDF)

[umaficwriter]

(via https://open.spotify.com/playlist/33T75RgNKCVSUiWbLO3Q8k?si=iGcXxAwNTjewDrklPquKGw)

CROWEN GUIDE

This contains spoilers in case you haven’t watched the series ‘till season 10!

Hi folks! I started a Crowen Playlist Challenge months ago in hopes that it’d bring me some closure, bc I miss CROWEN so much, and they really made my day back then! So, I’ll leave below the link to the fics I’ve already written concerning this playlist.

This consists in a Spotify Playlist (you can listen to above). Some spngs really are on the TV Show and others are here because I feel like they speak volumes of Crowen feels! I’ll clarify that with every song!

Hope you like it! ;D

·       White Horse (Taylor Swift) – their first kiss S5E02 / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22215103

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13475845/1/Now-Is-Too-Late-For-You-and-Your-White-Horse

 ·       Street Lights (Kanye West) – he shows her the vent and they kiss S5E10

·       Catch Me (Demi Lovato) – she ponders on opening up to Owen after all the Burke drama, and decides in favor.

·       King of My Heart (Taylor Swift) – after such time away from US, Owen found out his American Queen. He’s the one ruling her heart and her bed.

·       Winter Song (Sara Bareilles ft. Ingrid Michaelson) – she fids out he was engaged to Beth before, and how it ended. He tells her why he won’t go see his mom. “You see me, Cristina. See me.” S5E15

·       The Weight Of Us (Sanders Bohike) – they’re at the vent when she assures him that she can handle his PTSD S5E19

·       Salvation (Gabrielle Aplin) – she’s his salvation.

·       ocean eyes (Billie Eilish) – he’s letting her go, because he’s no good for her.  Take care now” / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22396456

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13485250/1/ocean-eyes

 ·       Broken (Lifehouse) – he’s falling apart, barely birthing without her.

·       You Found Me (The Fray) – lost and insecure they found each other again. He slep for the first time.

·       Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift) – George is dead, everything is a mess, but her baby is fit like a daydream, call it what you want to, she back with Owen for good. They love each other.

·       Poison & Wine (The Civil Wars) – she kisses him outside of the hospital at the end of their shift, after Teddy have told Owen she loves him. Cristina thanks him for bringing in Teddy unaware of his inside battle. S6E09

·       Your Side Now (Trent Dabbs) – “People do matter Cristina, I matter, we matter.” S6E12

·       Yours (Fay Wolf) – Cristina tells Owen about Burke. “I love you. I love you more than I loved Burke. I love you and today, when you asked me to ignore Teddy’s pager, you took something from me. And, I let you. And that will never happen again. S6E13

·       i hate u, i love u (gnash fr. Olivia O’Brien) – they break up again because “I don’t know” is not good enough for her and that’s all he has now. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22423150

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13486530/1/i-hate-u-i-love-u

 ·       Tell Me You Love Me (Demi Lovato) – she want to beg, like Meredith did all those years ago “Tell me you love me” she wants to say to him. She doesn’t.

·       Backed Into The Corner (Amy Stroup) – he asks her to marry him and shows her the ring. S7E01

·       I’m So In Love With You (Jill Andrews) – they have problems, but they’re just so in love…

·       You Are In Love (Taylor Swift) – the calm before the storm. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22546747

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13492509/1/You-R-In-Love

 ·       Hold On (Chord Overstreet) – they go through the abortion, the cheating, he breaks into their bathroom. “I am crying because of a boy” she says laughing.

·       Youth (Daughter) – the song is playing when he leaves the house to go to the trailer. “You don’t even remember her name” S8E19

·       Falling (Harry Styles) – he’s broken. He sees her everyday and yet can’t have her.

·       The Heart Wants What It Wants (Selena Gomez) – she’s going to Mayo, but just can fathom get over her.

·       i love you (Billie Eilish) – she loves him, after the plane crashes that’s the only thing she’s sure of. Even though she doesn’t want to love him, she does endlessly.

·       False God (Taylor Swift) – she’s back from Cleveland and she wonders if they’re going to be okay. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22323283

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13481481/1/False-God

 ·       All Of Me (John Legend) – she break up with him because she sees he wants to have kids and even though, it’s hard on her, she leaves him. S9E24

·       To Be So Lonely (Harry Styles) – after the break up, she wants him to start dating other people.

·       Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart (Ariana Grande) – she sees him and Emma together and even though it hurts and all she wants is to have him back, she ignores her wishes and focus on her work.

·       Stone Cold (Demi Lovato) – she standing at the altar at Kepner’s failed wedding and she locks eyes with him. If his happiness is Emma, she’s happy for him.

·       All Though The Night (Sleeping At Last) – she goes to his trailer to congratulate him on moving in with Emma. After the wine they talk and they kiss, having sex in the process. S10E14

·       Afterglow (Taylor Swift) – he doesn’t want anyone else. He wants Cristina Yang.

·       Flicker (Naill Horan) – “Do you know who you are? Do you know what’s happened to you?”

·       Ruby Blue (Sleeping At Last) – she says goodbye from the OR gallery. S10E24

·       Lost Without You (Freya Riddings) – the pain in his eyes when she says goodbye. He’s lost without her. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22561582

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13493201/1/Lost-Without-You

 ·       Against All Odds (Glee Cast version) – he dowels on letting her go.

·       Only You (Matthew Perryman Jones) – can he be harry living with her ghost?

·       In Case (Demi Lovato) – he’ll keep everything the same just in case she changes her mind and comes back to him. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22259089

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13478127/1/In-Case

 ·       The Night We Met (Lord Huron) – sometimes he just wanted to got back in time, to the night the met, all those ears ago and make things right this time around.

·       Sad Beautiful Tragic (Taylor Swift) – their story was as beautiful as it was tragic. Their feelings were raw and the reality was cruel. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22884625

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13508809/1/What-A-Sad-Beautiful-Tragic-Love-Affair

 ·       I Never Told You (Colbie Caillat) – even miles apart they feel like they didn’t say everything they wanted to each other. She misses him, and he’s no different.

·       Throw Your Love Away (Little Big Town) – Owen can throw their love away, neither can give it back to her. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22665622

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13498368/1/Throw-Your-Love-Away

 So, that’s pretty much everything (for now) I’ll edit the post as I’ll update the playlist and/or the fanfics!

Hope you liked! xx

[dorky-spider]

Written Version of Dom’s Podcast #3

For people who don’t understand a thing going on or for those who struggle to hear it, I’ve typed out what is said in the podcast “Podcast 3 - father and sons chewing the fat...”

it is long so it is under a read more. Enjoy!

S-Sam 

T-Tom

H-Harry

D-Dom

D: Are we filming Harry?

 H: Yeah we’re filming

T: We are in atlanta GA

 S: Surprise 

D: We aren't supposed to be here are we

 S: We’ve come out to surprise tom 

S: 10 hour flight for a game of gulf 

D: Harry was definitely coming that was always the plan 

T: I knew Harry was coming and you did it very well actually. I’m glad you didn’t do it in a restaurant. It was a bit emosh

 H: that was the original plan

 D: It was pretty emotional. It would have been awful if Tom was just like “HI” 

T: yeah ah hi guys how you doing 

*pause* 

T: it took me a minute to figure out what was going on though. I was tired from working and I’m so homesick 

D: that’s why we came btw

 T: you didn’t just decide to come on holiday 

D: I cancelled gigs at pubs(?) to get here 

T: what pub? 

D: the turks head in Switzerland 

S: I thought it was the badcat 

D: Yeah S: ah thats a good gig

T: but yeah it took me a minute to figure out what was going on 

S: Your reaction was unreal

T: Because I saw your face first (Sam) and then I saw dad’s face and I really thought I was hallucinating

 S: its the sign of disappointment 

T: I was like I am so tired or I’ve had too many beers. Because I surprised dad in Edinburgh

 S: that was massive 

 T: and we have a video of that that we’ve never shown

 D: It got into my show didn’t it. The Glory year. Remember the Glory year? Other three: Yeah

 D: You had to leave, you had to leave before the end.

 T: oh did the video. Did the video play at the end of the show? 

S: no it didn’t play but dad spoke about it. 

T: ohhh okay 

H: dad’s not. Dad’s not able to do that

 D: I told the story about how excited i was and how I was wearing pjs, your (toms) pjs, coming off a first class flight. 

T: which I still want back btw 

D: what about the other surprise in um Thailand.

  T: oh yeah. That was a good one. You’re good at surprises

 D: your birthday and your end of filming, mom called me up in london and said dad, you old dog, come out to Thailand. So I wen, I flew out on Thursday and flew back on sunday.

T: oh yeah, I went scuba diving that day

 D:  that right you came out 

T: I came out and you came out from a pillar

D: and you were telling everyone what you saw

S:yeah bc you were on a ripstick(?) werent you. You were going around a fountain 

T: right right right 

S:and then dad just walked out

 T: my reaction was not as good as harry’s

. *pause* 

T: the surprise in Edinburgh, we surprised mom for her birthday. 

H: coming from Canada 

D: we’ve got a lot of surprises going on don’t we 

T: sam ruined that one S: yeah lets talk about the shit

 D: we kept this one quite 

T: I actually had no idea

 S: thing is though it was so on a whim 

D: well it was on a thursday that we came. Mom flew me in

 S: I think it was wednesday that we kind of thought about it 

D: nah

 S: I remember I was like are we doing this then and you said ah its all good 

D: yeah cool and here we are in Atlanta. Played golf today

T: ugh I played so bad 

D: Harry and I played Sam and … Tom. 

Everyone laughs

 D: I’m jet lagged and what was the score boys 

T: it was all square. We were one down going up the 18th and then dad cracked under the pressure 

S: I was one down

 D: and who won the hole then

 T: Sam did because I was exhausted 

S: I’m jet lagged

 D: Sam you played really well

 S: I did. I was very pleased. It was that driver you kno

w D: you diver was well. You know it was all very square.

 S: I was glad it ended like that 

H: We should have won 

T: no you shouldn’t have 

D: yeah we definitely should have 

T: no you finished like one hole on the front line 

H: your point is.? 

D: Harry lost his, how many balls did you lose man?

 H: too many man 

T: I lost a lot of balls. I think I lost an entire 

S: you threw one in the lake 

T: well that was a stupid ball. I missed the par

 S: yeah that was the problem, the ball

 T: it was all the balls fault.it was an oblong

 H: in golf you have expensive golf balls and they’re like 8 pound each

 T: no they’re 5 pounds

S: they’re expensive 

H:okay so 5 pounds. And I took paddy to play golf a week ago and out of his bag. He’d obviously going to your drawer and taken 6 pro-b1s. And i was like paddy you can’t be hitting pro-b1s. You can’t soi took all of them out his bag and out them in mine and replaced them with my crummy ones. I lost all 6 in 6 holes. 

D: its expensive being a dad with 4 kids but talking about expenses. We’re very excited because the brother’s trust has just launched this new event. It’s gone brilliantly. 

S: it was launched friday 

T: its raised over 90(?) thousand dollars 

D: what is it. It’s now sunday so we launched it Friday in london during the screening time  

T: what screening

D,S,H: we watched the avengers 

T: oh right 

D: your mom and I phoned it.

 S: oh is that why she left? 

D: yeah to make sure it was up. She was on wifi, she launched it. So while we were watching the film we were also looking at the counter at how many views 

H: how do you do that? 

D: mom’s got it on her phone T: 90 thousand is amazing already 

H: we can use that extra 2 thousand to replenish the golf balls we lost

D: actually that is a good disclaimer. None of the money is used for luxury holland  days out. All of the money goes to

 T: entirely non- profit

 D: yeah no one gets paid at the brother trust 

T: should we talk about the charities? We could each talk about one of the charities 

S: should we establish what it is?

 T: Why don’t you (harry) tell us about your trip to Kibera(?) 

D:wait before we do that, why don’t we tell people what they can win in the do’s 

S: why don’t you (tom) do that cause you’re the man 

H: you can see me 

T: harry will be there. So hang out with him. 

D: its the premier in LA 

T: its the LA premier for Spiderman far from home 

D: which we just watched the trailer of 

T: we just watched the trailer of. Which we dont know when it comes out and we can’t disclose any information for

 S: when is the premier? 

T: I think the premier is June 

H: ask for the trailer and then

 D: June 15th I believe … mid june

T: mid june but if you go online or on my instagram and the link in my bio, you can see all the details about when the event is and when it will be taking place. But whats really exciting is the ability to go to the far from home premier, we’ll give you $1000 spending money, we’ll put you up in a snazzy hotel. The winner will basically get the opportunity to fly with a friend from anywhere in the world to LA to attend the FFH premier with me. Harry will be there, Sam and dad will probably be there. On the carpet, we’ll take pictures, there’s an amazing after party that we’ll go to. Obviously we’ll get to see the film which is the most exciting part of the process. I haven’t even seen the film yet so you’ll be watching the fim for the first time with me watching for the first time which will be pretty awesome. And uh yeah, it’ll be pretty awesome 

D: it’ll be a great night. And that’s what people are entering the raffle for. The money that we raise guys we are really 

T (off camera): ow!

*pause*

 H: I really hope I get credit as your hand double in spiderman 

D: oh right yeah 

T: harry’s hand was in the first trailer 

S: yeah because when you unzip the suitcase wasn’t that you 

H: that was the first time I did it. It was terrifying 

S: were you nervous?

 H: oh my god

S: you’re just unzipping a suitcase 

H: no no no it was the first day of filming… 

*pauses for spoilers*

 T: start again.we were on set for ffh

 *Pauses again for spoilers* 

D: good I’m glad that resolved. So the brother’s trust when we founded it we have the idea that we would shine light on the charities that don’t get the publicity that big charities can generate. And we wanted to use charities that are very sort of cost effective. That sort of have most of the money going to the recipients not offices in london or new york. The big things what we didn’t want the money being spent on. And one of the charities is Lunchbowl and you just been to kibera so you 

S: you (Harry) go on all the trips, you do 

T: I know, you do all the cool trips H: I know, I’m the cameraman D: it was a great trip wasn’t it 

H: I went to Kibera, Which is the second largest town(?) in the sub saharan in africa and its the place of a charity we support, lunchbowl. What lunchbowl does is they have a nursery and now a primary/ secondary school and they basically take kids out of the slum and provide them with school and then on saturdays I believe it is they have a feeding program within the slum where they have 300 kids from within kibera come and they feed 300 children and they give them food and a stash of milk and then on sunday they have rugby. 

T: they play rugby?

 D: yeah they go to a posh school

 H: they go to a regular posh school in Kenya. The posh schools have it then they have these coaches that come 

S: we bought one of the busses, didn’t we?

 H: yeah. So one of things the brother’s trust did was we bought a bus which when I first heard that I was like why do they need a bus. But really the rugby ground is 5 kilometers 

D: a long walk

 H: so what happens is the bus is completely full to the point of them sitting on top of one another like this. And then what happens is when I was there, I saw like 20 kids at the gate. They’re just outside waiting at the gate and I went over with the head coach and he was explaining to me that these kids walked there 2 hours. Some of them are barefoot. To play rugby and then they get a meal afterwards. Another thing the bus does is take the kids from kibera to the new secondary school. I think the reason its so great is because the chance of a child making it to 5 years old is 50%. So you’re talking like the flip of a coin. So taking a child out kibera for the day. For 8 hours, 10 hours a day drastically improves the chance of survival 

S: mom was telling me during holidays they get really upset because they miss school so much.

 H: they say teachers can tell a massive change in behaviors after a holiday

 T,S: Really? 

H: because for these kids going to school is like, its like heaven

 D: and what they’re trying to do in kibera is what we take for granted. We have school from 4 - 18 mandatory, free for us in Britain/England. And what they’re trying to do is give these kids a chance to become educated.

 H: They want, so they used to have this school that went from I think 2-6 which is great but its not great because when a kid finishes at 6 years old where are they going to go? They go right back into the slum. So now that it goes up to 15, they only started that last year, that’s so massive for them. Because they can take a child from 2 years old to 15 and they can really shape the person they are with the teachers. 

D: its worth saying in light of what I was saying earlier, every pound that we give to lunchbowl, 97p is given to the children, 3p is postage. 

S: last campaign did 406? 

D: yeah yeah and we had a guy come over from america 

T: was his name Erik? 

D: yeah

T: he was really nice that guy 

H: we gave him a tour of set 

T: he came to set, we had a good time. He was lucky because they were about to tear down that venice set weren't they 

H: I feel like .. marvel police

 T: well that was in the trailer. There’s gonna be a red laser on your forehead 

H: right over there by the building with his marvel cap on 

D: and he stayed at the Sevoy(???) 

T: the venice set was so amazingS: I couldn’t .. they like dyed the water and everything 

*another pause* 

D: i don’t remember ever reading a marvel comic 

*tom plays a sound effect* 

D: what is that applause? 

S: are these like loads of sound effects? 

T: yeah its got loads of sound effects. I bought it for your … 

*Tom plays booing*

 D: Oh I’ve heard that! I’ve got that at work 

Tom (off camera): take us out sam. Send us home.

 S: okay that enough golf talk. But the main thing is the brothers trust campaign we’ve launch. You can go on Brother’s trust instagram and find the link, donate, and enter into the raffle. We can’t wait to see you at the LA premier. 

D: 2 people

 T: 2 people and 1 has to be over the age of 13 and its going to be amazing. Peace out. 

D: no more surprises.

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I need someone to come up with titles for me

Hey everyone. I hope you’re enjoying a cool day as I am in Coquitlam, BC. Haven’t had to run the AC at all since parking here yesterday. The sun is on the warm side but there’s a breeze that sneaks in that keeps the inside of the truck nice and comfortable. If you’re supporting me, you’ll notice there was no chapter for Blind Spot this week. (if you aren’t, it’s only 1$ a month, hop on in: https://www.patreon.com/posts/29443553) I realized there was a problem with the story, but before I say what it is, I need to backtrack Blind Spot is a Pleasure Project and on top of implying there will be sex in it (the Pleasure part) it doesn’t have an outline, because the main thing that makes it, and others in that category, a pleasure project, is that I started it because inspiration hit and hit hard. Unfortunately, Inspiration decided his attention was needed elsewhere around chapter 5 of Blind Spot. I’m not complaining, I got all of Collision Course too out of it. What I do when I reach that point is what I call Improvisational Writing. Other call it writing by the seat of your pants, or faking it hard. I’ll make a conscious decision as to what I should happen in that chapter, write the first line and keep going until the characters look at me and go, that’s it, chapter over. What will sometime happen is that I’ll write a chapter that if really good, really fulfilling, climactic even, 4 maybe 5 chapters before the end of the book. It isn’t that I know it’s early, if I knew I wouldn’t have put it in, it’s that I don’t realize that it’s actually the climax of the story, I see it as just one more chapter. Then, and it’s the case here, I get close to the end and realize something’s wrong. I know I could have a climax, but I can’t figure out what it should be, because, when I pay attention, I realize I already had it. So today I spent my writing time fixing the story. The gist of it is that Gregory doesn’t die in chapter 12, because he’s the story’s antagonist, he needs to be part of the climax. Allowing him to escape required making adjustments to the following chapters so the reader knows he isn’t out of the story. As for the rest? The week was good. Delivered on Monday, drove to the shipper that same day I already knew the load wouldn’t be ready until the next day. Dropped the trailer and went to Michael’s, the art supply store to get glass etching cream. I have a French Press to make my coffee, I drink half the press a day, it helps control my appetite. Because I only use half the press and my kettle has no measures on it(it’s cheap) I had a piece of duct tape to mark the line for the water, but because of the thickness, I couldn’t take the glass out of the press to wash it, so I figured that etching the line would fix the problem. And it did, although getting the cream to do the job took a while. Nothing like the 5 minutes the websites said to leave it on. Took 12 hours to get something that could be noticed. The next day the trailer was ready nice and early. Checking in like that really helps. I encountered the occasional slowdown, it’s still summer so that’s to be expected, and yes, they also happen in winter, or spring, or fall. With everything going well, and there being a Timmies next to the customer, I got here yesterday, backed to a dock and called it done. I wrote chapters 40 to 43 of Taking the Line, and the final Chapter of book 5 of LRK’s origin story is half done. I’ve also started putting the whole of LRK’s story through Audio Edits to clean it up since I can’t afford an editor for it yet. I’m going to collect each book into one file and put that on the master list so that those who want to read his story won’t have to fight with multiple links, just big files 😊 Movie wise, I watched Captain Marvel and here is the review I wrote on IMDB Captain Marvel (2019) 6 stars your classic summer action movie I enjoyed the movie. Is it a great movie? *looks at the stars he gave it* Nope. Is it a good movie? *looks again* maybe? Is it an okay movie? yep. is it fun? yep. is it flashy? oh yeah? Am I a simplistic man who likes mindless entertainment? No, but it's a marvel movie, I don't sit down to watch those expecting Shakespeare. (and to be fair I wouldn't watch Shakespeare at all, sorry to all thespians out there) Look. when the premise of a movie is established Marvel woman is powerful beyond all things is going to fight bad guys, why do you look for some political statement or dislike the movie because it didn't play to your desire level of sexiness in a woman (actual complaint from a roommate of mine) for me the movie wins point on the fact they it subverted one of the biggest conflict in the Marvel Comics (with my roommate also hated, does doesn't have a problem with Samuel Jackson playing Fury, even though in the comics he was white until the movies came along) I came in to watch fun fight, a bit of well paced humor, touching character interactions and got all three. the fact that we have a woman telling a man she has nothing to prove to him, is just a bonus (that she kicked his ass is just what he deserved) Look, you want a masterpiece you and add to your mantle? Go watch Citizen Kane or something. You want to sit back have a fun two hour and watch a cat scare people? pick this movie. if you can leave your expectations at the door, you'll have a good time. And I read Hero Forged, the review is here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2946709354?book_s... And Wolfsong https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2938808695?book_s... And that’s it, so I’ll see you on the next one.

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waiting for duty finder penalty to run out bc I didn’t want the others to suffer with my garbo internet and lag spikes

I saw some of the fanfest news today mostly through my fc live commentating on it... a couple are already committed to switching to viera once 6.0 comes out and i am. Thinking about it. Doran could be a bunny boy. They are very cute and pretty. Also I’ve come to terms with the fact that Doran is at least a little bit of a self insert, just a tiny bit more than Secret who is more her own character and. As others on twitter have said they are very gender. At the very least I’m axing one of my retainers and getting a bunny man. I still have my msq fantasia on Doran. I could Fucking Do It. I am Thinking.

And there was the reaper reveal. Lots of people called it. I’m excited to see Zenos wield one. Oh I’ve also come to terms with the fact that I genuinely love Zenos. Terrible funny little man but also very pretty. The trailer that was released today was the first I’ve seen and was exposed to the semi-realistic art style and it just made him even prettier. Well. It fixed his face in any case I still stand by the opinion that his eyes are freaky but I think that’s intentional??? Still much too big. As Krile put it they’re the eyes of a monster.

I was giggling so much while watching the trailer. I had to start tuning out the lyrics because??? They hinted at some shit that I did NOT want to know yet??? Echoes fading like what the fuck!!! What! The! Fuck! And what did G’raha mean by what he said!!!!!! He had BETTER not try and sacrifice himself for a THIRD time I’ll fucking sob!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God! November can not come soon enough I’m so excited. i haven’t been this excited for a game release in a long while.

Oh. There was also the poster. I had it pointed out to me that the way the characters were positioned was just goofy anyhow with Tataru front and center but man... Zenos tucked in there all casual like with the Scions and not even Fandaniel in there anywhere..... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I have read enough fanfic synopses to know that that is very much a thing fans want. I wonder if fan response had any impact on them bringing back Zenos in full force. I finished SB msq today and I’ve been thinking about Zenos a lot.  This game is really bad at developing its villains and making us care about them. Even Emet-Selch as much as I adore him... it always feel like they could do more. They really should have shown Garlemald’s oppression better or something, though... with the game’s rating... idk. I just feel like the story didn’t highlight it very well even if the maps themselves do. There’s just too much telling. Of course there’s every reason to hate Garlemald for their occupation of Ala Mhigo and the game does a well enough job of showing this? But we don’t see the effects that Zenos specifically has had on these places. We barely know any of his methods for, as he would say, priming his hunting grounds. There is some mention of him being a terror on the battle field, but how does he make the people desperate in the first place? We see with Yostuyu’s rule over Doma what he doesn’t want, but. What did he actually do? It makes his defeat feel empty, and not in the purposeful way. Like, past the fact that it appeared that he got exactly what he wanted in being defeated and killing himself.

At least he’s still better than the Heaven’s Ward. Anything’s better than them. I still hate HW and I only like SB more the second time around. I think my opinion’s flip-flopped since last time, and I like SB’s main story more than its post story. I still think Gosetsu surviving and Yotsuyu surviving is dumb. Amnesia is just so so cheap, and imo the game does a piss poor job at explaining or making meaningful the weird relationship between Gosetsu and “Tsuyu”. They explain at the veeeeeery end of that quest line that she reminds him of his daughter or something but before that his attachment just seems weird and inexplicable.

Oh. I do still like Asahi though I can’t wait to see him die again. He is another funny little man whom I like very much. Kinda weird for him to be the only gay coded sort-of-major npc but oh well. Wait. Well. technically Fandaniel is too but... they share a body and voice actor? And are also both villains. It’s still weird. I also adore Fandaniel he is the king of funny little men. His introduction had me laughing so hard like really? This is where the story is gonna go? Our villains just want everyone to die now??? What, he’s not under Zodiark’s influence like the others? Not even Emet-Selch could resist Zodiark... well now I’m actually thniking about things. I wonder if it’s just a big ploy, though idk why he would want to pretend about something like that, unless it’s to manipulate his fellow Ascians??? Also there has to be something for to his shitty little faux primal factories. The trailer shows him ascending one. h. I. I know how he /could/ use them... they’re... dotted all across the star and... if he could use them to make more he could, increase production and all he could... drain... the star’s aether making these beasts to kill everyone, recreating the final days like was shown in the trailer. Christ. Jesus christ I’m so excited.

I will not lie to you I’m also lowkey hoping they bring back Emet-Selch like they have every other character. i love that guy alright I just wish he wasn’t a thrall to Zodiark. The story’s so fucked man of course the first thing they do when they get back to Eorzea is figure out a way to undo tempering. I wonder how that would work with an elder primal? Another thing I’ve been wondering is what would happen if they did it to someone presumably not tempered. Like one of the Scions. i wonder if they’re tempered to Hydaelyn’s will. The WoL especially being her chosen and all and not really having a free will and all.

I am completely scatter brained rn. I just remembered that the trailer referred to the WoL using “them” and it made me so happy. Let people in the msq call the WoL them please I am begging.

hhghhhhhh brain mush now no more thinking only video games

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harrie tag

i was tagged by @fairylightsstyles and @moonlightharrys to do this harrie tag thingy, so thanks loveys !!! it’s about to get real extra bc i’m indecisive and he’s too amazing, so here we go:

rules: you must answer the questions til the end and then tag another 10 harrie blogs to do the same. you can use videos/links/gifs/photos to answer the questions

favourtie look: so when i saw this question this immediately came to mind:

but then i was scrolling and i saw this:

and i absolutely adore these two not because they’re overly elaborate or anything but it’s just the way he carries himself he absolutely makes these outfits but i can’t ignore the way he looks in gucci suits so then there’s these two:

like honestly what kind of modelesque off guard is that like who just happens to look like that it’s not fair and then my all time favourite suit of his which i have talked about thoroughly on several occasions namely here but i must list it anyway:

i could honestly go on and on but i’m gonna move on now 

favourite tweet: i also have a few of these which i love for many reasons but i’ll stick to my top three

this because that whole situation was just really freaking funny

this because of his pettiness like i’m 100% certain he was fully aware of the attention it would draw up with him quoting taylor like he’s a mess i love him

and then this one because it was just an extremely emotional day and it’s just so quintessentially harry.

favourite interview: the second jonathan ross one i think because michael mcintyre was like off the chain and there was so much laughter which means his dimiples were popping just really enjoyable all around. the alan carr ones were always amazing tho.

favourite stage moment: unfortunately i haven’t seen them live but videos are everything my all time favourite one tho was the poutine rant that was hilarious and the boys just encouraged him it was a great time to be alive

a few honourable mentions tho are the or isssss iiiiittttt incident and when he sang i will survive.

favourite hair style: his late 2014/wwa/ hair was my favourite hair era this one:

favourite family member: i mean anyone who had a part in shaping him to be the incredible human being he is today is alright in my books but i love gemma  and mrs anne. they’re both incredible women

favourite 1d bromance: i’m torn between lirry and narry because i used to be a niall girl first then a liam girl so i obvs love any interaction that goes on between them and they’ve both had some great moments.

favourite celebrity + harry: long live gryles

favourite tattoo: i’m torn between the laurels on his hips and things i can’t 

favourite quote: “that’s the amazing thing about music: there’s a song for every emotion. can you imagine a world with no music? it would suck.” i agree wholeheartedly, babe.  

favourite instagram post: i like all the support and what not v v cute

favourite music video: i can’t watch the history video without crying but i love the intimacy of little things, so take from that what you will.

favourite another man pic: so there’s two that really stand out to me

this one is great bc i just really love that stance i mean he looks like a weirdo but with like flare and he’s so comfortable with himself it’s amazing and then there’s this one:

look how cute and dorky this one is and he has that cute little midi hair cut and it’s just soooo adorkable i love him omg

your name: ariana

your age: 18, but ya girl will be 19 next month

where you live: virginia in the u s of a 

have you ever seen harry live in concert or met him: nope. and i feel like as someone who’s been in this fandom for as long as i have this is a great injustice after so so so many years of torture and loving him and the boys i feel like i should have had some sort of interaction but alas my time has not come yet 

what’s your favourite thing about harry: one of the most attractive things about him is how nice and polite and respectful he is to everyone. it’s sad that those aren’t qualities that are as prevalent among the general or celebrity population, but the fact that he has continuously and consistently been nothing but courteous to everyone, even the ones who don’t deserve it, is so refreshing. it makes me swoon. 

what is your favourite line/lyric of harry’s on a 1d album: there’s a few because their music is everything to me so... “you still have to squeeze into your jeans and you’re perfect to me.” (that small lyric change makes all the difference and he’s so amazing for it.) “i never understood what love is really like, but i felt it for the first time looking in your eyes.” (that line gives me chills every time i hear it.) and finally “just me, her, and the moon.” 

what is a song that reminds you most of harry: honestly new man by ed sheeran all those memes got to me so whenever i hear that song my mind jumps straight to him lmbo but also resolution by matt corby because it was on that little list some time ago of (supposedly) some of his favourite songs and i fell in love with it so now it’s one of my favourite songs too.

what is a movie that reminds you most of harry: notting hill. like i loved it before he quoted from it but now when i see it i wait with anticipation for that line to come up also the fault in our stars like harry has a very augustus like feel to him. he’s got the whole too good to be true vibe to him (let’s just hope he doesn’t have the same ending as gus tho)

for how long have you been a harrie: i’ve liked one direction ever since they dropped up all night at like the end of 2011 and i’ve always loved him but i felt like he was so mainstream like everyone liked him so i went through a phase of being an undercover harrie with niall first as my cover up and then liam and i mean i love them but harry really has my heart so i guess you can say i came out of my harrie closet in like 2013

where you were when the dunkirk trailer came out: home i think but i know i flipped when i saw it

what do you expect of hs1: pure musical, lyrical genius (at least i hope) and complete sincerity. i can’t wait to pick his brain through this album

what are your tags for harry on tumblr: listen i have so so many i’ll just name the ones i use the most  #hs #cutie #shawty look good #baby you light up my world like nobody else #look at that smile #fashion!harry #solo harry #stubble!harry #loml #this was such a look and basically any version of me declaring my love for him 

who is your favourite harry blog: i mean i don’t really have a favourite blog like i love all my mutuals and all the people i follow that keep my dash looking right... with that being said @sohoharry94 is pretty much my favourite person ever.

alright now i tag: @sohoharry94 @little-black-dress-24 @androgynoustyles @aqua-harry @stylessemantics @complexstyles @harriesuccs @wdmsusie @harryhateblog and @trulymadlysydney

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BABY I FEEL YOU IM FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS WITH YOU RN LIKE?! 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

i haven’t had a single coherent thought for about… idk… hours?

reading in bed with robert ‘bob’ floyd.