#I’ve been a fan of Chappell roan for like 3 years

[wewontbesleeping]

I miss being able to just listen to music and know absolutely nothing about the people who made it

[james-spooky]

this is a test

[numberonetacostan]

ONE HEADCANON FOR EVERY II CHARACTER!

Hello everyone!!!!!^^ For a little holiday season special, I’ve typed out a little headcanon for every character!!! By character I mean contestants + host + assistants!!!!! Sorry to all the Nick Le fans out there, he is not included. Since everyone is here, there are characters I may not know as well as my main roster, so if I get anything like, objectively wrong, feel free to let me know!!!^^ Please enjoy!!! (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ

Apple- Her favorite song is Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan. She doesn’t really understand the lyrics but she really likes ponies!!!! I also think she’d start misspelling her name as “Appell” pretty often after she finds the song. 

Balloon- The first thing Suitcase does with her prize money is buy him a poetry book. He is so very moved by this and writes her dozens of poems with various styles he sees in the book within a few days. He’d read from the book and his own works to Suitcase every night before they go to bed. Some others could join in for a nice bedtime story :). 

Baseball- Once, while the hotel was under construction, Baseball fell down the stairs. And then kept rolling. And rolling. And bouncing. And rolling some more. Overall it set construction back two weeks and Paintbrush broke their leg trying to help stop him. Baseball was banned from the hotel until the elevators were finished. 

Bomb- He can’t eat spicy food. As in he’s banned from eating spicy food. If he gets too hot, he can accidentally set himself off, so despite his claim that he has a great spice tolerance, he is not allowed anywhere near the hot sauce. He doesn’t complain about the ban anymore post-canon, too risky, yeah? 

Bow- She watches so very many makeup tutorials, but being a ghost, can’t practice any of it on herself. That is, unless she possesses someone, like Marsh who would be very easy to put makeup on relative to other objects!!! She’d probably get pretty good at it, after some time, and Marsh would have some lovely new eyeshadow looks every day! 

Knife- He has a longer ghost tail than Dough and Bow do, so I propose him wrapping said tail around people and things he likes!!! Wraps around Pickle when they’re standing next to each other, wraps around Suitcase’s handle when they’re together, etc.!!! He’d get rather flustered if anyone called him out on it. 

Lightbulb- Gives incredible hugs. Incredible. How does an object made of glass and metal give such cuddly, warm hugs? Nobody knows. Sometimes she’ll turn herself on during the hug to make it extra warm!! As long as the person she’s hugging closes their eyes, it really elevates the already sacred experience of a Lightbulb hug. Luckily for everyone else, she is always happy to give one!^^

Marshmallow- She’s still pyrophobic after having been burnt all those years ago. As a very flammable marshmallow, fire would be scary to her anyways, but after having been roasted it’s a whole other story. She’d rather freeze than get close to a fire, but that’s not a problem since there’s a certain fruit always willing to warm her up with a hug <3!!

Nickel- He became very, very, very nervous to give his apology to Suitcase after she blew up Cobs and ate his corpse. He was planning to apologize either way, but clearly Suitcase could absolutely obliterate him if she wanted to do so, which means this apology has to be quite good or else. He has a serious amount of respect for her now. An upgrade, I’d say. 

OJ- His favorite Pokémon is Charizard. It’s orange, it’s very popular, OJ loves it. I know Justin has made a list of the contestant’s favorite Pokemon, but I have not read it in a while so Charizard it is!!!

Paintbrush- Experiments a lot with their image after season 3, mostly by dyeing their bristles with paint!!! Lightbulb helps :3!!! And by helps I mean makes it silly and very fun. Maybe she puts a little dot between Painty’s eyes to give them a “nose”. I think they’d try a solid color first, then maybe a fade, and eventually dye the nonbinary flag into their hair!!! They slay it of course. 

Paper- Pickle once wrote “Property of OJ” on Paper’s back and he didn’t notice for three days. No one told him it was there. When he asked everyone why in the world they would not inform him they said it was because they all thought OJ had written it and he was keeping it because he liked it. OJ did not know why Paper avoided eye contact with him for a week that one time but he did not like it. 

Pepper- Hotel OJ head chef. Yeah you heard me. Let me cook by letting her cook!! Salt wouldn’t like cooking, too much work, so this is something Pepper could enjoy on her own!! And it would be the sole reason that OJ has not yet kicked Salt out of the hotel- if he does than Pepper might be too sad to cook, and with the depressingly low amount of hotel residents that can make food, and the even smaller amount who are willing to make enough food for everyone, they need her. And, if Payjay help out, they can spend more time with her and get to know and enjoy her presence without Salt ruining it!

Pickle- With some help from Tea Kettle and Pepper, he makes Knife a new Dora doll post-finale, since it vanished with the rest of the stuff made by MeLife. He lets Knife possess him if he wants to hug the doll, but it also gets possessed by Knife so he can hug Pickle. Ah shit sorry my Knickle got all over the headcanon dang it. 

Salt- I headcanon her as the only cisgender, straight, alloromantic (I think that’s the right term?) member of the cast. Basically the only one who isn’t queer at all. But uh an actual headcanon for the ~60 or so Salt fans out there, both she and Pepper sleep with those little hair bonnets on to keep their salt and pepper from falling out of their heads in their sleep. 

Taco- This one is fitting for the winter season!! Taco is afraid of snow. Like, straight up terrified. I think she would grab a bunch of blankets and hide in the vents of the mansion whenever it snows, so she can be inside of the inside, as far and safe from the snow as she can be!! Having been homeless for years, she’s had some miserable experiences with hypothermia after it snows, and now that she has a home to live in, she’ll be staying inside until all the snow has melted. 

Mephone- I think he should have a pet bug post-canon. A little beetle or something that just chills on his head and feasts on the many crumbs he gets on himself while he eats. An intelligent one, like Baxter!!! Since we know Mephone will be stepping up into the more ‘big brother’ sort of role for 3GS, I think the bug would be a good outlet for Mephone to talk about his more intense feelings, specifically revolving around Mepad and the contestants. I also think, following his very creative naming of the contestants, the bug would be named Buggy. 

Box- I think she would be an insomniac. After years and years of living in an empty, timeless void-space thing, she’d have a lot of trouble getting to sleep!! She’d definitely need the whole works, warm milk, cheese, lullabies, etc., etc., just to get to sleep, and even then she probably wouldn’t sleep for very long. A lot of nightmares on this one, yeah? 

Cheesy- I think he’d actually quite enjoy eating cheese, as long as it’s not a chunk like he is. He’ll eat nachos, pizza, mozzarella sticks, grilled cheese, etc., etc., but he will not eat cheese cubes. He’d make approximately 5 cannibal jokes every time he does this, and this average goes up to 8 if Pickle is around. 

Cherries- They give Toilet their old Mepad mask post-canon, to try and make him feel better. Toilet might hang out with them a bit more after this- they can do some drawing together!! The more prank-buddies, the merrier, yeah? 

Dough- He eventually did get the recording of Bow saying that he was her brother!! Was it a cut-off version of her denying it yet again (though this time more playfully than anything)? Yes. Does that make him any less happy about having it? No. 

Fan- Out of everyone, he’s the most upset about II ending, and wants to find a new special interest!! He’d try a whole bunch of things, games, music, movies, TV shows, art, and I think it would be funny if he settled on the ii-universe equivalent of Survivor, since it was such a big inspiration for II!! He’d also occupy himself with being very interested in whatever Test Tube is doing and cheering her on!!! Also being a good Dad to Bot!!^^

Microphone- Has, on occasion, accidentally had her volume button pressed in her sleep and woke not only herself but everyone in the vicinity up with her snoring. The first time it happens post-canon it takes her a half-hour to get a very startled and scared but very sleepy and confused Taco to come out from her hiding spot under the bed. 

Soap- Her soap is french vanilla and rose scented!!! She’d find her own scent rather pleasant, yeah? I think being empty for her would have a similar effect on her as it does on objects like OJ and Test Tube, though if she’s in a real pinch she will use her own soap to get clean!! Letting someone use her soap would be a sweet gesture of love/appreciation from her!!!

Suitcase- Balloon would write her a lot of poems once they’re back together post-canon, and she’d keep them all inside of her!! She’d keep a lot of special little gifts from important people inside of her. The stone that Knife set beside her the first time they spoke on the docks, a dried flower bracelet from Box, whatever suits her fancy! (Get it? Ge- ‘cause she’s a suitcase? okay ill leave).

Test Tube- I think she would make phones for everyone post-canon!!!^^ It’s a big island, yeah? And they really need to be able to contact each other in case of emergency, with them being able to truly die now. She could make a functioning rocket out of a vending machine, I fully believe she could make however-many functioning phones out of what she can find on the island. (Or even better, Mepple HQ. I think they all should loot it.)

Tissues- He likes coding :) I personally hate coding, because I sucked at it in school and never want to look at one of those evil “easy kids coding” websites ever again. HOWEVER coding is something he could still do while he’s feeling sick, most of the time!! And we have quite a few gamers living in the hotel, so it would be a great way for him to connect with others!!!

Trophy- He always enjoyed photography as a hobby, but very much threw himself into it after being freed from the elimination closet. After months of seeing nothing but the snotty closet walls, he had a lot more appreciation for scenic and natural photographs. He’d hang a lot of them on the wall of his room to look at as he sleeps, since the rooms don’t have windows. 

Yin-Yang- This one is from my partner @galacticrain!! Because I consider them my resident yin-yang expert^^ Yang isn’t actually gluten free, like he says in season 2 episode 5, he just knew that Yin would confess to the eating of Dough if he put any ounce of pressure on him to tell the truth. 

Mepad- Another cold weather hc! As a Mepple device, he doesn’t really get cold! However, during their first winter together, Toilet worries that Mepad has no winter clothing!!! He buys Mepad one of those super fluffy, pink cases. Mepad does not take it off for months, until his systems start to overheat because of it. 

Toilet- I think he would be rather curious about what having limbs is like. He wouldn’t be particularly upset about his own lack of limbs, just curious!^^ He would ask Mepad about his legs, (try to) ask Mephone about his arms, and maybe make a little doodle of himself with a lot of limbs. A biblically accurate Toilet, if you will.

Blueberry- I like to think his white eyes glow a bit. He functions best in pitch-black darkness, yeah? So imagine you’re walking in the dark and two white eyes are staring at you from the depths. He would love scaring people with it, I think. 

Bot- Hanging out with everyone post-season 3 finale and even more so post-canon, they discover that they really do love videogames, similar to what they told Cabby!! They would absolutely dominate in fighting games, and would main R.O.B. in Super Smash Bros.!!! A fellow robot with a 3 letter name? Sign them UP. 

Cabby- She is endlessly fascinated by how Taco’s arms work. They just…go back in? How? Could she pull them out backwards? Both on the same side? Could she reverse them? Taco does not know either, and the two of them spend a full day together just trying to figure out how they work. Cabby gets a lot of new info about them, and Taco in general, after that :). I’m projecting but I think Cabby would be curious too.^^

Candle- Her meditation training post-canon is what keeps like half the cast from losing their minds after everything that happens. She is very very much needed after… all that. Meditation would help her too, of course, in the way that it usually does, but being so helpful would probably make her feel better than that. 

Clover- She was once blown across the entire island because someone dropped a penny on the ground. It was a particularly shiny penny, though, and the year was one her many, many lucky numbers!!

Goo- My little fella!!! Uh obviously he and Bot would make comics together. They like to draw, he likes to write, it’s perfect!!!! They could help him condense his writing down into a comic format as well!!! They could also make fanart and fanfics together!!! Goo would be a shipper I think he already ships Silver and Painty if you sit that little guy down in front of Steven Universe he will explode. 

Lifering- With everyone losing their immortality post-canon, he quickly becomes one of the most popular among the contestants. Twisted your ankle? Go see Lifering. Migraine? Go see Lifering. Ate the mushrooms that Taco very clearly told you were poisonous? Hurry to Lifering!! He’s happy to be of so much help, but gives some long and rather informative lectures on proper safety checks. 

Silver Spoon- Fills his room with candles. Particularly purple ones. And ones scented with lavender and chamomile. He’ll go on and on about how much he loves candles. Particularly purple ones scented with lavender and chamomile. No one can tell if Candle is trying to politely turn him down or really hasn’t noticed. He progressively gets more and more obvious with his candle collection and nearly sets a building on fire. 

Tea Kettle- #1 Nickloon shipper. I’m serious. Whether they get together or not, she ships it. I don’t think she’d be pushy about it, insistent that they get together if they’re interested in other people, but… we know silly Nickel, always chasing a Balloon. And if he needs a little help catching it, TK will be there in a flash!!!! She’d make them a little romantic picnic complete with hors d’oeuvres! 

The Floor- My guy The Floor still visits Mephone almost daily post-canon. I really don’t see the guy being super upset or holding a grudge over Mephone having made him. He’s pretty cool, if he does say so himself!!^^ And they’re buddies, anyways, so Floory would want to check in on him after his abusive father killed everyone and then was exploded!!!! He might even befriend 3GS while he’s at it :).

[luciainthesky]

Introduction Post

Hi, Beatle People!

I’m not good with introductions, so here’s a little bit about me :)

• I’m a 21-year-old college student in the United States (studying to be a paperback writer lol)

•My favorite Beatle is John

•I got into the Beatles when I was in high school, although I’ve been a fan of them my whole life. My dad grew up in the 60s and passed on his memories of the British Invasion and some of his albums

• Top 3 albums: 1. Revolver, 2. Rubber Soul, 3. A Hard Day’s Night

•Favorite song: Rain

•I’ve seen both Paul and Ringo in concert!

•I’ve seen the Fab Four tribute band four times

•Other artists I like: Bob Dylan, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Supremes, The Monkees, Janis Joplin, The Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin, ABBA, Chappell Roan, RHCP, and Patti Smith

•I also like roleplaying, if that’s something that interests you.

Aside from Tumblr, I’m also on TikTok (missluciainthesky) and Discord: If you want to follow me on Discord, shoot me a DM :)

[autisticempathydaemon]

hi, i was hoping to do one of the redacted matchup thingies, they’re so fun :) I’M SO SORRY THIS IS A PAGE LONG AAAAGH

i’m just gonna lead with the miscellaneous stuff (WOW i spelled that without spell check. didn’t know i could do that.) i’m a young adult bi dude. apparently i’m quiet but snarky and people say my humor is very dry (i have a monotone voice and am Very Committed To The Bit.). i used to have really bad anger issues to the point that davey pre-character arc is more relatable than he should be (even though my parents are alive. they’re just shit). i try to dress kinda grungy? but also whatever’s cozy/comfortable and in neutral/dark colors (except red! i like red, my hair is dyed neon red) i used to have cptsd so bad i basically didn’t leave the house for two years. i think it was like agoraphobia or something? there were delusions in there too. i’m much better now though.

usually the kind of stuff i listen to is loud angry rock music (fave song is hysteria by muse) or slightly older pop music (florence and the machine, MARINA) but the last few days i’ve been on a newer pop kick and i’ve been playing “Good Luck, Babe!” by chappell roan on repeat and it makes me want to scream on a windswept seaside cliff during a storm. specifically the bit from 2:15 to ~3:10 in the song. i know it’s a banger when it makes me want to scream on a cliff or punch something.

INTP? is that an enneagram? (“you’re telling me a shrimp fried this rice?”-sounding sentence, sorry)

not really video essays but i love listening to someone summarize books i never plan to read (i like the ones by cari can read or lexi aka newlynova.)

i didn’t have an imaginary friend? i’m incredibly autistic + adhd so i was daydreaming constantly to a near maladaptive extent but i never had One Consistent Thing that i thought was real.

i have to mash my face into the pillow for a bit to decompress and then i can sleep how i normally do, sleeping on my side in a way that’s probably very bad for my shoulders. (i am an adult dude and i hold a stuffed bunny who i haven’t given a name every night to go to sleep. maybe ill name the bunny after whatever character you give me)

my name is stolen from the love interest of a YA steampunk novel (a young victorian gentleman who wears eyeliner), because his character description just fits me so well, as well as the name itself just looking cool written down

my fave audio is probably the smash bros tournament :D. it literally convinced me to buy the game lol

it’s a good thing i’m anonymous cause i just do not get the gavin or caelum hype. i’m too possessive to date an incubus/ someone who will fuck other people. and i hate children so caelum is just past my threshold for kid-esque behavior that i’m willing to deal with. i’m also really not a fan of the yanderes/evil ones. other people can go ahead and like them, they just stress me out more which is the opposite of what i want.

knives out :D. the detective movie

i would friend the HELL out of asher. i just wanna play games with the man that’s all i ask

i don’t really get food at gas stations but whenever i go to a cafe i am probably getting something strawberry related (lemonade, a smoothie, etc) and a breakfast sandwich

the playlist “songs to get obliterated by a black hole to” is my pride and joy. i fucking love space and sci fi (that’s the thing i’d ramble about too)

my guilty pleasure media is the official gender-swapped twilight (puts my head in my hands) I KNOW.

I sent an anon for matchup earlier (I mentioned a stuffed bunny) and said I didn’t know what an enneagram was and I just looked it up and did a quiz and apparently I’m type 6? Idk how accurate that is but there you go (also I’m sorry if I was trauma dumping/oversharing I was restless from being inside all day whoopsie)

I’m a sucker for a good black cat/golden retriever sort of pairing, you know? Tack that onto you being a Type Six, and I’ve just got to pair you with Huxley!

Type Sixes are characterized by a desire for stability and security, for dependability, and who’s more reliable than Huxley? This also works with your self-described possessive nature in that Huxley would be the best partner to never trigger that nature, to never make you doubt or toe your boundaries. I also love him for you because we know Huxley canonically is a calming, relieving presence in the face of anger and conflict, which makes him even more perfect for you! (Also I think your grunge fashion sense would contrast so cutely with his casual, gym-bro style.)

Huxley would be so fun to be with! He’s no Asher, but he’d be a great gaming buddy, happy to show you all the Smash tips and tricks for when he introduces you to his family. Speaking of family, Huxley’s moms would just adore you for making their son happy. I can see him taking you to the east coast to meet them and taking you on the hiking and camping trails of his youth. It’d be a lovely time of you showing him the stars and constellations at night and maybe even him finding a cliff for you to sing Chappell Roan off of.

Song:

And I hold you every night/ And that's a feeling I wanna get used to/ But there's no man as terrified/ As the man who stands to lose you/ Oh, I hope I don't lose you

It was so fun to look for a pop-rock song that would make you want to scream or punch something, and I hope this fits the bill. The first chorus extremely hits on top of being a beautiful love song, and I think it wouldn’t be out of place on a road trip with Huxley in the driver’s seat or by a gorgeous cliffside.

Runner-ups:

Aaron and Sam are your runner-ups for a lot of similar reasons. They both also have drier senses of humor, so I think you could vibe and hold to a bit with either of them. I headcanon both of them wearing red often (Sam, a red-checked flannel and Aaron, a red polo a la his thumbnails), so you could match. I also headcanon both of them actively wanting to be child-free, so you’d be compatible in that aspect. Aaron outranks Sam just slightly because I think he’d offer more stability and security given his occupation and Unempowered status.

Read this post and send me an ask if you’d like a match-up of your own! 💌

[gontagokuhara]

Just went on Instagram to look at more DR art (because tumblr won't let me see a lot of DR art for some reason) and saw hinanami discourse out in the wild which made me say, out loud, "oh, are we still doing this 💀"

Like idk if I've just aged out of the fandom (on Instagram) but just seeing that hinanami rant made me realize I've been spoiled by the DR community on Tumblr bc I'll scroll on here for 2 minutes and see a text post that will literally SHIFT my entire view of a character/ship and CHANGE my LIFE in just a small analysis that was probably written by op while they were on the toilet💀

Anyway it made me think of the post about Maki and Chappel Roan that I actually recited by memory out loud to my friend last night [gooning over wlw content together after watching Muriel's Wedding], And also that one post abt Monomi and Monokuma being Junko's satire of her own rivalry with Mukuro, and Junko not liking that her friends don't appreciate her fursona doing stand-up 💀💀 and like compare that to Instagram discourse and it's like "Komahina is stupid bc hinata isn't straight" like 💀

Anyway maybe it was the same on tumblr before [it probably definitely was] but now that I'm older I'm really appreciating mature convos/takes about danganronpa because good fanfiction/fanart/fan interpretations are truly adapting the story+characters in much better ways than the creators could ever imagine circa 2010 [pointy objects] [peaches and cream] [anything w/autistic nagito] [anything w/transmasc hajime]

number one rule of modern fandom experience (at the very least with media that has a propensity to draw Certain Crowds [looking especially hard at danganronpa and p5]) is CURATE YOUR OWN SPACE AND STRAY NO FARTHER ‼️‼️‼️ i personally escaped the early era dr fandom (pre v3 localization/the 2019 Danganronpa Renaissance) but time capsule posts tell me i dodged something of a bullet there ❤️ in that vein 2019/2020/covid era discourse was still crazy insane (<- was a part of it for sure LMFAO) but it had a much different Flavor than it did way back when. and the same is true of present-day: still a little kooky if you search hard enough (insta/tiktok/twitter/tumblr all have their own demons). but at least This go around i have largely avoided that by picking my people that i trust not to be Weird and just living in my own bubble wrt the dr fandom at large. and thats served me very well the past year+ since i got back into dr <3 and i have also seen MANY of those perspective-altering posts in that little curation circle that has deepened and made better my experience THE GOOD IS OUT THERE ‼️‼️‼️

THE JUNKO FURSONA POST ALSO LIVES IN MY BRAIN its so real and just one of many takes i’ve seen fly by in a post and been like This is so real and it’s mine now. many such cases <3 i follow people like that and simply block people expending energy on discourse i DOOOOOONT care about. like simply enjoy kmha (I SURE DO ‼️‼️‼️) if you like it and ignore hnmi/kmnmi if you dont (cant relate I LOVE YOU TOO HINANAMI + KOMANAMI ‼️‼️‼️) and live your life happy not angry ❤️

like re: maki lesbianism (which was written on the toilet no lie) she is The most lesbian of all time i could write 10,000 scholarly articles on her comphet + traumatic past of being made to hurt people keeping her from fully coming to terms with herself as a lesbian and as someone who wants to Protect the people she loves (an integral pillar of butchness!!!!!!!!) and it is so important to me. and MANY people disagree! and i simply just dont worry about it <3 but i DO think about the people that agree (and the people who i Influence to agree…..that makes me so happy to hear you talking about it with people :D) and that makes fandom FUN!!!!! not arguing over word of god or whatever that isn’t going to change anyone’s opinions anyway 😭

there is a LOOOOOT of good discussion and character/scene analysis and genuinely fun unique takes on tumblr (+ im sure other places but i rly only interact with dr on her & Occasionally by liking a twt post on my main) and that’s where i’ve made my niche <3 people having fun with the media they enjoy and trying to salvage its shortcomings and missteps because they love it!!

and putting little old Me up amongst the dr goats (transmasc hajime) (autistic nagito)………..framing this ask tbh the HIGHEST honor 4 me……..thank you my beloved cider as always KISS MWAH MWAH

[deadcactuswalking]

REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 07/12/2024 (Christmas Garbage)

If you were sick of me talking about Christmas-themed double A-sides from the incredibly long special feature earlier this week… I have bad news. There are two debuts and one of them’s Rudolph. Gracie Abrams is at #1 on the UK Singles Chart for a fifth week with “That’s So True”, otherwise, it’s all merriment so have a wintry welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

content warning: death

Rundown

Okay, so once we’re fully in the Christmas weeks, time isn’t real, structure is gone and we may as well have fun with it, so let’s start the rundown with the top five instead, and in reverse order, because why not? Gracie Abrams is at #1, sure, then we have “Last Christmas” by Wham! at #2, “APT.” by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars at #3, “Sailor Song” by Gigi Perez at #4, “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey at #5, and whilst we’re here, I won’t talk about all the Christmas gains simply for how many there are – just returns, new peaks and the top five – therefore shout out to Brenda Lee at #6 with “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”.

With that out of the way, let’s plunge right into holiday music, as in December, the rundown is “what came back?” and “what left?” nearly exclusively. We shall bid a very informal welcome back to the late Frank Sinatra’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” at #75, Justin Bieber’s “Mistletoe” at #66, Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)” at #62, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas” by Perry Como, the Fontaine Sisters, Mitchell Ayres and his orchestra at #60, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” by Darlene Love at #56 (one of my personal favourites), “Carol of the Bells” by John Williams at #53, “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter at #51 (not sure how that one snuck in the stocking, but it returned too), “Merry Xmas Everybody” by Slade at #50, “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” by… oh, don’t make say it – John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir – at #49, “I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday” by Wizzard at #46, “One More Sleep” by Leona Lewis at #45, “Wonderful Christmastime” by Paul McCartney at #44 and “Feliz Navidad” by José Feliciano at #40, as well as new peaks for last week’s Amazon originals, “Christmas Magic” by Laufey at #39 – she also has a new peak for “Winter Wonderland” at #24 – and “It Can’t Be Christmas” by Tom Grennan at #25. Oh, and our only notable gains outside of festivities are “The Days” by Chrystal at #38 because of new remixes, I’m pretty sure, I’ve yet to hear them, as well as “Messy” by Lola Young at #35.

So, what left to make room for all that? Well, most of it’s going to com back but you know the jist by now, no one new to this blog will read this of all episodes as a first read, but still: notable dropouts. UK Top 75. Five weeks. Peak in the top 40. ‘Tis what I cover, and ‘tis the season. This week, we bid farewell to “Juno” by Sabrina Carpenter, “St. Chroma” by Tyler, the Creator featuring Daniel Caesar, “labour” by Paris Paloma, “I Only Smoke When I Drink” by nimino, “Burning Down” by Alex Warren, “Heavy is the Crown” by Linkin Park, “Somedays” by Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D, “Close to You” by Gracie Abrams, “Move” by Adam Port, Stryv, Keinemusik, Orso and Malachiii, “Kisses” by BL3SS and CamrinWatsin featuring bbyclose – wow, all the EDM-pop ensemble casts exiting today – then “HOT TO GO!” by Chappell Roan, “I Had Some Help” by Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen and “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)” by Dasha. I could have easily missed some here, but if I did… I don’t know, go watch Spectrum Pulse, let’s talk about a reindeer.

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#72 – “Run Rudolph Run” – Mark Ambor

Produced by Mark Ambor, Parker Sundby and Alex Mak

If you didn’t like Amazon Music originals – I don’t either – how about “Spotify Singles”? No, this isn’t a dating site for Clairo fans, this is a series of singles Spotify has been pushing out for years, and this is the “Belong Together” guy’s recording of Chuck Berry’s jovial Christmas classic about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The original 1958 recording is a fun rock and roll ditty that is fully in Berry’s wheelhouse and features very high praise of Rudolph being the “mastermind” of the other reindeers, as well as some cute dialogue between Santa Claus and some stereotypical kids of the age. He also completely makes a reindeer up – “Randolph” is not usually included in the list, but I feel like Berry ad-libbed in an early take that was used as the final recording, and it just stuck. This version first charted in 1964, peaking at #36 whilst The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, a Christmas #1 I discussed in that last special episode, was topping the chart. It returned in 2019 and has thus far reached as high as #49 on the annual Christmas flush. This new version from Ambor is cute enough and you can tell a lot of fun was had recording it, but it may ramp up the bubblegum a bit too much with those coy backing doo-wop harmonies and a very gentle, faceless delivery that is really far away from Berry’s original, richer recording. Part of why old 50s and 60s Christmas music that sounds straight out of a Claymation special works is because of the warmth of their performers that can sell the charm of the ridiculous fantasy characters but not overdo the saccharine children’s story elements, which are always present but often not the focus since the songs are performed with some degree of subtlety or awareness. This is not, and that’s fine – neither is “Underneath the Tree” and I like that song – but this feels like pure bubblegum novelty instead of anything worth returning to over the original.

#55 – “Empty Out Your Pockets” – Juice WRLD

Produced by Nick Mira

For Christmas dinner, we’re feasting on a five year-old corpse. Whoever at Interscope in charge of Juice WRLD’s masters has pumped out a presumably final posthumous album, The Party Never Ends, compiled of mostly useless, demo-esque leftovers that have been scrapped together and “cleaned up” partly in post by Cashmere Cat, benny blanco, etc. with a few tracks just kept relatively untouched from their leaks. Given this is one verse and solely produced by Juice’s frequent collaborator Nick Mira, I assume this can be included in that, but it doesn’t make it particularly good, or give it any reason to justify its release. Juice had a knack for catchy freestyling, but there is no structure to this, I don’t think there ever was intended to be until the lines were punched in for a vaguely cohesive flexing verse that still derails into a repetitive bridge before returning to the copy-pasted chorus. It’s basically a recording of Juice doing word association fragmented together into a “song” over a decent enough piano-led trap beat. Clearly unfinished, clearly laying there and placed on the album with little effort for a late-year release, I’m just glad this newest record isn’t proving nearly as successful so maybe the dead man’s vault can stop being raided for so-called grails.

Conclusion

Let’s be real: who cares? What song’s better, everyone – posthumous Juice WRLD leftover slop or a milquetoast cover of a children’s song that a corporation made the guy record? Can I give any of this “Best of the Week”, really? If there even is a week to speak of, what’s the point of crowning the best of the two? It’s like choosing between foot-and-mouth disease and… it’s the Christmas chart in two weeks, no idea what’s going on next week if anything, but I’ll see you then.

[ohsc]

✨💖Positivity chain! List 5 to 10 things that make you smile and explain why! Then send this to others to let them know they make you smile✨💖

hi my lovely!! <333 i love this so much i looooove yapping AKDJWKFKR

1. movies/tv!!!! this is a more broad listing but i could fill all 10 slots with movies and tv shows i love lmfao, but i did acting and media classes for 5 years, and i plan to go to university for film studies, so it’s a huge passion of mine from an analytical and productive standpoint, but at the same time i LOVE fandom and consuming myself in media and fanfiction and fanart and edits and AAAGH i love it all !!! some of my favourite movies are juno, labyrinth, baby driver, tangled, jordan peele’s movies, hereditary, misery, pitch perfect, little miss sunshine, and soooo many more and some of my favourite tv shows are doctor who, supernatural, the walking dead, the society, chuck, new girl, friends, the haunting of hill house/bly manor, and i can’t think of anymore but i could yap about movies and tv forever !!!

2. music!!!! i cant go a day without listening to music, i either have my headphones on (i do constantly out of the house) or i have a really good cd player (i collect cds!!) and speaker system in my bedroom. some of my favourite artists are taylor swift, paramore, metallica, chappell roan, ethel cain, jeff buckley, deftones, searows, norah jones, adam melchor, mitski, billie eilish, and soooo many more

3. writing!!! feels obvious to say coming from a fanfic writer but i love writing so much, i’ve loved creative writing my entire life, it was always my favourite part of english lessons at school, i’ve been writing fanfic literally since i was like 12/13, it’s so so so so much fun i love it i have so many fanfics i just write for myself (i don’t post them bc they’re oc centric even though they’re spn)!!

4. fandom!!! i already touched on it but fandom is just so much fun. like. posters on my bedroom wall, having physical merch/media, connecting with people through fandom, fan content, it’s just so much fun and i love the space i have here on tumblr

5. my friends!!! i’ve always been a pretty lonely person irl, i lost friend groups a few times because of horrible situations, and so this is specifically targeted to the mutuals i have on here, it’s such a joyful time coming on here and connecting with my friends whether we talk every day or once in a while i love you so much i’m so grateful for everybody i talk to and interact with on here <333

[hookechoes]

hi amelia <3 11, 12, 23, 29, and 38?

11. Your last night out in detail

This is how lame/old I am: I literally cannot remember the last time I went out lmfao. It was probably before the pandemic, maybe the summer of 2019? I went to a gay club in the city with a few friends and got drunk and watched a drag show from the second floor railing. I danced with some girl I’d never met and never saw again after I went to the bathroom. Ran away from my friends to find cigarettes with another girl I’d just met. It was a great time lol

12. Your favorite book

I have several favorites, but I’ll narrow it down to three. My “classy lit” favorite is The Secret History by Donna Tartt; my “trashy but it made me insane and rewrote my brain chemistry and the way I write” favorite is IT by Stephen King; and my children’s book favorite is A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle.

23. Any upcoming concerts?

Unfortunately don’t have a lot of spare money right now, but honestly I’d love to see Chappell Roan at some point

29. Favorite style of clothing?

Literally anything comfortable. sweatpants and tshirts. A big fan of loose shirts and long swishy skirts and boots, but can also rock with a tank top+flannel and jeans like any redneck worth her salt

38. Experience you’ll never forget?

I love when I get asked a question like this because immediately every experience I’ve ever had completely vacates my brain. I’ve been a child sitting in a white room for 30 odd years.

Oh, okay, here’s one I will truly never forget: years ago I worked at [redacted] where I was a part time employee, but I’d been there several years and knew the place in and out. I even helped the full time people above me with some of their daily work when I had the time. I knew the customers and the staff and I really liked working there, and I was very good at it, I even trained other people in my position. So naturally when a full time position opened up, I applied for it. Didn’t even get an interview. The fucking guy that was hired was so monumentally bad at his job that I and other people in my position (all getting paid basically minimum wage with no benefits while he started at 14/15 an hour plus benefits) had to train him on how to read the FUCKING ALPHABET. I am not kidding. So yeah, I’ll never forget or forgive that boss for not even giving me an interview lol

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About Me

Hello, my name is Leah and I’m from California. I’m 19 years old. I’ve been a kpop fan since 2014 and I Stan most if not all groups. There are few idols I don’t like but they are very obvious choices like hy0na. I love making new friends and moots so don’t be afraid to dm me any time I promise I’ll get back to you asap.

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[ellecdc]

[🧺] congrats congrats congrats elle!!! 2000 is such a big milestone and it’s 100% well deserved!!

i know everyone is doing it, but i was hoping i could do match maker!

favorite color is definitely a hard one, but i’ve always been obsessed with purple (any shade i love em all!!) and definitely sage green and emerald green!!

favorite pass time has to be sleep. i get home from school, i sleep. i can sleep anywhere and everywhere. even if i’ve just woken up, get me in a comfortable position, wrap my blankets around me so i’m warm and i’m out in 2 minutes lmao. other things are reading, writing, listening to music, and driving around (while listening to music lol)!!

for shows i’ve been re watching supernatural (hence the sudden urge to write for sam and dean lmao), i like shadow and bone, bridgerton, criminal minds, derry girls, twd, and house of the dragon! as for movies, i’m a proud despicable me fan, i love the lorax, any tim burton movie but especially sweeney todd!

my favorite animal (one that i’ve been wanting for years but my mom won’t let me get) is a crested gecko, but i love cats, dogs (especially the italian greyhound. 100% the dog i’m getting when i graduate)

i know it’s not part of it, but my favorite music/bands are definitely pierce the veil, three days grace, 3 doors down, system of a down, hozier, and chappell roan!!

again, congratulations on 2000 followers, and i know we don’t talk as often as you do everyone else, but i cherish every time we interact and i’m glad we’re mutuals. i hope we both can go through more milestones together!! 🩷 (sorry it’s so long i love to yap about things i love lol)

hmmmm kk I'm going to give you Regulus and Barty.

You cannot tell me that Regulus wouldn't be fucking obsessed with Minions, are you kidding me? and some evil dude who gets accosted by cuteness and then just leans into said cuteness? Reggie coded fr fr. Barty would constantly be shouting "IM GOING TO STEAL THE MOON!!!"

Barty would totally feed into the sleepy time - second classes are ending, he's dragging you to the dorms for snuggles and snoozes. Regulus would roll his eyes fondly but spend his time reading while you slept (and maybe a cheeky nap cuddled up to you from time to time).

your music gives me Reg vibes but the shows scream Barty (Reg would also love Bridgerton, Criminal Minds, and Sweeney Todd)

thanks for your sweet words <3 <3

[sometimesalien]

sometimesalien's top 10 albums

hey everyone, sorry for being inactive again, life has been mega crazy so instead of a really well thought out post i’ve been thinking about my top 10 albums of all time (well more like released in the last six years) so here we go. none of these are in order, they are just my top 10. 

Wasteland, Baby! - Hozier (2019)

First time I heard this album it felt like I was floating the entire time. How it changes throughout with no two songs sounding the same but the message carrying through overall. The title track is by far the best one off the album. Wasteland, Baby! is definitely the one I reach for the most because, well…

Unreal Unearth - Hozier (2023)

I listened to this so much I became so obsessed with the idea of the circles of Hell and Dante’s Inferno that I bored anyone who would listen about it. There are so many little references and so many little quirks that mean I have to listen to it fully every time I listen, like I cannot stop halfway through and then carry on. The attention to detail is just incredible.

the record - boygenius (2023)

Summer 2023 in one album. I was lucky enough to see them on tour and it changed my entire perspective on life. Sad girl summer was the prologue to Brat summer this year. Aside from the tour, the whole thing is just an insane journey of friendship and caring about people and encouraging them to carry on in life. 

Trench - twenty one pilots (2018)

Trench my beloved. Trench is love, Trench is life. Trench makes the world go round. It’s like an eargasm every time I listen to it. The songs are just impeccable, the mixing, the drums, the lyrics, all of it. It got me through a tough period of my life. Leave the City remains the best closing track they have ever put out in my opinion. (happy birthday trench <3)

Hypersonic Missiles - Sam Fender (2019)

I first listened to Hypersonic during lockdown and I think it was ultimately what got me into politics and what influenced me to try to change the world in some way. The way that Sam Fender writes such poetic lyrics and puts them to tunes that sound right, and then can bring that into stadiums and festivals and not change the essence of them, amazing. 

My Soft Machine - Arlo Parks (2023)

I have never met another Arlo Parks fan irl and it actually hurts. There’s just something about the way her voice flows and sounds that just immediately makes me want to hear more. My Soft Machine is such an eclectic mix of songs and every time I listen to it I wish I could listen to it again for the first time. It reminds me of summer, of those final weeks of happiness before moving on to do bigger things. Dog Rose supremacy. DOG ROSE SUPREMACY.

The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan (2023)

I once had a drunken conversation with a friend of a friend about TRAFOAMP and a few weeks later I was at a pub quiz and a friend and I fought over the quiz answer sheet because Red Wine Supernova came on and we both knew the answer and wanted to write it down. It’s fun, gay, and creates such a sense of community. I have forced so many people to listen to it, and every person has loved it. If I ever want to dance around my room to something, I put it on. 

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers (2020)

It’s easy to say that Phoebe’s voice is incredible but I would say she has the voice of a generation. It’s not often I go a whole day without hearing snippets of her voice on social media, but her soft vocals throughout the album move me every time. The variety in the album too, going from Kyoto to I Know The End and all the songs in between. It’s a timeless album.

Prelude to Ecstacy - The Last Dinner Party (2024)

I looped this album over and over and over whilst on a train journey and every song sounded so incredible and so unique and the crescendos were amazing. I love how the band performs, with complete theatrics and aesthetics that you don’t see as much with bands nowadays. 

Clancy - twenty one pilots (2024)

My most anticipated album of the year and it didn’t disappoint. I listened to the whole thing with my partner and I wrote notes on how each song made me feel and how the lore was going down. I screamed at the end of Paladin Strait and my housemate was so startled he asked if I was ok. It feels like every time I listen to it I discover something else about it. 

Let’s be honest, this list will change in a week and something new will drop. We shall see what happens, but as of today, this is it.

[mind-empty-just-fictional-people]

about me

basics

- main blog - @jacklesbrainworms

- my pronouns are she/her

- i’m a part of the lgbtq+ community

- i’m twenty

- current (arguably unhealthy) obsessions: eric kripke’s “the boys”, jensen ackles, pete davidson

- i like making very specific playlists

movies/shows i like (in alphabetical order—— ⭐️ means i’m a diehard fan, 🫀 means i’ve been a die hard fan for 3+ years)

- back to the future ⭐️🫀

- bob’s burgers ⭐️

- bojack horseman

- the boys ⭐️

- breaking bad

- brooklyn nine-nine ⭐️🫀

- child’s play/chucky

- community ⭐️🫀

- criminal minds

- dc (hbo’s harley quinn cartoon ⭐️, my adventures with superman, smallville, dark knight trilogy, battinson, etc)

- die hard

- friends

- good omens

- gossip girl ⭐️

- insidious

- it (+anything stephen king) ⭐️

- marvel (+everything chris evans ⭐️🫀)

- modern family

- new girl

- the office

- parks and recreation

- stranger things

- supernatural (+anything jackles & misha) ⭐️

- watcher (ryan bergara & shane madej) ⭐️🫀

artists/bands i like (in alphabetical order—— ⭐️ means i’m a diehard fan, 👩‍🎤 means i’ve seen them in concert, 🫀 means i’ve been a die hard fan for 3+ years and i’d sell a kidney to see them in concert)

- ac/dc

- almost monday 👩‍🎤

- ariana grande ⭐️🫀

- billie eilish

- blackbear

- bob seger

- bring me the horizon 👩‍🎤

- bruce springsteen

- chappell roan ⭐️

- charlie puth

- dove cameron

- the driver era 👩‍🎤

- dua lipa ⭐️🫀

- emeline

- emlyn

- fall out boy ⭐️👩‍🎤🫀

- fletcher ⭐️🫀

- harry styles ⭐️🫀

- imagine dragons

- jonas brothers

- lølø

- madison beer ⭐️👩‍🎤🫀

- maisie peters ⭐️

- mckenna grace ⭐️

- nate feuerstein (nf)

- nessa barrett 👩‍🎤

- niall horan ⭐️🫀

- nirvana

- olivia rodrigo ⭐️🫀

- one direction ⭐️🫀

- panic! at the disco

- precious pepala

- radio company ⭐️

- sabrina carpenter

- shawn mendes ⭐️🫀

- taylor swift

- twenty one pilots ⭐️👩‍🎤🫀

- zolita ⭐️