#I'll miss you iron maiden

[anderson-the-watchdog]

@eyeballcommander hey so it's been 6 hours I think. Probably. I don't know I kind of conked out... That's 12 desserts for me! Now come pick me up please, aching for bed!

[choke-me-joey]

Eddie Munson x fem metalhead cheerleader

Summary: Based on this - how Eddie met his not so typical cheerleader girlfriend and a little exploration of their relationship.

Content warning: 18+ content minors DNI, smoking, underage drinking, drug use, swearing, flirting, smut.

AN: there is a scene in this based on a ✨️video✨️ i had sent to me by a beautiful anon and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. If you want the link you can find it on my page or message me and I'll try to send it!

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Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 5

Chapter 4

The following Tuesday, after practice and your homework, you'd driven over to The Hideout to see the famous Corroded Coffin play to their crowd of regular drunks. You parked your car in the lot, getting out and straightening out your cropped Iron Maiden shirt. You'd paired it with some shorts and fishnets, as well as your Docs and your jacket which, courtesy of Eddie, now had a WASP pin resting proudly on the lapel.

You made your way into the, quite honestly, dump of a bar, impressed that you didn't even need a fake ID to get in. You grinned when you saw Corroded Coffin setting up on the small stage and made a beeline for your friends and your....Eddie.

"What's up, rockstars?" You smile, giving Eddie a cheeky pinch to the butt as he was bent over with his back to you sorting out his peddle. He angled his head to look at you, and nearly keeled over at the sight of your outfit. He recovered, standing up to hug you.

"Now this just isn't fair, sweetheart, gonna be playing our set with a fucking boner," he groans into you ear, making you giggle. He subtly kissed your head.

"Holy shit you actually came!" Gareth said, grinning at you from behind his drum kit. "Eddie said you might not make it because of practice."

"Like I'd miss the infamous Corroded Coffin live in concert," you gesture to the homemade banner behind them. "I'm excited!"

"You're probably the only one in the audience who is," Jeff laughs, glancing over the few people who had come to the bar to watch them play.

"Well, just remember who your biggest fan was in the early days, yeah?"

"Of course, sweetheart," Eddie winks at you and you have to wrestle down the urge to kiss him, not knowing how he felt about your...whatever this was between you being made super public yet. You instead settle on shooting him a wink and going to get yourself a drink whilst they finished setting up, patiently waiting for their set to start.

You were surprised when the bartender handed you a beer, apparently Eddie had sorted you with a drink before you'd gotten there, and again that meant nobody was checking your ID. You said nothing, taking your beer and sitting at a table close to the stage where you had a good view and Eddie could definitely see you.

The band start their set and you're completely blown away. Not only are they actually pretty damn good, the way Eddie carries himself on stage is incredible. He's confident, charismatic, nothing new there, but he eludes this sexy rockstar attitude that makes your pussy clench as you watch him. He plays with an energy that should be for 80,000 people not just 0.01% of that.

You watch his skilled fingers running up and down the frets, effortlessly playing chords without even glancing down. And when he sang, god your heart skipped a beat. His voice was the perfect mix of soft melodic singing and raw yells and shouts. They played a mix of covers and their own songs, their musical influences clear in those original pieces. Your favourite so far had been their rendition of Paranoid by Black Sabbath, and a song called Shallow Grave of their own. You had screamed and shouted and applauded, probably too enthusiastically really, but you didn't care. They were good, and Eddie was hot.

As the notes of another original song, Strangers in the Dark, came to an end, Eddie spoke into the microphone.

"We're going to change things up a little bit now folks, with a new cover dedicated to a very special person who happens to be our number one fan. This one's for you, airhead." He shot you a smirk and you grinned back at him, your cheeks flushing. "Sing along if you know it, maybe even dance a little if you're drunk enough."

The opening notes of Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks, but with a Corroded Coffin touch, began to play and your jaw dropped. You fucking loved this song, and your mind and heart race when you remember you had told Eddie that, probably about 3 weeks ago when you'd first started speaking properly, only mentioned it briefly when he'd seen the tape of Bella Donna sticking out of your bag.

He'd...learnt this, for you? Made his band learn this for you without even knowing if you'd ever come to one of his shows?

It's a good thing you were sat down because your knees felt stupidly weak.

"Just like the white wing dove, sings a song sounds like she's singing, ooh, ooh, ooh," Eddie croons; his voice could have brought tears to your eyes. He wasn't playing guitar for this, cupping the mic in his hands in a way that should have been illegal.

You sit in your seat, singing along, watching as a few drunks get up to dance, mostly middle aged women who look as if Stevie Nicks is their lord and saviour.

"Come on honey, your boyfriend is singing this for you! You gotta dance!" One of the Stevie-ites grabs your hand and tries to pull you up to dance.

"Oh, I cant-" you start, feeling a little embarassed. Ridiculous really, seeing as you were in front of two entire high schools nearly every week dancing and cartwheeling and splitting. Why the fuck was dancing in front of Eddie making you shy?!

You catch Eddie's eye as you're dragged onto the small dance area in front of the stage, the woman lets go of your hand to do her own Stevie style twirl, and you laugh, doing the same when she encourages you to do so. You glance up at Eddie and he grins back at you, still singing away as he pulls you up onto the small stage, twirling you around. You stay next to him, wrapped in his arms as the band finishes the song. When the last note plays, Eddie grabs you and you kisses you hard on the lips and you wrap your arms around his neck, the small crowd whooping and cat calling as you break apart, both of you panting and grinning like fools.

"You're amazing," Eddie says breathlessly, looking into your eyes.

"Me?! I'm not the one who just turned Stevie Nicks into a bad ass metal anthem! You gotta record that, you...you're incredible!" You pant, your face starting to hurt with how much you're smiling. You run one finger down his chest whilst looking up at him through your lashes. "How much longer is the set, rock star?"

Eddie swallows hard.

"Uh, th-three songs."

"Perfect, I'll be waiting by your van when you've packed up." You shoot him a sexy smirk, pecking his lips once more and hopping off the stage to watch the rest of the set.

*

True to your words you were waiting, leant up against the side of Eddie's van as he finished loading up his equipment.

"So, I've been thinking, that bed you've got in there?" You gesture to the back of the van. "Super fucking comfortable, perfect for laying down after a successful show, don't you think?"

"While every fibre of my being is going to hate me for saying this, Y/N-"

"Who said anything about sex?" You cut him off and he looks at you, confusion etched on his face. "Just wanna show you how appreciative I am that you learned a song for me, very cute by the way."

"Well, I have been known to be pretty cute," Eddie grins, letting you pull him into the back of the van, kicking the door shut. He grunts, letting out a breathless laugh as you push him onto his back and straddle him, pushing his shirt up his stomach. "Hey, you know you don't have to do anything you don't want to, right?"

"What about if I want to?" You smile, rocking your hips experimentally against him. Eddie groans, fingers biting into your hips. You lean down and kiss him, tongue immediately finding his. Eddie's hands travel from your hips to your ass, squeezing it softly at first, then harder as your kisses grows deeper and more desperate. You pull away from the kiss, sitting back on your heels and your hands hover over his belt buckle. "Can I?"

"Yeah, yes, shit, you can do anything you want to me right now, sweetheart." Eddie groans as you undo his belt, your hand ghosting over the bulge in his jeans. Once his jeans are also undone, he helps you by lifting his hips so you can pull his jeans and boxers down to his mid thigh. You can't help the gasp that leaves your mouth as his cock springs free, slapping his lower stomach.

"Holy...what the fuck, Eddie?!" You laugh, unable to process what you're seeing. He's big. And not just big, but thick too. Uncut, with a delicious thick vein running along the underside of his cock. His balls are - is it weird to say perfect?- big and round and your mouth salivates at the sight. Would you even be able to wrap your hand around him? Swallow him down? Would your cunt stretch enough to accommodate him? Your brain buzzed with arousal.

"Not really something I go around showing off," Eddie chuckles, hissing as you attempt to wrap your hand around him, slowly stroking him. You pull back his foreskin to expose the head of his cock, the same beautiful shade of reddy purple as his lips, and you watch in fascination as a small bead of precum blurts out and over your fingers. "Shit, Y/N, your hand feels so fucking good."

"I haven't even done anything yet," you giggle, moving a tiny bit faster, your other hand gently cupping his balls. You make sure he's looking at you before you let a glob of spit fall from your mouth onto the head of his cock, using it to lube his shaft for your hand to glide easier along it. Eddie fucking whimpers, whimpers, at that, his head dropping back onto the pillow beneath him.

"Fuck, babe, you're fucking...you're a dream."

"A wet one, I hope?"

"You're...everything. God the amount of times I've thought about this, about you...Jesus, how are you fucking real?" Eddie sighs as you work your hand over his cock faster, the mix of your spit and his precum making it easier. "Can I...fuck, can you take your shirt off? And...and put my jacket on?"

He prayed silently that you'd agree, it was all he'd been able to think about for about 3 weeks. You smile, nodding, taking off your shirt. Eddie almost blows his load there and then. Not only were you braless, but you also had your fucking nipples pierced, the two silver bars winking at him in the dim lights streaming in from the car park. You send him a knowing smirk briefly letting go of his cock to grab his previously discarded jacket and slip your arms into it, the leather cool and somewhat a little sticky against your damp skin.

"How do I look?" Your voice is low and sultry, laced with arousal. The throb between your legs is almost unbearable now, and you grind your crotch against his leg for some relief.

"Like every wet dream I've had since I was 13," Eddie groans as you spit on his cock again. "Shit, never thought you'd be so..."

"So what?" You challenge with a smirk, one eyebrow cocked as you continue to jerk him off.

"Jesus, so fucking...filthy." Eddie gasps as you run your other thumb over the slit of his cock, gathering some precum on the digit and sucking it into your mouth. You exaggerate a moan, this was purely for him right now but he did taste really fucking good. "Shit, gonna cum soon, don't stop baby."

"Not going to Eds, want you to make a mess all over me." You push the jacket off of your tits so he can clearly see them. Your free hand pinches one of your nipples, making you moan and grind down onto him again, a whimper leaving your mouth.

"Jesus fuck!" Eddie grunts, his cock twitching in your hand as he cums, streaking your tits, stomach and a little bit of his own jacket with thick white ropes. You stroke him through it, letting go of his thick cock when he starts to hiss in discomfort. "Fuck, princess, easy, easy," he lets a breathless laugh as you scoop up some of his cum off your tits with your finger, popping it into your mouth and sucking it off. "Jesus H Christ."

"I prefer Y/N." You grin, letting out a squeal as Eddie pins you down onto the floor of the van, kissing you hard. His hand wanders to the button of your shorts. "Hey, don't worry about me, handsome. This was all for you."

"You sure? I want to." Eddie's eyes flick to yours and you smile.

"I know, and believe me I really want you to but I have to get home, school night and all that." You sigh and Eddie groans, dropping his head to your shoulder. "My fingers will just have to do tonight."

Eddie groans even louder.

"Shit, Y/N, that isn't fair."

"Relax, Eds, my parents are away this weekend, so I'll have that big, empty house all to myself. You wanna come over and protect poor little old me?" You put on a fake pout. Eddie smirks.

"And by protect you mean-"

"Fuck my brains out until I can't fucking walk and make me scream so loud the neighbours will know your name? Yeah, that's what I meant." You giggle, pecking his lips softly.

"Oh, I'll be there baby, I'll protect you so hard, don't you worry."

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[satureja13]

It was late when Kiyoshi and Jeb came home after the Valentine's Desaster. After they'd met Sai and Jack at the market, they went over to work on their secret project. Jeb's plan had been to leave their home to be out of the way and to not upset Saiwa and Jack with their presence. Their intentions were good, and if Jack and Sai hadn't cought them together, it would even have worked. Kiyoshi is sneaking around the houses to Jack's shop to make some cheese (as Noxee requested). Hopefully no one sees him this time.

Even though it's painful to see how Jack had reacted when he saw him, Kiyoshi can understand him and Saiwa. They had a lot to endure because of him. How is he ever supposed to make it up to them? It's his fault that Saiwa and Jeb avoid each other for days now. All because they wanted to help him. Kiyoshi hopes that Saiwa never finds out that Kiyoshi's mind wasn't as far away as they thought during their fake relationship. He remembers everything...

And as much as he appreciates Vlad and Jeb's help and comraderie - and them being by his side - he can't ask this of them. It only deepens the gorge between all of them. He has to talk to someone and ask if he can leave, so Jack can heal in peace. He will only upset Jack when they stay here together.

What advantages does it have to be a diety if he can't even help his closest friends? All the sacrifices he made to be able to fulfill his duties for the Temple and the Resistance - futile. He messed up his relationship with his fated mate Jack and even had to betray Vlad to the Council. He can't go on like this. Dtui isn't allowed to have any contact to him but he has to talk to someone. How is he supposed to live with this guilt? He's tempted to go back into the Tree but his friends would keep on trying to get him out there again and this would only cause them more and more pain...

Every second they spend here together is painful for all of them. Kiyoshi is also aware of that Jack is avoiding the Temple to let Arturo treat his pain. He's glad that Ji Ho helps him so much (and Kojin) but Ji Ho can only ease Jack's pain. He's not able to heal it. The pain is caused by their breakup. And it's impossible to be cured as long as they are divided...

Kiyoshi also made a label for his cheese. The name of his brand will be 'Moonchild'. He'd seen a lot of full moons during the decades he'd spent in the Tree. These were the hardest times for him because that was when he missed Jack the most. His Moonchild 🐺

'And if you try to save your soul I will torment you, you shall not grow old With every second and passing breath You'll be so alone your soul will bleed to death

Moonchild, hear the mandrake scream Moonchild, open the seventh seal Moonchild, you'll be mine soon child Moonchild, take my hand tonight

For all the sins you will commit You'll beg forgiveness and none I'll give A web of fear shall be your coat To clothe you in the night A lucky escape for you young man But I'll see you damned in endless night'

Moonchild - Iron Maiden (Link above leads to a live performance since there is no official MV. I started to listen to Iron Maiden back in the 80s and they are still pure magic for me.)

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[kingsmoot]

I would like to please here about the TheonAsha sex please.

your wish is my command i've been dying to talk about it. halfway through writing this i got:

so no less than two (2) people want my scroll unrolled.

i'll start by explaining why it will never happen in canon and why it shouldn't, since that's the first thing i said in my reply:

theon's pursuit of "esgred" and asha's sexual humiliation and assault of him throughout acok is evidence of theon's failure as a greyjoy, and of their total familial disconnect.

theon doesn't recognize asha. doesn't know the names of any of the captains of the iron islands or their ships. doesn't notice the locals paying deference to their princess. he's totally willingly blind to his environment and to his sister.

asha, in turn, is disconnected enough from this young stranger that she propositions him, humiliates him, and assaults him. because he is not her little brother, he is just some wolfbrained greenlander.

i'll let someone else summarize this more concisely:

^ managing monsters by marina warner, screenshot originally posted by @/amourdoloup

which, of course, is why when they reunite in adwd

this is what i meant about theon's arc having what could be a sound and narratively satisfying conclusion in adwd. after spending all of agot and acok in denial and in willful ignorance of his own identity, the old gods gave him back his name. asha is not a stranger to him anymore, nor is he to her. he knows who he is. he knows his name.

interestingly, i think this is a great narrative parallel to cersei and jaime, who are convinced they are one soul in two bodies, totally inseparable, both the warrior and the maiden, as familial as it gets, but who ACTUALLY do not know one another at all. and i think their narrative arc will conclude similarly, when this inability to truly recognize one another is destroyed and they die in one another's arms. but that's neither here nor there.

ok. theon and asha. BEAUTIFUL. we love it. a masterpiece as always. george, i owe you my life.

however,

under the cut for rape and sexual assault and consensual rape kink at the end and also thramsay mentioned and also nsfw text

as to why i started shipping it this is very simple i thought asha pretending to be a rando named esgred to assault her baby brother was hot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i thought it was hot before the asha reveal and i thought it was way hotter afterwards

i would lurve for them to have fucked during acok before theon left to go conquer da norf BUT

(a) i don't think if asha had propositioned him again that theon would have taken her up on it. he's very sensitive to humiliation and very prickly about being talked down to, especially by his family who he is already pissed did not miss him while he was away. i actually think asha does proposition him again in the great hall when she grabs his penis and he immediately flushes with rage at the invasion. he is no longer open to fucking her because she is seeking to (and succeeding at!!) belittle him, and he cannot tolerate that. but i think if he hadn't raged out on her she would've been down.

(b) i think if they HAD fucked (and i use that word v broadly here so like any version or degree or base of "hooking up". like if they had gotten physical in some way that involved mutual erotic and sexual pleasure) before theon left, he would have gone with asha when she stopped by winterfell to call him a pathetic failure and offer him a ride home. i think it (hooking up) would have been enough to either convince him that she did care for him (even if only as a lover and not as a big sister) or engender an affection for her in him that would have been greater than his pride. i think what makes theon stay at winterfell when all hope is clearly gone and what makes him scrap his one chance at survival/rescue is that he resents asha for being a better more desireable heir than him. while being a woman!!! so he lets her leave him even though he knows it means his death. because he will not concede to be coddled by her. just part of the relentless pride and arrogance that dooms him 🖤🖤🖤

why would i have loved for them to hook up during acok even though it would not work narratively? because it would be hot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i don't want or need this to happen in canon i can just enjoy and produce one shot fanfiction

the latest room in my mind palace is one in which while they're stuck snowed in at stannis' camp asha coaxes theon into playing the aggressor in her rape kink fantasy and she does this with sweet sisterly motivations of sexual healing

this is also just because i think it would be hot

like theon has been gang + solo raped and tortured in a shipping container for upwards of a year. i think it would be affirming and validating for his first consensual sexual experience after all that to allow him to play aggressor. and asha likes playing victim in her rape kink, like... it writes itself.

this is too cutiepie honeybunch to be canonically plausible but that is ok with me i don't need george to write it i can write it myself!! i hate all his sex scenes anyway so this is much preferable (also unsurprising that a 70yo straight man has a different concept of The Erotic than i do. i forgive him for making me read all that shit.)

ummmmmmm i also like the idea of someone restoring theon's confidence enough that he would put his shortened fingers inside of them AND I WOULD LIKE THAT PERSON TO BE ASHA. again too cutiepie honeybunch to ever happen but perhaps jon snow will pull through in this regard I'M SURE WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN TWOW DROPS THIS YEAR

[octuscle]

Hi support, reckon you could help me win this Halloween contest? The person with the biggest transformation whose costume is most unlike themselves wins. I’m a lanky, nerdy long haired guy, if that helps.

Dude, I'm ambitious. I'd like to win that contest, too. I'll send you a costume. Be sure to put it on at home before you go to the party. And activate the costume in your apartment. I'll send you the appropriate preset, all you have to do is click "Activate".

The evening of October 31. Lanky. Nerdy. Long-haired. You doubt a bit that a leather cap can change that. You put it on. And you look really silly in it. So you click on "Activate".

Poof! Lanky? Instead of 6'5", you're now only 5'7". But you weigh 45 pounds more. Almost 220 pounds! Pure muscle mass! You are a beast! You just want to do a double biceps pose…

Bang! Nerdy? The Iron Maiden t-shirt is stretched over your muscular chest. The leather jacket smells of pure masculinity, fits like a glove and feels great. The same goes for the leather jeans. Your cock forms a huge bulge…. And your reflection is mirrored in your cool sunglasses. Wow! Yeah! That's how you imagined it. Boots might still be missing. And what's the hole in the back of the leather pants for?

Piff! Long-haired? Your head is bald. Completely hairless. You take off your cap and run your hand over your scalp. Feels great. But kind of weird… Not like skin… More like… Leather? "Nice" you say. And a snake's tongue comes out of your mouth. What the hell?!?!? Well, that's the cue…. Bang! Poof! Puff!

Ah! The hole in the leather pants was for your tail… And you don't have boots, because your muscular legs both end in horse hooves. And the horns on your forehead make you… Horny! Okay, you smell a bit like sulfur… But the first prize should still be safe for both of us!

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7, 9, 19, 26 for thr music ask if you will?

7. Favourite album(s) - I've listed my top 5 several times on here, so maybe it'll be more interesting to add some others:

Kamelot - Silverthorn; although Haven is my favourite, this one is just perfect from start to finish, including the bonus tracks

Lacuna Coil - Black Anima; I swear, even after 30 years they still get better with each album. Maybe it's because of the change of Andrea's vocal style. I don't know.

Delain - April Rain; can't forget that one

Ad Infinitum - Chapter II: Legacy

Amaranthe - The Nexus, although it's a tie between it and The Catalyst for now

There are several others, classics like Iron Maiden's Somewhere In Time and Judas Priest's Painkiller, but I have to end the list somewhere... :D

9. Favourite concert I've attended - hmmm, that would be the Kamelot concert in Sofia in 2022, partially because I missed their last coming to Bulgaria before the pandemic and wasn't really sure if I'd have the chance to see them again. And when the opportunity came so soon, you know the spirits were high! The Lacuna Coil one from last year in Imola, Italy was also special, because of the very homely atmosphere.

19. Favourite song with colour in the title - Under Grey Skies, also Nightmare's Red Marble & Gold has been stuck in my head for the last few days.

26. Song I relate to: I'm not sure if I can explain it well but I relate to a lot of my all-time favourites HOWEVER, it's usually only partially. For example, the aforementioned Under Grey Skies - I usually find it difficult to convince myself that everything will be fine when dealing with something difficult - so although I can't always relate to this mentality, I like the "there's hope no matter if you think so, trust me" message. It is calming to me. With that said, I'll put Delirium by Epica here, because of the way the lyrics go from melancholic to optimistic, back to pessimistic and then to hopeful again.

[maxiscoolongg]

Teenage dirtbag.

💕:Vance hopper

Warnings: this is baser off the song 'Teenage dirtbag' as a Vance x reader thingy, nicknames, that's pretty much it.

:NO ONE POV:

Her name is y/n. She is a pretty popular girl to be honest, Vance on the other hand total teenage dirt bag but that doesn't stop him from having a dream about her,

Y/n is in class writing down notes as Vance took glances of her every so often, they have gym class in half an hour which y/n is the worst at. Vance find it kinda of funny when they are playing dogeball and everyone targets her, Vance doesn't think y/n knows he he is, and she doesn't a damn about him. Because he's the biggest teenage dirtbag you can meet. However he happens to know y/n and him have similar music taste which is weird

Her boyfriends a dick though. Once he brought a gun to school to protect her, and he simply try to kicks his ass if he knew, he trys to not know who Vance is because he doesn't give a damn about him.

"She doesn't know what she's missing, oh yeah she doesn't know what she's missing!"

He's feeling like mold. It's prom night and you dumped your boyfriend and Vance is lonely. Lo and behold she's walking to him? 'This is fake.' He thought it must be fake! His lip starts to shake, how does she know who Vance is? She didn't care she never noticed him...

"I've got two tickets to iron maiden.. please come with me on Friday! Don't say maybe.... I'm just a teensge dirtbag, Vance, like you"

Y/N said smiling slightly holding two tickets infront of her. "I‐ umm.. sure I'll go with you. But! Don't be weird" Vance said as y/ns smile grew bigger as she put her hand out as a slow dance started. Vance rolled his eyes taking her hand as the walked onto the floor and started dancing.

As the were dancing the made eye contact for a while and bam. They kissed, Vance had been waiting for this moment his hole life sense the 4th grade.

"No he doesn't know what his missing..."

[desperadosofficial]

what music/games do you all listen to

Doc here. The rest of the crew is out on operations and Carl is in surgery for the fifth time this year, so I'll answer you. Sorry 'bout the delay.

Mistral likes Arch Enemy a lot. I didn't really take her for a death metal gal, but hey, what do I know. She listens to a lot of New Wave, too. She LOVES Blondie and got me and the guys (except Sundowner) into Joy Division. Mistral also listens to a lot of film scores to wind down, especially Gladiator and Blade Runner.

As for games, I know she's a big fan of older action games, the older Resident Evils, Quake and Doom and whatnot. Talks a lot of shit in fps forums.

Monsoon is...something. Handing him the aux when we go out is like a game of auditory Russian roulette. He could put on some Ros Sereysothea from when he was a kid. He could play nothing but Die Antwoord. He could play 70's Queen. He could play incoherent electronic sounds until you scream at him.

He's the biggest gamer out of all of us, his favorites are DMC and Bayonetta. He's competing in the Wii Taser Boxing tournament with Sundowner and I now, and if he wins, we'll be hearing about it for the next six months.

Sundowner is a simple man. He likes rock, country, and that's about it. We have a lot of the same taste in country artists, we grew up on Cash, Nelson, Jennings, and, as much as he'll deny it, he'd take a bullet for Dolly Parton. Sadly, with the exception of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Motörhead, his taste in rock is a bag of hot shit. Once I tried to tell him Five Finger Death Punch is for angry alcoholics with erectile dysfunction and he just yelled "HELL YEAH BROTHER" and cranked it louder.

He isn't really a video game guy. The only video game he plays is Wii Sports, and he only plays it because I challenged him.

Sam, interestingly enough, likes grunge and 80's rock. Some of his favorite bands are Van Halen, Foo Fighters, and Iron Maiden. He can sing almost every Black Sabbath song in Portuguese. He's been trying to learn Eruption on guitar. Once we were out drinking and he somehow managed to play it flawlessly on some kid's ukulele. I guess beer gives him guitarist powers. Oh, and he loves Shakira. No matter where he is, if you put her on, he will drop everything and get up to dance. Flawlessly.

Sam's our second biggest gamer. He's a fighting game guy. I still can't beat him at Mortal Kombat or Guilty Gear. He could probably thrash me with his eyes shut, too. Maybe I'm too old for this shit.

Intern Carl probably listens to Imagine Dragons or some dumb shit like that. Probably plays Tetris on his stupid little phone.

I listen to a lot of country, I also had a buddy back at ArmsTech who got me into industrial music. We used to swap cassettes while we worked, I'd listen to his mix while he'd listen to my Merle tape. I hope he's doing well.

I haven't gamed much. I remember liking Half Life a lot when I was younger. Had a coworker who's last name was Freeman, so I used to mess with him, talking to him in an awful G-Man impression...miss that guy.

That should answer your question. Sorry again about the wait; Desperados stay pretty busy.

- 🩹

[deepslumbrrr]

“In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.”

If you're like me, then you too spend a lot of time thinking about 16th Century sculptor and painter Michaelangelo.

It's okay. You can admit it. This is a safe space. I'll be the first to admit I think about Michaelangelo at least three times out of every week—and for good reason! You see...

Stephen King once said that writing a story is like being an archaeologist.

You use the tools of your craft to unearth something truly special, careful not to damage or break apart the greater whole.

Sometimes, you find a little seashell, preserved just for you, as if it was waiting all along for you to put it against your ear. To hear the rising swells of the ocean; the vast, indefinite blue.

Sometimes, you find a Tyrannosaurus rex. The legendary king of the tyrant lizards, what with its rattling iron maiden ribcage and its enormous, eyeless skull. Grinning, gleefully, up at you. Its teeth like sabers; it's so happy to see you. It's been waiting all this time—for you.

Creativity, or rather, the act of creating, may sometimes feel that way. It could feel, like it does to Mr. King, and like it does to me, that the act of creating is not unlike the act of searching, finding, unearthing, preserving, and displaying. You found this—it's all yours—now try and dig it out of our ancient earth without missing even a single piece.

Our Renaissance man Michaelangelo had the same idea. In every one of his marble sculptures, perfectly preserved within that solid rock, was his vision made manifest. He only needed to chisel it right out—to trim away the fat, the fluff, the unneeded. Then, when he was finished, he took a step back and admired his creation. He admired every seashell and T-Rex he had ever freed.

I've been thinking a lot about the book I'm going to write this year. In just one month, its changed shape many times. I'm not sure if it's a seashell or a T-Rex myself. Every time I brush something away—kneeling in the dirt and the mud as I am—I find something else. A groove here. An impression there. A stray fragment, or a broken tooth?

What kind of treasure will I dig up for us? What's been hiding beneath my feet all this time, waiting for me, willing to greet me with a great big smile, or the great blue sea?

I look forward to finding out with you. ❤️

[st-louis]

hiii could u tell me what u like about metal music? was there one band or song that got u hooked on the genre? i'd love to be able to appreciate it or even like it, but i find it kind of impenetrable tbh!

so some of what i like about it IS the impenetrability and the fact that you really have to dig in if you want to learn about it. and i've always liked loud/extreme music even from a young age.

i got into it through punk and like the CLASSIC classic heavy metal like black sabbath, judas priest, iron maiden, mötörhead, etc. while that stuff is pretty fun it's not like...very extreme or ultimately even very interesting to me.

from there, i got into a specific genre of doom/stoner/sludge, things like electric wizard (although they later turned out to be like crypto nazis which was SUPER disappointing because dopethrone was one of my favorite albums of all time :(). other good bands in this genre are hebosagil and vile creature

and then i slowly started getting into black metal. i think what really appealed to me was the variety you get even within the sub-genre, the rawness of a lot of it, the rebellion, just the feel of it. idk how to describe it just the whole history, including the unsavory bits, was really fascinating to me. you know when you just hear something that SOUNDS like you? that was how finding this music was to me.

again i can't really pick out ONE song or band that did it, but here are a few black metal-related songs on my "perfect songs" playlist, idk if any of them will appeal to you but this is like a pretty broad example of the sort of things you can find:

agalloch, "black lake niðstång" (the buildup to the part around 14:30........ the best)

spectral wound, "woods from which the spirits once so loudly howled"

véhémence, "l'étrange clairière: partie ii"

havukruunu has excellent pagan black metal

batushka, "yekteniya 1"

anything by vermilia, her whole latest album (also pagan black metal but more atmospheric and less warlike than havukruunu)

afsky's latest album is great

ellende's ellenbogengesellschaft is like a beautiful sweeping epic

but like part of the appeal is that there's so much. there's all of that stuff and then there's like really raw stuff like pa vesh en or even black 'n roll like misþyrming. if i want to dig, there's no limit to what i'll find (most of what i listen to is in this subgenre so this is really just a few bands off of the top of my head). idk, i just really enjoy everything about it except for the fact that i have to vet the bands to make sure they aren't n*zis and even then i miss some sometimes. :|

[zaizaizain]

you seem to be as crazy about shaman king as I am so I'm curious. thoughts on the sequel manga? I don't think I've met two people with the same opinions on them yet

personally I'm in the "these are fun and red crimson is brilliant" camp

OMG YAY I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO ASK ME THESE KINDS OF STUFF but I'll try to answer it AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Shaman King: Well the real ending was kinda of unexpected. I mean...Ren marrying Iron Maiden (What an unexpected pairing), And how Hana was fucking showed up so unexpectedly and more shit AND IT IS KINDA CONFUSING (Don't ask why this is what I think) But I usually prefer the 2001 Shaman King ending where they actually defeated Hao and Their still young and all blah blah blah. But let's be honest here, The Shaman King 2001 ending was better than the real ending. Well, it's not that bad, but the Real ending was not it, for me. I don't know what you all think about the real ending but for me, This is my opinion.

Extra opinion:

Shaman King Red Crimson: PLEASE DO NOT ATTACK ME RENMEI SHIPPERS I kinda like renmei. I just need a backstory of how they met and how they got together. I'm sitting my lonely hororen ass in their wedding, Holding a pic of Ren and Horohoro, breaking up, and crying my ass off. BUT I SWEAR JUST ONE BACKSTORY OF HOW THEY MET AGAIN. And the part where Horohoro finally sees Ren, He should've hugged him but instead, he just punches him :/ But I think that's how Horohoro shows his love to Ren of how much he misses him <333 (My delusional ass is so annoying please help) But for some reason, I think Ren needs to move on from Jeanne and just let her rest in peace (I'm not saying that I hate Jeanne SHE'S MY SILLY GIRL HOW COULD I HATE HER) Because why would want your dead wife go back to life again??? Like bro...Just let her rest in peace (you still have Horohoro🙂🥰) AND BRO THE FACT THAT JUN AND HOROHORO ARE LIKE PARTNERS IN CRIME (i don't ship them) THEIR LIKE SIBLINGS WHEN IT COMES TO THE FIGHTS I JUST LOVE THE TWIST (And yeah I agree of how Shaman king Red Crimson was brilliant)

[aphrogeneias]

aside from paul mcartney (that’s who you’re seeing, right? 😂) are you planning on going to any other cool concerts this year? and if not, what are some you wish you could go to? (they don’t necessarily have to be touring!)

yep, that's who i'm seeing <3 for the third time ever lmao

aside from that i'm seeing rbd, a mexican pop group i was obsessed with as a kid and now they're doing this reunion tour which me and my friends are so excited about and we're seeing them in november this year

i know that metallica is probably coming to brazil early next year and i'll definitely go see them if i can, they're always here when they tour but i never had the opportunity to go. iron maiden too, i'm always meaning to go but i never catch them at the right time lmao. stevie nicks is currently touring as well and i'd love to see her live. i also really want to see kiss before they really retire, which they're always threatening to but never really do (much like me and my writing)

speaking of paul, i'd also just love see ringo too, i'm not even into his solo work but he's just ringo, you know?

two artists that i would love to have seen but never will have the opportunity again are elton john and ac/dc, really missed the opportunity there but thank god live records exist

[heavenknowsffs]

Tagged by @brainmoss thank you 🥰

Rules: You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. Put your playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, and then tag 10 people. No skipping! 

I'll do the comments too eheh (and choose many playlists bc i have about 200 i made)

Peacemaker // Scorpions (very scorpions mood tbh it's like it was made back when but it's new! - this was from my 2022 releases playlist)

Master of Puppets // Metallica (what is there to say ❤️ my beloved, absolute masterpiece cannot wait to own this album in vinyl so i can annoy my neighbours but alas i cannot spend +50€ in a record right now - taken from the eddie playlist which is funny ahjsksja)

Tractor Amarillo // Zapato Veloz (i am laughing so much ahskkahaga why did i try this playlist.... this is a joke between me and my cousin so yeah - and i took it from my village playlist which has a bunch of memes and dance songs and bops all mixed)

Sandstorm // Darude (BRO WHAT A FUCKING BOOPPPPP i go insane when this comes on the club europeans unite - also from another village playlist which was to play in public at village parties and not just me and my friends)

Los Ageless // St. Vincent (oooh this was shown to me by someone i miss and shouldn't miss but i like it a lot! It kind of feels like a message i should have to myself. And well i saw it played live and they didn't so a win for me? - since i did it for all of them, this one came from Hot Girl Shit)

London Calling // The Clash (timeless, amazing, showstopping, never the same, etc the song everyone uses when they set foot in london and post on ig stories ✌🏼 but it's a classic for a reason - from songs for when the queen dies)

Funhouse // P!nk (oh YEAH BABEY i miss old pink tbh i loved loved her old songs, the recent ones are not my thing but we grow don't we? I haven't yet and she has and good for her - from "POV: my mp4 in 2010")

Run to the Hills // Iron Maiden (madness absolute madness live ❤️❤️ love love - took it from the covid playlist help ajsjkaahga)

Is This Love // Whitesnake (absolutely a song to make babies to as the playlist - from Músicas de fazer bebés)

Russian Woman // Manizha (vibesss i think that was a good eurovision year, it's only going downhill from there; feminist icon - from the eurovision playlist)

I tag @langdonsluxiouslocks @imdistressed @totostales @iamnoangel @overb0ard @roxyandelsewhere and anyone who wants to join!

[arnold-layne]

Hiya, NeverLove anon here.

If you’re still up for translating one of their songs I would appreciate it if you could do either track 1 or six from their Sex metal album. No pressure intended. I’ve slowly started listening to more Russian music and it’s been really interesting so far! Do you have any Russian rock or metal bands you recommend?

sorry this took me so long! i'll go with Лисий-кисий because i like that song too. so the title is a little bit hard to crack because officially the word кисий doesn't exist in russian. but it means something along the lines of 'cat-like'. Лисий-кисий thus can be translated as 'foxy - cat-like' (it's about a girl's gaze)

first goes the chorus:

Oh i like her foxy-cat-like gaze so much Look at me again Like this, foxy-cat-like Oh i like her foxy-cat-like gaze so much Look at me again. Hey, hey, again

chorus again

The devil's in the details, in the stuffy hall There's chemistry of young bodies You came here without a boyfriend Seems like he gifted you to me Closer-farther, let's play Until your hair is on my bedsheets I know, too cheeky That's what you like

Your boy calls, you don't answer Tell me I have hallucinations You look at me so bravely Kitty, don't snort so much You know you'll go with me Anticipating an adventure My fingers go up your skirt Don't mind me, it's just a joke

chorus

Good morning, you have 7 missed calls Let's make up a legend for you That you hung at the friend's You'll have to tell him that with courage This wasn't cheating You just decided to take your revenge on him Let's do it again and I'll call the taxi

Don't open your soul to me I don't want to listen to this I saw how bright were your eyes When you betrayed your feelings You fed your demons You needed it Don't mind it, it's just a joke Single-use joke

chorus

chorus

oh boy do i have recommendations for russian music for you! i've only started listening to it like a couple months ago (avoided it all that time thinking it was bad, yes i was very stupid), so i don't have many but i do want to give you some

Green Apelsin - great folkish music with acoustic guitar, texts are folk-related and love songs. i personally like the album Северный ве��ер (The north wind)

Эпидемия (Epidemic) - amazing power metal band! their songs usually border on fantasy, as it is with power metal bands. my fave songs are Всадник из льда (Ice rider), Письмо ведьмаку (A letter to a witcher) and Рожденный для битвы (Born for battle)

СЛОТ (Slot) - hard rock with insane female vocals. Check out their songs Круги на воде (Circles on water), Бой! (Fight!) and Мертвые звезды (Dead stars).

Нуки (Nuki) - solo project of SLOT vocalist. Страна (Country), Бойся (Be afraid) and Пищевая цепочка (Food chain) are very good! Obligatory mentions:

Король и шут (King and Jester) - probably the most famous band in the country. initially punk-rock, then they branched into several genres, including acoustic ballads and metal. i couldn't really get into it, but my boyfriend is a huge fan. there was a biopic recently which rejuvenated the fame of the band, idk if it's available in english tho

Ария (Love song) - an old heavy metal band that existed since the 80s. think russian iron maiden

Кино (Movie)- another incredibly popular rock band from 80s-90s. released some of the biggest hits in russian music, my first song i learned on guitar was Кино song even though i don't particularly like it. inactive since death of its founder, Victor Tsoi. there are legends that he's not dead, which gave birth to a famous saying Цой жив! ("Tsoi is alive!") ok this is all i can now offer but i'll keep looking and maybe make a list when i collect enough! russian music is definitely underappreciated on worldwide scene (we all know why) and that's very unfair, a lot of it is very good. ive sought a moment to talk about it for a long time, thank you for giving me an opportunity! hope you enjoy it!

[sigelfire]

rules - shuffle your "on repeat playlist" and list the first ten songs, then tag ten people

Thank you dear @spectrestardust for tagging me!

I've done this already, but, as I didn't understand the rules properly, I missed the "shuffle" thing and just listed the first 10 songs on the list, so now I'll repeat it and I'll try to follow the rules properly!!! LOL

1. Dark Necessities - Red Hot Chili Peppers

2. This Picture - Placebo

3. Where I End And You Begin - Radiohead

4. Wheels - Foo Fighters

5. Himmeljuice - Hugorm

6. Bring On The Night - Rainbow

7. Reach Out - Iron Maiden

8. Sirens - Pearl Jam

9. I Promise - Radiohead

10. Do Me A Favour - Arctic Monkeys

...aaaand, as I didn't read the rules, it seems!!! I just tagged 5 people instead of 10, so I am tagging another 5 now:

@grimm-lynn , @starlady66 , @sheisthesisterofnight , @ithinkwehitametaphor , @adeptnenyim

(do it if you please, of course!)

[forathousanddays]

I really like reading your reviews! I'm not sure how to articulate it, but your wording makes them very pleasant to read. I should totally check out these albums for myself at some point, they sound really cool! If you're taking suggestions, may I suggest Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden?

Happy to hear it! I have my last 10/10 in the queue, and one other request to handle first, but I'll totally write up Seventh Son! It's a favourite of theirs. If you're gonna check out albums I cover, I recommend doing it in the background while you read the reviews! I might be able to point out some details in the composition you would've missed ;)