#KEEP IT A SECRET RECORDS

[thoughtswordsaction]

City Speak - Holding Water LP (Keep It A Secret Records)

City Speak’s debut album, Holding Water, is a bold and energetic introduction that doesn’t hold back. With roots in melodic punk rock, orgcore, and a sprinkling of good-humored irony, the Mainz/Wiesbaden-based band delivers a powerful blend based upon relentless sound and introspective depth. The album’s twelve tracks cover everything from fiery social critiques to lighthearted debates, and this…

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[nouveaumoon]

revenge on @spotduet for the lovely avalon drawing!

[jacobsbadwig]

I saw your tags on the other post and pls rant about Jessica Stanley being the main character. Kthankbye ✌🏻

I was trying to find a post on my blog that imagined Jessica as the Main character Twilight.

But frankly it all boils down to Smeyer using Bella as a self insert. Now a lot of people hate that criticism, but it’s not a criticism rather than a statement of fact. Her crime isn’t basing a character on herself (or a young version of herself) it’s refusing to kill her darlings. Bella’s book description is the same description of Stephenie Meyer. (See @panlight or @fuckmeyer for more information)

As for Jessica, it’s hard to figure out what Bellas (and Stephenies) beef with Jessica as a character. I would argue because we don’t get an inkling of how Bella’s friend group was in Arizona (or if she had many friends) that Jessica is another character foil how girls shouldn’t (I will link that post here) act. Of course this is a subconscious point that the narrative makes.

Jessica is this determined high schooler who likes boys (as far as we know) who is focused on her grades but is a bit of a gossip. At least from Bella’s prespective. Also, Bella is an unreliable narrator although the narrative and the author don’t treat her as such.

I think Jessica Stanley makes more sense as the main character mostly because she has more to lose than Bella, a character who doesn’t want to make connections and is only in town because of her self sacrificing mindset. (I will not go into Bella’s mother mostly because my interpretation is that she (her mother) only got worse because the narrative needed her to and then it didn’t really matter because she got to keep her family around anyway). (Also mini rant- It’s strange that a girl who was born in that town and spent summers there until she was 13 Doesn’t know any other teenagers before moving back there especially being the Chief’s daughter. I would assume she would know everyone since she wouldn’t have been left home alone. Whatever Steph)

Jessica has a family. She’s grown up in the town. She has worked so hard for her grades. It would be interesting to see all of that come crashing down because of her involvement with vampires.

@humans4vampires just made a post pointing out the adrenaline caused by Edward’s presence and its masking via Bella’s attraction to Edward. Who’s to say that couldn’t happen to Jessica in their initial meeting.

The narrative would be the Cullens moving to Forks. Jessica gets rejected by Edward. Yes, she’s heartbroken by it, but that’s the new boys problem she’s on a mission to get all A’s. Her tight knit friend group keeps her distracted. Then one day, she’s walking around in the woods taking a break from her studies or just for some quiet time and comes across Edward hunting and covered in blood.

Edward, of course, hearing her thoughts, panics. They just moved to Forks. He can’t just let her get away, but she’s well known in the town. It’s small. He can’t kill her. So (like a dingus), he runs off.

Jessica having seen something so frightening rushes home to calm down, and she plays sick for the next week.

Anyway, I just think Jessica has more to lose, and it will be real push and pull of narrative as she is not only protecting this secret from the rest of her friends. She has to get through high school without dying until she realizes that she won’t be able to live her dreams because she will be a vampire or be killed.

[jesncin]

can Kaldur file a racism report to the League because his teammates will not let him talk like damn

[thevalleyisjolly]

I love how despite the party trying to shake the secrets out of Colin, no one has made an Insight check against anything he’s said about himself yet, which means that technically, nothing he’s said actually has to be true.  It doesn’t mean it’s not, but if it wasn’t, who’s to say?

[bedforddanes75]

i am SICK OF THEM

[chiyana]

Bruce: now, for the last part of this meeting

Dick, Jason, Tim, Stephanie, Damian, Cass, and Duke: ?

Bruce: -turns around to bring up a power point presentation, the title card of which just reads 'Please Be Normal About Tim'-

Bruce: -turns back around-

Bruce: ...Tim why are you the only one still here

Tim: I just like power point presentations

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tom & Harry trying to guess Tuvok’s age (while he ignores them) and Chakotay joins in only to smile and throw out ages that are far too old just to see Tuvok’s eye twitch.

[chaos-has-theories]

Random ask: Do you have any hobbies/interests that you don’t or rarely talk about on Tumblr and that might surprise your followers?

ok this ask has been in my inbox for literal months, so much so that at this point the answer might NOT surprise my followers, but: music! I play the Viola, and for a while I also took piano and singing lessons... but more importantly, I've recently gotten into arranging music, and I've been writing little songs for a few years now. My friends and I do this little summer concert every year (we call it the "Show and Tell") where everyone gets to just. present things they've been working on, no pressure. 10/10 can recommend it's so much fun, and if you were a music kid with recitals and all that jazz, it's kinda nice to get that stage back, even if the stage is your friend's living room.

Anyway, have a demo of a song I work on every autumn :3 it's been stuck in my head for weeks again, so maybe one day I'll record it so it ISN'T just quiet singing at my desk and a built-in recording app? not today though

[joeygallagher]

Built to Spill - Carry The Zero

Keep It Like A Secret / Warner Bros. Records © 1999

[thoughtswordsaction]

Spells - Past Our Prime LP (Keep It A Secret Records)

Spells’ Past Our Prime is a rowdy, adrenaline-charged rollercoaster through the realms of melodic punk rock, indie punk, rock ‘n’ roll, and power pop. Released in April 2024, this Denver band’s third studio proves that they are anything but past their prime. This record explodes with energy and grit, mixing unapologetic punk intensity with singalong-worthy melodies and lyrics that hit close to…

[equalvision]

Coheed and Cambria at Furnace Fest '24 - Photo: James Coffman

[paperlovesadness]

We're barely keeping up with these TLSP aknowledgements from Miles & Domino Records

What is this alternate universe. Why now. Why not every other year??? 🧐 Hmmm???? 🧐🧐

[dirtbra1n]

doing my job for once (the mines) so Here’s a poll

could go either way. I’ve done either way for him. what do we think

[karlrose]

the kerfuffledge you hear is me readying my space for to make art. I liked the way I sounded so I didn't give a kerflunking fluffle about the kerfuffledge