#Katherine lynn rose -

[amynchan]

*pokes head out*

Okay, so does anyone remember the basically Avatar the Last Airbender renaissance? Where everyone started getting back into it, and there was even a playlist of AtLA musical numbers?

Yeah, Balance helped me get through my thesis when I was near-on breaking down. It gave me sanity for much longer than I would have had without it.

So. Since then, the creator has dropped at least three bangers, Top of my School, Price of Perfection, and Saving Face. They are Great. She's auditioned for Canada's Got Talent and actually made it to the stage (I auditioned for AGT twice and got nowhere close, so the fact that she got that far is astounding and pretty cool).

Now, she's making a short musical film. As per the introduction of their fundraising page:

Hello! We are a team of student filmmakers from Cornell University studying film production, media studies, and performing and media arts. We are currently fundraising for Cornell University film project Silence. Written and directed by award-winning student filmmaker Katherine Lynn-Rose, Silence is a short film that explores familial love, connection, and culture through the lens of a musical film. As a team of BIPOC filmmakers, we hold a deep appreciation for narratives that authentically reflect our lives, experiences, and cultures, and it is our aspiration to bring such stories to light.

Anyways. Fundraising. She needs funds to get there, and they're aiming for 2k. So far, they've got $450.

If you can't donate, can you at least spread this? Absolutely zero shame (cause I think she'd hate that anyways). I just think she's really skilled and think it'd be cool if she and her team gets to make a film. I'd like to see how they communicate their vision.

Anyways, here's the link. Bye!

[fuck-you-upmusicbracket]

Price of Perfection (Katherine Lynn-Rose)

Tell me, what’s the price of perfection?/Tell me why I crave your affection/When excellence is expected/Praise is a luxury/American dream/Why do my achievements define me?/Why does life feel so damn confining?/When success is respected/There’s no room for mediocrity

"It's a song about perfection. i mean what won't fuck a person up when it's on that topic tbh. but specifically it's about feeling the pressure to be perfect for a parents love. i mean i feel this myself  but also characters have sm more angst with it bc!! like Tahani from the good place for example. sure, she's not american but the entire vibe of the song is just HER istg"

Poll Runner: It... it's Katherine Lynn-Rose. The Queen of 'I grew up in an immigrant family' angst. I really recommend 'top of my school', it's just as good and cathartic as this one.

Salt, Pepper, Birds and the Thought Police (Mitski)

Karma will kill us all/Our charm is wearing off/Our god's a made-up fraud/Our skies are full of scars/And they'll be there until you're gone

"It was so hard picking lyrics to put above the entire song fucks me up. it just feels like a toxic relationship as the world fucking ends. idk how to explain it the vibes are just so good. it feels like dark dark teal and red and black. i’m insane about it"

[esoteric-aesthetic-lyrics]

Top of My School - Katherine Lynn-Rose

[archstar]

I was reminded of this cultural touchstone. Nothing from TikTok will ever top this I fear.

https://www.tiktok.com/@katherine.lynnrose/video/6842702368392367366?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=mobile&sender_web_id=7358476712157677102

[ashironie]

sigh Gwen is so The Crane Wives/Marina and The Diamonds/Katherine Lynn-Rose coded

[goldenstarprincesses]

"But if I hadn't earned a dollar. What would you think of your dear daughter. Would it be pity or dishonour

And if I failed to earn blue ribbon. How could I ever be forgiven Tell me what love would still be given from you"

Actually Amelia's anxiety in words

[x-daisy-x]

Don't stop, I won't lose my cool

Don't flop 'cause Harvard's no fool

And who'll love me

If I'm not the top of my school? ♪ .•*¨*•.¸¸♬✧

(lyrics from "Top Of My School" by Katherine Lynn-rose)

[maxyaps]

"Top of my school" by Katherine Lynn-Rose is so Percy Weasley coded

[cringelordofchaos]

me. m me when there is a song that sounds AWEOMEEEEEE and fits your blorbos PERFECLTY ??? >>> 🤯🤯😍😍😍🤩🤩😯😯💥💥

[titan-god-helios]

everyone who loves musicals like mean girls or heathers (possibly) or anything like that or anyone who likes musicals in general GO LISTEN TO KATHERINE LYNN-ROSE SHE'S AMAZING AND SHE'S WRITTEN AN AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER MUSICAL AND ITS BRILLIANT GOGOGO

[bothersomedirtchild]

I guess this is a good time to share this playlist with the fandom🥹 (more info in the tags)

[rileys-basement]

Listen I know that gifted kid!Riley is not canon but also what if I infer it from basically nothing but my own conjecture and projections. She seems so ex-gifted kid and trying to get back onto the pedestal to me but she turned to cheerleading as an escape from the pressures of that but oops! actually it turns out it is just her and her strive to be perfect in everything. I fully believe that if Riley didn't turn to cheer and instead tried to be valedictorian of GCHS there would still be bloodshed

[r3d3s1gn]

A moodboard for like people pleasers and who crave academic validation please? Also yes attach a song with it too <33

[esoteric-aesthetic-lyrics]

Price of Perfection - Katherine Lynn-Rose, Lilianne Coeverden

[fuck-you-upmusicbracket]

Price of Perfection (Katherine Lynn-Rose)

Tell me, what’s the price of perfection?/Tell me why I crave your affection/When excellence is expected/Praise is a luxury/American dream/Why do my achievements define me?/Why does life feel so damn confining?/When success is respected/There’s no room for mediocrity

"It's a song about perfection. i mean what won't fuck a person up when it's on that topic tbh. but specifically it's about feeling the pressure to be perfect for a parents love. i mean i feel this myself but also characters have sm more angst with it bc!! like Tahani from the good place for example. sure, she's not american but the entire vibe of the song is just HER istg"

Poll Runner: It... it's Katherine Lynn-Rose. The Queen of 'I grew up in an immigrant family' angst. I really recommend 'top of my school', it's just as good and cathartic as this one.

Rise of the Union (Kingdom of Hearts lll)

"There was a kingdom hearts mobile game that was set before and during the first keyblade war, before the main events of the series. I'm that game you could customise your player character (keykid) and fight in the quests. The battlefield of the first keyblade war was left a wasteland, scattered with the keyblades from the keykids that fought and died there. In Kingdom Hearts 3, the forces of light and dark fight on that battlefield, the keyblade graveyard. There's a boss there that's a swarm of heartless (one type of in-game enemy) and once you beat it, it enters another phase and becomes a massive tornado full of heartless. It would not be possible to defeat it by yourself. Then you see Ephemer (the player character's friend in the mobile game) and then the keyblades from the graveyard are flying through the air. The spirits of those that died in the first keyblade war are lending their keyblades and what's left of their power to Sora (the player character) to defeat the heartless tornado. As you send off attacks, the usernames of players from the mobile game scroll on the side of the screen. TL;DR it's like the same emotional high as the portal scene in Avengers: Endgame but more intense because you (the player) have a character there. It makes me teary whenever I hear it"

Rise of the Union submitted by @the-hyphen-is-important

[vera-keller]

olivia mariner | masters of the air

finally did my homework! here's my long overdue oc infosheet for liv <3

Full name: Olivia Kate Mariner Age: 24 (as of May 1943) Date of birth: 22 March 1919 Hometown: Oakland, California, United States Occupation: Fighter pilot (1940–1943); B-17 bomber pilot Affiliation: No. 71 Eagle Squadron, RAF (1940–1942); 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, USAAF Ninth Air Force (1942–1943); 100th Bomb Group Rank: 1st Lieutenant Service number: 0-410609 Aircraft: Hawker Hurricane Mk.XIIb; Curtiss P-40 Warhawk; P-51 Mustang; B-17 Flying Fortress Personality: ESTP 8w7 Premise: Mariner is the best pilot in the entire United States Army Air Force. At least that’s what she might tell you, and in a P-51 that may very well have been true. But she’s in a B-17 now, having been bumped out of her previous fighter squadron for reckless flying despite being a gifted hotshot and the fourth and youngest leading ace in the 354th credited with 14 aerial victories, and it turns out that piloting a heavy bomber requires an entirely different skill set than piloting a single-engine high-speed fighter. And that is precisely the lesson that her squadron leader expects her to learn before he’s willing to accept her back into his unit again: if she wants to keep her aviator badge, she needs to learn that it’s not all about her. Exiled from the A-team and finding herself as a foreigner on the 100th’s shores, Mariner – still an operational pilot, at least – is hot-blooded in her determination to prove that she can fly a B-17 in her sleep. Except the B-17 presents a few formidable challenges of its own, one of which being the fact that she must now navigate flying with a bomber crew. And if her tumultuous childhood taught her anything before she walked out on her family for good, it’s that she can’t rely on anyone else to get the job done but herself. Something she’ll have to unlearn if she hopes to become the pilot she’s dedicated everything she is to becoming. She’s here for a good time, not a long one. She’s let go of that illusion a long time ago. But deep down, Mariner is lost without the validation that comes with being a prodigy, and she’s willing to do anything to get it back.

meet her in switchblade!