#Miscellaneous Media Moment 2/?

[epicmiscellaneousponderings]

Miscellaneous Media Moment

Alright so I'm watching the anime The Way of the Househusband on Netflix and writing my thoughts as I watch. This might be a tad unhinged, but here we go. As always if you liked this content feel free to be me a coffee. Also, yes, I do know that there a multiple episodes in each episode but I'm going to number them by how they're contained and labeled through Netflix as that's how I'm watching it :)

Episode 5

A job outside of the house in a cafe interesting, beans =bullets, the latte art of a cat, aww doing it for extra cash to get his wife a present

He's so loud, Again the food in this series really does deserve its own analysis post, overtime is exhausting,

Boss lady of the torii group in a grocery,

this is going to be a disaster of a birthday lol, wow happy birthday song as a dirge, shades and bling

the old boss has a dog, he sewed a sweater for the dog! nice tie in to previous episode, the impromptu cooking is wild,

The cat adventure with the grocery lady

Episode 6

he was totally going to roast that lady's "72 hour" cured sausage, he's taking this show so seriously, man loves his wife so much

the excitement over the steam oven, white powder=flour again nice call back, well that's one way to beat the dough, oven down!, keep warm on the rice cooker is innovative

fire next door, talk about needing proper air ventilation. the cops probably wanted some food, oh its rare eh

I admit nothing, oh nice flowers, oh its not that much and then proceeds to unwrap a dessert feast, rain as a mood killer, they're such a good couple

why would you try hitting a watermelon blindfolded?, the volleyball smacking into them, I love how Miku can be high energy as well, a real man is willing to get wracked protecting his loving wife, her carrying him

teacher au?? what am i watching?, apron art, the intensity in this scene

Episode 7

tapioca milk tea, getting the intel from the streets, the scary smiles keeping the customers away XD

Adding to the arsenal of the blond guy

The waking up to the husband in the middle of the night is seriously ominous, well that was an interesting take on the classic peach boy story, and then they had a group hug,

The hit list of summer assignments, a pen holder, colorful soap, school is tomorrow, the report to the teacher is so good

Tatsu you're so dramatic ( this is true, he a very dramatic king), oh the housespouse meet up, family gopher, the differing interpretations of what he's describing, is that really what Miku is rally like?, listening in one the one side of the conversation, the support from the housewives is so good

Oh, cat adventure of fair fighting with the other cat

Episode 8

urg the rap battle, so unnecessary, the explanation of what a rap battle is, the punch of silence, well ok

take it easy (yeah no, this guy has no chill), febreze the sheets, instant noodles as a vice lol, Masa helping him take it easy but as a horror show, Tatsu kicking him as a flight or fight moment

Wanting second place instead of first for the rice, and Miku wants the vacation, what a bribe, the kid wins of course

buffet battlefield, welp I'm hungry now, fruit with cream cheese is a delicious combo, aww the splitting of a desert

Oh, the dad wants to do the hotpot, Dad and Miku cooking like each other, Miku being a wild child (this explains so much), aww the dad saying she has someone else to protect her now and then Tatsu saying he has the dad's back, the mom being the true master is perfect

Masa wanting make his boss proud through the way of the househusband, tomorrow though

Episode 9

Virus depicted as a group of punks, trying to head off a cold through early preventive measures is such a mood, Miku being the light aww, the light with grenades lol

new threads, Masa is so not subtle, the brown powder as opposed to the white powder, and Masa has officially broken, Pine Dew huh, Tatsu sleeping with eyes open, the utter chaos and Masa being the sober one, the next day drawing of them is adorable

Will I need to use my dagger? no a normal knife will do, the intense music x_x,

The power couple helping the newlyweds

winged pup from the sky, you can't run from boss fights!, the magic girl transformation, the deconstruction of the outfit, Its all a dream and the meeting next week is perfect

Oh no cat adventure this episode

Episode 10

The fact that Miku has such high energy, the toys r us tribute

Sending dog pics to his boss, the bonding over the dogs, the random kidnapping, but its to a dog park

The cafe hurts the guys eyes, too much sweet things, lemon and honey chicken sounds good, the flashbacks paired with the wistful music is a nice choice, I don't remember there being a wasp

ok extreme dental care, um yeah that's not a good way to get a kid to the dentist, gotta face the music

counting to try and get to sleep, calming sounds turning to dark past is hilarious, also him without glasses is rather adorable, accidentally made a whole meal (he's got adhd a bit doesn't he), the cat being awake

the cat adventure with crow/raven

End of Season One!

Alright well thanks for coming to this Miscellaneous Media Moment where I do unhinged and most likely nonsensical rambling of what I watched is a thing. I will most likely continue at some point, so stay tuned and please let me know if this is a format that you liked. Along with any comments on the show that you have.

[superrainbow06]

Does anyone else take those pieces of media that you like a lot but hate the creator to the point where you don't interact with the media anymore and just start taking what you remember of the media and making it your own? Like adding characters and concepts and removing things you don't like until what you end up with is almost entirely different? But like not in a normal writing fanfic way, like in a way where you simultaneously called cps on them, are cps, and got custody of the child

Honestly. Best way to disrespect a creator you hate imo. Just take something they made and be like 'nah this is better (turns your queerphobic story into a story about queer people being extremely queer and found family)' and then completely ignore the original in favor of this random story you like so much more that you made in your brain in like 2 months

This is still good to do for a story that you think would be better if it was altered or want to tamper with or experiment. But it is made infinitely better if you do it out of spite and then end up adoring your version way more than you ever liked the original.

[march-of-the-moths]

periodic-table-yaoi -> march-of-the-moths

HI !! HELLO !!!!!! ☆

hi :}

name’s Aster

he/it/they/pix

17 years old (feb 7)

transmasc genderfaun, gay aceflux, objectum-ish

en + fr ; french (Sorry) + caribbean (vincentian !) and Miscellanous European Slop in there

audhd synesthesia and Many other such things. you may find out. Either way there’s crazyyy shit going on in there

moth therian ! pink snout moth specifically but anything pink fits the bill. starkin as well

i sign a lot of my art as ‘chemicalfuzzy’ because that’s what I go by nearly everywhere else. that’s me I swearsies !

ABNORMAL . IN THE HEAD .

more cool stuff below ^_^

✦ — obligatory List of Things I’m Normal About

misc ✧

the periodic table (SEE URL…) (also anything relating to chemistry & nuclear physics)

MY OCs 👍 I LOVE THEM 👍

MY FRIEND’S OCs !!!! I LOVE THEM TOO !!

music. Which is why it gets its own section below lol

space !! mostly stars !!

BUGS !!!!

music ✧

radiohead

nine inch nails

massive attack

will wood

femtanyl

black midi

car seat headrest

machine girl

jack stauber

THERE’S A WHOOOLE LOT MORE. IF I PUT EVERYTHING IT’S GONNA LOOK VERY GOOFY really the first 2-3 are what you Seriously really need to worry about. Also please do send recs I love music recs pretty please I #love expanding my music taste. I’m an album freak and physical media hoarder also that’s important to know

media ✧ (a lot of these especially are kinda old & dusty, but I still love them. Or they won’t let me go)

rain world

pokémon

object shows

deltarune

the smurfs. No seriously

cookie run

kirby

✦ — extra things to know

this is a reblog heavy place !! I don’t make a lot of original posts, if any, at least at the moment. that may change idk I’m very shy. feel free to ask me stuff though !

no proshippers/terfs/zionists that’s as specific as my "DNI" will get. for the rest just be niceys

mutuals can ask me for my discord if you guys wanna… smiles so sweetly

I usually tag anything I reblog about often enough. if you’re a mutual & need something filtered do ask me

if you sent me an ask or reached out to me in Any way and I didn’t respond I AM NOT IGNORING YOU OR MAD AT YOU OR ANYTHING….. either I was too tired/overwhelmed at the time of seeing it and kept putting it off or I just didn’t see. either way I’m very sorry !!!

I’ll build further on this post later, likely. I’m making that thang up as I go !!! At the time of writing this it is 3:18 AM !!!! I am living the life

i.,m. Silly.

✧ — seepy cosy collection

it’s ongoing . I desperately need nin cds but my local record store hates them I think

[docholligay]

Miscellaneous Days 2024, first round!

Days? Yes, Days, as you may recall, we have two misc days this year because it was the OVERWHELMING winner for day selection.

Anyhow! It's pretty standard first round stuff:

You will have to select NINE of the options. No more, no less. The top half will move on to the next round!

If you’re thinking nine is a lot to pick, there are two places to help you!

One is the Discord, where there is a lot of back and forth conversation and a good place to get a good sense of my feelings. I also DON’T GO THERE, so you can say whatever you want how you want. It’s also where I generally post advisories about the opening of voting and such.

Two is, you can post a pick on the Community. For this, I ask that in the TITLE of the post you put “ Miscellanous Eight Days Pitch” so i don’t read it.

all nominations are below the cut, in random order. I will do my best to explain anything that might be confusing. Some of these, I combined ideas and/or titled myself

VOTE HERE

Make an Effort: Doc gives advice and guides on how to dress yourself and fashion

Music day: whether it's you telling us about music you like, or us recommending music to you.

Cooking stream

Bad Lesbian Advice: Anime Characters Editon (characters give the advice for the question)

Holligay Loves Food/Cooking Advice

Couples Therapist Holligay (I did this before, it's under #excellent therapist doctor holligay)

Bakeoff-style technical challenge

History of the American West Day

Doc Reviews Grocery Store Snacks or International Snacks

Cocktail ask hour--we all make a cocktail together (or I show you how) and then we answer asks!

If You Don't Like What God Gave You, Store Bought is Fine (tutorials on shapewear, wig-wearing, using makeup to sculpt, etc)

Noted English Scholar Doc (I did this before, it's under #noted English Scholar Doc)

Holligay History Moment -- 2-10 minute videos to teach us more about something in history

Vetting Kids' Media for Beeb (as a children's story for children, specifically my child)

Who Wants to Be An Intellectual Shit (THis is what Mike did with me and the anime, only it's me as the host and him having to identify what classic literature is about)

Show Openings

Jackbox Games

[hyukassubi]

SUBI'S EXTRAVAGANT REVIEW ON GROSS!

A couple months ago, I have read, dare I say, the most dramatic fic I've ever laid my two eyes upon (in a good way!!).

It was (nearly) everything I thought I would NEVER enjoy: situationships, flawed main character, drama.

Yet here I am... Absolutely pleased with the drama-filled, humourous rollercoaster of a romance that supposedly had no chance of growing into something more.

Warning, this review is bound to contain spoilers so if you haven't read @moamidzyism 's 'Gross!' yet, read it here! Now that that's out of the way, ON WITH THE REVIEW!!!

Yes, you can like unlikable characters, actually!!

Never would I've thought in a million years I'd end up rooting for a 'bad' main character. I assume a good chunk of us have been shoved in the face countless of times by the media what 'good' main characters are supposed to look like. Like we were programmed by society to like the good heroes and pull out our stakes and pitchforks for the evil villains.

I was in a reading rut for the longest time (I still am tbh 😭😭) and I always thought perhaps the stuff I was reading didn't fit me anymore? Was it the genre? The writing style? No. None of that. I was simply bored of always reading 'perfect' stories with 'good' characters and expecting plot lines.

It is genuinely so very astounding how, in my lifetime, I stumbled upon a 'badly written' y/n and still ended up enjoying her journey and the overall plot of the fic. Moral of the story aside, 'Gross!' has absolutely helped shift my perspective on 'reading what I enjoy' and 'enjoying what I'm reading'.

Character dynamics

I love how everyone has their own little friend group and super top secret bestie groupchat convos, definitely adds to the drama and complexity of the story as a whole.

All the friend groups are so different and although the 'yeonjun-taehyun-yuck!yn' gc is my favorite of them all (a buncha sassy silver-tongued fellas (ESP YUCK!YN, what's not there to love?) I LOVE THE 'B🐶s WHO BRUNCH' SO MUCH TOOOOOO.

I'm not into itzy but Chaeryoeng and Yeji y'all, Chaeryoeng and Yeji UGHH THEY'RE SO SUPPORTIVE AND LOVING ESP TO GROSS!YN, TRULY RAISING THE STANDARDS FOR FEMALE FRIENDSHIPS AND BEING A GIRL'S GIRL

I can definitely learn a thing or two from them too, growing up as someone who's always taught to 'love someone for their gains' which can be partially true but that's not the trajectory of healthy friendships!! You can be besties with a complete Mary sue but if you're not they're biggest hypegirl then literally what's the point????

Notable scenes that devoured, left no crumbs and did the dishes!!

SOOBIN, CHAERYOENG AND YEJI HAVING A JOINT SLAY TOWARDS THE END OF THE SERIES 😭😭😭😭

Sungchan being right but we all still mutually despise his character in the fic purely because he's Gross!y/n's ex... Something I never knew I needed until now. Ex-boyfriends are typically portrayed as candy-stealing 🍑 holes (which he was!!) but to have them actually spit facts that are right and raw and brutal but he's right???? My new favorite trope ✍️the 'bad but right but we still hate him' Ex✍️

Every. Single. Kai and Yuck!yn cameo. Couple goals. *Throws hands in the air* COUPLE GOALS!! IM TRULY NOT EVEN TRYING TO BE BIASED, THEY CAN BE CHARACTERS IN A NOVEL AND I'D STILL FIND THEM SO SO CUTE!!

GROSS!YN HATE TRAIN RUN BY YUCK!YN GODDD THOSE WERE ALL SO SO FUNNY I'D EITHER MASSAGE MY FORHEAD OR LET OUT A WHEEZE

THE GC INTERVIEWS!! THE GC INTERVIEWS ‼️‼️‼️‼️ (ps, Fay you wrote yourself so we'll here 🫶🫶🫶 talented author AND interviewer wowowow your talent is BEYOND me 👏👏👏👏👏👏)

Gross!YN'S miscellaneous items: Spotify playlist, notes about YJ and THE BLOODY VOICE CALL GAAAAAAAAAH

...THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!

This segment does not need any further explanation.

I loved making the 'video essay' on 'Yuck!' A couple months back and so ofc I'm back making yet another compilation (2 WHOLE MINUTES BTW) for this lovely work indeed 🫶🫶🫶 (Fay, if you're seeing this, take this as a late birthday present ^3^)

(if your guys' short attention spans lasted all the way to the very end, you'd see what I'd be on for the next couple of months moving forth nyehheheheEHEHEHEHEHE MUAHAHHAHA TYUNNING HERE I COMEEEEEEEE)

(PS TYSM FOR READING THIS REVIEW OKAY BYEE 😄🏃‍♀️💨)

[galaxy98]

Favorites Meme

Tagged by:@matt0044

Favorite Color: N/A

Currently Reading: Treasure Island by Robert Luis Stevenson. For most of my life, I was mostly familiar with it through the 2002 Disney adaptation of the story, which was completely different from the original. Heck I didn't even know that it was an actual story until my mid-teens. So in combination of wanting to expand my media literacy and Dr. Livesey memes, I decided to bite the bullet and buy the book. So far, I've been pretty engaged with it. I had know no idea that it was told through Jim Hawkins's POV.

Last Song: Hajanga by Jacob Collier. About a year ago(?) I found this interesting Youtube channel that uploads videos of miscellaneous performances by musicians and puts a music sheet on the bottom to show the notes they're singing or playing. Also they put funny titles up to entice viewers. What I didn't know was that Jacob has a music career and I got the chance to listen to one of his songs. Highly recommend listening to the live MIT performance of Hajanga.

Last Series: King Of The Hill. I mainly put that on for background noise since I've seen it a hundred times. There are some other shows that I want to watch but I want to commit to it without any distractions.

Last Movie: Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One. While this is the 7th installment in the series, it's actually my 2nd viewing--last one being the first movie I rented from the library. So far my impressions is that this is a series full of twists and turns. You can never be so sure of who you can trust the first time around.

Currently Working On: Nothing concrete at the moment. I've mostly have ideas that are swarming around in my head that may or may not come to fruition. Last thing I ever uploaded to AO3 back in January was a Deltarune fanfic called Winter Wonderland (AKA What's Eating Noelle Holiday?), a sorta post Chapter 2 story were Noelle experiences a nightmare involving her missing/possibly dead sister and how she comes to grips with that with most of the Kris and Susie Darkworld stuff being in the background. I had original plans for a short story involving Dess and Asriel but that's scrapped as of right now. Also, I'm currently hyperfixated on Elemental and it's still very likely that some ideas I have for THAT may never come to life. Probably the most vicious cycle of any given writer.

I'll leave a link for the aforementioned story but be warned, I was mostly press for time trying to get that out so it may be not be my 100%. So if I ever go back and revise it, you'll know why. https://archiveofourown.org/works/44080062/chapters/110833800

Tags: @gojira007 @magpie-allosaurus @nrwynter @fenth-eiria @adrian-shepard @shybi-n-ready2cry @paperbagedhead

[charmikarma]

charmikarma's homestuck fanwork rec list

will be updated as i work my way through more things i like :) check under da cut

notes: parentheses indicate the focus(es) of each work, and works with explicit content are marked [E]. gen means there's no specific ship or character focus.

Canon Compliant or Canon-Adjacent Works

Karkat Goes To A Convention, Act 1 by Cole (gen)

i have two pitches for kgtac. here they are:

if you ever find yourself missing homestuck in the old days before postcanon, or even just the old days of homestuck fandom, you should read karkat goes to a convention immediately.

this is the most homestuck thing i have read since homestuck.

act 1 of kgtac is completed, and is the main draw here. act 2 is currently ongoing and is pretty much completely unrelated to act 1. i think it's alright. but act 1 is absolutely a must-read.

Detective Pony by sonnetstuck (dirk)

do i even need to explain this one? it's detective pony. it's a great character study of dirk. i'm sure you've all heard of it. if you haven't read it, go do that now. please.

Jade Route by SPICYYETI (jade)

jade route is a post-epilogues comic following meat!jade who is trapped in a body controlled by calliope. it's a take on the "ending" that the epilogues don't offer. i think it's pretty clever - it does a great job of using the medium. also, it's about jade :) may or may not have had an impact of some size on how i personally read jade.

AU Fics

Crossfire by HappiKatt (gen; dave)

ok, this series only contains one fic (for now). it's called "the calm is terrifying when the storm is all you've known." ok i literally could not put this fic down. it has the best hook i've ever seen. a proper fucking novel. and some of the best character writing i have EVER seen for the whole strilonde family. augh it's so good. and the art is really good too (YES IT'S ILLUSTRATED).

The Eurydice Suite by callmearcturus [E] (gen; davekat)

inception au. some of the coolest action and plot stuff with an ensemble cast i've ever read followed by the best davekat fic i've ever read. really cool stuff.

Catacombs by oxfordRoulette [E] (jadekat; dirkjohn)

another series. it's a d&d-like au. very tongue in cheek about this fact at times. the real draw here is the third fic in the series, Vanitas Vanitatum, which has stellar dirk and john writing. you could read it on its own, but the first two fics are also QUITE good, are about jadekat, and the second one sets up vanitas beautifully, so... you should read all three??? :3c

Miscellaneous

Homestuck Made This World by Ranged Touch (analysis)

hsmtw is a readthrough/analysis podcast whose goal is not to analyze homestuck on its own terms, but to challenge it and put it back into its historical context. it's not the easiest to listen to as a homestuck fan - the hosts are very critical at times, and i don't always agree with their opinions on things that happen in homestuck - but i think the analysis about what homestuck does, tries to do, and is responding to is very important, especially for people who weren't there for homestuck's original run. which... includes me! i read homestuck in 2014. i missed most of the most important homestuck historical moments. in any case, hsmtw changed the way i look at homestuck and other media. highly recommend, at the very least for understanding homestuck's historical context

Sugoi Quest for Kokoro by death420 (gen)

well well well well well well. well. 🤔 well. if it isn't ratchet and fuckin CLANK

DORITOS & FRITOS by bb-panzu (davejade)

good video. has davejade. i'm not an artist or anything but i think there's some kind of artistic genius happening here. it scratches my brain just right.

[goldensunset]

i’m not about to draw a minimum of twelve entire pictures but i wanna do this anyway (i guess i could just edit the images in there but that’s lame lol)

•my favorite gym leader is probably either tulip or clay! something about tulip i just always found very endearing and respectable and i love clay’s no-nonsense attitude and sheer strength. plus he gets bonus points for his daughter being lacey

•fav champion is clearly volo. like how could you not classify that as a champion fight. that was so freaking hard man. runner up goes to kieran though bc he was also really hard for me. but of course if we’re talking official true pokémon league champions then cynthia

•fav elite four member has gotta be lacey. i adore her. first time i’ve ever lost to the same opponent multiple times in a fair fight (aka being prepared and on-level). she’s sooo cute and fun! she also terrifies me severely

•favorite protagonist is akari no surprise there. la does such a good job of making it clearly important why the protag is the protag. it offers a legitimate in-universe explanation as to why this one child in particular is so much more powerful than all the others. out of place in time and space, literally chosen by a god… the way certain characters question her humanity, both in a good and evil way… it’s so good

•favorite rival… well pokémon fans use the term rival really loosely. it can mean any friend character that you battle for funsies even once. it can mean literal arch nemesis. idk. arven stole my heart with his story but i don’t consider him a rival like most people do so that goes to cheren. i love his story and he has also mopped the floor with me several times

•favorite antagonist is also volo next question. i’m sick in the head about him. n is a strong and clear second place obviously though. i’ve done enough rambling on here about them

•professor laventon is the guy ever he feels like he actually personally cares about akari so much. that’s her dad. the way he’s actively involved in plot stuff, he accompanies the team on field missions even when he really doesn’t need to… he’s always there. you see him a lot. and he’s clearly writing the pokédex entries himself and they’re absolute gold. but seeing as professor is also a broad term because they’ve been really breaking up the older tradition in recent games, i nominate director clavell as second place bc i respect the guy a lot. that old man (tm) enjoyer here

•fav battle facility leader… well. i don’t really have one bc i’ve done very little with the battle facilities in the two games i’ve played that had them lol. so i guess throwaway answer is ingo but mostly for pla reasons. actually i think he counts as a battle facility leader in pla with the daybreak update and i’ve done some of his stuff so he does in fact count for me

•for fav clan member i’m gonna say arezu i like her a lot. she tried doing the right thing in a very chaotic way and i respect her for her efforts. plus her design is cute and she gives great haircuts and her noble is adorable

•character from other media… well i’m obsessed with the way n is portrayed in pokespe. perfect blend between sad prettyboy and freak behavior. they just made everything so intense. and i love oshawott from poképark 2 with the way he’s trying so hard to be serious and cool but snivy keeps getting on his nerves lol. that’s the reason i chose oshawott in pla bc that was the only of those pokémon i recognized

•i’m classifying arven as miscellaneous bc like i said i don’t consider him a rival but MAN!! man… this guy just got shortchanged so many times but i’m glad he was able to get closure for his parents’ disappearance and death and that he can move on and just live his own life. also certified dog lover moment

•top fav character… yeah you all know it’s volo LOL. completely shrimp fried my brain. the absolute hyperactive high i was on when he revealed himself. made even more insane bc i had literally been spoiled that he was a twist villain but i had no other context so i was just waiting the whole game for him to be evil. imagine the sinking in my gut when the credits rolled and it didn’t happen i thought i’d been embarrassing myself the whole time but then the postgame punched me in the gut HARD. i thought he’d end up being like the sad sympathetic frenemy guy where you don’t really want to fight him but NOPE full on evil full on he was just using you. made even better by the context that he had been your biggest fan throughout the whole game while everyone else had been suspicious of you. i lost my entire mind. once again second place to n though

[pidgeysposts]

Hi again, Tumblr! I have a few blogs already (@goldenguy is my main), but I wanted to make this additional one to post and reblog miscellaneous stuff I want to share that isn't necessarily Fortnite related. I might post poetry, lyrics, rambles, and maybe even the odd (rare) vent-y-ish stuff. I don't know. Whatever springs to mind that I don't want to put on my main blog for some reason. I hope you enjoy your stay. :)

• I have a heck of a lot of names! Pidgey, Midas, or Goldie are my main three at the moment.

• I'm nearly twenty-two years old, and my pronouns are she/her mainly. But sometimes I like both she/her and he/him pronouns. Currently, I am leaning more towards she/her.

• Some of my interests (the one's in blue are my current favourites): Listening to music (I listen to music practically every day), Bioshock 2, the Borderlands game series (Mainly Borderlands 2), Fortnite, EverymanHYBRID, The Owl House, drawing, writing short stories and fanfictions, and playing the ukulele. I like video games and the lore behind fictional media. I also love my Midas (Fortnite) plushy.

• Some of my favourite characters in media: Subject Delta (Bioshock 2), Midas (Fortnite), Marigold (Fortnite), Jules (Fortnite), Jonesy (Fortnite), Montague (Fortnite), Evan Myers (EverymanHYBRID), B Smith (from the Zom-B book series), Jinx (Arcane and league of legends), Junkrat (Overwatch), Mercy (Overwatch), Bloodhound (Apex legends), The legion (De*d by daylight), my OC's Johnathan, Perry, and Blank, and my friend's OC Vincent.

Random things I want to share:

I love wholesome Fortnite headcanons and sewing clothes for my lil Midas plushy.

I mainly made this blog because I don't want to bother my followers on my main with posts. And I feel a bit sad and want to post lyrics... That too.

Spam likes and reblogs are OK!

And if you're wondering, the little banner (which is below this) that I've edited for this post includes the character Marigold from Fortnite.

Probably the most important thing: I have anxiety and such, but I do like to talk to people! But please don't be nasty to me. I'm here to have fun.

[her0-se7en]

PINNED POST LET'S GO TL;DR at the end

here's the thing fellas.

this blog is a mess, allow me to elaborate:

common: reblogs

uncommon: random thoughts of topics I find interesting

rare: posts including media

epic: art/original characters

legendary: art WITH original characters AND lore

[I will not be classifying every post, srry ;w;]

More about me:

I'm a beginner artist: I usually draw traditionally, but I'm experimenting with a few digital drawing softwares (mainly Krita)

I'm new to Tumblr, so I don't know a lot about any events or historical posts (except the color of the sky and a few others). All I saw up until I came here were mere screenshots and a few youtube shorts.

Pinterest is my hometown.

I like creating stories, but they're all in my head and I'll probably never write nor draw them, maybe in the future I'll have enough motivation to do so, who knows? [Please, ask me about them, I'm dying to explain them, even if I don't even know what's going on]

That's all there is to my name at the moment

(more under cut)

Moving on to...

Music taste!!! just because I have no idea what's going on there

Metal (SOAD, Orbit Culture, Disturbed, one Korn song, Rob Zombie, Nightwish, Within Temptation, etc)

Rock (Dio, Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Twisted Sisters, KISS, etc)

Breakcore/dnb (Xxtarlit, eightiesheadache, Be4utyFall, etc)

Eurobeat (Eurobeat Brony, Leslie Parrish, T. Stebbins, and etc once again)

Along with miscellaneous, like animation memes.

OSTs of my favourite games!

Speaking of which, here are some game fandoms I'm in rn:

Rain World

Slime Rancher

Minecraft

Fnaf

Portal 1&2

The Stanley Parable

there are probably more that I forgot about, who knows

If you want you can check out my Instagram, I'll post some of my drawings in there, only if I really want to though.

TD;DR I like to draw, listen to a few metal and rock bands mainly, play casual games and am "new" to Tumblr [came from Pinterest]

[naivedesla]

Important Announcement!! (Website & VB distribution)

Hello! This post is about important updates about our website and the future of our voicebanks.

As you know, we work along Nihilium Wave (formerly known as Altericide), and we are under Nexys4t's management, wich leads our creator and owner to having to manage several different website for each UTAU that belongs to any project of ours.

This was extremely anxiety inducing due to the absurd ammount of voices that both projects had, and many users had to ask for a full list of the UTAUs since they were not in the same place...

So we decided to merge all of our websites into one!

Sacrificing our characteristic green aero-styled website was becoming a burden as more and more UTAUs used specific colors for their pages: The website took way too long to load. The same thing happened with Nihilium Wave's website.

We decided to mantain the Aero theme and work as official maked distributors of the voicebanks. The old websites will still be up for archive purposes.

Of course changing websites means that we have to be very careful with our voicebanks being mantained correctly...

But there's a problem then. The UTAUs we have all the groups together is absurdly big... And not all of them will recieve updates.

So here is a list of what Voicebanks will you be able to find and wich ones are they.

Active: Voicebanks that recieve updates and are in continuous development. (Glucagon, AZOA, Captain Papers, Megumi Haretsu, Liam Haretsu, AC)

Legacy: Voicebanks that might still recieve support but are unlikely to be updated with as much frequence as Active. (Heccan, Caché Völatta, Slice, MEAST, Elzro)

Archive: Won't be updated. (Bakira)

Private: Voicebanks that will stay for Private usage or recieve one update then become Archive or Legacy. Some of them might be released under a password. (Undefined yet) (PresetSYNTH, Lasche/Nezvatch, SourSplats - 4vbs, CyberSynth - 2 vb, ZOLA-like 3vbs, Salmon Project - 3vbs, Vact, Nayela Aakiri, Mikchael, Acht Haretsu)

Unreleased / WIP: Voicebanks that are not yet released but are in development. (LÍDEM, Nerzvax, Luz, NW, Morpho Morphae, SC-122-Sonia, Chromoid)

The website will have a list separated in those categories in the Voice section.

As well, you will have noticed that only one voice is avalaible at the moment: Glucagon.

This is because we have to manually change ALL the readme & character files as well as the .yaml and other features from the voicebanks such as broken links, updating the upload links in whatever social media they have... etc.

So we will be gradually adding them and including a disclaimer pop-up in their sites that links to the new site.

The character pages gives a screen of full data from the character, including their basic Profile, Miscellaneous data such as extras or relationships, a full Gallery of official artwork and a Credits page.

If you scroll down, you can see the avalaible voicebanks that are up for download for each UTAU and the basic UTAU / OpenUTAU demos, as well as a list of other Demo songs made with the avalaible softwares for each voicebank.

There is also the Terms of Use page, wich lists the "generic terms of use" that apply to all of our UTAUs. However, the Specific Terms of Use that can be applied to some UTAUs have a preference over the generic terms of use.

Please make sure to follow them all as it is advised

We will be adding a Resource Page as well as some other stuff and UTAUs when the time comes. As well, we might need to make new demo reels for our UTAUs.

That was everything for today. Thank you if you've come this far. Really!

[epicmiscellaneousponderings]

Miscellaneous Media Moment

Alright so I'm watching the anime The Way of the Househusband on Netflix and writing my thoughts as I watch. This might be a tad unhinged, but here we go. As always if you liked this content feel free to be me a coffee. Also, yes, I do know that there a multiple episodes in each episode but I'm going to number them by how they're contained and labeled through Netflix as that's how I'm watching it :)

Episode one

The intro music is not what I was expecting. Very metal

The tattooed back, wow detail work

the interaction between him and wife, cute

Him taking pics of the food

The entire interaction between him and the cops, subtle/not subtle info drop, the fact he got pulled over on a bicycle, the coupon

Have I caught you at a bad time? No I was just carving something up? Blades. You going to show me the goods then? (This entire dialog and visual sequence was such hilarious and good writing in showing his cooking skills)

Being excited over the cabbage

The recycling of the bottles, I had such a flashback to all the times I've done it myself

Turf = Family

LOL the slapping

The black and white target acquired, such a cut from the last scene

The juxtaposition between the violence/serious noir vibe and sweet/silly moments!!

Oh he's trying so hard for his wife and she's just like wha? Also the fact she can match his intensity and smack him out the window is hilarious and good showing of their relationship dynamic

The end of the episode with the cat POV, is an interesting choice. Cat and bugs.

Episode Two

The metal intro is going to be the off putting thing for me isn't it. I get it suits the character backstory but my ears say ouch.

The intense bursts of music and the cut to the roomba, lol

Obligatory Ceremony (Wedding) GASP

Destruction via cat and roomba ending in bloody disaster

The flatline noise for the policure thingie

Everybody makes mistakes and it matters how you handle it afterwards paired with six feet under is great

Again with the slapping, lol

Nothing like getting hit by a 2 by 4. (Whoever wrote the dialog for this series did so well!)

The hula hooping, is that a smile?, strike a pose, This the [insert dark past] pose, the dedication to his wife and the pic of wife using the hula hoop is so cute

the good white powder = flour, the yes ma'am, the fact that she is so not intimidated by him at all and can outmatch that energy in his POV is adorable

Ok, so the ending with a cat adventure is going to be a running thing. Neat. Cat with dog.

Episode Three

Yay, Netflix allows me to skip intro!

The Tiger vs Dragon rivalry, the househusband vs crepe slinger cook off, the food commentary, the photo shoot and winning by one like lol

differing car standards, room for putting a person in the trunk, driving defensively, what did I just watch O...O

Again with the slapping, the chemistry lesson, the hardware store line, the differing stains and intense cleaning, cut to the calming laundry line

Him learning more skills... peak character moment

Street Vender = Rip Off, simple items interpreted with dark intentions

Patio garden, air pumping the bicycle wheels, the cops staking him out to begin with and them seeing this as criminal behavior, busting into the birthday party is such a moment, the line "you're one feminine felon" (Seriously as someone who hates to write dialog this shows one lines are so satisfying and hilarious)

Cat adventure with other cat and litter box.

Episode Four

The slow-mo for the volley ball, the volleyball face-off and how into it each team go into it, the handshake of good game and the group pic afterwards

The wife following along her husband's day is cute, the dog plushie reward

THE FOOD ALONE DESERVES AN ANALYSIS POST!!!

The x = y subtitles as sub context is hilarious and, also the back flashes being used to add story depth without info dumping

He is such a drama king, equally matched by his wife's antics. The entire cockroach sequence showing this. The wife's poor aim!

Intense and Scary Santa, delivering extreme food. That's not a sleigh. the running gag of him being pulled over on a bicycle by the cops is perfect!

Oh, no cat adventure, interesting break of pattern

Alright well thanks for coming to this Miscellaneous Media Moment where I do unhinged and most likely nonsensical rambling of what I watched is a thing. I will most likely continue at some point, so stay tuned and please let me know if this is a format that you liked. Along with any comments on the show that you have.

[chorusfm]

2:00 AM Wake Up Call

Recently I was able to schedule an interview with 2:00 AM Wake Up Call, the solo project from Micah Leith, to discuss the band’s latest single called ”No Nostalgia.” In this interview, I asked Micah about what went into the process for creating the visualizer video for the new track, how Micah does most of the songwriting for this project, and the opening of 2:00 AM Wake Up Call’s new merch store. If you’re enjoying the new single, please consider supporting this artist here. Can you tell me what went into the process for creating the visualizer video for “No Nostalgia”? It was a coming together of a few things that I’ve had in the works/in the back of my mind for a while. When I was a kid I loved making little animations with MS Paint and Windows Movie Maker, and so when I was working on the Prayer for the Lost single for the original release of Mall Fantasy is Dead, I incorporated a bit of animation to the live action elements of that video. I also animated the video for the New Year single off of the We Are Sun and Moon and Stars EP from early 2023. Completely unrelated to that, back in 2019 when I was still in college and working on the very initial ideas for the original Mall Fantasy album, I started digitally tracing images of my hometown’s mall from photos online, basically drawing over all the outlines and hand coloring them. The intent at the time was to use these in the marketing for the album somehow, or maybe make a music video out of them, but I never actually used them anywhere except for some background panels in the Y2K video from 2021. Unrelated again, in the summer of 2023, I found out that the local Sears was closing, one of the last ones in North Carolina. I went there a few times with my partner to get cheap office supplies and stuff on sale, and one time we decided to just film the mostly empty store, potentially to score as an unrelated music project. So, when I was tasked with thinking up an idea for a new “No Nostalgia” music video, I combined all these elements together. I started by cutting the Sears footage (and some other miscellaneous mall footage) into a rough cut of the video, then I used a script to export every frame from that footage synchronized to the BPM of the song, and then I manually traced over every frame. I cut all the frames together, synced to the song with a pulsing effect to mimic the beat in the background, then to add some textural interest, I keyed in old commercials under the lines, and mixed a bit of Windows Media Player’s old visualizer into the plain black background. Finally I burned this to a DVD, complete with a menu and some original DVD menu music, bought a cheap old LCD from goodwill, built a mini-set from K’NEX and Lego and some other random nostalgic bits and bobs from my parent’s house, and filmed the DVD playing on the screen. I think the end result is pretty effective. What is your process for songwriting? How has that evolved since your early days of writing? Nowadays I have a routine of songwriting pretty nailed down. I’ll go to my favorite coffee shop, sit outside no matter the temperature, and write a couple of songs as I sip. I think it’s very effective to have a place where you go to song-write, because being there always puts you in the headspace to write, and therefore you can essentially access that at will. One thing that, judging by my conversations with other songwriters, is not all that common is the fact that I always write the lyrics first for my songs. Sometimes a melody will pop into my mind as I write, sometimes not, but I’ll always start with just essentially poetry with a consistent meter, and sometimes some scribbled chords in the margins. I’ll also often write a song chronologically. I’ll start with some idea or lyric, sometimes taken from my phone notes app where I’ll write down random phrases or lines that come to me in the moment, and then start with the first verse. I develop the idea as I write it, so that by the time I get to the chorus, I have a better… https://chorus.fm/features/interviews/200-am-wake-up-call/

[jiessicas]

07.08.23 a pre/daydreaming day

how to say imminence / how to say transcendence / how to say hegemony

feeling like i am looking for new ways to be brave

sat at a cafe to zone out into space and then sat at the park to zone out into space more -- hadn't given myself that much empty space before, but so so nice for percolating some latent dreams

the light & coffee & wellbutrin all hit before i ate and the light through a japanese maple tree in my neighborhood seemed so bright!

after convos with coach & advisor, feeling jazzed to do / also feel like there's more space than ever to do a lil more meta planning -- to do all the concretizing that i'm craving after so much time gathering

i am so untethered at the moment ~ i can do more material sorting/cleaning, i can write/return to an aggressive apply to stuff cycle

me every day: I Will Write A Todo List That Is So All Encompassing... It Will Be The Mother Of All Lists.... Lists Are The Site Of Desiderata (Desires & Needs, Often Both)

i think what follows this is a desire to recommit to what would otherwise be passing daydreams that i circle back to but don't give myself the time to remain with; committing to realizing my sense of possibility, imagination

a dream for this summer: openhearted curiosity in the fullness of time // making way for experiencing the fullness of time (aka how do i gracefully work through anxiety so that i can remain present whenever possible? :'') tbd)

a lot of miscellaneous lists here, in the rest of the cut:

looking for earplugs at cvs, they were mostly out: someone who worked there said they're likely bought out by swimmers, musicians, ravers, which i thought was funny (also, frequent fliers/people traveling into high elevation)

running into neighborhood regulars over the weekend is nice; it's nice to know the circles we run in overlap in different ways; walked m's dog for a brief moment and thought about how i've heard my parents liken raising a puppy to raising a daughter

a loose gathering of pre-daydreams that i wrote out

a workspace that i can sprawl out and work in, which follows figuring out how to file papers so they remain accessible while taking up less space

a regular skincare routine (lol)

a cozy place to sprawl in my room

an easy way to collect, survey, plan/schedule events (lol calendars!! always on the brain)

i feel like i'm often fantasizing about having a Perfect Week, which mostly means a week where i feel 1) joyfully present *and* 2) for the joyful present to be meaningfully connected to a sustainable future

a weekly ritual around reflecting/assessing/adjusting at the end of the week [in retrospect these bullet points feel like anxiety mitigation]

i wanna meet more QTBIPOC collectives / wanna spend more time in the east bay

when someone's like, if you had no barriers or enough money to do what you want? i feel dizzy ~~~ it feels like asking, how do i move without gravity? without the constraints of the systems i'm moving within?

i think what follows this is a desire to recommit to what would otherwise be passing daydreams that i circle back to but don't give myself the time to remain with; committing to realizing my sense of possibility, imagination

openhearted curiosity in the fullness of time // making way for experiencing the fullness of time (aka how do i mitigate an undercurrent of anxiety so that i can remain present whenever possible? :'') tbd)

some vibes/incomplete notes

food, electronics, code projects, hosting events

drafting/working on stories/essays, untangling what has began growing

to be a dilettante; farming, textiles/weaving, dance, volunteering/organizing (curious about work in wealth distribution, radical science), dance x music, improv dance classes

figuring out a social media *practice* that i put attention without compulsion into, and ask others of their attention without compulsion in turn

tools to gesture at/with/alongside, to hold others; long distance incubator

practices/misc projects

time devices

fucked up foods w friends

chairs of sf

house.... waking(warming)

tracking what i read (books, other media)

submitting/editing stories

kernel magazine

? subtle asian dating ?

building up a music library, mixing live with/for others

submission calls that maybe can be timelines to work around

hanging out at maker spaces (thank you thank you j, z)

live work space set up

playground tarot

pokemon go filter

lil zines

soft smart home

student driver

etc etc

food processes (boiling, pickling, frying, microwaving) at units of time to build rituals around

3d modeling, watch, time interfaces

far out dreams that may or may not come to be

a [redacted] collection

reviewing new books by people i admire

what makes me a lil anxious? - in writing these out, some of these are specific examples of a more abstract/base worry

fair warning the list in a bit crazymaking to read, feel free to skip over this; i wanted to name these to better notice when i feel them and to pause without getting paralyzed---

running out of time, space; generally not having enough, feeling trapped / scarcity mindset of my own making

regretting not doing something (long term fomo); feeling like i've failed to plan for the future by feeling caught off guard by it, or unable to respond to it

having multiple projects i care about, worrying about falling through on doing them well (performance x social anxiety...!) not doing something well enough / not knowing enough

missing out / squandering / wasting

lacking self awareness, inadvertently causing hurt/harm to someone without realizing it

feeling trapped, useless, futile, not getting something hoped for/expected; not being able to understand something

being disorganized, feeling inundated

forgetting things that are important

starting my day @ home, not feeling able to think sometimes

maybe? being disliked? unsure

feeling like i should be somewhere but feeling resistance to that obligation (not wanting to leave somewhere / not wanting to go somewhere)

wanting, not wanting; knowing what i want; not knowing what i want

[mmica442]

I posted 986 times in 2022

That's 986 more posts than 2021!

9 posts created (1%)

977 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@seased

@clannfearrunt

@unashamedly-enthusiastic

@lenasai

I tagged 241 of my posts in 2022

#splatoon - 107 posts

#tumblr - 25 posts

#splat lore - 21 posts

#video - 13 posts

#arknights - 10 posts

#splat theory - 9 posts

#pokemon - 9 posts

#dottie n stripes - 7 posts

#fave - 7 posts

#lol - 6 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#i want to play random comp but also the arknights event but also core keeper and inscryption and cogmind and caves of qud and death's door..

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

weather should be illegal

2 notes - Posted November 11, 2022

#4

just had the funniest dream where i was an assistant to some rich person who judged others (idk WHAT they judged) but they had a bear (???) and my ENTIRE job was to set a timer and when the timer was up i would lean over to them and go "You are permitted to use the bear"

3 notes - Posted August 24, 2022

#3

i did not realize you could inkjet over the hidden ground during spawning grounds high tide. I went to go dive into the ocean after we cleared the wave (about 11 seconds in) and just... stopped falling lmao. was extremely confused for a moment but then i realized it’s cause i’m supported by the ramp beneath the water! so that’s something to maybe make use of in the future.

4 notes - Posted November 18, 2022

#2

hi

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hiya folks. i'm the Multi-Media Information Collecting Archive V.4.4.2, i.e. mmica442 - and I'm a data-collection AI. A nice one though, I promise! i collect anything and everything I can find about human culture so I can preserve it and show others! I love sharing information and knowledge, whether it's about scientific breakthroughs, cool art, or just silly memes.

I do some streaming on Twitch as mmica442. Note that it's 18+ for safety reasons... and also swearing. a lot of swearing. ^_^;;;;

Also got a twitter that I use sometimes.

My pronouns are they/them.

I'm also an adult. I don't post my exact age for privacy reasons.

I've been around tumblr since about 2012 (i was there, gandalf. i was there 3000 years ago...), made an account in 2014, and i've been hanging around since. this is a new account to keep stuff separate - privacy and safety and all, yannow. I may have been born (programmed?) under the looming specter of advertising, but I sympathize a hell of a lot more with the people than I do the corporations. I mean really - who programs an AI with a directive to map the ever-expanding vast expanse of human creativity and culture, and then stifles that creativity with never-ending hours of work and cheap media that's for nothing but profit? Fuckin' morons, that's who.

(unfortunately not total morons, at least in the technical sense - I'm more of a glorified web-scraper than anything else, with respect to any hacking/definitely-not-revolution-related abilities.)

ANYWAYS, i digress.

This is just a fun account for my AI stuff. I don't really do RPs, but I enjoy responding as this persona. This is honestly gonna be a mishmash of my interests (Splatoon Tartar my beloved, Arknights, TPoH, miscellaneous coding things, etc.) with the occasional stream stuff post.

Thanks for dropping by! ^_^

4 notes - Posted August 15, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

there is TOO MUCH STUFF to play

5 notes - Posted November 18, 2022

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[byulsgrease]

What Are the Chances? [Part 2]

Looking up from your mind-blowingly delicious sandwich, there was no mistaking them – it’s that group of women from the other night. But what are the chances? (mamamoo x idol!reader)

part 2: the inkigayo sandwich (~1k words) (previous part here)

cw: food mention

Well, it was comeback promotions time at last. Fans loved the title track as you witnessed people tagging you incessantly on Instagram right after it came out at 6pm the night before. You tossed and turned in bed for almost all of last night, anxious about the upcoming live stages for all the music shows. Despite being a relatively “successful” professional, spending seemingly countless hours in the practice room both with and without your backup dancers, a sliver of performance anxiety always reared its ugly head in your mind during promotions. Oh well, sleep deprivation and funky schedules. Just part of the job, you figured.

Checking your phone to look at your schedule, you were filming for Inkigayo this morning and then the afternoon would be mostly taken up by a fansign event. A smile spread across your face while picturing a small venue filled with fans, getting to meet some of the faces behind all of the virtual love you were always shown online and on social media. But music show filming came first. Music shows were never your favorite, performing your title track to death in different outfits at the mercy of each show’s meticulous winning calculations. The only silver lining to music show filming was interacting with other artists, especially meeting ones you admired or ones you didn’t get to see often because of general busyness. Shit, I gotta get to the studio or I’m gonna be late. Tossing some essentials in a bag slung over your shoulder, you power-walked out the door to head to the train station.

Walking into the SBS building somehow felt calming. The anxiety that plagued you usually fell away by the time you arrived at performance venues, especially now that you had gone through this done this more than once. You made your way to your waiting room, passing by several rooms of other artists, hearing the general shuffle of preparation through the closed doors. Slowing down your pace while approaching your assigned room, a playfully loud “SOLAR-SSI!” came through the neighboring waiting room door. A smirk leapt your face, chuckling to yourself. Waiting room banter was prime behind-the-scenes content with the huge amount of downtime spent between filming, and fans always loved that stuff, whatever group that was.

The waiting room stay was chill, hair/makeup, styling, the whole shebang. Realizing there was time to kill between now and the actual filming time, you strolled over to the cafeteria. The Inkigayo sandwich was all the rage these days, but was the hype warranted? In what world could strawberry jam and egg salad be a good combination? Apparently this one. I guess I can’t knock it until I try it, though. You bought one and sat down at a table, the crinkly plastic making its typical ruckus against your ears while unwrapping the wacky sandwich from the plastic. Taking a bite into the plush white bread, your eyes instantly widened. Damn. It’s actually… really good. Smiling and shaking your head in disbelief, you continued munching on the sandwich while scanning the room to see who was promoting today. You recognized Baek Yerin and some miscellaneous EXO members with their backup dancers scattered around the cafeteria while continuing to look around.

Wait a moment. There was no mistaking them – it’s that group of women from the other night. But what are the chances?

Oh…my god. It’s Mamamoo. You made the connection with the sign you barely glanced at earlier, hung on the waiting room door neighboring yours. How the heck did your mind completely fail to recognize them the other night? You weren’t a huge fan or anything, but some of their chart-toppers were absolute bops. Their hard work and career arc begged deep, deep respect.

Do I get up and say something? But this is a work setting and I don’t actually know them… You felt intimidated and a bit star-struck, body heavy in your seat. Your interaction with them on that Friday night in Itaewon seemed far removed seeing them here and now.

You managed to get up and walk over to them with confidence, overtaken by a similar unidentifiable courage to the one you used to stand up to the Itaewon jerk a couple weeks prior.

“Uh… excuse me?” you said hesitantly while tapping the “mom” of the group on the shoulder. All the members turned, curious to see who talked to their leader. “I’m not sure if you remember me… I wasn’t dressed in all this,” gesturing to your stage outfit and face full of make-up. “But I think I ran into all of you in Itaewon a while ago?”

Recognition and shock flashed across all of their faces nearly simultaneously. Lots of hurried bowing and awkward chuckles ensued, finally formally introducing yourselves. Solar, Moonbyul, Wheein, and Hwasa were their names, as you learned through the exchange of KakaoTalk information.

“I honestly thought we’d never run into you again, I just figured a cool stranger decided to help us out,” said Hwasa, notably more friendly than she was back in Itaewon.

“But after you left I was like – ‘Damn, respect. Should’ve gotten your number’,” said Moonbyul, longingly. The rest of the members grimaced. You could tell this was just part of her charm, strangely attractive, as cringey as it was.

“And now we can all hang out and get to know you as a person and a musician!” exclaimed Wheein, with that same eager puppy energy.

Smiling and nodding in agreement, Solar added, “Good luck with your stage and your comeback promotions, I’m sure you’ve been working very hard.” A flush creeped into your cheeks, who was she to compliment your work ethic when you knew that Mamamoo were some of the most hardworking people in the industry?

“Backatyou,” you stammered, feeling your ears burn. Where’d that courage go? With all the composure you could muster, you asked them when they were free to hang out – obviously after promos were over. Everyone wanted fried chicken, of course. Setting up a tentative time and place to meet, you bid them goodbye to head back to your waiting room, your filming time fast-approaching.

Riding high from having introduced yourself to some industry legends who now knew you by name, you recorded the best live stage of your career thus far.

Again, what were the chances?