#Neurot Records

[possamble]

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hee hee i know i probably should have consolidated all the stars into one post but im gonna use this as an excuse to talk about multiple sections lmao

This is another part in chapter 4 that people haven't said too too much about for understandable reasons--it mostly just reads like a fluffy flashback to add to the emotional distress of the current situation:

(It stopped after a few months. Falin never really knew why, nor did she think very much of it — not until it came up in conversation again some years after the fact. “I guess I just felt really awkward — I knew you were a quiet kid, so I felt like I had to compensate, maybe,” Marcille admitted with an apologetic laugh. “It took me a while to realize you didn’t care if I had anything to say or not.”  “That’s not true…”  A brighter laugh, this time. “I didn’t mean it like that. It was more… hm… how do I put this?” She tapped her bottom lip with her finger and stared at the ceiling a bit, ears tilting slightly downwards. “More like, you didn’t mind if I didn’t feel like talking.” “Why would I mind?”  Marcille smiled at her warmly — it was a special smile, one that Falin loved, because Marcille was always smiling brightly and cheerfully. Or, she was calm and graceful, guiding the other students through a difficult concept with all the gentleness in the world.  But this one was soft and warm and so very sincere, Falin couldn’t help but hope she was the only person Marcille smiled like this for.  “Exactly.”  Falin didn’t get it — but then Marcille draped her arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer, so she guessed it was fine if she didn’t. “Maaan, you’ve been growing like a weed lately — I can’t even fit you under my arm anymore!” Marcille threw her other arm around Falin too, clinging close and nuzzling the side of her head. “What am I gonna do if you get as tall as I am? Just stop growing and stay like this forever, I’m begging you—!”)

But! It's kind of one of my own favourite parts about this chapter because of how one-sided and limited the perspective is here: we're seeing Marcille through Falin's eyes, in the form of a memory, from when she was a kid.

My primary focus in this scene was to capture a floaty, kind of detached approach to other people that Falin had as a child--it wasn't that she didn't care, it was more of a childlike resignation that she doesn't understand people, never will, and just kind of going with the flow. She hadn't really learned to mask or be vigilant towards other people's moods yet, in essence. I hope that you can clearly read Falin's detailed and attentive adoration of Marcille juxtaposed with a deeply uncurious attitude towards Marcille's inner thoughts and feelings beyond what she's willing to share.

The other thing I wanted to show was a glimpse of just how much Falin was also Marcille's first friend outside of her family in ways that were so important to her, even if Falin never realized. In my head, the way she approached her social life was colored by some weird and deeply rooted belief that no one would ever bother with her if she wasn't as smart as she was. She had trouble getting accepted into schools as a kid, meaning that she and her parents did apply and were rejected--the magic academy is the first time she's ever been able to be in a social environment without her family, and she got in because she was already an accomplished mage who was fully qualified to be in the research track.

So for Falin to make her feel safe, and like she didn't have to be either helpful or entertaining for someone to enjoy her company meant a great deal to her. Falin didn't care, and couldn't even conceive of a reason why anyone would dislike that Marcille didn't have interesting things to say all the time. In much more subtle ways, Falin's unconditional acceptance of Marcille was much of a first and a revelation for Marcille as Marcille was to Falin.

(So it's unfortunate that there's such a disconnect--Falin thinks that Marcille is just uncomfortable with her like a stranger again. Marcille, on the other hand, is freaking out because her anxiety and insecurity have been renewed, and she doesn't really know how to handle the fact that she wants Falin to find her attractive and interesting and all that.

In a happier and lighter story, this would all be resolved without further hurt and miscommunication :) but we all know that's not what you're here for.)

[necro-acid]

[fluffishere]

He doesn't have time to shower because hes too busy being a terrible cashier

[xxbatsybeanxx]

A few months ago,I redrew an old oc of mine from 2021 ( I was 16 when I made her ),her name is Gwen, and of course she is a gothic bby ( and is 19 ).

✨ extra info ✨

- She has a little bit of a Scottish accent

- she shops at 4y- records ( but is really there for the clerk 4y guy,bc she has a little crush on him )

- book worm

- owns a lot of spiritual stuff, mostly spirit crystals

- gives the best hugs

- she adores Black cats

- if she had a favorite squirrel,it would definitely be foamy

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[cielleduciel]

boss today was like "why do all the neurotic girls go for you". funniest part is she hasn't even met my wife

[nofatclips]

Negative Youth by Final from the album 3

[wis-art]

Lucy's upside down cross collar has 2 meanings, if she takes it off it will form woman symbol ♀, and the upside down cross is to represent how the church mistreats LGBT and women by often labeling them as wrongdoers.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

SAKEVI -- RANDY -- CLOUDY -- HIROSHIMA.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on two promotional and/or record adverts for Tokyo-based hardcore punk/heavy metal band G.I.S.M., c. 1985 and 1987 (promoting their "Militaly Affairs Neurotic" full-length on Beast Arts).

Sources: www.picuki.com/profile/fortbraggmagazine (pics found on two separate picuki sites).

[necro-acid]

ಠ_ಠ

[porciaenjoyer]

now that i have accepted that i do. own that cd i am actually so annoyed that they overcharged me… in a way i do feel like it was deserved and i find it sooo funny to consider the possibility that it was on PURPOSE but like. they charged me double the price

[sofastuffing]

this isn't meant to be derogatory but i think one massive sign that someone's a newbie artist is the way they add very prominent warnings not to repost their work

[riotshotguns]

normal again . sorry

[thistransient]

In an interesting turn of events (and after worrying about it all weekend), my school is not cancelling our class (because we’ve agreed unanimously that everyone in it now will remain til at least March), and they’re going to either give me a refund or private make-up classes for this snafu with my break. Somehow they got the idea I was going back to the US at the end of December, which I guess would have been a good excuse cause that’s Christmastime, isn’t it (when well-adjusted people do family things, right?). Unfortunately I’m a terrible liar, even by omission, so I just mumbled a bit awkwardly to the office employee about it being private, which she accepted- I could have gotten off scot-free but then I foolishly followed up with the real reason (well, vaguely) to lend legitimacy to my great protestations, which shall surely raise some unwanted curiosity. One classmate already asked why I couldn’t just take break with the rest of them and be done with it, and I said I “had already organized some affairs”. If anyone inquires too exuberantly perhaps I shall tell them I’m having an embarrassing butt surgery like my brother (although he seemed pretty shameless about it at the time).

[moochilatv]

Slung presents: Neurotic

The music connects with the lyrics

Emerging alt-grunge quartet Slung have revealed a blistering debut single which shows just what this band are capable of. It’s out today via Fat Dracula. Opening ominously, the track builds to a devastating crescendo with vocalist Katie Oldham baring her soul, really tapping into the fear of not having control over your life or the things around you. The delightfully vulnerable and self-aware track is inspired by truly personal and confessional songwriting.

Oldham explains her process: “There’s something quite validating about hearing someone admit to things about themselves that they’re not proud of, but not ashamed of either, and I was considering what kind of confession would be true for me. 

The song is a series of small moments from my life that have been representative of this more encompassing overall fear of disempowerment and relinquishing control. Being the passenger of a bad driver and there’s nothing you can do but sit tight and hope you’ll make it to your destination safely, the feeling of imminent sickness and physically not being able to prevent it from happening, a recurring dream of being born with superpowers, but then one day, when everyone’s counting on you, your power just disappears and you have no idea how to bring it back.

To me, the song is representative of so much vulnerability: imposter syndrome, fear of letting people down, fear of failure, losing control, literal disempowerment...” 

Check also the videoclip below:

Neurotic is a confession, a glimpse into all the little ways we seek to control the world around us so we don’t spiral into nihilism. And yet how ultimately, the only thing we can really do is let go.

Photo: Arabella Wynne-Hughes

SLUNG ARE: Katie Oldham - vocals, Ali Johnson - guitar, Ravi Martin - drums, Vlad Matveikov - bass.

You can see Slung live in the flesh ripping up stages in the UK and the EU on various dates over the rest of 2024. Details below. 

The four members of Slung currently find themselves flung across Europe but Brighton is their spiritual home. A tight-knit crew of the formerly gifted and talented, Slung deliver blistering riffs, sinister drums and sugary sweet vocals, all wrapped up in a tasty tortellini of 90's slacker rock nostalgia. The group, featuring former members of Sit Down, The Death of Us & Intechnicolour, formed in 2023 with the ambition of finally finishing demos that had existed for years. On first rehearsal, the chemistry was instant and Slung stormed through the writing and recording of their upcoming debut album.

SLUNG ON TOUR:

Tickets available here

19 Sept - London - The Black Heart (supporting Masca) 

05 Oct -  Brighton - Dust (supporting Gaffa Tape Sandy) 

25 Oct - Alton - The Lounge Bar

26 Oct - Cheltenham - The Frog & Fiddle

30 Oct - Reading - Purple Turtle 

31 Oct - Brighton - The Hope (Super Special Halloween Set)

02 Nov - Bristol - Exchange Basement 

14 Nov - Madrid - Sala Wurlitzer 

15 Nov - Castellon - Pub Terra 

16 Nov - Valencia - 16 Toneladas 

22 Nov - Torquay - The Apple & Parrot

24 Nov - London - The Victoria 

06 Dec - Nottingham - JT Soar 

07 Dec - Brighton - Alphabet 

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