#PLEASE GO LOOK AT THE ROBOT-SWAG-COMPETITION

[robin-galaxies]

Bro I was late to the nonbiney swag competition and seeing WX-78 was there only to not make it past the first round was heartbreaking

RIIIP THAT MUSTVE BEEN DEVASTATING

why did WX-78 get zero love in the competition!!! heartbreaking truly

[simulacraswagshowdown]

simulacra swag showdown !!

hello everyone ! welcome to the simulacra swag showdown !!! you may refer to the mod [that's me !!] as neptune [he/ae/cog]

first of all, what is a simulacrum ? - simulacra OR simulacrums [singular form - simulacrum] is "an image or representation of someone or something" according to google. - by this definition, things like robots and gargoyles are simulacra ! here is the simulacrum wikipedia page if you need more help. - so basically anything "man-made" that looks like or is someone or something

now let's go over the rules ! 1. fictional characters only please !! since simulacra can range from reenactment places and statues, uhh ,, yeah ,, Don't submit them !! unless the statue is fictional. that's okay [i also meant like. real people that have like simulacra personas or something,, i hope you know what i mean] [more clarification here] 2. don't submit the same character multiple times. look i know that we love seeing our blorbos be in these brackets but please do not play dirty <3 3. yes, you CAN submit multiple characters, but one submission for one character !! i'm enabling multiple responses per user !!!! if you still submit more than one character in one form, i'm just counting the first character listed !!!! 4. if two or more characters from the same piece of media get a lot of submissions OR get an equal amount of submissions, they will have a preliminary poll to decide who gets into the main bracket. yes, this also means that there will be ONE character per piece of media. i'm sorry fellow monster high fans 5. absolutely NO harry potter. that's self-explanatory.

also i'm gonna clear something up here ,, i'd prefer it if robot submissions would be toned down ? since there are already robot tournaments happening i Feel like they would dominate the competition kind of sorta, you know ? i'm most likely going to try to put robots that haven't Won something yet

with all of that said and done, HERE is the nomination google form ! the submission deadline is on march 20, monday at 12:00am pst !

one final thing before i end this post !! frankenstein's creature / frankenstein's monster will be automatically in the bracket !

happy nominating !

inspired by the following tournaments / showdowns - @mad-scientist-showdown ; @autismswagsummit ; @alphabetbracket ; @qpr-competition ; @robot-swag-competition ; @the-ghost-games ; @graveyard-gambit-tournament ; @fashiondisastertournament ; @ultimate-poll-tournament

[skiddlecat]

❥ No matter when, I want to see you!

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hi hi!! welcome to my blog!

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☆ i go by she/her or they/them (no preference!)

☆ i'm autistic!

☆ don't expect this level of organization or professionalism in literally anything i post ever, i just want my blog to look nice. we're all clowns, this is one giant circus and you expect me to not act like a dumbass? fool. anyway, more under the cut! it's probably a lot less nice looking down there though...

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ok now that i don't have to act professional for my aesthetic purposes, welcome to my blog, i'm gonna list some more important stuff like a dni and fandoms i post in and stuff. keeping the coloured text though because i want to and it's pretty. it's like enrichment for my enclosure

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CURRENT FANDOMS/INTERESTS:

☆ ONESHOT (god i love oneshot)

☆ OneShot mods (Equinox, Aftermath)

☆ Vocaloid

☆ HappyDays (the terraria youtuber)

☆ OMORI

☆ Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

☆ Danganronpa (unfortunately)

☆ ENA

☆ Project Sekai

☆ Undertale

☆ Smile for Me

☆ Cookie Run: Kingdom (UNFORTUNATELY) (currently only watched main story, haven't seen the alliance)

☆ Kirby

☆ Stardew Valley

☆ Inscryption

☆ The Stanley Parable

☆ Rain World

☆ In Stars and Time

☆ probably others that i can't remember off the top of my head, will update if necessary

DNI IF:

☆ S I K E i'm not giving you a list of what upsets me that'd be putting a target on my back, i know what the internet's like LMAO

just pass the vibe check and you're fine tbh, i have incredibly low standards so as long as you haven't done something illegal or aren't just generally human scum you'll be allowed to stay!

☆ i'm also generally okay with anyone following me regardless of what fandoms they're in, there's some that are a little iffy for me but i don't really judge, tbh i don't like the opinion that engaging in specific fandoms makes you a shitty person. obviously this is within reason though

NAVIGATION:

uhh. i'm still working on this. i have executive dysfunction please bear with me for like a year or so. i have so many posts to sift through please

these are the current non-fandom tags i have set up:

#my art (take a guess) #live skiddle reaction (for my blind reaction highlights. currently playing in stars and time!)

SIDEBLOGS:

@skiddles-oc-rambles - my oc zone!

@robot-swag-competition - exactly what it says on the tin!

@rain-world-cinematic-universe - there is no god here (worst rain world au ever)

please enjoy my insane ramblings and brainrot!

[theaudioglow]

Underwater Club Thump in a Gay Egyptian Nightclub: The Sounds of Lady Gaga's Chromatica

Reading Time: One cold beer.

I crawled on hands and knees through pages of new releases to find that perfect first album to review AKA judge without mercy. Upon hearing that The Killers delayed what will surely be an epic sonic sheen of Brandon Flowers ejaculating charisma, I figured I would have to just go with something obscure and under-the-radar. And that’s exactly what led me to the new Lady Gaga album. Obscure and under-the-radar.

This is how we’re going to do this. Since The Audio Glow is so edgy and unique, we won’t listen to the album first, then craft a careful narrative around a central theme of thoughts. There will be no prior research. I’m simply going to douse my body in pink sequins and write what it evokes as I listen…

Sound good?

*A STAR IS BORN SPOILER* Now, let’s just hope by the end of this album, Bradley Cooper hasn’t hung himself again.

Headphones In. Commence Lady Gaga’s Chromatica.  

Track 1 – Chromatica I

Feel like I’m at the Oscars right now. So symphonic. Is this Lady Gaga on Ice? Climactic intro – this is Lady Gaga clearing her throat with an orchestra.

Track 2 – Alice

And we glide right into Alice. I already want to fall down a flight of European stairs into a basement club soaked in blue aura. Definitely a late 90s synth vibe creeping about here. This is like the 2020 version of Rhythm is a Dancer. That was honestly sheer power. Between her always declarative voice and the booming euro-synth – alright, what’s next, Gaga?

Track 3 – Stupid Love

Mmm love me some stupid love. As long as it doesn’t end in the pregnancy thing. Pulsating and urgent. Not my stupid love – the song. Sounds like the anthem that would play during the skate-off scene of a Disney middle school rollerblading competition movie: Oh no, there’s Zach watching from the bleachers in his Billabong shorts! And mom! And my always disapproving vanilla dad who showed up to see what this rollerblading dance thing is all about and is begrudgingly entertained!

I watched the Stupid Love video after hearing the album and the exact way to describe it is Mad Max: Fury Road meets Empire of the Sun. Really pretty generic for a Gaga joint.

Tell me Gaga and Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun don’t use the same eye paint artist.

Track 4 – Rain On Me (with Ariana Grande)

Two powerhouses on the same track. I wish I could ponder whether this song was an innocent take on the rejuvenating qualities of rain or a deluge of liquid innuendo, but the video’s been out for two weeks already. If you go by that, it’s about being able to cry in gothic glam outfits with a dance crew.

The beat is infectious – that’s what you get when you mix a Pop Overlord with the candy apple that is Ariana Grande. I appreciate the underwater swirls of euphoric resonance which ride under the track. Another reason why this song’s already a quarantine banger in your mom’s 2018 Kia Sportage with the bass turned up: the production is so tight. Obviously, with an album as obscure and indie lo-fi as a Gaga joint, I did not expect this level of gloss.

Track 5 – Free Woman

“I walk the downtown, hear my sound.” Nice line. Already loving that firm, strong beat with the currents of electricity reverberating off her voice. Notice all these songs so far are almost exactly three minutes. There were probably like, 27 producers working to cut these tracks just right (as would be typical of an indie garage pop album), but it’s noticeable how focused she is on pumping out straight dance snack tracks.

Unless I’m mistaken, Lady’s Gaga’s empowered yell of “I’m a free woman” leads me to believe this song is probably not about submitting to a man and cooking him casseroles.

Track 6 – Fun Tonight

This song is already primed to be the seventh song in a two-hour set in front of 70,000 fans with glowsticks. Sparser, simpler beat than some of the previous tracks. Leaning more into her pop element versus the euro/club vibes from the first few. What’s the theme here? Declarative. Power. Leaning into the night.

Track 7 – Chromatica II

The symphony has returned. The Lady Gaga lets the orchestra take over so she may chug a bottle of glitter water.

Track 8 – 911

Lady Gaga feeling dangerous. This beat is like seven women in leather stride confidently into the room and demand to see the DJ. On a serious note, this song is completely about Lady Gaga’s use of anti-psychotic medication and her battles against herself. Gaga’s been a moon goddess of the stage for what, 13 years now? She still effortlessly melds her struggle into dance tracks that sound like a dominatrix standing on top of a moving train. If I were a guy who had a site that was, say, into analyzing sounds and emotions, I’d observe that the power of her sound is her way of saying “I claim who I am through the sheer authority of these beats – I own myself”.

Track 9 – Plastic Doll

Ah, hell yes, Guh-ga. This beat is like a cryogenically frozen robot awakens and learns human emotion on the dance floor. Ironically, it sounds like a meta take on her own image as a caricature of a pop star. But it’s ambiguous if she’s talking about society judging her or a man. “No, I’m not your plastic doll.”

Track 10 – Sour Candy (with BLACKPINK)

Bringing in that freaky vibraphone. This is what I was waiting for, Gaga. Show me that freak stuff. I take that back – I came into this album with an open heart and clean mind…. No, I stand by it. I was looking forward to the freak stuff.

That vibraphone beat is what all dictators should listen to before making a bad decision. “Sir, don’t bomb that village – please listen to the Gaga first.” I guarantee more dictators doused in Gaga vibraphone glitter beats is better for the world.

Track 11 – Enigma

Opening with those subtle swirls of layered resonance. And her voice rises to that declaration of power again: “We could be lovers”. I know I’m heaping a lot of positive energy towards the album, but this song sounds like a generic euro-pop track. Thankfully for the Gaga, her voice carries and it will be fine for future mall background music.

Track 12 – Replay

Gotta praise those intro swirls of euphoric production for the 77th time. Just subtle ripples, and then they let the beat and Gaga carry the rest of the song. Just enough neon phosphorescence to classify the sound as Club over Pop. “Replay” and “911” have the heaviest Club thump-thump.

Track 13 – Chromatica III

It’s hard to commentate on a 27 second song, but…it drifts right into a song with Elton John. Like I said, no prior research! Of course, she needed a cinematic buildup into a duet with Elton John.   

Track 14 – Sine From Above (with Elton John)

Oh my goodness, that trance beat break-in at 1:27. I’m gonna keep laying in this song like a puddle of melty starglow, but definitely check out the lyrics. Appreciation is deserved.

Wow. Most powerful on the whole album. I must replay. I listen to August Burns Red in the shower and I’m putting a Gaga song on repeat. I so strongly empathize with songs about holding on to your life, especially one with beats that sound birthed from an underwater gay Egyptian nightclub.

So impressed.

Track 15 – 1000 Doves

Is there really anything else after Sine From Above? Having another powerhouse dance track is like trying to have sex again 15 seconds after having sex. No way this works.

Yeah, I’m spaced. Can we listen to Sine From Above again?

Track 16 – Babylon

Yes, jungle sounds! Please be more Gaga freak stuff. Okay, here we go. This is more of that Gaga-dancing-on-a-giant-pink-penis melded with a…saxophone? 90s dance-jungle-saxophone vibes. Last song on the album, and Gaga wanted to swag out with some dance fluff jungle-saxophone-Egyptian party vibes. I dig.

That’s it. Lady Gaga’s Chromatica. Yeah, I know it was a 1,400 word review – get off my back, peasant!

The Audio Glow’s rating for Chromatica: seven confident dominatrix women dancing in an underwater gay Egyptian nightclub….

that means it’s really good!

Artist Links:

Gaga’s Insta    

Gaga’s website

Upcoming Lady Gaga shows:

July 24th, 2020 — Paris July 30th, 2020 — London August 5th, 2020 — Boston August 9th, 2020 — Toronto August 14th, 2020 — Chicago August 19th, 2020 — New Jersey