#Phil is lowkey amused by all this

[moonussyy]

The way Dan looks at the camera crazed at the end of the video makes me wonder if he’s gonna permanently haunt those 8 year olds who beat him in the final round because his recreation of Lady Gaga’s meat dress actually ate and their basic fashionista fits somehow beat true artistic genius

[fanfic-corner]

Spideypool Fic Recs

I've recently been reading a lot of Wade/Peter fics, so I thought I'd share some of my favourites with you! Please remember to check the tags before reading <3

Lobster Biscuit by Scarlet_Ribbons (2.6k)

Peter goes on a terrible, terrible date, cashes in a favor on behalf of Spider-Man, and begs Deadpool to crash it.

Deadpool delivers.

Not One Hundred Percent by HashtagLEH  (7.3k)

After being drugged at a party, Peter is lucid enough to figure out that he needs help. But who does he even know (and trust) enough that he can just pop up on their doorstep at two in the morning?

Meanwhile, Wade would just really like to know who this random college kid is that showed up at his door.

let me explain by jilliancares (8.5k)

Wade scoffs, shaking his head and elbowing Peter in the side. “Sure,” he says, sarcastic. “That’s why your spidey-sense doesn’t see me.”

Peter’s on the verge of laughing, wanting to join Wade in his amusement, but he freezes. His entire body goes still. He finds himself staring at a roof three buildings over, not even looking at anything. Two blocks away, a car alarm finally shuts off.

“I never told you that,” Peter says, the realization startling him.

Or: Peter's starting to realize just how much Wade knows about him.

Bear the Pain (as the Gods Intended) by mustehelmi (9.8k)

Five times Wade is injured and one time Peter is the injured one.

Gravitation by WillowSong (9.9k)

In a universe where Spiderman never exists, young Peter Parker makes an unlikely friend in Deadpool.

A Friendly Neighbourhood Kidnapping by Willow Writes (12k)

Peter is more than a little mad when Wade ghosts him for years, and then when he finally shows his face in New York again, it’s to kidnap Peter Parker. So he decides to have some fun with the situation and see how long it takes for Wade to recognise him.

Wade thinks he has an easy hit ahead of him and is planning on getting back in touch with his favourite Web–Slinger once the job is done. But Peter Parker seems harder to take down than his buyer let on.

what light through yonder window by hellornothing (14k)

The figure moves quickly, but Peter’s faster. He’s still adjusting to the sudden brightness, so dark red is really the only thing he takes from this initial encounter, but it’s enough.

‘Deadpool?’

aka the one where they get together via late night window visits

The 6 Times Peter Wanted To Reveal his Identity (And the 1 Time He Did) by Spongeekat (28k)

"Look, I’m just a Deadpool. I know I’m not Dr. Phil. But I couldn’t just let you make some bad decision and let the world lose one more hot piece of ass. Anyways, I live in the area and saw you standing on the ledge, and I thought I could maybe talk you down. Dying hurts, in case you were wondering. It’s not worth it.” Dying...hurts? Talk him down? Bad decision?

Oh.

“Oh.” Everything suddenly connected and the gears started turning in Peter’s brain. “No, wait, I wasn’t…” He didn’t quite know how to explain he wasn’t there to do that without completely explaining why he was up there in the first place. Any resolve he may have had earlier about revealing his superpowered persona had melted away, his plans going awry within seconds. "

Or Peter is madly in love with Wade, and plans to meet him on top of his apartment building to reveal his identity. Wade thinks Peter is standing on the ledge ready to jump, and takes it upon himself to make sure he gets home safe and finds a reason to live again.

Finite State by Scarlet_Ribbons (34k)

When he's blackmailed by, of all people, a weird work acquaintance who needs Spider-Man gone for obviously illegal purposes, Peter is forced to hang up the suit- at least temporarily -until he can resolve the situation. Unfortunately, things start to get sticky when Deadpool, who Spider-Man's been on-again off-again with (okay, yeah, lowkey messing around with), crashes into Peter's life and demands the photographer help him figure out what's got his favorite webhead so spooked.

Peter's life is really weird.

I Think I Missed a Step ('Cause I'm Fallin' For You) by mokuyoubi (42k)

There’s a weird familiarity about the kid's tone and posture, and it’s true that Wade is pretty far from home today but he’s also certain he’d remember that baby-face if he’d seen it before. On the other hand, he has spent the better part of the past few years feeling like he’s missed a step, so this conversation isn’t exactly anything new.[[A hot guy is willingly talking to us. Go with it.]][Don’t make an ass of yourself.]“Shaddup,” Wade grumbles, though Yellow has a point...

OR Peter thinks Wade knows his secret identity, and Wade is really confused by the hot coed who keeps popping up and hanging out with him.

Damage by dontcareajot (42k)

Peter Parker finds himself in a sticky situation and who should show up to rescue him but the infamous Deadpool? Now Peter feels indebted to the mercenary... And maybe weirdly charmed by him.

My Boyfriend's a Murder Bot by Fredegund (55k)

Wade Winston Wilson is ugly. His skin's inside out. It ripples and moves every second of every day, at constant war with the cancer. Vanessa put on a brave face for him when she first saw the changes, but it turns out even she can't stomach the sight for long. He's ugly and alone and nothing will ever be good in life again -

If only that were his only problem.

But Weapon X is at it again, under crisp new management, turning orphans into super slaves and bringing out the big guns to make sure nobody interferes this go around (namely one Pool comma Dead). So now, not only is Wade alone and ugly forever, but he's got a bit of a pest problem in the form of a black-clad murder-happy man spider with a collar around his neck and an unhealthy obsession with tying Deadpool up.

So maybe it's not all bad...

Paradise (spread out with a butter knife) by Sarah_Sandwich (72k)

He sighs from where he’s prone, arms akimbo, and roof gravel digging into his spine. “I lost my job. My… other job. The one that actually pays the bills.”

He doesn’t want to dwell on why he’s telling Deadpool of all people. Surely it has nothing to do with his desperate lack of friends. MJ is in California chasing her dreams, Harry’s undergoing treatment for his mental health and isn’t allowed visitors (not that it matters since they blacklisted Peter after last time), and Gwen… Well.

And it’s not like he can talk to Aunt May without her worrying about him starving to death under a bridge or something so… Deadpool it is. Man, when did his life get this pathetic?

OR: The one where Peter and Wade are literal soulmates but don't realize it for literal years because they're literal idiots.

Dissonance by stuckybarnes (121k)

Wherein Deadpool is reluctantly hired to protect Peter Parker from an organization out to hunt him, with varying success on both ends and quite a lot of feelings, revelations, and identity crises.

I hope you enjoy these fics as much as I did, and please let me know if you have any more Spideypool recs! And, as always, thank you to all the wonderful writers for sharing these incredible fics with us <33

[fryday]

Phil will argue any opposing side of an argument (silly arguments) from Dan even if he doesn’t actually agree with the stance just to get Dan riled up because he thinks Dan’s cute when he gets all riled up

Oh one HUNDRED percent. There's nothing Phil gets more glee from than doing or saying something he KNOWS will get a reaction out of Dan. That specific tone of voice he has when he's saying something just to be a lil shit (the kind that's lowkey emotionless but you can already hear the amusement in) and the immediate side-eye at Dan right after - he's so obvious. And you can tell it deflates him when Dan doesn't react. Luckily he almost always does (probably cuz he knows Phil likes it) (essentially they're flirting)

[pseudophan]

some post wad weekend thoughts...

i just wrote all this on the plane and haven't read it through so apologies for any mistakes

first of all, this weekend was incredible. i usually just kinda sit at home doing not much of anything, and this was a much needed break to actually have some fun. london in general always lifts my spirits but i suppose that danisnotonfire guy contributed a little as well.

guys i think i've met more people the past few days than i otherwise have in years. like. holy shit. i started listing people but i'm petrified i'll forget someone so i chickened out, sorry about that. but you all know who you are. i've met friends i've had for years, people i used to know but haven't spoken to in what feels like a decade, newer friends, and a frankly baffling amount of people i didn't know yet but who told me they've followed me for ages. like holy fuck you guys lmao what the hell??? and i mean did the reaction ever get old no of course it didn't. bad for my ego i'm sure but totally worth it. there's something very amusing and incredibly surreal about being chronically lame in most aspects of life and then suddenly finding yourself in an environment where you're kinda cool???? SO fucking fun oh my god, but also i do kinda feel like i've tricked you all? but hey i'll happily let you keep believing i'm cool, that is more than fine with me.

most importantly though everyone was SO lovely. like i said i don't think i've spoken to this many people in such a short amount of time in years and every single person i talked to was awesome. guys did you know phannies are kind of great... don't tell anyone but, lowkey... everyone is so funny and cool and absolutely insane but in a good way (shoutout everyone left at the gates until the very end, we should probably get some help).

and then lastly of course, mr howell himself. i talk about this a lot i feel like but fuck me that man was born to perform. whether you think he's actually funny or not, nobody can argue he doesn't absolutely thrive on a stage. he plays off the audience so well and he's so very obviously having the time of his fucking life. i'd already seen the show twice before this, and i didn't think anything would top the previous london show but man... the first night he came back out after the show having clearly been tearing up backstage, apologising for being an inconsistent absent parent, and i can't lie the "i had daddy issues and THEN i subscribed to dan howell" got me cause yeah no literally dude, you nailed it, exactly, well done. i think something about doing this show again, his magnum opus as he considers it, now after the dapg return was very special to him. he seems genuinely surprised that so many of us were ready to just jump back in like nothing happened, i don't think he was expecting so many people to still be waiting and it's... man. he comes off so grateful for us all and it's so fucking sweet. and then on the last night, i think that was my favourite, when the show ended and he got the standing ovation and people throwing him flowers.. he was so HAPPY. and clearly overwhelmed with emotion which, i gotta say, there is something honestly kinda funny about daniel howell standing in front of you trying not to cry. like no by all means dude go ahead, please, you've made me cry an endless amount of times it's only fair.

ugh. i'm proud of him or whatever. dick. and i'm proud of our ridiculous fucking community. i'm not sure what 14 year old nora would say if you'd told me i'd still be kicking it in the phandom a decade on, but at almost 25 (fml) i'm so so happy to be here still. you know, we get a bad rep, but i genuinely think as far as fanbases go we're pretty solid. and i love you all so much.

i believe i will have to rob a bank or something because the next time dan and/or phil do a tour i think i'll have to just show up at every date like i'm sorry but this was too good of a high we need to do it again immediately

anyway. back to work 💪

(by which i mean giffing dan and phil. i am still very much unemployed. fr though i'm two whole videos behind this has never happened i feel weird. who am i)

[isa-ghost]

was reading through your q!phil hc masterpost and was wondering if you could add any of your codebreakers/etoilza headcanons into the fray…? :3

YESSSS I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK THIS LONG TO GET ASKED /LH

qPhil headcanons masterlist

RESTATES for my and your convenience (heads up, there are a few suggestive/mildly explicit mentions!!):

--He's FWB with Etoiles. Extremely QPR, Etoiles is an aro king --He and Phil started out as friends and that has Barely changed if at all, but sparring matches get a little too homoerotic sometimes and neither of them can resist the other when they're popping off extra hard. Things have. Escalated a few times. If yknow what I mean. Of all Phil's harem members polycule partners, he & Etoiles have absolutely ZERO emotional investment in the Spicy(tm) things they do together. It's simply a very intimate way of showing each other their respect & admiration for the other. What they have going on is a "*spanks you* good game, let's hit the showers team" kinda deal. They're the type of mfs to finish in bed then shake hands like "gg." Casual sex is >>>> to these two, but it happens waaay less between them than it did Phil & Fit, Fitza was habitual (pre-Pac). Codebreakers is a once in a while thing --Etoiles has 100% asked Phil who fucks the best out of the polycule bc like everything else, it's a competition & he Must win, he Must have the best dick game. This amuses Phil very much --Phil is attracted to Etoiles the same way he's attracted to Fit, HOWEVER, the reasoning is different. Etoiles has raw skill and talent, but it's the way he wields it and demonstrates it that makes Phil wanna act up. Also Etoiles is fucking hilarious. Who can resist a good sense of humor? Those dramatics make Phil swoon --Etoiles is one of the people who is best at catching Phil's Tells for when something is wrong --Etoiles is one of few people who can convince (or goad) Phil into doing something he normally wouldn't, especially if he's drunk --Speaking of Phil being drunk around Etoiles, the way he can still absolutely body someone or snipe smth from miles away makes Etoiles want to kiss him stupid --Etoiles left a scar on Phil's back during Purgatory when he killed him Day 1. Phil didn't know for the longest time, but it took him a while to show him his wings after that. --Phil was genuinely afraid of Etoiles (& Fit) for a while after Purgatory --Sometimes Phil's laughs and startled yelps sound almost like squawks. Also his hiccups. It's very rare, but whenever it happens, he gets teased for it. Especially by Etoiles. --Phil goes back and forth on gifting one of his shed feathers to Etoiles --Technically all of the Polycule vs Ender King hcs apply to Etoiles in some way --Phil could listen to Etoiles teach him about French culture for hours

And now the new stuff :D

Etoiles's dramatics can get Phil in tears laughing. His sides and stomach will hurt before it's over, and Etoiles can go on for MINUTES. Sometimes he'll keep going purely because it has Phil dying so hard and he loves seeing what a kick Phil gets out of it

Etoiles is (playfully) salty that Phil is such a My Kids Come First kinda guy bc GOD does he want Phil to be down to do dangerous pvp and dungeon busting shit without the "euuu we gotta make sure it's safe" aspect more often. He wants that Angel of Death. Etoiles is the #1 Dadza (Derogatory) islander /lh

See, Fitza is more explicit and deadass about their,, Time together. Codebreakers is more subtle. Yknow that "media literacy is knowing when something that isn't gay sex is gay sex" post? That's Codebreakers. Sparring, dungeon busting, whatever high-risk high-exertion thing they're doing together. That.

It should go without saying how down Etoiles would be to throw hands with Ender King. It would be the most exhilarating fight he's ever had

Phil's still lowkey lost about the whole resistance thing. And schedules lately have not been kind to the two of them, so he hasn't had a chance to talk about it with Etoiles as extensively about it as he'd like to

Btw he's secretly concerned as hell smth bad is gonna happen to Etoiles if more of his body becomes corrupted by code :)

They 100% refer back to the time Etoiles said this regularly, and similar things like it. The same can be said for Fitza but my god the extent to which these two are more than willing to kill for each other. OUGH.

Phil does not realize how much pent up stress and emotion he can vent out via sparring or hitting something really fucking hard. Etoiles is going to fix that one day.

Phil's Etoiles impression has made Etoiles attempt to learn how to mimic Phil in retaliation but he cannot for the life of him get the hang of Phil's fuckass accent. Geordies stay winning to this man's dismay

Etoiles is frustratingly yet fascinatingly hard for Phil to clock sometimes. It's difficult to gauge exactly how he's feeling or what he's thinking. And yet as inconvenient that can be sometimes, something about it is incredibly attractive to Phil at the same time. Which is funny because unpredictability is usually not something his survivalist brain would like. Something about how he trusts Etoiles and therefore his being a wildcard is not so scary,,

Etoiles 🤝🏻 Chayanne - Wanting Phil to take them on a flight

I don't know if I'd call Etoiles an anarchist the same way I would Phil, but either way he is SO DOWN to fuck with the Feds if it entails any kind of pvp or the need to be geared up

Ok listen I have to call back to the gay sex subtext thing. Things that are more sex than gay sex to Codebreakers: Sparring, adrenaline, battles of wit, flexing powerful gear, thinking too much about what an absolute potential killing machine the other is, watching one another be in The Zone during a fight

Phil has more physical strength than skill with weapons and Etoiles has more skill with weapons than physical strength. Ok now imagine that while they're in a 2v# fight

I would not put it past Etoiles to pull a Missa and say smth wildly out of pocket and suggestive so fast in French that Phil doesn't catch it.

[tahitiwoke]

050.   a childhood home or bedroom .

"...honestly, y'try to get anything outta him, it's like blood from a stone, it really is. we gotta hear it all from jess or the news or what-have-you. this is such a nice surprise and to bring some friends too? y'know we weren't sure who philly was friends with these days, he used to bring all these girls, these no good girls back from college, then of course there was carol, what a sweet girl. a good boston girl, a catholic girl, y'know. a little mannish but that comes with the whole army territory. or was it national guard? i forget. and then there was candance and she was a total skank, i swertagawd, she was just the biggest whore ya ever laid eyes on. and then there was tasha, but she was nice, far too pretty for him, but a commie, which of course my jumbo didn't like that but nobody said anything. nobody said anything 'cause he was happy and whaddya gonna do, yknow?"

his aunt marie goes on and on and on, her feet tucked under her and the coffee slowly cooling in her mug as she talks with her hands. phil is surprised claire hasn't fallen asleep yet but every time there's a lull in the endless stream of information, she looks over at him, amusement playing at the corners of her eyes.

( it must be oddly nice. nobody in his family spare jess seems to have noticed who she actually is; it's not through lack of understanding, but it's one of those things. you don't expect the president to show up on your door in a red sox cap and ripped jeans she borrowed off your sister and so the finally, an age appropriate woman he brings with him is just another person like them. )

the october of the election is busy; a lot of stops, a lot of work, not a lot of time at all for anybody and yet chris somehow manages to finagle the itinerary to give all three of them an entire twenty-four hours without obsessively pressing commitments. there are phonecalls to take, of course, and a meeting or two scheduled over zoom. but it's twenty-four hours in massachusetts.

phil does not tell his sister. at least, not at first. it isn't until he's looking at ubers and gets a text about his mother seeing him on the news that he fesses up his intention to surprise her; jess says she understands when he asks for it to be lowkey. i don't want everybody to be there. but of course, the house is fucking packed and marie, bobby and bobby jr are arguing about casserole and his mother has tucked herself in a corner to worry about the state of the little glass figurines she collects and his uncle jumbo and cousin rick realise philly brought friends? and so they have to go out and restock the beer fridge, it's only polite of course.

it's not awful. it's -- fun. weirdly. and nobody makes any comments or asks anything out of place; nobody embarrasses him. though claire, he can see, has avoided too much attention thanks to the fact he brought chris too (we're all just good friends) so it's allowed her the chance to snoop a bit, both by asking questions (hence the diatribe from marie) and by just looking around.

( nothing has changed. not the line of poplar trees around the neighbourhood, not the kids playing in the street, not the dusty baseball trophies on the wall. his mother has the classic eighties glamour shots of him and jess framed. their communions. jess's wedding. his graduation from harvard and his first varsity game jersey. )

nora is still in d.c. but francis darts around and tries to flirt with claire and gets the back of his head slapped about five times by jess and it -- doesn't feel nearly as oppressive as he thought it would.

 @newsworth / mention.

[anarchy-and-piglins]

im lowkey sick and brainrotting hard, so apologies in advance if this is sporadically worded but!! imagine phil with bird flu. like he's often depicted as half bird, so you think it would only be half as bad, but what if it wasn't. i ended up doing a lil research to at least brainrot properly, and even the most harmless varieties (LPAI avian flu) can cause severe illness in humans. imagine fucky genetics making recovery really difficult to navigate. maybe one of the crows had it and he didn't think too hard about helping, cause he's human enough to not get bird flu, don't worry!! and then he gets sick anyway. that is all, thank you for reading chchchchfhf

I’m very amused because I know that sounds serious but it’s also so funny because PHIL WITH BIRD FLU FROM ONE OF HIS CROWS YES. Alternatively, there’s also a bunch of nasty diseases pigs can catch if you get where I’m going...

In a more general sense this sent me into my own brainrot, which is: what if Techno goes to the Nether and gets infected with a Piglin disease (not zombiefictation/rot) that nobody in the overworld knows anything about, because only healthy piglins can catch it. So now Phil/Ranboo/Caregiver of choice has to go down to the Nether and try and get over the language barrier, trying to get the piglins to help

[a-libra-writes]

It’s not really “I thought long and hard on this” it’s more “my brain thinks at 100 mph and you all must suffer the consequences”

…Lysa is that anti vaccine Facebook mom… I see it, it’s terrifying… She’s one of those women you see on Dr Phil…

Instagram Cersei is HILARIOUS every picture would have some type of brand in it, Gucci, Luis Vuitton, Prada any big luxury brand name.

Jamie has his own insta and would post thirst traps and try and photo bomb Cersei’s pictures without a shirt on. She doesn’t find this amusing.

Joffrey tried taking a selfie with Nymeria.

Ned is that dad in the rink with just a t-shirt and shorts insisting on ‘he’s not cold’ while you and Cat and huddled under a joint blanket shivering. Sadly, Lyanna, Jon, Robb and Arya share the same ‘I’m not cold’ mentality.

Lyanna, you and Cat at Arya’s hockey practice… Lyanna is the loudest and has been kicked out of games for profanity (“KICK HIS ASS” being the main culprit) while you and Cat hold up a sweet little banner ‘Arya is coming’ or something corny.

…I’ll stop now, I’m sorry XD

LOL i will gladly suffer esp since modern!au is my weakpoint

Jaime being a thirst trap is just canon akskdkd he makes the most ridic tiktoks .... sir youre over 30 ....

I CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT THINK OF LYANNA shes a terrifying hockey mom and probs coached Jon's hockey and soccer team when he was a kid. She means business!!!! ... but she also brought lots of ice cream for the kids if they lost and gave them encouragement to improve. She'll GO AFTER parents giving her kids a hard time. She totally got tossed out of a few games when Jon was in HS for cussing out parents from the opposing team 😂😅

I like to think that Cat was also active in Sansa's cheerleading or softball in HS but she's a lot more lowkey there compared to Arya's hockey lolol. Probs helped raise money or design team shirts. Ned helps out where he can and gets doted on by all the moms .....

I can see p much all the Stark kids in sports but only Arya really sticks to it thru college. Maybe Jon??? And Rickon because VIOLENCE. Joffrey is signed up by Cersei for all this shit but sucks plus has a bad attitude. Tommen is more interested in art and Myrcella has an alright time with softball or tennis. She mostly just sticks to it bc her friends play.

[ahappydnp]

I’m lowkey amused by the youtubers replying to Phil and focusing only on the hair when you know they all damn well noticed and Thought About Dan being included among his dinners as well... of course they wouldn’t comment on it as they shouldn’t but like

Alalslsldkd even the professional youtubers are texting each other like “what the fuck did you see Dan and Phil talked to each other?!”

[mari-lair]

Leslie x Isabella x Krone Pirate AU

Isabella is the captain, feared in all seven seas. Leslie is her first mate and lover. Krone is the promising recruit that plans on overthrowing Isabella and taking hold of her ship.

Krone is a tad frustrated by Isabella’s skills and sharp words and the whole “oh shit she definitively knows I wanna stab her back why am I still here??” paranoia, so she tries to get information from Leslie who is known to be a pretty chill, lowkey shy guy. All she needs to do is get close to the loser and, if his information proves to be useless, use him as a hostage.

She became best friends with him instead. Is terrible for her backstabbing plan but she can’t say she regrets it. Leslie is a cool dude. He doesn’t feed her bullshit, he is kind and he listens with rapt attention whenever Krone vent about Isabella being a bitch, mostly because even while taking a jab at their captain, Krone words are full of admiration, sneaking little compliments in the middle of her offended rants. Leslie is almost sure their recruit has a crush on his lover, is wild.

When Leslie tells Isabella, she says she already knows about it. She also knows that Krone doesn’t know about it. And to make things even more amusing for her, she knows Krone likes Leslie as well. It’s cute, Krone is cute. She tries to bury her cute side under loud words, chaotic walks and brash attitude but Isabella can tell she prefers when Leslie sing cheerful party song and soft love melodies over the battle songs, she sees how Krone spoil Phil. She noticed how touched the woman was when Isabella baked her a cake for her birthday and when Leslie helped her clean up the deck despite it not being his job.

[tuesdayscanons]

URL Song Tag

RULES: spell out your URL with song titles and tag people to make it more fun!

Tagged by: Stolen from @ducktales-wco-oo

Tagging: Anyone else who wants to do this!

((I tried to pick songs that Iisten to a heck ton and/or are significant to me in some way. Most of them...didn't start with any of the letters in my url. Some letters had more to pick from than others. This isn't completely representative of my taste in music, but I think it'll still tell y'all more about me.))

T-wo Hearts {Phil Collins}

((This is one of the songs that I can listen to without getting sick of it. I love its calm yet upbeat melody. It has such a good start and it keeps the energy throughout the whole song.))

U-ptown Girl {Billy Joel}

((Granted, I didn't have many choices for U, but I used to listen to this one more. Nowadays, I prefer to listen to some of Billy Joel's other songs...but I still revisit this one sometimes (the original and covers).))

E-very Time You Lie {Demi Lovato}

((This is one of the songs I've performed at karaoke at a college event (the other one is Misery by Maroon 5), though I've liked it long before then. It has a coffee house music kinda sound to it? Idk how to really describe it. Her confidence is what sells the song though.))

S-mooth {Santana (ft. Rob Thomas)}

((The guitar and Spanish sound are so appealing—the bridge and the chorus are especially impactful, for different reasons. Something about the lyrics of the bridge just gets me every time.

And if you said this life ain't good enough

I would give my world to lift you up

I could change my life to better suit your mood

Because you're so smooth

The chorus has a lot of energy and it's so...smooth.))

D-on't Turn Around {Ace of Base}

((This is one of the songs I have a hard time describing why I like it. The bridge is nice, lyrically and musically. Plus I'm a sucker for the "pretending I'm okay when I'm not" trope and this song lowkey reminds me of Maddie.))

A–ngel Eyes {ABBA}

((This one is a more recent pick, but it's one of the songs I can't stop listening to atm and I felt like I had to include it. It has everything I love about ABBA's songs and the lyrics are top notch. The jealousy and wistfulness gives the song its own identity, though it still sounds like ABBA (I may or may not have become an ABBA fan because of an OC and a close friend).))

Y-our Smiling Face {James Taylor}

((If Uptown Girl and Arthur's Theme had a love child, this song would be it. It's short, but pleasant and upbeat.))

S-eptember {Earth, Wind, and Fire}

((First—my birthday is in September (though it's a few days before the 21st night) and that always amused me. I also love the energy of the song. It's such an iconic song too. I see it on my dash every September 21st and I don't mind it at all.))

C-areless Whisper {George Michael}

((...just, the saxophone. The wistfulness of his voice. The lyrics. All of it blends together perfectly. It's good in minor key and in major key.))

A-rthur's Theme {Christopher Cross}

((It's soft, but charmingly chipper. It's like if the Cheers theme song was more romantic, if that makes sense?))

N-othing's Gonna Change My Love For You {Glenn Medeiros}

((It's so gentle and sweet...it's the kind of song that would play at a prom in a cheesy movie. That's the best way to describe it. ))

O-range Color Sky {Nat King Cole}

((I first heard this at my high school graduation (two girls had performed it before the ceremony) and I lowkey forgot about it until I came across it again one day. It's whimsical yet classy and I can't help but listen to it again sometimes.))

N-ew Light {John Mayer}

((A close friend of mine showed me this song and now it's one of my favorites. I don't even know how to describe it, but it has a sound I really like and I'm really lucky to have been introduced to it.))

S-he Will Be Loved {Maroon 5}

((I really like Maroon 5's older songs and this song is one of my favorites. I like the piano, the imagery of pouring rain, the idea of cheering someone up...plus, it's nostalgic for me because it's one of the first Maroon 5 songs I've heard. It's got a special place in my heart.))