#THEN IT ALL WENT WROOOOONG

[londonadayatatime]

There Was A Time, November 2016

I'm queuing this now, hoping that by the time this posts I will be a lot more optimistic. I hope to be more hopeful and more optimistic. I'm posting these so I can lift my own spirits, but I hope it does to you too.

[eah-the-retelling]

Apple and Raven chat in their dorm

Apple entered the dorm, humming cheerily as she sat at her vanity and began reapplying her makeup.

Raven, already on her bed and trying to relax, rolled her eyes. "Come on! It's the first day of school. No one can be that peppy all the time."

"Oh Raven, that's where you're wrooooong!" Apple sung the end of her sentence. "I'm happy because it's the first day of school. It's the perfect start to another perfect year. Why wouldn't I be happy?"

"Really? A perfect day." Raven sat up.

"All my days are perfect, silly."

"I refuse to believe you have a perfect day every single day of your life. It's not realistic. Surely something bad, however small had to have happened. Come on, tell me the entire day went off without a single thing not going your way."

Apple paused. "Well. I suppose technically there is one thing that did not go my way today. Not that I'll ever let one little hiccup stop me from having a perfect day."

"What happened, stubbed your toe? Accidentally stepped in some mud? Dropped something by accident?"

"No, nothing like that... I was told I wouldn't be taking a math class this semester."

"What??? You're bad thing that happened is you got out of math for a whole semester?"

"I happen to like math!" Apple said, staring sternly at Raven as she said it.

"Who likes math???" Raven laughed.

"As I just said, me! Math is straight forward and always true. Unlike with words where sometimes people say one thing when really they mean the opposite."

"Whaaaaat? The princess doesn't like sarcasm?" Raven asked sarcastically. Seeing Apple fail to laugh, Raven quickly apologized. "Sorry."

"No, it's fine. You're supposed to laugh at me. So really, I should be thanking you."

"Actually... About that. If you don't like sarcasm, are you telling me those times where I'm rude to you and you thank me for it... Are sincere?"

Apple finally returned to focusing on her reflection in her vanity. "Well if course I am, why wouldn't I be?"

"Because people don't usually like when people treat them badly."

"Well you're supposed to treat me badly, you're a villain. My villain, specifically."

Raven sighed then rolled her eyes. "Yeah... Your villain."

"Since we're opening up and being sincere right now... Can I ask you something, Raven?"

"I guess it's only even." Raven responded, crashing to return to lying on her back in bed.

Apple, in the middle of applying mascara, held her arm in place as she asked, "Do you... Not... Like? Being a villain?"

Raven breathed incredulously. "No, not particularly."

"Why... Not?" Apple asked.

"Are you serious right now? Who would?!"

"Well I assume I would in your place."

Raven scowled as she raised her voice. "Oh, and why is that?"

"Because... That's just nature. I was born to be a Snow White so it's in my nature to be beautiful and perfect. Isn't everyone is the same way?"

Raven took a moment to process what Apple was saying. "Your... Nature? You think you are the way you are... Because you were born that way?"

"Well yes of course. We're all born with the talents needed to help us meet our destinies. That's why you're born with magic, right?"

"Uh... No, actually. We only need to poison you with a magic apple, you don't need freaky sorcery powers like my mom and I have to accomplish that. My mom was just a natural and did... Something to make sure I was born with just as much magic potential... If not more." Raven unleashed small bits of magical energy from her hand and watched the faint purple flames dissipate into the air.

"Huh. I was always told the Evil Queen line was full of menacing witches. I guess I just assumed your powers were per the course."

"You seem to assume a lot of things about me."

"So those times where you... Aren't rude to me. Those are... You being genuine? Not just part of the Evil Queen act where you try to gain my trust to betray me with the apple?"

Raven groaned. "There is no act! I don't want to be evil. I just want a normal life where I can just do my own thing and no one has to live in fear of me."

"But why would you want that?" Apple asked. "You have a legacy. You're one of the most important people in the entire world. There's so much responsibility on your shoulders and you just want to... What, ignore it?"

"I never asked to have this responsibility! It's a lot of pressure and maybe someone 'perfect' like you can handle it but I'm just a normal person! A normal person who already feels bad every day being avoided by everyone because they see me as a monster! So sorry, if I'm not as thrilled to live out my destiny as the world's most perfect princess who at least gets a happily ever after out of it."

Apple looked away to contemplate. "I... Never considered that someone might not be as enthusiastic about their destiny as I was. I mean not all destinies are as glamorous as mine... But. Our destinies make us... Important."

"Well I'm stuck having to choose between being important or being happy." Raven said solemnly.

Surprising both the girls, Apple's makeup began to run as a single tear fell down her cheek. "Raven... I'm. I'm so sorry for you. That sounds so hard."

Raven didn't know how to respond. For as smart as Apple is, it surprised Raven that she had genuinely never considered another person's perspective in regards to destiny. She felt the instinctual urge to tease her for this astonishing lack of empathy.

But on the other hand, this was the most... Human she had ever seen Apple. She was always so well put together and also so busy. She went from extracurriculars, to volunteering for the less fortunate, to studying to get ahead on classes that hadn't even started yet. All the while, she managed to keep it up with an impenetrable, smiling facade. But now here she was, crying. Over Raven of all people.

"Thanks... Apple." Seeing her face continue to be bereft with sadness convinced Raven even more that this was not some polite social script Apple was doing for appearances. It was genuine.

"For what it's worth," Raven continued, "I also think you're more than just your destiny."

Apple seemed to rein her emotions in enough by now to begin drying her tears and fixing her makeup. "What... Do you mean by that, Raven?"

"Well... You're destined to get everything handed to you on a silver plate. You don't even... Do much as Snow White, things just kind of happen to you."

Still teary eyed, Apple's face became terse as she prepared a rebuttal, but Raven cut her off. "Let me finish. You're destined to get everything and yet you're still out here working hard like you need to earn it. You're at the top of the class, you're involved in everything. You barely even sleep. You may be the most privileged person I've ever met... But I've also never seen anyone work as hard as you. And that has nothing to do with your destiny. That's all you, Apple."

Apple let Raven's words sink in. "Thank you, Raven. That was. Very kind."

[unnervinglyferal]

I never thought Xavier and I would get into trouble together again, together as in the two of us having someone mad at us both simultaneously for a conversation we both had, but maaan. Trouble may be an over exaggeration, but still, an issue, a situation, if you will.

Not saying who is mad at us, but we tried to help (Xavier tried to help in his own way, which is being mad at someone for harming themselves, he's the though love kind) and it went wrooooong -I think.

This is a Mitskiesque ass situation Feral, I swear to Gxd, this is the CEO of still being hung up on your ex who already got his dick inside anything with a drivers licence and a hole around them. But what do we (Xavier and I) know I guess, it's not like we personally know their ex and know it's best for this said person to stay awAy as much as we want to trust that they got it all under contr0l.

Ooh yeah that sounds messy as hell. Good luck.

[rynwritesstuff]

Hi! For the nsfw prompts, please "i’m not jealous." with Charlie Barber? Or Sackler?

Hello, my dear anon! I went with Charlie Barber for this one, I hope that's alright :)

"I'm not jealous." + Charlie Barber

Slightly NSFW

He's in a mood when the two of you get home from a work gathering, and you're trying to figure out what Charlie's deal is.

"I'll start dinner," he mumbles. You put a hand on his chest.

"Woah, woah, talk to me," you say. "What's up with you?"

Charlie shrugs.

"Nothing."

He's all pouty and sulky, and when he looks up at you, you put a hand on his cheek and give it a light, playful pinch.

"You're a liar."

"I absolutely am not."

"C'moooon," you say, unbuckling his belt slowly. "Tell me what's wrooooong."

Charlie hums.

"I don't like the way James was looking at you," he says. You smile softly. So that's what this is about.

"You're jealous," you say, letting Charlie's belt fall to the floor.

"I'm not jealous," he tells you. "I'm concerned."

You laugh, undoing his pants, now.

"You're jealous," you say, nodding. "It's okay, you're allowed to be."

Charlie huffs.

"He's was staring at your tits, sweetheart," he tells you, crossing his arms. You sink to your knees, and suddenly, his hands are in your hair.

"I know, but you have to remember that I'm all yours, Charlie. I don't get on my knees for everyone who stares at my tits."

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[petalsinmoonlight]

a sentence starter of tiktoks in my likes

"Am I boring? Sure. Social skills? None. But loyal if you feed me and I’ll never leave you because well, I need the food." "You have a great talent for creating difficult situations." "I can go into heavy detail...AND I WILL" “NO BODY WANTS YOUR BIRDS” “OH MY GOD THEY’RE SO PRETTY?!?!? WHAT AM I DOING WROOOOONG?! AHHHHHHHHHH” "FUZZY DUCK....ducky fuzz....does he Fuck....NO!" "HE'S MY BEST FRIEND. He’s my pal. He’s my homeboy. My rotten solider. He's my sweet cheese. My good time boii" "We’re all gonna be safe. And we're all gonna have a good time." "What the Jesus Christ was that?!" "-Name-, wake up. I don't like this." "Did you just stab me??" "EW this is so cringe.....guilty." Sometimes I look in her eyes, and that's where I find a glimpse of us “Music! We need music!” “THIS IS MUSIC!” “You name 5 famous people, and I’ll name 5 birds! I’ll name a 100 birds!“ “Nobody wants your birds!” "I don't need a man! I'm a bisexual with a god complex!" "G.I Joe's? So Last year. I got that J.I Force. G.I Joe's can shove it." "You should kill that" "Uh, no, fuck that," "Come on be a man" "You're a total anti-sexist, a patriarchy fighter, but your whole worldview collapses, the moment there's a spider," "Cool. I get it, this is the real you It's a pleasure, nice to meet you" "Shit like this brings the movement down" "Everyone's a feminist until there is a spider around" "You girl bossed a bit too close to the sun buddy" "I'm gonna live forever" "How'd you bag a baddie?" "I didn't bag shit. -Name- picked me up from my neck and threw me over her shoulder. And I’ve been on it ever since." "And I ain't got no plans of getting off any time soon." "I am the righteous hand of god" “....there are FOUR rules” "I am the devil that you forgot" "If you had to show Beyoncé your exes, would you be embarrassed?" "And nothing can go wrong!" ”You want to go toe to toe with me, pretty boy?” “Do you think a depressed person can make this?”  "OH NO IT ALL WENT WRONG" "I like my men skinny and scrawny." "Yeah it's me, don't cream your pants." "you...lived so much longer than I thought you were going to" "I’m not saying I’m a bi-hero...but I may be a bi-villain." "Oh yeah. I’m thinking we start with a little confetti and a pride flag and see how we feel after that." “Motha, mother I crave violence”​

[pagerunner-j]

Loki was going along so well, and then hit the end of time and talked itself to death. The biggest fault with all the temporal technobabble is that I've heard it all before, told better. And then of course they went and opened such a big ol' can of chaos that there was no way to resolve anything, so: cliffhanger time. Sigh.

I was in the wrooooong headspace today to get left hanging on yet another thing, let me tell you.

[pcnnywlse]

Gimme that soft Pennywise, gimme that Pennywise falling in love

that’s the shit i LIVE for babey!!!

—

Pennywise didn’t feel a lot of things. Hunger, he was familiar with hunger. A feeling of emptiness, a void that needs to be filled, a longing that needs to be satiated. For a long time, his existence was defined by this hunger and he followed it blindly.

Then along came the Losers Club, swift in their retribution the first time around. Lethal the second. He had barely survived, and surely he shouldn’t have, and yet he still was. He existed in a state of was for a while, until you came along.

You had no clue who he was, what he was, what It was. You couldn’t— surely he would’ve noticed you before. Surely he would have preyed on you before, or at the very least, observed you. No, you must’ve been from out of town.

He knew that you knew that he wasn’t human. It was all but obvious. He was only vaguely clown-ish when you found him and he was too weak to pretend to be something else. Covered in blood and sludge and stinking of death, and yet you still helped him. You still nursed him back to health.

As soon as he was strong enough, he left you, retreated away from you. But he couldn’t stay away, something about you intrigued him, enthralled him, drew him back to you. He was hungry, starving, weak and yet all he could think of was you. And he hated it.

He thought, at first, perhaps you could be his first meal. But the way your eyes focused on the task at hand as you wiped away the dirt and debris from his face, his body, his costume... there was a light he couldn’t bring himself to extinguish. He would try to distract himself by hunting but found himself purposefully failing at his charades. Despite his hunger, he came back to you.

And slowly, he began to show himself. No longer small or weak, but tall and menacing. Perhaps if he could at least scare you he would be satisfied, but you simply would not startle no matter what what form he took or how horrible he looked, you greeted him as if he was an old friend.

So he simply resigned himself to your company, watching you perform your favorite activities from the confines of darkness. He found himself no longer wanting to scare you, couldn’t bring himself to the thought of hurting you.

As the weeks passed, he slowly became closer with you. Sometimes he’d ask you questions that he already knew the answer to; there wasn’t much he didn’t know, he’d been around longer than you could even fathom. But there was, occasionally, something he genuinely didn’t know, and you were always the one he went to. Watching you explain put a fire in his soul.

His hunger roared, stronger than ever, with no end in sight. And despite it, he spent an increasing amount of time with you. Often times, he would end his nights of unsuccessful hunting curled up in your lap, a soft growl on his lips. He would take in your scent, so sweet and strong, and allow himself to be vulnerable.

After a particularly rough day of hunting came to a close, you welcome him once more into your home and could tell something was wrong. You had sensed it for a while now, but you couldn’t pin it down. It was difficult to do, being that you weren’t even entirely sure what he was. You knew he wasn’t human and that was the extent of it.

Regardless, you prepared a nest of fresh, warm blankets and pillows and some warm tea. You suspected his diet didn’t particularly consist of tea. You offered it to him anyway.

As he took his spot next to you, halfway spilling off the couch and into the overflow of you blanketed nest, and halfway on your lap, you smiled down at him.

After clicking through the channels of your television and settling on something that qualified as decent background noise, you settled further into the plush furniture and gazed at the clown that laid his head in your lap. You knew he was powerful, and terrible, and yet you couldn’t help the warm feeling he brought you. Amber eyes stared up at you, one ever so slightly drifting to the side.

“Penny,” you call to him, and instantly both eyes are on you, a subdued baby blue taking place of the burning golden. He hums in response and you can’t help but smile. He’s enraptured with you and you have no idea.

“Penny, I just wanted to say... a-and I’ve been meaning to tell you for a while, but... I like having you around. I really do,” your voice is hushed, like if you speak any louder he’ll swallow you whole. “There’s a lot of things I don’t know. About you or otherwise. But I know how I feel, and. Well. I- you make me feel safe. So... thank you.”

You quickly break eye contact with the clown, and you’ve never been scared of him before but now you think you might be terrified.

He smells it on you and confusion overwhelms him. Perhaps before he wanted this, craved this, needed it. But now, now he feels another feeling besides his raging hunger.

Fear of his own envelopes him. He doesn’t want you to be afraid, he doesn’t want you to be scared away. He doesn’t want to lose you.

He twists and turns until he’s hunched over the amalgamation of pillows and blankets he was lying on. Even on his knees he seems to tower over you.

“You say that,” he huffs, the softest lull of a growl in his chest, “and yet now you are afraid. Why? Fear smells unpleasant on you. Wrooooong.” A large, gloved hand reaches for your cheek and you do nothing to stop it. The anxiety you feel explodes into a million butterflies and your skin heats under his touch.

Oh.

Oh no.

A soft, pleasant smile eases his features and he settles back down into your lap, his face all but pressed into yours. The sound eminating from his chest takes on a different timbre, no longer a growl. It pops and stutters pleasantly, reverberating through his body and yours. A purr.

“Y/N,” he lulls, “Y/N, Y/N.” He likes the way your name sounds on his lips. “Pennywise will keep you saaaaaafe. Pennywise will never let anyone hurt you.” His purr grows louder and louder and he looks at you like he’s searching for something, looking desperately, but he can’t quite find the answer. You smile at him sweetly, patiently, allowing him all the time he needs. He feels like he dies for real this time.

Somewhere deep inside him, the Deadlights are dancing wildly, bright and feral. He feels it all fall into place, how could he not know before? It’s like a puzzle that’s finally been complete, clicking into place. Another feeling has awoken inside of him and he feels like he might collapse, and yet simultaneously he feels the strongest he had ever been.

“Y/N,” he rumbles out, excited now, “Y/N. I love you.”

At his confession you nearly choke, that feeling that bloomed in your chest just minutes ago coming to a head. Wordlessly, you lean forward, falling into his lips, plump and red and ready.

You taste delicious. You taste amazing, divine, unlike anything he’s ever experienced before and finally he realizes that perhaps nothing else could ever satiate his hunger again.

[dreaming-about-fanfictions]

Wtf is wrooooong with people 😭 I wanna throw hands with that anon like I’m working and ready to flip my desk... say something nice or say nothing at all and just unfollow anon you salty sea-slug *smh*

Yeah, it’s literally as simple as that. Also, I wonder what went wrong in their life to feel the urge to sent stuff like this to other people 🧐

[avenger-hawk]

I'm tired of the fandom's notion that Naruto has some sacred magical perfect bond with Sasuke. Or maybe just that it means Naruto understand all about Sasuke always and knows what best for him better than Sasuke himself. Like honestly, Sasuke feels for him as a fellow orphaned victim of the Leaf, but they went to the same school and were a team for what, 3 years? As teenagers? After the war and even during Shippuden Naruto knows jack shit. They still have a bond, but. Not like >that

The narration makes it pass like a special amazing bond, and the story is all about Nar and Sas as rivals, opposite, friends, whatever, so it’s quite predictable. It’s a given thing that fans are supposed to accept even though it’s mostly one sided and obsessive/possessive on Nar’s part, which I don’t have a problem with, since I like darkfics and dark stuff, and an apparently friendly and sunshine-y character who has a dark side only unleashed with Sasuke, to the point of wanting to die together/threatening to break his bones and similar violent stuff to bring him home, is fascinating for me, much more than selfless caring Nar who imo doesn’t exist. 

Sasuke’s feelings for Nar in the last chapters feel already like brainwashing and/or retcon, showing how as a child he wanted to be his friend sooo much and so on, but it makes sense as both were lonely children facing so much pain on their own. It makes much less sense that Sasuke clearly had different feelings after he left the village, so while Nar had fueled his obsession, Sasuke had ‘moved on’, as he had his goals, his quests, his discovery of the truth and his revenge.

This said, I already can hear the NS fandom’s brains exploding for how disrespectful and wrooooong this is for their OOC fluff/porn loving hearts (kinda like when I wrote my dark NS fic and some bitch accused me of ‘puking all over their amazing bond’ lol) so I’ll end this by adding my NS tag and that Sasuke’s strongest bond was and is with Itachi, and that he had a better bond/ friendship with Team Taka. 

[johannesviii]

Top 10 Personal Favorite Hit Songs from 2005

16 to 17 years old. Finished public highschool, started public university in September. Looking back at 2003-2005 feels like looking at ten years of my life condensed in three. Exhausting.

Also we’re now past the halfway point of these lists! And this is another exceptionally good year for hits.

Disclaimers:

Keep in mind I’m using both the year-end top 100 lists from the US and from France while making these top 10 things. There’s songs in English that charted in my country way higher than they did in their home countries, or even earlier or later, so that might get surprising at times.

Of course there will be stuff in French. We suck. I know. It’s my list. Deal with it.

My musical tastes have always been terrible and I’m not a critic, just a listener and an idiot.

I have sound to color synesthesia which justifies nothing but might explain why I have trouble describing some songs in other terms than visual ones.

So I finished highschool that year. I met my best friend ever in late 2004 and we even had some sort of small crew back then! I had a bit of a crush on her but alas it wasn’t meant to be. I don’t know who invented the term ‘friendzone’ but they got its meaning completely wrong because staying friends basically forever with someone you love can be a fantastic thing. Things weren’t rosy nor perfect that year, of course, and I still was miserable at home, but I’m not sure where I’ll be today without her. She's amazing and she still lives nearby nowadays. Shoutout: if you read this, E., you pretty much saved my life.

I was still making tapes and burning CDs, still using my trusty portable cd player, and always listening to stuff while drawing during recess, sitting in a corner and doodling stuff in my sketchbook on the floor like a weird gangly goblin.

I had already started to buy Rock Mag in August 2004 but it really became my monthly ritual in 2005, and it lasted until autumn 2007. A reliable source of posters to cover my walls. At that point they were almost completely covered with paintings, drawings, torn pages from magazines and posters of Linkin Park, Mylène Farmer, Placebo and Indochine.

I also had a better access to the family computer and was a bit more involved online. Might explain why the number of singles I was buying plummeted.

It’s time once again for some (ok, many) honorable mentions!

Beverly Hills (Weezer) - I don’t even know why I like this but I do.

Bouger Bouger (Magic System) - I never understood why it was cool to make fun of these guys in my country. Their music is so happy and fun.

Holiday (Green Day) - My brother loved that band and listened to it a lot, and I was 100% fine with that.

Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day) - See above.

Gabriel (Najoua Belyzel) - That is so-bad-it’s-good at its finest right here.

Candy Shop (50 Cents) - As a sucker for terrible puns (HA, get it?? I’m sorry I’ll get out immediately) I can’t help it, I love this.

Love Generation (Bob Sinclar) - Stay tuned for more of this guy on another list.

Listen to Your Heart (DHT) - The original is better, but it was really nice to hear that again on the radio.

We Be Burnin’ (Sean Paul) - Not my favorite but still damn good.

Bad Day (Daniel Powter) - I even bought the single. What can I say except “relatable”.

All About Us (Tatu) - I bought that single as well. Almost made the list.

Le Bateau Blanc (Karol) - The last cut from the list. Not even kidding at all. I’m still not sure if Keane deserves to be on the list more than this to be honest.

Like it happened previously with Placebo not being elligible at all, it is a complete outrage that Precious by Depeche Mode isn’t elligible for this list. Like, what the f█ck. Playing the Angel was one of the defining albums of the year to me. I’m not even sure it would have topped the list, maybe #2, but it still feels wrong.

There’s another band who’s complete absence from this top feels kinda painful to me, considering how much I loved their new album at the time. Indeed, no single from Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge by My Chemical Romance is elligible for this list, and it feels wrooooong, man. I love I’m not okay and especially Thank You For the Venom, but even Helena would have been nice. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be.

For some unfathomable reason, Get The Party Started (Pink) and, even more unexplainable, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (Culture Club) recharted in France in 2005 and both made the year-end top 100. The fact they are both elligible but all the stuff mentioned above this paragraph isn’t makes no sense whatsoever.

And now, the actual list!

10 - Everybody’s Changing (Keane)

US: Not on the list / FR: #48

Pretty great even though it’s not my favorite Keane song. That would be Crystal Ball. It’s fantastic and as a person who is scared, above all, by existential horror, the music video is terrifying. Sadly, it’s not elligible for my 2006 list, so Everybody’s Changing will have to be its slightly less good proxy for 2005.

9 - Et Si En Plus Ya Personne (Alain Souchon)

US: Not on the list / FR: #100

This has to be the most borderline non-elligible song ever put on one of my lists. But I’m glad it is still elligible. Remember the song on the 1993 list that I called an “anticapitalist ballad”? Well that’s the same guy. And this time it’s a song about how religion can cause both beautiful things and war, and how “the sky might be empty” because of us. It’s great. Here’s a translation. You’re welcome.

8 - F█ck Them All (Mylène Farmer)

US: Not on the list / FR: #62

Aaaaaaaaand unfortunately for everyone including myself, she’s back. Not her best song by a mile (told you it was all downhill after C’est Une Belle Journée didn’t I), but still pretty damn good, and that music video where she’s destroying bird-like scarecrows is amazing so here’s a bonus gif.

7 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)

US: #7 / FR: Not on the list

My brother LOVED this band and listened to it SO MUCH. And yeah, they were very good and that song might just be my favorite one from them. I don’t have much more to say about it, you all know it already. Let’s move on.

6 - Sugar We’re Going Down (Fall Out Boy)

US: #40 / FR: Not on the list

Again, it feels wrong that both Fall Out Boy AND Panic! at the Disco were elligible for this list but not My Chemical Romance. I was never a fan of these two acts, at all, and their supposed rivalry was kinda hilarious to watch from afar. With a bucket of popcorn. While listening to Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge and nodding sadly, of course.

This is still a great song, mind you.

5 - Feel Good Inc (Gorillaz)

US: #37 / FR: Not on the list (really? wtf happened)

Again, I live with someone who loves Gorillaz, so I claim overexposure.

It’s still #5 on a list based on a very, very good year.

That’s quality for you.

4 - Speed of Sound (Coldplay)

US: #57 / FR: Not on the list

A new chapter in the ascension of Coldplay from “Johannes hates this band” to “this is one of the best mainstream bands we have”. An epic saga, years in the making, and Speed of Sound was basically the last scene of Act One. Not my favorite song from X&Y (that would be Talk), but still really good. Hell, I even bought the single, and goodness knows I wasn’t buying a lot of singles anymore in 2005.

Holy shit, half of these are Benassi Bros garbage. None of them are elligible, though! Dodged a bullet there, didn’t I.

3 - Numb/Encore (JayZ + Linkin Park)

US: #93 / FR: #75

What a blessed mashup. For a few magical months in 2005, all the punk goth kids and the hiphop kids were united under this song’s banner and it felt like world peace had been achieved. It could have pissed off everybody but no! Everyone loved it instead!

“But Johannes, this is just Numb all over again with different lyrics. You can’t keep putting Linkin Park at the top of your lists forever.” Sadly no, I can’t. I know. It’s only #3. Don’t yell at me. Also, the next two songs are genuinely better, at least in my opinion!

2 - Lift Me Up (Moby)

US: Not on the list / FR: #31

I heard this on the radio and bought the album, Hotel, on the grounds that Natural Blues from 2000 was one of my favorite songs ever and than it wouldn’t hurt to actually own an album of that guy after all that time (”all that time” being only five years, but please keep in mind the past three years had felt like ten, and in my mind, they still do ; trauma is one hell of a thing). And a couple of days later that year, we went to Disneyland for my brother’s birthday, and I only had a small bag that could contain my cd player, and the earphones and nothing else. So I could only put one cd in it and that was it.

So I picked Hotel, and I basically retreated inside of it whenever my mother was starting to talk aggressively, which happened a lot in the various queues. So in the end, I listened to that cd a LOT that day and every single time, it would calm me while still being energetic enough to keep me enthusiastic for the various Disneyland rides.

Lift Me Up is energetic but cold, aerial but distant, uplifting but sinister. It was the perfect song for someone who was, at the time, trying to tone down their aggressivity and anger and trying to be masculine but in a softer way, while still staying themselves and not giving up the fight. I absolutely adore this song. It’s perfect.

It instantly joined my list of favorite songs ever that year.

1 - Mr Brightside (The Killers)

US: #16 / FR: Not on the list (this feels so wrong)

If I had to make a top ten of the hits of that entire decade, this would be #2. No debate whatsoever.

Because holy shit.

I was already sold on that band after hearing Somebody Told Me on the radio, which sadly isn’t elligible for this list (I instantly loved it, first because it was catchy as hell, but also because I love the chorus “Well somebody told me you had a boyfriend / Who looked like a girlfriend / That I had in February of last year", because as you already know I tend to be extremely literal minded and my immediate conclusion was “wow you two dated the same trans guy before and after he was out of the closet” and that was highkey relatable and no you can’t change my mind). So I bought the album about two weeks after, mostly blind, because the cd store was playing it and also because Rock Mag said it was great.

That was an understatement. Hot Fuss is one of the best albums of the entire decade and you probably know that already. The first song, Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, floored me right after putting the cd in the player and it felt like the album already reached its peak and there were still 12 tracks after that.

The very next track was Mr. Brightside. And. How do I put this.

There’s like a dozen interpretations possible for this song, and most of them are something like “this guy is so anxious and paranoid he’s gonna break up with this girl because he keeps imagining her cheating with another guy and it might not even be real.”

Now might be a good moment to remind you that at the time, I had a crush on my best friend, and was still firmly in the closet. And this song starts, as everyone knows, with “Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine“.

So... yeah. This is the song that accidentally convinced me the closet sucked and did nothing to deter bullies anyway, and that after more than three years of feeling mostly miserable, I should try to be myself and screw the consequences. I know it wasn’t the original intention behind that song. But still.

Godspeed, The Killers. I owe you one, guys.

Next up: Still not able to put Indochine nor Placebo on a list, OP is this close to punching a wall

[enthusiasticmusicalquotes]

WELL YOOOU TOOK MY HAAAND TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE STROOOOOOoooOONG

THAT'S WHERE I PICKED UP WHEN WE WENT ALL WROOOOONG

I KNOW THAT I HURT YOOOUUUU AND YOU HURT ME TOO

BUT YOU MEAN MOOORE TO ME I MUST MEAN MORE TO YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooOOoOoOUUUuUUuUUUUUUU

[teampandawang]

SEVENTEEN REACTION: S/O being cuddly and clingy

HIP HOP | VOCAL TEAM | PERFORMANCE TEAM

By: Aria

Genre: Fluff

REQUESTED!

S. COUPS

As soon as the movie started you wanted to be near to Seungcheol. His proximity makes you feel warm and comfy. After all, you two have been separated for almost three months since he went on tour nearly that year so you missed him too much and set for yourself that you weren't wasting the moments that you were able to be together in calm, without the stress of his work or your studies, just enjoying yourselves.

The couch wasn't wide enough for being far from the other so you got the perfect excuse about being near to him, okay no... Not even near, stuck to him. You moved your body softly to find the perfect position being the little spoon you always were covering yourself with the fluffy blanket Seungcheol grabbed in his hands.

You pouted when the cold wind touched your tip toes because they weren't covered. Cheol noticed your tremble and giggled at your cute reaction. He dropped the rug and lifted a bit to cover you with it. You smiled at him and he tilted a little to attain your lips in a soft peck.

"You don't know how much I missed you, Cheollie." You whispered while he regained his last position behind you tying his arm on your waist and leaving another peck on your neck.

"No, baby... I missed you more." He murmured with his big eyes shining in the happiness of having you by his side. Your hands met his hand resting delicately on your stomach.

"I was a lonely baby." You added with a clingy tone that made his eyes roll in disbelief but without leaving the dreamy smile painted on his kissable lips.

"Hmmm... I doubt about it." He grunted while his hand left yours and traveled your back till it met a strand of your hair and he started playing with it. "Did you forget how many pics you sent in your daily pajama parties with your Unnies?" He asked playfully.

You faced him pouting again and stamping: "But they aren't youuu. And I wanted to be with my booooooy."

"You're definitely a baby mess. How did I fall for someone this coddled?" He laughed while you hid your face in his neck because of the red blushing on your cheeks.

"I'm not coddled!" You discussed sitting on your knees. "I just love the most handsome, kind, talented and sexy guy in this world, and I want to be with him 24/7 'cause he gives me peace and love. Lots of love and..."

Your words were suddenly stopped by the sweet touch of Seungcheol lips on your telling you to stop and relax next to him for the very first time after a long wait.

WONWOO

“How many time have I tell you to keep calm while I’m recording?” Your boyfriend asked trying to keep as relaxed as possible in front of your desperate behavior. His eyes were shut wide open waiting for an answer to come out from your lips. But you still pressing them in a childish smirk.

“I’m sorry, Beanie!” You almost shouted standing with a little jump and kissing his cheek.

“Oh! I can’t believe you’re acting like this…” He argued placing his hands in his hips with an accusing appearance that he has been using for days when you started acting this clingy.

You didn’t move a centimeter when you got sited back on where you stayed early keeping an angelic look holding your hands against your face and blinking fast.

“What’s wrooooong, babeeee?” You asked lengthening the words swinging your legs in the chair like a little girl. You heard Woozi growling and throwing some paper over his desk leaving the cringey scene you were making.

You just wanted some attention from your 24/7 busy boyfriend. You didn’t have enough time to be by his side and attending his recordings was an opportunity to see how wonderful he was. You admired him a lot and weren’t able to believe that you won his heart despite your different personalities.

“Okay, just hear me.” He added wanting to clarify the things for both sakes. “You know that I need to work, and recording is something important and I can’t being distracted.” He softened his look to tell you this in an understandable way.

“But-”

“No ‘buts’, Y/N.” He stopped your intervention with his deep voice almost whispering. Looking up for your eyes that were covered by crocodile tears just trying to make him feel bad.

His heart fluttered at your sight. He melted at your cuteness. You made him soft every time and he hasn’t learned how to control himself when you acted like that, being a childish girl, a baby. His baby.

“Baby, please don’t.” he said cupping your face with his hands. “Let’s make a deal, okay?” He smiled while you nodded bustling. “If you behave we’re going to have a cuddle’s night.” Your eyes brightened in triumph.

“And I can take my teddies?” You pouted.

“Yep!” He said calling back Jihoon.

“Deal!” You ended happy.

MINGYU

“Minnieeeeeee!” You shouted running towards the door where your boyfriend stood trying to handle his baggage after two months away on tour. He dropped it when you clenched around his neck and tried to round his waist with your legs. But the daze of the flight made him stagger and the falling down in his back with you.

“Auch!” He whined massaging the back of his head demonstrating the pain in his face. You instantly raised up and went to the kitchen for some ice to put him.

“I’m sorry, baby.” You apologized with a baby tone placing the cold bag in the painful place. He just smiled and received it held against his head. You answered with a worried smirk.

You helped him with the bags and stayed talking a while in the bedroom.

“Are you okay?” You pouted feeling guilty.

“I am. Don’t worry.” He answered with a soft tone. “I’m kinda tired. You know…”

You knew he just wanted you to be clingy with him. He always misses how cheesy you both were and claimed to recover the time apart.

“So…” You started entangled your arms in his waist and looking up at his gaze.

“So, we’re going to cuddle the whole week ‘cause I’m on holiday.”

You jumped in joy bringing ahead your cuddly mood for the guy that drove you crazy. He closed a little his eyes and then blinked looking like a cute puppy. You both giggled at the sight of each others being this soft.

The night was cold so you decided to order some food and stay in bed covered while watching some cartoons like a pair of kids.

“My cute little girl whom I love like crazyyyy.” He said unexpectedly hugging you tight and you laughed at him. He pouted in response and you decided to tickle him. You knew how weak he was and wanted to take advantage in the playful situation you were having.

He lost himself in laughter and started trembled getting closer to the edge of the mat. You noticed it seconds before he fall and you grabbed his arm. He shut his eyes open in shock but started laughing again.

“Who’s the clumsiest boyfriend in the world?” You asked teasing him poking his cheeks. “Aren’t you a babyyyy? You’re my baby!” You added hugging him.

“Ain’t me the one who’s supposed to say that?” He said before you kissed him softly making him blush. “Okay no… I’m not complaining.” He added responding your hug.

VERNON

You could tell that this was going to be your first date after around a year and you weren’t an expert hiding your excitement. Vernon was someone that made you feel truly loved. He was handsome, kind and funny, what else could you asked for?  He said he was arriving at 7pm for you and you were basically waiting for him half an hour before the planned.

When you saw his car turning around the corner a smile painted your face. This was the moment you have been waiting for weeks.

Your legs felt shaky and your heartbeat was trying to knock you down, because it couldn’t go faster. You took a deep breath to chill, cleaning your sweaty hands in your skirt and smiling while walking towards the vehicle.

“Hi, Y/N.” Vernon said with a flirty smile and a killer gaze over you. You looked gorgeous behind his eyes. You were the most perfect girl in the world and having you was for him something incredible. You leaned to give him a peck with a playful grin.

“Hi, babe. Where are we going?” You asked immediately.

Ten minutes later you were at the local festival where you were about to spend the whole night playing those common games, laughing like a fool at his craziness. Walking around the place, holding hands and eating whatever you found. But, something caught your attention: The Maze.

“Noonie…” You said timidly drawing circles in the floor with your right foot. He looked at you waiting for you to continue. “Do you love me?” You asked acting like a child. Of course he did, you were just looking for a way to obtain what you wanted.

“Are you seriously asking me that?” He giggled with awe in his face walking to you and posing his hands on your waist. “I’ll do whatever to prove it.”

“Will you?” You smiled widely knowing that you already won. He just nodded.

Then, there were you both in the middle of the crowd screaming and cheering you boy. He was sweaty of the much effort he was putting on making a record with the maze, but he was also enjoying it. It was amazing when the bell indicated he scored the best and the prize was yours.

“That’s my baby! You’re the sweetest and most amazing guy in the world. I can believe how cute and perfect you are.” You basically screamed pushing his cheeks and kissing loudly all over his face leaving lipstick marks on it.

“Babe…” He said embarrassed. “Can you control yourself a bit? I beg that everyone is looking at us.” You looked at him judging but ignoring what he said and starting kissing him again.

[ctrlaltkibo]

@pinkpopblood

“Oh, I was able to help for once? How unexpected! Well, you’re welcome!”

On instinct, Kokichi had merely played it off as a joke, like he usually does. After all, it’s nothing to worry about if all you say is either a lie or a joke. But the young supreme leader knew that something was up. Kiibo doesn’t usually say this kind of stuff now, does he? Nuh-uh… there’s gotta be some motive here.

“Heeeeey… this isn’t like you, y’know. What’s wrong, Kiibo?”

“Hey! What’s wrong? What’s wrong? What’s wrooooong?”

And here Kokichi went, being his pestering little self, almost as if his question was rhetorical. But hey, who knows?

--

│⚙️│ “Yes, I am truly unremarkable...you helped me to notice it sooner...”

Kiibo couldn’t tell what kind of emotional tone the supreme leader was using in his reply, too busy wallowing in his own worthlessness to even care. He could barely remain upright as his mechanisms threatened to shut down his body right then and there, but though he was swaying somewhat from side to side he still remained standing. 

The robot noted the slightest buzz of ‘annoyance’ as Kokichi began bugging him, then internally scolded himself harshly for ever thinking a machine such as himself could feel emotions. He turned his back on his classmate, clearly not interested in divulging why exactly he was acting ‘differently’.

“Nothing is wrong. I only came to inform you that you have ‘enlightened’ me. Yet...you’re wasting your time trying to ask me what is wrong. Why...?”

[kingjaffejoffer]

Thursday Thoughts #20

I love how much Plies hates Papa Johns Pizza. It cracks me up.

When it comes to how I live and function, I’m aggressively individualist and isolationist. I go through great lengths to not ask for or depend on anyone else for anything. There aint a nigga breathing who can say I owe them anything or that I take more than I give. That sounds good in theory but the flip side is how taxing and tiresome it is. Putting all that pressure on yourself to “be your own everything”.  But what other alternative do I have.... every time I depend on someone else they let me down. 

Occasionally, I find myself yearning for closure. There are certain words I want to hear but I know I won’t ever hear them. 

I’m not religious but some of my favorite songs are based around religion/God. 

Killer Mike - God In The Building 2, Scarface - Someday, Chance - Finish Line/Drown

Speaking of Killer Mike, I saw him on Twitter last week telling people to support Umar Johnson and it rubbed me the wrong way. Still my favorite rapper but I don’t like some of his moves lately. 

Pussy eating videos are so much less entertaining to watch than dick sucking videos. The niggas head be all in the way and you can barely see shit. 

I guess im the only black person that dont care about characters saying the word Nigger in quentin tarantino movies. People really be pressed over it. 

The marketer inside of me looks at how some sex workers are running their business online and im just thinking “NO NO NO WROOOOONG” “are you deliberately just not trying to make any money”.  I don’t have time for it but I’d love to guide someone’s career of smutting online, just because I know I’d be good at it. 

Part of having a ghetto ass family means that random members of your family will have their mail sent to your house without asking you. Niggas who have never stepped one foot in my house are getting mail here. How you even get my address nigga?

I really dislike our current "We need content, so take a contrarian/pointless take on [insert pop culture event] to spur equally pointless discourse" publishing culture

I’ve been spending recklessly the last 4 weeks.... time to dial it back. 

I’m a 2 minute titty sucker. I’ve heard some women talk about how so and so sucked on their titties forever and how good it was..... I aint got the time for it. I give em a coupla minutes then im on to the next. 

I’m gonna go to therapy soon. I’ve went back and forth with the decision to go to therapy because I’ve questioned if I really need it. I’m not depressed, im not sad, I feel perfectly fine. I’m happy with where I am in life.. But at the same time I feel like I’m not the best version of myself that I could possibly be. I want to get more out of myself. And I do feel like I self sabotage sometimes.... So I’m going to try it out and see if its helpful in any way. 

I reject the new Jumanji 

[itsbaobeibei]

Spoilers for SLPB: Moon (Hotaru)

So....I’m reading Hotaru’s route in SLB: Moon (Idk if I should actually call it SLB...I mean it’s a spinoff of the series but about ninjas) AND I GOTTA RANT.

Here I was thinking “Hotaru is so cute, I wanna adopt him. Let’s play his route cause he’s adorable and I get to see Saizo” *heart eyes*

BIH I WAS WRONG (SPOILERS BELOW OBVIOUSLY). Generally, I like Saizo from his event routes. I haven’t played his main route yet, I played Nobunaga’s and now I’m playing Yukimura’s. Afterwards Saizo (although I am playing it on my other phone in Japanese so I can get his Act 2 story). From what I can tell so far he’s not the type to tell you his emotions clearly, he’s a mystery, he likes to play with you even though he’s actually serious and can get jealous. You know, it’s part of his cool ninja aesthetic. And I read on a wiki page that apparently Hotaru and Yuki showed up in a family ES. The wiki said Saizo has conflicted feelings about his sister Yuki and though he doesn’t spend much time with Hotaru he cares about him.

So I went into Hotaru’s route thinking “Good ol nii-san will take care of Hotaru" and it says in Hotaru’s profile that he’s not interested in much other than his brother. In the game, they’re talking about a sort of welcome party and Hotaru asks “Can you have a welcome party with 1 person?” so obviously he is talking about Saizo who he occasionally meets up with in the game.

Okay now keep in mind, I only understand 50% of the Japanese in this game...maybe less, I ain’t looking up at all that kanji it’s too much time. But basically, I thought it would be great to see brothers hanging out. BOY WAS I WROOOOONG. Hotaru is super pure and innocent in this game who just wants to learn more about the world and his brother’s love. My image of Saizo in this game is sorta ruined a bit because HE IS SO DANG COOOOOLD.

Okay lemme tell you about the game and Hotaru’s upbringing. He is the sweetest boy but he grew up in a harsh environment. He was isolated and knew no one other than his own family, basically. He was so isolated he DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO USE FUCKING CHOPSTICKS. HE SAW A CAT AND THOUGHT IT WAS A TIGER BASED ON A BOOK HE READ. Why is he isolated? He has a dangerous power called kotodama. Kotodama is essentially the Japanese belief that words have power. If Hotaru commands someone to do something, they have no choice. Their body acts unaccording to their will, hence Hotaru is a danger to others but he is kept as a weapon of the Iga village. So obviously Saizo and Hotaru work together because they are siblings and have unique powers as ninja. I’m guessing only Yuki and Saizo occasionally visited Hotaru (but from what I heard Saizo was generally kept away from his family??) but obviously Hotaru has more of an attachment to Saizo. When MC asks if there’s somewhere he wants to go Hotaru says “A dango shop” WHY? OH CAUSE HE LOVES HIS BIG BRO

BUT Saizo works for Yukimura...who works for Shingen...and Hotaru somehow ends up under the protection of Kenshin...I guess Shingen and Kenshin are enemies or rivals? So this puts Saizo and Hotaru at odds.

Because Kenshin is taking care of Hotaru and teaching him things, Hotaru loves Kenshin greatly but Yuki and Saizo aren’t so thrilled. Yuki comes to take Hotaru home but when he doesn’t want to she starts throwing kunai at him and attacking him. Kenshin and everyone else stops Yuki and she escapes. Everyone is confused and asks “She means to kill her own brother?”

THINGS AIN’T SO GREAT WITH SAIZO EITHER. Whenever Hotaru and Saizo meet he gets treated coldly. MC usually follows and is shocked by how cold Saizo is. His eyes are constantly described as cold. Eventually Hotaru and Saizo start to argue/fight. Hotaru asks Saizo if he hates him and Saizo doesn’t really give an answer like Yes/No. He tries to kill MC numerous times, he tried to kill a friend of Kenshin and Hotaru and at this point he even attacks Hotaru. He asks Hotaru “If you can’t even use your kotodama, what use are you?” or “You who can’t protect anything properly, if you can’t break that habit (?? translation unsure) you’ll truly have nothing left” WHAAA SAIZO, THAT’S SO COLD. Then he talks about how they’re shinobi. Shinobi are born with nothing and they will always have nothing. Ninja need no emotions or hearts. He goes on to bring up their past, about how their parents were killed by a mystery man (who we see in Saizo’s Act 2...little kid Saizo is adorable) and that man raised him...to be a weapon of Iga. Saizo then escapes. Hotaru starts to break down crying, asking why he was born etc etc. THE NUMBER OF TIMES MC SAYS “AT THIS RATE HOTARU WILL BE KILLED (BY SAIZO/YUKI)” IS A LOT

The next day Hotaru is not himself, he refuses to speak to MC and runs away to the woods. MC figures out Hotaru is meeting with Saizo and when Hotaru returns he is unusually quiet when he is with Kenshin. She realizes that Hotaru is up to something (probably on orders by Saizo??) and as Hotaru says Kenshin’s name MC tries to stop him, but she is too late as Hotaru uses his powers of kotodama to order Kenshin to kill himself.

Luckily his powers don’t seem to be working. And that’s all I read up to. So yeah, Hotaru loves his brother but Saizo is so cold to him...tries to kill his friends because NIMBU IS LIFE and tries to kill Kenshin...oh and even attacks Hotaru (I’m not sure if he had killing intent)

A summary of the Kirigakure fam relationship:

*laughs nervously* Hhahaha wtf

I’m hoping by some miracle in the 1-2 chapters + epilogue I have left things will get better and Saizo will be less of an asshole

[bishiglomper]

Sigh. I'm gonna need to make one of those.. Kits.. I've seen other spoonies make...

The other day I bought a tummy slimmer. One thats like a velcro back brace and not at all like the kind I'd need to shimmy into under my clothes. Like my other two. SO MUCH EASIER.

I was gonna take it today when I went to the aunt's for lunch. But it wasn't going to fit in my backpack and I thought I'd have an ok tummy day. I was wrooooong.

So yeah. I'm just gonna need to make a kit. I'm sure I'm gonna lose half the bulk of my backpack when I do that lmao

This is going to involve some creativity because unless I can attach it to my backpack there's a very likely chance I will neglect to take it out with me... Which would be very bad.