#There are 999 songs on this playlist

[fairlyang]

Let you break my heart again 🕷️

you are in love with your best friend

w/c: 999

pairing: miguel o’hara x reader

tags: kinda angst? you’re so in love, he doesn’t feel the same, heartbreak, shitting n crying, slightly delusional

notes: the grip this song has had on me the past two weeks- this idea came to me last week I just HAD TO-

part two

You had been feeling down the entire day since you saw Miguel post the new girl he had been talking to and calling her his girlfriend with today’s date on the caption.

Him calling you a couple hours after asking if you wanted to go to a party with him only added salt to the wound.

You have been hopelessly and desperately in love with him since your freshmen year of high school.

8 years.

8 years of silence.

8 years of torture.

No one even looked his way in high school because he, alongside you, were known as the science nerds of the school. You obviously didn’t care, if anything it made falling for him that much predictable.

At least for anyone with eyes and good at deciphering body language.

Which Miguel wasn’t.

Somehow he never realized and you never had the balls to confess your love to him.

After graduating high school he had quite possibly the biggest glow up (unbeknownst to you he had turned into spider-man) and first semester of uni changed everything for him.

He had girls eating out of the palm of his hand and practically falling to their knees for him as if they hadn’t been using him to do their homework just a few months back.

Miguel didn’t seem to care or see through all the girl’s intentions.

Meanwhile you had liked him when he would wear nerdy little crewnecks and those thick glasses that had now been long abandoned.

You liked him when he was getting brutally bullied and were the only one to ever stick up for him, but it never going well for either of you.

You liked him when he was going through a hard time with his mom and relied on you heavily for nearly everything.

You liked him when the revelation of who his father was, tore him up to literal pieces.

He was always in your head. Whether it be daydream, hearing someone talk about him, or actually dreaming about him at night.

Only in your mind can you pretend that you’re his girlfriend. That he likes you.

That you’re his first and only choice.

That you’re the only one he wants.

That he’s just as in love with you as you are with him.

He had taken over all your thoughts possible and it never got any easier.

You thought you’d get over it after sophomore year but it only grew as he ended up being your only friend throughout high school.

Nothing was more heartbreaking than having to hear him talk about all the girls he would go out with, or fuck.

The worst was when you’d actually go to parties with him. You’d end up almost throwing up or crying in the bathroom after seeing yet another new girl grinding herself against him or a girl making out with him.

It never ended up being less heartbreaking. You had luckily made a few friends who tried their best to help.

Peter B and MJ.

Somehow you befriended them your first year of uni and all four of you became a little group. They were your occasional saviors when you’d find yourself sulking over Miguel being with another girl.

They’d always try to distract you and cheer you up.

Or if they were the ones to spot Miguel fooling around they’d turn you to the opposite direction to avoid your heart from crumbling again.

You felt as if you were being entrapped.

It was almost as if Miguel subconsciously knew what he was doing.

Because when he grew bored of a girl all of a sudden his attention would be fully on you.

Buying you food, getting you cute little plants, helping you study.

It was an endless cycle of pain and heartbreak then yearning and being enamored by him.

Right now was pure heartbreak and misery.

You had been crying for hours on end now and just let your sad playlist loop.

All you were wishing for now is that one day you’d stop falling in love with him.

That somehow your feelings for him would wash away and you’ll never have to deal with this heartbreak ever again.

But it’s been long now. These feelings weren’t going to disappear.

And he wasn’t going to magically fall in love with you.

Especially because he’s always been the one to let anyone and everyone know that you were only his best friend. And nothing more.

But the way he’d wrap his arms around you, leave kisses on your forehead and cheeks just boggled your head.

The way he would just stare at you when you were rambling about the newest science news you’d heard about.

The way he would hug you tightly at the most random times imaginable.

The way he’d willingly put his jacket on you if it were too chilly outside.

The way he would get so overprotective when a guy asks you out.

So you were always questioning what he really thought of you.

He never made it easy to decipher any of his feelings unless he was telling you up front, which he almost never did.

As more hot tears fell down your face, you could only pray that someone will like you like you like him.

It felt like such an impossible ask.

You loved him so much and you could practically feel pieces of your heart breaking. Why couldn’t he just reciprocate your love?

Why did you have to torture yourself like this?

Why is the only time you’re truly happy (besides when you’re with him) is when you’re dreaming about actually being with him?

Why is it so hard for him to romantically love you?

Why does it always have to be platonic?

Maybe one day you’ll be able to get over him and these feelings won’t be as strong.

Maybe one day you’ll find someone that’ll know how to take care of your heart and return your love.

Maybe one day it’ll be him.

[anotherferalrat]

GUYS.

I have discovered a new orv fic concept.

And I am actively foaming at the mouth.

So like- Idol!Kim Dokja right? A classic, makes sense, I wouldn't say it's anything too revolutionary. I love a good 'secretly I was an Idol' AU. But what has me feral???

All his songs were secretly about YJH (with the occasional about his companions... mainly I'm thinking he had a couple for SYS bc my poor baby). Just think of the possibilities with me for a sec:

The difference in the ways he writes about each round (999 has the best love song if what I've gathered from osmosis is correct)

Kimcom losing their goddamn minds trying to connect the image of their tired, feral leader to a bubbly teen idol

The kids determined to listen to all his music and fighting over who's the bigger stan

I just imagine there's a world where LJH was a diehard fan and so KDJ treats her like those rabid fans (bc he def has a favorite child... and she is low on the list I'm afraid)

Just in general, him having secret fans in Kimcom. YSA wasn't a huge fan but she had a couple favorite songs. HSY would rather die than admit it but she loved his music and her writing playlist was like 90% of his music. YJH was also a frequent listener though he'd claim it was due to his sister (A certified KDJ stan)

Similarly... IMAGINE KIMCOM FINDS OUT AFTER SOME KIND OF POST CANON NOVEL REVEAL I haven't finished so I don't know if there's an actual reveal Just envision YJH's eye twitching violently as the crew tries to figure out which songs are about which person/YJH round while KDJ actively tries to die in the background. Secretive Plotter and Uriel are dying... for very different reasons

I just love me a good pining loser<3

[signanothername]

this song from ‘The Book of Life’ as Dream being sorry for having his brother being treated so badly by the villagers of the town for so long to where he becomes corrupted. But like, angst to where nightmare has one soul instead of 999 and Dream defeats him and sings one last song before death.

(If the link doesn’t work, it’s called “The Apology Song” from ‘the book of life’)

OOOOHHH IM CRYINGGGG GOD YOURE SO RIGHT

“Toro, I am frightened, but I'll use my final breath,

to tell you that I'm sorry, let us end this dance of death

Two centuries of agony, that tore your heart with sand

Here and now with my amends, this senseless giving ends

I am sorry, toro, I am sorry

Hear my song, I know I sing the truth

Although we were bred to fight

I reach for kindness in your heart tonight, and if you can forgive

And if you can forgive, love can truly live”

IM SO NORMAL UGH 😭

*Adds it to my Apple twins playlist*

[starsnumber1charliefan]

funny how people have spotify playlists about statements that make you think and then theres js me making playlists about omori characters

I keep forgetting people have actual lives and don't just sit in here room all day

so real like fym you dont js stand there waiting for me to reply to you

[jungleindierock]

Time Machine - 2024 - No. 1

First in the new Time Machine Playlists for 2024, they will appear once i have 40 songs in each one. Mixed genres of music, from 1950-2022. Already begun No. 2 so could out soon. Enjoy it and share it, might find some bands/artists you like and want to explore their back catalogues!!

I feel 40 is good number of tracks not too long or too short in listening time for your enjoyment. The whole playlist is only two hours and thirty three minutes long.

Reb

Tracklist

Elbow - One Day Like This

The Box Tops - The Letter

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves

Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

Spear Of Destiny - Liberator

The The - The Beat(en) Genration

Kings Of Leon - Talihina Sky

Public Image Ltd. - This Is Not A Love Song

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

Imelda May - Johnny Got A Boom Boom

New Order - Ceremony

John Foxx - Underpass

Dandy Livingstone - Suzanne Beware Of The Devil

The National - England

Warpaint - Undertow

The Temper Trap - Science Of Fear

Major Lance - Ain't No Soul (In These Old Shoes)

The Farm - No Man's Land (John Peel BBC Radio Session)

999 - Feelin' Alright With The Crew

Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The wind

Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio

The Colorblind James Experience - Considering A Move To Memphis

Easterhouse - Whistling In The Dark

The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection

Peter Tosh - Vampire

The Vaselines - Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam

John Lee Hooker - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer

Beck - Beercan

Toots & the Maytals - Take Me Home, Country Roads

The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good & Evil

The Unthanks - A Great Northern River

The Cure - 100 Years

Stereophonics - A Thousnad Trees

Big Mama Thorton - Hound Dog

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

The Pogues - Wild Cats Of Kilkenny

The Detroit Cobras - Leave My kitten Alone

Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever

[secret-gallavich]

love the prompt for this week so thanks @sully-999 and @galladrabbles 

PROMPT: SONG

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They don't keep secrets from each other.

Mickeys playing music in their apartment while they lounge around through his phones Spotify. The Radiohead song that had been playing finishes and Mickey grunts as the next song plays.

"Pick a different one will ya?" he asks.

Ian scrolls through Mickey's Spotify account, looking for a song that fits their 90s rock vibes when he stops.

There's a playlist titled 'Ian' full of over a hundred songs. The most recent being added last week. Ians heart is pumping eratically.

They don't keep secrets but yeah, Ian will let Mickey keep this one.

[haarute]

i have 999 songs on my spotify playlist. chat which song should be number 1000

[viofficial]

heyyy zero escape fandom, i have a fic idea thats in the works !!!! ik im just Some Guy but hopefully ill post it. heres the logline

akane kurashiki struggles to adjust to life without the guidance of red strings. or: akane opens her eyes to the strain of her relationships and the ways in which her trauma has affected her. 

if u like aromantic rep, junepei getting a divorce, themes re: the cycle of trauma and how that affects ppl, and basically 17k words of an akane character study... burn a picture may be the fic for u !!!! more info under the cut

pinterest board | blog post on spacehey | spotify playlist coming soon!!

so basically when i was playing thru ztd i had this idea of a post-ztd fic where junpei meets aoi without pretenses (bc in 999 he just knows him as santa and not aoi) and yk. insert haha funny shenanigans. but then i realized thats Boring so i scrapped that. then i wrote a fic abt akane and aoi's strained relationship post 999. though i didnt finish it. and THEN i had an idea where the kurashiki siblings, the klim family and junpei go on a roadtrip only to witness a murder. but never wrote it. so this fic was born, basically combining all those ideas (akane and aoi's strained relationship, aoi and junpei meeting, and the kurashikis interacting w the klims also junpei is there). the idea of focusing on akane's trauma was bc i was reading someone's analysis post abt the subject

akane as a character is someone i resonate with a lot but i wont go into that bc thats Personal! and it sucks how canon barely acknowledges her trauma and how she struggles and maybe even comes to terms w it. 999, in essence, is abt the cycle of trauma. its abt akane regaining agency, recreating the environment that traumatized her. which makes sense as to why she acts the way she does in ztd (rlly unstable, panicky, doesnt have a plan despite usually calculating and in control. like she literally got kidnapped Again and isnt around sigma and phi who she initially planned with, why do u expect her to act like she usually does. i wish ppl understood this abt her character). 

so in a post-ztd scenario, where she's supposed to be in a safe environment without planning any nonary games or saving the world, she feels like she's lost control which she feels she desperately needs to stay on top. so she dives herself into work and controls every aspect of herself and her relationships to the point where it makes her physically ill fhdjhfd but i promise theres a lighthearted aspect but i wont cross that bridge till we get there 

"hey vio why's this fic called burn a picture" 

great question random hypothetical person!! i asked a friend if he could help me w titling this fic that fits w The Themes and they gave me this ^_^ based off the song of the same name by red vox. 

one of the themes of this fic is of destruction, particularly destruction of relationships. maybe even urself. so i felt that was fitting yk? 

[sholmeser]

finally...after much deliberation...i'm calling my junepei playlist done. here it is!!!! the product of probably too many months of obsession and overthinking...song choice explanations under the cut. warning it's Very long. spoilers for all three games

1. we're going to be friends

this one is pretty straightforward; it's meant to stand for junpei and akane meeting for the first time at six years old. just simple and innocent and cute

2. when i'm sixty-four

principally this serves a similar purpose as "we're going to be friends" in that it's meant to be a depiction of childlike love, but there's a little bit more to this one; paul mccartney wrote this song when he was fourteen years old looking toward the future and, ironically, would come to divorce his wife linda when he turned sixty-four. so—the answer to "will you still need me, will you still feed me, when i'm sixty-four?" is "no," and that's what happens with akane and junpei, naturally, after they've aged significantly in virtue's last reward.

3. octopus's garden

this is also, superficially, a very simple song; ringo starr wrote it thinking of how delightful an octopus's garden, with the variety of shiny objects the creatures collect, would be; this is sort of meant to finish off this initial part of the playlist, which encompasses akane and junpei in their simplistic elementary school years.

oh, what joy for every girl and boy knowing they're happy and they're safe

i took the meaning a little bit further for this one, though; i picturedthis track being on the cusp of the original nonary game, just before akane and aoi are kidnapped. i imagine her thinking retrospectively to these last few weeks that she had completely "happy and safe"; this "joy" she feels is after the fact, realizing how lucky she was, then, without this crushing amount of knowledge that's been bestowed upon her now.

4. just like heaven

moving onwards in time, this song is meant to capture both their time together in 2027 nevada and the immediate aftermath—particularly the effect that akane's disappearance has on junpei; it's about the overwhelming nature of a particular night out with a lover.

"why are you so far away?" she said "why won't you ever know that i'm in love with you?"

of course, throughout 999 it's referenced that junpei had a crush on akane when they were in elementary school that he never acted on out of shyness. junpei has a peculiar relationship with the act of expressing affection, however; specifically, he seems uncomfortable with the concept in its entirety. even as an adult, nearly a decade after the fact, he refuses to admit to akane that he'd wanted to care for the rabbits with her because he'd liked her; rather, he states that it had been because it was the easiest job, and distances himself from his decision by claiming that little boys don't want to care for animals. he has a tendency to take on a protective nature (physically and emotionally), which he brushes off as something "anyone would do"; in an alternative situation, this might feel, to akane, that he doesn't care for her. but she knows he loves her; she's felt his feelings for her herself. junpei's behavioral tendencies lead him to distance himself from her emotionally, in a way—something she can do nothing about, as she can't tell him her real feelings due to her life's uncertainty.

alone above a raging sea that stole the only girl i loved and drowned her deep inside of me

this one's more straightforward; akane, naturally, "died" on the gigantic, at sea. she dies to the ocean, and junpei is left with only her memory—and the possible internal conflict in the belief that she was, perhaps, never real—to keep him company. he holds that part of akane inside of himself, much like she maintains a part of him through his ring.

5. you know more than i know

this one is also pretty simple. the song's about a power imbalance in a relationship—and though akane doesn't really possess that power over junpei, her continuously withholding information from him creates a dynamic wherein he's irritated by a lack of comprehension that only she can provide, but won't. i meant to encompass their time together at dcom with this song and the next, and how their relationship becomes more hostile due to his increased frustration with her, and her own anger at her circumstances, which prevent her from being honest with him.

the blind may see, but stay behind relief of all liability and greed

this one is a nod to delta and his faked blindness!

6. black star

this one talks about the singer's difficulty in handling his relationship with a woman struggling with mental illness. in the context of junpei and akane, this is meant to be him just not knowing how to handle her in general; she's seen terrible, horrific things, and bears too significant of a burden, for him to be able to understand. the singer blames the problems in his relationship to an imaginary "black star", a nonexistent entity that he can use as a scapegoat. junpei does something similar—it's just that in his perhaps-understandable lack of sympathy for her situation, akane herself becomes the black star.

the troubled words of a troubled mind i try to understand what is eating you

similarly to "you know more than i know", this references akane's keeping junpei in the dark about a significant portion of the truth, and how he just can't get her to reveal it to him.

now that i don't think of you i keep falling over, i keep passing out when i see a face like you

this bit marks the transitional stage from ztd into the nebulous time period that encompasses everything before vlr. when radical-6 hits the general population and, later, when the reactors explode, it's entirely likely she took a backseat to his efforts of simply staying alive—especially if he couldn't be sure that she was even alive anymore, and especially after he gets quark. still—he's willing to leave everything behind at the drop of a hat when sigma contacts him with the promise of him being able to see her again, despite the amount of time that's gone by, and despite the resentment he's felt towards her over the years.

7. no reason

the next two, in contrast, are meant to be more akane addressing junpei.

there is no reason to believe no reason at all come together for a moment, look around, and dissolve

what i liked about 999's interpretation of espers' extrasensory perception was that it's something innate, unconscious, and something anyone can do, so long as they're in the right conditions. this is what made junpei reaching out to find akane in the past so special, to me at least; it's something he's never done before, fueled entirely by the overwhelming love that he feels toward her in that moment, and their mutual desperation to save her life. i tend to lean towards this interpretation of the morphogenetic field, personally, as opposed to vlr and ztd's portrayal of it as a superpower that certain people are naturally more inclined to; 999 painted it as this web that connects all humans together, no matter who, where, or when they are, and that felt much more personal than, say, clover and light enhanhing their skills with the sois in vlr.

anyway, the point: this line paints faith in another person as something innate and natural, rather than a logical thought. akane isn't rationalizing at all when she thinks of junpei when she thinks she's about to die in the first nonary game; she loves him, and his gift is bringing her comfort, so her thoughts naturally go to him, and that's what causes him to find her. this unwavering trust she has in him, even though she doesn't know if he can actually save her—it's completely instinctive.

like a feeling, like a flash like a fallen eyelash on your sweater, threading future through the past

this one's more obvious; "future through the past" is very cut-and-dry, and "like a feeling, like a flash" refers to the "epiphany" portion of the requirements for morphogenetic transmission.

8. not a lot, just forever

i have a lot to say about this one!! i was so excited to see how well a lot of lines in this one match up to junpei and akane. again, this is her talking about him.

through your eyes i see the smile you bring to me to your joy i tether

very simple—akane seeing the second nonary game through junpei's eyes, and tethering their connection to the intense emotions he's feeling at that time.

my dog barks wildly to protect my infancy from my ex-believer and i try to calm the wolf to remind her i am both

the relationship depicted in this song is mutually toxic—and though akane and junpei love each other more than anyone else in the world, the little time that they spend together is oftentimes characterized by them hurting each other, whether it's akane kidnapping him to play the nonary game in 999 or his cruelty towards her situation in ztd. the "both" in this line refers to the speaker being both the hurt and the hurter.

and i wanna be your wife so i hold you to my knife and i steal your letter

one of akane's biggest dreams is, of course, to get married to junpei—as she says to kyle—and she almost gets this in ztd, before dcom goes sideways and she's forced to inject junpei with the memory-loss drug (her "knife") so he'll forget about everything that's happened, and become the "tenmyouji" she's foreseen. despite everything, though, she still takes junpei's ring (his "letter) with her when she disappears again.

so i bash around the house and the poison stains my mouth

this can refer either to the carbon monoxide poisoning that kills carlos and junpei in d-end: 2, or junpei's alcoholism (spirits being the "poison").

and we share a paradise and i roll them once or twice

adrienne lenker creates a homophone with "paradise" and "pair of dice" in this line; this line is talking about sex ("paradise") that comes with the gamble ("pair of dice") of pregnancy, but i also thought it fit really well with the dice-rolling decision game in the rec room in ztd!

9. lover, you should've come over

this song and the next are meditations on a relationship that's recently ended, and they're meant to encompass junpei's feelings towards akane following ztd. these two are also pretty straightforward, lyrics-wise.

so i'll wait for you, and i'll burn will i ever see your sweet return? oh, will i ever learn

"burn" can refer to the apocalypse, and "will i ever learn" to junpei's immediate acceptance of sigma's suggestion to go to the moon to see akane, without him considering that it could put him and quark in danger (which it did).

10. i know it's over

loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly though she needs you more than she wants you

junpei wouldn't have known about sigma and akane's knowing each other until vlr, of course, and they were never canonically in a relationship—but regardless of whether you choose to interpret their relationship as romantic or not (i personally do), the fact remains that akane and sigma are only really pushed together by circumstance; they "need" each other for human connection during a time where they would otherwise be completely alone (at least, sigma would be), instead of "wanting" each other, especially following the loss of their respective loves.

i know it's over, and it never really began but in my heart, it was so real

of course, despite everything, akane and junpei are never actually in a relationship (besides in ztd canon post-game).

why do you sleep alone tonight? i know, 'cause tonight is just like any other night that's why you're on your own tonight with your triumphs and your charms

a significant talking point of the song is the speaker's egocentrism, and how this sabotaged his relationship with this woman. something i noticed replaying 999 and vlr is that, though junpei and sigma superficially fall into character archetypes (junpei is scrawnier and less self-assured, while sigma is physically stronger and more confident; this is also communicated through their character designs), they generally go against them in practice; junpei is more cynical, initially only looks out for his own self-interest (this changes over the course of the game), and studies economics (crypto...lol), while sigma tends to emphasize people's inherent goodness (he almost always feels guilt upon choosing "betray", and shock when he is betrayed by another himself) and is aiming to get a phd (which will almost always denote a profession that either benefits the general public through research, or a teaching career). there's a lot more to be said about this, but i'll save that for...some other time.

again, the point: junpei's got a tendency to only look out for himself (or exclusively people he cares about significantly, and that's only ever akane or quark) rather than the good of the whole. that isn't inherently a bad thing, but it is something that comes back to bite him, at times, and something that akane strongly dislikes (despite her acting similarly in 999)—especially in ztd. he makes progress on this in 999 (which is shown most clearly in the safe ending, in my opinion, when he's desperately fighting against seven's grasp to try and save light), but that's almost all gone by the time he's gotten to dcom.

11. back to the old house

this one is meant to consist of junpei reflecting on him and akane, both before and after vlr. this one's also to the point; the speaker initially has no desire to return to his childhood (much like how junpei's complicated view of akane likely soured his childhood memories of them together), but by the end wishes for the chance, despite knowing it to be impossible (junpei longing for the akane he used to know by saying that "she's not anywhere"; that line is what the playlist is named after!).

12. say yes

this one is meant to take you back to shortly after 999, when junpei is missing akane after reconnecting with her for a brief time and saving her life.

i'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl

like i was talking about before, junpei begins 999 quite a negative, self-centered person; it's no question that it's akane's influence on him that makes him turn into someone more compassionate, at least for a time. though he goes back on this later when he falls into his depression and substance abuse, the fact remains that she moved him significantly. "we broke up a month ago" is, of course, her disappearing at the end of 999.

a happy day and then you pay and feel like shit the morning after

this can refer to akane and junpei reuiniting for nine hours—just about one waking day—and his confusion when she leaves him after the fact. also, though—elliott smith wrote quite a bit about his own struggles with drugs, so this line (which refers to a hangover) can also serve as a premonition of junpei's future alcoholism.

i'll probably be the last to know no one says until it shows, see how it is they want you or they don't say yes

smith wrote this song about his ex-girlfriend joanna bolme, who he'd split up with some time prior and missed desperately. junpei is completely in the dark about where akane's gone or whether or not he'll see her again, much like how smith isn't sure if he'll actually get together with his girlfriend once again. however—the tone of the song is, overall, positive, and this mirrors junpei's mindset at the end of 999; he's perplexed as to why it is akane's gone, but as he's riding out into the desert with the other survivors, he's holding out hope that he'll see her again. he and smith both beckon for their respective loves to "say yes" to them, and take them back—as it were.

13. across the universe

LAST ONE...this one is simultaneously akane's point of view, junpei's, and neither—a more general, outside perspective of their relationship. (i realized too late there's sort of an obscene amount of beatles in this playlist...i considered using the fiona apple verson but there's just something about this one. anyways.)

it's a cosmic song—everything in it feels sort of incorporeal—and this dizzy sort of perspective is what the aftermath of vlr feels like, at least to me. sort of a, "what now?" the song is kind of constantly in motion ("slither wildly," "call me on and on," "meander like a restless wind," "tumble blindly," et cetera, et cetera), and it feels like how, throughout zero escape, you're constantly shifting between timelines, and worlds, and universes. you're always somewhere new; a different version of yourself. the song can kind of represents all of these huge emotions that you feel as you jump from location to location, from a tragic moment into a happy one, and vice versa. quite literally, you're travelling across the universe.

there's a few water metaphors in this ("words are flowing out like endless rain," "pools of sorrow, waves of joy") and i always tie those back to akane in the sinking gigantic.

"nothing's gonna change my world" is the most significant lyric in this song, though. it's oftentimes interpreted in different ways (something more hopeless like, "i can't change anything about my life," or something more loving like, "i won't let outside forces change anything about my life"), but in the context of junpei and akane it means, of course: this is what we got. this universe split us apart, and though we can go back and try to do better by the world, change the way time flows—we, as we exist now, will always be here in this moment. you were a part of me all my life, and maybe there exists somewhere in time where i slip the ring onto the right finger, one where i don't walk away, but that's not this one. in this one we stay apart forever, opposite ends of the world, thousands of miles of distance, and there's nothing we can do about that. everything we felt for each other—every time i have hated you, every time i missed you like i missed the rain, like i missed the sun in winter—that'll never stop being real. but—still. there's just nothing we can do.

[deadgrantaires]

found a song that made me so upset abt 999 yjh i had to run through and finish up his playlist dvhbhjvf

[kiichu]

I'm gonna try to string together playlists for all the characters (with like at least 10 songs in each) but to start, I thought I'd post my Ace playlist that I just continously add to. :] Happy 999 Week!

[thepenultimaterolo]

Thank you for the tag to write my username out in songs, @yoshihashismattebum!

Some difficult decisions to make, but here we go:

Teenage Kicks - The Undertones

Hitlist - Nova Twins

Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?) - Buzzcocks

Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain

Emergency - 999

New Year, New Me - Sløtface

Unzip Your Forehead - Death Valley Girls

Lafayette - Orville Peck

Totally Fine - PUP

I Was a Teenage Anarchist - Against Me!

mary - Lauran Hibberd

all-american bitch - Olivia Rodrigo

That's Enough Internet For Today - Gen and he Degenerates

English Blood / American Heartache - All Time Low

Red Wine Supernova - Chappell Roan

OWN MY MIND - Måneskin

Life's a Bitch (But I Like It So Much) - The Mysterines

Oligarchy - Teen Mortgage

And here's a playlist:

And a word cloud of genres according to Wikipedia:

And I shall also tag @thewaythroughthewoods and @unpairedbracket (again, completely optionally!). And anyone else: if you would like to do it, please consider yourself tagged!

[werezmastarbucks]

dreams: youtube

how many followers do you think he got?

word count: 999

warnings: none

music: can't pin me down by marina

kai parker x reader

dreams masterlist

You hit play, and the face of the weird... influencer? appears on screen. You have this vague idea that you were going to watch something else. But your 'watch later' playlist now consists of three hundred videos, and the electronic noise of non-stop brainless entertainment makes you dizzy and zombie-like. You have a strong urge to log off, close the laptop and look out the window, but this guy's face glues you to the screen. For some reason seeing him in this format in 4K feels insidious, like he's a danger not only to you but also to others. Whoever watches. Like he's somehow connected to snuff... your brain, decomposing from all of the internet commotion, tired with endless sounds and buzzwords, feels physically tired. You rub your face. He is just like the others, has a Youtube channel where he babbles away about his business which nobody asked for. Another attention seeker, full of himself in the idea that people will stick and reflect on his miserable life.

He looks like a pop corn American movie embodied. White shiny teeth, glistening eyes, tiny dimples on his cheeks. A shirt you're sure you saw in Crop recently. Everything a teenage girl needs. Apalled, you contemplate how many of his followers actually have a crush on him just because he represents their Youtube dream. Neat, smily, white guy who gives you an idea that the world exists in a shiny rectangle.

You're immersed in your thoughts until your ear catches something off - that meaning, something actually interesting. His voice buzzes with excitement.

"The last time I told you about hell. But you asked me about, like, whether I have normal - real - stories. Well, I do, and I can even tell you about some of my art. Actually, I do it all the time. You know, I write songs in my dreams all the time", he fidgets in his place like a kid. He can't sit straight and is constantly moving his torso, his hands, as of hypnotizing you. He looks like he watches himself on the screen with one eye, and acts very well, actually. Not the most typical narcissistic type, but the well hidden one. He sure admires himself, but looks cool doing it. You start questioning yourself whether fifteen minutes of this bullshit will make you crush on him just a little.

"Yeah, and it's always something, you know... like I would call it cosmic confusion. So you know how there's cosmic horror? That, but confusion. I get these very soft, ambient melodies, which I don't like very much by the way, but my girlfriend does".

Gasp. Followers lost. You never say you have a partner if you have that kind of smile that holds your whole channel together.

"And the lyrics are like puzzles that I can't seem to gather together. It's been going on for years. What if I'm dreaming a whole discography that's a mysterious code at the same time? And of course when I wake up I completely forget, like, ninety percet of that. Only remnants, but they qickly escape my head. But!" he yells out, making you jump a little, "recently I got this huge idea... I started recording myself on my phone so that if I ever meet a very cool musician, I can play it to them, and they will write the music for me, and I'll... anyway, listen to this".

He takes out his phone and reaches the microphone. The space of the audibe field is filled with his sleepy voice, singing some gibberish, missing every possible note as if on purpose. You instinctively switch off, drowning in memories. Actually, that happened to you too. You dreamt of a black room with a yellow chair in the middle that played music. It was... surprisingly like... what's his name... you look at the name of the channel again - CovenMaster - Jesus - said. Cosmic confusion, like you're lost, but you're not scared because the dimension you got stuck in is too eerie for human brain.

And the only line that was in this song that you remembered to this day was,

When's the boy coming back?

You look back at him, and now he doesn't seem Disney foolish. He looks straight at you from your screen, listening to the end of his ugly song.

"There", he says quietly, "now you know I'm a genius. You can't match me". There's a flicker of well-masked humor in this, like you're supposed to be in on the joke.

"And most importantly, you can't pin me down. I go up every time, don't I?"

Against all reason, you nod, like somebody is standing behind you and has a hand on your head.

"The dark abyss of oblivion, the hell, nothing can hold me for long".

There's silence.

"And?" you ask out loud.

"Oh, it's another one, the other song I didn't record. Jeez, I should really head to SoundCloud", he mumbles. In a second his face lights up, and everything is the same again.

"Anyway, today I wanted to tell you about how I invented a new type of slime! I heard kids were crazy about it!"

You sigh and reach out to close your laptop. Not just click away from the page, but close it completely, to not see any flat screen.

"Wait! Okay, okay", he snaps suddenly. You freeze in front of him.

"Don't go just now, I gotta tell you something", CovenMaster has his palm outstretched and looks straight at you.

You keep silent, he does, too, for a couple of seconds. The shivers run down your shoulders and arms.

"This video is sponsored by Cheetos", he smiles widely, like a prankster. You groan and slap your laptop closed, with such force that you feel sorry immediately, fearing for the screen.

You get up and go to your window to look out the street. A typical nice neighborhood in Ohio, who wouldn't want to live here? The houses around are so familiar, the cars of neighbors roll patiently down the road. Muffled music playing somewhere a house away.

Everything is perfect, and you're glad. But the question still remains,

When's the boy coming back?

[fallingsatellive]

Shuffle your (other) favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. Then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals. 💌💜

Ok since you did your "everything playlist" I'll do mine

Float On -- Modest Mouse

Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 -- Johann Sebastian Bach

Out of Mind -- Magic Man

Wheat Like Waves -- Death Cab for Cutie

Nine Cats -- Porcupine Tree