#Top contender for my favorite song in the show

[salamanderpickle]

[sfsolstice]

the whites of your eyes turn black in the lowlight in turning divine we tangle endlessly

[anothermansjeans]

Heyy Idk if this is how you request but we'll see......

Could you maybe do like a singer!reader who writes like dirty af songs abt Spencer and then Penelope shows the song to the rest of the team and they all start low-key bullying him and continue making comments abt it while on a case or something like that??

<33

XOXO-

~W~

okay i don't know any DIRTY DIRTY songs so i apologize if this isn't that great 😭 let me know if you want another one that shows different songs! ALSO I IMAGINE THE READER SINGING A DIFFERENT OUTRO TO NONSENSE EVERY NIGHT JUST LIKE MS SABRINA CARPENTER

cw: implied sex, reader talks sings about getting head and being handcuffed

wc: 610

masterlist

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“Oh, hey pretty boy.”

Spencer walked into the bullpen to see the majority of the team huddled around Derek’s desk with amused looks on their faces. He tentatively continued his walk, but immediately froze in place when he heard the video playing from the computer.

“This song’s catchier than chickenpox is.

I bet your house is where my other sock is.

Woke up this morning, thought I’d write a pop hit.

How quickly can you take your clothes off, pop quiz?

My man’s IQ is one-eighty-seven.

When he’s going down on me I’m in Heaven.

Handcuff me to the bed like I’m a felon.”

Her laughs could be heard from the video, and Spencer’s face immediately turned fifty shades of red.

“So, where were you last night, Reid? You know, when you said you couldn't join us for drinks.”

He rolled his lips into his mouth at Emily’s question. Everyone had an expecting look except for Penelope… She seemed guilty. “I uh, I was at a concert…”

“What concert?��� JJ’s question was presented as innocent, but it was everything but that.

“My girlfriend’s,” he mumbled lowly, barely loud enough for them to hear.

“Could you repeat that?”

Spencer glared at Derek, he knew exactly what he was doing. “My girlfriend’s.”

“Well hot damn, you finally admitted it!”

“I wasn't keeping it a secret. I'm just not as open about my love life as the rest of you are.” He huffed and brought himself over to his desk.

“Well, Garcia was kind enough to show us a video she found online and we didn't know what to expect… who else has an IQ of one-eighty-seven?”

Spencer whipped his head over to Penelope with wide eyes.

“I’m sorry!” Her hands went up in her defense. “I just– I love her music and I couldn't make it to the concert in D.C last night so I was watching videos that people took and it doesn't take a genius to know who she's talking about when we know you so well.” Her words were quick, and she was huffing to breathe when she finished her sentence.

Spencer groaned and put his head in his hands.

“I think my favorite song of hers is Nasty.”

Spencer winced at Emily’s words as everyone else laughed. They definitely are going to have a field day with him.

“I love Espresso.” The humor in JJ’s voice was evident.

“So It Goes… and Guilty as Sin? might be the top contenders for me,” and Derek just has to add on. “Tell us, Reid, are scratches down your back?”

Spencer stood up and went towards the coffee machine, ignoring the laughs and references they were making. He was allowed about three minutes of solace before Penelope hesitantly tapped his shoulder with a shy look on her face. “We got a case. Everyone’s at the round table.” He gave a nod at her words and followed her, ears perking up when he heard her singing under her breath, “don't want to wait on it. Tonight, I wanna get nasty.”

He suppressed the groan waiting to come out, and sat down at the table when he felt a buzz in his pocket.

Y/N: made it to philly!! love you, be safe today. text me whenever you're free 🫶

He was about to message back before Hotch walked in, “We’re going to brief as quickly as possible. We're headed to Philadelphia.”

He knew Penelope knew the next stop on Y/N’s tour, and could feel her eyes boring into the side of his face. He was mentally preparing for the jokes as soon as they stepped out of the conference room.

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songs that i imagined reader wrote about spencer:

nonsense by sabrina carpenter

nasty by ariana grande

espresso by sabrina carpenter

so it goes... by taylor swift

guilty as sin? by taylor swift

dress by taylor swift

[ethanscrocs]

Six of Crows Playlists 🐦‍⬛

Edit: Check the notes for more!

I made some Six of Crows playlists, forgive me for the sheer amount of songs, I listen to a downright obnoxious amount of music. I was also legally obligated to include some very 2016-2018 "edgy" music that was typically associated with these books back in my fandom days. The middle school nostalgia aspect really got me.

General book playlist, some of it is songs that fit all of the characters as well as book events, some of it is songs that fit the atmosphere of the setting.

My Jesper and Wylan playlist. I'd be down to make playlists for other specific relationships, they just happen to be my favorite. If that's something you're actually interested in, let me know, because I do have some ideas!

Possibly a collection of all my favorite love songs. They meant so much to me when I was 13, I have such a soft spot.

I'm most embarrassed by this one. It has a lot of the nostalgia element that was mentioned above. It was difficult to find songs that contend with the persona Kaz has so carefully cultivated. Forgive me for the possibly shallow reading of his character that it may convey.

There's lots to work with in regard to Inej. Her past as an acrobat, her future as a pirate, all on top of her character throughout the duology. I had fun.

Possibly one of the most conflicting and chaotic playlists on this list. Creating it really had me pondering Nina's writing. She's a lot more complex/multi-faceted than I'd ever given her credit for, haha!

I struggled the most with Matthias' playlist, I'm actually surprised it's as long as it is. I didn't connect with him as much as the others, especially during my first reading of the duology, but I've definitely gained some respect for his character and what Bardugo was trying to convey when writing him. Normally I'm drawn to characters whose experience parallels mine as a "cult survivor", but there's a lot of notable distance between our experiences.

Similarly to the Kaz playlist, I hope the "just vibes" theme of this playlist doesn't come across as a shallow understanding of Jesper's character. It's the longest playlist, he's my absolute favorite and it shows. I have a lot of respect for him!

A contender for the discordic energy of Nina's playlist. I intentionally leaned into this aspect. Wylan holds a special place in my heart, he helped me come to terms with a lot of things. I fear some of the self projection is clearly evident.

A couple of extra notes:

Expect a follow-up post soon. I very much need a Kuwei playlist, as well as a Kanej/Helnik/Ninej playlist. Perhaps one highlighting the friendship between Jesper and Inej as well, who knows.

If you're uncomfortable with songs with sexual or suggestive lyrics being applied to them, I totally understand and respect that. Those songs were included either because I found that aspect of them ignorable, because I think it matches their "energy" or is the style of music they might enjoy, or quite rarely because I'm specifically keeping the Shadow and Bone continuity in mind.

Example: ...Baby One More Time is a fairly suggestive song. But I'll stand by the fact that Jesper Fahey would listen to 90s pop artists over my dead body.

[moistvonlipwig]

BtVS for the favorite things ask game?

ok!!!

my favorite female character: Cordelia of course.....though if we're counting her more as an AtS character then it'd be poor beleaguered Anya, who has too much sense by far for the rest of the Scoobies to handle.

my favorite male character: Spoike my horrible little man who is faking his accent and cheats at kitten poker <3 he sucks sooo bad (affectionate) (also objectively true since he is a vampire)

my favorite book/season/etc: This one's tricky -- I think S5 probably takes it in the end, although I think the overall arc of S2 is very impressive and the highs are higher. But I prefer big sister Buffy to only child Buffy and the later seasons cast line-up to the early seasons cast line-up, and S2 has a lot of bad episodes, whereas S5's worst episodes are just kind of whatever. S3 is also very strong overall, but it doesn't emotionally grab me the way S2 and S5 do.

my favorite episode (if its a tv show): This one's even trickier! I think "Becoming" (especially its second part) is definitely in the running for its amazing character work for Buffy and the whole cast. "Lovers Walk" gets points for the sheer amount of fun it packs into its runtime. "Who Are You?" is another contender, largely due to SMG's absolute tour-de-force performance as Faith. "Restless" would be a contender if it weren't for the horrifically racist treatment of the First Slayer that infects the entire episode, which knocks it soundly off its otherwise well-earned pedestal. "The Gift" is very, very good as well. (I'm not as big on "The Body" as everyone else -- it's good, I just don't think it's one of the show's top episodes.) And I think "Dead Things" is probably the most challenging episode the show ever put forth, which I appreciate deeply. (I enjoy the songs in OMWF a lot, but as an episode I don't think it's super cohesive, so while it's up there for me, I don't think I can say it's the show's best.)

my favorite cast member: I honestly don't really tend to get super invested in actors, so, idk? I guess I'd say that, while she's nowhere near the show's strongest actor -- in fact I would argue she's one of those actors who is extremely good at playing one specific part and basically can't play anything else -- I nonetheless have a lot of respect for Eliza Dushku as a person, what with how she's spoken up about the sexual abuse, harassment, and mistreatment she's faced within the industry, and how she threw her full support behind the people speaking up about Joss Whedon despite having a positive experience with him herself.

my favorite ship: Most of my favorite Buffyverse ships are AtS ships, but my favorite BtVS ship is ultimately probably Buffy/Spike, despite, um, everything -- I think they have a lot of really fun interactions and I buy their friendship in early S6 and S7, and I appreciate that the show made some attempt (YMMV how successful it was) to deconstruct and problematize the enemies-to-lovers trope. That said, my ideal endgame for them is that they end up as friends, not lovers. And the way some people talk about that ship on here is......well. It's something innit. In terms of other ships I like: despite what I'm about to say about Giles below, I do like his interactions with Anya a lot and I feel like there were some romantic implications in "Grave" that weirdly never got picked up again in S7. I think a Giles/Anya romance would be a lot better than S7 trying to resurrect the shuffling corpse of Xander/Anya. ...Although, I'm also a "Willow should've killed Giles in Grave" truther, so, I'll also propose a Willow/Anya romance, because they had good chemistry in "Selfless" and it'd be funny.

a character I’d die defending: It used to be Dawn and Cordelia, but honestly the fandom has cooled off a lot when it comes to hating those characters, so, uh, I definitely still defend them ardently when needed, but they don't need it as much these days as they used to. Buffy still gets some very weird things said about her which I think she should be defended from, although I also think there's pockets of fandom that act like she has never done a single thing wrong in her life ever, which is a point of view I also don't subscribe to. Faith I think is in a weird position where she has done some legitimately awful things, which some of her more hardcore fans gloss over, but some people are strangely hellbent on making up things she didn't do to get mad at her for, which I can't abide. People are also deeply weird about Joyce, as you know, but, like, I'm not a Joyce Fan or anything, I don't even think she's a particularly amazing mother, I just think people seem entirely incapable of seeing things from her point of view and weirdly insistent that her relationship with Buffy was worse than it was. So, IDK. Most of the women, I guess. Except Willow. Sorry Willow, I'm sure some people are weird about you too, but the narrative is too nicies to you already.

a character I just can’t sympathize with: Yeah, it's Giles. He's the character who has gone down the most in my estimation over time, particularly as I've gotten older. S1 Giles is arguably sympathetic, with his fate somewhat paralleled to Buffy's, but as the show goes on, the character and worldbuilding develop to a point where it becomes pretty irrefutable that this is a guy who profits off of Buffy's suffering and could stop doing that at any time, who abandons her when she needs him most, and who then has the gall to act like he should have any say in the decisions she makes about her life afterwards. Additionally, the way he seems totally indifferent to Xander's home life and clear desire for a non-abusive father figure/masculine role model, and even more egregiously (given that it is literally his job to 'watch' her) the way he seems totally indifferent to Faith's lack of a home or family or any kind of support, is profoundly foul to me, and yet another thing that's made worse by the retcon that Giles is well-off and gets paid to do this. (The Faith stuff is even worse when you remember that Giles, too, has accidentally killed people, yet he makes no effort to try to reach out to her. Angel's attempt to reach out may have been bad, but at least it was an attempt.) I've read a lot of meta on here about how Giles was deeply affected by Jenny's death and how that made him feel like he had somehow doomed her by loving her, or even when Jenny isn't brought into it a lot of people will say that Giles thinks he is an awful person who makes people's lives worse and that's why he holds himself at such a distance, and like, that's a fine interpretation, but I don't actually see any evidence that that's true? To me that's in the realm of "Xander hates vampires because of Jesse" -- it's something that could psychologically make sense for a real person, and you could write about in a fanfic and have it be quite interesting, but I struggle to see any real basis for that idea in canon. And of course I should add that I think Giles should probably suck, for the show to work; if he's a good father figure the story doesn't really happen. But he sucks in such deeply baffling and unsympathetic ways to me that I just really don't like him anymore at this point, aside from the occasional Buffy-Giles emotional beat or snarky one-liner that makes me smile.

a character I grew to love: This one definitely goes to Buffy -- I think pre-Dawn Buffy is a well-done but ultimately fairly typical Campbell-style comic hero, whose character is largely elevated by SMG's iconic performance and by BtVS's strategy of using monster-of-the-week episodes to mirror Buffy's internal journey. I like her fine in the early seasons, but it's only really in S5 that she starts to grab my emotional attention, and it's in S6 that I truly love her -- S6 is a mess, but I think Buffy's arc in that season is utterly compelling and beautiful, and it gives me so much more affection and appreciation for her character. As for S7...well, let's just not speak of that, shall we.

my anti otp: With apologies as always to my Bangel followers & mutuals, I find Buffy/Angel to be not entirely uninteresting to think about (especially in S2, which is when I think the writers had the strongest sense of what they wanted to say with that relationship), but they are profoundly tedious to watch. Melodrama that is played straight is rarely appealing to me, and I can't for the life of me imagine them in an actual adult relationship -- what would they talk about? As Buffy herself admits, they were never actually friends, and so many of their conversations on the show just revolve around how they shouldn't and/or can't be together but they want to anyway. I also think, as the shows go on, they develop different values and their lives go in such different directions that I don't think they would work as a couple in the future, either. Both of them are better off, IMO, moving on and living separate lives.

[lubdubology]

Get To Know Your Mutuals

I was tagged by @themareverine; thank you!

what's the origin of your blog title? It's a pun on the word cardiology. The sound a heart makes is "lub dub" and -ology means the study of, so the study of lubdub--GET IT. I love the heart, I'm a nerd.

favorite fandoms: I hop around and haven't been active in a fandom in quite some time before Deadpool & Wolverine came out. So currently Hugh Jackman/Wolverine, but I've also been big in Pentatonix before this.

OTP(s) + shipname: My and my bed.

favorite color: the color of dying embers or the vibrant red of fall leaves

favorite game: oh, I like word games! My dad and I compete in Betweenle every day. And I like a good crossword

song stuck in your head: Hurt Somebody by Noah Kahan

weirdest habit/trait? I have a bad habit of picking at the skin of my thumbs. I don't even notice I'm doing it until it hurts.

hobbies: reading, writing, cooking, teaching my daughter not to be an asshole

if you work, what's your profession? I'm a nurse!

if you could have any job you wish what would it be? I honestly don't know what I'd want to do. I briefly thought about being a CSI, so I pick that

something you're good at: being anxious lol. Seriously, um, cooking? I make a mean pie

something you're bad at: anything involving tools.

something you love: reading, time to myself, my mom, my daughter, being with my friends, traveling.

something you could talk about for hours off the cuff: I'm fully of really random knowledge, honestly. But I could talk about reading for eons and anything science/cardiology related

something you hate: the current state of US politics.

something you collect: I have more notebooks than I know what to do with, books.

something you forget: Oh, so many things. How to be kind to myself, mostly.

what's your love language? ACTS OF SERVICE. I LOVE doing things for other people.

favorite movie/show: Not my favorite, but my guilty pleasure movie is Armageddon It's the most ridiculous movie ever and I love every bit of it. Favorite show? Ooh, The Office and New Girl are top contenders.

favorite food: pasta!

favorite animal: lol, see my previous post. But the platypus.

are you musical? I guess technically, but I haven't played an instrument in quite some time. I took piano lessons when I was younger, but quit because I hated doing the recitals. Come to find out I didn't HAVE TO do the recitals. Then in high school I played the oboe and cymbals/percussion during marching band season. I'd like to get back into the piano again

what were you like as a child? quiet, shy, awkward and teased

favorite subject at school? Science! I got to take a human anatomy class in high school and was in heaven.

least favorite subject? Social studies.

what's your best character trait? I'd like to think I'm a generally decent person.

what's your worst character trait? I have the worst anxiety and question myself a lot

if you could change any detail of your day right now what would it be? I'd like to be able to work less, so I can spend more time with my daughter.

if you could travel in time who would you like to meet? King Henry VIII, because he's such a messy bitch; a neanderthal; Betty White

recommend one of your favorite fanfics (spread the love!): Literally anything @joelsgoldrush has ever written; anything @eupheme has ever written, but I absolutely ADORE her Sugar series; @logaenhowlett has some amazing Logan works (still working through their masterlist); @flowersforbucky and her Old Man Logan fic For Always and Ever Is Always For You

absolutely no pressure tags: @logansbaby; @pedroscurls; @princessanglophile; @eupheme; @flowersforbucky; @yxtkiwiyxt and you!

[pep-tides]

Britta Perry for the character ask thing!

YESSS i was hoping i'd get her thank you!!! i'm not sure who my favorite member of the study group is but britta is a strong contender <3<3

favorite thing about them

i love her silly little one-liners that are occasionally funny or witty but mostly they flop. i can really relate to that. and they're always really good and fun and some of the best lines in the show come from her

least favorite thing about them

her underuse in the later seasons :( there aren't a lot of good britta episodes later in the show, she's mostly relegated to a side character role, and i wish she got more focus

favorite line

off the top of my head i'm gonna say "i know what an analogy is. it's like a thought with another thought's hat on"

also nominating "as you'll see, with a few adjustments, i can make the entire image (tap tap tap) old west color!"

brOTP

britta and EVERYONE. she's such a good friend they need to appreciate her more!!!! i especially love her support of abed in the first season, and their dynamic when she moves in with him + annie, so maybe britta & abed & annie? also she and jeff really have their moments when they're not bitching at each other <3

OTP

honestly not sure on this one, i'm not a huge britta shipper? i do like seeing people pair her up with frankie, i think that's a really fun dynamic. they would be good for each other

nOTP

hmm. none of her relationships in the show are ever that good (see: vaughn, subway, the blade guy). i think her on-again-off-again thing with jeff is fun but i do not see them working long term - i would prefer it over jeffannie obviously, but i'm not gonna be thrilled if the movie ends up pairing them off for good. she can do better

random headcanon

we see her knitting in one (1) episode, so as a knitter myself i'm totally running with that! i think she's not a particularly good knitter but she does it a lot to keep her hands busy and make little gifts or hats for her cats or whatever. she thrifts old sweaters and unravels them for the yarn to save money and be more sustainable, and she gets abed to hold her ball of yarn (since he sits on her right). everyone in the study group has a too-skinny scarf or slightly lumpy hat from her, which most of them will never admit that they treasure

unpopular opinion

a lot of people say that britta's writing fell off after the first couple seasons, that she was cool and collected in season 1 and got goofy and stupid later on. i disagree. i think her calm personality at the beginning is totally for show, and once she gets more comfortable (and spends enough time at greendale) her true personality starts to show, and underneath the cute outfits and wit she really is just a weird confused and passionate woman. and i adore her for it.

song i associate with them

i am awful at song headcanons, but hmm. i think she would enjoy blasting overtly political music even if she doesn't actually like it all that much, just for the optics, yknow? green day, system of a down, rage against the machine, all the old punk bands... although i bet she would go to the concerts too and have a great time

favorite picture of them

soggy wet cat. i want to give her a hug

[jules-has-notes]

Aca Top 10: Disney Villains — VoicePlay music video

Many actors contend that it's more fun to play baddies who get to indulge their darker desires without regret. The same often applies in musicals, whether they're on stage or screen. Disney knows how to craft a good villain song. These are some of their most fun, slick, seductive, and dastardly.

Details:

title: Aca Top 10 – Disney Villains

original songs / performers: "Friends on the Other Side" by Keith David as Doctor Facilier in The Princess and the Frog (2009); [0:33] "Mother Knows Best" by Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel in Tangled (2010); [0:50] "Trust In Me" by Sterling Holloway as Kaa in The Jungle Book (1967); [1:08] "The Siamese Cat Song" by Peggy Lee as Si and Am in Lady and the Tramp (1955); [1:28] "Oogie Boogie's Song" by Ken Page as Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993); [1:52] "Cruella De Vil" by Bill Lee as Roger Radcliffe in 101 Dalmatians (1961); [2:16] "Gaston" by Jesse Corti as LaFou & Richard White as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (1991); [2:50] "Hellfire" by Tony Jay as Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); [3:06] "Poor Unfortunate Souls" by Pat Carroll as Ursula in The Little Mermaid (1989); [3:25] "Be Prepared" by Jeremy Irons as Scar in The Lion King (1994)

written by: "Friends on the Other Side" by Randy Newman; "Mother Knows Best" by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater; "Trust In Me" by Robert & Richard Sherman; "The Siamese Cat Song" by Peggy Lee & Sonny Burke; "Oogie Boogie's Song" by Danny Elfman; "Cruella De Vil" by George Bruns & Mel Leven; "Gaston" by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman; "Hellfire" by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz; "Poor Unfortunate Souls" by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken; "Be Prepared" by Elton John & Tim Rice

arranged by: Geoff Castellucci & Layne Stein

release date: 22 March 2019

My favorite bits:

Layne kicking things off with scampering percussion before settling into a swingy groove

J.None showing off his smooth lower range

the vibratto Earl puts on that final high ♫ "motheeer" ♫

both Eli and Layne doing snaky hand motions during "Trust In Me" 🐍

Geoff's big bass drops on ♫ "ey-yyyes" ♫ and the final ♫ "meee" ♫

that crunchy harmony on ♫ "don't pleeease" ♫

all the shenanigans with the tiny kitty figurine 🐈

getting a preview of the "Oogie Boogie" production to come

that funky take on the second half of "Cruella"

the back row's dubious reactions to Geoff asserting his intimidation factor in "Gaston" as Layne fixes his hair

the extended transition — ♫ "Gimme hip-to-hip" ♫ ::Eli and J start flossing:: 🕺 "Chapstick!" ::Earl holds up a tube::

the clever coordination of ♫ "[tur]-ning me to" ♫ and ♫ "number two" ♫ at the end of "Hellfire"

Layne's bubbly percussion during "Poor Unfortunate Souls"

Earl getting annoyed at J and Eli joining him on the lyrics of "Be Prepared" before they return to harmonies

the three octave unison between Geoff and Earl

that nice clean ending

Trivia:

○ VoicePlay had recorded or performed several of these songs before.

They did a full version of "Cruella de Vil" in collaboration with Disney for the Diamond Edition release of 101 Dalmatians on Blu-ray. They also included an excerpt in their aca-Disney medley to celebrate 20 years of Disney shows on Broadway.

"Gaston" is part of their Beauty and the Beast medley, Tale As Old As Time, on their 2012 album "Once Upon an Ever After". (They also later included it on their 2024 compilation album "VoicePlay Villains".)

"Be Prepared" is part of their "OUaEA" Lion King medley, The King Has Returned. (That's also where the snippet over the end screen is from.)

"Mother Knows Best" was part of "The Story of Rapunzel" that they performed at Disney World's 2015 Social Media Moms Celebration.

○ They had also previously created a shorter villains medley including several of these songs for Jonathan Freedman as part of their Disney Sessions collaboration with the Aladdin stage cast.

○ Since this video was released, the guys have recorded longer versions of several more of these tunes.

"Friends on the Other Side" was their Halloween video for 2021, as well as their first reunion with J.None after he left to join the U.S. Navy Band.

"Oogie Boogie's Song" was their Halloween video later in this year.

"Poor Unfortunate Souls" was included in their Little Mermaid medley with Rachel Potter a year and a half later.

"Hellfire" was their Halloween video in 2023, also with J.None as the featured guest.

Geoff did a short of "Trust In Me" on his solo channel in 2024.

○ The guys' shirts are once again thematically appropriate.

Eli — Darth Vader from Star Wars in the style of Leonardo Da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" drawing

Earl — the face of Hades from Hercules in blue and purple linework with yellow eyes and teeth, surrounded by blue flames, all with a glow effect meant to imitate neon lights

J.None — a full-body portrait of Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame with one hand extended to the side (I couldn't find the exact design, but I found one that's somewhat close and did a bit of editing to get it closer.)

Geoff — the stylized face of Scar from The Lion King

Layne — Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog mirrored in the style of a playing card, with glowing red cards floating near his outstretched fingers and his name on a banner across the middle

○ Geoff later mentioned in his interview on The Charismatic Voice that he'd considered auditioning for Gaston at Disney World when he worked there, but that the guys who play the role are usually four to six inches taller than him due to the costume and choreography required.

○ They garnered a bit of praise from prolific a cappella arranger Rob Dietz, who they'd met during The Sing-Off, and who would become a frequent collaborator in a few years.

○ An artist fan was inspired to create a gender bent version of Cruel-Layne De Vil.

drawing by rtlndr_ on Instagram

○ The boys busted out some of their best evil laughs to further entertain their social media followers.

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○ This is the final entry in a mini-series within their "Aca Top 10" series, which was preceded by countdowns for "Disney Heroes" and "Disney Sidekicks" over the previous year and a half.

[juurensha]

Hello....Do you mind if I ask your top 5 (or top 10) favorite moments from any media that you love (can be books, anime/manga, tv series, movies, games, etc)? Thanks if you want to answer. Sorry if I ask too much....

This is a fun question, so I'll try my best!

In no particular order:

To no one's surprise most likely, the Touya reveal in ch 290 of BNHA, specifically this panel:

I'm just--look I love my characters who everyone think is dead but come back for revenge, and also, that line is just so raw. (Let's ignore the rest of canon)

2. Dresden Files Dead Beat by Jim Butcher, specifically that moment where Harry Dresden raises up a dinosaur from the dead and rides it into battle.

As many problems as I have with the series later on, god I love this moment.

3. Westworld S1E1 the last second of the episode, specifically when Dolores slaps the fly

I can't find a gifset of that exact moment, but I think this is right before that happens. I just love it because it made me scream and want to watch the rest of the show RIGHT THEN. I also love her beating up the Man in Black, but this is the moment that made me desperately want to watch the rest of the show.

4. Arcane s1e9, Jinx's speech at the end: "I thought maybe you could love me like you used to. Even though I’m… different. But you changed too. So… Here’s to the new us."

It's just such a devastating culmination of the entire season, with her sitting down in the Jinx chair and declaring it all over. (We're not going to talk about season 2). Also a contender is of course Silco's line of "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter," but that was a much quieter scene of course.

5. Fantasy High, first season, first episode, where Fabian punches Gorgug in the face, and Gorgug tries to sing his happy song but then decides to rage. The comedic timing on that was golden, and that was what convinced me to get into the rest of Dimension 20.

6. The moment in the Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik where everyone sings an enclave into existence, it's just so hopeful and makes me tear up.

7. Night Watch by Terry Pratchett, where you realize where the lilac flowers came from, and you feel the same as Vimes when you realize it's all over now and history will have to repeat.

8. Tomoda-kun from Gekkan Shojo Nozaki-kun:

Just the best comedic moment I've seen from any anime, top tier :DDDD

9. Episode 10 of Madoka Magica, where the opening song flips to the end and you realize all along that this seemingly peppy song has actually been Homura's vow to Madoka, and it's SO SAD:

Sadly I can't find the exact video, but this was so sad.

10. Mass Effect 3 when you cure the genophage:

Mordin just gave up his life, so that's devastating, but at the same time, he just cured the plague that he created and completely prevented the krogan from reproducing, so the krogan now have a future again, and and and, it's just a culmination of so many hours of the game. Sigh, Bioware just doesn't make it like this anymore.

So I think that's it, hope you guys enjoyed!

[autisticandroids]

15, 21, 23?

15. something you learned this year

i don't know if i can say i learned a new skill as such. but one thing is like... i really enjoyed making three card stud. and it really opened my eyes to like, how much of what i like about the practice of fanfiction is the meticulous remixing/reinterpretation of canon. there's a way in which the AMV is a more... analytical art form than the fanfic, because you are literally forced by the constraints of the medium to keep to the text. all you have are song lyrics and the kuleshov effect to convince your audience to take the new meaning you intend to convey from stuff already in the show. and i brought that ethos to three card stud even though i did add stuff. in a lot of ways three card stud was just me listing off things from canon i think a lot about and saying eh? eh? like. hoping the context would make it clear *why* this stuff makes me crazy. and i think that was a lot of the motivation behind the fic i'm currently working on, which is about dean and cas getting caught by the police. that fic at this point is mostly lists of things that have happened in spn episodes, placed in a new context by baffled feds and cops. which is the fun part. so like basically i learned that this is really fun, listing off canon facts in a new context

21. most memorable comment/review

so the most memorable traditional comment as such i got was probably this one, on i fold in half so easily (ifihse tends to generate the best comments because it's extremely dark without the ways in which it is dark being obviously flagged. so people are more shocked and more forced to think). "Cas: no officer i am very happy please dont tell dean im emotionally complex" is so funny and true that's literally what happens in that fic.

another top contender is this one, on getting serious, which generates good comments for the same reason ifihse does, though it's a lot less intense.

but in terms of my favorite *response to my work,* it was the breastfeeding anon saga (in chronological order here) which was a response to my fic smorgasbord.

and then i wrote a fic based on those anons, and then i got these very funny tags on my fic post:

23. fics you wanted to write but didn’t

when i tell you about the 120k deanvictor fic which is literally 90k of victor henriksen hunting down a serial killer dean winchester while becoming a little (sexually) obsessed with him and then 30k of victor knowing about the supernatural and moonlighting as a hunter while he and dean suck each others dicks so much.

and also it's about victor's relationship with his two ex wives and his former stepdaughter who he is still emotionally a parent to even though they have no legal relationship and the coworker he had an emotional affair with who he doesn't speak to anymore and how he feels trapped in his life and his job and dean represents this escape for him this total freedom. just living in his car on the road and not having to worry about what your boss thinks or needing to quit smoking. while for dean victor represents this stability and adulthood dean can never achieve. and dean leaves three spare pairs of underwear in victor's divorcé bachelor pad as a kind of little... fantasy. of what life could be like.

anyway the most compelling scene from that, IN MY MIND, is a scene where victor STILL thinks dean is a serial killer. and now he has him in custody. and against his will he's... charmed. by dean. because dean is charming and pathetic, shaking and sweating from mild alcohol withdrawal but still cracking jokes and being friendly and observant and extremely young-feeling, for 28. and earnest in a way he didn't expect. and they're forced to work together against a demon siege, a spin on jus in bello where victor still doesn't find out about the supernatural he's just protecting himself and a prisoner from a threat. and he has the uncomfortable realization that he's attracted to dean winchester (serial killer) (guy he is trying to take down) (has killed so so many people). and he's like well. we can table that for later. and then dean escapes.

so i've been trying to figure out a way to scoop out just that scene and turn it into its own fic because that's actually manageable for me.

the dean and cas pursued by the cops idea also comes a bit from frustration that i can't write this, though the feds in that one are ocs bc it's later.

from here

[pinkberrypocky]

pmmm rewatch live notes: ep 6

my favorite part of this ep is kyoko playing ddr to the opening song (lies its all my favorite. this show is a masterpiece and every single scene, line, shot has meaning and adds to the story. literally this show is my everything)

Kyoko asks homura if they’ve met before when homura calls her by name and homura just says “perhaps, who knows” which should not be so funny to me

Homura tells madoka that if reasoning with a fool won’t work she’ll resort to more drastic measures which sounds like she is thinking about hurting madoka to meet her own ends but in actuality it means that she may be more forceful in keeping madoka out of magical girl business in order to save her

The opening ends with a scene of madoka and homura looking dramatically to reddish lighting 

Kyubey eats the fully black grief seeds which makes him at the top of the food chain the kyoko referenced

Wild how no one in the show comments on the fact that they collect food for him

They are like livestock to him

But livestock that raise themselves 

Magical girls becomes witches, different magical girls defeat the witches and fill the grief seeds with black, kyubey eats the grief seeds, and kyubey makes more magical girls

Kyubey even tells sayaka about how strong madoka would be and suggests that sayaka could ask madoka to make a contract to defeat kyoko for her which is so fucked up

Not important but it’s so silly to me how kyoko is dancing to the opening song at the arcade

Kyoko w a pocky stick in her mouth is such an interesting reference/allusion to cigarettes

She is corrupted, she is distinctly more adult (not age wise but mentally), she is a delinquent

Gold shines on the surface of the fight between kyoko and sayaka when sayaka returns the next day to try and track the familiar 

Madoka is always trying to get the magical girls to talk and work things out between each other because she believes that each of them deserve happiness and life

Sayaka so quickly jumps to being willing to kill kyoko which shows the instability of her ideals and morals once she is faced with the reality of the adult world

In this way madoka is more naive since she never loses her sense that all people are good and deserve to live

The argument madoka and sayaka have at the site of the fight is the first time we see sayaka coming to terms with and addressing the severity of the situation

She is overwhelmed by the badness that she sees in the world and becomes jaded, contending that she and mami are exceptions

Madoka cries and i think this is because she sees how sayaka is being changed not because she’s hurt (which i do think she is) 

When madoka comes downstairs that night to talk with her mom the lighting is green

A big difference between madoka and sayaka is that madoka believes that there can be multiple truths, both sayaka and kyoko can be correct and valid while sayaka believes that her view is the only morally just one

Which is why sayaka is so upset and spirals once she learns that not everyone ascribes to her philosophy whereas madoka continues to say that all the magical girls should try and work together

Madoka’s mom says that as you grow up the consequences for messing up get bigger and bigger which is ironic considering madoka is actually facing much higher stakes than her mom

The sky is yellow when sayaka goes to visit kyosuke and he is already gone from the hospital 

The lighting is red as she walks away from the hospital sadly and contemplates visiting him at his house

Red lighting continues as kyoko confronts sayaka outside kyosuke’s house

Kyoko sas that if sayaka wanted kyosuke to have to love her she could just break his bones so he would have no one else to rely on 

Objectively kyoko is right that it would be a more straightforward way to get kyosuke to be with sayaka but all sayaka sees are the ethical concerns

Kyubey gets madoka to intervene in the blooming rematch between kyoko and sayaka bc he knows there’s a good chance he can get madoka to make a wish if something goes wrong

Madoka panics and throws away sayaka’s soul gem to stop her from transforming and fighting 

Homrua immediately panics and disappears to go after it bc she knows from past timelines that the soul gem is the entirety of their being

The shrillness and hoarseness in madoka’s voice as she begs kyubey to save sayaka is so painful 

Homura has been a magical girl through all these timelines, does she even remember what it is to have a body and be human? No wonder she doesn’t feel or act human anymore

Madoka’s immediate reaction is sadness and crying, while kyoko’s is anger and violence 

Highlights the coping mechanisms of the two of them

Homura silently retrieves the soul gem and revives sayaka

Just like she silently slaves away time after time to save madoka in every timeline

[mediawhorefics]

End of the year asks! 1,4,5,14! :)

Song of the year?

that's a tough one. my most listened to song was amadeo from the iwtv soundtrack, so i do feel like that's a strong contender. i also listened to tswift's is it over now? an unhealthy amount lmao. so prob. either one of those ? the wings from the brokeback mountain soundtrack was also in my top 5 this year ? but i think amadeo is the only one that was released in 2024 so that feels like the best bet haha.

4. Movie of the year?

i feel like i've watched a lot of really solid stuff this year ? i loved the outrun, in particular. anora was really good. a real pain spoke to me a lot. monkey man was chef kiss. the substance was incredible ? CHALLENGERS?! even more recently, nosferatu was so beautifully shot. i really enjoyed that. i think maybe challengers or the outrun would be no. 1 tho ?

5. TV show of the year?

well. iwtv is easily the best show i've ever seen and s2 was released in 2024 so that's an easy one. in terms of hyperfixations, roswell new mexico was a late contender but my god i am simply obsessed with it. so yeah those two i would say. 911 could also be on the list but it would be for very negative reasons lmao so yeah iwtv and rnm are better options.

14. Favorite book you read this year?

ugh that's a tough one cos i was in suuuuuch a reading slump the first half of the years and then i got the eye surgery which made reading more... challenging let's say during recovery. one of my fav read of the year was yellowface? i did the audiobook and it was completely gripping. i listened to it so fast i simply couldn't put it down. i've loved the first three books of anne rice's vampire chronicles a lot. and the vampire armand. i also looooved cs pacat's dark heir and cannot wait for the third book in that trilogy. also loved the last book in the last binding trilogy. that's prob. my fav fantasy series i've read in a very long time and the last book was just perfect. re: romance i really really loved you should be so lucky by cat sebastian? both book in the series are fantastic, but this one in particular was just... delightful.

in terms of non fiction, i read a book about queer london between 1918 & 1958 which i really really enjoyed. i also read a series of essays about communication and languages during wwi and that was sooo fascinating. they were both research for my novel so not quite reading for pleasure, but i still enjoyed them.

i've also read a bunch of poetry collections this year and i particularly enjoyed what i read from claire schwartz? it was a collection called 'bound' i believe ? i also loved 'always italicize: how to write while colonized' by alice te punga somerville.

i think that's it ? i mean i read a bunch of kj charles novels i also enjoyed. and ofc the natasha pulley book i read (the half life of valery k) was excellent, but her stuff always is imo !

[xandermorrisonmusic]

This year's wrapped (on Tidal instead of Spotify, but same thing) is very predictable for me, but maybe you'll find it interesting.

Starting with songs:

So, uh, I listened to these two albums a lot this year. Hyperdrama especially, because going and seeing Justice live had me hyped for months leading up to it. Get Off The Internet isn't my favorite album or anything (although 404, the remix album, is on repeat for me rn lol), but it has some excellent bangers on it for sure.

So, ok, you can definitely tell who two of my top five artists are, but who are the others?

So. Justice is not a surprise. Woman Worldwide is one of my favorite albums, period. Hyperdrama is decent, but the tracks like Incognito and Generator (my 4th and 5th most listened to tracks this year, mind you), just don't hit as hard as their earlier work, especially coming off of WWW. I'll still listen to this album from time to time from now on, but the hype I had for it definitely died off after I saw their live show. Now, the imminent live album for their current tour, that could become a mainstay for me 👀

I have a LOT of deadmau5 interspersed in my playlists, Random Album Title is my favorite house album, and he did put out a few things this year that I listened to a fair bit (Some EP, Re_Jaded, etc). Seeing him at #2 is both surprising and not surprising, since I don't feel like I go out of my way to listen to specific tracks of his all that often these days, but at the same time, he's in almost every playlist I have, so I can only expect so much.

Grabbitz is my favorite artist right now, Time Isn't Real is another contender for my favorite album, and I finally realized there's a deluxe version this year, soooo yeah, that plus Let Them Only See Butterflies and In the Dark means I'm honestly surprised he's not #2.

Eliminate is one of the most unique producers in bass music, and his shift towards more 150 BPM hardcore shit pleases me greatly. Twisted (aka MOREPWR VIP) is living in my head rent free as we speak. This is the year I finally dug into his back catalogue a bit more too. Wasn't super sure he would make the list, but I guess I listened to Get Off The Internet more than I thought lol

And to round out the top 5, we have Noisia. Closer from 2022 has become my favorite drum and bass album, which probably constitutes about 80% of my Noisia listening from this year. They have plenty of wacky and fantastic bangers, but that album is something I can throw on whenever and be pretty happy.

Honorable mentions who did not make the list:

Porter Robinson's album SMILE! :D is great, but it hasn't been the type of album I've gone back to over and over (so far at least). Cheerleader is #7 on my track list, just behind yet another Justice track from Hyperdrama, lol

Pendulum is a band I really only started to dig into this year, but I haven't picked out a specific album I jive with yet. Mostly because all they've done is EPs and singles since Immersion in 2010. As you can tell, I tend to listen to a fair amount of albums, so that hurts their chances a bit.

Au5 is probably the producer I respect the most in the EDM sphere. Bridges Between was a fine album, but if it didn't have the cheesy, breathy, reverbed out female pop vocals on nearly every track, I would've liked it a lot more.

Reaper is one of my favorite drum and bass artists, but with him, I tend to pick a few tracks to hyperfixate on. This year, the two winners by far were Black Fires and Monster.

Zonderling put out Variant, which I listened to a LOT this year (the track and the EP). Unfortunately, I only have one other Zonderling track in my collection at the moment, but I have plans to change that, for sure.

And last but not least, Infected Mushroom is actually nowhere to be seen in my entire top 100 tracks. Which is WILD to me. They've been in my top 5 artists for several years in a row, even being the number 1 slot, so I'm very surprised that I apparently fell off the hype train for them. I guess the next time they put out a true album, they'll probably creep back up, but as much as I love Converting Vegetarians II and More Than Just A Name, they apparently can't carry those two enough to make the list.

[paceypeternathanslawyer]

OUTER BANKS/ONE TREE HILL/DAWSON'S CREEK SPOILERS

I've been watching Outer Banks and I'm currently halfway though 3x09 and can I say that I adore John B and Sarah.

They are up there as one of my favorite teen drama couples... up there with Nathan/Haley and Pacey/Joey.

They are so Naley coded. All three of them are so similar in a lot of ways. But they are so Naley in that they got married really young. John B and Sarah unofficially got married when they were about 16 or 17. TBH I really don't care when children get married in real life or in fiction. I've always been one of those people who just believes in minding my own business. As long as the two people marrying are both consenting minors or both consenting adults then I have no problemo about it. So watching Naley get married at 16 or Jarah at 17 really doesn't bother me. Maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic. It's just too sweet and romantic for me to muster any judgement. But I must admit at first it was hard for me to take Jarah's marriage seriously because it wasn't official. The more I think about it the more I realized that this is the best that Jarah could do. Nathan was emancipated and Haley had hippy dippy parents who allowed it but Jarah doesn't have that. I believe that John B has a mom... I think they said that she left them when he was 3 but I believe that she's still alive. And even if she isn't alive, I doubt that John B would have much success getting a marriage license as an unemancipated teen with no parents around. Sarah would certainly never get approval from her trash father. So really the best that Jarah can do is look at each other and say I take you as my husband/wife. Since thinking about this I realize that their marriage is true and real from the beginning because they are ultimately dedicated to each other and they are soulmates.

Pacey and Joey truly are the mold that created so many great teen drama couples. Like you can watch any teen drama and just be on the lookout for the top tier Jacey style couple. If you find that couple you are truly lucky and if they become your favorite couple on the show then you are among the smartest TV viewers in the world 😀❤️

These couples are all highly intense... like they get married young or they ride off into the sunset on a boat together alone. They usually have to deal with a lot of adversity when it comes to people accepting their relationships. Jacey has Dawson to contend with. Naley has his parents trying to destroy their relationship. And Jarah has her parents and Topper against them. They are dramatic but they also have a playful and fun loving side (for instance they may have a whole plotline or episode where they're just on a fun/funny caper like Jacey with "Castaways", Jarah with "Spy Games", or even Naley's plot in 6x17). The guys are the brown haired protonists or protagonist adjacent. The actors either dated for real life or were great friends for real life. They support their characters endgame. And they have an intense chemistry that never diminishes. Be on the lookout for these couples... believe me you will not regret it 😀💜

Edit: I keep thinking of things to add on to this post but they also all have Taylor Swift songs that match up so perfectly that they could have been written for them. Jacey has "Mine", Naley has "Miss Americana And The Heartbreak Prince" or "So Highscool" and Jarah has "Love Story" (Yes Jarah is very Romeo and Juliet-esque for those who haven't seen Outer Banks) ❤️

[irxne]

I'm a little underwhelmed with Chill Kill. Not to be misunderstood - I like it and I've listened to it at least a dozen times, it's well made and there are a few highlights (especially Underwater, WIESYA? and, funnily enough, Bulldozer) but my expectations for them are always so high that it can be tricky for myself. I think that my main issue is that it's too delicate and lacks RV energy. For example closest to home (SM), most of the songs on Aespa's mini album sound crispy and fresh, but Chill Kill is more subdued and feels tired. I don't know if it makes sense to you, I'm not great at explaining

Hmm I see where you're coming from, but I disagree a bit. I really liked the soft sound and nods to their older discography. While it's not on my top 3 of favorite albums from them, I still like it a lot. My favorite part of Chill Kill was that beautiful bridge with that 80's synth sound that reminded me of city pop songs which I looooove. While the song was really not what I was expecting, I really enjoyed the blend of red and velvet. Knock Knock (Who's there?) is so good, and I wish that they were performing it on music shows along with Chill Kill. I KNOW this song will eat so bad with a choreo and live. I love that in the chorus the instrumental keeps going up and amp up the thrill of the song matching the lyrics. And I know I said I was a bit tired of the classical sampling, but they used Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and I'm a big sucker for ballet. I get why this song was a contender for tittle track, but I think it fits being a b-side better. Underwater is so cunty and the production is so good. Their vocals are evenly!!!! Kingdom Come you were number 1 for so long and now you've been dethroned in my heart. WIESYA is really I Just daughter and it's so good!! That empty chorus with just pure instrumental is such a vibe. It's also such a summer night song and it feels like it should be heard in a beach during sunset. Wendy sounds so beautiful in this song and so does Seulgi. I think these types of songs suits Seulgi a lot.

[breesays]

Just to watch the fire

This post is for future me, when I want to know WHAT WAS MY LIFE LIKE in October of 2024?

For starters, I caught COVID at the top of the month. For the first time! I thought I was SPECIAL. I don't even know how I got it, because my germy 5-year-old tested negative and was promptly whisked away by his Dad to keep him healthy. It felt just like a cold, but losing my sense of taste was a trip. It wasn't completely gone, just... dulled. I ate a lot of protein bars (low effort) and mandarin oranges. I've been negative for a week but I STILL have a scratchy throat.

I've been toying with TikTok but I HATE EDITING VIDEOS so if I don't nail it within the first few tries, I just trash it.

Music League gets a lot of my time and attention.

Listening to

Phantogram just put out a new album and the second track, "It Wasn't Meant To Be" reminds me of an MTV interstitial that used to air in the wee hours back in the '00s. Does anyone know the one I'm talking about?

The Allo and Ace podcast

Reading

Amanda Montei's Mad Woman on Substack, she wrote the book Touched Out.

Tracy Clark Flory's newsletter on Substack

Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz, who wrote This American Ex Wife

The Honest Broker by Ted Gioia

I've read 70ish books (a few DNFs in there) and I think The Wedding People is a contender for my favorite of the year.

Consuming

I tried Dua Lipa's Diet Coke+pickle juice+jalapeno juice drink and I LOVE IT.

I also tried Dirty Soda (Diet Coke + coffee creamer) and it was OK.

Desmond's favorite song is Hot To Go and he's made me listen to it for 45 minutes straight on a car ride.

Shows

I went to NFG's Catalyst Anniversary tour and it was wonderful. I kinda wish it was crowd-surfable, but it was awesome being in the pit at The Wiltern. I don't think I could've done anything but the pit for NFG.

I am not at WWWY this year because EXPENSIVE.

But I am going to buy a Warped Pass for LB when it goes on sale.

Last year the first concert ticket I bought was for K.Flay - this year, the first concert ticket I bought for next year is K.Flay.

It's Ace Awareness Week so I'll probably write or attempt a TikTok about that.