#Video Review: Silver Rain

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New Video: Laura Carbone Shares Bittersweet "Silver Rain"

New Video: Laura Carbone Shares Bittersweet "Silver Rain" @l_to_the_aura @heygroover @romainpalmieri @DorianPerron

Berlin-based singer/songwriter, guitarist, photographer and JOVM mainstay Laura Carbone‘s third album The Cycle was released earlier this year. The album, which debuted on North American college radio at #19 on the NACC Top Adds Chart, is a concept album that explores the emotional turmoil, triumphs and transformative experiences that the album’s protagonist experiences through the course of the…

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Sport Venue & Event Management Entry 2

Sustainability practice of a sports venue

The sustainability practices of sports venues such as those at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, have an increased level of importance with everyone becoming more aware of the effects of climate change. Climate Pledge Arena was named in 2021 by naming rights sponsor Amazon, though it was originally known as the Seattle Coliseum when it was first built in 1962. The venue mainly hosts music and sports events. It has been home to many sporting teams based in Seattle however it is currently home to the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, the University of Seattle’s men’s basketball team and the NHL’s Seattle Kraken (Warner, 2023). The stadium has undergone several renovations, with its most impactful occurring between 2018 and 2021, which was overseen by construction company Mortenson. Francis et al. (2023) suggest there has been a recent focus on environmental performance concerning stadium design and construction with countries and mega events committed to reducing carbon emissions. Sustainability was maintained when renovating through the use of existing materials. This included maintaining the original roof, and rescuing the curtain wall and windows systems of the stadium (Obando, 2021). To be the most responsible, progressive and sustainable arena in the world is the goal of Climate Pledge Arena. The arena was the first in the world to be awarded the International Living Future Zero Carbon Certification (Climate Pledge Arena, 2024).

Many of the key attributes of sustainability are met by Climate Pledge Arena such as waste management, efficient lighting systems, public transportation, and water conservation. Their waste management has received TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) Platinum certification with over 90% of arena waste avoiding landfill executed with a focus on fan engagement and having the right sized bins and colour-coded bin bags. Debrah et al. (2021) explains the last decade has seen more youth have a greater awareness and positive environmental attitude, without the practical experience in how to best put waste management into practice. These simple colour codes are an easy way to engage the younger fans to practice sustainability. The lighting at Climate Pledge Arena is 100% powered by renewable energy with on-site solar panels on the roof and off-site locally purchased wind farms. Public transportation is the preferred method to reduce the carbon footprint of attendees so transportation is free to publicly ticketed events and games in the hope 25% of patrons use this. Climate Pledge Arena also has leading water conservation practices with ultra-efficient showers, waterless urinals and a rain-to-rink system where a 15,000-gallon cistern captures water from the high levels of rainfall in Seattle, which is used to create ice for the rink. Xu (2020) states the importance of rainwater utilisation systems in sports venues with the obvious scarcity of water resources. The arena has accomplished Silver LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification (Climate Pledge Arena, 2024).

References

Climate Pledge Arena. (2024). Sustainability. https://www.climatepledgearena.com/sustainability/

Climate Pledge Arena. (2023, June 22). How to Access your FREE Public Transit Pass with your Climate Pledge Arena Ticket [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RKUu9G6f4w

Debrah, J. K., Vidal, D. G., & Dinis, M. A. P. (2021). Raising awareness on solid waste management through formal education for sustainability: A developing countries evidence review. Recycling, 6(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling6010006

Francis, A. E., Webb, M., Desha, C., Rundle-Thiele, S., & Caldera, S. (2023). Environmental sustainability in stadium design and construction: A systematic literature review. Sustainability, 15(8), 6896. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086896

Obando, S. (2021, October 20). On site: An inside look at the construction of Seattle’s $1.15B Climate Pledge Arena. Construction Dive. https://www.constructiondive.com/news/climate-pledge-arena-seattle-mortenson-construction/607484/

Warner, A. (2024, April 17). World’s Most Sustainable Sports Venues. Rotowire. https://www.rotowire.com/article/worlds-most-sustainable-sports-venues-71405

Xu, H. Z. (2020). Environmental Optimization Design of Rainwater Utilization System in Large Sports Venues under the Influence of Ocean Climate. Journal of Coastal Research, 104(sp1), 887–890. https://doi.org/10.2112/JCR-SI104-152.1

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41. Flower Sun and Rain (DS)

FSR... FSR man...

There is something about this game, I decided not to do review as soon as I could as trying to describe what makes the game special is so... hard. This doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel about this game.

You walk everywhere, the puzzles are all done with a guidebook, the music is mostly made of arrangements of classical tunes, the writing and scenarios are odd, the characters are dicks to you.

All of this sounds odd and, in some way, outright bad but it just... works with amazing writing, fun scenarios, memorable characters and an intriguing premise that hooks you

The game should be bad. It should be dogshit considering that the gameplay is mostly walking.

but it somehow isn’t.

it requires the patience of a saint at first yes but once you are hooked... you are hooked.

The writing is SO GOOD. Every bit of dialogue is memorable, the comedy in the game is on point.

The way the game does commentary on video games as a medium, sometimes making jokes about it (shoutaro always leads to some funny ass scenes)

The whole game rebels in how unconventional it is. In every aspect it’s out of place yet so in place

The puzzles are fun to figure out and not too obtuse! except the mahjong one, fuck that one in particular

The characters... the characters... I don’t have words to describe how good the characters are

The soundtrack is way too fucking good to the point it makes walking everywhere tolerable cause it’s just so damm catchy

HEARING I GOT RHYTHM BY GEORGE GERSHWIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME WAS SO DAMM REFRESHING MAN, LIKE YEEAAAH EVEN IF THE CHAPTER IT APPEARED HAD ME SHOCKED CONSIDERING THE EVENTS OF THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER- AGH

Even if everything I’ve said is positive, it is an unconventional experience which makes it hard to recommend. It’s easy to come out hating this game due to the things it does

it’s not a game made for everyone.

I did shoot myself in the foot by not playing the silver case first but... I don’t regret playing this.

This whole thing isn’t a review, it’s a huge scramble of words.

It’s a horrible review.

but sometimes. that’s just how it is

My dear lost paradise.

8.5-9/10

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Roundup #5 Albums of the Year III: Last Call

Ok, 2022 has officially ground to a halt and with it so has this list. This thing turned into way more work than I was expecting but whatever, it’s not like I had anything better to do.

As with previous installments these aren’t listed in any particular order.

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Mizmor - Wit’s End - New mini-album of desolate blackened doom from the consistently awesome Mizmor. First track is an absolute crusher. Second track is an ambient/ ethereal drift. Both are fucking awesome.

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GGU:LL - EX EST - This is probably nothing you haven't heard before, but man... When it's done right I'm still such a fucking sucker for the Times of Grace/ Through Silver in Blood side of the "post metal" spectrum and GGU:LL hit that mark with sniper precision.

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Primitive Knot - Ur Metal - Throw Venom, Bathory, Godflesh, and Hawkwind in a blender and what comes out the other side is basically Primitive Knot.

Probably my favorite band on earth right now even if I'm a slightly jealous that I didn't think of it first.

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Cromlech - Questionable Strategies - Primitive Knot side project with the mixture skewed slightly toward the Godflesh side of what they do.

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Skuul - The Status of Machines/ New Amerika - Another satellite project orbiting the dark planet that is Primitive Knot... Skuul seem to channel the later Damon Edge era Chrome stuff through industrial and metal in a way that brings me right back to being a Wax Trax/ Invisible Records obsessed teenager.

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Locrian - New Catastrophism - The planet is dying and this is its requiem mass.

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Dalek - Precipice - I've never felt qualified to "review" hip hop but I've been a Dalek fan for ages and I love this new record.

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Raid - Parallels - Straight up baffling combo of noisy lo-fi shoegaze and brutal metallic hardcore that has grown on me steadily since I first checked it out a couple months ago. I initially described this project as sounding like they're toeing the line between suicide and murder and that's still the best description I can come up with.

Sounds like your wife texting to tell you she's leaving you while you're stuck in traffic in the pouring rain.

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Axioma - Sepsis - Their first album wed swirling blackened riffage to heaving dark dissonance in a way that reminded me of both Cattlepress and Deathspell Omega and this new one continues in that vein so it gets a thumbs up from me... I'm bummed there's not a CD Version of this.

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Petbrick - Liminal - Electronically augmented noiserock featuring Iggor from Sepultura on drums. The track with Jacob Bannon on vox is legitimately what I wish parts of my band sounded like which is weird because I'm not usually the biggest Converge fan, but christ what a psychotic mess that track is.

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Soulfly - Totem - Sepultura were one of the bands that got me into metal and I've been a Soulfly fan since their first album. Feel like Totem ups the amount of tribal drumming over the past couple albums which is cool.

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Amon Amarth - The Great Heathen Army - Awesome from front to back but the track with the dude from Saxon on vox puts it over the top for me.

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Diamanda Galas - Broken Gargoyles - Damaging return to form (or at least a return to a form I enjoy more than her jazz/ blues influenced stuff) from the absolute queen of vocal chords as weapon of mass destruction.

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Et Moriemur - Tamashii No Yama - Weird proggy sludge from Czechia. I really enjoyed this, but fuck I am sooo sick of writing right now. I'm done, tapping out, goodnight.

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Video Games of the Year:

Chained Echoes

Anno Mutationem

Salt and Sacrifice

Drainus

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#5

Naturally I associate you with Raven, but a little bit with Karol too!😄

Yeah that sounds about right hahahaha ^^

I hope someday to be able to expand my repitoir of characters I write with someday though, just for funsies ^^

3 notes - Posted May 19, 2022

#4

Welp, looks like the universe is adamant about me not participating in @vesperiaweek in a timely manner considering this last week I have seen an increase in my job schedule AND have fallen ill. Alas...so great was my huberis shown to be folly

That said, I'm still gonna post my fic for Day 2. I just don't quite know when.

3 notes - Posted January 6, 2022

#3

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rupert Chrogrey & Mortar Milverton Characters: Mortar Milverton | Mason Milverton, Cosney Megundal | Magnus McGilded, Rupert Chrogrey | Robert Crogley | Ashley Greydon Additional Tags: Case 5 Spoilers, Near Death Experiences, Hurt/Comfort, rebuilding relationships Summary:

Rupert ached in so many different ways. His throat, from tears unshed, his legs, from his desperate sprint, his heart, from the burning, warped need to touch his father’s neck once more, to confirm that he hadn’t just killed the man who’d raised him with patience and love and everything else he didn’t deserve because he- he did this. He did this. What ache of his could be considered anything but a sin because he did this. He turned his father into a stone cold corpse in his arms. What foolishness, what pity, what an undeserved mourning he held in his blame, and yet, mixed in with the frigid rain on his face, he felt warmth, as he shook, he gasped, he bent over and cried.

This is what his greed had bought him. ----------- Mortar Milverton slogged awake.

Aka, in which Rupert makes it to his father's body in time and successfully rushes him to the hospital, but with so many years and unspoken words between them, Rupert needs to find a way to make up his sins to his father, no matter what the cost.

6 notes - Posted February 26, 2022

#2

Made some heart shaped waffles for my SO and I ^^

6 notes - Posted February 19, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

BIG NEWS Y'ALL, THE CRESTY MANGA IS HERE!!!!

So far it looks like it's just japanese only but my friend tells me that they're going to be dropping a chapter every week! I'm so excited to return to these characters and see how they're rewriting the story to accommodate for the lack of legacy characters (or so I hear! Maybe they WILL be in here, I donno!)

But regardless, pass it around, folks! Its free to read and hyped as fuck

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My Top Posts in 2021

#5

I have a weird question for the beyblade fandom.

I dont mean any harm, feel free to yell at me if you desire, I can take it.

It's a genuine question...

Why Bryan/ Boris?

I seem to see him everywhere, and I mean, hes a babe and I've seen some phenomenal art, but hes a pretty minor character (saying maybe 3 or 6 lines in the whole series?)

What made you so attached to him? Was it the purple/ silver hair? The muscles? The trauma?

I need to know, for science.

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Okay so I keep forgetting to like reblog that flower bouquet post.

I'm so bad at reblogging those things (and remembering usernames) so I'm just gonna make a new post that won't clog anyone's dash honoring the people in the fandom who keep me alive:

@grab-my-digits-dude @littleagranger1 @ishkajules @bling101 @misdre @luxahheart @wolborgie @max1011 @itsbeen20years @aduah @maomeimei @needsari @ciiiraaa @allegrabites @where-them-kinomiya-at @blitzkriegboysbop @personeh @hiwataris-bitch @hiwatarilife @bxtchimightbe @just-lexy @gingericywolf @novaerog @hacknslashprettyboys @beyblader-observations @parfaitkiwi @turquoisewisteria @littleshechan @lotus-raine @winterkeys @lamponellatempesta @talasworld @random-anime-nerd @ashandpikachu @jelly-ta @alexas-arts @velox-the-knight

Anyways, I probably missed a BUNCH of people. If so, do not worry, this beyblade bouquet is for everyone.

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I've been growing out my hair during quarantine and I realized something which turned into a 10 minute cosplay.

Yes I have problems.

I call this video Ressy shows her face on the internet for the first time in several years LMAO.

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If I use the word toque in a story does everyone know what that is or is it a Canadian thing? 😂

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#1

Spill your tea.

If you're a beyblade dub lover share something you love about the dub that's not in anything else, I'll go first:

-I LOVE Dizzy I think shes hilarious 🤣

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Content creator 2021 wrapped tag game

Cut this into what works for you. Want to do only one instead of five? Do it. Tag 2 people? Do it. This game is not your mum or the Apple App store to tell you what to do. But there are a couple of rules:

RULE 1: Review your creations over 2021. Tag some gifmakers/creators, friends and strangers to get them to do the same.

RULE 2: Link to the content, commentary optional.

Countdown

5 (or more!) creations from others that made you smash the reblog button hard, closely followed by your ‘insp’ tag or 'fave tag'. Link to sets that started conversations, outstanding composition, colouring, etc.

4 creations of which you’re proud. These are goals you scored. Nothing to do with notes.

3 creations others loved. Include the one that one that got most notes, great comments, or the classic ‘how dare you!’

2 creations that stretched you as a creator: style, colouring, blending, text, etc. include the one that should have got more notes.

1 creation of yours that you find most aesthetically pleasing to the eye and self AND 1 creation that broke and (maybe remade you) as a creator – we all have that one.

0 the creation that never was because nothing was working that day.

Overall comment on your creativity year 2021 ->

5 (or more!) creations from others that made you smash the reblog button hard, closely followed by your ‘insp’ tag or 'fave tag'.

In no particular order I tag:

@olincino's Middle Aged Husbands AU I love this one because it's so soft, and also really really clever.

@lmillers Ruth Wilson on talk show being ... Ruth, I guess! This set is so thirsty lol. The colouring and sharpness too.

@lordbelacqua I'm the best weapon you'll ever have I love this style. The last compilation one in black though, no words. (I love the ccss one, but this set wins by a hair!).

@robinsonjudy Isaac McAdoo. Content, style everything. He is a great character and this set highlights it so well.

@significanceofmoths with elf!Yibo. I love how nice it is the sparkle, and he is so cute. You get across so much with his personality with the last one.

@liquidsnvke with Finley and Sophie Dying gasp of s2 and fingers crossed. I love how clear and luminous this set is considering it is in the dark.

@roifernandez with El desorden que dejas kids. I love the first gif the b&w and the color with the portraits.

@elenas with that ghost one that everyone knows, so cool.

@lady-eleanor-vane with the Eleanor one so sharp and dark and textured you only get on a video editor!

@femadols Itzy Yeji the smooth movement in this one.

These really aren't in order just me fishing though my mass post editor on a laggy laptop.

4 creations of which you’re proud. These are goals you scored. It has nothing to do with notes.

Tess from The L Word in b&w. It really pays to fiddle with the colours on this adjustment to make it pop. It looked so much better in b&w compared to the original coloured one.

Brian Molko from Placebo. This was from a grainy youtube of a 90s music video. I changed colours, removed grain, and pushed it to the limit. I like it even if he looks a bit smooth and alien.

Tess in a shimmery silver top. I don't know if it's because of her or because of the colouring but I liked how I cropped this, except for one iffy one I didn't notice, haha. Will I change it? No. Flaws are okay.

Deran Cody being sad. I am not a text person so this one was a challenge, but the words are mine, and I think apt.

3 creations others loved. Include the one that one that got most notes, great comments, or the classic ‘how dare you!’

This one everyone loved of Tess pulling faces. I don't know why they liked it. I can see the colouring is off in some.

Patrick Kitten Braden on Breakfast on Pluto. These were nice gifs and I spent ages choosing the scenes. Movies do my head in seems more high stakes compared to TV.

The in-the-rain Tess/Shane kissing one. Lighting and the angles were terrible (thanks tlwgq) but I did my best with so many levels layers. Even a year ago I couldn't get it to look so nice and light.

2 creations that stretched you as a creator: style, colouring, blending, text, etc. maybe include the one that should have got more notes

Dexter New Blood where I tried doing monochrome with red, harder than I thought it would be. Results mixed but I wouldn't mind trying it again.

Hello cutie Tess again it was dire and yellow a good scene so I added a gradient map of blush pink. Based on one that an old fandom friend had gifted me. I felt like an embalmer here. Take colour out, put colour in. Probably one of my favourite sets ever.

1 creation that you find most aesthetically pleasing to the eye and self

Jules from Euphoria The cropping and colouring was nice warm and cool

AND

1 creation that broke and (maybe remade you) as a person – we all have that one

The Haunting of Hill House. Twas an attempt to write an eng. lit essay via gif. Should have got more notes lol. But can see why it didn't, it's a lot happening. I did get a lot of comments 'this is insane' though, so yay.

0 the creation that never was because nothing was working that day. -> No link, but it was an Outlander Jamie with Black Jack Randall. Eff the red coat, and prison gloom lit with bilious dungeon yellow.

Overall comment for creativity year 2021 -> Didn't have time except for Tess from The L Word: Generation Q.

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[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Wednesday, July 13 – Thursday, July 14

Thank you to editor-in-training burnhername for contributions to this post

Lily: Hey, do I know you? Buffy: (looks away) I don't think so. Lily: (looks harder) Really? Where're you from? Buffy: (avoids the issue) I'll get your pie.

~~~Anne~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

No Pets by badly_knitted (Buffy, Buffy’s parents, Willow, Angelus, PG)

Poem: Summer of Giles 2022 Haiku by sparrow2000 (Giles, G/FRC)

Poetry: Giles Haikus Through the Seasons by littleotter73 (Giles, G/FRC)

that elusive silver lining by Melacka (Giles/Jenny, T)

Wounded by Incendie (Spike/Buffy, M)

The Little Things by Jess_Ann_Perreault (Giles/Jenny, NR)

Falling - Not Faith by Susan19 (Faith/Buffy, T)

The Hat by refusetoshine (Scoobies, G)

A Single Thread of Goose Tied Me To You by henclair (Buffy/Faith, T)

Laughter in the key of Love by Skyson (Buffy/Giles, OC, G)

[Chaptered Fiction]

Forgiveness - Chapter 1 by DWEmma (Giles/Anya, E)

Lost Angels - Chapter 14 by StillRose (crossover with Supernatural, Spike/Xander, Connor, Lorne, Lindsey, E)

Bargain - Chapter 35 by immortal_katharina99 (Spike/Xander, E)

Hers - Chapter 3 by Quaggy (Buffy/Giles, G)

Glimpses - Chapter 3 by calenlily (Buffy/Angel, T)

Love is Blind - Chapter 11 by Cyllene (Buffy/Spike, M)

The best laid plans - Chapter 4 by lex_hex (Buffy/Spike, M)

waiting on you - Chapter 2 by bonniesfire (Buffy/Angel, T)

Different Lives - Chapter 9 by BuffyBot3000 (Tara & Faith, Scoobies, T)

Vacation with a vampire (Sequel to The Sphere) - Chapter 9 by Coraline_Finn (Buffy/Spike, T)

Only Made Plans to Hold Your Little Hand - Chapter 8 by watcherless (Buffy/Faith, T)

Something Worth Dying For - Chapter 2 by violettathepiratequeen (Buffy/Spike, T)

Two Mules for Brother William - Chapter 1 by alittlemoretime (Buffy/Spike, E)

Fangs Out, Ch. 8 by Dynamite (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Well, what do we have here? Ch. 2 by Blackmysteria (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Why Are There 26 Letters? Ch. 16 by Indi_Shaw (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Sweet Summertime, Ch. 2 by B_Red (Buffy/Spike, R)

The Switcheroo Incident, Ch. 2 by DeamonQueen (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Night Moves, Ch. 2 by MrsAkers (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Family First, Ch. 2 by GillO (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Hotter in the City, Ch. 2 by MissLuci (Buffy/Spike, R)

Beautiful Dangerous Chaos #4: I Wish, Ch. 2 by Passion4Spike (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

The (Demon) Parent Trap, Ch. 2 by MaggieLaFey (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Overboard! Ch. 2 by bookishy (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Exchange, Ch. 2 by DarkVoid116 (Buffy/Spike, R)

Always and Forever Yours by Buffyworldbuilder (crossover with The Originals, Buffy/Elijah, FR7)

Left Behind to Start Again, Ch. 4 by calikocat (crossover with Stargate, FR15, COMPLETE!)

The Time We Had, Ch. 6 by Dusty (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Not A Monster, Ch. 3 by Grief Counseling, Dusty (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Everything, Ch. 2 by Ginger (Buffy/Spike, R)

California Dreamin', Ch. 1 by LittleTayy (Buffy/Spike, R)

Last Days of May, Ch. 14 by Myrabeth (Buffy/Spike, T)

[Images, Audio & Video]

Entertain us. 6.22 Two to Go by isevery0nehereverystoned (Spike, worksafe)

Gifset: Now bite your tongue, it’s too dangerous to fall... by summrsbuffy (Buffy/Spike, probably worksafe)

Spuffy artwork based on a Joe Bowler painting by spuffylesbo (worksafe)

[Reviews & Recaps]

2.14: Innocence by handsofabitterman

2.15 Phases by handsofabitterman

2.16 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by handsofabitterman

2.17 Passion by handsofabitterman

I hate "Lies My Parents Told Me" with a burning passion by isagrimorie

Thoughts on Buffy books (Halloween Rain, Unseen Trilogy, Monster Island) by oveliagirlhaditright

5x16 The Body by SemperMiror

PODCAST: 7.17 Lies My Parents Told Me | Buffering the Vampire Slayer

[Recs & In Search Of]

Season 6 rewrite fanfiction recs requested by mzjolynecujoh

[Community Announcements]

Today (July 14) is Haiku Day at Summer of Giles

[Fandom Discussions]

Paying attention to the relationships in Tabula Rasa by kingbuffy

drusilla is to darla what faith is to buffy... by mollyspeak

watching BTVS and im at the part in s3 (episodes 2/3) when she comes back... by nolspreid

everyone shut the fuck up. goth buffy just dropped by pintsofguinnesmakeyoustrong

[Xander’s commentary on Buffy's dating life makes sense when...] by vampir4te

Setting details (resources for Sunnydale architecture reference) by brunnismemorybank

I’m a big fan of all the OG ships by initiumseries

I’ve been thinking about autistic-coded characters in BTVS by julietsays999

i just don't think it's fair to be mad at jenny like that by nolspreid, brunnismemorybank

What if Tara had actually been a demon? by takaraphoenix

Willow/Faith in or post season 7 by Bop and others

What would you do with the Buffy Comics? by PuckRobin and others

Willow's bathroom scene by r2d2 and others

Charles's and Wesley's friendship throughout season 2 ATS is one of the best by jdpm1991

Favorite Season 1 episode excluding Prophecy Girl? by Hollyvu

Best line delivery? by Blackdomino

What if Willow had wished..? by lambforlife

Just wondering, with Season 4 arc... by magic713

Tier lists with twists (my 'who would kill me' tier list) by Cia1313

Who do you think won the debate Jenny or Giles ? Books vs Computers ? by Hollyvu

If there was a crossover between Buffy cast and Heroes cast what would it be like? by Hollyvu

Any parts of Buffy that actually scare you/creep you out? by Lone-StarState

Unpopular opinions: Riley felt like he belonged with the group. by demonicsilver

How do you feel about Dawn's character in Potential? by jdpm1991

This subreddit when someone posts about how they don't like Xander (anyone else kind of bored of it?) by thatblondeyouhate and others

What do people think about this scene ("Tell me you love me" in "As You Were") by AstridDante and others

Do you feel like Giles (and the end of the season) would have been more interesting if the power he displayed at the end of season 6 was really his? by sephy009

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[manicdragondreamgirl]

I haven’t had chemistry since like 2008, and I’m also an idiot who likes to make my friends upset, so I rated the periodic table in order to tilt my friends:

Hydrogen - this is like your childhood friend who has always been with you more or less and always will be down to get a drink and chill even tho you haven’t spoken in years. Solid bro imo 7.5/10

Helium - always down for a good time, even if probably created Alvin and the Chipmunks which in some places is considered a war crime. 4/10

Lithium - Gives me bitchy vibes and is flammable as fuck if I remember. Skinny bitch with an attitude 3/10

Beryllium - idk this sounds like a sailor moon villain lol for that it can have a 6/10

Boron - more like BORONG amirite ha ha wait no seriously I have no idea lol 5/10 clean neutral rating

Carbon - *screaming* 2/10 I will not be taking questions

Nitrogen - cool cool cool tight tight tight 9/10 Nitrogen just is the cool hot chick you wish you were

Oxygen - kid who takes up all the glory for the group project even tho you did all the work, 4/10 for natural charisma

Fluorine - lol what are you knockoff chlorine lmfao bitch 3/10 reminds me of the dentist

Neon - I can vibe with this boy for his contributions to signs which cause my eyes to scream 8/10 modernized Art Deco thanks you

Sodium - 10/10 this is me and I won’t be taking questions next element

Magnesium - magnesium is a close relative of magnificent and therefore I think the case is closed folks 9/10

Aluminum - 10/10 for providing a home to my Diet Coke addiction I’d be dead without you

Silicon - 6.9/10 :smirk:

Phosphorous - This has a very soundly name and it’s welcome to do that but idk, not a fan, seems like he’d be smelly, 2/10

Sulfur - 1/10 pretty sure that dog farts are purely comprised of this and as such if I was leaving negative ratings I would

Chlorine - 7.8/10 for being in pools so we could swim without brain eating amoeba in the south you a champ

Argon - he seems like a nerd jk this guy has a good color 9/10 for just being himself

Potassium - I hate bananas and this word gives me the physical sensation of biting into one but only by thinking of abstract letters and making them into something which we can nutrientise from bananas and to me that shit is bananas, b a n a n a s — 3/10 for making me sing hollaback girl thru adhd word association

Calcium - hm my brain went to mega milk so you get a 2/10 today bud I don’t make the rules

Scandium - pretty sure this is fake lol what’s next faxdium, e-Mailite and copinium? 5/10

Titanium - this song’s a banger and also is the only thing that lets me wear earrings 10/10

Vanadium - if your erection lasts for longer than like idk it’s supposed to then don’t take vanadium wait what do you mean it’s not an ED treatment 4/10

Chromium - decent bloke shame the browser eats all your memory 5/10

Manganese - if a weeb tries to tell me how to pronounce mayonnaise one more time... 1/10

Iron - excellent tool against the fey, in your blood, what a bro, 10/10 this bitch slaps

Cobalt - has a powerful energy; I respect him. 8/10

Nickel - if I had a nickel for every time someone made this joke lol 5/10 he’s doing his best

Copper - taste bad 3/10

Zinc - isn’t that the dude in the green tunic and white tights who saves premcess Lelda or something lol 7/10 those games are good

Gallium - seems like a prick 4/10

Germanium - sounds like a child pronouncing geraniums which are superior 3/10

Arsenic - bad vibes coach 1/10

Selenium - isn’t this just sailor moon lol 10/10 love this bitch

Bromine - farmine wherever you aremine - 9/10 I love a good bro

Krypton - he’s okay I guess 5/10

Rubidium - yet another Steven universe villain who will be redeemed I imagine 4/10 seems a bit dull

Strontium - I feel nothing when I see this lad’s name and that seems like a shame 1/10 I don’t like it

Yttrium - this is an atrium in Yharnam, or something 8/10 would love to sit in one and make contact with higher beings

Zirconium - oh wait THIS is the sailor moon villain from the dead moon circus! 9/10 I enjoyed that arc

Niobium - seems sassy, I like that in an element 7/10

Molybdenum - I hate this one, rancid. 1/10 for making me have flashbacks to difficult Ancient Greek vocabulary there is no fucking way that sound combination is anything but Beta and Delta borking and then Latin being like oh imma steal that

Technetium - 6/10 decent name but seems a bit forced

Ruthenium - 5/10 kindly old lady element I guess lol

Rhodium - 10/10 this ain’t my first rhodium babee this lad has good vibes what a name what a king

Palladium - 10/10 for making me think of paladins

Silver - 12/10 I’m breaking the rules for this silver is the best it is so cool and also it is the other best tool for dealing with supernatural creatures when iron has failed you highly suggest Even if I am extremely allergic to it going into my ears...wait hold on

Cadmium - 2/10 sounds like a total douche

Indium - 8/10, i just think it’s independent and neat

Tin - 10/10 good ear sounds when involving rain and roof shapes and automatically reminds me of Nora Jones’s come away with me album which is also 10/10

Antimony - 7/10 decent protagonist good name all around seems rad

Tellurium - tell ur mom what? That’s so early 2010s league of legends humor bro 2.5/10

Iodine - strikes fear in my soul from having it poured on my wounds but this is why I have more pain tolerance than god 5.3/10

Xenon - I think this is a declension of Xena warrior princess which is a win in my eyes, 8/10

Caesium - kind of has a cunty Latin name, 4.5/10

Barium - yeah boss, bury’im! 7.5/10 I love a good mobster gag

Lanthanum - A bit pretentious on the Tolkien spectrum sorry bud 3/10 sounds like you’d be the dickwad elf everyone hates

Cerium - 6.5/10 I like this one, gives me a clean vibe

Praseodymium - the fuck who sneezed all their alphabet soup onto the paperwork and called it an element Christ we can’t keep doing this 1.5/10

Neodymium - oh my god what did I just say 1/10

Promethium - thank Christ we’re back to greek 9/10 Prometheus was a Chad I could get behind

Samarium - 5/10 gives me boring wizard vibes

Europium - 4.5/10 don’t rename opium chrissake can’t take these nerds anywhere

Gadolinium - 5/10 it’s a starship knockoff but it’s trying to be bold with the G sound

Terbium - 2/10 I don’t vibe with this one

Dysprosium - sounds like an antidepressant that has a lot of shitty side effects 3/10

Holmium - sounds like someone anxious asking their beloved to hold them 8/10 I like hurt/comfort fics

Erbium - you can’t just describe something as herby you daft bastard 2/10

Thulium - sounds like a spell I like it 8.5/10

Ytterbium - macguffin in a shite sci-fi show that gets highly overrated because BBC produced it and superwholock stans emerge and go utterly feral 1/10

Lutetium - bards are an element I agree 10/10

Hafnium - sounds like a river (my dog) sound and has a cute vibe, I’d offer it head pats 7/10

Tantalum - noooo you can’t be sad yuor so sexe haha 6.9/10 tantalizing

Tungsten - 10/10 this is a lad with history

Rhenium - 5.5/10 it’s ok

Osmium - 4/10 I wasn’t a big wizard of oz fan

Iridium - 9/10 sounds like iridescent and that’s in my top 10 favorite words and concepts

Platinum - 10/10 best Pokémon game

Gold - 7.9/10 all that glitters and all but it’s still pretty on some people, silver is better tho

Mercury - yikes 8/10 so it doesn’t kill me

Thallium - sounds like the brother character in a ps4 exclusive western rpg that oddly falls under the radar in terms of reviews and gets shafted at awards for no reason 7/10 I’ll support you tho

Lead - 2/10 that’s gonna be a no from me dawg pretty sure I still have lead in my hands from stabbing myself with my mechanical pencils

Bismuth - 6/10 sounds good in mouth and reminds me of biscuits for some reason, I’ll take it

Polonium - to thine own self be true so stop trying to act like the arts don’t influence science jk pretty sure this is named for Poland but hey that’s where we get the Witcher so you get a pass 6/10

Astatine - 1/10 I don’t even know what you are

Radon - 7/10 this motherfucker knows his shit and how to party, rad is right

Francium - I bring you francium...and I bring you myrdurdium... 7/10 for a good vine

Radium - killed the video star probably 9/10 I can get behind her

Actinium - as opposed to passtinium I prefer actinium in the voice of writing 8/10

Thorium - overrated Norse god 5/10 because lightning is still cool

Protactinum - sounds like some pretentious condom brand 4/10 wouldn’t do it with a dude who bought these

Uranium - I always thought she was a hot sailor scout 10/10

Neptunium - same for her I knew they weren’t cousins you couldn’t lie to me 4kids 10/10

Plutonium - sounds like a macguffin unfortunately 5/10

Americium - I read this with a pivotal letter missing and nearly died, 7/10 for the laugh

Curium - 10/10 gives me Curie vibes and also reminds me of curiosity which reminds me of—[old yellered before the association could set in]

Berkelium - what I shout when I want Burke (fam dog) to slaughter innocents and raze territories 2/10 world was not meant to know his commands

Californium - 1/10 California is cool with geography but probs could stand to chill with the ego sorry to my friends in Cali

Einsteinium - 6/10 it’s alright but we’re really running out of ideas huh

Fermium - 3/10 this one is porny

Mendelevium - 1/10 my brain didn’t like parsing this and I stand by my earlier statement of running out of good names

Nobelium - 0/10 you didn’t name any noble gases this cowards this gas can’t be a noble oh wait it’s NOBEL I take it back 5/10 seems an alright chap

Lawrencium - fear the old blood my sorry dead hunter’s ass I’ll never get back my life from the hours I spent trying to beat this lava shitting bastard 2/10 for being a boss who eats Taco Bell specifically before being challenged to have fresh lava shit with which to punish you for having the audacity to exist in his space

Rutherfordium - my god what a snob 4.2/10 I respect him a little but only because he sounds like a right lad

Dubnium - DROP THE BASS 10/10

Seoborgium - not sure about this one but it can have a 7/10

Bohrium - as an American English speaker this sound combination makes my pathetic throat become a black hole as I try to properly create the sound of it 10/10 I love when my body becomes a massive void in the universe

Hassium - lazy 2/10

Elements 109-118 can go fuck themselves I hate them all, collective 6.66/10 for their general demonic vibe

[bobbystompy]

My Top 88 Songs Of 2020

Previously: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Though we couldn’t get as trim as last year’s 75, still very happy to keep this under 100 for the second year in a row. This was a very difficult year in many ways, but music helped make it more bearable.

As always, criteria and info:

This is a list of what I personally like, not ones I’m saying are the “best” from the year; more subjective than objective

No artist is featured more than once

If it comes down to choosing between two songs, I try to give more weight to a single or featured track

Each song on the list is linked in the title if you wanna check them out for yourself; there is also a Spotify playlist at the bottom that includes the majority of the songs

Usually a pump up video goes here, but 2020 had a different energy, so Michael, take us in.

88) Katy Perry - “Smile”

Even Katy Perry’s good songs are a swirling spiral of maxed out auto-tune. This one is just fine. It’s... fine.

87) All Time Low - “Trouble Is...”

Is All Time Low the Katy Perry of pop punk?

86) Tee Grizzley f/ Payroll Giovanni - “Payroll”

I have never heard of Payroll Giovanni, but I have two questions:

1) Is this his song, and he got Tee to jump on it?

2) Or, did Tee write a song called “Payroll” and think to himself “You know who would be great on this? Payroll Giovanni!”

Favorite stretch:

Listen, we is not the same, you say "door", I say "dough" You say "floor", I say "flow", you say "for sure", I say "fa'sho"

85) Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - “Rain On Me”

Coming out in 2020 probably hurt this song, because I have no, like, out of the house memories with it. You can only have so much fun with Big Singers Singing over a pulsing beat when it’s coming from the phone in your kitchen as you’re indifferently scrambling eggs.

84) Benjamin Gibbard - “Life In Quarantine”

Now this is a song you can do nothing to; almost feels like it’s reluctant to even exist. It got released in March of 2020, so the outro (“No one is going anywhere soon”) served as a too sad reminder/mantra for what the year was about to be. Second shout out to Gibbard for the many YouTube sets he put together during the early stages of the pandemic (when so many of his peers were trying to figure out the next move).

83) Cardi B f/ Megan Thee Stallion - “WAP”

This felt less like a song and more of a “whoa, did you see the music video?!” and/or a means to relitigate the eternal question “What is the sexual line in music?” And while it was fun to watch people freak the fuck out... the quality itself really needed to be better.

(Note: YouTube video is the edited chorus; explicit version here)

82) McKayla Maroney - “Wake Up Call”

Former Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney -- of medals and memes fame -- dips her toe into the music waters. It’s inside-the-box modern pop music. One thing that’s hard to escape: it doesn’t really sound like her.

81) Chelsea Cutler - “Sad Tonight”

He vocals really remind me of Alessia Cara.

80) blink-182 - “Quarantine”

Blink doing a Bad Religion impression. Docked a few points for the very weak chorus lyrics (“Quarantine, fuck this disease”). That said, as serious as the song comes off, there are some clever punchlines to be found.

79) Dave Hause & Brian Fallon - “Long Ride Home”

This is kind of a nothing song, but it’s easy listening. Also, if your guitar leads can’t clear the “Could Bobby have written or performed this?” bar, then said leads are probably pretty weak.

78) Travis Scott & Kid Cudi - “THE SCOTTS”

Two artists who pair so well together, it’s hard to tell who exudes more influence on the track (eh, that’s not true, it’s Travis Scott, but Kid Cudi is more of a roommate than guest). They want you to be high by the time the instrumental outro hits.

77) The Strokes - “Bad Decisions”

The beginning sound feels somewhat evolved, but by the time Julian Casablancas croons “Making bad decisions”, the song feels like it could be on their debut album “Is This It?”. And it goes in and out like that from there.

76) Thundercat - “Dragonball Durag”

Thundercat is one of those artists I wish I liked more, but when the occasional track does hit, it’s a momentary glimpse into what real fans seem to always see.

75) TI f/ Lil Baby - “Pardon”

Standard fare. Lil Baby’s cameo is very meh.

74) Porches - “Do U Wanna”

For a song that repeatedly asks “Do you want to dance?”, it sure makes you feel like you’re moving in slow motion.

73) NOFX - “Thatcher Fucked The Kids” 

On the best-named album of the year (“West Coast vs. Wessex”), Frank Turner and NOFX cover each other’s material. To start us off, the legends take a song from 12 years ago about British politics from 40 years ago and, well, very easily apply it to right god damn now in America.

72) The Bombpops - “Dearly Departed”

Ahh, my year’s first cancelled concert. The listed names in V1 always make me want to skip this song -- but patience, grasshopper. Chorus is aight.

71) Ratboys - “Alien With A Sleep Mask On”

This band name will never match what the music sounds like.

70) Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - “She’s There”

The vocals in this song channel, like, four completely different singers for me, ranging from Bob Dylan to Cloud Nothings.

69) NOBRO - “Don’t Die”

An anthemic chorus meant to be belted in a room with sweaty strangers.

68) Oliver Tree f/ blink-182 - “Let Me Down”

The original solo version of this song is 1:52, and though the blink cameo pushes it over the dreaded two minute mark, it adds enough diversity to justify the choice (keep an eye out for the quick Green Day lyrical nod in the back half).

67) AJJ - “Normalization Blues”

This dropped in January, and if you thought the year was bad then. Punk News:

I'll admit I do want the album to age badly because I really don't want to have to listen to it years later and still say this is the world we're living in.

Said album being titled “Good Luck Everybody” is straight cryptic.

66) Selena Gomez - “Rare”

Very chill for big pop; triplet rhythm singing in the chorus gets me erry time.

65) Kid Cudi & Eminem - “The Adventures Of Moon Man & Slim Shady”

Cudi’s second split collab yields bigger results than his Travis Scott joint (admittedly with a worse beat here). It rarely ever hurts to let Eminem do the heavy lifting.

64) Alkaline Trio - “Smokestack”

A little cheerier than the average Alk3 song, but Dan Andriano seems like he’s been in a great place for a long time now; confident and in control. For me, the whole song builds up to the “You changed my life” chorus.

63) Frank Turner - “Scavenger Type”

Here, Frank takes on the acoustic closer to NOFX’s legendary 1994 album “Punk In Drublic”. Though the energy boost is most noticeable, my favorite part is how you can hear how much Turner loves this song as his melody bursts on the verses.

62) Mike Posner - “Alone In A Mansion”

Mike Posner, an artist I have a very soft spot for, released a storytelling concept album in 2020. From the intro track:

This album was written, recorded, and produced over a period of two weeks in Detroit, Michigan in my parents' basement. It's meant to be listened to all the way through. At least on the first listen. And it's about 36 minutes long. If you can't devote 36 minutes of undivided attention to this album, I again politely ask that you turn it off and return at a later time. I love you and I thank you for taking the time to listen in the first place. Also, it's important to note that the characters and the stories in this album are completely fictional. In addition, anyone struggling with a mental illness - depression, schizophrenia - should not listen to this album. Turn it off.

So those are the stakes. Pulling this song -- the record’s closer -- feels unfair void of context, but them’s the breaks.

61) Nada Surf - “Just Wait”

Heavy hitting chorus without having to be heavy; this could really work in a movie.

60) Matt Pond PA - “Wild Heart”

This having only 805 views on YouTube is criminal.

59) Liquid Death - “Unnecessary And Unimpressive”

Liquid Death -- in this iteration -- is a punk rock supergroup with members of Rise Against, Anti-Flag, The Lawrence Arms, and The Bombpops. If that didn’t interest you enough, all lyrics in the project (which, I believe, is for charity) come from hateful comments or negative reviews. Of the four artists involved, this sounds most like a Bombpops song, with Jen on lead vocals as others chime in.

58) PUP - “Rot”

Off my silver medalist for album name of the year (“This Place Sucks Ass”), PUP doesn’t do anything new here, but it was relieving to see them still going in 2020 when so many others got roadblocked, both physically and creatively.

57) Paul Harrold and the Nuclear Bandits - “Massanutten”

This reminds me of local Chicago artist Al Scorch. So much earnestness in the vocals, but a little more prairie for Harrold compared to speakeasy for Scorch. This would be a good road trip song. And I’m not talking about singalong... more for the stretch where you want to sit in silence and look out at the sun-kissed land blazing by. The song’s greatest victory is getting me to like something that cracks 6:00.

Note to future me: Massanutten is in Virginia (saved you a Google).

56) Kesha f/ Sturgill Simpson, Brian Wilson & Wrabel - “Resentment”

Kesha has been vulnerable in the past but never this stripped down sonically; the chorus would feel right at home on a country radio station. Love a good bridge, too.

55) Megan Thee Stallion f/ Beyoncé - “Savage (Remix)”

An up-and-comer pairing with a legend rarely lets down when both sides are this locked in. Bey wins. Fav line: “If you don't jump to put jeans on, baby, you don't feel my pain”.

She matches flows with Megan but also brings melody. Her blessing takes this song from pretty damn good to undeniably great.

That beat, too.

54) Red City Radio - “Baby Of The Year”

If all you want to do right now is grab a drink in a bar, here is a video built to troll.

(Also: a Liquid Death cameo?!)

53) Nathaniel Rateliff - “And It’s Still Alright”

The last time Mr. Rateliff had our attention, he just wanted a drink. That hit had a chorus with the very-sad-when-removed-from-the-song “If I can't get clean, I'm gonna drink my life away” lyric. Well, our man got sober since. And when the party is over, the introspection comes.

52) Direct Hit! - “HAVE YOU SEEN IT?”

Listening to slowed down Direct Hit! is like watching Usain Bolt lightly jog. It kinda makes sense because the core action is there, but it also feels sort of incorrect.

51) Hayley Williams - “Dead Horse”

Solo Hayley songs have this feel like they could do anything at any time... but then don’t. This one does the same until a very fun chorus breaks it up.

50) Kid Cudi f/ Phoebe Bridgers - “Lovin’ Me”

Probably the most improbable collab on this list (if 2020 hadn’t repeatedly taught us to not be surprised by anything).

49) The Homeless Gospel Choir - “Don’t Compare”

Listening to The Homeless Gospel Choir is kind of like getting a dedicated pep talk from a good friend... while fire rains down from the sky.

48) Carly Rae Jepsen - “Let’s Sort The Whole Thing Out”

Queen vocals with one prince of a tempo; this chorus is Sour Patch Kids riding Twix logs down a soda pop waterfall -- and it’s a b-side.

47) Green Day - “Meet Me On The Roof”

I like this song because it reminds me of summer and because it doesn’t really sound like Green Day (but still totally does).

46) Broadway Calls - “Meet Me On The Moon”

Promise -- swear -- I was gonna compare this Broadway Calls song to Green Day before realizing they both had titles about meeting in an escalated location. That said, I did put them next together on purpose to more coherently make this point.

45) David Rokos - “Building Bridges”

My buddy Dave wrote this song, and I think I’ve asked him three times what “burning sugar” meant (he says it’s a reference to absinthe). This song will make you want to travel to enjoy not only the places but the people around you.

44) Charli XCX - “claws”

Charli XCX keeps it futuristic in a video that could be described as sexy, cheesy, goofy, and playful-yet-serious.

43) Brian Fallon - “Lonely For You Only”

This is too easy and should not work (and maybe doesn’t). But that chorus... that circular phrasing... it still takes me all the way out. But I’m the same cat who proposed while a Gaslight Anthem cover was playing.

42) Waxahatchee - “Fire”

This song could be in a different language and hit just as hard.

41) Harry Styles - “Adore You”

Purifying pop.

40) Local H - “Hold That Thought”

Hardest rock song thus far. Local H was one of the first artists to play “live” once the lockdown hit (on a simultaneous YouTube/Facebook stream), and watching them attack music in their Chicago practice bunker felt a little bit like taking in the end of the world. New songs, old songs, covers -- it didn’t matter; their cool, unmatched apathy fits a pandemic or peacetime.

Ironically, was able to see them live in 2020, as they played a socially distanced, outdoor drive up concert in a minor league baseball parking lot. It wasn’t the same, but it was still something.

39) Crazy & The Brains - “I Don’t Deliver Pizza Anymore”

This song is just cool*. The verses feel tense and crucial, it starts to unspool in the pre-chorus, and the chorus itself feels like a light comedown more than anything else.

(* -  though the lyric video is docked some points for spelling y’all as “ya’ll”)

38) Drake f/ Fivio Foreign & Sosa Geek - “Demons”

Menacing Drizzy can be very fun from time to time. Also more than happy to keep “Toosie Slide” very far away from this list.

37) Hey Dad!!! - “Life’s Alright”

Small band, big song; though summer feels light-years away.

36) insignificant other - “i’m so glad i feel this way about you”

This song lands a big haymaker in the first few seconds, so it was probably a good call to pull back some for the chorus and, eventually, outro.

35) BTS - “Dynamite”

Heard they made the lyrics bad on purpose for their English hit, which makes sense, because they’re bad. That said, if you listen knowing they’re supposed to be bad, it kinda makes them... good? Listen, 771 million views would have me singing nursery rhymes in Pig Latin.

34) DaBaby f/ RODDY RICCH - “ROCKSTAR”

Someone said this could be the song of the summer, but, because there wasn’t really a summer, I feel like I only heard it once all year. Also, are we really pretending Post Malone* didn’t just do a “like a rockstar” song three years ago?

(* - and N.E.R.D. before that and Cypress Hill before that... though N.E.R.D. only waiting a year after Cypress, so maybe DaBaby actually was patient)

33) The Front Bottoms - “the hard way”

Don’t take it easy on the animal / I am the animal

Not quite sure what this line means, but I fixate on the phrasing every single time. This song sounds resigned in a very self-aware way.

32) The 1975 - “If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)”

For a band called The 1975, they sure sound like they’re on their ‘80s shit here. Also, a real thing that happened:

Me: Is he coercing her to get naked?! I thought this band was woke.

/scans lyrics

/notices “She said” before the “Maybe I would like you better if you took off your clothes” line

Me: Ahh.

Sax solo, take us out.

31) Charly Bliss & PUP - “It’s Christmas And I Fucking Miss You”

A song that is already a forever staple on all my future Xmas playlists.

30) 2 Chainz f/ Ty Dolla $ign & Lil Duval - “Can’t Go For That”

Shorty said she love me / I said “I love me back”

This is a real genre blur; rap at its core, but also soulful, funky, and very danceable. Damn creative.

29) Billie Eilish - “Therefore I Am”

Billie's 2020 gave a few singles -- but no new album -- and a body shaming scandal where the backlash to the backlash probably caused more headlines than the tweet that started it all. Still, she stays on cruise control above the clouds; can all eyes be on you if they can’t even make you out?

Video for this is fun, too. Not sure if her running amok in an empty mall is more of a COVID necessity or commentary on the dying retail industry. As always with her, fill in your own blanks for now.

28) Future f/ Drake - “Life Is Good”

This was my most listened to rap song in the first half of the year, and bumping again now, almost forgot how good it is. Drake just chasing one-liner Instagram captions in the first half:

- “Haven’t done my taxes, I’m too turnt up”

- “N****s caught me slipping once, OK, so what?”

- “B****, this is fame not clout, I don’t even know what that’s about”

And, of course, “Workin’ on the weekend like usual”. The man could make anything glamorous. Let’s hit that H&R Block, bro!

Future’s back half is a totally different song and feels mostly like noise, but the vibe is cool, so I don’t even totally mean that in a bad way. You can even make out a “Got Promethazine in my blood and Percocet” lyric to mark your Future bingo card and immediately move on.

27) I’m Glad It’s You - “The Silver Cord”

This song feels like cold air blowing on the back of your neck.

(Sidebar: thought this band was called The Silver Cord until literally right now)

26) The Spill Canvas - “Mercy”

A dreamy, distorted, at-home version of whatever you remember The Spill Canvas sounding like. This song is confessional and at peace, with the Grade A self-loathing we’ve come to love from this band.

25) 100 gecs f/ Charli XCX, Rico Nasty & Kero Kero Bonito - “ringtone (remix)”

100 gecs first hit my radar with the explosively obnoxious “money machine”, but that’s a 2019er, so this remix to “ringtone” will have to do. It’s catchy like a younger sibling persistently singing a song you’re sick of hearing*.

(* - /only child trying to work in sibling analogies)

24) iann dior f/ Machine Gun Kelly & Travis Barker - “Sick And Tired”

Iann Dior -- ...yeah -- channels Juice WRLD on the hook, and MGK/Travis Barker buoy a track that, honestly, doesn’t really even need the help.

23) Nick Lutsko - “Unleash Your Spirit”

Lutsko hit my radar on Twitter with some legendary political anthems (word to the RNC and Dan Bongino + his Dashboard Trump parody). “Unleash Your Spirit” is the song I most fear hearing (or even thinking of) within a few minutes of going to bed. Not because it’s Halloween theme is scary -- because it’s that god damn catchy. It permeates your brain. True story: a week ago, I woke up in the middle of the night with “Bobbing for apples with the boys” so ingrained in my head, it felt like someone was standing there yelling it through a megaphone.

22) Dogleg - “Kawasaki Backflip”

Bad 2020 robbed many concerts from us, and not getting to see this band live might take the cake. I end the year liking them but could have been *all in* with the right performance and the right venue. Also, Song Title of the Year until further notice.

21) Eminem f/ Juice WRLD - “Godzilla”

Eminem has all of the words and all of the lyrical dexterity, but sometimes it feels like there isn’t anything to ground him. Enter: one of the best beats he’s ever spit on and a Juice WRLD hook to give it pop angle. But let’s not put Slim in the corner -- when he starts accelerating at the end, it’s is a true “holy fuck” moment. It sounds faster than if you actually fast forwarded.

The video ends with a touching audio message from Juice WRLD.

20) Soccer Mommy - “circle the drain”

This song is so gloriously ‘90s; it leans in and does not care.

19) Sam Russo - “Always Lost”

The first time I met you, we were on the last bus You passed me a bottle, and I knew you were one of us

Took 25 words to hook me; I was txting friends before the first chorus even hit.

18) Sincere Engineer - “Trust Me”

Deanna Belos pushes her vocals in this one. I asked about the performance, and she said it was one of the first ones they recorded in the studio, but when they were done and listening back to everything, she re-did this track because her throat was much more used to what the song required.

“That’s why it sounds like I’m on roids lol,” she added.

17) Jay Electronica f/ JAY-Z - “Flux Capacitor”

Jay Electronica signed to Roc Nation in November of 2010. At of the start of 2020, he had still -- STILL HOW FUCKING STILL -- not released a debut album. When he announced it was finally dropping in February, it was met with skeptic eyes. He’d “announced” before. Shit, he’d even posted track lists of albums that never saw the light of day. He was a tease’s tease. It ended up getting a release date of March 12. As the pandemic got really bad in the March 11 zone, he finally had an actual reason to delay the proceedings (the plan: a studio live stream listening party*).

But no -- this is Jay Electronica. Why wouldn’t he drop as the world was ending? The same reason why his costar wouldn’t not have a watch like a Saudi prince. It had to end for it to happen. I wish I saved the memes, because they were fantastic. All I have is my own Twitter memory to prove it happened:

I love this song entirely: the “get the gat” hook (soooo New Orleans), Hov calling out the NFL/acquaintances clout chasing his potential death/rapping forever bars, Jay Elect’s ham-fisted and awkward ass Farrakhan line. Everything is exactly where it should be.

Final verdict on the full album: I don’t know, a B or B+? It had a lot more Jay-Z than expected (wooo), but -- and I rarely say this -- it could have actually been longer.

16) New Found Glory - “Greatest Of All Time”

NFG with a song referencing the Jordan-Rodman-Pippen Bulls only a few months before “The Last Dance” aired. Dare we call it marketing genius? The punk beat does not care; the punk beat is too busy taking souls.

15) Dave Hause f/ Amythyst Kiah & Kam Franklin - “Your Ghost”

“I can’t breathe”

On the heels of the George Floyd/BLM protests came Dave Hause’s somber attempt to capture the moment, desperation, and hurt. On a podcast, he said he was aware he might not ever lead the movement but still wanted to contribute something in an effort to use his platform as a white artist to change someone, anyone’s mind going forward.

14) Taylor Swift - “this me trying”

The chorus makes me feel like the crowd is parting like the Red Sea on a high school -- shit, no, middle school -- dance floor; smoke machine and all. Your crush is waiting for you on the other side. What are you going to say?

13) Phoebe Bridgers - “Kyoto”

Phoebe is one of the best lyricists out because of her specificity, but even though this song is about her dad, you can really fit it to your own narrative.

12) The Lawrence Arms - “Last, Last Words”

The Lawrence Arms wrote their new record (which singer Chris McCaughan described as “this end of the world outpost”) prior to the pandemic, but once you start to process album themes -- and research its namesake -- you do wonder. All of this, combined with some “Catcher In The Rye” references, and we’ve got ourselves a winning formula.

Dressed to kill for oblivion 

11) New Lenox - “Fairytale Of Gary, Indiana”

Your boy plays drums and is on the cover art for this one. Dave Rokos wrote the tune, which references The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York”. Good news: no slurs in the Gary version. We’ll have you in and out in 90 seconds. Also: say hello to the recording debut of Alisa Caruso (some backup vox at the end). 

10) Beach Slang - “Tommy In The 80s”

My most played song of 2020, but it really was more of a byproduct of how early in the year the album dropped. I’m still such a sucker for it, though. Other than forced nostalgia, not totally sure what the track is about. Did learn Beach Slang recruited former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson to play on their LP, which was named -- /deepest of breaths -- “The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City” (so maybe it has something to do with that).

9) Juice WRLD f/ Mashmello - “Come & Go”

The :55 mark. Wait until the :55 mark. When the guitar kicks in and tempo doubles, we have a real “oh, shit!” moment. I knew who Juice was when he passed but only “Liquid Dreams”. His 2020 album (“Legends Never Die”) showed us of what could have been; 55 minutes, loaded with cameos and creativity and experimentation. This song had me in its gravitational pull immediately. By the end of the year, they were using it on sports broadcasts, and it felt like a ubiquitous part of the culture.

One of my favorite days of 2020 was visiting the Juice mural in Chicago with my wife. We went impulsively during the day after someone posted a picture on Twitter.

I snapped one of my own and posted to IG with the Signals Midwest lyric “There is such quiet grace in private moments in public spaces”. The band responded with “RIP JUICE”; the perfect online exchange.

Shortly after, I was out with a different group of friends, and we went back at night. This time, it was protected by a fence you had to squeeze past. When we got through, there were kids in there smoking, taking pictures, just hanging out; empty liquor bottles lined the bottom of the mural. Even though it didn’t take all that long to make it there, it still felt like a journey and total ‘movie moment in real life’; a complete rarity in a year like 2020.

8) Mac Miller - “Good News”

Maybe I’ll lay down for a little...

Sadly continuing the theme of artists gone too soon, we have this reflective Mac Miller single, which feels more like self-eulogy than traditional rap. You feel it the entire time. The song crests with “There’s a whole lot more for me waitin’ on the other side”, and it conveys a readiness for whatever happens next.

7) The Dirty Nil - “Done With Drugs”

I don’t pray to Jesus or even own a suit

We lost the creators of our last two songs to substances, and, if we are to take this song at face value, The Dirty Nil don’t want to go down the same path. Drying out never sounded so cool and defiant... until the IKEA suggestion.

6) The Weeknd - “Blinding Lights”

Uptempo Abel is undefeated. My favorite pop song of 2020 has you feeling like you’re speeding through the empty streets of nighttime Las Vegas in a stolen car; indifferent to your environment, only tuned in to your personal desire.

And, on the lamer side of the spectrum, it spawned a catchy TikTok dance.

5) Spanish Love Songs - “Self-Destruction (As A Sensible Career Choice)”

It won’t be this bleak forever... yeah, right.

SLS has always been over-the-top with their lyrics spotlighting the hopelessness of the human condition -- so it was the *perfect* combo to being locked inside with nothing looking to forward to. Bonus: fun cake video.

Though the song’s core is uncut despair, a random moment I remember from 2020 was my wife telling me “I can hear you smiling as you’re singing” from another room as I belted the despondent chorus.

4) Worst Party Ever - “False Teeth”

This song sounds like The Front Bottoms; insecure yet so full.

3) Run The Jewels - “the ground below”

There were a lot of songs *about* 2020, but I’m not sure any artist soundtracked what being alive now is like more than RTJ. My favorite rap song and rap record of 2020.

Fav Killer Mike line: “Not a holy man, but I'm moral in my perversiveness / So I support the sex workers unionizing their services”

Fav El-P line: “I'll slap a dying child he don't pronounce my name correct”

2) The Menzingers - “America Pt. 2″

The Menzingers unexpectedly released an acoustic, re-done version of 2019′s “America (You’re Freaking Me Out)” single. It dropped on my birthday -- June 5th, 2020 -- as the rage in this country boiled over and protesters took to the streets. Though some of the lyrics remained the same, the new ones were changed with true purpose:

Well George Floyd was murdered by a cop The whole world saw the video and watched Now justice is long overdue Grab your pitchforks, we’re heading to Pennsylvania Avenue

I had nothing left when the first pre-chorus hit: “I hope the Devil and Donald and Mitch McConnell rot in hell for all tomorrows”. Tattoo this on my fucking soul.

All funds from the song were donated to Community Bail Funds (via Act Blue) & Campaign Zero. I purchased the track before hearing a note.

1) Machine Gun Kelly - “My Bloody Valentine”

Going into the year, I couldn’t tell you the difference between Machine Gun Kelly and Mac Miller -- now they’re both fixtures in this Top 10. All I really knew about MGK involved tattoos and a rap battle lost to Eminem (not that anyone ever beats Eminem).

In 2020, he took a punk/emo turn, with the services of GOAT drummer Travis Barker and new squeeze Megan Fox at his side. This song’s lyrics could potentially be cheesy but aren’t -- they all land. From the simulation going bad to not wanting “fake love” to all the damn second guessing and the earnestness that just won’t let you off the mat.

Every piece to the puzzle adds something: the messy hair, the Ken doll build, the forced iconic pink guitar that now feels actually iconic. It was almost like no one had any fun this year so he could have all of it on our behalf. There’s a half second shot of him sticking his tongue our during the pre-chorus, a joy 99.99% of us never got to feel.

The album itself was just as fantastic*; a 2000′s pop punk throwback with a Halsey duet, horrible skits (hi, Pete Davidson FaceTime), OpIvy lyrical nod (complete with a royalty check), a warp speed punk track that doesn’t even crack the minute mark, your token 6/8 ballad, acoustic closer (about his daughter), and some experimentation that leaves the new genre but still stays nearby; shades of Lil Peep, if he had Blink-182 as his backing band. Speaking of, please do not miss Travis’ fill at the 2:30 mark.

(* - named “Tickets To My Downfall”... woof)

MGK could get cancelled tomorrow, but we’ll always have this year in a bottle. The acoustic version of the song (sung in a lower resister), the 10 minute making of video (that I watched, uh, twice)... shit, he even turned it into a medley at the start of 2021.

It might be cliche to say “stay winning”, but when someone stacks this many W’s with no end in sight, what the fuck else do you call it? Real love.

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Thank you so much for reading. Here is the Spotify playlist (includes 87 of the 88 songs).

[holdouttrout]

2020 Reflections and Resetting for 2021

This is a bit long, so I’ll cut it, but I’ve been missing doing these annual posts so... if you want to read on, please do!

Fannish The Big Fandom of the year for me was the Locked Tomb, the series by Tamsyn Muir that starts with Gideon the Ninth. I read and re-read the two books (so far) several times, and while right at this moment the fannishness is lying dormant, it is coiled in my soul, ready to strike again at any moment. Otherwise, I ended up doing a lot of reading and watching. I revisited a bunch of Star Trek, which was and remains delightful. I wrote some Han/Leia fic, which is always fun, especially since the people who enjoy Han/Leia are lovely and discerning! Video Games My big game of the year is Crypt of the Necrodancer, which is a fun little dungeon game where you have to move with the beat. I beat the Necrodancer once and now I gotta do it again, except harder and I haven't figured out the trick yet. Books Other than Gideon the Ninth (and Harrow the Ninth), I enjoyed many, many books. According to Goodreads, I read 64 books. That does not include the many re-reads of various books. Many of these books were read because of @that-silver-girl, who is a great reading buddy and excellent at cajoling, begging, and demanding I read good books. If I had to pick five of my favorites (again, besides the obvious), they would be: Or What You Will, by Jo Walton. Jo Walton is one of my favorite authors, someone who manages to combine fantasy with philosophy speculation in a way that makes me think, and although this book took a while to grab me, when I did I was all in. A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine. I adore fish out of water stories, and this one had a lot of strangeness and cultural misunderstandings and Honorable People and political intrigue. This is How you Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. This book is SO GORGEOUS. It's very descriptive and dramatic and hints at the world(s) involved rather than giving you a concrete setting, and I adored it. Maybe my actual favorite book of this year. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles. This book was a book club book that I would and could recommend to just about anyone. We ended up reading it just as the social distancing measures really took hold here, which was sort of ironic timing, but it was such a good, hopeful book that it went straight to the top of my list. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tocarczuk. I haven't yet managed to get anyone to read this book--I tried to get my book club to read it, but they passed on it, probably because of the title. I really loved the main character and the setting. It ended up feeling very down-to-earth and practical in a way I find really satisfying. In other book news, I finally started legitimately keeping track of and writing little "reviews" on Goodreads. So… you know, if that's your thing, come find me. I cannot guarantee I say anything about books worth saying, but I'm trying to let go of my need to be perceived as intelligent about my book choices and enjoyment. Fun Well. Fun was certainly fraught in 2020. I didn't have anything too big or adventurous planned in the Before Times, and then the Current Times meant that the most adventuring I did was two quiet weekends to the beach, visiting my aunt. Those trips were very wonderful and healing, and I only regret that I wasn't able to spend more time with her and her partner in the past. I'm very grateful about how my friend group(s) have really tried to move online. One of my gaming groups moved to Zoom and Roll20 right away, and I think maybe we missed like… one week while we figured it all out. Another group has gotten going since then and I'm having fun with that, too. I had an outdoor social group during the spring and summer that is having to move more virtual now that the weather is colder again. My book club has transitioned to virtual meetings pretty well, too, and I have a small intergenerational discussion group through my Friends Meeting that has become a lovely, stable place for me. Writing This is mostly meh, but I have started to write a little bit here and there more recently, especially with the Discord Writing Group I'm participating in now. May that trend continue. Music I have kept up playing piano (probably even more because of social distancing and being home more than I would have otherwise). It is a very centering place for me. I also managed to get a few recordings of myself playing Christmas tunes so I could send them to my mom, and that felt like a real accomplishment. Physical Activity I walked quite a bit in spring and summer, and even fall wasn't too sedentary, but uh… winter started off rough. This last week, my grandma (who broke her LEG a few weeks ago) and I made a deal that we would both take a walk on days it wasn't raining. So far, that's meant EVERY DAY and I have stuck to it (I know she will have!). 2021 Okay, so I don't make resolutions. I don't. But I do think of goals that I want to accomplish and write them down, so it's understandable that some people might think they are resolutions. Books and Other Media I want to start reading more non-fiction, so I've identified 6 non-fiction books to read in 2021. (I'm starting off with a small goal.) I also have 2.5-3 small shelves with books I have not yet read, and I have about 9 books on hold from the library. I'd like to go through the books on hold and the to-read shelves, even if that just means deciding I'm not going to read the book on the shelf that's been sitting there for years after all. I also have a list of movies to watch, so I'm going to try to watch one of them from that list each month. I'm definitely not holding myself to that very strictly, especially since the books thing is already going to be more of a project, but there are plenty of just plain fun movies on that list that I sort of forget are out there when I'm choosing what to watch. I also really, really, really want to do a Farscape Rewatch. It's been ages since I've seen the show, and it's time! Learning, Practicing, and Doing For piano, I really want to re-start practicing how to play from chord notation. This is something that I wish I'd learned how to do a long time ago. I want to re-start my ASL learning as well. I have a plan in place for it, and just hope I can actually do it. I have a couple of sewing projects I'd like to work on, but I won't feel any guilt if I don't get to them. I'm considering how best to make an impact on areas of social justice that resonate with me, and I have the theory that it might be more effective to focus on ONE area and not fracture myself into a million pieces trying to fix EVERYTHING. This is less of a goal than it is a consideration, so it needs some work to turn into a plan.

[heatherfield]

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slow burn or love at first sight / fake dating or secret dating / enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers / oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance with correspondence / hurt/comfort or amnesia / fantasy au or modern au / mutual pining or domestic bliss / smut or fluff / canon compliant (missing scenes) or fix-it fic / alternate universe or future fic / one-shot or multi-chapter / kid fic or roadtrip fic / reincarnation or character death / arranged marriage or accidental marriage / high school romance or middle aged romance / time travel or isolated together (cabin in a snow storm, desert island) / neighbors or roommates / sci-fi au or magic au / bodyswap or genderbend / angst or crack / apocalyptic or mundane

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honey and lemon or milk and sugar // musicals or plays // lemonade or iced tea // strawberries or raspberries // winter or summer // beaches or forests // diners or cafés // unicorns or dragons // gemstones or crystals // hummingbirds or owls // fireworks or sparklers // brunch or happy hour // sweet or sour // Rome or Amsterdam // classic or modern art // sushi or ramen // sun or moon // polka dots or stripes // macarons or croissants // glitter or matte // degas or seurat // aquariums and planetariums // road trip or camping trip // colouring books or water colour // fairy lights or candles

Tagged by @cartoon-heart​:

coffee or tea or both | early bird or night owl | chocolate or vanilla | spring or fall | silver or gold | pop or alternative | freckles or dimples | snakes or sharks | mountains or fields | thunder or lightning | egyptian mythology or greek mythology | ivory or scarlet | flute or lyre | opal or diamond | butterflies or honeybees | macarons or eclairs | typewritten or handwritten | secret garden or secret library | rooftop or balcony | spicy or mild | opera or ballet | london or paris | vincent van gogh or claude monet | denim or leather | potions or spells | ocean or desert | mermaids or sirens | masquerade ball or cocktail party

Tagged by @lacebird:

hardcover or paperback / rent or buy / reads in silence or reads with music / standalone or series / annotations or pristine pages / ebook or physical copy / dog ears or bookmarks / mismatched series or complete set / cover matters or you don’t judge / lend books or keep them to yourself / enjoys lit classes or despises them / browses shops or orders online / reads reviews or goes in blind / unreturned books or clean library record / rereads or once was enough / fanfic enthusiast or a stickler for canon / deep reader or easily distracted / must read the book before seeing the movie or order doesn’t matter / has neat bookshelves or messy bookshelves / skips ahead or resists temptation / reads aloud or in your head / guesses plot twists or never sees them coming

Tagged by @austennerdita2533:

write late at night or early in the morning / prefer dialogue or descriptions / drink caffeine or i’ll stick with water / loves prompts or prefers to choose yourself / stickler for canon or preference for au / one-shots or multi-chaps / won’t take on more than one project at once or constantly juggling several fics / abandoned fics or completionist  / gen fics or ship-first fics / pwp or plot-heavy / first-person or third-person / angst or happy endings (How about angst that inevitably HAS a happy ending??) / ff.net or ao3 / crossovers or one fandom only / friends to lovers or enemies to lovers / slowburn or they’re together from the start 

Whoops.... that’ll teach my to hoard memes in my drafts for no reason. :S These were fun, so thanks so much for tagging me! I get there eventually. And it’s funny how some are easy and some are “both” and some are more “neither,” haha.

Tagging whoever would like to do any of these, especially if there’s one you haven’t done yet—and please tag me so I can see your preferences! 

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Rare Pair Month

Hey, I probably won’t do too many of these but I wanted to submit a story for Rare Pair Month 2020. I have chosen the pairing of Max/Marinette, who have both gone to robotics camp. Anyways, hope you enjoy. 

A Burst of Colour

Marinette placed down her soldering iron and got up with a big stretch. Even though it wasn’t fashion design, she was glad that Max had invited her to go to robotics camp. It was just different enough that Marinette felt challenged, not to mention inspired – up until this summer she had thought that robotics would be a world of dull, gray sheet metal.

Now she knew the truth.

Sure, a fair amount of robotics was dull, gray sheet metal, but it was also contained gleaming copper, liquid silver, flashing lights, and just about every colour combination of diodes and resistors. And, with the discovery of colour, the world of electronics opened up.

Marinette looked down at her half-finished circuit board and decided that she had earned a break, a nice walk in the sun to the cafeteria sounded heavenly.

“Hey Marinette!” Max called out from somewhere behind her.

She turned and smiled, “Hey Max, what’s up?”

“Nothing, just saw you outside and thought there was a good chance you might want some company.” Max said with a grin. Long gone were the days when he would rattle off the exact percentage of such a statement.

Marinette smiled in return, thinking about how Max was still probably reciting those percentages in his head. “You’re right, I’d love some company. How’s your interface going?”

Max brightened at the question and began to explain how much he was enjoying the new equipment the camp had gotten this year. Marinette listened with enthusiasm.

“…And you?” Max asked, “Are you enjoying your project?”

“Yeah,” Marinette replied, “It’s been a lot of fun trying to recreate a video game controller. I’m maybe halfway through the circuit board – but it’s huge. Have any tips on how to shrink it a little?”

A wind whisked through the campus and ruffled Marinette’s hair as Marinette turned to face him.

“…Max? You alright?” Marinette combed her fingers through her hair, before pulling the errant locks into a ponytail.

“Yeah…” Max said dazedly before shaking himself slightly, “Ahem, I mean, yeah, I’m fine. The best way to shrink your controller is to finish your first one and improve upon it later.”

“Pft, you’re no fun,” Marinette playfully nudged him, “Here I thought I’d get advice from the best robotics fabricator around.”

“Only get to be the best when you put in the time to get there,” Max quipped at her, “In fact… if you lend me some paper and a calculator I can map out exactly how expertise is obtained.”

Marinette laughed when he waggled his eyebrows at her and threw an arm to jokingly ward him off, “No please! Spare me the mathematics!”

Max arched an eyebrow and sighed dramatically. “Alas, no one ever wants to see the proof of concept,” he lamented.

At the door to the cafeteria Marinette turned to face him, “So are you joining me for a snack or do you have to get back to your project?”

“Oh,” Max waved a hand, “Afraid I have to get back, Markov doesn’t like not being able to fly for too long.”

“Gotcha, gotcha,” Marinette nodded, “In that case, I could always bring something back for you?”

“No thank you. Actually,” Max hesitated briefly, “Actually, if you don’t mind – would you review this?” He placed a micro thumb-drive in her palm, “And tell me what you think?”

Marinette’s hand closed around the USB, “Sure, no problem.”

“Thanks, Marinette – it means a lot to me,” Max said before heading back to his building.

After retrieving her snacks and a drink, Marinette took the thumb drive out and inserted it into her phone. Bursts of brilliant colour filled the screen like a mini fireworks display. As the sparks rained down, they resolved into

[Marinette, I’ve liked you for some time. I don’t need to do the math to know that this is a long-shot, but would you like to go on a date?]

~

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