#also these are really just my notes so it's mostly me going ooooh nice oooh I like this and a lot of TAEILLLL RENJUN HAECHAN DOYOUNG OMMMG

[iamacolor]

Resonance pt.1

Just finished listening to the album and it was nice but I've already forgotten what most of these sounded like oops I just know there were some really cool piano and background sounds and adlibs and make a wish is a great title track for this but I also think the fixed unit songs are the strongest songs -aside from make a wish (especially dream and wayv)

So many great vocal moments (Taeil Haechan Renjun and Doyoung killed it), I really feel liek overall it was more of a vocal album for me (which I know is weird because not all the songs are vocal-centric but the vocal parts really stood out to me whereas the rap not so much tbh)

Didn't surprise me/shock me/overwhelm me as much as neozone or turn back time tbh I need a relisten definitely to get the hang of some of these

Also I swear I heard mostly like 10 people and then the others were there for at most 2 lines?? Kind of wish they'd have played more with them

Also when will they give me big unison singing??? You know that part in hit by seventeen when they're chanting? I want that from nct!!!! I want them to be big and loud and choir-like, not gospel but as in singing in unison or canon and playing with the sheer volume of voices they have!!! They could do so many things with this omg liek you have 23 members GO FOR IT

-> putting my first reactions to the tracks under this so I can keep a trace of it

1

Love the whistling

Jaehyuuuun

Love the adlibs!!!!!!

Nice tone from jaemin

The adlibs are so cute

Ooooh Doyoung yesss love the airy yet strong voice

Second time hearing the chorus and the 'soft' drop is more satisfying

SHOTARO IS SO CUTE

AND XIAOJUN HELLLOOOO

I LOEV THE ADLIBS

Ooh that stoooop is so good

Clap clap clap

Xiaojun's voice just doesn’t know gravity and then bam the chorus brings it down and it's just the right amount of a weird build up

Ooooh that bridge is soooo good nct vocals let's go

Omg that oh oh oh build up in the back yesddd

Lucas' tone is good here

Percussion + bass in that chorus yes

Back it up after the reverse sound effect that was cool!!

This song has such cute adlibs lol

This is like that blow my whistle baby song

2

Oh misfit right after

Not much of a rap girl so I'll let them do their thing

Mark is good of course. I like jeno's tone and the chorus is fun, they'll never do an ot23 concert but this is definitely a concert song the crowd would go crazy

Sungchan sounds nice

It's weird to hear WayV rap in korean lol

Mark little hits high up on these two syllables are soo satisfying

Ok I like the la la la la bridge this is definitely a concert song!!! I can easily see how they could perform this and it'd be more fun than just listening to it, at least for me

3

no idea who's in this but I like the intro

Ooh this sounds very nct

Is that jaehyun??

DOYOUNG YESSS

jaehyun nice omg jungwoooooo

Love the tiny synth sounds in the back yesss

I want to hear the soundtrack and its vibe a little more

Whisper niiice

Love how much pf the sounds and the vocal melody fade out in the background

I can barely recognise who's singing this is so weird

Like that bounce bah bah bababah part

Oooh jaehyun bringing in that soul and then Doyoung yess

Doyoung that little hit up high yess!

Kind of wish there was a little less rap/spoken words in this

Oooh vocal bridge, such a larger soundscape I loveee

Oooh i love the way they let go of that long note

Doyoung's killing it on the adlibs omg

Bah bah bah bahbah yeah

4

Oooh love the piano, it's quite an unexpected motif almsot sound liek it’s repetaing itself at one point like a little glitch and then it goes on

Very bare instrumental it almost sounds like it's live with just a pair of players

The vocals layered with the rap I love

Doyoung's lower register is so nice he's so good with his voice and how he can reach a little higher

Oh wait there was someone else that was nice singing

Oh is that sungchan ??

I really like this type of rap for taeyong

KUN YES his voice fits this so welllllll

And him and Doyoung sound so well together

Come back come back come back this part is so nice, it's not explosive but it's got a very nice rhythm melody

Doyoung is just showing off so much in this song he's like look at all these little nuances and details I can do yes you go

And kuuuun, his voice is so smooth

And when they both sing in the back of the rap they sound so good omg I don't care about the rapping anymore just give me these two showing off and killing it together

5

Ooooh I like this start it's playful

Jaehyun rapping what is going on and now Johnny

This sounds old school?

Taeil yessss

Omg the piano hits when these vocals leap this is so fun

Chenle??

Oh this chorus is so cute

This is so light and groovy and all the vocalists fit so well together

I love the instrumental and how it's not constant and the level of the piano sound varies like it plays with crescendo sometimes it’s louder sometimes it’s almost faint

Oooh yeeeah taeilll

So many cool adlibs in this album

Second chorus very similar but not boring oh nice background harmonies

Ooooh that synth riff and then the bass hell yeah

This feels like a musical, like a soft group scene where they're just hanging out, ususally when the characters are introduced and you need to get a sense of who they are and what the group vibe is like

Omg the adlibs just go off

The PIANO/guitar funkyy

7

6

Their interludes are always so nice stooop

This has such a nice retro vibe I love it and then of course it gets edgier

Life isn't always like the movie right after I said the song sounded like a musical

Omg the distorted voices and sounds this is such a classic nct interlude I love it

8

Ooooh HAECHAN AND THAT WIND INSTRUMENT YES

love the metallic percussions

Nice two levels vocals with that deeper voice under it (jaemin?) i love it it makes it really interesting

The harmonies are killing it

This is very big and large I love this sounds

Chorus doesn't hit super hard because it stays about the same energy

OMG LOVE THE SUPERHERO SYNTH (because it sounds like a superhero theme lol)

Mark sounds great of course

That omg ad-lib lol

Renjun sounds so nice

I really like this sound for dream kind of reminds me of 119??i think taht’s teh song I’m thinking of

Renjun's voice is so soft yet powerful and then chenle!!!!! Omggg HAECHAN go offff

So many fun sounds in this it's so fun

Another la la la bridge lol

9

WAYV

ooooh starting strong right oofff

this is so catchy

The bass is so good and deep and big I love it

Oh another whistle

omggg xiaojunnnn

kun sounds so good

Looove that sound for WayV this is so nice

Again with the fun adlibs and sounds at the back love it

Winwin??? Omg is this the first time???

Love the grit in lucas's voice

Ten so so smooth and then xiaojun!!!

This song is so catchy

Ooooh THE BRIDGE IS FUN AND SO TRIPPY

XIAOOOJUUUN IS KILLING IT

And then they go back to the chorus with the added vocals and strongest adlibs OMG IT'S SO GOOD

I LOVE THIS SONG

10

Trippy but make it gospel??

”Is it dead”????? What are they saying

Music banks??? Wtf

Haechan sounds so coooool here omggg

Ooooh yuta sounds niiice

TAEIL TAEIL TAEIL

Ooh a chant like chorus with a similar instrumental than the verse??

Oh it picks up it's fun

Oh it's music DANCE LMAOOO I didn't look at the title, i remember now it's just 127

Jungwoo fits that part so well I love his tone, love when they let him play with it a little

Haechan with the little sultry attitude and then Doyoung yeeeaahh

Iwonder how they'll dance to this ooh

It's really catchy wow

So fancy fancy

Of course the classic piano bridge with doyoung

Taeillllll

OMG THAT “OH OH” WAS SO GOOD

SO SOFT BUT IT HITS

this is so laid back but rhythmic it's fun

A little repetitive but it's still okay

Oh this sounds sader

The piano sounds in this album have been so interesting

Johnny sounds nice here wow until he speaks English sorry because then it just feels like jcc

Oooh that Taeil part is soooo GOOD

TENNN you go sing you little funky singer

That haechan Renjun duo part is SO GOOD OMG

and now yuta!!!

And NOW HAECHAN AND TAEIL YEEEAAH

lucas and Taeil adlibs loovee this combo

I love jisung voice so much let me hear more omg where is he

Yuta sounds great

Johnny???? was taht him singing I have no idea who’s doing what

Renjun's voice has such a nice power to it

I love taeil's tone in this so much

Oooh the instrumental becoming a bit richer when haechan starts the bridge

HAECHAN RENJUN TAEILLLLLL OMG THAT RUN

RENJUN AND HAECHAN SOUND SO GOOD

Also that faded in my last song is such a satisfying melody

Ommmggg harmonies and piano hello this is crazy

I honestly have no idea who was on that song aside from taeil Renjun and haechan they were so fucking good!! Oh no yuta too!

12

11

Ok that's the multilingual one

What is it with the piano starts in this album omg such a cool effect like it's coming closer niiice

Starts off with a taeil run this is going to be good

Haechan sounds so full and soulful here I love it

Doyoung has kind of a smocky voice I love it

TAEIL

Love the chorus singing at the back

This is a bit like a choir song

ooh that little break between I'm... Not alone and that little instrument hit....good

I think renjun is killing it omg

Yuta niiice

Was that chenle omg that sounded so nice

WAIT IT’s KUN (i forgot he was in this song omg I think I mixed him up with chenle before??)

RENJUN GOOOO

this would be so nice to sing them sing at a concert with that kind of choir/unison feel but they'd all shine

From home omg yeah this sounds so rich and fullll

The producers just told them go in there and show off and they did

AAND TAEIL EVEN DID MORE

the harmonies excuse me this is so pretty

I'm not a big fan of the melody tbh but as a vocal song it's great

Doyoung little na na na adlibs love ittt

Ooh such a nice way to end that note Renjun

13

Oh Korean version?? Honestly In the previous version I barely noticed there were different languages lol

While this is playing again and sounding so nice just like the first time I have to say this album doesn't feel like it has 23 members lol I feel like I've heard only the same 7/10 people??

Oooh chenle is killing it

Yuta YEAH

Once again chenle and yuta are doing so well here omggg or was it kun these units are messing with my head I swear I never thought he sounded like chenle or anyone else in nct before what is happening

And RENJUN

They must have had a blast recording this and just playing with their voices

RENJUN is stealing the spotlight for me

Wait Doyoung said not yet haha

And TAEILLLLLL JUST SHOOTING FOE THE STARS AND GOING FURTHER AND HAECHAN TOO

this would be a bit boring if it wasn't them singing and being so good and taking it to such a level I think

It's already over!????

Oh English versionof the title track

Love the bass thank you nct

I have no idea what taeyong is saying lol

Oooh jaehyun sounds soo cool

Doyouuung I don't know what you're saying because your voice is too pretty

This hook is so cool

SHOTARO sounds so cute Ommmggg

XIAOJUN and these harmonies he's so good

Jaehyun sounds so cool when he has this kind of attitude in his voice rather than just being smooth and charming lile it's playful it's so nice for him

Taeyong sounds so nice in this song it fits his voice very well

Xiaojun and Jaehyun and Doyoung are a killing trio

That oh oh oh built is so cool

Love that percussion section

This song is not boring at all it's fun and funky and weird I like it a lot

That birthday cake was already funny to me in the kr version it's funnier now

Honestly I didn't listen to the lyrics at all lmaoo

Whaaat

Thank goodness there is a second album lol

[occasionally-victor]

"Let's dance! (The dance of death)" — Last Life!Grian&Mumbo playlist

+ songs that are not in the playlist for one or another reason, but they need to be mentioned as they were in the first drafts of a playlist year ago: Madds Buckley - The Red Means I Love You (G); Hamilton - You'll Be Back (G); Tom Lehrer - The Masochism Tango (M); Ferry - anger management – жаль (Both); Hooverphonic - Mad About You (G);

some notes (mostly doing the *points on lyrics* "THEM!" thing):

The part where i do a bit more talking for one or another reason:

Ferry's songs (DEAD HAND, Occam's razor, dopamine_machine, Convergence) are talked about in this post (clickable).

Danse macabre is here because i was describing their dynamic as "some sort of 'danse macabre'" because this tone poem (i looked it up in Wikipedia lmao) was getting recommended to me the whole time and i guess the name of it really got into my head (oooh dance, ooooh of death). The fun part of it, i haven't even listened to it until after 7th session, so i was very pleasantly surprised to hear that it actually fits (here my criteria was "can i daydream about an animatic with this song?" and yes, i could (basically, the pacing and the vibe of the Danse macabre fit the story))

The Front Bottoms - Be Nice To Me & Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man: so, these two are grouped together. Why? Because when talking about my boys I'm mostly looking at first verses (well basically everything before second verses) of each (as you could see in my little spreadsheet, Be Nice To Me is applied to Mumbo (theres also an animatic (clickable) i found, it basically shows what i mean here) and Little Lion Man is applied to Grian). But hey, what about the second verses? Well, it's just theres another LL duo these two songs fit very well (Ethubs. I'm talking about Ethubs. Be Nice To Me - Bdubs, Little Lion Man - Etho). This makes sense in my head and i needed to explain my vision and it does go deeper than that.

Will Wood and The Tapeworms - -ish: i added it here because of this animatic (clickable). what more do you want from me, i am a simple man.

Unknown Mother Goose - Will Stetson (English cover, og - wowaka): ok, so at first i wanted to just put some lyrics here, but then i realized i just started copying the whole song, so yeah. i will just put this part, because i really like it: "I’ve grown to take it, the pain welling in me, the breaking and hurting//Joy, grief, rage, and pleasure, they all blend together, through every endeavor//If happiness that I cherish is real and is out there somewhere lost on this earth//Will I wander forever and ever in agony in this darkened and cold world//As the blackened, the sheep that will never belong anywhere as I live forever?//--Don’t leave me like that!"

Jhariah - The Great Tale Of How I Ruined It All: "In the lens through which some eyes will see//This tale is one of failure//And though I don’t think I’m your enemy//I’ll never be your savior//And in the lens through which some eyes will see//This tale is one of victory//And though I don’t think I’m a failure//I don’t deserve your sympathy" - this part is totally the only reason this song in this playlist HOWEVER! The whole song is actually very much post 6th-7th session Southlands vibe.

Kenshi Yonezu - Décolleté: funny example of "I'm aware that this song in fact doesn't fit at all (i have read the translation), but the vibes captivated me so much so i just. decided to ignore text at all"

The main part №1:

The Puget Sound - Terrified of You: ok i was trying to get some of the lyrics here (specifically the part from 1:40 to 2:05-ish), but i literally cant understand what some of the words are. Like, i get the meaning of the sentence, yeah, but the words. That's what i get for putting an old ass song with less than 70 views here.

Flira - My Eyes Your Eyes: another one of "bitch i wish there were some lyrics online" because im annoyed that i can't pick up all words. However, i can say, that it was 5:19-5:42 part that made me add this song to the playlist.

Shayfer James - Bayonnettes: "And his eyes speak his past//Colorful, wild and totally ruthless" • "In a fight to the death//Where these broken promises fix bayonnettes" • "And that look in your eye//Is certain to try and divide us//As the sun in it's sky//Is threatening, is threatening violence"

Will Wood - Kill me if you can: "Fix that twitch, it makes me fiddle like a schizophrenic, how am I gonna get through my life like this?//Neurotic and catatonic, idiotic, not enough psychoticism to corroborate the sin" • "Take me towards the light//When it leaves my eyes//Give me a sec to catch my dying breath//Forgive me if I cross the flatline" • "Six-feet deep from six-foot-tall, don't bother, give it some, or lose it all//Please come kill me, kill me if you can"

The Brobecks - Die alone: "Can I die away from you?//What you do, it isn't ordinary too//There's nothing to do, but lie//I guess I'll die, guess I'll die a lonely guy"

Shayfer James - Grind My Bones: "I am a moment slowly dying//Soon I will only cross your mind from time to time" • "Now as the walls around us crumble//Watch all the idiots and hypocrites rebel//You are two dashes and a number//And all of your complaining couldn't save you from yourselves" • "Oh I was lost and nothing found me//You better know that when I go//I'm going fast"

Jhariah - PRESSURE BOMB 3?!?!: "Slow down//Those words mean nothing//My brain just revs up faster//Pressure bomb in a goddamn knife fight" • "Ecstatic pathways runaway, flood my mind//Overstimulation makes me feel like I’m alive" • "It drives me forward every moment//Makes sure I don’t stop too long to//Smell the flowers//I been here too long, I might burn up and explode"

The Crane Wives - Curses: "There's a fire in my brain and I'm burning up//Oh my, oh my//Keep running for the sink but the well is dry//Oh my, oh my" • "Every word I say is kindling//But the smoke clears when you're around//Won't you stay with me, my darling//When my walls start burning down, down, down?" • "Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust//The devil's after both of us//Oh, lay my curses out to rest//Make a mercy out of me" • "All my aching bones are trembling//And I may yet fall apart//Won't you stay with me, my darling//When the war starts in my heart?"

Des Rocs - Used to the Darkness: "I've made mistakes, the Lord struck me down//Caught in a landslide, lost underground" • "And then my eyes got used to the darkness//And everyone that I knew//Was lost and so long forgotten after you" • "Now would you pray before you twist the knife?//Yeah, would you take my hand and take a life?" • "And now there's no one else left to love//I'm used to the darkness, I'm used to the darkness"

Ricky Montgomery - Snow: "When I go, bury me six feet in snow" • "Here we are wasting our chances for the last time//Oh, and when we go I'll try not to be so slow" • "Say it once, say it twice, try to be nice//Well, let's not lose ourselves" • "Summer's over, love had left her screaming at the screen//Oh, and it's understood that the both of us are no good"

QUEEN - Will Stetson (English cover, og - Kanaria): "Lie, bye Baby//My, my, my life//Give me your hand, we'll dance a tune throughout the night so//Lie, bye Baby//My, my, my life//That's the signal you're fading from the light//My love" • "One, my only self is jumping for love//The dreams are never enough//Too far away to touch" • "Overflowing, Overflowing//It really takes me back into the end we left to die//You never know it, You never know it//It's falling//Cry cry cry" • "Nebulous, abandonment, a weapon//I'm none and no one, never needed I cling//With hazy eyes in the night, loving words to disguise//Stuck crying out for the world that wasn't mine//Those fates all just remain in place, no matter//How hard you fight the future never will change//My vision's starting to fade//Heart's a smoldering flame//They sing in shame for a spark we couldn't make, my love"

Jhariah - Needed a Change of Pace: "I’m so glad I woke up today//A different life in a brand new place//I think I maybe outgrew the last//I needed a change of pace//No more talk of what my burdens say//They’ve been left behind, and that’s where they will stay" • "Oh, how could you love me so?//Oh, with all I’ve done and the things you know?//My dearest, you better never forgive me//'Cause if you forget what I’ve done, I’ll do it again" • "I died that night and killed god in the morning//Left without a warning or even informing the coroner//I was a foreigner//Never belonged in that place, played along in that place//Till I had enough of the games//I couldn’t find the time from the afterlife//To apologize or even say goodbye"

GARANDO/AIRHEAD - djalto (English cover, og - Picon): "So it was just me and you//Such a stupid rendezvous//And now look at us both//Indifferent and disconnect, just barely hangin' on. Just what i thought" • "Sure, I already know what I'm crying for//The same old "goodbye", i've seen it all before//Is it okay if i stoop this low, low, low?" • "Remember those glaring eyes of yours//Just stabbed my soul straight down to the core//While we danced in room number 10884//From dusk till dawn" • "Living life everyday just sucks me dry//Even "sleeping forever" sounds way more fun//Then it's fine for me to stoop this low, low, low"

EYE - Will Stetson (English cover, og - Kanaria): "Pray for me while my mind is flickering, burning//Thirteen, fourteen, rotting and eating spices as we please, see//Watch me sleep with a dagger up my sleeve, hurting//Thirty, forty, stabbing like crazy, smiling as I bleed, see" • "L-L-LIFE, you and me, E-E-EYE, and so we//Play bad and hold on tight and lie and lie and lie and lie//K-K-KNIFE, you and me, E-E-EYE, already//There’s evil deep inside, a lie and lie and lie and lie" • "Without behaving to please//They flow and bleed, all of the words I set free"

Will Wood - and if i did, you deserved it: "and we're alone now//high up and low down" • "you know i'm not the type of guy to turn my back on a knife//it's just my luck these motherfuckers talking smack on a guy//but i'm deserving every word they could begin to apply" • "i really don't care what you think or what you say//i'm a cancer, i'm malignant, yeah, you oughtta stay away//my heart's fucking empty and i trying to fill it up//but it's not big enough for the both of us//no it's not big enough for the both of us" • "if i keep beating myself up//i'll keep on winning the fight//and get my ass kicked//i'm poisonous, not toxic" • ""don't meet you idols"//hey, fuck you, i'm your idol!"

The Crane Wives - Know How: "I am not brave, I am not brave//I blind my eyes to what won't stay//You kissed my mouth, you pushed me out//And now I'm struggling to free myself" • "I gotta wrap my head around//What my heart is telling me//I've been trying to drown it out//Just because I know what I am//I am supposed to do now//Doesn't mean I know//Doesn't mean I know how"

Mother Mother - Burning Pile: "All my style, all my grace//All I tried to save my face//All my guts, try to spill//All my holes, try to fill" • "It goes, all my troubles on a burning pile//All lit up and I start to smile//If I catch fire then I'll change my aim//Throw my troubles at the pearly gates"

The Crane Wives - Never Love an Anchor: "And I tried to do the best that I could//But try as I might I couldn't bring myself to hold you" • "With this heart of mine that's guilty not remorseful//There is love that doesn't have a place to rest//But it would have buried you if it had settled on your shoulders" • "I am selfish, I am broken, I am cruel//I am all the things they might have said to you//Do you ever think of me and my two hands//... //And wondered why they never held you gently//And wondered why they never had the chance to lose you?"

Shayfer James - Godspeed: "There’s many ways to hide a heart that bleeds//But I prefer the ease of rolling up my sleeves" • "I used to be someone that you could believe//But it’s been a while, been a while" • "Let me not make mazes with words//Get yourself, get the hell, get yourself out of here" • "Good luck, godspeed, I know I’ll see you again//I’ll always call you a friend indeed"

Fall Out Boy - Miss Missing You: "Don't panic, no, not yet//I know I'm the one you want to forget//Cue all the love to leave my heart//It's time for me to fall apart" • "Now you're gone, but I'll be okay//Your hot whiskey eyes have fanned the flame//Maybe I'll burn a little brighter tonight//Let the fire breathe me back to life" • "Sometimes before it gets better, the darkness gets bigger//The person that you'd take a bullet for is behind the trigger//Oh, we're fading fast, I miss missing you now and then"

Eva - Kuraiinu (English cover, og - Hiiragi Kirai): "I want you who’s dying to look at me//Greedily, I hope for what’s blasphemy//All alone, purity then devours my heart//Oh, I wish I could be the Lord of the Flies and restart" • "Hey, how mediocre//Hey, peaceful time is over//I’m so fed up, I’m burning up//I think I’ve had just enough//Hey, how mediocre//Hey, peaceful time is over//Abandon all, just make your call, I’ll still leave after all" • "Tell me why, ah…tell me why//Like a waterfall, all the pain flows down torrentially?//When I desire all your love to only be for me//But it the end it’s all a fantasy" • "In a moment, daydreams are all destroyed//From the core of my being, they rot me away//Those who persevere and survive today//Worry all about the future—who they’ll be, who they’ll betray//They try so hard, but they can’t deny the human nature calling out" • "Don’t dare to be irrational!"

Jhariah - BAD LUCK!: "This time around’s no different//I’ve played with chance like you//I loved to toy with fate//But, oh, I didn’t have a clue//That I would lose, oh, I would lose//... //“You’re not like me, I’m not like you, I’m not who these things happen to“//And that’s exactly what you say before they do" • "Still somehow they’re looking down on me//Laughing ’cause I got what I deserved//(You got what you deserved)//And I would do it again//I’m not sorry, but thank you for enduring me//As long as you did//That’s more than I’d ever ask of you"

Des Rocs - Don't Hurt Me: "But now is not the perfect time//To say I was lonely//To say I wanted the trouble" • "I bet the stars and stones//One hurts and one glows//I bet you think love was none of your business//None of your business" + honestly the chorus part ("Baby, don't hurt me, baby//...") vibes with them really well

Will Wood - I Can't Wait To Die: "You shook my soda, should've owned it, my mistake//Took my volcano, shifted my tectonic plates//I'm at rock bottom out of options or so I hope//'Cuz if I'm not then how much lower should I go" • "I can't wait to die//You've got me so god damn excited, I've been waiting my whole life//I can't wait to die//Can't wait to die, 'cuz you remind me of what it's like to be alive" • "You're close to me enough to breathe secondhand smoke//My misery's now your disease and it loves your company and" • "Never letting no people before I look through the peephole//See no evil, speak no evil, speak to me, no I don't hear you"

Jason Webley - Dance While the Sky Crashes Down: "We've all begun to die and don't know what to do//Since it hurts to pray to God when God is dying too//Takes strength to laugh when you start to drown//And we dance while the sky crashes down" • "Like that the earth begins to quiver//And all the oceans turn to black//A ship of maniacs with knives are playing blackjack with their lives//To kill the time until the giant rats attack" • "A band of skeletons is playing//Don't act like you don't know the tune//Your part is echoed in the path of every dead leaf blowing past" • "And every one of us is damned until we start to understand//That living is to gorge ourselves at our own wakes"

MIRA - Will Stetson (English cover, og - Kanaria): "Too old that I can't get a shake//From dreams a crumblin' away, a self centered hate//Worn down but I'm feelin' the weight//While slowly loosing my place//Too starved of love to wait" • "A superficial trust, an agonizing touch//A portrait drained of blood//Keep away from me my love//I'm doubtful of my love" • "Keep away from me my love//A lame lying love//Burn away your trust, never feel much"

Shayfer James (feat. Will Wood) - Ferryman: "Never again can be innocent//And everything ends, well, it just makes sense//If up has a down there's another side//In there's an out so it's worth a try//People want each other but they want themselves more//Even when your lover's something new to live for//Is to die for, therefore to kill for//Black has white so go to the light, my love" - if I'm being honest, the biggest reason i added this song here is because i really liked the vibe. Like, it works in my head, plus the vibe is the first thing i look in the songs i want to add in this playlist.

tallyhall - Misery Fell: "Why, oh, why this//Town without love too much faith in above?//Can you feel the//Force that it brings not to worry 'bout things?//Just the stars in the sky all enjoying their time//With a hope for peace" - another one of "based on vibes tbh" songs.

tart - enigma: "here we go again//the devil's watching from below//so just keep writing//see it in my eyes//i never wanted to survive//so i'll show you who i've learned to be" • "i've seen a perfect crime//... //i've seen an angel watching devil with his greedy eyes" • "Next comes the pain of the way//You’re falling into me[You’re crashing into me]//I know it’s closed reign[‘Cause in the domain]//But the flame[Of my brain]//Is sinking in again[I’m getting lost again]//See thousands of words through my eyes//And when you finally realize//That you’re the one holding the gun[That I'm the one holding the gun / That you're the one holding the gun]//I’ll say my first goodbye[just recite my goodbye / I'll say my last goodbye]" • "Time’s still turning, yet my memory is running low//... //Tell me now, how do you want this to go//I’ll cast my hand, don’t wanna know" - i decided to color it because it was getting confusing.

Will Wood - Cicada Days: "She said "It just feels inhumane to lose this much."//'Cause when you leave you know you take more than your love//Just one week of cicada days, we're losing touch//And I know it just feels inhumane to lose this much" • "Let all my red flags fade to white, yeah, I give up//Don't let me leave, I'll only take more than I gave//Okay, I'll pack my stuff//Here at the end of days, my god, what have I done?"

cavetown - Pigeon: "Fuzzy feelin' and I miss you//Why can nothing stay the same?//Fuckin' stupid head, I’m gonna kill you//Melt all your art and drink the paint//I am not a beast, I’m not a monster//I don't care what you say//You can’t have the bad guys without a hero//And I’m the only one who’s got a cape" • "Didn’t give me time to say goodbye in the way that I wanted to//So honey close your eyes and stay like you’re supposed to do//Don’t know how I’m gonna live without//But I’ll stay strong for you"

The Amazing Devil - Elsa’s Song: "Your voice it carries over//The hubbub and the hum//And it paints the sky and circles high//Like the beating of a drum//You will scream "I won’t forget you"//But I’ll cover my cold ears//It cannot be a lie//If no-one hears" • "'Cause although you say good day to me//I know I don’t belong//And although you hold my hand and say//"I love you," you are wrong//Because love does not exist here//In this garden, there’s no feeling//And you say the words so often//That I barely know the meaning" • "And then you’ll cry to our painted sky//"I loved him then, I love him still""

The Crane Wives - How to Rest: "Go on stack the cinder blocks in a cold sweat//Build yourself a citadel amid the foothills of regret//And though you've convinced yourself, you're safe and sound within//The thing you fear the most never need get in" • "Those of us who vow never to love again, to love again//Are making liars out of honest men//It's not something that you put to bed//Hang your head and just forget//No, love don't know how to rest"

Mother Mother - Arms Tonite: "I fell in your arms tonight//I fell hard in your arms tonight, it was nice//I died in your arms tonight//I slipped through into the afterlife, it was nice//White light in your arms tonight//I lost sight in your arms tonight, it was nice" • "And hey, you, don't you think it's kinda cute//That I (I) died (Died) right inside your arms tonight?//That I'm fine even after I have died?//Because it was in your arms I died"

The Vultures - Risk It All: "Do you know this certain feeling//This feeling inside of you//Well, maybe you´re not clearly seeing//But I have that feeling too//I´m living an empty heart//Got no reason to feel unwell//But still I crave for more" • "You only live once//You better give it all you got//Yeah you live only once//So you better take that shot//Again and again and again and again//´Till your time is up" • "Truth be told//I can´t hold that feeling anymore//I´m living a lifeless heart//I feel so outworn"

The Vultures - Get What You Want: "It's that time of the night again//I'm thinking of us//My head in the clouds and then//You doubt my trust//I can't change the way i am//At least i would try to do//I want to be together, babe//Together with you" • "You and me, we could be free//Why is this so hard to see?" - more of "based on vibes tbh"

The main part №2 (these songs are not on english, so it's a bit if a warning: in this post i will just use some english translations i found)

Dirt Poor Robins - Enchanté: "Alas, the muses through their glasses//Drift away as only madness//Drowning in the din//Of our animal skins" • "From chagrin I've been released//Paint me in a portrait sans//The fig leaves, fig leaves//And I will not be concerned//Or ignore the things I yearn//My hunger is the rule I cannot overturn" • "Alas, the virtues through their glasses//Hid themselves from our madness//All we have within//Is our animal skins" • "Greet your beast and let 'em streak//Into the fray" • "Enchanté, enchanté, enchanté, enchanté//Name the powers "meteors"//And let us go insane//It's okay, it's okay, it's okay//If we can't raise the dead//We're gonna raise, we're gonna raise//We're gonna raise hell instead"

mewithoutYou - Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt: "Heard you call for me//Saw you die for me//Only you'd burn for me//If only you'd come for me" • "And so you'll be to me//Who must obliquely run//Thy firmness makes my circle just//And makes me end where I begun" • "There's nothing wrong//As I'll be somewhere singing all along//No! Tell me, where have you gone, my love//Where have you gone my love"

Arctic Monkeys - The Jeweller's Hands: "Fiendish wonder in the carnival's wake//Dull caresses once again irritate//Tread softly, stranger//Move over toward the danger that you seek" • "And now it's no one's fault but yours//At the foot of the house of cards//You thought you'd never get obsessed//You thought the wolves would be impressed//And you're a sinking stone//But you know what it's like to hold the jeweler's hands//That procession of pioneers all drowned" • "The inevitables gather to push you around//Any other voice makes such a punishing sound//He became laughter's assassin//Shortly after he showed you what it was"

Eve ft. 38ban - Therefore You and Me: "Paired up, they mean something//My avatar!//It's two-in-one//You and me//Don't ever let go of what's beloved" • "Therefore//You and me, you and me//You and me, lovey-dovey//As a result of loving//As a result of forgetting//... //As a result of acquiring//As a result of losing//... //As a result of living//As a result of dying" • "Because, I and myself, we're all ghosts//Very selfish ghosts." • "You and me, you and me//You and me, lovey-dovey//As a result of trusting//As a result of being betrayed"

しとお - 枉ゲラルルラララ: "I want a talking partner who yells and fidgets around, badly//I'd just get bored with a sympathetic person//As partners, we'd talk while making weapons with our hands" • "If someone goes bad, grudges will start//If living at limits is a fun thing, well then...//"So, this is a fun thing?"//So basically, you don't even know"" • "Claw-like bullets replaced words, you know, right?//Hey, rely on me//Tell me if it hurts, tell me what you can't say//... //Well, it's definitely your "right thing", so...//Come on, let's play, like we're gonna throw up and really start living!//While being strangled..."

WADATAKEAKI - Green, Green: "We are just hopelessly//Small to make a difference//No matter how much we cry out and butter up//Nothing will change anymore" • "Not so much anymore, fall in line, loss of identity//Hold hands to each other, just to be saved, just to be robbed" • "I don't wanna die without having done something//No afraid if we all hit it"

Kenshi Yonezu - Flamingo: "I can't even laugh at this cheap and lowly fight//The crimson hair ornament you wear. Hated love enemy//I wanna touch the velvet tail of your eye//And that slight cold smile of yours" • "You're floating with a smile, never to return//Leaving only sorrow and jealousy behind//Thanks as always, darlin', can you love me better next time?" • "Oh King of Hell, i appeal to you//Please judge her charms for me//The story of drunk paper-mache doll//Playing this silly game till the day i die"

Lacrimosa - Alleine zu zweit: "At the end of truth//At the end of light//At the end of love//At the end - there are you//(The heart empties - there goes a part of me )//Nothing has survived" • "Lonely - together//We have forgotten to find us a new//Habit gaggs//Dullness suffocates//Arrogance makes you drunk//and closeness drives to flight"

Mozart l'Opéra Rock - L'Assasymphonie: "Tonight, intolerable insomnia//Madness awaits me//I am what i flee from//I endure this cacophony//Which saws my head//Trite harmony" • "The enemy lurking in my mind//Celebrates my defeats//Without respite, he defies me//I renounce the fatal heresy//That eats me away//I wish to be reborn//Reborn" • "The violins of my life weep//The violence of my desires//Deranged symphony" • "I drown my boredom in the music//I kill my fears in the disharmony//I devote my nights to violent symphonies//To requiems//Killing out of spite what i sow//I devote my nights to violent symphonies//And to blasphemies//I admit that i curse all whom love one other"

Hiiragi Kirai - Galleria: "We have nothing left now//That's why we can't be healthy and well//When i realized that//It was too late//Too late//Theres nothing i could do//That's why there's no turning back" • "Please, give me//The life of my dreams//Even though i have nothing left//And couldn't do anything//Are you still going to corrupt my tower of fantasy?//The room with you in there//Was supposed to connect out future//Like a galleria//It should have been like that//Yet here we are" • "I'm sorry//So sorry//I have finally realised//That it's impossible to fulfill my dreams" • "Now i have lost it all//Like nothing left in our galleria//Shouldn't end like this"

Ophelia's English cover of Galleria: "We've not a thing//So it seems, so it seems//That's just exactly why we can't be healthy and free//Deep within my grief//Late to see, late to see//There's nothing I can do//I can't turn back there and leave" • "Begging you, begging you//Vesting in me//Give me a life of all my dreams//If i can't do a thing with nothing, it would seem//Would you still kill my towered fantasy//You're in that room and you stayed there, my love//Joining out futures in galleria//That should have been, that should have been//How we would live" • "Sorry dear, I realised, i realised//The dreams of my own mind//Would've been impossible to bring to light" • "I have lost everything//Even my love//Empty as ever, a galleria//This shouldn't be us"

Segodnyanochyu - Герда, икай: "Listen to the new CD//Don't build illusions and schemes//We all will end badly//Who cares with whom" • "But what are you gonna do if I stay here//If I go off again, go off the slippery rails again//But what are you gonna do if I stay here//Do you want us both to go off the slippery rails?" - i had to translate those bits from russian myself if you even care.

TOOBOE - oxygen: "“Shall we try defiling each other?”//To say everything about thinking like that is beautiful//doesn’t hit the mark, not even close" • "With my bloodshot eyes, everything around me has gone pitch dark//We put it on the table and enjoyed it as if it were delicious" • "I’m sorry, ah, dear sun, please, if I can see it, show your face one more time//How absurd, to think I could just wash it off//Ah, all my life, I’ve been mediocre. You’ll be outnumbered to confront them//if you think it’s going to be easy down the road" • "My heart grew hotter, making my head spin in an instant//If you want to hear the melody that you’re imagining, let out your voice" • "Ah, the treat that we’ve finally got hold of,//as if it was a dream, disappeared with the fog//We took a long hard look at it as we held our breaths"

natori - 猿芝居: "Weatherbeaten and suspicious of you//Only bittersweet irony here//Not even making the slightest movement//At any rate, I've got no time to lose//Intertwining together briefly, hand to hand to hand" // "Ah, let us play, let me play, towards the sound of the applause//Atrocious, boisterous, fastidious//Without any place to go, that's merely rubbing salt into the wound//Look, this night is making a fuss" • "A restless breeze blowing through the greenery//Locking eyes with the quiet beauty, eye to eye to eye//Is that person my rival in love?" • "The two of us, unable to mix//If you leave yourself in the care of this disordered world//I'll say goodbye for now, let us meet again in a city we don't know" • "Ah, what a shameful sight, saying goodbye forever//Becoming more sinful as we seek for one another//Drink it all, until the end, until it's finished//At any rate, I'll be alone in this world"

MARETU - ナミダ: "Getting hurt, you curse the colorful blue sky//With your sadness, you hope for a stormy weather to come" • "A rusted steel, a slashed and tattered armor//For how long will you be wearing it?//The one and only, crystal-clear sincerity you held//Unable to protect it, you let go of your hand and gave it away" • "What must be finished is this resentment//Flowing out with blood, the tears, the tears//Dyeing you in a dark, in a dark color//Unsheathe and draw out, the blade, the blade//The one thing that hasn't stop yet//is your heart." • "I don't know them//All they do is laugh and laugh//All the things I treasured, they were taken away" • "Over and over//as time passes//you are still//unable to be recovered//Now//let's end it//Why//the pain//the blood//the hesitation" • "Get out of my way, these tears! these tears!//You will be burned into crimson red, crimson red, flames.//Cut and slash them down, with the blade, with the blade.//Let the thoughts of yours, awaken from now on." - i found several english translations to this song with slightly different wordings, so of course ive just chosen the one that fits the most (from this video (clickable))

Superfly - Kakusei: "The black sky is appearing//The repeating thunder pulses//Before the storm begins//I will cast that spell on you" • "I will resuscitate//Your lovely heart//Throw off that body//Now it’s time for you to return to me" • "No mater how many times the thunder hits//I will go beyond the darkness while singing"

Mozart l'Opéra Rock - Le bien qui fait mal: "Now where does this strange feeling//Come from//That fascinates me//Just as much as it disturbes me//I shiver, stabbed by the beauty//It's like a knife in my soul//The wound going right through my heart//And I feel joy in the pain//I intoxicate myself with this poison//Until it makes me loose my mind" • "I can feel//A violent urge//I feel like//I'm sliding towards the ground//If I don't find out//Where this plague is coming from//I adore//Having it under my skin//Bewitched by mad ideas//Suddenly//All my cravings take off//The desire becomes my prison//Until I loose my mind"

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okay so i actually did watch a few episodes of 911 this week without liveblogging them but i did take notes as if i was liveblogging and then just,,, didnt lmao so in case anyone cares about my thoughts im going to share them anyway asdlfkjsdl mostly i think they’ll just be fun to look at later

2x02

CHRISTOPHER CAN BE ON SCREEN FOR 2 SECONDS AND I LITERALLY LOVE HIM SO MUCH

Eddie Diaz is soooooo fuckin dreamy i stgggggg

“I cant order you guys to go inside that building and im not gonna judge you if you decide not to” “Hen, you got a kid, so...” “Yeah. And I’d hope if someone whose job it was to save him they’d do it. No matter what.” QUEEN SHIT 😤😤😤

Marvin you on thin ice but you right; you a king

IM GOOD COACH HEART OF A CHAMPION WHY AM I CRYING

HEART OF CHAMP I AM CRYING AND THEY ALL KEEP SAYING IT BACK TO HIM IM- IM FRAGILE RN. LITERALLY WHY DID EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS ARC MAKE ME SO EMO

NOT HENRIETTA. FUCK

2x03

MADDIE I BELIEVE IN YOU YOU GOT THIS QUEEN

“They could really use a miracle today” “I might just have a few  of those left. I see them.” ALSKFKGKS crying why is the dialogue so good in this show???

FUCK. RUSS ITS YOUR DAY OFF

Russ gonna die im calling it. They saved the athlete and they’ll probably save the little girl?? So hes not gonna make it. At least hen is okay

“Even i couldnt save me. You dont know me, but im good.” “Oh yeah? Well maybe im better”

FUCK. I called it but it still hurts

CLOSE CALL WITH THAT ELEVATOR OMGGG

ALL OF THAT ENDING??? WE CAN BE HEROES SLAPS AND IK WE BEEN KNEW BUT ALDJFKFKSKJ everything about the end to that episode is so 👌👌👌 i wanna cry

EDDIE RUNNING TO HIS BOYYYYYYYY IM

ATHENA AND BOBBY HELL YEAHHHHH the husband is a straight g pullin thru for him like that

2x04

OMG CHRISTOPHER AND EDDIE IM 🥺🥺🥺

Also Christopher is such. Lil cutie

THEIR LITTLE FAMILY!! THE ABUELA?

“These fire guys are totally hot” LAKJDFKAL I MEAN YOURE RIGHT

AKJDKLASDJ YOU LIVE IN YOUR INVISIBLE GIRLFRIENDS HOUSE AND YOURE TELLING ME ABOUT WEAK EXCUSES. THAT SMUG LOOK ON EDDIES FACE IM ASLKFJSAL

Oh sheet Eddies abuela 😞

Every interaction between Eddie and Christopher got me like 🥺🥺🥺

Okay how are you not supposed to ship Buddie they’re talking about being single together and then his aunt telling buck about how ‘he’s a saint’ and all that??? THATS SUCH ROMANTIC INTEREST SHIT. WHEN DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER GUSHING TO A MAIN CHARACTER AND THAT CHARACTER ISNT THE LOVE INTEREST????

HE BROUGHT CHRISTOPHER TO WORK AWWWWW!! THEYRE GOING ON A MISSION TOGETHER

Oooh I love this song STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU

“Now I feel kind of lame” “BECAUSE YOU ARE” LMAO HEN

Ooooh yeah why do you call him chim???

BOBBY AND CHRISTOPHER. CHIM AND CHRISTOPHER. THIS IS SO CUTE

AWE EDDIE AND CAP

BOY CRUSH ON EDDIE ADLSJFLDKS

Awe good for Maddie omg 🥺🥺🥺

CHIMNEY IS A MODERN MEDICAL MIRACLE???? I mean good for him bro figured lol but for it to be said out loud shittttttt

AKSFJALSDK TATIANA SHES FUCKING MARRIED YOURE KIDDING ME HOW QUICKLY DID YOU GET MARRIED AFTER BREAKING UP WITH CHIM

alkjsdskla im losing it over Tatiana

Awww now this is sad :( chim’s got noboddddddy

Sdkljfas Buck you have GOT to move out of Abby’s place dude

‘I had a life-altering trauma and her life got altered. All I got was the trauma.’ THATS SUCH A GOOD LINE SPEAK YOUR TRUTH CHIM

YOURE MY FRIEND SHES YOUR EX. YOU GET TO FORGIVE AND MOVE ON I GET TO HOLD A GRUDGE UNTIL THE DAY I DIE ALSKFDSDA

Chim 🥺 awe. “Wakes me up in the middle of the night”. Buddy :( CAPS GOT YA

CARLAAAAAAAAAA HELL YEA

“BESIDES THAT PERFECT BONE STRUCTURE” SDKAFSJA

like. Fuck Tatiana. But also good for her. And Chim gets to start to move on!! That was a really sweet scene

Aw Bobby gets Athena ^-^

This was such a good fucking episode yo. Like the way the idea of being stuck had to do with the 911s lives while also all of the calls they went one were being physically stuck and the way the proposal instigated Chim’s breakdown to allow him to finally move on…. just. Excellent television!!!!

So proud of Maddie!!!! So proud of everybody this episode :)

Buck yeah you gotta move out buddy

2x05

ASKFJHASJLAD this has gotta be fake im sdlfkjsaldk

LMAOOOO THIS BITCH she’s gonna end up actually getting hurt

OMFGGGGGGGG this bitch had it coming

DONT WE KNOW YOUUUUUUUUU THE PORCH PIRATE?? ASLDKJFALKSS

What is this girls fucking problem with Maddie lmaaooooooo fuck off

Awe this lady with the muffin or whatever is so sweet. This places Celine dion 😂😂😂 queen

Lmao wait why is she actually horrible 😂😭😭

BUCKETTE LMAOOOOO

Omg Maddie and Athena are so fun

THEYRE PROTESTING HOMOSEXUALITY??? WHAT THE FUCK

HES A FUCKING RACIST TOO???

I CAN HELP YOU WITH THE SWEDISH HALF BUT I DONT KNOW WHICH HALF THAT IS SLKDFJASLK EDDIE

I love Maddie and Athena so much alsdkfj

WHATS HER FACE? EVA? STRAIGHT UP BITCH JFC

Gloria im sorry but you’re getting what you deserve.

LKAJSDALKS. “People who yell and scream and cry and expect you to do something for them” GIRL YOU ARE LITERALLY A 911 RESPONDER THAT IS YOUR GOT DAMN JOB???

“Do they ever think of anything but themselves and what they need?” THEY ARE USUALLY DYING GLORIA

“SNITCHES GET STITCHES” JEEZ WOMAN

I feel so bad for Hen and Karen :( Eva can fuck off dude. Can’t they get sharing rights with the dad? I mean yeah it sucks that Eva is just doing this to fuck em over but like.. the dad still deserves to get to know his son if he wants to. Though Eva would probably try to stay with him just to turn Denny against Hen and Karen… UGHHHHHH

Lil denny :( aw Hen. I love her sm

Hen what u doing girl…. Cant it make the case more difficult if you keep interacting with Eva?

I love Karen and Hen sm 🥺

WHAT YOU DOING HEN. ARE YOU JUST GONNA LEAVE HER???

YOURE FINGERPRINTS ARE ON HER NOW DUDE. GO BACK

Ugh I hate that she lived but it was the right thing to do….

“I save awful people every day its my job” Hell yeah girl

SHES GOING BACK TO JAIL HELL YEAH

Dont love cheering for her going back tho jail can be terrible…. But at least she’ll be out of Karen and hens lives. we’re not meant to think too deeply about this is.

LOVE MADDIE AND ATHENA

GLORIA IS THE FUCKING WORST

oh…. gloria… damn.

Cant you just share custody?? :( I mean it sucks but like… just talk to him.

“Yeah people can be awful… but not everyone is awful… but you’ll never know what kind of person someone is unless you give them the chance to show you” :(

WOW THE DAD IS THE FUCKING BEST?? HELL YEAH

ATHENA AND BOOBBY ARE SO FUCKING CUTE

Wow the last shot of the episode thats like the long shot at the dinner table with the narration was real fucking good :( im emo.

2x06

ADSLFJLK;ALSD. BUCK THOUGHT SHE WAS CALLING EDDIE CUTE BUT SHE MEANT CHIMNEY

listen. I do know what happens between those two and I am very excited.

Oh no maddies so anxiousssss

Buck fangirling over this reporter lady im asldkjflksad

“But the way they cared for me, thats what kept me alive” :( Hen :(

Omg are Athenas kids like the same age as Bobbys :(

SOMEONE SENT THEM EDIBLES????? OMFGGGGGG

OH NO CHIM IS THE ONLY ONE THATS SOBER

THIS WOMAN HAS A HIGH HEEL STICKING OUT OF HER FACE EWWWW ITS SO GROSS

DID THESE BEAUTY QUEENS SHRINK OR ARE WE SUDDENLY GIANTS ALKDSJFLKAKL

TEEN TINY THE WAY HIS VOICE FUCKING CRACKED

SDKFJSKDA THEYRE ALL FUCKING HIGH IM

HIGH BOBBY IS SO FUCKIN FUNNY

Oh no eddies upsetttttt 😂

This is fucking HILARIOUS

Oh no bobbyyyyyyyy :((((((

Awe the news piece was so nice

CHIMNEY AND MADDIEEEEEEE

Oh shes got a fucking POPCORN MAKER IM SO JEALOUS

Wow Taylor was really going to use the footage :/

“Just get a room already” BUCK NOOOO DUDE

The way bobby always fist bumps Athenas son whenever they say hello/goodbye. So fun 🥺good content right there

DONT TELL ME THEYRE GONNA ASK HIM TO BE IN THE PIC????

OMGGGGG BOBBYYYYYYY IM CRYINGGGGGG

AWE AND THE FUCKING SONG; WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE YOU MAKE ROOM YOU PROBABLY NEVER LOVED SOMEONE LIKE I DO

[teamsarawatshusband]

Word Of Honor - 1st watch insta thoughts - Episode 8

Here's my name overview, in case you're new to this:

Zhou Zi Shu = Baby Sushi, Baby Zi Shu/ Zhou Xu lord guy/alcoholic tanned tragic hero lord guy; Wen Ke Xing = Smirky Xing/Smirky fan guy/Kissy Xing Gu Xiang = Purple Girl/my Purple Love/my Purple Queen Chen Ling = the Kid Smirklord is my personal ship name for Zhou Zi Shu and Wen Ke Xing.

Also, here are the previous episodes.

And now on to episode 8:

Wow, the kid is introduced to 5 lakes final boss guy who instantly cops a feel. Then tells him that he's not good enough to carry on the family heritage, and then demands the glazed armor. Wow. That is so wrong on so many levels.

Honestly that guy is as much of an ass as a-hole-uncle Shen.

Uncle Zhao is the only nice guy left in the kid's family.

Yay, back to smirklord.

Baby Sushi is being nice to my Queen's fanboy. And Kissy Xing is watching like a hawk, lol.

LOL, fanboy keeps putting his foot in it. My Queen does NOT tolerate misogynism.

Heh, Kissy Xing and my Queen sticking their tongues out at each other like siblings. Why is Baby Sushi reacting like their mom, lol.

K, so my Queen and her fanboy leave to go to Yueyang home base.

And now Kissy Xing is sulking because Baby Sushi treated fanboy guy nicer than him.

Oooh, Baby Sushi calling Kissy Xing out on using my Purple Queen for his benefit. And Kissy Xing says she'll leave and hate him anyway. Aww. I don't want her to leave. I want them to all live together happily forever. (I know it won't happen, but that would be the dream though)

"The fiercest ghosts disguise themselves as humans" - it sounds like Kissy Xing is talking about himself - ghost gang boss and whatnot. But I think, deep down, he's actually talking about trying to weed out the bad seeds amongst mankind, even if he has to be a ghost himself to do so. I can't help believing that he truly truly is a good guy after all.

Back to the kid and... whoa, he's not even allowed to walk back to his room on his own. He's not a guest. He's a hostage. :(

At least TopTap girl is kinda nice to him, showing him around a bit and bringing him to the training ground.

Is he gonna crush on her? Or did he flinch because he simply doesn't like to be touched.

Also there's some really snotty bullies at the training ground. Gossiping about our kid's lack of skills right within earshot. And, I mean, I saw how they "hit" those sand sacks. They are ones to talk, pffff.

Oh, fanboy knows TopTap girl. Right, same sect and everything. Okay, okay. So he's getting my Queen into the sect to snoop around at her heart's desire. Cool.

Hmm, there's a 5 lakes monument, and boss guy wants the kid to worship it. Interesting.

Back to smirklord. Where Baby Sushi is trying to send Kissy Xing off. Aww, he looks devastated at first, but then just decides he won't leave, lol. Nice. Also calls out Baby Sushi following the kid around. And he doesn't even deny it.

Okay, so  Window of Heaven is nearby doing... stuff. Like sending off lanterns at daytime. No idea, tbh.

Oh, wow, my Purple Queen is a fast runner. Already back with the boys. And Kissy Xing has no secrets from Baby Sushi. (Or so it seems ;) )

He's calling the kid "the little idiot", and it's cute. He sounds like a dad already.

Ok, so my queen lets the guys in on the monument worshipping thing, and apparently that's a big deal, because Baby Sushi runs off and Kissy Xing follows and doesn't even let her finish.

What does that monument do???

K, so, it's a memorial of those 5 initial guys who formed a brotherly alliance, which then resulted in 5 sects who work together. And the leaders' names are carved into the monument. The kid might become one of them one day.

Why is 5 lakes final boss guy so nice all of a sudden? And did the kid just agree to let him decide who will be the next leader of his sect?

Oh, the pleated skirt soldiers of 5 lakes got overpowered by some masked guys and a pretty guy from Window of Heaven. Ooooooh, is he there to kidnap the kid?

How exactly does 5 lakes final boss guy plan on fighting a bunch of crossbow opponents with just his sword???

Oooooh, smirklord are watching from afar. They better get that kid out of there. AND KISSY XING JUST REFERRED TO BABY SUSHI AS HIS SOULMATE! Waaaaah. Also offering to die for him. Nice. But, please,... don't.

Whoooooaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!! Our two dads are heroes <3

Okay, so, the kid and 5 lakes final boss guy get to run back home with their pleated skirt soldiers. While the dads interrogate pretty Window of Heaven guy.

woooooh, did pretty guy just recognize Baby Sushi??? :o

Okay, wait, if they're on the same side and pretty guy is willing to do whatever Baby Sushi wants... why did he want him to let the kid go?

LOL, Kissy Xing was actually trying to behave decently and leave, but Baby Sushi completely disregarded his offer to be sent away. Awww

Okay, who is this Duan Peng Ju guy? Is he some 5 lakes boss? Why does he want the glazed armor? And how come, every time some mystery is solved, new questions keep popping up?

LOL, Kissy Xing completely ignores the offer to call pretty Window of Heaven guy by his real name. I feel that. He calls him little master. Cute.

Omg, so much is going on. I can't keep up with all the talking. So, the assumption is that the kid still has a piece of Glazed Armor somehow, and 5 lakes want to get if before the heroes conference.

Cut to some guy in blue.He looks faintly familiar, but I have no idea. Oh, he must be the thief. He's unloading tons of jewelry onto a table.

Huh, how does he have two pieces of glass now? Did Kissy Xing have a piece in his money pouch as well? Or is that from somebody else? And who just opened the door?????

Ooooh, romantic night out with smirklord. Yes! Gimme!

Kissy Xing wants to know the truth about Baby Sushi now. And Baby Sushi feels like he owes him a favor when all Kissy Xing wants is honesty.

Aww, Baby Sushi admits that he simply wanted to save the kid. And then he's turning the tables, interrogating Kissy Xing. Nice. Clever.

Oooh, Kissy Xing admits he showed up at the kid's place for a reason, not by coincidence.

They are so close they could kiss.

Just saying.

Yo, Baby Sushi doesn't want to be fed bullshit. He wants to know the truth because they're friends. And the way Kissy Xing's face falls at that for a second is priceless.

OMG, is he actually telling him to be more than friends? WHAT?

Now he LITERALLY called him his soulmate, waaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!! He's so whipped. (how did this pass censorship?)

Ouch, somebody knocked out thief guy. Ah, no, poisoned him, they say. Anyway, he's done.

Wait, was the glass poisoned? No, that couldn't be, could it? Then it would still be there. And the door wouldn't have opened on its own.

LOL, Kissy Xing on the market street is like a kid in a candy store. And Baby Sushi is paying for everything, because he's a whipped sugar daddy. Even if he doesn't admit it to himself, lol.

Whoa, Kissy Xing with all the indecent offers. No shame. Wow. He literally said "Just let me spend your money" and "I'll listen to your command" -and it is NOT lost on Sugar Daddy Sushi, although he tells Kissy Xing to stay away. But, let's be real, that's not gonna happen.

There's a circus in town. hmm. OMG, they're on a date.

Sugar Daddy Sushi points out the zither of one of the musicians. What about it? Is it like the music assassin's? I don't get it. (also, side note, it’s not actually a Zither at all, which would be a Guqin, it’s a type of mandolin, which is a Liuqin, but... whatever, probably translation mistake)

Kissy Xing is SO enthralled in the show. He's really like a little kid. He's adorable.

Oh, so much is happening. Heads dropping from a box. It's the ghost gang!

Nice! I mean, scary, but also cool. Is this what Kissy Xing had planned?

Okay, so... this was the ghost gang putting Yueyang sect in their place. Showing them who's boss and who's got the upper hand. Got it.

Kissy Xing wants to go back to the kid. I'm with him. That's a good idea. Yeah.

Alright the entire Yueyang gang is now talking and lamenting this Junior Wei guy. I'm not sure if he was one of the ones who stood next to the box when the heads dropped, i.e. one of the suspects, or one of the actual heads. Probably a head, right? Was he the guy from celebrity deathmatch? Anyway, Yueyang is pissed and want revenge.

Okay, so Sugar Daddy Sushi and Kissy Xing are at the Youyang place, greeted by uncle Zhao and buttface Uncle Shen.  And nobody even bats an eye at Sugar Daddy Sushi having cleaned up so nicely. That's weird.

Ooooh, rude-guy uncle Shen accuses our boys of theft, because they left without a word right as the Glazed Armor piece was stolen.

At least uncle Zhao is nice and apologizes.

And now grumpy 5 lakes final boss guy shows up. And Kissy Xing asks him if... he recognizes Kissy Xing? Should he recognize him? I guess he should. Kissy Xing looks a bit disappointed when he says he doesn't know him. And Sugar Daddy Sushi seems to think so as well.

Okay, what? The kid's not feeling well and they can't see him? That sounds fishy.

Now they wanna know who Kissy Xing's dad was,and, while he says he's already dead and a nobody while alive, I don't believe it.

And now a corpse was found, right before they end the episode. And all without revealing whose corpse and where and why and how it died. Waaaaah!!!!!

What I learned in this episode: There's a whole lot of stuff going on behind the scenes. Mostly Kissy Xing scheming. And I have no idea what's coming. The kid NEEDS TO BE SAVED, omg. Get him out of there. Maybe Uncle Zhao as well, because he's nice, but I'm guessing he's gonna die at some point, because usually the nice guys die first.

Goals for future episodes: Same old, same old, find out how Kissy Xing and Sugar Daddy Sushi are connected. Also, understand the bigger picture, like find out what Window of Heaven is planning, also who’s who in the ghost gang and are they genuinely all on the same side (because it doesn’t feel like it). And, will I EVER make that mind map character chart thing???

[strawberrypiratenin]

Kanzashi (Ornamental Hair Pin)

Disclaimer: One piece owned by Oda. If I owned it, wouldn't really change a thing other than it would be updated faster and ASL bros will forever be protected. This is my take on Nami’s Onigashima raid attire from ch 975 in the manga, and my first ever fic.

This is also posted on my ff.net account by the same username if some people use that site :)

Word count: 3k+

Rating: T (for a tiny tiny coarse (?) language, but mostly K)

Genre: Romance, Friendship, Humor, Just pure fluff... i think.

Pairing: Zoro/ Nami

Note: Italicized words in ' ' are thoughts. The part where everything was italicized was a recollection of the past.

* * *

He extended his right hand once again. Tightening his grip on his new sword. That feeling of sucking his ryuuou is no more. The crows nest is also still intact, testament to his now control on this 'cursed' sword. As he moved to place his sword on its scabbard by his waist, he felt something shift in his haramaki. And stuck his hand in to take out the offending object.

'Oh.'

He thought, staring into the dainty object on his calloused hand.

* * * * *

A few days earlier…

"Momo was sent 20 years into the future… and stayed 8 years old. And that's why his younger sister is 26 now…" Zoro said recalling the perverted brat's face.

'That would mean that brat should technically be 28 by now!' He thought, his frown deepening as he remembered how that pervert snuggled into a certain navigator's chest.

He tried to shake off the disturbing thought of a fully grown man with his face on Nami's chest as he listened to rest of Hiyori's story.

* * *

Zoro tried to rest after his conversation with Hiyori, but can't seem to take off his good eye from the girl's head. Noting the bright color of her hair, he can't help but think of another troublesome girl with bright colored hair. How that hair was so short when he first met her, and how long it has gotten when the whole crew got back together after 2 years of being separated. He never seemed to remember if said girl ever adorned her hair with such trinkets as that on this girl's hair. Sure she would sometimes tie it up, or put in a 'pig tail' as they call it, but never with such decorations. Save for that time in Zou, with that beaded thing draped on her hair and shoulder… and that… dress. Noticing where his thoughts were dangerously heading, with his face almost scowling, he steeled himself to look at the blue haired girl's head once again, staring at the ornament placed on top of it.

"Beautiful." He thought. He was never one to be interested into such things. He's not that damned love cook after all. But for some reason his eye seem to fixate itself on that ornament. And no, it has nothing to do with how he imagined it adorning a certain orange head. At least that's what he kept telling himself.

"Eeeh!" His thoughts were broken by the sound of the older girl accompanying him and a tiny laugh from the younger one. Shifting his gaze to her face, he noted she was holding her palms to her cheeks in apparent shock, and… flattery?

'Wait. Did I say that out loud?' The swordsman frowned.

'No sense to keeping it to myself then', he sighed as he sat up.

"OI, where do you get those things?"

"Huh? I mean… pardon?" The girl said, obviously not expecting what he said and losing her 'lady like' manners for a moment.

"That thing. On your hair. That flowery thing? Where can I get one of those?"

The girl stared at him for a moment then brought her hand up to one of the ornaments on her hair. "You mean this kanzashi?"

He nodded. Not really bothering what it's called.

"Well I have a lot of these back at the flower capital, being an oiran and all. You can buy them there too, but they come at a price." She said, bringing up her index finger to her lips as though in thought. "Why? Are you interested in getting one Zorojuro?"

Zoro frowned, 'back at the flower capital? And with a price?' His frown deepening. 'So much for hoping to maybe get one.' With the witch always seeming to find ways to rack up his debt, he never seemed to have money on his person. 'Heh, see what you get for being money hungry, witch? Can't even give you something nice even if I wanted to.' He thought with an almost smirk then caught himself. 'Why the hell am I even bothering to get something for her anyway?' His almost smirk turning into an irritated frown as he scratched the back of his head.

The older girl observed as the swordsman changed facial expressions as if having a conversation with himself. "Zorojuro, if you want I can give you one. I have one still with me after all, they seem to put a lot on my head and had to remove some when I left. They tend to be uncomfortable after all when there's a lot." She said with a smile.

"Really? That would be great thanks!" He said eyeing her.

"Of course. It's the least I can do. You saved us after all." The older girl smiled, thinking it weird why a man would want a Kanzashi. 'Could other men be wearing this outside of Wano?' She thought. As far as her memory serves her, no men on the ship they were on back when she was very young had such thing on their heads. She even tried picturing a certain pineapple headed boy with a floral kanzashi on his head but quickly pushed the thought out as it looked really weird. 'Unless…' She laughed softly as she thought of the other reason why a man would want a beautiful ornament.

'That witch's luck never seem to run out after all huh?' He thought. Then he heard soft giggling from his two companions and grumpily tried to get back to taking a nap.

* * * * *

Back at the sunny, present day…

"Luffy you can't put that there! It's not gonna fit! I'm not going to tend to that after you ruin it over something so dumb." Nami scolded their ever so childish captain as she found him, along with Chopper and Usopp in front of the women's quarters. The boys were trying out the Samurai gear for their upcoming battle and Luffy was trying to put a helmet on top of his strawhat.

"Eh! But Nami! I need to look cool for battle too! I mean look at them!" He gestured to the other two Strawhats who were busy gushing over their attire with Chopper in a Samurai Helmet and Usopp in an armor and a forehead protector.

Nami sighed. "Well you have to choose just one! Either your hat or the helmet."

"Wha- No Nami! I have to wear my Hat!" The rubber boy said, as if what she said was just impossible.

Nami felt a vein popping on her temple. "Then don't wear the helmet! Why don't you just wear the armor? That way you will still look, uh, 'cool'."

"No way!" the stubborn captain said with a pout. "I won't be able to stretch freely with that!"

Nami sighed heavily, this boy won't drop this until he's satisfied he's wearing something 'cool'.

It was then that she remembered something. "Wait here." She ordered her captain as if ordering a child and went inside the women's quarters.

* * *

After a few minutes, she emerged from the room, relieved to find that Luffy actually stayed put instead of trying to find some kind of way to both wear his hat and the damn helmet. The other two boys with him have now run off to admire Franky who is also now, in a samurai helmet.

"Will this make you look cool?" She said as she handed him a black coat. She can't really remember when she got the garment but does recall thinking it looked fitting for a captain.

Luffy eyed the coat, seeming unconvinced that it would actually make him look cool. But as he grabbed and unfolded it, a grin slowly crept up his face. "Hey this looks like the one Shanks wore!" He said as he eagerly put the coat on. "Ooooh! You're right, this does look cool! Thanks Nami!"

Nami smiled back, glad to have pleased their stubborn Captain.

"Here, now you can have this! Shishishishi!" The boy excitedly pushed the samurai helmet and armor towards her.

"Ehh! I'm not gonna wear that! That would just cover my beautiful body!" The navigator protested as she hugged her curves. "And I won't be caught dead looking so ridiculous!" She barked at Luffy. But then a thought came to her… she does need to protect her 'beautiful' body after all, maybe it won't be so bad to try at least the armor? So she did.

"Oooh! Looks cool Nami!" Luffy effusively praised.

"You think so captain?" Nami smiled as she can't help but to be enthused as well. The armor doesn't look bad, it actually even hugged her figure. "Guess I'll wear it after all", she said smiling at her captain.

"Now the helmet!"

"Wha-?!" Nami's smile immediately dropped as she tried to fend off Luffy's hands as he tried to put the helmet on her head himself.

"No way am I going to wear that!" She screeched as her hand connected to her captain's head fast.

"No cool, Nami." Luffy pouted as he nursed the now enlarging bump on his head.

"You're all 'cool' now captain. Now go bother someone else!"

She sighed as she watched her captain run off laughing towards the rest of the Strawhats who were gushing over their new battle gear.

* * * * *

Inside the women's quarters, Nami adjusted the armor on her body as she inspected herself on the mirror. 'Now what to do with my hair? Keep it up maybe?' she thought.

Then there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." She shouted, not really paying mind to whoever was knocking as she started to gather her hair.

* * * 

On the other side of the door, a certain moss haired swordsman tried to maintain a straight face, not really sure what he's doing knocking on the women's quarters.

"Come in." He heard her say.

He sighed and went in, thinking what he's doing is not weird.

No, not weird at all for him. He tried to convince himself.

* * * 

"Hey."

"Hm?" Nami turned her gaze towards the door as the person she was least expecting to come over to the women's quarters walked in.

Zoro's gaze ran over the other occupant of the room. Noting the short…uh, kimono (?) dress and the armor on top of it. Can you really call something so short a Kimono? Never mind, he need not to boggle his mind over women's clothing anyway. Nothing new with her and seemingly shrunk clothes after all. Not like he disliked it but that's not saying he's obsessed with it like a certain perverted dartboard brow. It does looked good on her though, anything probably will. 'Wait what?' He caught himself with that thought. He shrugged the offensive thought and distracted himself with the armor instead, now that's new.

Nami watched as Zoro walked towards her. As he closed in on her, she decided to break the silence.

"What?"

He stood in front of her and frowned slightly with his gaze stuck on the navigator.

"Zo-" She was about to say, as she noted his gaze, the slight frown, and how he seemed to be in some kind of deep thought but was cut off by one of his hands suddenly being held towards her.

She looked at said hand then shifted her gaze toward his face. "Uhh… huh?"

Seemingly embarrassed, he looked away then opened the hand extended towards her.

Still confused, her gaze was back to his hand and was surprised to see a flowery ornament there. She paused, trying to grasp what's going on.

"Wha-?"

"Just take it." He said as his gaze shifted towards her face for a quick moment then away from her again as he tried to look annoyed.

'What's with him?' She thought as he observed him. This is the second time he cut her off in the few minutes he's been in the room. If this was any other situation, she would've nagged at him already, but... there is something different here, she felt.

"Uhm… okay?" She gently took the ornament from his hand all the while suspiciously eyeing him. He then immediately retracted his hand after.

Bringing the ornament closer to her face, she inspected it with interest with the fingers of her other hand. It's a hair ornament. She noted. A flower, with petals dangling below it. 'And it's pretty, no, it's beautiful. It looks expensive too. Wait, is Zoro… giving this to me?' Her cheeks seeming to heat up as she mulled on the idea.

She looked at him, a smile helplessly growing on her lips. "It's pretty! Where did you get it?"

Hearing her cheerful tone, his gaze was drawn back to her and was taken aback when he was greeted by a smile.

"Eh?" His previously 'annoyed' face softening. "Uh... some girl?" He replied.

"Some… girl?' Her eyes narrowing on him. "What girl?" Oh she's really curious now, not really sure why it mattered who this girl he got this ornament he's giving her from is.

"The girl with the blue hair, that pervert brat's sister." He answered coolly.

"Oh, that girl." She said in a soft voice. 'He got this from the most beautiful girl in Wano? Why? And… how?' The idea unknowingly consuming her thoughts as she tried to wrap her head around how Zoro ended up giving her such a beautiful hair ornament from the 'most beautiful girl' in the current country that they're in.

He can see as the gears on Nami's head start to be turning now and continued to observe her face as she seemed to be lost on her thoughts.

A good few seconds passed and he decided to end this slightly awkward moment. 'Look at me for once finally shutting up the ever so loud witch now', he snorted inwardly.

Then he sighed. "Just-"

She was broken from her trance as she looked up to meet his eye.

"Just thought it might look good on you." He declared, easily.

She stared at him for a while, noting his relaxed, earnest face. 'Did he just say?-'

Seeing the gears on her head turn again, he realized what he just admitted. Lone eye suddenly enlarging. If his left eye could, it probably would too.

Her mouth opened, about to speak, when he beat her to it.

"W- witch! I meant you might like it! The hell I care what looks good on you!" He said hurriedly, a little loudly, and almost choking. Then he gritted his teeth. 'Not that anything would look bad on her anyway' some invasive voice muttered in his mind, startling him. 'The heck was that?!' He thought, mentally kicking himself.

Amber eyes enlarged. Caught off guard. Boy was she caught off guard by that. She refocused her gaze on him, noticing the inner struggle he seem to be now in. Turning her gaze on the object on her hand, the very thing that brought this situation upon them, a smile once again began to blossom on the navigator's lips. 'It IS really pretty' she admitted to herself, with a slight blush powdering her cheeks and that smile she no longer can seem to fight off from reaching her eyes.

"Thank you, Zoro."

The swordsman halted his inner struggle and met her eyes. Now it's his turn to be caught off guard.

She's smiling. Not the mischievous trademark cat thief smile. But that smile. That smile he didn’t know until now he really liked seeing. That smile she has whenever they succeeded fighting off a great enemy. That smile she had when they all got back together on the Sunny after 2 years of being apart. That bright, genuine smile that sometimes makes you forget it's the same girl that can rob blind anyone she wanted or hit you in the head so hard that bumps would grow ON TOP of bumps. Not that he would have her other way, truthfully.

The swordsman's lips can't help but turn ever so slightly upwards. "Ah."

He can't tell how long they were smiling at each other like that. But he can't say he didn't like this moment of change from their usual banter. Not that he would really deny liking those too, at least to himself, but not to others. 

Unsure of what to say next, now satisfied with his 'mission', he turned to leave.

As he turned his back, the navigator brought up the ornament to admire it further. 'He really thought to give me this huh?' Their resident, lazy ass, always napping, can't find his way out of a box, swordsman. 'Turns out he's not just all, steel, muscle, and devilishly handsome face after all." Her face about to break into a grin once more. 'Wait. Handsome face?' She blinked. Her face now again starting to heat up. 'Wait no! This is Zoro we're talking about! Why am I suddenly like this?' She silently gasped, wide eyed, her other hand resting on her cheek while the other still grasped the hair ornament.

Zoro was about to push the door open when she suddenly spoke.

"But hey! Don't go thinking this means your debt will be reduced!"

He cringed, one hand resting on his swords, the other still plastered to the door knob. So much for thinking they actually had a nice moment there. He sighed, turning to look back at her, a scowl starting to form on his face.

"… s- so don't go injuring yourself or even getting yourself killed out there! Or I'll have to electrocute you back to life and drag you back from hell to make sure you can pay me back!" She blurted looking a bit flustered.

"Tsk." He said, bringing a finger to his ear. "Yeah yeah, not like you can drag me back from hell anyway. I'll be the one dragging you down there after all." His previous almost scowl now an amused- trying to look annoyed look.

Her hands are now on her hips as she puffed her cheek and stared at him.

… "So make sure you don't go down there on your own just yet, witch." He said staring directly into her eyes, now smirking. He then proceeded to turn and walk out the door and was about to close it behind him but not without hearing a sigh and the word "idiot".

* * * * *

Once alone in the room, Nami looked at the ornament in her hand once again. 'Well that was… nice', she thought, a soft chuckle escaping her.

"Guess I won't be putting my hair up after all."

** End.**

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Bonus:

With her new hair ornament now fixed near her right temple, Nami headed out the women's quarters. Shutting the door on her back, she noticed the samurai helmet their captain previously tried to put on her head. 'See if I had that on, I won't be able to wear this.' She sighed with a smile as she tucked her hair on her right ear.

A sudden thought hit her then. 'What if…' She held out her climatact. 'He would be really helpful, might as well have him fit the theme'.

"Oh Zeus~"

"Woooh! The inside of your tact really is the best!" a delighted cloud exclaimed.

"Hmm, I wonder if it will work? Hey Zeus, I was thinking, how 'bout we replace that cap with this?" Nami suggested as she picked up the helmet on the ground.

"Huh?" The cloud said, curious but complying after remembering how her new 'master' can be when ticked off. "Okay I guess…", the cloud said as he lowered his position to allow the girl to put the helmet on his head.

"Oh, not bad after all!" The navigator commented, cheerily.

'Someone’s in a good mood.' The cloud thought looking at his new 'master' and smiling himself as he looked up at his new hat.

"Hey, the cloud is now looking cool too! Shishishishi." An amused laugh can now be heard from across the deck, followed by the cheer of a certain Tanuki, 'Almighty God Usopp' who once lead and entire army of samurais back in one of his adventures, and a 'superRR cool' robot samurai.

* * * * *

There you go. My first ever fic. Wow the last time I actually wrote a story was maybe a little more than 10 years ago? I was but an awkward teen back then. Now I'm but an awkward adult.

Just had to headcanon this after chap. 975 came out. Was lying in bed at 1 am and just thought ‘hey what if?...’. So here I am, trying to be productive by putting my daydreams into writing.

Hope you like this. If not, then it's cool too. :)

[kurowrites]

The Truth Is Out (Sequel)

Five years ago, I wrote Keeping Secrets. Then someone on AO3 commented that they would love seeing the reaction of the world when the secret finally comes out, and I felt kind of inspired.

This is not exactly that story, though. This is mostly just me having fun.

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The thing about Pepper is that she delivers. That is why she is the one at the top; the one to make all the decisions. Tony knows too many people who are not like that not to give someone like Pepper preference. For years, he has had to deal with people who talk a big game, but never deliver. (Justin Hammer is just the very worst of them.)

But when Pepper says she will do something, it will end up being done. Even if it’s something like her promising that Tony will pay for his bullshit.

That’s fine, really, because it’s all his bullshit, after all. He decided to keep the relationship secret, he decided to blurt the truth out at the most inopportune moment, and he decided he’s had enough of pretending he hasn’t been committed to one of the best people he knows for the past five years.

And Steve, if he judges correctly from his expression, feels the same.

Tony eventually decides he has hidden enough for the moment, and Steve follows him to Tony’s penthouse, because Tony went to Steve still in his interview suit, which is now wrinkled and uncomfortable.

Once Tony has changed into something more comfortable, they sit on the sofa in his living room, eat snacks and talk about nothing in particular. It’s not so different from any other important announcements they’ve made in the past - they know how the whole media circus works.

It doesn’t take long for Pepper’s assistant to send them a carefully worded press statement that she wants the two of them to approve of.

A note from Pepper herself is attached to Tony’s statement:

I expect an invitation for a make-up wedding celebration.

Which is fair enough, Tony assumes. They didn’t really have one the first time around, anyway, they never told anyone that they got married, and now… now that all is said and done, a celebration doesn’t seem like this huge, scary thing that it used to be anymore. Their relationship has endured five years already. It’s probably time for their friends to gather and celebrate what they have achieved so far.

Five years ago, the thought would have filled Tony with anxiety. Now, however, it is somehow easy to think that way. It feels right in a way it did not before.

He sends in his approval and smiles at Steve, who is doing the same thing.

“You realise that we are making a lot of people very, very angry?” he asks.

Steve laughs and puts his smartphone away.

“Honestly, as long as I survive Bucky’s reaction, I’m completely fine with the rest.”

“Ooooh,” Tony sings. “Brave words from a dead man.”

He still fiddles with his own phone, because he should probably– his phone starts ringing as if on command.

“Why is Pepper telling me to call you?” Rhodey asks from the other end of the line.

“Honeybear!” Tony exclaims, reaching out for Steve’s hand, who squeezes back encouragingly. “I was just thinking of calling you!”

“Are you dying?” Rhodey asks, sounding suspicious. “Again?”

“Oh! No! I might just have publicly admitted to being married for five years?”

“Oh. Have you finally decided to make your relationship with Steve public?”

Tony falls silent for a moment, not entirely sure what she should think or reply. Steve tilts his head, clearly listening in on the conversation now. Tony waves him off.

It’s fine.

“Oh come on, it’s like you don’t know me at all, sweetheart.”

Tony smiles brightly, although Rhodey obviously can’t see him.

“And that’s why you’re the attentive one.”

“And don’t you forget it. Also, tell Steve that the shovel talk will be coming shortly.”

Tony turns to Steve and raises his eyebrows at him, who raises his in return.

“Will do. Love you, sweetpea.”

“Likewise. Don’t get eaten by the paparazzi.”

And with that, Rhodey cuts the line, probably to get back to work. Tony’s schedule is more irregular than Rhodey’s, so yes, Rhodey should probably be working right now. Was working, probably, and took time out of his busy day to call him.

“Can we exchange friends?” Steve asks, sounding a little desperate. “Bucky is just gonna shout at me. I think I prefer Colonel Rhodes’ shovel talk over that.”

“None of that,” Tony grins. “Rhodey is allll mine. That’s what you get for hitching your wagon to the Bucky train.”

Steve rolls his eyes but is distracted when both of their smartphones vibrate, at the same time.

I second the invitation, or there will be hell to pay, the message on Tony’s screen reads. He shows it to Steve, who holds up his own smartphone, with the very same message on his screen, as well.

“Natasha,” they both say simultaneously.

A moment later, their phones vibrate again, and the first message is followed by a Guys, WTF??????

“And Clint.”

“I’m already getting tired of this,” Steve sighs, letting his head drop onto the couch cushions. “I don’t want to be included into this.”

“We can still cancel the statement?” Tony asks, suddenly feeling nervous.

“No,” Steve says decisively. “But I don’t want to have to deal with all of the excitement of this announcement. I really don’t.”

They both lapse into silence for a moment, simply looking at each other.

God, Tony thinks, I love looking at this face. I might be the luckiest man alive.

He watches as a slow smile spreads over Steve’s face. It’s not a nice smile. It’s a positively wicked one. The kind of smile Steve would never show in public.

“Well,” he drawls. “I don’t think we ever had that honeymoon.”

“Captain America,” Tony says, mock-scandalized. “Are you suggesting what I think you are suggesting? How insidious of you!”

But as he is saying that, he is already jumping to his feet.  

“Well,” he adds, nonchalant. “I better run down to Bruce for a moment, I guess.”

Honeymoon, something sings in his chest. What a foolish thing to get excited about. But here he is, and now he gets to have it.

Oh god. He gets to have it. His pace gets faster as he walks down the hallway that leads to Bruce’s lab.

Burce is busy with important calculations, so after he has repeatedly ignored Tony’s attempts to talk to him (A taste of your own medicine, he hears Pepper whisper into his ear), he plainly states what’s up, which makes Bruce nearly hulk out and break some (probably) important beakers. Tony is out of there before he can find out what it was.

“Maybe think about timing next time, you fucker,” Bruce shouts after him, and if Tony is honest, it’s funnier to make Bruce curse than it probably should be.

He can also hear a “Congratulations!” just as he rounds the corner. Tony laughs out loud. Bruce, too, is always dependable.

When he returns to his own floor, he finds Steve standing in the middle of his living room with a lost expression, a giant parcel in his hands, and a raven sitting atop his shoulder.

“Thor,” Steve explains, probably in response to Tony’s equally confused expression.

“Okay,” Tony breathes. “How the fuck did Pepper manage that this fast, does she have an emergency line or something? And how did Thor manage to get a present this fast? Did he have one stored somewhere just in case?”

Actually, now that he thinks about it, Tony is a fool. Thor has probably known, and been waiting for exactly this. He can picture Thor, picking out just the right present, amusing himself with the thought of trolling the two of them. He narrowly avoids pinching his nose in frustration.

“Okay,” he repeats again. “Take that thing with you, then we’re out of here. I don’t need any other ‘well-meaning’ surprises today.”

They hastily pack some bags with whatever necessities they might need, and then, what anyone in their situation would do: they disappear.

*

“They have vacated the premises, Ms. Potts,” her assistant informs her. “The articles are ready for publication, too.”

“Do it,” Pepper commands, taking a sip from her drink. It’s a virgin drink, because she’s still at work, but she feels like she deserves it. People will be going absolutely nuts in a few moments. Her PR team is ready and primed. The lovebirds have flown out. Chaos awaits.

This will be so good for business.

She cheers the empty sky with her drink and takes another sip.

Sometimes, Tony makes life difficult for her, but then, he pulls some kind of genius shit, and reminds her why she would never want to work anywhere else.

So good for business.

*

IRON MAN AND CAPTAIN AMERICA MARRIED FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, the newspaper reads in bold, large letters, and Bucky screeches loudly.

Another one declares, THE FACE OF SUPERHEROING CHANGED FOREVER. A third one, MORE SUPERHEROES COMING OUT AS LGBT+ IN SUPPORT OF SUPERHERO MARRIAGE.

IRON MAN AND CAPTAIN AMERICA - A LOVE STORY IN TWENTY IMAGES.

THOR SMITES ANTI-LGBT PROTESTORS, LETS BIFRÖST ILLUMINATE NIGHT SKY.

THE SECRET LOVERS OF IRON MAN SPEAK.

CAPTAIN AMERICA, A HOMOSEXUAL MAN? A COMMENTARY.

The headlines will not stop.

“I’m going to murder him!” Bucky shouts. “Not interested in a relationship right now, my ass!”

Sam, next to him, just sighs. He gives the sensational articles Bucky is rifling through barely a glance.

“I can’t believe you got deceived by Steve, of all people. He’s so bad at lying, you should be ashamed. Haven’t you seen the eyes he’s been making at Tony since basically forever?”

“Yeah but that’s– ooooh, he is so dead!”

“Good luck finding them,” Sam says mercilessly, and goes back to playing Animal Crossing on his handheld console.

Oooh, I am going to find them, alright, Bucky thinks angrily, ripping THE FALL OF AN AMERICAN ICON to shreds. And then, I’m going to bleed them dry for a massive wedding celebration.

[acindra]

How’d You Get To Be Happiness?

Pairing: Jeremy Heere/Michael Mell

Words: 1.604

Summary: Michael thrust his fist of flowers out to him. “You’re the prettiest person I’ve ever seen!” He blurted out, loudly.

(Michael and Jeremy meet for the first time)

Read on AO3 or under the cut

Michael burst out of the backseat of the car with a whoop.

Before he could get two steps away, his mom expertly snagged his arm and whirled him around.

“Moooom.” he whined, wanting to go play already.

“Michael you have to put on sunscreen.”

“Whyyyyy?” He asked as she rubbed the cream on his cheeks. “I’m already brown. It’s not like I’m gonna turn red.” He pointed out, crossing his arms and pouting.

“Even if you don’t get a burn, honey, your skin will still get hurt by the sun.” She told him, tugging on one of his arms so she could put the sunscreen on it. “You know how when we put cookies in the oven and they don’t turn brown for a long time?”

“Yeah?”

“Aren’t they still cooking?” She switched to the other arm.

Michael thought about it. “I guess?”

“Well, the sun is like the heat in the oven and your skin is like the cookies. Even if you don’t see it, it’s still cooking you.”

Michael contemplated this for a few seconds as she plopped a large straw sunhat on her head. “Does that mean I’m eat-able?”

“You’re so cute, Mikey, that sometimes I do want to just gobble you up!” his other mom told him, coming around the car with a cooler. She set the cooler down and seized him around the middle, making monstrous chewing noises as she nuzzled his neck.

Michael giggled furiously, batting at her face with his little hands. “Stoooop!”

She squeezed him a little before setting him down again. “As a matter of fact, you are edible! But it’s not very likely that you will be eaten. Do you know why that is?”

“Cuz I can run really fast!”

His moms laughed.

“It’s because we live in a place where there are not a lot of predators that can eat humans. There are bears, but they’re mostly up north. And there are no large cats or alligators.” His mother informed him.

Michael nodded, seriously. “And if they try, I’ll run away even faster!”

They laughed again.

“I gotta practice!” He told them, turning tail and booking it across the parking lot towards the playground.

“Don’t go too far!” His mom called after him.

“Ok!”

As Michael nyoomed around the park, he pretended a dinobear was chasing him. He liked the idea of a dino bear more than just a silly old bear, because then it had cool fangs and tiny arms, and was fuzzy. Plus if it was a dinobear it could be green and that would match his shoes, which was super cool.

He was just rounding the slide on the big play structure when he looked up and saw a boy walking across the parking lot towards the park, hand clasped in his father’s.

The boy was talking animatedly to his father, but was too far away for Michael to hear.

But that didn’t matter to Michael. What did matter was how the sun reflected on the boy’s curly chestnut hair. What mattered was how how excited and happy the boy looked, rambling away. What mattered was that the boy was wearing a pac-man t-shirt.

Michael was so distracted, he tripped over his own feet and tumbled over until he was laying flat on his back, breathing heavily. His heart was hammering in his chest but he was pretty sure it wasn’t because he had been running.

As he laid on the ground, catching his breath, his first thought was that it was a good thing his mom had insisted he wear his glasses with the rubber strap attached to them to hold them to his head today. His second thought was he had to talk to the pretty boy and become friends with him, if it was possible.

No, he corrected himself, the most important thing was that he had to let the boy know how pretty he was before anything else. If he didn’t tell him the boy might never know and that would be a crime! He sat up, brushing the dirt out of his hair and looking around for where his moms had gone- they always had the best advice.

He zeroed in on them sitting at one of the tables of the park gazebo, chatting with each other and holding the other’s hand across the table. He felt joy fill his body and he wiggled a little with happiness, unable to contain it, before he picked himself up off the ground and ran over to them. “Mooooom!” He called as he approached, colliding with her side in a tackle hug.

She had barely squeezed her free arm around him before he had wiggled away to hug his other mom, as well.

“Mom, mom!” he repeated, scrambling up onto her lap. “I need help!”

“And a band-aid.” The one across the table noted, pointing to his elbow which was scraped and bleeding slightly.

He twisted his arm around so he could see. “Oh. Yeah! I tripped.” He informed her as his mom dug into her purse.

“What do you need help with, Mikey?” She asked, carefully cleaning away the dirt and grass with a baby wipe.

“That hurts.” He noted, not really bothered.

“Sorry. That’s the feeling of germs being killed.” She told him, applying neosporin.

“Ooooh.” His eyes shone brightly as he imagined a fight between a large white blanket and round spiked germs in blood.

“Michael?” His other mom asked.

“Right! There’s a really pretty boy.” He whispered, conspiratorially. “And I gotta tell him.”

His mom turned around and scanned the park. “Is that him over there?” She asked, pointing to where the boy was, still talking to his father.

“Yeah.” Michael confirmed, a little breathless as he stared at him.

The boy’s father suddenly pointed at them and the boy whirled around.

Michael eeped and shrunk back down into his mom.

His mom laughed. “How are you going to tell him if you don’t want him to look at you, silly?” She asked.

Michael frowned, contemplating the Transformers bandaid she had put on his arm. “I don’t know.” He admitted. “I do want him to look at me!” He nodded to himself, decidedly. “Because I want to look at him and it’s not fair if he can’t look back.”

“Why don’t you bring a toy over and play together? Or you could both climb on the playset.” His mom suggested.

Michael glanced over at the playset, thoughtfully. But then he spotted something else and knew immediately what he would do. “I gots an idea!” He announced, wiggling out of his mom’s lap. “Thanks for the help!” he told them, running away again.

There was a patch of wildflowers a few feet away from the playground’s rubber mulch.

When he reached them, he dropped to his knees and began examining each bloom carefully, looking for the perfect flowers.

Though he didn’t know it, the flowers were oxeye daisies with bright white petals and egg yolk centers.

He plucked his favorites from the ground and arranged them in his hand like he had seen his mom do with the flowers they had in the kitchen, though he didn’t really get why. He looked around and spotted the pretty boy heading towards him, nervously. He took a deep breath and got up, walking over to meet him halfway.

“Ummmm. Hi.” The boy greeted him, hesitantly.

Michael thrust his fist of flowers out to him. “You’re the prettiest person I’ve ever seen!” He blurted out, loudly.

The boy startled and turned bright red. “Uhm. R-really?” He stammered a little, reaching out to take the flowers from him.

“Yeah! And I know my moms and they’re suuuuper pretty. But you’re prettier! And-and-and I gotchu these flowers over there because my mom sometimes gets my other mom roses and she gets all smiley and happy and I don’t have any roses but these flowers remind me of the sun and the clouds and I wanted you to be smiley and happy, too!” Michael gushed.

“Th-thank you!” The boy told him, earnestly. “You’re really nice!”

“Also your shirt is really cool! I love pac-man.” He poked one of the dots on the boys’ shirt. “Waka waka.”

“Well, I like your bandaid! Bumblebee is my favorite transformer!”

“Oooh- he’s mine, too! He’s really funny!”

“Do you- d’you wanna play with me?” The boy asked, nervously.

“Yeah! What do you want to play?”

The boy looked around for an idea. “Oh! I know! We can play house. I gots a pikachu doll that can be the baby!” He told him, eyes lighting on the backpack he had left on the bench his dad was sitting on, reading. “You can be the mom and I can be the dad!”

Michael frowned. “Why do you get to be the dad?”

“Oh. Do you want to be the dad?” He offered. “I can be the mom.”

“Hmm.” Michael pondered this. “Why don’t we both be the dad?”

“Okay! Come on let’s go get pikachu!” The boy grabbed his hand with the hand that wasn’t holding Michael’s gift flowers.

Michael got a funny feeling in his chest and his heart was beating rapidly again as he was dragged along. He didn’t know what it meant, but he really liked it. He squeezed the boy's hand tighter as they made their way over to the boys’ father. “I’m Michael, by the way.” He informed him.

The boy beamed at him and he felt like his heart had turned into a butterfly, fluttering about his ribcage. “I’m Jeremy!”

Jeremy. The name echoed around in his head.

He was perfect.

Based on a line from my fic Cute, Gay, And Here To Stay! and the art CrummyYoungCreator drew for it!

[the-gongoozler]

First watch-through: Anne with an E, Episode 3

- We’re going to school!

- Is that a new dress?

- That is portentous. I think we meet the love interest today, but you will lose your first friend.

- Anne is walking to school, which means that one of the Cuthberts had to show her where it was. I wonder how long that conversation lasted.

- Very red riding hood of Anne

- Identical hats and identical sweaters do no bode well for you, Anne. Though, people tend to pick the interesting books, not the ones their parents give them.

- Anne will pass an entrance exam and be above her own age group. I worry about her math skill, but I think the grade separation will be a reason the girl hates her more? “How dare an orphan be better than me!”

- All right, so Moody and his friend are going to be Anne’s friends. But the green or pink girl in the fancy girl’s friend group will eventually defect and be Anne’s friend as well. I just don’t see Anne staying friends with the head of that group for very long, especially since Gilbert or whatever his name is is going to be totally into her despite her best efforts.

- And I think that her enthusiasm and her big words are going to cost her and before the end of my sentence, the purple bitch proved me right.

- See, I predicted this in episode one. The Blue girl (can’t remember her name) starts as her friend. She will gently defend Anne from terrible things her parents say. Then, when her peers (mostly 1 girl) say the same things, she will be turned against Anne and repeat the juicier bits her parents said to gain social approval. She is the “leader” of the group, but really the purple girl controls her.

- Oooh, we meet the boys that will eventually be fought to protect her honor. 

- The blue girl is week, the purple girl is strong and mean, the yellow girl is a bitch for purple, green and pink are like Madeline and Louise from Gilmore Girls.

- I vey much doubt the progressive woman’s group is progressive. They’re feeling her out and they lead much less forward lives than she does with her brother. Marriage at that point in time was a trap.

- These boys are going to piss all over Anne.

- I don’t like what the “pet mouse” story is going to do. I don’t know what, but I smell danger.

- I think the young teacher is going to be good to Anne.

- I find it hard to believe Anne hasn’t seen a penis. She lived in an orphanage and took care of children. And it would be hard to keep baby-making behavior from her in a quiet small home.

- These boys are the reason this will spell trouble.

- 1. This drunk man story is going to get Anne excluded from the class because of all of the girls telling their moms the story. 2. The concern that blue girl is showing for Anne is going to be painfully stopped.

- See? The story stopped being funny and it started being scary. I don’t like watching this.

- Oh, her name is Diana. Fantastic. And Diana won’t go see if there’s anything to be done, she’ll just pretend she wants nothing to do with her.

- I think these women are the mothers of  the girls Anne is with and will ostracize Ms. Cuthbert at the first sign. 

- Also, are there hints of color that coordinate them with their daughters’ outfits? They seem to have similar behaviors.

- These women are such fucking hypocrites, I can tell. Feminism isn’t white women sitting in a circle where they benefit from being the few that fit in while pretending to be high-minded feminists. It’s protecting women and girls and if you ostracize a young girl for being from bad places and a woman for taking her in? Blech, I wipe you off my feet.

- And “forward thinking” makes me think they are building me up for a disappointment that I already anticipate.

- Why are you so sure Anne is going to not marry? I’m fairly certain she’ll snag pretty boy, the one who is missing.

- Diana can only show Anne friendship when they are alone. They aren’t friends.

- Don’t tell her to talk less. Fuck off, Diana.

- She’ll try being normal and it will look good. It won’t feel good, which is more important.

- “We ran out of time”, lol Marilla

- Marilla is the boss of the house, Rachel.

- “I recon every new idea was modern once, until it wasn’t.” -Matthew Cuthbert

- Why wouldn’t Anne ask for a help with her math? 

- I like Jerry. Sometimes he sounds French, sometimes he does not

- This guy is like the wolf to Anne’s riding hood. 

- Who is this? Gilbert is the pretty boy, yes? He’s obviously alpha dog. I like his voice.

- Ooooh, the clenched jaw. The chivalry. The way he calls her Miss? I even like the scarf and the hat even though he looks like my grandpa. It’s super cute.

- And the fact that she walked in with the Gilbert? I hope it ruins Diana’s day.

- Aw, his dad is sick. And they’re being mean about her. 

- the “Uh-oh, there’s one” in response to cooties makes him good at defusing a hard situation without losing face or arguing.

- Purple is about to kick Anne’s ass.

- A CUTE GIRL IS A CUTE GIRL

- Oh, god. Dibs? Girls, you forfeited dibs with Anne when you ousted her and called her trash.

- She doesn’t need you to smooth things over, she needs you to be her friend now, Diana. 

- See? This is the start of the ousting from the women’s club. Boring and bland like her life.

- Interacting with someone that has the goal of being hurtful should only make you angry. They are unkind.

- Now Anne is going to get picked on for her math skills because you can’t fuck your student? Great.

- Ooooh, Gilbert is looking at Anne. 

- She is going to be shot down like Hermione answering Snape, only without Ron to fight against his cruelty on her behalf.

- WOW that was loud, you go girl!

- Gilbert is deciding if he likes her. He likes her. She’s “invested”.

- See, if all the girls pretend to run for the boys, then the girl who really runs will be interesting. 

- I hope that Gilbert is jealous of Jerry.

- Yes, Gilbert. Be nice to her. Have lunch with her.

-Why the fuck are all the girls staring at Anne out the window so obviously like she doesn’t see them?

- Gilbert is too cute. I hope he comes calling after her.

- Matthew is so good at taking care of his girls. I should call them both women.

- Be worried that Anne had to go through it- YES, Matthew. You get the point. She’s a kid and she had to go through all of that on her own.

- Yes Marinda. Go hand it to those “feminists” that sit in their tower and complain it isn’t higher up.

- YES, my lovely woman. Tell her how privileged she is. 

- Gilbert is looking at you! Oh no, he’s passing notes. OH NO, He’s coming over.

- Holy shit she hit him what the fuck why did he pull her hair i hate this with every moment no i don’t but what do i do to help her

- “You just did”.

- Oh no, now the math. DAMMIT GILBERT. I hope you feel bad.

- Blythe.... Ooh, pink feels bad.

- I like that Anne is decorated with Autumn colors including her blue eyes that are like a crisp sky.

- Poor Anne. You have to go back to school. You have to prove them wrong. It’s the only way you’ll feel good about yourself. 

Alright, I really like Gilbert. He has to figure out that hair pulling thing though, I didn’t like that very much. It was too hard.

I was also vaguely wrong about the dynamic with who likes Gilbert, but it’s whatever.