#amigo the devil the recluse

[unheoly-confessions]

'Cause I need to feel comfortable in my own skin But I think I like the one that you're living in

[gerardwaygirlmoments]

The End by MCR / Edmund Temper by Amigo the Devil / Different Anymore by Amigo the Devil / Mama by MCR / Edmund Temper by Amigo the Devil / The End by MCR / The Recluse by Amigo the Devil

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Hell and You • Dahmer Does Hollywood • The Weight • Husband • The Dreamer • The Recluse • Perfect Wife • One Kind of People • For a Few Good Men • Infamous Butcher

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

[bluebyrd-screaming]

Current stim song list the is mostly folk punk but it's really just whatever scratches my brain and makes me wiggle (in no particular order):

The Crawl by Bridge City Sinners

Quiet as a Rat by Amigo the Devil

Tysm by Vienna Notarianni

Where we disagreed by Vienna Notarianni

Spears and Blades by Bridge City Sinners

The Recluse by Amigo the Devil

Midnight to Vice by Bridge City Sinners

Break the Chain by Bridge City Sinners

It's All Gone by Amigo the Devil

Hungover in Jonestown by Amigo the Devil

Murder at the Bingo Hall by Amigo Devil

Gloomtown Brats by IDKHBTFM

SPKOTHDVL by IDKHBTFM

Eye for an Eye by Bridge City Sinners

Stray Dog by Amigo the Devil

A Drop for Every Hour by Amigo the Devil

Dead Don't Sleep by Yes Ma'am and Bridge City Sinners

Against the Wall by Kennie

The One by Kennie

Easy by Kennie

Jericho by Iniko

The Devil Wears a Suit and a Tie by Colter Wall

[voraciouspangolin]

Guess who's planning another animation.... about tf2....

It's me. Yeah

Ik I've already done posts about past animations, but this one is one that I've been thinking about even as far back as when I was talking about those past animations, and I have not stopped thinking about it.

It's going to be about Pyro, and it's going to be set to the song Shadow by Amigo the Devil

What do I want out of this animation? Well the number one thing I want is for it to look awesome and in sync with the music. But I also want there to be a Lot of symbolism and underlying narratives that tie in to my own personal analysis of what Pyro's backstory could possibly be, since their backstory isn't actually clear in the tf2 lore. I want the animation to be like, a step into Pyro's mind kinda thing, a reflection of the horror behind being the person that is Pyro

My own personal analysis of his character is skewed by the fact that my main involvement with tf2 outside of playing the game is being part of tf2 tumblr, and there's a lot of bastardizing and reinventing how characters actually are in their original media. Which theres nothing inherently wrong with, in fact, I really enjoy seeing peoples' spin on the mercs. But... odds are my ideas seem completely out of place and like, too wacky for a broader tf2 audience...

but i dont care goddamnit I will make pyro a weirdo all I want

I still try my best to base my own ideas about the tf2 characters off of the lore, which is kinda hard to do...bc what is the Actual lore? there's SO MUCH that's unclear and left unsaid. Are the RED and BLU team clones of eachother? Are they different people? Is the Administrator the same woman as Elizabeth? Why are engineers eyes like that when he takes off his welding goggles?

and on top of that, there's like, what you even Count as the lore. Is the game accurate to the universe? Are the comics canon? Are cosmetics canon? Are the songs themselves canon? Voice lines? The sfm shorts?

The big problem with why this is like this is because, as stated by tf2 devs (I forget which one said this but it was on the blog post thingy), tf2 did not start off with a robust backstory

The backstory, the Administrator's character itself, was slowly added and woven into the IP.

and on top of that, since tf2 is an older game that's had an active fanbase and fandom since its start, the way the characters are depicted and perceived by the tf2 enjoyer diaspora has evolved and morphed over time, taking on a life of its own

I'd struggle a lot to even come up with ideas about say, medic's backstory.

There are established bits and bobs of his backstory- He crashed a wedding with a stolen ambulance and that's where he got all his doves- he's german and has some amount of experience acting as a combat medic- he's curiously implied to not actually be professionally trained in medicine, or at least that he once was trained but is no longer allowed to practice medicine- he made a deal with the devil, twice- etc.

I'd struggle a lot to even come up with ideas about things pertaining to his childhood or origin story.

But that's just it. Medic already has established lore, there is an actual vision for what his character is and isn't. And since I'm not part of the art direction at valve, I don't fully know what would be considered proper characterization and what wouldn't.

but pyro? Pyro is perfect

All the other mercs have a Raison D'etre for why they specialize in the subject that they do- excuse my flattening of the mercs for just a sec- Demo comes from a long line of demomen- Heavy is obsessed with bigass guns and has a family to care for- Engie's grandfather and father were both engineers and involved with the Mann brothers since almost the beginning- Scout is straight up just Fast and grew up in the slums of boston, so his weapons are his speed and wit- Sniper is a freak of nature reclusive bushman- Soldier is obsessed with the military like his life depends on it- Medic is some kind of mad scientist with a penchant for breaking the rules of nature- and Spy is... well, he's french and has some sort of superiority complex about being a spy. And also it's implied that he's been a spy for a really long time.

But pyro? I guess you could narrow down their character to "likes fire", but that doesn't answer how or why. The other mercs are all caricatures of a wide array of stereotypes, they literally have to be because of how many main characters there are- each character manages to be unique and identifiable both in gameplay and story-wise. But pyro is like.... its own stereotype. Sure I'm the Ignorer, I don't know a lot of tv tropes or character tropes and stuff like that, but I can't think of a single other character that Pyro would have ressembled at the time of his creation. It's not even clear if pyro is aware of the fact that he's burning people alive, or if he's stuck in his pyroland psychosis and views every violent action he does as "playing" with other people

we know almost nothing about him. we don't know their age, height, where he's from. We don't know how he got hired by TF industries, or why he was hired. We don't know his voice, we don't know how or why he's so obsessed with fire, or the reason behind why they experience some kind of full-perception psychosis in the form of Pyroland

So I feel like I *can* speak on what Pyro might or might not be

And the tf2 team has actually encouraged and rewarded fan speculation about Pyro- I'm sure Pyro was intended to be a man just like the rest of the mercs. In the comics and the game, pyro is referred to as he and stuff... But since pyro always wears a mask, and their body is ambiguously hidden by his flame retardent suit, and since gamers are horny as fuck... people have always entertained or fantasized about the idea that pyro could be a woman. So along the development of the story behind tf2, little easter eggs have been sprinkled around that feeds into the the idea that Pyro's gender *is* unknown.

The easter eggs are kinda few and far inbetween and can easily be dismissed as just jokes, but I think there's substance to be found there. The menstruating women attracting bears joke from A Cold Day in Hell comes to mind, as well as the in game voice lines that call into question pyros gender.

the appeal is that we *don't* know what he is, we aren't *supposed* to know. I don't even think the tf2 team know what pyro is either, because the unkown of his identity *is* his identity

And that's the appeal of his character

but it's not just about gender to me, my idea goes more into the dehumanized aspects of pyro

In Meet the Pyro, the interviewed mercs express fear and disgust for Pyro, Heavy referring to him as "That thing"

as though the odd behaviour and nature of their skillset with fire renders them stripped of their very humanity

I want my animation to explore my thoughts about all of that. About the grotesque and the disfiguration of someone who finds ecstatic joy in the reality of their actions

In a lot of ways, my characterization of Pyro is an allegory for many things- being trans, being gay, being poor, or autistic, or an immigrant, or disabled, or looking Not Normal, etc, etc. And I think that that's fascinating. There's a lot of room for projection onto Pyro's character from many different points of view, and I think that that has to do with the fact that Pyro is dehumanized and belittled and treated as an Other by the people around him in tf2. The very scaffolding of Pyro's character as something that isn't understood, something that's feared and othered, something reduced to "that thing" or "it", or something that is to be spoken to in the same tone one would speak to toddlers, is so relevant to so many different walks of life

And I think that that's brilliant

This is probably going to be a many years long project considering the length of the song and also the fact that I'm working alone.... but I'm excited

[vossn]

I was tagged by @between-thepages , thank you dearest!

let your spotify predict your 2024! shuffle your on repeat playlist, and the first twelve songs represent your 2024

The title song would be The Recluse by Amigo The Devil .. not a good Omen

January: 100 Suns - Thirty Seconds To Mars. A calm song for a slow start into the year, proven to be accurate so far.

February: Fish in the Sea - Stormy Weather Shanty Choir. It is indeed windy weather boys stormy weather boys.

March: Nach der Ebbe - Die Apokalyptischen Reiter. Unsure if this means I should be hopeful or afraid.

April: Nocturnal Me - Ghost. I.. become a vampire? (This is the point where I realized I fucked up and had shuffled my favs and not On Repeat. On Repeat from now on oops)

May: I Am What I Am - Gloria Gaynor. Pride Month comes early? T? pretty please?

June: Loser, Baby - The Cast of Hazbin Hotel. Optimistic Rock Bottom not agaaaaain.

July: IN THE CLOUDS - Johnny Majestic. Fuck yeah we ball!

August: CHAMPION - Bishop Briggs. Things are really going to start to look up from June on, aren't they?

September: Ostatni Dzień Sierpnia - Pablopavo i Ludziki. Buddy Pal you are a whole month late!!

October: Rainbow Fam - RealXman. MAKE THAT THING ROLLLLL-

November: Joyriding - Frank Iero. Ah, seasonal depression is back!

December: Ale jazz! - sanah, Vito Bambino. Bittersweet ending to the year! tagging @swanfloatieknight and @ineadhyn if willing <3

[nothymetospeak]

Songs that are inexplicably miracle mask to me

Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan

Unrequited Ranhen or perhaps just kind of the idealization of Randall

To you I’m just a man - to me you’re all I am.

Orange Juice by Noah Kahan

once again unrequited ranhen. Henry wanting everything to remain the same post MM but Randy has moved on

Are we all just crows to you now?

Raise Hell by Brandi Carlile

MG era Randall. I made an edit to this one

I dug a hole inside my heart to put you in your grave.

The Recluse by Amigo the Devil

This one sticks with me just because there was an animatic made for an au that my former partner and I collaborated on (that I no longer am a part of)

It’s always a drag to be on the fence - about who you are and its consequence

Crooked Teeth by Zach Bryan

MG era Randy. There’s a few lines in particular that stick out

I lost my bride to the finest man she claims to have ever known

Happy Instead by Zach Bryan

Post Ranlay break up (side note I always thought the line was dead. Not there)

And if you call you’d say that you’re okay - and I’d be wishing I was there

Hell’s Coming With Me by Poor Mans Poison

A clive song to me but someone mentioned it as mg era song and It kinda stuck

They didn’t know him by his face of by the gun around his waist - but he’d come back to burn that town to the ground

[charonte-simi]

Cause I need to feel comfortable in my own skin

And I think I like the one that you're living in

So I'll cut to the chase, just don't try to leave

Cause these hands are stronger than you were led to believe

[happybirthdayxalbum]

happy 6th birthday to...

Volume 1 by Amigo the Devil!!

tracklist: dahmer goes to hollywood - perfect wife - alcohol - infamous butcher - husband - the recluse - the dreamer - the weight - hell and you - for a few good men - one kind of people - covenant - jonestown library - the liars club - karaoke dreams

[dragonwysper]

Ooogh sneaking in here

Last song: Delusion by Zamilska, The Shadow's Bride by Peter Gundry, A Momentary Refuge by Dead Melodies and Beyond the Ghost, Dahmer Does Hollywood by Amigo the Devil, Recluse by Amigo the Devil, Murder at the Bingo Hall by Amigo the Devil, and Awake // Sedate - Holy Fawn Remix by SOM and Holy Fawn have played while typing this haha. I'm a slow-ass typer sometimes sorry 😭

Favorite color: forest green <3

Last movie/TV show: Free Guy

Sweet/spicy/savory: Sweet's good, but can be overwhelming if it's too rich. Spicy is a sensory nightmare. Savory is yummy scrummy.

Relationship status: single and happy about it 😎

Last thing I Googled: "CRKT The Ritual" < extremely pretty knife that I've been wanting for like a year now 😭. The impulsive thoughts were demanding I buy it, so I just kinda stopped by to check the price. It's not as expensive as I remember and I'm. Ooooogh. BUT $85 is still too much for the amount of money currently in my bank account 😔

Current obsession: House of Leaves and Flight Rising (specifically one of my dragons on there)

Tagging @crickets-must-be-enslaved @johnnystruant @afklancelot

Edit: DIDN'T SEE THE NINE PEOPLE THING WHOOPS

@tonypostt @jackquell @arsenicghoulart @vexingvertebrae @vannyxan @screechingabyss

Sorry if y'all don't wanna be tagged 😭

Nine people I'd like to get to know better

Tagged by @meghawhopp <33

Last song: Down by the River by Borislav Slavov from the Baldur’s Gate 3 Soundtrack (or more specifically the cover of Down by the River by Nerissa Ravencroft)

Favorite color: Blue and purple!

Last movie/TV show: Seinfeld, I’m currently on season four!

Sweet/spicy/savory?: I have a huge sweet tooth, so sweet things

Relationship status: Single

Last thing I googled: I searched up the show “Arthur” because I was trying to find that one meme where Buster was like “You really think someone would do that, just go on the internet and spread lies?”

Current obsession: Fragaria memories and tears of themis mostly^^

Tag Nine People: @kyaruun @xinieeee @deadmansbistro @florapot @hunita812 @scuffle-with-spirals @rexonalapis @maxellera @manicpixiedoomedgirl

[coolguyrpstuff]

    '𝖢𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖨 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧.               . . .𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧.

[callofthemacabre]

Said, "hang around, let down your hair" / And talked about the others that were buried there / We danced and took a moonlight stroll / But that's when I wanted to be alone / So I took off the coat