#and Mandy moore etc etc

[deathsweetblossoms]

Last time we had a writers strike, Pushing Daises got the axe. While thinking about this, I realized the ACOTAR show might suffer a similar fate.

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If I speak.

[marybatson]

now there’s finally a public display of zachary levi being horrible (agreeing w antivax tweet ((from an antivax account)) . I’d like to offcially from my chest announce that FINALLY i don’t need to just go off the scary creep vibes he’s literally always given and the celeb blinds I’ve heard of him and say I NEVER TRUSTED HIMMMM and his live action acting sucks so bad.

[natalyarose]

Ashlesha - 'the embrace', 'ensnared' 'entangled', the serpent, cat yoni... 🐍🤍 (𝓈𝓎𝓂𝒷𝑜𝓁𝒾𝒸 𝒶𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝓎)

nobody:

Ashlesha:

Into the Woods: Johnny Depp; Ashlesha Ascendant depicting the 'big bad wolf'; buuut kinda lookin more like a sexy cat lmao

Marilyn Monroe: Ashlesha Ascendant

Lana Del Rey: Ashlesha Moon

Tangled: Rapunzel is voiced by Mandy Moore, Ashlesha Moon as per Mid-Mula Galactic Center ayanamsa

Pirates of the Carribean: Jack Sparrow, portrayed by Johnny Depp; Ashlesha Ascendant

'You Spin me Right Round' music video; depicting 'Dead or Alive's vocalist; Pete Burns who is Ashlesha Sun conjunct Mercury

Lyrics from 'Hallelujah';

'she tied you to a kitchen chair, she broke your throne and she cut your hair' by Leonard Cohen with Mars & Ketu in Ashlesha

'I don't like the Drugs, but the Drugs Like me' music video; depicting Marilyn Manson, Ashlesha Sun

🤍

I love doing posts like these and exploring these symbolic connections because it shows how raw and real the Nakshatras are in our physical reality! As much as I adore analysing personality, emotional patterns, etc; sometimes we don't need complex, university grade psychoanalytic analysis to spot Nakshatras- in fact, I find Nakshatras are best understood through looking at the symbolism that is effortless and natural in our everyday lives. The art people create, the clothes they choose to wear, the imagery & sensations that intuitively come to mind when you think of x person.

I think sometimes when we get lost in the labelling of Nakshatras or anything astrological (Rahuvian), it gets more confusing, when really a lot of the most meaningful gems of knowledge are very simple and visceral (Ketu). Some of the most revered 'words of wisdom', are sayings & symbolic musings that are actually extremely obvious- like kindergarten level- it's just that the hard part is to be a human and not get lost in the madness. To silence the mind.

The language of the esoteric realm is abstract, much like our dreamscape. Sometimes words cannot convey it all- but the symbolism is key. I think any of us who take interest in these topics can vouch for feeling that words & logical analysis come secondary to receiving the symbolic, intuitive information when it comes to anything occult related.

Thankyou for reading as always! <3

[sunbl0ndie]

🪽 | intro post ~☀️

~ hello friends ! :) im punz, or punzie ! my pronouns are they/them, but i prefer femme terms ! this is a SFW side blog & i do NOT consent to nsfw interaction ! i do moodboards, paci iconics, dni posters, sometimes i do headcannons! i would like to try stimboards in the near future, due to anxiety if i send you an anon ask, i usually sign off with ☀️ ! requests are open!

im a MINOR(15) ! i don't mind at all if you're not a minor as long as your interaction with me is SFW & NOT WEIRD ! i AM looking for a carer, DM if interested ! (minors only.)

REQUEST DETAILS ☀️

if you're going to send me a request, ill need a couple of things !

1. please specify gender leaning, I would hate to accidentally misgender someone !

2. the theme/color of your board !

3. the media your character(s), etc are from !

4. if you'd like a paci/bottle/sippy or not !

5. if you do want a pacifier, would you want it to be deco or plain ?

things I WONT write/do a mood/stimboard for: hazbin/helluva, any adult cartoon. NON AGERE MEDIA IS UP TO DEBATE BUT ILL LIKELY COMPLY ! :)

and finally ! my interests :)

if you couldn't tell, im obviously a huge tangled fan !

im also a fan of the umbrella academy, stranger things, heartstopper, Wonka (2023) but practically all timothee chalamet movies ! harry potter, txt, wednesday, my little pony, etc ! i will do requests for ALL of these things !

[satansapostle6]

Characters I Write For

Please message me with any ideas/requests! I need ideas(short fics or series)

Mostly write for fem!readers. I can write fluff, angst, smut, etc. If I’m not comfortable with something I can let you know

Character/Actor List

Favorite Characters/Actors To Write For

Draco Malfoy, Weasley twins

Jesse Pinkman

Paul Dano characters

Josh Hutcherson characters

Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Castiel

Damon Salvatore, Silas, Klaus Mikaelson, Kol Mikaelson

Rodrick Heffley

Bellamy Blake

Ezra Fitz(should probably make it clear I don’t condone)

Ian Duncan(Community)

Charlie(It’s Always Sunny)

Luke Castellan, Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase

Finnick Odair

Tommy Shelby

Killian Hook

Paul Dano

Klitz(The Girl Next Door)

Dwayne Hoover(Little Miss Sunshine)

Edward Nashton(The Batman)

Calvin Weir-Fields(Ruby Sparks)

Brian Wilcox(Fast Food Nation)

Joby Taylor(For Ellen)

Nick Flynn(Being Flynn)

Josh Hutcherson

Peeta Mellark(The Hunger Games)

Mike Schmidt(FNAF)

Josh Futturman(Future Man)

Devon Bostick

Rodrick Heffley(Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

Jasper Jordan(The 100)

Cillian Murphy

Tommy Shelby(Peaky Blinders)

Dr. Jonathan Crane(The Dark Knight)

Neil(Watching the Detectives)

Christian Bale

Patrick Bateman(American Psycho)

Bruce Wayne(The Dark Knight)

Breaking Bad

Jesse Pinkman

Jane Margolis

Saul Goodman

Harry Potter(Golden Trio Era)

Harry Potter

Ron Weasley

Hermione Granger

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Ginny Weasley

Luna Lovegood

Neville Longbottom

Draco Malfoy

Pansy Parkinson

Blaise Zabini

Theodore Nott

Daphne Greengrass

Adrian Pucey

Terence Higgs

Harry Potter(Marauders Era)

James Potter

Remus Lupin

Sirius Black

Lily Potter

Severus Snape

Regulus Black

Lucius Malfoy

Narcissa Malfoy

Bellatrix Lestrange

Arthur Weasley

Harry Potter(Fantastic Beasts Era)

Newt Scamander

Queenie Goldstein

Leta Lestrange

Percy Jackson

Percy Jackson

Annabeth Chase

Luke Castellan

Thalia Grace

Jason Grace

+ Gods

Criminal Minds

Spencer Reid

Aaron Hotchner

Emily Prentiss

Derek Morgan

JJ

Penelope Garcia

David Rossi

Elle Greenaway

Cat Adams

Megan Kane

Supernatural

Dean Winchester

Sam Winchester

John Winchester

Mary Winchester

Castiel

Charlie Bradbury

Rowena McLeod

Adam Milligan

Lucifer

Ruby

Jessica Moore

Gabriel

Benny Lafitte

Bela Talbot

Jo Harvelle

Ellen Harvelle

Superstore

Jonah Simms

Amy Sosa

Marcus White

Garrett McNeill

Dina Fox

Cheyenne Lee

Bo Thompson

Gilmore Girls

Lorelai Gilmore

Christopher Hayden

Luke Danes

Logan Huntzberger

Jess Mariano

The Hunger Games

Peeta Mellark

Katniss Everdeen

Gale Hawthorn

Finnick Odair

Johanna Mason

Haymitch Abernathy

Pretty Little Liars

Aria Montgomery

Spencer Hastings

Emily Fields

Hannah Marin

Mona Vanderwaal

Alison Di Laurentis

Jason Di Laurentis

Ezra Fitz

Toby Cavanaugh

Jenna Marshall

Caleb Rivers

The Vampire Diaries

Damon Salvatore

Stefan Salvatore

Katherine Pierce

Elena Gilbert

Jeremy Gilbert

Bonnie Bennett

Caroline Forbes

The Originals

Klaus Mikaelson

Elijah Mikaelson

Kol Mikaelson

Rebekah Mikaelson

Freya Mikaelson

Hayley Marshall

Marcel Gerard

Davina Claire

Twilight

Edward Cullen

Bella Swan

Alice Cullen

Jasper Hale

Rosalie Hale

Emmett Cullen

Victoria

The 100

Bellamy Blake

Octavia Blake

Jasper Jordan

Shameless

Fiona Gallagher

Lip Gallagher

Carl Gallagher

Frank Gallagher

Mandy Milkovich

Kevin Ball

Veronica Fisher

The Bear

Carmy Berzatto

Sydney Adamu

Richie Jerimovich

Suicide Squad

Harley Quinn

Rick Flag

Blackguard

Once Upon A Time

Emma Swan

Regina Mills

Killian Jones

Rumplestiltskin

Robin Hood

Ruby

Hades

Community

Jeff Winger

Abed Nadir

Annie Edison

Troy Barnes

Ian Duncan

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

Charlie Kelly

Dennis Reynolds

Dee Reynolds

Mac

Cricket

House MD

Greg House

Robert Chase

James Wilson

Lisa Cuddy

Parks and Recreation

Ben Wyatt

April Ludgate

Andy Dwyer

MCU, Marvel

Steve Rogers

Tony Stark

Natasha Romanoff

Bruce Banner

Wanda Maximoff

Loki Laufeyson

Peter Parker(Holland, Garfield, Maguire)

Gamora

Peter Quill

Scott Lang

Steven Strange

Jessica Jones

Wade Wilson

DC CW

Oliver Queen

Barry Allen

Felicity Smoak

Laurel Lance

Sara Lance

Malcom Merlyn

John Constantine

Leonard Snart

Ray Palmer

Caitlyn Snow

Julian Albert

Rip Hunter

10 Things I Hate About You

Patrick Verona

Cameron James

New Girl

Jess Day

Nick Miller

Schmidt

Other Characters

Charlie Kelmeckis(Perks Of Being A Wallflower)

Jesse Eisenberg Characters

Dr. Who(10th Doctor)

Will Probably Add More

[summerongrand]

20 questions for fic writers

I was tagged by the wonderful and talented Lana @cfr749. She’s a gifted writer and has 19 works with a WHOPPING 354,235 words on Ao3!!!!!! She’s a gem, a fandom OG (I think), and began writing Chenford since before they were canon. I like to read an author’s fics in chronological order and am reading hers this way. There’s a charm about reading pre-canon works in this fandom because it’s like time traveling and seeing a shipper’s heart through their writing and their belief in this ship that may or may not come true. And Lana on top of all of that has a way of combining words in a way that tugs at the essence of human emotion. Go read her fics!!!

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? I’m honored to be recognized as a fic writer despite having zero works on Ao3. Lana was incredibly thoughtful to tag me and I *think* it’s because she saw some tags where I mentioned that I write fic. Noticing small things like that is one of the many reasons why she is an awesome human being.

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count? Currently 0. In total, I have around 80,000 words that I haven’t shared yet. 

3. What fandoms do you write for? The Rookie.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

I’ll use this space to preview 5 fics in various stages of planning:

1. Psych professor Lucy and student Tim. Tim is married and Lucy’s in a relationship, so Chenford will be riding down Angst Avenue for a while … even as they ride their s/o’s.

2. Psych professor Lucy and student Tim. A companion story to the first.

3. Tim meeting Lucy’s grandma. There are a few OCs in this one including Lucy’s grandma. This is planned as a one-shot with potential for more chapters. I’m currently “face casting” Lucy’s grandma, so if anyone has suggestions, feel free to send them my way.

4. Soulmates AU. I have five separate Google docs with five separate ideas of how I want to write this. I’m leaning towards writing this from a historic angle where there’s a huge geographic separation between Lucy and Tim.

5. Found family goes on vacation. Patrice or the Thorsen family owns a huge resort up in the mountains (because of course they do). Our favorites spend a few days of fun up there. Thinking of writing Chenford as either having a secret relationship or in a pre-relationship. I just returned from a vacation in the mountains and this was in no way inspired by that. Nope.

5. Do you respond to comments?

If someone takes the time to comment on my stories, I definitely will reply.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

My fics will always end happy because Lucy Chen deserves for Tim Bradford to give her the world.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Psych professor Lucy/student Tim is the only one that has an ending so far. But dunno yet if I’ll keep that ending.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No, because I currently don’t have any fics on Ao3.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Psych professor Lucy/student Tim is my first fic in over 20 years and first foray into smut. They just wanna bang … their s/o’s and each other.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

As a kid, I wrote a fic where BSB, NSync, Britney, Christina, Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson, O-Town, A*Teens, etc. all stayed in a hugeass chalet and performed sets. BSB and NSync kept throwing shade and snowballs at each other.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? 

No.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not yet.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Chenford!

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I started writing psych professor Lucy/student Tim over six months ago and I honestly don’t ever want to finish writing that fic. But that's also partly why I haven't shared it yet. The story keeps evolving which makes the front end still a work in progress.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I can’t comment on my strengths as a fic writer because I haven’t gotten any feedback on my fics in over 20 years. But I guess I have a lot of cultural awareness and this helps with characters as diverse as what is on The Rookie. For example, I'm aware that when Colin O’Neil (Mel’s bro) drinks, his face turns tomato red. He wrote about it in an Instagram post. Same thing happens to Melissa and to a lot of other East Asians but there are ways to circumvent redness with pills and such. So yeah, with that tidbit in mind, there's a scene in one of my fics where Tim clocks Lucy’s tomato red flush after a night of drinking.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Transferring complex plots onto a page. It makes sense in my head but it may not make sense to readers.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Haven’t written dialogue in another language but I’m not against it either. I know enough Spanish to be comfortable writing in it without butchering it. I'm so game for Lucy to speak Chinese to Tim and Chenford kids, but I don’t know if I can pull it off. I can try though!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

S Club 7.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Professor Lucy/student Tim. 

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Thanks again for the tag, Lana!

I'm tagging @onlyforchenford (because I'm an instigator and would love to read her fics), @poppypickle, @goodgirlssayiloveyoutoo @rememberthismomentx, @lovemesomechenford, @randomlittleimp, and @sailorslut111 (apologies if y'all have already done this and I missed it)!

[astrangetorpedo]

Mick Management Doesn’t Just Represent Artists — It’s in the ‘World-Building’ Business

"We don't like to refer to ourselves as a management company anymore. We're a music company," says partner Jonathan Eshak.

BY FRANK DIGIACOMO 7/22/2024

Jonathan Eshak (left) and Michael McDonald photographed on June 3, 2024 in Los Angeles. Michael Buckner

Given the multitude of distribution, streaming, promotion and marketing options and expectations, the business of becoming an established artist has turned into a seriously heavy lift for music acts and their managers. It’s one reason that Mick Management partner Jonathan Eshak says, “We don’t like to refer to ourselves as a management company anymore. We’re a music company. What we do more than anything else is brand development, artist development — world-building … We’re not just trying to keep the train on the tracks.”

Eshak and his partner, Michael McDonald, the company’s founder, got into management after immersing themselves in other sectors of the business. McDonald served as Dave Matthews Band’s tour manager before co-founding ATO Records in 2000 with Matthews; his manager, Red Light founder Coran Capshaw; and Chris Tetzeli, who went on to start 7S Management. He opened Mick the following year with John Mayer as one of his first clients and, in 2004, brought on data savant Eshak, who worked at Universal Music Publishing Group (and is the twin brother of Island Records co-CEO Justin Eshak). Jonathan became a partner in 2015.

With a staff of approximately 20 in New York, Los Angeles and Nashville, the duo has built a boutique firm — with its own record label, Mick Music, distributed by Believe — that represents Maggie Rogers, who released the critically praised Don’t Forget Me in April; Leon Bridges and Ray LaMontagne, who will both release albums later this year; The Walkmen and the solo career of their frontman, Hamilton Leithauser; Sharon Van Etten; Brett Dennen; Mandy Moore; My Morning Jacket; and The Marias.

In a fragmented culture where “it’s very hard to find water-cooler moments,” according to Eshak, Mick’s team excels in building committed fan bases for a roster of individualistic artists who punch above their weight. “Artists all define success differently, and we understand that,” he adds. “We understand that there’s no one way of doing it anymore.” Their bespoke approach has resulted in some notable recent successes. In August, Rogers will embark on an international arena tour — including two shows at Madison Square Garden — though she has yet to achieve platinum sales with an album. In 2018, Leithauser began a five-night residency at the swank, 100-capacity Café Carlyle in New York, playing to “a few die-hard Walkmen fans and some fairly confused business travelers,” as Eshak puts it. This year, Leithauser sold out 12 nights, and the concept will be expanded with potential notable guests in 2025. And in June, The Marias celebrated the release of their new album, Submarine, with a secret pop-up show in downtown Los Angeles for approximately 5,000 fans. Eshak says 38,000 RSVP’d.

“What each of those things speak to is us finding interesting ways that the artists appreciate and superserve fan bases,” McDonald says.

What are the challenges of running an artist management company today versus 25 years ago?

Jonathan Eshak: When I first started with Michael, the sky had started to fall on the recorded-music business. This was the dawn of file-sharing companies like Napster and Kazaa. It was attractive to join Michael for that very reason. He was coming from building a world that was unique, not just to the ebbs and flows of the success of recorded music but also, how do you do things well in touring, merchandising, etc. He understood the creation of cultures, having worked with Dave Matthews and Coran.

Like the Grateful Dead, Matthews built a culture around his music.

Eshak: The Dead were the godfathers of that, and Mick’s ethos effectively starts there. While the challenges of the industry have evolved, the code of building an artist’s career remains the same. Which is, how do you focus on building a meaningful, long-lasting relationship with your fan base? We always say, “How do we make the artist the hit and not just the songs?” Music is just part of the cocktail. It’s also, how are we creating a dynamic of connectivity between the artist and the fan? How are we merchandising with them? How are we creating live shows that are meaningful, that evolve? There’s been a lot of lip service about artist development throughout the history of recorded music.

Michael McDonald: There were fewer breakthrough moments then, whereas today, because of the way technology and culture has evolved, it’s been democratized. The upside is that more people can succeed. The downside is there are fewer channels that create that star-turn moment.

Maggie Rogers seems to be a prime example of someone who has grown through connectivity with her fans.

Eshak: Maggie has understood the importance of connectivity from the start. She had this moment of Pharrell-ity, for lack of a better word, and instead of sitting back and working that, she understood the importance of going around the world and connecting with her fans face-to-face. To your point, she’s doing two nights in Madison Square Garden without a platinum record. Now, she obviously wants that and we want that for her, but people who are in are in. Even as she’s grown, the No. 1 thing on the checklist is, what are we doing for that audience?

What’s an example of that?

Eshak: When we were announcing the fall arena tour, we created pop-up shops in all the markets where people could line up to buy exclusive merchandise and, most importantly, reduced-price tickets. She was hearing from unsettled fans about ticket prices, so we tried to create solves. Fans could walk [into the pop-ups], point at a seat map and get a ticket that was going to cost less than if they paid for it online. Because of that, her fans understand that she sees them.

What questions do you ask before signing an artist?

McDonald: Most importantly, “Do we love the music? Do we feel like we can really grow this career?” And then, “Do they, will they, work hard?” We can’t want it more than they do. Some of this is research you can do before you meet the artist. Much of it we do through conversations, but there’s also data that’s crucial. We’ve had great success following our passion and guts, but to not use the tools at our disposal to help make those decisions would be foolish. Data is a great strength of Jonathan’s and why we’ve evolved in using it to inform decisions but never to unequivocally make decisions. If we did, we never would have signed some of the artists we have.

Why did you partner with Firebird?

McDonald: Firebird brings us resources that a company our size doesn’t have. There’s a data department and an analytics department of 10 to 15 people. There’s a finance department. There are all sorts of things that allow us to double down on the data and free us up to stay focused on our artists.

What’s your pitch to artists you want to sign?

Eshak: It really comes down to having a shared code, so it’s important that we take the time to sit down with artists and say, “What are your life goals in addition to success in recorded music?” This is such a deep relationship that we talk all the time. We talk on weekends. We’re there with them for very big life stages, and it’s really important for us to have at least a common set of goals because it takes a lot out of everybody. Where we do a good job is acting almost as coaches now. It’s our job to be highly informed about how people are having success, distilling that and applying it to the artists that we represent, who are all quite different. In other words, how can we do this with you so that you remain true to yourself? We can’t do that for a thousand artists. It’s not the business model that Michael and I have elected to build.

You have a label.

Eshak: We have a label, and we’re working with some of our artists whose repertoires are returning to them and they need a mechanism to put music out. Some of it is also identifying artists that we like and helping them put music into the world.

Do you encourage your artists to own their masters?

McDonald: One hundred percent, whenever possible. Today, we would be hard pressed to pursue a deal that started with perpetuity music being somewhere else. There’s always a chance that it’s going to happen, and ultimately, it’s an artist’s decision. If they feel like this is their shot and they’re willing to give that up — absolutely. But one of the reasons we created the label was to say, “All right, let’s have an easy mechanism where we can control the deal terms. Let’s put music out and try to build on that. Then, if a great licensing option is not available today, let’s take a year and try to build something.” Ray LaMontagne’s album Trouble reverted to him in May after 20 years. So it’s not always a three-year or five-year reversion. But 20 years ago, we were able to take a long view and say, “Let’s take whatever percentage less today so at least there’s the option to sell those recordings X number of years later.”

Are your agreements with artists traditional percentage deals or partnerships?

McDonald: It varies. We have a lot of traditional deals, but any time we’re in true partnership, where we’re sharing [intellectual property] with an artist, it’s fully above board and clear with everyone’s legal teams. There is an evolving way that artists are going to get into business with different companies. We welcome that as things evolve.

(x)

[slowthunders]

🧛🏻‍♀️ hello hello hello!

౨ৎ ˚⋆ name: cheri thunders⚡

DNI criteria - minors, TERFS, SWERFS, republicans, facists/pro facists, zionists, trump suporters, johnny depp stans, billy hargrove antis, nancy wheeler antis, toxic eddie munson stans, pro ED girlies, fatphobic girlies, homophobes, sexists, racists, bigots, emma roberts stans, extreme woke puritans, toxic swifties, toxic livies, toxic chappell roan stans, etc..

╰┈➤ [BASIC INFO] - she/her. intp. thirties. mexican. bisexual. slow as fuck. sagittarius ☼. cancer ☾. pisces ↑. grumpy. always tired. on the autism spectrum. add and dcd. grunge cowgirl groupie. with a taste for complex and messy characters. a box of useless information. i have a fucked up moral compass.

╰┈➤ [IDOLS] - daria morgendorffer. billie joe armstrong. buttercup. marianne faithfull. makoto kino. mark lanegan. marilyn monroe. claudia cardinale. jane birkin. nellie laroy. jane fonda. saphire and polexia from almost famous. nicki minaj. kat stratford. karen sirko. elaine parks. nancy downs. fiona gallagher. og disney princess belle. kim kelly. william miller. anita pallenberg. clair standish. john bender. nancy thompson. blair waldorf. samantha jones. disney's rapunzel. bebe buell. heather holloway. billy hargrove. brian slade. kurt wilde. maxine minx. elton john. mick jagger. andrew wood. scott weiland.

╰┈➤ [INTERESTS] - music. writing. books. photography. cinema. witchcraft. horror. fantasy. goth stuff. americana. bohemian/boho chic core. pop culture of the 60s 70s 80s 90s and 00s.

╰┈➤ [BOOKS] - the master and the margarita. the haunting of hill house. rebel heart: an american rock and roll journey. i'm with the band. the naked lunch. house of spirits. faithfull: an autobiography. salem's lot. fall to pieces. daisy jones & the six. everybody loves our town. please kill me. meet me in the bathroom. up and down with the rolling stones.

╰┈➤ [CRUSHES] - layne staley. chris cornell. johnny knoxville. ryan dunn. nick drake. bryan ferry. meg white. michael hutchence. angelina jolie. izzy straddlin. david gilmour. john frusciante. david from the lost boys. trent lane. marilyn monroe. st. jimmy and whatsername from the mv of green day's jesus of suburbia. bill skarsgård. dane dehaan. liam gallagher. albert hammond jr.

╰┈➤ [SOCIAL MEDIA] - instagram and discord, i'm as slowthunders too!

╰┈➤ [ARTISTS/BANDS] - alice in chains. britney spears. green day. roxy music. alanis morissette. the rolling stones. lana del rey. soundgarden. pink floyd. marianne faithfull. sabrina carpenter. prince. hole. stone temple pillots. inxs. black sabbath. divinyls. the velvet underground. avril lavigne. lou reed. nine inch nails. the stooges. mc5. elvis presley. the clash. lady gaga. the smiths. television. mother love bone. the dandy warhols. dolly parton. bobbie gentry. mark lanegan. cky. whitney houston. blink-182. korn. the risin' sun. cheap trick. the who. combo musical los caquis. the moody blues. led zeppelin. sly and the family stone. mandy moore. nelly furtado. deftones. amy winehouse. blur. sublime. the cult. jimi hendrix. oasis. marc bolan. pearl jam. mariah carey. kylie minogue. robbie williams. audioslave. roxette. faith no more. janis joplin. nancy sinatra. the allman brothers band. gram parsons. johnny cash. waylon jennings. lil 'kim. bob dylan. beyoncé. mad season. pearl jam. fleetwood mac. the doors. ratt. charli xcx. mitski. pantera. joni mitchell.

╰┈➤ [FILMS] - moulin rouge!. the love witch. x. singles. say anything. the bling ring. beauty and the beast. beauty and the beast: an enchanted christmas. scream. home alone. babylon. performance. daisies. the secret garden. tangled. ten things i hate about you. my scene jammin' in jamaica. the lost boys. the craft. mean girls. casino. don't look now. paris, texas. walk the line. a nightmare on elm street. maxxxine. the breakfast club. trainspotting. almost famous. rocketman. the rocky horror picture show. practical magic. barbie. bram stoker's dracula. the exorcist. the panic in needle park. goodfellas. the shinning. once upon a time in hollywood. texas chainsaw massacre

╰┈➤ [COMFORT PALS] - hello kitty, spottie dottie. keroppi. pochaco. minnie mouse. psyduck. eevee. bulbasaur. winnie the pooh. eeyore

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[chipmunkfanno1love]

Favourite Ship Tag Game

Since tag games are so popular around here, I thought I’d give it a go and make my own. :D

Choose 4 romantic ships (fictional couples and/or fictional characters you *wish* were couples) you love from any fictional source whether it be books, movies, TV shows, mobile/video games, etc. Please also reference the fictional source they come from. The list doesn’t have to be in any particular order.

Give your reasons why you love this couple and/or why you think they’d *make* a great couple. If you can, please include a picture or GIF of the couple.

Tag 5 of your followers to share this game with. You may choose to tag more or less if you wish, but I do recommend choosing 5. No pressure, just please share this game with others for the sake of spreading the word. 

Please be respectful of others and there opinions. No abuse please. :( Also, have fun. :D

*Warning*: Story spoilers ahead.

1. Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert/”Flynn Rider” from the Tangled franchise.

I love these two because they are beautiful example of a healthy relationship. They love and support each other selflessly in their goals and dreams and never try to pressure the other into doing what they aren’t ready for. They are always there to support each other and build the other up to become the best versions of themselves.  

Rapunzel helped Eugene find the selfless, loving man underneath the selfish, vain thief, while Eugene gave Rapunzel the courage to live her dream and break herself free from the manipulative Mother Gothel’s control and find the truth about her real parents and her being the lost princess. They’re each others New Dream and I love that about them. :D

Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi did amazing in these roles. 

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2. Branch and Poppy from the “Trolls” franchise

I love these two because they are adorable examples of opposites-attract. Poppy is the bubbly, endlessly optimistic princess turned queen of the Pop Trolls, while Branch is the grumpy but realistic former hermit with a heart of gold.

Poppy helps Branch to see the bright side of things and helps him to find his true colours, while Branch keeps Poppy grounded and realistic when she takes her plans too far and is always there to help her out when she needs him. 

I hope these two marry some day and Branch becomes Poppy’s king consort. They make a great team - romantically, plantonically and just generally as trolls.

I also love Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick. Their singing voices are amazing. :D

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3. Callum and Rayla from “The Dragon Prince” 

A great example of the enemies to friends to lovers trope (though they’re currently on the outs romantically). These two have a beautiful bond that grows naturally over the course of 3 seasons. Despite being estranged due to 2 years apart in Season 4, the two are slowly and naturally repairing their broken bond and I hope in time these two will not only repair their friendship but eventually fall in love all over again and get back together as a stronger and much more mature couple. 

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4. Simon and Jeanette from the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” franchise

The adorkably nerdy pair and *Smart Ones* of their respective musical trios, The Chipmunks and The Chipettes. Despite being similar in their intelligence levels, the two are still different enough from each other that aren’t clones of the other. Jeanette is more shy and compassionate in temprament to Simon’s more snarky, deadpanned wit. He’s always there to catch her when she falls (most of the time literally, lol) and she’s always there to support him and cheer him up when his inventions are ruined (mostly by his irresponsible brother, Alvin).

Though they are still a bit young and shy to start a serious relationship with each other, it’s obvious this adorable pair were made for each other. They do and will make an adorable pair - romantically, platonically and acemedically. 

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I tag @16magnolias , @briarosabelle , @creativefictionlover , @psalm40speakstome and @travelinglighttoday . Though anyone can feel free to play if they wise to. Have fun! :D

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

you’re so right… eras tour LWYMMD has such different energy. And this might be an unpopular opinion, but I think Mandy Moore’s choreography style lends itself better to Taylor’s strengths so I would’ve LOVED to see how she would’ve tackled I did something bad. Idsb on rep tour is very beloved, but I think Taylor and Mandy would’ve done something that really differentiated itself from the rep tour.

I loooooooove Mandy Moore! I was a big fan of “So You Think You Can Dance” in its first few seasons and Mandy was my favourite choreographer on the show. I’ve also really enjoyed her work in film etc. So it’s so cool to see what she’s done with Taylor and Eras. Mandy really has a gift for bringing the best out of her dancers and not only playing to their strengths as performers but also the emotional release of it all. (I feel like there’s also something in there about the female gaze-iness of it all but that’s a whole other discussion.)

That’s such an interesting point about I Did Something Bad! You know what’s funny, half the time I forget it’s not on the set list for Eras, because it seems like such a natural fit with the Don’t Blame Me/Look What You Made Me Do number! I have to say I’m really looking forward to how she’s going to do it acoustic eventually, because I love the “making of” videos about how she wrote it so it’ll be cool to see how it’s evolved since then.

[astranva]

was pe! on that iconic “it’s raining teens” cover of Vanity Fair with people like Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Bynes, the Olsen Twins, Hillary Duff etc back in 2003? xx

omg YES! she was 15 years old and was in a cute casual outfit with her low waist jeans and belt😭 like:

i imagine her standing between mandy moore and the olsen twin (idk which one that is)

[tinypixeldoll]

hi lovelies!

here you'll find all my dollz, some made by me and some shared with me. i'll always let y'all know when it's not mine and do my best to credit if the creator is known!! other cute and/or creepy things as well. i love scorned, misunderstood women.

i make a lot of Taylor Swift dollz and am currently working on making Eras Tour outfits - first one up is probably the reputation set.

not necessarily taking requests bc some outfits i won't be able to recreate yet - i'm just not that good with pixel art or drawing really. most of the props i use are simply altered to be custom. but i am taking suggestions! i'm working on an Olivia Rodrigo doll and a few others.

i am more than happy to share my edited props, so feel free to reach out if you see a prop you like. please keep in mind i heavily edit skin tone etc on certain body parts. i use Picsart and Pixel Brush for my editing. there is a small community of other dollerz so if you're interested in joining, please reach out. we have weekly contests!

stuff you'll find here

-pink!

-my comics

-Taylor Swift

-Sailor Moon

-Chobits

-y2k

-other pop girlies like Britney, Brandi, Ashanti, Lady Gaga, Bey, Mandy Moore, Ariana, Olivia Rodrigo, Spice Girls etc

-creepycute things

-jazmin bean

[bunnymajo]

Useless fun fact but it’s my blog so I’m sharing it anyway: 

So I always try to listen to a certain genre or motif for a character if I’m drawing them to get into their mindset a little better (that’s why character image songs are a god send to me, please anime companies please keep making them) 

So here’s the motifs I go for with Sonic characters I’ve drawn recently:

Sally Acorn -Pretty Rhythm/Aikatsu music, anything that’s upbeat and about doing your best. “Calendar Girl” from Aikatsu which is about being busy and loving it I think especially fits.

Nicole - Vocaloid Music

Antoine - 70′s shoujo music, specifically if it’s set in France, so Rose of Versailles or La Seine no Hoshi etc.

Bunnie - She & Him, a more folksy/country sounding duo that I like

Rotor - City Pop, also more aquatic/icy type of game music. Oh and YMO!

Elias - Tatsuro Yamashita albums, One album had a narrative of a youth having a night on the town for the first time and since then I was like “That’s it!”. Ozaki is another one.

Surge & Kit - I’ve got a special playlist for them but I expand to whatever fits the piece if needed. Generally Surge gets J-rock/Babymetal & Kit gets Keane

Julie-Su: Metroid soundtrack

Mina Mongoose: Lynn Minmay songs and also pop music from 2001 (Britney Spears, Mandy Moore, etc)

Tails: Just a bunch of Sonic remixes tbh. Like I’ve found a lot of good covers of “Believe in Myself” this past month but I also fall back on future funk. I also have a bunch of sad spacey music if I’m including Cosmo

Sage: Ali Project

Starline: Classical music, the more pompous the better.

[super-hero-confessions]

A lot of people show disdain for two dimensional characters. Often they are called flat and not as interesting as a three dimensional character. But I myself don’t really have a problem with two dimensional characters.  My favorite villains of all are both Hades from Hercules 1997 and Mandy (the black haired purple eyed mean girl) from Totally Spies. True neither villain have much depth. True Hades portrayal downright contradicts the original myths. True Mandy was never anything really more than the high school rival and menace.   But Hades is a charmingly sleazy host with an excellent performance by James Woods, while Mandy has a decent fashion sense, and a barrage of sassy comebacks, and a memorably shrill laugh.   Plus with Mandy’s lack of depth, it opens the door to come up with many interpretations of her character. Maybe she’s just pure evil (as the fandom mostly agrees), maybe she’s just a lonely rich girl (as some circles believe), maybe she’s not as bad as the show makes her off as (the podcast Totally Reprise goes by this). This could be fun for adaptations. You just can’t do this with three dimensional characters, you have to be specific in order to stay true to said characters.   Likewise if you look at the animated series, Hades had a lot of variety in regards to his villainy, be it trying to put the gods to sleep by making a play about himself, etc. tricking Poseidon into giving him control of Athens, trying to get Zeus and Hera into having a marriage crisis, taking advantage of the Tapestry of Fate to become Olympus’ Top God, etc. And even he’s not all that bad, he was kind enough to tell Cassandra how to bring Icarus to life and honor his deals with Medusa and Meg about turning the former into a human and freeing the latter of his service. Compare that to Ursula, who always planned on backstabbing Ariel. And his lack of depth is well filled in by James Woods’ hilarious and intoxicating performance.   Yes there are far more intelligent and deeper, and more menacing villains like Doctor Doom, Bane, and Poison Ivy but IDK villains like Hades and Mandy are more fun and offer lots of story opportunities.   A close runner up for choice of favorite villain has to be easily Darkseid. Technically Thanos is the deeper villain be it his love for death or in the MCU a desire to save the universe, but the “less developed” Darkseid is simply more terrifying and memorable, what with his hellish tyrannical vision and ruthless will to inflict it on everybody, and his menacing design (and sometimes voice).   Likewise some characters are simply better when there is a mystery to them, it’s unknown what their concrete origin is nor what their true motives are. It’s why Dracula and Joker are so prominent in media, there are thousands of ways to interpret their characters. The idea that Dracula in the original novel was actually Vlad the Impaler is not really an interesting idea, it’s more tolerable when it’s simply an adaptation. Although the backstory for the Joker by Tim Burton and Paul Dini is not a bad one, and is certainly more credible than Alan Moore’s. The Joker was just simply already bad as a gangster and the whole chemical transformation just gave him the excuse to fake insanity and make his criminal exploits more creative, it’s a lot more interesting than the whole “he’s crazy*” trope.   And in some cases adding more depth can actually hurt the character. There was a confession about how Rob Zombie’s Halloween and later seasons of ATLA ruined Michael Myers and Azula (actually there’s a lot of confessions about her as of recent) by trying to make them deep; and having seen both in the last month (as well as Halloween II) for the first time, it proves that just because it’s deeper doesn’t mean it’s better.   I wouldn’t say it “ruined” Myers, seeing as it was a different canon and already was there an odd twist about a cult and magic in the original series, but yeah the “sad and tortured” Myers as envisioned by Rob Zombie was far less effective than the original vision in 1978, especially when the points to make him sympathetic amounted to creepypasta tier wangst, and Myers came out more like an emo wussy wuss wuss and WTF was with the white horse in Halloween II. So the cereal killer had a sad childhood and just wants to be with his sis. Yawn.   But oh YEAH did the latter half of Book Three utterly **** up Azula. The Beach was okay. Seeing a normally menacing villain try to act in normal situations, those situations are always fun. If they kept the mom thing to that one line it would have been cool, “Hidden Depths” and all. But the revelation that she was a lonely girl who secretly wanted love but tried to achieve it though fear and then flips her shit when they betray her came out of nowhere and didn’t really make sense. Sure Ty Lee was scared but Mai was previously apathetic, HUGGED azula affectionally in their first scene, joined her because she was bored, and was not afraid to lash out in her in the Beach.   But the biggest problem was it downgraded her from a smart, resourceful and capable badass to the dreaded (and tired) generic psycho just to supposedly give her more depth and provide a convenient way for the heroes to defeat her. Imagine Zuko and Katara trying to fight the Fire Nation Generals, the Dai Li in addition to a comet powered, competent, and still persistent Azula all at once. That would have been epic!   But no the writers then decide to provide a copout suddenly say “she’s crazy*” and because of this she banishes all the soldiers like a moron, strikes out at Katara (and therefore already forfeiting the Agni Kai because the rules are you must not strike out at observers, a dishonorable move), and the final scene is of her in chains frothing like a “maniac”, what a disgraceful way to send off the one who conquered Ba Sing Se. Oh and of course, a typical one an one fight even though there was already a one and one fight with Aang and Ozai which also sucked.  I didn’t read the sequel comics, but what I heard online, apparently she devised a convoluted and stupid plan that for some reason involves kidnapping children, all to make Zuko a better Fire Lord by “controlling through fear”… even though controlling through fear is EXACTLY what led to her downfall the last time! Did she just forget what happened! Oh and the Search apparently had her whining about her mother, and this may be because I’m early to ATLA and it’s fandom at this point but I’ve yet to see any fans or fanfics who don’t make Azula all about her mother. Mother this! Mother that! We get it already, she has problems with her mother!   But I can’t blame the writers of the comics entirely since they had to go with bullshit canon, it’s exactly like how the MCU handles things.   Sorry for the extended rant, but Sozin’s Comet was really ******* bad. One day I’ll make a confession about how bad it was, including the Aang vs Ozai fight  But really, Michael Myers and Azula are really two different examples of characters who didn’t need to have (too much) depth added. Michael is very fine as a dark and malevolent serial killer who may or may not have supernatural qualities, and who people call “The Boogeyman”. Even the whole “Michael is Laurie’s brother” twist wasn’t terrible in the original 1981 Halloween II, it still didn’t explain exactly why he killed the other sister, Laurie’s friends, as well as the others in that same 1981 film! The Azula as shown in Book 2 may have been “two dimensional” but with her competence and intelligence she could have been the forefront of some very interesting future stories about political intrigue and all. As opposed to the finale and comics which just used the “insanity” excuse to put the character in different directions that had nothing to do with her. She could have been someone like Ra’s Al Ghul or Doom, a villain who can match the heroes with her wits and who has some “Hidden Depths” underneath. The Beach alone was perfect for that, show her being awkward and unable to socialize while being undercover. There was still more to the “two dimensional” Azula as shown in Book 2 than solely her mother or supposed “insanity”.   *Also neither the Joker in most cases nor Azula represent any real facets of mental illness, it’s just some bullshit by writers who don’t understand mental health.  Speaking of “deep does not mean better”... no, Zack Snyder’s Vision of the DCEU, The Boys, and basically any other “dark and edgy” take on superheroes is not automatically better than the MCU (as problematic as that is) and any lighthearted or optimistic superhero work just because it’s darker and therefore ****** deeper. Darker and Edgier is not something you do at a whim even for this. Superheroes are not just these dark and brooding tortured souls, the whole genre is just not some “profound examination into the bleakness or darkness of life” and the writers need to remember that.   Is a Superman who brooding at his alien nature and lack of humanity deeper? Sure. Is a Wonder Woman whose entitled, harsh, nasty, and thirsts for blood and battle deeper? Maybe? But just because it’s a “deeper” version of the characters does not mean it’s better, in fact is outright contradicts the characters so much you might as well come up with entirely new characters. Oh wait, that’s what The Boys did. What makes heroes like Superman, Wonder Woman, and Sora (Kingdom Hearts) so strong and memorable as heroes aside from their powers is their hearts. Their compassion for other beings. The willingness to stand up for those who can’t really do so themselves. That’s what makes them work as characters. They don’t need to be three-dimensional. They’re the type of characters we either aspire to be, or wish were around to help us in real life.   But yeah, TLDR having “deep characters” and stories don’t need to be the de facto rule for storytelling. Frodo and Sam were the heart of LOTR in spite of all the deeper characters elsewhere. Hades and Mandy are fun villains, and Sora, Diana of Themyscira, and Superman all work just fine AS THEY TRULY ARE. Heroes or villains, two-dimensional characters can be either simply fun, be the source of interesting stories and plots, or simply still have heart worked into them or have hearts. The best Disney movies are not the ones that are “deep”, it’s the one with heart.

[hecateisalesbian]

*ahem*

One

E V E R Y T H I N G

if I may be so bold to request it.

and before you ask, yes, I do fully intend to listen to each of these (at least the previews) so have fun with whatever pressure comes from that knowledge.

Ooooo yay! Be warned I describe my taste in music as dumpster garbage so-

red: songs about friendship

okay so um like I don’t know if this counts but I freaking LOVE the Tangled Series soundtrack so

But uh if that doesn’t count then I guess this?

The show is literally called friends idk 🤷🏼‍♀️

orange: songs about romantic love

I’m a toh fan at heart

yellow: songs to scream to (maybe literal screams idk)

good scream or bad scream? Rock or Sad? Cause I got a lot >:,)

I could probably make a playlist with all the stuff I listen to idk green: songs that came out recently

blue: sad song recs

indigo: terrifying song recs

immmmm…not sure what this means? Lol. I’ll just put something that gives me chills?

I listen to a lot of Mother Mother and idk this one’s so calm but freaky and it has guitar >:D violet: queer song <3

This girl got me through the closet when I (thought) was lesbian ^

bonus songs: 😸

Why’d you only call me when your high - artic monkeys

Non stop - Hamilton

Business Man - Tom Cardy

Touch-Tone Telephone - Lemon Demon (anything by lemon demon really)

Microwave - Ricky Jamarez

etc

lemon demon radio has a lot of songs I like, so yeah. Also should be noted my repeat playlist has currently been my “toh animatics” Playlist so if you had asked me this a few months ago these answers probably would’ve been a lot different lol

[always-rolling-my-eyes]

Just wanted to say to the anon who said Glen followed Deuxmoi and that’s weird. I just looked who else follows them and a lot of celebs do: Mandy Moore, Demi Lovato, Rosario Dawson, Suki Waterhouse, Cardi B, Kelsea Balerini, etc. I don’t think it is that weird. Following an account and obsessionally following their updates are 2 different things. The Deuxmoi page also came out of the pandemic, the early days, so a lot of celebs were probably bored at home and started following it. I kind of like when celebs no what is going on in their own world.

Yeah, but Deuxmoi is consistently and notoriously wrong about everything 😂