#and not just purely in association with tommy

[theboywiththepurplesocks]

I need a fic or something where Buck does some self insight and realizes all the dudes and fictional characters he's had crushes in retrospect. I need that "Oh, shit! I've been bi the whole time?" Moment

[stemms]

During his lonesome time in exile, c!Tommy began to associate the moon with certain people from his life. After all, how could he not, if he was left all alone most of the time?

The moon was the only thing that never left him, regardless of his behaviour. It was always up in the night sky, silently observing and listening to him — his laughter, his desperate cries for help, his jokes, his screams of agony, his banter with c!Dream, his sobbing…

And just like any God, it never tried to save him.

He was irreparable, as c!Dream often said.

Yet, despite that, the man never left him alone for too long.

And even when c!Tommy didn’t deserve it, he was there to comfort him.

He was always there for him.

He was his friend, wasn’t he?

Surely, he’d never abandon him, like his friends did.

At first, c!Tommy associated the moon with the sight of c!Dream’s pure white, eerie mask, almost glowing in the dark as he silently approached the teen, the fury unmistakable in his posture. So, every time the blond looked at the moon, he’d feel his breath hitch, flinch for seemingly no reason, and feel the urge to hide.

But he was still in the company of the moon alone.

Because c!Tommy hated the idea of remembering the green bastard every time he saw the moon, he attempted to find another association, and kind of reclaim it. It took him quite a while, but one day, as c!Tommy desperately swam toward the beach after sleepwalking into the ocean again, he caught a brief glimpse of the still present moon, and found it.

L’Manberg. His friends. His home.

They’re all so close, yet so far away, just like the moon.

If only it could hear his desperate pleas, and take him away from here…

He missed his friends, so desperately. But he already had a new one, didn’t he?

Sometimes, when c!Tommy looked at his ‘Your Tubbo’ compass, it felt like gazing at the moon again — a comforting feeling. Whenever he looked at the moon, he couldn’t help but wonder if c!Tubbo was doing the same, thinking of him.

However, after the Beach Party, everything changed. The thought of seeing the reflection of c!Tubbo in the moon now broke his heart; it was too much to bear.

What kind of a friend would exile and abandon his friend?

Did he ever care?

…He betrayed him, it was clear.

Suddenly, c!Tommy wished to see c!Dream’s mask again, instead of that traitor his best friend. Everything was so much easier with c!Dream- at least, when he was good for him. They’d laugh, have playful banters, go mining, and simply bond together. It almost seemed to be perfect.

After all, c!Dream cares, and would never lie, or abandon him.

Sure, his rules are tough, but if c!Tommy does everything perfectly- if he’s Good Enough, he’ll never be alone again.

If he’s hurt, maybe he simply… deserves it?

[reiimicxii]

tbh i just dont want the dsmp to be remembered in infamy for being just a server who had criminals on there. it was so much more than just a minecraft server to me, and if it means that im the only dsmp fan lying around, so be it. i like the lore. i LOVE the characters.

i dont care if some of the cc's are assholes/just vile people, im fully separating the characters from em, because, y'know what? the characters aren't the cc's, they're fictional.

i think im gonna plan a lil project, yknow, just to send a "farewell", well, not for me, im still gonna be here lmao, but to the people who're leaving/left the fandom permanently.

to make the memory of the server not tainted by whoever was exposed for doing something vile, to make the memory of the server alive.

it's to make it less bittersweet, and more happy. im happy you were here, im happy you had those memories here. don't be sad or frustrated because it's over or some shitty cc's, be happy because it happened at all. be happy for all the experiences you had in this community.

that server was purely driven by fanworks, you made that server happen, you were apart of its success, you made that little song a whole symphony. and i wish you well on your future :)

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also, kindly fuck off if you'd like to hate on dsmp or mcyt in general because of creeps, this server wasn't only here because of them, it was the fanbase, the songs, the animations, the art, the fanfiction.

there was a story here, tons of lore throughout hundreds of hours of livestreams on twitch. a story about war, about broken friendships, about nations falling them rising back up and then falling again, about a man wanting control, about a child soldier, about an anarchist, about so, so many things.

so many former fans that have a superiority complex where they deem themselves "better" than people who left later or are still here just because they left. you arent better than any of them, you need to learn that. you just left earlier, you cant just call yourself better than any of them.

im so sick of hearing those fucking jokes with minecraft or dsmp youtubers as the punchline, this is why so many dsmp cc's distance themselves from it. not every minecraft youtuber is a terrible person, what about grian? what about tommy? what about joel? what about scar? what about lizzie? what about tubbo? are they all just bad people apparently because they're minecraft youtubers and/or associated with the dsmp or other servers? no, they arent.

have a more open mind.

WS supporters and dream team stans also kindly go fuck off (support victims btw). i support shelby, alice, niki, lexie, caiti, andi, and freddie, get out of my page, this isnt a safe space for you. get off, go on.

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just be happy you were here in this beautiful community to begin with :D

anyway, on a lighter note

here's a lil info about my lil project: everyones gonna have new designs / outfits for it !! :D / its an animatic thing lol

(im a lil excited abt it buttt im keeping it under wraps lol)

have a wonderful day :)

[dorkydegeneracy]

If some of you haven't noticed, I have never thought of myself as anti-Tommy or even anti-Bummy. That is not to say that I am in any shape of form anti-Buddie. I am most definitely Buddie till the day I die! But I don't want to participate in the whole bashing Tommy and BuckxTommy supporters thing that I see a lot in the fandom.

Now let me be clear. I don't give two flying fucks if you have a strong distaste for Tommy. It is absolutely within your right and I will not call you out for being petty or just sharing your dislike for the guy. I am American, and doing so would feel fucked up imo. In fact, as I am sure I've stated before, I don't think Tommy is written to be a likeable character, given his past and the fact that their relationship is seemingly only built on sexual attraction. Like many others, the guy does rub me the wrong way.

I'm just not going to bash the character primarily because I find his existence quintessential to Buck exploring his sexuality and ultimately to Buddie endgame.

Buck needs to understand what it means to be a bisexual man apart from Eddie because he already loves Eddie, but he's having trouble differentiating from the love associated with friendship and the type of romantic love associated with spouses. He can't do that with Eddie as his only measuring stick. This is Tommy's purpose.

It is clear to me that Tommy is purely a mechanism to 1) get Buck to understand that Tommy is not the answer (it's Eddie) and 2) to key Eddie into the idea that Buck is attracted to men and a valid option (once he goes through his own awakening). I tend to label a character who fulfills this role as a "plot device." It is not a slight on anyone who likes Tommy/Bummy. Have at it! I just choose not to root for a character who's only purpose is to ultimately be ushered out soon in favor of what I believe to be the ultimate goal of the show runners: Buddie.

TL;DR: Basically I'm Tommy neutral. Kinda? I find him to be unpleasant but I think he serves an important purpose so in that way he is cool. Idk. You definitely won't see me badmouth the guy (a fictional character mind you), or MORE IMPORTANTLY, anybody who enjoys seeing Buck in this new relationship.

[gazs-blue-hat]

Whumptober Day 2: “Nobody cares about you” (Reader X Simon Riley)

Summary: Simon hasn’t gotten a full night’s sleep in ages. Luckily you don’t sleep. often either. (This is mostly angst instead of Whump but I couldn’t help myself)

Word Count: 1,251

TW: References to the Ghost comics (Burried alive, Torture, the works). Insomnia. Lack of self care. Religious imagery.

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Simon Riley was legally a dead man. Even though his heart still beat in his chest and his lungs inflated with air, sometimes he felt like he was dead. It was on these occasions that he would wander around the base like what his callsign designated him as. A ghost.

He had gone to bed that night dreading the idea of sleep. He knew what his body needed. He could feel the weight of his eyelids as he trudged around the empty halls of the base, wandering aimlessly and not all there.

When he had gone to lie down, he covered himself with the blanket only to throw it off of him like it had burned. He couldn’t feel the soft material of the fabric you had painstakingly crocheted for him. He could only feel the rough dirt as it filled his mouth while he clawed his way out of that stupid coffin. In his hands he didn’t feel the silly little ghost plushy you had made for him, instead feeling the jawbone he used as a trowel to dig his way out from the grave.

That’s how he found himself wandering into the common room after wandering the halls for a few hours. He had thought he was over all of this. He hadn’t had a nightmare this badly in months. He figured it was due to the time of year. Christmas never was a good time for him. If 141 wasn’t on any active missions, they would all go home for the holidays. Johnny would fly off to Scotland to visit his plethora of family members. Kyle would go visit his mum. Price would spend time in..he wasn’t sure. Probably on a boat fishing or something.

Johnny invited him to come to Scotland with him but Simon, as usual, denied him. He didn’t enjoy the lights and the trees anymore. They never had them when he was growing up, and the last time he had associated them with anything good, was when he was with Tommy, Beth, and Joseph right before…

His train of thought was broken up by faint violin music coming from the gym. It didn’t sound like it was coming from a speaker either. The sound was too rich, too pure to be coming from a speaker. Simon walked like a zombie towards the music. He didn’t care that it was a Christmas hymn. He only cared that the music drowned out the pain in his chest where the hook had gone through. it frowned out the voices in his head that whispered “Nobody cares about you. Nobody is coming to save you. You might as well give in.”

He opened the door to the gym silently, pushing open the double doors and just…watching.

You were standing in the middle of the gym, violin perched on your shoulder and hand gently caressing the strings. You held the bow in your hand with practiced ease and drew the hairs across the strings like an angel. Simon would later admit that it was a trick of the moonlight, but he saw a halo around your head as you played.

You didn’t sing along, you didn’t even hum. The notes rang out into the empty gym clean and unobstructed by any other sound. You swayed as you played, a gentle smile on your face. Your eyes were closed as your face slightly scrunched with concentration, remembering the notes as they flew from your fingers and into the strings of the instrument.

Simon felt tears welling in his eyes. His chest ached with the feeling of loss and abandonment. When was the last time that he had actually… stopped moving? He didn’t know the answer. His mind was always racing, always looking for threats.

Now his mind was silent, only filled with the sounds coming from the violin. The final notes rang out into the night, echoing along the wooden floor and the concrete walls.

Simon was on his knees now, sitting at the threshold of the gym. He was crying, tears seeping into his balaclava and making it a bit difficult to breathe through the wet fabric. He pulled it off, causing a slight rustle.

You turned around and gasped a bit, seeing Simon on the ground like that, his face red and splotchy from tears.

“Don’t stop. Please don’t stop.”

His voice came out broken, laced with emotions he didn’t know he had anymore. You took a second to answer, the silent flurry of snow acting as your backdrop.

“Any…any requests?” You asked softly, not moving from your spot. This spot had the best acoustics in the whole base, that's why you had come here in the first place.

“Just…just keep playing.” Simon wasn't the type of man to beg, he wasn’t the type of man to pray either. He found himself doing both of these things, only to hear you play one more time.

You nodded, thinking of a song. Silent Night popped into your head. It was simple to play, one you had known for ages. You lifted your bow and began to play.

Simon felt his heart lurch at your song choice. That song had been his mother’s favorite song. He remembered listening to Beth play it on the piano, trying to teach Tommy while Simon bounced Joseph in his lap. Like before you didn’t sing, but he put Beth’s voice in his mind.

Her voice and your music drowned out the hatred in his heart. The icy walls he had built began to melt and leak from his eyes. He didn’t muffle his sobs and you only played louder when he cried out, cuddling in on himself to try and contain some of the emotions he was feeling.

You continued into the second verse, playing and swaying your hips as you let the music flow through you. You didn’t understand why your Lieutenant was sobbing to Christmas music and you knew better than to ask. If he wanted you to play, you would play. It brought you peace and you assumed it brought him peace as well.

He didn’t speak when the final note rang out. He only sobbed and held himself. close, kneeling like a man in desperate prayer. He needed to feel these feelings but they hurt. They hurt so badly.

You began to play another song. ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem. Simon knew this one too. When his mother would drag them all to church for the Christmas service, he sang this song with the congregation. His. mother’s voice wasn’t. perfect but she sang the words as best she could. He remembered holding her hand as they had sung together, the hymn book in her hands but held at his eye level so he could read the words.

The final notes rang out into the empty gym, echoing like a distant memory. For the first time since everything had happened. Since Roba, since Sparks and the Fire. Since everything, Simon Riley felt at peace.

He didn’t notice you walking closer to him, the violin placed back into its case like a body at a funeral. You had the bag over your shoulder and you knelt before him, gently lifting his teary face to yours. Your smile was kind, honest, and true. Your thumb reached out to swipe his tears away and you gently hugged him and kissed his salty cheek.

“Merry Christmas Lieutenant.”

And it was a merry Christmas. The first merry Christmas he had experienced since rising from the grave

[spencerfagnew]

OFFICIAL EVEN IF YOU WERE DEAD (vampire au) LORE POST

this will contain brief overviews of each character as of now!

credit to @franklyfeline for helping me decide some of the lore (mainly w ianthony :3)

characters:

vampires : 

chronological order of turning:

tommy bowe  :  turned around 1150 or so, oldest vampire out of the main cast. lives in the house, pretty fucking strange to be honest. has lost his accent over years of being in the americas. familiar is spencer. 

angela giarratana  :  turned at some point during Italian Renaissance (it was a crazy time for vampires). a rather chaotic vampire, she traveled throughout most of euraisafrica, before eventually moving to the americas in the 1920s. she lives in the house. familiar (slash babysitter slash best friend) is amanda. she actually turned chanse, another vampire, because she got tired of not being able to hang out with him. 

court(ney) miller  :  turned during the salem witch trials. they attempted to burn her for being a ‘witch’, but it didn’t quite work out for them. courtney went in hiding for many years until the 1800s, when the industrial revolution brought many vampires to the americas. she lives in the house. doesn’t have an official familiar, but is very close friends with both damien and shayne, so they kind of share. also is friends with spencer and tommy. 

anthony padilla  :  turned around 2014-2016. previously was an aspiring actor with his (ex) best friend ian. he doesn’t really associate with any of the other vampires, besides being on the local vampiric council. dramatic ass depressed vampire is all i have to say to be honest. 

damien haas  :  turned around 2019-2020. he was extremely scared and worried for his relationship with his best friend, and current familiar, shayne. it ended up being okay, and he eventually met court and joined the house. he’s probably one of the more normal ones. 

chanse mccrary  :  turned by angela in 2022. they met at a bar and hit it off, though he was kind of skeptical why she never could meet up before dusk. she eventually told him that she was a vampire, and he was strangely okay about it? eventually it ended in her turning him so that he could 1) live forever and 2) not pay rent. a win win for everyone. doesnt have an official familiar, but normally shayne or amanda helps him out if he needs it. 

familiars  :

spencer agnew  :  tommy’s familiar. he honestly thought that tommy’s whole vampire thing was a bit, hence the reason he said yes. he kind of freaked out when he realized he’d accepted an ACTUAL vampire’s request, but actually ended up going through it, even when offered to leave without punishment or harm. he guesses he just kind of likes tommy (and he has this weird homoerotic thing going on with him. but thats unimportant.) he lives in the house. pretty good friends with shayne and amanda. #familiarthings or whateva

shayne topp  :  damien’s familiar AND best friend. the familiar thing is more of a marriage of convenience; shayne really functioned as one anyways. that in no way means that shayne is just a helper to damien – really the title is just so people stop trying to kill shayne when he goes out with damien. he moved into the house with damien, and ended up actually being friends with pretty much everybody. tommy doesn’t seem to like him though. that might be because he has a strange knack for accidentally walking in on him and spencer trying to have sex on the living room couch. 

amanda lehan-canto  :  angela’s familiar and babysitter. they met on pure accident – she accidentally went into a vampire-only bar and, while narrowly avoiding getting eaten, ran into angela, who had just gotten kicked out of said bar. instead of trying to suck her blood, angela started traumadumping. amanda took her home, and ended up talking with spencer (who had already been tommy’s familiar at that point). they hit it off and she was invited over (during the day) to hang out if she wanted. eventually she was even befriended by the vampires, tommy and angela liking her especially. it was kind of natural that she became a familiar. she eventually moved into the house.

werewolves  : 

rhett mclaughlin  :  functional pack leader, along with link. was turned sometime in the 2000s. overall silly guy. yeah idk what to put here

link neal  :  functional pack leader, along with rhett. turned around 2010, became friends with rhett near that time. 

ian hecox  :  turned around 2017. was taken in by rhett and link. used to be an aspiring actor with his ex-best friend anthony. only really realized anthony was turned into a vampire after he became a werewolf, so he sees no possible way of reconciling. 

arasha lalani  :  joined the pack right after trevor. befriended ian very early on. likes to bully him for his “breakup” with anthony, but is genuinely protective of ian along with the rest of the group.

kimmy jimenez  :  one of the older pack members. a silly goose tbh. she probably parties the most, and is at fault for most of the pack’s turnings.

trevor evarts  :  basically adopted by rhett and link. youngest out of the group, he gets along the most with arasha. 

garrett palm  :  one of the oldest pack members, he was a werewolf for long before he joined the pack. pretty chaotic, but not in the way you’d expect. he cooks the most, but is known to play pranks on fellow pack members. 

keith leak jr  :  nobody knows how he got there, he just kind of showed up. pretty chill, normally lives in the pack house. he’s the closest any of them get to stereotypical werewolves.

settings:

the house  : 

the house is the house that tommy, spencer, angela, amanda, courtney, damien, shayne, and chanse live in. it’s a two-story house in los angeles that they hypnotised their way into getting for free. it's dark and wooden, but it does have a pool outside, so thats a plus. it has 5 bedrooms, along with 2 other ‘living spaces’ that they’ve converted into bedrooms (shayne and damien stay in the same room. “just to take up less space”.)

pack center  : 

the pack center is a small few-room abandoned house that the pack found and fixed up (illegally, but that doesn’t matter). they live mostly separately, but it functions as a meeting area or housing situation. 

also! here is the google doc containing all of that information PLUS a (mostly) accurate list of fics in this series that are published or in the planning stages! i will try to update it as frequently as possible.

[nomsfaultau]

SBI SCP AU character playlists

Tommy:

Rose by The Oh Hellos (I mean I'm doing an entire animatic wip, it fits and I have essays to prove it. Anyway violence, the power of names/narratives, truth, hypocrisy, how sacrifice and love tie together.)

Sunken City by David Wirsig (Tubbo associations, mostly symbolic/vibes past the prison break. The euphoria of escaping and how the world beyond is confusing and unrecognizable. The idea of journeying with a friend to the ruins of what was once your life. 6th verse as finding a new home in found family. 'God free me from the burden of my thoughts')

Never Love an Anchor by The Crane Wives (Tubbo, and how Tommy tries to distance himself to protect them/is the only reason Tubbo stays in a group with people they abhor. Touch starvation, hands as dangerous, seeing himself as a monster/burden. Again. Did an animatic for this one.)

Wilbur (yes they're all by Will Wood for the bit):

Misanthrapologist by Will Wood (Philza, for their light/dark dynamic and untangling of Wilbur's loathing of society and himself. WHiT Constellations interlude. I imagine 'can't keep a straight face while I'm praying' as Phil trying to get Wil to meditate but they end up laughing + 'don't you revolve around someone else' as a chide to Philza post Anderson's death)

Love Me, Normally (If he were honest with himself. Wilbur is wracked with jealousy for humanity that he disguises as hatred. Die young mentality, insomnia, bridge 2 addressed to the void, 'Is it courageous or escapist to leave the quarantine when you’re contagious?' as a comment on the danger of anomalies and if they should be contained)

BlackBoxWarrior (An entire life spent running from the Foundation and their experiments + trauma, repressing the past, general void madness, 'a map to every victim of his love' as the scars the void has left)

The Blade:

Red Water Dreams by Aviators (The sea motif of the voices, being a vessel for The Blood God, finding blame in those who unleashed his apocalyptic revenge. The entire chorus fits so well. 'Vicious thoughts are stirring/And I hunger for their power')

Paralyzed by Aviators (He's just an Aviators boy, what can I say, it's the violence and upbeat tempos man. Really this is The Blood God's song. His challengers as a duty to cull, as he's forced to hunt down every last foe that laid a hand upon his vessel. The thrill of battle, impending doom, 'I will give you one fair chance' because he really does seek a good fight. The Blade is the one paralyzed, unable to do anything but watch as his body is used for destruction)

Turn Out the Lights by The Crane Wives (Because The Blade does actually handle The Blood God/voices pretty well. I feel this song captures the way he just sorta rolls his eyes and shrugs off the intrusive thoughts most of the time)

Philza:

Rule #9 - Child of the Stars by Fish in a Birdcage (Wilbur as a wanderer, but works for any Collected for fostering their growth. Father vibes. Philza raising his children to be strong, independent people. A gentle expectation of greatness, because he picks out the exceptional among humanity)

Hot Tea by Half Alive (His sheer adoration of his Collected, also fun to swap the roles so that it is the god showing devotion. The pure warmth and sweetness matches Philza. In retrospect I need a song about protective violence but eh I set a 3 song limit.)

Time Machine by Miracle Musical (Amnestic arc. Particularly with loneliness and the vehemence in 'look at what you've done now to me', as well as 'I'm leaving today, today' with his confused insistence that he leaves at the end of the week. The way Philza is dragged in and out of grief at the whims of the Foundation, left free floating and disorientated)

Tubbo:

Soap by The Oh Hellos (Actual perfect Tubbo song. WHiT Croplands interlude. Themes of pacifism, how Tubbo is made of pieces, the separation between humans and anomalies and how the Hivemind can cross that barrier. Learning when to let go/hold on with the Tommy, Hive members, Willow. The 2nd chorus as Rhodes trying to convince Tubbo to leave Tommy in Jasper, with the response of 'I think that you’re worth (keeping around/holding onto)' to both Rhodes and Tommy's Never Love an Anchor. And imagining Tubbo saying the last stanza to Tommy makes me so soft)

Escapism by Rebecca Sugar (Dissociation. Grey chapter in general, specifically Pewter for being firm in convictions: 'shouldn't show a trace of doubt' and telling Rosalind the sacrifice won't hurt them, as well as trying to force a dissociative episode when their hand is sawed off)

Saint Bernard by Lincoln (ok this is a troll but also fits well for Cinnabar and Old Gauze. The guilt of failing one's morals. Technically Tubbo is in Indiana satanic and chained up, but I'll let it slide. The Saint Calvin verse is so good for the Rhodes-Tommy tension + Foundation destroying families. Also the way Tubbo blames their self-loathing on Rosalind, making the chorus apt for the Hivemind mess) (but also its funny to give Tubbo the classic edgy character song)

(Bonus) Dr. Blake:

Take Me to War by The Crane Wives (She sees herself as forced to be ruthless to survive against powerful anomalies. 'And I'll rankle the beasts with words' for her manipulation. Also epithets in the dehumanizing way the Foundation avoids names. Verse 3 is Tubbo 'corrupting' the guards when they saved humans from Philza)

Solaria, Kevin / End-World Normopathy by GHOST (Tommy, with religious themes and verse 5/Kevin understood as The Blood God. The cold cruelty of the Foundation, sentience as a failure/flaw in a tool (Tommy), Dr. Blake completely separating her personal and professional selves because to have humanity is only a weakness anomalies will exploit. 'Though you’ll never die, you’ve found that/All eyes are staring at your hands' is an absolutely perfect line for summoning sessions)

[kedsandtubesocks]

pedro boys + sports headcanons

I’m sorry I’m just a weak sucker of a sports girlie and I blame @skeletoncowboys for encouraging my wild ramblings (but also love you forever eri) anyways this was fun and that’s all that matters sometimes, go team!

Jack Daniels: ok so number one biggest sports guy, watches everything and anything and gets into it! Makes friends with anyone who sits around him at games, probably loves getting into team chants and enjoys himself a good old fashioned rivalry. Whenever his team scores Jack cheers so loud and then loves to kiss you as a celebration treat, is the biggest fan of seeing you in any team memorabilia and gets handsy whenever you wear a jersey cause “you just look so god damn cute baby!”

Joel: my pure texas football boy! Loves rooting for the University of Texas Austin, owns various longhorn merchandise (that’s their mascot) watches the games religiously and loves to go to home games! Has fond memories of taking Tommy and Sarah to games and has been raising Sarah since she was old enough to walk to do the longhorn 🤘 hand symbol. You agree to go to a game with him and even if you don’t know what’s going on, just getting to enjoy that quality time with you and seeing you laugh amused, bright, the first time you hear the team band play is when Joel realizes he loves you

Javi P: casually watches sports but really doesn’t care, says he likes the Dallas Cowboys just cause but again really doesn’t give a shit, played baseball in high school for a few years but it was just to pass the time, mainly loves to tease and joke about whatever sport is going on and has plenty of jokes about Texan sports teams (as all of us Texans like myself do) at family gatherings if any game is on he honestly just uses the entire time to flirt and be cute with you

Marcus P: basketball fan for sure, came from a big basketball loving family and proudly continues the legacy of cheering for the same team, so like…if his dad is from Boston and loves the Celtics, Marcus will forever love them too. Because to him it’s about the memories he has of watching games together with his family and associating the team with them, so yeah he is loyal forever and proud of it! Anytime you take the time to just ask how his fav team is doing he gets the biggest heart eyes. Also for some reason gives off the vibes he was a big swimmer back in high school and I see him still swimming recreationally

Din (modern au): falls asleep during any sporting event it never fails and we love and respect him for that! But…if the baby is in any sports like t-ball Din becomes the biggest fan and will completely be watching the game with an intense but endearing focus!! Also, he keeps a punching bag and a few weights in his garage and out of curiosity you ask about his makeshift gym only to learn when he was younger Din was a trained MMA fighter and it melts your brain

Ezra: at first you think he might judge sports and see them as low culture but then you find out he’s really into boxing??? And then you find out he’s a WRESTLING FAN?? Boxing is intense and he tells you he loves watching because it’s “humans engaging with their fists in the oldest sport of all my gem, and that’s fighting” then he loves wrestling because it’s outlandish and he lives for the drama of seeing people scream and throw each other around in glorious outfits

Dave: does not care for sports other than golf, religiously tries to make time to play even if it’s just by himself, enjoys the solitude and concentration it takes. Funny enough he loves a goods sports documentary and is surprisingly good at bowling which you discover during a date night with him

Javi G: doesn’t get sports but is so sincere about it, sweet baby who smiles and says “I hope the team we like wins!” But whenever the FIFA World Cup rolls around he becomes the BIGGEST Spain fan, takes you to watch it live with him at the arena and yeah he might not even know who’s playing on the team but Javi just enjoys being around so many excited people rooting for his home county and loves getting caught up in the emotions

Max P: once joked that he was around when the first ever American football game was played so he “doesn’t need to see any of this new shit” and you don’t know if he’s actually telling the truth or lying so you don’t question him

Pero (modern au): loves soccer/football, is really good and quick on his feet but does not have a big team he watches. Besides that he is also really good at tennis because he’s so light on his footwork and loves the hand eye coordination it takes, really takes ping pong/table tennis very seriously and it’s kind of hilarious and cute watching him so grumpily focus

Frankie: big NFL classic american football boy! He’s the type of guy who can watch any team play and enjoys just watching to watch!! Knows and likes a lot of teams, because he moved around with the military started to do this sweet thing of cheering and getting into supporting the state’s team of wherever he is living so he can learn to love and appreciate the place he’s living in

Oberyn (modern au): does not watch sports but stays active and enjoys a variety of things recreationally from martial arts to water polo, absolutely LOVES the Olympics and watches every single event, you also casually discover he owns a very famous European football/soccer club when he takes you on a surprise date to a game and has his own private box seats

Dieter: thinks sports are shit but loves dodgeball, during a celebrity charity event he got really into the dodgeball game and didn’t hesitate to rip his shirt in half overwhelmed with emotions (also threw the ball too hard and accidentally hit John Stamos in the face and yes there are multiple meme videos of it online) funny enough he is invite to another celebrity sports charity event but this time it’s baseball and he whines the entire time. He sits in the outfield, during the game flat out walks away to get a pretzel and then flirts with you the rest of the time saying “I’m falling in GLOVE with you hot stuff!”

[slashingdisneypasta]

I feel bad since it's the Christmas season and this is more Halloween, but as you can see this isn't stopping me XD idk if you remember, but I made a Slasher AU with the Toon Patrol a while ago. I forgot about it for a bit, but it's flooded my brain again and you're the only one I can vent to XD of course, you don't have to answer this ask if you don't want to ^^

Not much has changed, I'm still figuring things out. But I think I've got a better grip on it and what's going on. And since this is a slasher/horror AU, this is definitely gonna be dark.

Smartass and Stupid are still brothers. They resemble the skashers that are scarred/deformed, like Freddy (and I think Bubba? I can't remember what's under the mask). Stupid, unfortunately, was dropped one too many times as a baby, and that is why he's physically and mentally a little jumbled. But Smartass, despite how mean he is, is who Stu has latched onto. He loves his brother, and doesn't pay it a second thought when he's told they have to go take care of somebody. Smarty got his scarring, however, during an accident. Stupid bumped into the barrel of acid they used at the time to get rid of evidence, and Smartass was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Wheezy would be a slasher like Drayton or Sequel!Otis. As in, he looks and acts completely normal compared to the others. He's pretty unhealthy with his smoking. However, other than that, he looks like an average guy. Though he certainly does not possess the same morality as your average citizen. He still has his tommy in this AU, but he will get up close and personal if need be to finish a job. And he's got the scars to prove it (mostly from having to break up fights between his crazier teammates. But some of them are from his previous victims...)

Greasy is a slasher similar to Stu, or maybe even Charles Lee Ray; he also looks like a normal person, albeit a bit freaky, but I promise you he has a demented mind in that head of his. I do love goofy freaky Greasy, but I think Slasher!Greasy falls more under the sinister/manipulative personality. He's not gonna be so easily rejected by a purse smack if you get what I mean. And has no qualms with using other peoples' modalities against them- threatening another persons life if they don't do as he says. Also is the kind of slasher that falls under the 'virgin = life' rule, but not for pure intentions. He can't cash out their V-Card if they're dead, after all.

Now, my personal favorite, Psycho... WFRR!Psycho is already pretty unhinged, so as one may imagine, Slasher!Psycho is far, far worse. One can argue that he truly is more animal than man with how savage he is. Ruthlessly hunting down his victims with glee, and even going so far as cannibalism to top off his crimes. He'll rip his victims' throats, then take the bodies back home to store in the freezer for later. He has many, many scars littering his body. Bullet wounds, slices, scratches, etc. But the most prominent one is the one spanning across his forehead. That one, he got from the asylum before he escaped.

And of course, we can't forget Judge Doom and how he fits in all this. Greasy, Smartass, and Stupid were all on trial for their crimes. They weren't associated before, but they all were committing murders in the same town at the same time, and just wound up getting grouped together. Doom foresaw their trials, and they were supposed to be sent to prison... But then some paperwork or evidence was mysteriously lost (just like with Freddy), and the three killers were let go. Judge Doom, however, made a deal with them. If they would do his dirty work, he would ensure that they could roam the streets freely. Or they could be tossed right back into jail. As one can imagine, they took the judge's deal and eventually chose to team up.

Wheezy... Honestly, he was just caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. And by now, he's too caught in the serial killer gang to leave. He knows too much, and he'd be killed if he tried to leave. Not that he's a Saint himself. And Psycho was originally meant to be killed; Doom wanted to get rid of him, as he was an uncontrollable menace on the streets. However, somehow, Smartass saw potential in the lunatic and convinced Doom to let him bring him on the team instead.

(This backstory may change as I think about this more. But this is what I've got so far)

Oh- we can't forget masks. We all love slashers with masks. Smartass wears dark glasses, a scarf, and even gloves to hide his scarring and identity. Stupid uses a paper bag, though; Psycho doodled on some nice pictures on it for him ^^ Wheezy, at this point, doesn't care if someone recognizes him (unless it's Y/N 👀). But if the boss makes him, Wheezy will pull on some ragged, burglars mask and call it a night. Psycho still has his face muzzle from the asylum- and you can tell how he plans on killing you depending on whether or not he's wearing it. Greasy... I can't see him wearing a mask. He has no facial scarring, and can blend into a crowd similarly to Wheezy. That and along with the Judges deal, Greasy sees no point in wearing one.

I can't think of reader insert scenarios with this... Though I can't imagine it'd be really happy no matter how it starts/ends. It's a playground for dark writers XD

(We all know what's coming now XD how Poppy and Shiny fit in this. Shiny, I can see playing the role of the trapper(? Idk if that's the official title of the trope). Like that gas station attendant in 2001 Maniacs. Shiny in this AU owns a liquor store. She's been questioned by cops many times, as some of the murders occur near her store. But she has still managed to stay in business and innocent in the eyes of the law. Nobody knows about her association with the Killer Patrol; how Shiny will purposefully misdirect their victims to wandering their way, or how she gets frequent late night visits from them. Especially Greasy. Similar to Wheezy, she's lost the ability to care about what happens- but towards other people rather than herself. And she's crazy enough to actually knowingly associate with these bastards. As long as they leave her alone and don't get her in trouble, she's willing to turn a blind eye on everything they do.

Poppy however, falls more under the final girl category. Every newspaper she reads, every murder talked about on the news, makes the poor girl more petrified of making her way around town. Even in the middle of the day. Poppy isn't a part of some Scooby-Doo gang trying to bring the murderers to justice, though. She knows she'd be done for if she ran into any one of them. The way she sees it, all she can do is hope to God that her town will regain the peace it used to hold... After she comes home, as of lately she's had the misfortune of getting closing shifts. Sometimes she can swear she feels eyes on her as she makes her way home, but she tells herself it's all in her head for her own sake... Let's hope she's right.

I have no idea how you could see Lottie fitting in this AU 😅 that poor child should not be with any of these adults!! But I will admit, I am curious as to how five serial killers would raise a baby and how she'd turn out (of course you don't have to tell me/think about it if you don't want to ^^))

I hope you don't mind this weasel horror- and I'm truly sorry for doing this to our fave weasels 😅

I. LOVE. THIS.

I love all your AU's, they're all bangers, but THIS?? This is two of my favourite things!?? XD O f c o u r s e I'm in love with it XD

And look, Halloween is a state of mind. It can come around any time of the year! XD 😄 Santa wont mind, so don't feel bad XD

!! Smartass and Stupid are giving me major Hoyt & Thomas vibes!! I love that so much!! And?? I'm getting such apathetic evil vibes from Wheezy that I l o v e?? Like, he's not good, he will hurt and kill people, but goddamn he is gettin too old for this XD Especially with the mask stuff!! XDD GREASY AND PSYCHO ARE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!! They all are but these two have got me buzzing XD And- forgive me for saying but Shiny also sounds pretty damn hot in this AU XD And Poppy girl!! Of course she's the final girl XDD Goodluck to her XDDDD

OH trust me, I will be coming up with some x reader concepts for you (Probably tomorrow) but for now I have Lottie thoughts!! Of course I want her in this AU if/so long as you allow it!! ^^ ✨✨✨

tw for dub con/rape mentions, murder, and corpse mentions.

Lottie definitely shouldn't be with any of these weasels 😅 And yet... Well, the story goes pretty much the same as originally, except this time when Rena was dropping newborn Lottie off at the weasels door Smartass catches her. Seeing her brings back memories of that night they had together, during which he was hammered and Rena was... tipsy, at best. Lightly buzzed at worst. Obviously Smartass is disgusted and pissed, has an episode, and you know-- turns Rena into a corpse. Rena spends the rest of Lottie's upbringing stuffed and rotting in the basement. So um... at least, you know, this time Lottie has her mother growing up? Rena is a very big part of her life actually. At least her bones propped up in a chair in the corner of Lottie's room, are.

Lottie's upbringing is...

...

...

Well, she doesn't join the navy when she grows up, thats for sure. This Lottie taught herself to read and add because she wasn't sent to school, she doesn't technically exist (There has been no official paperwork made for her, ever. There was a birth certificate but Greasy was sent to burn it), and she's (along with Greasy) the most normal-looking of the bunch- though she is definitely part feral. Whenever Greasy takes her out, like to do shopping or whatever, he constantly has to keep her in check. Thats what I got so far! Its almost midnight and I gotta go to sleep XD But this was fun to think about!! I cant wait to think more on it later !

Thank you so much for sharing this!!

[amidst-wonderland]

honestly, listening to ‘the ballad of lucy gray baird’ i can’t un-hear nora and michael’s entire arc as a couple, like every. single. line.

“we fell on hard times, and we lost our bright colours” / “you went to the dogs and i lived by my charms.”

michael literally goes to prison and comes back a very different person, from farmboy to rattlesnake. nora breaks up with him and goes back to london, working for sabini’s dancers.

“you stole and you gambled and i said ‘you should.’” / “we sang for our suppers, we drank up our money.”

well, yeah. crime family, does crime and indulges in it. nora and michael in particular as young hedonists and the shelby’s public display of misguided youth. they were reckless but they had each other.

“then one day you left saying ‘i was no good’”

not literally, but this feels self-explanatory especially with their preceding conflicts on relocation. michael leaves nora after berating her as his wife and not backing down. so, nora sees him leaving as a direct response to that. falling back on her insecurities that she was just never enough for him.

“well alright i’m bad but then you’re no prize either.” / “alright i’m bad, but then that’s nothing new.”

again, a lot of this stemming from nora’s insecurity around herself as a person, a glasweigan traveller girl, her self-destructive behaviour with alcohol that michael dealt with, her impulsiveness and that she was never the ‘perfect wife’ mirroring that, michael’s drug abuse, him getting progressively rougher with her, dress it up how you want, michael is a murderer and is in a gang.

“that’s nothing new” especially, because this is how nora is and has always been, michael knew what he was getting into and he liked that about her.

“you say you won’t love me, i won’t love you neither.”

if this isn’t them… sheer petty, childish spite.

“cause i am the one who looks out when you’re leaping.” / “i am the one who knows how you were brave.” / “and i am the one who heard what you said sleeping.”

no matter where they’re at, michael simply cannot argue that nora doesn’t have his best interest at heart. she’s the one cautioning him, whether he likes it or not. she’s seen the damage this life can do, and early-on michael hasn’t.

nora knows. when michael returned home from prison the first time, even with the pregnancy, their last fight, their break-up and ultimately their forced make-up. michael lays in nora’s arms for days, cooped up in his bed. just having her pressed against him, her fingers carding through his hair and feeling their son’s first kick.

similarly with hughes, michael told tommy but he confided in nora, and once he’d killed him and returned charlie he fell right back into his wife’s arms like a routine. washing away the blood, wiping away the tears he wound even acknowledge, hiding from the rest of the world in the comfort of their bedroom.

on the flip-side if nora is making a scene and standing her ground against the family, michael will attempt to diffuse. not always because he disagrees but because he doesn��t want this hurting her with the family long-term and he feels guilty every time he does.

“it’s sooner than later that i’m six feet under, it’s sooner than later that you’ll be alone.” / “so who will you turn to, tomorrow i wonder.”

nora’s home. there was always a mild risk involved living and being married to a ‘shelby’ and any threats made towards her was done so purely through guilt of association. however being home she’s being actively targeted because she’s picking fights, not backing down and because she’s a conk, not married to a blinder.

nora is also the only person who ties michael to his kids because no-one else will make that effort due to lack of means or understanding but more sinisterly, lack of interest. if nora’s gone then who’s getting his kids back to him?

michael’s support unit was nora. gina doesn’t reciprocate the warmth nora held ten-fold, he can’t turn to the one person who puts him first, who doesn’t have ulterior motives. nora wasn’t privy to blinders activity, so she had nothing to gain and everything to loose, everyone else has something to gain.

“i know the soul that you struggled to save.”

this, this is for both of them. more literally for michael after what happened in the gallows. going back to the office, his coke addiction, the constant partying as if everything was normal.

nora and michael crave what they once had and they are forever chasing it because they were truly at peace. they were themselves, kids. an ambitious farmboy that took way too much sugar in his tea and the city girl with a heart of gold who couldn’t stomach any at all.

[citizenoftmrrwlnd]

hello astro !! may we please have some names + pronouns for a c!captain puffy fictive ? fem , neu , masc , anything is fine ! for names , preferably starting with a c , and with either pirate-y captain-y adventure-y feels or something comforting caring and parental ^^

and for pronouns , pirate related , adventurous related , or related to being comforting caring parental nice kind etc etc you get it ^^;

she's been very nice to our system; the littles love papa puffy :] not to mention they're very helpful in a lot of situations . sea's been talking about how they don't really feel connected with the name cara , but they don't want to purely go by captain puffy or just puffy , sooo we wanted to thank them with this :]

~ tommy🪻, starry field collective 💫💐

hi!! i hope these names and pronouns are to sea's liking! sea sounds very sweet, and i'm sure sea'll appreciate the gesture, tommy🪻!

gráinne - an irish legend, gráinne was a female pirate ione - the name of a sea nymph in greek myth maris - means "of the sea" merfyn - possibly derived from a handful of old welsh words, including a word that means "sea" meri - means "sea" aitor - possibly meaning "good father" biruté - just seemed like the right vibe rum - popularly associated with pirates, could be a good name? drinking alcohol can make someone feel warm, so there's a bit of a warmth associated with it too emese - possibly meaning "mother"

quest/quests/questself treasure/treasure's/treasureself cap/captain/captain's/captainself ship/shape/ships/shapes/shipshapeself wool/wools/woolself baa/bleat/baas/bleats/baaself she/shell/shells/shellself sho/shore/shores/shoreline od/ody/odys/odyss/odysseyself co/cor/corsair/corsairs/corsairself nau/naut/nautics/nauticalself ah/hoy/ahs/hoys/ahoyself

[stemms]

Dreamon and avian for alien prime au

(Avians) avians bodies are built for speed having very light build capable of manipulating air particles around them (and sometimes around others) so no annoying air is slowing them down…this does make it harder for them to breathe they also naturally produce adrenaline though as well but they are most famous for their long distance “bonds” when an avian bonds with another avian or just about anyone that can think they form a link of sort’s capable of sharing thoughts feelings and even locations from long distances to whoever they have a bond with apparently this inspired long distance communication in star ships across the galaxy

(Dreamons) not much is known about the dreamon but they are known for their two variants “masked” and “human faced” a human faced dreamon has all the same characteristics of a masked dreamon minus the fact instead of the classic mask face they have a very human face in place of it the only non human looking part of their face being their pure white pupils dreamons are also known for their green blood and great agility when injected with artificial adrenaline it is extremely likely they will die since their bodies aren’t built to handle the after affects

These are very detailed, I’m impressed! I suppose it means that avians associate speed with shortness of breath, so what if c!Dream promised him to let him experience it again? Except it didn’t mean he was going to allow him to fly again, but that he was going to choke him and cause a similar effect. The concept of bonds makes me think that it was another reason why he wanted to befriend c!Tommy so badly,,, 

Avians and dreamons’ bodies seem so different, so all I can think about is how invested in studying every part of c!Tommy c!Dream will be :) He has to understand everything about his anatomy, understand his reactions and routine, and so much more. He would probably be interested in his reactions in particular, since there are endless possibilities for exploring them, starting with painful punishments and torture and ending with /p physical affection and rewards.

[pluckyredhead]

Do you just have a chart for what animal vibes all the superheroes give off? Also, do only predator shifters exist or are we just only seeing those because of the setting?

I do not because it is purely vibes in my head! The Arrows were foxes primarily because of Disney's Robin Hood, the Bats were wolves because it's a classic and very goth of them, and the Flashes were coyotes somewhat randomly, honestly. Joey Wilson being a bobcat was @shhhenanigans's idea.

The rest of the shifters in this fic were arrived at from the other dimension, i.e. they are already associated with that animal in the comics: Tommy is already a were-panther, Cheetah is already...a cheetah, there's that iconic scene of Catman with the lions, etc.

Roulette has specifically been collecting apex predators because they're the most entertaining in gladiator-style combat. Whether there are other kinds of shifters...I will leave that up to the reader because I genuinely have no idea, lol.

[freakishlygenderless]

if you /gen think that discduo ending was "forgiving your abuser" you need to get out and interact with people. at max that was an "i understand that you are not just a pure evil bastard" moment not an "i forgive you, my abuser" moment

Omg "Go outside and interact with people oOoH" how original.

Now i have never been a victim to abuse but i think it's pretty fucking save to say that no victim should EVER owe their abuser an apology. It doesn't matter that you understand WHY they did the things that they did, the ABUSER should be one apologizing, NOT THE VICTIM.

TOMMY LITERALLY SHOULDNT BE APOLOGIZING TO DREAM BECAUSE THE THINGS HE DID TO DREAM ARE SO SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT FUCKING DREAM DID TO TOMMY IN EXILE.

Plus I rather have CC known for something completely else than be associated with a fucking groomer.

[dannyawesome65]

I talk ab towntwistle and some 60s music

OK so this has been laying around for a while and I'm finally finishing it now... but yea here are some songs that I associate with THEM, bc they're so important. also this is purely for my own enjoyment, but hopefully you can get something out of this too

I NEED to get this off my chest now bc GOD it has been brewing in the back of my head for weeks now probably.

this song specifically gets me all crazy:

up in her room with seeds, from 1966.. id say its garage rock? heavy psychedelia? who knows. that's the closest description I have for now. and it's almost 15 minutes long! as a prog girl that is RIGHT up my alley. but it gets kinda repetitive so if ur not into annoying songs I'm sorry lol (the rest of them are way shorter i prommy). OK so,

this monster of a track is making me imagine john sneaking into HER (petes) room. pretty straight forward. I have this silly idea/trope that I like, which is pete being john's trophy gf. not really a trans au, but more just pete being feminised I guess. the song fits into this trope in my mind... john (big & desperate BUT very soft..) sneaking into his fav doll petes (frail & eager) room (their secret haven), and they have some fun. THE room will be a reoccurring theme here.....

I have so many emotions about this track. it's so good. you really feel the feverish longing/desire in it. its so ecstatic. so fitting for young inexperienced couples that have just found their first love and feel everything so deeply. it gets so addicting and they just crave more. the insanity builds up throughout the song and hits climax at the end. I cant really describe it, you just have to hear it for yourself. the lyrics and vocals are crazy to me..... I feel all hazy and my mind is going swirly whirly when I hear it. it is a WHOLE trip I love it alot 10/10.

OK NEXT! (I won't be linking them now I'm LAZY SORRY)

the way I feel inside - the zombies (1965)

this is PEAK childhood friends to lovers I just LOVE it. going from the longest song to one of the shortest ones. in just 1 min and 51 seconds the zombies grab my heart and tears it APART. keeping it very minimalistic with the instruments, the entire focus is shifted to his words. and by god I love the lyrics in this. its so wholesome and sweet and pure and innocent and I just see a young, flustered pete thinking about john when I hear it. makes my heart warm.

the morning after - count five (1966)

this is very vague but I still think it fits so well. I just love the sound of it. pete woke up and is all tired, sleazy even. the room is mentioned again. It's a very short song, but I love it.

let's go away for a while - the beach boys (1966)

OK so I don't necessarily associate this one with them exclusively... but I once saw someone say this song is like when you're in a room full of people, you look around and eventually lock eyes with someone you like (you'll understand what I mean if u listen)... and ever since then I'm unable to think of it in any other way. it's just a sweet little instrumental song.. and just how the drums are like a beating heart makes me so soft...

you still believe in me - beach boys (1966)

OK another beach boy song.... but how couldn't I when they're so freaking good... this one makes me SO emotional and its very pete coded to me OK... especially more adult pete. we're talking Tommy era here i think... he is dealing with so much and I can't feel normally about it.

what more can I do - the zombies (1965)

BACK TO childhood friends. this is very john having internalised homophobia (thank you that 1 towntwistle fic for crushing my heart). very wild and desperate. overwhelming w emotion. I love it so much.

move it up - count five (1966)

i really like count five damn... there's one lyric here that drives me insane.... "you won't do what I wish you would" it stuck with me since the first time I heard it. all I'm hearing is petes unrequited love for john, jesus.

you've really got a hold on me/bring it on home to me - the zombies (1965)

can you tell I really like zombies debut..... this song is more, general I feel.. but still, it has such strong childhood friends experimenting thing going on in my mind...... "I wanna quit now, I just can't split now." very much john can't make up his mind... crying.

come by day, come by night - vanilla fudge (1968)

I recently discovered this song and jesus christ. it blew my mind. the singing is so passionate and ughhhghhbbnnnbghbg. this also subtly mentions the room... "come by day, come by night, I'll be home... waiting, wishing, hoping, wondering...." fuuuuuuyyyckkkkkkkk.

sweet tooth - free (1968/9?)

this one is pretty ironic? unserious? to me, idk it makes me giggle, but its still so unbelievably sexy. I add it here bc it has haunted me for soooo long now. also this somehow reminds me of mintys towntwistle drabble.... "I give her all my sugar...." yea. the guitar is SO freaky too its beyond me how an instrument can sound so horny.

little games - the yardbirds (1967)

listen to this and tell me it isn't screaming young pete and john. LIKE HELLO?!?!? I don't even have to explain.

only the black rose - the yardbirds (1967)

this is pete. christ. I'm crying

"and for the moment you're in the room."

I wonder, I wonder, I wonder - the vagabonds (1956??)

this eerily reminds me of that one fic again. to make things worse this song can go both ways for them. they are so young and sweet. and it's so very sad.

and now for just some silly general love songs that I have been enjoying alot lately, not necessarily associating with them...

(my soft john & fem pete trope really shining through....though.......)

the world - count five (1966)

she said yeah - the animals (1964)

how do you do it - the beatles (196?? idk)

hold me tight - the beatles (1963)

fallin' in love - the seeds (1966)

I could do a post like this for daltwistle too but that's for another time...

OK that's all

[eurovision-revisited]

Eurovision 2005 - Number 55 - Ksenija - "In the Heat of the Night"

This is Ksenija Jakunina. I know no more about her other than someone with her name has an extensive Pinterest board filled with lifestyle shoots, modelling photos and pictures of her new-born child. She speaks Russian and probably has Russian ethnicity. Apart from that - nothing. Even finding out this much has been a long research battle against the mononym.

In 2005 she recorded her one and only song (that I've discovered) and entered it into Eirodziesma. It's by a pair of Swedes - Tommy Kaså and Kent Wennman who were associated with a band called Orange, but who also had long histories in the Swedish music industry going way back into the 1980s. Tommy has written for other Melfest entries in that past, including Ingen annan än du by Anna Nederdal in Melodifestivalen 1992

The other writer is Latvia, Uģis Tirzītis. He's a guitarist in bet bet, a reasonably famous Latvia pop group since the late 1990s.

The song is in English and is pure pop. In the Heat of the Night is fuelled by a chugging rhythm guitarist with some pedals, a synth or two and Ksenija's wobbly English. Together they produce something windswept and dramatic, befitting a decade or two prior to 2005. This is a song from the era when everything had a music video - it's song that, weirdly, you can see. You just know what this would look like on film. Maybe that's just me saying it's somewhat generic - but as well as its competent professionalism, it's got more than enough drama to set your heart racing, and hooks pointy enough to make you want to sing along.

Those hooks and that drama were enough to propel Ksenija through the semi-finals, through the final and into the super-final of Eirodziesma 2005. In that super-final she finished a clear third of the three remaining songs from the whole national final. For someone with no track record nor recognisability that's not bad.

I'm not sure how well this song is remembered in Latvia - if at all. There's very little about it that I can find in any Latvian or Russian sources I've searched. The only place I've found any definitive record of it, is an old site listing guitar tabs and lyrics for popular songs. Ksenija seems to have disappeared into a world of modelling while the song-writers went back to the bands and writing.

Exactly what made any of them undertake this little diversion into the wide world of Eurovision I don't know, but none of them seem to have been keen or able to cash in on the success of the song. For now, it's legacy will have to be that it's number 55 in my top 64 for 2005