#anyway song's a banger I think I want to kill you but I believe in peace bitch.

[good-wine-and-cheese]

Bete Noire - Black Nail Cabaret

I've been meaning to set an AMV to this song for ages, I just feel like it thematically fits PLUTO really well. It's mostly meant to be about Abullah and Sahad, but also more broadly the nature of human hatred and desire to pursue peace in spite of it.

[moonmoonthecrabking]

nerdy prudes must die (the song) is just. banger line after banger line. to keep this short, this post is on the religious allusions!! and that’s literally going to be so long anyway. am i reading to much into these lyrics? yes. and?

the obvious one “crusade”, with the medieval atrocities coming to mind, specifically one that the soldiers in believed was or acted as though it was righteous, when it was just bigotry. max’s is probably more reasonable than the actual crusades, given the nerdy prudes did kill him, but that’s not the point. it's also related to his power trip and intolerance for the school acting outside what he deems fit.

this whole verse actually can lean into this reading. “[the world] needs to be saved”. you know who else came to save the world (this’d be a great youth pastor segue if this were church appropriate). of course, Jesus saving the world was to break away slavery to sin (“you’re too weak to be enslaved” btw), at the cost of his own life, while max is killing people who were/are “too well-behaved” to rid the world of losers in death.

“jagerman will rise”. you know who else rose from the dead, improved beyond original (earthly) form? (seriously it’s so easy it makes me mad i can’t use it) yeah. but it’s twisted because max came back wrong. and Jesus came back right (like heavenly, in christian theology he was and always is God, this is a reference to the disciples not initially recognising him upon the resurrection).

“the jock you demonised” haha, demon, that’s what he is now. not unique to christianity, but there’s something to be said about him bragging about his reputation as a “literal monster” before loathing it. is it possible that he never liked it but he didn’t want to be seen as a loser who can’t take a hit? sure. is it more about how the nerdy prudes caused him to die in such a way that he became Like This? yeah. i don’t have more to say on this one, but i thought it’d be remiss not to acknowledge it.

and ofc, “who will pray for me when i’m gone?” and yeah, this is obviously about legacy and reputation but i’m doing specific words. prayer is not unique to christianity, but this line drew out to me praying for the dead. which is a Biblical context. some denominations believe this to be about purgatory, for others it doesn’t, because they don’t believe in purgatory. but yeah this act of care and intercession which max didn’t receive from his peers or family (he also came back as a ghost), and he forces that loneliness upon richie.

also “is this the eternal dark without a dawn” just goes fucking hard. like you can liken it to some iterations of death or hell, albeit not dante’s version we often default to, but i just think it’s a neat line mate.

[superfallingstars]

Ok how about a Yule ball afterparty in Gryffindor tower?

(From Remus-poopin) (why am I signing my tumblr anons like letters)

send me playlist prompts!

Me from the future after writing this whole thing: What a fun and innocuous prompt! I’m sure this will have a short and succinct answer that stays relevant to this simple yet thoughtful topic the whole time!

Ok I actually really struggled with this one! I think it’s because I rely a lot on lyrics when I make playlists, but an afterparty isn’t really the time or place for deeply introspective and relevant lyrics – it’s for CERTIFIED BANGERS ONLY. However this sent me down a super interesting rabbit hole because, out of curiosity and for inspiration (and because I’ve been obsessively watching Todd in the Shadows for months now), I started looking at the UK Singles Charts in 1994. And oh my god what an insane history lesson, because so many of these songs are honestly just bewildering. Why the fuck was Bat Out of Hell charting in 1994? Actually there’s kind of a lot of Meat Loaf on here for some reason? And then there are basically a million awful downtempo power ballads, especially from washed up rock stars like Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams... Some smoooooth synthy boy band picks from Boyzone, East 17, and Take That… Some truly insane dance songs that made me go, oh right, this is the Blue (Da Ba Dee) era (special shoutout to “Doop - dooper than doop” by Doop, which made me feel like my brain was melting right out of my skull)... There was also a decent amount of reggae, which was nearly the only tolerable stuff on the charts (Chaka Demus & Pliers’s “Twist and Shout” is a fabulous summer jam, and honorable mention to that version of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” with a reggae beat behind it, which honestly kind of slaps. And of course there was some Britpop (tbh was expecting more of it), especially Oasis because this was their debut year

There are also some things that charted that are just completely fucking insane tho. “I Like to Move It” charted? “Cotton Eye Joe”? “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers”? “Come On You Reds,” made famous by Manchester United? The B-52s’s “Meet The Flintstones”....? And perhaps most mind-boggling, the bizarre novelty children’s song “Mr Blobby” (?????), which I guess was like, the “Baby Shark” of 1994? Anyway I now believe Dudley sang this nonstop all summer to drive Harry insane (with Aunt Petunia being like, “Oh, what a beautiful voice you have, Duddykins! I’m sure we’ll see you on Top of the Pops someday!” and Harry’s like. Kill me).

Oh right I was supposed to make a playlist. Well I did do that. And Meat Loaf is indeed on it, and I wouldn’t have put him on here if I hadn’t listened to every top ten song on the 1994 Singles Chart, so I guess I can say my research was extremely relevant and also very much worth it

Track list:

Let’s Dance - David Bowie: banger of all time. I don’t care that it’s from the 80s it’s a classic

Blur - Girls & Boys: shockingly this iconic song did not chart (only "Parklife" did), but we love a danceable Britpop moment

Radiohead - Creep: I fully believe this happened. Like Harry gets this song. Partly because he’s literally like fourteen this is such a song for being fourteen

The London Suede - So Young: I feel like this song has a sort of whimsical dreaminess that makes it really quite magical. Maybe it’s just the “let’s chase the dragon” part

EMF - Unbelievable: again that Britpop/dance fusion is like 1000% the vibe here

ELO - Livin’ Thing: it’s like maaaagic :-)

Primal Scream - Rocks: I’m always stunned by the variety in Primal Scream’s music… They were basically the Britpop/dance blueprint, but before that they were a lovely little indie jangle pop band, and then this song is like, a stomp clap rock song (and it charted)

Mannfred Mann’s Earth Band - Blinded By The Light: If we’re putting Meat Loaf on here then this is going on here too. This is like one of The Most Gryffindor Songs Ever to me

Oasis - Whatever: I felt obligated to put at least one Oasis song on here because it was the year of Definitely Maybe and out of the three that charted I went with this one. Love the strings and the sheer bigness of it, like it really just bulldozes over you for six minutes straight. Also I could see Liam and Noel being problematic Gryffindors

Meat Loaf - I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That): The moment we’ve all been waiting for. This song was in the top ten for 14 WEEKS (!) and peaked at NUMBER FUCKING 1! But if you can buy into the bombast (the very thing that I think makes it Gryffindor to me), it kinda goes absolutely crazy.

Anyway sorry this devolved into insanity but I hope you enjoy this playlist and also that you annoy everyone in your life with Mr. Blobby. Also idk why I didn't think of it for the other asks but I'm going to tag you lol @remus-poopin

[hellonpluto]

Spider-Man 2 (2004) during-the-movie notes!!! Goofy shit under the cut :]

Spider-Man 2 notes

-once again whipping out the banger intro sequence, this time with more colors being used and better transitions

-peter!!! Ur fuckin late peter!!! Gahd.

-pizza ....

-broom closet scene is so silly

-boyfail pt 2

-pizza time(you can kill me)

-pizza time again bc oughhhhh pizza time

-pizza ROLL time in a minute actually(gonna make pizza rolls)

-"ill give you 150." "300." "Thats outrageous! Done."

-desk lady is now nicer! Yay!

-osborn would be proud. He would

-OCTAVIUS???? who's octavius

-"..ben? Oh, peter..." aunt MAYYYYYYYY

-is 20 dollars alot? What year is this set in. Am i stupid

-when peter knocked on the restroom door my dog perked his head up like "huh? What?"

-peter is getting shat on in this one. Like what the fuck

-"eeehhh rosie i love this boy!"

-this movie is making my inner 'getting shit done' want to beat peter up. Reduce time as spiderman, or try and encourage others to be better. Sit down, set a timer for 2 hours to get college work done. Then work. Bud.

-run past the evil landlord guy

-get those carnations for yo NOT GIRL

-"how'd you do that?" "Uh.. work out, plenty of rest. Yknow, eat ur green vegetables?" "Thats what my mom is always sayin'! I just never actually believed her!"

-pider man.....

-🤨 towards street lady

-i honestly think the older suit looks cool

-spiderman. In elevator

-its giving elevator scene from neon genesis

-holy shit its so awkward

-doculous oculous. In the house

-mans could just admit he wanted to wear a fucked up corset but ok

-bro is just showing off his evil lair crap n nobody bats an eye

-"the power of the sun... in the palm of my hand." Girl ok slay

-system unstable? More lik... system of a down

-"he humiliated me by touching me." He saved yo life harry

-horror movie ass scene in the surgery room

-lowkey fire tho

-they act like pet snakes

-"dr. Strange. Thats good! Its already in use."

-dr octopus....

-bro i love how they did the arms. They're so cool

-cool ass doc ock shot

-what the fuck

-shoutout to aunt may for stopping the guy from stealing

-eating the cinematography up rn

-aunt may slaying in this movie, actually

-let peter rest!!!! Let that man sleeep!!!!!

-newspaper man is best character ngl

-peter caught fumbling part a billion

-harry. Wtf. Thats ur lover

-beeber barker loses powers

-bro is just peter parker

-this is so fuckjng sad what

-he did his homework!!!! Yay!!!

-"peter. Im getting married." Ive heard that before

-spiderman no more...

-doc ock

-sorry its 12 am

-pov u save little girl from fire but someone else dies

-mystery girl is so cute

-chocolate cake break

-do a flip!!!!!

-"my back!!! Ough ... my back....."

-why is she recreating the upside-down kiss with her fiance 😭😭😭

-mj knows. I think

-peter pick a fuckin struggle

-please

-oml

-peter looks like he has more lip gloss on than mj

-doc ock is def trans

-anyways

-Doc ock? More like. Do cock

-ANWYAYS

-"did he just grab his BOOBS??" (rewinds a bit) "oh no its just his shoulders... ok"

-THE TRAIN SCENE OMG

-"He's... just a kid"

-OUFGHHH

-"we wont tell nobody."

-HOOPLAHHH

-"HE'S MINE!!" Man what

-"run!" Proceeds to stand there

-doc ock is so cool man

-ew i forgot mj exists

-MB MB MB

-"i will not die a monster." BANGER AFTER BANGER AFTER BANGER

-doc ock niooooo.... NOOOOOO

-harry wtf

-mj runs away from wedding! Everyone is disappointed!

-"cant you respect me enough to make my own decision?" Girl respect his. He doesnt want u to get hurt, dingus

-WHAT

-ew

-ew. Ew

-ugh

-blue eyes white dragon(pt 2)

-banger ending song version of the amazing spiderman song

-good movie!!! 8-9/10. Rlly good!!

[ohnoitsjetster]

jesse!!! hi!! i have one very important question for you: ARE‼️YOU 🫵🏼 DAN🧍‍♂️REYNOLDS🎤⁉️

(okay now for my real question, what’s your fav hatchetfield installment?? it could be a musical or nightmare time ep or even workin’ boys if you’ve seen it :] i’m curious!! oh also if you want you can tell me about orin, i’m vaguely familiar with lsoh but it’s been a while!! so yea, free pass to talk about your lil gay sadist of a dentist <3 this was just an excuse to give you an ask so yk you can really just talk about whatever)

SOL! Hi hi hi hi !! (Sorry for the late response)

OHOHO! A dual fandom ask !! This means another long rambling post for my four most dedicated followers to read!!!! Im sorry in advance!!! this will probably be boring to everyone but me!!!!

I think my favorite might be NPMD. That one changed my brain chemistry for sure. But so did TGWDLM, I really believe that watching Show Stopping Number at the tender age of, like 11… well it just explains a lot about how i turned out ([obligatory “fuck Robert manion”]). I also frequently shake Time Bastard, Killer Track, and Abstinence Camp around in my teeth like a dog like HAUUFHGIGJHJGKKGKFGKRGJ RFRRRGJGG RRHHRHHRHH HREHHEGEGHGRGHRHHHHFFNFHFGGHF like that. But yeah at the present moment I'm being insane about NPMD. The songs are all bangers (Yes all of them) and I am in love with every character (Yes every character). High School is Killing Me is kind of my anthem right now. For no. Particular reason. Also, your honor those three nerds are all literally me and also i am in love with them and also im that fucked up dead bully but in a totally normal way.

So. Speaking of fucked up dead bullies… ‘,:]

Orin Scrivello, DDS <3 my beautiful bbg who has never done anything wrong in his life except for literally everything he did. Worst guy ever. But hey, you can’t choose who you rotate around in your brain, or how many Pinterest boards you make about it. Another instance of “he’s literally me but obviously not actually at all but I think he’s silly so that’s basically the same thing.” A tale as old as time. I don’t know how many queer awakenings one person can have but I was definitely already trans and bi when I saw Orin for the first(?*) time last year, and now, well now im the same but im more pretentious about it and I own a leather jacket. (*I actually saw LSOH a long time ago when i was way younger, but I didn’t remember it almost at all and I’d thought “The Dentist” was like this mad scientist type character, which, not exactly wrong ig, so anyway he’s been swimmin around in my brain making me silly for who knows how long, but yeah probably just since last year). I swear to cope with hyperfixating on such a fucked up character I’ve literally been making au’s in my brain where he’s morally ambiguous, or gets a redemption arc (he does not fucking deserve a redemption arc he deserves to be chopped up and fed to a bitchy gay plant), or where he’s literally just a nice guy. Yeah I’ll sometimes just remove the character from this character to appease the brain demons. But the cool thing about the Not an Asshole™️ AUs is that, in the og, the whole story basically goes south when Seymour justifies killing to feed the plant cause he can kill that jerk Orin, so if he’s not a jerk maybe they all survive?? Idk i just like thinkin. Also… ALSO!.. I made a post a while ago that I might someday make Orin textpost memes using pictures from my actual stage production, and well, that day has come! or, will come, soon. I’ve made the pictures I just have to make the post. It was very fun Im excited to share em. Okay thats all TYSM for the ask bestie!!!

Oh and to address your first question…

I 🧑🏻 AM 💥 DAN🧍‍♂️REYNOLDS 🎤 ✅

[iliveforyouilongforyouvesuvia]

oh god you have foolishly provided me a chance to dump the contains of my soul and heart out in the open through throwing all my favorite songs to listen to and think of Muriel at you in this essay i WILL

ok first i know its on his official playlist already BUT i feel a need to emphasize just how much it is ABsoLUTEly HIS song most of any of them: drumroll please::: 👏Wolf👏 by 👏First Aid Kit👏 any muriel simp reading this right now i am pounding you with my brainwaves of intent to go listen to it Right Now and Read those Lyrics and just try to tell me its not literally about him god if could draw id be doing such a cool animatic about it but alas it dies with me anyway WAYWARD WINDS!!! A VOICE THAT SINGS!!!! OF A!! FORGOTTEN!!!! LAND!!!!!!! SEE IT FALL!!!! CHILD OF WAR!!!! OH LEND!!!! A MENDING HAND!!!!!!!!!!! i believe ive made myself clear kbgxkyhfhkvd

https://youtu.be/6PmuuiXgIZE

i dont know if links work on anon but i had to try gjzghfdtomfg our wedding song straight up this is in my language and also like. about a girl but the words are easy to switch around so it fits lol it basically just goes like "you just had to know (to do something? like in a you know how to work me way lmao linguistics hard), that i cant forget you at all/i forgot my mother and father/my sister and my brother but i cant goshdarn forget you" and i dont know i probably cant translate that so it hits right but god its absolutely perfect to me cause like I DIDNT! FORGET HIM!! MC REMEMBERS HIM AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT!!!! EVEN WITH THE CURSE I DONT KNOW LET ME HAVE THIS ITS TOO GD ROMANTIC I CANT BELIEVE HE GOT ME ACTING LIKE THIS AGHGF im sorry for yelling i got excited

NEXT a classic we gotta pepper some hozier on this thing so here goes Nothing Fucks With My Baby cause thats my ultimate serenade for him in my head especially the "if i was born/as a blackthorn tree/id wanna be held by you/felled by you/fuel the pyre of your enemies" part as it perfectly describes my sentiments towards my man: hes my bby i will kill for him👁️👁️

theres Always Forever by Cults, i dont have that much to rant about it i just always think of him when i play it lol theres hozier again It Will Come Back which is on his official playlist too but i play around with perspectives in this one cause i put myself in the "it" position, like. im chasing here bro👀 oh my god i have got to shut up this is entirely tmi

https://youtu.be/mLycEitwJCA

i made a whole post about this one its a whole thing lmao long story short muriel on a murderous revenge quest au MOVING ON

OH i remembered another folky one

https://youtu.be/NrgwIo8GWDI

its SUCH a banger and i love it and it goes like i saw a Wolf a Fox a Rabbit so i just imprinted on it with Muriel Asra and MC respectively cause i dont know i had a phase where i decided mcs spirit animal is a rabbit cause of that scrapped introduction chapter with the labyrinth thing i guess idk im scrambling here ngfsfugc anyway it slaps listen to it and imagine a bangin tavern party and maybe youll calm down /meme

ohh ok we're on a folksy roll thats probably because i just mostly associate old timey sounding songs with arcana in general lmao i mean its like middle ages over there right

https://youtu.be/t9PUlNQOZ8o

this ones in my language again i know annoying but i found a translated version look!!! AND theres a bunch of people correcting the mistakes in the comments too if you were wanting to get deeper into research hkdggjyecb and its white voice style so depending on your taste it might sound silly but yeah this ones got some fitting lines too tying up with Murmur and its so cute and so cheesy and hopeful and sappy and it cheers me up aw

oh my god i wonder if anyone gets this far reading this ever if youre seeing this its probably during a scroll roll slow just enough to make out the letters Hello godspeed you continue on your journey with my blessings cause im noT EVEN DONE YET HAHAHAHAHAA

Motha Motha! Problems! nuff said

https://youtu.be/artn9fErRp8

this ones gonna take explaining gjxgkhpgz but maybe not that much

https://youtu.be/_h9V94b4R2g

i just had a eureka moment one day and so another animatic concept to take to my grave was born lmao but mostly its just playing into Muriels & MCs "nO i cOULd hUrt YoU Go aWaY" + "ayo hold my flower ima kill them real quick" dynamic theyve got heehee like the whole "~Dangerous~ ooh that sounds good ya" bit and also yes im in your house no im not leaving jgdghkfhgd and like i just imagined the song fitting the vibe of the whole murder lucio quest road trip with MC all "yo we Getting this shit DONE dont fuck around w my crew" (The Crew: feral milf & bear with anxiety) AND LIKE i always get to the "party like we all gon die tonight" basedrop part with the whole visual montage of us finding khamgalai and then the graveyard fight and Absolutely Everything Going to Shit and the mood shifting to "well fuck maybe we do not in fact got this" but its good we kick lucio all the way to hell at the end we good💕

https://youtu.be/ZxWiG6UJr0w

MMMMMMM THIS ONEE AWW im literally just scrolling through my endless unsorted playlist to find these gdiyyfgfz this ones just cute it doesnt really relate to anything at all actually when i think about it but its nice so here

https://youtu.be/6FEDrU85FLE

.....nope i got nothing on this one just plop it right in here

oh my god. its over. weve done it. we're free

man i hope those links work. definitely not on mobile lol whatever

Hi! and oh, WOW, this was one of the most delightfully wild essays I've ever read for Muriel and I loved it. Especially describing the dynamic on the trip south as "feral milf & bear with anxiety" XD

I've found that links don't work in asks, even with the media option turned on, so I'll include them below. Thanks for your suggestions, anon, I'll put them on the tag! ^.^

[majachee]

any capper lore?

CAPPER LORE?? 👁👁

Still reading the main comics but from what I picked up Capper is from a cat kingdom called... Abyssinia. And it's full of anthro cat people. The kingdom was attacked and left in ruins by the Storm King (main off screen antagonist of the animated movie) when Capper was younger, and Capper's family was... implied to be killed? I believe? The comics are definitely heavier with its explicitness but its still frustratingly vague at times.

The vagueness of death in MLP always frustrated me as a child, I was the kind of child who wanted that kind of information told to me straight, I was always like that. I think that's why I liked transformers so much despite being a little young for some of the shows, the TF shows I watched explicitly told you when a character died. Either through characters talking or, like, on screen. Despite how that scared me sometimes. Issues I've had with shows since age 9, I guess...

Btw this isn't me saying MLP should have like.. violent bloody death scenes because it was never that kind of franchise. It just made little me mad that I couldn't figure out if "defeated" and "disappeared" meant died or... just. Defeated in a fight and injured, or just missing. Esp since kids shows tended to use thise phrases to mean both. End of tangent...

Anyways, after the conquering of Abyssinia, Capper made his way to Klugetown and did some scheming, got some debt, and then the events of the movie happened. Still reading the main comics, but he did eventually join the temporary Nightmare Knights and helped the Mane 6 against the Knights of Harmony.

My dude has a banger song and funny character so I love him dearly, and I am so mad I don't have more lore on hand about him.

One weird thing tho: all these different anthro animal kingdoms neighboring Equestria? Yeah, uh, they all walk on two legs and have hand-like appendages. And the ponies and yaks (and technically gryphons? They walk on all fours but they do have claes and disposable thumbs on their front legs so???) are really the only ones who don't, oddly enough. I guess it's because they're later additions to the show's universe, but eh???? Def interesting to wonder about, evolutionary wise. Take that odd observation as an apology for not having a lot of Capper lore at the moment.

[emotionalsupportaudino]

I literally cannot stop thinking about the current tour of Hadestown and how, despite seeing it three times (once totally legally before, and the first touring cast) and having listened to the recording probably hundreds by now, this is the first time I've ever been sold on Hades and Persephone.

There are moments where I just am in the middle of making my coffee or doing homework where I stop and relive Epic III in my head, it's going to live there rent free for the rest of eternity.

Now this Hades was phenomenal just to start with. Absolutely banger. Persephone was a shift where I realized how hard she went from slurring her words to complete clarity. In act 2, there were several scenes where she wasn't doing anything where i couldn't keep my eyes off her (like flowers, because I was realizing that she was sleeping with the workers. I never noticed that before because my eyes were so firmly on Eurydice). But Hades was playing the big booming villain and he was doing it well and that was all I wanted.

And then Epic III. For the first time, as I watched, I saw him physically trying to escape the emotions that Orpheus was actively trying to put him through, and for the first time as everything crescendos I heard him scream "no" in this furious, desperate voice. I lost it.

Like imagine you're Hades, you're doing your job, this fucking twink comes up to you and starts singing a song at you that yOU WROTE like he wrote it, saying how alike you are, and he let his girlfriend get so screwed over she left him for work. And like your wife is siding with this guy over you. And then everyone's like YEAH LISTEN TO THE TWINK, BOSS. I too would be pretty mad. Orpheus is a fuck up.

Hades was getting some depth I was sorely missing in other portrayals just from every choice the actor was making.

And then "His Kiss, the Riot."

The reading of those lines, especially "Beautiful. Poisonous." fucking killed me. I saw a man trying to do his best, trying to undo his mistakes, trying to understand how to untie the knot he wove. I watched a man genuinely believe that the thing he was doing could be the right thing, not understanding why it wasn't, genuinely believing he was doing what he could to end the suffering of people, making sure they were warm and fed and just not getting it.

And I understood for the first time "Beautiful, poisonous" actually meant "optimism, pragmatism." What Orpheus is fighting for is beautiful. For love and hope and the power to make your own future together, come what may. Diving into uncertainty, together. But it's poisonous. It's going into a world where there's no certainty. There's not enough to go around, not only because of Persephone, but because the rest of the gods seem to have abandoned this world. To a world where Hermes is the only god around and he's more than willing to let people fuck you over rather than step in. Where you're at the whims of the wind and fate. You may have a beautiful future, but if you misstep, that future is over in an instant.

Anyway I got his signature and I actually told him that I really loved that line read and he said that he said poisonous so quietly it wasn't getting picked up well by the mic so he put it really close to his face so that scream in Epic III blew out the crew's ears it was so loud but like. It was so good. Sorry crew, it was worth it for that read.

Also Orpheus is a little bitch, what was he gonna do if he turned around and she wasn't there??? What was it gonna change, Orpheus??? You had two options, one was a guaranteed bad outcome (she isn't there and you have to go back, she is there and she gets stolen back) and one that had a 50/50 outcome, (you make it to the end, she's not there, you gotta go back again, she IS there and we all go home happy because we don't watch you betray her AGAIN). I will take the 50% chance over the 0% chance ANY day.

[goodmorningdove]

Just watcged ep 1 of revolution girl utena. Thoughts below the cut the tldr is i fucking loved it.

i realize i dont know who utena is. Anyway. Banger intro, lots of queer themes.

Huh that prince story is something ill need to remember, it obviously carries narrative weight. Also the prince character looks like the other girl from the cover.

Wakaba either has a girlfriend or wanted her friends to think she's “just a normal girl hehe not waiting for my partner in battle” i dont know what actually the main plot is. I know they fight. Saw that in the banger intro.

Fancy ass school. I dont know if i should trust it tbh

Ah so utena is the girl with the pink hair. Based. I had it wrong lol. Also she has a point. Thats the way it goes!

Wait are Wakaba and Utena dating? (Or at least does Wakaba think they are dating?)

Hell yeah utena! Be a prince that saves princesses!

Utena has amnesia??

Anthy Himemiya! I thought she was utena tbh. Before i started watching.

Hey dont diss Anthy Himemiya! The fuck wakaba she's literally taking care of the roses.

Fuck yeah get Saionji’s ass. Dont let him be mean to Himemiya.

Im sorry the student council exists by the will of the end of the world??? The fuck is this school.

The end of the world is people. Okay. Sure why not.

Fuck you saionji

Lmao. Onion forehead.

Oh no why would you make me laugh at wakaba having an onion forehead then show her heart getting broken (btw what the hell are the dating rules at this school?)

Anyway im going to kill saionji. Lets go murder a guy utena.

Sorry im sorry i find forbidden forests hilarious. I know i have a forbidden forest but like. They are objectively a hilarious concept. You cant ban people fron the wilderness.

Oh shit its the fucking rumor uwasa girls from magia record iroha get over here

FLOOD

What the fuck is this forest

Are the end of the world people living in here

I mean the song keeps saying “absolute destiny: apocalypse” so. I assume that yes the end of the world people are here

Epic inverted castle

Oh that cgi. For the spinning castle. Its not good. Not immersion breaking tho i think i only notice it bcz im a Nerd.

SAIONJI BRO SHES EXPLAINING THE RULES. DUDE. this is kinda like getting to the point of being comically evil tbh. Utena if you dont fuck this guy uo im gonna be so dissapointed in you

Wait so Himemiya just has to marry whoever is the champion duelist thats so fucked up. End of the world people I do not like you.

WOAH SHE HAS A SWORD IN HER. saionji The imagery says you are killing her. I mean the text is saying that too but the imagery is saying that you will be her downfall if you are not stopped. I would stop if i were you.

Oh yeah dont bring a wooden sword to a real sword fight. Utena please. I believe in you!!!

GET FUCK SAIONJIIIII

Oh fuck Himemiya with the killing blow “cheer up schoolmate” ahshshahsjkdhsjaj yessss kill him

Touga Kiryuu what the fuck. Utena is not going to like you i think. Are you the next mini villain.

“Better just forget about it” GIRL. YOU SAW SO MUCH SHIT.

“From this day forward i belong to you” WHO DID THIS TO YOU HIMEMIYA. WHO FORCED YOU TO BECOME A SWORD LAMP. I WILL KILL THEM

[maah-long]

Gathering my thoughts after Genshin's Fontaine Archon Quests

HEY THERE ARE SPOILERS HEREEEE

Partly why I disappeared from Tumblr and Twitter, running away from spoilers 💀💀💀 ig this post is mostly for me, to organize my thoughts I havE MANY OF THEM

But one nice thing I did was finish only one quest (not chapter or questline) per day before going to bed, all lights out. It was so comfy, I'm sure this'll be part of why playing them is being so memorable for me 😭😭😭 and the prison songs are such bangers, they made everything even better!!!!

But anyways, most important things first, arlECCHINO. SHE IS SO CORDIAL??? I mean not cordiaaal friendly, but like, super polite?? And calm and collected and all?? I honestly thought she was gonna be a bit insane, or at least that there would be something giving away some type of ulterior motive but..,, I got nothing?? She seems genuinely interested in saving Fontaine and cares for the kids, even if it's probs for self-interests first and foremost, maybe. She totally is very manipulative tho. Other thing I find funny about her is how she destroys anyone with her unforgiving words, while being calm and pretending she's kinda not doing it on purpose. Love that, you go queen 🥳🥳🥳🥳

The thing is, when I saw the guy in the first quest turning into water after saying something he shouldn't, I was "ARLCECCHINO WILL BE LIKE THAT FOR SURE", manipulating everyone, and if any slip-ups happen, she can just unalive them. That Lyney and Lynette could not give anything away or she would just poof them. But I don't know anymore, if it IS like that, she fooled me completely. But I mean, she could do whatever she wanted with me, I wouldn't mind 🥴🥴🥴🥴

So, I still think there could be something more at play. Maybe the gnosis is another key? But surely the nation ENDING seems like a more pressing matter, oh yes. Even then, everyone is sus. And I mean everyone.

By the way, Neuvillete, you think what "sentence" is too severe, huh 🤨🤨🤨??? who, whom what, why??? The first thing that popped into my mind was Celestia. If not the archon, they're the ones who can do things like that. BUT it doesn't seems like Fontaine is progressing so much for them to care? Especially with the alienated citizens and a kinda not thaaaAAT useful archon y'k..,, Though their tech do look like the most advanced from all the nations, even if that alone, at least for me, doesn't scream "reason to kill you all!! heavenly principles on you!!!" HoweVER turning everyone into water and ruining the nation do remember a bit Khaenrians(?) turning into monsters and losing their nation. Food for thought!!! Wish Neuve said a bit more. However it truly wouldn't be wise to go out there screaming "hey, the gods-gods wanna wipe us all out, no pressure tho 😉", so yeah.

AND Furina. What's with that poor child 😭😭😭? From the first moment she came in the screen I was like "man this girl has no idea what she's doing, does she...". In the court, her commentaries were just 💀💀💀 One that comes into mind is she thinking that finding a clue on Lyney's bag was concrete proof of his crime. My dear, that's the easiest thing to manipulate in the whole world, planting fake evidence. Don't go there thinking you revolutionized the universe !!!!!! And almost all her remarks where kinda like that. That you would deadpan and go "seriously, you really believe that's super clever?". Now that I know (do I??? I think I do at least??) it was on purpose I'm letting her slip. But the thing about her having a curse is pretty interesting. I think her eyes are pretty sus (even if a lot of charas have weird eyes and no explanation, like hu tao, arlecchino and keqing). Does she have a weird side, hm 🤔 but again, they showed no sign of this until now, so ???

About the ending... I still don't know if I think that's a dream or not. Is defs what traveler saw while dreaming but, remember in the beginning,,,,, Childe awakening "it"..,,, hearing voices..,, hydro powers..,,, his dream in the abyss seeing a whale while falling into the sea....,, Guess he's really Mr. Worldwide huh. Maybe he's more linked to Fontaine (or at least some fontaine being?) than we thought? I think the whale ended up saving him. But hey, breathing underwater??? Getting kinda busted, my man.

Hope the quests keep escalating until something mind-blowing happens. I can feel it 😤😤😤

[not-alien-girl-v]

Vampires Will Never Hurt You (Harry Styles)

Chapter 7

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We left the festival at 2 am. Charlie enjoyed the night more than he thought he did. Once a band started playing some random song I think I heard on the radio in 2011 (so you know it was a banger), Donna forced him to get up and dance with her. I'm glad they have each other, even if Charlie won't admit he's been in love with her for the past 60 years.

But at the moment, the ship (Chonna? Darlie?) was the least of my concerns, because somehow, someway, Louis Tomlinson saw the post of Harry I publicly put on my story.

I had been up stressing about it since we had gotten home and I had ended up staying awake all night.

I was currently sat on my kitchen counter and looking through who viewed my story to see who snitched. I know Louis wasn't following me before today, so someone said something and I suppose word traveled around.

And about what Louis said to me, well, it was a simple 'how do you know Harry?'. Not too pressing, but then again, what was I to say to him? We're friends yet I get the suspicion he doesn't actually like me? Funny story, I turned him into a vampire and now I'm training him to be the best one out there! Are we even classified as friends? I feel we're more acquaintances. Acquaintances who are forced to spend time with each other. So basically friends. Sorta like the friends you make through school, where you are always together and just happen to form a positive relationship around that. Would we be friends if I didn't turn him? We're friends, I'm sure. But are we though?

"Good morning!" Donna exclaimed as she walked through the living room over to the kitchen. "Have you been up all night?" She opened the fridge and pulled out some eggs, butter, toast, and bacon, which she was to cook.

I nodded my head. "You know Louis Tomlinson?" I asked and continued to vigorously type on my phone.

"Are you really asking a directioner if she knows who Louis Tomlinson is?" She snorted humorously. She pulled out a pan and placed it on the stovetop.

"Wait, is that what you guys call yourselves? Never mind, anyway, so he saw my story post with Harry and he DMed me. He's our number one loose end, and it's not like we can kill him, so I've been worrying about what we'll tell him," I could tell I was tired but my mind was racing a mile a minute, telling me I was far from falling asleep.

"Tell who what?" Harry walked into the kitchen this time.

"Have you checked your phone this morning?" I asked him and he shook his head and pulled it out after sitting down at the island. "So, I suppose there's a loose end we have yet to consider: Louis," I settled in my seat, "technically, it's none of my business, so if you don't want me in this, I'll stay out of it, but he did message me asking me how we know each other, and I have no fucking idea what to do about it." I was never much of a rambler before, I'm just the type to say what I mean and that's that.

"I should call him," Harry stated, and I got the impression he wasn't really listening to me the whole time, but it was fine.

"What are you going to say to him?" Donna asked, cracking an egg into a pan.

"Good question. Do I tell him? About everything, I mean?" Harry hovered his finger cautiously over Louis's contact.

"I mean, how much does he really mean to you?" I put an emphasis on 'really'.

"He's my best friend, I can't just ditch him, he needs to be a part of this," he stressed, and I agreed. Harry did say he had a vampiric incident with his friend a few days prior.

"Well, it's just that, I mean, technically, we're not supposed to go around loosely telling mundanes all of our witchy secrets and shit," I replied to him and he contorted his face into a strange expression, almost like he didn't believe me.

"You told me pretty quick," Harry countered. "Why did you?"

"Because you are just so gosh darn cute. I suppose you could tell him if it means a lot to you," I said to him. He completely disregarded what I said in the beginning, which I didn't mind one bit because it was only a joke.

"Then I swear to you we can make this last," Donna mumbled under her breath.

"Alright, I'll tell him. That might involve us meeting, would you mind if we met here?" He asked me, hesitantly.

"Of course. Until you get your shit sorted, this place is yours for the taking. Also, do you want us to be here if he does come? Because we can leave if you'd rather be alone," I thought back to when I shared a house with Charlie in 1927. Let's just say, it's better to ask if you should stay away from the house at night then to find out for yourself. I've seen some things I wish I could unsee, trust me on that.

"No, actually I'd prefer you'd be here. Just don't invite Charlie, if you don't mind," he avoided eye contact, like asking for Charlie to stay away was a taboo topic. I'll admit, we hang out with him a lot, so it may seem rude of him to suggest, but it isn't.

"What's wrong with Charlie?" I furrowed my eyebrows and frowned, leaning toward him.

"I'm not quite sure, I just don't think he likes me," he shook his head and played with the food Donna had set in front of him.

"What do you mean? He loves you!" I dismissed, exasperatedly.

"Well, he didn't talk to me, he didn't look at me, and he just rolled his eyes every time I said something."

"That's just how he shows... affection..." I trailed off, knowing Harry had a point, because Charlie is quite fond of me and Donna, and although he is rude, he isn't that rude. "Alright, I'll talk to him sometime. But in the meantime, you should call Louis to meet us today."

"Alright, I'll get to that, I suppose," he finished his breakfast and went back to the guest room, I'm guessing to call Louis. It was then I realized that I probably should get blood bags for him since he's bound to be hungry for more than just an egg and a couple of strips of bacon. I then decided to feed Jorge, who had been sitting obediently in his cage for the past couple of hours. Don't worry, we take him out sometimes. Well, Harry does. Vampires must have a thing about each other because the two are practically best friends.

I carefully placed a small container of blood that I had bled earlier into his cage and closed it. He eagerly drank from it, then sat back on his little pedestal, staring at me all cute like he wasn't vicious when set free. And with that innocent look, my mind went back to a time 50 years earlier.

It was 1968. I was walking through what once was my old village. Yes, that old village, the one I was born in, like, a long time ago. It had changed so much. If I wasn't good with directions, I wouldn't have been able to find this place, let alone know I used to live there. I recalled where my old house was as if you could even call it a house, and then on my way to my car, I saw it.

A garage sale, and a man carrying out an antique birdcage. It had to be at least 50 years old. If that wasn't enough, once the man set down the birdcage, he revealed his pretty blue eyes, pale skin, and straight blonde hair. He noticed me standing there, and stopped his actions.

"Hey! I haven't seen you around? Did you move in?" He asked me.

"No, just passing by. I'm Faye," I held my hand out to him and he shook it.

"Dean," he smiled back at me. I was about to comment about the antique birdcage he had just sat down on a foldable table when a young girl burst through the front door of the house.

"No! No! No! I love him, and I'm leaving!" She exclaimed to a clearly exasperated father. I noticed her American accent, unusual for a girl living in such a boring part of England. Normally, tourists stick around the big cities. She had long, blonde hair and green eyes. I watched her aggressively argue with her father for about a minute before he gave up and went back inside. She huffed and sat down at the edge of the curb.

"I'm so sorry about my sister," Dean apologized to me. I would have been annoyed by this girl if she hadn't intrigued me so much.

I tore my eyes from her for a split second to look at Dean. "It's alright, I've been there before," I chuckled, and walked over to where the girl was sitting and sat down next to her.

Up close, I could tell that she was young; she couldn't be any older than me.

"What's the deal with your dad?" I asked her. She huffed in annoyance, thinking back to the argument she just had.

"He's an absolute ass! I just want to go back to Woodstock but he's insisting I stay in this boring old town and rot with him," she grumbled.

"Rot, that's a strong word. What about the guy?" I questioned her in regard to her previous words.

"What guy?" She opened a pack of cigarettes, lit one, and took a drag, then held it out to me in an offering. I took a drag from it.

"You know, the 'I love him and I'm leaving' guy?" I watched the smoke swirl around us. I could feel Dean staring at us, I can't imagine he enjoyed me smoking with her. I can't imagine he enjoyed her smoking in general.

"Oh right. Him. He's a huge dick, but he's my ride to New York, so I'm dealing with him until he takes me there, then I'm gonna ditch him," she explained, nonchalantly. I was surprised at this. She really knew how to get what she wanted. I admired it. "What's your name, by the way?"

"Faith, but call me Faye. You?" I stared up at the sky. It was nighttime. I doubted she wanted to go back inside, but she couldn't stay out all night.

"Donna," she looked up at the sky too, her silky hair falling off her shoulder.

"Do you wanna get out of here? I think I can get you to New York."

She turned to me and smiled. "I'm so in."

I smiled happily at the memory. I could recall that in a matter of months, Donna was obsessed with all things witchcraft, and later that year she turned herself immortal and joined the coven. Sometimes I wonder if she regretted it. She was so young.

"Faye!" Someone yelled from behind me. I whipped my head around quickly to see Florence. Florence? What was my boss from IHOP doing here?

She walked through the door that was somehow opened even, with Charlie walking in behind her.

"Hey bitch," Charlie greeted me and immediately walked to the kitchen and started raiding my fridge.

"Charlie? Florence? What are you doing here? Unannounced?" I asked rushed; Harry specifically said not to invite Charlie.

"The A/C's out at my place," Charlie grabbed my milk jug and started drinking straight from it.

"OK, but what are you doing, you know, together?" I asked more specifically.

"She's my girlfriend," he looked at me as though this was common knowledge, also as though I should have known this. No one tells me shit.

"What!" I exclaimed.

"Hey, guys, I think I'm going to make grilled cheeses sandwiches, do you guys want one?" Florence seemed oblivious to our conversation.

"Yeah, sure. Charlie? Could I have a word with you in the other room?" I tried to bite back my anger but I was seething on the inside.

"Sure," he put the milk down and walked back to my room. After I closed the door I spun around and gave him a look. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Why am I looking at you like that? Charlie, what the hell! How long have you been dating her?" I prayed neither Florence nor Donna were overhearing us.

"We've only been official since last night, but we met last week."

I perched myself on the side of my bed as he completely laid down on it. "Last week? Last night? What about Donna?"

"What about Donna?" He scoffed like she was completely irrelevant to the situation, but I could see straight through him, and he seemed angry at the mention of her name.

"Don't lie to me, Charlie. I can tell when you're lying. What happened with Donna? You two have been practically in love with each other for half a decade! That's not something you throw away overnight!" I said something to him, for the first time since he met Donna.

"You don't know that," he got quiet for a second, "Donna never liked me back."

I gasped. "So you admit it! You admit that you like her!" I lunged forward to him and pointed my finger to his chest, accusingly.

"Liked. In the past tense. I have Florrie now, and she's great. Don't you think she's great?" Charlie reasoned with me, trying to guilt-trip me for not liking Florence right now.

"What? No! Of course, she's great! I mean, I've only known her for a week, and she's sweet and all, but she's not as great as Donna is for you," I snapped my fingers to emphasize my point.

"Why is Donna so great for me? If anything, we're just bad for each other," he lowered his head, shaking it.

"I'm not dumb, Charlie. I've been both you and Donna's best friend for a long time now, and I think- no, I know you two would be great together," Charlie opened his mouth to interrupt with more bullshit but I didn't let him. "I know you liked her. You've liked her since the day you met her. Maybe it took Donna a little while but trust me, she likes you back. You two always argue but you never really mean it because you love each other. I don't know what happened between you two, but I can tell you whatever it is, it isn't worth using some random girl you don't even like to make Donna feel bad."

Charlie seemed like he had a tsunami of words just waiting to crash out of his mouth, no doubt ones that would tell me everything, including his true feelings about Donna, what happened between them, or why he even thought dating Florence would be a good thing to do, but he bit the inside of his mouth and held them in, even though I knew he desperately wanted to give up, he was stubborn. Even if he knew that I knew that he was being dumb and pulling a load of bullshit, he wouldn't even admit that I was right and he was wrong.

He stayed silent. I scoffed at him. I was about to say something else when someone knocked on my door.

"Faye?" Harry asked gently.

I started to panic. "I- um- I'm changing my clothes," I lied. My brother shot me a strange look but ultimately kept his mouth shut.

"Oh, ok. I called Louis. He's going to be here in," he paused, and I assumed it was to check a clock, "a couple of minutes, actually. I thought I'd let you know. Hey, can you be the one to tell him the basics of, well everything? I'd do it myself but I can't help but feel you haven't even told me everything."

"Yeah, sure," I replied, hoping to get him to leave the other side of my door so I could figure out what to do with my older brother and his 'girlfriend.' I still don't buy that nothing happened.

I could hear him walk away, then the door to the guest bedroom, well, his bedroom, now, close.

I spun around. "You," I pointed at him, "need to take yourself and your girlfriend and skedaddle. You're not supposed to be here."

"Wh-" Charlie was cut off by the doorbell ringing, informing me that I was now out of time.

"UGH!," I exclaimed, stressed. "Okay, stay here, don't leave until I say so," I didn't let him get another word out as I slammed my bedroom door shut behind me and speed-walked down the hallway to the kitchen, where Florence was now sitting at the kitchen island, eating her sandwich. I didn't question why she didn't make more than one, I just pulled her up and grabbed her plate, and swiftly shoved them both into my room.

I actually ran to the door, now, opening it, very out of breath, to reveal a concerned-looking Louis. "Hello, you're the girl from Instagram, right?" He questioned my out of breath self.

"Y-yeah," I heaved, "Harry's inside, come on in." I stood to the side of the door to let him enter the premises of my home.

I turned around to see a nervous-looking Harry standing in the space between the couch and the kitchen. He didn't seem to nice me, however, as his attention was placed on Louis, who looked equally as nervous.

"You're not going to try and bite me again, are you?" Louis interrogated and took a wary step inside. I stepped out of their way, hoping they could figure out the basics on their own, without me having to intervene.

"No," Harry responded, yet even he sounded uncertain. "No, I'm not. I promise." He walked around to the other side of the couch and sat at one end, and Louis got the message that he should sit at the other end.

"What happened?" Louis asked with sympathy in his eyes, making me wonder just exactly who they were to each other. What had Donna told me about? Larry something? Whatever it was, she sure was invested in it.

Harry chuckled in a sad way and straightened his hair out with his hand. It had grown a bit longer than it was when he last came to Los Angeles, about 3 years previously. At the time, he had just cut it for some movie he was starring in. "What hasn't happened?"

"That's a bit vague, don't you think?" Louis returned the laugh, and it almost made me uncomfortable being in the room with them at this time, I felt like I should give them their privacy. I stood up silently and began walking to the hallway when Harry gently grabbed my arm.

"Wait, don't leave, I need your help explaining." I nodded awkwardly and sat on the arm of the couch that he had been leaning against.

"Right, then, where do you want me to start?" I inquired, and for some reason, I felt uncomfortable looking Louis in the eyes.

"Wherever you want, Faye," he smiled kindly at me, and it was at this moment that I started to panic for absolutely no reason, other than the fact that I had to talk to someone new and there was no exact conversation prompt.

"Right. Well, um, I'm Faye Callahan. I'm, wait hold on," I held out my finger to him as I opened the notes app on my phone, "574. Well, I will be on the 30th of November."

"Do you really have a note on your phone about that?" Harry asked through laughter.

"Well sorry I don't feel like getting a calculator out every time someone asks how old I am," Harry interrupting made the situation slightly easier, but my heart was still beating loud enough that it was affecting my voice now.

Meanwhile, Louis had a surprised expression on his face. "Oh right. I'm immortal. And now, Harry is too. But, not the same kind of immortal, you know? Like I can't die, trust me I've tried and I'll never get any older, and Harry can die, it's just really hard. Also, he's a vampire." I couldn't help but feel I was doing a horrible job at explaining, but he'd get it eventually.

"Wait, how are you- how did he-" I didn't let Louis finish his words because I had something to say.

"Oh yeah, so like, I'm a witch. I'm in a coven, mostly my siblings and friends and stuff. We do magic, I guess. Aside from witchcraft, I don't really know what else is out there."

"Wait what?" Harry seemed half amused and half scared of my sentence.

"Well, I mean, obviously there are probably more covens out there who have different spells for different things, but I don't know, us witches don't have like a witchy Twitter or something. We don't really know each other outside of our covens," I offered him a smile. "Any questions?" I asked Louis.

He sat on the other side of the couch, speechless. Harry took this time to rest his elbow on my thigh, which was somewhat invading his space.

"I fucking knew it!" Louis suddenly yelled, and I was worried that he didn't get the entire memo. "I knew there was weird shit in this world! I fucking called it, didn't I?"

"It's true, he did," Harry murmured while nodding his head.

"My whole life! I knew there was magic!" Once he calmed down, he turned to me again, his eyes holding me in an intense stare. "So were you born a witch? Are you a supernatural being?"

"Me? No. I'm a human. I just practice witchcraft. Any being can, if sentient enough. Practicing witchcraft is the only criteria that would make one a witch." I said. I bet a dolphin could do it.

"You have to teach me! Please!" He launched himself forward, nearly falling on Harry but he caught himself.

"Um. Okay. I guess I could. I'd have to ask my mom. Shit, I have to tell my mom about all of this."

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[mettasing]

the snow maiden opera kinda irks me. i dunno, maybe i am completely clueless but i couldn't help myself to not interpret the main heroine as nd and/or aroace and a tragic figure of one at that. like... every scene with her gives THAT VIBE. i can analyze stuff, believe me, i literally could be doing it for a living in a few variations of future, but some ideas are just born and left in dust cuz some people around you will just look at you and cringe. people around me aren't really educated on and/or fond of (to put it softly) neurodivergence and lgbtq+, i assure you. I👏NEED👏TO👏SHARE👏(ok i was referring to the imaginary audience).

but i won't do an actual analysis. i don't want to proof read and look up for opera text, yada yada i'll just write what i can remember. this text won't have concrete points, arguments and conclusions.

first, she's literally considered as an anomaly by the sun god yarilo who's so threatened by her existence that he fucks off and refuses to end the winter for 10+ years. (well if you look at east on map it's on the right side. fitting💀). she is a miracle, a child of spring beauty and grandfather frost, literally not from this world, she doesn't understand love, a feeling that represents humans and separates mystical and real worlds.

during the opera she constantly appears in the centre of various awkward situations... to say the least. like. lel'. he's a human musician and the reason why she wants to fit in with humans. she was enthralled by his songs and in the prologue she begs her parents to let her go to berendeians. she doesn't understand what lel' means when he asks her for a flower when he performs a song for her. she interprets his request literally and wonders why he can't pick the flower himself, when in reality he means her attention, her affection for his song. and he's sad that she didn't know what he meant🥹🥹and in the end she is so awkward, dumbfounded by him going to other girls. later, when her conflict with inability to feel love reaches it's peak she thinks that she WANTS TO BE WITH LEL' CUZ OF HIS BANGERS BUT HE CHOSE ANOTHER GIRL AND SHE GOES "why not me? am i not beautiful? i think i am... why this girl? why is she better than me? why you chose her over me? what she has that i don't have?". she is fixed at the idea of love, but until the end she doesn't even know what it feels like. she genuinely doesn't understand what's wring with her, why she can't find a place in human realm? she thinks her "inability" to love is her flaw, and she dies when she finally "feels" it. but i never found her expression of love as genuine. it is intoxicating and overwhelming for her, it fucking kills her.

a place... ha-ha-ha. "feels" it.

why else i can't find her feeling of love genuine? mizgir, that's why.

fuck mizgir. all my homies HATE mizgir. he gets pity only in the end when he [insert washed-up russian rock joke; also cannon bomb] himself, and it's brief because goddamn that would be traumatic to see anyway.

i know one person who thought this guy was cool and "HiStOrIcAlLy AcCuRaTe🤓🤓🤓" (it's a fucking utopian fairytale??? my guy???). and this person would get an F- in ethics (not really because any teacher will give them a straight A even for the speech in defence of eugenics because they are a teacher's pet). so. it's not the main point.

mizgir is introduced and in his very first scene he dumps his fiancée only because he saw snow maiden ONCE. and he's really nonchalant about it with brilliant words like "well i loved you, now i love another". berendeians live in fairytale utopia. the don't have actual laws because their life is buit on traditions and mutual trust, their tsar is "perfect", a philosopher tuned to nature. they didn't ever knew that someone would just decide to break their way of life on a whim. everyone judges him, but naturally he doesn't care. well, he doesn't care about snow maiden the same amount.

mizgir👏is👏a👏rapist👏he promised berendey that he will ignite the feeling of love in snow maiden for spring to come. so, what's his plan? well. he explicitly wants to rape the girl who doesn't really understand his affections and his desire but is scared for her life because the guy is a predator and proud. HE THREATENS HER while chasing her through dark forest, and when she calls for lel's help (as she is still somewhat close to him and finds his songs comforting), mizgir mocks her. he wants to get her and show her his love. luckily, snow maiden's guardian, leshy, shows up – thanks to him and his ghostly apparitions, mizgir gets lost in the forest for some time.

meanwhile snow maiden feels anguish for her "alien" nature and asks her mother for help. love is something that keeps her apart for humans, so she wants spring beauty's guidance. her mother knows it would hurt her child, but she promised to help her daughter with anything. these... rather strange feelings... that snow maiden experiences. uhm.

her love isn't... pointed at something. i am not an expert in love, yeah, that's why i can find myself in heroine with her struggle, but she didn't live among humans at all, ok. the love she feels is... blinding. literally. it's not something she can comprehend, partly because she haven't been capable of catching it. it shooks her. she is entranced by it all the way until the end. she is falling into the hands of m*zgir (who happily proceeded to tell everyone that it was his doing) so freely, almost hypnotized. she's too enthralled by newfound sensations. doesn't matter why she loves him now. she just does. deeply. she will marry him. of course. she happily consents when berendey is like "are you sure? he's not forcing you?". her final air blurs the line between death and life/love. snow maiden's feelings are tormenting her, but also are extremely sweetening. she melts, literally and figuratively – from the sun and something entirely new and dangerous, something that she earned to have but now can't contain within. i doubt this is a kind of tale where love is celebrated at it's purest form, wild, bacchanal ecstasy. love is not even a central point of the story. can i even call it that?

snow maiden's "love" gives me the creeps. and when it dies with her, a living miracle, long cruel winter finally ends.

[bluebeewings]

Thanks for the recommendations! Putting them on my watchlist. I don’t have that many movies that I have read as aroace mostly because most of the movies I watch are explicitly queer movies (ironic) and they’re never about the aro/ace experience. Most of them are romances. Tho I feel like there is a lot of aromantic values (can I say that? Maybe sensibilities is a better word idk) in the most subversive ones (pretty much all of John Waters and queer films that focus more on sexual desire than any type of romantic connection like Shortbus and Kaboom (one of my all time favorite tho it has a tiny romantic subplot).

Out of those queer movies, the one I think has the biggest aro vibe is 1) Hedwig and the Angry Inch: The protagonist is clearly not meant to be aro or ace, but their journey involves feeling comfortable in their own skin and finding value in themselves instead of looking for it in romantic love. It’s an incredible musical and it stars with a song (called “origin of love”) romanticizing romantic and sexual love as this transcendental thing where humans used to have another half attached to themselves. When Zeus cut us, separating us from our other half, we were doomed to spend our lives looking for the missing part.

The way I interpret the movie is a subversion of this main song: Hedwig spends the whole movie trying to fill the whole that this non existing person would be able to. In the end, with my favorite song of the musical, Hedwig realises that they are complete: “And there's no mystical design/No cosmic lover preassigned/There's nothing you can find/That cannot be found”

It always brings me to tears. This character growth is represented through a tattoo the character has. In the beginning, is the image of two halves of a face. In the ending, it turns into a complete one. Hedwig isn’t attaching themself to the concepts in “origin of love”: “You think that luck has left you there/But maybe there's nothing/Up in the sky but air”

It’s amazing, every song is a banger and also very gender!

And then we have 2) Invisible Life (Vida Invisível): A brazillian movie about two estranged sisters who long to reunite. They were torn away by their father and both start to believe they’ll never see each other again as they unknowingly live in the same city. The bond between the two is strong enough to sideline any other type of love, but one of the sisters is extremely relatable to me. She was obligated to marry this man she barely knew and never once showed interest, romantic, sexual or otherwise, in fact, she’s disgusted by him and their sex scenes are honestly very hard to watch.

3) Bride of Frankenstein: Controversial, maybe. This is the movie where Frankenstein’s monster “gets a wife” but in reality? It’s about a deeply lonely being who longed for not being seen as monstrous. He wants a wife like him to have a connection he can’t with the people who despise him. It doesn’t feel that much romantic and definitely not sexual. Just an outsider wanting companionship. Very queerplatonic and obviously queer of him (honestly Frankenstein’s monster is just queer in every direction)

And for an even more controversial one I’ll say 4) Encanto: I remember the discourse about how “interpreting the movie with queer themes is downplaying the generational trauma which is the point of the story” yeah I know. Queer reading exists regardless, and that’s for every single movie in existence. And queer latine people exist (me for example). Anyways, to me the “powerless” in a family/society with people with powers is the closest we get to a metaphor about living as an aro/ace person. A feeling of abnormality with the lack of something most people have. Come on… Incredibly aroace

There are more but those were the ones that got me more. I’d also say maybe “Ready or Not” (hell yeah let’s kill your husband and all his family members), “Cruella” (just fashion, vibes and complex families albeit silly movie) and “wreck it ralph” (eh. It’s about platonic love, about outsiders, about feeling like who you are is fundamentally wrong… Super queer, aroace to me)

Excited to see this list get bigger!

I really wish there was a canon of aroace cinema. Obviously there is close to none representation, but I’m thinking movies that resonate to the aro/ace experience regardless of intent. To create a canon must be hard, but I’m gonna give my two cents with Little Women (2019 dir. Greta Gerwig) and The Banshees of Inisherin (2023 dir. Martin McDonagh)

[picklesgrowontrees]

I REALLY NEED TO GET THIS OUT OH MY LORDDDD

first off, thank you to the writers room people the new video was a banger! Also, Thomas’s acting is getting better and better every day

I am just barely holding off on screaming about everything into my pillow and I’m most likely going to hyperfixate on this for the next month but here are some things I need to point out from the Special:

Thomas, you lost an excellent opportunity to say “it sure feels like a dream….come true!” In your opening scene.

Our favorite boys with all of our favorite nicknames in their bios —🥺🥺🥺

Roman, are you okay? Your makeup be on fleek tho

Virgil = Rocket Raccoon x100

“My bestie, Patton” Janus omfg he’s your husband

THEY KNOW HIS NAME! LOGAN CALLED HIM JANUS!!!

Also, Logan—nice. So proud of you. I cant believe you learned a new word today

Janus is literally out-drama-geeking Roman. I never knew that was possible.

Excuse me what was that you said about eyeshadow? Janus is teasing Virgil about his purple glitter. Virgil reacts like a violent caveman

I’m…pretty….sure….that Remus…doesn’t, have his pants on backwards???? Maybe??? In any case👌 his bosom is emblazoned

‘Whose hand is that? Jesus’ —also, what. Thomas you should run

Janus you passive agressive bitch we all know you literally made that sandwich for Patton

LOGAN—calm down with the size of your glass man, I’m pretty sure that’s enough wine to kill a small child

Thomas you’re really killing me with the angst JUST LISTEN TO LITERAL LOGIC FOR 1 MINUTE

So Remus found the mindspace, huh? Alright y’all, time to throw every single fanfiction involving the creativitwins’ split kingdoms into the canon garbage can

#deviousgaming4life #gotem #secretlife

FUCKEMUP PISSY! I-I MEAN PRINCEY! YOUR SWORD JUST GOT A MANICURE THO

A-huh,A-huh, now say that again, but slower Virgil

I really can’t look at Virgil transforming into a puppet the same way again after those bloopers 💀

Seriously, guys.😤 Everyone who's here at my awesome party...🍾🎉 🤪this huge crowd of people that's definitely here right now...Somebody😠🤫 broke 😩my grandma's👵 vase✨✨🏺✨✨And that was the last thing she gave to me... before she died!!!! ☠️I swear 🔫😀to all things football ⚽️?🏈? AND/OR skateboarding... 🛹 …that I will find you….🪓🗡⚔️🔪😁Don't make me cry these incredibly manly 💪🏻🧔‍♂️tears! Anyone can speak up here 👀and be a part of this scene. 👀👀👀Especially those of us who aren't imagined🙂and... are actually here on the stage.🧨

The angst is packing in hard, TheatreMan.

Virgil you bastard😂😂 I demand a petition for Janus to have a solo number, and I would very much like to see the raw caught-in-4K footage of Janus dancing and hyping up Virgil for the lie song in the background

Remus you bastard😂😂

🍊👀

*ahem* ✍️📝 “Scare-amore”? Amore as in Amour? Amour as in Love in Spanish? We can’t escape the prinxiety

I swear they all had to restrain Remus from saying something rated r about Nico

Don’t worry Virgil you’re not the only one. Thomas being straight is one of my sleep paralysis demons

So that’s why Janus wears a hat. How many fanarts are we gonna get of Janus with a hamster? Like, what do you say, 500? Thousand?

Virgil is a mood. Except mine is an endless script in my notes app. So classy

(Edit) Roman is not okay. And neither am I

Janus is still salty about the others’ wardrobe upgrades

Did no one else notice the way that Roman said virgil’s name? I swear the prinxiety

Virgil I think you want to set the type of goal Remus was going for…at the beginning of his idea anyways. Praise, man

So—let me get this gay. Patton wants to be married to Logan. I can feel the love tonight

Logan I do not blame you for your wine glass update, where can I get me one of those?

Also—Virgil is the cousin because Remus and Janus are the aunt and uncle so they are LITERALLY HIS PARENTS OMG

Janus I’m scared and terrified and afraid and terrified what more do you want

The Roman series. Is in fact; a Prinxiety Dungeons and dragons AU fanfiction. I could not be happier 

[inkmemes]

this  country  (  2017  -  2020  )  sentence  starters ↪  taken  from  the  bbc  mockumentary.  trigger  warning  for  mentions  of  religion,  death,  sex.  alter  as  you  see  fit  ♡

“i like the underdog.”

“don't be a fucking dick.”

“everyone comes together on days like today and just forgets their utter hatred of each other.”

“everyone who's anyone's going to be there and there are people from my past that would love to see me slain.”

“there's a tea rooms there and under the counter they've got a panic button and if i take one step inside, they can press that. the police will be there in three minutes.”

"he whatsapped me the other day asking us to go laser quest with him and i ... well, i clicked on it by accident, didn't i? so he knows i've seen it."

"i mean, i get it, but it's not making me feel nothing."

“it's baffling. i'm baffled by the entire situation, if i'm honest.”

“what the actual fuck? what the actual fuck? you have fucking lost your head, mate. you have lost your fucking head.”

“when i get hold of you, i swear to god i will fucking deck you.”

"someone's just been throwing plums at my house. i'm going to kill them. i can't believe it. i can't believe it. all over this. plumming on here, plumming on that. plum on the sofa, look! there's nothing left that hasn't been plummed."

“i've had a target on my back since the day i was born.”

“thank you very much, enjoy your free potatoes.”

“do you know how small your brain is?”

“hogwarts is that way, dumbledore.”

“he used to say i looked like the puppet off the dolmio advert.”

“there's a kid crying over there. do you want me to...? i can tell him to shut the fuck up if you want?”

“he genuinely looked like a moomin.”

“on my first day of karate club, karate master goes to me, [name], i don't know why you're here because i can't teach you anything. if anything, you should be teaching me." and just gave me his black belt.”

“you know that little old blind man? yeah, when i was punching him in his face, the lens from his glasses broke and cut my knuckle.”

“some things are just best left in the past, where they belong.”

“what's the point in knocking if you're just going to walk in anyway?”

“it was a miscarriage of justice though, cos what people forget is 12 out of them 20 hostages actually found it funny.”

“i lied so much i still don't know what's real life and what's plain lies.”

“i'm so glad you're out of that lying phase.”

“he likes to be the only person on the road, so whenever he sees a car coming the other way he just pulls over.”

“nasa went through hundreds of them in the '60s. and now every time i see a really bright star in the sky i can't wish on it, cos in my head i'm thinking, ‘that's probably just a spacecraft with some monkey bones in it.’”

“you absolute traitor. that's my cheese - it's my fucking house!”

“don't you dare eat that cheese. you eat that and i will smash this. i promise you, i will smash you with this.”

“fuck! you switched them!”

“yeah, i can see it's fucking burnt, sherlock.”

“i honestly am ashamed to know him, sometimes.”

“if you knock on someone's door, don't take no for an answer. get into their house. if they say, ‘leave my house’, stay. and if they say, ‘i'm going to call the police’, you walk upstairs and see if there's anybody else upstairs to sell to.”

“she looks like uncle fester.”

“right. i'm going to piss in their flowers, then.”

“you really need to go home. your mum's called the police and everything.”

“you're also fired from being my best mate, by the way.”

“in business, there will always be setbacks. i don't drink my own juice, fray bentos doesn't eat his own pies. but that's business.”

“do you know what, i don't actually want to play this any more, because it is actually very, very boring.”

“i'm ashamed of myself, that's not usually me, so don't get the wrong impression.”

“i genuinely think one of them fancies me as well.”

“it's fate her moving across the street.”

“the problem with finding a girlfriend in the village is that most of the girls you meet round here are old-age pensioners.”

“yeah, i am looking for a relationship, but thing is i've just got so many trust issues, yeah, with being fucked over massive in the past, so no matter how much i get close to someone now i'm thinking in the back of my head, ‘shit, am i going to get fucked over?’ because i've been fucked over in the past massively. my last relationship proper fucked me up.”

“i went through a really dark phase. listening to papa roach and just blowing everything up with them little french bangers.”

“shut up, you don't know what you're talking about!”

“i don't like the man. i know he's my uncle, but i don't like him.”

“it's just malicious lies, that's all it is.”

“i'm not saying i've got a cruel heart, but if she ain't willing to take me as i am rather than the monster i've become, then she can literally just jog on back to sea with all the other fish cos i don't care.”

“what do you look for in a boyfriend?”

“the key to dating, yeah, is the two rs and the three ts. 'respect, rapport, and talking, talking, talking.' don't ever let that ball hit the ground. good relationships are built on great conversation.”

“on a date, you've got to tell them all the interesting stuff about you, because that's what they'll be interested in.”

“he said to me, he goes, ‘you can't smoke on here.’ i said, ‘i'm not smoking, i'm vaping.’ the look on his face when i said that. i don't think he knew what vaping… what a vape is.”

“you would make me the happiest mouse if you say yes and become my spouse.”

“here's a tip, [name], next time you take a chick out on a date, don't bore her to tears.”

“roses are red, violets are blue, i've got five fingers, the third one's for you.”

“get out of my way, pipe cleaner.”

“[name] phoned me the other day at three in the morning saying, ‘come quick,

there's a hedgehog in the garden that looks exactly like grandad.’ so i got up, i got dressed and i ran over to [name]'s as fast as i could and then i just stopped in the middle of the street at three in the morning and thought, ‘what the fuck am i doing with my life?’

“you're joking me? because if you are joking me, that is massively harsh.”

“oh, let me get a song up on youtube. you're going to absolutely love this, [name]. here we go… listen to this. oh, for fuck's sake, advert.”

“let's go down the pub and get shitfaced.”

“where do i see myself in five years? well, me and [name] will have a flat in the middle of the village and all of our furniture will be inflatable and we'll have cable and it will pay for itself, because we're going to use the spare room to breed quails, because their eggs are worth fucking shitloads.”

“is this about the calippo, still? because you offered to buy me that.”

“if he wants to go, good luck to him, i say. i reckon he thinks that i can't live without him, which is a laugh, because he went a whole weekend away once and i got on all right. i just ended up following this cat around the village.”

“i've got to do what's right for me, at the end of the day, instead of worrying about other people.”

“how about you say sorry? sorry for the massive knife that's hanging out the back of my back because of you.”

“oh, and while you're stabbing me in the back, feel free to bend down and kiss my arse.”

“can i just ask you an honest question? why would you want to leave the village when we've got a pub and a shop?”

“i think you don't know how lucky we have it to be doing nothing with our lives, like. we're all going to die, anyway, so what's the point in doing anything?”

“i want ownership of the words fucknut and dickmilk.”

“i had this come through the post. and i've got a few concerns about it. firstly, this guy on the front looks really arrogant. not the sort of guy i was expecting, if i'm honest.”

“this is starting to stress me out a little bit.”

“why are you trying to stress me out? you know i'm already stressed out as it is.”

“the bloke that used to live in there, right, kept hearing strange noises coming out of his attic at night. and he'd go to the fridge and find that food was missing from the fridge. so he thought, ‘i'm just going to go up to the attic and check this out.’ and he found an entire family of peruvian panpipe buskers just living up there. and he thought ‘i'm just going to leave them to it, ‘cos they're not really doing me any harm.’ and then, a few years later, he thought, "well, i'll just go up to the attic to check on them. ‘see if they're all right.’ and it turned out they'd all died of asbestos poisoning. yeah, he doesn't live here any more.”

“some people will always be scared of me, and i can't change that, no matter how nice i am. but there's a balance to be had between being nice and being feared.”

“don't really like catching up. it's not my thing.”

“i just watched this video of this girl doing a random act of kindness on youtube. she basically paid for this old man's shopping at the till. and this old man was, like, about 90 years old. and he's so fucking old, like, you could see through his skin. and he just starts bawling his eyes out. he's like, ‘you're fucking joking me, this ain't fucking real life.’ i just thought... i want to make someone feel like that. ‘cos that's... i really… that's what i want to do.”

“i'm not dead. just can't be arsed to text her sometimes.”

“you know, correct me if i'm wrong, but four texts a day is complete madness. no-one can keep up with that.”

“i am doing kind things selfishly.”

“i was at midnight mass one year, right, someone got tipped off i was there. as i was coming out the church, someone tries to shoot me with a crossbow.”

“well, i haven't seen the film, have i? that's why i came here - to watch the fucking film - like a normal human being.”

“i've made an effort by coming here tonight. i didn't want to come.”

“i had to wheel him here from his house in an asda trolley, cos he was just too heartbroken to move.”

“sometimes you don't know what you got until you ain't got it any more. like blockbuster's. i just took 'em for granted - and then, one day, gone, and you spend ages trying to figure out what went wrong, and then you realise it was your fault all along.”

“i thought you said you wanted to fix things.”

“she wanted it to go that way, and it just wasn't gonna go that way. she even got me thinking that they'd get back together… ..but that's manipula.... manipulative people... do that. and he's better off without her.”

“that wasn't much to write home about.”

“it's fucking dead, isn't it?”

“basically, somebody's been sending me threatening letters, and i don't know who's doing it - and i am concerned, because my peripheral vision is poor, so, if somebody attacks me from the sides or snipes at me from an upstairs window, i am fucked - but my hearing is excellent, see? so i just need to spend a few days inside honing my sonar, and i'll be fine then.”

“if you don't like the work, the circus is in town and they're always looking for clowns.”

“his soul is just going to crumble to dust.”

“this really is not a good situation for me. a physical threat is something that i can deal with, but a sexual thing is not my area of expertise.”

“just really fucked in the head, mate.”

“what have i done? i haven't done anything wrong.”

“do you know how sad that is? that is so, actually, sad. that makes me sad for you, that you can't take a joke.”

“i think i just got a bit carried away with the whole thing.”

“your finger's going up my arsehole, mate.”

“i'll hold the back of your head, so you don't bash yourself.”

“when i lie in future, i don't want a massive lecture on how bad lying is, cos deep down, you're the worst of us all, mate.”

“i'd quite like a coke.”

“it's going to be like gluing a breadstick back together, because… like, as if a breadstick's been in a blender and it's all… ...the pieces smashed up.”

“like, this one time i started a fight club in the village hall, and i got a black eye from beating myself up. but it made my enemies think, ‘fuck, if she can do that to herself, what the fuck can she do to me?’”

“i'm absolutely 1,000% sure i've broken it in two places.”

“i knew this day would come.”

“i should be in tk maxx, getting the bargains that i deserve.”

“unlike you, [name], i'm not a fashion disaster.”

“i'm still warm in my grave, and she's sucking off the pallbearer.”

“you know, it took me ten years to get over [name], and i only went out with her for half a day.”

“i swear to god, if i see him here again, i swear to god, i will have no hesitation in just going up to him and just planting one on his face.”

“right, then keep your nose out of my business, yeah? nosy old cock-womble.”

“[name]’s attitude to me is puzzling. if i walk past her in the street

and say hi, she'll tell me to fuck off. yet every year, she sends me a really sweet, nice christmas card. you know, there's just no consistency there.”

“he's good-looking up close, isn't he?”

“don't show me any weakness, because i will take advantage.”

“no, put the brick down, you fucking psychopath.”

“when i asked him, he just said, ‘come to my office now,’ which means we're in the fucking shit, cos we're always in fucking shit.”

“i shouldn't be paying you at all.”

“i've always had a son. i talk about him all the time.”

“he's my son. he's not my dog.”

“it reminds me of the wicker man. i don't really know why.”

“i just find it weird how you can be so close to someone and they can be such a big part of your life, and then the next minute, you're just sort of strangers in the night.”

“i don't want the emotional implications.”

“well, about five years ago, i sold my birthday to my mum for about 200 quid, which means my mum's legally entitled now to never celebrate my birthday ever again for the rest of my life. not even, like, a happy birthday cup of tea, or a moonpig card, nothing - which is the worst decision i ever made in my entire life.”

“he deserves that anyway, because he's been sexting my nan, so…”

“what's this surprise? cos i need to know whether it's going to be worth this walk.”

“i always see them banners above the motorway, and i always thought, ‘who the fuck does them?’ well, now i know. people like me.”

“did you know you can't get stung by a stinging nettle if you grab the leaf top and bottom, like that? it's only when you touch it on the sides, it stings. agh, actually, that stung, then.”

“pez dispenser, they're cursed. they are, i'm not even joking. honestly, when i had one of them, i had the worst bout of bad luck i ever had in my life.”

“i swear down, it's a short cut. it might be a pleasant walk, we might enjoy it.”

“i'm not scared of the fox twins. i'd just like to sit them down and ask 'em plainly, ‘look, guys, what is going on? ‘cos this has just gotten completely out of hand now. you know, stop walking on your knuckles, stand up straight, be the best version of you that you can be. get a job, even. there's a trolley boy who works at tesco's, you know, who may as well have been raised by wolves. if he can get a job, you guys can walk it.’”

“yes, there has been talk of strange goings-on in the woods, ghost sightings and the like. but… ...they're never from particularly reliable sources.”

“i live with a ghost. there's a ghost in that house. he's like a civil war cavalier, with all the hair and the hat and all that. and every time i walk into the living room, he doffs his cap. and on his shoulder, he's got this crow that barks at me. it means i spend less time in the house, really. not because of him, because he's-he's quite peaceable. but the crow is malevolent. and i'm not having that. i can't share my house with a malevolent bird.”

“that's haunted as fuck.”

“am i going mad here, or does that, to you, look like that's where just ghost will hang out all the time?”

“look at him, little red riding twat.”

“if he's got an attitude with me, i swear to god, i'll just grab the steering wheel and drive us all into a wall.”

“it's a bit annoying, actually. cos this is not the first or the second time i've had to tell you, really, is it?”

“his sparkle has just gone.”

“you know my dad actually wrote the song wonderwall on the back of a beer mat in the space of ten minutes, don't you?”

“i've just got a tiny, tiny, tiny little favour to ask you.”

“when i think of [name], i think of someone who is very loyal. and very, very stupid. sort of more stupid than loyal. sort of 70% stupid, 30% loyal, probably. because she's very loyal. but extremely stupid.”

“do you know what? i actually don't think he loves you at all and i don't think he's ever loved you.”

“all right, that's harsh and unnecessary, but fine.”

“frankly, she is behaving like the antichrist.”

“i literally just got here.”

“you are such an unemotional slab of ham, [name].”

“i've got so much shit on that man you would not believe.”

“there's something in my eye.”

“i just can't quit him, you know?”

“yeah, we might have a fiery relationship,  but when we're together, it's just… it's just pure chemistry, isn't it?”

“i'm not proud of it, believe me. but at the end of the day, i'm a very vindictive person, you know? it is what makes me me.”

“i basically went out and bought an alpaca off gumtree for £500. of all the mistakes i've made in my life, that was possibly the largest. definitely the physically largest.”

“yeah, i really don't wanna talk about that.”

“her only loyalty is to herself, staffies, and the tv channel dave… ...which, in my opinion, is a tv channel made by knuckle-draggers for knuckle-draggers.”

“i can't move on till i've seeked revenge, unfortunately.”

“if that was in france, that would be fine, but we're not in france.”

“the only thing we had in common, really, was stealing, and that was more my thing that i got him onto. but it just goes to show, you know, some friendships last and some friendships don't, but that's just the way it is.”

“you know it was me that got you sacked, don't you?”

“the thing i learnt about friendship is, you gotta accept each other's flaws, no matter how toxic they may be.”

“shit-stirring from beyond the grave.”

[randomvarious]

Today’s compilation:

Pure Disco 1996 Disco / Funk / Dance-Pop

I think Leo Stanley over at AllMusic flat out LIED when he claimed to have listened to this album. He said it was chock full of both remixes and 12-inch mixes of disco classics, but I listened to it and that's just not the case at all. There's only one remix on here: a pretty good mid-90s big club banger of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" by the production duo of Rollo and Sister Bliss from Faithless. The rest of it is just radio and 7-inch single edits of some of disco's biggest hits from the mid-70s through early 80s.

In essence, Pure Disco is a cheat code comp. I mean, you simply can't go wrong with a giant slab of great hits. It lacks originality, sure, but you really can't say that it's bad, because everything on it is good.

But it's actually a tad more than meets the eye, because while it's loaded with disco hits that killed it on the US charts, I think whoever compiled it is actually British. There's a small handful of tunes on here, like "Flashback" by Imagination, which sports a high-pitched lead male falsetto that smacks of Jimmy Somerville of Bronski Beat and The Communards, and "Cuba" by Gibson Brothers, that were much more successful across the pond than they were in the States.

Oh, and apparently, according to the fantastically ridiculous ad at the top of the post, one of this album's selling points was that it was the only place that you could find "The Grease Megamix" at that time, which is an added bonus track that's a medley of songs from Grease and is neither good nor disco???😂🤷‍♂️ 

Anyways, this mostly serves as baby's first disco album, but with a slight British bent. Worth checking out if you've managed to live under a rock your whole life, but also, if you're not from the UK, there may be a small handful of tunes you've never heard before either. I know I hadn't!

Highlights:

Village People - "Y.M.C.A." Kool & the Gang - "Celebration" ABBA - "Dancing Queen" Donna Summer - "Hot Stuff" Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive" Barry White - "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" Teena Marie - "I Need Your Lovin'" Amii Stewart - "Knock on Wood" Alicia Bridges - "I Love the Nightlife" Imagination - "Flashback" KC and the Sunshine Band - "That's the Way (I Like It)" The Ritchie Family - "Best Disco in Town" Yvonne Elliman - "If I Can't Have You" The Gap Band - "Oops Upside Your Head (I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance)" Diana Ross - "Love Hangover" Gibson Brothers - "Cuba" Lipps, Inc. - "Funkytown" Marvin Gaye - "Got to Give It Up, Part 1" Thelma Houston - "Don't Leave Me This Way" Donna Summer - "I Feel Love (Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster mix radio edit)"