#but yeah I have a lot of thoughts abt a lot of these combos

[lewisvinga]

stay away ! | pablo gavi x fem! real madrid player! ! reader

summary; after their relationship goes public, pablo has to face threats from a certain team over his girlfriend, the baby of the team

fc; carla camacho

warnings; ?

notes; requested ! MY REQUESTS ARE CLOSED 🤒😫😫

masterlist !

yourusername uploaded to their story !

[caption 1; hubba hubba pablogavi ] [caption 2; mi amor 🩷]

lindacaicedo__11 replied to your story !

lindacaicedo__11 q es esto ??? [what is this ???]

atheeneeaa_10 replied to your story !

atheeneeaa_10 uuuuhmmmm,,,, y/n??

vinijr replied to your story !

vinijr y/n?? why are you dating a b*rca player ??????

carolineweir95 replied to your story !

carolineweir95 since when have you been in a relationship????

carolineweir95 with someone from the rival team too????

pablogavi replied to your story !

pablogavi couldn’t even ease ur teammates into knowing, just a straight hard launch 😭😭😭

yourusername i like to give them heart attacks for funsies sometimes 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️

yourusername they’re already going crazy, even vini😭😭😭

pablogavi yeah if a barca femeni player was dating one of ur guys i’d question ur morals and thought process🤒

yourusername so he’s right for questioning my morals and thought process 🤔🤔

pablogavi no your morals are right bc ur dating me 😁😁😁

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yourusername: what a long but exciting week 🥸

tagged; judebellingham, carolineweir95, linda__caicedo11

pablogavi: 😍😍😍 liked by yourusername !

pablogavi: siempre tan bella [always so beautiful]

yourusername: 🥹🫶

olgacarmona7: she’s a child.

yourusername: we’re the same age olga

pablogavi: we’re the same age tho🤨

atheeneeaa_10: STAY AWAY FROM HER🤺

username: it’s like that one demi lovato meme 😭😭😭

username: the scars on her leg 🙁

username: LINDAAA

username: omg jude

username: starboy and stargirl of real madrid iktr

judebellingham: nah why do i look so awkward

yourusername: just a bit 😕😕

lindacaicedo__11: 😋👍

yourusername: 😁

username: the way the squad is so protective of her is so 😭😭

username: y/n acting like nothing happened after hard launching her relationship w gavi is the level of idgaf i aspire to be at 🤭

liked by pablogavi, sofie.svava, and others !

yourusername: 🤍🤍

tagged; pablogavi

paablogavi: think ❤️💙 is a better combo😁

sofie.svava: no.

yourusername: you’re on thin ice , babe , very thin

kathellensousa: stay away🤺🤺

pablogavi: always supporting the loml 😁❤️💙

yourusername: always supporting the loml too😁🤍🤍

username: not them using their team color for hearts im 😭😭

username: i’m a culer but omg i love y/n sm😞😞

username: pls i love them

username: football’s power couple fr 😍

frejaolofssonn: ouuuu girl….

judebellingham: exactly what i said 🙄🙄🙄

camavinga:🙄🙄🙄🙄

yourusername: i can say a lot abt u three watch it 🙄

carolineweir95: as long as you’re happy 😕😕

pablogavi: she is😁

lindacaicedo__11: let her speak for herself 😒

yourusername: you’re all drama queens 😭

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pablogavi: mi amor ❤️‍🩹

tagged; yourusername

yourusername: amorrrrr🫶🫶

yourusername: tqqq🥹 [ily]

pablogavi: tqqqq❤️

username: she’s so cute :(

username: the 2nd pic…. MIGHT go crazy idk

pedri: simp

pablogavi: and proud 😌

olgacarmona7: i mean….. she looks happy :/

lindacaicedo__11: i guess this is ok

sofie.svava: barley ok let’s be fr

judebellingham: sigh….

pablogavi: 🤨🤨

yourusername: shhhh they’re slowly going into the acceptance phase

username: jude wyd here

atheeneeaa_10: watch your back if i see a single hint of sadness come from her bc of you.

pablogavi: aye aye 🫡

username: sad day for the gavi girls 🕊️🕊️

username: i ADORE them

username: they’re so😞😞

username: Y/NNNNNNN

username: enemies to lovers fr

username: the merengue x culer combo goes hard tbh

[qprpbj]

for soda centric fics decentishoutsidersthoughts has some good ideas!

but some general ones to spur the thoughts:

middle child syndrome in the sense that he’s always playing the middle man between pony and Darry… and do they really stop fighting after canon even with his whole breakdown….

he’s the “stupid” curtis… both his brothers are so smart damn how would he feel growing up… his baby brother being able to do his homework for him :/ his convo with Darry abt dropping out after their parents die and Darry is trying to prove to the state that he’s a fit guardian

sandy. that’s it.

I lie that’s not it. but the girl ur so in love with and want to marry just up and leaves with no explanation. you find out later it’s cause she’s pregnant (with another man’s child?)

he’s canonically the crybaby of the family. he wears his heart on his sleeve but wouldn’t that get him into trouble? as a boy as a greaser in the south in the 60s

ADHD, dyslexia… in the 60s... end tweet

He’s 16 and also working as a breadwinner for the household. Hes even taking the place as one of pony’s guardians in a way…

Just his stress and anxiety abt pony being gone that week, the trial, his friends dying (and they’re all around his age more than they are the other brothers… do with that what you will)

Him finding Johnny in the lot

Pomyboy says he doesn’t drink and has never lost a fight BFFR he’s just hero worshipping and I believe sodas never let him see him like that

If ur a Stevepop gal…. yeah…. having feelings for your best friend…. and you really notice them after ur girlfriend disappears… but he’s still happily dating evie….

He probably has a shit ton of insecurities and just doesn’t show it… not being smart like his brothers… working at a gas station… not being enough for his gf to not cheat… not being enough for his brothers to not fight… not being able to help out with bills more… not being able to help his little brother out at school… people just talk about him for his looks….

Imagine ponyboy starting to grow up and not need soda as much anymore… no more bed sharing, no more late combos, pony grows taller than him (I’m a truther), pony starts hanging out with people other than the gang (curly Angela) and imagine how that feels after being such a strong parental role for your brother and he’s just starting to pull away from you like every teen does… but then again that’s your brother and you’ve always been close…. you were just immediately thrust into this parental roll and slowly it’s being taken away from you and you don’t even notice it until it’s too late…. ADD ON TOP OF THAT HOW OUT OF ALL THREE BROTHERS SODA IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO GET OUT OF TULSA BC OF REASONS (SEE ABOVE) AND SO HES FEELS LIKE HES BEING LEFT BEHIND

Shit wait I kinda cooked up more than I meant to… maybe I actually gotta learn how to write fanfics skdhfbcbbd

ok no but the soda feeling stupid compared to his brothers is sooooo insane to me. like one of them graduating, okay, but BOTH? esp pony a year early?? frankly once is a fluke but twice is a pattern!! so why couldn’t he graduate too, why did he have to be the only brother to perpetuate greaserhood and see nothing bigger for himself than working at a gas station?? also ponyboy doing his hw FOR him despite being two years younger is nauseatingggggg.

i DO think that soda genuinely is happy where he is most of the time but at the same timeee i think he’d sometimes have trouble reckoning with guilt esp on pony’s graduation day (i dooooo have a fic. coming someday about that. smiles), esp because we only know soda through ponyboys eyes. for all we know maybe he ISNT as happy as he always seems and puts up a front for his baby brother!!! in fact that’s most likely it tbh!! like he is canonically a crybaby and is probably just scared to show ponyboy bc he Knows pony looks up to him like a hero!!! it’s so!!!

adhd dyslexic soda in the 50/60s. yeah. i could yap that into the GROUND. lest this post becomes an Essay though i will leave it there unless someone else asks LOL

pony not needing soda as much anymore as he gets older is so. like ohhh you Hate me. it’s not even that pony doesn’t Need him it’s just that he’s growing up and bettering himself and making a better life than he was ever supposed to have and sodaaaa thinks he’s gonna stay stagnant his whole life 😣😣 pony who used to share every secret with him but now he’s all grown and doesn’t need to as much anymore. sighhhhh. sodapop curtis i LOVE YOUUUUU

[becauseplot]

*returns to yours* I HAVE THOUGHTS! NOT COHERENT ONES TOO SLEEPY AND NEED TO SAVE COHERENCY BUT THOUGHTS!!! MOSTLY ABOUT ISLAND TEAPARTIES AFTER THE KIDS ARE ASLEEP WHERE CELLBIT AND PHILZA DRINK TEA AND PHILZA TEACHES CELLBIT ABOUT STARS AND CELLBIT SLOWLY GETS BACK INTO HIS ENIGMAS AND THEY BOTH BITCH ABOUT TEA BUT DRINK IT ANYWAY BECAUSE IT HAS GOOD STATS

YEAAH!! YEAHHH!!! Okay okay okay so I meant to ramble more earlier when you initially responded to my ask and then I got sleepy and conked out and now it's super early for me, nailed it lmaooo. so anyway just like a couple things i noticed abt this scene *rolls out a scroll of notes, the bottom hits the floor and bounces out the door cartoon-style*

Chayanne gives Cellbit a rose!! Idk if Rose still has influence here (I'll have to sift through Phil's VOD to see if he says anything abt Rose, yesterday I mainly watched Cellbit's POV) but he's protected now!! That kinda folds him into Phil's "closer" circle of friends/family since it's primarily them who carries the roses for protection so!!!!! I'm!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE TEA!! Yes the tea the way the tea immediately broaches the topic of purgatory, and yeah the audible wince in Phil's voice after Cellbit says the tea triggers him and Phil agrees. Yeah it's so shit and they're both so sick of it but it's so OP. Phil survivalist (hardcore) :handshake: Cellbit survivalist (hunger games/"The War"), do and use what is necessary to keep yourself alive.

And AAA!! Yes, okay okay so like you remember that idea abt Phil and Cellbit having late-night convos at the Order pre-purgatory? This is basically that!! It's late at night, they're getting caught up with each other, they've both got the shitass tea and it's going cold and!! In my head this scene goes on for a full night and they just sit and talk and talk and talk, eventually conking out when it's late, just like old times EXCEPT THEY HAVE THEIR KIDS NOW WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER, THEIR DESIRE TO FIND THEIR KIDS, AND THEY FOUND THEM!!! (I should write a fic i NEED to write a fic, me vs the 754389 wips in my brain; in my head they still had late night convos in purgatory when their "play time" timers lined up, phil waking up early enough and cellbit staying up late enough for them to talk while the others slept)

The way Cellbit still minces his words abt what he and Bags did post-purg 1 "we had our fun...bolas...style..." is it because he thinks Phil will think less of him? because there's children present? because his SON is present? idk how much Richas knows abt what Cellbit did in purgatory, Richas *did* rescue him while he was fighting eye workers but does he know about Cellbit hunting fellow players for sport? what Cellbit did to his pai Pac? I NEED ANSWERS

Phil's "Dude! No! Oh my god... D:" to when Cellbit says Roier was better off without him. PHIL WAS AT THEIR WEDDING. HE TOOK THE GODDAMN PHOTOS OF THEM AT THEIR WEDDING. HE SAW HOW HAPPY THEY WERE, HOW HAPPY ROIER WAS, WHEN THEY WERE REUNITED IN PURGATORY. Phil isn't close enough to Roier nor speaks to him enough to really understand the full extent of Roier's grief after purgatory 1, but it's gotta be hard for Phil to imagine Roier happy with Cellbit gone. Whether he believes it when Cellbit says "yeah Roier told me he was better" (doied WHEN I GET YOU---) is up for debate but I think about this constantly.

Phil fucking laughing when Cellbit admits he ate some of the eye workers fhdjsk. I can't get over the combo of Cellbit POV (in character thinking: "I'm terrible I'm a cannibal I'm a monster") vs Philza POV (cc who laughs at everything that is even remotely cursed) honestly, taking this as in-character (bc ccPhil doesn't mute his mic to laugh and he...usually does that for ooc bits while in the middle of rp), it says a lot abt qPhil that he's able to just laugh abt an admission of eating corpses. ethics who? geneva convention who? qPhil doesn't know her. munch on those eye workers king they're dickheads. (fuck, DOES qPhil know that Cellbit is a cannibal, as in, he has eaten not just workers but other players?? hmmm...)

"I'm sorry I couldn't do much as bolas leader" "It's better that you didn't see us...I think you'll be disappointed" "oh I could never be disappointed what do you mean shut up *laughs*" GODDDDDDDD also Cellbit trying to say he got worse after purg 1 and Phil saying "nah bolas is already at ground level" (either not understanding or indirectly reiterating that he won't condemn Cellbit for his actions, I can't tell) and then Cellbit just,, going with it. because it's not worth it to argue and he's trying to move past all of that now anyway. (QCELLBIT PROCESS YOUR TRAUMA CHALLENGE LEVEL IMPOSSIBLE)

watching Phil's POV now and HFDJSK you can't hear it on Cellbit's stream but Phil catches Richas as they're both leaving and says quietly, "Take care of your dad, Richas, n' take care." I'M 💥💥💥💥 (<-banging table)

Anyway!! This is what happens when the two characters I'm obsessed with interact for the first time in months. Over-analyzing a 5 minute convo. Sorry, it will happen again :] Praying they stay as neighbors I'd love to see archivists have more interactions!! And yes yes yes yes the tea parties with the kids!! Phil routinely chatting with Cellbit and watching him slowly "regain his color" as he settles back into peaceful life post-purgatory, falls in love with enigmas again. They've always trusted each other when they don't trust themselves, and they're both a Stable Point for the other. I'll miss what we never got to have with the leaders-of-the-Order-having-meetings ideas (timezones, wails) but I'm so excited for new island mysteries!! :D

[ladyseidr]

unironically going to ramble a little bit abt the promo i made for my spn muses under the cut lmao. i don't imagine discussion of the "occult," demons, and stuff bothers many ppl here, but y'know reader beware just in case. ( i always tag anything relating to luci.fer, demons, or general chr.istian mythology with "religion tw" for what it's worth ).

i spent so long trying to find quotes i wanted. i didn't want to just, like, copy-paste the wikipedia page for demons or luci.fer because that's so Boring, so i spent a long time looking through pdfs, archives, books, etc

i was initially looking at modern-ish stuff ( early 1900's-2000's, for the sake of being Time Period Conscious ) but i was having to play that game of "don't accidentally quote a book written by The Worst Person Alive" that i think all pagans/witches are already familiar with LMAO so i went full historical

( no like literally i found a book on demono.logy, was like "well let me check out the author just in case first" and for fuck's sake oh my gods )

next issue: find anything that wasn't still incredibly chr.istian while talking abt summoning demons / luci.fer??????? this was a little surprising, maybe i'm just not as familiar with demono.logy as i thought LMAO. but it doesn't fit the sp.n vibe

when i finally settled on the encyclopedia, i found the entry for "devil" ( which was used both for The Devil and "devils," or demons ) and that's where i got both quotes. the possession quote just immediately made me go "ooooooh that's good" but ngl i went a little insane at the whole demons "lay[ing] snares for hunter." like, yeah, it meant Normal Real Life Hunters, but it was just too good not to use

okay, outside of the quotes now:

it was v intentional to make jess and sam's image witchier, which was a combo homage to a. my jess's hunter AU, b. sam canonically learning spells / some witchcraft in later seasons, and c. lbr i was thinking abt witchy hunter power couple jess and sam ( @florietiae ) fhdskfjdsalk

the pentagram amulet is a ref to jess's amulet but, while it's something she might wear in the hunter AU, her amulet is def not so obviously... witchy. just because, like. i mean lbr, ppl can be weird abt ppl wearing pentacles sometimes. her actual grandmother's amulet is a lot more subtle, but i was trying to fit the witchy and occult vibes

yes that is a tarot card. yes i went with The Tower instead of The Devil because oh if you know, you know LMAO.

i wasn't trying to "couple up" my muses, i mostly put jess & sam together for aforementioned witchy stuff, and then just, like, ended up with dean and cas together. i think it's incredibly funny.

i originally thought abt putting a ring of salt around jess's picture but it was just too busy visually. i hope the thought still counts fkdhsalhfda

every time i add muses with witchy or pagan aspects, my url makes a little more sense ( se.idr is a form of nor.se magic, & the "lady" in question is the goddess Fre.yja who uses said magic )

[igbylicious]

Hi igbyyy!!!! I haven't been reading much these days, nor writing (actually that isn't true because i just churned out almost 6k of pure filth earlier.... but up until today i haven't djdbndx) but i wanted to send you an ask again after a whiiiile and say that i hope things are gonna get better for you!!! And also that you get lots of rest 🫶

I have also realized i STILL owe you my wishes for future unit songs and my brain is still stuck at yeosang & jongho that i didn't get much further than this, but i shall try now!!!

So yeah, let's start with yeosang & jongho, because after the most recent cover by yeo that we got i just NEED a song highlighting both their voices + how they work together. Can you imagine yeo's deeper register combined with jongho's higher notes???? It's not a want, it's a need.....

That one yunho line from django (you know which one) lives in my head rent free, and in general his deeper registers sound soooooo secsi, so i really wanna see him in a unit that has a similar vibe to the it's you unit? Mayyyybe even another duet with mingi, but this time... not to destroy us all emotionally but.... a little further south kdbdjdbxjxbxnxnx

Another interesting unit imo would be putting together hongjoong, yunho, wooyoung and jongho for an rnb kinda song??? (Similar to celebrate or their leave the door open cover!!!) i think the four of them would pull that off REALLY well

I see i am neglecting seonghwa and san, but all that comes to mind when i try to put those two together is a stripper-esque dance performance, fallen angel/royalty themed....... then again, maybe the exact opposite would work for them together, like an upbeat song like eternal sunshine? Idk jdbdjdnxx

But yeah, these are my thoughts so far!!! I'm so sorry for taking so long to answer this too ><

And again i hope you get lots and lots of rest and i'm sending you all the strength you need!! <3

Saltyyy~ ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

yeah i try to keep the venting to a minimum and keep up a positive attitude on here, but honestly… it’s been real rough. idk i feel like i’m letting ppl down both here & irl and i’m SO frustrated w/ the gap between what i want to do & what i can do. which is a struggle to accept even on the good days but… yeah. it’s been rough. the gap is a chasm. i hope i can get lots of rest too, thankyou ♡

(and same to you too ♡ congrats on the productivity surge, that is a crazy amazing writing session! fingers & toes crossed that ‘reading fic’ is on the right side of the gap when it comes out bc i’m always down for some smutty filth from u hehe)

Yeosang and Jongho is suuuuuch a good combo, i think they’d bring out each others’ voices really beautifully :’) i don’t want to imagine it, i want to experience it!

ngl i wouldn’t say no to a yungi repeat; Youth is prob my fave unit song but that is SO TRUE abt Yunho’s deeper voice asdkasdjk it’s gorgeous and i wish we’d get to hear it more often ♡ and yungi can destroy me in whatever manner they please lol (secsi yungi song w/ matching choreography? i’d perish)

i LOVE that four person unit omg. idk if i would’ve ever thought abt putting them together myself but now i am obsessed w/ your idea. i have no other thoughts i just need it omg

iirc sanhwa was on my own wishlist so i’m w/ you on that askjadsjk i was thinking of smth bright or a soft comfort song to change it up from It’s You & Matz but… you paint a very appealing picture there……… for sure they’d be a super versatile subunit ♡

ahhh i always love thinking abt subunits & the endless possibilities so this made for a very very excellent distraction that i sorely needed asdsjkadskjds. and dw abt taking a while, ik you’ve also had a lot on your plate so pls it’s nothing to apologise for; tysm for taking the time now & sharing your incredibly big-brained thoughts! ♡

[exvelovly]

for the character ask game:

councillor bronte!

fintan!

marella!

aw freak yeah

bronte

-sexuality ummmm ace. lowkey. and maybe this is just me being unable to imagine him having sexy thoughts…. but not aro he gets crushes like a schoolgirl (but not often)

-gender he’s in denial don’t ask me anything

-ships ough i keep thinking abt those drawings with fintan by crescentpaws pls stoppppp it chronic fintanposter

-brotps secret dad society with grady and edaline also he’s beefing with actual teenagers he is so funny

-notp councilor alina whenever i think of bronte and shipping the only no i can think of on the spot is with her and maybe that’s a me thing idk

-hc: i want him to have like 7 cats or something which isnt a head canon but its a need

-general opinion i don’t think about him very often and he pissed me off at first but i’ve warmed up to him

fintan

-i think he’s a flaming homo pun intended but like closeted (either voluntarily or forced)

-bro i think he just goes with the vibes i can’t imagine him caring abt gender shit when he has pyrokinesjs and manic flower tangents to worry abt

-ships do not ask me abt ships with this freak therapy first u cannot fix him (but i can trust) i think he’s the type to have lowkey one sided obsessions with certain unnamed councilors and chooses to bother them whenever possible. there will inevitable be sexual tension

-brotps his future therapist

-notps for him are just anyone who wants to stay relatively sane idk (jk)

-hc: listen i’m very conflicted bc there are two ways u can go with fintan and they’re opposite directions. ex: the ass debacle, the long vs short hair, etc. i think he’s greasy personally but crescentpaws’ art is fr converting me i have to stay strong… im convinced he’s chaotic neutral and just does what he wants for the fuck of it.

-general opinion he is fan service for gay people bc they knew we’d be into whatever is going on with him

marella

-sexuality girlkisser

-gender cis girl tbhh but also i don’t think she cares that much. like she’d go guy mode to get some gossip and doesn’t mind being misgendered at all. probably comfy being perceived as both but she’s fine w how she is so she doesn’t think too hard abt it (might be projecting a tiny bit)

-ships marellinh awooga but she’s good with sophie and biana too

-brotps marella and keefe combo ahhhh, but i also love her with sophie and dex and biana idk pretty much everyone

-notps i don’t think too much abt notps just bc it doesn’t come up ummm maybe her and keefe just bc them being platonic shittalkers is so important to meee

-hc: probably smokes/vapes sorryyy it just fits when i think of people i’ve met with her personality like she’s so teenage girl. anyway fav vaper lmaoao potentially switched to smoking weed, i don’t think she’d do any other drugs tho she’s just a girl. i have lots of thoughts abt her can u tell. also she’s probably smoked with linh at some point to help her chill with her water idk i think elementals would be more tempted to smoke and stuff just bc of how their powers work.

-general opinion love her omg she is soososoo

[t4tails]

I’m late but abt the gravity falls thing, part of why Mabel and Dipper were so close was because they’re twins. (Source: I’m a twin lol) twins, from my own experience and what I can see of others, are a lot closer to each other than usual. It’s a combo of hitting the growing milestones at the same time and being around them so much you tend to work out the shit. I know me and my twin were REALLY excited to see media focusing on twins, we holed up and watched each new episode drop and I got him dippers hat and he got me Mabel’s sweater. There’s def some stuff in their dialouge that like. Written by someone who doesn’t have a sibling let alone a twin, but given that it was a Disney show, I tended to just overlook that. It def had its issues, but I just can’t bring myself to hate it bc of how much it meant to me and my brother. Idk if this makes sense lol, just as someone who’s most important relationship in the world and the only person who’s ever stuck with me is my twin, while also having two older siblings who either hated us or ignored us, I tend to just suck up sibling stories as long as they aren’t egregiously bad yknow? That said. The Gravity Falls fandom can kill itself that shit actually traumatized me.

yeah i get u :) i always thought dipper & mabels relationship was one of the best parts of the show. their conflict was realistic and never felt forced or excessive, at least to me. and i can relate to the loving sibling stories lol like i said earlier i used to want a closer relationship with my sister so it definitely influences my taste

[noahtally-famous]

rewatching ridonculous race and I just came up with the wildest 'crack' thought that would prob be single-handedly genius or The Worst Thing Ever.

as usual I’m making it everyone’s problem lmao

a Dave & Keith duo team participating in the race. And their team name is ‘liked the same girl’ or smth like that idk

some extra details:

Sky definitely forced them into it as a ‘Bonding Experience’ bc of the complaining and arguing (and plus she was tired af of how annoying they are). I like to think after PI, Dave approached her and genuinely actually apologized for his actions, like he finally realized how unhinged he turned into and regretted it, and she apologized too for leading him on and not handling the situation better, and they respected the ultimate decision to not date but remained a weird combo of acquaintance-friends. there was a lot of apologizing, crying (bc of course there is), words said, and it took a while but they overcame that massive hurdle.

naturally, Keith isn’t so quick to trust the guy though, and Dave still has bad memories abt him so the tension between them still remains thick.

them arguing legit the entire time they’re on, and live to make each others lives more annoying while facepalming at the others stupidity. (they're a hit among the viewers btw, bc of course they are)

“says the girlfriend-kisser!” “for the last time, I didn’t know you two were dating or else I wouldn’t have kissed her!” “pfft. yeah that’s what you’d like to think.” “uh, yeah, I do think that. because her lips have touched yours and who knows how disgusting your lips are and where they’ve been.” “excuse me, you take that back right now!” “I don’t hear you denying it, bad kisser.” “is that the best you’ve got, Mr. Not Getting Any?” "that's not what the girl you thought liked you was thinking when she kissed me--oh, too soon?" "I will fucking murder you."

everyone else, hearing this go down: what the fuck

homoerotic tension but no one rlly knows whether that tension is due to them actually having underlying emotions other than ‘deep dislike’ or whether that’s just an add-on to their rivalry and they’re just dumb enough to say stuff with double meanings

similar to the point above, no one rlly knows whether to consider them ‘dating but doesn’t know it yet’ or simply enemies

Dwayne Sr. and Dwayne Jr. watching Pahkitew Island on the plane rides and bombarding Dave with questions abt his time there, and making fun of certain parts of the show. Keith is happy to indulge if it means making fun of Dave’s worst moments (“which are like all of them!” “at least I had guts to audition for that damn show.” “are you calling me a coward?” “congratulations. you’ve connected the dots.”)

idk whether they’d end up having a rivalry with another team or if they’re so invested in each other that no one else wants to get between that lmao

it’s funny bc they waste no time rubbing each other the wrong way, but for the sake of winning challenges they’d set aside their rivalry temporarily and work together (and ironically, they make a pretty good team). idk how they’d react if another team made fun of either of them—probably not the most positive; I feel like they’d be the type to laugh at the others misery/frustration at first, but if a certain line is crossed, intervention occurs.

I’ve this silly hc that Noah and Dave are family friends, so interactions between them and the occasional Keith ones are bound to be interesting

I literally don’t know what Keith would look like. When I was younger, I imagined him looking like a sort-of Duncan without the dyed hair (yeah, idk either). But now I’m like ‘would Sky rlly date a guy like that? she’d want to be with someone more sporty and athletic and competitive, probably.’ and now I’m stumped on trying to imagine Keith looks-wise 😭

perhaps he's a combination of the two?? bc I also can't see Sky dating the jockest jock to ever jock lmfao

they have to go through the sewage system in the prison episode, and Dave gets flashbacks from Pahkitew and he's all 'nope, not happening. I'm not touching that disgusting water, do you know how many germs and bacterias are in there?', so Keith's like 'ffs you dramatic shit' and has to carry Dave or piggy-back him until they reach the exit while Dave's alternating between clinging to him like a koala and leaning as far away from him as possible without falling off. (I'm sensing potential bonding over Dave's germaphobia and stuff).

Keith def kept up on the Pahkitew Island season so he knows exactly what Dave is talking abt when he refers to certain episodes.

The Haters/Daters love them, they're all like "those two know what's up. they're exactly like us" and Keith & Dave are like "...no we're not??" and the Haters/Daters are like "you're not dating?!"

Keith doesn't lose his shit easily, he's actually pretty chill and patient--which makes sense given in most sports, you gotta be patient. (Dave's the one who gets all emotional tbvh.) But, naturally, Dave's the only exception when it comes to the whole 'not losing shit easily' deal

"he's your boyfriend. you calm him down." "he's YOUR family friend though?! and for the last time, we're not dating!" -- a Noah and Keith interaction

[skitskatdacat63]

26, 33, 24

26. fave colour and why?

I always say black, white and bright red, bcs those are my fav combo and basically the only colors that I wear, but I will tell you about my other favorite color: shades of bluish gray(slate??) These shades basically. I have at least two ocs that are just these colors, bcs I love them so much. It's just a very pretty, chill color(s), very space-like, if that makes sense?

33. any hobbies?

A couple!! Mainly drawing and following F1 at the moment(and all the things that come with the latter: gifing, researching, finding pics, etc etc.) I also love reading fic and researching history and learning random and niche things. My hobby is: aquiring information and using it in weird ways. Which relates to making AUs of course! So yeah, learning and applying information can honestly just fit all my hobbies 😭

24. what's one thing you're proud of yourself for?

Getting more out of my shell in the past year. I did a lot of things in 2023 that I never thought I'd do or ever try. I think I've talked abt it a bit on here already, so I won't ramble abt it too much. But yeah, I've grown a lot this past year :) I still struggle w a lot but I'm proud of myself for putting myself out there, even though it was difficult and remains difficult

[i3utterflyeffect]

I know absolutely nothing abt Wandersong so I can't ask any specific questions (;;-o-) BUT!!!!!!! take this ask as blanket permission to talk about any thoughts u have on the game that u want to, canon or AU

if u want some prompting, I saw ur MRD crossover and went 👀👀 I'm curious what ur AU changes from the game(s)!

oh!! okay so basically im going to split this into parts hang on

BUT. YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO PLAY WANDERSONG ITS SUCH A GOOD GAME. ITS SO FUN AND YOU WOULD LOVE MIRIAM AND BARD THEY'RE SO LOVABLE

ANYWAY!!!!!!! godbard au will be under the cut in case its not way too horribly late for you to not be spoilered sfdgklgslg

Mad Rat Miriam

ok aside from this post basically. the combo means that miriam has a much longer time period that mad rat and instead of the entire world ending it's just her. audrey is basically herding her towards a cat and i feel like she's actually pretty violent before bard is like 'NOOO STOP IT'

bard may have been a cat but they're very nice and would not kill anyone. because that is mean and they are NOT mean. they may have been a stray but they'd always just beg for scraps from humans instead and give them the wettest eyes if they try to feed them a mouse.

mim is also still very distant from other people bc yeah she's still a lab rat and she's learned to not be too attached to other ppl and beside she's already alienated bc she's Weird. so bard is really the first time she's been friends with someone and the fact that she's going to die upsets her deeply. but she's glad she got to meet this stupidly nice little heart because god they're too nice but also they're so friendly and kind to her despite everything.

audrey is very much a beastie of instinct and instead of describing herself as a 'rat god' she more describes about as miriam's 'hero', 'guardian angel', whatever fits the bill for that sort of thing. even tho she very much is not and is scaring miriam into going where she wants since mim is not really a huge fan of the wish thing

a lot of the cities of wandersong is just a bunch of stray rats living and Fucking Chilling. and rat god is still a sort of legend thing but it's kind of a horror story where people go wandering into nowhere and never return.

ALSO. the heart battle is so fucking insane i bet. like bard HATES the idea of fighting miriam but they have to do SOMETHING because clearly mim isn't in her right mind. a lot of the fight is a test of patience i bet bc of this

also also! another counterpart of jack is dream king but he DOESN'T CARE about eating mim at all. lazy guy. audrey is not happy about this.

king of hearts is the main one tho since he starts drowning in place of jack and mim decides to save him!!!!!!!!

most of the monsters in general are just hallucinations

anyway miriam and bard have just this strangely similar dynamic to mad rat and heart. violence and 'be nice to people please :)' + Provider Of Beats

plus it's interesting to explore something where the person with their head on straight is bard bc you don't really equate someone happy-go-lucky like that to be the most realistic between the two! usually it's the pessimist but nah its bard this time <3

godbard au

anyway so basically i want to talk about audrey here bc she's been accused of killing bard and since she's basically forced to come along with miriam and bard she's very upset.

BUT. something very important: i feel like she believes in thought crimes.

she's always prided herself on heroism and she never really thought about it before but after some time around Normal People as a Normal Person she starts to get fucked up over her new thought patterns that she developed by being a hero

this gets even worse when bard and miriam start treating her with genuine concern and kindness because she hates them, and she's certainly thought about killing them

as people start talking abt her she becomes more self conscious and it eventually comes to a climax as she is found out and people go on a full-on witch hunt over her

she's very very prone to violence and as she realizes how fucked up her destiny to end the world is she goes into a downwards spiral as she begins to think about awful things more and more and about if she HAD killed them and watched the life drain from their eyes (and she wouldn't have even felt bad)

and if she finds her sword she only gets worse as the intrusive thoughts get worse and more within reach of being completed and she can't take it

and. um

basically i gave her ocd hours. and i feel like i'm correct <3

[jackienautism]

ive always sort of taken ashley's reaction to that whole situation to be like. in that moment, emily goes from ally to potential threat, and ashley freaks out and her thought process is basically.... "remove the threat". it is mike who escalates and picks up the gun like you said. my guess is, seeing a friend get shot is way different than the possibility of them getting shot? so like... if mike shoots emily, ashley a) sees that reality and b) knows that it wouldn't have happened without her. hence the guilt. but in the case of mike putting the gun down, the potential threat is not gone in any way and ashley didnt have to see her friend Actually get shot. so her reaction is probably from the uneasiness of the situation being unresolved, until she reads the notebook, realizes there was never any danger to her from emily, and THEN feels guilty. hopefully that makes sense? combo of whether or not ashley's unease and panic is actually resolved in the moment, as well as Actually watching emily die or just... having that almost happen.

i honestly have no idea what this is in reference to, but it all makes sense to me yeah! all i wanted was just to talk abt how its kind of fucked (atleast to me) how sam's relationship goes up after ashley reveals the truth 😭 i didnt mean for this to end in a discussion abt the like...bite / shooting scene as a whole. but i appreciate you coming into my inbox nonetheless!

but yeah i really don't blame ashley for freaking out the way she did, its just silly bc didnt jack sooooort of explain the whole situation back in the lodge? i could be TOTALLY misremembering so dont take my word for it. but its just.... he mentions cannibalism and this isnt necessarily cannibalism correct? but yeah. still. ashley is totally one to jump to conclusions before her mind can rly like....digest the situation properly so its sooo in character for her to automatically assume the worse. bc look at the whole basement scene w/ the ghost? her emotions get the best of her and makes her believe things that otherwise have a "rational" / believable explanation. so i totally don't blame her at all for acting the way she does

once again, i totally forget what this could potentially be in reference to fdkgndfg so apologies for that. did they rly like. show that ash was guilty that well though? like. OBV the guilt is gonna be there since her words and actions and whatever sort of led up to the moment of em getting shot, but after that ? does she rly show anything ????? not to say that she doesn't regret what she did and said if em actually dies, bc i jusrt KNOW that isnt true, i just think mike shows more remorse than ashley does which sucks. unless its more of a ...... silent guilt. which is probably is. ive only rly watched the scene and the aftermath once so i cant remember it too clearly sorry

AND I THINK I FINALLY KNOW WHAT THIS IS TALLKING ABT.... ITS ABT THE COMMENT SHE MAKES IF MIKE DOESNT SHOOT EMILY RIGHT? hopefully thats what it is fkgnfg but yeah that totally makes sense to me! or wait. is this just abt the potential guilt ashley feels in this scene? AAAAA IM SO SORRY I SAY A LOT OF THINGS AND I DONT WHAT THE HELL I JUST SAID!!!! if you wanna clarify things for me if i didnt answer this to your satisfaction id appreciate it dfgknfg but once again, i appreciate the discussion regardless!

once again though, i think that does make sense yeah! esp in regards to ashley's "i hope you did" comment following mike failing to shoot em. bc youre right, the uneasiness and .... anxiety of the situation is still there, so it makes sense why she wouldnt seem very ..... happy over mike not shooting em / not getting her to leave

youre right though it def all depends on what occurs, which is like. realistic. esp from a Human Being perspective. so it sucks that a lot of ppl blow the scene out of proportion and unnecessarily hate on ashley for her (rather realistic) reactions to what's shown to her. bc yeah ok if its put out there or if it ever enters her mind, of COURSE shes gonnna freak out ove rth e potential of em "turning into one of them." the only one who doesnt rly believe it at first is sam and thats due to how ..... levelheaded she is, even under times of stress. but ashley is the COMPLETE opposite of that. she''s like. ive seen others talk abt this before but. she's not grounded in reality, which is a very interesting and good way of putting it. so yeah of course her imagination is going to take her into dangerous places and shit and therefore dictate how she reacts to what happens. hopefully this makes any sense? i know i dont necessarily need to defend her actions here (since plenty of others have already done the same) but i just wanted to get my thoughts down sdfnksdf

[boileddogchicken]

haha uh oh i lost track of time i started thinking about a character that i have grown rapidly attached to in the past 24 hours and because i decided she i just like me fr!! but that's not the only reason i'm still awake i was going to write some b'rsh content but i didn't really like where it was going so i started writing shit related to the dnd campaign im going to run eventually (see look i didn't forget abt it existing) but yeah after i decided i was done writing i started thinking more about this fucking CHARACTER like holy shit she is so cool and so pretty and like. there's a lot in her story that just feels so much like me as a person in my own story on this wild ride, this passage of fate (haha get it xenoblade 3 reference that one was for a very specific person i'm mutuals with u know who u are teehee :3) but like anyways dendro muted altered my brain chemistry just a little bit bc i'm like "hey gay plant person who has chronic fatigue and pain who does that sound like" i mean of course i'm a flesh person and not a plant person but yknow. plant people are cool as fuck and if that was a thing irl i would be so good at it oh fuck it's so late i'm going to be so tired tomorrow chronic fatigue and not getting. sleep is such a good combo yknow it's like i'm taking a screenshot- oh shit i don't rlly hurt right now but if i start hurting BEFORE i go to bed that'll further impact my ability to go to sleep and then if that happens more fatigue and more pain it's a fucking cycle oh shit a cycle just like a motorcycle LIKE IN FINAL FANTASY VII i am so good and keeping the same train of thought in a singular post like that's something i pride myself in being able to do i definitely don't get completely sidetracked and talk about xenoblade and final fantasy when i'm trying to talk about webcomics and chronic illness (they're connected remember? that was like my whole thesis since dendro is so neat and reminds me of myself) also this has been a brain thought for like months now but i don't know what to do with it: chthonic illness it's like chronic illness but related to greek mythology underworld is that anything or just similar sounding words OKAY SHIT I SHOULD EEP HAVE A GOOD NIGHT MUTUALS :3 also i almost accidentally had a poll on this post and was just gonna hit send but it didn't let me which meant i learned how to get rid of it (LIKE IN DEATH NOTE) fuck i posted but now i'm editing bc i forgot one thing also that so cool abt dendro from muted (also spoilers for the last couple chapters of muted) BUT ANYWAY by the end of the series she uses a cane and so do i!!!! so yeah more of the whole "she's just like me fr" goin on over here but also good night for real have the night u deserve :3

[odukora-lore]

For the bootloaders ever (the TEF main cast), how about 🎮🩸🎶💯🔶 (is medical training required in the ORCA? And also is it required in the OWL???????) and 🚫

Lmaoo aight some of these could be interesting

🎮 VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER — what are three of your oc's favorite hobbies?

Ngl my ass wrote these down before in their individual profiles, but since some are not too relevant I never bring them up and have forgotten a lot of it until I saw them again lmao, anyways

Lio

I think I've always talked abt this but mainly sewing ✨ has a lot to do w them growing up on a farm that mainly produces silk, their mom is a seamstress and their dad is a farmer idk if I've dumped that lol (throwing in bonus trivia that their mom is named Marmalade and their dad is Crimson cuz this is never brought up either and I need excuses lmao) so yes Lio did learn how to sew from their mom, probs know a bit of farming knowledge from their dad too, idk if I'll consider it a hobby but Lio def has some soft spot of watching plants grow and taking care of creachurs even if it's not rlly their main thing™ to them it's more like duty but they wouldn't mind doing it for the rest of their life either, I've dumped this I think but they sewed their own cape

Another would probs be baking tbh I always hced Lio to be more of a baking guy than a cooking guy (Jingle is the cooking guy lmao more on that in his section) I'd think they also learned it from their mom though it's not rlly her main forte either, I only hc thing cuz she makes the best pumpkin pies apple pies and carrot caked (in which I have never tasted either of these LMAO but they reeked of autumn enough I slapped these on for the aesthetic, also cuz there's canonically a harvest festival around autumn that's Lio's fav season so it only made sense), Lio probs only learned these specific recipes so they can make it for themselves when they feel like it lmao

Also post arc Lio will eventually go on to take up pottery ✨ idk if I've dumped this lol but it's a thing I came up on a whim a couple years back and for some reason it just fit them a lottt seeing as it's something that needs a lot of patience, and they're exactly the time to sit in a spot for hours on end quietly trying to perfect something (though from what I've heard it's a kind of hobby that's also frustrating when you fuck up cuz u have to start all over lmao, Lio is the type to pull through thou) they usually create little mugs/bowls and also love painting them, I think this is the default gift they will give ppl (they make them for Jingle all the time lol) either way never thought in depth how they picked it up post arc, I just hced they felt like picking up something new after the long journey to refresh their mind or whatever and they figured they wanna make things™

Jingle

cooking 🔥 mainly!!! As we all know mf is theeeeeee master chef of the entire cast, I wanna put him inna room w Maca and Rurene just to see them have a cook off lol (but you don't know much abt those blorbos so that's a thing for another day), Jingle's main hobby has a lot to do w his mom running a cafeteria and him helping out ever since he was a kid, he basically grew up learning the skill and cooked for his family fairly often, knows hundreds of recipes by heart and can taste out what ingredients are in a food upon tasting it lmao, Jingle cookbook when!!!!!! (Pepper canonically jokes abt this actually) but yeah he's good at it and flexes the skill quite often lol has extremely high standards for food and *will* chew you out over questionable food combos, but if he thinks a questionable combo is good himself he will defend it w his whole being and you will never win lmaooo Anyways idk if I wanna put baking as another hobby cuz it rlly does go in line w his cooking, it's a thing that goes hand in hand rlly though I kinda always hced he's better at cooking slightly, though he does have a snack mainly for making desserts, idk if smoothies count cuz that's another one of his fav things to make esp berry flavoured ones

Ig another fun one is dressing up lmaooo idk if this counts as a hobby but this is something he genuinely loves, just matching outfits and looking fashionable you just knowww his wardrobe is loaded (Rei likes to help him w this), he puts a lotttt of effort into his appearance and looks good for himself rlly instead of as a way to attract others (though that does come as a bonus and he likes to tease ppl for it) it's basically some sortttt of subversion for the trope cuz usually the flirty tease™ is known to purposely wanna look good for others' appeal (nothing against this that is) but I find it infinitely more interesting when the char does it in a way that is for self indulgence and has no intention of looking nice for others, but because of that confident energy they naturally have that charisma™

Anyways idk if this counts either but a little thing he likes is making flower crowns lol esp when going on picnics, I think having growing up in a small town makes him quite fond of nature in a way cuz he spent a lot of time as a kid exploring the woods w Rin (Rin was def the more adventurous one though) he's not that much of an explorer post arc though I'd like to think he tends to reminisce abt it by interacting w nature in a more peaceful way that calms his mind rather than reminding him of how dangerous it was, though this is also something I'm coming up on a whim cuz I rlly did slap this hobby for him for the sake of it fits his aesthetic lmao, it's just a fun thing to keep his hands busy when he thinks cooking/baking is too hectic (which can happen occasionally esp when it's what he mainly does for a living post arc), w that said he's also def the type to love making flower arrangements to decorate the cafeteria

Slightly off topic for a bit but I love how Lio's magic and identity as an explorer is quite separated from their pastimes, cuz they never intended to be an explorer to begin w and it's obvious they only learnt it at a later time for self defense, to them it is more like duty that they keep separate from their personal life, whilst Jingle's magic is completely intergrated in his hobbies cuz you just know he mainly picked up on them as basics back before he became an explorer, and even after retiring he is still fond of them and continues to use them in a way that satisfies his life post arc

Truffs

This guy is the collector everrrrrrr I can go on and on abt this lmao I think Truffs being a collector is a hc since pretty much forever tbh, I just know this adventurous spirit is the type to find cool rocks on his journey and hoard them (he literally has a pet rock collection), a load of other stuff he hoards are feathers, leaves, sticks, seashells, anything in nature rlly, I think it's a way for him to express how fond he is for the little things he find tbh, guy finds a thing and decides to keep it forever kinda applies to all of his hobbies, exactly the type to find rock in a cool shape and go around telling ppl about it, he already does it w oh look cool bug!!! Except he would rather have the bug alive in the wild so instead of keeping it in a jar he would feed them lmao, I think a bonus somewhat off topic thing is Truffs as a hoarder is slightly diff from Cindy as a hoarder cuz Cindy hoards to make new things from her peculiar trinkets (and usually doesn't have to be from nature, she's the kind to ravage through a junkyard to find bits and bolts and go ohhhhh I know what I can do w this then forgets abt it for years before it finally has a use, Truffs more so collects to preserve and almost always keeps it in it's original form as a way to appreciate what he found I'd say

Anyways on the same vein of his collector attitude he also loves photography ✨ I think this is a thing he picked up from Clover tbh (be glad you didn't ask Clover Hobbies™ cuz that is a whole novel on it's own guy does everything) but yeah Truffs and Clover always go on journeys to take pics of cool things, Toffee getting unfortunately dragged around cuz "we have to go allllll the way up there for a good shot!!!" also this is written in my blorbo profile notes drafts but mf apparently owns 10 photo albums lmao

To combine 🔥 his peculiar findings and pictures into one single hobby Truffs is also a scrapbook enthusiast ☝️ but yeah all his hobbies are of the same vibes rlly and I just knoww his scrapbooks are the messiest looking things and alll over the place but you can see it's made w heart lol, in a way it's quite similar to journaling without the words, Truffs more so associates his journeys with items he finds and things he saw so compiling them in itself is sorta like keeping a diary for him, this guy does not have the patience to sit down and write words on a page but you will find him in a corner w scattered scraps on the floor and having the time of his life pasting and piecing them together into an elaborate concoction, also he very much shows them to ppl allllll the time like "oooh did you know I make scrapbooks?!" And then flips to a random page and can tell you exactly where and when he found a thing and took a photo of a thing, also if *you* end up in his scrapbook that is the biggest honour in the universe cuz as much as he goes around making friends w everyone ever only the real ones he appreciates the presence of end up in there

Rei

I think it goes without saying that Rei loves crystals lol again it has a lot to do w her magic but also she def only picked up on crystal magic because of her fondness for it, she's a crystal collector but not in the Truffs way but solely because she wants to make jewelry out of them, she likely picked it up as a way to bring her crystals around easier but it ended up becoming something she enjoys, ngl like the Jingle making flower crowns thing I honestly came up w this for the sole aesthetic factor lmao so I honestly don't know how and where she picked up the hobby, it could be during her time when she lived in Mount. Kimoru and receiving jewels as a little girl is pretty common esp when she was pretty much spoiled and pampered by the Tree Fam

W that said I think she also just like making cute accessories in general, like beaded bracelets/necklaces/earrings (I should probs draw her wearing them tbh, even the current Rei outfit is a bit outdated cuz I have some slight tweaks in my head, she also has a shit load of bows and hairties and upon asking if you can have one she'll be all petty abt it even if she never actually wears them all lmao, but this also means if she does give you one you're probably someone that earned it (think the time she gave Jingle a hairtie when they started bonding more)

Aside from all these "girly" hobbies I think she's also someone that plays video games w Clover occasionally lol, she is just as if not more competitive than he is and they bicker like hell during a gaming session (I literally hc No Mercy by The Living Tombstone to be their exact energy I need to make an animatic someday lmaooo) also I think she's the only one out of the main four that genuinely enjoys combat and goes out of her way to train tbh (her idea of training is to sneak out and wreck havoc lol, usually by sneaking into dark alleyways and barge in if there's sus shit happening)

Overall I don't actually have that much concrete ideas of Rei's hobbies cuz for a while she wasn't rlly in the main four lineup, so ironically Rin is more developed in this regard cuz the main four spot was filled by her for a while aka why there's a bit more stuff on her profile draft in some parts, I can name them but there's not much backstory detail like the other three rlly

🩸 DROP OF BLOOD — what is your oc's blood type?

Stardust lol /hj

My first thought upon being asked this is *you probably only asked just to know the blood type conventions in universe* lmao and tbh while I never thought too hard abt it (or at all cuz like many things it's not very relevant, it's the equivalent of knowing a char's exact height and weight lol in which I actually do somewhat keep track of to know who's tallest to shortest), but yeah ngl I don't think they follow our ideas of what blood type is tbh, animals in our world alone don't even have the same blood types as humans do so imagine what is it like for a fantasy universe where there's millions of possible hybrid combinations

Similar to horoscopes I also don't bother assigning it to blorbos just purely based on vibes lmao esp when it doesn't rlly add anything to the character or story hence the existence of constellations (among other things), lifeblood in universe is very heavily implied to be a raw magic force for every life form in existence so it only makes sense that every being at the core is made of the same thing lol, so yes it's still blood but probably not limited to just insert categories cuz it doesn't feel lore relevant to make said categories exist at all, imagine donating blood and they're just all compiled in one single blood bank™ anyone can save anyone deal lmao

The only so called exceptions is probably how immortal blood and mortal blood are different in nature, there's a reason immortals can internally wield magic whilst mortals can only use it as an external resource, immortal blood is more magically concentrated by default that their life force is inherently stronger, also explains why attempting to infuse immortality in a mortal vessel (like in Thorn's case lmao) can cause several issues and mutations, so yes while we don't have the conventional *if the wrong blood mixes things fuck up* we do have *if the wrong blood mixes things fuck up but worse* lmaoo

Ig there's also the whole draviarant / glowlin dichotomy but that's a whole other thing for another day

Again didn't rlly answer your question but I hope this bonus lore dump makes up for it lol

🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

Ngl I think their playlists while having songs that relate to their character story wise it is also pretty much what they usually listen too lol, though I def had plans to tweak the Jingle playlist a taddd bit cuz it's honestly too dark for my current taste and I want more of his char to shine through instead of solely his trauma lmao

But overall

Lio - mostly soft acoustic w the occasional louder tunes, in some way it shows their timid humble nature but also how they're determined and dedicated at their core, the entirety of their playlist def reeks of what they listen too tbh

Jingle - actual Jingle likes ballads but I don't have them enough in his current playlist lol I do think there's a couple loud songs in there he does like (esp during the main arc) but post arc Jingle def have a softer vibe, generally he's very sentimental so cheesy love songs are also on the list lmao, though I usually don't like to include too much romantic focused songs in individual playlists cuz those go in the ship playlists lol, I think he def vibes to some more playful sounding stuff though

Truffs - def folk/medieval sounding music w a mix of modern sounds, again just more hints towards his origins as the prince of Corondale whilst trying to blend into Naru but also the songs reeks of going on a grand adventure which is 100% Truffs core

Rei - pop/rock, just extremely loud af music for her loud af and outspoken personality lol I think there's a tinge of playfulness in her music taste that reflects her mischief but they're honestly also quite emotionally loaded, they either sound rlly fun or rlly angry aka her whole char duality

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

Idk if there's anything abt my blorbos that I haven't dump already lmaooooo esp in regards to the main four that I talk quite often abt, ig I have these in my notes but you may or may not already know them

Lio

Hates jellybeans w a burning passion cuz Jingle pranked them w a cheese flavoured one as their first impression and it tasted like shit

Was named Helio since they were born on a sunny day, ironically prefers cloudy weather instead

Wears socks when they sleep, usually in mismatched shades of green, they probably just lost the other

Jingle

Touches his neck and plays with his hair when he's nervous, a thing he's picked up since childhood

Morning person, used to wake up early to help his mom run the cafe and to prepare breakfast for the family, but in return would fall asleep before midnight, his sleep routine hasn't changed since, I'm talking the wakes up around 4am and falls asleep around 9pm kind lmao

Has been growing his hair out since he was a trainee in ORCA up until it was cut off during the main arc (iykyk)

Truffs

Carries candy in his backpack as a little backup snack, for himself and for the ants, though he'd always forget to throw the wrappers away

Wears a headbands cuz it's hard to fly around and explore when his hair covers up half of his view in the wind

His fav colour is blue but he can never choose between ocean blue and sky blue

Rei

Has been told her pigtails are not practical in combat but she doesn't care and continues to wear them out of spite

Figured out she's bisexual from dating around in hs, never rlly had what one might consider a "serious" relationship though

Kept the mug that Oak used to make her milktea w (even if it got shattered during Oakrion's argument when the Eternal was revealed to the agency a couple years back)

🔶 LARGE ORANGE DIAMOND — does your oc know cpr? do they have any other medical expertise?

Going in line w the ORCA/OWL question I think it's 100% required in the ORCA for all recruits w the strict regulations as we all know, though I think it's mostly basic first aid and medical knowledge and only those that are specialized in healing magic go on to learn further details abt the expertise, so canon wise in the main four Truffs would be the most knowledgeable in this regard, though I think Lio is def someone that went on to learn more cuz they're paranoid like that and there's no harm in knowing more than they already do lmao

In terms of OWL I'm so sure it was pushed by Conifer cuz Orion is the kinda bastard to overlook it lmao though he does try his best to make sure all the recruits don't get hurt (esp Rei) which is ironic cuz he never takes the advice himself (this is a whole plot point that leads to their fallout down the line but that's another tangent lol), so while Rei has the knowledge she's way more likely to do everything w brute force, who needs healing magic when you defend yourself well enough to not get hurt deal lmao

Jingle only knows for being an ORCA recruit at some point lmao, Corondale gives no fucks abt anyone thats affiliated cuz they can always find more replacements™ it goes without saying

🚫 PROHIBITED — does your oc drink/smoke? do they do it regularly, or is it more on occasion or for special events?

Ngl not a lot of my chars smoke for the sole fact that I don't like it so my blorbos don't get it lmao, Budgie smokes because I don't like Budgie 💥

In terms of drinking I think the main four do have slightly varying lvls of it

Lio def reeks of someone that only drinks a little bit during special occasions, mostly festivals but I imagine them to not be very fond of how it tastes lol, they much prefer soda esp lemon/lime flavoured ones

Jingle reeks of a wine drinker but def the kind to like the floral scented ones, I think he indulges occasionally but not as often as Orion (which is probs the most notorious wine drinker in the entire TEF lineup alongside Maple lmao), he def uses wine in cooking for the flavour though, you'd find a shit load of wine in his kitchen cabinets and assume he's a heavy drinker but he'd tell you exactly what dish it is for and how much to use and how almost none of it is to be drinked lmao

Truffs def tried once out of curiosity but he rlly reeks of someone that doesn't take it well lol in other words Toffee had to fly him home instead of Truffs flying him as usual lmaooo, I think Toffee scolded him after that, idk if he ever got around to trying more but Truffs only tries out of curiosity every now and then when he gets reminded it's a thing that exists lmao it's just not on his mind

Rei is def the mf that tried drinking to seem more mature lmao but hated the taste so much she never looked back, she hates coffee w a burning passion for the sole fact of how bitter it tastes so at most she's drinking the sweet ones

[m1ckeyb3rry]

First of all AYO THEME CHANGE??? Waittt I’m loving the gold accents it looks so clean and classy!!

The chin shot is actually my villain moment like hello???? Ok but the thing is like his hair COULD be worse like in terms of drawing it shouldn’t be all that different from shidou Barou or even zantetsu…like cmon there’s just a bit of shape tweaking but if all those artists on twitter can do it surely the animation studio can….smh they’re really just keeping us in suspense

FRR I remember thinking how well all the feather details were done in the animation too like….I remember playing the rio version of angry birds too HAHA

No definitely….like a good art style definitely helps with attention grabbing but if the story is really ass or not my style I won’t hesitate to drop it LOL

Sweetheart asshole and years of pining go hand in hand LMAOO truly the ultimate trope honestly there’s just so much potential for angst and sweet moments with it and opportunities for making things complicated and intricate and multilayered shshsgsjsj

OHHHHHHH that explains a lot actually. There’s no way I’d ever see bakugo and Karasu having anything in common except for gravity defying hair maybe….heah the gravel plus the like weird in between pitch of where his voice sits really throws me off but yeah maybe if we hear him say something other than “you schmoes” it’ll be better LMAO I’m lowk about to go do the same thing and rewatch with the dub just to see how everyone sounds now I’m curious

OK GOOD LMAOOO because I literally could not think of anyone else who I thought would fit the criteria lovable jerk nagi is so real his sassy moments that are still so like…nagi-like in nature are my favs LOL him just saying with a straight face “why do you suck” LMAOOO

Wait that’s so real though if he just hadn’t pissed off everyone he would’ve just breezed through everything LMFAOOOOOO like you just tripled your workload my man….emo Reo so true I think I only fully enjoy him when he’s finally doing things on his own so like up to manshine vs bm where nagi calls him back (smh)

LMAO ITS A STRUGGLE there’s lowk some scenes of Isagi that look >>>>> but HAHAHSGAHAHAH IM CRYING THE HEIGHT COMMENT so true compared to most others in bllk he’s sooooo short it’s so funny

I remember Barou looking very weird at first LMAO truly got the npc villain treatment until he joined isagis team

Ok also did you see the recent chapter LMAO

- Karasu anon

YESSS I FINALLY GAVE IN AND CHANGED IT hehe i rlly like the gold too!! it’s so bright which after having a darker theme for a while feels so refreshing 🤩 and yay that’s the vibe i was going for!!

no fr his hair is not any worse than barou’s gravity defying nonsense…i think it makes sense for the background shots that he’s not there because if you dim/blur them enough then yuki hiori and otoya can reasonably look like npcs because they have v basic haircuts but karasu’s haircut just screams “relevant character” KDJFJDK but yeah that chin shot was so evil…like wdym everyone else gets full torso shots at least and karasu only gets his bllk icon??? TARGETED (also wait slightly unrelated but the day that isagi’s “he’s a villain 😰” line abt karasu gets animated i’m going to laugh so hard because like karasu is just a silly dumb baby pls 😭) maybe they’re trying to build him up as someone scary?? he’s kinda the main antagonist of third selection (alongside shidou but in a diff way) and isagi’s main opponent in the game especially because he picks out isagi to bully so they’re making him rlly mysterious and scary 🤔 also idk there’s some scenes of him in the background of the last ep in season two and they did not do his hair justice LMAOAOAOA also it being blue in the anime throws me off so bad because i am a black hair/purple eyes karasu truther so him being a blue + blue combo is so ugh to me…like TAKE THE BLUE + BLUE COMBO AWAYYYY FROM KANESHIRO!! wdym kiyora isn’t going to have the burgundy plus dark hair anymore it looks so good and now he’s just another blue haired blue eyed emo 😭💔

RIO ANGRY BIRDS WAS MY SHIT omg i loved angry birds when i was younger…convinced we are the same person actually like the amt of link ups we keep having is crazy

reading manhwa is insanely hard there truly are so few good ones…like how are there a bazillion manhwa out there but none of them have the exact trope i want?? i need the creativity to come through asap because some of these artists are wasting their hard work on the most boring midtier formulaic stories EVERRR 😭

i actually would recommend the dub solely because there’s a lot of jokes (mostly from nagi and chigiri) that the sub doesn’t have so it adds a much more humorous vibe to it!! like there’s a specific scene which i don’t remember being in the sub version that i literally had to rewind where barou is yelling at nagi in the background and he’s like ���don’t talk back 😡” and NAGI LITERALLY JUST MOCKS HIM LIKE “dOn’T TaLk bAcK 😒” FJKSJS I LOST IT…they definitely decided to follow the spirit of the interactions instead of going for word for word translations so it feels like everyone’s a lot sillier!! there’s actually a lot of isagi sass too which made me like him much more than i did 😭 if you do end up watching keep me posted abt your thoughts 🫡 i think imo best dub voices in terms of fitting their characters have to be niko, anri, and reo ☝🏻 i actually also really liked that they made chigiri sound more masculine because it made him feel like more than just “girl insert of bllk” which is how a lot of people in the fandom tend to see him (side note rewatching the show helped me remember i love chigiri i just don’t like chigiri fans HAHA)

YESSS i think the only one that could’ve worked would be rin kind of?? considering i started bllk for him and wrote cherry tree abt him…i feel like i got on the nagi train way too fast though so rin never got to be a fav for very long 😩 and yes nagi’s lovable socially awkward jerk persona is sooo >>> i think he stands out because unlike most lovable jerks his delivery is so deadpan that you don’t even register he’s actually a shithead until much later 😭 like so many people don’t realize that he is the one talking the most trash CONSISTENTLY forget abt karasu otoya barou rin and isagi (i mean isagi def has him beat on field but off field he’s nice so it doesn’t count) NAGI is the true asshole of bllk 😰 like wdym he pulls up to a game and asks barou if he’s been practicing kneeling?? THAT IS VILEEEE but he just says it so 😐 that it’s just like oh okay…forgetting this man is a gamer like yk he has evil shit stored away in the back of his mind that he just doesn’t release because he’s apparently a “pacifist”

i love reo in epinagi the most i think!! mostly because we really see his true personality show there and he’s actually just dramatic (him crashing out while talking to zantetsu will never not be funny) and a show off but he also is such a sweetheart?? i need team v reo back NOWWW that’s def his best era 😭💔

there’s some panels/scenes where i get the vision but tbh sometimes in his rlly good panels he just looks like an off brand rin 😭 like if i’m going to like one of them it would just be rin atp because canon rin is actually hilarious and would probably lose it if you rightfully call him emo so i could def make it work in at least a humorous context 🤩 meanwhile isagi would just be like “what does emo mean ❔ do you mean EGO ❔ wait…let me adapt to this…” jkjk but also am i 🤨

no they literally did barou so dirty that i was genuinely surprised when he came back?? like right before the game against team v when isagi goes to ask barou for help i was like “wtf why is he here” because i thought he was just going to be a baddie of the week that was never shown again fsr 😭 as soon as he joined isagi’s team he glowed up though!! and he’s been getting better and better in the manga (him in u20 and bm vs ubers 🤤)…honestly barou best character because why is every single duo he’s in iconic?? like him and isagi, him and nagi, him and aiku, etc it’s insane he just has an amazing dynamic with every character he interacts with 🤩 to the point that i think he’s the only character who’s had an actual meaningful dynamic with his nel coach too!! not that he’s aware of it LMAOAOA but barou + snuffy is leagues better than isagi + noel noa, chigiri/reo/nagi + chris prince, bachira + lavinho, and rin/shidou + loki

YESS I DID!! mini nagi and karasu appearances 🥹 it’s been so long since we saw nagi in the manga so even if it’s just in isagi’s imagination it was nice to see him mentioned LMAOO also erm my “get rin therapy” thoughts from the u-20 match still hold true HAHAHA like yes it’s good for soccer but this whole berserker thing cannot be good for his mental health 😭 i’m excited to see what happens in the next chapter!! ik a lot of people think the title means rin is going to surpass isagi so bad that they’re no longer rivals but idk if that would quite make sense to me?? like it would just feel odd idt one goal/one chapter would be enough for rin to feel as though he’s crushed isagi well enough for them to not be rivals anymore…personally hoping that it’s referencing a kaiser and isagi team up because that feels like it’s been foreshadowed more/feels more natural imo (like the enemy of my enemy is my friend kind of vibe) plus it would be nice if like their final game is the whole team working together even if it’s begrudgingly 😰 but who knows i will trust kaneshiro on this one!! i haven’t rlly been majorly disappointed in anything with bllk yet (mostly just the way people read/analyze it) so i have faith it’ll cook

[llilyrose]

isolated frames + artist's notes below cut!!!

((for the people who want the photos and the nerds who like behind the scenes stuff))) ((((i am nerds))))

pssst...... . theyrge free to use with credit... spreadd my influence

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oooh the troubles. im not logged in to my youtube account on mobile, which is where i made everything, so i had to upload the video to the google drive and download it from there onto my pc.

the thumbnail was the first thing i made for this project!!! you'll see the signature twohats coins in the middle (also seen in the achievement) with the little rings coming out and the starbelt above it.

the rings + starbelt combo represent the universe (who i also interpreted here if you're curious). the starbelt is a passive symbol and the rings are an active influence. you'll notice them throughout the different frames in the rest of the animatic.

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"the calculator will make / the same mistakes"

The bottom portion is the beginning of the game where Siffrin makes a wish at the favor tree. It's meant to represent both Frin and Loop; The lyrics are referencing the fact that Siffrin made the same mistake Loop did long before them, starting the cycle over again. Something something because they're the same person and the calculator will never change without outside input.

the top portion transitions to the Loop hangout!!! i wanted to be smart about using the favor tree's leaves as a transition sequence and thought I'd tackle one going from light to dark. I used the Loop Hangout sequence here because I wanted a good excuse to use it in the next line of lyrics, but also because transitioning from one siffrin to siffrin and loop would be poetic and get across the message about their branching paths.

Originally it was going to be a sequence showing loop vs. siffrin's deaths against the king but i wanted something more seamless. the starbelt is there to look pretty and also because i think the King's time freeze turns everything to night for religious reason.

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"yeah i see it in / its face"

i had to turn the contrast up for these shots! i didn't like how undramatic the originals looked in the context of the animation.

here's what they looked like before:

they didn't really match the intensity of the mood i was going for. surely you understand my dilemma

siffrin's pose went through quite a lot of change but i landed on something i liked. again, the star belt is there just to create some sort of detail that framed the characters as the main focus while making sure the canvas didn't come out super boring/empty

while drawing loop's eyes here i took some idea from marshall's ghostlight loop eyeshape because i was kinda OBSESSED with drawing those type of eyes and they're shaped like Me so i had to. help.

"i see it in its face" siffrin is hiding from the truth but loop figured it out a while ago. he's holding out hope and they're trying to get something, anything through to him. this was perfect for the loop hangout gwagh

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"hold on tight to this time this place"

sasasaap siffrin my friend C:

the animatic shifts between loop and siffrin povs after abt every 2 lines. i got this idea because i had sasasaap siffrin in mind for "hold on tight... everything you know" and had mal du pays in mind for "you were born... that is where".

This is Loop after beating the King in the true ending. happy with all their friends. "hold on tight to this time this place" -> hold on to the memories of your friends, to the happy moments you spend with them, because they will be ripped away over and over until you'll never be able to get them back.

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"everything you know / will be erased"

tying into the last line, this is loop after making their wish. there's no going back anymore. everything they know will vanish, their party won't be theirs anymore, their memories along with themself won't even EXIST anymore. everything will be erased, and that's why they have to hold on to those past memories. separate this timeline from their own. (what a shame that we know this timeline is the only timeline that exists... still holding out hope, are you, loop?)

the star belts and rings are back and this time very much so intented to be referencing the universe. i alao just think star belts are good in space settings, and wanted to mimic the opening sequence of the game

lighting gets harsher in the second photo on purpose (the star's closer to their body, of course it would light them brighter)

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"you were born inside your head"

bounce to siffrin's perspective

MAL DU PAYS EDITS OF THE PARTY MY FRIEND. I LOVE MAL DU PAYS DEARLY (see the art/poem i made if you don't believe me coward)!!

mira was tweaked from the edit i did of lélu, ocean's miraloops au version of mal du pays, and the rest of the party try to immitate that style. in the future I'll go back in and make them fully animated sprites for our collective leisure.

this scene is meant to be mal du pays immitating the party. "you were born inside your head" -> you're not a real person without your memories, all the memories you have technically don't even exist in the first place, + your home isn't real anymore either. it's also about mal du pays itself, born from within siffrin's mind and existing only within the memories of his time in the loops.

the extra lighting + details were meant to add atmosphere to the existing piece, like the "oooooo" and the soft track backing the sung lyrics. i was playing around with animating these and making them into sprites before finishing the pmv but i knew that if i did that i would abandon the project altogether probably and/or set it back by a long while. so instead we're waiting for me to do that after the fact.

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"that is where you'll be when you are dead"

the end of the mal du pays fight scene!!!!!! i need better names for these shots heeeeelp me.

specifically the part where siffrin's giving up. mal du pays has done its job and is finally putting it and siffrin to rest; sif just wants a moment of peace, just wants some kind of clarity, but in the end he accepts that he won't get any further than he already has and that all his issues are things he has to live with.

he will stay inside this prison of his own making until he gives up or otherwise can't move forward. he just wants out.

(side note: siffrin's hat is all curled up! it's a small detail i noticed on one of id5's reference sheets, where siffrin"s hat curls up in certain moments only. i thought I'd include it here.

those reference sheets helped me with drawing a lot of her characters! for example, siffrin's gloves and hair came from a siftuation and hair example sheet respectively. i saw the phrase "komaeda hair" and could not help myself. i am a wavy/curly hair fiend)

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"you are just a boy / you are no man"

we're cutting back to the loop wish pov; here's them actually eating the star!!!!

the first image is my favorite out of the whollllleeee pmv. the lighting before they take a bite. HELP me.

ignoring the gendered words used in the lyrics, I'm trying to paint loop as sympathetic here. they didn't deserve ANYTHING they went through, the absolute torture they got wringed in!! they never had a MOMENT to stop, to breathe, to process what they went through, to deal with any of it in a healthy way. on the inside they're still a person, still a siffrin, someone distinct with thoughts and feelings.

the lighting kinda sucked to figure out but at the same time i had a lot of fun with it??? i didn't want to draw siffrin's hat but i realized after making the "everything you know" images that loop doesn't even have their hat in the prologue. heeeelppp me. i didn't wanna go back in and change it because i spent a lot of time on it there so it stayed.

yeahh these are my favorites. i already said that. but still. the dramatic lighting was fun! i colored from dark to light which isn't usually how i shade things but it made sense in my head here.

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"and nobody you know will / understand"

these lyrics are meant to be taken VERY literally. literally nobody they know (or used to know) understands them. nobody knows who they are, who they used to be, the constant inner battle they're fighting.

their family doesn't know them anymore. their family is scared when they first meet, even!!! they've spent all these loops trying to hide from themself and everyone they know so obviously they would be so so so uncomfortable "meeting" everyone again, acting like they don't know them.

THE BACKGROUNDS SUCKED. OH MY LORD. IT WAS SO BAD. HELP ME. THANK YOU MY LEAF BRUSH AND MY PEN BRUSH (FADE) YOU ARE SAVIORS I WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THESE WITHOUT YOU. I don't know how to make backgrounds anything other than lineless.,, lines in backgrounds take attention away from characters if you're not careful and that's the exact OPPOSITE of what i wanted to do!! i had to leave space for text also. these shots were composition hell. help me. help me. save me.

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"you are just a boy / you are no man"

"and nobody you know will / understand"

direct continuation of the last sif part with them drifting in a mind void after the mal du pays fight

because i feel like the awakening happened a little more gradually than it did in-game? they'd fully given up by that point and the reason he woke up wasn't because of the loud noise around him, but because their party was trying to break through the mdp haze. likely mirabelle healed the timefreeze-like state he was in to get him to wake up

this scene is SUPER metaphorical!!!!! the lighting made it a bit difficult, and the lack of any source media to base it off of didn't help, but i made do.

it took me forever to think of what i was gonna put here. for the whole pmv i had some sort of idea of what i wanted to make for each scene (barring this scene and the last loop scene) but this one ESPECIALLY i was clueless about. i asked around and got some good ideas (thanks dasner!!!) but knew i wanted to do something with siffrin and figured that i should do a continuation after the mdp fight.

it worked out in the end because the last frame made both of the "paths" in the pmv coincide while also just looking pretty.... winning I'm winning !!!!!

when i first posted it these were my least favorite scenes but I'm really warming up to them. they're just so pretty. wow i really made those huh. i really made them. that was me. boggles my mind.

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so uh yeah that's it. not much to say after all that!!!

I'm very very proud of how this turned out, and I'm really really happy you guys seem to like it too :)

i was gonna show you guys the storyboards for funsies but I've already inserted 28/30 possible embeds onto this post!!! ouchies!! owzers!!! sorry!!!!! I'll have to remake this pmv using the storyboards. give me 10 seconds.

(I'll link it here when i post it)

[trips and drops this] oh god oh ngo not my isat pmv ive been working in for rhe past three days no no nobon

[anosci]

(136-150 albums etc that I’ve listened to this year, copied from twitter) (now with art. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11])

names and thoughts below cut

136/ Proc Fiskal - RT Hon (2023) absurdly cool hi tech sound de sign it fills a neat space where it's not "heavy" but it's not "chill" either.

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137/ VA - SPC 18 (2023) absolutely insane turnout for this one! namedropping hilites: "doodack beta" BANGER. MASSIV. "a, b, or d-side?" cute :D "NO MORE SUICIDES" MASSIVELY UNDERRATED MINDBENDER. ERFBOUND. "the most average cbat in ohio" mad decent B)

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138/ Dialed - Dials And Tribulations (2023) a nice chillout idm sort of flavor kinda late 00s sound somewhat? alright all around

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139/ Jesper Kyd - Warhammer 40K: Darktide OST (2022) i got a comment abt JK's electostyle shining in here and… partial agree. the man loves his epic orch but when he pulls out the synths he goes hard. much love for both in "Transmission Commences". +holy shit "Disposal Unit"!

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140/ Keiichi Suzuki - Mother Revisited (2021) this is a heartfelt reprise of the more human side of earthbound's soundtrack. ("mostly" because… wow there's some psychedelics here.) sadly overall not quite my cup of tea, but i cant help but admire the, well… heart.

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141/ GRiZ - Rebel Era (2013) man this griz fellow makes some sexy music. finally, some funk in my wobs!

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142/ Machine Girl - 13th Hour EP (2013) hmm. this doesn't quite vibe with me and i can't place why. except "Trigger Finger", which feels like an odd one out?

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143/ Falcon Funk - Falcon Funk EP (2013) i am excited to announce that koan sound is not the only funky wob dude kicking ass in the early 10s. final track is a bit weak, drifting into some less funky style. feels misplaced. but the first three tracks? hell to the yeah.

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144/ Pegboard Nerds - The Lost Tracks (2013) two big highlights here for me: "FrainBreeze" holy hell an absolute banger opening. i love the FUNK "Lawless" is absolutely WILD to me. im down for the hard acid throwback. but the rest? still really good actually!

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145/ Stenny & Andrea - Vostok Smokescreen (2013) the synths float and the drums have a lovely texture. exactly the kind of kind-of-techno hazy-but-not-really vibes that i needed tonight.

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146/ KNOWER - Let Go (2013) oh yeah, i just remembered. i really really love the stabby synthy jazzy vibe these guys pull off. i honestly thought "time travler" wouldn't hold without anonymoose's video but wow it still slaps. hot damn.

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147/ Genevieve Artadi - Forever Forever (2023) honestly sounds like it could've come from cuneiform. like a particularly relaxed Thinking Plague. soft and luxurious.

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148/ Fantastic Plastic Machine - Scale (2013) man. there's a lot here but i'm struggling to mesh with it. this feels like FPM wanted a piece of that fidget electro swingy houseish action and then… produced something thatd steamroll a 1998 set, but in 2013… bluh :\

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149/ Flume - Arrived Anxious, Left Bored (2023) massive and l u s h . this is a funny spot where i just had a good time so idk what to add lol. its good!

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150/ Flare - DOTS (2013) man, ken ishii always hits just right for me. lots of raw synth stuff but with just enough of a liquid bed to sit comfortably. feels like a really great combo of "old vibes" and new.

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