#current day duran

[dangermousie]

So I started reading The Captive based on your post the other day (I am invested) and now I’m hoping you have other period romance novel recs because I love them when they hit but they don’t always 😭

Oh, I dooooooooooo!

The King's Falcon by Stella Riley

Earlier stuff by Elizabeth Hoyt

Anna Campbell's The Captive of Sin

MJ Putney's One Perfect Rose

Anything by Laura Kinsale but especially Flowers from the Storm

Meredith Duran's At Your Pleasure and The Sins of Lord Lockwood

Stuff in this post: https://dangermousie.tumblr.com/post/164254742936/three-book-series-with-jacobites-named-alex-and this post https://dangermousie.tumblr.com/post/44264765206/janoda-said-omg-you-read-romance-i-really-like and this post

and here https://dangermousie.tumblr.com/post/56327193377/who-are-your-top-5-romance-novel-otps

and here https://dangermousie.tumblr.com/post/45584789003/seeing-that-i-am-currently-stuck-in-santiago-while

Also:

[hellfireclubmember]

Secret Nerd PT 2

Someone requested this and I can't find the ask so I am sorry. I'm also sorry for literally taking forever to get to it.

part 1

Summary: Eddie, who may or may not be in love with you, finds out you like LOTR.

Warning(s): lots of steve fluff but eddie angst, unrequited love, not proof read

pairing(s): boyfriend!steve harrington x fem!reader, platonic!in love!eddie munson x fem!reader

w/c: 1.6k

Siouxsie and the Banshees was softly playing through the dimly lit shop. The stacks of new records were beginning to lose their height as you sorted them out into their appropriate bins. There was dust in the air from the number of bins you were kicking out of the way. Usually there was someone to help you with the heavy lifting, but it was 10 AM on a Tuesday. A time void of customers.

“(Y/N)!!” Eddie’s voice boomed through the store.

There was something almost pathetic about how fast a smile appeared on your face when you heard him. You loved it when Eddie visited you at work. He always made your shift go by at Mach speeds. He helped you on inventory days, walking around holding piles of records all whilst giving you free music advice. Which was really just him complaining about anything you put on the loudspeaker. Because according to the dramatic mop of hair, ‘your music taste would be perfect if you just cut out all the moody, creepy whining.’

“I know you’re in here, short stack! Only you would be playing Siouxsie.” You could hear the eyeroll from across the store.

“Yeah, whatever, act like I haven’t seen you nod your head to Happy House.” You walked onto the main floor where Eddie was sitting on the counter, next to the Madonna cassettes. “Nice of you to come see me, Edward.”

“No need to continue the act, (Y/L/N).” His face was stone cold, eyes blank. Last time he looked that severe, he was being told that Hellfire couldn’t use the theatre room because the basketball team had booked it last second. Not a good day to be around Hellfire’s dungeon master. Mike, Dustin and Lucas avoided him for two days, just to be safe.

“You don’t have to pretend to be friends with me any longer; for I have been told the truth.” He hopped off the counter and crossed his arms over his chest, covering the Megadeth graphic plastered on his black tee. “The lady lies.”

“Me lady?” You pointed your finger to your chest, confused as you could be. “I lie?” Brows furrowed as you thought of any fib you might’ve muttered out lately.

“You lie! If we were friends, you would’ve never kept your love for Lord of the Rings from me!” he exclaimed, hand on his forehead. In that moment, the appreciation you had for Eddie’s dramatics had been replaced with a strong urge to kill. You should’ve guessed it though; it had been exactly one day and one night since you had admitted it to Dustin. And Dustin is a HUGE blabber mouth. The boy did not stop.

“Ah, heard about that huh?”

“Yeah, I heard about that.” He rudely mimicked your voice and glared at you. “This entire time, when I was holding stacks of Duran Duran for you, we could’ve been talking about Boromir’s heroic sacrifice.” It was taking everything in Eddie not to crack. He couldn’t stop thinking about how cute you look all pouty. You were all frown lines and crossed arms.

The small crush Eddie had on you seemed to grow at speeds that would leave NASA’s head spinning. When you were first introduced, he didn’t think much of you. Some chick he saw at school occasionally, walking with Nancy or laughing with faceless losers. You were one of the rare people that didn’t move to the other side of the hallway when he walked by, so he definitely remembered you when Dustin was pushing him toward the group. He already knew you were dating Steve, how could he not? ‘Steve’s girlfriend’ was your identifier. And back then, there was nothing he cared less about. Currently it’s something that didn’t let him sleep at night.

Eddie was never sure what love would feel like; and now he knew what both love and heartbreak felt like. Even so, he was never truly sad, not when he could spend time with you like this. The faux vexed look you were forcing onto your face was enough to crush any self-pity swelling in his chest. Besides, he knew that there was no way he had a chance. You loved Steve, and Eddie knew there was no one else you would rather love.

“You would be a Boromir kind of guy.”

Eddie held his hand over his chest as if he were hit with an arrow. “A woman after my own heart.” He fell onto the counter he was previously sitting on.

“Where’s my pretty girl?” The voice of the sandy haired man was heard before he was seen. Eddie watched your eyes light up before you walked around the counter toward the door.

“Hi, Stevie.” You wrapped your arms around his waist, resting your head on his chest. Steve was like a giant, human Xanax. He made every muscle in your body relax, every racing thought slow down. You squeezed him tight and took a deep breath. Steve loved your hugs. You hugged him as if he had gone away for years at a time.

Steve’s arms wrapped around your shoulders, and he kissed the top of your head. “I missed you.”

“Aw I missed you more, Harrington.” Eddie stood behind you. His arms were crossed over his chest. He was trying his best to look as big as possible. Even if he did know you loved Steve, it did not keep him from messing with him as often as he could.

There was really very little things Eddie could do about the pesky feelings that clawed at his chest when your eyes reached his. He knew that at some point they would slowly fizzle out, like the bubbles in his favorite beer. But for now, he was going to enjoy them. Enjoy looking at you smile, hearing you laugh, rolling your eyes, even putting away those annoying records and cassettes. Even if the image of you stuck to Harrington chunked away at his health. He was used to piecing his heart back together with the scraps of time he could spend with you. Eddie knew what his role was in life and getting the girl wasn’t part of it. It was devastating but his songs had never been better.

You felt Steve’s body tense up. “Man, you’re in here a lot.” He kept a possessive arm around your shoulders. “You wouldn’t want my girl or anything, would you?”

Your head snapped up to look at your boyfriend. That was a really jerky thing to say. Something King Steve would say. Which is what was the most surprising bit, with all the effort Steve put in to distance himself with his asshole high school self. All his other moments of jealousy were pretty tame, cute even. But he was being a jerk to your friend, and it was very upsetting.

Eddie scoffed. “I could never. That would be really dumb of me, right?” He grabbed your hand and pulled you toward him, his lips placed a soft kiss on your knuckles. “I bid your farewell, fair maiden. I have dragons to slay and whatnot.”  

The sunlight from outside painted the walls of the record store once Eddie opened the door. The second he was out of ear shot you finally spoke to Steve.

“I hate it when you’re like that.” Steve looked over at you when he heard your voice, and your frown was like a shot to the heart. He was no stranger to your cute angry face, but he knew when you were really upset. That frown looks nothing like the one you shoot him when he steals some of your fries. And he knew why you were upset. He was being a douche bag. As he was saying the words, he knew they were very asshole things to say but he couldn’t stop it. Steve couldn’t help how angry Eddie’s heart eyes made him.

“C’mon baby. He was flirting with you.” He tried to reason with you, walking around the counter to where you were counting some cassettes. “He has to know he can’t have you. Even if you’re all nerdy too.”

“Steve, Eddie isn’t a threat to you.” You turned around to face him. “Just cuz we both like..”

“I know. God, I know he’s not. I’m not insecure, sweets.” He put his hand on your right hip. Looking down at you. “I know I was made for you ‘cus there’s no one out there that loves you like I do.” He let go of your hip and found your hand. A perfect fit, but he already knew that. If that thing about an invisible string was true, he knew you were both knotted up together. Like those impossible knots on your necklaces, the ones you have Steve work out for you.

The anger that you felt for Steve dissipated and turned to another familiar feeling. Adoration. Love. Loving Steve has been the easiest thing you have ever done. He made it so easy. With his honey coated words and his pretty pink lips that kiss away all your worries.

“I just wish you would be nice to Eddie. He’s done nothing but be good friend to me.” There was a part of Steve that knew you were right. He was a good friend, not just to you but to multiple of his own friends. But the part of him that knew he was in love with you made him want to pummel Eddie.

“I just hate that he thinks about you the way I do.” He placed a gentle kiss on your lips. “It should be illegal. I should put in a word with Hop, get him arrested or something.” Another kiss on the tip of your nose. “In fact, get every loser that thinks they have a chance with you and through ‘em in jail.” Another kiss to your forehead. He saw the way you were biting back a smile when he pulled away.

“Just please stop being an asshole okay?” His finger found your sides and he started to poke, making you giggle and squirm away.

“If you insist, angel.” His lips pressed to yours for a long kiss.  

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[abiscuit]

Hello boys and girls

And others

My name is Grant, I am 18, and you are reading my intro post. Freak. I am queer and ace and use she/her pronouns. My music based sideblog is @thecardcheat (that will not turn into an @ for some reason ??? Just like look it up or something)

Anywhoodle, thank you for viewing my blog, feel free to leave random stuff in my ask box, bonus points if it’s a riddle (my greatest irony is that I’m actually really bad at riddles). I hope we can be mutuals :]

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My Interests:

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Movies/tv- Batman Forever/any Batman media, Star Trek, Doctor Who (currently watching), The Lost Boys, Good Omens, Gotham, Dracula 1931, Our Flag Means Death, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, the Twilight Zone, What We Do in The Shadows.

Music: The Clash, MCR, Will Wood, The Damned, Duran Duran, the Talking Heads, The Smiths, Oingo Boingo, Against Me!, Depeche Mode, Alkaline Trio, The Misfits, currently getting into They Might Be Giants.

Other/random- The Riddler (obviously), Meow Wolf art instillations, punk rock/punk culture, fish care (bettas specifically), art/drawing, Dracula (particularly Renfield my beloved<3), dinosaurs, Monster High stuff.

No warnings or anything for my blog, I just reblog/interact with stuff I like. On occasion I’ll post some art, but it is few and far between.

My personal tag is #GrantsRants where I save my own posts/posts I have added onto (and occasionally just something I felt was important)

Have a lovely day

[judasrpc]

LYRIC STARTERS BASED ON MY CURRENT "ON REPEAT" SONGS

aka, subtly exposing my music taste by slamming a bunch of songs onto one post, even if these probably exist as separate ones somewhere. the sections will be separated by the song titles & artists. this only includes my top 10, because we would be here forever if i included any more.

add context & change gendered language to your needs !! if multi, please specify which muse(s) !!

INVISIBLE - DURAN DURAN

" Living without choice is a life without a voice. "

" Has the memory gone? Are you feeling numb? "

" Will you say my name? "

" Hindsight is falling on my face. "

" When you don't hear a word I say […] "

" But a voiceless crowd isn't backing down. "

"Can you say my name? "

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FLIGHT OF THE CROWS - JHARIAH

" I cannot help but think I've overstayed my welcome. "

" The company's quite nice on crimson nights like these. "

" Well, I think that I've gotta go, and I don't know why. "

" I need you to promise that you won't cry. "

" Let those old memories go. "

" Please understand that I will find a brand new life. "

" So just let me out of your mind. "

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BLOOD UPON THE SNOW - HOZIER & BEAR MCCREARY

" Nature offers a violence. "

" The world that hardens as the harsher winter holds. "

" The ground walked here is a wonder. "

" And all things nature's given; she takes all things back from the living. "

" I've walked the earth, and there are so few here that know. "

" It's not my arms that will fail me. "

" This world takes more strength than it gave me. "

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RISK, RISK, RISK - JHARIAH

" We would've never worked out together. "

" Wager all you've got, and run me all that shit. "

" I can't take another day! I need some change. "

" There's things you just can't see with such precautious eyes. "

" I don't think I need to tell you; you'll see me when I do. "

" Better bite your tongue! "

"I don't second-guess a vision. "

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EAT YOUR YOUNG - HOZIER

" Let me wrap my teeth around the world. "

" I want to feel the edges start to burn. "

" If there's something to be gained, there's money to be made. "

" Throw enough rope until the legs have swung. "

" You can't buy this fineness. "

" If there's something still to take, there is ground to break. "

" Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns. "

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CARELESS WHISPER - GEORGE MICHAEL

" I feel so unsure. "

" Something in your eyes calls to mind a silver screen, and all its sad goodbyes. "

" Though it's easy to pretend, I know you're not a fool. "

" To the heart and mind, ignorance is kind. "

" But there's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find. "

" I wish that we could lose this crowd. "

" We could have been so good together. "

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APOCALYPTICISM - MOON WALKER

" We fight fire with silence and pray somebody hears. "

" No one said the world can't change in just a couple nights. "

" We want a revolution, but only with condition. "

" He came baring the heart of a liar; wearing the face of an honest man. "

" Start feeding the dogs of war. "

" We're in your head and hiding in plain sight. "

" But I don't see any difference, they both look the same to me. "

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DIGITAL SILENCE - PETER MCPOLAND

" I won't ask a question; I'll state the truth. "

" This is the way that it is. "

" Something you love turns to something you miss. "

" This is the way that I know. "

" I feel it inside me like a pulse; it's starting to slow and the meter dips. "

" This is the sound of the truth. "

" There is nothing you can do. "

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KINGSLAYER - BRING ME THE HORIZON & BABYMETAL

" Are you looking for the other side? "

" I need to know where your loyalties lie. Tell me, are you gonna bark, or bite? "

" Wipe the system and back the fuck up. "

" You are modified. "

" You're a puppet! When they cut your strings off, don't come crawling back. "

" You're on your own. "

" I'll fight for you until I die. "

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I'M AFRAID I'LL GO TO HEAVEN - MOON WALKER

" I don't wanna live forever, 'cause I don't want what's coming next. "

" Don't think we stand taller together, 'cause half of us ain't got no spine. "

" My biggest fear ain't no red Devil, it's being near you people all the time. "

" I'll be fine as long as you go somewhere else. "

" They tell you truth is what you make it. "

" It's like we don't even gotta try no more. "

" I'm sure your god would love to keep it white, but I think that me and mine will be alright. "

[astrxlfinale]

Okay! So this will have spoilers tied to it, but this is another lore sample that I just want to have stored here.

So mind the warning! Keep looking at the warning and avoid it if you ain't done!

SO OL' HOOLAY RIGHT?

That Heart of his basically slammed open doors to what feel like a whirlwind of concepts for me. From Rahu's formation, and at large, what those under Yaoshi's blessings run the risk to actively growing into. Through the power of Abundance, the elemental of genetics are heavily explored. One bit at a time however!

I'd like to discuss the matter of a potential correlation with Rahu and Hoolay's heart. As within the current quest, they've actually did a frame showing through visuals of an event in Hanya's character story.

Now we didn't get to see what this could've done once unveiled, as Feixiao was quick to immediate suppress it. Though, as for the 'crimson star' giving this visage?

Hoolay EXPLICTLY calling this Crimson Moonlight? (Matching the nightmarish moonlight and LITERALLY being a beating heart.)

'Voraciously consumed and gave birth to countless offspring.' Now we've SEEN Hoolay not only go and eat a person outright, but there was an important scene that matches with this excerpt as well.

I genuinely find this to be no coincidence. I believe that this act stems all the way back to the age of when the Borisin and Foxians came to be. Their shared ancestry upon that original world will proceed to cycle all of this around. The ability of this 'Crimson moon' implanted within him allows him to freely manipulate that matching genetic strand. It's less of a spiritual and more of a divine DNA type of manipulation I say.

Now comes the idea that this excerpt proceeds to give me here. The planet they were on was a living planet, one of Yaoshi's creations to begin with in statis. You could picture the long made Lupuswinter as measure similar to cryogenic freezing, keeping it from 'heating up' to the extents that you'd see phenomenon on Vonwacq's lore bits. What I want to propose is that on this day, all humans that drank from the Redspring became an extension of the planet's original gene, it altered them to take the form other living lifeforms upon it.

What I see Hoolay utilizing was the original gene that's been made as a more powerful manifestation within Borisin Warheads. There was a moment of time he drew a conversation about it with Jiaoqiu.

Now, there is some differences here to take note of here. That's natural, given how Duran/Tushan are legendary figures within their time on this world from different cultures. Yet, they also could potentially be one in the same person from how the artifact set decided to make take emphasis on this.

Which in concept isn't even wild to imagine. As we've seen Feixiao herself as living proof of a life who managed to bring both of those genetic sides to life.

This only brings a connector back to Yaoshi as the progenitor. Blessings of the Abundance seem to hold this as matching vein, as we can easily infer the descriptions to a similar Abundance based area; Vonwacq.

Just to give a lil touch of lore about this locale!

That said? I believe that this Crimson Moon of Hoolay's is just a more empowered seed of what created a living planet that Shuhu did with Rahu. While I'm not sure how it ENTIRELY spans out. I'm assuming that during the revealing of the Redspring, this was a collective of not only the people who died and returned to the earth (blood being soaked in too), but all animals, beings, organisms.

Borisin and Foxians just happened to be the result that won out with them. I REALLY can't wait to come and see more they unravel and reveal with this plot thread. It's been one of my most curious perspectives within the Xianzhou personally.

Also as a fun ending bit here--

This is why the exact core of tearing these hearts away from sustenance is so important. And in kind, I believe this is ALSO what happened to that living planet they once lived on. It reached a point of either status with Lupus winters or genuinely became unable to continue. It'd be Duran's actions that managed to create not only a important discovery, but also begin an offshoot of Shuhu's work.

[murdermost-foul]

current things tag!! thank you for the tag @fall-dog <33

three ships: well. right now the doctor/rose is causing me great amounts of insanity so that's that. r/s but the version i have in my head. and you might have a good chance of guessing the third if you go through my tumblr

last song: save a prayer - duran duran. WHAT a song

last movie: the man who sold his skin (dir. ben hania) for my film class

currently reading: dracula, again, for an upcoming exam. when those are done i want to read burial rites & the well of loneliness:)

currently watching: DOCTOR WHO

currently consuming: philip glass' symphonic arrangement of low oh my God it's so beautiful and calming and yet very very consuming… i guess it's consuming me then....

currently craving: to draw with watercolours. a few days of doing absolutely nothing. those chocolate chip cookies i had a few weeks ago

i've got no idea who has done this already so i'm tagging my usuals @belleandsaintsebastian @fatemy-friend @potensh @pancakehouse @toddandersonsblog <3

[penroseparticle]

Penrose Song of the Day, Day 39: London Calling by The Clash

So I used to scorekeep hockey games a lot. Like a lot a lot. There was a period of time where I could make about 400 bucks a week scorekeeping games on the weekends. I ran the scoreboard, the reporting to Gamesheet (A scorekeeping app), kept a paper scoresheet, and did the music. It was a lot of work to run all 4 of those things at once! Especially if a game got busy.

I've done house level, Travel level, AA and AAA, Really everything. At a certain point you learn the scoreboard machine. You learn when to click what buttons when which whistles blow and you start to get almost mechanical. Like an automaton that reacts to specific noises. And the thing is that no matter how great or badly I did at scorekeeping, no one ever mentioned it after. I could royally fuck up putting the score on the board and I would still get called back the next week to do the clock. Parents notoriously hate working the scoreboard- they just want to watch their kid and get in fights with the refs. Easy money. I charged 60 bucks a game and they forked it over gladly (Hockey parents don't care man. They're paying 8k for the season anyways sometimes. House is like 2k, travel can be way more with hotels, airfare, etc. It's an expensive sport. What's an extra 60 bucks a season to not have to sit in the box and freeze while missing Timmy score a goal.)

What I CONSISTENTLY got praise for was the music I played.

Now I think I have good taste, but I'm not like. Special. Most people have similar tastes, everyone's on the bell curve of "can tell a song is good" vs. "Carrying tunes in tin buckets". It's helped by the fact that some things are kind of obliged- certain songs are, for lack of a better word, required (For instance, Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis is a Chicago Goal song. So if you are doing hockey music in Chicago, you ARE including that song no matter what. Period). So building a good playlist isn't that hard. A little The Alan Parson's Project to kick the games off. Some Chumbawumba for after a tough hit. The Hockey Song because this is Youth Hockey.

The mainstay of the list, for better or worse, is a classic rock/arena rock/current pop mix. It's what people expect, it's what I mostly have to deliver. Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Huey Lewis and the News, Duran Duran, One Republic, that kind of thing. It's consistently a crowd pleasing list, and it's gotta have energy, be recognizable, and be something that people will want to hear possibly twice over a hockey game. The original playlist was something like 50-60 songs. I thought that would be enough, because I am stupid. Turns out hockey games have 30-50% of their game time with the clock stopped- as in, the times when someone would typically play music to fill dead air. So I added more songs. Put on some Rush because I'm catering to the Dad demo. Putting Imagine Dragons and Boss Beat music in its natural habitat (Don't look at me like that, I've been to sporting events, these songs are made for this). Some pop girlies because I like sports, but I'm still gay. Kesha. Lady Gaga's Bad Romance (permissible due to it surviving in the zeitgeist, etc.).

And then I got... weird with it. One of the first goal songs I ever used was Otherworld. As in, the boss music for when you fight Jecht in Final Fantasy X. VGR's Electronic Amp-Up of Mii Channel features prominently and is a huge crowdpleaser with the 25-45 crowd. Baby Shark exists for when I want to annoy people. Megolovania is on it for god's sake. If it sounds good and is a little Easter egg for someone listening, trust and believe that I put that song on the list.

People loved it. Every game, without fail, between 1 and 3 people would find me after to compliment the music. The playlist was good! I named it "18U no vursing" and have used it for about 6-7 years now.

The problem with making a good playlist is that you have to constantly top yourself. I wanted to make the list better. Have more fun with it, include more jokes, more clever remixes and mashes. Things that people would like.

What made that easy was something so simple I almost overlooked it. People already told me what they would like. There's a reason arena rock, classic rock, and pop music are the bog standard. It's what works for the medium and what people like to listen to.

There's such a thing as getting too in the weeds, too obscure. You gotta remember your audience, your goals, and your scope. I wasn't debuting hot new artists (ok I was sometimes). I was playing music for people during their kid's sport. And so I readjusted my scope. The playlist grew. A few indie picks, the gags that worked (Mii Channel, Baby Shark, Electronic music with a hidden secret, etc.), but mostly pop and rock and that's all.

I'll let you in on the secret for why my hockey playlist got so good and why people started to love it so much. I'll tell you the secret to making any list popular. I started getting suggestions.

And I listened to them.

The first song I added to the playlist due to a suggestion was London Calling. I like The Clash, but there's billions of songs out there, I hadn't thought to put them on yet. But a ref skated up to me during stoppage of play and said "Hey do you have The Clash on there?" and I realized I didn't. I added it mid-game and played it between the 2nd and 3rd periods.

He thanked me after the game.

A couple weeks later I was asked if I had the soundtrack for Slap Shot on there. I started playing Maxine Nightingale, Leo Sayer, the works. The guys had a hoot and were laughing and smiling between periods.

I noticed that refs were a little nicer when I flubbed the scoreboard if I was playing songs they requested.

I asked one of my teams if they had a specific warmup song they wanted me to play. They were delighted to tell me it was Levels by Avicii. I played it every game to kick things off. Another team told me it was Welcome to DC by Mambo Sauce. A third said Welcome to the Jungle.

The playlist grew. It's 400 songs long now. Like a full 24 hours straight.

I don't scorekeep as much now. But I think I'll keep building the playlist, thanks.

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Scorekeeping was nice, but playing the music was the part that made it fun. It's made me realize one thing about myself- If Radio DJ was still a job in a way that was meaningful or mattered, I would want that job. I would probably kill for that job, actually. Listening to callers tell me they missed Chappell Roan could I please play Good Luck Babe. Or telling me that their dad's favorite song was Mr. Blue Sky so thank you so much for playing it. Girls having me play Before He Cheats for their dick ex-boyfriend. Wishing people Happy Pride with an hour mix of queer artitst. Having call in time so people could just chat.

I kind of am doing that here, and now, but in slow, painstakingly written, long-form music recommendations. I like making playlists. I love getting music dialogue going with my followers. I like discovering new music, and talking about it with people here. I am slowly, surely, working the same muscles I would need to do exactly that job, just quietly and in my own personal little corner of the world.

You know I have a discord server I made? I haven't added anyone to it, and I probably won't do anything with it. Yet. It's called Radio Waystation. Let me just link the only post I've made in there so far:

"This is for playing your music and sharing it- I might set up a radio rotation but. Essentially I want to use voicechat to let us showcase our music to each other when we want to. Dynamically- You can run a prepared playlist for your radio time, you can do a Q&A or ~Call In~ time. You can actively Disc Jockey. You just have to share your sounds to other people. Your radio time, your rules- you can acquiesce to people's tastes, you can troll people, you can play the sound of silence. You can play the same song over and over. You can express yourself. And sometimes people will say THAT SUCKS and not enjoy your presentation, but ultimately your time is yours alone. (no tolerance of intolerance loophole bullshit- you know what kind of shit will get you pulled off the air, don't be a dirtbag). Workshop a song, get help putting ikea together. But I hope you play some music."

Hey I'm nothing if not consistent.

I now know that's a lot more complicated due to how Spotify and Discord interact, and whether it's strictly speaking legal (I am intimately familiar with music licensing requirements due to my past job, thanks). But I think it's something worth figuring out someday. Someday soon, I think. I want to make my radio station.

Not a lot of today's writeup was about the song, unfortunately. And that's a bit of a shame, because again- I like The Clash. 1970's English Punk Rock had some bangers, babes, and London Calling is like. one of the greats. A recognizeable guitar part, a truly bangin bassline leading in, and just the most moshable, jumpable lyric delivery. You need to be standing pressed against the stage screaming this stuff out with Joe Strummer.

Listen I don't need to defend The Clash bigger nerds than I have done so for far longer than I've been alive. But hey. It's music I love. And as always- You could be dead right now. Go listen to something that you love.

[raedroid]

The Star Covers Immortals

Chapter 1: Into The Void Part 1

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was going rampant on this warm summer night. While many were enjoying the solitude of their homes, many in this bustling city were partying and enjoying themselves at the Civic Arena. Fans of all ages and backgrounds gathered at the large, sold-out venue to welcome The Star Covers to their beloved hometown. The girls were just wrapping up their recent world tour and Pittsburgh was the last stop so they wanted to make it a night worth celebrating. But it slowly turned into a night worth remembering

And not for the good reasons

Katherine, the bands frontwoman and bassist, skimmed through their set list, filled with songs from a large range of genres including rock, soul, pop and new wave. She noticed their last song approaching on the list and was feeling accomplished. The tour was highly successful, full of highs and lows, funny moments between her and her friends, emotionally draining moments, great fan interactions, the works.

Most importantly, the girls were free from their missions. Ever since they have come to terms with their newfound magical powers, The Eldress had sent them on several missions in order to end The Crimson Witch and her plans with The Dark Clipse. Many of their missions had lead to amazing outcomes, such as meeting Kiss, Momoiro Clover Z, and Duran Duran, but her journey was filled with terrifying moments, memories that tormented her in her day-to-day life.

Alex’s disappearance, Abner Devereaux almost killing her best friend, and The Crimson Witch attacking and torturing Veena, just to name a few. Almost every life threatening incident has been plaguing her mind and the minds of her friends. After all, Keira was already battling her own demons and Lina struggled to trust others and recover from the damage she suffered at the hands of Rouge, daughter of The Witch. All Katherine could do was ponder on her current situation and improve. She has sworn up and down that she would always protect her friends and fellow comrades above anything else. Over her sanity, over her mental health

Over her own life

“AAAAHHHH!!” Katherine’s thoughts were interrupted by a sudden scream of terror from Veena. She ran back from the side of the stadium stage and witnessed something incredible but confusing. Right above Tanya’s and Kelsey’s drum set was a large swirling portal, shining in hues of green and blue, with large rays shooting out and latching onto each of her friends, pulling them into the large spiral, fading from her sight. She only heard their screams when it was too late, unsure of what to do. Her confusion had taken the better of her and a large ray shot out of the portal and grasped her arm and pulled her forwards. She stared back at the audience who were watching in shock and horror, screaming in surprise, and all she could do was hide her guilt, unable to comfort them in this moment.

Soon the view of the audience drifted away from her sight and all she could see was the large array of cyan, blue and green swirls around her, the cool air of the spiral hitting her face and bare legs. She tried to make certainty of this new place she was forced into, hoping this portal will take her to somewhere safe

“Katherine! Katherine! There you are!” She turned around as Veena flew up next to her. She was more than relieved to see her beloved friend standing next to her and Katherine held her arm securely to make sure she wasn’t alone

“Well this is interesting.” Katherine remarked “Where are the others?”

“Down here!” Veena answered, pulling her downwards to where they spotted the rest of their bandmates. Most of them were looking around the portal in fascination and curiosity, but the rest, especially Kelsey, were frustrated as all hell

“Dammit! This better be a prank or something!” Kelsey shouted.

“Well at least we all are ok.” Brittany pointed out. “So where do you think this portal will-“

“You are the girls who are one… Only you can save our world….” A soft and mysterious voice rang through the whirling tunnel, interrupting the girls and their thoughts on the matter. Her gentle voice sounded tiresome and hopeless, with a hint of urgency in the mix. They could tell that the situation is dire, wherever they seem to be heading

“Who are you? And where are we going?” Keira asked concerned

“I am the voice of the shadows… and you’re on your way to the Supreme Dimension of Namnos…” The voice answered. Soon the portal started moving faster than before, sending the group further down the path towards the other end of the tunnel. The girls were still worried about the voices words and what could be occurring in Namnos. They’ve never been there before and The Eldress never once mentioned anything that was threatening the realm. Everything was completely unknown to them so they braced themselves for what could happen to them next

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Namnos was a Supreme Dimension full of elemental magic, highly advanced weapons and technology, kingdoms a plenty, and large beautiful environments. The dimension was ruled by Emperor Sitar, a powerful but mysterious figure, who lives in the large tower called the Imperial Palace of the City of Cordian, the largest settlement of the realm, with Amore City right behind it. Amore City was the home of The Saviour, a title given to an individual who is next in line for the throne of Emperor. The dimension is full of vibrant magic, a powerful military force and unique creatures galore

However, unlike the other dimensions, the world was incredibly silent. With the aggressive Great Wasteland Authority, music has been outlawed, punishable by imprisonment or death. This new change has caused revoke in small amounts and intense fear in larger communities. But soon they would see that this was the least of their worries. They were just blind to the true danger of this world.

Just outside of Amore City, in the Hati Rainforest, a young teenager runs through the long and twisted pathways, bumping into large brown twigs and mint leaves and bushes. Behind him, two large, muscular soldiers in bronze coloured armour chases him, each wielding a pair of electric batons. The child is carrying under his small arm a large violet guitar, untouched and ready to play. He kept the guitar close to him, not letting the weight bring him down as he runs as far as he could go. Along his path, he punches a large tree, barely sticking into the ground and watched it as it fell and crash onto the ground, blocking the guards way, granting him more time to breathe and run farther.

But his chase was cut short when he saw a familiar vortex open in front of him, large and full of sound and wind. The portal was far enough away from him that he could witness 18 teenagers being blasted out of the portal, landing roughly on the faded jade green grass. The young boy hid behind the nearest tree, unsure of what he should do. The vortex slowly closed up, leaving the young girls stranded in this unique and unusual world

“I knew that was gonna close on us.” Kelsey muttered annoyed.

“So apparently we’re in Namnos? So where do we go?” Emma asked. They looked up and saw the vibrant realm around themselves. Trees full of rainbow leaves large twig-like plants coming to life, ready to hold a grip on them.

“I dont know but it’s creeping me out.” Lexy admitted, dusting off her aqua dress and pulling out the tiny leaves out of her dark chocolate brown hair.

The boy stared on in curiosity, completely unaware of the two men catching up to him and snatched the guitar out of his arms. The force of the grab was too powerful that the boy slipped his foot on the edge of the small cliff, causing him to slide down the rocky terrain, his screams of terror were able to gain the newcomers attention. As he lands face first into the ground, Katherine timidly steps up to the teen, noticing his fern skin and get black hair. He regains his strength and sees Katherine’s bright purple flats before looking up, witnessing Katherine’s golden bronze hair and calm cornflower eyes

“Hey you ok?” She asked concerned, lending a hand out for him

“Nice job man! You had quite the landing! I’ll give you…. 6.5!” Tanya joked, but the boy could only look at them in confusion. The girls could tell he’s never seen anyone like them before. The awkwardness was destroyed when they heard the sound of guitar strings breaking and the smashing of large metal guitar as parts went flying off in many directions. The girls looks on bewildered as they turn to see the two guards destroying the instrument until there was nothing left of it

“What the hell is their problem?” Bella questioned annoyed. The boy looked horrified and even a little guilty. Sara took a notice and gently pushed him behind her to defend him

“Is there a problem here?” Sara asked sternly

“Hand him over. This boy is a criminal, guilty of possessing a musical instrument. You must hand him over at once.” One of the guards ordered sternly

“Well if you arrest him, you’re gonna have to arrest all of us!” Sara pointed out, causing the others to look at her surprised

“We didn’t agree to this!?” Anna shouted

“I’m not going back to jail!” Katherine joined in. The two guards looked that them befuddled at not only their statements, but also their existence

“Listen girls, that boy has committed at least two crimes today. One, resisting arrest, and two, possession of an illegal instrument. So if you don’t want this kid executed, I would highly recommend you hand him over.” One of them ordered firmly. The girls looked shocked over the mention of execution, over a simple musical instrument. However, they knew that they could let a child get arrested for a simple guitar

“I don’t think so.” Cassie answered firmly.

“Kimo they’re too stubborn.” One of the guards complained

“Forget it Vezz. Let Domino handle it.” Kimo disclosed, dragging him away and down the path to the nearby city, leaving the group behind. The boy turned to look at his saviours in pure amazement

“Wow! Thank you all so much!” He exclaimed, earning a warm smile from each of them. “How can I make it up to you?”

“Perhaps you can help us out.” Jenna replied. “As you can see, we crash landed here against our will and we heard there’s some sort of danger here. But we don’t know anything about this place.”

“Well for one, you’re in Namnos, one of the Supreme Dimensions. But if you want I can take you to Amore City.”

“Really? Is that close by?”

“Yeah. That’s where those guards are stationed at. I can help you guys out.”

“Well thanks! It means a lot to us!”

“No worries! I’m Taj by the way.” After the girls introduced themselves, they started on their path to Amore City, letting the girls admire the flora and fauna of the Hati Forest. Taj explained the devastation that the city and all of the dimension has been experiencing for a long period of time. They were shocked to learn just how alarming and confusing the situation truly is. Their discussion was cut short when they see Amore City, nestled on the edge of the forest

The city was full of large trees with rainbow leaves landing gently on the streets of the town where small SwiftCars, the main source of transportation in the Dimensions, drove by. In the centre of the city was a large forest green and silver fortress, the home of the Saviour of Namnos. As Taj leads the rockstars down to the fortress, a frantic woman was pacing outside the entrance before spotting the boy walking down

“Taj!” The woman cried, rushing over to embrace him, revealing pretty quickly that she was Taj’s mother. “Where have you been? Do you realized how worried I was?!”

“Sorry! Sorry! It’s just I ran into some… issues.” He stuttered, looking over at the girls. Taj’s mother looked at them startled

“Thank you for bringing him home. Taj is all I care about. I can’t have him get into trouble.” She explained before leading her son away, ignoring Taj’s protests to stay with the girls

“Well, looks like we’re meeting with the Saviour ourselves” Katherine muttered. The girls starting venturing into the fortress, passing by various servants and guards, staring and whispering to each other over the strange visitors

“And hopefully they’re friendlier than these peeps.” Emma whispered. Veena looked up ahead and saw a young woman with a crimson coloured pixie cut and metallic scarlet and silver armour

“Well I don’t know if she counts.” She pointed out. The girls saw her and immediately felt their faces heat up, a small rosy blush coming across their faces at the sight of this muscular and attractive woman

“You are the girls that arrived at the Hati Forest, correct? Then hand over their talentments to me at once.” She ordered coldly.

“Sorry ma’am but that ain’t happening.” Megan declined, gaining attention from all of the bystanders.

“Disobeying the commands of a Destroyer is punishable by imprisonment and or death. If you continue to resist, then your punishment will be severe.” She persisted. Then she looked at each of the girls in disgust but looked at Keira and Lina surprised. “Wow! Darkdust, Eas, I never expected the two of you to join these scoundrels.”

“Oh great. Another person who’s gonna haunt us and remind us of our trauma.” Lina muttered annoyed. “But why are you back in Namnos? I thought things were going well back at the Dark Clipse.”

“You know I was only there to please my emperor. It’s quite a pleasure to see you 18 again. But unfortunately you’re still breaking the law so turn over your talentments immediately.”

“You got it buddy!” Tanya said, taking the necklace and turning it over. “Is this good?”

“I mean, you are following her orders.” Maya pointed out

“Is that your final response?”

“I’ve got your final response right here.” Katherine then flipped off Domino, receiving laughs and horrified expressions from her friends and Domino respectively. Domino sneered at the girls and looked at her wrist where a large crimson arm cannon. After pressing a few buttons on it, she raised it and it glowed a menacing gold colour, sending volts of energy out and hitting Katherine, Sara, Kelsey’s and Hailey’s Talentments, destroying them completely. The girls looked on terrified as the girls tried and failed to summon up magic.

“Anything else you’d like to add before I vindicate you?” Domino asked threateningly and Cassie stepped forward, almost getting close to her face

“I do! Go take that blaster and shove it up your-“ She was interrupted when Brittany, Emma, and Lina ran up to her and covered her mouth. Domino seized the opportunity and blasted the four of them away, causing them to hit the nearest pillar behind them. They looked down and saw their talentments destroyed.

“We’re just killing ourselves at this point.” Keira groaned annoyed. She summons a large burst of purple magic and Bella joined alongside her, summoning her own Orange light. Combining their powers, they send off a large blast to destroy Domino before running off to land a large punch to her face, but Domino jumped and landed behind them, using her blaster to attack their backs. The ten girls who still had their magic attempted to strike Domino consistently through their magic attacks, punches and kicks. Even those who lost their powers tried to land a punch or two.

Tanya teleported behind her to rip off her arm blaster but Domino grabbed her wrist and threw onto the ground, grabbing her talentment in the process and breaking it in her hands. Anna summoned her golden microphone and started shooting lasers at her blaster, in hopes of destroying it while Maya tries to bind the powerful woman in her bright green vines. It had worked briefly but Domino tore herself out of her grasp and blasted both of Maya and Anna’s talentments.

“We gotta do something!” Bella shouted, sending large beams of sunlight at Domino. As their enemy rushes towards her to attack her, Megan froze her in place with her ice spells. And Keira sends a barrage of crescent moon frisbees at her face. This launches her towards Veena, who charges her fists in electricity and punches her at a pillar, leaving a large crack due to the impact. Domino got and stared daggers at the girls and grabbed the closest girl, Bella and threw her at the pillar. As Bella tried to land on the ground but Domino sends a blast at her feet and sending a blast at her chest, destroying her Talentment. Keira came to her aid and attack Domino and Veena and Richelle charges up their magic punches and tried to punch her but Domino ran out of their reach and kicked all three of them out of her way. Domino destroyed their last talentments and blasted all of them into the wall.

“Ok. So we should probably just go now. We’re about to die.” Jenna called out to her bandmates. But the coldness on Dominos face was proof that their fight was far from over. Megan and Lexy nodded and Lexy released a large wave of water out of her hands and swirled it around Domino to prevent her from escaping. Brittany summoned powerful gusts of wind around the water to make it spin faster than ever and Megan sent a barrage of icicles to try and freeze her

As Megan looked above the cyclone of water and wind on her ice pillar, she saw Domino and noticed a look of determination and fearlessness, a great look that could kill. Domino goes to shoot her as Megan creates an ice barrier around her to prevent any damage to herself. However, the blast was hot enough to break through her shield and smacked Megan in the chest, shattering her talentment in the process and knocking her off her pillar, melting as her power decays. Domino soon unleashed a wave of intense energy that swept the team off their feet. With the chance wide open, she sent two more intense blasts and knocked Brittany and Lexy back against the wall, destroying their talentments and their chances of defeating her. The girls looked at each other horrified, they knew they were in danger in a strange new world and their chances of winning were slim

“Since you imbeciles had to be so disrespectful, you have been judged guilty by Domino of the Destroyers.” She declared, scaring the girls even more. “And by orders of the Destroyers, you shall be executed.” She charged up her blaster and points at them

“Run back!” Katherine ordered, already scurrying away. The girls followed suit for a moment, Domino released her blast and swept the girls off the floor. The destruction of the palace proved to be too much and the support beams began to shake furiously and slowly collapsed behind them, forcing the floor to break below them, swallowing all 18 of them inside as more pieces of the support beams and the palace walls fell and covered the massive hole. As Domino stared at the debris in silence before a small beeping noise came through from her HeartPhone, resting lightly against her hip. She pulled out the delicate device and opened it, a bright crimson hologram shining out. On the hologram showed a young man with silver hair and golden eyes in metallic black clothing

“Domino, have you found them yet? The intruders?” He asked

“They have been very annoying but yes. They’ve been vindicated.” She answered

“As expected. Return to the palace at once.” He ordered. “Theres an aircraft already on the way to take you back.”

“Thank you my lord.” She said. As the hologram closed, she saw several soldiers outside the Fortress, members of the Destroyers, waiting for orders. “All of you remain here. You never know what else could show up.” She ordered, turning away and walking away down the hallway.

Unbeknownst to her, a grate on the floor opened up and an older man climbed out. He inspected the area around him before finding the shattered remains of the ancient talentments on the ground and gathered them in his hands, trying to put each of the pieces together, a look of confusion slowly creeping on his face. Despite his efforts, nothing seemed to have worked. The man slowly pulled his small bag wrapped around his shoulder and put the delicate pieces inside, looking around in hopes no one spots him and returns to the open grate, slowly entering and shutting it behind him

Little did they realize that this is how it all began

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I felt very smart starting this list with 'Golden Brown' by The Stranglers and ending with 311's 'Amber'--it's fall colours!! And what leaves think it's fall have turned (there's still plenty that insist they've plenty of time to hold green here). I don't have much to say on this one - it feels like fall, all stops and starts and changes and unexpected blazes.

Related media to some of the songs:

'Música da Lagoa' is a delight I encountered thanks to a Tumblr post, the video of it being played in a river/pond is a joy.

I listened to 'He Needs Me' several times before I realised that before I'd heard The A's perform it I'd first heard it from Shelly Duvall in the 1980 film Popeye. If you've never seen this wild wonder, it looks like it is currently available on both Hoopla and Kanopy in the US, which many library cards give you free access to.

I feel like I've for sure mentioned Centaurworld here, it's a two-season complete story musical animated portal fantasy about a warhorse and it's one of my favourite shows of recent years. If you've got Netflix, it looks like it is still available, which is nice when so many small wonderful shows get shuffled out of libraries too quickly. Anyway, it's got a lot of voice actor joys in it overall, especially if you're a modern musical theatre nerd.

Have I talked about Dead on a Sunday before? The lead singer sounds like Bob from Bob's Burgers and they lean into it sometimes, but also they're just a good emo trash band.

Anyway here's a link to September's playlist on Spotify, with the track list below the cut.

And embedded if you like that:

'Golden Brown' - The Stranglers

'Baby No More' - Anjimile

'Spinning' - Pom Pom Squad

'Dog With A Bone' - Pony Talk

'Dammit (After Dark)' - Dead On A Sunday

'Pamela' - Ellie Bleach

'He Needs Me' - The A's

'The Perfect Dress' - Bart Graft

'Heart Of Glass' - The Surfrajettes

'Dance Hall Days' - Wang Chung

'Take It to Your Grave' - Urban Heat

'I'll Tumble 4 Ya' - Culture Club

'Nunca Volveré A Amar' - Dead On A Sunday

'Here's The Thing' - Fontaines D.C.

'Just What I Needed' - The Cars

'Sacrilege' - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

'Couldn't Get It Right' - Climax Blues Band

'So Destroyed (Channeling Rage Peace)' - Prince Rama

'How Does The Story Go?' - SPRINTS

'Let's Get Creative' - Yo Gabba Gabba

'Fantasy' - Tall Juan

'The Hero of My Story (Comfortable Doug)' - Flula Borg

'Leave It Open' - Kate Bush

'Take Me - Make Me Lose Control' - Carol Douglas

'Soft Spot' - Claud

'Awful' - Hole

'Street Fighter' - Pom Pom Squad

'NEW MOON (DARK PHASE)' - Duran Duran

'Dance Wiv Me - Live At The iTunes Festival / 2013' - Dizzee Rascal

'A Horse With No Name (CYRIL Remix)' - America

'Música da Lagoa' - Hermeto Pascoal

'Amber' - 311

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ten people I'd like to get to know better

thank you to @superbcandyangel for tagging me!! <3

last song: hungry like the wolf by Duran Duran

favorite colour: dark red (think colors that would be good for a children’s hospital)

last book: procession of the dead by Darren Shan

last movie: finally saw Terrifier 3 in the theaters w my friend

last TV show: last week tonight with John Oliver

sweet/savory/spicy: I love some savory flavors but good god my sweet tooth will be the death of me

relationship status: engaged!!! And while I am poly I’m not actively looking for anything else (barely enough energy for one partner lol)

last thing you searched: nothing fun, just “usps tracking” for Rae’s hannukah gifts

current obsession: honestly I’m between obsessions at the moment

looking forward to: Rae bought us VIP tickets to Steam Powered Giraffe that include a MNG and I’m so fucking pumped

favorite drink: my bloodstream is 90% Dr Pepper and monster energy at this point

song playing on loop in your head 24/7: does anyone ever actually have one consistent song??? Idk but mine rn is Float On by modest mouse

current fav character: Crowley Goodomens is my bbygirl, my wet kitten, my problematic fave

fun activity you would like to get into: back in freshman year I had a friend who did fencing and I did the free trial classes at their gym and to this DAY I’m still mad that my mom refused to drive me to and from after I spent the entire summer saving up almost a grand for 9 months of classes

last video game: either sims 4 or Baldur’s Gate 3

last comic/graphic novel: oooh I don’t read these very often, it was honestly probably Calvin and Hobbes

No pressure tags:

@archdukegrand @ifyourequeerandyouknowit @thatmivy @the-crustoadian @neilpatrickhorse @firebrandr @thewonderfulwizardofgauze @artemus-the-witch

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Project2025 #TechBros #CorpMedia #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #NoDAPL #BLM #SDF #DACA #MeToo #Humanity #FeelTheBern

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When it comes to news reports on Christians in Syria, the general focus is on the concerns Christian civilians have about their future, if any, in the country. Though such anxieties are not invalid, reports rarely break new ground. Here I intend to explore how Christians play a role on the ground in the civil war, both on the political and military level…

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[drifting-pieces-blog-blog]

Hello , just wanna ask if you know more comics where he appears as Mr knight?

I had read the 2014-15 run, and the Lemire run, the 'deadpool kills marvel again' (mk got killed too early :/) and the 'marvel comics present' issue 4, I am also reading the current moon knight run, and also can I ask some music recommendation that I can listen to while reading, (sorry bad English)

I'm so happy and excited to see a Moon Knight question in my box! And your English is perfectly fine. Better than mine on a good day.

You know who you should totally give a follow to? @age-of-moonknight

This guy is amazing and a super Moon Knight fan. If you ask him for an image or what comic something appeared in, he'll get it for you. Like a walking Moon Knight Wikki.

Totally dug around in his archives for this.

THE FIRST appearance as Mr. Knight: Secret Avengers #19 Vol 1 (2010).

Just a little image or two, but it must have caught someone's eye because just a few years later when Moon Knight needed a jump start and new life we got:

Marvel Now: Moon Knight, Vol 8 (2014-2015) by Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey.

All hail to the mighty Declan Shalvey.

Vol 1: From the Dead, Vol 2: Blackout (by Brian Wood), and Vol 3: In the Night (By Bullen Bunn).

I say OFFICIALLY because age-of-moon knight found a much earlier issue where Mr Knight sort of appeared off handedly in some random issue.

But officially, you'd need to read anything 2014 onwards to get actual Mr. Knight.

You see, after that, who could resist putting that beautiful suit in their art?

The trouble is finding ALL the other things he's appeared in randomly in the background.

I have my sources that atempts to list all the comics MK has ever apeared in, but even they are limited.

There are side things like "Original Sin event", but we all know how I feel about marvel events… (BOOOOO).

Then there's Deadpool's secret secret wars, but I can't tell you how prominantly MK, much less Mr. Knight appears in that either.

Of course we then jump right into All-New, All Different Marvel with Lemire's run. (2016-2017 and he isn't in any background comics at this time).

Smallwood slaps that scrunkle and suit together like it was made to be.

we aren't going to talk about Marvel Legacy which came right after. (I have a HUGE project I'm working on right now that's taking up a lot of painful time regarding Marvel Legacy run… Expect that to start coming otu soon. I'm sorry.)

BUT. During Legacy, we did see him start to pop up in other comics more.

Like the Marvel Comics Presents (2019) #4: This Benjamin Percy story is billed as “what happened next” after Marc “went completely insane and disappeared.”

Then there's Marvel Knights 2018 (not sure if he's Mr. Knight here… Maybe appears in like a page or two?).

Then we skip Age of Khonshu for reasons I've already ranted about…

And that brings us to current events in 2021 with Mackay.

There's also Doctor Strange Vol 6 Issue #2 (ALSO BY MACKAY)

Hope that helps a little?

As for music recommendations? I'm really bad at music recommendations. It really depends on what you like. Anyone want to sound off in the comments on what they listen to while reading Moon Knight?

I like Leonard Cohen if I'm feeling mellow. He's got an amazing old New York quality to his voice and he basically wrote poetry that he turned into songs about his experiences with love, life, being Jewish, and his experiences.

I also pop in songs that get mentioned in the comic, like "The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen... Which Marc made into his alarm clock. And it also makes me think that Marc likes that style of music so I slap that playlist up on YouTube and let it go.

And that leads me down to The Cure, Depeche Mode, and Duran Duran for some reason.

Maybe it's because that was the age that Marc kinda grew up in, depending on what run you are reading.

[firewalkzwit]

bands i think the spiderverse characters would like

this is merely intuitive i actually have no idea

hobie: he's into the classics

misfits, joy division, sex pistols, the clash, public image ltd., ramones.

idk exactly what year his universe is in but he'd probably also like black flag, circle jerks, bad religion, the stooges, bad brains, maybe dead kennedys.

david bowie, jimi hendrix, siouxie and the banshees, maybe neutral milk hotel, melvins, underworld, new york dolls. he also probably thinks pink floyd is pretentious.

gwen: she's probably into girl bands and 90's indie/alternative rock as well as some 80s classics, huge kat stratford music taste vibes.

the cranberries, lush, hole, the runaways, blondie, kate bush.

probably super into fleetwood mac and a stevie nicks apologist.

green day, david bowie, conan gray, the nbhd, smashing pumpkins, arctic monkeys, paramore, the 1975, blur, mitski, g-eazy, very ocasionally the velvet underground.

miles: we all kinda know his music taste but i'd like to add a few.

super into kendrick, like a lot. mf doom, madvillainy, asap rocky and his fav song is probably sundress (totally not my fav), frank ocean, future.

in my mind his fav tyler song is wilshire. the alchemist, nas, jpegmafia, secretly usher, yeat enthusiast vibes.

cigarettes after sex, clams casino, mac miller, childish gambino (not the prowler one).

pavitr: he looks like he has no idea or interest in enhancing his music taste beyond current trends so he probably gets a lot of influence from his friends.

he probably listens to elton john or abba a lot to get his vibe going, gorillaz, the strokes, mgmt, glass animals, wallows, mac demarco.

he has a thing for 80's pop rock. tears for fears, r.e.m, duran duran, talking heads.

he says he doesn't listen to music to strike a nerve in his music enthusiast friends.

peter b. parker: peak white dad music daste. he loves those bands who's primary concert audience is old men who smell like sauerkraut.

U2, bon jovi, tears for fears, pink floyd, oasis, ac/dc, metallica, elton john, rhcp, he goes to all of aerosmith's "farewell tour" thinking it will actually be the last, the beatles, backstreet boys, the killers, a-ha.

he also loves npc 2010's music like pitbull, david guetta, calvin harris, miley cyrus, maroon 5, cascada.

miguel: this man does not listen to music. no one understands why or how, but he just doesn't and it's kinda creepy.

[imasradiantasthesun]

Tributes of the 74th Hunger Games

DISCLAIMER: This is not my attempt at asserting anything about the canon version of events and characters. Instead, this is a reference list for my Hunger Games fic Holding Bright, which is an AU! Meaning that there are two major changes you will see in this list: (1) the District 12 tributes are Madge and Gale, and (2) Madge is 18 instead of 16. Also, it is my headcanon that Madge is short for Marigold :)

The list is divided by district, with the male tribute first, followed by the female tribute. The numbers next to each tribute's name is their age at the time of the reaping. Under the Read More are some of my thoughts on how I decided on certain names

District 1

Marvel Grant, 18

Glimmer Lewis, 18

District 2

Cato Nowak, 18

Clove Kentwell, 18

District 3

Milo Turner, 16

Alanna Singh, 13

District 4

Hurley Duran, 18

Adriana Cruz, 17

District 5

Nate Begaye, 13

Finch Irving, 16

District 6

Ivan Campbell, 15

Dola Berg, 15

District 7

Sawyer Kipp, 14

Harper Grimshaw, 16

District 8

Dennis Reid, 15

Callie Hewitt, 17

District 9

Bartley Young, 17

Dawn Nguyen, 16

District 10

Colton Chan, 17

Blanca Felix, 14

District 11

Thresh Anderson, 18

Rue Baxter, 12

District 12

Gale Hawthorne, 18

Marigold Undersee, 18

Alanna's given name is a reference to famous mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing. Milo's surname is an even more low key reference to him as well (aka I got a little lazy lol)

My thought process to come up with a name related to D3's industry: kilowatt -> kilo -> Milo

In the books, but even more so the movies, D4 is sort of Irish-coded (which doesn't really make sense because the East Coast is much more well known for having Irish-Americans than the West Coast but oh well), so for Hurley's first name I chose an Irish name

However, based on the map of Panem, I headcanon that D4 has a good amount of Latino influence (though I think D10 even more so): because of this, Hurley's surname + Adriana's full name are all Spanish-language names

I also chose the name Adriana because it sounds like Adriatic Sea, tying her into D4's industry

I went along with popular fanon that Foxface's first name is Finch

Because he's from D5 (power), Nate's first name comes from alternating current -> alternate -> Nate

D5 takes up almost all of current-day Arizona + a good amount of Utah + parts of Nevada and New Mexico. Because of this, I think D5 has a lot of descendants of the current-day Navajo people, so I gave him a sort of common Navajo surname

Ivan's name contains the word "van", and Dola's name is a bastardization of the word "gondola" because I wanted things sort of related to transportation lol 😅

D6 partially encompasses Minnesota, which has a ton of Scandinavian-Americans, so I gave Dola a Scandinavian surname

Sawyer's first name means "woodcutter". His surname is of Blackfeet origin

D8's tributes have names that sound like words related to their industry: Dennis sounds like "denim", and Callie is from "calico"

I made up the name Bartley because it sounds like "barley"

Colton's first name has the word "colt" in it, tying him into D10's industry of livestock. His surname, as well as Blanca's full name, are Spanish-language names due to D10 being in present-day Texas and Mexico

[dormiloncito]

Tagged by: @tigirl-and-co! Thanks Dragon 😄🥰

Rules: Tag 10 or more people you want to get to know better

Fave ships:

Ok, if I'm honest, I don't really ship things. The closest thing could be two main pairings from old movies. I like them ☺️.

Fuse/Kei from "Jin-roh: The Wolf Brigade" and Jim/Selena from "28 days later." Yeah 😅

Favorite color: Lately, olive green and brown!

Song stuck in my head: Invisible — Duran Duran

Favourite food: Several. Shout-out to sweet and sour pork.

Last song listened to: Superfast Jellyfish — Gorillaz

Last TV show/Movie: Excalibur (1981)

Spicy/Sweet/Savory?: Savory sweep! Followed closely by spicy. I'm the opposite of a sweet tooth 😆

Currently reading: The house of leaves

Last thing I googled: My college login page XD

Tagging: @plague-of-nice @fujimen @pupuseriazag @piratebay @lavenderr-daydrreams @alfajorsin @bonyato aaand @corvos-lover 😇

[antiquitea]

𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬!

thank you @john-cleven for the tag! ✨

tagging in @swifty-fox, @trashbag-baby666, @wildbornsiren, @hederasgarden, @blue-aconite, and anyone else who wants to play!

questions and responses under the read more to save your dashboards 😉

how many works do you have on ao3?

thirty-three

what's your total ao3 word count?

167,068

what fandoms do you write for?

i currently write for masters of the air and top gun (86 and maverick).

top five fics by kudos

christmas in brooklyn - bucky barnes / steve rogers (marvel) 430 kudos

these ties that bind - t.j. hammond & douglas hammond (political animals) 317 kudos

you'll find me - bucky barnes / steve rogers (marvel) 246 kudos

let's get tipsy and start a rumour - sidney crosby / evengi malkin (hockey rpf) 217 kudos

under the pretense of yearning - sebastian stan / chris evans (actor rpf) 209 kudos

do you respond to comments?

yes! or at least i do my best to. i always want to respond with something cute and witty, but often can't manage something beyond OMG THANK YOU!!!

what is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

gosh, it's definitely a band of brothers fic, either somewhere, a clock is ticking or you should see me in the rain (both dick winters / lewis nixon).

what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

a lot of my smut fics have happy endings ifyouknowwhatimean. actual happiest ending may have been leave a light on (simon le bon / john taylor, musician rpf).

do you get hate on fics?

i can't recall ever getting any outright hate (although maybe i did in my younger writing days back on livejournal). the only thing that i can recall was someone arguing with me about the fact that karl urban would say petrol and not gasoline, and i told them something like "yes, he would. but he didn't. it wasn't dialogue. it was a description, and i wouldn't say petrol, i would say gasoline." i still think about that because wtf.

do you write smut?

pretty much exclusively 😂 i try to wriggle some plot in there from time to time.

craziest crossover?

don't do crossovers! at least i haven't in the past. certainly not opposed to it! i did start to write a winter soldier / the man from uncle fic once ... but then armie hammer stuff happened and i didn't feel so compelled to write that anymore!

have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i'm aware of.

have you ever had a fic translated?

also not that i'm aware of!

have you ever co-written a fic before?

not "officially," but @wildbornsiren write together every goddamn day and have some ideas.

all time favorite ship?

god, i'll always be a sucker for bucky barnes / steve rogers. right now john egan / gale cleven own my ass and probably will for a very long time.

what's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

i am delusional enough to believe that i will finish every single wip i have in the works (i absolutely will not).

what are your writing strengths?

i've been told that i write with a certain cadence that progresses stories forward, so i'm choosing to go with that. i also think i write smut pretty damn well.

what are your writing weaknesses?

sometimes i feel that my writing can be very ... technical and clunky. not enough feeling in the words that i put to page.

thoughts on dialogue in another language?

if it's not a language that you personally speak, keep it minimal. google translate only works so well.

first fandom you wrote in?

pretty soldier sailor moon back in like 1995. i didn't know it was fan fiction, i was just ten years old and wanted to make usagi and mamoru kiss.

favorite fic you've written?

i'm not sure if i have a favourite, but i'm always exceedingly proud of leave a light on - a duran duran rpf fic i wrote that has multiple chapters that i actually finished. anything with multiple parts i often struggle to complete.