#either way enjoy my cringe music taste

[robyntherav3n]

good morning zappa nation i bring you a playlist for @kreachvera and for him only /j

[nimmie-nugget]

Just came back from making an Emo Reader x Tyler Harendez (Request) Can you make an Emo Reader x Tyler Harendez

Tyler met Reader at a hot topic while he was at the mall with Taylor and the others. (I'm not good with writing srry.)

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Concept: Tyler with an Emo!S/O

Note: GREAT IDEAAAA🔥🔥🔥 guys we gotta stop being preppy for a moment🎀🧍‍♀️ Sorry abt this appearing in tags that aren’t even related<3 also I say your writing is great :)

Warning: I apologize prior for any Grammer, Spelling+etc errors. Cringe?? Tyler may be OOC >:(

SBG Masterlist

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“Mhm.. alright thank you.” He said, sounding a tad bit agitated for someone who just received help, but he didn’t disrespect you so you can Willy Donka your way out.

I imagine that likeee he visited hot topic a few times already but needed help with findings thing around so you popped uppp

No because you two started to hang out a bit more when he kept coming often

For some reason you’re just there at hot topic 24/7 and he hasn’t seen you out anywhere, not even in school

Please get some help

“Ugh.. if you do not hold still I will shove the tip of this eyeliner in your eye!!” He threatened.

“Stop talking for fucks sakes, I can’t do your lipstick if you keep yapping in my ear… [NAME] I SWEAR TO-” Tyler was annoyed, he doesn’t mind you speaking but please let him do your makeup without any troubles!!

He doesn’t mind doing your makeup, he had a lot of experience with Taylor so why not?

Does find it a tad bit annoying when you’re moving your face but he’s your boyfriend so he’ll tolerate it ♡

“There too, yeah?” He said as he points to a bunch of spots he wants you to kiss.

He’d love your kisses, especially since your lipstick would leave kiss marks

Wishes he could live in the moment forever

“You listen to too many rock bands.. listen to me for once.” He said, groaning in annoyance. Just wanting your attention.

Shared the same music taste as ya

Both of you would be blasting music in either of your rooms

“This is how you do it right?? Well? Tell me I won’t know if your dumbass likes the way I do it or not!” He spouted out, rolling his eyes as he gave a pat to you on the head.

Earlier when the relationship started he went on to practice on how to do makeup so he could do all the black lipstick and eyeliner nnn stuff with ya

He sees it as a bonding experience♡

Nowwww the phantoms. PHANTOMS. PHANTOMS.

He’ll never let you know about the phantoms though, it’s not like you’ll even believe him..

“You better have enjoyed reading this.. reading me.. to fill that fantasy filled head of yours for fictional characters.. lame am I right?” He insulted as you finished reading all these head cannons.

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Lil Note: Hearts, Comments and Reblogs are Appreciated❤️

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[depressopax]

Jesse Pinkman NSFW headcanons

Pairing: Jesse x gn!reader Genre: Smut SFW version + relationship headcanons can be found here! Warning(s): Breaking bad spoilers! Sexual content, Words: 661 Summary: Being in a relationship with Jesse Pinkman would include... Keep in mind english is not my first language. If I make any spelling mistakes please let me know so I can improve my writing! :)

He’s a switch. Likes being in charge, but loves being submissive and having someone take care of him.

He is always prepared. He probably has a drawer of condoms and lube.

Maybe toys, too… 

I feel like Jesse has a praising kink. Call him a “good boy”, and he’s all yours. 

He also loves dirty talking. Even if it's cheesy or “cringe”, he likes it when you tell him he’s big, or when you tell him how much you need his cock. Jesse also loves dirty talking with you, telling you how good you are for him, that you are sexy, and he will whisper all the naughty things he’s gonna do to you.  

He likes to take his time with his partner. 

Enjoys the before and after as much as he likes the sex. 

When it comes to oral… Honestly? He prefers receiving. 

If he’s stressed from work, he would just like to lean back and have you take care of him. 

He’d have you on your knees, between his legs, working your lips over his length as he leans back and smokes a cigarette or drinks a beer. 

It’s just the best stress relief ever. 

And he thinks you look so damn hot when giving him heads. 

 Jesse just admires your face and the seeing you turn into a drooling mess, especially when you have tears in your eyes from the work you put in. 

EYE CONTACT.

…Look at him as you suck him off. He’ll go crazy from pleasure. 

He doesn’t really care about how he comes across when receiving oral. Jesse would probably whimper, beg and moan your name.

This would be an opportunity for you to totally take charge. Just tease and edge him a bit, and he’ll be under your spell. 

Jesse would probably try to not climax too quickly during sex, but when you suck him off, he can barely control it. He would cum hard, and fast. 

Giving oral is such a turn on for him.

He could spend hours between your legs (and probably would, too.)

Your moans are like music to his ears.

And he just loves how you taste, and would not be shy to tell you so.

He likes eye contact when receiving, but also when giving. He wants all of your attention. 

Seeing you in pure ecstasy is a turn on.

And the fact that he can make you cum by only using his mouth is enough to make him go crazy. 

It boosts his ego lol

He would brag about it and tease you about it every moment he gets.

He is very handsy in bed. His hands are everywhere, all at once. He likes touching your chest, neck and throat, hips and thighs, and of course your private region.

Jesse could probably spend hours just exploring your naked skin with his hands.

He takes his time to prepare you before taking you. 

Your comfort would be his priority, although he might be a bit selfish in the heat of the moment. 

Therefore, he prefers sex to be slow and passionate, but doesn’t mind being fast and rough if you’re into that. 

He especially prefers being rough when he’s stressed or angry, just taking out all frustration in the bedroom with some fast and sloppy lovemaking. 

He makes sure you’re satisfied and that you cum. He wants you to enjoy yourself. 

He’s careful to always use condoms, no matter what type of relationship you’re in. If you want it another way, you would have to convince him to do so. 

AFTERCARE KING <3 

Doesn’t matter if he’s the dominant or submissive one, he will pamper you either way. 

But he also expects the same treatment if you’re rough with him. 

He can be very needy after sex, and loves being taken care of.

Afterwards, he will cuddle up next to you, whisper sweet words and fall asleep with you in his arms. 

“I love you, y/n…”

*sobs* I need a Jesse in my life bruh

[konigsblog]

Hi! This is my first time asking something :D 

Do you do anything, not nsfw? And if so, what would some random könig headcanons you agree with? Like habits and stuff you’d think he’d do? (does that make sense lmao)

If you just do nsfw you could make them nsfw headcanons.. Or just combine both aha

**HII.. i do write for sfw and fluff, as well as angst it's just not really requested as much as smut :) but here, hope you enjoy this!!! 🌙

silly könig headcannons

⭒ mentions of weed use, fluff.. 🌷🎀

⭒könig who prefers cats over dogs. they're quieter and calmer, has a ginger cat called ‘spice’ that's fiesty to new people. he loves the animal to death, and hands it to his oma when he's on deployment.

⭒i've mentioned this before, but i feel like könig was in a band as a kid, just a school one. he played the drums and was pretty emo in his teenager years...

⭒he sleeps in the weirdest positions. he'll either wake up with his body contorted into different ways, his arms above his head and across his chest with his legs intertwined with eachother.

⭒he's an easily jealous person, always top of his classes and getting 100% on his tests. his mother always wanted the best outcome for her son, so she was shocked when he decided to join the kommando spezialkräfte instead of becoming a doctor or a lawyer.

⭒has 100% attempted to get up but fell because his legs were stuck and tangled in his bedsheets.

⭒gets second hand embarrassment far too easily. he's cringing on the inside when someone does/says something stupid.

⭒absolutely hates the summer. it's horrible; everybody's sweaty and stinks, missions make him want to peal his skin off. definitely prefers autumn/winter.

⭒his favourite food to eat whilst sick is soup, a special homemade soup him and his mother made together while growing up. her own special recipe that he only teaches to his closest of friends.

⭒loves late night conversations. they're so deep and understanding, chatting for hours 'til your jaw hurts and the sun his peaking through the curtains.

⭒either drinks black coffee, really bitter. or drinks the most sugary coffee ever, no in-between. (tell me your opinions)

⭒is a morning person. gets up early and has his breakfast, something quick and easy, like toast or porridge (oatmeal), has a morning shower 'nd everything. (i love adding salt to my porridge/oatmeal)

⭒hates when people say germany and austria are the same. will definitely have a whole rant about the differences 'til you understand fully.

⭒smokes weed a lot, pretty much an addict. he says it's to calm his nerves down but he gradually started doing it more and more often. a stoner fs.

⭒enjoys movies, a lot. he loves sitting down with a blanket beside him, covered in orange cat hair. will probably make a bowl of popcorn to eat whilst watching, but ends up eating it all before he's even 30 minutes in.

big, bear hugs. we all know that the big, brute and towering man gives amazing hugs, but he really wants to lay atop of you, to cage you with his warmth.

⭒has a tendency to over share, rants sometimes while pretending to be confident, finding anything to talk about before feeling a bit uncomfortable with what he'd said.

⭒isn't shy. it's my biggest pet peeve when people make könig out to be someone shy, scared, ect.. he's not shy, he's socially anxious, but that doesn't make him quiet. he either puts on a front and pretends to be confident with a cocky, loud personality.

⭒absolutely adores milk. he drinks like a gallon in two days, that's why he's 6’10.

⭒enjoys mint chocolate chip ice cream, hates strawberry, especially if they have chunks. (self projecting)

⭒enjoys doing the dishes, finds it satisfying. until he touches food and gags.

⭒avid banana hater, the texture to the taste, everything about it makes him feel ill.

⭒listens to music for hours, usually something rock or heavy metal, loud music in his ears and the loud explosions gives him some hearing damage.

⭒usually smells woodsy, fresh cut trees and vanilla.

⭒germaphobe. doesn't like being near people when they're sick and will avoid them, probably because he gets sick too easily, despite having a strong immune system.

⭒isn't a very emotional person, he has sympathy for others but can't express it through tears and emotions. he's cold and aggressive to the recruits, blaming them for his issues because he struggles taking blame and fault for situations and needs a punching bag.

⭒owned a fish when he was around 7, cried because it died. turns out it was alive and he saw it swim down the toilet. never got another fish again, traumatized.

⭒doesn't like being told he's in the wrong, will refuse and deny it 'til he's forced to either apologise or end the friendship.

⭒curly ginger, or wavy ginger, you can't change my mind.

⭒doesn't really understand tiktok that much, or instagram. not really something that he's interested in, but occasionally uses twitter for like 5 minutes.

⭒has anemia, or iron deficiency. takes a couple naps a day because he doesn't like taking his supplements.

these are all i could think off 😵‍💫 tell me your personal headcannons!!

banner credit; @cafekitsune

[meiliarotten]

Team Fortress 2 Kinktober Time Three: Return of the Kink

Day 12: Hands Under the Table (Public)

🔞MINORS DNI🔞

Pairings: Sniper x Fem!Reader

Summary: You and Sniper have some fun in a conveniently isolated area of a bar

Tags: Public, dirty talk, fingering, denial, dom/sub, bars, beer (no intoxication), volume control

Word Count: 2.2k

The Masterlist

You gripped a bottle of beer in your hand, letting the condensation soak your palm. Cracking open the cap, you grimaced as it bubbled and dripped down the side before taking a tentative sip. Yup, just as disgusting as the last time you had tried beer. Why you felt the need to force yourself to adapt to this taste, you would never know.

Truthfully, it was probably for the same reason you agreed to come along to this bar in the first place- comradery. You wished your team could get a bit more imaginative with their post-victory celebrations. At the very least, they could buy some drinks and keep them back at the base, where you could at least have the convenience of retiring to your room when things became overwhelming.

Scanning the bar, your eyes fell on Sniper, who had been keeping a booth to himself for most of the night. A bowl of chips in the center of the table remained untouched, and his hat was pulled low over his eyes, as if he simply wanted to fall asleep and be woken up when this was over. Sensing a possible kindred spirit, you approached him.

“I’m surprised you agreed to come,” you said, looking down at Sniper, now seeing that he was also nursing a beer. You wondered if he actually liked the stuff or if he was just faking it like you. Maybe everyone was faking it. Maybe beer was just a grand conspiracy.

Sniper scoffed. “Well, I was practically dragged out of my van to join in.” He nodded towards Scout, who was currently trying to chat up various girls on the small dance floor. It figured that the runner would be the one to pry Sniper out of his self imposed isolation. He was one of the only mercs stubborn and persistent enough to do so. You watched him strut over to the blaring jukebox, leaning against it as if it made him seem cool. You wondered how long it would take for him to put

at least five repetitions of the same Tom Jones song into that thing.

You really didn’t want to be negative. It was a nice bar, nicer than the kind you would usually go to. There was even a small stage for live music, although it was currently empty. After such a long streak of wins, the team had decided to splurge a bit. Yet, you ultimately couldn’t seem to get into the spirit of things.

“I take it you’re having about as much fun as I am?” you asked, your voice oozing sarcasm.

Honestly, you did not enjoy going out. Bars of any kind tended to be loud, crowded, and chaotic. You would much rather celebrate with a night in and some greasy take out. Spy wouldn’t be having that though, with his greater than thou attitude towards American food. Although, based on the way he was sequestered in his own personal corner as well, it seemed this wasn’t very much to his taste either.

“At least most of us seem to be enjoying themselves,” you sighed. Although, as you and Sniper looked out over the crowd, it became clear that some individuals may have been enjoying themselves a bit too much.

Demoman probably wouldn’t be much of an issue. You were almost certain that he was immune to hangovers at this point. The others were another story though. You had a feeling that the few sober ones among you would have to guide them back to the base by the end of the night, and help nurse them back to health in the morning. Why the Medigun wasn’t effective on hangovers, you would never know.

You tried to match Sniper’s laid back demeanor, casually sipping your own beer. However, you couldn’t hide the cringe on your face as you swallowed it down.

“Darling,” Sniper chuckled, watching you try and fail to ignore the taste of cheap booze. “If you don’t like it, why are you drinking it?”

You shrugged, giving a defeated sigh. “I guess I thought if I got drunk enough, this night would seem more entertaining.” You swirled the contents of the beer bottle, only a third empty. “But with how long it’s been taking me to force down sips of this cheap shit, I’m probably not even buzzed.”

Sniper chuckled. You set the bottle down beside him, admitting defeat. He took a swig from it only to find that the drink had long since gone flat. “I might have a way to make the evening more enjoyable, if you’d like,” he suggested, returning to nursing his own beer.

“I’m not dancing,” you quickly said.

“Oh, I wouldn’t dream of it,” Sniper said, glancing towards the dance floor where Scout was once again trying to seduce girls with his rendition of some kind of indescribable dance- like a cross between the Charleston and a baby giraffe trying to walk for the first time. You were almost envious of his alcohol fueled confidence. “Just have a seat next to me, doll.”

He patted the booth beside him. You were confused, but also intrigued, sitting down and sidling up next to him with a playful smirk. He quickly reciprocated with an arm draped over your shoulders, pulling you close. You were a bit embarrassed by the school girl-like giggle that escaped you as you rested your head on his shoulder.

Sniper’s lips grazed your ear, making you shiver, only for his next words to make you freeze up. “Don’t make a scene.”

“Wh-” You couldn’t even get a full word out before Sniper’s free hand reached over, unbuttoning your fly and slipping his hand into your pants. You bit your lip to keep yourself from gasping. “Oh my God, Sniper!” you whispered harshly. “What the hell are you doing?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” he asked as he began to move his fingers, still over your underwear. Even so, it still sent jolts of pleasure through you that made your thighs quiver slightly. “We’ve discussed this, doll. Remember how hot it made you, the thought of me working you over with my fingers in the corner of a crowded room?”

Recalling the conversation made you blush. “Yeah, I remember,” you whispered, thinking back to the night you and Sniper had swapped fantasies over pillow talk. “I just didn’t expect it to be happening now.”

“Well, I believe a key part of that little fantasy was the element of surprise,” Sniper said. “You didn’t want to know when I might spring it on you.” He paused suddenly, his smirk wavering. “Of course, if you aren’t up for this now, we can stop-”

“No, no! I am!” You cringed, lowering your voice and glancing around to make sure no one had noticed your outburst. It appeared that the din of the crowd had effectively drowned you out. “That is, I am very much up for this.”

Sniper nodded, turning his gaze away from you. He sipped his beer, holding the bottle with his free hand while the one down your pants began to rub ever so slowly. Your face flushed scarlet and you bit your lower lip to keep any noises from escaping. Your adrenaline was running high, heightening every sensation. Even being touched through your underwear like this felt incredible.

“Please,” you stammered. “Keep going.”

“Of course, darling.”

Your underwear was pulled to the side, and you shuddered as you felt Sniper's fingers drag along your cunt, coating the digits with your arousal. It didn’t take much effort for him to work a couple fingers into you within a few minutes. You hooked a leg over his thigh, trying to spread your legs in a way that wasn’t too conspicuous. He allowed it, rubbing his free hand over your thigh for a moment. His palm was cold from the chill of the beer, causing goosebumps to erupt over your skin.

The hum of the crowd seemed to fade into the background as Sniper began to pump his fingers faster. He kept switching it up, swapping between thrusting into you and circling your clit, keeping you on your toes, yet always bringing you closer and closer to the edge until the sensation of building, tightening pleasure was at the forefront of your mind, eclipsing everything else.

You didn’t trust yourself to speak. You didn’t even trust yourself to look out into the crowded bar, fearing that something in your expression would give you away. Still, you had to try to say something, to warn Sniper that you were close.

“Mundy,” you whimpered. “I’m going to-”

“Not yet.”

Your body immediately stiffened. “No, no, no! Don’t be mean, Mundy! I can’t- oh fuck!” Your plea for mercy dissolved on your lips. You kept a white knuckled grip on the table in front of you, scowling down at it like it had personally offended you. It was all you could do to keep your eyes from rolling back.

“Darling, keep it together,” Sniper whispered, although through clenched teeth, it sounded more akin to a growl. “Or else I’ll have to punish you later.”

You frowned, barely keeping the moan out of your voice as you responded with a tense and curt “Fine.”

“And I'll Ignore your attitude, just this once.”

Damn it, he always needed to have the last word. You clamped a hand over your mouth, gluing your eyes to the table. Sniper’s fingers curled inside you, stroking gently and rhythmically. It was all you could do to keep yourself from arching back against the booth.

Sniper downed the rest of his beer. Glancing down, he saw the way your thighs were trembling, even though you were seated. It was quite an alluring sight, and Sniper couldn’t help but get enraptured in it, imagining being inside you, pinning you down somewhere private, and making all those pretty sounds spill freely from your lips. He shook his head, putting those thoughts out of his mind for now, lest he be forced to hold his own hat suspiciously in front of his crotch for the rest of the night.

“You’re pulsing around my fingers. You’re so close you can taste it, aren’t you?” He whispered. You nodded, barely looking up at him, a whimper just barely escaping past your hand. “You’re about to come in front of all these people who don’t have a clue what’s going on right under their noses.” Sniper pressed his fingers firmly against your sweet spot, making you jolt.

“Mundy,” you groaned his name softly, leaning against him. To anyone who glanced over, it would look like you had just overindulged on alcohol. Your flushed face only served to sell the facade even more. It was the perfect cover, really. Still, you would rather not get caught, even though the risk thrilled you in its own unique way. “Mundy, please!”

“It’s alright, doll. You can come, as long as you think you can stay quiet.”

His permission was like a trigger being pulled. Trying not to writhe as your orgasm ripped through you was a struggle, but you managed, hunching over the table and resting your forehead on the cool hard wood. Keeping quiet was a bit more difficult, but luckily the music was loud and the bar denizens were even louder, so the few moans that escaped you went unnoticed.

You stayed with your head on the table for a while, panting, letting out a soft groan when Sniper withdrew his fingers. He was stone faced, simply looking out over the bar as if nothing had transpired. It was only when you sat up that he glanced over at you, giving you a smirk that made your heart flutter. Between the ambient light of the bar and the post orgasmic haze, he looked handsome as hell. You wanted to lean up and kiss him before you could say something embarrassingly sappy.

Sniper broke the silence before you could. “I have a feeling the rest of the team isn’t going to be in any shape to walk back to base tonight.” He nodded towards the dancefloor, where you were certain at least half of your fellow mercenaries were currently making asses of themselves. However, you couldn’t be bothered to look. You didn’t want to tear your gaze away from Sniper. “How about we head back and grab my van so that they can have a ride? Hell, there might even be just enough time to give you a little reward for being such a good girl.”

An enthusiastic grin spread across your face. “I would like that,” you said, standing up quickly. A bit too quickly, apparently, as you staggered within your first step. Thankfully Sniper was at your side in an instant, linking your arms together to keep you steady. He had half a mind to scoop you up and simply carry you out of the bar.

As he guided you towards the exit on shaky legs, he caught the eyes of another patron. They were supporting the weight of their own very intoxicated partner, who was singing- or rather, shouting- the lyrics to whatever song played from the jukebox unintelligibly as they stumbled along. They gave the two of you a sympathetic look, and Sniper suppressed the smirk that threatened to creep onto his face. If only they knew.

[holocene-sims]

next // previous

august 26, 2021 4:00 a.m. a balcony, somewhere

time somehow seems to simultaneously slow to a crawl and race beyond the speed of light. grant doesn’t remember when they’d ended up perched like lovebirds at the pinnacle of a staircase, peering out over the night-drenched landscape, but it must have been a while ago. customers have long since stopped streaming in and out of the restaurant on the street below.

he remembers in better detail the stream of their conversation–they’d shifted from food and a strangely peaceful, humorous discussion of kicking the bucket to movies, and at some point, paranormal stories came up along the way.

it’d be hard to forget talking to yunha.

there’s something curiously enrapturing about her, something that had drawn him to her when he first made eye-contact with her.

the look in her eyes, maybe. it’s piercing, like she’s baring right through your skin and into your soul, but not malicious or judgmental. it’s friendly, it’s curious, it’s playful.

the way she speaks, maybe. she’s the most engaged conversationalist he’s ever encountered. everything you say, whether she agrees or disagrees, is met with affirmations and a lot of nodding. yes, yes, of course. i see, i see. i understand. ohhh, wow! really?

she’s unraveling every shard of the puzzle that is his personality and piecing it back together in one whole picture, analyzing it. figuring it out. appreciating it.

or maybe it’s the sweetness that radiates off her. she appears unafraid to smile, instead all too happy to flash those pretty, crooked bunny teeth for the world to see.

“so, i'm going to guess you’re not accidentally good at singing.”

she seems not to mind revealing her own puzzle pieces either, and the more she says about herself, the more fascinated he is with her. with who she is. with what makes her tick.

“i hope it’s not an accident,” yunha replies, laughing, “because shit, then years worth of practice was a waste.”

“time enjoyed is never time wasted.”

the unabashed cringe of the line garners an immediate eye roll, but she still seems to find it funny.

they’ve definitely been sitting here a while. grant straightens his back, fixing his gradually slouching posture, and is is met with an immediate flash of pain, distinct from the chronic dull ache underlying every day of his life, that radiates down every vertebra.

“what got you into music, though?”

yunha’s rosy pink lips purse in thought as she dwells on the question.

“a lot of things. my parents like music. i listened to a lot of different kinds of songs my whole life, first with them, and then later with my friends. i had some time between classes and studying to spend having fun, but i couldn't spend any money, so my friends and i would go to this music store. we walked around and picked random albums to listen to on the headphones. we never bought anything.”

grant nods supportively. “what’s, like, the first album you remember really liking? or albums. you don’t have to pick one.”

“ah! i treasure so many albums. seo taiji and boys IV. i think that’s still my favorite nostalgic album ever. i also remember fondly, um, this girl’s in love with you by aretha franklin. i heard that at the music store, and i was so impressed by her talent. i still am.”

“i'm not a music expert. surprise! i know, i know, i'm sorry to tell you, i did not practice for centuries for that wonderful spice girls performance earlier. no, but seriously, i most often just listen to the same old emo stuff i liked when i was 13. so, unfortunately i don’t know the first album at all, at least not yet, but i do know the second one. you have fantastic taste, that’s a classic.”

despite his ignorance, yunha still smiles from ear to ear. “you should look up the first one! look up, like, seo taiji ‘come back home.’ that’s the most popular song on the album. i don’t wanna bias you, so listen on your own and make your own opinions.”

“wilco. and if you don’t mind me asking, how’d you turn the interest in music into a skill? you are talented, but i know it's very much a skill. it does take a lot of practice to become tangibly good at music.”

“to express myself,” yunha says plainly, “it’s easier to tell your story in art than talking about it, and singing is free. you don’t need supplies to learn it. but yes, i needed that kind of outlet, you know? i always liked singing, always did it, but i needed more than only entertainment from it over time.”

“oh yeah, art is helpful. i really should have gotten on that train earlier. i got on board about a year ago. it's much better for you than intellectualizing everything. or at least that's what i tend to do. do you perform, by the way? outside of karaoke, that is."

"sometimes. but also, not in a long time."

there falls a brief, but peaceful lull in the conversation. grant’s eyes draw to black night sky as he recalls the last haphazard art he’d created–the mushy-gushy attempt at processing the universe. seeing it hanging above him now, his thoughts are no less conflicting. light pollution washes out the shining sea of stars, but the sky still retains its beauty, its bewilderment. visible or not, an infinite chain of dimensions and celestial bodies exist in the vacuum of space, orbiting independent of him, yet factoring in the tiny fraction of his mass on the mass of the earth in their delicate ballerina dance across the fabric of spacetime.

the universe must have created me for some reason, for something other than anguish.

his own words. again. ever-present.

“i miss seeing the stars.” yunha’s buttery soft voice breaks his concentration. “you can’t see anything here.”

“polaris.” grant raises his left arm and draws his index finger across the sky until it hovers above the only star he’s seen thus far. “technically, that means we should be able to see sirius, too, but we don’t need to get all science-y and talk about magnitude and that polaris isn’t–”

“i would like it if you did.”

she was thinking of the stars, too.

synchronicity.

“aw shucks! well. i’ll say this, polaris isn’t the brightest star. we just talk about it way more frequently because it has the most cultural significance in the northern hemisphere for, you know, navigation reasons. but hey, give it about 12,000 more years, and it even won’t be the north star anymore. thank you, wobbly earth axis. but also boo, woobly earth axis, because it's a little sad to think about.”

yunha’s eyes glitter with fascination. “it’ll be something else?”

“yep! the next north star will be vega,” he explains, “come on down, you’re the next contestant!”

“maybe we’ll see it happen.”

“if my consciousness is still floating around as little dust particles, that’d be pretty sick. you know? forget fly me to the moon, fly me to vega. why not?”

“i don’t think i'll be dust,” yunha says, not missing a beat at all, even as her focus remains fixed on the faintest twinkle emanating from polaris, “it’s kind of troubling. you don’t want to be, like, stuck in the whole cycle of the universe, but if you’re still here, you can see some really beautiful things.”

“ah. reincarnation?”

“if you’re asking me, you’re not going to be dust. either you escape the suffering or you come back in some kind of physical form, human or not, and you try again.”

grant thinks about it for a moment. and then the feelings, like usual, spill out at once.

“i'm not going to lie, that idea has always given me the heebie-jeebies. i think it’s very cool as a concept, but i'm, like, man, i don’t want to do this shit again. also, look, we're doing the thing again. oh, and shit, that sounded judgmental. i just run my mouth too much."

"most people don't know they lived before. you can't really remember your other lives without a lot of study," she answers, "and no, you don't. i prefer to hear your real opinion. it's actually stupid when people tell you what they think you want to hear."

"do you ever wonder what you were up to last go-around?"

"not too much, but i always heard strange birthmarks and scars are signs from your last death. fears, too. things you avoid. so, i guess, like, a clown stabbed me in the neck with needles."

"are you afraid of storm drains, by any chance? if so, i think pennywise had it out for you."

"hahaha." yunha shakes her head. "wait, i have to ask. is it not worse thinking you can only live once? that's not uncomfortable? feeling like you have to make everything perfect in your one lifetime?"

"oh no, it's terrifying. dying and just being done with everything is eerie, too, because there are nice things to do and see here in the real world. you’re right about that. and yeah, there is a lot of pressure to get it all right. also, that's not even mentioning that there are people i love that i don’t want to be gone forever. i'd like to think they remain somehow. conscious or not. i kind of think they do, but i don’t know. am i contradicting myself? capital-P probably."

“you don’t know what to think.”

grant immediately bursts out laughing. “yeah, no, absolutely not. i do not know. i just kinda waffle around and hope some scientist throws out some numbers and whatnot that proves some explanation of everything correct. but that’s impossible. it’s literally impossible. we can’t even simulate or predict the wacky physics that were going on at the exact moment the big bang happened.”

“not to be, like, all quirky, but...” yunha reaches over, patting him on the shoulder. “maybe don’t think about it? you’re gonna go crazy. you can just not know? and it's fine. this doesn’t mean anything anyway. the answer to anything is already in you, it’s not out there.”

and then she, too, starts giggling all over again and her cheeks blush deep red from sheepish cringe.

another stereotypical line, but he doesn't mind. they sound better coming from her than him anyhow.

a second later and she checks the time on her phone. her cheesy smile erodes into a slight frown.

“ahh, i really need to leave soon. i have a schedule in the morning.”

grant checks the time as well, drawing the sleeve of his hoodie up just enough to read the minuscule roman numerals on his watch.

on the watch an ex-girlfriend gifted him. not päivi, but...

4:00 a.m.

fuck.

right.

you’re leaving the country in two hours.

[garfeildfanpage]

Ok so this may just be a personal pet peeve I have but I can’t STAND when fanfics n such include characters listening to music that makes no sense for them to listen to

To each his own, I know everyone has their own understanding of characters; and self-projection is fun! But it’s just so exhausted and I want something that isn’t just the author using their own taste in music for once

Yes OBVIOUSLY a fictional character listening to mitski in a fan fiction doesn’t matter and I’m upset at nothing but when it’s in every single one, it can really strain the immersion

Don’t get me wrong, I love me some mitski! But variety is important, and can give a character more personality, even in fan works!

So, basically, here are my personal two cents on what I think the tbhk cast would listen to.

(If I come off as a hypocrite I give you the permission to shoot me)

Keep in mind I am not Japanese, nor anything close. My understanding of Japanese music stops at idol-game music and everything after that eludes my little brain. these are just vague ideas, to then be added to by someone more well versed than I, so do as you will. Doesn’t necessarily have to be Japanese music either, music is for everyone! Let teru listen to Rihanna! Have akane listen to one direction! Aoi listens to Belgian death metal! So yeah just take everything I say with a nice, handful of salt.

Yashiro: As shown in a volume extra (I think) Nene plays idol games! So it’s safe to assume that she enjoys J-idol music as well, which makes sense! J-pop fucks. ALSO mentioned in a volume extra, she enjoys jaded-lover-type music, which could encompass music akin to some 90’s J-Rock!

I would put suggestions here! But I am bad at listing artists - SUPER☆GIRLS is like the only J-idol group I listen to don’t hit me. ( 7/10 on the mitski meter: she could, and probably would listen to her, but only lush, only lush.)

Kou: Yeah not gonna lie if someone said he’d listen to weezer I wouldn’t have any reason to disagree, he’s very loser-rock and I mean that in the nicest way possible. Though to me he seems much more like a “I-listen-to-mainstream-rock-because-it-sound-good” type guy, keep in mind tbhk takes place in like 2014-2015 (I think) so whatever band were popular then, he probably listened to just that. Anime openings…fucking….Naruto…also, nightcore….anime openings… live that 2010’s life Kou you deserve it…be cringe…be free. (3/10 on the mitski meter: he wouldn’t, just cause he wouldn’t really encounter her in the wild. Maybe if he was recommended her…but not on his own.)

Hanako: ok look idk what the hell supernatural music sounds like so I’m just going to go off of the time period to which he was alive. Orchestras and Jazz were popular around the 1950s in Japan (along with other more western styles of music) so, that, probably, i don’t know. With Amane’s connection to music (at least vaguely) plays, musicals, and other type performances could’ve been an interest; though for Hanako, I don’t really know if he’d even have any interest in music specifically. So considering that he’d probably just listen to whatever people play around him. (5/10 on the mitski meter: totally possible, but not believable.)

Akane: m starting to blank gimmie a moment. Instrumental. That’s really all I can say. He listens to music when studying, cleaning, or performing any task where he has to focus, so anything rhythmic and calm, something to take up the brain space that isn’t doing the task at hand so he doesn’t get distracted by something else. Video game soundtracks (like Mario or some ambient bullshit), soft pop. He also seems like the kinda guy to just listen to whatever his parents play, so yes most definitely some old shit. Recommendations from Aoi or Nene. Basically just noise, a nice distraction from the horrible horrible world, yknow? (5/10 on the mitski meter: anything goes I s’pose)

Teru: Classical?? I guess?? Dude does not listen to dick, nothing, absolutely fuck all. Old classic, a nice orchestra or quartet. western or eastern it don’t matter, as long as it’s nice, repetitive, and peaceful it’ll do the job just fine. (2/10 on the mitski meter: probably too much for him to handle, man’s constantly on the edge of a mental break mitski’d kill him, maybe if he handled his underlying issues first, but until then no mitski)

Aoi: last one cause I am clocking out. Similar taste to akane, undefined and flexible. probably listens to the same stuff as Nene, though I think she probably enjoys older j-pop, just cause she seems like that, Yknow? Movie soundtracks, Anime soundtracks (shoujou, probably. Precure n such just cause Aoi seems like someone who deserves to heal her inner child, same goes for Akane as well) Similar to Teru she probably also likes the more calmer and downbeat stuff. (8/10 on the mitski meter: totally possible, I’d believe it, but she wouldn’t tell anyone, it’s her special secret.)

Anyway see you next week for more awesome pubg 360 no-scope compilations ninja out

[cool-island-songs]

apropos of nothing, goth music headcanons. just

what i think each goth would purport to listen to and then actually listen to. you're welcome and i'm sorry

disturbing amounts of just like me fr

We have a good sense of Henrietta's music tastes based on what she says, the posters she has in her room, and the music she puts on while driving her mother's car. My girl Henri is trad goth; she likes Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy. In her speaking debut, she tells us she's been forbidden from going to a Skinny Puppy concert but I think industrial's a little more Firkle's bag and she'll just go see whatever. Also tbh we never hear of this heroin addict aunt again so she's either trying to impress or they retooled her character lol

Her fakeout guilty pleasure music is shoegaze of the caliber of Cocteau Twins and Jesus and Mary Chain. Her real guilty pleasure music is piano lady music but she will never admit to her deep abiding love for Tori Amos after she let slip she enjoys Kate Bush—the most respectable of piano ladies!—and Michael still makes fun of her for it to this day. Douchebagggg

Pete: Pete strikes me as a bit of a sap (affectionate). Like Henrietta, he enjoys classic goth with his faves being the Smiths, the Cure, Joy Divison, Depeche Mode. God, he probably has a crush on both Henrietta and Michael and listens to Bizarre Love Triangle and cries

I'm gonna say his guilty pleasure is just regular new wave/80s pop rock, maybe similar tastes to what I see cool gay Bradley being into like Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, omg Peter Gabriel. He's a wreck I love him

lol dork. omg do u think he likes Garbage

Firkle:

stated tastes: Ministry, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, Einstürzende Neubauten

real tastes: NIN, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Chemlab, Rammstein, Marilyn Manson even??? ur cringe firkle stawp

id k michael i'm sory

Michael is that guy who corners you at parties and knows way too much about black metal. I am . in love wit him

[respectthepetty]

https://www.tumblr.com/respectthepetty/719114911830196224/based-on-new-info-from-ep-2-namely-pisaeng-is?source=share

I love this clownery 🤪 . Do you know I started watching lot of shows that you do, just so I could read your take on them. 🤗 And the discussions with the annons of course.

My weekends are getting better and better. 😁 Can't wait for the next episode.

Anon, I'm glad you enjoy my buffoonery because my face is going to breakout this summer from having to reapply this clown makeup every day.

Good thing Nivea is paying the bills in these GMMTV BLs, so I can properly wash all this mess off my face at night!

But, seriously, leading up to Be My Favorite's premiere for FIVE-HUNDRED AND THIRTY DAYS, I was very vocal about being super excited to love it or hate it because either way, it was going to be a (messy) masterpiece in my heart, which caused people to block me, so when that trailer finally dropped, I was thrilled and now nobody is more amused about me spiraling two episodes in than myself.

Because of that, I'm always shocked when people write that they watch a series I made my entire personality for forty-two days, mostly since I have repeated several times that I have trash taste, and I'm merely operating off of vibes and feels.

For example, Fluke Gawin can sing. Really well. The theme song for The Warp Effect was a boop.

But I promise you the second he picks up a guitar in Be My Favorite and starts to sing, I'll hit mute so quickly that it will break the sound barrier. Which is why you shouldn't trust me! The fact that there will be singing in this show is a deduction of points* for me. I'm already cringing about these scenes.

*I watched My School President which was about a band trying to win a music competition and complained about the amount of singing. I repeat, I bitched about the singing in a show ABOUT SINGING!

I stay on my bullshit, so save yourself because I promise you that I will only get worse as I fall deeper into this plot sewer, and I will drag all of you down with me.

Hot Clown Summer

[justsomeoneintoomanyfandoms]

could I ask for a genshin impact matchup? (or honkai star rail if that's preferable.)

my pronouns are he/him, i'm gay + trans. i'm an intp last time i took the mbti quiz.

i'm also autistic, sort of...medium to low support needs/i can mostly mask. if it helps, my special interests are my OCs, fantasy worldbuilding, lore and writing, and i'm into jrpgs as well.

i'm pretty small and have black fluffy hair, brown eyes and a pale complexion cuz i never see the sun lol.

i tend to wear sweaters and long hoodies as well as band t-shirts - i don't wear makeup a lot and no jewellery or chains due to sensory issues, but i really like black and purple, and dark eyeshadow, it's just fun haha.

i think i'm fairly intelligent, i tend to be more cautious and talk way less unless i like/think i can trust someone, when i'll act much more erratic and sorta ramble about random pretty things that catch my eye and let myself unmask a bit. i'm very open-minded, as well.

i think i prefer to be more...in control, in a relationship? like i'm unlikely to be submissive. i can sometimes be a handful in that i might switch between being sorta obsessed and disinterested quickly and get mood swings, or isolate myself for a while. i'm a bit childish, too, which can go either way.

i like games, obviously, art and poetry, i really like dogs, and winter for blanket piles and snow and stuff haha. i dislike oranges, weirdly, warm weather, and judgemental people ('cringe culture', i guess). and, whether i can touch someone or not depends on them, like if they're wearing anything i have sensory issues about.

i've sort of talked about my hobbies already? but i also play video games a lot, i'm bad at them even though i love them, plus i draw sometimes, and listen to music (i think my taste would be counted as emo?).

that's all, thank you :) have a really nice day

Hi Anon! Thank you for your request! Sorry it took so long. I hope you like your matchups!

In Genshin Impact, I match you with...

Albedo is the best person to be around if you like snow. He’d love to spend time with you up on Dragonspine. Despite his claims that he likes solitude, he appreciates your company.

Despite him not feeling the cold, he also loves it when you snuggle up together when you visit him. With you next to him and a blanket around both your shoulders, there isn’t much more he could ask for.

I feel like in a modern au, he would enjoy learning about the lore of your worlds. He finds them an interesting insight into your mind and will ask questions that allow you to better develop your worlds.

Good at handling your mood swings. Albedo knows some good tips and tricks that will help you control them better yourself but he’s also reasonably patient when you do have them.

Doesn’t mind you taking the lead in your relationship. He’s pretty inexperienced with things like that so he’s happy to hand you the reigns while he’s learning.

In Honkai Star Rail, I match you with...

Another one who loves snuggling up with you in cold weather. Some of his favourite moments with you are spent curled up with you, sharing a blanket, and reading or playing games.

Speaking of games, this guy is the best gaming buddy you could hope for. He’s really good at not dominating multiplayer games while still contributing.

Caelus, much like Albedo, is happy to let you take charge in your relationship. He’s a pretty laid back person so he’s happy with whatever as long as you’re both safe, happy, and healthy.

Because he’s so laid back, Caelus is easily able to ride the waves of your mood swings. He gets that emotions can be tough sometimes so he’s not going to criticise you or make you feel bad about something you have little control over.

Enjoys listening to you read poetry. If you’re comfortable with it, he would love to fall asleep listening to you read your favourite poems to him. He finds it relaxing.

[cynical-crypt]

Autism ask meme

(originally by @autie-j​)

Here's an ask meme specifically for autistic people

How old were you when you found out you were autistic? 5

Do you have any other autistic people in your family? Or are you the only one? most people in my family are autistic or have some kind of other neurodivergence

Do you have any comorbidities? Or just autism? severe adhd and “very likely bpd,” as my psych put it

Are you LGBTQIA+? yup

What do you wish more people knew about autism? that it makes it hard to exist around people and also that it doesn’t automatically make you “dumb”

Have you ever been in a relationship? quite a few

Do you find it hard to make friends? yes, unless we have several things in common

If you have any, what are your special interests? fall out boy and anything i was really into when i was little

What was your first special interest? prob warrior cats or lps

What are your most common stims? rocking fwd/side, bobbing my head

If you could give any advice to your younger self, what would it be? keep being cringe its ok

Do you headcanon any characters as autistic? If you want, tell us why you headcanon them as autistic. a lot of characters if they remind me of myself in the autistic ways

Tell us an autistic person that you really look up to. kittydog. shes also my friend but shes one of the people that inspired me to start animating

Are you currently in school? does reading wikipedia pages for 12 hours straight count

Have you ever received any accommodations for your autism in either school or work? my teachers let me listen to music but thats about it

Do you have any autistic friends? i dont think i have any that arent autistic

Do you own any stim toys? Which is your favorite? i have plastic straws to chew on

Do you find it easier to get along with other autistic people? depends on whether or not theyre annoying in the “everything is offensive to me!11!!” way but generally yeah

What kinds of things are sensory hell for you? plastic anything being crinkled and more than one person talking to me

What kinds of things are good sensory wise? music i like and silence

How open are you usually when it comes to being autistic? i mean i told my teachers but they also knew i was trans so

Would you say you're proud to be autistic? yeah i guess so. i see the world differently and i think thats neat

What's the longest you've ever has a special interest for? 10 years i think. i still like homestuck but its not a special interest anymore. i take that back ive liked httyd since it was in theaters

Do you have meltdowns? yes but not publicly

What about shutdowns? really frequently yeah

Do you avoid eye contact? yes unless im doing it to annoy my friends. then suddenly im amazing at eye contact but otherwise if i look someone in the eyes ill be on the verge of tears and i will want to run away

Do you have any vocal stims or echolalia? does singing a single verse over and over again from whatever song im fixated on count?

How long do your special interests usually last for? 2-3 years

Are your friends and/or family accepting of your autism? yeah my mom and i watch people and be like “thats so autistic. theyre like me look theyre making the me face” and we do that for hours

Favorite canon autistic character? hiro hamada, mothflight, all of them...

Do you have a comfort item? If you feel comfortable with it, then show it to us. too lazy to take a picture but a wolf plush my dad gave me when i was 7 i absolutely cannot sleep without it

What are your same foods? microwave meatloaf and chicken alfredo

Foods you are sensitive to (maybe because of bad texture for instance)? pickes, taste is too jarring... also anything chunky in a certain way

Do you enjoy hugs? Or are they sensory hell? depends on the person but i dont like being touched in general so

Have you ever used a weighted blanket? yes theyre great i need one so bad

Do you have routines that you have to follow? What's in your routine? i have to pick up my cat and pet her every single day or else i will be angry the whole day and wont want to talk to anyone

Do you enjoy holidays or are they sensory hell to you? i dont like them. i hide in the bathroom or in the corner the whole time

How good are you at detecting sarcasm? terrible. i either take EVERYTHING as sarcasm or nothing as sarcasm no inbetween

What's the most comfortable/sensory friendly outfit you own? old mental hospital pants and this one specific hoodie ive had for 12 years that somehow still fits me

Do you collect anything related to your special interest? yes

If you date people then would you prefer to date other autistic people? yes

Tell us something about your special interest. eevees. adobe flash. dance dance by fall out boy and let’s dance by five

If you could have any item related to your special interest what would it be? warriors figurines but theyre all how i see them in my head

Who are your favorite autistic bloggers? Say something nice about them. i dont think i follow any neurotypical people if i do i sure as hell dont know about it. i love all of you keep posting

Favorite autistic celebrity? 田尻智。pokemon destroyed my life and im glad it did

Are you generally a loud or quiet person? quiet i suck so bad at verbal speech that i just dont talk 99% of the time lol

Do you happy flap? on occasion

What is your favorite special interest related item you own? Show it to us if you want. all of my toothless (httyd) and bnha merch. i have so much

What's something you find hard to do because of autism? anything that requires extended attention that im not interested in

Free question. Ask anything you want! Any topic at all! can i go to bed...?

[articianne]

Where should I start if i want to get I to the fire emblem series?

this is going to be a pretty biased answer, so... im sorry in advance! this is also a long one, so I'm putting them under a cut.

u have a fair number of options here. All of the ones I'm recommending released in the last decade, mostly because games older than that are NOT friendly to new players due to their difficulty. once u get used to the combat, then 100% some of the older games are fantastic to get into.

ill put them in order of my recommendation, including the new release of engage! i have vastly different reasons for why i may recommend each one.

1) awakening

this one is the beginning of the more "social" games, i.e. the horny chess stuff (cough dating sim). i think this one is the one that's recommended as a "Start Here!" game the most, and for good reason! i absolutely love it for what it is, and it has a good balance of combat, story, and the matchmaking stuff. i recommend this first to anyone who heard of fire emblem's social mechanics and, as a result, wants to dive in. it also has lore that goes back to the very beginning of fire emblem to FE 1. not much, but it does. from here, u can go back and do older games, or keep going and play the newer ones. Either way u'll be happy with the gameplay choices they added in the last decade or u'll enjoy harder combat from before then. this is my 2nd or 3rd favorite FE game!!

2) engage

i am really surprised i'm able to say this game considering it just came out, but it honestly is a really good place to start, unless downgrading in graphics is a big issue. i honestly have nearly no issues with this one—granted I'm not done with it but it's got a bit of romance for the protag, a tone in the story similar to 80% of the other games, REALLY FUN COMBAT, and somehow literally every other protag in the series without spoiling things for other games.

it is also VERY cheesy, maybe even more than normal, and the plot is fairly predictable (as far as I can tell). but cheese is a mainstay in FE games. if that's not up ur alley, prepare to either cringe or relish in anime. i fucking love it lmao

the only complaint i have, and this is literally my only complaint so i am truly nitpicking, is that for some reason like 20% of the girls in this game have vtuber hair that goes down to their ankles, and i don't know why. I don't know why this was a style choice, or if there's a plot reason, or whatever, but a lot of them have it. I don't even have a problem with "toothpaste pepsi mc" anymore. m!Alear is WILDLY endearing to me, but f!Alear's hair is so fucking long. i just. How.

3) shadows of valentia

im probably an outlier in recommending this, but i swear i have a good reason. this is the newest "classic" game because it's a remake of FE 2—i.e. if u don't care about matchmaking or having the protag marry someone of ur choosing, or if u simply wanna get a taste for the older style of games first before going to the games with more stuff to do, then i recommend this one. The story is fantastic, it's fully voice acted with some of THE BEST acting (and also music) I've honestly ever heard. but i am definitely biased since this is my favorite FE game and one of my fav games of all time. however, it really is just combat and story, with a few spare support conversations between characters for the sake of stat boosts (all the romance is canon within the story—can't change a bit about that).

4) three houses

this is the last one out of the "play this first" i'll recommend, because ill be honest, I'm not a fan of 3h's gameplay. I do like many of the characters, I think the serious tone of the game is great, but the gameplay really soured a lot of it for me. There's a calendar system that steamrolls the story so ur mostly just there for the ride as the hours clock by. As well as that, many of the combat skills that other games share with each other aren't a thing in this one, so combat mechanics can be a hard shift going from this game to anything else.

that being said, this is a great place to start if u want a game that will introduce u to the strategy mechanic that also isn't campy, cheesy, filled with anime tropes, whatever. the game is serious, with different routes and loads of choices for matchmaking galore. the only caveat is literally no other game in the franchise is like this. many of the other games are about light & dark and our friends make us strong and My Whole Personality Is About This One Thing. which i personally LOVE. but if that isn't for u, i would start with 3h, get used to the gameplay, warm up to the idea of campiness. and if u still think it's not for u, then great, u played 3 houses and probably enjoyed it a lot and u can wait until a new game comes out that may match the tone.

hope this helped!

[dollsandmasks]

I remember seeing someone on Reddit post a scanned love letter his sister received from a classmate, and it was ridiculed to hell and back, the author called every name under the Sun, because it contained amateur poetics and anime references.

My little brother got clowned on and berated online for posting his first anime art at age 10, on Deviantart of all places.

I have gotten violent messages online for my own art, because my art style was unpolished (a huge sin for a 13 year old) and my writing contained queer themes, which was not as accepted in fandom culture back then as it is now.

I've seen people call many things "cringe". Cat ears and cosplay in public are "cringe". Public displays of affection are "cringe". Writing fanfiction is "cringe". Having crushes on fictional characters is "cringe'" Dyeing your hair a certain colour, wearing certain clothes, reading certain books, listening to certain music, playing certain games and using certain apps... It's all "cringe", all of it.

Because you can't argue with "cringe".

When someone says that you should not be enjoying this book because it touches on a complex topic in a one-sided and unfair way, you can read up on analysis, discover something new about the topic, come to your own conclusion and choose whether or not to continue enjoying the book. When someone tells you that the music you are listening to was written by a person who has a recorded history of misdeeds, you can look into it, analyze the lyrics from a different perspective and make an informed decision on whether or not you want to continue to interact with this artist's work. If the social media app you are using has a security and hate speech problem, and someone informs you about it, you can stop for a moment and consider all the risks versus the benefits of using it.

All this criticism will make you think, and you might agree or disagree, but whatever conclusion you come to, you have thought. You have analyzed. You have enriched your mind, one way or another.

But when you hear something called "cringe", how do you rebuff it? What kind of deeper analysis do you have to perform to see the underlying reasons the work is not fit for consumption? What do you learn? You learn nothing, but now you feel bad about the thing you like, so you either abandon it or continue engaging with it out of spite, your relationship with your source of joy tampered with.

"Cringe" is not critique. "Cringe" is not analysis. "Cringe" is a subjective reaction that should never be forced on other people.

To cringe is to shiver and to back off from something that scares you. It's a reaction of rejection that you cannot quite explain. If something makes you uncomfortable, provokes a gut reaction, you don't necessarily have to reflect long and deep on a reason. You may, though, no one's stopping you. Maybe that thing you just saw in media or in someone's appearance reminded you of a negative experience from the past. Maybe it clashes with your aesthetic taste. Maybe it unearthed a deep-seated bias you did not know was taught to you when you were very young. Maybe it challenged a prejudice, or maybe it played into prejudice you have once been a victim of. Maybe it just wasn't made for you.

Anyway, you cringe from it.

To you, it's "cringe".

But for a reaction that is so personal, many people are sure as hell trying to force it on others. They are trying to make "cringe" an objective term. A thing cannot be "cringe" to some and "based" to others, it's either always "cringe" or always "based", and so are all the people who interact with it.

And thus, instead of confronting their own biases or just curating their spaces to not subject themselves to "cringe", they are trying to shame people who participate in what they have deemed to be "cringe".

But sometimes, "cringe" is a 10 year old boy posting his first art online. Sometimes, "cringe" is two girls with brightly-coloured hair kissing. Sometimes, "cringe" is a love letter someone sent to your sister.

All of these things can make you have this reaction, for whatever reason, and punishing someone for feeling a negative emotion when they see something would be akin to punishing a thought crime. But think hard. Is your negative emotion really warranted? Was your negative emotion rational? And, most importantly, is your negative emotion worth it to take someone's hard-earned happiness away?

There is nothing wrong with feeling negative things. There is nothing wrong with not liking media simply because it lacks appeal to you. It doesn't have to be that deep. Sometimes, the book is boring because it has too much romance and not enough dragons in it, and the girl with pink hair pisses you off because your ex had the same hairstyle. These things happen. It's okay to feel this cringe.

But always take context and value of your words and actions into consideration. Calling a book boring is okay; making fun of people for liking it is not. Not liking and not using Tiktok is okay; hating on kids and young teens who do, without attempting to educate them on dangers of algorithms and influencer culture, is not. Not liking someone's drawing is okay; attacking the artist without offering any constructive criticism is not.

And, most importantly, when it comes to marginalized communities you don't belong to, keep a simple thing in mind: these are real people, with real struggles, and they are facing hardships you are not even closely acquainted with. They look weird to you? You don't like the look of their clothes, the sound of their language? You don't feel comfortable seeing them on the streets for a reason you cannot quite put your finger on?

It's your bias to unpack, not theirs.

It's your comfort versus their quality of life and freedom of self-expression.

It's your "cringe" versus them getting to enjoy life and celebrate their culture in unique ways.

What I'm getting at, "cringe" is not an objective criteria. "Cringe" is a feeling, and a very personal one at that. Like most personal feelings, it's subjective, and often brought by something that falls outside the realm of what you are used to - because it's the new and the weird and the unknown that elicits the strongest emotional responses, be it positive or negative.

You can either ignore the thing that makes you cringe, or get educated on it to figure out where your discomfort stems from and whether or not there are objective faults with the source of said discomfort.

If there aren't any, and it's all just subjective emotional response? Leave the love letter, the 10 year old's anime drawing and the kissing couple alone.

Because you validating your feeling of cringe is not worthy of ruining someone's day, or month, or life.

it's not even cringe; it's just personal and unpolished and you've been taught to flinch away from vulnerability which doesn't mock itself

[dojae-huh]

J

First of all, you do you, like what you like, tastes differ. My opinion is just one out of a million, don't let it sour your mood in any way.

Secondly, I discovered that sometimes an explanation why people like a song helps to give it another chance. Happened to me with "17". I dismissed it at first as another easy song sung in high voice (as you know, I'm not a fan of Do singing in high voice), but understood its appeal after all the comments from tired working class, heh. It will nowhere be near therapeutic as "Cry" for me, but I'm kind of enjoying it now when it pops up on Spotify.

Thirdly, there are people who just need a series of images, bright colours, or descriptive words to feel something and enjoy a creation. I always consume and compehend something as a whole. It's melody+voice+lyrics+instruments+meaning - there can't be weak links. A song must have a solid structure and a clear idea of what it is.

Fourthly. Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas. My opinion of Jaehyun and his music are two separate things.

My ranking:

7) Flamin' Hot Lemon

Boring melody. Mediocre arrangement. Stupid lyrics. The only nice thing is Jae's adlibs. Super forgettable. Find more talented producers to mingle with, Jaehynie, don't fall for compliments.

6) Smoke

There are very nice parts in the song. Sadly, it just falls apart for me. The song wants to be multiple things. I do not appreciate slang full lyrics atop of classical instruments. You either do stupid golden rich boys picking up chicks, silly loverboy romantics, casanovas, or suave jazz loving gentlemen in expensive suits - pick one. Feels like Jae got lost in wanting to try everything. The song is a mess.

5) Easy

The song is a tad too grating on the nerves for me to listen to it often. Otherwise, it's a cheeky song and Jaehyun did a really good job of finding the right way to sing it. And I really like the transition to 1:45, he used an inflexion from one of his previous songs, which gives "ah, his unique colour" feel. This song is the closest to what Taeyong does. An artistic song. This track gives me the impression of Jae being a pro the most. I wonder when he recorded it. There is this nonchalance and being sure of oneself. Even if there was none during the recording, it comes off this way.

4) Dandelion

It's a sweet song with nice lyrics (and really feels to be about Do, yes) and a fun run with whispers. I have nothing to critique, it's done well, it's pure, it's Yuno. It's not higher on the list only because it is not in my taste.

3) Roses

I have mixed feelings about this song. I do not like the cringy lyrics, I question the arrangement, I dislike the male's backvocal, the song's melody/tone doesn't really reflect the mood of the sung about situation, etc. However, the song has character, it stands out, it says "look at me", and has a "Roses, roses!" hook. Plus, Jaehyun's voice suits it well. It's like a student project, heh. Not perfect, but they did their best and showed potential.

2) Can't get you

It's not exactly my genre, I listen to it occasionaly (as I don't crave chill, I need energising, heh), but it's a honest piece. From start to finish the song knows what it's about. The chill is there, the groove is there, the sax, Puttin' on the ritz. I really like the wind instrument and chimes (?). The song fits Jaehyun perfectly. The romantic cheesy he likes and that allows him to play with his voice but without going cringe.

1) Completely

It's simply a great piano piece. It should become an OST in a hit series. I always complain how in many slow songs there is no proper melody, just an accompaniment (Korean ballads really suffer from it), so this song hits me in the feels as a dying breed in popular music.

After the medley I was apprehensive I won't like Jaehyun's high voice. It's actually bearable. He could have sung better. Perhaps, it's his current limit, he doesn't have much practice with emotional singing. However, it's OK. His pureness and gentle soul kind of shines through, compensating where the vocal delivery falls short. I believe him? That feeling.

All in all. The album feels immature, without a direction. It's an assortment of types of songs Jaehyun likes. He doesn't know who he is as a soloist yet, he copies others and tries to use his voice in all possible ways. This album also proves that the vibe and playing with the voice is more important to Jaehyun. The lyrics are secondary, truly a 2 Baddies lover, lol. There is a ton of hidden poetry behind that "you are hot" (we know the bunny makes him speechless). And Jae feels himself singing "boombox" in a husky voice. That's what matters, hehe.

[letmeoutofthebasementt]

mines more so if i like the group or their songs then i follow them for some time unless i end up bored easily which happens a lot lately bc theres so much available now compared to my earlier years haha. fr the difference in music today tho like sometimes i love it sometimes i dont care enough for it and there usually has to be smth really different for a group to catch my eye.

other times im just looking for something thats my taste in terms of their songs rather than if so and so is attractive or not. so with the younger groups that are being debuted its really much less abt attraction and i can actually enjoy their songs a bit more casually as its not as serious as my 1d phase was rofl. im so embarassed bc even today the 1d members are still popular but looking back it was lowkey cringe of me. but again i dont know what i seem to truly like anymore cause it never has to be that deep yaknow? it just the way these groups are constantly supposed to have deep connections instead of enjoying their songs for simple pleasures of listening rather than obsessing abt them as potential bfs. its kind of funny to me when on their vlives they call younger members oppa and im like shit im so old bc theyre all juniors, like every nct member but taeil, seventeen and so on. bts are nice even mix of age ranges neither too young nor too old for me to feel comfortsble following them. if ateez were any younger then yes it would be so weird

im just glad we didnt have much social media back then either bc there werent anything like fancalls to do and there werent too much toxicity besides a bunch of delulus like the shipping and so on but then thats always been a recent things i think its never going to go away unless they change up the group format or do less skinship (poor joong he hates that)

As long as I could remember there were definitely insane fans. Granted I wasn’t into KPOP back then, so I dunno. And I get you on the professional bfs thing.

I’ve never really been the type to be into a celebrity to the point of being like “Oh that’s my man that my man I’ll marry him one day” like…No

[rockcattomato]

Thank youuu lovely

1. Do you make your bed?

Nooooo, in winter my blankets stick together well enough I don’t need to, and in summer I only need a sheet. I will if my blankets are in an order I don’t like.

2. Favourite number?

32 and 52

3. What’s your job?

I’m a waitress currently.

4. If you could go back to school, would you?

I’m only just about to finish high school :) I like learning but it causes a lot of stress

5. Can you parallel park?

I am LEARNING ok

6. Do you think aliens are real?

It seems silly and just like humans to imagine that there is no other life apart from ourselves.

7. Can you drive a manual car?

Babe, I can ONLY drive a manual car.

8. Guilty pleasure?

I object to the idea of having to feel guilty because you enjoy something. I feel like it’s too intertwined with cringe culture. I don’t think I have a guilty pleasure.

9. Tattoos?

Eventually.

10. Favourite colour?

Dusty blue. Probably.

11. Favourite type of music?

Generally like indie folk/rock. Sometimes a little poppy. I’m a big fan of drums but many of the songs I listen to don’t have a huge amount of them.

12. Do you like puzzles?

When I was younger my family was ALWAYS working on a multi thousand piece puzzle. It’s died off a little now but I still like them.

13. Any phobias?

Not really, but I occasionally get claustrophobic (despite LOVING weighted things). Oh and I can’t watch/read/listen to things in which a person doesn’t look after themselves. Can’t watch castaway, or that one woke up early in space movie, or the platform, or even home alone (he started eating a load of junk food and I couldn’t keep watching).

14. Favourite childhood sport?

I’ve done gymnastics, trampolining, and aerial hammock. Loved them all.

15. Do you talk to yourself?

Oh yeah. 100%. Idk who I’d be if I DIDNT. I will go for a walk just to take my headphones out and have an entire discussion with myself about podcasts or books for fanfiction or even statistics. It’s so fun.

16. Tea or coffee?

Tea. I drink coffee (drinking it rn) but rarely. And I don’t truly enjoy the taste. I really like tea.

17. First thing you wanted to be when growing up?

Author. Or maybe vet. Either way, author stuck.

18. What movies do you adore?

Tbh I don’t watch a huge number of movies! Or things in general. Tv isn’t for me. I could tell you a lot about a lot of things, but not movies.

And some people I want to know some things about :)

@soemthingsparkly @greiiliss @human-who-lives @cat-in-the-desert @kiwiiimiwiiiii @eowynarchives @pokeythegreat123 @slooopes @not--a--pipedream

ty for tagging me tessa @clayvedevs !!!!!!!!!

1. Do you make your bed?

NO. making the bed is evil and also too hard

2. Favourite number?

uhhh UHHHH 12 ? 12 is a good number i liked being twelve. 67 is also a good number !!

3. What's your job?

divine prophet of The Bog (extremely unemployed)

4. If you could go back to school, would you?

yes !!!! i lovee school i lovee learning & my hs? extremely chill

5. Can you parallel park?

yes fire emoji fire emoji fire emoji

6. Do you think aliens are real?

I feel like the possibility that there AREN'T aliens is extraordinarily low, even if they haven't evolved yet or would be completely unrecognisable as a form of life to us. the universe is still comparatively so so young so i feel the chances that at some point in the next quadzillion years that the circumstances of earth won't be replicated at least in part is hugely unlikely

7. Can you drive a manual car?

technically? i learnt to drive in a manual ute that is ABSOLUTELY not roadworthy but i did not get a manual licence :( sort of regret that but im sure if i got back in a manual i could do it again. probably

8. Guilty pleasure?

thinking in depth and forever abt my girl in middle earth oc hobbit fic that i havent properly written since like 2021. she means the WORLD to me i could make it sooo good if i just got over the evil puritans in my head telling me it is cringe

9. Tattoos?

soon!!! one day!!!! trust and believe!!!!!!!

10. Favourite colour?

loveeeeee yellow i love yellow so much soo much. unfortunately i am ginger.

11. Favourite type of music?

idk if i have a favourite TYPE of music persay? but ive sort of been bouncing between a mix of folk rock and Silly Power Metal and i will hit up the odd soundtrack also. wait actually this is untrue i am, embarrassingly, really into hyperpop (UNDERSCORES I LOVE YOU)

12. Do you like puzzles?

yeah! they're kind of evil and i am not great at pattern recognition and they hurt my back. but also v satisfying to do

13. Any phobias?

ants i fucking hate ants i HATE them (i stood in a bullant nest when i was 2) + also maybe thalassophobia? idk though that may have also been cured by the time i played 130 hours of subnautica in a week in december

14. Favourite childhood sport?

touch footie!!! i was very good at it lowk and i miss playing it terribly

15. Do you talk to yourself?

LMAO YEAH. when im thinking about writing especially. or doing literally anything. i will talk to myself

16. Tea or coffee?

TEA I LOVE TEA I LOVE TEA SO MUCH. i cannot drink coffee because The Side Effects + caffeine does not seem to have the intended effect on me, so i don't really drink caffeinated tea that much either? i absolutely LOVE rooibos with honey in it though one million out of ten

17. First thing you wanted to be when growing up?

i wanted to be a scientist because i was under the impression that scientists blew things up and that it was exclusively their job to do that. i still want to be a scientist tbh but for different reasons

18. What movies do you adore?

im so normal and regular and fine about the hobbit extended edition trilogy. so normal. no but fr i love unexpected journey i have watched it more than twenty times total and. five times in the last week and a bit LOL

Tagging:

@sithfox @hastalavistabyebye @patchmates @rockcattomato and anyone else who would like to !!!!