#electra heart my beloved

[butch-of-the-blades]

i’ve been listening to MARINA again after a while and oh my god. holy fucking shit.

[dilfmobius]

All I ever wanted was the world.

[mytarotcardsandme]

[eyefeelthebeat]

Lower case society Tied to no community A kingdom without a king With no sense of belonging

[2010s-nostalgia]

What are songs of the last decade that changed your brain? Like, you haven't been the same. Answers can and should be cringe. Here's some off the top of my head:

Entirety of Electra Heart, but Teen Idle if I have to choose one

Smile Song by the beloved Pinkie Pie

Pierre and Natasha from The Great Comet

Young and Beautiful (specifically in The Great Gatsby)

This is Gospel (it was 2015 you had to be there)

If I Die Young

Shut up and Dance

Back in Time (Pitbull)

[neo--queen--serenity]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks....

OHHHH what a great ask!! Sorry it took me so long to answer it, I just wanted to make sure I thought of all my faves so I wasn’t forgetting anybody. In no particular order:

1. Suzaku Kururugi from Code Geass - I love him because he tries to do the right thing in all the wrong ways, and his guilt complex is so, so delicious to watch as it progresses and grows and morphs into something like unwitting redemption. It gets much worse for him before it gets better (and the "better" part is subjective), but holy shit, the ride is fantastic.

2. Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (novel and Disney movie)- in the novel she is both the Virgin Mary figure (she IS Notre Dame de Paris, in all senses of the word), but is also meant to represent the cathedral itself, the way it is both loved and mistreated over time. In the Disney movie, she's beautiful, badass, stands up for justice, and was the type of person I wanted to grow up to be, when I was a little girl.

3. Gerard Keay from The Magnus Archives (podcast)- who doesn't love a tall, hot goth with tattoos who is intimately knowledgeable about the horrors, and is one of the only people who tries to save others from accidentally falling prey to them??

4. Louis de Pointe du Lac from The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice (novels, film, tv series)- MY BELOVED. He is a permanent open wound of a man, perpetually haunted by his nature as a vampire. This character is the reason vampires became so stupidly popular in the 20th century. Anne Rice wrote Interview with the Vampire (with Louis as the narrator and MC) in the 1970's, but vampires weren't too big outside of the success of Bram Stoker's Dracula from the 1890's. When she wrote that book (the first of the 13 books in her Vampire Chronicles), she started the trend of making the vampire the main character, as the POV character, as the protagonist who you are supposed to root for. Louis is the start of it ALL, and I will forever be obsessed with him.

5. Obi Wan Kenobi from Star Wars- he's a beautiful sensei martial artist priest father figure peacemaker swordsman slut diplomat whose disciplined principles are just as strong as his faith and his piety.

6. Kento Nanami from Jujutsu Kaisen- the sex appeal is strong in this one, not gonna lie, but that's NOT THE ONLY REASON I LOVE HIM. He's the type of person I date in real life, he's introverted, caring, and gentle, but equal parts bitchy, practical, and thoughtful. He is good at what he does. He protects children, he cuts to the heart of every issue so that it can get done faster. He deserves a vacation to Malaysia.

7. Captain Hook from Peter Pan- He was my favorite villain as a child, and after reading the book, it became clear why. In film and stage adaptations, he is always played by the same actor who plays the children's father. Always. In the novel, it is even more obvious that he is the physical embodiment of Wendy's fear of growing up. Not only because he is frightening, cunning, and impossible to hide from. But also because Wendy is attracted to him, and he exploits this by trying to assure her that growing up is a good thing--but only because he is manipulating her to get to Peter. He's an electra complex and an antagonist, and a deeply relatable man--who shouldn't even be in Neverland at all, and is a stranger in a strange land. The reader will see themselves in him, not the children, and it will be an unwelcome surprise.

8. Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon- She was a hugely formative character for small me!! My first hyperfixation, my first introduction to a tv show that could change my life. Whether I always liked her because I was similar to her, or I imprinted upon her and became more like her out of admiration, I'll never know. But she shares my hair/eye color, my blood type, my zodiac sign, my love for cats and astronomy, my favorite foods, as well as my wildly unchecked bisexuality. So, I mean, who's to say?

9. Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat from X-men: Evolution (and all other X-men franchises, for that matter)- she was who I identified with most when I was an impressionable middle-schooler, getting into comic books for the first time. She suffered from migraines (as I have, my whole life) when her mutant powers were manifesting, which made middle-school me wish with fervor that my own pain could result in some cool superpower. But I loved to watch her dance, loved to watch her fight, and her intelligence with computers and physics inspired me to learn and devour as much knowledge as I could possibly fit in my head.

10. Starfire from Teen Titans- She was the character who first got me into writing fanfiction. I wrote my first fanfics on fanfiction.net back when I was 14 years old, back when Teen Titans was in its earliest seasons, and my love for her personality, powers, and relationships with her loved ones had me reading fics that I still remember, to this day, for how cool and impactful they were for me. She was just so inspiring, and made me want to write constantly.

Thank you so much for this fantastic ask!! I had so much fun answering it. ❤️

[tending-the-hearth]

stex appreciation month day 2: pearl

favorite actor:

i am so so normal about reva rice as pearl i promise i'm so normal JOKE i'm actually completely obsessed with her she's just everything to me she is THE pearl, when i think of pearl i think of her, her voice is gorgeous, she has the mannerisms of pearl, i just love her so so much

and lmao get ready for more reva appreciation when it comes to poppa/momma day

favorite song/scene

going off of the reva appreciation, "make up my heart" is one of my FAVORITE songs from the show

if we're also talking duets "i do" is literally one of my top five favorite romantic duets it's everything to me

another honorable mention goes to ich bin ich <3 favorite bochum song fr i don't get the hate for it i just smile every time i listen to it

favorite costume:

STRONG tie between super curly-haired bubblegum pearl and sleek silver/white pearl, both from the bochum production!!

i think the pink gives off a very futuristic vibe and goes perfectly with dinah's mostly blue outfit, especially since each character has one definitive color, but i think apparently i'm in the minority when i say i absolutely adore the silver bochum outfit???? it creates the most beautiful juxtaposition between prusty whenever they're next to each other, because the whole point is that rusty is an outdated steam engine while pearl is fresh off the line and brand new.

(also... her name is literally pearl... it makes so much sense that her costume would be pearlescent)

but bubblegum pearl does have my heart, especially when she gets a super cute curly pink wig!! platinum blonde version of the super curly wig + silver bochum costume would be everything to me

favorite ships/friendships:

prusty my beloveds that is my MAIN pearl ship!!!!! do not separate them!!!

friendships obviously the other coaches, but i also do think that pearl and dustin would become such good friends, their relationship just seems like it'd be so sweet, with dustin being rusty's closest friend and pearl being his partner, they'd just adore each other platonically 😭😭😭

tbh i don't know why but i also feel like electra and pearl would end up being really good friends? i can't explain why, but i just think post-race the two of them become close

headcanons:

you know when one person is like, healthily obsessed with their partner? that's pearl. she and rusty love each other more than anything, but pearl can and will make rusty the center of attention. she LOVES bragging about him, and absolutely takes every chance she can to gush about him.

she knows every single constellation, and also has the best navigation system out of everyone in the train yard.

my girl has the biggest grudge against greaseball for a while, she puts up with him purely because he's dinah's partner, but it takes a while for there to be a type of peace between them

[arovoidant]

the way the Entirety of electra heart feels like an avpd anthem

Is teen idle like, the anthem of people with AVPD or something

[rapturesbest]

Fort Frolic Gang as MARINA songs because she’s my beloved

Sander Cohen: Hermit the Frog (The Family Jewels)

Martin Finnegan: Buy the Stars (Electra Heart)

Hector Rodriguez: Shampain (The Family Jewels)

Silas Cobb: Primadonna (Electra Heart)

Kyle Fitzpatrick: Teen Idle (Electra Heart)

Jasmine Jolene: Starring Role (Electra Heart)

Anna Culpepper: Man’s World (Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land)

[ginkgo-shaw]

list 10 of your favourites albums (tagged by my beloved @arcanespillo)

(in no specific order)

1. emails i can’t send — sabrina carpenter

2. ride the lightning — metallica

3. american idiot — green day

4. back in black — AC/DC

5. most beautiful moment in life: young forever — BTS

6. mono — RM

7. 130 mood : trbl — dean

8. pablo honey — radiohead

9. happier than ever — billie eilish

10. electra heart — MARINA

tag : @wilsonthemoose @frat-ri-cide-yu-ri and whoever wants to do it (i can add you to the tags!)

[lesbianjackies]

beloved what r ur fav marina songs/albums (im listening to her n remembered ive seen u post ab her)

OMG OMG OMG OKAY SO my fav albums are def the family jewels & electra heart but all of her albums have at least five absolute bangers

as for songs i can make a playlist if you want??

[mytarotcardsandme]

maybe being a girl is indulgence (buying cigarettes and toys from your childhood)

[fearsomefive]

I WANNA HEAR ABOUT LEIT MOTIF THAT IS THE COOLEST FUCKING NAME EVER

^ Me rn

Well I didn’t really come up with the name, @tealottie did (hai Missy ilu), but I came up with basically everything else. Leit Motif has sound manipulation powers which I haven’t fully worked out yet.

His backstory so far is that he got a career in the music industry but ran into some conflict with his label. Motif wanted to be a full on popstar (his ideal image is inspired by the likes of artists such as Electra Heart era MARINA and Charli xcx) but the label wanted a softer image. He gave in, but the album flopped because he didn’t put much effort into it.

Eventually Motif discovered that the songs he wrote were given to another singer (who in my head is named Valerie Valentine, but she mainly exists as a concept at the moment) and by then he had developed a massive ego so he tried sabotaging her career. Valerie was beloved by the industry and the general public, so Motif became infamous even before gaining powers and becoming a super villain.

I haven’t fully worked out a lot of the story stuff, but I still rotate Motif in my head like crazy. He’s a bitch and thinks himself better than just about everyone, except the Fearsome Four (not the Five, as his ego is almost enough to rival Negaduck’s own ego and their personalities clash a ton). I originally made him for the sole purpose of shipping with Quackerjack and I LOVE their dynamic. They are peak ‘I can make him worse’. And they do make each other worse.

Can you tell from the length of this response how much brainrot I’m having over this dumbass

[kandi-inspo]

been a minute since I did some kandi, had to make a cuff for my beloved album Electra Heart 💖

[missingmissfisher]

Book Review: Locked in Pursuit by Ashley Weaver

Nothing could take the place of our beloved Miss Fisher, but there's still other fantastic female heroes out there that are worth getting to know.

If you haven't already discovered it, I highly recommend you dive into the wonderful world of Electra McDonnell!

I absolutely devoured 'Locked in Pursuit,' Book Four in the series by Ashley Weaver within two evenings of receiving it, and after constantly checking for updates due to the cliffhanger she left us poor readers dangling from in Electra's previous adventure. I can't wait to go back and re-read it slowly as I rushed through it, in order to savour my favourite passages.

And what a love letter indeed to Ellie/Electra's devotees with enough backstory for any reader joining midway because this latest edition doesn't disappoint!

I was super delighted that this one picked up not too far along after where things left off previously, nor that we didn't have too wait long before Ellie and Major Ramsey are back on the trail of one of the things they do best together: sniffing out enemy spy activities. I was honestly guffawing out loud at the author's deft way of portraying their 'battle-of-the wits' intermingled with their warring personal emotions towards one another, which have been one of my favourite aspects of these characters and this series. I also love the addition of meeting others from the major's world that provide more insights to Ellie's (and us readers) need to discover more about his closed-book life.

Without going into spoilers territory, I also felt Ellie's increased uncertainty and post-traumatic stress from the events of the previous book rang true, especially during war time, as she tries to cope with it on her own. Even though she was keeping things from those she normally trusted, it was good to see her continue to delve into the intel she learned about her parents' past.

On the relationship front, I was glad to see more progress with the dreaded triangle, and Ellie's attempts to muddle through this quagmire. It's good to see her budding maturity in terms of wanting to clarify things with Felix and the major, even if things take heart-beating turns with both of them.

The mystery and sleuthing plot retained more of the wonderful WWII spy caperesque pacing from the first book that I love about this series. Again, without giving too much away, I could not have predicted the ending at all.

Fellow lovers of Electra and Ashely Weaver's writing, you will absolutely LOVE this continuing tale, and new readers, I highly recommend you go back and start at the beginning to get the full meal deal.

Huge thanks to Netgalley and Ashley for providing this advance copy that has actually whetted my appetite for the next one already.