#esp triple j

[moldybonessmell]

So.. There are some of my genshin characters' builds I'm kinda proud of + team comps as AR 60 playing for 3,5 years

(esp proud as f2p except for Shenhe skin)

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Tartaglia main since year one he's my absolute babygirl

And I wasn't even simping for him, I liked him bc of the gameplay in the first Hyakunin Ikki event

Farmed hydro set for him, then the nymph set and then RE-BUILT him by farming the whole new nymph set the dedication is proved I think ahah

Childe C2 was a double accident trying to pull for Heizou and Freminet (I haven't got them btw lol)

The fact that his best team is still the International is vile but also incredibly based

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Arlecchino enjoyer

Ngl I also wasn't really simping for her but for her gameplay and animations and ESPECIALLY SCYTCHE yes I did end up spending 100 f2p pulls for her weapon and I have no regrets

I use to play her in Overload team (with attack sands) but recently only been playing Vape

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Neuvillette yes I'm a meta player

He's pretty straightforward and thankfully low-investment and he's been carrying me easily since release

I play him in few different teams, including double geo with Albedo, but teams other than Hypercarry are only for overworld

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Fischl appreciator

Ngl I was pretty annoyed by her before this one summer event where we got to know her story and since then she easily became a top character for me (including damage-vise)

She's a sub-dps so I literally put her in every team I can lol

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Proud Kaeya main

C6 Triple-crowed

Kaeya main day one. Literally the reason I started to play genshin. I didn't even know it's gatcha at the time imagine that. Just saw a pretty character on twitter and decided to try. I'm like super lucky he's standard chara lol

I've tried a few different builds over the years (physical, freeze, melt) and end up stopping at melt one

Yes, he's in his og outfit even tho I have the skin, I just like it more

Even pulled Shenhe for him (even tho she ended up being my absolute favourite female chara in genshin) I even got the skin for her and broke my f2p journey

Her build is hybrid, support noblesse but also cryo goblet for some damage

And yes, she has her signature, but to be honest I was trying to pull for Mistsplitter for Kaeya

I play them both in Melt comp

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Alhaitham autism bonding /j unless

He's just that bitch you know. Plus I'm a meta player once again.

He's rocking 3* weapon because he's a low-investment king definitely not bc I'm broke

Hyperbloom team is my favourite yes I put him with 2 archons and what about it

Kuki is my queen btw but she's low-investment support so there's no need to show her build. I actually liked her since release and KNEW she's gonna get better over time.

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Traumatised like Xiao

I was saving the entire first year I played just to get him (I started to play on his banner but couldn't get him), I never got any Inazuma 5* except for Kazuha just to get Xiao.

..And then devs decided to rerun him every 3 months FUCK

I was definitely hurt but oh well

Tried many different builds and teams for him (even pulled Albedo for double geo). Every time he was getting buffed, I got this chara/artifact.

Is my build doing enough damage? Still no. But he's still my favourite deadly little meow meow and I'm not ashamed to admit it (I kinda do cringe writing this please know it's meta ironic)

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Last but not least Tighnari

Liked him since beginning and yes I did pull on his banner instead of waiting for standard and I don't regret it. He's a good dps and best standard chara

Tighnari's is a day-one build btw I haven't changed it since he came out I think it's still good.

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That's it, thank you for reading if you did haha!!

[lifeafterartsch00l]

Im glad too! ❤️ We might be a little different because i didn’t have much internet access and when i did i was ripping off stuff I’d heard on Rage or triple j from limewire (I’m australian). But i think it’s cool that we shared the indie music experience wherever we were! i think i was kind of basic because I did also really listen to a lot of grouplove and passion pit hehe. but I esp loved Vampire Weekend and Miike Snow! several of these I listened to and actually never knew the name of the song like the XX so thank you! I still love the killers and got covid for the first time going to one of their concerts a year or two back and it was probably worth it.

It could’ve been call it what you want or pumped up kicks but our choir actually decided on we are young by fun and I don’t know how because it was Catholic school 😂 I had a lot of scene friends and they loved bands like short stack and panic at the disco

it’s funny how nostalgia works more than 10yrs later ❤️ some songs from LCD Sound System, Empire of the Sun, Macklemore, M83, MGMT, Miike Snow, 3oh!3 (for some reason) take me right back to a year or two later when I was at uni to my hipster outfits & $2 basics drinks. Oh and I had a great listening sesh on Spotify with this list! 😊 Ty again ❤️

the authentic 2011 indie kid playlist

"real 2011 pandora radio recreation: the songs that always played on my hypercurated matt and kim radio, is this it radio, and pumped up kicks radio a.k.a. the authentic 2009-2012 indie kid playlist (ft. my actual authentic 2011 facebook profile pic)"

including full liner notes (typed out below the cut for readability):

- for @justrustandstardust <3

Daylight - Matt and Kim: one of the most iconic songs of my teenage years. I feel like me and Michael based our life off this song. Matt and Kim is one of the bases for the radio stations I picked for this playlist (the ones I listened to constantly). There will be more Matt and Kim on this playlist, but not enough. You really should listen to this whole album (this will not be the last time I say this)

Kids - MGMT: everyone knows electric feel. I picked the underrated classics I was obsessed with after I loved electric feel

Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: a staple. so silly, but so iconic

Midnight City - M83: the first of the songs that I only listened to on Pandora & never learned the names/artists. also, became car commercial songs. banger

Is This It - The Strokes: you simply must listen to this album. half of it is on the playlist, but still you must. This album is the second base of a radio station.

Automatic Stop - The Strokes: listen, there's gonna be a lot of Strokes on this playlist. I fell in love with them listening to this radio station.

Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second - STRFKR: the second of the Pandora exclusives. why is it named that? so iconin

Float On - Modest Mouse: as classic as classics get

Hard to Explain - The Strokes: I found this album at the library and picked it up based on the album art alone. this was back when I got all my music from the library & burned cds onto my computer to make mix cds, listen in windows media player, or upload to my ipod nano

Flourescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys: we're in the pre "AM" era! their back catalog is so fucking good, and this is one of the best examples of that. I love this song

Soma - The Strokes: it's gonna be a lot of Strokes. trust me, it's authentic to the experience

Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand: ICONIC BANGER.

Breezeblocks - alt-J: (so groovy) another Pandora exclusive. mainstay on the channel. like these songs would play every 30 mins & I loved it

Song For No One - Miike Snow: ah! Miike Snow my beloved! never listened outside of Pandora for some reason but SO iconic. they were so popular

Loud Pipes - Ratatat: the beat just gets into your body with these ones

Shut Up and Let Me Go - The Ting Tings: Icons! defined the era. watch the music video.

1901 - Phoenix: we played this and the next Phoenix song so. fucking. much. goin hey hey hey hey hey hey hey!

40 Day Dream - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: when you thought of indie, this is what you thought of

Skinny Love - Bon Iver: jk jk this is what you thought of. This was hipster before it got picked up by Hot Topic

Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare - Matt and Kim: full volume, windows down, 100 mph screaming <3 (I love this song sm)

Intro - The xx: another Pandora exclusive car commercial song but listen, I was obsessed. hearing these songs again is like waking up dormant genes

Lisztomainia - Phoenix: this song and 1901 are a bonded pair. do not separate.

Lessons Learned - Matt and Kim: it was so impossible to pick from this album it's all so good. let it turn your love into a coming of age movie

Sleeping Lessons - The Shins: The SHINS bro THE SHINS. every indie movie had the Shins on their soundtrack. They're so good.

Here (In Your Arms) - Hellogoodbye: listen I didn't want to pick their most popular song but it's so definitive I had to. I saw them live like 4 times. This album is so important to me. All my love songs for my 13 yr old relationship came from this album

Crystalised - The xx: not a listening session would go by that I wouldn't hear this song

All My Friends - LCD Sound System: he's so good

Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend: THIS ALBUM IS SUMMER 2011. it was one of 2 or 3 go to CDs in my first car. I listened to it over and over and over again. it always brings me back to my ugly brown 2001 Chevy Malibu outside Michael's house, or driving down to the lake. I seriously couldn't pick songs from this album it's all one big song to me. formative. what else can i say.

Time to Pretend - MGMT: I'm feeling rough I'm feeling wrong in the time of my life. underrated classic

Cough Syrup - Young the Giant: a late addition but I know every word

Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear: THE Pandora radio song. I would listen just to hear this song eventually

We Used to Vacation - Cold War Kids: One of my favorite bands ever. Their first two albums were on repeat. This song is my favorite. It just rips something out of me

Rhinemaidens - The Envy Corps: The Envy Corps have made their entrance! I've seen them more than Hellogoodbye. The epitomal hipsters. and some of the best music of all time. They're absolutely foundational. (listen to the album!)

Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People: The third and final base for a radio station is this song. That's how much I listened to it. One of those songs that just got into my bones. Forever favorite song it never gets old. also, listen to the album. so good

Animal - Miike Snow: the Miike Snow song. One of the first songs I ever discovered on Pandora <3

Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John: iconic. I don't know what to say

The High Road - Broken Bells: Michael was on the hs radio station senior year & he played this whole EP straight one day

Call It What You Want - Foster the People: BANGER ("what's your style and who do you listen to" WHO CARES <3)

Walking On A Dream - Empire Of The Sun: I did not know the name of this song or the band or even recognize the cover art but I know this song. They put them in car commercials because they're good

What You Know - Two Door Cinema Club: this and the other two door cinema club song came up all the time. bops.

A-Punk - Vampire Weekend: (ay! ay! ay! ay!) most iconic riff of all time! can't understand a damn word but I was screaming them anyway (100mph)

Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells: (Pandora Exclusive!) iconic! can't help but groove to this song. the mood of this song is so representative of this lane of music

Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club: the opening to this song gets me so hype! I know you'll like this song

Dragon Queen - Yeah Yeah Yeahs: you know Heads Will Roll but did you know this underrated banger? they're awesome, their other songs should get more attention

Don't Slow Down - Matt and Kim: 100mph dancing like a maniac lol look I should not have been allowed behind the wheel of a car. Don't slow down (listen to the album!)

All I Want - LCD Sound System: he's just really good idk

That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings: we were obsessed with them. this song was everywhere

Story Problem - The Envy Corps: for the longest time I didn't know any names to Envy Corps songs because I mostly listened to them live, on a mix cd, or someone else was playing them. so i always got surprised by each song like, oh! I love this one! to be honest I still don't know the titles lol but every song is so damn iconic. at the concerts they would split the audience in half and have half of us do the "dada dada dadada da da da" part and the other half do the "oooooh wa oh wa oh" so you were singing your part throught the end of the song while they played. it was so magical <3

All Time Lows - Hellogoodbye: underrated banger. this album is like the definitive electronic indie sound of the mid-aughts

Somebody Told Me - The Killers: incredible song, incredible band. mainstay. they're so much more than Mr. Brightside

(starting the list over bc of tumblr's character limits. add 50)

Reptilia - The Strokes

Someday - The Strokes

Under Cover of Darkness - The Strokes: listen, this is accurate to how often they would play on that station. just Strokes back to back. and I loved it. their discography is just that deep. they don't miss.

Fell In Love With a Girl - The White Stripes: had to get some Whte Stripes in here. had to.

New Slang - The Shins: this song and Caring Is Creepy just, so iconic. they're so good

The World At Large - Modest Mouse: gonna float on maybe would you understand. ah ah ah ah ah ah aah (dashboard by modest mouse should also be on here but i couldn't find a spot for it :( played all the time) my thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth <3<3<3

Black Balloon - The Kills: does anyone remember the kills? I wanted to be them so bad. this was the era of iconic indie duos (ting tings, matt & kim, white stripes, she & him...)

When Did Your Heart Go Missing - Rooney: one hit wonders, my beloved

I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You - Black Kids: I'm convinced no one listened to this song but us. that's not true, and thank god cuase it's such a bop but we felt like we were in on a secret or something. the true 2010 hipster experience lol

Kid Gloves - The Envy Corps: I would literally put this song on a t work and walk around like I was a manic pixie dream girl in an indie movie. unironically amazing song tho (listen to the ep)

Henrietta - The Fratellis: there should have been four more of their songs on here. broke my heart to cut them

Phantom Limb - The Shins: I don't think I've said listen to the album on this one yet. the way this song just vibrates in you

Naive - The Kooks: another underrepresented band. She Moves In Her Own Way, Ooh La, Seaside!? all staples. I mean... if you need another album to listen to... im just sayin

Finer Feelings - Spoon: a bop. fun song <3

Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys: this was my first Arctic Monkeys song <3<3<3 forever. the coda is everything. god I love this song

Such Great Heights - Iron & Wine: listen, the original song by The Postal Service is so so so good and we listened to it just as much as this cover. this cover had us in a chokehold. go listen to the original tho. and the whole Postal Service album I promise it's so fundamental

Janglin - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: the last of the three iconic ES&TMZs songs. This is like the progenitor of Stomp Clap corporate indie. everyone wanted to be them

Tighten Up - The Black Keys: the opening base notes on this song make me go feral. there should be way more Black Keys on here but if you have to pick one this is an easy choice.

Last Nite - The Strokes: the most iconic Strokes song. try not to scraem the first words. you can't. Last Night!

Australia - The Shins: time to put ear covers on! just makes me smile :)

All These Things That I've Done - The Killers: got us screaming "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" (are we human or are we dancers is also the killers. icons of the era)

Two Weeks In Hawaii - Hellogoodbye: I felt so bad when your mom caught us eating ice cream in your room at three in the morning. the best parts of my adolescence consolidated in this incredible song. the first of this type of album closing song to deeply affect me (followed by only in dreams by weezer in college). coming back to this album was part of me coming out of my depression last summer. my inner child just lives here, and I love her so much <3

A Certain Romance - Artctic Monkeys: I don't know, this song just gives me warm feelings. I know every shape of this song. I'm pretty sure it's about how America is a cultural wasteland lol. over there there's friends of mine, what can I say I've known em for a long long time, and it might over step the line, but you just cannot get angry in the same way, no not in the same way.

Daylight Outro (Remix) - Matt and Kim: back where we started. thx for listening <3

[sevenpeaches]

Got7 is Rude.

(that’s it, that’s all I came here to say)

[shameboree]

Could you tell us more about your bad vives AU? I love your art btw <3

okay id like to preface with a lot of it is VIBES which means if smth doesnt make sense i need everyone to suspend the FUCK out of their disbelief dont question me we are here for a GOOD TIME and a GOOD TIME ONLY. here are some bullet points largely summing up things ive already drawn!!!! pls note my fav kind of Time Stuff is bullshit miserable groundhog day style time loops

-chat blanc gets the bunny miraculous we dont ask questions about this

-he SLINKS ARND IN THE SHADOWS of paris for a while and it builds up marinettes paranoia bc shes TOTALLY 100% SEEN CHAT NOIR and knows that absolutely he isnt akumatized so she gaslights herself into thinking she hasnt caught random glimpses of chat blanc BUT ALSO spirals into a state of FULL BLOWN constant fight or flight response and wont sleep so that shes not vulnerable

-blah blah chat blanc drops in on her while adrien is arnd entirely bc i really wanted to draw that thing of adrien doing the Mom Arm when the car stops too fast bc this whole sitch is just a violent messy WRECK. anyway chat blancs whole attitude is like hewwo my love <:3c im here to give us a super romantic ending <:3c and marinettes response to everything is just like. okay cool, i am going to puke now!! meanwhile adriens just like what the FUCK is happening here

-anyway. more cat n mouse games. ANYWAY. at some point its lb vs cb but chat blanc is just having a great week and WINNING so gets her earrings or smth who cares and successfully romeo and juliets himself n marinette yandere style. a VERY ROMANTIC ENDING bc nothing was ever gonna fix things OBVI so ofc they have to just die in each others arms 💖

-YES adrien experiences massive manpain NO i dont care anyones opinion on it bc i love to see the kids cry. OBVI he is catastropically devastated and NO there is no identity reveal hes just deeply and viciously torn tf UP over marinette getting dead and also feeling completely helpless AND ALSO ALSO like hes the one to blame <:3

-everyone is so catatonic in the wake of No More Marinette that even adrien doesnt notice ladybug hasnt been arnd since

-idk. timeloop shit. adriens stuck in a cycle of the night before (V HARD TO GET A HEAD START IN SUCH A SHORT TIMEFRAME!!) day of, n day after (so no matter what he always has to reexperience the aftermath hehe). i am actually not a huge fan of when longer timespan loops get past mid teens (ESP when it gets to TRIPLE DIGITS???!) bc it feels like it cheapens the experience and also acute stress is sexier than chronic SO ANYWAY. eventually he will obviously succeed in brking the loop and keeping marinette frm dying. good for him.

-every loop is a little different bc every loop marinette CANT PUT HER FINGER ON IT but she knows something is Not Right, which chat blanc is ALSO feelin, so every time they react or do smth diff which means adrien is constantly having to deal w CHANGING VARIABLES !! hes having a bad time. marinette is having a bad time. chat blanc is having a very good time

-final actual confrontation or whatever is pure marichat (DOUBLETEAM. MARI IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT EVEN AS A CIVILIAN. YOU GO BABY!!). ive only drawn adrinette moment but the whole thing is very marichat bc im PREDICTABLE!! anyway no lb bc marinette freaks out cb is gonna take her earrings or cataclysm them so she just straight up swallows em. good job baby.

-THE END BABY!! epilogue reveal EVENTUALLY but for quite some time after they are both quietly carrying the weight of their secret traumas alone w neither of them having a full picture of the situation but not knowing it. what a good time :)

i think this looks v adrien focused but they are all having their separate little stories here and its largely marinette feeling isolated and small for all her mistakes, and chat blanc feels like the worst possible one she has or could ever make so she cant consider asking anyone, let alone CHAT NOIR HIMSELF!! to help her, which just makes everything 100000x harder. by the end of the STORY PROPER she accepts she can trust herself in chat noirs hands but shes still too scared to put her full weight on him bc she doesnt wanna FUCK UP. meanwhile adrien wont say shit to her abt it bc he doesnt wanna burden her w his SECRETS also hes drownin in guilt. also eventual identity reveal changes nothing for him in terms of grief bc he already felt like he died every time marinette did except worse bc he had to just keep living anyway :) but now also hes afraid of an identity reveal for probably obvious reasons. and then beloved CHAT BLANC man of the HOUR switched gears frm wanting to Fix things to wanting to destroy things bc hes a fucking yandere wifeguy OKAY. he knows he is forever RUINED for love of marinette and since he cant have her future is instead entirely focused on making sure he has all of her end <:3c

dw the kids are gonna be OKAY. they are insane and the power of LOVE will help pull them thru, theyre just going to be incredibly clingy for the rest of their LIVES

i love to draw very cutesy w soft and warm palettes and then have the Content be batshit miserable badtimes. i also like to draw a lot of goofy moments btwn and during the Traumas bc i love to be a dumbass

THIS ENDED UP SO LONG SORRY EVERYONE!!! please enjoy my unhinged misery porn 😊💖

[angrylizardjacket]

the last house at the end of the street {Daniel Webber}

A/N: 2871 words. This is for @rogerandhishair and also batnon, both of whom I love, but especially Gabs for helping me along the way and inspiring me, and yelling about Daniel a lot. Was this meant to be cabin!Daniel? Yes. But it’s lakehouse!daniel now! So part of my family is originally from Wangi Wangi, and I used to go there a lot when I was a kid, esp. around Christmas/Summer time. It’s a very chill, picturesque place. God I hope this is coherent to anyone who’s not Australian. Feedback would be great!! Fluffy As Hell and AGGRESSIVELY Australian.

“This is where horror movies happen.” You tell Daniel, the two of you stopped for lunch at a spot you’re told is only a five minute walk from the property he’d bought once he’d had the means. It’s in a place called Wangi Wangi, which you’d never heard of before, but you’d been assured that you’d love it, and, alright, looking over the sparkling water of the Lake, seeing the little boats bobbing their way across the water, the smell of the gentle breeze as it whistles softly past the native trees, you’re actually rather charmed by it. But you still can’t help yourself. “Seriously, this is where Crocodile Dundee himself crawls out of the lake to kill his helpless victims, which probably includes us.”

“Crocodile Dundee isn’t a horror movie,” Daniel tells you flatly, his lips quirked in the barest smirk, and your expression turns to a frown as you consider it. “You’re thinking of Friday the Thirteenth.”

“No, I’m thinking of... - Wolf Creek!” It’s like a eureka moment, your eyes lighting up, and oh, somehow it’s just so endearing, the light of the sun glinting off the water to highlight your smile. “I’m thinking of Wolf Creek,” you tell him with a self-satisfied conviction, going on to half-jokingly explain that ‘wolf is going to crawl out of the creek and kill us, just like in the movie’. You’re fully aware that that’s not what Wolf Creek is about, but it doesn’t really matter, because it makes Daniel laugh.

The property is the last house on the street, a dark gravel driveway leading to a spacious garage next to a handsome, red brick home. The windows are large, filling the rooms with air and light, looking out over the Lake, a view you know you could really get used to.

It’s empty, bare walls and plush, clean carpets, linoleum you’d replace with actual tiles when you get a chance. He’d always said he wanted a house by the lake, always told you how much he’d adored coming out here as a kid, and now, seeing him lean against the balcony out the back, smiling like everything was right in the world at this very moment, you can’t blame him. Wrapped your arms around him, you press a kiss to his back, between his shoulder blades, before perching your chin on his shoulder.

It’s so serene.

It’s going to end up as a holiday home, but you’re both between projects, so you’ve got the time to fix it up, to make it perfect. But for now, tonight, the first time you’ll ever sleep in this quiet little dream you’ve picked out for yourselves, you sleep on a blow-up mattress in the main bedroom, talking and laughing and dreaming up schematics in the Summer air. The window is open, and if you’re quiet, you can hear the lake lapping at the shore. 

Tomorrow, you can start the process of making it perfect, but for tonight, it sort of feels like it already is.

It’s not easy work, it’s the tail-end of Summer, though February is still painful at the best of times. You’re covered in grime and grout and paint, and retiling a bathroom and a kitchen is far more involved than you’d realised. Painting room after room hurts your back, and you know that when you’re done, you still have to do the skirting boards, and replace the counter tops and furnish the whole house. You’ve got the basics, a refrigerator, and wifi, and deck chairs, though they’re uncomfortable metal fold out ones, but you get through the day, jamming out to Spotify playlists that keep your spirit up. 

Naps become common, as does having at least three water bottles in the fridge at all times. Each. You’re sweaty more than you’re not, but it’s worth it, it has to be. 

One particularly hot afternoon, Daniel wraps his arms around you where you’re reaching into the fridge for some cold water, and you squawk at it. You’d just been taking a break from painting the main bedroom, giving yourself a rest before powering through to the marginally-cooler night.

“I’m so gross right now,” you protest, feeling every point where your shirt is sticking to you, but he doesn’t release you from his loose grip.

“So am I,” he laughs, pressing his face to your back, wiping his grubby forehead on your back, covered in sweat and grim from where he’d been replacing the wood of the back porch. You wriggle, yelping at that, though you don’t protest, and when you shut the fridge, you turn to him with two bottles in hand. He takes the one you offer, finally letting you go, grinning from ear to ear. 

“You wanna head down to the lake for a swim?” He offers, and it’s almost four in the afternoon, still feeling hotter than hell, and the lake sounds so enticing right now.

“Absolutely.”

Daniel always seems to know when your mood is dipping, he takes the paintbrush or tool that you’re working with, and you want to protest, because you’ve still got some of the wall to do but -

“Tomorrow, there’s always tomorrow.” He’ll assure, and something about the way he says it eases the tense set of your shoulders. Tired and covered in paint, he’ll grab a drink for the both of you, so cold it feels like a godsend, and you’ll walk down to the shore. There’s a little, stone pier that’s a ten minute walk from your house, with other people’s overturned canoes resting in the grass nearby, and something about the sight is so full of implicit trust. You sit, side by side, on the pier, feet in the water, watching boats cross the skyline. Some days it’s clear enough that you can see Swansea on the other side. 

The stress washes away with the water, leaning against Daniel, your head on his shoulder.

“I was thinking of getting, like, a dinghy or something,” he muses one evening, sunset having painted the sky lilac. You yawn, having spent the day finishing off painting the skirting boards; it meant you’d officially finished painting the house, and all that was left to do was replace the linoleum countertops in the kitchen. It had thoroughly sapped the energy from you. “Maybe not a dinghy, maybe something bigger; we could go out on the lake and swim, maybe fish, just have a time of it.” He sounded tired too, and he takes a swig of his beer before resting his head against yours. The moment hangs in the air, warm and gentle like the last rays of sunshine, and you tuck your arm into his, basking in it.

You’re rather wrapped up in refurbishing the home for the stretch of time that you spend there, you’d missed Christmas and Australia Day, and before you know it, the house is done. It smells like fresh paint and plastic from your new furniture and appliances, and you find yourself burning candles everywhere to make it smell like home.

You get used to the comforting sound of the lake, the rustle of the wind through the trees, and it becomes routine to walk through the park that borders the left of your house, going out to the picnic spot where you’d stopped that first day, overlooking the whole town and it’s surrounds. Daniel takes comfort here like you’ve never really seen him before. Seemingly stress free, he finds himself enjoying afternoons exploring the Conservation Park nearby; sometimes you join him, sometimes you take a nap, and wake up when the sun’s setting, the air’s cooling, and you find yourself with a blanket over you, and a little bunch of wild flowers on the coffee table. Daniel, you can hear, is cooking dinner in the next room, listening to music and humming along. Something about it makes your heart melt, just a little.

It seems like it’s all too soon before you’re both off again, to work on new projects, the real world calling you back, but at least now you know you’ve got this refuge when you need it.

The year drags on, and for all it’s filled with fun and achievements, you find yourself longing to go back to the little lake house. 

You return just after New Year’s. It’s the middle of Summer, and this time you buy a barbecue for the back yard, and a tent, because you’ve got a beautiful park right next door, it would be a shame to under utilize it. You get to know your neighbors, the people around the street, and it’s surprising how friendly they are. You suppose you do live at the end of the road, no-one further down apart from the animals in the park, and the vacationing families in the holiday homes a few kilometers away. 

Johnno, who lives four doors down, baulks when you call him Johnothan, and in the same breath invites you and Daniel to his Australia Day get-together that’s happening next week. You tentatively accept, but he seems to sense your hesitation.

“Listen, it’s just a little thing, get all the neighbors round and have a splash in the pool, get the barbie runnin’ and listen to Triple-J’s Hottest 100,” he pauses, shrugging, not even giving you time to process everything he’s said, “I don’t really go in for all that patriotism stuff, but it’s a good excuse to get everyone together, you know?” Daniel accepts with a bright smile, and Johnno’s on his merry way.

“Please tell me you understood anything he said,” you half laughed, and Daniel grins, nodding, explaining that you’d essentially been invited to a very casual lunch.

Personally, you think having a pool while living so close to a lake seems like overkill, but you wouldn’t turn down a kind invite. 

“I feel like I’ve seen your face before,” Johnno’s expression is thoughtful as you and Daniel hover by the barbecue, feeling a little out of place in the spacious backyard, surrounded by people and their families. There’s kids splashing about in the pool, older women sitting on the porch under an umbrella holding glasses of champagne, and men scattered about, talking to each other like old friends. Johnno, for his part, is diligently sweating away, cooking enough sausages to feed a small army, with plates piled high of more food to be added when there’s room. He’s not even wearing an apron, just a pair of board shorts, wielding a pair of tongs with one hand, a beer in the other.

Daniel laughs a little at that, the sound warm and good natured, and a woman comes out of the house holding a bowl of freshly tossed salad. 

“Jen, babe, where have we seen him before, he’s got a face I recognise,” Johnno asks, and the woman, Jen, joins him after putting the salad on the fold out table that had been set-up beside the barbecue. She frowns for a little, but it’s not unkind, and Daniel beats them to it.

“I was on Home and Away a couple of years ago.”

And both their faces light up, talking over each other with their own realisations as they nod, agreeing that that’s where he’d seen them. It’s slow at first, once Jen leaves to head back inside, a few of the people who come out after her, carrying drinks of their own, or more food for the table, they give you and Daniel an appraising look. As time passes, it seems the news of a celebrity in their midst spreads to the rest of the gathered neighbors, though it just means that everyone’s more excited to talk to them, well Daniel, than they were before.

“He’s the cute one from Teenage Kicks,” a teenage girl whispers a little too loudly to her friend, maybe her sister, while they’re all lining up for food. Daniel tries to hide his smile and pretend like he didn’t hear them, stepping up, grabbing himself a paper plate, and collecting food. 

“I feel like they’re too young to have seen that,” he mutters to you, though he’s grinning a little, and you can’t help your own smile at his amusement.

Soon enough, just like you’d watched earlier, the others start to talk to the two of you like you’re old friends, but Daniel never leaves your side. You’re a little bit surprised at how much you find you’re enjoying yourself. You and Daniel take up residence on a set of banana lounges beneath an umbrella. At one point, he goes to get the both of you new drinks, giving you a quick kiss on the forehead before he goes, and you’re pretty sure you actually hear the two teenage girls give a dreamy sigh from where they’d been trying to inconspicuously watch the two of you. While you found it a little strange, they obviously meant no harm by it, and when you smiled at them, they both averted their gazes quickly, embarrassed at getting caught.

The whole day feels surreal, like a moment from someone else’s life, where the sky is always blue, and grilled pineapple is a delicacy, and it feels like a home away from home. 

You don’t stay long; his shooting schedule for his next project has him in America in late February, and your own project is set to enter pre-production only a few weeks after; you’re sad to leave the haven of the lake house, but excited to say goodbye to the heat of the Australian Summer.

Every so often, you get invited to neighborhood events, usually by Johnno or Jen, though you’ve actually kept up communications with a few people from around the neighborhood, having enjoyed that Summer afternoon too much to let the people you’d met go completely.

You return sooner than anticipated, at the start of July, the two of you having a few weeks off and wanting to see what the property was like in the Winter, out of sheer curiosity.

It’s absolutely freezing. The wind cools as it crosses the lake, and chills you to the bone. It’s only made bearable when you and Daniel wrap yourselves in various duvets, curled up on the sofa you’d bought for the porch, drinking hot drinks and enjoying the view as much as you could. You think you prefer the view in the Summer, everything seems that little bit more gold around the edges, but here, now, he wraps his arm around you, lets you wrap yourself up against him.

“We should bring people out here,” he muses, breath warm against your cheek, a small comfort on this overcast evening, “like friends and stuff, ‘nd family. In Summer of course.”

“Spring,” you suggest, “before it gets too hot.” He nods, but doesn’t answer for the crack of thunder that rumbles ahead of you, and the two of head inside quickly before being pelted with rain. The rain itself sets the atmosphere nicely when you head back inside, curling up on the sofa, planning on who you could invite to your little lakeside paradise.

Bit by bit, as you collect memories in the house, you collect knicknacks, and then there’s photos on the wall, and props from projects on display, and you have friends and family around, you invite the neighbors for a barbecue of your own, and then there’s little scratches and knocks along the walls, and someone spilled something on the carpet that didn’t manage to come out entirely, but you find that you sort of love it. It feels lovely. 

There’s a little yacht docked to the bigger pier that’s only about a twenty minute walk from your home, but it’s yours. The guest room is always neat when a friend comes to stay. In 2019, you politely decline the invite to ‘Johnno and Jen’s annual Australia Day Shindig’, you tell them you have family plans. In a sense, you’re not lying; you have the other three stars of The Dirt over for Australia Day, and they make themselves at home on your sofa, on your spare bed, on a blow-up mattress. There’s something freeing about the lake house, about being away from prying eyes, and while you watch the boys toss themselves into the water from the yacht, you feel contentment spreading from the warmth in your chest to the tips of your fingers.

You have your own little barbecue that evening, everyone still in board shorts, hair curling from the salt water and sitting around the back porch. Colson’s singing along to half of the Hottest 100 as it plays from your bluetooth speaker, and later, you’ll all watch the fireworks over the water. Daniel seems in his element, grinning from ear to ear as you’re all discussing your upcoming projects, how they’re all looking forward to the The Dirt premiere in only a few months. Iwan’s got a few television opportunities, Douglas is going to be doing some philanthropy, and Colson’s got his album coming out soon. Both you and Daniel have films going into production in the near future, and you can see him regarding his friends with a quiet pride.

This is what had been missing, you realise. 

The house was finally perfect.

[rap-liine]

get to know me - music (kpop) edition

rules: answer the questions below so your followers can get to know you a little better, and tag any blogs you also want to get to know more!

tagged by: the ever-lovely @jinhopetual 💞

let’s start with something easy! what’s your name? 

zara

any nicknames?

not any real ones? i mean my name’s pretty short but my mum sometimes calls me zee-zee lmao and my friends from way back in elem call me zarbar or zora just to annoy me

and how do you identify/what pronouns do you prefer?

cis/female, she/her/hers

how tall are you?

im p confident im 5′3 by now

time for you now?

ahora es 11:20 pm

astrological sign?

virgo sun and rising, and a cancer moon i think?

what is the meaning behind your blog name?

do i gotta even explain this bc im v sure that 98% of what wooyoung does makes everyone go ‘whoa’

favourite kpop artists! as many as you stan:

oh hunny

bts, exo, nct, txt, monsta x, exid, blackpink, got7, winner, ikon, treasure 13, seventeen, ateez, mobb, pentagon, (g)i-dle, day6, bigbang, triple h, sf9, up10tion, jbj, stray kids, kard, astro, 7 o’clock (stan them they arent v famous and need attention!!), shinee, gdragon, agust d, bobby, j-hope (adding him bc i can), hyuna, mino, dean, gray, jay park, lay (does he even count tho), psy, kim dong han, jessi, taemin, hyolyn, jonghyun, rm, i used to stan zico too until i learned about his involvement about the prostitution scandal, im def gonna stan c9boyz, and recently oneus (?) caught my attention!

five of your favourite kpop songs, if you can/if you stan, choose more than one group (bonus points for linking them so your followers can listen!):

baepsae by bangtan, call my baby by exo, clap by seventeen, hollup by bobby, and bling bling by ikon!! akdjfb there’s about 138592 more songs esp from bts but im trying to narrow it down :’)

what kpop song did you last listen to?

probably twit by hwasa bc ive been obsessed w that song recently

favourite kpop music video?

...oof

gotta go w jenn on this blood sweat and tears kinda reins supreme

who are your top five bias wreckers? 

1. mr jeON JUNGKOOK 😤

2. choi san aka the devil

3. i cant tell if hyunjin took over or not so it’s either him or felix

4. bang yedam

5. since i have an ult bias for nct (taeyong) imma say either lucas or jaehyun

last but not least! post a photo of your top biases: 

tagging: @ateezsbitch @parkseonghwa @sonqmingi @cuteez @forhyunsuk @lqhhj @ultvisual @taengyo @ateezthetic and ofc anyone who wants to!!

[harrowharkwife]

this is gonna be the lamest nerd post I've made in a WHILE but i just wanna say how happy it makes me, as a physics major, to see all the physics-esque math that goes on in the magicians. like if you pause and look at the pen-and-paper components of the spellwork, it's like î j k vectors and triple integrals and electromagnetic dynamics and field gradients and magnetic flux symbols and what looked an AWFUL lot like the right hand rule

like idk i just think it's really interesting and refreshing to see magic treated as a science like that, esp. bc so often in traditional lore it's just like "feel your energy flow" or whatever and that's cool too don't get me wrong! it's just fun to have a change of pace, and physics makes so much SENSE as a backbone for magic, and my heart just really goes out to whichever set design interns are making all these sheets of paper with E&M math on them to scatter on tables in the backgrounds of scenes

[scottandtess]

Enough about Jackie I’m more annoyed that we have to wait another week for the Grand Prix Final. Like I want to see if the Russian domination truly takes over the dance podium or will HD not choke for once? Will Zagitova win another GPF or will she be replaced by Rika and her triple axels? Will Vanessa and Morgan top the boring Russians? Who will it come down to b/w Nathan & Shoma? Stay tuned next week on the Skating Days of our Lives #jackiewho?

can’t wait for GPF! and a special thanks to yuzu hanyu for letting keegan messing go - it wouldve been fucking embarassing otherwise

heres my unwanted predix: 

men: 1. shoma 2.nathan 3.cha

ladies (the event i’m mostly excited about/this russian/japanese bloodbath is gonna be interesting to watch): 1. zag 2. rika 3. satoko - i kinda want rika to beat zag tho - esp if she skates both of her programs clean - these triple axels will be a big boost + she gets good PCs

pairs: 1. t/m 2. j/c 3. peng/jin

ice dance: same order as this

[jinlix]

nct dream!!! :') lub u kelly

I'm doing this for 7dream and that is it ://

Group: NCT DREAM!! Aka nct's superior unit.

First MV: chewing gum!!

Era I discovered them: chewing gum!!

Era they were actually in when I discovered them: chewing gum lmao !!

How I Found Them: I liked nct and that new unit debuted and I just :o bc of our ages hahaha

First Bias(es): sir Lee Jeno !

Current Bias(es): also mister Lee Jeno but 🙇🏻‍♀️ maybe I love Jisung a little bit more 🙇🏻‍♀️💞

Bias Wrecker(s): ...everybody... esp renjun and jaemin... and maybe mark too but like really, everybody skdnskdm I just love all 7 so much!!

Fav Song: dear dream and joy > 1 2 3, my page, trigger the fever!!

Fav MV: We Young and We Go Up 🙇🏻‍♀️💞

Fav Moment: I have so many sjdnsjd okay so:

Jisung's legendary lemonade challenge

The exo covers

Jeno and Jisung dancing to bds

Baby chenle, esp the hey jude cover!

Jeno in We Young. That is it. sodmsjdnsnd

Haechan and Jisung dancing on weekly idol!!

Jisung @ dancing high, like all performances made me so happy 🙇🏻‍♀️

The go performance on smtown, esp bc renjun's high note sjdnsjdjs

Center Jisung in black on black (jeno too tbh)

Everything abt the dream concert but like.... esp the last day + the triple j dance !!!!

And many other lol

Send me a Kpop group and I'll answer

[prismwon]

hi its me your uni anon i am sooooo sorry this message took so long i was 100% sure i sent my reply but apparently i didn't 😭😭😭😭 ill be sure to double check in the future so you dont have to wait so long!

anyways those two sound really good i will definitely go check them out later! especially move to heavan i am really into things that are about those themes and topics it really sounds super interesting to watch! i love shows that can actually make me feel something and care about whats going on with each character so thats definitely on my list now!

now onto ptg! when did you start stanning them? i started in late 2017 almost 2018 after i discovered triple h! i was already a fan of hyuna so i went to check out her new subunit anf immediately fell in love with hui and from there it took me a few months to Actually go check out their group but when i did i fell in love with their chemistry and music!

who are your top 3 favorite members? i know thats such a hard question they're all too amazing to pick!

i currently ult yanan and bias hui and yuto with the rest of the group as my bias wreckers lmao i was surprised about yanan he really snuck up on me there without me noticing like i had to be TOLD i ulted him after i wrote one too many essays on how i just thought he was neat.....

oh what was your favorite era? this can be for styling, mv, the title track, or just one thats meaningful! mine changes every three weeks 😭😭😭 but my top 3 are always naughty boy (for the aforementioned reasons of it being the quintessential ptg comeback), dr. bebe bc i am goth and love dark concepts, and sha la la because of how happy the boys were!

-🌌 anon

hi omg !!!!

yes yes yes definitely keep a lot of tissues with move to heaven though if/when you watch it, like. i dont cry a lot during things but almost every episode i was ugly sobbing, it's a bit too real at times so its better to take it slow !!!!

ooooooh ok ptg stuff now !!! so my line i guess is like. i switch between ulting hui, shinwon, or yanan and i ult shinwon rn it j depends who i have the loudest brainrot for but im the same in that all of he rest of ot9 r my bias wreckers tbh !! and yeah, shinwon was the one that surprised me bc i just. didnt have Any Opinion on him initially! and i for into them in the last year or so actually!

i'm 23 but ive been an on and off casual kpop enjoyer since i was 15, this time last year (almost exactly, the date was the 23rd of sept), and some one on my personal twitter account who was a friend rt'd the iconickpopsongs twitter account video of the chorus of shine and i loved the piano and the beats and i was like I NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO THESE PPL ARE. had a week where i was j obsessed w shine. Stuff Happened in oct w family that kind of put me listening to them on hold but by the beginning of november i was rlly into pretty much most of their music, december 13th on a whim i watched the we l:ve concert cause some one on twitter posted that they were livestreaming it and ..... here i am dhfkjfsl

SO NAUGHTY BOY is one of my favorite title tracks ever esp w how the album has like. for naughty boy, the reflective page and then the lyrics written backwards so when you hold it up w the reflective page it shows correctly, but i also love like this for v sentimental reasons of it being the first time hui got to write a title track and when they started being self produced !!! i also rlly like genie:us era - even though w that i wasnt the Biggest Fan of uh. certain specific styling choices i rlly love that album so much w the pop up + shinwons page of universe wishes? + the "raise your head, you're a genius" page at the end w the reflective bit is very comforting ??? i also love the album as a whole, how all the songs are very different genres but when you look at the lyrics and themes its all connected and makes sense cause its abt...them and their perseverence ???? aaa i could rant abt this for a long time rgkjdlk

[virgoes]

hey

2: Favorite song? right now i like remember by katie, come over by the internet, i fall in love too easily by chet baker, bp/aoa/pristin’s new songs too3: What's a band/artist you loved as a child but can barely listen to now? i didn’t really listen to music when i was a kid tbh !5: Are you going to any gigs soon? no :(6: Ever been to a festival? does warped tour count KSDJF if not nah 8: A song with a number in the title? 12:51 by the strokes9: A song that gets you through shit? i listen to albums that i know very well11: A song you'd have sex to? i feel like i’d have to be high to experience it truly but like l$d by asap or yeah i said it by rihanna or two weeks by fka twigs12: A song to shut everything out? cherry bomb by nct skdjf13: A song for when you're lonely? homeshake’s fresh air album make myself feel worse jklklsfjk14: A song that's become a joke between you and your friends? bank account by 21 savage !15: A song to jam out to at 4AM? trigger the fever by nct dream lmaooooo16: An album you could listen to for days on end? i think damn. by kendrick had the most plays last year so tht one17: A song that punches you in the gut every single time? lmao lonely by jonghyun18: A song for when you're crazy angry? 2nd sucks by a day to remember lmaoooo19: If you had to pick one song to represent what you're feeling right now, what would it be? bingle bangle by AOA20: A song that calms you down? hollywood by the black skirts22: A band with an insane fandom? bts :D23: What are some lyrics you love to pieces? when i actually listened to lyrics uh “sometimes the bedroom walls become my only friends” i liked a lot24: Would you ever get any song lyrics tattooed? If so which ones? i said this earlier but i do like “kill smile” a lot i would get songs from fob tatted maybe 25: What's a band/artist you'd addict your children to from an early age? i’d feed them all kinds of music LOL26: A vocalist you love? kyungsoo from exo hehe uhhh i also love patrick stump from fall out boy and dean!27: Has a band/artist ever inspired you to do something? ed sheeran and guitar lmfao..... i used to learn his songs on guitar LMAO and any artist with songs i like inspire me to write28: A band/artist you love but no longer exists? northlane with adrian lol. also wonder girls. also galileo galilei29: What was your favorite band/artist when you were 12? probably one direction?? 30: A band/artist you can't stand? la dispute tbh31: What's your favorite genre? r&b or indie!32: Can you play any instruments? mhm33: Do you sing? i try lmao i suck though35: Do you have a favorite piece of merch? uhhhhh i have a ptv shirt i guess idr wear it but 36: What's the first album you ever bought with your own money? i think avril lavigne’s album on accident kdsjflsjadf......37: Do you prefer buying physical copies of albums or do you download them on the internet? i just use spotify now38: CDs or vinyls? CDs39: Do you play your music out loud or with headphones? both depends on where i am and what mood i’m in40: A band/artist a friend showed you? ummm shinee!41: A song that gives you the chills? get you by daniel caesar slash all his songs tbh esp acapella42: A song to play at your funeral? sdfjsl idk rock me by 1d43: A band/artist with amazing an instrumental but really bad lyrics? any pop artist lol????44: A love song? recently been into bloom by troye sivan 45: A song you love to sing to yourself? the eye by infinite tbh46: What do you listen to when you go for a run? i don’t run....... But i would play like j balvin songs or smth47: A song that represents a deserted city at night? idk what’s going on by triple h48: A wild song? UUUUUHHH toxic by britney spears49: An upbeat song with grim lyrics? isn’t that twenty one pilots’ concept50: What are some song titles you love? honestly nothing is more iconic than fall out boy song titles. she’s my winona, the carpal tunnel of love, get busy living or get busy dying OH and also tell slater not to wash his dick by bring me the horizon 51: If your life ended today, what song would you chose to represent it? death & taxes by daniel caesar cos im listening to it lol52: Can you give me a 5 song playlist on ___? zzz :(53: Do you listen to instrumental music? i do on occasion i like hip hop based instrumental not like dubstep or hard edm u kno54: Weirdest band/artist you know of? i mean death grips is pretty weird or code orange kids55: A song about drugs? any the used song ksdfjl56: A heart-wrenching song? young forever by bts :)57: A band/artist you're proud of? bts! oh and nothing by thieves.59: A band/artist with a sick aesthetic? chvrches maybe? idk i liked her stage makeup. the pretty reckless.... rihanna........ no one has consistency so idk60: A song that has a lot of meaning to you? i can’t think of anything rn

[bangtan-translations]

[TRAD] BTS Evento del lanzamiento del álbum japonés de MIC Drop/DNA/Crystal Snow ‘Parte 1′

Hobi: Ha sido un largo tiempo

JK: Sí, un largo tiempo~ (saluda al MC)

MC: Déjenme presentarlos de nuevo. ¡Ellos son BTS!

BTS: 2!3! ¡Nosotros somos BTS!

MC: Por supuesto. ¿Puede cada uno de ustedes decir hola a sus fans?

Hobi: ¿Uno por uno? Ok, ¿quién irá primero?

V: Déjenme hacerlo primero. Hola, este es V.

SG: Hola, este es Suga.

Jin: Hola, soy worldwide handsome Jin.

JK: Ha pasado un tiempo. Soy Koo Koo~

RM: Chicos, ¿han comido mucho? Diré hola con mi nuevo nombre por primera vez en Japón, yo soy RM.

JM: Chicos, quería verlos a todos ustedes. Yo soy Jimin.

Hobi: Woo~~~~ ¡Yo soy tu Hope Hope Hope J-hope!

MC: Gracias a todos. Queremos oír mucho de ustedes pero primero que todo, lanzaron su álbum single el 6 de Diciembre que tiene MIC Drp/DNA/Crystal Snow, y llegó al #1 en el chart semanal de Oricon, y como artistas extranjeros, superaron los 300K de copias en ventas para la primera semana. ¡Felicidades!

RM: Gracias. Todo esto es gracias a nuestros fans, nuestras ARMYs japonesas.

MC: Y muchos pudieron ver el directo del concierto en el Kyocera Dome. Una vez más, ¿cómo estuvo el concierto? ¿hay algunos recuerdos especiales?

JM: Oh sí, fue nuestro primero domo tour así que hay muchos recuerdos. Recuerdo todos los brillantes ARMY bombs que vimos desde el viaje en los globos, eran muy hermosos, sentí como si estuviera dentro del universo.

MC: ¡Gran expresión! Los ARMY bombs por los ARMYs son como un universo…

Jin: Pero…

MC: ¿Pero?

Jin: El viaje en los globos fue definitivamente tenebroso

Hobi: Sí, igual yo.

Jin: Y recuerdo todos los fuertes ánimos por los ARMYs y sus hermosas sonrisas.

MC: Por supuesto, parece que ARMYs están en sus recuerdos definitivamente. Quiero preguntarles sobre el nuevo sencillo… Está hecho de la versión Triple A (3 canciones título) ¿cuál fue la razón y como lo completaron?

RM: Cada canción muestra bien las características de BTS y cada canción ha si do hecha con el top de calidad así que queríamos que todas estas canciones sean escuchadas como canciones título, así que hicimos como una versión Triple A. Más que todo, estamos agradecidos que todas las ARMYs aquí aman todas nuestras tres canciones, ¿no es verdad eso chicos?

MC: Bueno por supuesto. ¿Alguien que ama este single? (Sí sí sí sí) OK, confirmamos que todos lo aman. ¿Pueden explicar brevemente de qué trata cada canción?

V: Sí, DNA está basado en el ADN de BTS, y MIC Drop tiene nuestro swag por todas partes. Y por último, Crystal Snow… ¿Jungkook? ¿Puedes cantarlo e introducirlo?

MC: Sí, ¿lo cantarás para nosotros?

JK: OK, lo tengo

MC: Eres tan dulce.

JK: Crystal Snow es la primera canción con temática de invierno y dedicada a todos nuestros ARMYs. Espero que pasen un cálido invierno con esta canción. Déjenme empezar a cantarla entonces (empieza a cantarla, cambia la parte de “Esto es algo que TÚ me diste” a “Esto es algo que ARMY nos dio”).

RM: Es cierto~

MC: ARMY te los dio huh~

Hobi: (que) Dulce~

MC: Asombroso.

JK: Sí, gracias.

MC: No, ¡gracias (a ti)! ¡Gamsahamnida (gracias en coreano)! Bueno, MIC Drop y DNA tiene ciertos pasos de baile que resaltan. ¿Pueden decirnos los puntos de cada baile?

SG: Ha~

Hobi: Oh, Suga~

SG: El punto de MIC Drop es cuando arrojas el micrófono~

MC: (risas) Oh, cuando arrojas el micrófono ¿verdad? Sí, esa parte es cool.

SG: Sí, y para DNA, Hobi~ ¿puedes explicarlo?

Hobi: Muy bien. Ya que Suga lo está pidiendo, lo explicaré. El punto de DNA es este. (el paso de mover el índice en el brazo, paso de “DNA” *perdón jajajaja*) el dedo índice es realmente importante aquí.

MC: Sí~

Hobi: Sí, esto.

MC: Las personas de este lado no lo pudieron ver…

Hobi: DNA~ (mostrándoles el paso de nuevo a los fans).

MC: El segundo y tercer piso también. Gracias. Hay muchas partes que necesitamos enfocar. Y hablando de DNA, la presentación en los AMAs debió ser refrescante para ustedes. ¿Cómo estuvo?

Hobi: Woo~ Fue la primera vez que un grupo de K-pop se ha presentado en los AMAs así que estábamos un poco nerviosos, pero tratamos de disfrutar el escenario como solemos hacerlo.

JK: Y para los ARMYs que nos alentaron… Gracias a ellos fuimos capaces de dar una buena presentación. ¡Gracias!

MC: Gracias. Así que este ha sido nuestra sección para hablar hasta ahora. ¿Puede cada uno de ustedes decir algo a todos los ARMYs aquí?

(Todo se queda en silencio)

V: ¿Quién? (va primero)

Hobi: Suga hyung, Suga hyung… no Suga-san… Suga-san…

SG: Hoy en el Yokohama arena… oh… oh… oh… De verdad muchas gracias por venir. (En realidad tenía que pronunciar la palabra como Okosi pero lo pronunció como OK-kosi)

MC: Lo entendimos~ Esta bien.

RM: Jeon-Hwan (uso unas palabras que significan electricidad).

SG: Chicos, hace frío así que no cojan un resfriado (pero no lo pronunció bien y dijo Hiranayi-yowooni *está trabajando duro T.T*)

RM: Hikanayi-yowooni (corrigiendo a Suga)

SG: Hikanayi-yowooni. Tengan cuidado. Está realmente frío.

MC: Tan amigable. Muchas gracias.

SG: Hace mucho frío también en Corea.

Hibi: Pero cuando está extremadamente frío, escuchen nuestra nueva canción Crystal Snow (risas) y espero que se calienten (risas) y se mantengan cálidos.

MC: Gracias.

RM: Chicos, por favor sigan viendo a BTS mientras crecemos… un poco… (las palabras se cruzaron) Ah. Suga-ssi~

JM: Realmente lo haremos (crecer).

RM: Realmente lo haremos.

MC: Sí, gracias. Así que, por ahora, nuestra conversación ha terminado y nos mostrarán su presentación. Antes de eso, nos tomaremos unas fotos para las redes.  Chicos por favor esperen por nosotros (mientras se toman las fotos).

(mostrando fotos y vídeos)

(Vídeos de fans saludando)

(Empiezan a tomarse fotos)

V: Primero, yo primero (Boku)

MC: ¿Tú solo? Nosotros (Bokudachi)

V: Solo yo (él sabe que se equivocó, así que se ríe tímidamente).

Hobi: Miembros. Miembros.

(Se toman fotos)

MC: Me gustaría ser los lentes de la cámara.

(Los miembros chequean doble las fotos después de tomarlas y están realmente impresionados)

MC: Cambiando la cámara.

Hobi: Ahora, ¿juntos? (preparándose para tomarse fotos con los fans)

Hobi: Juntos~ chicos levanten sus manos~ Pongan sus manos arriba~ (fotógrafo: Por favor muéstrennos sus rostros sonriendo)

RM: Dennos una sonrisa~

MC: Sí, cheese~~ (queso~~) OK, ahora que nos tomamos las fotos, los miembros se moverán detrás de escenas para prepararse para la presentación que hemos estado esperando.

RM: Disculpen…

MC: Por favor denles una gran ronda de aplausos. ¡Gracias!

V: Lo haremos (¿regresar?)~ (mientras salen)

Kor. Trad: BTSR_613

Eng. Trad: glitter_jk

Esp. Trad: Bang Bangtan (Chini~)

Se han divertido mucho T.T Perdón hay vídeos pero por partes así que xD

Chini~

[amomentpassed]

ruel is triple j’s baby!!!! i’m always so chuffed to see him feature on the hottest 100 esp after his powerhouse of a like a version yesterday and how he talked about how LAV was where he very first showed his face on cam as an artist 🥺🥺🥺 now he’s australia’s very own little superstar

[karajaynetoday]

hi kara! just listened to ur first podcast ep and totally loved it and just really got me thinking about what if 5sos decided to go into a pop punk direction like i really love their music now and how different it is from their early stuff but just like if we ever got a truly pop punk and/or emo 5sos album now i think i would scream?? like just imaging a 5sos album with a pierce the veil sound (esp w mikey's voice?? omg) is making me yearn like ik its prob past them now but im still 😔

hello lovely anon!! thank you so much for listening to the podcast, i really really appreciate it <3 it is fascinating to contemplate, isn’t it!! I often wonder what it would’ve been like if 5SOS went down like a warped tour route rather than touring with 1D... it’s interesting though bc the pop punk scene exists in Aus but it’s kind of like not as prominent as heavier stuff (like parkway drive) or more indie stuff (like your tame impalas etc or “triple j type” bands) but they have a huge influence here (we used to have a massive alt festival called soundwave that was great). Maybe if we manifest super hard 5sos will do a PTV cover or something haha but we will be discussing more pop punk artists on upcoming episodes (and more 5sos I reckon...) so stay tuned for that! xo

[didanawisgi]

Selected Psi Research Publications by Dean Radin Ph.D

This is a selected list of peer-reviewed journal articles about psi (psychic) phenomena, most published in the 21st century. There are also some papers of historical interest and other resources. A comprehensive list of important articles and books would run into the thousands. Click on the title of an article to download it.

The Parapsychological Association – an international professional organization for scientists and scholars interested in psi phenomena – is an elected affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the largest scientific organization in the world and the publisher of the journal Science, one of the most prominent scientific journals.

I mention this because some individuals who call themselves “parapsychologists” are not scientists. They are better described as paranormal enthusiasts, ghost hunters, exorcists, or other practitioners of occult or esoteric arts. While such activities are interesting to many in the general population, the people engaged in them are not practicing science as defined by the AAAS, and as such their use of the term parapsychologist is inappropriate.

This page is maintained by Dean Radin. Last updated May 3, 2016.

Healing at a Distance

Astin et al (2000). The Efficacy of “Distant Healing”: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials

Leibovici (2001). Effects of remote, retroactive intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients with bloodstream infection: randomised controlled trial

Krucoff et al (2001).Integrative noetic therapies as adjuncts to percutaneous intervention during unstable coronary syndromes: Monitoring and Actualization of Noetic Training (MANTRA) feasibility pilot

Radin et al (2004). Possible effects of healing intention on cell cultures and truly random events.

Krucoff et al (2005). Music, imagery, touch, and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care: the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomised study

Benson et al (2006).  Study of the therapeutic effects of intercessory prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients

Masters & Spielmans (2007). Prayer and health: Review, meta-analysis, and research agenda

Radin et al (2008).  Compassionate intention as a therapeutic intervention by partners of  cancer patients: Effects of distant intention on the patients’ autonomic nervous system.

Schlitz et al (2012). Distant healing of surgical wounds: An exploratory study.

Radin et al (2015). Distant healing intention therapies: An overview of the scientific evidence

Physiological correlations at a distance

Duane & Behrendt (1965). Extrasensory electroencephalographic induction between identical twins.

Grinberg-Zylberbaum et al (1994). The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox in the Brain: The transferred potential

Wiseman & Schlitz (1997). Experimenter effects and the remote detection of staring.

Standish et al (2003). Evidence of correlated functional magnetic resonance imaging signals between distant human brains.

Wackermann et al (2003). Correlations between brain electrical activities of two spatially separated human subjects

Schmidt et al (2004). Distant intentionality and the feeling of being stared at: Two meta-analyses

Radin (2004).  Event related EEG correlations between isolated human subjects.

Standish et al (2004). Electroencephalographic evidence of correlated event-related signals between the brains of spatially and sensory isolated human subjects

Richards et al (2005). Replicable functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence of correlated brain signals between physically and sensory isolated subjects.

Achterberg et al (2005). Evidence for correlations between distant intentionality and brain function in recipients: A functional magnetic resonance imaging analysis

Radin (2005). The sense of being stared at: A preliminary meta-analysis.

Radin & Schlitz (2005). Gut feelings, intuition, and emotions: An exploratory study.

Schlitz et al (2006). Of two minds: Skeptic-proponent collaboration within parapsychology.

Moulton & Kosslyn (2008). Using neuroimaging to resolve the psi debate.

Ambach (2008). Correlations between the EEGs of two spatially separated subjects − a replication study.

Hinterberger (2010). Searching for neuronal markers of psi: A summary of three studies measuring electrophysiology in distant participants.

Schmidt (2012). Can we help just by good intentions? A meta-analysis of experiments on distant intention effects

Jensen & Parker (2012). Entangled in the womb? A pilot study on the possible physiological connectedness between identical twins with different embryonic backgrounds.

Parker & Jensen (2013). Further possible physiological connectedness between identical twins: The London study.

Telepathy & ESP

Targ & Puthoff (1974). Information transmission under conditions of sensory shielding.

Puthoff & Targ (1976). A perceptual channel for information transfer over kilometer distance: Historical perspective and recent research

Eisenberg & Donderi (1979). Telepathic transfer of emotional information in humans.

Bem & Honorton (1994). Does psi exist?

Hyman (1994). Anomaly or artifact? Comments on Bem and Honorton

Bem (1994). Response to Hyman

Milton & Wiseman (1999). Does Psi Exist? Lack of Replication of an Anomalous Process of Information Transfer

Sheldrake & Smart (2000). Testing a return-anticipating dog, Kane.

Sheldrake & Smart (2000). A dog that seems to know when his owner to coming home: Videotaped experiments and observations.

Storm & Ertel (2001). Does Psi Exist? Comments on Milton and Wiseman’s (1999) Meta-Analysis of Ganzfeld Research

Milton & Wiseman (2001). Does Psi Exist? Reply to Storm and Ertel (2001)

Sheldrake & Morgana (2003). Testing a language-using parrot for telepathy.

Sheldrake & Smart (2003). Videotaped experiments on telephone telepathy.

Sherwood & Roe (2003). A Review of Dream ESP Studies Conducted Since the Maimonides Dream ESP Programme

Delgado-Romero& Howard (2005). Finding and Correcting Flawed Research Literatures

Hastings (2007). Comment on Delgado-Romero and Howard

Radin (2007). Finding Or Imagining Flawed Research?

Storm et al (2010).  Meta-Analysis of Free-Response Studies, 1992–2008: Assessing the Noise Reduction Model in Parapsychology

Storm et al (2010). A Meta-Analysis With Nothing to Hide: Reply to Hyman (2010)

Tressoldi (2011). Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence: the case of non-local perception, a classical and Bayesian review of evidences

Tressoldi et al (2011). Mental Connection at Distance: Useful for Solving Difficult Tasks?

Williams (2011). Revisiting the Ganzfeld ESP Debate: A Basic Review and Assessment

Rouder et al (2013). A Bayes Factor Meta-Analysis of Recent Extrasensory Perception Experiments: Comment on Storm, Tressoldi, and Di Risio (2010)

Storm et al (2013).  Testing the Storm et al. (2010) Meta-Analysis Using Bayesian and Frequentist Approaches: Reply to Rouder et al. (2013)

 General Overviews & Critiques

Utts (1996). An assessment of the evidence for psychic functioning

Alcock (2003). Give the null hypothesis a chance

Parker & Brusewitz (2003). A compendium of the evidence for psi

Carter (2010). Heads I lose, tails you win.

McLuhan (no date). Fraud in psi research.

Survival of Consciousness

van Lommel et al (2001). Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: a prospective study in the Netherlands

van Lommel (2006). Near-death experience, consciousness, and the brain

Beischel & Schwartz (2007). Anomalous information reception by research mediums demonstrated using a novel triple-blind protocol

Greyson (2010). Seeing dead people not known to have died: “Peak in Darien” experiences

Kelly (2010). Some directions for mediumship research

Kelly & Arcangel (2011). An investigation of mediums who claim to give information about deceased persons

Nahm et al (2011). Terminal lucidity: A review and a case collection.

Facco & Agrillo (2012).   Near-death experiences between science and prejudice

Matlock (2012). Bibliography of reincarnation resources online (articles and books, all downloadable)

Beischel, J., Boccuzzi, M., Biuso, M., & Rock, A. J. (2015). Anomalous information reception by research mediums under blinded conditions II: Replication and extension. EXPLORE: The Journal of Science & Healing, 11(2), 136-142. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2015.01.001

 Precognition & Presentiment

Honorton & Ferrari (1989). “Future telling”: A meta-analysis of forced-choice precognition experiments, 1935-1987

Spottiswoode & May (2003). Skin Conductance Prestimulus Response: Analyses, Artifacts and a Pilot Study

Radin (2004).  Electrodermal presentiments of future emotions. 

McCraty et al (2004). Electrophysiological Evidence of Intuition: Part 1. The Surprising Role of the Heart

McCraty et al (2004). Electrophysiological Evidence of Intuition: Part 2. A System-Wide Process?

Radin & Lobach (2007). Toward understanding the placebo effect: Investigating a possible retrocausal factor.

Radin & Borges (2009). Intuition through time: What does the seer see?

Bem (2011). Feeling the future: Experimental evidence for anomalous retroactive influences on cognition and affect

Bem et al (2011). Must psychologists change the way they analyze their data?

Bierman (2011). Anomalous switching of the bi-stable percept of a Necker Cube

Radin et al (2011). Electrocortical activity prior to unpredictable stimuli in meditators and non-meditators.

Radin (2011). Predicting the unpredictable: 75 years of experimental evidence

Tressoldi et al (2011). Let your eyes predict : Prediction accuracy of pupillary responses to random alerting and neutral sounds

Galek et al (2012).  Correcting the past: Failures to replicate psi

Mossbridge et al (2012). Predictive physiological anticipation preceding seemingly unpredictable stimuli: a meta-analysis

Bem et al (2015). Feeling the future: A meta-analysis of 90 experiments on the anomalous anticipation of random future events

Theory

Josephson & Pallikari-Viras (1991). Biological utilisation of quantum nonlocality

May et al (1995). Decision augmentation theory: Towards a model of anomalous mental phenomena

Houtkooper (2002). Arguing for an observational theory of paranormal phenomena

Bierman (2003). Does consciousness collapse the wave-packet?

Dunne & Jahn (2005). Consciousness, information, and living systems

Henry (2005). The mental universe

Hiley & Pylkkanen (2005). Can mind affect matter via active information?

Lucadou et al (2007). Synchronistic phenomena as entanglement correlations in generalized quantum theory

Rietdijk (2007). Four-dimensional physics, nonlocal coherence, and paranormal phenomena

Bierman (2010). Consciousness induced restoration of time symmetry (CIRTS ): A psychophysical theoretical perspective

Tressoldi et al (2010). Extrasensory perception and quantum models of cognition.

Tressoldi (2012). Replication unreliability in psychology: elusive phenomena or “elusive” statistical power?

Mind-Matter Interaction

Crookes (1874). Researches in the phenomena of spiritualism

Crookes (1874). Notes of séances with DDH

Medhurst & Goldney (1964). William Crookes and the physical phenomena of mediumship.

Merrifield (1885/1971). Merrifield’s report (on D. D. Home)

Braude (1985). The enigma of Daniel Home.

Zorab (1971).  Were D. D. Home’s ‘spirit hands” ever fraudulently produced?

Jahn (1982). The persistent paradox of psychic phenomena: An engineering perspective.

Inglis (1983). Review of “The spiritualists. The passion for the occult in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by Ruth Brandon.”

Schmidt (1987). The strange properties of psychokinesis.

Schmidt (1990). Correlation between mental processes and external random events

Radin & Nelson (1989). Evidence for consciousness-related anomalies in random physical systems

Radin & Ferrari (1991). Effects of consciousness on the fall of dice: A meta-analysis

Jahn et al (1997). Correlations of random binary sequences with pre-stated operator intention: A review of a 12-year program.

Nelson et al (2002). Correlations of continuous random data with major world events.

Crawford et al (2003). Alterations in random event measures associated with a healing practice

Freedman et al (2003). Effects of frontal lobe lesions on intentionality and random physical phenomena

Bierman (2004). Does consciousness collapse the wave function?

Jahn & Dunne (2005). The PEAR Proposition.

Bosch et al (2006).  Examining psychokinesis: The interaction of human intention with random number generators

Radin et al (2006). Reexamining psychokinesis.

Radin et al (2006). Assessing the evidence for mind-matter interaction effects.

Radin (2006). Experiments testing models of mind-matter interaction.

Radin. (2008). Testing nonlocal observation as a source of intuitive knowledge.  

Nelson & Bancel (2011). Effects of mass consciousness: Changes in random data during global events.

Radin et al (2012). Consciousness and the double-slit interference pattern: Six experiments

Radin et al (2013). Psychophysical interactions with a double-slit interference pattern

Shiah & Radin (2013). A randomized trial investigating the roles of intention and belief on mood while drinking tea.

Radin et al (2015). Psychophysical interactions with a single-photon double-slit optical system.

Radin et al (2016). Psychophysical modulation of fringe visibility in a distant double-slit optical system.

 Potential Applications

Carpenter (2011). Laboratory psi effects may be put to practical use: Two pilot studies

Schwartz (1980/2000).   Location and reconstruction of a Byzantine structure … [by remote viewing]

Beischel, J., Mosher, C. & Boccuzzi, M. (2014-2015). The possible effects on bereavement of assisted after-death communication during readings with psychic mediums: A continuing bonds perspective. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 70(2), 169-194. doi: 10.2190/OM.70.2.b

Some recommended books (click to see book details at Amazon.com)

Radin (1997, 2009). The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena

Radin (2006). Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality

Irwin & Watt (2007). An Introduction to Parapsychology

Mayer (2008). Extraordinary Knowing: Science, Skepticism, and the Inexplicable Powers of the Human Mind

Kelly et al (2009). Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century

Tart (2009). The End of Materialism: How Evidence of the Paranormal Is Bringing Science and Spirit Together

Carter (2010). Science and the Near-Death Experience: How Consciousness Survives Death

Van Lommel (2011). Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience

Sheldrake (1999; new edition 2011) Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home

Alexander (2012). Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife

Carpenter (2012). First Sight: ESP and Parapsychology in Everyday Life

Carter (2012). Science and Psychic Phenomena: The Fall of the House of Skeptics

Targ (2012). The Reality of ESP: A Physicist’s Proof of Psychic Abilities

Beischel (2013). Among Mediums: A Scientist’s Quest for Answers

Sheldrake (2003; new edition 2013) The Sense of Being Stared At, And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind

Radin (2013). Supernormal: Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities

Dossey (2014). One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters

Broderick & Goertzel (2014). Evidence for Psi: Thirteen Empirical Research Reports

May et al (2014). ESP WARS: East and West: An Account of the Military Use of Psychic Espionage As Narrated by the Key Russian and American Players

May and Marwaha (2014). Anomalous Cognition: Remote Viewing Research and Theory

Kelly (2014). Beyond Physicalism: Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality

Cardeña (2015). Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century.

May & Marwaha (2015). Extrasensory Perception: Support, Skepticism, and Science 

Websites with access to more articles

Daryl Bem: Click here  

Brian Josephson: Click here

Edwin May: Click here   

Stephan Schwartz, Click here

Rupert Sheldrake: Click here

James Spottiswoode: Click here

Charles Tart: Click here    

Russell Targ: Click here  

Patrizio Tressoldi: Click here

Jessica Utts: Click here

Richard Wiseman: Click here

Journal of Scientific Exploration: Click here

Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) Laboratory: Click here or here.

Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia: Click  here

Esalen Center for Theory and Research: Click here

Windbridge Institute: Click here.

Koestler Unit of the University of Edinburgh: Click here.

Videos

Greyson (2008). Consciousness without brain activity: Near Death Experiences (United Nations talk)

Radin (2008), Science and the taboo of psi (Google TechTalk)

Sheldrake (2008) The extended mind (Google Tech Talk)

… more to be added …

[nogoodmox]

i seriously miss wwe from 2014-16 so much, at least in terms of how dean, roman, and seth were booked. you had seth being a top heel with authority and j&j shenanigans, dean was off being a wild child and won the ic title, roman was living his best life with the fans behind him, then you had dean and roman teaming up with jey and jimmy and wreaking havoc on the authority. their booking wasn’t always perfect (esp dean’s) but at least things were enjoyable and we had sensical storylines instead of the half-assed reunion we have now. i just miss seth being in the authority and jokes about triple h and steph being his parents, i miss corporate kane, i miss j&j being the ultimate hype men, i miss dean and roman being best friends and fucking around with the authority. it was all just so much more lighthearted and fun and we all loved to make fun of seth for being a shitty weasel instead of hating him for being a gross manipulative asshole like he is now.