#goodeye writes

[goodeye-cyborg]

LOOKIT ME GO BAYBEEEEEEE

[fighter-spirits]

get to know 9 people ask game

tagged by: no one but i stole from @heat--end

last song listened to: DeusPROmes from promare soundtrack

currently reading: nothing

sweet/spicy/savory: savory i love salt <3

current obsession(s): pokemon, promare

relationship status: taken but open.

last thing i googled: ko-fi. lol

currently working on: working up desire to write and then i will probably write some ocxcanon slash fic

tagging: ummm @matoimech @rosen-thorns @perytonpred @awn-moo @soupwave @ghostlyeris @goodeye-cyborg @eclipsedmoon87 (you all seem like you wouldnt mind being tagged) and people are free to say i tagged them if they want

[sergeantnarwhalwrites]

My shitty doodles as a gift. Big thanks to all the people I made friends with this year! So many writeblr mutuals I met this year. You all were so motivational to my writing! And I loved to see all of y'all's ocs and stories! Even if we didn't talk much I hope I see all y'all next year! (Also my brain is not fully functioning right now XD I may have forgotten to tag some people). Y'all made a writer feel very homey I appreciate it 🤗

@ezestreet @nanashi23 @manathen @goodeye-cyborg @the-void-writes @jezifster @i-can-even-burn-salad @athena-anna-rose @winterandwords @dumbthunder @magefaery @kashas-stuff @chayscribbles @mallthologist @asher-orion-writes @writingpotato07 @isherwoodj @jjm-blogspot @leighvalentin @fearofahumanplanet @pinespittinink

[adreamingofguns]

Tagged by my beloved @epersonae: Share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. None of these have titles yet because they haven't been posted, and I'm not saying what fandom they're for. You gotta guess. I'm tagging my mutuals even if I don't know if they write fanfic. Good luck and Godspeed.

His hair is shorter, and he looks like the years haven't been too kind to him, but Travis recognizes Noel in an instant, knows that silhouette like his own right hand.

Tagging: @sercphim because she's out here in my dms every day back and forth writing this specific fic with me.

Angie's wedding rolls around and Aubrey is invited, it would be stupid for her not to be, and this time she brings David as her plus one.

Listen. You cannot judge me. Only like 1 person knows what fandom this is and I'm not telling 😉Tagging: @devotedanarchy

There is whiskey on his breath.

Hee hoo good luck guessing what this is from ☺️ tagging: @tothepark I dunno if you write fanfic but here u go.

Rafe has the gun trained on his head, and he swallows.

A little more obvious this time uwu tagging: @recalledtoasteroven Idk if you've written anything recently but here ☺️

"Alright, all-knowing, what am I thinking now?"

Listen I'm not a gideon fucker I'm not. tagging: @goodeye-cyborg well, here u go. Idk if you write fanfic but 😌

"Gimme one good reason I don't blow your CPU brains out all over the wall," Kellogg growls, chest to chest with the synth.

@thedietelf HEEHOO HOMOEROTIC MURDER CEREAL VIBES

From inside the room there's the sound of something like breaking glass, muffled angry voices.

@ladyoriza I know you write fanfic. Show us the goods. 😂😂

She was storming toward him, “You dirty rotten son of a bitch!” 

Hey I don't know if you write fanfic but @sexyorc ☺️

You know I wasn't running from you," He begins, and somehow his words still come.

@goblinbutler listen I don't know if you write fanfic either but here.

"Crap, there's guards coming... Quick, kiss me."

@chrishansenfromdatelinenbc LISTEN SHARE YOUR FANFIC WITH THE WORLD. IM OBSESSED WITH YOUR BRAND OF BRAIN WORMS.

[doomedandstoned]

Pittsburgh’s MELT Airs Astounding New Spin, ‘Replica of Man’

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~

By Billy Goate

Armageddon, religion, technology, shame and greed -- here's a band dealing with some heavy lyrical themes, and doing it with excellence. It's prog-stoner metal trio MELT from the Steel City, and today they're giving us an advance listen to the upcoming album, 'Replica of Man' (2023)

The album opens with narration from an interview long past from the incredible age of Pandora's Box tampering that the 20th century was: "The concept of the thinking machine has been man's dream for centuries, also his nightmare." To accompany this roving commentary on creeping technocracy, the bass slaps out a wicked jazzy stoner groove with vivacity and conviction. By the time drums join in earnest, it feels like we're in Prodigy territory, with metal vocals and doomy riffs. Recording engineer Nate Campisi takes great care in capturing a lusty sound from all of the instruments, and this serves as a captivating vessel for the message:

It fulfills the prophecy Unstoppable technology Steel has seized the upper hand We concede as it commands It’s too late to intervene Mating man with machine No forgiveness for the damned Heed the replica of man

Indeed, we are several chapters deep into a fledgling Technological State and already the human animal is being stretched and contorted in ways that are alien to his nature, but somehow pleasing to the great labyrinth of circuits that make up our computers and smartphones. It's no longer fodder for fun sci-fi blockbusters like Terminator, but an urgent question for our time as to what makes us truly thrive as human beings and how technology can assist us toward that end, not hurt us. Obviously, the band struck a chord with me straight away!

"It isn’t passive music," remarks frontman Joey Troupe. "It has weight, inertia and leaves a mark. We are writing the soundtrack to global annihilation. That includes elements of destruction, despair, gratitude and sometimes, hope."

Elsewhere on the album, the band conjures Lucifer's Friend vibes on "Problem Child" and "Skeleton Girl" exhibits an infectious nu-metal energy -- both captured within a cocoon of fuzzy low-end and performed with all the vibrancy of the garage experience. "Swamp Water" is a good, old-fashioned swampy stoner romp that would make a good companion to Weed Is Weed's "Alligator Crawl." And "Shame" would fit in great with the likes of Mudhoney and Coal Chamber.

The album closer is bathed in dank, watery shadows, with a grungy, forlorn bass groove. It's called "Hive Mind" and lives in the neighborhood of Black Sabbath and Electric Wizard. The song is about how the secrets of life evade us because we're stuck in rigid mindsets ("Sacrament is our demise"), and struggle to find a meaningful role in this artificial maze of concrete and asphalt ("Disguised by life, destroyed by time"). At least that's my interpretation. As I said, the lyrics are thought provoking -- but there's no mistaking the last lines of the track:

We all seek a higher mind So take your breath and blaze a fire Take flight. Ignite. Leave them all behind

Melt's Replica of Man is a virtuosic blend of influences, captivating themes, and crisp, joyful musicianship. Out Friday, July 7th (pre-order here). Stick it on a playlist with Snail, GoodEye, Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, Null, and Deep Purple.

Give ear...

Replica of Man by Melt

SOME BUZZ

Melt is a Pittsburgh-based fuzz rock band formed by Joey Troupe, J.J. Young, and James May – three seasoned musicians with a diverse range of experience in the music industry.

Joey Troupe (lead guitar/vocals) has played in various bands around the city since 2007, including Blackbird Pie, The Electric Pear, and Paddy the Wanderer — which released several LPs and EPs, toured regionally, and had a song featured on a Netflix series.

J.J. Young (drums) has played in or appeared with over 10 different musical projects, including Fortune Teller, Daisy Chain, and his own solo project, BITE. He is also a co-founder of Steel City Death Club, a Pittsburgh music multimedia collective.

James May (bass/vocals) started Aberrant Kingdom in 2008 and has also played with Spare Arrows. In July 2021, Melt released their self-titled debut and performed live for the first time, quickly making a name for themselves in Pittsburgh music for their lively stage presence and unique extraterrestrial-inspired aesthetic.

Since, the band has headlined shows across the region, been named the WYEP Artists of the Week, held a featured spot on the Deutschtown Music Festival mainstage, and opened for Silver Synthetic of Third Man Records. Their second studio album, Replica of Man, will be released July 7, 2023.

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[velvet-apricots]

I was tagged by @goodeye-cyborg and ive always loved a good music meme!

Time to shuffle my music on repeat and show off the first 10 results!

I tag @hellseggcarton @hanamisofficialspouse @strawberryoverlord

Die Young - Kesha

Battle Against A True Hero - Toby Fox

Womanizer - Britney Spears

Hyperdrive! - Devin Townsend Project

The Dragonborn Comes - Swedish Radio Sympony Orchestra

I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic At the Disco

Centuries - Fallout Boy

Flare - Hensonn

Misfortune Black Bird - JFJP

Into the Darkness - The Phantoms

[fighter-spirits]

thank u for the tag

Favorite Color: teal / burgundy

Currently reading: um. I guess Misfits by hehe_hoho_ohno on ao3! i havent started chapter 4 :)

Last Song: ...... Rising Kingdom by CaptainSparklez. the beat does great things to my adhd.

Last Series: uhhh Pokemon.... x&y i think?

Last Movie: watched The Batman with my gf :)

Currently Working on: um. so much, man. ive got some writing and also minecraft stuffs

tagging: @perytonpred @matoimech @windtraces @eclipsedmoon87 @backsetx-and-sothis @wingwaver @goodeye-cyborg and um. anyone else lol

(i cut the reblogs bc Long. lol) don't feel pressured to do it if you don't want to!

Favorites Meme

Tagged by:@matt0044

Favorite Color: N/A

Currently Reading: Treasure Island by Robert Luis Stevenson. For most of my life, I was mostly familiar with it through the 2002 Disney adaptation of the story, which was completely different from the original. Heck I didn't even know that it was an actual story until my mid-teens. So in combination of wanting to expand my media literacy and Dr. Livesey memes, I decided to bite the bullet and buy the book. So far, I've been pretty engaged with it. I had know no idea that it was told through Jim Hawkins's POV.

Last Song: Hajanga by Jacob Collier. About a year ago(?) I found this interesting Youtube channel that uploads videos of miscellaneous performances by musicians and puts a music sheet on the bottom to show the notes they're singing or playing. Also they put funny titles up to entice viewers. What I didn't know was that Jacob has a music career and I got the chance to listen to one of his songs. Highly recommend listening to the live MIT performance of Hajanga.

Last Series: King Of The Hill. I mainly put that on for background noise since I've seen it a hundred times. There are some other shows that I want to watch but I want to commit to it without any distractions.

Last Movie: Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One. While this is the 7th installment in the series, it's actually my 2nd viewing--last one being the first movie I rented from the library. So far my impressions is that this is a series full of twists and turns. You can never be so sure of who you can trust the first time around.

Currently Working On: Nothing concrete at the moment. I've mostly have ideas that are swarming around in my head that may or may not come to fruition. Last thing I ever uploaded to AO3 back in January was a Deltarune fanfic called Winter Wonderland (AKA What's Eating Noelle Holiday?), a sorta post Chapter 2 story were Noelle experiences a nightmare involving her missing/possibly dead sister and how she comes to grips with that with most of the Kris and Susie Darkworld stuff being in the background. I had original plans for a short story involving Dess and Asriel but that's scrapped as of right now. Also, I'm currently hyperfixated on Elemental and it's still very likely that some ideas I have for THAT may never come to life. Probably the most vicious cycle of any given writer.

I'll leave a link for the aforementioned story but be warned, I was mostly press for time trying to get that out so it may be not be my 100%. So if I ever go back and revise it, you'll know why. https://archiveofourown.org/works/44080062/chapters/110833800

Tags: @gojira007 @magpie-allosaurus @nrwynter @fenth-eiria @adrian-shepard @shybi-n-ready2cry @paperbagedhead

[kingrobotfuccer]

Does anyone wanna give my AO3 some love?

https://archiveofourown.org/users/GoodeyeCyborg/works

Its got all the filled requests on there and.... More!

[elredje5ter]

[mud-castle]

Thanks for the advice guys.

But I do find writing about as difficult, if not more so, than drawing. So it doesn't really cut down the time spent on it, and makes it less enjoyable as well. I understand that I can post writing without pictures, I'm just not that confident in my skills. I draw first, match words second, not the other way around.

General communication is hard enough for me, so having other admins is gonna have to be a no.

I think how I'll do this is I'll push through to the end of Fire and Ice the way I have been. Be prepared to see a lot more sketchiness and simpler color palettes.

I'll either do less parts for the next book, or post less often to make longer posts.

Once I'm done with the goodeye first arc, I'll use animatics for the badeye story. Then I'll figure out where to go from there.

[xianimoon]

Tag Meme

I was tagged by @coochie-puncher

instructions : tag 10 followers that you wanna get to know

name: Roxana

nicknames: Xiani, Shadow

gender: nonbinary

star sign: Aries 

height: 1.65m  

sexuality: panromantic asexual

hogwarts house: slytherin

fave animal: cats and bats!

average hours of sleep: Like... 10?

current time: 21:45

dog or cat person: 100% cat

blankets you sleep with: 1 or 2 depending on how cold it is

dream trip: Maybe to america to finally meet my longtime online friend Nick.

dream job: Actress, it ain’t happening but that’s the dream.

when i made my blog: October 2014

followers: 248

why i made a tumblr: good source for fandom stuff

reason for my url: At like 12 I choose Xiani Moon as my name to use for writing fanfics, in the end it became my go-to user name for everything. I made up Xiani because I thought it sounded good and looked nice, also because I wanted a name starting with an x. I think I ended up with Moon because I liked the idea of signing domething with “X. Moon”.

id like to tag: @s-ound-wave @transgengars @bonesofether @gaytendo-ds @arrowsparx @petals-post @goodeye-cyborg @humbledfetus @energonalucard @pandabiscuiteyes

[goodeye-cyborg]

Alright...... we're gonna do the outline one more time now that we've got a second act. It's fine. It doesn't fundamentally alter anything. I'm fine.

[vanoodle]

callout post for @goodeye-cyborg

always in denial

writes characters who are also always in denial

about things that are completely undeniable, come on, we all know the truth

[a-genji]

You’ve been hit by, you’ve been struck by

the tag

Tagged by: @wildcherrylime many thanks to you, friend

1: nicknames: cuicui, you filthy robot fucker

2: gender: they

3: Star Sign: gemini

4: Height: 5′3

5: time: 2:00 PM

6: B-day: June 7

7: Favourite bands: Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco.... still the same things you listened to in middle school

8: Favourite solo artists: Adam Lambert.... it’s been a while since we’ve heard anything from him

9: Song stuck in my head: Boulevard of broken dreams but gregorian

10: Last Movie I watched: The Last Jedi

11: Last Show: watched The Ancient Magus Bride

12: When did you create your blog? oh boy, I made this blog way back in middle school but didn’t use it regularly until around Grade 11

13: What do I post: a lot of memes, some overwatch, and now transformers are slowly bleeding into it

14: Last thing you googled: "deus ex machina meaning” wanted to be sure I was using it right. Am I sure about it? No.

15: Do I have other blogs: many. Almost too many. Other than this one and heartbleed, I’ve got a transformers blog (where 99% of what I post is either Ambulon, Brainstorm, or Soundwave) and an aesthetic blog...... and a shitpost transformers RP blog. Two of them actually.

16: Do I get asks: Not usually

17: Why I chose my url: Take a WILD guess who my favorite overwatch character is

18: Following: like 467

19: Followers: a little over 200

20: Average hours of sleep: 7-8 hours of sleep? About to decline now that Im back in school term

21: lucky number: 21

22: Instruments: played piano as a kid.... pretty sure I’ve forgotten how

23: what am I wearing: black stretchy jeans and a gray hoodie

24: Dream Job: writing or editor..... alas

25: Dream Trip: would love to meet up with some online friends

26: Favourite food: noodles! oodles and oodles of noodles!

27: Nationality: chinese-canadian

28: Favourite Season: summmmmeerrrrrr, bring out the dresses and sun

29: Languages: english, mandarin

30: Eye colour: brown

time to tag: @goodeye-cyborg @bloodsweatandpreciousmetals @boootycreed @ekamaevom @silent-hills 

[adreamingofguns]

Rules: create a new post with the last line you wrote, then tag as many people as there are words in that line.

Tagged by @partyinthemysterymachine because he's the devil.

My line is as follows:

It jolts Sam back to the present, and all the sound and the air and the heat rushes back into him at once, and it is overwhelming.

That's 26 words, dude. My dickensian habit of comma hoarding has come back around to kick me in the ass.

Tagging: @epersonae @taakovapes @magnolian-gold @katapawlt @maphel-n-doodles @goodeye-cyborg @thotsimulator @skeletorific @kaiju-cutie @milocones @pure-pazaak @balverine @chrishansenfromdatelinenbc @abdomented @anonymousalchemist @tentaspy @papepop @nebulyx @not-mom @suitmotif @softpedropascal @james-fun-in-the-sunderland @r00m302 @zomm-bi @nihilnovisubsole @brobachev

That's 26 people. Good fucking luck, guys. Make me proud.

(Also bonus points if you figure out what I'm writing)

[doomedandstoned]

Swedish Stoner-Doom Trio OCKRA Air Melancholy Full-Length ‘Gratitude’

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~

By Billy Goate

Artwork by Arjen Kunnen

Progressive doom meets dark rock and folk on the new album 'Gratitude' (2023) by Gothenburg's OCKRA. It would, of course, be tedious (if not impossible) to trace back the various strands of influence on the songs before us. As I stated in my review of their EP, 'Infinite Patterns' (2020):

It’s a bit tricky to draw a direct comparison between OCKRA and other acts. After all, it’s not often we hear a band attempt blending progressive rock with doom metal!

The name Ockra is not, as I briefly assumed, a reference to "okra" (that dreaded nemesis of my childhood, along with brussel sprouts), but rather "ocher" in the Swedish tongue. Ocher, that is, the color and substance of earth. Thus it is no surprise to find that Ockra's songs deal with earthly matters of the here-and-now, leading off with the track "Introspection," which preludes such songs as "Acceptance," "Tage Wie Dieser" ("Days Like This"), and "Tree I Planted." This is music that's meant to be intensely relatable.

"Weightless Again" starts as a straight-up garage rocker that features robust drumming from Jonas Nyström, bouncing about joyfully amidst stirring vocal harmonies and traditional doom riffage. The piece slows up and gets misty, with an aura of sadness at about three-minutes. I praised Cruthu for capturing a similar spirit on 'The Angle of Eternity' (2017), which takes a folk-like approach to writing doom. As the song crescendos, confidence rises, and we return to the peppiness of the beginning, but the atmosphere is still bittersweet, and the chorus remains psychologically piercing. The vibe is "things will get better, just keep hanging on" -- or, to quote the song, you'll be weightless again.

"Tree I Planted" is singer-songwriter fare that hints at the old country and western tradition. If you like the songs that Alice in Chains singer Jerry Cantrell writes, this one is a cinch. Alex Spielhaupter's vocals are earnest, with a serious metallic edge, and get bluesy at times, backed by guest vocalist Stefanie Spielhaupter.

Fourth track "Acceptance" is bound to find its way onto a "Metal Classics" playlist one of these days. From the opening riff on, guitarist Erik Björnlinger had me hooked. The vocals are dark like Pentagram, moody like Goodeye, producing a bonafide earworm of a chorus. The song is thoughtfully structured, took, with a bridge of overlapping voices that brings The Byrds to mind.

The folk influence really shines through on the next track, "We, Who Didn't Know." What might have found life as a two-minute interlude, gets fleshed out into a full-fledged seven-minute song. After a soft vocal introduction (which references "Weightless Again"), the balance shifts to a largely instrumental portion. The whole feel for me was one of daisy-lit hills, until the band goes full metallic at the four-minute mark. Again, Ockra goes for grand, with a crescendo and a full-on rush of soundwaves launching an impassioned chorus, finishing with the solitary note of the guitar.

"Imorgon Här" ("Tomorrow Here") follows, and while the title is in Swedish, the lyrics are still in English. The song is has got an upbeat, bluesy tempo (not unlike Graveyard), but the strength of Ockra's harmonic singing distinguishes them here in a way that is simply magical.

"Tage Wie Dieser" ("Days Like This") is sung entirely in Swedish. Personally, I love when bands include a song or two in their native tongue. If you approach vocals as just another instrument in the band (rather than someone telling you how to think or feel about the song), you may find you appreciate the experience all the more. Here the vocal harmonies are consoling and heavenly.

Suffice it to say, there were things that grabbed me upon first listen (namely "Acceptance"), but the second spin turned out to be even more meaningful, probably because the material was more familiar and I could lean into the songs more comfortably.

Look for Ockra's Gratitude on Friday, May 26th, releasing digitally and on compact disc on Argonauta Records (pre-order here). Stick it on a playlist with Young Hunter, Dunbarrow, and Asteroid.

Give ear...

LISTEN: Ockra - 'Gratitude' (2023)

SOME BUZZ

The band OCKRA arose in early 2018 in Gothenburg from what was left of the stoner doom band Sulphur Dreams. With a strong desire to stretch musical barriers away from what is known as classic stoner or doom metal, the trio around Jonas Nyström, Erik Björnlinger and Alex Spielhaupter set out to develop their songwriting skills and find their own style under the new name OCKRA. The band has a wide range of influences from metal to folk, americana and jazz.

The first EP with four songs was self-recorded in a 'DIY' spirit at the home studio in Onsala during spring/summer 2019 (with guest singer Ammy from EPA/Lastkaj14) and was released in March 2020 via Argonauta Records a week before the first lockdown put everything on hold.

The songs were well received by the media and the reviews in online and print magazines turned out very positive. As an example, the EP got 12 out 15 points in Germany's largest print magazine for extreme metal "Legacy."

Gratitude by OCKRA

 Infinite Patterns by OCKRA

During the summer of 2021, the trio went out to the little village Hesedorf near Hamburg to record their debut album 'Gratitude' together with Peter Voigtmann (The Ocean Collective, Heads.) at his studio "Die Mühle" (the mill).

The calm environment and the nature around made it possible to go into a state of creative isolation. That may have had an impact on the music, which now has more elements of singer-songwriter and folk music.

The lyrics have been written in the shade of the pandemic and severe illnesses amongst close friends and family members in this period. Writing these very personal lyrics has been some kind of therapeutic and despite the severeness of the topics they are meant to provide a glimpse of hope.

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