#heel turn 1

[merry-fagoland]

oh unreleased heel turn 1 song, we're really in it now

[tmglineaday]

One thing about the good guys that I've noticed — they always beg for mercy in the end

[goldenloverss]

I LOVE YOU HEEL TURN 1 FROM HIT ALBUM BEAT THE CHAMP THAT ONLY EXISTS ON YOYTUBE AND WHEN PLAYED LIVE !!!!!

[wontonhasradsocks]

[waterloggedsoliloquy]

I! I! I'M NOT GONNA DIE IN HERE!

[worldcylinder]

HEEL TURN 1!

I watch my guardian angel leave the building / I am my only friend / One thing about the good guys that I've noticed / They always beg for mercy in the end. Like, goddamn. That hits, dude. It's interesting to compare this song to Heel Turn 2 -- like, Heel Turn 2 is objectively better, but the difference between I'm not gonna die in here and I don't wanna die in here speaks volumes. Heel Turn 2 has more empathy for the good guys, more regret. Heel Turn 1 is more abrupt, more "fuck this", more contemptuous. It's very "I'm done being a face, and furthermore fuck all y'all." There's a lot of anger directed at the losing side here, as Heel Turn 2 puts it.

[john-gosh-darnielle]

and i

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I'm not gonna die in here

(one of my favourite unreleased songs!)

[fortjester]

genuinely obsessed w heel turn 1 by the mountain goats. like bros? why was that one not on the record? you're seriously saying i have to listen to beat the champ w/o hearing the lyric "one thing abt the good guys that i've noticed, they always beg for mercy in the end"? fellas come oooooooonnnn

[thejunkyardafewblocksfromhere]

One thing about the good guys that I've noticed They always beg for mercy in the end And I, I, I'm not gonna die in here I, I, I'm not gonna die in here I, I, I'm not gonna die in here I, I, I'm not gonna die in here -Heel Turn 1, The Mountain Goats

[theresatmgsongforthat]

There's a Mountain Goats song for that!

[image transcript: "I watch my guardian angel leave the building / I am my only friend / One thing about the good guys that I've noticed / They always beg for mercy in the end // And I, I, I'm not gonna die in here / I, I, I'm not gonna die in here".]

negative self talk "im going to die here" vs positive self talk "im going to start killing"

[outofcontextgoats]

the ushers and the guys who chuck the popcorn

[starbuck]

you can always count on john darnielle to create a safe and accepting environment in which to scream “I’M NOT GONNA DIE IN HERE” in a dark room filled with strangers

[heliological]

live on 4/10/24 (transcript under the cut)

This is a very old song that I seldom play anymore. (excited crowd sounds)

I can't play old songs with a pick. I didn't use a pick for a long time, I was very, very macho about this sort of thing. If you're not bleeding for it, it doesn't count. That is the dumbest way of thinking (laughs), absolutely—absolutely the dumbest.

The old songs don't work as good unless I'm fully doing the thing.

That woman set herself on fire

They said it on the radio

They said she lit up the skies of Palestine

(guy in crowd: Free Palestine!)

(crowd cheers)

I could not stand to hear them say so

I saw the stars come out

Smelled the oranges on the breeze

Later on they played some Caribbean song

Man, they sure know how to pick 'em

The rich voice burning like a fuse

The syncopated rhythm

I saw the stars come out

Saw the oranges cracking open

I saw you standing there

Orange blossom in your hair

Going to Palestine (crowd cheers louder)

Going to Palestine

(crowd cheers)

Thank you!

[tardis-technician]

Family beach day

[coridallasmultipass]

Finally knitted Halloween socks that I've been meaning to knit since I bought this yarn last year!

The yarn is from "SavannahRoseHandmade" from the 90s Halloween Collection (sold out now UGH [understandable, but UGH]) and is visually inspired by the movie Scream (1996). I saw the colour pooling effect on their sample swatch when they shared the yarn collection images on Reddit last year, and was immediately like, 'Holy shit it's just like CRT TV static!!' And I had to get it. (And then life happened and I didn't get around to knitting them until now lol).

And unfortunately, I'm SO IN LOVE WITH IT!! THE EFFECT DID TRANSLATE TO SOCKS AND NOW IT'S LIKE, AHHH I NEED MORE. I don't know if I have enough yarn left to make an additional pair, so I'll have to figure out how to weigh it and the socks and see if the weight compares (really don't wanna end up with 3 socks and not enough for the 4th lol). But yeah. I'm so glad I got to do this. The yarn colouration was SO fun to work with, and the yarn was a nice and smooth 1-ply which was a huge relief from the fluffy yarn on the socks I'd been working on just before this. And yes, I did intentionally take this photo in front of those books because of the spiral-ish pooling.

Can I just also... like... holy fuck, man. I LOVE when yarn pools into unique patterns. It's the best phenomenon ever. And especially like for this one being black and white? That subtle grey transition from stark white to pitch black is EVERYTHING. Like I never would have thought one could create yarn that would pool EXACTLY like TV static rolling down the screen when knit. Major nostalgia vibes. I can feel the forcefield.

Also, started these babies September 27 and finished the second sock today October 3rd, which may be a new record for me knitting socks, I was so fucking excited. I even have a big ole 'writers bump' on my finger from the way I hold my knitting needles lmao (was also knitting a different pair of socks before this, too), and my arthritis is Not happy, but screw you, arthritis! I'M HAPPY.

Side note: it would be cool to pair this yarn with like a red addition somehow. Get a Saw vibe going bc of the TV static pooling effect. (I do love Scream though.) Or you could even probably take it a The Ring route with like a fly applique or something. So many horror movie staples with TV static effect, and not enough Scream yarn to test them out!!

Bonus image when the socks were a WIP:

I had my new tooth and doll eye stitch markers going. I DO have bloody murder weapon stitch markers, but none of them are a buck knife (Ghostface's weapon), so I went for general Halloween vibes instead (even tho I use stitch markers like this year-round lol).

[gemsofthegalaxy]

Cait is so fucked up now and while I still love her it is much harder to have sympathy for her compared to Vi or Jinx. Like, born with a silver spoon, arrogant even when she was well-intenioned. She experiences loss one time and can now fully understand hatred of the whole Undercity even though a good half the violence that occurs down there is directly caused by the Piltover superiority and upper class. Like. Girl.