#i dont actually know if violin is metal

[andforthecoating]

Give me Steve who’s favorite instrument has always been the violin, but his dad wouldn’t let him learn it when he was little claiming it ‘wasn’t fitting’.

Give me Steve who buys a tape of violin concertos with his first pay check from scoop’s.

Robin who sees him with the Walkman on their breaks and thinks he’s just listening to whatever’s popular at the moment. When she finally sees what the tape actually is she raises her eyebrows before asking if it’s for a ‘babe’. Since they’re not friends yet, Steve tells her that “yes it’s for a date” and swallows the urge to tell her that he just likes it.

After that, they don’t bring it up again. And when they start chasing Russians under the mall and try not to get killed, it kind of fades into the background.

It isn’t until the party’s listing their favorite songs that can save them from Vecna that it gets mentioned again. Everyone lists their songs and (unlike in canon) Steve goes last and he says he probably doesn’t have any.

“Oh come on,” Robin says and rolls her eyes, “we both know you couldn’t stop listening to that tape last summer- 40 violins or something!”

Steve’s face flushes red and Dustin looks at him his eyes wide. He feels Eddie’s gaze on him and he can feel his cheeks get even warmer. He can just imagine the fun the metal head will have with this.

“It’s a beautiful instrument,” he explains himself, “and if you have to know my favorite concerto is the one in e-minor on the b-side.”

Nancy nods and writes it down on the notepad as Dustin snickers.

“Didn’t think you’d listen to that, Steve,” he says and Steve knows he means well, but it feels like a stab in the chest anyway. Like he isn’t the type of person who could enjoy the violin.

“Whatever, man.”

“It’s very metal, you know,” a voice says and Steve turns his head just to find himself on the receiving end of Eddie’s big smile, “the violin. It’s in a lot of hard rock tracks.”

Steve returns the smile, trying to communicate his gratefulness as Dustin lets out an “oh, that’s so cool!”.

[xxri]

tell us abt ur prsk unit....

it seems i ahve been found by prsk oc tumblr helloo. girl band with something very wrong. more under the cut i guess

helloo.... garden of eden posting.... vkei band that mostly plays vocarock and metal (i dont really know specific genres Heart emoji.) very much inspired by leia by yuyoyuppe I LOVE LEIA.

they don't really shoot for a huge goal like the other units they are all learning to love playing music for themselves and not for fame or whatever. they play together just for the sake of it ^_^ ive posted everyones profiles but here are their ref sheets

they have a cover song list here ^_^ (many of these would be rearranged but do u see my vision....)

and voice claims . i kind of designed all four of them with the singers in mind i am a #Big fan of all of them. ruri, tsubaki, kanna (1 / 2) (she is so greedy she has two), sumire

also vaguely inspired by musicians i like . i wanted there to be more obvious references in their unit outfits but i guess i can do that for card sets (if i ever design any)

as for story ......... idrk how to summarize their story on a surface level WHAHA . ruri is a vocaP and recruits the others to form a band for fun. tsubaki is her childhood friend, sumire is a huge fan of her music and brings kanna along (BAD IDEA) 99% of the problems in the band are caused by kanna arguing with everyone over nothing

at first the focus is on tsubaki and the others helping her search for her true passion before she graduates. she joins the band to spend time with ruri, she doesn't actually gaf about music (she doesnt gaf about anything) but slowly learns to love it and enjoy being in the band.

everyone else has their arcs, kanna is very annoying and pretentious and wants to be popular while the other three are like "hey man. maybe being in a band isnt all about fame ^_^;;" sumire is a total beginner at music and is seen as "weird" but finds friends who accept her, ruri arc happens much later cuz everyone else is just learning things she already knew. but she learns to be more honest with everyone.

basically they all join for superficial reasons and eventually learn to really truly love music ^_^ also the sekai is haunted mansion ish and the vocaloids are all ghosts Here is miku and flower probably. i am very indecisive on how they will look

ermmmm Idk what else to post. relationship chart and ruri and sumire instrument models (Ruri stolen from toko kirigaya #I LOVE MORFONICA!!!!!!) idk anything about drums or violin models so they just get whatever. their main motif is flowers i guess but they're not very flowery that's mostly just ruri's influence being a big flower fan. ok i will not make this post longer than it needs to be Thank you for asking i love my daughters ^_^

[nutzworth]

i did an album rating of penelope scott and i surpassed jrwi episode 100 so now i listen to the VOL 1 SOUNDTRACK!!!! YAAAAY!!!!! here are my thoughts

below the cut because its REALLY LONG. theres a LOT of songs. my favs are "the bastard pirate" and "cunning action" and "the black sea" and "kas' karnival" and of course "HEEHOO!"

the riptide pirates (both): sorry i started this and already listened to these two songs so THEY WERE GREAT!!! sea shanties are freaking awesome. i had no notes 7/10

this is my destiny (gillion): AAHHHHH. the electric guitar fits SO WELL for gillion im writhing. this is soooo intense. i can PICTURE him speedwalking down a big fancy hallway. i love how it speeds up he is GOING he is ON IT. this is HIS DESTINY!!!! kind of goes on for too long though. ummm 7/10

prophetic hero (gillion): dude are ALL the songs going to be this intense or IS it just gillion. THE ELECTRIC GUITAR IS SOOOOO GOOD FOR HIM I WILL KEEP SAYING THIS!!!! charlie slimecicle/gillion is the only one who talked about their hit song hole in your heart being pop-punk and also gillion dressed punk that one time HE NEEDS THIS!!!!! HE NEEDS TO BE METAL!!!!! i dont know enough about music genres sorry if this is not what punk or metal are. i feel like it just looped but whatever. this song is so gillion. 8/10 im HYPED.

prophetic screwup (gillion): this is so funny. i LOVE the idea. pretty good length. 9/10

one more burden (gillion): this is so sad.... no notes good mood setting song. 7/10 i think it sounds underwater and beautiful

the navys daughter (jay): the BELL NOISES AND PEN CLICKS!!! LIKE HER WAITER JOB! (they can also double as clock ticking too.... ohhhh. time ticking down til her secrets revealed. FUCK.) i like that so much. the pretty string riff is so great. the gun shots.... yeah dude.... the strings are sooo pretty jay you are so violin. its so gentle... 7/10

the sureshot (jay): oh were GOING. THE CRESCENDOS OF STRINGS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL! i feel like im in the wild west this is probably because the gun noises and the rhythm feels like horse running. i definitely dont feel like any of these character songs feel like theyre on a boat but thats what "the riptide pirates" is for. 8/10

rebel's elegy (jay): oh so sad... no notes. 5/10 its okay

that bastard pirate (chip): oh this ROCKS. FUCK!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!! THE GUITAR??? the BASS? i think its bass. the keyboard the electric guitar. i can picture chip walking around like an asshole to this. ohhh its so good. its a totally different mood from gillions and its PERFECT. also really good length. 10/10

cunning action (chip): FUUUCK. DUDE. WHY IS HE AWESOME? I LOVE THESE ONES. he sounds so cool chip you are so cool. these ones sound like a band made them somehow. and it makes me really happy. this flute is crazy. THE GUITAAAR chip is so bass. its what he played in the band. 10/10 again i dont care

pirate's legacy (chip): ok sad track for chip. oh what the hell hes talking to me what the hell is he SAYING? all of these sad songs have the same kind of keyboard swell and i dont really care for it. but thats okay. i understand the necessity. is he just vocalizing or is he saying something? i cant tell. 5/10

playful blows: this one sounded like old man earl immediately. in his like fruit patterned hawaiian shirt (<== i realize he doesnt actually have this i was just imagining it). this is CORE of old man earl. hes tropical and hes serving drinks and hes fuckin with you. this is totally a ship-wide kind of play but its old man earl to ME.... the flute is beautiful. 7/10

what lies beyond (anxiety 1): anxiety 1 lol. welcome back keyboard swell. i like the gentle slow strings added though... this IS scary... 8/10 i like it more than the sad songs

the black sea (anxiety 2): oh GREAT. love the deep oceanic ambiance. this is SCARY SCARY. it fits the black sea so well. the um the didgeridoo? i think? that deep rumbling is so perfect. im totally seeing dark stormy waters with big beasts obscured swimming below. 10/10

alveros' tomb: who the hell is alveros. am i supposed to know. oh i looked him up hes the guy that ruled desire island before queen malice hahaha. why is there a song for him... this is so sad and scary... its beautiful though... the scary voice... THE GUITAR IS SO CUTE! the little riff. umm 7/10

grand strategy (anticipation 1): this IS anticipatory. did someone just fart what the hell was that. theyre farting again. this is crazy. this IS SO ANTICIPATORY! okay. 9/10 i really like it

a heart's desire (italian) (anticipation 2): why the hell is it italian. HOLY SHIT THERES LYRICS!!!!!!!!!! AND THEYRE IN ITALIAN I THINK! i heard corazon (heart) and mano (hand). this feels way scarier than anticipation but i guess its hopeful. its cus of the damned keyboard swell. im gonna be fr i kind of hate the swell. 6/10

a heart's desire (english) (anticipation 2): oh its the same but in english. okay whatever 6/10

kas' karnival (quirky 1): OH FUCK YES. YES YES YES YES YES!!!!! I LOVE CARNIVAL MUSIC SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!! i dont know what ANY of these instruments are but theyre all PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the high note and then slamming on the low end of the piano. raaaaah oh my god. i love this 10/10

HEEHOO (quirky 2): oh this fucks. holy shit. oh my god. its like kas' karnival but FASTER and MORE INTENSE and its SO MUCH! oh my god so many high notes and fast notes. this is so goobleck. ITS SO INTENSE. theres so much going on. fever dream esque. JUST like how i felt when goobleck was there. the intensity of like slamming on the notes is SOOO PALPABLE. soooo good. 10/10

loved this. EXCITED FOR VOL 2. listening to this made me feel like i was listening to homestuck albums again. so awesome. i love this. thanks for reading and im sorry

[cringelordofchaos]

You asked Berry this so I am asking YOU out of spite for not asking ME

YOUR SONIC HEADCANONS??

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uhmm ill be my own attorney in the court; in my defense, your honour, i saw berry reblog a post specifically about sonic sexuality headcanons and berry shared their hcs in the tags but also put in the tags abt how their 'headcanons may change'. and i wanted to see if their headcanons changed so i asked them

ANYWAY

uhh these r all pretty much identity + nd hcs so sorry if u were lookin for more

(edit:wait actually im gonna sort this into two parts:: queer + nd headcanons and then like. backstory and personality hcs)

SONIC: adhd, used to hc him as bi ace but fuck it hes romance repulsed oriented aroace, also me likes the idea of him being genderqueer in some way, moreso specifically either transmasc nonbiney or transmasc trigender. also adhd (side note i heard someone sayhe couldnt possibly have adhd cuz "he can focus on missions" and. wjhat.) also maybe ptsd from thecountless traumatic experiences hess had to endure

AMY: sappho. i have also adhd'ed her in the past but im not so sure npw. i also saw someone hc her as bipolar and thas valid

TAILS: i know he can definitely represent as an autistic stereotypce but look at him :(( (but i genuinely think his backstory is sort of a metaphor for the nd experience. and also i think theres a lot of things that may make him autistic codedthough albeit many of them r stereotypical). special interest in engineering

KNUCKLES: bisexual as ffffff, though he doesnt give a shi abt labels

and ofc STTICKS:: demirose lesbiian. . also female but she rlly doesnt care abt gender. also autistci mayhaps

now for the more interesting hcs:

SONIC: something traumatic happened to him that made him scared of water in the first place, thas for sure methinks. he also just doesnt really show his negative emotions and he moreso just tries to 'dealw it' instead. i have headcanoned this for years as many others have and it appears to be somewhat canon in frontiers which is pretty great. he plays the electric guitar and is a pretty skilled singer and yeah. chilli dawgs r his comfort food....... loves rock electric and heavy metal and sometimes listens to it on his runs. pretty comfortable w being independent . also this is not a headcanon but i dont think his idw iteration is that out of character. he sees pretty much everyone (rivals and frenemiesalike) as friendos

AMY: has some form of abandonment issues which is what makes her as clingy as she is. generally used to feel left out and misunderstood from sonic n others in games like adventure and adventure2 but their relationshipsget better. listen. listen i heard someone on tumblr hc amy having abandonment issues and it hasnt left my miind since. she used to feel embarrassed by herself and her personality but became much more expressive of herself as time went on bc she starrted feeling more accepted. DEFINITELY writes fanfiction and fancomics and draws fanart and likes theatre(this is canoon actually). has meetings w the girlsTM where she just reads their fortune n everything. she also said in one game that she aspires to BE LIKE sonic and i have hcs abt that as well. can b mischievious and sneaky. has a tarot card reading BUSINESS this girl earns money for this !! shes very magiical girl bc she can pull her hammer out there, tell the future, turn invisible, has a 'sonic snese' but this is not a headcanon this is canon. plays the violin. loves to create fun outfits. into knitting and crocheting. . yeah i have more

TAILS: he can get pretty insecure of himself at times, heholds high expactations of himself and feels like if he doesnt meet them he might as well be a failure. ooopslol. he also hates when ppl misinterperets who he is as a person and when they undermine how skilled he is. he sometimes doesnt really let others know how he feels and hides it w a positive attitude. his gizmo is his comfort item. sonic was his first friend. the reason why he acted cocky in lost world and constantly pointed out how they shouldnt trust eggman (although it was super ooc) is bc of how insecure he was and he felt like sonic didnt trust himenough. and he feels bad abt it. hm. he also likes to draw sometimes and is generally skilled and precise, partly bc he has to draw blueprints for his creeations. one of them orphans. wags his tails/unintentionally starts flying when hes excited (stimming woag). hes not really SCARED of thunderstorms but they ARE a sensory nightmare for hiim (loud, bright/0). sonic sort of 'taught him how to make friends'. he still has cosmo in the form of a plant inside his house. he has many bunkers/ Sometimes he has a hard time accepting help (inherited from his older brotherlol). his tails are an nd allegoryOK ILL SHUT UP NOW

KNUCLES: icoud rambllea lot about him whenever im in the mood especially when i seeppl misinterperet him but i dont really have much HEADcanons bc everything i say abt him is canon

STICKS: ok this is gonna sound wild and its definitely not original but. she has abandonment/truusst issues relatedto her former parents that have something to do w the government which is one of the reasons she became so hateful of th egovenrment. dont ask (actually do if you want to). generally feels free to be herself but there are times when she feels ashamed of her wild side ig you couldcall it. very creative.

the reason why theres not shadow even though hes one of the more popular ones is bc im just not obsessed w him at the moment sorry :(

I HAVE MORE but these are all FOR NOW

now YOU TELL ME YOUR SONIC HEADCANONS SO I DONT LOOK AS DELUSIONAL [[POINTS FINGER AT YOU]]

[gendiegremlin]

ok i've figured out what i want everyone to be. races and classes will be above the cut and explanations will be under the cut so this isnt a horrendously long post

nastya - elf, battle smith artificer

ivy - kenku, diviner wizard

raphaella - aarakocra, maverick artificer

jonny - goblin, wild magic sorcerer

brian - warforged, oath of the ancients paladin

marius - gnome, college of creation bard

tim - human, gunslinger fighter

ashes - dragonborn, wildfire druid

ts - changeling, arcane trickster rogue

nastya

elves are all graceful and stuff and i thought that sort of fit because she was a princess

they can have naturally blue hair

elves are slow to make friends and enemies but slow to forget them as well (did i take this idea of nastya straight from this fanfic? yes absolutely and you can't stop me)

artificer was an obvious choice cause shes the engineer

battle smith artificers are good at fixing things. sort of like a machine medic

battle smith artificers have a machine companion that sticks with them, so i'm gonna make that aurora

ivy

kenku are sort of based on ravens, and ravens are smart

kenku don't know where their race came from, which i thought was a cool parallel to ivy not remembering her past

"kenku are blessed with keen observation and supernaturally accurate memories"

ivy is a wizard because books

i chose diviner wizard because divination is about finding things out

raphaella

aarakocra because wings

artificer because she's a scientist

maverick artificers dabble in tons of stuff but keep abandoning projects to find out new stuff and i thought that was great for raph (she has adhd and you cant change my mind)

i thought the aspect of additional spells from other spell lists was a cool reflection of how raph also wants to find things out but in a much more hands-on way than ivy

jonny

jonny is just a little goblin man. what can i say i had no choice

@mightybeaujester you were so right to say jonny would be a paladin with an oath of fucking things up and i tried to hard to find an oath that i thought reflected that well but the one i thought came closest was basically an oath of just looking out for yourself and noone else

i made him a wild magic sorcerer because if anyone deserves to cause that amount of chaos its jonny

there are some things on the wild magic table that are helpful and some that are very much not helpful. i thought that was cool because jonny has no regard for his own wellbeing as long as hes fucking things up

brian

warforged was an obvious choice. big metal man

brians class was SO HARD to choose

@liuqinggessocialskills you were so right to say that brian would be a monk based on vibes alone. he has monk vibes. but i couldnt bring myself to make him a monk because i couldn't think of any actual reasoning. maybe he can multiclass into monk later. i will keep you updated (if i remember. and if i actually play these guys. wow thats a lot of ifs)

i went with paladin because i feel like he would have an oath of helping people. cause both his morality switches are to help its just that the way that he tries to help changes

i knew he had to be a spellcaster

he couldn't be a cleric because that would mean being bound to one god and i feel like that wouldn't work with the morality switch

so yeah we ended up at paladin

oath of the ancients was basically 'yeah i want to help, but not because i have good morals'

tim

i could not think of a good race for tim so i just went with the obvious choice and made him human. i dont usually want to make humans, but tim is literally from london so i did

@mightybeaujester THANK YOU FOR SAYING TIM AS A GUNSLINGER FIGHTER I DIDNT KNOW THAT EXISTED BUT ITS SO PERFECT

i dont think that needs any more explanation. the most gun and explosion class ever

marius

gnome. small man. short guy. tiny

also gnomes are silly and whimsical (sort of. to a degree) and if any of the mechs are silly and whimsical its marius

bard. this guy loves music. hid a violin in his arm. IN HIS ARM. music guy

also sort of bard because i had to make someone a bard and i had no other ideas for marius. apparently marius had befuddled us all because all the other mechs had multiple suggestions and marius had next to none

college of creation is literally the bards that are just like YEAH MUSIC LETS GO. they are the singy bards

ashes

ashes had to be some kind of dragon descent (because fire). so it was either dragonborn (or something similar like kobold or half-dragon) or draconic sorcerer. i tried to not double up on classes (key word is try because both ivy and raph are artificers) and sorcerer was already taken, so dragonborn it is

@liuqinggessocialskills ashes as a wildfire druid is so right. they just be setting everything on fire. not much more explanation needed

ts

ok so i do have reasoning for ts being a changeling but can i put it into words? not very well. but im gonna try

so changeling can sort of change their identity and i thought that would be cool for ts because at the start it was pretending to be the widow's husband and now it's not

also a changeling doesn't usually stay in their true form so they're pretending to be whatever they've changed into and ts is only pretending to be real so that sort of matches up

stole the arcane trickster rogue idea straight from @mightybeaujester. you're right it is a rogue. i cant explain why but youre right

thanks to @mightybeaujester, @liuqinggessocialskills, @lolgmalolg-did-nothing-wrong, @thenforgotten, and @rocksanddeadflowers for your help i read all of them and they were all very good suggestions

guys this is very important what dnd race and class do you think each of the mechanisms would have? im gonna make a character out of every single mech and its gonna be great but im so stuck on what they could be

[universallywriting]

Could you trope 6 (Bookshop AU) and 28 (proposal)? I dont really care which two character you do it with, as long as its from SU. Thank you, have a great weekend.

Connie Maheswaeran could wear contacts at work, but she doesn't. She wears a pair of glasses that are big and round and help her blend into the background because she doesn't want to be flirted with at work. She's quiet, knowledgeable, and busy. It's not a job she wants for the rest of her life, but it suits her for now, and it suits her best when she doesn't wear contacts.

Usually.

"Would you like to get a coffee with me?"

She adjusts her glasses and eyes the man in front of her. She keeps her hands busy, still making sure the books are all displayed correctly and decides that he looks somewhere around her age. He also looks nice in his pink varsity jacket - not from her high school, but another in town.

"I don't know you," she says, because she doesn't. They never even went to the same school.

"That's why you get coffee. To get to know each other." He holds out his hand. "Steven Universe. Pleased to meet you."

She shakes it. "I'm Connie, but I'm afraid I'll have to turn you down. I'm not dating right now."

Which is true - but it's only true because she's not great with people and not great at friends and she feels like she should get a hang of that first.

He grins. "So if it's not a date, you'll go?"

That's interesting. A smile creeps over her face and she says, "What are you proposing?"

He proposes a lot of things, it turns out. Weeks pass, and somehow it turns into a game - one she doesn't know how she wound up playing. He strolls into the bookstore daily and when she's working he... flirts? She's not quite sure. It doesn't feel like how other people have flirted with her. It's friendly, and she doesn't feel pressured, and they talk a lot.

He brings a book on gems to the front and suggests they go rock hunting in Nevada. They're in Massachusetts. It's so silly she laughs, and he laughs, and they have a chat about rocks. They chat about more things, but a lot of it is about rocks.

Steven browses through the music section and when she mentions she plays violin he immediately suggests they start a band. She asks the genre, and he says death metal, and it's clearly still silly, so they laugh.

There's a book in his hand - one she's read before and loved. The love interest is a trans man, which she brings up partly because it's a big part of the book, and partly because finding out someone would put a book back on the shelf because it was more LGBT than expected is the kind of thing that can stop a budding relationship in its tracks.

She is instead surprised by how casually he informs her that he's actually a trans man, and even jokingly suggests, "You should join. It's a pretty great club. We have all the best outfits."

"I'm bi!" she blurts, and it's odd to say it out loud when not even her parents know. She feels her cheeks redden. "I mean, I'm not trans, but we're kind of in the same club. You know. The big gay one."

She finds herself wishing that he would propose another coffee date, but he doesn't. They talk and he suggests European backpacking trips, and hitchhiking across the US, and scuba diving classes together.

He jokingly swoons over a copy of Breaking Dawn knowing full well she's never enjoyed a single word of the series, and says, "That could be us. Marriage first, like good Mormon children, and then an immortal vampire life. What do you say? Wanna get married?"

It takes less courage than she expects to propose, "How about we start with a cup of coffee?"

[adrienscroissantx]

Music au

We know of the people who can play musical instruments. Luka plays guitar, ivan plays the drums, juleka plays bass, rose can sing, adrien can play the piano, etc. BUT WHAT IF. STAY WITH ME. WHAT IF. THERE WAS MORE.

Alya can ACTUALLY play the flute, she’s been in orchestra for 2/3s of her life. Nino’s been learning violin since he was 7 years old. Alix, shortest girl in class? Plays the fucking cello and is not afraid to hit a bitch with it.

 Kagami can play the drums like a beast (little side plot about how her mother sent her to like... piano lessons or something as a kid but she went to the wrong teacher on purpose bc piano was boring and now she can do epic drum solos and Ms Tsurugi just has to come to terms with it. Even funnier bc shes blind, Kagami would play recordings of piano in her room for her mom to hear and then she’d set up her electronic drum kit and play it w headphones on. Big Sneaky.)

Max plays the trumpet and Mylene plays the saxophone. Sabrina plays the tuba or the trombone or smthn. (look, max/mylene/sabrina being brass buddies ok) Meanwhile the biggest jock in school, Kim Le Chien, is an opera singer. 

Lila you may ask? Plays the oboe, aka one of the instruments that requires you to make faces like this:

(either that or maybe she’s like into ballet, also an interesting turn)

Bonus if they all go to one of those gifted kid schools with a killer arts program where everyone has to have like major talent to be there. Chloe got in because her dad is a generous donor to the school, doesn’t really have any talent w anything and plays it up all mean because she’s insecure.

And Marinette, you might ask? She doesn’t have a single damn musical bone in her body. She’s surrounded by musical skill, but she cant play anything. She’s there because she’s an extremely talented designer, and normally the school wouldn’t consider it, but she has references and recommendations tied to the Gabriel brand of all places, so she’s a special case. The only other person like her who she can relate to is Nathaniel, he got in because he’s really great at painting (classically trained n all that) so he looks good in exhibitions for the school n stuff. Basically, everyone is super fucking fancy and Classically trained at Everything they do and it makes Marinette feel insecure and left out.

And maybe at the end of the year the class has to put on a performance for the end of school (maybe for grades or they win a thing or whatever) and everyones like “ok we’ll do an orchestra piece or smthn” but everyones personalities clash together and nobody can agree on anything, they cant find a spot for marinette or chloe or Nath and its all going downhill. Lila likes it because she gets a spot in the limelight, but it ultimately falls apart and she doesnt like that. Until its one of those “well lets celebrate the individuality of the class instead of being boring as shit!” 

Kagami gets to do her epic drum solos that make your heart beat go 50000 bpm (and makes her mom proud of her in the process), Kitty Section in particular makes an appearance, whacko costumes and all (made and designed by marinette might i add) and they sing a rock/metal piece. Alix and Nino get to express they’re love for hip hop with their stringed instruments. Kim gets to play the opera role he’s always wanted to in some kind of epic mash up, the brass kids get to play a cool part maybe w jazz or something vibey (w set design made by Nath and Mari probably). And then Alya comes up with this light show/flute thing (AHEM reminscent of rena rouges mirage power, also all the visuals are put together and made by Nathaniel to show how he likes modern versions of art too, not just classic painting). Marinette designs all the costumes, and Chloe does what she does best. Bossing people around. 

She becomes the director of the whole show (she has some personal motivation, like wanting to make her parents proud or proving something to someone who said she couldn’t do anything). Lila is jealous and insecure and tries to sabotage the whole thing and make her classic orchestral piece (or do her ballet thing where she gets to be the star) the only good thing in the show. But CHLOE manages to save the day with her quick thinking skills, great improvisation, and fearlessness in the face of pressure and fixes everything! (See she works really hard... like a worker bee.... woah haha)

And then they win and its all great!! and Lila realizes she needs therapy!!! And she says sorry in the end and not everyone forgives her but its a start and then theyre on to their second year of Being A Gifted Kid school! MAYBE some romance subplot and tension, idk. 

The basic thing is the school is very obsessed with being a pretentious twat environment, even if the learners aren’t all interested in classic stuff (some are, like lila, but like. Nino’s into hiphop and Nathaniel wants to make comic books, not landscapes). Marinette is in an awkward position because they’re trying to put her in a Classical Box but,,,, its fashion design. The point is that it develops with the times. And shes the one who inspires everyone to do what they’re interested in rather than what the school expects them to do. And when the teachers pick up on this, they dont like it, and lila (who has some beef w marinette bc shes jealous n low self esteem or smthn) thinks that if she gets marinette in trouble for it she cld be expelled!! And she can be the star again!! And its like!! Classic private school drama!!! Ill shut up now!!!

[eagehaunting]

Mystery March 2021 day 8: Home

I used today as an excuse to write out a little something on how Lewis took possession of the mansion! I hope you guys enjoy!

Lewis wasn’t sure how long he had been in this mansion. If he could focus enough to estimate, probably a few days, if worse came to worse, probably months.

And yet, he still hadn’t cleaned... Lewis turns a corner and takes in the long, dusty corridor. The many rickety doors stared back at him mockingly. The rugs hissed as they crunch under his shoes. The peeling wall paper threatened him with every step that he took.

“Lewis, what are you doing?” Comes a voice to his left, shocking Lewis out of his exhausted stupor and bringing him to look at the wall- more appropriately, the portrait. The woman with fine purple curls- Faust- stares back at him pointedly. “Well?”

“I... I wanted to get out of my room,” he admits, before his eyes wander to the mildew forming beside the portraits golden frame. “But now I remember why I didn’t want to come out.”

“Oh, don’t be like that. I know it seems difficult now, but it’ll become easier. I promise.”

His frown deepens, and Lewis sighs miserably while leaning against the wall across from her. “I know.. I just don’t think I’m ready.”

“Why’s that?”

“I haven’t gotten a hand on my powers. Not yet, ” Lewis admits, chewing on his lip. Faust rolls her eyes, but props her elbows on her frame. Even though she couldn’t poke her head out far enough, Lewis understood the sentiment.

“Lewis, look at me.” He drags his gaze to meet hers. Faust’s eyebrows soften, and she heaves a gentle sigh and leans out a bit more, letting her curls fall out and touch the dirtied ground. “Being dead is tough, trust me, I know. Being in your shoes is also hard, and I can’t imagine how much it’s hurting you to deal with what happened.” The almost condescending tone- something Lewis knew he was imagining - made him flinch, averting his gaze to the painted tree in Faust’s background. He almost regrets sharing all of his backstory with her, and if he knew she would have this tone most days, he would have kept his mouth shut.

“The house is ready to accept you, and so are all the occupants. We will stand behind you every step of the way.”

Lewis grimaces, but nods. There wasn’t a point in fighting her right now. He had a good feeling all of the other portrait ghosts would be on her side too. It only makes sense. Lewis did accept the role as the new owner... he just had to take control, let his power manifest.

Now if only it wasn’t so hard.

Clicking her tongue, Faust straightens up. “Worry not, Lewis. You don’t have to do it this instant, the moon is still out and clearly you aren’t in the right state of mind. Now...”

A distant familiar clacking of metal grew nearer. As two suits of armor step into the entrance of the hall, they cast Lewis a worried look. One that Lewis doesn’t return, instead opting to glare at the stained rug.

Faust continues, “I think it’s time for you to go back to sleep. We will figure your abilities out tomorrow.”

Lewis follows the guards up the steps, and then up another. The wall paper, bricks, and windows full of moonlight blurs together until it accumulates into one door. His door. Leading to the single highest room in the entire mansion.

The guards take their stand on either side of it, nodding to Lewis carefully and not waiting for him to nod back before stilling.

“Thank you, sir Clive, sir Ranveer.” Lewis murmurs, pushing open the door and stepping in.

The room is simple, despite the elegant state one may expect. An old, wooden bed frame, scratchy wool blankets and a silk top sheet. Light pink curtains that flutter in the open window. Lamps on either side of the bed that didn’t actually turn on.

His room, and yet far from it.

Pulling the blankets aside, Lewis crawls into the bed, nestling his face against the pillow and pretending like he couldn’t smell the light stench coming from it.

Tomorrow he will take hold of his power, and he will make this mansion his home.

His home, for him and all the spirits already residing within it.

Lewis’s eyes moisten as he falls into his ‘slumber’. Praying for no nightmares.

“Im going to take the lower path, why don’t you two take the other... don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine! I have Mystery.”

“Dont cling to Lewis too much Ar...”

The moss and slimy green walls reflected like a million eyes. All watching. All staring.

Even as Lewis peered up at his own hand, clutching his torch, knowing what was to happen... he wished more than anything that he could simply turn around.

His stomach drops, his blood runs cold. The sudden halt broke his fall, his spine bent oddly and digging behind his bellybutton.

Cold. Cold. Yet so hot.

Empty. Yet rushing. A river, but still. There was so much light at first, and then it was so dark. Growls, howls, screams of every kind...

Loneliness.

All he wanted... was for them to come back. Save him.

Of all the memories Lewis had to revisit, why did it always have to be this one?

There was still gaps, such as the moment when he hit the spike, and when he forced himself up. How he even did it, Lewis wasn’t sure, but he couldn’t focus on that when the gaping wounds in his chest filled with with and stung from the cold.

His legs still ached from the stillness and the fatigue, and from the exhaustion of being awake despite dying. He wobbled far, tracing his dead fingers along slimy walls and against currents of chittering laughs. Then the constant thought. A mantra. Over and over. Come back for me. Come back, please.

Wake him up from this bad dream.

If only he accepted that it wasn’t going to happen...

He didn’t know where he was going, nor how long he was going to walk, but Lewis didn’t stop until he was face to face with a tall metal gate that shined unlike the eyes in the walls.

The rusted lock doesn’t break, but Lewis pushes through like jelly.

The staircase was a nightmare. Transitioning from cave stone to proper granite the higher he ascended. All while the prickling sensation of being watched crept up his back and urged his weak and heavy body to move faster.

Lewis ‘wakes up’ up with a shallow gasp. Eyes wide, he pants. Slowly turning his head, a layer of sticky sweat clings to Lewis’s face. He wipes it away and peels back the blanket, crawling out of the bed as the lingers of his ‘dream’ fights to hold the forefront of his mind.

His friends... they still haven’t come back for him. The guards would have alerted him if they returned to the cave, and Lewis would have been rushing out the doors if he heard the familiar engine.

They weren’t here. Lewis isn’t sure why he kept expecting them to suddenly show up.

Pushing himself to move, Lewis hops into a float and drifts to the door. Figuring that he may as well show that he has a grasp on some of his new abilities, now he just needed to realize what his main skillset was.

The guards lead him down the flight of stairs, past the library, and the office, and to the largest room in the mansion.

The living room was filled with an air of elegance, even if covered in dust and mildew. Several portraits line the walls beside the mighty fireplace, and leading to it was two long couches and an even longer coffee table. Book cases sat in between the tall windows, and smaller spaces left unused seemed to act as their own mini lounge, with a smaller bookcase, chair, table, and lamp.

Lewis compared it to a community center before, but now it felt like a stage.

More guards file in behind Lewis, with Sir Clive and Ranveer taking their positions behind him. He could feel a heavy, although gentle pat on his back from Ranveer.

After that, the dozen or so smaller, formless and colorless ghosts fly in and take their seats on the cushions.

The fireplace before him seemed to smile at him. With its decorations acting as its wise and considering eyes.

A line of sweat slides down Lewis’s cheek. Now wasn’t the time for stage fright, but his legs lock up in their floating position. He inhaled slowly.

“Psst.”

Glancing over, Lewis catches the soft, affectionate smile on Faust’s face. She tilts her head. “You got this.”

Lewis balls his fists, ”Do I? I really didn’t expect everyone to gather for this...” he admits.

“We know.” The portrait of the priest, Father Zachariah, responds. He gives Lewis a stern look, reminding Lewis to stand straight. “We didn’t want this to be a private affair. If you are really taking over this mansion like you said you would, then we have to right to partake in your awakening.”

“Aw jeez, give the man a break, will ya?” Another portrait, Terri to wrestler reaches out and fists some of Zachariahs robe, glaring at him. “Can’t you see he’s nervous?” He then says, throwing out his hand in a grand gesture toward Lewis, who shrinks back slightly.

Tamaki, the attorney, rolls his eyes dramatically and pinches his brow. “Lewis, I can assure you this isn’t a judgment, quite the contrary. We knew that it would have been hard for you to do this on your own, so we are providing an ample amount of support throughout the activities. Do you understand?”

He nods, unsure how else to respond, although the exhaustion made Lewis want to join the spirits on the couch and take a long nap.

The two portraits of shadows, Haseeb and Ameena, also nod in tandem. “Yes, Lewis. Infact, since you enjoyed music, we wanted to bring out the excitement.... I hope you’re okay with that.”

“Speaking of which,” Faust pipes up, leaning out of her frame and narrowing her eyes at the spirits sat on the couch. “Weren’t you all supposed to grab your instruments? Where are they!”

The colorless ghosts jump and flash past Lewis in one synchronized movement, before rushing back just as quickly. Returning with old violins, cellos, flutes, clarinets, and trumpets. Two more lag behind, with a cymbals, and one final one dragging something heavy. He turns, eyes widening as a singular spirit drags a *piano* from a closet he didn’t remember being there.

”Hold on, I’ll help you.” he says before realizing he was moving, that is until he floats past to the other side of the piano and bracing itself underside. Only for the spirit to send him an anxious look.

Oh.. it’s probably too heavy for them to also lift. Lewis spots the mini orchestra and waves them over. ”We need more hands, come over here and help up.”

Abandoning their instruments, several more spirits rush and brace the other side, allowing the piano to be lifted and carried earlier.

“Yeah you deadbeats! Why do you need his command to get a move on?” Terri calls, anything but cruel however. Deadbeats... that’s an interesting term. Lewis faintly ponders as he sets the piano down, before going to retreat the stool.

At the same time, the living rooms doors open, and the puny skeletal gardener drags in the painter spirit.

“Rye! Thank you for fetching Elora.” Tamaki says.

“Oh eff off,” Rye responds, plopping down on one of the chairs and sinking down. “I was busy trying to save up my energy for tonight’s show. You want there to be flowers, right?”

Flowers?

“Yep, thats why the windows are open. Let’s wait until Lewis is prepared however.”

”N-no need to wait, I’m ready now,” Lewis squeaks out, clearing his throat as he turns and takes in the grumpy strawberry looking gardener.

Rye bobs their skull and spins away from him, “Fantastic.”

She raises her arms, and in a swift motion, glows the same ripe red color as her dress. All at once, the windows are swarmed with vines. Green foliage spilling in, connecting across the ceiling, draping and tangling amongst the curtains, and wrapping around the stone busts on the bookcases. It happened so fast that Lewis couldn’t react. Instead he gaps up at the magnificent display, watching as floral arrangements burst, forming meticulously designed patterns along the entire room.

When he finally tears his gaze away from the display, Lewis is met with calm, expectant smiles.

“Ready whenever you are, bucko.” Rye pats his arm and reclaims her seat, leaving him in the center of his imaginary stage.

Now, his anchor beats twice as fast, almost overwhelmed by all of the effort, all the eyes sim directly at him.

Pressing his finger tips together, Lewis wets his lips. Several heads tilt as they wait.

Clearing his throat, Lewis lowers his head,”... I’m sorry. What am I supposed to do first?”

Faust gasps lightly, the first to realize their crucial mistake. Ignoring Terri’s chiding, she clears her throat.

“Of course, Lewis, the first thing we need you to do, is concentrate on your internal thoughts. As you do, try to figure out which emotion or feeling is more prominent.”

A single note plays from the deadbeat sat at the piano, followed by the violin, and a growing hum from the others who hadn’t begun to playing. Lewis’s heart skips a beat, and he bites his lip as he closes his eyes. The piano continues, the notes floating through his mind and striking chords that were far from forgotten.

A new set of voices fill in the emptiness between notes, running alone side the piano and dancing along with the violin. A flute begins, and Lewis sharply inhales.

He loves music, he always has, it always made him want to dance. Grab the first person in arms length and pull them close, whether it be the waltz or a swing, it filled him with warm laughs that always spread across his face in a smile. A familiar tingle fills his arms, and Lewis is sure that he can feel Vivi in front of him, swaying as they listened to the music. The warmth grows as she fills his minds eye. Her soft scarf tangled in between them, how her skirt swirled and swished as she spun and dance, leaving him warm in the face and his chest full of bubbling warmth.

Warmth. He felt warm.

That certain warmth fills his hands, tingling at his finger tips and running along his scalp.

The room smelt faintly of decay and staleness, but a memory envelopes him, and Lewis is in his families kitchen. Dancing in place and singing at the top of his lungs with his sisters twirling around him. Cinnamon, garlic, sugars and herb fills his nostrils. The lavender and sweet floral in the air elevating the smells of their garden which he pranced through many times during the warm summer nights. The bonfires, the flare of heat from the oven, the thick humidity in a late evening as Lewis arm wrestles with his much scrawnier friend.

The warm spreads up his elbow and all along his back. Before Lewis knew it, the singing, the music grew loud, amplifying as more instruments add to the mix, and as his own voice joins them. A crash of the cymbals becomes the splash of the beach, and the laughter chittering along with it.

His heart races, and the warmth becomes hot and exhilarating as he recalls the endless nights of fondness. Of redness in his cheeks from drinking alongside his friends, on his tongue as he taste tests his fathers latest recipe, and the swell of pride upon seeing Cayennes first ballet recital.

Pride, love, happiness.

Spastic notes become fireworks. Blasting, rocketing, exploding across the night sky. It becomes the crash and crackle of buildings as he and his friends rush from burning buildings, away from spirits whose voice booms too loud. The warmth spreads to his legs, in the ache of running, carrying his friends over his shoulders in a desperate need to escape. As his heart burns in the terror of thinking they were hurt. In wanting to slam his fist into the fiends face for daring to threaten his loved ones.

The guards dance with him, metal clacking and sparking. Lights spot the area as Lewis shoots out his arms and pulls one in against his chest to spin in tandem, before releasing them in a dramatic flourish.

Anger, fear, the need to protect.

His friends, his family.

The loves of his life-

Lewis opens his eyes, and the passion fueling his movements die in an instant.

His hand glows, his arm flaring. A line of fire burns away from him, pink and flaming and just as excited as he was. Gasping, Lewis tears himself away, slipping and hitting the ground. The music screeches to a halt all at once. Everyone freezing.

“Lewis, are you okay?” Faust calls out, gripping her frame as if she were going to rip herself out of it. Concern warping her face, along with the other portraits, the ghosts, everyone.

“You were doing good!” Terri says, “don’t tell me you got cold feet!”

Tamaki nods in agreement, “it’s truly delightful to see you smile for once. I was worried we would never see it.”

Shoulders tense, Lewis’s eyebrows furrow.

That... was him?

Baffled, Lewis holds his hand in front of him, and sure enough his palm was glowing. He tenses the muscles, and he jumps as a small flame puffs out at him.

”I- wait, seriously? I did it?”

“Yes, you did. Marvelous work, Lewis.” Zachariah hums approvingly. The warmth- embarrassment and concern- floods his chest, before Lewis is smothered by smiling deadbeats swarming him in a hug. Curling around him and nuzzling their formless heads against his.

His legs twitch as Lewis rises, floating naturally instead of jumping this time, and becoming upright.

Everyone is smiling at him, faces warm and bright with delight. Warm with the same sentiment, that it was time to make this his home...

He knew it, they knew it, that had to be the entire point of everyone gathering. Not to help him, but to watch him accept them as his new family... leaving his old.

Leaving his family, and his friends...

Faust is the first to speak, eyes crinkling. “Are you ready?”

What about Vivi? Arthur? How is he going to be there for his sisters? How can he keep his friends safe if he can’t be there for them. He can’t abandon them. Because they won’t abandon him. They wouldn’t. They’re coming back for him.

”No. I’m not.”

The disappoint was clear by the stilted air. But no one argued with him. The deadbeats had sunk, their instruments hitting the ground in shock, before being lifted up and taken back to their proper places. The vines retreat and retract, and quietly, the spirits all left the living space. Even the first place seemed to grow cold, if that was even possible.

Lewis didn’t say anything to the portraits when he left the room and raced upstairs to his tower of solitude. The same thought racing through his head again and again.

They’re coming. They will.

Soon. Soon...

Soon...?

Feeling trapped and terribly homesick, Lewis crawls under his blankets. His eyes sting from moisture that shouldn’t accumulate in the sockets, but he wipes them away anyway. Pulling the blanket over his head, Lewis curls into a ball.

Why did it hurt so much reject them? Why did it hurt so much to hold off for so long?

What was he expecting? For Arthur and Vivi to pull up in their bright Orange van and pull him out of the bed, pull him into an embrace, and into the van. Whisk him away so he can embrace his mami and papi, kiss his sisters and tell them how much he missed them.

Why was he even holding out hope? They arent coming back! Why would they...

Arthur killed him... Lewis’s arms shake and he grips the blankets. Arthur shoved him off that fucking cliff with a smile on his face. He should be grateful for anyone to accept him into their family.

He wanted to slam his fist into his gut, to direct the pain from his aching chest. Lewis wanted his eyes to stop stinging.

But he couldn’t. Home was where they were, and he has been thrown away.

Lewis fell into a half sleep, living through the same memory of his death again and again. Watching as his nightmare loops with his life being torn from his grasp with a single push.

That one moment of inaction, the one second of trust. And now?

Lewis is dead.

The memory looped for a fifth time, with Lewis desperately searching for an escape from the grip of reality, when the universe finally gives him one.

An engine. It’s not loud, and it rattles lightly. Lewis pops awake, disoriented from the jarring switch from the cave to his bed, but he disregards it.

Tearing the blankets, an adrenaline thrashes through him. Warmth, heat, rocketing through him. It burns his soles as the impossible dangles right in front of him.

It can’t be, is it really them?

Are they here for him?

Lewis’s anchor skips a beat as he almost falls down the first set of steps. Before he hits the steps face first, his body vanishes in a burst of flame and reappears with a running start at the bottom. The halls wake up with the pound of his feet and his heart, and Lewis forgets that others lived on this decrepit mansion as he races to the main stairway, leading to the front door.

He expects specks of blue, yellow, and white to meet him there. For smiles to spread across their face as they run to swallow him in a hug.

Lewis freezes. Heart going still. Heat draining as he takes it in...

There’s four people, who he hardly recognizes, except for the role they were trying to play as they whisper amongst themselves.

”This place wasn’t here a few days ago.” “do you think it’s a trap?” “Do you think anyone’s here?”

Paranormal investigators...

They start to wander, poking at the busts and pushing open doors, unaware of Lewis staring at them.

It’s not them, his friends aren’t coming.

Now strangers are in ... in this mansion, disturbing the people who have been nothing but kind to Lewis.

The need to protect returns, strong and lashing as his fists ball up, tears stinging his eyes.

Teeth grinding, heat pools into his hands, and fire spits out like sparks of electricity. Finally grabbing the investigators attention as he stomps on the first step. The fire crackles, leaving a singed footprint in its place, but Lewis doesn’t care. Focusing on the bug eyed look of the four intruders who back away in mounting terror as the flames rise.

Breath coming out in hisses, Lewis growls. ”Get out.”

It was enough to send the four scrambling for the door, the engine roaring again as they undoubtedly piled in. Just in time for the suits of armor to clamber behind him, looking around in shock until they see him.

The furious gaze didn’t die upon seeing them. No. Except Lewis turns away from them and floats to the bottom step, theres a strain on his body that extinguishes the fire in his hands, but that didn’t matter.

Lewis rounds the corner, leaving a trail of smoking fire pits in his wake.

Until he’s stood in front of the fireplace, the hearth that he was instructed to simply light it to accept his place as the homes new owner and protector.

His first family protected him, but his loved ones ended his life. Now it’s his turn to ensure the safety of the only family he may have left.

Lewis’s arm wavers as he lifts it up, a ball of fire burning his palm and spitting in every which direction as he glares at the fireplace, whose glass doors open wide.

The flame shoots out, and upon making contact with the bricks and wood, the entire mansion lights up in a magical blast. Transforming peeling wallpaper to freshly striped, strewing chandeliers in every room it could fit, burning away the rot and leaving the floors warm and spotless.

Everything around him changed in an instant, but Lewis doesn’t see it.

His anchor hits the ground with a soft clink, hot to the touch and wet with tears.

[beetleviolet]

MY TIME HAS COME

(This is in accordance to marching band btw)

Leo is trumpet. As a former trumpet, he is trumpet. Super chaotic, a lot of people don't like him, loud and flashy and gets all the solos. And the entire section is at war and forming a coup with the mellophones against the section leader. This did happen to me when I was in the trumpet section lmao.

Raph is tuba. Yes I said tuba, not soosaphone, because the school can't afford the soosaphone so he carries the tuba on his shoulder (YES I KNOW A KID WHO DOES THIS ITS INSANE HE LIKE BACK ROLL STEPS WHICH IS JUST WALKING BACKWARDS ON YOUR TIPTOES WITH A FUCKING TUBA ON HIS SHOULDER FOR HOURS HE IS NOT HUMAN). He's super chill and practices like a good student :) he makes sure everyone has their valve oil and hangs up their uniforms right and GODDAMN IT LEO DID YOU FORGET YOUR BLACK SOCKS AGAIN!?!? Dont worry, he has electrical tape. (If you know, you know)

Donnie is on percussion. Because of his love for dubstep he just gives rhythm vibes and he's used to wearing big heavy metal objects on his torso because BATTLE SHELL. He would also handle any like techy sound effects the show had, or any lights or anything, since that's usually handled where the pit is. Also I could totally seem him absolutely EATING with an electric bass. Which I know a kid who does electric bass in marching band, though that's kinda weird of him so idk. Also I've notices lots of autistic people join the percussion section. Like thats not a main reason but yeah.

Mikey is hardest but honestly? I feel like he would lean visual ensomble. Like my man would slay at baton YOU ALREADY KNOW. I actually have an already written out 5 paragraph essay about what colorguard equitment each turtle would pick because. Um. I felt like it. And Mikey would definitely eat up for dance portions with his acrobatics skills, as well as do super well on baton (single or double, I'm leaning double because of his nunchucks)

AAAAAND I'm just now realizing your ask said associated with battle style and movement and not purely on Vibe. Which like. I feel like these work for both. Anyway.

SHORT ANSWER:

Leo: trumpet

Donnie: percussion

Raph: tuba

Mikey: majorette

Oh and April would be in the orchestra. Obviously. Probbles either violin or cello. Or maybe bass. She would eat at bass.

Question for everyone to answer however they like!

What musical instruments do you associate with the turtles’ respective fighting styles/movements? Doesn’t have to be just one thing, multiple together also works! I’m just very curious what everyone thinks of tbh. Not like, actual songs or anything, but straight up sounds that reflect the characters’!🎶

[incorrecttwoset]

IM-

ASDFGHJKL- WHAT THE FUCK YES

Im not sure if this warrants a lesson time but fUCK IT IMMA DO IT ANYWAYS

Lesson time with Dani?????

The lesson we all learned here today is... that Davie was nice enough to put in markers. For the vid. So I can judge it better. You win just this once bass... just this once...

Anyways, LETS LEARN SOME LESSONS BOIS

0:00, the beginning (of the end) of the war. This part of the vid was a small teaser of what'll happen later on in the vid and a somewhat biased recount of the war. I'm saying somewhat because i just woke up and this is the second video ive watched today, first one being metling metal with magnets. Nice Dani is very much alive in the mornings... only if given ample time to ready themselves for socializing. oKAY BACK TO THE TOPIC. So after this recount of events, Davie transitions it to section 2:04 of the video with the line "bass is better than violin". And speaking of top 10 things to say if you wanted to be smited down by Ling Ling, lets go to that part.

2:04, they gave up? (Lol nopes) This section starts off with Brett's wonderful voice sightreading rapping to Eddy's lofi beats. (But no srsly, if you watch the vid it becomes sO APPARENT that Brett didnt memorize his LINES AHAHAHA HE KEEPS LOOKING OF TO THE SIDE AND READING IM DYING WHAT A MOOD) Which then goes into the famous transition from movement teo to three with that famous "sIKE" that probably tricked like, at least half the people that viewed. I know i was lol. Also, Eddy calm down with that tongue. You'll decimate half the fandom. But... he probably already did. And speaking of decimation, lets move to the next part shall we?

2:50, phone call. Violin-chan's life flashes before their eyes, wondering how the fuck Davie will end her life with a pizza cutter wHEN SUDDENLY. Ring ring. The phone rings. He answers it. (If you get that reference i love you) Its the bOIS! Just in time for violin-chan too. (Also dear god tHOSE WIGGLY EYEBROWS. EDDY IM A BRETT STAN STOP IT) They then show off a taste of the fruits of 40 hours practice by showing how they got his number and fINALLY legitimately declare battle directly to him. They then goad him into actually proving his worth as an instrumentalist, all for Violin-chan's sake. And we FINALLY ENTER INTO THE INSTRUMENT BATTLE. This is all for you violin-chan, we love you babe.

3:40, battle. Dude. Lemme just say. If they release a vid or a track with just the music from the battle, i will get it and blast it into my earphones all the time. I swear. Also, yt commenter TheVorshevsky was nice enough to get the piece names and place them all in their respective order. So, we'll follow that along with my own, albeit little, knowledge of classical music. Thanks for the help dude!

Pre-movement 1, WA Mozart Rondo Alla Turca AKA Turkish March. This part is short and sweet as it serves as the opening to the rest of the four movement battle. It slightly shows us how the battle will work, with alterations between bass and violin when its musically pleasing. (Dat butt wiggle dow. So cute! Thank you for stealing back my heart Brett) Of course, thats not how the whole battle will go as we blast off into the actual 1st movement.

Movement 1, JS Bach Cello Suite No. 1 G Major. As this part goes on, we see them take th main theme which they played at the start, and slowly add in their own twists and variations to it. And by slowly, I mean immediately after playing the theme. It was basically unrecognizable at the end. And i love it. And Brett showing off his perfect pizz? Oh baby, IVE MISSED THAT SO MUCH. Also, i love how they just ever so casually bUSTED OUT THE ADVANCED TECHNIQUES. LIKE OKAY. FLEX.

Movement 2, Vivaldi Summer. Personally, this feels like more of an endurance test to me. Like, see who breaks first. It would judge it musically but after finally being (slightly) educated on calssical music, I've looked back at all the times I've heard Vivaldi Summer. And oH GOD, IT WAS RUINED FOR ME. Well, not completely but like- its like asking a world class pianist to play Fur Elise. I mean, it's a great piece but its so overused. My music senses did not tingle with glee at this part. Twas only a light hum. Like how it sounded like. No offense. But I did like the intensity it added to the battle. Very epico in that regard.

Movement 3, Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 1st Mvt. I'm still sHOOKT at how they transitioned it from the intense, heart racing, fiery tones of Vivaldi Summer to the calmer, more melancholic melody of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Like hUH okay. Show off your arrangement skills. Also, is it just me or does the part after they introduce the main theme of the piece sound like the Twoset Concerto Battle??? Because, ive listened to that concerto battle for AGES and honey, i detect some concertos sneakin in this here battle. Also when Davie tried to take over with that simple yet sweet bassline which was complemented by Twoset's violin playing? Ohhhhh we sTAN. Do we stan Davie? Twoset? Both? I dont know, and i dont care because this is probably the best world war ever. And oH JEEZ WHEN EDDY TOOK THAT BASSLINE AND MADE IT HIS OWN WHILE BRETT BOUNCES HAPPILY IN THE CORNER? Ded. I would gush more about this part but we need room for movement 4 babey!!!

Movement 4, Paganini Caprice 24. When you thought that fighting two violin bois was easy but then you were wrong. AKA AnimeBassMe's rETURN. Fuckin hilarious i love it. Lowkey think that AnimeBassMe, Edwina, and Brettany would probably enjoy each other's company. Or ykno. Do the same instrument battle.

And finally, the thing we've all been dreading.

7:00, holy slapp. Not much to say really. Let's all gove a moment of silence for violin-chan. Wherever she is. At least she got to hear the EPIC music from this battle. And that Davie, on some level, respeccs the Twoset bois.

7:36, what happened to Violin-chan? Well, we can only hope that our bois in soft Twoset merch can save Violin-chan. (Also look at Brett's little run off screen im-)

[hunklejunk]

Stomach and ears

Stomach: I love raw salmon and burgers.. I eat too much cheese for my own good. My favorite foods tho.. there is a recipe that my mom used to make to make alfredo sauce from scratch. She was never a good cook.. as a dysfunctional mom I actually had to take over the cooking when I was 8.. so her cooking anything was a shock.. but this sauce... amazing... I would request it instead of restaurants or anything else on special occasions... after she died I got the recipe. No one could replicate it... Even one of my culinary school teachers tried for me.. never tasted the same.. one day.. I gave up.. made the sauce by glancing at the recipe and doing my own thing

That was the missing step lol.. it was perfect. Been perfect ever since.

My mom made me cook but my dad finally TAUGHT me how to cook and made me LOVE to cook.. the last thing he taught me before he died was an amazing creme brulee. It's been my favorite dessert.. and when I got my first head pastry chef gig at a winery it was the first thing I added to the menu!

Long conversations give me butterflies... flirting gives me butterflies, eye contact and hand holding gives me butterflies.. I'm secretly *dont tell* a big sloppy romantic sap.. so most things give me butterflies ;)

I used to LOVE rollercoasters!! I used to go to the amusement park for a weekend every year for my birthday.. but I'm huge.. like.. 6'1.. huge rack.. got to a point where those security harnesses had trouble fitting so I just stopped going.. now I have muscular skeletal issues and it's probably for the best.

No Food Allergies

Ears: ok.. I just wrote a lot and I forgot what all the questions for ears where so I may go back and edit this!!

I dont have one favorite genre of music.. I really travel from genre to genre.. jazz and punk are common. But so is like.. I dunno.. indie dance and electroswing? For the first time in my life I like some pop music.. classic rock.. death metal. But of rap and hip hop.. so I'm all over the place. I loooove dumb spooky kids songs from the 50s. Lol.

I have many piercings.. I used to have WAY MORE.. I have 2" stretched lobes.. one cartridge piercing, 2 tongue piercings, a septum piercing. A lip piercing I never wear jewelry in.. and 2 8 gauge mystery piercings you have to know me real well to find out about ;)

And my favorite musical sound is like... violin.. or operatic singing.. or cello.. which is oddly not in much I listen to.. but damn is it soothing.

[dotzines]

Artist Spotlights!

🎤 Delight 🥁 DoomSweater 🎷 Empoh

🎺 Emsi Art 🎸 f.loramy 🎻 Fairythearthog

Interview below the cut!

Introduce yourself

🥁 Hi my name is Doomsweater or Aki and i'm a cartoony artist who loves Danganronpa and plenty of other things! Im a mostly digital artist but its honestly hard to find any of my recent art cause i'm dead on most of my social medias. But you can find my older art on my DeviantArt (Doomsweater89) and my twitter @Aki_Rainbowgays 🎺 I am a digital artist, also learnt how to animate so I consider myself an animator (despite not animating as much since finishing uni), I also like manga and anime, books and movies and I play a lot of games, the two I play almost exclusively everyday is league of legends and final fantasy 14!! I'm also into history and You can find my art on my tumblr art blog and my twitter here: https://twitter.com/art_emsi and https://emsi-art.tumblr.com/ 🎸 Heyo I'm flor, a digital artist and I have a lot of love to give. All my links are here: https://campsite.bio/floramy 🎻 I'm known as Fairy in most Internet circles. I've been known to do both traditional and digital art, and absolutely love magical creatures! Dragons are my favorite but I like most others as well. Beyond drawing I love playing video games, sewing cosplays, and cats. You can find me at various places, and check out all the links to them here: https://linktr.ee/fairythearthog

Do you do commissions post? Where can we find the info?

🥁 Well I dont have a post but https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/652005504759103513/652005627648016424/Quick_Commisshie_sheet.png here's the link to the sheet 🎸 https://lordfloramy.wixsite.com/portfolio/commissions 🎻 https://fairythearthog.wordpress.com/art-commissions/

Do you listen to music (or tv shows/films/anything else) when drawing?

🥁 All the time! If i'm not listening to music I have YouTube videos on in the background and it helps keep my ADD Brain interested in things 🎺 I do listen to music, I also sometimes put on youtube videos, and rarely but sometimes but on a show to listen to in the background. 🎸 Yep ! I listen to youtube video essays about movies, shows and stuff, my taste changes pretty often. Also, podcasts, my favorite is The Adventure Zone. 🎻 Not always, but I do! I cycle between TV shows, Youtube, Podcasts, and Music.

What’s your favorite music artist/band? If you could ask your favorite band/music artist one question, what would it be?

🥁 Oh gosh that's a hard question but I guess my current favorite artist is Cavetown and I would ask what inspired the songs Home or Talk To Me. 🎺 One of my favourites its actually Babymetal, and I would like ask them if I could what did they think of metal and rock in general when they started and what they think of it now? 🎸 "Hm, that's always been a hard question for me. My taste changes pretty often and I find myself having kind of a frankenstein playlist of a bunch of artists and genres, so choosing one is hard. I guess OneRepublic and Mika have always been somewhere near the top tho so I'm gonna go with them. I don't really have any questions? I guess I'd thank them for sharing their stuff and say I'm glad we're alive at the same time :]" 🎻 I listen to various types of bands and music so this question is always hard! I guess one band I like is Skillet. I'm not quite sure what I would ask since I would be so anxious and starstruck!

Do you play an instrument? If not would you like to play one? Which one?

🥁 I played the Viola for about 3 years in middle school but haven't done it since 🎺 I don't but I would like to properly learn how to play the guitar and also the violin, which I did start learning as a kid but I gave up too soon on it and even now I still regret it a little. 🎸 I do play the acoustic guitar for fun, I don't know many things, but when i hear a song I like in a video game or show I learn it and play it for my enjoyment. 🎻 I used to play the flute, and occasionally play the Ocarina for fun.

Which song(s) are you going to draw?

🥁 I'm drawing No More by Versache and Borderline by Thomas Sanders 🎺 I am doing Nine in the Afternoon by Panic! at the Disco 🎸 Marchin On by OneRepublic, which is my long time favorite and x by x which i currently love very much. 🎻 "Stardust" by T&Sugah and "I'm Not Afraid" by Tom Profitt

What do you expect from this zine?

🥁 I'm not sure honestly, this is my first Zine so I have no idea what to expect but i'm excited!! 🎺 I expect to see a good arrange of different art styles and also maybe even find new music to listen to from the selection that people have chosen, as well as helping me with doing more art and getting out there more in the art community. 🎸 Honestly, to try out some new things in my art style and to see everyone's finished work, that's always fun. 🎻 Lots of cool artists being shown off.

Anything else you want to add?

🥁 Hope you all like what I do! 🎸 Nothing special, hope we all have fun and looking forward to seeing the finished thing ♡ 🎻 All these artists are creative and deserve all the attention!

[its-target-official]

sorry had to grab my laptop

anyways (DISCLAIMER THIS WILL PROBABLY SOUND FUCKING INSANE AND WONT MAKE ANY SENSE)

so! their name is Aynsley, he/they, 17-19 years old, about 4 foot 9 inches, white hair, green eyes, and pale skin. they have fluffy deer-like ears (imagine Alastor's ears but on the side of their head and black) he has Lichtenberg scars (didn't fade cause magic) that glow slightly, especially when he experiences extreme emotions. (i know i'm cringe I DONT FUCKING CARE) they have large black wings with white feathers (fun fact, that's actually my theriotype) that they decorate with really pretty chains that hook onto their feathers. the chain has little charms and other things. they have steampunk leg braces that are made of leather straps, mechanical joints made of gears and cogs, steam pistons, pressure gauges for said steam pistons, and a really cool idea that I woke up in the middle of the night to write down: crystal vials that have a liquid in them. (I know this is super over the top) the braces have biosensors that detect their emotions and then sends a signal to change the liquids to match the current emotion.

he usually wears a fitted vest with lots of pockets over a comfortable white shirt, durable brown pants, thick leather boots with metal reinforcements, black gloves, and a belt with even more pockets.

*they play the electric violin but i couldn't find a good place to put it in*

Aynsley has electrical powers (rehehehehehe) due to an accident when they were 13. their cat, named Chickie, had run outside of the small shelter that Aynsley was in during a thunderstorm (their parents didn't like the wings and dipped out of there). so obviously Aynsley goes after Chickie. while he's out there, he gets struck by lightning, leaving him with a shit ton of trauma, nerve damage, chronic pain (ha research time), scars, and powers. at first, their control over the lightning is shaky and sporadic at best, partly due to the newness of the power and the lingering mental trauma from the accident. but by the time the story starts, they have very good control over it, enabling them to be able to fix thingys.

the head engineer of the city (name is work in progress) doesn’t like them because they distract the other workers (not on purpose). So Mr. Engineer Guy makes him work in the underground tunnels of the city, which is pretty dangerous because the city is really old, so there’s lots of cave-ins and breaking pipes and yeah.

that’s when we get to meet Sebastian! (I really need to stop naming things after F1 drivers. My name is Ayrton, after Ayrton Senna; Sebastian after Sebastian Vettel) anyways, Sebastian is a baker, although he definitely knows his way around mechanics. He’s really tall, like I’m talking 7 foot type of height. He’s well-built, with lots of muscle from baking (that shit is hard). Sebastian has brown hair, with natural blonde highlights, a long beard, big brown eyes, and tan skin. (If anyone has any suggestions for his nationality/ethnicity, please tell me).

so Aynsley is down in the tunnels, fixing stuff, as one does. He has a mechanical cat named Filament, who is very important to the story. While Aynsley is working on something, there’s a cave-in. His wing is stuck under rubble, and one of his braces is bent and broken. Filament goes to get someone to help Aynsley, and that someone just so happens to be Sebastian :)

Sebastian was in the tunnels to find some parts to fix something in his bakery (not sure what yet) but he follows Filament to Aynsley and helps them.

that’s all I have laid out for the plot, but I do have some more little character information. Sebastian plays piano, and is a mama’s boy. He’s basically a big golden retriever. Aynsley lives in a big watchtower overlooking the city, and they’re an outcast because of their wings and scars/powers.

Here’s the best part: THEYRE BOTH AROACE

the problem with being unhealthy obsessed with your oc is that you have to make all the stuff yourself

[starlightshoe]

17 questions + 17 people

tagged by @benniechu  i am glad that i was able to see this in my mentions finally

nickname: nez and other variants have been stolen from cyberchase!

zodiac sign: aries

height: still 5 foot 3 😔👊

hogwarts house: hufflepuff! i got chosen for wizard capitalism at universal studios and the wand people have my final answer so this is canon

favorite artists/bands: phoenix has been a long standing one! multiple people have gotten me super invested in gorillaz over the like 15 years

last thing i googled: pensacola (i could not tell if it was florida or texas i needed to shitpost about [redacted new fandom])

song in my head: listened to one entire jamiroquai playlist yesterday and was goin wild especially with cloud 9

following: 1219

followers: 1383

amount of sleep i get: i WILL either get 4 hours or 12 and there is no in between

lucky numbers: 7!

dream jobs: i AM going to robot. i dont know how and i suck at physics, but i will dream of blasting one into space as a surrogate for raising a child to live alone away from you

what im wearing: oversized hawaii t shirt. i have never been to hawaii. i also leggings that have fuzzy mystery animals on them.

instruments: used to play violin!

random facts: it is almost halloween but i do not think i talk about my various homemade costumes much such as: birdetta mario at 10 years old, starbucks logo, kinda shitty foil ufo, pinata, and last years dragon rider. i still have the ufo head mask and the dragon head in my posession. there is a parrot head on my floor but unfortunately i cannot handle the power of creating parrot at this time. this year i will tourist

aesthetics: the most tacky 2000′s trends. like. metallic silver blue makeup and glitter for your entire self. the entire raver culture actually is so fucking cool i would like to do that. scene core and also space are so cool!

tagging: @captainnotamurderer @some-lonely-knight @memequeenmachine420 @romanticwyvern @galaxyvent @imstuckathome12 for the round

[t-underneaththeradardancing]

you would not - think - imma drum roll - working onna cover - been trying for yearz - im slow - sometimes - and trynna master a repertoire  doncha know - 3 actually and 4 and 5 dimensions out there waiting in deep space - and i hear an arrangement - its diff from the recording im basing on which issa dylan cover which completely changed the arrangement in the 1st place - and bobby z used a capo and u know how they confuse me - musically so much come together - another cover inna worx the beatles and theres a nanker phelge song empty heart which in some plain of existence i have heard patti smith perform tho like a forest tree i cant find it and it is possible i b delusional just a bit on the subject - now 

truth  - i mean this really happens - 1st tho cuz the delusion thing brought up - i know its wood and metal - they all are more or less - i tawk to guitars - not much mind u not like say a crow or a kitty - i praise them - new guitar - maybe i name her - its agreed by everyone include witches that guitars are female despite the uh phallic nature  - anywaze - maybe they trans that would make sense - and i carefully cuz another possible delusion is i pick up vibes from previous players - chose a brand new - still in the box - unseen unplayed closest was liams which is slightly different - the 1st time i played it let me know that i didnt need to try so hard - i could play gentle - and i started playing things in proper positions - the neck is smaller shorter than my gibson still full size tho - every fret playable and for the 1st time ever im using every fret - yah i still go overboard and overplay - too often maybe - yah really - but in the moment when time slows and i can step outside my mind and float across the ceiling like a winwood  - a gentle intensity and guitar lets me know - for this moment i can play absolutely anything i imagine flawlessly and even tho tbh the control knobs tho simple confuse me - but u no that happen ez - adjust i do onna fly and get the tones i wanna - ok thats scary - havent quite keyboard traffi and the song i want 1st suggestion before i even hit the c  - tho when banging it out chord bash like a townsend it b rockin  - do u talk to trees 

im trynna lissen to o

a weird thing this life - 66 and after 50 years of fucking around  - yah there wuz srs practice listen to hundreds of musicians learn from every single one i swear but never play on a regular basis w anybody in the stratosphere of liam or vita and tho only really once becca on violin - and only once w ppl i love in a band band wuz a teenager save my life  - now another teenage life saver literally - if liam had fucked around hesitate to call 911  - and w another i teen age musician - performing more often and better than ever and improving - and itsa 3 way street - we teach each other constantly learning  - they play better with me and each other  - even if just in the same space  - and the 3 of us so different and strange  - digging whatever scene we do  sharing joys  sorrows strengths shielding each other weak spots  - so yah - imma make the most of this  - im getting stronger for sure yah slowly - was invited to hang chill - wanted to but would have meant rushing and still a bit tired from 2 days playing and later nights lately  - and if we start playing music - lets see - 3 or more musicians in a basement w half a dozen guitars and amps and keyboards and a full drum set - wats the odds - meeting vita 2morrow eve  kava- we gonna pretend we dont know there no open mic and play onna porch practice - prob b some peeps who dont know and we have an audience - weather sposed b nice thats the plan - my idea   - wat actually happen idk - if it dont work out we improvise till we find a drawing board  - no blame just keep moving forward  - slowly cuz the old as fuck - but at least not feeling feeble  - pain mostly a dull roar  - forgotten tranced out when playing - manageable mostly tranceable often past few days ~ i wuz hoping that was infinity i knows theres a way to do it - ok 1 more song then dishes kitty feed bed  - tonight when i chase the dragon ... grail quests for the daytime 

[shardsofthestars]

music asks; all multiples of three!!

Awesome!! 🎸🎹🥁Alrighty let’s do this!3. a song outside of your usual genreI’m not so much of an opera listener but Cecilia’s “Love of a Silent Moon” is breathtaking! 6. your current “on repeat” songDude I am a hardcore Blue Öyster Cult fan so I brainwashed my husband with “Vengeance” which was originally supposed to be part of the 80’s movie Heavy Metal!9. a song that captures your aesthetic (can be ideal!)Again BÖC fan so if you watch the music video “Dancin In The Ruins” I’m actually an 80s skater rat who has nothing better to do than hang out at night with some rockers dancing around burning barrels and contemplating the meaning of life.12. a song you can scream all the words toDid I mention how much I love Blue Öyster Cult??? Del Rio’s Song“I LIVED UPON THE EDGE OF CHANCE FOR TWENTY YEARS OR MORE AAAAND THIS IS WHAT MY FRIENDS ALL MEAN!!” If you don’t start the song right, you won’t get the feeling!!15. a song that reminds you of traveling “Venture Highway” America “Ventura Highway in the sunshineWhere the days are longerThe nights are strongerThan moonshineYou're gonna go I know'Cause the free wind is blowin' throughYour hairAnd the days surround your daylightThereSeasons crying no despairAlligator lizards in the air“18. a song that reminds you of a bad time“Always” The Birthday Massacre 21.a song from a local artist....crap I don’t even know dude sorry.24.a song from a soundtrack (musical, movie, video game, etc.)“Winning it All” The Outfield from The Mighty Ducks because the 90s had awesome sports movies!27.an instrumental song“Manic Depression” Emilie Autumn because the electric violin sounds WICKED!30. Your all time favorite song. Not going to say another Blue Öyster Cult Song, so let’s say a Tom Petty one!!!!!“Refugee”! “DONT HAVE TO BE A REFUGEE!!!!!”