#i dont know what to do about that bc SOMEHOW I STILL DONT HAVE THE BEGINNING SET UP

[the-impulse-to-love]

EVEN IN FUCKING ARCADIA. (THOUGHTS)

OH. MY. GOD. words cannot properly express what an experience thsi album is. anyways, go my ramblings. um heads up theyre very. raw. from what i usually try to post LMFAO

MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHTS ON A FEW RELISTENS ON ALL THE SONGS!!

1. look to windward

ACTUALLY SUCH A GOOD OPENER. HOLY FUCK. THE WAY THE STRINGS BUILD?? AND THE CHORUS?? IT GOT ME SO HYPED

SLEEP TOKEN AND STRINGS NAME A BETTER COMBO!! more general but i LOVE the way we got more orchestral stuff this album

also i like the um. whatever the fuck instrument is at the start

"halt this eclipse in me" IS SOOSOSO INTERESTING... MOON IMAGERY... TMBTE.... YOU KNOW..............

THE VOICES?? THE AMBIENCE?? WHAT R THEY SAYING

AND THE TRAP BEAT. BWUHHHH SO GOOD

THE SWORD NOISE THE SWORD NOISE IM SOSOS HAPPY THEY PUT MORE SFX AND WHATNOT ON THE ALBUM

THE BIBLICAL IMAGERY DURING THE RAP???? OHHHHHH

"the fate of the fallen, nobody knows where I came from / even I have forgotten / how can I already lose my way like this?" LIKE DAMN OKAY?

the "oh and i used to know myself" REAAALLYYY REMINDS ME OF AQUA REGIA. like the way he sings it with the "oh and iiii am done dancing to alarm bells"

will you guys halt the eclipse??

i lowkey. thought he was saying haunt at first but halt is cool too ig

THE BREAKDOWNNNNNN SOSOOSSOSOSOSO GOOODDDDDD AND THE SCREAMS?? WE GOT SCREAMS ON AN OPENERRRRR

2. emergence

uhh. idk if i have to comment much on this one bc i. already did.

anyways still a banger track but

i do think other songs are becoming my favorites over it

love you gabi rose saxophone solo tho

3. past self

oddly. not as sad as we expected imo LMFAO. reminds me of caramel with the dance-y beat but sad lyrics.

i feel like this is another one more so directed at the fans w the "Apologising for shit that frankly I stopped thinking of years ago"

also the um "Torn apart by the true believers are turned out to be faithless." is SUCH A GOOD LINE. something something if you're a real fan you'd respect boundaries (LIKE. NOT. USING THEIR REAL NAMES...)

new swear word UNLOCKED. i lowkey didnt hear it first time i listened

"If this is real, then I am all up in a frenzy (Hmm-hmm-hmm) / Not like before when I was empty" -> SAY THAT YOU WILL MENTIONED ("you've got me up in a frenzy again"). also the next line being "say that the story we tell is never ending" sounds similar to "say that you will" yk...

4. dangerous

FUCKING. BANGER I LOVE THE BEAT?? like it feels like a warning it fits so well god

knew it was gonna be good from the guitar at the start

"You've got me talking in my sleep / As if you're conquering my dreams / You have awakened what's beneath" three sleep references in the same verse?? woah

I DONT KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT BUT. THAT ONE BEAT THAT ONE BEAT ITS SO CATCHY ITS SO GOOD ITS SO DANCY. i jsut feel like that one dancing kid gif

"Well, I thought I could resist you / But something in me just can't help but insist / To blur thе lines just one last time so" vessel nooo....... don't do it..... no........

the bit at 3:06 kinda sounds like that one part of tmbte

HE SAID THE THING. HE SAID THE THING HE SAID SHOW ME HOW TO DANCE FOREVER AND HE DID IT BEAUTIFULLY.

i do vaguely remember when that was first teased ppl going like "oh i wonder if hes finally met someone good that can show him how to dance forever..." So. Maybe not

5. caramel

i think. there's been enough said about this song already

still a banger tho. love you caramel

6. EVEN IN FUCKING ARCADIA

PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK MY FAVORITE SONG ON THE ALBUM ACTUALLY OH MY GOD I GET CHILSL EVERY TIME

I WAS. LOOPING THAT ONE BIT OF THE EMERGENCE B SIDE/THE TEASED MUSIC SHEET MUSIC WHICH IS. THIS SONGS INSTRUMENTAL

I GOT JUMPSCARED BY THE VOCALS AT THE START BC IM USED TO THE INSTRUMENTAL

BUT I LOVED THE MELODY AND I WAS LIKE OKAY I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY FUCKIGN GOOD

AND ITS. SOMEHOW STILL AMNAGED TO BLOW MY EXPECTATIONS OUT OF THE WATER

IT RMEINDS ME OF FALL FOR ME IN A GOOD WAY

"Turns out the gods we thought were dyin' were just sharpening their blades" GOES CRAZY WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

"HAVE YOU BEEN WAITING LONG FOR ME??" THE SMILE I LET OUT. HE SAID THE THING

THE SWORD NOISEEEEEEEE AND THE BOW FIRING (?) NOISE

ITS SO NICE TO HEAR THE INSTRUMENTAL IN GOOD QUALITY DHMU

"WHAT GOOD IS ALL THIS TALK OF WINGS WHEN THERE IS NOTHING LEFT ABOVE?" AOOOAWUFUHA WWAFHAWGJSGIU24GY3TR7F8EU9GIDO

IF YOU DONT ASCEND AT 2:30 WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

I ACTUALLY TRANSCENDED INTO A DIFFERENT PLANE. MY JAW FELL TO THE FUCKING FLOOR. OH MY GOD.

"IT SEEMS EVEN IN ARCADIA YOU WALK BESIDE ME STILL." HE SAID THE THING HE SAID THE THING and then followed it up w the "have you been waiting long for me?"

THE SCREAM. THE SCREAM THE SCREAM.

theres not even that much heavy bits but oh my god i genuinly love these sleep token songs

THE CELLO. I WAS LIKE OH MY GOD THAT WAS GOOD. AND THEN THE CELLO. FLOORED ME. SENT ME TO HEAVEN. SNET ME TO SPACE. STRINGED INSTRUMENTS ON SLEEP TOKEN TRACKS I HAVENT HEARD OF YOU SINCE WTBB I MISSED YOU. ACTUALLY SO BEAUTIFUL I ALMOST STARTED TEARING UP (i dont usually do that w songs)

THE AMBIENCE AT THE ENDDD REMINDS ME OF THE AMBIENCE IN TMBTE BUT LIKE. A BIT MORE DISTORTEDDD CUZ LIKEEEE EVEN INARCADIA I AM THERE AAAAAAAAA

AAAAAND IMMEDIATELY ADDED TO S+ TIER

7. provider

close enough welcome back sugar (content wise) idk

THE BEATTTT OUUUGGH

"my lover..." damn

THE LYRIC FLOW IS CRAZY IN THIS ONE

THE ICU LINE TO "I SEE YOU" TICKELD BRAIN GOOD.

"The only good girl in this side of the moon" AHSDHHAWHJFSSEFHSJGK -> "oh maybe make a good girl bad"

"You’re the only game that I like to lose" -> blood sport? ("i made loving you a blood sport i cant win / so lets play")

i did. not hear foxtrot at first im. was this intentional. or are my ears just shit... it sounded like fuck [straight] to me and i had to do a double take

breakdown... ouughg...

"garner you in silk like a spider..." MOTHS.... AS PREY TO SPIDERS?TMBTE REF? like i dont think. being wrapped in silk from a spider is a good thing guys

"even in the daylight, i can give you what i want" is such an INTERESTING CONTRAST from all the moon imagery yk. and the whole "so give me the night" + "the night comes down like heaven" + "the night belongs to you"

what if. sleep pov...

8. damocles

Yeah.

side note but i keep. playing this song and i genuinely think it makes me feel sad so i should. probably not do that as much but its so good :::(

9. gethsemane

Holy. Shit.

The noises at the start??

THE WAY THE NOTES SOUND ALMOST DISTORTED??

listen i know sleep token songs fundamentally are personal. but this is. another level

"you are my harlequin bride, i was your undercover lover" harlequin.... harlequin mentioned....

"you never saw me naked / you never even touched me / except when you were wasted" Jesus. Christ. (Pun not intended)

"but you were trying your best / and that's what i tell the others" auaugfjghdhhhdhfhggcvjjkcbvkcbvcll

"I was tryin' my best, and that's the thing I tell the mirror / I was in love with the thought that we were in love with each other" YEEEEEOOOOOOOWCCCCHHHHHHHHHH. stabbed.

the idea of. self blame in this track is just so. guhh. and trying to excuse the other persons actions even if they hurt you.

THE BREAKDOWN FOR THIS IS SO. GOOD. reminds me of high water with how raw it is

THE SCREAMS TOOOOOO

LIKE. THE CROWD AMBIENCE? I THINK THATS WHAT IT IS?

and then the transition into the latter part of the song is so SMOOTH.

really digging the beats.

also the outro. smooth as FUCK

"I've learned to live beside it, and even though it's over now / I will always be reminded (Reminded, reminded, reminded)" OHHHHHHHH.

other thoughts that relate to past projects but. wont speak on em here

10. infinite baths

Wow

the way it has a similar start to windward....

"infinite baths washing over me at last" reminds me of like. the sort of cleansing he was asking for in atlantic ("flood me like atlantic / bandage up the trenches") so. tpwbyt reverse theory?

"Well, I have fought so long to be here / I am never going back" :::)

sort of a rain/euclid vibe. more so euclid, it has that Hopeful vibe to it

the whole nature being changed metaphor auugughg....

THE WATER AMBIENCE. UGUDFJHKGSFDFDJKHU9POEJSHFJXKL;

the "let me drift" bit kinda reminds me of the tmbte "i dream in phosphorescence"

II WENT CRAZY. I MEAN HE DID THE WHOLE ALBUM BUT LIKE. WOAOOWAOAAW

THE SCREAMS. DUDEEE THE SCREAMS. idk how people made out hte lyrics but thanks

the "halt this eclipse in me" line reprise1!!!! LETS GOOO

"Teeth of God / Blood of man / I will be / What I am" TEETH OF GOD MENTION IN A SONG. WE ACTUALLY WON SO HARD

THE FADEOUT. MOSH PITS R GOING CRAZY W THIS ONE

the fadeout also reminds me of the offering but like. way longer

II... II DUDE.................

and the way it loops perfectly into windward

OK MISC CLOSING THOUGHTS

PEAK FUCKING PEAK BEAUTIFUL ALBUM SOBBING WEEPING CRYING THROWING UP SCREAMING

i wonder whats gonna be on the setlists.

reverse tpwbyt theory. maybe

um i need to. think about feathered host n house veridian more and pattwrns and stuff yeah

[ganondoodle]

im watching a (slow) streamer play thorugh elden rings DLC and have barely seen anything more but ... i have seen some vague hints on twitter that theres something up with radahns lore and now im WORRIED/FEAR TM

hes my fav and thought that the lore in the base game was all he would get and i was honestly fine with that (heyo another unpopular(?) one to add to my list of favs lol) and was just happy he was mentioned by name bc that one lady NPC at the start-- BUT NOW??? i dont even know if its true but .............

im not gonna say anything more dw, ... i dont even know more anyway, but feel free to tell me bc the not knowing and then see it get discovered on stream might be worse than any spoiler could be (i dont even care about that much anymore)

[emry-stars-art]

i was rereading different parts of the royal au and i got to neil calling andrew "my star" and my mind immediately added north to it and i read it as "my north star" and then i remembered that that's the star people always use to find home. cause andrew is neil's home.

You 🤝 me, thoughts on Abram calling Andrew his star

[snekdood]

men are inherently traumatized under the patriarchy bc they're pressured or forced to conform to the standards of manhood, which to put very simply, is to never express of feel emotions, which makes them bad at socializing, thus rendering them eternally isolated.

[duskerot]

highlight !!

[zymstarz]

yeah sure that's how i'll [re]come out

[themyscirah]

Okay so basically the United States MINT of all people is going to be working with DC to make a line of coins! These coins sadly won't be in circulation (the things I would do to live in a world where I could get Batman coins from the supermarket) as they're collectors coins, but will be releasing over the course of the next 3 years, 2025-2027.

Designs haven't been released yet (the same is true for all 2025 designs) but we know there will be 9 coins in total (3 each year) with the first year featuring (of course!!!) Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.

Although we know the first three heroes to be featured, the remaining six have yet to be decided, and it turns out the Mint is putting out a survey on their site to gauge which of a group of culturally significant heroes people want to see most! (link to the form is mentioned in the article above)

The considered group includes: Supergirl, the Flash, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Captain Marvel, John Stewart GL, Aquaman, Hawkman, Jamie Reyes BB, Robin (Damian?), Cyborg, and Batgirl, of which 6 will be selected.

As someone who does a bit of coin collecting myself (mainly circulation coins like the quarters sets, but I also have a couple proof and collectors coins) I think this is a really cool and interesting idea that showcases the history of the comics medium and these characters and their influence on American culture. Really excited to wait and see what the designs look like for the coins already announced!

[nandermoenthusiast]

oh my god i got so emotional SHUT UUUUUP

[queensparklekitten]

I think I just guaranteed queen of nothing by the crane wives a place in my spotify wrapped tonight because of time princess

[orcelito]

Less than an hour before the mcelroy selfie & signing

I'm a little nervous

[risingsunresistance]

feels weird to not have much to post, i feel like i basically disappeared off social media compared to how i used to post but. there is simultaneously so much going on (things that are boring/heavy and not fun to post about) and nothing at all going on (i have not been able to play anything very much and havent been watching anything besides random documentaries i stumble across), leading to me having nothing to say lmao

i did finally write down a bunch of hypixel worldbuilding headcanon junk instead of having it only be word-of-mouth between me and ark lol. only 1700 words, i can do better 👍 it was literally only about admin magic, what exactly it means to "hack," what a server is, and limbo kjgfhk. i might make a big post about the limbo section one day :]

[coolauntlilith]

Every now and then I replay the first episode of VLD and I wonder why I thought it be a good show lol

[hauntingblue]

I

<3

In between arc (kinda) episodes

Pt. 3

[microwaving-tesilid-argente]

the writing fanfic to "huh? this doesn't seem like how romance is normally written" to "am i somewhere on the aro spectrum" to "oh god the reason i dont identify w the generic aro label is bc i need a microlabel" to "fuck i need to rewrite this whole fic" pipeline

[yuwuta]

i just read the test drive fic with yuuta and i screamed when there was just hashtags after his text 😭😭 loved it so much istg, I'm praying you get the chance to work on a pt2 soon but no rush, I'm enjoying your other posts, I'm so excited for the valentine's one!!! 💗💗

there will be more to the story, i just can't promise when i'll post it because i'm still figuring out how to frame it? i've tried writing the mirrored conversation w/ yuuta telling megumi, toge, and gojo about your marriage, but it doesn't feel right LOL so i'm shifting gears to more about reader and yuuta potentially navigating their divorce? which is really about me figuring out how yuuta wants to tell you that he wants to stay married 😭😭

[snekdood]

oh you want to force the label "butch" on to me? well looks like its time to go back to strictly fucking cis men