#i just listened to it again today

[rustbeltjessie]

New mix tape alert! I started making this on Mother’s Day, and finished it the day after. For the cover art, I used one of the collages I made for my Five Poems mini-zine, because the title of the mix tape is the same as the title of that poem (both come from the Jawbreaker song “Jinx Removing”). As per usual, it’s a blend of old favorites, new favorites, and stuff relevant to things I’m currently thinking about. And, as per usual, I made a Youtube version.

Track list under the cut.

If I don’t go outside today, I never will.

Side A

Big Black - L Dopa

Naked Raygun - Metastasis

The Velvet Underground - I’m Waiting for the Man

Pork Belly - Superstar

Yard Act - We Make Hits

Fontaines D.C. - Starburster

Model/Actriz - Donkey Show

Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer

Fugazi - Rend It

The Iron Roses - Revolution Summer

Home Is Where - Cicada Summer (We Were On the Roof When the UFOs Came)

Death Cab for Cutie - Northern Lights

Side B

Soup Activists - Chaos Girls

World/Inferno Friendship Society - Only Anarchists Are Pretty

The Replacements - Kiss Me On The Bus [Ed Stasium Mix]

Beehive and the Barracudas - Stuck on the Bus

Dicks - Kill from the Heart

Hot Water Music - Burn Forever

Jawbreaker - Jinx Removing

The Pogues - The Sunnyside of the Street

The Promise Ring - Electric Pink

Kim Gordon - I Don’t Miss My Mind

Ana Tijoux - Antifa Dance

IDLES - Dancer

Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot

[matoitech]

wooof

[theatricalmage]

The brainrot took over and so here's a vat7k hadestown au!! Don't know if I'll develop it fully but I liked designing it at least!

More info under the cut:

- Varian, the Coronan royal alchemist, tasks himself with deciphering an incantation capable of bringing the world back into tune. Times are tough, and the royal family + Quirin are doing their best to cope with the meagre crop yields and desolate weather (Corona not really being the sunshine kingdom - hasn't been for a while). He wants to help and do good and I think he'd be a good Orpheus.

- Hugo, having moved about from place to place, still has his interest in alchemy and does what he can to get by. He plans on temporarily staying in Corona before looting, but he encounters a certain like-minded scientist at the Snuggly Duckling. I think him being selfish works especially well in Eurydice's role, having a more pessimistic view of the world. It also works with how he gets drawn to Donella's offer of working for her later on, leading him to his death.

- Ulla as Persephone! I was initially stuck on whether to have Rapunzel (and either Eugene/Cass) as her (and Hades) but I was drawn to the connection that Hugo has to Donella and the Donella/Ulla relationship in vat7k just works too well. In this case, Ulla won't be Varian's mother. She's still gonna be somewhat of an inspiration to him though, being the previous Coronan royal alchemist and for her intelligence. For half the year, she'll return to Corona with food, drinks, and alchemical compounds/inventions, bringing Spring and Summer to the world, if only for a bit.

- Donella would be such an interesting Hades, losing sight of her love for Ulla, heart filled with fear and hurt, leading to bitterness and cruelty. Ingvarr being Hadestown and how by being the esteemed Ingvarrian engineer, she'd be in charge of major technological advances across the kingdoms and so would wield a significant amount of power (like how Hades is literally the ruler of the underworld). Ingvarr essentially being a near death sentence for its workers while also displaying its technological prowess, all still shrouded in mystery and corruption - a place so otherworldly compared to the rest of the kingdoms.

I didn't want to modify the outfits too much nor the personalities,, if anything I imagine the general plot beats being the same as the original musical/story but with slight differences that'd you get inherently as a result of these characters. I wouldn't want it to be the case where it's just the show but the names are changed. I'd want this to still make reasonable sense in this AU, with the actions being understandable for this particular cast of characters.

For Hermes, I ended up picking Xavier, as he's most knowledgeable of old legends and stories, which would work in reference to the Hades and Persephone myth (and so Donella and Ulla)! He'd act as a mentor figure for V, someone who can guide him in uncovering the forgotten incantation. Quirin would still be the good supportive dad he is (even if he doesn't fully understand his son's project).

Last but not least, the fates!! often lurking in the background, I'm still a bit stuck on who it could be? I'm tempted to have it be Raps, Cass, and Nuru as they've had celestial connections at some point (and ya know how stars can represent fate), but I also love the freckled siblings dynamic so much. Also Team Radical... Maybe Raps and Cass can be their normal selves but their Sundrop/Moonstone counterparts are the manifested physical forms of the fates? They wouldn't be visible to the characters though, just voices in the wind.

Anyways yeah!! Those are my thoughts. Do let me know if you've got any cool ideas or questions. I'm really combining my interests at full force and there's nothing anyone, not even myself, can do about it quite frankly. 😮‍💨

[shaadowmilkcookie]

Let’s take another stab at it. I think I’m getting somewhere!

[unnonexistence]

hermann thoughts: if i discredit newton and his approach enough, the martial won't give him the equipment for his kaiju drift, and i can protect him from himself. if he despises me for it, so be it. there is little i wouldn't sacrifice to see him safe.

newt thoughts: this is a Best Science competition and i have to Win

[kyouka-supremacy]

Average bsd anime watching experience

[evilwy]

[sysig]

Hi, sorry to be anon, but can I ask to see the Vargas family post trick or treating? Divying the goods, or just being tired from the event? Thank you and Happy Halloween!

Day 30 - Fine, but you're taking nightmare duty

[cynicallyneutral]

when u download a cool brush

[the-gateway-to-madness]

diego luna's acting in book of life is drop-dead incredible. that's it that's the post

[expelliarmus]

[binch-i-might-be]

[raiiny-bay]

redhead :-)

[lylahammar]

desperately need more fat video essayists to cover topics about fatness, fatphobia, and diet culture. I'm watchin this skinny girl in this video essay replace the word "fat" with "F" in every quote she reads like it's a slur because she looked up what the least problematic term for fatness was and the article she found put "fat" at the same level as "obese"

[doodleodds]

Happy Valentines, Akira. Happy Valentines, Asshole.

If you can’t read what Akechi’s secondary inner-dialogue says cause I obscured it too much behind his regular dialogue, here’s a transcription in panel order: Hello, you fucking- Ah- Hello, Akira! Fuck off, why should I tell you- Just a soda- there’s a new flavor.

I don’t want your shitty gift. Oh- haha! You’re so sweet.

I hope I choke. They’re lovely, thank you.

Like hell. Likewise. There’s no way it’s just a coincidence. Still though, it’s a funny coincidence.

[melonyfelonyfellonme]

That cut Lucanis romance line suggesting a tiny bit of jealousy and that he and Spite might be subtly/inwardly sort of competing for Rook's affection oh my god