#i love his VA. He's going so intense with it you can't even tell he's british [lighthearted]

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Free my man Larian. His unhinged swagless demeanor has captivated me 🖤

1hr-ish quickie since I haven't drawn in like a month.

[bloominglegumes]

judging earthspark s3

contains spoilers!!!

(my own opinion + not that serious :))

not in order bc i sketch-wrote these down while watching first but guys im so im so .head in hands

-15 pts for the character development, relationships, ideas, etc set up in s1 that were thrown out in s2 and s3. war trauma, immigrant experience, ghost aftermath, individuality, healing process, autobot guilt, byebye. so much character assassination still happening

+1 for following through i guess

+1 shockwave 'all are dead' comic cover reference and having him react to it

+5 every appearance of frenzy and laserbeak. theyre professional hecklers i love them

-1 bc of how the art direction was already established having 2d handdrawn effects but obv their animation has been toned down, there are quite a few instances of 3d smoke made to look like 2d shading which is not necessarily bad on its own but doesnt feel like it fits here

+1 rage virus had nice potential for bringing simmering resentments to surface,, wish the show delved deeper into the characters thoughts + fallout

-1 megatron's va sounds like he was given direction to hold back somehow on his delivery ?? idk it just feels like forced gentleness compared to earlier performance like his lines don't fit him

-2 animation lacking feeling of weight, movements are stiff, unnatural esp for huge guys made of metal. how in the world did twitch push megatron over

-2 fight choreo is more generic and plain,, characters tend to fight in similar ways when they wouldnt, considering different sizes, abilities, personalities etc,, everyone is just tossing each other around

-2 teasing us with breakbee and then actually setting it on fire and then killing bumblebee's personality too and while we're here thrash and mo as well

+1 escape room ep overall was kinda fun. i like the idea of leaning into twitchs big sister role but like u dont have to water down the others when highlighting one character?? the maltos are kids, but theyre not like.stupid

+1 optimus pushing megatron down to protect him and megs glancing down where optimus' hand is on him. someone in story room is pushing megop

+1 prowl being a skilled Hater on entrance

+1 "organics" (derogatory)

-1 optimus tells prowl that the war is over in defence of megatron but literally theyre fighting decepticons again two seconds later so make up your mind earthspark

-5 what are the autobots and decepticons even fighting for at this point? let's shoot them into space so we don't have to worry about that conflict anymore except megatron but he's our friend so don't think about that trust us this is earthspark our show was formed on the basis of being the aftermath of the war hasbro im going to kill you

+1 constructicon mention

+3 prowl being huggable and pickuppable (+1 optimus, +1 elita, +1 arcee)

+1 "terran thrash" "terran nightshade" "stygi-terran" "clan malto" can't tell me thats not objectively cute

+5 blaster feature

+2 megop being deeply embarrassing about robby's weird girlfriend

+5 dramatic megop fight. intense music, personal arguments, falling through the ice sinking to the bottom of the lake together, if i'm going down you're coming with me etc i love it

-1 grimmy not having a single speaking line?? am i tripping

+1 thrash throwing the hat perfectly onto prowls antler tip

-2 duller lighting and colours overall </3 my guy was seriously looking grey in ep 6..,.

+1 "romantic entanglements have hobbled many a soldier. ask optimus." thank u es writers

+1 "there are no implications. there are only facts." banger

+1 multiple pronouns used for the shapeshifting quintesson i just thought it was fun

-1 thrash's character being largely reduced to That One Kid

-1 might just be me but the whole plot with the fake girlfriend was just weird as hell ?? what purpose does it have in robby's character development,,,

-1 dot and alex being less compelling as caring responsible parents. like they're still nice,, but the way they've been written just feels less careful

-1 that movie and confession scene sorry i know it was on purpose but i could not handle the secondhand embarrassment

+1 mole-bots tbh i thought they were going to pull scraplets but they were fun

-4 starscream neglect. where is the justice. nothing but a silhouette all season and then finally all he does is go crazy and get pulled back to jail??wtf

+1 quintesson ship entrance

-1 generic character body language/performance

+1 weird al yankovic going so hard

+1 saving civilians

-2 quintus powers being suddenly able to save the day when they need it because plot

-2 how the chaos terrans are not written

-1 environments are sometimes not that fitting for the action taking place there?? like for the final fight i know theyd need a lot of space for the titan but seriously just a green grassy field and blue sky come on?? give us some artistry,..,.

-1 slightly weird voice effects for quintesson characters but that might just be me

+1 sharkticon pit plucked right out of g1 movie i love it

+1 mo being so polite "mr optimus" "ms elita" "mr prowl sir" sweetheart

+5 what the fuck do you mean "i appreciate you, megatron"

+1 hard confirmation prowl is a hugger

+1 epic titan fusion

+1 prowl being nice. dialogue with bee in that scene felt kind of in your face but it was cute

-1 arresting starscream. girlie was probably starving in there

+1 "little bird"

+1 i'm just happy to have an animated prowl having so much relevance to the main story again.tfa prowl i miss u every day

-2 tarantulas never being seen nor heard from ever again. he had an awesome design, fantastic voice acting, super well written just for hasbro to be cowards

-1 again for just dropping pretty big story points from season 1 for unclear reasons. like i said,, current state of earthspark works fine as a kid's show alone but after how mature and well-handled season 1 was it feels like watching the tv spinoff series to the actual thing. sorry but like zero integrity to the shows basis and values and what the original writing had set up for the world and the characters

[milgram-tournament]

MILGRAM Best Song Tournament, Round 1, Match 9 CAT vs. THE PURGE MARCH

Propaganda for both options under the cut!

Propaganda for CAT:

"You like jazz? Jazz is chaos within order. Got to love the whole band. Vibraphone, saxophone, trumpet, flute, piano, guitar, drums, bass… Go, rhythm section, go! The song sounds tender at times and aggressive at others as different instruments pop up at different times. Sometimes they follow Kazui’s voice (“follow the king of the masquerade”). Sometimes they get to be the focus. You have the chill piano one moment and the screaming guitar in the next.

You’ve got a lovely “jingle” (“Lie until it gets better…”) which occurs at the beginning, middle, and end. It fits the “newspaper ad” style of the video really well. Also at the very end, there’s one more line that gives the jingle an upward contour, giving a sense of finality. “Until you can meet the king of the masquerade.” You’re there now.

The two verses start off differently before they take on a similar melody. It feels like Kazui is talking to a different person in each verse.

The chorus is a beautiful façade the first time and a sinister truth the second time.

The opening for solos shows that this jazz song means business. I love how the saxophone and trumpet especially get in your face. And with the tacet on vocals, the walking bass really shines if you lend it your ear.

And the smoke break! Silence is golden. Glass click. Lighter. Huff.

As always, Kazui’s voice is super deep. He hits even lower notes this time around. He’s a fifth lower than the next lowest singers (Haruka and Shidou)."

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-Great instrumental choice. Kazui and jazz is *chefs kiss*

-Symbolism. THE SYMBOLISM. I can’t type out all my thoughts but ifykyk

-The almost comic like style of the MV is really appealing.

-Lyrics!! There is so much to unpack but it’s really cool.

-Kazui eating the dove… fricken iconic.

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FIRST OF ALL the vocals????? BEAUTIFUL. His va put his whole pussy into this song and you can tell!! The way he sings the chorus is so damn addicting I'm so in love with him. His voice is more or less stable throughout the entire thing until the final chorus but you can hear the emotion peaking out which fits perfectly with Kazui keeping everything hidden. The way his voice turns into a sort of whisper during "all the things I wanna do that I can't say outloud"??? The way his voice starts trembling during "this feeling it's yearning to be satisfied"???? The way his voice turns into a sort of whisper AND starts trembling during "hey, if I said I liked-liked you, what would you?"?????? HEAVENLY! You can really feel how afraid Kazui is under his disguise and my heart breaks a little everytime I listen. Not to mention how absolutely powerful his voice gets at the climax!!!!!! It's insane!!!!!!! It's genius!!!!!! It makes me wild makes me crazy makes me eat my walls!!!!!!!!!!

THE SMOKE BREAK?????? What other song has something as powerful as that huh???? This isn't just a song produced by the milgram machine using his memories, this is HIS song and he is OWNING IT! The music builds up so much and gets so intense right before it, I can literally feel myself get tense and starting holding my breath right before he takes the break and everything relaxs… it's not just a break for him, but a break for the viewer. The song is spiralling out of control just like his life and his lies and he has no choice but to put it to a quick stop before its too much to handle.

THE IMAGERY IS WILD!!!!! He's a magician!!! Little magic guy!!!! Using tricks and lies to amaze and captivate the people around him! Trying desperately to magic his own feelings into something else! But it's all fake! It's all tricks and no matter how hard he tries he can never actually change himself into what he wants! But he's trying to convince himself the same way he's convinced his audience!! And when you're watching a magic act, are you there for the magician themself or are you there to watch the show?? The people in his life only cared for him when he performed for them, but they didn't give a drop of love to who he was a person! ALSO the transformation of the wedding ring to a cigarette to the dove at the end??? Makes me wild every single time! Right infront of his wife, he showed her that their marriage was something unhealthy for him that was slowly killing him from the inside. AND THEN he uses it to harm himself???? And then he turns that cigarette into a dove- a representation of love and literally TEARS INTO IT. He tears his marriage apart with his mouth!!! AKA HIS WORDS. makes me wild. Also fun fact Kazui says he started smoking because when he was younger it was "just natural for everyone to smoke" and that lines up with his reasons for marriage perfectly.

Kazui looks really hot in it. You should vote for Cat because Kazui is insanely attractive. What other reason do you need huh? Hot gay middle aged man.

Propaganda for THE PURGE MARCH:

"Despite the shorter length, the Purge March has several distinct sections in its structure.

It starts with a rolloff, and then… they don’t follow it. Amane isn’t here to follow the beat.

There’s the spoken-word intro and the upbeat first verse listing the tenets. The prechorus (“dou shiyou mo nai…”) has an amen break. The most-sampled four-bar drum beat. Well, there’s half of it. Is it supposed to mean something? Can I get an amen?

The chorus is so, so cheerful… unless you’re actually listening to the lyrics (“I’ll crush your throat too”) or watching the video. And it’s super catchy. 

The second part of the verse dials things back. Now we’re in reality. This is how Amane breaks her tenets. All the while, those tenets are spoken into both ears over the singing. Get some good headphones. She sounds different in each ear.

The music picks up again with the amen break as Amane happily strolls back home, and then-

Oh.

The somber second chorus, with Amane’s lower singing voice and mournful spoken words, leads into the final chorus, with new lyrics and a more forceful tone. The once-meaningless chanting now has real words. “You’re sorry? I don’t care! Please go ahead and die already.” You can hear Amane’s anger despite the cheerful melody. She harmonizes in the final phrase, as if to say “we’re in this together, me and my little color guard troop.” And finally, it’s just her. Speaking. "Oboetemasuka?" Accompanied by only a single drum.

She is both Amane Momose and not. She upholds the doctrines that she was raised with, but she can’t."

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"Purge March is geniunaly one of my favorite pieces of fiction both in and out of the context of trauma. Its fantastically directed and composed. The batton twirling is spetacular and energetic, the set and character design of Amane conveys a lot about the world she’s in and the story she’s telling. Purge March contextulizes a lot of Magic in both expected and unexpected ways (insert the entire cat symbolism thesis here) Purge March casts Amane in the role of a scary child. The glowing eyes, the framing of Amane as Above the viewer, the brutality and catharsis of it all. It seems tailored made to make you Scared of her. It’s a continuation of the cycle of abuse that we the audience repeated in T1 when we gave her that verdict. A red flashing warning sign about the Inhumanity and Monsterous qualities of Amane Momose. But Amane as a monster is fufilling and freeing. Again, its deeply cathartic. I would write more if I wasnt so sleepy at the moment but its just some Fantastic work overall. Purge March is also just fantasitic vocally and also hids electricity sounds in the instrumental which I think is evil and awesome."

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-Amane’s vocals and how they slowly get more and more off the deep end is both really sad and cool to watch.

-The symbolism of the marching band and the flags. Ifykyk

-The beginning where it sounds like a propaganda TV show… really shows just how far Amane’s thinking is rooted in her cult and how that’s shaped her perception.

-The LYRICS. They work so well but it’s also creepy AF considering it’s a child who’s singing it.

-“So there is no second time, I’ll give back the judgment that you gave to me!”

-The overlapping part… gives me chills everytime.

-Building off the last point, the last “I’ll crush your throat too.” Ouch.

-“Remember MY cries, MY repents, MY words of “I’m sorry” that I said to you?”

-The song also does a great job of showing how much the guilty verdict messed with her.

[languajix]

So I watched "Reality Check" (s3e19) yesterday, and the beginning with Leo training and Mikey talking his ear off about superheroes had me cracking up because it brought to mind the scene from "All The Colors In Between" where Donny infodumps to Leo about gender roles in animals. I specifically thought of this line:

"That was the curse of being Leo, that he had to politely listen to whoever decided to ramble at him when they caught him doing katas like this."

And you're right! He really can't help it! Mikey's so excited to tell him about stuff he probably already knows, and Splinter is like, please focus, but Leo just goes, nah, I can multi-task, and even lets Mikey draw him into the conversation. They're so adorable.

Yeah, this isn't really a question I just wanted to say, again, I really love this fic and how you write this family 🧡💙

You are SO close to SAINW and I can't wait!! Oh man this is going to be awesome. Painful for you, of course, but exciting for me.

And you found the scene that inspired that bit! Absolutely, 100%. Despite Splinter being literally right there, and the two of them in the middle of serious ninja stuff, Leo plays along with Mikey so politely. I was pleasantly shocked that he kept talking back! It's such a great moment between the two of them!

2k3 is so full of affectionate, soft, meaningful character interactions between all the brothers and it's wonderful. I love scifi romps, and the gritty, intense dramas of the 2k3 New York City, but what pulls me into 2k3 and keeps me there is the dynamics of all of the brothers and Splinter, April and Casey. The writers and the VAs did such an incredible job.

I love writing this family. My memory for canon details sucks a lot and I just hope all the time that I'm doing them even a little bit of justice, trying to capture character voice is really important to me, so hearing that is always a big relief. And this fic was scary to put out there, so hearing that it struck a chord with a few people was validating. It made all the stress worth it.

Just, thank you. So much. I hope you have a great evening!

[aachria]

Head Empty, Trafalgar Law only.

But like on serious note i just took sneak peaks on future chapters(just started watching) and gawd damn hello???? LAW???? I guess i just have a thing for older guys with tired face and a bit of facial hair (his jp voice got me good)

i'm so sorry for dumping this on you, i really am but i can't help to imagine Ed meeting up with Law eventually. He's a polar opposite then Luffy and even Zoro from what i can tell. He's so intense and serious but fricking funny in a way? I'd love to guess and make up Ed's reactions towards Law in the future or am i too indulgent on this oopsie😗. I just like that guy😔

Oh and the Abba song on the recent chapter, safe to say i did not expect Ed to sing in a moment of panic as a form of response to danger unlike the two choice that consist of Flight or fight.

I understand you completely. He’s literally my favourite character lmao I own his damn sword. And yes his JP VA is amazing but also MATTHEW MERCER????????????? It’s definitely the Critical Role brain rot but that man’s voice makes me ascend.

Their vibes are going to clash so wonderfully. I can’t wait 😌

And the singing thing. Have y’all never been walking in the woods with a group of people and just started singing campfire songs?? Because woods are scary in the dark???? No?????? Maybe I’m too Canadian for this 😔 catch me in my house at 3 am in the pitch black going to get water and singing Hotel California to ward away demons.

[amischiefofmuses]

What's everyone's ideal date night? If you guys could do anything with your respective others, what would you like to get up to? (for anyone that wants to answer!)

Drunken nonsense || No Longer Accepting

-- ❝Now that's an easy one.❞ Morph grins, they're not known for being the private type, so of course they're even chattier when they're drunk. Maybe to a detriment in the wrong situations. ❝Going out to a bar and having a nice drink, maybe even a dance if I can drag him out onto the dance floor with me - then we stumble home and spend some quality time together.❞ -- ❝You scared to say FUCK?❞ Wade snorts, earning a good-natured elbow nudge from the shapeshifter who rolls their eyes at his addendum but given the stupid smile on their face, Wade had been right on the money. There's a moment where Wade is expecting more but- there's nothing left to tell. Morph is content in that being the best idea for a night out, something the merc considers unimaginative.

-- ❝Seriously though, that's it?❞ He questions, letting out a soft snort. ❝Where's the pizazz, the OOMPH?! Don't get me wrong, I don't HATE the classics but they sure wouldn't be my first choice.❞ Pulling himself up, he sways slightly but straightens to stand, hands on his hips like he's about to give a lecture. -- ❝Gotta start by killing some bad guys together, just go STUPID with combo moves and everything, absolutely clear house before finding somewhere quiet to get all that adrenaline outta the system. Some really intense cardio, if you catch my drift.❞ A snort and a glance to Morph, clearly avoiding the direct truth of what he's talking about purely to tease them, they shake their head and give yet another eye roll in response. ❝After that maybe we book a hotel room somewhere, get room service, get washed off before we fuck like rabbits all night long. Look up some sex positions and try all of them twice, for science.❞

Cable groans, having just returned to hear THAT. He doesn't want to know what prompted that line of thinking but before he can state as such, he's got the merc in his lap explaining. Shoving him off, he picks up his drink and takes another swig. -- ❝Fine- Mine's simple enough. A movie, some drinks, don't need to go out for it to be a good date. Point is spending time together.❞ -- ❝Booooring.~❞ Wade sing-songs while just getting back onto his seat, only to be shoved off again by Cable.

-- ❝Zhere is nothing boring about vanting to spend time together, I think it is sveet.❞ Kurt chimes in, a soft smile spread across his face, his tail slack against the floor and just swaying back and forth in sweeping motions. ❝I zhink I vould love to go to an aquarium, ve can explore, perhaps see if zhere are other such places in zhe area and make a day of it. Come night ve have a valk under zhe stars, and zhen spend our evening together. En-❞ -- ❝Fucking.❞ Wade states, interrupting the - thus far - very pleasant sentiment. ❝How many people here are gonna be scared to say it? We ain't running a PG operation here, fellas, we don't have to worry about having a potty mouth.❞ -- ❝Maybe he wasn't about to say that, you-❞ Cable goes to scold, but he's quickly halted by Kurt.

-- ❝I vas.❞ It's noted bashfully, he can't stop the chuckle that spills from his lips, Wade is outright elated. Vindication at last.

[cielsosinfel]

its 4am so i need to log OFF and go to BED but my mind is spinning with dishonored dishonored dishonored. this game really meant the world to me when i was... fucking... 18 years old lmao wow. i'm really not very far at all, i have just made my way to Claring Blvd, but some thoughts, i guess:

for a game that came out on consoles in 2012, it looks amazing. the stylization aged very VERY well even if some gameplay elements didn't. (and to be honest, the gameplay isn't as clunky as i was worrying it'd be.) (i do think there must have been a better, less confusing button mapping option for sneak-stabbing vs sneak-choking.)

i still love how beat up everyone's faces look in this. though, the women could stand to be more beat up and have more varied face shapes. also the NOSES

forgot that literally everyone wears pants because apparently skirts and dresses don't exist in the dishonoredverse? at least not in dunwall. which seems very fitting tbf.

the amount of thought and depth poured into the lore of the world dishonored takes place in, the amount of WORLDBUILDING, when you never even leave the walls of dunwall, is still one of my favorite things about it. i think the writers in charge of the flavor text strewn about as notes and books did a good job giving all of these details that flesh the setting out but still leave so much mystery that could be expanded on.

i love the atmosphere obviously but i love the just, entire atmosphere around the whales in this universe, their place in the world and its foundational myths and religions and the economic exploitation, everything it symbolizes for THESE ancient, magical leviathans to be brutally killed en masse to be rendered down to oil and heretical charms. and it reminds me yet again, of the common fanon of pre-DH2 fandom, where the outsider was a whale, or something older than the whales who brought them forth into the world or merely has a particular fondness and affinity for them, and he was never a human in anything but false flesh, only worn to put the mortals who reach out to him at something like ease, or just acknowledge the limitations of these beings who can't fathom whale song. what i'm saying is, i'm really still annoyed they canonized the whole "teenaged sacrifice victim" origin for him instead of having more fun with the magical ancient whales stuff u_u

something i hadn't noticed until this replay is the voice acting is very flat? i think it's easy to tell it's a voice direction thing. like, wow, so many charactes just speak Very Flat, almost monotone at times. it does take me out of the dialogue, ngl. i think as a 17/18 year old i wasn't paying nearly as much attention to like, writing and acting as i do now, so its sticking out. havelock especially sticks out. also funny to realize just how many background NPCs are voiced by the same three or four VAs...

the heart mechanic is still one of the most fun and enjoyable game mechanic gimmicks that ties in SO perfectly with the narrative itself. it's also just so funny to imagine corvo following people around the hound's pit, like barely a foot away from their back, holding a freshly-beating heart in his hand and burning a hole into the other person's head with such an INTENSITY trying to wring every little observation out of the lump of metal-choked flesh he holds (while the heart tells him how god dang suicidal they are. oh lydia and cecelia)

i'm thinking of all the woobie corvo angst fics i ever read where the heart is basically an emotional support haunted organ and going wuwuwuwu while i replay

i think now, as a 30 year old gay man instead of a teen girl, i desire samuel carnally (more specifically desire to see him and corvo fuck each other senseless) even MORE STRONGLY

ok i gotta do homework today good night

[softgrungeprophet]

got to see the trailer for across the spiderverse on the big screen (and with sound, instead of on my phone) and I'm! so! excited! also the trailer made me cry XD it looks so good, and miles is so tall next to his mommy😭 i can't waaaiiit

on the flip side i was subjected to the mario trailer unfortunately, and it's a shame because the art direction looks really solid and cute but oh my god chris pratt's voice acting is SO dead. i knew it was going to be bad but it's BAD. it's AWFUL. you guys were NOT kidding with the "yes king give us absolutely nothing" jokes. jack black bowser is the only really good VA in that entire trailer (the other stuff is fine, mario sounds terrible), unsurprisingly.

(also i just know people are horny for peach i just know it) (i mean they already... are... before this movie but still)

anyway this was all so i could watch the new puss in boots movie (and get bubble tea) and let me tell you, having not seen the first puss in boots, this one fucking rules. fantastic art direction—colors, character design, framing, fight scenes, all of it ruled. stellar sound design, really solid character work and relationships, pretty deft use of humor w/o undermining serious scenes, honestly quite intense at moments. gave me goosebumps, made me cry (now, to be fair, i always cry at movies, especially in theaters, but still)

really recommend it. the plot may not be too complex but like, tbh i am of the opinion that sometimes straightforward plots are the better choice, you know? and personally i found perrito to be cute and more importantly integral to the character growth of the film and the plot being about learning to open one's heart and face one's fears and traumas, allowing to trust, etc. That, and he was clearly at least partially intended to act as an expository character for the younger audience members, not JUST comic relief, which i think he was effective at, though as a 29 year old myself a lot of that was unnecessary. (and harvey guillen is just good at being cute imo)

like sure not every joke hit but like for the most part it was pretty tightly done, and the more serious scenes worked well for me, and i feel it managed to balance both comedy and intense seriousness and drama fairly well, imo, which is really a difficult feat (i mean, there are comics i love that struggle with this a lot, for example radiant black) but also coming from a team adjacent to shrek, as a franchise, i'm not surprised they handled that well cause that seems to be kind of the MO behind shrek as well. heartfelt, comedic, sometimes dark, usually well balanced, and even the comic relief characters tend to have some pathos going for them.

[incorrect-lolesports]

ok by great demand (3 notes oh this post is going places) here is absolutely every atrocity sweden man has committed against me (a girl) (not a fan or a friend but a secret third thing (an annoyance)

before we get into it tho i would like to say that this is. hm. maybe a lot! but i need to just vent this out somewhere where i KNOW it won't reach him, or anyone i care greatly about in my actual offline life. so. no snitching. Most of this is also based on the swedish songs, with the english section setting the tone and the swedish songs completing the gesamtkunstwerk.

(also i don't actually think he wants me or anything, or that it means anything. I think he just wanted to show me a bunch of his favourite songs that he thought i'd enjoy!) (But i have to wonder if he looked at his playlist, and deliberately chose these songs. If he thinks of me now, when he listens to them. If it means something.)

(and what level of parasocial relationship is it if you both make each other playlists for your birthday and if he wants to read your google docs)

anyways. atrocity write-up. btw. if you read this and want to scream with me. please. my dms are open. here or on twitter.

List of Atrocities Sweden Man has committed against me (a girl) by making me this sort of Playlist (written on my notes app during a flight)

the one song that clearly says "i'm 24, and i could love you so hard a forest would burn down from the intensity" and "i'm 39, my past haunts me, if you were here we'd be in love"

the fact that the very same song is called "Det kommer aldrig va över för mig" which the official sweden correspondant has informed me about is "It's never gonna be over for me" but only in an explicitly romantic context. whatever that means :)

the absolute deviousness of starting that fuckass playlist with not ONLY bleachers' Chinatown (after saying there's no taylor, he's created the most no-taylor taylor playlist ever), and hitting me face first with "I want a tomorrow with you, you could rip me out of my head, A girl like you could change it all"

ending the playlist with either (english part) "there's no relief, i see you in my sleep", "I'm scared that you won't be there, waiting on the other side" OR (and this is even worse!) ending it with the very explicit message "I know you want me, but you don't know what you're getting yourself into, i'm crazy, and i'm just complicated" (which is worse because it suggests that a) my obvious ass is clocked as fuck and b) ...)

The song that's like "our line always falls flat" as if that's my fault, i can't bend over backwards at every turn, and "you only call me when it rains" (female voice) cause that's just true. he only ever messages when they do badly, when they lose. he didn't care about me at all when he was popular and winning

i can't get over basically telling me to my FACE that he's too complicated to want me back and that he knows. girl. emil i'm going to [redacted]

the horny ass lana del rey in the middle, what the fuck is that about. Like after being like "we could be good together, this is my climb" he just hits me with "i'm sooo horny. i love lana del rey oh my god i'm so horny" for three songs straight. (National Anthem, White Mustang and Dark Paradise)

the random love song that's like the last bastion of actually being like, this can work out right now. With the VERY rude line of "I listen to all the songs you send me, Every song is about you. Everything is about you" incredibly rude! (I wonder if he thinks about me when he hears taylor swift?)

he loves synthesizers so much it's almost a little rude.

the song that's right after the "i listen to the playlist" song; 💗i hope you can forgive me💗 like actually girl i don't think i can. i think we should never talk again actually.

i really think he's too stupid to mean anything more than showing me a bunch of songs he likes, but i have to wonder if the songs he picked mean things. why pick these songs? why the order? Why the... why this entire year? What does it mean? I wish i could open his head and look inside, or force him to address it to my face and not just hear things in hearsay.

the song where it's like, It's never over for us two, it's never too late for the two of us to work it out"

also i like the placement of the songs, we have "hey i hope you can forgive me" into Gamora by hov1 (she is my GANGSTER wife and we do GANGSTER shit) into "i'm 24 and in love with you"

ok that's it. sorry. i promise that's the last of the illness posting. sorry guys.

(but i might update depending on how he takes the. the google doc. that he wants to read. fuck.)

can i make one more post about the playlist situation or are you guyd tired of me yet

[cruncherzz]

Okay, so I've been waiting to do this for a while but I kinda wanna see everyone's opinions on different characters from the RE7-RE8 timeline; also the reasoning of why you like or dislike them.

Here are some of mine(probably gonna make a part 2 post):

Chris Redfield-

Honestly, didn't see him enough in either game to really form an opinion, I played RE5 ages ago and witnessed the glory of the boulder punch but like... that's it. He just feels like if COD Ghosts was a person.

Jack Baker -

He's a cool tertiary character that scares the crap out of you on initial play but then bothers the fuck out of you once you know how his AI moves him around the house and his parts in the game. I like his voice lines and how genuinely like... unsettling he is. Even after years of playing and replaying this game, I still get goosebumps seeing him walk at you like the GTA character on roids.

Marguerite Baker -

Nope. Nope. Triple nope. I love the character as an antagonist but just hate her when I play. Two words. Vagina Bugs. Like, holy shit, Capcom nailed how much people hate unsettling things. Seeing this woman crawl at me around the greenhouse on all fours had me shooting her like I was playing a campaign of MW2. Her voice lines are great and her craziness because of Eveline's influence just makes her uncannily frightening.

Lucas Baker-

I want to see this little cunt die over and over again. He's just on another level than his parents because he was fucked up even before the mold got to him. Like, he's antisocial, great with gadgets that he uses for less than savory reasons, he's just John Kramer but in Resident Evil. All he needs is his Billy puppet and he's good. He wasn't as satisfying to play against because his part of the game was just an escape room and him escaping before you could get to him. All around, it was a creepy character that I sorta despise playing against but like all the same. Also, yes, I know that in "Not a Hero" or whatever it's called, you kill him. But, I never played that cuz I don't care for Chris and I'm lazy. I loved his little tidbits in "21," though so I'm probably just biased af.

Zoe Baker-

I might get flack for this but I don't... care for her. She's not a bad character but she's not really helpful. Yes, she points you where to go and tells you what's going on vaguely. But like, she just tells you. That's it. Sometimes, she doesn't even tell you stuff like when Ethan fights Marguerite and says that she didn't warn him about the bugs and "thanks for that" sarcastically; she replies with a laugh and a "sorry about that." Also, this might just be me but it's like her VA didn't know how to replicate a southern accent; she switches from sorta southern to no accent to this weird almost British sounding hybrid. It's something that @highlifeboat and I poke fun at whenever they stream it out of boredom.

Eveline -

My child. Little baby child. I really enjoy Eveline as the main antagonist because you can't help but feel this intense sympathy for this child who was made to destroy. She's just a kid and yet because of Miranda(which we find out later), she never gets the family or love she desperately craved. She wants to be loved but her efforts are completely twisted because she was completely twisted from experiments and protocols. Her imprinting protocol on Mia essentially drove her to excessive levels of obsession and made RE7 happen. I love her character and her voice lines are painful and raw. She's great in a lot of ways, she's even good in SOR which y'all already know my opinion on.

Clancy Jarvis-

The real protagonist of RE7, just yall wait for his revival in RE9, WHEEZE! No, but, seriously, I really like Clancy Jarvis. His influence in the game isn't major to the plot but it's just enough that the exposition rides on you watching his tapes and seeing his name around on initial play. A brilliant side character that you'll feel bad for because he just wanted to film a ghostbusting show with his friends and ends up being hunted, tortured, and eventually killed by Lucas Baker. Also, I love how he gives more emotion in every reaction of his than Ethan does in the entire motherfucking saga he's in. Like, his emotion is there and it's raw and it's visceral whereas Ethan yells or doesn't really react to things in RE7; yes, they patched it up in RE8 slightly but not altogether in a way that made sense to me at least.

I'm gonna make another post specifically for the Winters Family because I have a lot to say about that, also, I'm gonna do RE8 in a separate post because there's a lot more to cover.

Hope y'all enjoyed my little tidbit ;)

[mintory-jar]

(from the om official insta)

holy shit it's coming (I wanted to post a while ago what groupings and songs they would have when they first announced it but I forgot about it lol) I have to wait until June to hear satan.... but at least the first song with mammon, Levi and asmo will come quite soon, actually. I'm pretty excited about this!

and so, since they asked what songs they might sing, I shall answer with speculative word vomit that absolutely no one asked for. why am I doing this when I could just wait for the actual songs to come out? eh, I dunno, for fun.

take note: this is entirely speculation, I just want to put my thoughts out there.

Unit #0235 — Mammon, Leviathan, Asmodeus

I had a feeling that mammon and levi would get grouped together (and that they would have a rap battle lmao) since they argue quite a bit. so now that there's asmo, I'm not really sure what they all have in common, other than the fact that they're all softies. since the individual songs were about the character's love for (supposedly) MC, I guess the song would be about how they approach MC and their attraction to them differently? anyways, I like this more uncommon grouping. I'm very excited to see what they'll do.

I imagine levi and asmo will be singing together (iirc Levi's va said on the levi radio that he would like to sing with asmo's va one day) and mammon would rap. mammon gets to rap the bridge. now that I'm writing this, I have a feeling that it might be like the song 'bang bang' where there's 3 different people, each showing off 3 different personalities. (I've suddenly thought of the 3 of them singing bang bang, and lemme tell you they fit so well I started laughing to myself. go listen to that song, and tell me they don't fit haha)

Unit #0067 — Beelzebub, Belphegor

well, them getting group together is a no-brainer. I think it would be a slow, lullaby- like song, much like Satan's solo song (but less... intense?) it will most definitely be a duet. as for song content, I can't think of a solid theme other than 'hey, we're twins and our connection is pretty deep' (I know there's definitely more to their relationship, but I'm trying to keep this relatively spoiler-free) just saying how much they love and care for each other might get boring very fast. again I'm excited and very curious to see what they'll do.

Unit #0014 — Lucifer, Satan

remember I said I thought mammon and levi were going to have a rap battle, forget that, THIS is where the rap battle is. it's Issues Daddy vs. Daddy Issues — and I cannot wait to watch insanity ensue. they are absolutely going to chew each other out over hard rock music. (ok, kind of unrelated, but if you know hypmic, you know death respect? MTC is rough and dirty, while matenrou is refined and clean, but they still have that final boss badass vibe. now imagine satan as MTC and Lucifer as matenrou. THAT is the kind of battle I'm hoping for.)

i have a thought that as they get to the bridge they realise how useless their fighting was (and the music gets more melodic). they don't exactly forgive each other, more like reach a comfortable agree to disagree kind of middle ground. they learn to just tolerate each other (well satan does) and Lucifer will slowly end off the song by saying how proud he is of satan for growing into his own person. (just imagine: satan and Lucifer fight, and as satan leaves the room, Lucifer is of course angry, but in his heart, he is wholly proud of satan for developing his own views, feelings and thoughts, so that he could even argue with lucifer in the first place. so he just... lets satan disturb him as he pleases. he loosens his grip on him.)

Bonus Idea — All Brothers?

ok I know this won't happen, but lemme just put it out there. you know how in those music franchises in Japan (hypmic, paralive, d4dj, etc) they have a song showcasing all characters and the style of music that their group has? what I'm thinking of is basically that, just with less transitional choruses in between. if it was going to happen, I'd be very interested to see how all the bros' styles meld together into one cohesive song. but the production process of this kind of song would be quite hard, considering you have to account for 7 differing personalities and styles of music, and write and arrange it so that it flows nicely. I can see why they didn't plan to do that.

[lexsssu]

Shall We Date: Worship Me AU - Uriel (Avatar of Chastity)

What if the MC gets transported to the Celestial Realm instead? What if the angels were the love interests?

GENERAL HCs

Uriel — “The Flame of God/God is my Light”

Has a penchant for perfection

Give him a task and you bet your ass he’ll come back finished with results so phenomenal you’re sure that if you did it, there’s no way it would turn out this great

Reserved, but not exactly anti-social

It’s not that he doesn’t want to talk about himself whenever people ask about him, but it’s just that he thinks there are a million other things that are worth more to converse about than his exploits or the things he enjoyed

Chastity doesn’t just mean staying pure by abstaining from sexual relations and the lack of temptations one experiences, but being placed in the face of temptation and yet staying true to one’s morals. This is why Uriel doesn’t condemn anyone who decides to engage in such acts, whether within the sanctity of marriage or not, whether it is done because all parties hold sincere feelings for one another or not.

Gone is the ancient time and the rules that once applied then cannot be the same for current times. This is why Uriel has made it his mission to continuously study about humans, to stay up to date with the way they thought and felt so as he can better serve as a guiding beacon to them

When he’s not busy with his regular duties, you would normally find Uriel at the Celestial realm’s library with stacks of reference books on his table. Time is nothing to them, which is why for him it felt as if humans changed too quickly in so little time

An ideology that may have taken decades or centuries to form is but a blink of an eye to them which is why Mr. Perfectionist can’t help but immediately want to be informed in the hopes that it will help him improve himself

If he doesn’t keep adding and updating to his knowledge then how can he even hope to be one of the guiding virtues of humanity with outdated ideals?

Ideals can and will change over time, but his morals are the one thing that Uriel will never change.

His mind and body may be corrupted over time, because eternity is such a long time indeed, but the morals that made him who he is, what HE is will always stay the same

Tbh you can’t tempt this guy with anything

If you do manage to “tempt” him, know that you didn’t actually succeed but he just liked/pitied you enough to go with whatever fuckery you wanted him to commit

That's why he normally agrees with whatever bullshit his twin brother, Gabriel, tries to wrangle him into

Uriel ain't doing it because Gabriel tempted him, but because he loved his twin so much that he's willing to indulge him whenever he wanted to fuck shit up

Gabriel is the one who starts messes and Uriel is the one who just lets him be, because he's a supportive big brother

...Much to most of the other virtues' ever increasing stress

Is an advocate of "actions speak louder than words"

He's a serial head-patter

Will boop your nose when he notices you're a bit too lost in your thoughts

Azrael is normally the victim of his headpats and nose-boops

Since he makes it his job to know all that IS known, he finds some modicum of interest in that of the UNknown

Things like extraterrestrial beings for example. Basically, anything that didn't belong to any of the 3 worlds was within his scope of interest

If you check his YouTube history you'll see it's filled with UFO sightings, conspiracy theories, UMAs, etc.

Probably joined that raid in Area 51 while undercover—

Asks Gabriel to bring him souvenirs and pictures whenever his job takes him to a location near hotspots for UMAs, UFOs, and other strange otherworldly phenomena

Reminds Azrael every now and then to inform him if he ever ferries a soul that had come across any UMA and ask them about their encounter

As the virtue of chastity, it's up to him to teach the little cherubims about the birds and the bees as part of their training to become full-fledged angels

More often than not, his terminology and clinical way of explaining has traumatized most of the little ones…

...much to Raphael's increasing stress

"And then the man will place his pe*** inside the woman's va**** where he would start thrusting continu—"

What's worse is that he even has diagrams for it

So many little cherubims lost their innocence to Uriel-sensei…

He doesn't purposely try to annoy Raphael unlike Gabriel, it's just that his actions and way of going about things aren't the way most people would fo it and what's worse is that he unintentionally traumatizes people

And it's usually up to Raphael to do damage control on all the virtues' behalf

Raphael almost killed him that day he had to give that talk to Luke and his batch

"...What's wrong about telling them what happens between a man and a woman? It's biology and something that's done frequently by humans"

He doesn't see the point of beating around the bush when their purpose was to teach the new recruits about humanity and everything about them, including how they reproduce

Favorite food is pancakes…

...because they look like flying saucers

Uriel enjoys stargazing at night, not just to look at the heavenly bodies but to spot any UFOs if he's lucky enough

He isn't particularly bad at cooking, but he's not great either

Pancakes are what he's most confident in cooking and he makes the best darn ones in all of the celestial realm

If he's the only one left at home and you're sick, don't expect chicken soup and be ready instead for a stack of warm and fluffy pancakes topped with some butter and generous helping of syrup, whipped cream, berries, and etc.

When the day finally comes that he falls in love with someone...the 3 worlds will know true fear—

But legit though, all those millennia of being a single pringle and practicing so much restraint flies out the window when this man finds himself utterly and deeply in love with you

JP VA: Daisuke Ono

ENG VA: Matthew Mercer

ROMANTIC HCs

He's read so much about the different forms of love and has felt them all except for romantic love so he's a bit rattled at first

Probably coops himself up in his room for a day or two to get his bearings

When he does finally step foot out of his room, there isn't any obvious changes at first but you can't help but feel that there's something different about Uriel

Uriel is now a man on a mission

As perfectly as he executed his tasks for millennia, as fierce as he wielded his flaming sword during the Great War against the rebels, and as ruthless as he was when he faced the truly wicked…

…Uriel will have you

Of course, regardless of how much he wanted you to become his that didn't mean he suddenly turned into some sort of barbaric brute that kidnapped women for sport

He will study you so thoroughly that at times it almost feels like he knows you more than you know yourself

The little mannerisms you make during your everyday life that escape your notice? It's a given that Uriel has seen and already safely filed them away in his mind for future reference

"...She likes pointing with her lips?...Cute…" What he wouldn't give to catch you doing that while he was with you so he could partake of your lips as well—

Once he’s interested in you, only God knows at this point what has to be done for him to even lose a small bit of it

You have essentially become a key figure in Uriel’s world

Uriel always has you at the back of his mind to the point that it could even be called obsessive

However, he’s still the virtue of chastity so you don’t have to worry about him ever forcing himself upon you or anything of that sort

He’s super clingy and sorta weird, but he loves you and the last thing he wanted is for you to become sad because of him or anything else

Though he honestly can’t deny that seeing the myriad of expressions on your face, from happiness to sadness, to surprise, excitement, anger, and etc. was one of his favorite hobbies ever since falling for you

Despite his earnest wish to make you his, Uriel surprisingly takes a long time to even confess

He’s a perfectionist so it’s a given that he’ll take everything into account, including how he’ll make you fall for him first before he even thinks about confessing

Bothers Raphael for some “research material” on how to woo you a.k.a. borrow some romance manga despite Raph’s initial protests

For the sake of his own sanity, Raph begrudgingly lends Uri his stash of romance manga

It’s both hilarious and somewhat disturbing to see how taken he is with something other than work and UMAs

Amused: Michael, Cainabel, Gabriel, Simeon

Scared/Disturbed: Raphael, Luke

Neutral/Confused: Seraphiel, Azrael

Secretly plays the alto saxophone, but doesn’t deem his skill worthy enough for you to hear so he practices when he’s absolutely sure that no one is there to hear him when his skills aren’t yet up to his standards

Lowkey jealous when you hangout with the demon brothers and tries to find ways to distract you from hanging out with them

“ I seem to have seen a creature most extraordinary earlier. I believe it was one of the UMAs detailed in the tome for mysterious dwellers of the nether. Mayhaps you’d like to accompany me on a hunt? ”

His face is as straight-laced as it always is, but if you knew him long enough and looked closer, you’d notice that his ears seemed to have the slightest twinge of redness to them.

Honestly speaking, he tries to be a smooth and cool boi when it comes to you, but this dork seems to lose all his tact when faced with the radiance of your eyes and the intensity of your smile

With how long it takes him to make everything perfect before he woo’s you, time and space itself will cease to exist before he finally deems himself ready

So you have to do the wooing yourself and show him that you love all of him, imperfections and quirkiness included

[mocacheezy]

I was able to get an old portable dvd player (thank you parents of the past, it is much appreciated in the year of '21, and thank you sister for keeping it somewhere we could find it) and after buying the cable and charging it, I started watching that Transformers dvd I got some time ago.

Turns out its TF Generations, so we're watching "through the cube" which alright, nice to get the nostalgia going for the parents, while also getting the attention of the kids with the constant rotating scene from scene. Kind of annoying for me but hey, that's just my attention problems.

It has two episodes: More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3 and Auto Berserk and here's my thoughts on the dubbing:

I actually missed dubbing from my childhood, and the fact Soundwave, Spike, Red Alert and Mirage have female VAs brings me intense amounts of joy. I didn't even know I will be so happy to hear this old, somewhat crappy dubbing. I missed it and didn't even know it.

The crowd cheers are pathetic just as I remember them XD

"Ti ne bi mogel voditi androidov na piknik." alright, alright, nice change of a joke that doesn't translate, but that means Megatron (and other Cons probably) discriminate against androids.

The "Transform and roll out! " sounds... strange. Then again it is a dub and I didn't watch this as a kid XD

The way slovene is spoken has me smile and cringe because it sounds so formal but it actually isn't. It might also be the way language evolved. It could also be my lack of watching dubs for a long long time.

Za slovenski folk: "Spremenite se, pa pojdimo!". Ta "Pa pojdimo" me ubije. Uporabili so ga samo enkrat, "Spremenite se" pa je prisoten pri skoraj vsakem transformiranju, ampak tisti resni glas s takim stavkom XD

In total I think there are 3 guys and 1 girl dubbing this. I guess this is similar to what we have today, with the difference the old folks DON'T try to change their pitch... I think. Multiple characters have the same VA amd you can clearly tell it's the same one. (I also think there might be two girls in the new dub group, but I'm not sure).

I wonder why, aside from musicians and comedians, we don't have more voice actors??? Or trained voice actors?

I have no place to really talk, because giving voice to characters is an art, and not everyone can be Frank Welker. So unless I myself go into the dub buisness, I am keeping my mouth shut and congratulating the dubbers.

10 for the effort and execution

(even if the older gen knew how to make falling on the ground sound more realistic. Yes I am still not over Cyberverse Windblade being yeeted across the desert and her screaming and grunting so softlya when she bounces off the floor. But as I said, being a VA is tough work and my nostalgia might also be affecting my viewing of the newer stuff)

So to wrap up the dub experience:

and down here are some of my thought process while watching the two episodes:

who was going to tell me that G1 Prime has a blue underside of his crotch plate? How come I never saw that anywhere?? This has so much potential and jokes about interface difficulties, if I don't find at least one joke in a crackfic about it I will be disapointed.

I love Optimus' head shape and finials, he looks adorable.

I'll watch G1 eventually, but if Spike really does write in his diary about how Optimus would make a good president I am high fiving the lil bastard.

You know you are in too deep when you see a 2D warlord and can't stop smiling. Bitch, I don't even fully know you but BY FUCK do I love the design and mannerisms!!! OG Megatron, 10/10, and I may be biased because childhood dubbing, but they picked a good VA for him.

Great VA choice for Starscream too! And he is very pretty as well, damn, I can see why people love G1 even without nostalgia!

Ravage, what can I say. Good casette. (Also love how he doesn't speak to the Autobots, but comms Megatron)

SPEAKING OF TALKING: Skywarp requesting permission to teleport and his interaction with Megs made me smile so much LOOK AT HIM, LOOK AT OUR TELEPORTING BOY!!! He shoots for shit, is awful at it, but look at him go!

Unicron singularity might be the answer to why Ironhide and Bluestreak can fly, but I'm not sure.

In any case I love how Optimus speaks to Ironhide, it's great. Heck, the Autobots dynamic and interactions are great. I can see why people say Optimus is a dad, or why they talk about how the Autobots are like a family.

Also we see slow motion of how OP transforms and I adore it!

And how he acts too! He is stubborn and it takes multiple attempts to persuade him from sacrificing himself/trying to do his duty as a leader when it's too dangerous. He listens to his friends and soldiers, but isn't hapoy about it. He acknowledges the risk.

Back to blue underside crotch however: IT'S JUST A BLUE LIL SQUARE UNDER ALL THAT WHITE! WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT SERVE ASIDE FROM BEING PRIME'S LIL GARAGE??? COME ON! COME ON!! A blue trussy, I mean tfp had a bikini situation going on, but G1 Prime has just a tiny rectangle/square! I don't even know the shape but it's BLUE ON WHITE CAN IT STAND OUT EVEN MORE??? (And here I thought the Megatron toy and the trigger crotch were bad XD)

Seeing Starscream manipulate Red Alert had me smiling. Look at this tri colori squeak toy jet. Being his eviiil self.

Seeing how Megatron interacts with his other Cons is just hilarious. He is a TERRIBLE boss if you make a misstep. So mean! ...Then again, he is bent on destroying the autobots if he can't get to Cybertron first, so *shrugs* the guy can be a lil frustrated I suppose. He does pick on Screamer alot however, and the dynamic of these two has me understand MegaStar much better.

They are a bickering old couple that joke about how they'll kill eachother, but never go fully through with it. Must be true love~

All in all, glad I got that dvd. Megatron has screen time in it, the animation is ridiculously pretty in that old show way and even if the episodes were probably selected at random for the dvd it was interesting to watch.

I love it. Can't wait to watch G1 when my brain allows it, and I will forever wonder if actual G1 was also dubbed fully.

[loulougoingsolo]

DIYing a Bold Hair Choice

So, as we all know, we live in troubling times. I've personally been living in quarantine-like arrangements for about a month now, and although I've been mostly doing alright, some things have proven to be hard. I was supposed to have my hair professionally cut and dyed this week, but I had to cancel the appointment, and at the moment, I don't know when I'll get to visit the salon for the next time. So, I had to take matters (or scissors) to my own hands.

I'm a DIYer, but I've never cut my own hair. I've also had it professionally dyed since I was 15 or so. For a short period, I only had it bleached and cut by a pro, but then dyed it myself with a pretty intense cool shade of red - but other than that, and a few toner touch ups, I've always relied on professionals. So I was in a bit of a pickle, when I realized that I'd have to either DIY or have my grey roots grow wild for months. And because my hair is short, the roots way too grey for my age, and I had all this time ln my hands, there was really only one way this could go.

When I go about a DIY project, my first step, always, is thorough research. I had an idea for what I'd attempt to achieve, so I went on Youtube and searched for diy haircuts. I got some good tutorials, but most of them were for long hair - and I also got suggested GMM episode #989, in which Rhett and Link battle in cutting their own hair (wigs). Can I just say, they predicted the Tiger King craze long before Netflix:

So, I immediately figured I would not be able to follow yhe hair styling tutorials of this GMM episode. First of all, I could only find one pair of scissors even remotely sharp enough to cut hair. They were not sharp enough. Secondly, the longest part of my hair barely reaches my chin. I would need to really commit to every snip I make, or I'd end up with a bald hair style, instead of bold. As attractive and gorgeous some people are with a fully shaved head, with my head shape, that was something to avoid at all costs.

Another thing I was worried about was that I'd probably end up cutting my own finger, like Link. I've always found it extra difficult to see my own reflection in a mirror and try to do accurate motions according to the reflection. Simply put, my brain gets confused. Also, I don't really have a way to see the back of my head through the mirror at all. How the crap am I supposed to cut anything?

At this point, I understood that the actual haircut was going to be the tough part, so I decided to focus on the dye. Since I cojldn't just go to a big supermarket to buy the equipment, I had to order the dyes online. At this point my plan was simply to buy a multitude of wild colours to mix and match according to my mood, so I ordered a tub of Midnight Blue, Daffodil Yellow, Flamingo Pink and Cerise dyes, all by the brand La Riche Directions. These dyes are semi-permanent, sonI knew they wouldn't cause permanent damage to my hair, and at this point, that was kind of my goal - whatever I do, I don'g want to ruin things too badly. But, because I'm familiar with semi-permanent dyes, and I've had pretty much every shade on the spectrum on my hair at one point, I knew I might require an extra step to see results. Which is why, "just in case", I added a hair lightening kit to my order. I figured, I'd make some lighter strands on top, to have some colours show properly.

By the time the dyes arrived, I was already pretty fed up with my grey roots. I watched the GMMore which followed the hair cut episode. Rhett, who won the haircut challenge, got to decide what colours would go in Alex's hair. Alex had done the smart thing and bleached his hair professionally to be dyed in this episode, but he somehow agreed to letting Rhett and Link add the colours.

When Rhett explains everyone how he and Link used to dye eachother's hair back in the day, I realize that even though I'm technically watching a DIY hair tutorial, they aren't actually doing it themselves. It's quite different to put dye on someone else's head than your own. (Also, something I didn't notice back when I first saw this episode: Link says it would be crazy for him to have his hair dyed, but looking back, he most certainly had his hair dyed at this time.)

It was slightly alarming to see that Alex was worried about how things would go. I could hardly expect to achieve anything much better than the guys, since at least they had the studio lighting and a full team to help rhem not screw up. I had a mirror in my dark toilet, which is barely big enough to stand in.

I also forgot to buy vaselkne, which was a big mistake - although I don't think it's even possible to buy a container that big here. Why would they have that at Mythical in the first place? But something about seeing how much trouble the guys were having controlling the unmixed streaks of dye and all that vaseline made me worried.

At this point, I need to tell you that seeing the blank canvas which was Alex's hair, I, now the proud owner of a 40 % bleack kit (which apparently is the strong stuff), decided I was not going to waste energy by trying to dye my hair without bleaching, only to find out that the colours didn't show. So, I mixed the bleach, put on a worn-out t-shirt, used hand lotion to vas up my forehead, neck and ears, and then just went for it.

I did watch quite a few proper tutorials. They taught me, firstly, that 40% was a no-no. Secondly, never bleach something that has already been bleached, especially, if your hair has multiple colours. Forth, never start from the roots, as they get bleached faster (this ended up being the only rule I followed). And, above all, go to a professional.

So, I added the bleach to my hair. First I tried sticking to just a few strands, but then a blop of the bleach fell on the wrong spot, and I figured, why not just go full head. I did. I left the stuff on for maybe 20 minutes, and after that I got scared and rinsed it off. Then, I used a silver toner, and was left with a fascinating mix of orange, yellow and white hair - and a strand of persistent green from my previous dye. But it was blond enough for my plans.

Alex had a beautiful mix of blue, pink and purple in his hair - and that accidental splash of green - and after considering thoroughly, I decided to go for these colours, too. I mean, pink, purple and blue are my jam. Also, as much as I wanted to go full rainbow, I figured it would be an impossible task to keep the different colours from mixing, and that might result in brown, which is the colour of defeat. So, I went with midnight blue, flamingo pink and cerise, and wasn't too concerned aboit getting the colours mixed together.

This is how Alex's hair looked on the episode, before he rinsed the extra dye off:

I couldn't find any good photos of his hair after it was rinsed, but tgere was one which suggested only a faint shade of blue stuck.

And finally, here's what happened with my hair. Now, I'm not posting my face here, just the hair. Imagine a white blop with green eyes below the hair, and you'll get the idea. In the first two pictures is my hair during normal times, and just before I diyed it. It looks particularly nasty in the just before hack job pic, because it was adviced not to wash your hair before bleachkng to save the scalp - but as you can see, this was not a fun thing to see in the mirror each morning:

After I had dyed my hair, I did some snips here and there, and also, because I was able to borrow a hair clipper from my dad, some clipping - which in my books, saved the day. The haircut is pretty botched, but I actually absolutely love the colour. And the criss-cross shave despite it being pretty bad - it also looks badass in real life. The picture taken outside shows the pink colours more accurately, but the cut shows better in the other pic. There are a couple of ways I can style this later on, but I kept styling to minimum for starters, because I didn't want to cause extra damage to my hair:

So, this has been the story of how I diyed my hair during quarantine. My mom loves the whole thing (I showed it to her yesterday while taking them groceries), and although there are some spots in the back which could have more colour in them, I'm pretty satisfied. I know my hairdresser is going to weep when she sees me, but she'll get over it.

So, in conclusion: Would I do this again? Yes, but I'd definately leave the cutting and bleaching to the pros. Also, now I can't really bleach again for a while. But I'm actually thinking about taking the dyes I have to my hairdresser so she can dye my hair properly with them, in a healthier way, once all this chaos settles and it's safe again. I'd probably need a slightly darker, permanent colour to the roots, but I absolutely love these insanely bright colours. And I'm so going to try the full rainbow this summer, too.

Would I recommend this to others? Yes, but with caution. The direct semi-permanent colours are safe and won't damage the hair, but bleach does. My hair is naturally a tad too dark to show bright colours properly, so I took the risk. I was also mentally prepared to shave the whole thing off and wear my mythical hat for the summer - but I'm happy that wasn't necessary. If you aren't willing to risk damaging your hair, stick to semi-permanents.

To end this post, here's a selfie I took yesterday on my grocery store trip in full safety gear (I have a paper mask under the scarf):

Stay safe! Do things that make you happy! BYMB! 💗💗💗

[hematomes]

u throw anything at me and ill shrivel up and die regardless of what was thrown /lh

i have the strongest desire to build lumine (geo) but i. cannot bc im in the middle of kaeya and rosaria’s builds for quick swap melt fjfj

NO EXACTLY SHES JUSY EMPTY AND BLAND LIKE WHAT THE FUCK HOW IS SHE SO IMPORTANT WHILE ALSO GIVIBG ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

ahdjfjfjfjfjj i don’t like hurting. i like hurting kaeya /lh sorry kaeya but. here we can go get u a nice drink afterwards kay

HELP THATS VALID and yes he would treat u like garbage but somehow i get the feeling that that’s only drawing u in more ajsjdj i do not believe ive rlly met choso yet but. ill be on the lookout for a pathetic wet dog of a man <3

i. mechamaru deserves so much. LET HIM BE OKAY DAMMIT and pls yes he should go on a date w miwa <3

watching mai and maki simultaneously cleared my skin and damned me to hell. the kin spiral was so intense that i don’t even wanna say i kin them bc if i open that can of worms it’ll never get shut,, AND YEAH. WHEN MAKI LEFT. I WAS LIKE. BYE IM FALLIN APART IM DISINTEGRATING LIKE PAPER IN THE RAIN

women’s wrongs <3 i. need more mei and utahime content. jjk manga pls feed my addiction

WAIT GEGE HATES HIM? THATS SO FUNNY AJEJDDJ and nanami is. my favorite. my. pets his head gently i don’t like overtime either buddy /lh AND WHAT. HIS VA IS DAINS JP VA?? IM GONNA LOSE IT AJDJFJFJ I DONT EVEN CARE ABT VA STUFF bc i’m not like you i don’t have a voice ki— BUT ?? YELLS THATS SO GOOD

ok actually that's valid

FELT... the urge to build a character but ur already busy building 67 others like come on hyv... more resin

HELPPP kaeya hiding in a little corner praying u won't find him only for you to drag him away and make him experience the horrors of existence

honestly yea.... fictional man who would treat me like an old rag? sign me up. but it's also bc of the unrealistic voice in my head telling me i could be their special little thing and get special little treatment. there's smth about murderous ppl being soft w their s/o that drives me completely insane

U MET CHOSO ACTUALLY he's the 3rd brother with the cursed womb at the very end of the anime. oldest brother actually. he's playing some board game w mahito and geto while yuuji and nobara kill his brothers LMFAO

dw we don't have to talk abt kinning.... it's fine ur safe........

nah fr u can't have women with such potential and then no impact like..!!!!! arg. utahime <3 some ppl ship her with gojo and honestly it's so funny to me like. agreed. but also w mei bc women

HE DOES LMAO HE'S ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED THAT THE FANDOM LOVES GOJO SO MUCH,,, tbh id start a family w nanami. it would be us and a cat, maybe also a dog . please.

YEAH IT'S DAIN... <333 ZBSJAJ leave my voice kink alone it's . i. voices are important ok

[gaycey-sketchit]

(Gary anon) If BW remakes ever happen and we get a "Legends" for that, it makes you wonder how Emmet is doing with his partner being gone. (And the fashion to boot; plus he had a magazine cover to himself. I miss when he had different situational outfits; felt like something that was unique to him compared to most rivals. We'd lucky if we ever got his version of Blue's Alola outfit) Misty does feel right being last; after all these big returns it feels like they'd go for a smaller one

.

(Part 2) next. Since Iris came back and may do so again, Cilan feels certain if they can get his VA. If a timeskip had happened, Max with that Ralts would've been perfect. (Could still happen, but it wouldn't feel the same since he's not 10 yet) Yeah, just tell of what Adult Ash is doing, but leave his conquests vague and open. Same with everyone else if they appear. (People feeling they have complete ownership of the characters that they didn't make to the point of acting entitled to)

(Part 3) (the creators. Not a fun time for everyone) I think some of those intense feelings was a byproduct of what stirred over from the BW series; fans deeming XY a 'correction' from that series for "semi-rebooting" Ash. Felt like all the things fans have been asking for, for years were finally coming into fruition. (And considering how "Ash-worshippy" XY became; in the anime and within the fandom, it was only a matter of time for one 'wrong' moment to ignite a powder keg.)

(Part 4) (After seeing 5 league losses in a row; the latter 2 with Tobias and Cameron being highly contested, while some of the behavior afterwards was not excusable, I don't blame fans for being TIRED of Ash being more and more arbitrarily set back) I'm 90% certain that Ash will defeat Leon in JN, it's more if there's a big battle afterwards that I'm scared of how the fandom will react based on the results. Even there's no stakes. (Pallet vs. Poke feels so foreign now despite being one)

(Part 5) (of the first wars. But the results all come back the same. Morality doesn't always have to play a role on whether you like something or not. It's so strange that I've seen more disturbing behavior come out of that than just saying "not my cup of tea" and leaving it at that; and it getting worse and worse) Everyone deserves a good endgame; except Giovanni. :P (It's still baffling how TPC hasn't released the subs themselves yet; other than that art exhibit project. It would pretty)

(Part 6) (coincidental that by the time anipoke fansubs are fully completed, THAT'S when they finally decide to drop it)

Yeah. Poor Emmet, I can't imagine how I'd feel if one of my siblings just disappeared without a trace one day. I've been seeing a lot of fanworks regarding both Ingo and Emmet's sides of that whole situation, so many comics on Twitter that hurt so good.

Yeah, he's got style! I miss all his situational outfits too, that was great. The Indiana Jones look from the fossil episode is my personal favorite. Very cute, and earth tones look very good on him.

For sure. Yeah, Cilan does seem likely.

Yeah, if we got a timeskip I'd love to see Max with Ralts and maybe a Treecko too.

Absolutely. Showing that Ash (and his friends) have come so far, but leaving specifics open to possibilities is the best way to go.

Yeah, fans harassing creators over stuff like that is a real problem. I never watched that show that starts with a V and ends with an oltron but I sure did hear that its fandom was especially bad about harassing the show's creators on Twitter about ships or something.

Yeah, people are. Really intense about XY, and I know BW is a lot more divisive for how Ash and the TRio were written (to the point that I know the TRio's Japanese VAs themselves have talked about how BW was not a great time). It's a whole thing. And I really don't fault people for having like... opinions about this children's anime, it's just when people get aggressive and rude about it that it becomes a problem. (And the Ash betrayal fics are ultimately harmless, they're just something I personally dislike for the character bashing and turning Ash, a character I love very much as he is, into something he's not and claiming it's better. Like the optimism, silliness, and heart they strip away from him aren't vital parts of what make him so endearing. But they're avoidable enough, most of them are on FFNet and I favor AO3 these days anyway.)

Yeah, he probably will. Which does raise the question of what'll happen next... and how the fandom will react to it.

Yeah, that must've been in the very early days of the fandom because I don't think I was around for it. I do feel like I've heard about it before, I think Bulbapedia either has or had an article about the history of ship wars in the Pokemon fandom (an article written with the seriousness of a history textbook, which is pretty funny considering the subject matter; I love Bulbapedia so much). But at any rate, yeah. People take shipping, something that should just be for fun, way too seriously sometimes.

And yeah--enjoying a ship doesn't necessarily mean you think it's healthy or something you'd want in real life or to see as a canon relationship, it's really just about seeing an interesting story/dynamic there. (Shipping discourse scares me too much to want to get into it more than that. It's just... people and their relationships are complicated, things have nuance, but a lot of people take hard black-and-white stances and get really scary about it.)

But anyway. Yeah, they all deserve the best endings possible except Giovanni, who deserves consequences for his crimes. I do hope Journeys isn't the end for Ash and the TRio, both because I'd miss them so much and because Journeys has... not been kind to the TRio (though apparently they have a pretty successful radio show now, good for them--I watched yesterday's episode after subs dropped and thought it was pretty fun) and if they depart from the series, it should be under better circumstances.

Yeah, it's strange. Like, these days a lot of anime is really easy to watch subbed (streaming services like Netflix and Hulu have the option to watch a lot of the anime on them in Japanese with English subtitles, even oldish ones like InuYasha and FMA03) but not Pokemon. And maybe it's partly because a lot of those other anime are targeted at an older audience, but TPC is aware of how wide the Pokemon fanbase's demographic actually is.

At this point I'll be surprised if they ever do it. But one way or another, I have mad respect for the dedicated fans who have spent years in the meantime putting in the work themselves. TPCI should hire them, but also like... knowing it's kind of legally dubious I guess that's not likely.