#i mostly picked my favorites that i had in my spotify lol

[space-payacho]

S - same sky (SIM)

P - pipo password (teddyloid,bonjour suzuki)

A - Am i dreaming (metro boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee)

C- Change the world (man with a mission)

E- En algun lugar (duncan dhu)

P- paradisus paradoxum (myth & roid)

A- Annihilate (Metro Boomin, swae lee, Lil wayne, offset)

Y- Your way (man with a mission)

A- Alter ego (mafumafu)

C- Chocolat (tcy force, mariya ise)

H- hawatari nioku centi (maximum the hormone)

O- one more time (9mm parabellum bullet)

i'll just tag a few people i know and a few mutuals, if you dont want to do this, feel free to ignore! @crazyfanatic97 @hazeinmoonlight @cosmic-sunflowers @wantonglances @wolfkid22 @narwhalcookies @megatronsimp @robobones @adalhied-prime @bunnihops @stress-goddess @gayelectro

Rules: pick a song for each letter of your URL and tag that many people.

i- I was all over her by salvia palth

n- no surprises by radiohead

a- a night to remember by beabadoobee and laufey

s- sunsetz by cigarettes after sex

t- there is a light that never goes out by the smiths

a- all I think about now by pixies

t- the blonde by TV girl

e- everything by the black skirts

o- one beer by MF DOOM

f- first love/late spring by mitski

c- cigarettes out the window by TV girl

r- rises the moon by liana flores

i- infrunami by steve lacey

s- see you again by tyler the creator and kali uchis

i- i can't handle change by roar

s- show me how by men I trust

(do I know 16 people??)

@rohza-is-a-bit-gay @rainnism @titan-god-helios @frogofalltime @etherealspacejelly @tiredlyvelociraptoring @chaotic-beannn @us-costco-official @chaoticrsstuff @werewolfenthusiast @person4924 @indecisivebitch3000 @ionlylook @transgirlsgetswords @asherwentinsanelol + anyone else whod like to join

[doriansbutt]

Hey! I have music up on Spotify (and iTunes), in case you didn’t know! You should all go give it a listen if you like various genres of electronic music! It’s mostly ambient, chill vibes, like my first EP Afterglow. It was made with the idea of being great for nighttime summer car rides through the city, windows down and getting that chill air, just you and the city lights. This song is my favorite from that one:

My second EP, NO RVLES, is a mixed bunch of vibes (hence the name lol). There’s synthwave, lofi, and more upbeat stuff too! Even a really chill instrumental piece. This one’s my favorite on that one:

Most recently, I released an EP with the name I definitely should’ve gone with as my artist name, but I picked my artist name before I had this one :/ rip to me I guess. Beargods is a darker electronic vibe and I tried out adding some vocals too! All the songs are named after dragon age flora :) so far everyone seems to really be enjoying this song:

On Tuesday, 8/6, I have a single coming out that’s a really fun funk vibe called NO/VA, and I’m excited for y’all to hear it. I’m also working on a couple 8-bit chiptune retro songs! If you like, please reblog to spread the word!

[basu-shokikita]

Kloktober 2023 Day 22

Sea Horror or Cosmic Horror

Mkay so I tried my hand at cosmic horror for today. Since I've never written it before, I looked up a playlist on Spotify and everything to get in the mood so I hope this is somehow decent LOL

Featuring Skwisgaar because he's my favorite subject to expose to existential dread <3

Everyone was chatting, drinking, laughing. They had groupies on their laps, amusing them, ready to fuck them at a moment’s notice. It was the end of the first phase of the tour and they wanted to celebrate.

Skwisgaar looked at the corner of the table. Rough, worn-out, dulled... It was old and should probably be replaced.

He swallowed heavily as his bandmates clinked their glasses together. He should be having fun with them, but the dread was peeking at the pit of his stomach, crippling anxiety threatening to come out like foam from a sink.

He had failed a note at tonight’s show. Yeah, okay, in all his time being a guitarist there had been plenty of moments where he had to improvise. A lot of occasions where he had to lead unforeseen circumstances. A little distraction, a little mistake (mostly by Toki) and he had to change up his playing a little. No big deal. He was a pro after all.

Tonight, though, he had been too slow. His fingers have been too clumsy, he hadn’t been able to reach the note in time. Nobody else noticed, though, as he had been able to mask it in time. But he knew he had failed.

And yesterday he had failed a note during rehearsal, too. Only Nathan picked up on it, but didn’t say anything. At the end of rehearsal, he had given Skwisgaar a pat in the back in reassurance and left.

So that was two mistakes. In two days.

He had never fucked up consecutively in his entire career.

Skwisgaar’s eyes picked up on a weird shine on his right hand and he brought it closer for inspection. It was the light shining over his skin, a small smear on the back of his hand. 

He rubbed on it with his other hand. He must’ve gotten stained with makeup. Yet, when he looked again. The smear was still there so he kept rubbing.

The smear didn’t move, didn’t go away. 

When he brought his hand to his eye-level, he realized it was no smear. Rather, it was a wrinkle. A very small wrinkle, yet a wrinkle, nevertheless. It must’ve appeared very recently because Skwisgaar hadn’t seen it before and nobody paid more attention to his hands than himself. 

He stood up, accidentally knocking his knee against the table when he did. 

“Skwisgaar?” Pickles called him.

“Just goingks to beds.” He said, walking away. “Ams tireds.”

The group mumbled and whispered. He overheard one of them calling him a weirdo and a basket case and then they went back to laughing.

He didn’t care, he was used to it. Most importantly, though, his ears were ringing, smothering the sound from outside. 

When he got to his room, it felt like he had walked a mile distance. And when he picked up his guitar, it felt at least thrice as heavy. Already weirdly exhausted, he sat on his bed to play.

After a few seconds, though, it became abundantly clear it wasn’t coming right. The notes were off, his fingers were slow, his pace was erratic. It was all wrong!

It was all wrong!

Frustrated, he tossed the guitar to the side and looked at the wrinkle on his hand. It had grown bigger. In fact, it was still growing and starting to cover his hand and arm, getting faster with each second. 

Skwisgaar dropped his arm, breath hitching yet ultimately unable to do anything as the wrinkle, now a black hole, consumed him. 

He found himself in space. In front of him there was a gigantic guitar, the size of a skyscraper. Just standing there, completely still despite not being supported by anything.

Confused, Skwisgaar walked to it, like a moth drawn to a light. There was an old, decrepit man staring back at him. He was balding, his face was full of wrinkles and he had no teeth. His skin was full of spots and moles and he looked frail and bony, like he was on the verge of death.

It wasn’t until Skwisgaar leaned in closer that familiar blue eyes stared back at him. He gasped with horror but, before he could do anything, his body started falling downwards, towards the infinite void. Closing his eyes, he braced himself.

The next time he opened his eyes, he was in a white room and there was nothing in it, besides him and a gigantic brown eye. Unblinking, it bore right at Skwisgaar and, when he tried moving, its stare followed him. He couldn’t explain why, but it was fucking terrifying. He was scared out of his wits of this huge, powerful eye. But there was no door, there was no exit. Just him and the eye.

“You’re done.” A voice thundered in the room, reverberating inside Skwisgaar’s chest. Skwisgaar knew it was the eye’s voice because those three words felt like a death sentence. He gazed at his hands and saw they were disintegrating like sand. Looking at the eye, he tried asking for mercy but his voice wouldn’t come out. The eye finally closed and with it, all light left.

He was tiny and he was stuck. Actually, he had no idea if he was tiny and looking up. The stars and planets were conversing with each other, unaware of him, and light and speed flowing in multitudes he couldn’t comprehend. Skwisgaar wanted to be up there, with them so he started trying to move. 

It was making a disgusting noise and he was sure he was covered in something sticky and gross. Like glue or slime, though he couldn’t see quite clearly because it was dark. He kept struggling although it felt futile and when he raised his eyes, he found the entire galaxy had turned to him. The chatter had ceased and, despite having no eyes, Skwisgaar could tell they were judging him for disturbing them. 

That he didn’t belong.

When he looked down, he discovered the slimy thing was his own corpse. Several corpses of himself in fact. Liquefied and turned to a viscous mass, they were all him. A never ending ocean of his corpses. They were all him.

They were all dead.

He was dead.

Skwisgaar awoke in his room and saw his guitar tossed to the side of the bed. It was vibrating and inviting, a holy bright surrounding it. Skwisgaar stared at the instrument with fear, unsure whether he wanted to pick it up or not. Ultimately, he decided not to postpone the inevitable and stretched an arm to grab the Gibson by its neck.

Heartbeat thundering, Skwisgaar swallowed when he put it on his lap. He was aware the incessant panting came from his own mouth, yet found himself unable to stop it. He closed his eyes and made himself a promise before his fingers started to play.

It was all the right notes, all the right sounds. It was a melody. 

It was…music!

Skwisgaar’s eyes opened with surprise as he glanced down at his fingers. He still had it. The speed, the rhythm, the grace…

Relieved to the point of tears, Skwisgaar hugged his guitar, face nuzzling against its mast.

He was not done yet. 

[xandermorrisonmusic]

This year's wrapped (on Tidal instead of Spotify, but same thing) is very predictable for me, but maybe you'll find it interesting.

Starting with songs:

So, uh, I listened to these two albums a lot this year. Hyperdrama especially, because going and seeing Justice live had me hyped for months leading up to it. Get Off The Internet isn't my favorite album or anything (although 404, the remix album, is on repeat for me rn lol), but it has some excellent bangers on it for sure.

So, ok, you can definitely tell who two of my top five artists are, but who are the others?

So. Justice is not a surprise. Woman Worldwide is one of my favorite albums, period. Hyperdrama is decent, but the tracks like Incognito and Generator (my 4th and 5th most listened to tracks this year, mind you), just don't hit as hard as their earlier work, especially coming off of WWW. I'll still listen to this album from time to time from now on, but the hype I had for it definitely died off after I saw their live show. Now, the imminent live album for their current tour, that could become a mainstay for me 👀

I have a LOT of deadmau5 interspersed in my playlists, Random Album Title is my favorite house album, and he did put out a few things this year that I listened to a fair bit (Some EP, Re_Jaded, etc). Seeing him at #2 is both surprising and not surprising, since I don't feel like I go out of my way to listen to specific tracks of his all that often these days, but at the same time, he's in almost every playlist I have, so I can only expect so much.

Grabbitz is my favorite artist right now, Time Isn't Real is another contender for my favorite album, and I finally realized there's a deluxe version this year, soooo yeah, that plus Let Them Only See Butterflies and In the Dark means I'm honestly surprised he's not #2.

Eliminate is one of the most unique producers in bass music, and his shift towards more 150 BPM hardcore shit pleases me greatly. Twisted (aka MOREPWR VIP) is living in my head rent free as we speak. This is the year I finally dug into his back catalogue a bit more too. Wasn't super sure he would make the list, but I guess I listened to Get Off The Internet more than I thought lol

And to round out the top 5, we have Noisia. Closer from 2022 has become my favorite drum and bass album, which probably constitutes about 80% of my Noisia listening from this year. They have plenty of wacky and fantastic bangers, but that album is something I can throw on whenever and be pretty happy.

Honorable mentions who did not make the list:

Porter Robinson's album SMILE! :D is great, but it hasn't been the type of album I've gone back to over and over (so far at least). Cheerleader is #7 on my track list, just behind yet another Justice track from Hyperdrama, lol

Pendulum is a band I really only started to dig into this year, but I haven't picked out a specific album I jive with yet. Mostly because all they've done is EPs and singles since Immersion in 2010. As you can tell, I tend to listen to a fair amount of albums, so that hurts their chances a bit.

Au5 is probably the producer I respect the most in the EDM sphere. Bridges Between was a fine album, but if it didn't have the cheesy, breathy, reverbed out female pop vocals on nearly every track, I would've liked it a lot more.

Reaper is one of my favorite drum and bass artists, but with him, I tend to pick a few tracks to hyperfixate on. This year, the two winners by far were Black Fires and Monster.

Zonderling put out Variant, which I listened to a LOT this year (the track and the EP). Unfortunately, I only have one other Zonderling track in my collection at the moment, but I have plans to change that, for sure.

And last but not least, Infected Mushroom is actually nowhere to be seen in my entire top 100 tracks. Which is WILD to me. They've been in my top 5 artists for several years in a row, even being the number 1 slot, so I'm very surprised that I apparently fell off the hype train for them. I guess the next time they put out a true album, they'll probably creep back up, but as much as I love Converting Vegetarians II and More Than Just A Name, they apparently can't carry those two enough to make the list.

[levandright]

omg congrats on 200 !! such a big milestone !! this matchup event seems so fun and unique so i hope it’s ok that i join 。・°°・(＞_＜)・°°・。

physically: i’m 5’6 (167 cm) with short hair and a lot of moles/freckles all over my face and body. idk if physicality changes anything but i figured id mention it lol

personality wise: i’m a loud introvert. i’m super introverted around new people and i’m a ‘won’t speak to you unless spoken to first’ kind of girl. but once i get comfortable with you im super loud and will make lots of jokes n stuff. i’ve been told i look scary/mean though lol so not many people approach me that often. i’m a pretty sarcastic person (but not in like a super mean way more of like a light joking way) and i love to make people laugh. i’m a very guarded person and independent so i don’t open up to/go to people easily about stuff that bothers me since i don’t like to be vulnerable.

zodiac sign: capricorn

mbti: intp (if that’s helpful at all lol)

ideal type: someone that finds me funny and someone that i find funny so that we can both make each other laugh. also someone who’d treat me gently. im not the most soft of people (because i think it makes me look vulnerable) but id like someone who treats me softly despite that. it’d eventually make me be softer too lol. also someone who would let me cling to them in private. i can be a pretty touchy person secretly so id rlly like someone who’d let me hold their hand or would cuddle me n stuff

my favorite trope: probably enemies to lovers or fake dating. idk something about those i like

my favorite season: winter

my hobbies: drawing and singing. also napping lol. i also love listening to music. i listen to mostly kpop (obviously) and a lot of band type music. i also looooove the internet so i spend a lot of my time here on social media lolll. tbh i don’t rlly do much but im also rlly into fashion. coming up with new outfits n dressing up n stuff like that is something i rlly enjoy

i like all three groups but i like txt and enhypen the most but again i like all three so im not picky if you wanna pick one or whatever

do what you feel is best ( ´∀｀)

id love to have the spotify playlist if you could

congrats again and sorry this is so long

FINDING YOUR MATCH...

MATCH FOUND! your match is... CHOI BEOMGYU

BEOMGYU knows how independent and guarded you are, so he never pressures you to open up. instead, he shows his care through smsll actions. making sure you eat when you’ve been busy, sending funny memes when he knows you’re stressed, or playing your favorite songs to cheer you up. when you finally start sharing your feelings, even if it’s just little by little, he listens intently and never interrupts. “i knew you had a soft side,” he’d tease after, but he always makes sure to validate and support you.

BEOMGYU loves watching you dress up and will 100% hype you up. “you’re seriously making the rest of us look like amateurs,” he’ll say dramatically.

BEOMGYU loves hearing you sing. sometimes he’ll join in, turning it into a chaotic singing session, but other times, he’ll just listen in silence and later on insisting your voice is better than his.

BEOMGYU tries to match your fashion energy but usually ends up asking for your opinion. on casual days, he insists that matching hoodies count as peak couple fashion.

BEOMGYU teases you about being “cold-hearted” to others, but in private, he’s obsessed with how soft and clingy you are with him. the first time you held his hand, he smirks and pretends to be cool acting like its nothing but you notice how he squeezes your hand tighter, won't admit to it though. pretending he didn’t love every second of it.

BEOMGYU can and will not let you go if you iniate a cuddle, he's practically glued to you now. good luck peeling this oversized human koala off of you when you need to get something from the kitchen. eventually you'll both eventually doze off in a nap while cuddling.

your custom playlist 𝄞

𝄞 lev notes : first txt matchup wooo >o< hope you like the songs i picked for you (esp the non kpop one's )<3 𝄞 curious about other matches?

[pallases]

hi leigh!! i hope you're well :) saw your post with asks and decided i would combine lots of them lol so first thing is tell me abt whatever's bothering you!! i hope nothing's bothering you obv but still.

also i am asking you for book recs. i haven't been reading a lot of proper books lately so any recs are welcome but i kind of feel like some fantasy would do me good. but like good ones? The last couple of years i've been picking up some popular fantasy standalones hoping they feel like a fantasy book you read when you're twelve and they end up being the most mid thing i've ever read. like help. i'm planning to read some robin hobb books so hopefully they're good.

also i've started listening to mitski (talk about being late lol) and i'm really liking her songs i was wondering if you have any particular recs? Or any music recs? what've you been listening to?

sorry this ask is all over the place lol i guess i'm chatty today. i hope you're having an amazing day!! <3<333

ORLA!!!! i hope you are doing well too <3 one thing that is bothering me is school is starting again bc i have gotten virtually no break </3 also that apparently the english class i’m taking doesn’t have any required books i was looking forward to reading actual books not whatever mini readings ig they’re going to be giving us instead ☹️ also also that i did Not in fact get my license like planned this summer bc during the singular week i was home a bunch of stuff suddenly came up and it became no longer my priority and now i will need to renew my permit Again bc it expires in early september and im not going to be able to make it home before that so. <3

as for book recs!! i have tragically had the same problem lately re fantasy books and honestly mostly just books in general BUT i don’t know if you’ve read any ve schwab ive really loved what books of hers ive read. vicious was my favorite, but the monsters of verity duology better fits the “feels like a fantasy book you read when you’re twelve” vibe!

for non-fantasy recs if youre feeling poetry i reallyy liked margaret atwood’s morning in the burned house. also just finished hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy which was v fun! got many laughs out of me, i did not however know before starting it that it’s a series so now idk how to proceed bc i only have the first book agdjfk

OH ALSO fantasy shoutout to strange the dreamer duology 🫶🏻🫶🏻 lovely writing style and world, fascinating antagonist, i was not a big fan of the romance but otherwise big rec on that. definitely not for everyone tho some ppl find the pacing too slow, i remember when i first read it i mentioned that in my review too that it took a bit for me to really get into although i personally wasn’t bored in the meantime like others, i was just chilling enjoying what it had to tell me abt everything

MITSKI RECS!! i love strawberry blond sorry for being basic. square too but specifically square solo piano version which they took off of spotify (idk what you’re listening to her on). because dreaming costs money my dear is also a veryyy hard-hitting one. fond of circle, a burning hill, goodbye my danish sweetheart, nobody, washing machine heart, and class of 2013 as well. that was a lot i will stop now 🫡 also must admit i am quite behind on mitski’s recent releases so i can’t speak for any of her newer albums/songs. except for working for the knife musically it doesn’t hit as much as other songs of hers for me but lyrically it makes me go crazy

as for random music recs my most recently liked songs are unsweetened lemonade by amélie farren, army dreamers by kate bush, numb little bug by em beihold, would that i by hozier, the milk carton by madilyn mei, and comme des enfants by cœur de pirate. i have not really been “listening” listening to anything lately! though that will change in a few days with wisdom saga >:)

— sleepover saturday sunday!

[shytastemakerthing]

hiii ♪( ´▽｀) i’m hoping to get a romantic matchup for ensemble stars, please? ♡ if you feel like doing a platonic one as well that’d be super cool but if not then just romantic is fine!!~

my personality type is INFP and my enneagram is 9w1. my sun sign is libra, moon sign is scorpio, and venus sign is virgo. i’m 5’6”, wear glasses, and have long-ish split dyed orange and purple hair and brown eyes. i love getting my hair dyed all kinds of different colors and will probably never again be seen with just my natural hair color lol. for my personality, i’m incredibly socially anxious and have OCD, i would consider myself kind of lazy and very indecisive, but also friendly, empathetic, and super affectionate/cuddly, i love hugs and holding hands especially (〃ω〃) very rarely will i make the first move to talk to someone, that usually only happens if i decide at first glance/meeting that i really REALLY like them, and sometimes even then i won’t. and even if someone new talks to me first, i generally won’t contribute much to the conversation unless we’re talking about one of my hardcore interests or i feel like we really click/they have an energy that makes me feel comfortable talking to them. i always joke that there’s a specific type of extrovert (not to say that it couldn’t be an introvert as well though!) that can get me to like and talk to them easily, otherwise i’ll just shy away from conversation. however, with the people i’m close to, i’m the loud, screaming, silly, obnoxious, emotional one lol.

i’ve always loved collecting dolls, puppets, and stuffed animals my whole life, i get attached to them as individuals and they’re so cute to look at and hold and they make me happy to have~ and they’re super fun to photograph and take with me places! i’d love to make my own plushies one day but i currently don’t know how to sew, but would like to learn. i also really like playing/watching people play video games, mostly nintendo stuff, scary games, some fighting games, and rhythm games. i would also consider drawing a hobby of mine, although i don’t do it as much as i’d like due to a lack of motivation and discouraging anticipation of things not coming out the way i’d like them to. but when i do draw it’s mostly in a cartoony style of characters that i like and sometimes myself and my friends with them, and occasionally original ones as well. i also really love cosplay and fursuiting~ (≧∀≦) my favorite food would be cinnamon chip muffins, although ironically I’m not a huge fan of sweets in general. i like them (mostly), they’re just not my favorites. i tend to prefer salty or spicy things. favorite drink would be diet pepsi.

i get hyperfixated on my interests to the point where it’s all i want to think about and talk about and do. i love love loveee buying merch of my interests!! a lot of times i’ll even find myself tempted to buy/actually buying merch of things i’m not even into if i find the characters/mascots particularly cute or pretty~

my favorite aesthetics are glitchcore, webcore, kidcore, dreamcore, weirdcore, and circuscore. i honestly love all colors and rainbows but if i had to pick a favorite it’d be light pink. according to spotify, my favorite music genres are scenecore, sped up, pop, glitchcore, and pixel. if i met someone who had the same favorite songs as me and wanted to dance to them together (or dance together to any songs, really) i’d probably just melt immediately lol, that’s sooo dreamy (*´꒳`*) my love languages for both giving and receiving are physical touch and gift giving.

okay aaaa i feel like this is already way too long and i’m not even sure if i listed the right things, but i hope it’s okay! i feel like i’m so bad at describing myself haha. thank you so much for taking the time to read all this (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)♡♡

Hello and thank you so much for your request, as well as your patience while I finish with the match-up requests! I hope that you enjoy it! Have a wonderful day/night!

Request: Enstars romantic match-up

I match you with........

Shu Itsuki

Now, it was a bit of a toss up as to who to choose cause there were several that I had in mind but Shu managed to latch on and stay hooked on

Right off the bat, he loves your sense of style. There is just something so unique about it all and the way that you piece it all together just makes it look even better

Let's face it, he has seen similar styles, but there are times where it really doesn't match the wearer or it just wasn't styled right, oh, but he loves how you do it

In some cases, you remind him of Mika in a number of ways, it's rather amusing to him. It would seem that he certainly attracts a certain type of people

Has absolutely taken you to Paris to collect more of these dolls that you are so drawn to you, he certainly sees the appeal

Shu is certainly one to help when it comes to finding your motivation. He understands that as an artist that there are times where you hit a slump and need help getting back out of it, thankfully, he knows just how to help

While he is working, while it may not seem like it, he would certainly listen to you ramble on for hours. There is just something comforting to it, listening to your partner ramble on about something that makes them so happy

In the end, he may not always be the most attentive, as he gets rather caught up in his work, he will be there for you the moment that you call for him

Thank you for your request!

[velvetwastaken]

Hello velvet, i see an ask meme therefore i send numbers hhh. feel free to pick and choose ofc: 7, 17, 20, 33, 39, 55/56

Hiya ridl! Thank u for always indulging me when these ask memes come around lmao!

Answers under the cut!

7. Any groceries you've been getting into lately?

I’m on a blueberry kick lately. Been buying fresh ones and frozen ones and dried ones. Just all the bluebs. Otherwise my groceries are pretty well the same week to week. Kinda boring lol

17. What's a movie you saw recently that you liked?

I’m a failure as a former film student, but I don’t watch a lot of movies these days 😬 The last one I saw in theatres though was amazing and I do recommend it provided you’re not squimish lol. It’s Dev Patel’s Monkey Man. It will be a crime if it doesn’t get some Oscars nominations, but considering the political themes throughout, I could see it getting snubbed entirely.

20. What's in your freezer right now?

I sadly only have the tiny freezer attached to my fridge, and so a full quarter of it is taken up by my compost bin (frozen food scraps mean no smell! No fruit flies!). The rest is mostly taken up by various fruit, veggies, and meat. I also have a small tub of frozen yogurt for smoothies and some homemade protein booster snacks.

33. What's something you collect?

I did answer this one, but the cliff-notes version is I don’t think I collect anything, really. Not seriously. But if I had to give an answer, it would be craft supplies lol.

39. What little treat do you always get when you run errands?

Usually a little chocolate. If I’ve been especially good, maybe I take myself out to get a specialty doughnut or something on the weekend. It’s like saving up my little treats for one bigger treat.

55. Favorite high-effort meal that you make?

I’m not into the high-effort life LOL! But maybe the bastardized mora meat recipe? It’s not that hard, but it feels high-effort since the little flat breads are made from scratch and I have to plan ahead to have enough time to let the dough rise.

56. Favorite low-effort meal that you make?

Something I call ‘Unhealthy Pasta.’ It’s fusilini noodles with ranch dressing and shredded cheddar cheese. It’s more like a depression/comfort food maybe lol. But idk if you can get lower effort than ranch dressing as a pasta sauce 😂 I should note that while I think it tastes good, I do generally feel like shit after eating it lmao Maybe I should add some chopped spinach?

[shinoposting]

I appear to have been tagged by @onmywaytofanfic so here goes--

Name: "ShinoP"?

Pronouns: he

Where do you call home: I live on a farm lol. Lots of space to method act as Shino.

Favorite animal: I can't pick just one, oh no. Whales, true seals, armadillos, cats and bugs of every sort...not to mention all the awesome extinct animals to choose from. If I really had to choose I guess I would go with the humble housecat.

Cereal of choice: Fruity Pebbles :T I don't keep milk around all the time so if I have cereal it's a special treat.

Visual, audio, or kinesthetic learner: I really need a combination of audio and visual. I almost failed a year of math because I missed lectures for a week and I couldn't understand the book at all.

First pet: We've always had animals, but the first pet...rather, pets, that were my own were a pair of maine coon mix kittens that were abandoned on the edge of our property. They were very cool, loved to swim and hunt, even at the same time, so they kept the rats down.

Favorite scent: Citrus of any sort, especially in baked goods.... Now I'm hungry

Do you believe in astrology: Not any of the predictive stuff but the personality types might be useful, depending on culture and other factors. I think people prioritizing different things through the year could potentially affect the personality development of very small children? Maybe. That's all I can think of really.

How many playlists do you have on Spotify/apple music: Never reinstalled Spotify but I have 21 playlists of music on YouTube, 19 of which are for characters. Some canons, mostly OCs.

Sharpies or highlighters: Highlighting things so so satisfying >:)))

A song that makes you cry:

Ow :(

A song that makes you happy:

🕺song of the century (I actually really recommend this game. Great animations and sfx, fun story, and some clever puzzles. It's basically a point-and-click adventure.)

And finally do you draw/write/create?: Yes! I don't post much of my own work these days due to disability but behind the scenes I do scratch away at my own projects here and there.

Oh god do I have to tag a mutual? How about @mcdonaldsworker-shinoaburame and... @albinaaburame. I don't know how tag games work aaaa it's awkward. Sorry if you were already tagged.

[sacredflorist]

Get to know the mun

What made you pick the current muse(s) you have ? I always like to say the muse chooses, I don't choose them 😂 But of course, I always write characters I love! If we're speaking about Aerith's case, I wrote her for a few years and I had a lot of fun, and I felt like writing her again. She's such an interesting character to explore because she's very complex :3

Is there anything you don't like to write ? I don't write smut ? This is the first thing that comes to my mind, but also extreme violence or physical abuses. It's not my cup of tea at all!

Is there anything you really enjoy writing ? Everything that allows me to deepen my character! Very strong feelings, for example. Anger, sadness, love... anything thing, but when they feel strongly, it's always very interesting to write! And I also love to explore parts of the canon that was briefly mentioned but not shown, for example.

How do you come up with headcanons ? It's very random, actually 😂 Sometimes, it's because I'm playing the game and it makes me think of something, sometimes it's because of something that happens in a thread, sometimes it starts with discussing with irl or rp friends... it really depends!

Do you write in silence or do you play music ? I mostly listen to music because I think it's relaxing and it allows me to concentrate, even if sometimes I'm too passionate about the songs I'm listening to 😂 I like to make playlist for my character, too! It's always interesting, and I love listening to my mixes on Spotify, too, depending on the mood of the thread.

Do you plan your replies or wing them ? I mostly wing them, but sometimes when I read someone reply, I might have an idea right away so I note it in the drafts. It doesn't mean I'll keep it in the end, but I often do.

Do you enjoy shipping ? I do, but I prefer to ship with people I talk with ooc at least a bit. It really is just for my own comfort, nothing personal haha! And I prefer to have a small number of romantic ships because I love to explore different kinds of dynamic. I'm open to it though of course, and I absolutely adore my ships :3 I like when they come naturally through interactions, these are the best kind 🥰

What's your aliase/name ? Sam

Age ? 28 but 29 very soon 😂

Birthday ? In late March hehe!

Favorite color(s) ? Red ❤

Favorite song(s) ? It's very hard to pîck one! But I'm a Swiftie so I'll go with a Taylor Swift song! These days I'd say it's "my tears ricochet" 🥺

Last movie you watched ? I'm pretty sure it's The Eras Tour when it was released on Disney plus! I saw it before but I needed to watch it again, and that full version haha :3

Last show you watched ? I did a Cardcaptor Sakura rewatch for the first time in so many years LOL

Last song you listened to ? "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles

Favorite food ? I'm a seafood girl! Anything with seafood, and sushi too! These always make me happy!

Favorite season ? Summer! When it's warm and comfortable in the evening, not when it's humid though 😂 Swimming late in the evening is the best though!

Do you have a Tumblr best friend ? I do and I'm vey grateful. I don't think I need to name them, they know who they are ❤

Tagged by: @origami-assassin, thank you 😊 Tagging: YOU ;D

[firstdivisiongirl]

hiii ♪( ´▽｀) i’m hoping to get a romantic matchup for tokyo revengers, please? ♡ i would prefer a male match for this series~

my pronouns are she/her, my personality type is INFP, and my enneagram is 9w1. my sun sign is libra, moon sign is scorpio, and venus sign is virgo. i’m 5’6”, wear glasses, and have long-ish split dyed orange and purple hair and brown eyes. i love getting my hair dyed all kinds of different colors and will probably never again be seen with just my natural hair color lol. for my personality, i’m incredibly socially anxious and have OCD, i would consider myself kind of lazy and very indecisive, but also friendly, empathetic, and super affectionate/cuddly, i love hugs and holding hands especially (〃ω〃) very rarely will i make the first move to talk to someone, that usually only happens if i decide at first glance/meeting that i really REALLY like them, and sometimes even then i won’t. and even if someone new talks to me first, i generally won’t contribute much to the conversation unless we’re talking about one of my hardcore interests or i feel like we really click/they have an energy that makes me feel comfortable talking to them. i always joke that there’s a specific type of extrovert (not to say that it couldn’t be an introvert as well though!) that can get me to like and talk to them easily, otherwise i’ll just shy away from conversation. however, with the people i’m close to, i’m the loud, screaming, silly, obnoxious, emotional one lol.

i’ve always loved collecting dolls, puppets, and stuffed animals my whole life, i get attached to them as individuals and they’re so cute to look at and hold and they make me happy to have~ and they’re super fun to photograph and take with me places! i’d love to make my own plushies one day but i currently don’t know how to sew, but would like to learn. i also really like playing/watching people play video games, mostly nintendo stuff, scary games, some fighting games, and rhythm games. i would also consider drawing a hobby of mine, although i don’t do it as much as i’d like due to a lack of motivation and discouraging anticipation of things not coming out the way i’d like them to. but when i do draw it’s mostly in a cartoony style of characters that i like and sometimes myself and my friends with them, and occasionally original ones as well. i also really love cosplay and fursuiting~ (≧∀≦) my favorite food would be cinnamon chip muffins, although ironically I’m not a huge fan of sweets in general. i like them (mostly), they’re just not my favorites. i tend to prefer salty or spicy things. favorite drink would be diet pepsi.

i get hyperfixated on my interests to the point where it’s all i want to think about and talk about and do. i love love loveee buying merch of my interests!! a lot of times i’ll even find myself tempted to buy/actually buying merch of things i’m not even into if i find the characters/mascots particularly cute or pretty~

my favorite aesthetics are glitchcore, webcore, kidcore, dreamcore, weirdcore, and circuscore. i honestly love all colors and rainbows but if i had to pick a favorite it’d be light pink. according to spotify, my favorite music genres are scenecore, sped up, pop, glitchcore, and pixel. if i met someone who had the same favorite songs as me and wanted to dance to them together (or dance together to any songs, really) i’d probably just melt immediately lol, that’s sooo dreamy (*´꒳`*) my love languages for both giving and receiving are physical touch and gift giving.

okay aaaa i feel like this is already way too long and i’m not even sure if i listed the right things, but i hope it’s okay! i feel like i’m so bad at describing myself haha. thank you so much for taking the time to read all this (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)♡♡

Hi there! It’s not too long at all and you did a great job! This was a hard one. You are such a colorful person that it’s hard to pick. But hopefully you like who you got!

You Got…

Nahoya “Smiley” Kawata!!!

Would love your hair. He might even ask you to do his.

Would cook you excellent food. I don’t know if he is a baker, but I can imagine him learning to make cinnamon muffins just for you.

I feel like your styles vibe because a lot of his clothes are colorful.

Incredibly loyal, so much so that he’d protect you if you feel anxious or scared. He does it for all those he’s loyal to and you’d be no exception.

I could see you two spending hours just talking about your interest.

Game night dates!

[obi1archive]

GET TO KNOW THE MUN. | respond to the prompts out of character!

what made you pick up the current muse(s) you have?

i don't really remember because it's been four years and i have the memory of a goldfish. probably just because he's my type. i do have a type that i gravitate towards writing.

is there anything you don’t like to write?

hurt no comfort. i don't read it on ao3 either. i'm also rly picky about smut and who i write it with. i only like writing it with friends / longterm rp partners.

is there anything you really enjoy writing?

hurt/comfort is my favorite. Obi-Wan Gets a Hug. also soft stuff, sleepy stuff. and bc love mentioned this when she tagged me, i really like having like a plotted universe w/ someone. i had a friend i had an EXTENSIVE modern au with and we were both writing all kinds of characters and it was the best time ever. they're not on tumblr anymore </3 but i love that stuff

how do you come up with headcanons?

they literally just come to me out of nowhere most of the time

do you write in silence or do you play music?

either or but i usually have a tv show playing in the background if not music

do you plan your replies or wing them?

i mostly wing them. sometimes when someone replies i immediately know which way it's gonna go, or sometimes i need to think on it for a couple days to figure out how i wanna phrase things, but mostly i open it and write it on the spot lol

do you enjoy shipping? 

yes! for obi-wan specifically i also yearn for an unrequited love plot ie your muse in love with him

what’s your alias/name?

cassidy

age?

26

birthday?

december 30!

favorite color?

pastel pink and blue. i like allll pastels tho.

favorite song?

it changes but it's almost always a taylor song. ummm right now probabbbbly "you are in love" or "death by a thousand cuts"

last movie you watched?

if we mean rewatched, it was rots. watched for the first time... ummmm does a documentary on the slenderman murders count

last show you watched?

currently rewatching tcw

last song you listened to?

lavender haze according to spotify

favorite food?

right this second my favorite food is literally pizza lunchables but usually it's probably spaghetti

favorite season?

i like both late spring and early fall for the temperatures but spring is probably my favorite for the vibes

do you have a tumblr best friend?

@wihlted @kenoebi and there are other people i love v much but i'm scared to tag anyone else in case they're like ew we aren't that close LMAO

tagged by @wihlted @valorums and i think someone else tagged me but its not showing up now??

TAGGING @maegicks @kenoebi @alootus @sgterso

[yurigalactica]

Any assortment of 1, 2, 7, 9, 17, 21, 22, 30 for the music ask game! It's alot but I couldn't decide which ones lol. U don't have to answer them all just pick ur favorites

jokes on you jinx i am so obsessed with music and deep within my own brainrot that i will be answering ALL of them >:D 1. a song you can listen to on repeat

now this question in particular is really hard for me, because i tend to listen to a lot of songs on loop a lot. however most of the time doing so easily makes me sick of it and i have to take a break from listening to it for a few weeks. however one of the songs i listen to a lot and never seem to get bored of is Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales by Car Seat Headrest. especially the end bit, it really scratches my brain the right way, and it's really fun to belt out the harmonies in the car when you're driving through town in the evening

2. a song from one of your favorite albums

it's no secret that i'm a slut for los campesinos. everyone knows this about me. so it's kinda obligatory that i use one of their songs for these asks lmao. my favorite album of theirs in particular is definitely romance is boring (i just adore so many songs on that album!!! genuinely it's banger after banger, i highly recommend listening to the whole album.) my personal all-time favorite from that album is definitely In Media Res, just because of the ending bit with the trumpets. holy shit i get such a surge of dopamine when gareth campesinos goes "if you were given the option of dying painlessly in peace at forty five, with a lover at your side, after a full and happy life, is this something that would interest you? would this interest you at all?" just—AGH

7. a song that reminds you of your friend(s)

this one's easy—Dynamite by BTS. my irl best friend loves k-pop (stuff like BTS and Stray Kids), and while i don't listen to it on my own, i've gotta admit, she's got immaculate taste. dynamite is the one i hear the most around, playing on the radio (because it's mostly in english and i live in a country where most people i know speak english as a first language). so literally anytime i hear this song i find myself immediately thinking of her and going to text her about it LMAO

9. a song that reminds you of yourself 

this one was definitely the hardest to answer, and quite frankly, i sat at my desk for a solid hour trying to find a good one for this. but after some careful deliberation i had to go with Dear Wormwood by the oh hellos. the oh hellos are an incredible band and i genuinely adore all of their music, and highly recommend you listen to their entire discography. this song, though, holds a very special place in my heart—after all, it was my number one song on my spotify wrapped during 2020. it was the song i had on loop during the entirety of quarantine, when i was stuck in my bedroom, isolating myself from everyone in real life and online. during those months i didn't talk to any of my friends, not even over text. my only steady companion was my beloved spotify premium subscription. listening to this song over 500 times permanently altered my brain chemistry and i'm pretty sure it's the reason i have anxiety now /j

17.  a song with great lyrics 

holy fuck. holy fucking shit. To Tundra by los campesinos. i literally froth at the mouth anytime i think of this song oh my gosh. i made a whole post about it ages ago but i'll go on about it again. like "meet me at st. nicholas among the oaks, behind the church that sway like pig-tailed girls as summer wind whistles around your bare-skin knees and the forsythia leaves" KADGKKDFHKADFKHK THE IMAGERY AHHHHHHHH "and in a hazy daydream, our bodies married the stream and we broke down into pebbles and silt" SCREAMING SOBBING VOMITING /pos "we take on the burden of all these sad-eyed children with lilies bunched in our hands" i am literally going to eat a brick this makes me feel so many emotions

21. a song for the rain

Woman by the 1975, probably. there are a lot of good songs to listen to in the rain but this probably takes the cake just because of how echoey and melancholy it feels. i love it when artists do that kind of stuff with the guitar and make it carry out really long—and almost make it sound like it's wailing. it's one of my favorite electric guitar effects ever and i've always found that the 1975 does that really well! and as a guitar player myself how a guitar is played and how it affects the rest of the song is really important in my picking of a favorite song. this one in particular is very versatile, and i feel like you could listen to it not only in the rain, but at night in the car too.

22. a song for dancing 

Tongue Tied by grouplove!!! it's genuinely one of the most happy fun upbeat songs i know. it's like dancing in the kitchen while making cookies with your bestie at 2am kind of music. if you need to cheer yourself up and have an impromptu dance party with energy and excitement then this is the song for you!!! ultimate anti-depression song. and this also happened to be my most listened to song in my spotify wrapped 2021 if that tells you anything about how that year was for me /lh

30.  a song you recommend

Do Me A Favour by the arctic monkeys. i've been listening to them a whole lot more lately, mostly because i also admire their guitar work and also feel like their music vibe fits very well with a fic that i've been workshopping for a while and have not released yet. this one in particular is my ultimate favorite of theirs, probably because of the guitar and the lyrics that go together (but probably mostly because of how well it fits the overall vibe of the fic it goes with. and if you're interested in what it is, it's a benchtrio-centric mystery/horror au)

[purplesurveys]

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Any recent purchases? I got sooooooooo much pasalubong from my Thailand trip that I’ve barely spent anything on my current Malaysia trip, lol. But besides vacation expenses, the last big purchase I did was my new sneakers.

Have you ever thought about giving up on life completely? Well yes, many times. I wasn’t exactly the healthiest person mentally not too long ago.

Have you seen the entire Harry Potter series? Nope. I haven’t finished any of the movies, then book-wise I stopped at around the fifth book.

Do you still have both of your parents? I do.

Do you live very far away from Kansas? VERY far.

Do you enjoy cuddling? Sure, it’s cute. I haven’t done it in a while though.

Do you play video games? Just basic, family-friendly ones. I can never finish those that actually have a storyline, aka a good 90% of video games haha; I leave that skill to my sister and dad.

How many colors are in your hair right now? I just had it dyed earlier this month so the purple is still extremely dominant and vibrant and I don’t see much black growing back just yet.

Do you have your full license yet? As opposed to an...incomplete(?) license? Hahaha in any case yes I have my driver’s license. Kinda need it on me at all times as I drive a lot and you never know what establishments would ask an ID from me.

Do you have the same color eyes as your mother? Yes. Well all Filipinos have dark brown eyes anyway, so it’s not like we have a lot of wiggle room as far as physical features.

Does your significant other boss you around a lot? I’m not seeing anyone.

Do you prefer winter or summer? I wanna pick out winter even though I’ve never experienced it, just because I like feeling cold and I know what summer feels like (aka not pleasant).

Do you know anyone who has overdosed? Hmm. I don’t think so. Maybe just from gossip that goes around but I’ve never been invested to care or to stalk deep enough to figure out if it’s true.

Are you a fan of PDA (public displays of affection)? It’s whatever. I have the choice to look away if I think the couple looks gross. Otherwise, you do you. Love away!

Have you ever been put to sleep for surgery? I have not, and the thought terrifies me. What do you mean they’ll slice me open and I won’t even feel it? 😭

Where are your siblings as of now? They’re in their respective rooms in our Airbnb, most likely sleeping as it is currently 1:40 AM.

What color shirt are you wearing as of now? It’s white.

What is your favorite class? I’m not in school anymore but I always looked forward to history. Back in college I had a bit of freedom in terms of electives I could choose, and I made it a point to make most of them history majors classes, hehe.

Are you in love with someone right now? Nopes.

Can you speak any other languages than the one you’re fluent in? I’m fluent in both English and Filipino. I can understand extremely basic spoken Spanish and Korean, but I’d be a lot better reading either language.

Do you take a lot of photos? Nah. The only time I whip out my phone camera is if I’m going through an extremely new experience, which doesn’t happen a lot anyway. Topline examples: my Yoongi concert and ongoing vacations in Thailand + Malaysia.

When you were little, did you think band-aids healed everything? Yes. And the Asian way of healing wounds and bruises – blowing on them, lol.

Have you ever had a pregnancy scare? Not at all.

Where do you download music from? I use Spotify; I haven’t downloaded music in more than a decade.

Have you ever cheated on someone before? Never.

Have you ever attempted suicide? Yes more times than I can count.

Do you know what ‘irony’ means? Yes, but I will say the word sometimes still confuses me...it’s the reason I just opt to never use it in sentences hahahaha.

How many pillows do you normally sleep with? Two is more than enough.

Do you lose your remote often? I don’t really use remotes anymore. I can control stuff using my phone anyway.

Have you ever skipped class before? Yeah, mostly in college. If the class felt like a chore more than anything, I usually didn’t hesitate to cut if I felt lazy.

Are you a regular school skipper? I wouldn’t say I was a regular skipper, though I did have my fair share of cuts. In my school you had a max number of cuts before the prof failed you, and in most cases it was like 6 cuts per class – and for each class, I just budgeted those cuts across the semester. Like I never went over, but I didn’t waste those free absences either hahaha.

Do you have any Pay-per-View channels? No, we haven’t even had cable since the pandemic. We canceled our subscription and ever since then we’ve just been using YouTube, Netflix, and Disney+ to watch stuff on the TV.

Who, in your life, makes you feel discouraged? Nobody.

When was the last time you went bowling? Years ago.

Do you ever suspect your significant other of lying to you? Don’t have one.

Are you expected to help fix Thanksgiving dinner? I don’t celebrate that.

Is there anything bothering you right now? It’s our last day in Malaysia and everything goes back to normal for me tomorrow...eugh. The feeling is gross. My overall trip (including my stay in Bangkok) the last two weeks taught me a couple of things about how to live my life though...here’s hoping that feeling will be sustained even well after I’ve returned to Manila.

Would you like to talk to someone about it? No, I would rather process it by myself.

Do you live by any major bodies of water? Yeah, the Pacific Ocean + West Philippine Sea.

Do you tend to make the first move in a relationship? Historically, yes. I am not opposed to doing so again.

Do you spend a lot of time with family? As much as I can, especially when my dad is home.

How many times have you been to Disney World, if any? None.

Have you ever lost anyone close to cancer? Yes.

Have you ever been accused of being on drugs when you weren’t? Never.

Do you have a more quiet or loud voice? I use my louder voice more often, but I definitely know how to whisper. I point this out because I know so many people who only know how to speak loudly and seem to not know how to modulate their voice lol.

Do you personally know anyone who is transgender? Yes.

When was the last time you got a shot? Last April when I was getting followup shots after Cooper bit me in the face.

Can you play any instruments? If so, what are those instruments? Nope.

Do you have any diseases? No.

Have you ever been into a car accident? Yeah but they’ve all been relatively minor. I have never gotten hurt, fortunately.

[frodispatch]

🎶✨ when u get this u have to put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. then, send this ask/tag 10 of your favourite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)✨🎶

oh my god

thank you @anything-thats-rock-and-roll!

i know barely anyone on here, i mostly just blog into the void and chat with art people, so i’m just gonna answer and run. if anyone sees this, feel free to put your own 5 songs!

watch out, cause i listen to a lot of progressive rock, so a lot of these are over ten minutes long.

Here’s five epic songs i’ve been listening to on repeat this week:

🎶 XTC - No Thugs In Our House (it’s just fun. I also recommend their songs Senses Working Overtime and Jason and the Argonauts)

🎵 Renaissance - Ashes Burning (this song turns 50 this year!!! Such an underrated band. British. female singer. what more do you need? This song is over 11 minutes long, but unlike some prog, the singing starts basically right away, and it’s wonderful.)

🎼 Magellan - The Great Goodnight (my dad and i spent yesterday driving around listening to music and we put this one on for the 500th time. My dad and his brother found this in the 90s only because they were looking for new prog (which most would say was dead unless you were SEARCHING, and these two nerds were) and found this. This song is like, 50 minutes long, and it can be a little much, both with the obsessiveness that overtook the singer and the sheer length of it. Trent, the singer’s brother died in Vietnam (in May 1966), after he got shot. he would’ve been okay, but they couldn’t get to him to save him. the brother didn’t even get drafted, he volunteered to go. Trent’s parents didn’t tell him about it because they were so traumatized about the event. He just had a memory of playing on this guy’s shoulders but didn’t know who it was until he found a box in the attic and dug into it more and found out about his brother. Trent Gardner also attempted to put out a musical called Leonardo the Absolute Man that didn’t get picked up, but the demo songs still exist, and it’s cool to check out.) sorry. i deleted a lot too, lol, but the description is kind of necessary for this song.

🎶 The Ocean Blue - Ballerina Out of Control (another super underrated group! This is a very very good song. Trust me. it is not prog, it is a normal song.)

🎵 Rush - Cygnus X-1: Book 1, The Voyage (Since Rush is a major love of mine, and i fall asleep to this every night, Cygnus has to be on here. This song is basically about an astronaut that goes into a black hole called Cygnus X-1. Not that special story-wise, but wonderful music-wise, if you like crazy sci-fi shit, scary void-bass (trust me), and Geddy Lee. I just like how he says 🎶on my ship the Rocinante🎶. It’s cute and groovy. But things get spicy in *gasp* Cygnus X-1: Book 2, Hemispheres?!?! Yes! that’s right folks! Little did anyone know, this song would have a seamless sequel on the album appropriately named: Hemispheres! While I prefer book one, Hemispheres is fun if you’re a fan of Rush and their little triumvirate inserting themselves into their songs (three travelers from Willowdale, my friends) But book 2 is fun because basically, the astronaut lives, and he shows up in this society that is being battled over by Apollo (as the god of reason) and Dionysus (as the god of emotional party vibes) and the astronaut becomes ✨cygnus✨ the god of ✨balance✨ Neil Peart liked to show off how many books he read by making Geddy screech out his lyrics. Lil alex zivojinovic just wants to play his guitarrrr.)

anyway, we’re living in a time where we can look at ALL THIS music in retrospective! My favorite song can be Rave On by Buddy Holly and yet I can turn on the radio and listen to Taylor Swift or whatever! explore the world! find shit on youtube! spotify! People are selling records again! i have like a million records now! aaah!

Thanks again to @anything-thats-rock-and-roll, and live long and prosper 🖖

[makinami-ao3]

ao3 wrapped - 2024

to say that 2024 was quite a year would be an understatement. despite how crazy life got for me this year, i'd say i still produced some of my best work and was at my most productive writing-wise/creatively this year too. this is based of this post; i won’t be answering every single question, just the ones i find most interesting/applicable, or i’ll be combining some questions together.

How many words have you written this year?

122,303 🎉

How many works did you publish this year?

11 

What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

i would say the baby au series is probaly the one thing i’m proudest of having written this year. tbh i never thought i’d ever write babyfic/kidfic, not because i don’t like kids or anything lol but moreso because i was never really interested in that sort of thing, storytelling-wise or whatever, before. crazy what an intense bout of baby fever does to a mf. jokes aside, i really, really enjoyed writing this series. i loved getting to write bronseele experience something like their happy ever after and just build a life together.

What work of yours has the most hits?

lifetimes (doing it right)

What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

lifetimes (doing it right), still

Favorite title you used

idk really. i’m pretty happy with my title choices this year, but i guess if i had to pick then it’s sanctified (inside you) and (you’re so) physical, because (1) they’re both taken from nine inch nail songs i really like; (2) they’re meant to be complimentary, down to how the position?? i guess of the parentheses are reversed; and (3) i think they (and the songs they’re lifted from) capture the concepts, ideas, etc. the fics are all about really, really well

If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most?

it’s a tie between beyonce and nine inch nails (spotify playlist with all of the songs i pulled fic titles from here)

Pairing you wrote the most for this year? / Favorite pairing you wrote for this year? 

bronseele, for both, though i’ve obviously really been enjoying writing sharahu

What work was the quickest to write?

morning glory and in the eyes of the beholder were written back to back, i think only 2 weeks apart? which is already pretty fast by my standards

What work took you the longest to write?

probably ’til water falls. i’d never written, like, almost purely smut before that, so i was still figuring my way out around it

What’s your longest work of the year?

’til water falls (22,558 words)

What’s your shortest work of the year?

like it rough (3850 words)

What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

i’ve pretty much written and posted everything i want to write and post, so i’m starting with a clean slate in the new year

Your favorite character to write this year?

the easy answer is bronya, whose pov i’ve also written from the most, but i’ve also come to really, really enjoy writing from shalom’s pov. they’re both enjoyable to write in different ways. coincidentally they are my favorite characters in their respective games

What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

this is definitely more than one, but: yuzugiri (jigokuraku/hell’s paradise - i have an escort au that’s been gathering dust in my brain for ages now), zoya/bai yi (path to nowhere)

How many kudos in total did you get this year?

2,183

What do you listen to while writing?

tbh i have a very hard time focusing if there’s music playing, which is why i don’t listen to music while writing. i’ll put on a video essay in the background insted, or i go split-screen mode and put on a favorite show of mine to passively rewatch as i write. 

Favorite work you wrote this year?

bronseele baby au with (you’re so) physical as a very, very close second

Biggest surprise while writing this year?

that i’ve mostly posted one-shots. i normally like having something to chip away at for a long and sustained period of time, which means mostly chaptered fics and stuff, but that brings with it its own set of pressures and stresses, and honestly where i’m at rn in life just means i can’t afford to add all that unnecessary baggage to my life. writing one-shots has helped manage that, and has helped me fulfill my creative needs too, and honestly it was just nice focusing on one thing at a time and then posting it before i hop on to the next thing vs. chipping away at a long chaptered fic and then hitting an inevitable mental/writer’s block because i just feel burnt out from it. i guess part of it too is me unlearning this thing where i’m like, everything i write has to be The Next Great Thing or has to be #Deep and shit but really, it’s just unnecessary pressure. in the end all i really want is to put out fics i’m proud of and feel satisfied with, and there’s more to the craft than just chasing greatness or whatever.

i would answer #29 (favorite line/passage) but i feel like there's just too many to pick from, and it would be impossible to pick just the one.

hopefully 2025 will be a fruitful year for fic too.

cheers 🥂