#i’m taking off

[ponds-of-ink]

William’s “Steve” tone is just bouncing up and down like he’s cha-chaing in his head. It’s so varied.

I am entering a whole new world from one small snippet alone. This is insane.

[pretty-little-backstreet]

Jewel in Our Hearts? Nick Carter’s most underrated song?

this song! Most people never knew Nick has a solo career, let alone, name a song of his outside of the Backstreet bubble! They knew him (the people around me are guilty of thinking Nick is just a cute curtain blonde boy of the ‘90s, but he is so hot during the late ‘00s)

But, that’s not we’ll talk about today!

It’s about his 2nd album I’m Taking Off, and its Japanese edition, which has this song, while Canada has Love Can’t Wait

This, this song is written by Noriyuki Makihara and Motoyama Kiyoharu (i dont have that much info about these two in the first place, but one of them produced this song, soooooooo)

This song, unfortunately, was only a bonus track, but it got the worst treatment of any bonus tracks. Unlike Prisoner, Coma, and Love Can’t Wait which was performed live at least a few times, this song rarely got traction, let alone mentioned by BSB fan sites and Nick fan sites as its a Nick song (and many people did not know Nick Carter have a solo career whatnot), not a Backstreet song; second of all, not a lot of people are familiar with BSB songs or albums after the Millennium or Black and Blue, which is a shame really; considering BSB covered can prove they’re much more than a 90s nostalgia boy band like their rivals, anyways…

Here are the lyrics for y’all —>

[Verse 1] Sometimes you try so hard to be things that you’re not You’re hiding behind a wall you can’t see Just One push and the wall will come tumbling down And then you’re left naked standing all alone Always coming to an end before we can start Sometimes you feel that you have no control We’ll run for cover, under this roof we will be warm Right by side together we’ll wait out the storm Don’t you know a change will come Just stand firm for all you believe Don’t you know that we will be where we want to be Just come with me you’re not alone

My honest reaction, his voice…. The way he sang this just makes me-

[Hook] A star shining brightly, a diamond a ruby A treasure to find, brings a smile to my face Shake off all your troubles, they roll right off your back Just like an old stray dog when he’s caught in the rain And l know that some day we’ll find what we're looking for A new you, a new me, a new start I won’t stop moving forward, feel the strength that truth brings The love we spread shines like a jewel within our hearts

[Verse 2] Sometimes you try so hard to be things that you’re not You’re hiding behind a wall you can’t see Just One push and the wall will come tumbling down And then you’re left naked standing all alone Everyone shares the same humanity Whether a president or a king Don’t you know that the one thing that matters Is living a life to yourself, it’s your choice Then suddenly a friend comes out of nowhere Brings us an umbrella and lends a hand Let’s hope that we soon have the same opportunity When we help our fellow man

[Hook] A star shining brightly, a diamond a ruby A treasure to find, brings a smile to my face Shake off all your troubles, they roll right off your back Just like an old stray dog when he’s caught in the rain Even when you are lost deep in the storm I will search, I will find where you are ‘Cause I know the love we share like a light in the dark Shines so bright, like a jewel within our hearts

[Pre-Chorus] Now that I can see it’s so clear to me Appreciate the beauty that you bring With you here by me side, feel the warmth of your smile Glows like a rainbow in the sun

[Hook] A star shining brightly, a diamond a ruby A treasure to find, brings a smile to my face Shake off all your troubles, they roll right off your back Just like an old stray dog when he’s caught in the rain And l know that some day we’ll find what we´re looking for A new you, a new me, a new start I won’t stop moving forward, feel the strength that truth brings The love we spread shines like a jewel within our hearts

Sorry, y’all, i did not provide commentary as I’m too lazyyyyy….. but, the lyrics are sooooooooooooo sweet and it’s my fave song of Nick, really! It’s a shame he didn’t perform it as much (in his new tour, he didn’t even perform I’m Taking Off songs 😭) , but… if he is available in his MySpace, i will message him IRL for him to perform this, causeeeeeeee, it sounds sooooooo organic compared to Burning Up, and I’m Taking Off!

bye! I’m Taking Off is the most underrated and (possibly his best album yet)

[burntblueberrywaffles]

[I.D. an edited version of the "is this a pigeon" meme. A man with glasses, captioned "my overstimulated ass" points at a butterfly, captioned "someone making an annoying noise". At the bottom of the image, a dialogue caption reads "is this a crime deserving the death sentence?" end I.D.]

[auckie]

[extrakuli]

[adaki]

Do you draw Nina the killer perchance..

Yes and I end up disliking the drawings every time without fail but I thugged it out to give u this

[metaphoricallyrose]

Jr year baby!

[elodieunderglass]

changes and trends in horror-genre films are linked to the anxieties of the culture in its time and place. Vampires are the manifestation of grappling with sexuality; aliens, of foreign influence. Horror from the Cold War is about apathy and annihilation; classic Japanese horror is characterised by “nature’s revenge”; psychological horror plays with anxieties that absorbed its audience, like pregnancy/abortion, mental illness, femininity. Some horror presses on the bruise of being trapped in a situation with upsetting tasks to complete, especially ones that compromise you as a person - reflecting the horrors and anxieties of capitalism etc etc etc. Cosmic horror is slightly out of fashion because our culture is more comfortable with, even wistful for, “the unknown.” Monster horror now has to be aware of itself, as a contingent of people now live in the freedom and comfort of saying “I would willingly, gladly, even preferentially fuck that monster.” But I don’t know much about films or genres: that ground has been covered by cleverer people.

I don’t actually like horror or movies. What interests me at the moment is how horror of the 2020s has an element of perception and paying attention.

Multiple movies in one year discussed monsters that killed you if you perceived them. There are monsters you can’t look at; monsters that kill you instantly if you get their attention. Monsters where you have to be silent, look down, hold still: pray that they pass over you. M Zombies have changed from a hand-waved virus that covers extras in splashy gore, to insidious spores. A disaster film is called Don’t Look Up, a horror film is called Nope. Even trashy nun horror sets up strange premises of keeping your eyes fixed on something as the devil GETS you.

No idea if this is anything. (I haven’t seen any of these things because, unfortunately, I hate them.) Someone who understands better than me could say something clever here, and I hope they do.

But the thing I’m thinking about is what this will look like to the future, as the Victorian sex vampires and Cold War anxieties look to us. I think they’ll have a little sympathy, but they probably won’t. You poor little prey animals, the kids will say, you were awfully afraid of facing up to things, weren’t you?

[steviewashere]

Astronaut who cums, but instead of saying that they’re cumming, they moan: “I’m launching!”

[akihatohnoofficial]

[noodles-and-tea]

personally i think the funniest way of explaining anything off about the reported timeframes in your au is to have both stan & ford being absolutely terrible with time

stan being like damn the 50s sucks & little ford going its the 60s???? & ford going ‘nearly 30 years ago’ and fidds being like ford you’re like 30 that doesn’t make sense

I love that so much

[sanjipussyindulgence]

I fucking despise the fact I have an answer for this joke power scaling comment but the one piece’s world is like triple the size of earth and has insane gravity because of its six moons so that naruto rock ain’t standing a chance.

actually can we focus on that more in powerscaling. idc if naruto can beat luffy i wanna know if he can survive one piece's atmosphere in the first place.

EDIT:

please. for the love of god. i dont actually care about which rock would win.

[kikker-oma]

I’m not doing whumptober this year (to my great sorrow) but here’s a peace offering😌

[paintsandquests]

Occupying all my thoughts

[lycanlovebites]

✧ bloodlust ✧

I'm starving, darling//Let me put my lips to something//Let me wrap my teeth around the world

[edit: thanks to all the love on this piece (which was just the WIP until now) I finally got the motivation to finish this after two months! Thank you to anyone who enjoys this for giving me the strength to finish this]

[verrixstudios]

Okay but… dunkleosteus based Seawing…