#if you haven't already listen to we're in love by boygenius

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new draw your ship prompt just dropped!! cot3 nation i missed you

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 (𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐔𝐒) — 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒

a collection of sentence starters from the album by boygenius, "the record." feel free to alter pronouns/text as you see fit

"give me everything you've got, i'll take what i can get."

"i want to hear your story and be a part of it."

"who would i be without you?"

"speak to me until your history's no mystery to me."

"talk to me until the words run dry."

"i'll give everything i've got, please take what i can give."

"i want you to hear my story."

"it's a bad idea and i'm all about it."

"when you wake up, i'll be gone again."

"in another life we were arsonists."

"mama told me that it don't run on wishes, but that i should have fun."

"so many hills to die on."

"run out of gas, out of time, out of money."

"you're doing what you can, just making it run."

"take a break, make your escape."

"can you give me twenty dollars?"

"i know you have twenty dollars."

"she's asleep in the back seat looking peaceful enough to me."

"we're coming back from where no one lives."

"[name], i'm sorry."

"i just make it up as i go along."

"i can feel myself becoming someone only you could want."

"now i'm wide awake, spiraling."

"i'll get a real job, you'll go back to school."

"we can burn out in the freezing cold."

"you know how i get when i'm wrong."

"i can feel myself becoming somebody that i'm not."

"i'm 27 and i don't know who i am."

"you can't help but become the sun."

"when you don't know who you are, you fuck around and find out."

"it feels good to be known so well."

"i can't hide from you like i hide from myself."

"you already hurt my feelings in the way only you could."

"i remember who i am when i'm with you."

"your love is tough." / "your love is tried and true blue."

"you've never done me wrong, except for that one time."

"it doesn't matter anymore."

"who won the fight?"

"i don't know, we're not keeping score."

"i'm trying to be cool about it."

"wishing you were kind enough to be cruel about it."

"telling myself i can always do without it, knowing that it probably isn't true."

"it's impossible to pass your tests."

"i'm trying to forget about it."

"kindly get out of my head about it."

"once i took your medication to know what it's like." / "and now i have to act like i can't read your mind."

"i ask you how you're doing and i let you lie."

"we don't have to talk about it."

"i'll pretend being with you doesn't feel like drowning."

"it's nice to see how good you're doing."

"we know it isn't true."

"it would only take the energy to fix it."

"i don't know why i am the way i am."

"not strong enough to be your man."

"i can't stop staring at the ceiling fan."

"spinning out about things that haven't happened."

"do you see us getting scraped up off the pavement?"

"i lied, i am just lowering your expectations."

"half a mind that keeps the other second guessing."

"always an angel, never a god."

"i think i've been having revelations."

"skip the exit to our old street and go home."

"go home alone."

"you live up in my head."

"i've been making music since you told me to do it."

"i just wanna know who broke your nose."

"figure out where they live, so i can kick their teeth in."

"if this isn't love then what the fuck is it?"

"i guess just let me pretend."

"i don't wanna die. that's a lie, but i'm afraid to get sick."

"if you're not enough, then i give up."

"i used to think if i'd just close my eyes, i will disappear."

"if you love me, you will listen to this song."

"i could tell that you were serious."

"it gave us more time to embarrass ourselves."

"i might like you less now that you know me so well."

"there's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."

"i am not an old man having an existential crisis."

"i never thought you'd happen to me."

"will you be a satanist with me?"

"mortgage off your soul to buy your dream vacation home in florida."

"tryin' to score some off-brand ecstasy."

"will you be an anarchist with me?"

"sleep in cars and kill the bourgeoisie."

"at least until you find out what a fake i am."

"spray paint my initials on an atm."

"i burn my cash and smash my old tv."

"will you be a nihilist with me?"

"if nothing matters, man, that's a relief."

"if nothing can be known, then stupidity is holy."

"if the void becomes a bore, we'll treat ourselves to some self-belief."

"oh, you know what i should do?"

"it's so hard to come back."

"you could absolutely break my heart."

"that's how i know that we're in love."

"i don't need the symbol of a scar."

"isn't it enough that we stripped down to our skin?"

"i feel crazy in ways i never say."

"will you still love me if it turns out i'm insane?"

"i know what you'll say, but it helps to hear you say it anyway."

"damn, that makes me sad." / "it doesn't have to be like that."

"if you rewrite your life, may i still play a part?"

"i can't imagine you without the same smile in your eyes."

"there is something about you that i will always recognize."

"if you don't remember, i will try to remind you."

"i will go on and on until it all comes back."

"i'm out of my depth at a public beach."

"i never listened, i had to see it for myself."

"making peace with my inevitable death."

"i guess i did alright, considering." / "tried to be a halfway decent friend."

"an honest fool with more bad habits than you can count."

"was anyone ever so young?"

"breaking curfew with illegal fireworks."

"unpacking god in the suburbs."

"you don't have to make it bad just cause you know how."

"writing the words to the worst love song you've ever heard."

"an incantation like an anti-curse."

"i think that you're special." / "you told me once that i'm selfish."

"you said my music is mellow, maybe i'm just exhausted."

"you think you're a good person because you won't punch me."

"i love you. i don't know why, i just do."

"you're not special, you're evil."

"you don't get to tell me to calm down."

"you made me feel like an equal, but i'm better than you and you should know that by now."

"it looked like it hurt and i wasn't sorry."

"i should have left you right there."

"you don't know me."

"i wanna be happy."

"i'm ready to walk into my room without looking for you."

"i'll go up to the top of our building."

"i can't feel it yet, but i am waiting."

[orchideous-nox]

I couldn’t decide on a character so I’m just asking for both lmaoo,,, Aurora and Peter 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 25

< 3 some of these are more relevant to either character than others so feel free to take some liberties there lol

Of course you made this difficult for me ugghhhh

Peter

5 - What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

i'm not falling for the expected answer. I'd mentioned in a headcanons post that I think Pete would listen to Madness so I'm gonna go with Baggy Trousers. Either that or Not Strong Enough by boygenius specifically for "always an angel, never a god". Possibly Fat Funny Friend by Maddie Zahm? I know it said first song but I just needed to add more.

6 - What's something you have in common with this character?

Hitting hard already, damn. I think I can relate to Peter never feeling like the first choice. He's never the best friend just a best friend, never the special one, he's never unique or inspiring, he's just Pete. I've always felt like this too and we're not going to linger on this, don't worry if we're friends I'm not selling you out to Voldemort.

7 - What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

Not a lot. I think making Peter friends with Marlene pre-Hogwarts is something I really like. I've spoken about this before I think but it's a common enough headcanon that I think I can say the fandom did this right. Most other things I'm not a fan of when it comes to the fandom's treatment of Peter, but I have spoken in length about that before.

8 - What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

Oh wonderful, I didn't see that this was the next question. Like I just said, the fandom's treatment of Peter as a character leaves much to be desired to put it nicely. I've spoken about the fatphobia and reduction to being a background underdeveloped character that Peter has suffered, how people don't give him a personality because they don't want to make him likeable and he's often the only character made aroace to avoid shipping him because he's also canonically the only fat character in the Marauders.

14 - Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character.

I don't knoowwwww, I'm bad at aesthetics and I don't know how to describe it except just....suburban dad-core. Man's rocking polo shirts, he's popping the collar like my stepdad does, he's wearing cargo shorts and has multiple pairs.

15 - What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

PEBILL (or ratseer if we're feeling fancy)

25 - What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

When I was a kid I hated Peter but that's because I always loved Remus, whereas now I've grown to appreciate that there was a time before the betrayal when they were all friends, because that's how it has to be for the betrayal to work. He's not just a rat, he was Wormtail.

Aurora

5 - What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

I am struggling with this because I'm still acclimatising myself when it comes to Aurora. The way my brain was like "what songs mention stars" and came up with A Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay which is just a shit answer but it's the answer you're getting.

6 - What's something you have in common with this character?

Autism. I also like stars.

7 - What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

Make her more than just a background character. Like she is one of the few canon people of colour in the fandom and I like that people want to give her more of a personality.

8 - What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

I haven't really seen anything about her that I disagree with or despise so I'm going to assume this one was in there more for Peter's sake. I'd like to see more of Aurora though. Like we see her in the films, we know she's a teacher, so why is she so rarely used?

14 - Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character.

I don't want to lean into the obvious but celestial (again, I'm bad at aesthetics). She wears a lot of blue and gold, maybe like jewel tones

15 - What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

I like starrynight which is Aurora and Severus, but I guess I don't hate Aurora and Pandora, but it's not like my top ship because I ship Pandora with other people normally.

25 - What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

I can't remember my first impression of her, just that I didn't know who she was for the longest time because they never used her in the films so I was like "who's that teacher sat next to Dumbledore?". But now I like her, I think she's cool and has lured me in with her shiny stars. My neurodivergent is showing....

Anyway, thanks for the asks dickhead < 3

[our-flag-means-love]

welcome back to elliot's autistic-about-music corner.

here's a comprehensive list of boygenius lyrics that have been helping me get through this bc goddamnit i need anything rn.

"$20":

it's a bad idea and i'm all about it / give it one more chance and then i finally had it

the renewal efforts, obviously. it's a hail mary but it's our one chance.

mama told me that it don't run on wishes, but that i should have fun / pushing the flowers that come up into the front of a shotgun

poison into positivity. weaponizing our ability to be polite menaces and our ability to have hope.

may i please have twenty dollars / can you give me twenty dollars / i know you have twenty dollars / i know you have twenty dollars!

me @ zaslav. especially the screamed one.

"emily i'm sorry":

this one's extremely personal to me so i'm not highlighting anything specific but just know that it's this whole song.

"true blue":

you already hurt my feelings three times / in the way only you could

the ending of s1, the wait for s2 renewal, the cancellation.

i remember who i am when i'm with you / your love is tough, your love is tried and true blue

the fandom <3 we persist.

you've never done me wrong / except for that one time that we don't talk about / because it doesn't matter anymore

me if it gets renewed for s3.

(continued under the cut)

"not strong enough":

i tried, i can't / stop staring at the ceiling fan and / spinning out about things that haven't happened / breathing in and out

bro i am so anxious about this whole thing bro.

"revolution 0":

i just wanna know / who broke your nose / figure out where they live / so i can kick their teeth in

the broken nose is the cancellation and this is me @ zaslav again.

"leonard cohen":

leonard cohen once said / "there's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in" / and i am not an old man having an existential crisis / at a buddhist monastery, writing horny poetry / but i agree

we have hope. we have a chance. the light can get in.

"satanist":

mortgage off your soul to buy a dream

what it feels like we're doing right now lol.

will you be an anarchist with me / sleep in cars and kill the bourgeoisie

once again, with feeling: fuck zaslav!

"we're in love":

(first of all, i would be remiss in not shamelessly promoting my fav fic i wrote last year here.)

you could absolutely break my heart / that's how i know that we're in love

cannot convey how much the cancellation news broke me. that's because i'm in love with this show.

some october in the future / i'll run out of trash TV / and i'll be feeling lonely

no matter what happens, this show will end, and when it does, i'll miss it dearly.

damn, that makes me sad / it doesn't have to be like that / if you rewrite your life, may i still play a part?

this whole thing.

"anti-curse":

well uhh really it's this entire song so just go listen to this song and yeah it's all of the lyrics. i will highlight this one tho:

writing the words / to the worst love song you've ever heard / sounding out the foreign characters / an incantation like an anti-curse / or even a blessing

all of the letter writing, emailing, commenting.

"letter to an old poet":

you're not special, you're evil / you don't get to tell me to calm down

me @ max/wbd.

when you fell down the stairs / it looked like it hurt and i wasn't sorry

max/wbd taking Ls left and right.

i can't feel it yet / but i am waiting

hope.

"afraid of heights":

i kid you not, the day the news dropped i listened to this song like 20x on repeat during my 2 hour work shift bc nothing else was helping.

i replied / "i don't wanna live forever / but i don't wanna die tonight"

we're not going down without a fight.

if they ever catch you at it / i know you'd want me to be proud / that you took a rich man's dream / and brought it with you on your way down

fuck zaslav!!!!!

how it hurts to hope / oh, it hurts to hope for more / oh, it hurts to hope the future will be better than before

fuck, lucy, it sure does.