#ill even have a playlist of all of the songs played there in its order. for living. and surviving

[bbqhooligan]

apparently the full show is on youtube i’m so happy the clips are amazing enough i can’t wait to watch the entire thing 🥴

YEEHAW i knew i couldnt have lived on with seeing rhat only once lets go kendrick nation

[byhuenii]

⊱☆⊰ SONGS THAT REMINDS CHISHIYA OF YOU

usually these type of songs arent up chishiya’s style but he has them liked because you enjoy them, and he has grown quite fond of them; something he wont admit. he listens to them so he can hum to them along with you, sing them with you (which is mainly him whispering the lyrics to hear you sing), and maybe even serenade you to sleep on rough days he cant sleep himself. (takes place in the boderlands)

: features fluff and angst. - Chishiya x GN!Reader

(i recommend listening to the songs in this order)

Back on 74 - Jungle.

this song is something that was so welcoming yet so you, when he first listened to it he could imagine you dancing singing this song all across your apartment that he spent so much time at. the comfort of your home that became his comfort. this song reminded him of all the times you guys were having a clean day and the blinds were open and you used the broom as a fake mic doing a fake concert infront of chishiya, dances, singing, even dragging him into it. he hrown to be quite found of it.

Getaway Car - Taylor Swift.

kinda funny because the getaway car the two of you were supposed to get in with ann kuina and them ended up leaving cause of the grenade on the floor. but in seriousness this song was one of the first songs you played when you were chishiya. he wasnt really fan of mainstream pop but this song felt something and done something to him to him that he couldn’t even describe. he would always put this song on whenever he is with you, belting your heart out to this song could always bring a smile to his face. “Think about the first time where you met me” oh he always does and he thanks he went there to that cafe that day. he just wishes you never were here in this hell of a hole with him.

The Adults Are Talking - The Strokes

he never got this song but the more he listened and watched your face light up whenever it came on, holding his hand pulling him closer to you made him understand how great this song was to you. it had such a early morning vibe that this song he would make sure to play to lift your spirits in the morning on his ipod in the boderlands. he made sure to get every song he could remember and that was enough for you to just love him.

Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift.

Oh gosh the amount of times you played this to cheer yourself up was unthinkable. you would belt the lyrics to chishiya never breaking eye contact. you can tell he enjoyed it. the harsh games were so draining for the both of you, even when he had the whole plane to betray usagi and arisu. chishiya knew the song but didn’t know it like you do. “Horrified looks from everyone in the room but i’m only looking at you.” was it crazy to say he was only looking at you when he got all the looks from arisu and usagi hell even niragi. oh god maybe he was deeper in love with you than he thought.

Congratulations - Mac Miller

there was something about this song, you didnt have this song in your playlist or anything but he heard it once from your phone and he had to add it. the gracefulness about this song was you, the lyrics was you, the confession was you. when he told tou he loved you for the first time this was the song that played. the song that played before you two were in this hell hole of boderlands was this song, and the song the two will listen to first after getting out is this song. he learned the meaning of love from you and this song.

21 - Gracie Abrams.

“Ill be the love of your life inside your head” you were always his love his life. he always knew you found his soulmate, he knew no matter what he wanted you, he always knew you were perfect for him and how he was perfect for you. the two of you had been together since your 20’s and the fact its called 21 is funny because thats when he really did in fact tell you he loved you. thats when he really did lay down his feelings for you. thats really when he always found himself dreaming and loving you, sometimes he cant help but listen to this song and think of all the ways to get you out of the boderlands safely even if that meant he had to die. “Lights in and its black and white, I couldn’t stay forever”

Let You Break My Heart Again - Laufey.

this was your favorite song. this sing was the song you would always post chishiya and yourself to on social media, though chishiya was never a big social media he had it for you, he did everything he wouldnt do for you. this song wouldve never crossed his mind but for you it did. he hated it. he hated how you corrupted his brain, he hated how you corrupted his music taste. he hated the fact you took the gunshot from niragi. he hated that even in your last breathes you still smiled humming this melody to him hand placed on his cheek creasing it like the two of you were in the real world laying down in bed embracing eachothers presences. all the pain and suffering he went through he hated it, he wished to forget and to forget about your death he did. having to face the truth once he woke up from that crude world into the real empty one without you.

[darkniters]

i wrote this in 2022, please enjoy

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sitting by your pc, you're not really paying much attention to the monitors, but more blindly scrolling on your phone. seeing your creator friends making tweets come up on the timeline, and even getting some interactions yourself.

you've got one ear under your headphones, the other laying limp behind your ears, when suddenly a familiar notification chimes from your pc, the same on your phone.

you've received a discord message! but sitting in a ball on a chair seems much more appealing right now, maybe the notification can sit for a bit?

the thought wasn't properly considered, as you were already leaning forward to move your mouse, clicking on the messaging application.

it's a dm from ted!

the single way conversation read as such:

YOU.

you better answer you stupid son of a bitch or i will rain hellfire upon you

HURRY UP

they were all sent within the same minute.

pls be nice to me ted nippleson

what do you want, i have no more corpses in supply, you're gonna need to wait another week for that.

are you INSANE

i do not CARE for your pitiful corpses, fool

however i have made you something (oooh ted i wonder what it is)

you couldn't deny you were weary of what ted prepared for you, but curiosity consumed you as you continued to type on your keyboard with satisfying clicks.

i am very frightened ted

have i ever told you that you are a very scary man

nope, but its good to know that i have that sort of power against you.

anyways, i hope you like this, took me a bit to put together

[ link ]

looking over the link, it sent you to spotify, and you clicked into it. a gasp escaped your throat.

ted made you a playlist! and it had some of your favorite songs and some of his own. this was the first time anyone ever made you a playlist, and you were deeply touched by it. another discord message was sent.

it was very difficult to put together, please oh please im begging on my knees make more playlists public i can't keep guessing the songs you like from twitch con 2 years ago.

ted you actually got it super on point, very impressive top man!

yea cause im never wrong (y/n)

you switch the playlist on, it didnt seem to be in a liminal order. scanning through the songs, he was REALLY on point. you read the description of the playlist.

whats up pussy supreme (you are scared of me, admit it)

you've been on the ted nivison brain waves recently, and yea we talk and game a lot but i feel like a thank you is in order, so check it out! a playlist of the shit you listen to (and some of what i listen to too)

thank you for taking quality time out of your life to talk with my stupid ass

reading this, a smile never left your face. the fact that he even did this in the first place was just so nice!

DUDE you killed that shit

i gotta like make something in return

you silly goose

the reason i made the playlist to arch over both of our music tastes is so you dont need to do anything!

YOURE DEBT FREE

DUDE ILL FEEL BAD

ILL HAVE SOMETHING READY IN A FEW DAYS

NO LEAVE IT ITS FINE

I JUST MADE IT CAUSE WE TALK ALL THE TIME AND WE GAME TOGETHER

I DONT NEED SOMETHING BACK YOU USING YOUR TIME TO TALK IS ENOUGH

PLEASE

ITS OKAY

naaaah i'll make you something for sure dude

spending my time is bare minimum, you do the same with me!

new songs keep playing during the conversation, but when 4:00 comes around, teds gotta head out

alright wise guy

you're lucky i have a video to record right now

or else this would continue

enjoy recording dude, im gonna keep listening to this playlist that you've created for my fine ass

FINE???

YOU ARE THE GOOFIEST MOTHER FUCKER IVE EVER MET

DO NOT CALL YOURSELF FINE

BITCH

D:

i hope your video corrupts

and you

shit yourself during recording

and you lose power

YOU DONT MEAN THAT

I DO????

conversation then fizzled out.

you took one more glance over the playlist and noticed something.

some of these songs were made for confession.

you didnt question it, maybe it was done because he likes them, but also some of them were completely out of the ordinary im the playlist, and stuck out like a sore thumb.

little did you know, ted put those in deliberately, seeing if you'd notice and ask about it. maybe not now, but at some point. and maybe, just maybe, he'd have the balls in telling you how he actually feels.

[jovenshires]

You’ve probably been asked this before but what’s like your fanfic writing process?? Like how do you end up writing your fanfictions?

i actually haven't but i'd be happy to talk about it!! i'm actually writing fic right now, so here's what i've done in the past like. hour. im gonna put it under the cut bc its EXTREMELY long but if you ever wanted 'katie's guide to fic writing,' here it is!

i'm pretty easily distracted, so i've gotta make sure i'm in like. The Right Conditions. that means phone face down or away if i can (rn i've got to be on call in case my boss needs smth but you get the gist) bc i WILL just open tiktok or play a mobile game. even just now writing this answer i have picked up my phone and opened pinterest. i cannot be stopped so i try to stay off it and put it down when i catch myself!!

more and more often i cant even listen to music while i write - partly bc i tend to read my work aloud to myself to make sure it sounds right and partly bc my brain will be like "you know this song omg the words are in your brain" or "you should go look at what song this is bc you kinda like it". cannot trust myself even with sound. if i AM listening to music while i write, it's either the specific playlist for that fic, playlists with the right vibes (ex: rivals-to-lovers for iwks), OR anime openings bc. less likely to get distracted when it's not in english tbh.

(huge on all of the senses so i also usually have a candle lit. im super sensitive to smells so if there's an unpleasant smell somewhere around me i will be unable to focus <3)

all that being said about distractions, i think it's important to take breaks - dont just FORCE yourself to write. that's why i'm huge on setting goals for myself - deadlines, word count goals, timed breaks. like "okay im gonna sprint write for 10 minutes and then after that ill watch some of this danny gonzalez video" or "i'll write until 3:30 and then i should go take a break and read a book." im not always faithful to my goals but i try my best!!

as for the actual writing itself, i typically just go for it. i can usually see an image in my mind and i try my best to write that out/describe it as best i can. and then if it sounds wrong i just reword it again and again until i've got it. this is kind of where my reading aloud bit comes in - if it sounds right when you say it out loud, that generally means it sounds right in the text.

sometimes i'll just have a certain scene or just scraps of dialogue and i'll write that out and be like "okay how did they get here." i never embraced writing out of order until recently, but now that i have. no going back tbh i highly recommend it. rwylm and iwks especially had scenes WAY later down the line that i wrote first. just write what comes naturally and go from there.

occasionally i do outlines, but not super often, and when i do they're vague as hell. i think a lot of my iwks outline was just "game" and then "another game but tommy is there this time." i think outlines that go too in-depth kind of take away from the freedom of writing so. if it's for you then slay but its usually not for me

i try not to worry too hard about. the style/grammar/little things as i go. of course im guilty of this and i'll stop and edit my own works along the way sometimes but i've found it's best if you keep writing and then go back later!!

sometimes when i'm writing a new smosh cast member i'll go back and watch videos/compilations of them just to reorient my brain. i've done this a lot with chanse recently!! but i also think. it really isn't that deep too NSDKFNKNK like these are fictionalized versions of fictionalized selves and so on and so forth so don't worry about 'voice' too much im trying to kick that habit myself

EDIT: oh i've talked about this before but. as for ideas/where my fic ideas come from?? i truly try to grab from my every day life. oh i went to the grocery store today? what if smosh member a and smosh member b went to the grocery store. i watched a horror movie and you know who else could do that. otherwise i pull from music/movies/tv shows/other media and be like 'this but for smosh.' i really just be pulling from my life and repackaging it thats all. start small (haircut fic) and work your way up (homoerotic soccer epic)!

and i think that's it?? i'd like to think im pretty chill about the whole thing. (read: i am not chill in any way at all but im trying my best.) anyway, it's something i'm always happy to talk about - thank you for asking!!

[candy8448]

It is done!

I've finally completed many month (maybe even over a year) mission of listening to all the zelda OSTs in release order (now it did take ages cuz i would spend forever between each ost and the longer ones would take so long to get through)

I compiled all my favorite tracks into one massive playlist, as well as covers that i like!

Now i am going to go over each ost and say my thoughts on them! Ill also be mentioning one or two tracks from each game that were really notable for me

(I didn't listen to Twilight princess or Spirit tracks because i dont want spoilers for when i play them)

The legend of Zelda:

The ost for this game is 9 mins long, drastic difference to totk with many MANY hours of music

Obviously a classic, the overworld theme. I really like the "game over" theme, its nice but the ringing of the NES boops hurts my ears so much

Adventure of Link:

I really like the final dungeon theme and the battle theme, so good to just jam to

A Link to the past:

Not much to say here, it set a bunch of classics, dark world theme is super good though and the great fairy fountain theme will always be welcome whenever i hear it, either as the great fairy or as the title screen (tbh i prefer it more as the title screen theme) and the title screen theme! When that bursts out i wanna scream, It fills me with so much nostalgia for this series as a whole

Link's awakening:

Now this one is difficult, because this game is my favorite game out of the games i haven't played just plot wise, but for some reason listening to the music was just super tiring for no reason. Now i was listening to the gameboy version but i tried the swith version and it was also tiring and tedious to listen to?? Im going to go through the switch version ost at some point in time.

You can never go wrong with tal tal hights though, and the ballad of the windfish is just 😭

Ocarina of time:

Im afraid to say anything on it because of the fans of it XD i did play a tiny bit of the game but got to Zora's domain as a child and stopped

Obviously it has a great soundtrack, it has a ton more classics like gerudo valley and such. I like Sheik's theme. The fire temple i am aware is controversial and i think that's the reason it makes me so unnerved when i listen to either version of it

My absolute favorite though is Song of storms (or windmill hut). The first time i heard it, it just stuck with me and i am taken in by it, it luls me, its like magic, im enraptured by it. I don't know what it is about this 20 second theme but i can listen to this on repeat for hours, its one of the first things i learned on piano, when i played the game i just stood in the windmil hut for ages. Such a good track...

Majora's mask:

SUCH an earie ost! I have been wanting to play this game forever. The vibes the ost is just perfect for this game. Clock town is obviously good and its cool how it gets more and more frantic as time goes on, you really feel like time is running out. Overall i think the whole soundtrack does amazingly at embodying this idea.

Oracle of Ages and Seasons:

The two tracks are very similar rhat i can't eeally do these two games separately. For some reason i have a bias towards seasons despite not playing either or really knowing the story??

I love that seasons has song of storms (for some reason), skull pirate's escape is good (oos), ambi's place (ooa) noice, Nayru's song is so nice, and i adore the "Zelda awakens" theme that's in both of them

I love how the tracks for these went back to the boopy style, it makes the themes just has a certain feel that i cannot put words to that feels so right. I have the feeling that when i play these games im going to have a great time with them

Wind waker:

Tbh, not for me, the style of the music is just not the kind of thing i like. Doesnt mean it doesnt have really good tracks though!! Cannot go wrong with dragon roost and i do like a track that i cannot remember the name of (but tbh that is just mostly because i really like the beat) and the Great Sea sailing theme does sound so freeing, you can feel the wind in your hair with that track. Its just that the rest of the music style is just not something i dig so much, its just a personal opinion.

Four swords:

I forgot about this game, and could not recall the ost at all. Had to open sime tracks again to listen to and tbh all i can say is... meh? The ost isn't too great... gotta give it credit for it's version of the overworld theme thoug, possibly one of the better different renditions?

Minish cap:

A cute little game, dont remember much of the soundtrack but i have quite a few saved from it so it must count for something, and i really like the "story" theme whenever i hear it and Mt. Crenel is okay

Phantom hourglass:

Again, it has a similar style to wind waker and i didn't really like it. Linebeck's theme though, what a wonderful character! ("Return of the Ocean King" is also decent)

Spirit tracks:

I did not listen to this soundtrack but the ost is just *chefs kiss* from the ones ive heard. The tracks "the sacred duet" and "battle with king Malladus" are the tracks that made me desperately want to play this game and i am still longing to play it because of these two tracks. I love how throughout the Malladus battle theme there is the constant chugging of the train on the track. I have no doupt that the rest of the ost will be this amazing. (The title theme is perfect, you really feel like you are on a racing train) ive since listened to "in the fields" and ooooooh i love ittttt i so cannot wait to play this game!

Skyward sword:

Man you KNOW i can ramble about this forever. My favorite Zelda game! I cannot put into words how much this game's ost makes me feel all of the emotions in the world, i can only list a few tracks that make me feel so much oooough

Ballad of the goddess (obviously), Romance in the air makes me all fluttery and happy, skyloft theme always feels like home, any version of fi's theme puts me in tears, Groose's theme he is such a silly guy, the loftwing flying theme is so nostalgic, Ghirahim's theme is so menacing, all the Lanayru tracks have such a certain zen feel, silent realm theme's have such a frantic echoey empty perfect feel to them which fit so well, and the guardians awaken theme will make me have a heart attack, and the song of the hero has so many feelings ive talked about before, so much that this track alone made me make a painting for the scene.

This game just stepped into another feel of zelda music with the orchestra, and it captures the grandios of this big, timeline setting adventure so amazingly. I cannot get enough of this game. Arguably one of the best Zelda OSTs in my opinion.

A Link between worlds:

Such a good ost in this game. Dunno what i can say apart for it is one of the better ost's in the series for some tracks alone. Ravio's theme, Hilda's theme, Yuga's theme, Lorule overworld, all the milkbar tracks (the fact that there is also ballad of the godess in there makes me so happy as well), so much of the game's ost is so good!

Triforce heroes:

Such a surprisingly great ost for a game that sounds so much like a fever dream. The main theme?!?!? The woodlands?!?!?!?!? I cannot stop listening to these two such a bop, go listen to them!

Breath of the wild:

Botw has no music???? What the heck???

The tracks are so good! Even all the ambient piano flourishes! It fits the atmosphere so well, but you've probably heared people saying all this before so onto some of my favorite tracks

All the champion's themes fit each one so well, main theme cannot not be good, i lobe how Tarrey Town's theme builds up with each character's home town. The divine beast themes are really cool sounding. Parasailing minigame theme is so fun! Guardian theme will also give me a heart attack, the memory get jingle, i miss Kass and his music so much, Korok forest is so :D, HYRULE CASTLE IS SO GOOD OH MY i love the marching feel. Dark. Beast. Ganon. THIS THEME IS CRAZY BRO that piano!??!!?? All the everything going together?!??!!? This fight may be a victory lap and super easy but it sure as hell has some fire music!!!

Tears of the kingdom:

I finally finished this ost today. It reuses a lot from botw, and tbh it is a little dissapointing how none of the village themes changed even if it does feel safe and familiar, and the surface is largely the exact same even though it is where we spend so much of our time.

There are obviously amazing tracks original to this game though. The main theme was so amazing to hear in full after so long of waiting! So was the prologue theme ("poor Hyrule, for Link has found the body" remember that???) All the dungeon themes have me in awe alongside the sage themes. Each one just fills me with so much ough. The dungeons and their themes were definatly a massive step up from the previous game. I ranked all the sage themes before in another post and go deeper into each one. Link humming while cooking is so cute! The big "BWAAA" when diving into the depths feels so cool and creepy. One of my favorite details is that in the forgotten temple, next to the goddess statue you can hear a broken up version of Fi's theme which im so happy for the sksw ref! It also supports my favorite hc that the forgotten temple is the sealed grounds from sksw! (As well as the reward you get fron that quest but we aren't talking abiut that)

!!!!End spoilers next!!!!!

In the lead up to the final dive into ganondorf's army, the track reminds me of Skyrim and it really does not fit in Zelda. I feel like they shouldn't have used that track. Ganondorf's fight theme is so cool, how at first it is quiet to just hear you two dueling in an echoey room and them builds up. AND HOW CAN YOU FORGET THE FINAL FALL?!?!?!? Such a PERFECT END its amazing how is blends so smoothly to create the perfect scene, all your emotions building up to the end!!! Such a perfect ending to the game. All the music in the end sequence in the Hyrule castle chasm really does do an amazing job of dialing up and down the tension and emotions at the right moments and building up everything until the very end when the credits start rolling.

Overall the ost is great considering all the new tracks!

So that is all the games (other than tp and st)!

Now on to all of the non-cannon games! 🥲

[twixitativi]

do you have any tips on writing an au? normal fics i can usually handle but i’m working on a kunichuu grease au and i’m finding it quite difficult.

hiya! thanks for asking :3 also good luck with that, that seems like so much fun omg; feel free to send when you start releasing, i'd love to check it out!

ill be using splinters as my example here purely because thats closer to what you're trying to do (movie/musical as reference)

this is going to be long as fuck because i tend to ramble and go into detail, so im adding a read-more. i sincerely hope this helps because i know its a LOT (potential spoilers for splinters included)

1. The Foundation

when i first started working on splinters, it started with a lot of idea bouncing. who would suit what role? why would that role work for them? originally, i had looked at dazai as jd and chuuya as veronica, or dazai as veronica with fyodor as his jd.

then, i also started thinking about story 'beats'. to be clear about what that means, i like to think of different parts/scenes that i need/want to hit, and kind of the order if possible. this usually intertwines with the original story-- in your case, grease.

all this starts falling into the next step:

2. Research

it may not be entirely apparent, but i did (and still do) a FUCK TON of research for splinters. by choosing to have multiple source materials to base your work off (both bsd AND grease), depending on how close/accurate you want to be, you're going to want to get in touch with the material.

you've mentioned grease-- i'm assuming you're doing this based off the movie (love the movie. need to rewatch). what i personally do with heathers the movie is that i watched it the entire way through first to refresh myself with the material. it might help you to take notes about different characters, ideas, plot lines. i found a copy of both scripts online in case i wanted to see about throwing an iconic line in during an important scene without diving through the whole movie to find it.

i dont know HOW historically accurate you want to go with your fic--you may be choosing to explore the concept of grease rather than the actual setting itself-- but grease takes place in the late 50s, TECHNICALLY early 60s (movie itself came out in the late 70s) (my mom LOVED it when it came out). so, you may want to do some basic research: fashions/trends of the time (this has gotten harder to search online, you may want to even run to the library and find some books if possible)? societal norms? what did normal teens do during that time? did they have arcades, did they go to restaurants, what was the average place they hung out at?

a lot of times, i have to double-check if some of the stuff in splinters is period accurate. each decade has different lingo, slang, and general information that was normal during it. hell, looking back at the 2010s versus 2020s, if you were to write a story during, saying, 2011, and have your characters saying "slay" and "yas queen" and "road work ahead, uh yeah i sure hope it does", i regret to inform you that that will NOT be accurate, as those phrases are more late 2010s + that vine came out in 2016. now, could you quote/potentially reference these things? absolutely! but you have to be more strategic about it.

ALSO. look up fun trivia about your source material! you know where i got my title from? its the english translation of the italian name for heathers. im not even kidding. also, mix and match material! hell, even throw references in to other material! i had my mean girls reference in there! because its bsd, i like to throw in authors i like from time to time where they fit!

another silly one: what music came out around that time, playing on the radio? HOW did they listen to music? i specifically listen to a 1989 top hits playlist when im trying to figure out what songs might be playing on the radio while my characters are driving-- and even THEN i still will look up specifically when that song came out, because i made the choice to be horribly specific with my timeline.

on that note:

3. If you can, DON'T SET A SPECIFIC MONTH/DAY/ETC.

i made my choices. do i regret them? YES. is it still fun to work with? absolutely, but also the heathers timeline is lowkey a mess and you could simultaneously claim it takes place in 2 months or several.

honestly, avoid specifics. having to keep track of a timeline is an absolute bitch, and it's going to make your life a lot harder, because then, you HAVE to make sure it all matches up. if i say that kunikida went and got his glasses in march, i cant say that his glasses are brand new in may (this is a hypothetical example).

timelines suck. unless you think you can dedicate the time and energy to keeping with one, don't do it.

4. OUTLINES.

i've been writing fanfics for years, which is wild to me. i was writing fanfics in single digits (didn't even know what fanfics were). one thing that i have especially found useful with splinters is to make outlines for where you want the story to go.

let me break it down for you:

you're gonna have MULTIPLE outlines, and they are NOT set in stone. they are guidelines for you to use so that you're not sitting there going "shit i don't know what to do next". they may be scenes you want to have in the fic. they may be important plot points. they may be absolutely stupid shit that youre like "if i dont get this in here i will cry" (diarrheazai is a threat that i intend to keep)

FIRSTLY. try making a general outline for your whole fic. you don't need super specifics, but think of what events occur during grease. in it, danny and sandy meet in the summer before their senior year. sandy meets and joins the pink ladies. there's a dance competition. danny and sandy fly off in a car into the sunset. etc. TO BE CLEAR, you don't have to keep all the details! it is your story, and what you want to do with it! having that structure can be helpful when you start though.

THEN. once you have that general outline? start trying to plan out chapters. you dont have to make outlines for them all at once. more often than not, i'll sit there before i start a new chapter just trying to outline what'll happen in it. this helps a LOT on multiple levels. i'll provide an example of what that can look like below (SPOILERS IF YOU'RE NOT UP-TO-DATE WITH SPLINTERS):

(the blacked out bit is spoilers, everything else should be clear to see)

a quick explanation: i dedicate a small document to outlines for each chapter. as you can see, with chapter beats, i have diff things i want to try to hit. the stuff highlighted in green is stuff that i come back post-chapter to confirm i hit. sometimes, if it's not EXACTLY in there, i'll leave a note in bold (ex: WAS MENTIONED).

but you can kind of see what im talking about here. i have some things that im trying to knock out per chapter.

other things in my doc to outline:

yes i talk to myself in my notes.

i highlight different scenes according to their relevance to certain characters sometimes; i add scenes in where i need to, and then ofc as you see ill go into detail about specific scenes. and AGAIN these are not set in stone. for example:

as you can see, shit changes over time. that boiler room make-out scene during the homecoming pep rally appeared in ch 11. i did not make this sequence fyodor's pov.

sometimes? i just dont have the time or energy to write shit/dont think its relevant to the plot. good bye, corn maze. you'll be remembered in my thoughts and my outline

also try to have fun while outlining. it doesnt need to be something serious. literally my outlines are a mix of dialogue, scenes, my own thoughts, etc. get silly with it. this is supposed to be fun and enjoyable!

ANOTHER THING:

5. LOOP SOMEONE INTO OBSESSING OVER THIS WITH YOU.

i was inspired by ardeidae to write splinters, and i have successfully trapped them in splinters world for almost an entire year now. by both of us loving it, we can keep ourselves focused on it.

what also helps is bouncing ideas off other people. me and lu have had conversation after conversation after conversation about different plot lines, scenes, etc. sometimes, i don't know what to do and i will ask lu (or other people) for advice about the progression.

you may have also heard of the engineering rubber duck method. if you're unfamiliar, engineers will sit there with a rubber ducky by them and talk to it about what they're working on until they figure out what they need to do. sometimes, just ranting about the fic is enough to help you spawn ideas about what to do next.

OH also

6. If you do end up making a timeline? Have a calendar on hand.

this is no longer 100% accurate to the progression of splinters and the chapters, but it helped a LOT. laying it out like this can make one hell of a difference. im a visual person, so doing this helped. also, can help you keep track of holidays and shit. if you want to give your characters a day off from classes, check a school calendar for holidays. be like "uhhhherrrr yeah they're taking, uhhhh veteran's day off" yk

7. Write, but don't force it.

splinters doesn't have an actual updating schedule because i work on it at my own pace, and update once i finish a chapter. now, i usually finish chapters after a month, but i don't say it updates on x day. don't box yourself in unless you truly think you can handle it. some people are very good about schedules. i am horrible at them, bc ykw? LIFE HAPPENS.

when im in the mood, i write. i will sit for HOURS and just write. grab some snacks, maybe pop on some music, get a buddy to sit with you, but just go for it. sometimes, i'll pull a 25-10 method-- 25 minutes of writing with ten minutes of relaxing and bullshitting--and that helps me not burn out as quickly. but honestly, you cant always brute force it.

have i had to brute force it sometimes? yes. you will get stuck. it naturally happens. sometimes, a scene fucking sucks and you're like "i hate this scene but it HAS to be in there" (if it doesnt fuck that shit. throw it out. blegh) sometimes, you need to mix things up to make it more appealing to you, because i am of the belief that the readers can tell when you're not invested in a scene. if im writing a scene and its going slowly and i just want to get it done? the quality's going to go down, and i KNOW it. so, i evaluate. what do i need to do for this scene to work? can i add something to help? do i need to just rewrite the bastard and call it a day?

and sometimes? you can just go ahead and put a little "<'scene'>" in and move on. depending on how much your fic relies on that scene, that won't always work, but sometimes, you just gotta leave it and come back to it. you can also do that with certain dialogue/details. if you're trying to get your characters from point A to point B, don't shove them there if they run out of gas. make a detour, and see what happens.

eerrrrrrr yeah, i THINK that's the majority of the advice i can give? sorry that that's a lot, but uhhh hope it helps! :')

[seeingteacupsindragons]

@itsjustalark Continues:

My writing: I've three stories that i want to write in the future but only one im currently working on. That story is still very young and in its beta stages. I have a light idea of the plot and world but nothing sharpened to perfection yet. It's a character focused adult fantasy which focuses of two friends(Alex and Kel) whose relationship evolves to something far deeper than a romantic one. It explores a relationship that could have been beautiful in a perfect world but because of the corrupt and rotten world they live in and the different roles they have to play in it and their own inherent flaws, their relationship is always at risk of succumbing to that darkness and turning toxic. And the first book (yes there are more than one books that cause i got carried away) is really them fighting against their respective destinies and denying the roles the world has already decided for them and trying to stay together throughout it all even though they come from different worlds. And there is so much more details about the world it is set in and and the magic system which is so inyegral to the story but this post is alreqdy long enough so ill stop here. Let me know if you wanna here about it and ill go off. [[I cut your snippets here because it feels strange posting other writer's writing without it being innately linked to them and I'm not sure you'd want me to do so. But I did read them]] Ill stop now cause otherwise ill just keep going and this post will never end. This project is really close to my heart and im really proud of what ive written so far. It originated from the merging together of a playlist and the fanfic of a fanfiction so now im trying tor write scenes based on the songs of a separate playlist i created for the story (sorry if i sound unhinged). Mostly cause i tried writing the story cronologically and it just wasnt working out. For some reason my mind cant think staright. Instead it thinks in fragments of quotes, flashes of certain imagery and vibes. So that was fun. Thank you giving me the time of youre day. I really enjoyed it.

Ahahaha, it sounds like you took a lot of inspiration from Sherliam and/or a lot of very specific Dynamics in fiction that I can certainly think of but not necessarily name. Of course, Sherliam started and ended quite cute and wholesome for how it seemed to go, and I'm not sure that's what you're intending with your stuff.

I tend to be a very chronological writer because if I don't, I don't really end up with anything written that makes any sense; I sometimes will write various bits of scenes or make notes about future things out of order and inevitably by the time I get there, it doesn't work anymore.

Outlines hate me. But a lot of stories are non-linear even by the time they're finished. I'm not sure if that's what you're doing, but it could be.

Anyway, Kel and Alex seem cute and the orphanage-y thing Kel is in is fascinating from your snippets. Am a little interested in when most of the story takes place, though, because they seem to be smallish kids but the writing doesn't seem like a story for/about smallish kids. Hmmmm.

Part 2 of 2.

[haven-gum-rockrose]

11 & 29 !

tumblr ate the fucking shit i was typing for this- lets see if i can replicate.

okay! thanks so much also first of all- really appreciate it

so 11(describe your ideal day) and 29 (three songs you connect with right now)

okay so 11 is difficult cuz im not a very- planning and future oriented bitchbut id probably have to say its a day where i do things? or have an idea or something?

so maybe like- i wake up and do the shit people normally do when they wake up, yall know the deal- the ideal. actually eat breakfast lol. id go on a walk because even hell knows i need the sunlight, maybe pet a dog in the process. Theres a park by the house so id probably go there for a bit. if its an ideal day im not spending it at home. itd be sunny but not too hot- enough to sunburn tho. wouldnt do much at the park, im not a park person, but maybe id make a temporary friend? like the kind youre never gonna see again but while you were talking you made eachother's day just a bit brighter. i probably would have brought my sketchbook or art tablet and maybe i was able to do a really nice drawing or something. Then i remember theres bugs and that- oh also a nice patch of grass is very important for it to be ideal. kidding i dont really mind dirt. but anyways i start heading back because its noon or approaching noon or something. i have absolutely no endurance tho so at some point i stop and just sit on the curb and watch the road for a bit? idk i think it sounds nice.

[obligatory paragraph break] OH! and its one of those days where you're able to consciously recognize the beauty of everything, fucking love those. come back and clean and do laundry and shit because i fucking need to. and then sleep for six fucking hours straight uninterrupted. wake up, see what yall have been up to cuz cuz thats always a highlight, and by then its like 6 or 8? oh also not talking to any family lol- except maybe my sister. yeah, ideal day i talk to my sister for a bit. also i think in order for it to be the ideal day i would have had to help at least like one person, and maybe they said thanks but its not really necessary. its a bit hard to plan for people needing help tho- and seems a bit iffy regardless so - ykno.

anyways its a bit basic for something so long but- idk i dont really think about that stuff much so - take it or leave it.

AND 29 CUZ YOU KNOW IM A FUCKING PLAYLIST BITCH

Girl Anachronism by The Dresden Dolls: probably not great how much i relate to this song on a personal level but it also gives me gender and mentally ill swag ig so its cool. yall i could pull fucking any line from this song and essay on how i relate to it (theres just a couple i couldnt actually)

Toxic Thoughts by Faith Marie: Yall this has been- one of those "my song"s since for the past like 4-5 years or something- 100% played a role in shaping who i try to be and how i view the world. like yeah its a wee bit cheesy the lyrics but like- yall dont know how much this shit impacted me. go as far as to say it mightve played a part in me being here still? idk tho i think i still would be regardless but like- yeah W song for me

EP. 4: Important by Ian McConnell: i need everyone with anxiety to listen to this actually. it goes so fucking hard and its so goofy. absolute god tier exhanple of positive nihilistic philosophy. actually for ease of access lemme do this cuz im not overexaggerating this shits iconic: (maybe not it may just be my philosphy brain likeing the change of perspective on typically negative thoughts and the comedic delivery of it)

[zephiraz]

Okay, I'm home, and I'm ready to infodump, and also my tumblr is glitching out because of privacybadger not interacting well with reblogging posts containing Spotify links. Time to add more spotify links!

But under a readmore, cause this might get long.

bumblebearcompany in another reblog suggested the Turisas cover of Rasputin. They are absolutely correct!

Wow that's big. Anyway....

But on the topic of Turisas!

The Varangian Way is just about one of the most epic albums there is. Powerful vocals. Powerful strings. Beautiful melodies. A story that sweeps you right up into the Dnieper Rapids and spits you out wondering what year it is.

Now, I didn't spend near enough time gushing about Finntroll. I'll link their most recognized song—Trollhammaren—and one of my absolute favorites—En Maktig Har—but I highly recommend every one of their albums in order. To whet the appetite of those just starting to explore, Nifelvind has a cover of Metallica's The God That Failed! Finntroll sounds like a party, and they're excellent gotta-go-fast music. Out for a run, trying to finish a row while knitting, just want to get that hype up, they're perfect. One of my dearest wishes is to see these guys in concert.

(Man I wish you could resize these things to not be so tall) Fun fact, Finntroll sings in Swedish rather than Finnish as the original singer was part of a Swedish-speaking minority in Finland and felt it fit the band's trollish image more. The band suffered many losses due to illness and accident, but continued the tradition of singing in Swedish.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I did not spend near enough time gushing about Ensiferum. I already linked a playlist containing most of my favorite albums, so instead I'll gush about two that weren't included because the playlist was already quite long.

Ensiferum starts every album with an instrumental track to set the mood. From Afar's By the Dividing Streams is utterly gorgeous, and does a wonderful job precursing an equally gorgeous album. This album ends with a cover of Vandraren, with the singer from Tyr doing the vocals. Second time in this post the singer from one of my favorite bands featured on a song by another of my favorite bands!

Lai Lai Hei is my favorite track on the album Iron. This song had me in its grip so hard that I declared I wanted it to be the song I hear when I die a century down the line, and that's also how I wound up with the superstitious belief that it saved my life. I had the Iron album playing while I drove to work one day. Lai Lai Hei played, the album ended, so I drove in silence for a couple minutes, just to get t-bone sandwiched by someone running a red light! I credit my surviving entirely unscathed to the silence!

I should have done those two the other way around, because it's Tyr time now. The first album of Tyr's I heard was The Lay of Thrym...on youtube, out of order. I got so used to that order that when I found Tyr on spotify and discovered the official order was different, I had to rearrange the album in a playlist to be Correct. Whether you mix up the order or not, though, The Lay of Thrym is a gorgeous journey with an epic titular track. By the Light of the Northern Star is an equally invigorating album, and funnily enough it gets me in the mood for spring cleaning. Buckle down and go fast! Out of all their tracks, I want to showcase what I find to be a beautiful love song:

Platonic, familial, romantic, what have you. It's about finding your home in the person dearest to you.

And as fate would have it, today is the first day of Tyr's Battle Ballads North American tour!

Speaking of tours, Korpiklaani is will shortly start touring in North America as well!

I mentioned above that Finntroll sounds like a party. Going hand in hand, Korpiklaani sounds like fun. Just look at those guys partying on the beach up there! Manala is an excellent album to start with, and my pick to showcase there....

Metal Ievan Polkka? There's nothing better.

To round it out as I'm once again running out of time (where'd the evening go???????), I'm going back to the Youtube guys. I'll link Jonathan Young's playlist of the shanty metal collabs below. He joined up with Colm McGuinness, RichaadEB, Bobby Bass, Caleb Hyles, Annapantsu, and Peyton Parrish for most of these. They're all insanely talented and each worth a look into their own works.

And that's all he wrote!

Hey pals please recommend me your favorite metal bands/songs

[maplecornia]

chapter 11

𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱: 2.89K

𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔯𝔢: romance | slice of life | fluff | angst | bts x female!reader | ot7

𝔰𝔲𝔪𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔶: You watched them from the sidelines ever since you were a young teenage girl. Now you’re grown up, they’ve returned after 2 long years and everything has changed. What happens when you pull back the mask and find the darkness within? What happens when you see that they’re broken?

𝔞/𝔫: i super DUPER love this chapter, it's a BIG climax for the story

𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰: cliffhangers | angst | fluff | slight mentions of self hatred | depression | mental health illness | self harm | occurs in the year 2024 | set in a timeline where BTS went to the military together | slight language

tags: @kookaine |@fangirl125reader |@kookiebbyxx |@taradevonne

Taehyung didn't mean to fall asleep.

When RM mentioned he was working on a new demo during practice today, he just had to listen to it. Namjoon, however, being the perfectionist he is, told Tae he couldn't listen in just yet. There was a certain point in the sound that he wasn't confident and still had to fix. Taehyung dropped it (after multiple moments of begging and pleading) and tried to forget about it for the rest of the day.

However, what with you showing up at the studio and his incessant curiosity, he just had to hear Namjoons song. It was like dangling a piece of bacon in front of a dog's nose, he just had to have a taste.

He planned to sneak in, sneak out, and have nobody know the wiser. Of course, like so many things, this did not go according to plan.

Unbeknownst to him, he entered the studio a few moments after you and RM hurried out of there, from the opposite side.

He listened to the song, before trying to find what RM could have possibly thought was bad about it.

Soon enough, the beautiful track had lulled him into a peaceful slumber.

Now, his head rests on his shoulder, as he slumps in the chair.

His face is slack, peaceful, his eyes fluttering as he dreams sweet dreams. His long eyelashes cast dark shadows over his cheeks, his hair fluttering with each breath. Thick and soft despite the natural curl that occurred after dancing for so long. He still has the slick shine that sweat leaves behind, turning his pure skin smooth and glowing.

He looks so beautiful, almost as perfect as the strokes an artist may create in a portrait.

When you enter the studio, having just finished cleaning Mon Studio, he is in the same state.

He utters a soft snore, but not one you'd be able to hear from behind glass. This time, you entered on the recording side.

You look around, awestruck once more by the beauty the room provides to your curious and hungry eyes.

Letting the door close in a small crack behind you, you set down your satchel, quickly cleaning up whatever trash you can find in the room. As you scan the instruments, you find that they are all fairly new, not even requiring a shiny new polish. Nevertheless, you grab a cloth sitting on a stool near the door and begin to carefully clean every instrument.

As you touch each one, the movement is a soft, caressing one. One that reminds you of the way your mother would use to run her hand through your hair as she brushed it each night.

You smile at the memory, realizing just how much you miss her, just how much her presence filled the holes in your heart.

Suddenly realizing how silent it is in the room, you set down the rag for a moment before turning and pulling out your phone. Pulling up your playlist, you press play, filling the world with music. As it turns it brighter, dancing with vibrant colors, you lean your head back and smile. After a moment, you turn back to your work, humming softly to yourself without even realizing it.

Your hums find their way into Taehyung's mind, his dreams. His lips curve into a grin at the sound, one of peace and tranquility as he falls deeper and deeper into his subconsciousness.

It takes you only a few minutes to clean the room.

You sigh, satisfied, as you set down the last instrument in its place, turning around to survey the room. You smile at your work, enjoying the good job you have done, having given this room the order and beauty it deserves.

After all, it provides the world with so much beauty on its own.

As you scan the room, your eyes fall on something behind you, the one thing you haven't touched yet.

The microphone.

It waits there, hovering in the air just waiting for someone to use it, someone to create beautiful music with it.

You walk towards it, slowly, trying to make sure it's not just a dream, that this is real.

As you look on, your eyes catch sight of your reflection in the mirror behind the microphone. It stands right in front of you, waiting, almost beckoning for you to use it. For you to give in to your desire.

For you to sing.

Setting down the rag, almost decidedly, you rush to the door on the far left of the room. There's a large rectangular window located to the right of the door and instead of going through the trouble of opening the door, you peer through it instead. There’s no one there, just a dark hallway stretching on forever.

Satisfied, and your heart beginning to pound with excitement, you rush to the right door, the one which you entered through. You find the door left open at a crack, but as there’s no one coming or going in this hallway either, you recklessly shut it. It bounces softly, the latch not catching and creaking slowly to a small crack once more.

Adrenaline coursing through your veins, you grab the stool you were once using to polish the instruments with and set it expertly in front of the microphone.

Glancing up from positioning it, your eyes meet a darker reflection, reminding you that there is a studio behind the recording area.

The same one where you and Namjoon were working not too long ago.

Swallowing hard, you walk over to the one-sided glass until you rest your hand securely on it, the glass cool underneath your fingertips, only a few inches away. Leaning forward, you peer into the other half of the studio, cupping your hands around your eyes so that you can see any figures in the room, if not their faces.

What you don't know, however, is that Taehyung, who sleeps on the other side, has slumped so far down in the black chair that you wouldn't be able to see him anyway.

When you find no trace of anyone there, you knock on the glass, trying to see if anyone hiding will react, before scanning the other half of the room.

At the knock, Taehyung lets out a small cry. Losing his precarious balance, he falls out of his chair crashing to the floor in surprise.

In your peripherals, you see a slight movement that causes your eyes to flashover. You're too late though, he’s already fallen on the ground, and you can only see the vacant chair which he was in a mere second ago. Satisfied, you pull away, grinning excitedly at your expression in the one-sided glass.

Just as Taehyung rises to his feet, groaning and rubbing the back of his head, he sees you. Eyes widening, he takes a startled step backward. As he does, he slips on the chair and falls, the chair spinning off him in a great tour of the room.

“What the….” he begins, as he pulls himself up once more.

He watches as you let out a cute squeal, jumping a bit at the thought of being able to sing in a recording studio. He lets out a soft laugh, shaking his head.

“What is she doing?”

Bouncing back to the seat, you settle in the stool, clearing your throat. Tapping the microphone softly, you smile at the satisfying echoing sound it makes. Before you do anything you pull out your phone, searching for a song to sing.

As one particular song catches your eye, you freeze, your smile fading a bit.

It’s the same song that you used to listen to…

...with him by your side.

It was your song, the song which labeled you as lovers, the song which was the summary of your relationship.

Now, it is just the song that reminds you of your pain.

It is the lie of what you once thought was true.

Almost out of spite, you play it.

Taehyung can see it as your expression falls, changing into something dark. He steps forward, but the soundboard prevents him from going much further. Blinking in slight surprise, he snaps out of his reverie, clearing his throat as he looks up at you once more.

The expression passes, however, and you take the headphones lying on the microphone securing them around your ears. You clear your throat, leaning forward, your eyes downcast. Once the intro ends, and at the sound of your cue, you open your mouth and begin to sing.

It's been so long.

So long since you've even trusted yourself to experience the joys which come with music. The feeling it inspires in your heart, the emotions you experience deep in your soul, the way it clears and heals your mind.

You close your eyes pouring your heart into the song.

Every bottled-up emotion.

Every little drop of pain.

As the song moves onward, you find yourself shaking, the emotions becoming too much for you to bear. Your very voice drips with them; with pain, sorrow, and loneliness. Every demon which has plagued you for as long as you can remember seems to be reborn as you sing, the melody awakening emotions that you thought were locked safely away.

It takes all you have not to break down.

You have to be strong.

You have to fight back.

You have to be okay.

Taehyung witnesses this all as it happens before him.

He finds himself conflicted just listening to you.

He wants to walk in, comfort you, somehow make that expression on your face disappear. At the same time, he knows that nothing he can do will help, it will only make things worse.

So he stands, frozen, unsure of what to do, unsure of how to respond, entranced by you and your voice. The way it rises and falls, the harmonies it creates, the way it makes the lyrics sound as though they are some other form of an angelic language.

At this moment, he can feel what you feel.

He can see what you see.

The two of you are connected through the world that you have created with your voice.

And he doesn't want to look away.

Unbeknownst to you, however, is that someone else is about to intrude on your connection.

Jungkook hums to himself as he walks down the empty hallway.

He’s just returning from a vocal lesson, and absentmindedly looks through the BigHit Instagram.

He smiles at ARMY comments and fanbases, always happy to see how the fans are doing.

However, as he turns a corner, he can hear a familiar sound.

The sound of someone manipulating their voice to fit the notes and keys on a score sheet. The sound of music being born through the vocal cords of one's voice. As soon as he hears the sound, he stops in his tracks, entranced by the sweet voice.

It's unlike any he's ever heard.

Soft yet loud, high yet low, holding vibrato, but not always there.

He quickly pockets his phone, turning the corner and finding one of the recording studio doors open. Trying his hardest not to make a sound, he rushes forward on light feet, stopping when he reaches the cracked door. Sure enough, this is the source of the voice, the sound of it clear and distinct.

He leans against the wall beside the crack and rests his head back, closing his eyes as he soaks in the sound of the voice.

What he doesn't know, however, is that the voice belongs to you.

In the back of his mind, as he listens to your voice for a longer period, he finds himself longing to know who it belongs to.

Half of him wants to burst into the room, catch you in the act, and confront you. However, another part of him, the much more sensible part, tells him that he has no right to do that.

Like Taehyung, he’s trapped in the sweet melody of your voice. He's fallen into the net and has become connected to it, to you.

The three of you stand there, unbeknownst of the other's presence, each one of you connected by a voice, and the sweet cacophony of music.

However, all things must end, and so does your song.

As your voice lilts to the closing notes of the song, the silence that follows is almost serene.

The three of you are frozen.

You recovering and on the verge of broken tears.

Jungkook left hanging on the resounding note.

Taehyung transfixed by the mere presence of you.

At the same time, they murmur three different words.

“Who are you?”

You take a deep breath after you finish, trying to gain your composure as you raise your shaky hands to your ears and remove the headphones.

You had no idea singing again would be so difficult.

You clear your throat as you stand, moving the stool to the side once more and gathering your belongings, a new song beginning to play.

You take out your earbuds and secure them in your ears before texting RM, notifying him that you have finished and are heading home.

As you turn to exit out of the door, Taehyung notices that you're about to leave and panics. He scrambles to gather his stuff, trying to catch you before you walk out once more, but the computer screen catches his eye.

There’s a new track there.

Crinkling his brow in confusion, he inserts the earbuds he was using to listen to Namjoon's new track back in his eardrums and plays the recording. There are about 10 minutes of dead silence so he skips ahead to where the sound picks up. His eyes widen as he recognizes the voice, and why wouldn't he?

He had heard it only a few moments ago.

After Taehyung closed out of Namjoon's track, he accidentally started a new recording, turning the microphone on before he fell asleep. So while you were singing, it kept the sample and saved it permanently.

Looking up, Tae watches you as you leave.

Groaning, he tears his eyes away from you, desperately tearing through the drawers for a flash drive. Finding one in the drawer beneath the soundboard, he inserts it into the computer, uploading the song to the USB. As it slowly begins to export, he bites his lip worriedly, watching you through the window as you absentmindedly wander down the hallway towards the exit.

“Come on…..come on!” he curses under his breath, watching the little green line fill the rectangular box.

On the other side of the glass, Jungkook bites his lip, trying to gain the courage to walk into the studio and try to meet you. Taking a deep breath, he bursts into the studio...

And is greeted with an empty studio.

As he looks around in confusion, he finds that the other door to the recording area is open. Putting two and two together, he can't help but feel disappointed, unable to see the one whose voice was able to penetrate his heart. He walks to the door almost forlornly, peering out into the empty hallway.

You're long gone, already on an elevator ride back down to the lobby.

As Jungkook peers down the left end of the hallway, Taehyung bursts out of the second entrance to the studio and darts down the right end. Startled by the commotion, Jungkook immediately turns around, just barely seeing the figure of Kim Taehyung rounding the corner before he’s gone.

“Taehyung…?” Jungkook murmurs under his breath, wondering what Tae possibly could have been doing in the studio.

Did he hear the voice?

Jungkook wants to follow him, find out what he knows.

But a greater part encourages him to step inside of the studio Tae had just exited from.

Taehyung left it in disarray, chasing after you. Drawers left open, the chairs scattered across the room, and the computer left on.

Jungkook rolls his eyes at Tae’s mess, moving to turn off the computer, but the track catches his eye.

Brain working fast, he realizes that this must be your song. Biting his bottom lip, he gives in to his desire and moves to the beginning of the track before playing it. Your voice invades his heart and mind, chasing every dark thought away. He smiles at the sound of it, somehow making him feel as though he’s not alone.

Not anymore.

Spying the flash drive drawer, he takes one. Almost on a whim, he inserts it and watches as it begins the uploading process. Pulling out his phone, he texts a quick message to BangPD, before pocketing it once more and receiving his prize. Pulling away from the computer, he hides your voice safely in a hidden file on the computer in case he loses his copy, before shutting it down. Turning away, he peers at the flash drive held between his fingers.

“I’m going to find you.” He murmurs, smiling a bit to himself with foreshadowed excitement.

“One day, I’ll hear you sing again.”

With that promise, he pockets the flash drive and hurries out of the studio, receiving a call from BangPD.

“Yes, sir.” He replies, his voice growing fainter and fainter as he walks further away from the studio.

“There’s something you need to hear.”

𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔢: the tension is hiiiiiiiiiiigh

chapter 12 here

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[tomatograter]

Hey, I just listened through your Jake's Life playlist, and I was wondering if you could talk about some of the songs you chose and their order? I really liked it and keep giggling at "non-binary manipulator music"

GOT ANOTHER ONE.... yeah I can definitely do some DJ commentary on this one, I chose the track order to be chronologic so a few of the songs have a specific context I was going for.

Ill put the thoughts under the cut, here's the link to the playlist to preemptively answer anyone looking for it

STARTING AT THE TOP: this cover is a full-cycle family ordeal. I think you can read it as jake about jade or jade about jake, seeing as both their parental relationships involved their own form of longing and protectiveness that ends up as abandonment for heroic ends. As much as the beginning is hopeful the end refrain feels really helpless/desperate, which fits.

I call this bit the childhood/developmental cycle. All of these are recurrent jakethemes in no specific chronology. 'Classic J dies and goes to Hell' is a song I come back to often with him so I put it right at the top even though it could fit pretty much anywhere. We've got the loneliness/hopeful/weirdo/yearning/gender thing estabilished with these, and that's pretty much all the beats of the upcoming songs. Oh, also, Skeleton Appreciation Day starts the thread of 'grief-as-love' or just vaguely morbid love songs since 'jade's death' and 'dirk's constant state of practical suicides' play off one another hard.

IDK if I'm a Boy feels like the stars aligning for this playlist because it is explicitly a song about being gender non-conforming, not knowing if you even fit into the definition of nonbinary, getting mad about your body image, and also your name is Jake.

THIS bit is by far the most fixed sequence. Bar none. The creation of AR + Brobot + Brain ghost dirk are an interlinked ordeal (we literally learn of both through brain ghost dirk's flashback, in which we see young Jake encouraging dirk to go through with it/ how brobot was sent to him as a gift to stave off his loneliness, which is what Mr. Sandman is there for.)

Songs 9 - 12 are the monkey's paw consequences of the initial plea, where instead of Dirk's company Jake is more or less buried under a pile of his counterintuitive splinters. Mr. Roboto serves as both Hal & Brobot's mission statements, Your imaginary friend is for the absurdity of BGD's existence, while The Hound and the Fox is actually based on the birthday scene/flashback where BGD is reenacting all the words coming Dirk during the very long dirkjake conversation - the song is about corrupt governments and a main actor being exposed for willingly playing the part of a dunce, and that’s on brand for Jake.

From 3-legged dog to No Halo things are more abstract and game-event related. Its up to interpretation. I think 3-legged dog could easily be a grandpa song, we have a few romantic anguish/breakup tunes (cold weather, spellbound, sum of my cares) general group dysfunction w/ You don't know me, etc.

Land Where Money's Nightmare Lives + No Halo ALSO work as our trickster/crockertier/hopesplosion connection and, incidentally, just Jake growing up in general. Theres no song celebrating the end of the game, we jump right into Earth C Jake next.

I think these are self-explanatory.

This is another bit that I envision as a package, we start and end on a lullaby note of "I'm changing into something, I don't know what, and it may be terrifying" or as the actual lyrics in Some Kind of Ghoul have it: "Change for the better, or for worse." All of these songs are very gay but also very conflicted and a mite self-destructive. Roddy brings us back to it and also more or less introduces us to the epilogues-related zone, very plainly

Coincidentally this song has sort of the same vibe/postioning as Dark Red (on Dirk's playlist) that also introduces the epilogueszone.

From here on out things get more abstract but also a lot clearer if you keep in mind that context.

Fancy is a little bit about gender, a little bit about feeling indebted to your mother, and broadly about sexual exploitation to afford a safe haven. Throw dice and decide if this is beta, meat, or candy Jake. Works any way. Get Famous is still about fame and implosion, but to the literal level.

Jake's gay and self-sabotaging, what else is new. All of these songs are about loving and covering it up with erratic behavior?

Aaaaaand we reach the finale. The grief-as-love theme comes back full force into these. Special mention to Graveled Guts for being the most sentimental but also the most morbid of the bunch, also directly correlated with grandma's death via the constant use of pyre metaphors.

A friend pointed out that the Mr. Sandman cover way back there sounds like a jake-pov song in direct dialogue with the viewer about his emotional state, and I think theyre right, but also that this happens twice more. It would be sandman for kid jake, I Wanna Boi for freshly adult jake, & Graveled Guts for middle age/old jake. They're all half-spoken, half-sung. The last one is real good.

The rest of the songs in this sequence are a bit fatalistic or pessimistic tbh, Calm me down is another plea, As the World Caves In a confession, Elephant Gun is a looooong time favorite but pretty much mourning a long lost fantasy life (while calling for the current king to be put down), Graveled Guts is a post-mortem lovesong.

Though we end with Pillar of Na, a whopping 8-minute production that is much hopeful than all the previous ones. References a struggle with addiction, an exhaustion with repetitive cyclical reinterpretations ('Either version's cool, But I like the original'), and is the telling of a story that promises to go on indefinitely, eternally, as an unbroken circle, until the speaker and their loved one can get it right this time.

That’s it for our nonbinary manipulator music!

[terrified-spider]

ID above the cut this time! I took up a good amount of space talking about the inspiration and process for this one, and wanted to make the ID easier to get to, so no one needs to scroll through it if they don't want to.

[ID: A portrait of a moon elf, from Dungeons and Dragons, shown from the shoulders up, facing forward. Instead of having hair, five mushrooms of various sizes have sprouted from their skin, and a couple on their neck. They wear silver earrings, and their left ear has a small notch carved into it. Small beads of a dark, red liquid are scattered across their cheeks and right shoulder, and are concentrated on areas where red blotches have started to darken the pale skin. Their eyes are completely red, with the left eye containing a thin webbing that is also starting to form on the right. End ID]

CW for a discussion focused around mushrooms, fungal infections, death to said fungal infection, and undeath. There's also mention of tree parasites, starvation (after death), and colonization.

Really, anything under the cut is extra; you don't need to read it if you're not comfortable. Please stay safe! (:

Hi! Get ready for an essay, because while I was taking a break from drawing, I wasn't taking a break from thinking about drawing, and I have a lot of unorganized thoughts about this piece, not just about the design, but the fictional fugal infection that its depicting.

I got my Spotify wrapped playlist, and wasn't surprised when Lord Huron's "Not Dead Yet" was my most played song. After all, it's one of my favorites, often getting me in the mood to create, and the inspiration behind a concept I have for another new OC, an undead-ish ranch hand. (It's a work-in-progress.) So over the past few days I've been listening to that song on loop even more than usual, and it put me in the mood to look into some different zombie video games that I have no intention of ever playing. I noticed that the zombie apocalypses I was looking at were all focused on humans turning, and I couldn't remember anything about a zombie plague for any fantasy races. Thus, I decided to create a concept for one that effects the moon elves from Dungeons and Dragons.

I decided that the condition would be caused by a fungal infection. Partially inspired by how European colonizers brought illnesses to the Americas, I decided moon elves would first encounter it when trying to colonize land originally inhabited by wood elves. I know that is the opposite of how it happened with the colonizers, but I wanted to change it up a bit. The fungus wouldn't be a concern to the wood elves, as they already had time to adapt and build up a resistance. However, once brought back to moon elf settlements it would be able to run rampant.

As many already know, elves live for a long time. In this universe that I am apparently creating now, part of the reason for that is that all of them, not just wood elves, are similar to trees, slow growing, and able to survive even when most of its body has been damaged. In the case of trees, it means that when a parasite such as Dwarf Mistletoe* decides to use a tree as its host, a slow race begins. The tree needs to keep growing in order to have enough branches to obtain enough oxygen, while the mistletoe tries to use that oxygen for itself as it tries to take over the entire tree. In some cases, the parasite remains inside the host for a long stretch of time before sprouting to release seeds.

Something similar occurred with the infected moon elves.

After the moon elves' failure to take the land from the wood elves, they returned home, not knowing they were carrying the fungus. It took around fifty years before anyone noticed something was amiss. Infected elves began to die from an illness that weakened them over time and reddened their skin and clouded their eyes. From there, it becomes a standard zombie story: they start to rise from their graves, mindless and seeking out living targets.

The zombies themselves are fairly passive, only attacking if one around them is attacked first. In most cases, they simply wandered around they areas they had risen from, then following living elves. They did not go out of their way to feed, so many would eventually collapse once their bodies finally gave out, either due to starvation or decay.

The main threat comes from the mushrooms that sprout from their bodies. As the mushrooms matured, they released their spores, which then in turn infected the living around them.

The main design inspiration for this was the Bleeding Tooth Fungus, a type of mushroom that, as its name suggests, looks like a tooth with drops of blood on it. I decided that moon elves, with their pale, blue skin, would match the fungus the most after the infection sets in and red blotches start to form. The mushrooms sprouting from the body are not based on any particular species, just slightly inspired by the mushrooms on my Animate Dead sticker. The disk shapes are fun to shade and detail.

A large portion of the line art on the face and neck were done with the symmetry tool. To hopefully keep the piece from looking too balanced, and to distract from the mirrored lines, I purposefully shifted the mushrooms and details in the coloring to different heights on the face.

For the red markings, I experimented with a different combination of brushes that usual. In most cases, I use a simple opaque brush and add details with the flat marker, thin gouache, and g-pen brushes, but I decided to use one of the airbrushes to add some finer speckling.

The eyebrows are only there because I liked the shape I had made them, and I thought the cool color would add some contrast to the area around the eyes.

Thank you for reading this far! I normally don't post lots of writing like this, but if you're interested in reading some more of my world building ideas, check out my side blog, @tired-spider. I'm more active on this blog, but I a lot of my art and world building ideas there, along side some DnD stuff and headcannons for different media I'm invested in.

Critique is always welcome, and I hope you have a nice day!

* It should be noted that I first learned about this on a hike a few months ago. So while I think that this is the type of mistletoe I was told about originally, I'm not entirely sure.

[ignorancelive]

FINALLY DOING ALL MY TAG GAMES AAAA  IM SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO DO THESE

@whitedeadflower​ |  pick my favourite albums for bill clinton to enjoy

not necessarily my favorites but i always pick the same 5 albums for these so i just put 4 albums i like a lot and have been listening to more recently <3

@opossuwu​ | 15 questions

1. What is the first song you remember hearing?

english songs: either learn to fly by foo fighters or human by the killers, i really cannot remember which one but it was around the same time im pretty sure

spanish songs: ALL the songs on/by rebelde, my sister was super into it when i was a baby so i heard so many of their songs right as i was learning to become a human

2. What is the first band you got into?

mmmmmmm probably one direction? if we’re not counting rebelde lol

3. Do you collect music on any physical format?

i collect almost all cds i know and like on CD and have recently started buying vinyl but i think im only going to get albums i really like on it since its more expensive

4. What is your favourite piece of music-related memorabilia/merchandise?

SO many things. i really like my nirvana and red hot chili peppers shirts because they make me feel cute! im also IN LOVE with the in utero angel sticker i bought on redbubble that has a transparent border so its JUST the angel, i stuck it on my record player and i love it so so much

5. What is your favourite concert you've been to?

i have not been to a concert yet :/ i went to a little student festival thing my university hosted for us and saw hunny + hayley kiyoko which was pretty neat

6. If you could see one artist (or band) who is no longer alive in concert, who would it be?

nirvana :(

7. Have you met any musicians?

i went to a cd signing for little mix when i was like 12-13 ish but thats the closest ive gotten lol

8. What is your go-to song/album when feeling sad?

i actually have a playlist of comfort songs to listen to when im sad, but i think the song i most consistently go to is encore by red hot chili peppers

9. What is your go-to song/album when feeling happy?

this one depends. probably hump de bump also by rhcp cause it SLAPS and always puts me in a better mood than when i started

10. What is one music-related documentary you love?

EYE only watched a few minutes of funky monks but im sure if i sat down to watch it now id love it. this is the worst question to ask me because i watch a ton of interviews on youtube so i cant even remember which ones were legit docus as opposed to just youtube vids so this question is gonna be basically unanswered. i do want to watch bob and the monster though

11. What is one concert DVD that you love?

i listen to it more as an album on spotify than watch it but Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged is so good

12. Do you prefer listening to playlists or full albums?

usually playlists! but occasionally ill play the albums i have on my player

13. Do you tend to listen to albums in order or on shuffle?

in order, shuffling them is rare

14. What is your favourite deep cut song by your favourite artist?

favorite artist is rhcp and honestly im? not fully sure. quixoticelixer slaps. and i like almost every song on im with you. but i think im gonna have to go with storm in a teacup cause i checked its streams and its not that popular </3

15. What is your favorite CD/vinyl/cassette that you own in terms of packaging?

THIS ONES SO HARD I LOVE PACKAGING DESIGNS. i love how rhcp’s im with you disc looks like because it has the track list on it but it doesnt look bad like other discs who do that do. booklet design i love vices and virtues by panic at the disco and american idiot by green day. idk what this would fall under but i also love how stadium arcadium’s booklet is held in the case and how when you take it out you see a picture of the band. and there are too many albums whose art i love so i cannot elaborate on that without making this 5xs longer lmao

@garbanz0​ & @dailywilliams​​ | top 5 songs ive had on repeat recently

according to spotify’s on repeat playlist:

but also according to my last.fm:

so basically red hot chili peppers own my ass

@badhe4d​ , @garbanz0​ , & @catts-world​ | 10 songs you like, each by a different artist

uhhhhhhhhhhh

1. Monarchy of Roses - RHCP 

2. Back and Forth - Foo Fighters

3. Heart of Glass - Blondie

4. Omission - John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer

5. Dance with Me - Sir, Please

6. Henrietta - The Fratellis

7. Breed - Nirvana

8. Mary - The Happy Fits

9. Girls and Boys - Blur

10. It’s All So Incredibly Loud - Glass Animals

@psychoticbreak​ |  suppose you’re being sent to a deserted island for the rest of your life, and you can only choose 10 records to bring with you and those are the only albums you can listen to for the remainder of your life; what albums are they

oh GOD ok

1. in utero - nirvana

2. stadium arcadium - RHCP

3. nothing personal - all time low

4. red - taylor swift

5. after laughter - paramore

6. wasting light - foo fighters

7. im with you + im beside you if you count them as the same album - RHCP

8. so wrong its right - all time low

9. american idiot - green day

10. inside of emptiness - john frusciante

@mark-hoppuss​ |  shuffle my playlist and list the first ten songs that come up

1. New Invention - I Don’t Know How But They Found Me

2. Thanks to You - All Time Low

3. Por Que Me Haces Llorar? - Juan Gabriel 

4. Torture Me - Red Hot Chili Peppers

5. Speak Now - Taylor Swift

6. Prayer of the Refugee - Rise Against

7. Going Away to College - blink-182

8. Time-Bomb - All Time Low

9. DNA. - Kendrick Lamar

10. Heaven is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle

@frafru1​ , @whitedeadflower​ , & @psychoticbreak​ | make a playlist with the letters of my name

Lithium by Nirvana

Universally Speaking by RHCP

Pool by Paramore

Eye Opener by Dot Hacker

@badhe4d​ |  post my lock screen, the last song I listened to and the last picture I saved on my phone

friends name blocked out but. an interesting screenshot. yes i have flea’s tweet notifs on and use twitter for absolutely nothing else. yes i have email notifs on 

if screenshots count:

if they DONT count and you mean purely just saving:

my icon and boyfriend <3

@badhe4d​ | 7 questions to get to know me better

three ships: not romantically because i dont believe in shipping irl people but i love everyone in rhcp’s gay polycule energy. specifically john and anthony in the 80s. romantically tho mickey and ian in shameless. i dont think i have a third one? me and my bisexual mutuals <3

last song: i shuffled a ton of songs and skipped for some of these tags but before those i was listening to the album weird kids by we are the in crowd as a tbt, specifically the song manners

last movie: inside by bo burnham but if you dont count that, hereditary 

currently watching: it is very difficult for me to watch shows so im currently just watching youtube lol

currently reading: nothing. i cannot read :( bc of attention issues not bc im illiterate

currently consuming: banana bread :3

currently craving: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS RELEASE YOUR FUCKING ALBUM CHALLENGE

@the-replacemints​​ |  top 10 favorite debut albums

NOT in order. also it took way too long to come up with this list lol

1. Concentrate - The Happy Fits

2. So Wrong It’s Right - All Time Low

3. SOUR - Olivia Rodrigo

4. Strange Desire - Bleachers

5. RAZZMATAZZ - I Dont Know How But They Found Me

6. Hot Fuss - The Killers

7. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

8. Bleach - Nirvana

9. Costello Music - The Fratellis

10. WALK THE MOON - Walk The Moon

because theres so many of these im not gonna tag people for each individual prompt but if you tagged me in one of these i tag you in whichever ones you wanna do <3

[nowhereisnearmyhome]

tagged by @westerberg <3!!!

1. what is the first song you remember hearing?

rooster by alice in chains! my dad used to play alice in chains and sound garden when he would pick me and my sisters up from ballet practice when i was little, like maybe 4 or 5 years old. the earliest i can remember is rooster

2. what is the first band you got into?

im going to be honest here, my dad's music taste is my music taste too, so whatever he played or made me listen to is what i listened to, so definitely kiss was the first band i got really Really into lmaooo

thats his favorite band, and he has like all the tapes and cds and some memorabilia stuff, and its what i really mainly grew up with

the first band i got into on my own was the replacements

3. do you collect any physical music?

i am SO glad you asked! i do! i collect cds, ive been collecting them for about 6 years now, and ive got a pretty good one going i think! i get my cds from thrift stores, garage sales, and friends who r getting rid of stuff

i need to reorganize desperately lmaooo

4. what is your favorite piece of music memorabilia?

my queen poster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a friend got it for me for my 20th birthday

sorry for the worlds blurriest picture lmaooo

5. whats your favorite concert youve ever been to?

my first and only real concert was king princess in november 2019, and it was one of the best nights of my life!!! i definitely blogged about it for a while after, but god it was one of those really unifying life experiences where its just like, im not alone, theres other lgbtq+ people like me out here and we are all together in this room watching an out lesbian perform on stage right now, its an experience i will never forget and i hold it in my heart

6. if you could see one artist who is no longer alive in concert, who would it be?

queen with freddie mercury, and alice in chains with layne staley

7. have you met any musicians?

haha so funny story, i dont want to doxx myself but my grandpa was neighbors with one of the dudes from wild cherry (play that funky music white boy) and he gave my family a backyard playset that we still have (even tho none of us are kids anymore lmaooo) from what i remember he was a really chill dude, really mellow

8. what is your go to album when youre feeling sad?

at your birthday party by steppenwolf

this album got me through a lot ;-; i wont get into details but yeah

9. what is your go to album when youre feeling happy?

lately its been the evil one by roky erickson, but this changes every few weeks abdhfjjgg

10. what is one music documentary you love?

its more of a mock rockumentary lmaoooo but i HAVE to say this is spinal tap.... do i look like a fool to you? of course its spinal tap!!!!!!!!!!

11. what is one concert dvd you love?

ill be honest, i dont own any, BUT but but but i DO watch queen live at the rainbow '74 like every week on youtube

its one of the greatest shows ive watched and i am so jealous every day that i wasnt alive to see it in person

12. do you prefer listening to playlists or albums?

albums all the way!!!!! playlists r good for trips and stuff, but i mainly use playlists as samplers to find new artists! once i find an artist i like i will listen to their entire discography

13. do you prefer to listen to albums in order or on shuffle?

in order................. bestie......... what kind of question...........

14. what is your favorite deep cut song by your favorite artist?

idk if its technically a deep cut, but seven seas of rhye by queen on queen, the bass is 🥵 their first album does NOT get the recognition it deserves and i will stand by that

15. what is your favorite cd/cassette/vinyl you own in terms of packaging?

well you KNOW i have to say led zeppelin II

its my sister's old cd, and we listened to it so much that the cover broke off lmaooo, led zeppelin II is v well loved and cherished

im going to tag:

@ectomycorrhiza @zero-is-natural @boyoftheyear @ninekings @cynicvsdreamer and @cyaeghas-eye

[stxphxn-strange]

Plans Change. Stephen Doesn’t | A Shrimp Gremlin Villain!Stephen Fluff Fic🦐

a/n: they’re planning a w e d d i n g❤️

Stark Tower, 1:18pm

Stephen portalled into the Tower, thankful he didn’t need to be anywhere near the Compound today. He could devote some time to Tony without the other Avengers prying and getting into his head. They were supposed to meet at home and go out for lunch, but Tony never showed up. FRIDAY confirmed that Tony was still working and had lost track of time, but she failed to inform Stephen that he was sitting in his office, shredding papers and sobbing.

Stephen cleared his throat upon arrival. “Hey.”

Tony looked at the clock, panic in his teary eyes. “I stood you up, didn’t I? I’m so sorry, I—”

“Shh, it’s okay,” Stephen soothed, gracefully walking around a pile of shreds in the center of the room. “I figured something was up, so I went and got lunch. I thought maybe we could eat together.”

Tony nodded, his face still glum as if he’d forgotten how to smile. Even as he rushed to Stephen and flung himself into his fiancé’s arms, his face lacked its usual color and humor that was so characteristic of him.

Stephen hugged him back, setting his basket and the wedding planning notebook on the desk so he could devote his full attention to Tony. “Bad day?”

“It’s getting better,” Tony replied, his voice shaking as he continued to cry. “I thought shredding might help.”

“Did it?” Stephen asked softly, beginning to play with Tony’s hair.

“Not really,” Tony said. “It just… what’s in the basket?”

Stephen smiled, kissing the top of Tony’s head. “I picked you up some ravioli and some prawns for myself.”

“I aspire to be loved as much as you love your prawns,” Tony replied, his teasing tone mismatching his self deprecating words.

“Shush, none of that now,” Stephen admonished. “I love you more than anything in this and any dimension, Tony.”

Tony shuffled closer to Stephen, hugging him tighter. “I love you so much.”

Stephen kissed him again. “As much as I’d love to hug you forever, you should eat. I know you skipped breakfast again, and much like that paper shredder you need a break.”

“Okay,” Tony nodded, still clinging to Stephen as the couple sat on the office’s couch.

“Do you have it in you to talk about wedding planning right now? I brought the book,” Stephen asked.

Tony nodded. “I feel bad that I haven’t been helping as much.”

“I understand,” Stephen replied. “You yourself have been doing the work of three (3) different people. I don’t blame you.”

“I’m not doing a good job… I’m a disgrace to my mother’s faith in me, to your love, to the team… hell I’m just a disgrace period,” Tony argued. “I don’t deserve you loving and believing in me like you do.”

“Yes you do,” Stephen murmured. “And you are doing a good job. You don’t have to overwork yourself for anybody to prove it, least of all me.”

Tony nodded, tiredly running a hand through his hair.

“You don’t believe me yet, but you’re tired,” Stephen deduced. There wasn’t much to deduce, what with the proof right in front of him, but Tony was an open book to his fiancé where he might appear distant and guarded to someone else. Stephen knew he was the same way.

“People say I’m more approachable when I look tired, because I don’t look intimidating,” Tony remarked. “If that’s what it takes to get Steve to not yell at me, I’ll never sleep again.”

Stephen frowned. Tony was at that point of exhaustion where he just rambled and thought aloud, speaking mostly in self deprecating thoughts. “For my sake, don’t do that. I sleep better with you.”

Tony perked up. “That reminds me, last night in your sleep you were ranting about an ill-fitting vest being the wrong shade of red.”

“It’s a good thing we picked blue for the main color for the wedding, that sounds like an uphill battle,” Stephen replied.

“You said the thing was, and I quote, ‘lobster red and not shrimp coral’ before snoring right into my shoulder.”

“I don’t snore!”

“You so do, and I’m writing that fact into my vows.”

“How slanderous!” Stephen mocked offense. He knew he snored, FRIDAY had confirmed it once to settle a bet Tony made with Wong. Now that was a long story, and it would probably come up at the wedding. Speaking of which, “Christine doesn’t like the flowers we picked.”

“What? Why not?” Tony asked.

“She just complained about them being one note. Pepper agreed, and they ganged up on me, so I can only assume they’re handling it now? I think Wong agreed to help,” Stephen replied. “Mordo has also insisted that we can’t, for any reason, have the rehearsal dinner on a Tuesday.”

“That was never the plan,” Tony said, laying his head on Stephen’s shoulder.

“I’m also no longer taking song input from Wong. I know he loves Beyoncé but I would like as much variety in our wedding playlist as possible, and our first dance will not be to ‘Love on Top,’ he knows I think—”

Stephen cut himself off, noticing a change in Tony’s breathing. A look at his fiancé confirmed the sorcerer’s suspicions: Tony fell asleep.

“Oh Tony,” Stephen sighed lovingly. “Time to get you some proper rest.”

Stephen made a portal to their apartment before instructing the cloak to take Tony to bed. Before leaving Stephen went to Tony’s computer and sent a company wide email to all SI and Avengers personnel. It read:

To whom it may concern,

Tony Stark is taking a personal day today and perhaps tomorrow as well, in order to get some much needed rest and plan his upcoming wedding. Please remember and heed this extra-formal email before sending him any business related matters for the next 24 hours. Avengers, this includes you. I won’t hesitate to hit y’all with a “as per my last email” email; Do Not test me. I’ve been told I’m a very protective fiancé.

Yours in professionalism,

Dr. Stephen Strange

Sorcerer Supreme, MD, PhD, Tony Stark’s fiancé, and resident shrimp gremlin.

Tags: @stark-strange-love @ayyy-its-an-idiot @leoachilles @kiwidino @chocopiggy @daisypoisonpen

[archiefms]

𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 : 𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆 𝒎𝒄𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏 !

[ alex fitzalan,  he/him,  24 ] did you see ARCHIE MCMILLAN ? looking as broke as ever. rumor has it HE is usually IMPULSIVE and  SELF INVOLVED but is also known to be INDEPENDENT and CHARISMATIC. we’ll see about that. they kind of remind me of damp   asphalt   after   a   summer   storm ,  coming   to   a   screeching   halt,  and using   duct   tape   for   all   problems . maybe because they’re a PISCES. they’ve been living around here for 1 MONTH. i wonder when they’ll make it out… [ em, 23, she/her, pst ]

hellooooo fellas !! if you would like to plot out any connections pls feel free to hit me up either on here or discord <3 I am down to clown lkjslf 

i . STATS .

full   name   :   archie  mcmillan  .

nickname   :   archie   , arch .

birthdate   :   march   1st  . 

age   :   twenty   -  four.

pronouns   :   he   /   him   .

gender   :   cisgender   male   .

sexuality   :   bisexual    *   leans   more   toward   female   /   feminine   .

aesthetics :   damp   asphalt   after   a   summer   storm   ,   coming   to   a   screeching   halt   ,   using   duct   tape   for   all   problems   ,   the   eerie   silence   of   a   graveyard   .

faceclaim   :   alex fitzalan   .

ii   .   BIOGRAPHY   .

he’s in the second grade when he’s first told that his family is poor , and it isn’t until fifth grade that archie begins to understand it himself . with hair long and curly , untamed like ocean waves , and clothing tainted with the stench of second - hand smoke and mildew , his teachers begin to take notice . in sixth grade , his name is called over the intercom and his classmates holler and cackle and point their fingers at him like he’s some sort of animal in a cage , but he manages to get out of the classroom before bursting into tears on his way to the counselor’s office . she sits him down the way your parents sit you down before they tell you awful news , but she tells him she’s only here to help , and if he could just tell her why he wears the clothes he wears and if his house has plumbing and if his parents ever hit him . he speaks , tells her he doesn’t know , yes , and no , but he must have told her something she wanted to hear , because her eyes widen and she tells him to continue . my father , he tells her , chain - smokes cigarettes in the car , in the house , sometimes blows the smoke in my face to make my mother laugh . by eighth grade , his father’s out of the picture , but his clothing still reeks of cigarette smoke and mildew , and though his hair is shorter , it’s greasy and freckled with white flakes . his mother hardly speaks to him, and that would bother him, but , he realizes , she doesn’t speak much at all after his father left .

by high school , he’s learned to shower at friends’ houses and learned to wash his own clothing at laundromats , and though the mildew stench is gone , his clothes now take on a different aroma . cigarettes , cheap beer , weed , and axe body spray . he’s not entirely fond of the smell of body spray , but it’s all he can afford , even after a summer mowing lawns around town . in junior year , he begins to take his schooling more seriously , finds himself immersed in textbooks and novels and documentaries in the late hours of the night . but , by the time second semester rolls around , he’s immersed in something else , someone else , a person who changes his viewpoint on the ideologies of love . her name is bonnie , a bright soul , rich in spirit and in wealth , a person who opens his eyes to the world of luxuries . he’s nineteen when they officially begin dating , a cat and mouse game played throughout the years they spent as friends , and though she’s a few years older , she doesn’t treat him like he’s naive . she’s open to him about everything , about her illness , about her wealth , about her motives . she leaves everything to him after her death , an ending they both saw coming all too well after her years battling cancer . money , a house , a car , a job with her father’s company – if archie’d only take it . he gives the money to a local hospital , sells the house and gives that money to his mother , but he keeps the car because the inside smells like her , smells like warmth and embers and leather and entirely bonnie .

he spends his time now working at the local bookshop now , and if he’s not clocked in , he’s sitting against its shelves rereading bukowski or baldwin , a cup of coffee nestled comfortably between his thighs . he’d gone to college for a semester , but dropped out once he realized he didn’t need a degree in order to get educated , and why should he waste money he doesn’t have to get a degree he probably won’t want ? he thinks often of his father and of bonnie and of his mother , who moved to florida with the house money . of other loves, as well -- more recent ones. a girl who somehow managed to climb into his head without knocking and fix herself in like a map pin. he wonders why people always leave , but perhaps he won’t ever discover the answer to that question , and , sometimes on his darkest days , he thinks the answer might be himself . 

iii   .   DISPOSITION   /   PERSONALITY   .

often gets told by elders that he’s an ‘ old soul ’ , but just thinks that’s a polite way of telling him he’s a bit darker , a bit out of place , especially in comparison to his peers . definitely has a darker sense of humor and oftentimes uses sarcasm and is known to be quite vulgar at times , especially if he’s under the influence . can be relatively meticulous , especially when it comes to reading – takes his time to underline words or phrases , likes writing in the margins . can be somewhat critical of others , and can be quite cynical at times , especially in terms of friendships and relationships . often has to question if feelings are genuine , both his own and other people’s , and definitely has abandonment issues . is both patient and impatient in the sense that he can be patient to see his mother after years of not seeing her , but is impatient that his water is taking too long to boil . is evasive , especially – but not only – when it comes to relationships or questions about himself , but is alluring enough for people to want to know more about him , he supposes . archie’s just … an overall darker personality , really .

iv   .   HEADCANONS   .

1   .   has definitely bought an old television at some point just so he could smash it with a baseball bat . it’s not that he’s fueled by anger or that he’s a generally angry person , because he’s not . it’s just that , sometimes , his emotions become all - consuming .

2   .   enjoys buying vinyls and cd’s and will sometimes put on a record in the middle of the day at the highest volume and just kind of lay on his couch , smoke a couple cigarettes , and listen intently .

3   .   has a wonderful relationships with books and spends a majority of his time reading and underlining and jotting notes down in the margins of books . books are , quite honestly , the only thing that has ever been a constant for him .

4  .   drinks / smokes / drugs : yes , like a chimney , yes .

5   .   is known to make cd mixtapes for people . also playlists on occasion .

6   .   skateboards around town often despite owning a car .

7   .   journals and wanted to attend college for english and creative writing .

8  .   has a complicated relationship with sleep to the point that he either sleeps far too much or far too little .

9   .   favorite book : giovanni’s room , things fall apart , the great gatsby , 1984 .

10   .   favorite song : asleep by the smiths , just like heaven by the cure , arabella by arctic monkeys , let’s dance to joy division by the wombats .