#in jack stauber we trust

[jin-jamm-desu]

NGL I LOVE THE IDEA OF CREEPY PASTA/GENERAL HORROR X ALT MUSIC ARTIST

My favorite thing like this is Jack Stauber's Opal x Coraline

Earlier today I saw an animatic of Coraline choosing to stay with the Beldam/Other Mother and it had Jack Stauber's Opal playing in the back ground.

GUYS WHAT HORROR THING/CREEPY PASTA WOULD GO WITH SUB URBAN OR SUKI SUKI DAISUKI I NEED TO KNOW

Suki Suki Daisuki is a song

I need an animatic of slenderman/slendermansion/marble hornets/creepypastas idk ANYTHING with Faerie Soiree from Melanie Martinez

[hispieceofcake]

Stanford didn't love Stanley as much Stanley he loved him

I've been thinking about this for a while and analyzing it while I endured the two seasons of Gravity Falls and I came to this conclusion. That Ford didn't love Stan as much as Stan loved him, like, Ford would sacrifice Stan for the world but Stan would sacrifice the world for Ford. And how do I prove this argument? It's simple.

Stanley protected Stanford from childhood of the bullies, has always been by his side through the best and worst moments, like when a girl threw juice at him during the dance and then Stanley threw juice at himself too so Ford wouldn't feel bad or humiliated, felt extremely bad when he heard that Ford was leaving and going to college and leaving alone. Then he was kicked out of the house due to the accident at Ford's project, who even after seeing his brother's situation also abandoned him.

I'm not saying Ford didn't have the right to be upset with Stan, but damn, seeing your twin brother who always protected you and stood by your side the whole time get kicked out of the house so badly and doing nothing sounds very selfish to me.

And then years in the future, while Stan was committing his spree of deception and fraud on the law, Ford was making one of the biggest mistakes of his life, which was to trust Bill Cipher and let him have control of his mind and body. Which, as we know, ended very badly, to the point where he had to call Stanley to help him.

And then Stan hoped that he could again seeing his twin brother and being able to have him by his side again ended up having all his expectations shattered when he saw that his brother just wanted him to go as far away as possible with one of his diaries. Triggering a fight in which Stan ended up injured with a strangely shaped burn mark on his shoulder, and pushing his brother into the portal and then running towards him begging for him to come back.

And then for thirty years he devoted himself to bringing Stanford back, he committed robberies (not that he didn't do them before), he broke the law (again not that he didn't do them before), deceived the people he loved most (Dipper and Mabel), stopped taking care of himself, and dedicated years and years just for his brother. Then when he succeeds in bringing Ford back, he is met with a punch in the face and no thanks.

I understand that Ford was worried that the world could be destroyed and all, but man, was it so hard to apologize for the punch and thank his brother afterwards?

And even so, Ford only thanked Stan because he was forced to and even then it was sarcasm, and then Stan sacrificed himself for him and for everyone in Gravity Falls by switching places with Ford and have his mind invaded by Bill Cipher to defeat him soon after.

And again coming back to that phrase but a little different, "Ford would sacrifice Stan for the world but Stan would sacrifice himself for Ford."

Now one thing that made me a little indignant with Ford when I read Bill's book, on the page where Ford said about his birthday, he didn't talk about Stan at all, he didn't remember his own twin brother who had a birthday that same day, the person who cared most about him in the world was forgotten by him and only called when Ford was out of options and needed someone trustworthy to disappear along with his diary.

I've seen several pieces of art and text that say that Ford is the brain and Stan is the heart, and I honestly agree, Ford is intelligent, planning and accurate while Stan is emotional, careless and affectionate (in his own grumpy way but he is), it even reminds me of a song called "Choice" by an artist called Jack Stauber. (just a silly curiosity)

But getting back to the subject, I know Ford had his reasons, and I know he loves Stanley and values him very much and cares and loves his family, but I wanted to highlight a little how much Stan tried for him, and in fact, it was a lot. Both Stan twins have been through some tough times leading to trauma for both of them and I was extremely happy when I watched the last episode and saw that now both of them are together fulfilling their long-awaited dream together and making up for lost time from years and years without each other.

Please don't take this post as an attack on the character, Stanford is my favorite character along with Stan, I love them both, but loving a character means knowing his good and bad points. If you have a different thought please share it, but without being offensive.

Oh yeah, forgive me for being absent, I've been a bit out of sorts, but every now and then I'll show up to bring you something.

Well, thanks for reading, bunny kisses 🐰💋

[kenonade]

for the ask game—3, 5, 18, and 25 for peter wiggin?

THE GUY!!!!!!!!!

3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?

It’s hard to say because, and I say this with shame—I haven’t read the books in a long, long time. Off the top of my head though, I didn’t like that part in Ender’s Stocking where he became weirdly misogynistic. That was weird. I’m not and have never been a genius teen boy with a younger sister who got rejected by a girl at high school so I can’t say if the interplay between those specific factors would create that outcome—but I sure can say, I didn’t like it.

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

Ether Strike - Akira Complex. It’s hard to explain because it’s a rhythm game song (hello Arcaea fans) whose lyrics consists of like 4 unique lines but I’ll try. “An intense dissatisfaction with the world / And a compulsion to do something about it / Heaven and Earth / My guiding star” It is a compulsion, right? The way he decided he’d be the one to be in charge of it all. Fueled by a sense of desperation for any amount of validation and the guilt that came with. “My guiding star” reminds me of the conversation he had with Ender at the end of Shadow of the Giant where he said that he’d always think, what would Ender do? It helps that I hear a lot of grief, longing, and determination in the drop, too. Honorable mentions to All You Had To Do Was Stay by TS and Mirror Man by Jack Stauber.

18. How about a relationship they have in canon with another character that you admire?

Admire is a weirdly specific word in this context. There’s Bean, Petra, his parents, Graff, Achilles, Ender, Val whom I can see him having notable relationships with. Honestly, none of them are quite admirable? These relationships are interesting and complex and I like reading about them but I wouldn’t say that I look up to them for guidance on what to do with my own social life? The only exception is his relationship with Petra. He gave her space to grieve and a cushion to fall back on. He learned to love and they learned to trust.

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

Dude, the first time I read Ender’s Game I was 12 years old. I don’t even remember how I felt towards the book overall. If I had to guess, I probably didn’t like him. At that stage in my life I would’ve related more to Ender. I do, however, remember the first time I picked EG up for a reread. I fell in love IMMEDIATELY. From the moment the book underlined his hatred with how he felt he wasn’t good enough, I knew he was THE standout character. The scene where he apologizes to Ender thinking that Ender’s asleep… HEARTWRENCHING. His heart-to-heart with Val… MY HEART BROKE. Meanwhile he was also so silly and goofy… literally the most crass character, always saying some wild out of pocket thing that made me go “hang on, we read this in sixth grade??!??” Now, with the part of the Enderverse that pertains to him completely in my pocket, it’s hard to pin down how I feel about him. From a personal perspective, he’s still by far my favorite character. His struggles and triumphs are vivid in a way that the other character’s just don’t live up to, and his failures are incredibly real. Viewing the books from a more critical view, Peter’s existence is interesting in and of itself because he occupies a lot of gray areas in the narrative. He’s a major antagonist in EG, and the only one that changes from an antagonist to a protagonist. He’s meant to be untrustworthy while being likable, making him rather unserious. In a narrative that usually frames characters as People We Should Listen To and People We Shouldn’t Listen To, Peter is the only character that we sorta kinda maybe should listen to depending on how much despair he’s experiencing. He’s explicitly allowed to make terribly embarrassing mistakes that threaten to debase his entire character, but he’s allowed to be helped. He’s allowed to crack jokes; the narrative is allowed to crack jokes about him. There’s an inherent levity to any scene he’s in. He can’t take the moral high ground in any argument—we’ve all seen him at his worst—yet he’s also working towards putting more good in the world. He’s a character filled to the brim with contradictions and even more determination to work through them. As a result, his viewpoints have a nebulous, fluid quality that made it impossible for OSC to use him as a personal megaphone, since, though the reader encouraged to challenge Peter’s assumptions, at the end of the day we’re still on Peter’s side—we want him to succeed, but we know that he WILL fumble doing it. He’s personable. And vivid. Which makes him a poor tool and a fabulous icon. A role that sort of echos his treatment in the novels themselves. Anyway. I think he’s neat.

[oranges-arent-fruits-idiot]

hello world!!!

so hi!! we are a system with 30ish alters! you can always call us whichever one is fronting or just axce/kaeso/kae to refer to the body! since we're plural you can use the fronting party's pronouns or just honestly any pronouns you want, mainly neopronouns! i'm quite excited, sorry :D

to see our original thoughts you can search the tag "#kae post" for that!

check out our simply plural for more on alters (trust me i'll have a link out soon)

i'm your local nyc street rat coming out of his cave to tell you strange tales of the world around y'all (and maybe i'll make this an ARG but I Really Have No Clue)

we will often use plural pronouns, bad grammar/weird spelling, leetspeak, numbers, alternate caps, and other stuff so be patient plz diagnosed: autism adhd ptsd DID dyslexia dyscalcia EDS and potentially bpd (aka haha we're fucked up)

most alters are atheist but amara, mara, aspen, and vanessa practice Celtic paganism

hyperfixations/interests

minecraft

stardew valley

omori

queer history

riot grrrl punk

hyperpop

nerdcore

horrorcore rap

pop punk

crust punk

will wood & the tapeworms

penelope scott

undertale/deltarune

the theorist channels

markiplier

unus annus

memey music from the early-mid 2010s

prehistoric creatures in funny looking jars

mesosaurs

lemon demon

tally hall

jack stauber

analog horror

old cancelled kids shows (shirt tales)

helluva boss

doki doki literature club

the binding of isaac

guitar

bass (not the fish)

psychology

stand up comedy (john mulaney and bo burnham)

pokemon

animal crossing

south park

poppy playtime

vita carnis (analogue horror)

the boiled one phenomenon (analogue horror)

the man in the suit (analogue horror)

the mandela catalogue (analogue horror)

the fnaf vhs tapes (analogue horror)

bosivert (analogue horror)

vocaloids (especially miku)

sanrio (mostly kuromi and kero kero keroppi)

musicals but especially heathers

early 2000's dcoms (the OC, 90210 (the remake), one tree hill, etc)

early 2000's sitcoms (parks and rec, the office, gilmore girls, etc)

the hunger games

special interests (current and past):

FNaF

homestuck

political science (i'm an athiest but still Praying For Our Country Cause The Fucking Election Is Going To Doom Us All)

kandi (the Cool Rave Bracelets)

insane clown posse (icp)

analogue horror in general

minecraft

Greco-Roman and Asian world history

ALTERS: (hearts indicate which alters are currently known to be dating @meri-goround, the rest are either, a. traumaholders who shouldnt, b. aroace alters, c. children or not emotionally competent enough to date, or d. alters who are currently dormant/practically never front)

ace ♠️ - 11, thankfully gave up host role, the body's first resident, gender-fluid bisexual demirose and greyrose. kind of chaotic and also an autistic child with ptsd so be nice. just split into ace and axce recently so sorry if you're confused. mostly just a traumaholder now. pronouns are he/they/she

axce ❤️ - such a silly goober! funny haha autistc gremiln. eats too much soup. loves her girlfriend sooooooo much! transfem bi bundle of rage, pronouns are ze/she/he/they ❤️

ada ⚠️  - 6, old self, ptsd, autism, and bpd. trauma-holder. constantly causes problems but also shouldn't be attacked, she's really fragile. pronouns are she/it

??? ⚰️ - ??, demonic entity/personification of trauma/body's schizoaffective. doesn't front but can be detrimental to other's mental states. pronouns are ????

becka 🛝 - 7, one of the first splits. reeeeeeeaaaaallyy big traumaholder. pretty much has complete amnesia to everything else tho. tries to act socially and emotionally competent and cishetalloabled but can’t. pronouns are she/her?

ashley 😡 - 9, complete personality copy of our first abuser. really shitty person. just gonna try to ignore her lol. pronouns are she/they

tobias 😨 - 9, complete personality copy of our second abuser. really shitty guy. just gonna try to ignore him lol. pronouns are they/them

mori 💀 - 10-15 year old (we don't know) non-binary/agender thing who likes dnd, journaling, cosplay, mcyts, and old tech. your average white frog non-binary stereotype. autistic. only wears sweaters. pronouns are xe/mori ❤️

alex 🎤 - 19, trans gay stand-up comedian. likes anime and rap. kinda basic white boy (can't cook). dyslexic and dumb. he hates it here. chronic pain and fatigue. doesn't front much but can cause he's a dumbshit and doesn't know how most of the time. pronouns are he/him ❤️

apsen 🔥 - 15, ur average punk juggalo who likes to break shit. he is nice, though! he is a kin of foxybro/young micheal from fnaf. keeps making way too many damn battlevests. pronouns are he/him ❤️

amara 🌺 - 16, feminine friend to the littles who likes flowers and the outdoors. transfem and aroace. likes to play stardew valley. cooks a lot. pronouns are she/her ❤️

mara 🌼 - 15, quiet introvert who's really good at video games. talks in a really high voice and is super calm. really smart and good at remembering things. panromantic ace demi-girl. pronouns are they/she ❤️

ara 🌸 - 14, sassy babysitter who has no concept of math. trans bisexual aromantic girl. this girl has all the adhd. she really likes fruit smoothies and taylor swift. seems like a trashy white girl but is really self aware and punk. someone showed her an ani difranco concert and she got so excited she shaved her head lol. pronouns are she/xe ❤️

ash 💥 - 7 (a little), creative and fun! one of the main fronters, surprisingly! androgynous bi-gender little who wants to be an artist! plays a lot of video games and draws with crayons! uses many exclamation points! kins sun (fnaf), nepeta (homestuck) and ash (pokémon)! very dyslexic and dyspraxic and has unmedicated ADHD and bad sensory issues! likes pokémon, minecraft, fnaf, and homestuck (it is too old for him but he learned about it through ace and can't stop reading it) and their fandoms and fansongs! pronouns are he/she/ze/sun/ash

dave 💿  - fictive of dave strider from homestuck, 14, trans and bi, uses any pronouns

sun ☀️ - fictive of sun from fnaf, protector/caretaker of the littles. rarely fronts, almost exclusively co-fronts with greg or ash. 16, genderqueer, pronouns are they/he/she/sun

elizabeth 🍦 - fictive of elizabeth afton from fnaf. super loud and obnoxious. 8 (a little), transfem, pronouns are she/her

evan afton 🧸 - fictive of evan afton (crying child) from fnaf. trauma-holder. completely nob-verbal and non-communicative. 6 (a little), pronouns are he/him

gamzee 🎪 - fictive of gamzee makara from homestuck, 17, trans aroace, pronouns are he/they. one of the main fronters for some reason. skitzoaffective and autism. mostly mute other than saying completely crazy shit (voicing intrusive thoughts). really hates school. pities his friends. 

mituna ⭐️ - fictive of mituna captor from homestuck, 4 (a little), trans, uses any pronouns. super creative and loud but non-verbal. makes a lot of noises and tries to communicate in crude ASL and his own sign language. really bad sensory issues.

sollux 🌟 - fictive of sollux captor from homestuck, 17, bi-gender and bisexual, pronouns are he/she/bee. token older sibling who is so tired and annoyed. looks constantly hungover. addicted to tumblr. ❤️

gregory 🍕 - fictive of gregory from fnaf. most people call him greg. one of the main fronters. the only competent one in the system, wstg. really loves his source. 14, trans and aroace, pronouns are he/they ❤️

vannessa 🐰 - fictive of vanessa from fnaf. a protector. 19, trans and aromantic aplatonic. pronouns are she/they. ❤️

DNI:

bigots

exclusionaries

racists

pro endos

facists

republicans

TERFS

rude people

proshippers

endos/other -genics that are NOT TRAUMAGENIC PLS DONT INTERACT I DONT WANNA DEAL WITH SYSCOURSE ON MY BLOG EVEN THO I’M ANTI ENDO

aphobes/transphobes/homophobes

creepy peeps (pedos, zoos, MAPs, etc)

anyone I know IRL that shouldn’t know my tumblr exists (except tez, st4r, and don)

people i've blocked b4 on other accounts (u know who u r)

anyone who just doesn't like what i have to say if it's harmless (i'll take criticism but if you're gonna come to my blog to be an asshole for no reason then Screw You, Man!)

[snailsaxophone]

The type of music I think Penny, Nemona, and Arven would listen to

Source : trust me bro

Penny

oh god why did i start with penny

mela got her hooked on Green Day and MCR so i think that’s a good place to start

she’s also deep into the internet, so yk, tally hall, jack stauber, lemon demon, maybe will wood?

also lofi she’s literally the lofi girl in the lofi live streams

i think she’d listen to a lot of game soundtracks and some anime openings

overall she has good taste in music

i could also see her liking kpop, i don’t listen to kpop and it’s a scary place so i’ll leave it up to ur interpretation of which groups she likes

Nemona

This is also another hard one, but i could see her jamming to 70’s and 80’s disco funk

she would VIBE to ABBA. Cannot tell me otherwise

also upbeat 2010’s pop. for nostalgia.

as for newer music, she listens to lizzo and doja. lot of women-empowering music too

i could also see her listening to rap

she’s the rapper eminem was too afraid to diss

nemona va MC of RIP rap battle when????

so speaking of in-game musicians, she’d be a huge fan of Ryme not only because she’s a gym leader but her music is amazing

Arven

i see a lot of people saying arven wouldn’t really listen to music, but i disagree. in his official art from the art book you can see him humming in a lil sketch (i attached it cause i’ve barely seen anyone talk about it please can we talk about this 😭)

ive said this in a pervious headcanons, but arvens a whistle guys. there’s whistle guys, singing guys, and humming guys. arvens a whistle guy

ok so i think he’d like almost every type of music, but if favorite is classic rock

bohemian rhapsody is his favorite, he cries during the “mamaaa ooooooo” part (me too, me too)

he’s a big elton john, queen, billy joel, and david bowie fan

tho I can see him listening to almost every type of music, depends on his mood

for example, when it’s time to let out a good cry, he’s putting mitski on (the girlies that get it, get it 😔)

his favorite mitski songs are class of 2013 and townie

ok this was fun, if anyone has any other ideas if what these dumbasses would listen to let me know and i’ll add them! also might do one with team star

[wildflowercryptid]

you knew what you had to do / you have a pressure in you

( tracklist under readmore )

TRACKS ( 24 songs, 1hr & 30min ) :

TINY STAR — the blasting company ( feat. eddika organista )

I LOOK UP TO YOU — lake

MT. ST. HELENS — mirah

DAY & NIGHT — ok goodnight

BLACK SHEEP — metric

STAY BEHIND — mother mother

TIME OF YOUR LIFE — jack conte

ISLE ON THYSELF — miracle musical

THE WAIT — laura stevenson

CATABOLIC SEED — the scary jokes

PLANS WE MADE — son lux

PART II — paramore

LITTLE DARK AGE — mgmt

MEMENTO MORI — red vox

WAITING STILL — the family crest

HARD SELL — the crane wives

MEMORY BOX — scuttlefuzz

DON'T LOOK BACK — amarante

ALL IS DARK — the family crest

SOME GRACE — hop along!

LEARN TO TRUST — bad suns

IT'S ALRIGHT — jack stauber

HOW TO REST — the crane wives

WATCHING THE STARS — øneheart

[il3x]

There's something happening by Jack stauber Orev amv

Consider

Orev AroAce Moment-

Jk! Alright, serious time.

his backstory! i think. yeah i fixate on that upbringing scene IT'S A MEATY SCENE OKAY

This fits nicely with the progression from "now it sounds so good to me and it used to sound so good to me" -> "it never sounded good to me". We, as readers, realise through the course of the story "oh, his past courtly life came with a fuckton of pressures", and I could see Orev easily going through a similar arc - from accepting all the stress and control and isolation as necessary background noise of life, looking forward to his future role as a leader, to realising he doesn't actually wanna live like that & never really wanted to, just thought he did.

Or not! From what you've told me, I think he won't.

But he could.

Pressure to present oneself perfectly, internalised. 2024, oil on canvas. You know the drill. Also, bouncing back (on the surface-level) from a negative emotion real fast etc etc.

an Orev Moment. the confidence-arrogance blur. the emotional suppression.

"why would you listen now? you didn't listen then!" i feel like orev grew up Rather Isolated and sheltered, perhaps w/o much emotional connection (I get the impression Ashe was closer to Raenill, and their father died. Which, btw, a little birdie told me Orev knew what happened. I suspect he did not have anyone to go to about that, whether because he didn't trust anyone, or because he tried and no one would listen) - and this probably influenced his... Self-reliance? Independence? Lack of trust? He seems to take matters into his own hands almost completely, when given the chance.

Also could be Orev justifying his manipulation (they won't straight-up listen to me, I have to force them).

Bonus, "your fancies are commanding" is a literal Magrias Line and metaphorical Orev Manipulation Moment.

This is less of a current Orev moment, but I could see his composure and reason degrading, hitting something like the tone of this section. The distorted, eerie mention of "(his) body" is an Orev Moment (as are all the references to physical beauty). And yeah he has been planning big things. Ambition, arrogance as fatal flaw, see my Orev Predictions.

[n0wav]

BY THE WAY CHATTERS

Here’s some stuff about me if you even care

My name is wav I have been going by that name for years ever since middle school and although I have tried many times to abandon it I have not been able to shake it off (Taylor swift reference).

I am a 19 year old boy if you couldn’t tell by the way I am and talk about things.. I am very autistic and have had adhd ever since I was a little little child. I got ostracized as a child for it because I was the only kid in normal non special ed class who had any kind of neurodivergence and so kids didn’t really like me x3

I am asexual I don’t like sex it’s kinda lame and stuff there’s a whole story to that but you guys will never know!!!! I want to eventually prolly fall in love but I’m not very sure about that right now because I’m scared of love and relationships and I have trust issues so I’m not willing to do that right now

I currently only really hangout with 2 people, both are women, both are 22, one is in love with me, one is lesbian. Let’s start with R (the one in love with me). Now R is like awesome because she cosplays and when I ask her to do a cosplay she says “okay!” And it’s pretty awesome if you ask me. She knows I don’t have any actual feelings for her we have had the big talk about that and she’s okay with it. R is very very very very very pretty and awesome and sweet and kind but I am unfit to be in a relationship and she’s old 🤢🤮. She likes a lot of the same music I do and the other day I was really craving to listen to hatsune miku and then I started playing some and she knew the songs and it was awesome I #love R she’s one of my besties for reals

Next is C. C is lesbian so she isn’t in love with me but she always calls me cute and a twink which I think is really funny. She also says I look really breedable sometimes and I don’t know to feel about it. C is like a mother to me because whenever I’m sad she lays me on her shoulder and pets my hair and then I fall asleep laying on her shoulder and then I have my legs on R then I end up staying the night at their house.

C & R both have a lot more money than me (I am poor) so they drive me around and give feed me almost everyday and it’s the best life I could ask for.

Back to ME tho

My entire life people have told me I’m like a dog and I’ve kinda just accepted it at this point but it still feels offensive but I think deep down I know it’s true.

Here are some bands and artist I like!!!

Sodaboy64

Pavement

Mike krol

The smiths

The strokes

Weatherday

Hallowed

Nick drake

Radiohead

Dinosaur jr

The unicorns

Plumtree

Pixies

My blood valentines

Glass beach

Swirlies

The microphones

The cure

Cap’n jazz

Weezer

I hate myself because

The Sundays

Stephen malkmus and the jicks

Mad planets

Sunny day real estate

Mineral

Yuck

Moses Campbell

Cafe tacvba

Caifanes

Birdbath

Unwound

Neutral milk hotel

Jeff mangum

Stephen malkmus

J mascis

Bôa

Crying

The breeders

Feeble little horse

Worst party ever

Hatsune miku

Myself

That’s just a couple of them mostly the ones I listen to more than other music I like.

Here’s where I post music sometimes if you even care

Hhsjbf

Today I think everyone should listen to tuff ghost by the unicorns!

The unicorns are a Canadian indie rock back from the 2000s. I like to say they’re kinda like a mix of the microphones and jack stauber (if he made good music :3) but they are REALLY good!!! And not very talk about anywhere that I can see so make sure to share this song and band around with your friends!!

This is the end of the post thank you for reading my word vomit :3333

[jinxed-ninjago]

explaining why i chose to make an animation for lloyd and harumi based on choice by jack stauber because it's my blog and i do whatever the fuck i want

first of all go read the lyrics if you haven't already, the song is 40 seconds it won't take you that long to read the lyrics

also go watch the storyboard/sketch i did for the animation im doing. this is half self promo and half for context lol

basically, i thought the song worked for these two. i was like "if i do this right, i can make the lyrics show the contrast between how lloyd and harumi are as characters and i think that's a really cool thing" so thats what i did. of course, i wouldn't be making this post if i didn't want to go more in depth so i'm gonna explain some frames from the sketch/storyboard.

(also, just as a note, the specifics of what parts of the show the frames are based on will be more clear when the animation is done, but i will be specifying them here)

first 4 frames:

these four are meant to drive home the contrast between lloyd and harumi; that being when it comes to harumi, lloyd, even up to crystalized, has feelings for her (the art for love is based on when he first saw harumi in season 8, the art for heart is based on when harumi betrayed him in the same season) and when it comes to lloyd, especially in season 8 after she's revealed to be the quiet one, harumi is very vengeance driven (the art for brain is loosely based on the whole thing in the oni temple in season 8, and the art for control is just something i came up with lol. the art for control is meant to give a sense of harumi not being entirely in her right mind and being driven more by vengeance than anything else, and not someone you'd be smart to trust either).

for the caffeinate and melatonin frames, i also tried to show contrast between lloyd and harumi. throughout the series, wu is shown to use tea to sort of relax in a similar way some might use coffee to. additionally, certain varieties of tea in ninjago have relaxing properties, so i sort of view it as "tea has a significant role in the life not just of lloyd, but also in the lives of everyone who visits the monastery" for a multitude of reasons. on the other hand, harumi resorts to murder to resolve her problems (murdering her parents and hutchins, attempting to murder lloyd, etc). hence, melatonin with blood splatters. melatonin is a sleep hormone and also has an effect on mood, so i thought "melatonin with blood splatters for harumi" lol

for this one i wanted to show a combination of harumi's manipulative tendancies and her genuine affection for lloyd as of crystalized (as it's implied that she has some genuine feelings for him; when ordered to kill lloyd, she tries to sway him to the overlord's side instead, something the overlord responds with "i see now that you still have feelings for him" to. she protects him and garmadon instead of fighting with the guy she sold her soul to. basically crystalized implies her feelings for lloyd were genuine but she was using them for manipulative purposes which is what this frame's art is meant to show). i thought "you get me going" worked for harumi's attitude towards lloyd prior to dragon form; that is, her goal from the minute her biological parents die to the minute the overlord reveals everything was by his design was to get revenge on lloyd and the other ninja.

tl;dr, this frame is meant to show the complexities of harumi as a character. did i succeed? we will not know until i finish the animation probably.

these two frames are just meant to be indicative of harumi's betrayal and the wake up call it was for lloyd so to speak. that's literally it, i thought it worked lol.

again, meant to be indicative of harumi's betrayal. the art for this one is based on when lloyd and harumi were feeding the poor in season 8, as i feel like that's when lloyd really got to meet harumi and get to know her. obviously at that point she wasn't showing her true colors, which is what the second frame is meant to be showing.

harumi's betrayal we're moving on lol

these two frames are based on the scene in crystalized where lloyd is trying to talk harumi out of hurting innocent people and essentially telling her she doesn't have to be how she is and they get into a back and forth about it. i feel like this part of the song ("i am injury" "no you aren't, you make the choice to be") is what had me in a chokehold when it came to wanting to make an animation featuring these two lmao.

and the final frame. this one is meant to be harumi coming to terms with everything she's done and basically realizing that she's been taking her anger and trauma out on the wrong people her entire life. it's one of the most powerful scenes in the show to me, and due to the nature of this animation i wanted to make it the last frame.

so yeah, there's my explanation of

why i decided to make a choice animation for lloyd and harumi

why i think choice works for these two in the first place

[indigos-shits-and-giggles]

🎭 and 🎵 for the oc ask game!!!

Answering these with Wes for funsies

🎭 MASKS - do they act differently around certain people? what's different between the way they act around friends, family, strangers, etc.?

The difference between how it acts around strangers and how he acts around family or the few friends it still has is like night and day. With strangers, he's anxious, standoffish, and it always gets snappy whenever he gets asked too many questions. As a result, it comes off as a somewhat rude, irritable person who is simultaneously an anxious wreck. If you're not one of the lucky few who he trusts, you'd be hard-pressed to even get a proper smile out of him.

With family or friends, however, it acts almost completely different. He's still an anxious wreck, of course, but it's much more clear just how exhausted he is, and most (if not all) of that snappiness is gone. It'll make jokes, laugh along to the ones he's told, and even manage a small smile from time to time. Some are even lucky enough to get a name out of it.

🎵 MUSIC NOTE - what is their playlist like? their favourite artists? do you associate a particular song with them?

I think most of his playlist is composed of Jack Stauber and Will Wood songs, which it listens to on repeat, ESPECIALLY when the anxiety induced intrusive thoughts get to be too loud. Thoughts about Ridley, thoughts about whether or not he's even still alive, thoughts about if he could be dying right now, or if he'd died the moment the letters stopped coming, and it'd quest to find him was pointless from the start...

Naturally, he finds itself listening to this playlist to fall asleep, trying to drown out the thoughts that grow even louder in the silence.

I think the song "Just Take My Wallet" by Jack Stauber in particular is so fucking Wescore that it's making me unwell.

[smooth-goat]

1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 20, 69

lmmao mmost of these are from my hunter owl house playlist afjdsl

Welcome To Eden - The Wild Honey Pie Buzzsession -- Samia

And I'll love her forever but how could she know When I look in her grave and her cold fingers reach up and Rachel, I'm sorry for calling you by the wrong name It was just a suggestion

I really like the quick transition on "reach up and--Rachel" like whatever is happening at the grave is too difficult to talk about that the narrator has to switch subjects. And "I'm sorry for calling you by the wrong name / it was just a suggestion" is very Character for the Character Playlist.

2. Rät -- Penelope Scott

I bit the apple 'cause I trusted you It tastes like Thomas Malthus Your proposal is immodest and insane

The lyrics here are pretty dense writing, with the Biblical reference (which is a common throughline), the name of Thomas Malthus (anti-Irish, classist, genocide man), and the word "immodest" referencing Johnathan Switft's "A Modest Proposal", which satirizes Malthus. I think it's pretty clever writing.

I mean this is very much a song for the Hunter OwlHouse playlist. I could go into a whole infodump about Hunter and Belos and maybe I'll do that to you on discord afdjlks but basically there's a lot of little things here that work in addition to the basic premise of betrayal felt by a tech daddy role model.

3. Trouble -- Cage the Elephant

I said it was love and I did it for life Didn't do it for you

Something interesting for me there in those lines. About how the relationship was more about checking off a box and wanting a good life experience over the person they're actually sharing that experience with. Mostly though what I like about this song is the moodiness of it. It has this vibe of like, being lost in a city and turning round and round looking for where you're going, asking for directions but no one's talking to you, helplessly going in circles. Also, I like the "the wicked get no rest" line referencing another of their songs; I love when musicians do that shit.

4. Bumblebees Are Out -- Jack Stauber's Micropop

Kind of odd and difficult to pick favorite lyrics here because there're so few of them. But I put it on because of the unsettling tone, implicit child abuse, and the contrast between said abuse and disowning with picking flowers, and how even picking flowers can't be free from some pain.

10. Problems -- Mother Mother

You and me, we're not the same I am a sinner, you are a saint When we get to the pearly gates You'll get the green light, I'll get the old door in the face

I don't honestly have strong opinions about this song? It just fills a transition gap in the playlist for me. I do think though that it has a strong opening. I also like the line "Some go to baseball, some go debase a face they can't seem to save" because of the repetition of the "s" sound; I think that's fun and clever.

20. Art School Wannabe -- Sorority Noise

Maybe I'm my own greatest fear Maybe I'm just scared to admit that I might not be as dark as I think Maybe I am not the person That I never wanted to be

I like the commentary this song has about the persona of the tortured artist. How the creative community (in this case, the music world) places so much value in the romantic ideal of depression, when not only is the reality not that but also that wanting to be happy and recover is actually good; it won't make you a worse artist and it won't make you a less interesting person.

69 (nice). Campus -- Vampire Weekend

How am I supposed to pretend I never want to see you again?

I just think this song is fun and catchy fjdsakl And I think it's very evocative of the specific lifestyle of college casual sex: having "important" things to focus on but hooking up instead, learning how to navigate a sexual social life with new relative independence, and being in a fairly small and confined social space making it hard to avoid past encounters.

[aleielle-of-roshar]

Ynrur and… That’s totally Gwin trust me bro: Me and the Devil by soap&skin (sorta? Its the closest I’ve found so far) (Ynrur’s pov)

Devryne and his tall ass volcano husband 💀: We see you Opal (reprise) by Jack Stauber (… Dev’s pov kinda? More like… bro actually felt like he exists for a reason, and feels seen as something more then a tool)

Treads-Silently and S’vasha: Jenny (I wanna Ruin our Friendship) by Studio killers (treads hehe)

Zz’eishadei and Foretells-Dissonace: Killing Time by Sick Puppies (Zz’s pov)

there’s more ships but I suck at finding songs for those 💀

I come back asking for more OC song pairings!

So I asked before about what singular song fits everyone's TES OCs the most. Now I'm asking what song fits their pairings the most. Could be OC/ OC or OC/Canon, oh OR OC & OC, OC & Canon, if you have non romantic/queerplatonic pairs. I'll start:

Lilliandra/Miraak (they get two!! their playlist is so long): Carve Your Name By Mother Mother | Your Wicked Company by Harley Poe

Lilliandra/Cinnara (this one is a little more difficult): Between My Teeth by Orla Garthland or Too Sweet Covered by Reinaeiry (original Hozier)

Lilliandra & Elikar: Family by Mother Mother (this also fits for the eventual found-family group of theirs)

Elikar & Serana: Side Quest Song by Madilyn Mei (QPR tho!)

And because I saw some people asking last time if it was okay, EVERYONE is welcome to join! I wanna see everybody's OCs and songs!!

[wavehq]

enjoy limitless possibilities here in celestire islands, adrien agreste ( miraculous ), bonnibel bubblegum ( adventure time ), and osamu dazai ( bungou stray dogs ), where you can start the new life you've always longed for. make sure you read the checklist, as we'll be sending the discord link through ims! enjoy your new dream, achilles!

( miraculous, dupes not allowed. lee felix, he/him, transgender male. )  ——-  hey, is that ( adrien agreste ) hanging around ( the lighthouse )? i wonder what life is like for them, balancing working as a ( twenty-five ) year old ( fashion model & bartender ) and ( playing piano )? they’re notorious for being ( charismatic ) yet ( sheltered ), and i always seem to hear ( not strong enough ) by ( boygenius ) playing whenever they walk past. they’re known around the islands for ( chasing his cat down the street in his pyjamas after he escaped ), and they’re associated with ( the flash of a camera, cheeky grins & stressed, french, muttering ). last we spoke, they were telling me about a vision they had… something about their biggest regret being ( not being honest to himself, or his friends ), but it must have just been a bad dream. //  —  [ achilles ]

( adventure time. choi yena, she/they, transfemme. ) ——- hey, is that ( bonnibel bubblegum ) hanging around ( 375 bakery )? i wonder what life is like for them, balancing working as a ( twenty-eight ) year old ( geneticist ) and ( baker )? they’re notorious for being ( charming ) yet ( controlling ), and i always seem to hear ( house of balloons / glass tables ) by ( the weeknd ) playing whenever they walk past. they’re known around the islands for ( accidentally creating new bacteria in the lunchroom fridge ), and they’re associated with ( grown out hair dye, late nights and early mornings, coffee with too much sweetener, && the smell of strawberries, and bubblegum ). last we spoke, they were telling me about a vision they had… something about their biggest regret being ( putting her people in harms way to further her experiments. . . multiple times ), but it must have just been a bad dream. // — [ achilles ]

( bungou stray dogs, alan shirahama, he/him, transgender male. ) ——- hey, is that ( osamu dazai ) hanging around ( sugar and cream )? i wonder what life is like for them, balancing working as a ( thirty ) year old ( investigator ) and ( thrill-seeker )? they’re notorious for being ( enthusiastic ) yet ( compulsive ), and i always seem to hear ( baby hotline ) by ( jack stauber’s microscope ) playing whenever they walk past. they’re known around the islands for ( constantly having an injury of some kind ), and they’re associated with ( the clattering of shattered glass, being 7 steps ahead of those around you, illegible handwriting, & sleepless nights ). last we spoke, they were telling me about a vision they had… something about their biggest regret being ( trusting chuuya ), but it must have just been a bad dream. // — [ achilles]

[aetherknit]

dream-like.

a playlist for when a god wearing your ex-boyfriend's face has you in an eternal, enchanted sleep -- AKA a playlist for when you're a god who will bend reality itself for the mortal you love -- AKA an xdnf playlist.

tracklist below.

It's All Good - Superorganism

scream, I just had a dream / where my friends all dissolved away // we know you feel the world is too heavy / but you can turn it all around if you want

Small World - Jack Stauber

living in her forehead / humming away // the sky is coming down blue / and i'll hold it up with you

Pale Machine - bo en

i'm feeling good let's say / my emptiness has gone away // will you lead me straight to paradise? // living like a dream

The Too Much Song - Lemon Demon

i can't stop (having this dream) / i can't stop (can you?) // you're too much / much too much

Imaginary Friend - ABSRDST

it's so like me to write stories of you / i can unmake you, i'll break you in two // who could I possibly think that I am? / and should I hurt you? i certainly can

Time Machine - Miracle Musical

past is passed and rather than regret the old / i can live it back the other way // live the dream with a time machine / you've been waiting forever

Virtual Reality - rey

i leave my window open / pretend you'll come inside // the streets are closed / so i go dancing through my memories

world.execute(me); - Mili

if i can make you happy, i will run the execution / though we are trapped in this strange, strange simulation // if I'm the only god / then you're the proof of my existence

あなぐらぐらし - Kikuo

the two of us show each other our dreams / we can't be in that world; neither can we be in this world // we can't escape, so we won't escape / we won't escape, so close your eyes

Beautiful My Monster - Husky Rescue

now you're waking / now you're sleeping / now you're waking // it's so beautiful, my monster

Pools - Glass Animals

shake my little soul for you now, toy // i’m a man of many tricks and tools and joy // you left before i come to / you left before i come to

The Stranger - Lord Huron

i can't trust anyone or anything these days / if you are who you say you are, then show your face // came out of the ocean like you came out of a dream / your voice, it sounds familiar but you are not what you seem

[jammyjams1910]

IVE FINALLY FINISHED THIS OMDSS-

Wewp @just-a-douglas-simp-existing and anyone else who wanted to-

You may explore my strange and chaotic music taste ✨✨

Wewp, what have we learnt?

I'm a huge Melanie Martinez and Jack Stauber fan ✌

Trust me, there are a LOT more that I didn't include in the vid lols

Some include:

Fairytale - Alexander Rybak

Look Who's Inside Again - Bo Burnham

My Ordinary Life - The Living Tombstone

Hey Kids - Molina

despair - leo.

Etc, etc