#it’s not my kinda music like in general but. man. very killer

[unknownarmageddon]

GEDDON. SCALE UP/SCALE DOWN BY LOUIE ZONG, BUT IT'S KILLER

OKAY so it took me forever to get to actually listening to this because i am bad at everything ever but i am now so i will report back o7

[aliidarling]

first time requesting 😋😋

But i went through all your danny ones bro please i luv how crazy you make him.

I would like a wesker one, smuttiest thing you could think of 😫🙏🙏 Yk how sable has the new swimsuit cosmetic? Basically Mc/reader? (idk how you would describe) Runs into wesker in their cute bathing suit 😼 pls abd thanks for being my source of entertainment at 5 am

HAHAH thank you so muchhh!!! i try to make danny as canon-like as i can :)) ive never done wesker before but i can just for u😝

i’m not very educated on wesker lore, i’ve only played re2,3,4,6,& 7 which is basically the games without him 💀 so excuse me if i don’t write him that well! but i love dbd/stars wesker 🤗

the beach

ALBERT WESKER x fem!reader

nsfw content — pls scroll if uncomfortable!!

summary; you’re spawned into the trial wearing a cute swimsuit and albert likes it veryyy much!

warnings; pervy wesker, dub con kinda, fingering, mean weaker, male masturbation, fist fucking, no penetration but he cums on your pussy :3

from the moment you spawned into the trial, you felt the cold air brush against parts of your body it should not be available to. why could you feel the wind blowing against your ass? this had to be some sick joke.

it was like the entity was laughing at you. you looked down at your body to be met with the sight of a cute little bikini— a pink plaid set with strawberries littered over the two thin piece of clothing. the tiny straps holding up the bikini were flimsy and tied into little bows at each side of your hips with two matching ones at your shoulders.

this couldn’t get any worse, you thought.

you were thankful to spawn alongside your fellow girlfriends, feng-min, yui, and claire. all their eyes immediately cast to your outfit, feng-mins cheeks going pink as she gasped softly.

“oh! you must be so cold—“ she says immediately, scooting closer to shamelessly ogle your breasts. you blush and push her away with a playful grumble.

“let’s just get started on those generators..”

you all find the nearest generator and quickly get to work, fingers fiddling with the wires. a few times you accidentally get sparked by it but never bad enough that it causes an explosion. you’re on your highest alert, hoping the killer is one of those mindless monsters instead of the human ones, like ghostface or the legion. the mastermind probably wouldn’t even bat an eye at you, he’s so stuck up his own ass he probably isn’t even into others.

after a short minute of you all working together, the generator finally pops and the bright light begins to shine, alerting the killer of your location. it doesn’t even take five seconds for the chase music to begin, the loud heart beat taunting you.

it was as if the entity was making fun of you today, bullying you relentlessly. you wondered if she was sitting in the clouds eating popcorn, giggling at your facial expression dropping once you saw the mastermind scanning his surroundings.

once his eyes set on you, you immediately yelled at the girls to run and work on the other generators. you’ll loop him for as long as you can, you told them. you don’t have much time to react before the blonde man lunges at you harshly from afar, missing you by a few inches. you rush off to the side and break out into a sprint towards a jungle gym.

“don’t waste my time, deary. you’re wearing a slutty swim suit, you think you’ll last before it gets caught on a twig?” he mocks, his deep voice making you shiver. you hug yourself at his words, scowling as you run around a pallet with him, trying to greed the pallet.

“don’t be a pervert!” you scold, running pass the pallet to trick him, only to double back and drop it on his face last second once he’s standing close enough. a guttural groan is heard from him as he stumbles back, his sunglasses falling off his face. he glares at you.

the few seconds he’s caught off guard your eyes graze over his figure, admiring his rare outfit. it was a uniform of some sort, blue button up with a tactical vest and black slacks. his sleeves were cuffed and tugged up to the crook of his elbow, showing his veiny fore arms and expensive looking wrist watch. you could bet it had a dozen cracks on it by now.

“you haven’t gotten laid in what, months? years? no wonder you’re so uptight!” you yell. “maybe some pussy would do you a favor!” you shriek, still feeling a little offended over his comment on how slutty you looked. as if you had a choice wearing this!

“you’ll regret those words.” he hisses, lunging towards you and managing to grasp ahold of your body, throwing you over his shoulder roughly. you squeal, thrashing around as he starts to lead you to the secluded basement. great, you had really pissed him off.

you’re caught by surprise when he throws you onto the cold floor without any care, a small yelp leaving your throat as you try to stand up. he immediately pushes down on your back with his foot, crushing you into the floor. he grinds his boot into your soft skin, admiring how much of your body was revealed by the flimsy bikini.

“did you anger the entity, darling? no wonder she cursed you with such a scandalous outfit, your frustrating personality must of done what it always does.” he mocks, feeling his pants tighten at the sight of you on the floor under his boot, your pretty skin dirty.

“oh, fuck you! you’re so god damn annoying i swear to—“ you start, getting interrupted when you suddenly feel his boot shove itself between your thighs, rubbing down against your bikini bottom. you squeak, your body jolting at the unexpected friction.

“what? what’s wrong?” he coo’d, a cocky grin on his stupidly handsome face, his sunglasses hiding his eyes. he grinds his boot against your clothed pussy, relishing in the noises you suppressed. he could hear the small gasp leaving your system.

“you pervert, get your boot off my..” you whimper, voice cracking. you blink in surprise as he kneels down behind you, admiring your body from his angle. your butt was pretty much in his face, in your hands and knees. you gulped hard, feeling humiliated. and slightly aroused.

“what? what’d you say?” he tchs, large fingers tugging at the straps that hold your bikini together, the little bow threatening to give out. one little pull of his fingers and your bare butt and pussy would be on display for him.

soon enough he pulls on the thin strap and it falls off your hips, discarding onto the floor. you gasp as the cold air brushes against you, clenching down subconsciously.

“i hate you.” you whimper, pouting as he runs his fingers over your glistening pussy, his other rustling within his clothes. you heard wrinkling and the unzipping of his slacks.

he pulls his half hard-on out, pre cum dripping off the firm tip. he was extremely turned on by the sight of you bent over with your butt in the air line a dog, pouty lips and flushed cheeks. you looked so adorable.

“shut your lips and stay quiet. i can’t have anyone seeing me with you.” he spits out your name like you were a disgrace to be upon his tongue and you can’t help but feel a little offended. you weren’t that bad of a person!

“what is that supposed to mean?!” you gawk at him, pressing your lips together once he swats at your butt, silencing you. you go back to looking down at the basement floor as he smoothly slides two of his glove-clad fingers into your hole, watching how you take him in perfectly. it was a small squeeze but he manages, his other hand wrapping around his cock to lazily pump.

the precum drips down his cock onto his hand, a husky moan leaving his throat as his head leans back, bathing in the pleasure of the little fantasy he has in his head— fucking your tight pussy. but he knows he can’t achieve that, not here, that is. maybe another day. and he didn’t want you to know how damn desperate he was to be inside you, rutting against your butt like a’ animal in heat. he’d rather die then let you see him in such a submissive and vulnerable state, pussy drunk.

“cum for me, dearest.” he rasps, fingering you harder and deeper in attempts to push you over the edge. your orgasm takes you by surprise as he grinds hard against a very deep part of you, making you bite down to conceal your shriveled up scream. white flashes in your eye sight and you go limp, face down with your ass hanging in the air, cum dripping down your soft thighs and onto the cold concrete floor.

he pulls away with a gasp, focusing on fisting his cock now. he clenches his fist and slides it up and down at a rough pace, low deep noises leaving his throat. he positions his head right at your entrance, giving himself a few last pumps. he shoots out his load— aiming for your pretty hole, mixing his fluids with yours.

“ooh, that’s a pretty sight, doll.” he croons, panting. he fixes up his pants, watching how you lay on the floor like a dumb puppy, catching your own breath after that hard fingering he gave you.

“don’t be pathetic, dear. i didn’t even go that hard.” he scoffs, standing up to his full height, towering over you. he gives you a nasty stink eye before walking off, leaving you in your glory on the ground with your bikini by your side.

[waitmyturtles]

GMMTV 2024 Part 2, let's go

I've had my MULTIPLE cawfees and I'm watching the GMMTV Part 2 trailers. @my-rose-tinted-glasses, this one's for you!

TL;DR what I'm excited for: Ossan's Love with trepidation; Revamp: The Undead, I'm first in line; The Ex-Morning with open arms; Us, once we have a better sense of the screenplay; Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist, drop it like it's hot, Mark; Thame-Po, boys look gewd

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1) Ossan's Love: THE KEY WORDS BEING "INSPIRED BY"

If I take away the inclination to do any sort of comparisons to the Japanese version whatsoever ("INSPIRED BY"), I'm thrilled that EarthMix get to do romcom. Earth at this level of baka is utterly unbelievable to me, you are too smokin' hot, boy, but try to bring it, because if you do, and it's a success, then I'll be fucking really impressed.

2) Leap Day: Looks scary. Gun!

3) The Heart Killers: ...

Man. Man! First in muscle shirts and an earring, kisses pushed up against walls, etc. Where have we seen this before. Lemme guess, they all get together in the end. I would like to force myself to be excited about this somehow, Jojo on 10 Things, but. I haven't been there with JoongDunk yet, either, so actually, they seemed kinda refreshing against the FK vibes, ha. Anyway, this reignited my OF burnout, which I'm honestly trying to ignore as I get close to re-watching The Eclipse for my Old GMMTV Challenge project. @my-rose-tinted-glasses, my trust issues switch is flipped to "on."

(Get Jojo away from ships, please. He had Tay kissing Joss and Mild in the same year AFTER Dark Blue Kiss. He fucking doesn't need to use ships.)

4) Friendshit Forever: no subs, seems intense, the gals are smokin', NEW AND BOUN?! Hate to say it, but even without knowing what this is exactly about, I'm intrigued? My Boun! New and Boun!

5) Perfect 10 Liners: They're letting New Siwaj do 30 episodes, folks. I have no predictions on this one, y'all will have to tell me if it's good. Perth is back with New Siwaj directing after 2018's Love By Chance. If they give Chimon a little comedy, I'll be happy. I asked for Junior again, but maybe I wasn't expecting him to go to school, but I will admit I like JuniorMark together, and if they get to helm 10 episodes as the center stars, then good for them! Maybe that'll be the bit of this series that I watch.

6) Us: I believe in this screenplay more than how 23.5 is working out. I think Fon Kanittha needs more stuff on her plate to play around with to make a great show. This trailer was great. I'm watching My Precious the Series now (after having watched the movie this past weekend, which I was disappointed by -- the series is MUCH better, and going better than 23.5), and I'm seeing that Fon does stuff very well, background community building that gives us macro- and micro-level understandings of her characters. If those levels are Sing Harit, I'm here for it, that was an unexpected appearance, but if he's recalling the strength he brought to Todd in Not Me, then I'm a happy camper.

7) Hide and Sis: I love Piploy. Wednesday Club was a total holiday trash watch for me last year, but I loved her a lot. Looks like they're promoting this as a multi-generational show with known older actors, the approach of which I like. Everyone hates each other and maybe tries to kill each other; Keeping Up With the Thai Kardashians, maybe? Surprise, Gawin's a cop. Chimon as murderer, I'll support that.

8) Thame-Po: This looks cute. I'll consider a pre-order! Separately, I happen to adore cute Lego from LYKN, so good on those dudes for getting a show, and I like that William is pushing his boundaries outside of music.

9) Break-Up Service: I am happy that Off has gotten this kind of sneaky love romcom (?) role.

10) Revamp: The Undead: I'm here for it. I'm so happy for BounPrem. I'm happy to see some strong support dudes in Kay and Mark in this project. I haven't watched My Only 12%, so I don't know from Santa, but I know a lot of friends love him. I am totally seated. GMMTV is really the BL Machine, huh, absorbing this project.

11) Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist: Do not get me wrong, I am very excited about this; I am just wondering if Baby Ohm needs a little workshopping to get more diversity in his expressions. But I am very excited, Mark looks SO DOWN and ready to lead. View! Jimmy! I'm good with this.

12) The Dark Dice: High School Squid Game, I can't

13) The Ex-Morning: I gotta admit. This kind of moment is one of the reasons why I'm so happy doing the OGMMTVC. The big-ass smile I had on my face seeing KristSingto again, even though I really wasn't the biggest fan of SOTUS -- I've done a whole accountability turn on Krist after seeing him in Be My Favorite, and I appreciate that this show will go meta on the KristSingto background. It fucking sucks that Shadow sucked, because Singto is such a good actor, just seems like his scripts are here and there lately, but anyway. Aof Noppharnach writing this? Last Twilight ended cringe, but I'm still an Aof girlie, so I am 100% excited for this.

14) Scarlet Heart Thailand: That wasn't really a trailer, but considering the reputation the base story has in Asia and globally, I like, business-wise, what this means for GMMTV, a historical that will have appeal to multiple generations. I understand the original novel for this, Bu Bu Jing Xin, isn't translated into English, and that's a bummer, because it seems like this Thai version, which has already been dramatized in China and Korea, is based squarely on the novel. Fuck Win. These were the kinds of shows I loved as a kid when I watched Asian shows with my folks, so I have to admit that I'm intrigued, but I would have liked to see a meatier trailer.

That's it!

[wouldntyou-liketoknow]

Comparing Killers

I sent an ask to my buddy @insane4fandoms a few days ago, and in their reply, they mentioned potentially doing a character analysis for both MadPat and my very own fanmade cannibal EgoPat Caliban in the future.

(This stemmed from one of their latest drawings. Again, thanks so much for remembering my scrunglies, friendo ❤️)

SO, being the way I am, I took some random inspiration and now I'm going through with that exact analysis myself! Just following my instincts as a writer and all that stuff.

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MadPat:

Now, just to get this out of the way because I have a sneaking suspicion that someone’s gonna read this and automatically assume I’m being stuck-up: I really like Mad as a character. Matt has done an amazing job portraying him. . .though, Matt just has a knack for unhinged characters in general, lol.

And thanks to Matt's acting skills, Mad is an enjoyable villain. He’s cluster of chaotic problems shaped like a man in his thirties, and we all love him for it. (Honestly, I kinda see Mad’s behavior as similar to that of The Actor from all of Mark’s projects. Comedically evil with a tendency to throw tantrums when things don’t go his way.)

The FNAF Musicals have made many slight tweaks to the lore of the games to not completely plagiarize the story. So, of course, Mad is a slightly-tweaked version of William Afton: it’s made very clear that his crimes include murdering kids. On top of that, he has no problem playing long-cons with pizzeria employees before eventually killing them, too.

We’ve seen plenty of times that Mad is pretty much never afraid to get violent. Oh sure, he tries to put a mask on when he needs to, but it’s easy to see all his urges beneath that mask. (And again, much like Actor!Mark, Mad ain’t too shy about being callous and hostile to almost everyone around him.) He’s very quick to anger. To make things worse, he’s also quick to desperation.

While Mad is too smart for everyone else’s good, he’s still pretty damn impulsive/irresponsible. His crimes were all concentrated on the pizzeria; it didn’t take very long at all for the disappearances to pile up and gain unwanted attention. Now, a bunch of missing-person-cases are one thing, but leaving evidence is quite another.

Hell, in the beginning scene of Web of Lies, the wacko-in-a-bearsuit himself literally said, “Every INCH of this place is INCRIMINATING! Ten minutes of poking around this place and they’ll discover what I did. . !”

If Mad were to hear of Caliban's work, he'd probably be impressed at first and automatically assume that Caliban is just like him, just with more people-eating. However, if Mad were to actually meet Caliban and get a better read on his personality, Mad would likely end up insulting him one way or another. He'd see Caliban's professionalism as tedious.

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Caliban Crawford:

Though I've made it pretty obvious that he's my special boi, Caliban is an objectively bad person. He may be insane, but he’s not delusional enough to deny that. Whenever his and/or Murdock's targets happen to be alive when they’re dragged to his den, he can be very, VERY sadistic throughout the butchering process. (Especially if the target has done something to personally affect him, Azalea, or any of his other peers.)

Sure, he doesn’t complain about working with dead bodies, but having a live meal is quite a special occasion. In such cases, he enjoys watching the unfortunate soul in question squirm and listening to them scream/beg. Taunting, dragging things out, making morbid puns all over the place, the works.

Despite all this, I’ve specifically crafted Caliban to be an extremely morally-gray character. (To be honest, the only fanmade ego of mine who’s full-on evil is LeviathanPat.) He’s still able to be logical/rational when he needs to. He takes pride in his self-control; yes, he has cravings for human flesh, but he knows he can’t afford to just attack any person he sees whenever he gets hungry. He knows he has to be EXTREMELY CAREFUL in order to keep his business away from the authorities. So, he only eats those he and his peers (Murdock, Azalea, etc.) are hired/paid to bump off.

On top of that, Caliban still has some humanity left. While he’s obviously nowhere close to a perfect angel, he’s still able to form genuine relationships and treat those in his circle with kindness/respect. Get on his good side, and you'll have quite a strong ally.

Though his morals are limited, one of the biggest differences between him and Mad is the fact that Caliban would never, NEVER stoop so low as to harm a child. In fact, he tends to avoid children altogether due to his own childhood trauma. (Totally not me projecting because I grew up in a dysfunctional family with verbal/emotional/psychological abuse.)

Getting back to the juicy stuff: Caliban is smart and efficient with his work. He prides himself on not leaving any evidence behind. (Yes, he still makes occasional mistakes, but even then, the aforementioned evidence still comes in very tiny amounts.) That's why he and Murdock became friends and started working together in the first place: since Caliban divides up which parts can be cooked/eaten and which parts can be sold on the Black Market, it really is easy for targets to just seemingly vanish into thin air.

Though my stories involving Caliban probably show him acting calm (despite his pun-addiction, lol), please, PLEASE don't be fooled. He's got just as much unhinged energy as Mad. He just happens to hide it a bit more often. But he definitely has his chaotic moments; half of the time it's out of unhinged joy, and the other half of the time it's because an enemy pissed him off enough to get their skin privileges revoked. (Basically, it's not that much of a stretch to see Caliban as a combination of The Hermit and Mack.)

Now, if you've seen @insane4fandoms artwork of him, then it's pretty clear that some inspiration was taken from Hannibal Lecter. And while I definitely appreciate references like that. . .well, that inspiration is mainly just for Caliban's appearance. I've said before that Caliban is nowhere near as arrogant as Hannibal. Even so, if Caliban were to see/hear about all of Mad's shenanigans, he'd write Mad off as being sloppy and unimpressive. If he were to actually meet Mad, his opinion would just get worse; he'd see Mad as a fair bit annoying and bratty.

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@sammys-magical-au @b-is-in-the-closet @im-a-weird0 @themarpsimp @lexusinsannus @crazy-obsessed-enby @rozeliyawashereyall @gaymingintrovert @lampsforsocks @forestcouncil @x-hotrose-x @v1rus-seal

[tonberry-yoda]

hoping this finally works before matchups close!!! had to rewrite it like 3 times lmao. Hopefully this is enough info

I’m a musician - first chair violinist! I love classical and jazz, but i also LOVE LOVE LOVE metal and punk music. My type is hard to explain kinda i think??? Twink or large 💀. Instrument players too!!! Love watching them perform all serious and into the groove.

I’m a very touchy person. I like being able to hold onto people, it grounds me and reminds me that i’m there. I really want a chaotic relationship. We tease each other, get into play fights. Sweet moments of course, but not ALL the time. There’s gotta be a level, y’know?

I’m a big nerd! Planing on majoring in Marine Biology so i need someone to listen to me when the fish make me go crazy. I compose my own pieces centered around ocean awareness and am generally a very outward person. Got questions? Ask me! And if I don’t know, i’ll ask my coworkers at the aquarium!

Really, i just need someone to keep up with me being really energetic and playful all the time, but also listen to my ocean ramblings :P

Thank you so much!

notes - hey, hey !!! sorry this took so long dude, i have been BUSY, but I'm happy that im getting back into a little bit of fanfic writing :) i hope you enjoy this lil matchup <3

THE CHARACTER I CHOSE FOR YOU IS...

HOBIE

YALL WOULD TOTALLY GET ALONG !!

literally the perfect music man for you

he would just sit beside you and practice playing his guitar because he knows that you love it

he would adore playing music with you, even if your instrument clashes a bit with his

it would be killer music i think

yall would be such a goofy cute couple and he teases you so much. like always trying to get on your nerves, but not to the point of being an asshole. he's just that perfect level of goofy that you need

AND HE WOULD BE SUCH A GOOD LISTENER DUDEEEEE

ramble to him all day and he will remember word for word what you told him all while listening with a little smile on his face

he thinks youre the most interesting person in the world and loves to hear you ramble

you two would actually be so perfect for each other it's not even funny <3

[coal15]

Just finished the first draft of Ch.10 of my Good Omens fic All Roads Lead Back. This chapter is a bit different because it's mostly backstory of a new OC. I thought of the idea like a month ago and I knew exactly how I was going to introduce her. I'm hoping to have it locked and posted w/in the next couple of days. So, here's a little excerpt:

Once upon a time an Angel was sent to a small town about an hours' drive outside of London to monitor and protect the local squirrel population until further notice. Why? Well, the longer she remained there, the more she suspected literally no reason at all besides Gabriel’s desire to show the Almighty what a tight ship he was running. Everyone occupied with tasks and missions. Or maybe the pompous dick just didn’t like her. A squirrel or two occasionally stopped to socialise, but mostly they just squirrelled about in proper squirrel fashion and paid her no mind.

Her only escape from the boredom was gardening and music. When weather allowed, she would fling open the doors and windows of her small cottage and blast Fleetwood Mac, Bowie, Blondie, or whatever, whilst she tending to flowerbeds. Generally no one complained about this habit of hers because the homes in her village had a decent amount of space between them, so it wasn't like she was blowing out anyone’s eardrums. Besides, they all appreciated her taste in music. With one exception.

. . . “The Sex Pistols were not well received,” the Angel says with a giggle as Aziraphale and Crowley listen to her story with tingling curiosity. “So I removed them from my gardening soundtrack rotation right away.”

“That was very polite of you,” Aziraphale says with a smart nod, quite certain he also would not appreciate the musical stylings of a band called The Sex Pistols. 

. . . One day the Angel was weeding between the peonies and primrose when a handsome young man who often roamed about with his dog wandered over to the fence around her little patch of the world. “No music today?” He asked with a gentle smile.

“Nah. I need to replace the needle on my record player, it scratched up Miles Davis pretty bad the other day. But I probably should have replaced it ages ago, so. Joke’s on me.”

“Bummer.” The man’s smile went from gentle to shy. “I, uh, when I take Pippin out for walks I usually go by this place just to hear what you’re playing. You have killer taste.”

“I get that a lot.” Something about the man’s smile made her insides feel warm. 

“Have you heard of Cyndi Lauper? She’s pretty new.��

The Angel flipped through her mental catalogue and came up empty. “Ummmmm, I don’t think so.” 

“You should check her out. She’s got, like, the most unique voice.”

“I’ll add it to my list.” Ask his name! She shouted at herself with a bizarre urgency she didn’t quite understand. “Sorry, I didn’t get your name.”

“Allan. And I already know your name-not in a creepy way!” He yelped the moment he said the words and heard how they sounded. “But, you’re, y’know the Garden Music Girl. You’re kinda . . . known. Around here. In general.”

The Angel didn’t know what to say. She bit the corner of her lip as her insides got even warmer and she wondered what Allan’s favourite food was. If it’s pizza I know a great spot, I could take him there. And maybe a pint at Salty Dog if he-

“I am so stupid!” Allan interrupted her inner dialogue. “Christ, what an idiot! I can get you a great deal on a new needle. Or hell, a whole new player if you want. My family runs a record shop in London.”

. . . . “Zoe!” Aziraphale cuts off the story with a sharp gasp when he makes the connection, then turns to Crowley. “Darling, this is Maggie’s mother!” 

Crowley tilts an ear closer to Aziraphale, wondering if perhaps he misheard. “How’s that?”  

A fond expression washes over Zoe’s face as she thinks back on her mortal days. “It took me a minute to realise I was in love with Allan but as soon as I did, unplugging from Heaven so we could grow old together and have kids was the easiest decision I ever made.”

“And as a human, you never . . .”

“Nope.” Zoe shook her head. “I had no idea you were an Angel. To me you were just the sweet, quirky guy who owned our building."

********to read Chapter One, go HERE

[canmom]

l'aventure d'canmom à annecy épisode DEUX - lundi - partie 1

sure hope everyone knows the days of the week in French.

I'm gonna be writing throughout the day today because there's gonna be a lot!

this morning i wasted my reservation for The Most Precious of Cargoes by not showing up early enough, rip. As a consolation I went into Grad Films 1! These kinda slapped! ...mostly anyway.

first up, we had Sheep Out by Zofia Klamka, which was pure style. a severely dressed animator has her routine disrupted by a runaway cartoon sheep, taking her on a crazy chase through the ads and posters of the city. edited tight as fuck, the initial routine montage of match cuts transitioning perfectly into crazy smears, wacky perspectives and some really playful shots with the characters running through posters at different scales and interacting with the real world. calls to mind Kon. hell of an opener.

Apartment 203 was a bit of a dud for me. Found footage style about a serial killer, it explains the premise in text at the outset so there is little tension, and it's just a camera looking around a dirty CG with foley of breathing, music, and offscreen violence and screams.

Luckily such misses were not the rule in this block!

Echoes by Robinson Drossos used a very strong sketchy traditional animation style to depict a boy descending into a sewer that becomes an increasingly surreal cave. The pencil texture and strength of drawing and movement do a ton for this one, i fully winced when the boy falls down a shaft hitting his head on every surface.

Carrotica by Daniel Sterlin-Altman was a blast. It's about the desires and fantasies of a single mum obsessed with her carrot research and her repressed gay son who writes erotica in his notebooks, all depicted in stop motion. Excellent naturalistic voice acting and a script that is both funny and very genuine.

Humantis by Paris Baillie from Calarts was a really cool stop motion one about flower petal creatures which engage in strange formal dances, and one of these creatures whose white petals start becoming corrupted with green. The creature tears petals from the others to try to hide its condition but inevitably gets found out, only to discover other green humantises. Yet in the final shot of the film, we see that it still mourns its white petals. I loved the visual style here - really imaginative creature designs.

You are the truck and I am the deer was not really to my taste - poetry over abstract imagery of corruption and trauma, i kinda get it, but it felt a bit too generic for me.

Yapalaponky by Masataka Kihara... I'm sure glad I can post a picture so I don't have to describe the creature. The film depicts a series of cute/funny little interactions between the man and the creature, good visual gags around weight and such, eventually pulling back to a child in a car on the way to a funeral (I think). Always interesting to see jp animation outside the anime bubble - I appreciate the visual imagination of these weird guys with their う faces.

The Time Botanist by Glenn Paul-Parvenu is a delightful tribute to rubber hose and earlier animation, with its mc getting sneezed back into older and older styles by her anthropomorphised time machine. Good concept, nails the execution!

The Last Visit by Keawalee Warutkomain is a meditation on grief, animated in the pages of a book. Foregrounding its process this much, it led me inevitably to think about the act of making a film to grieve someone. I made a short animation when Fall died - it was really rough, but I felt moved to use the art I was making at the time to commemorate her somehow. I always felt a little ashamed that I didn't make something better, but like... as if she'd care! And it makes me wonder like, the stuff about technical execution, how it relates to something so personal as a film about grief - but then, it's not just a personal project, it's being screened for others here. What is the right way to make art 'for' someone who has died? I really don't know.

In this case, Warutkomain is mourning her aunt. The film is more about the experience of grief than the aunt herself, and it felt a little too long for what it had as such an abstract film, but like, it feels cruel to make that kind of criticism. It certainly provoked thought of my own experience of grief, but the subject is inherently resonant - I realised I was getting lost in my head and missing the film. I don't know what to make of it all. Certainly the animation in the pages of a book was a cool effect.

Adiós by José Prats seemed like another such personal film, but in this case a tight drama. A father is struggling to accept the departure of his son, the dialogue full of loaded lines about leaving him behind. They go out hunting, but their dog accidentally eats poison; the father is resigned to losing the dog, but the son runs to fetch salt instead of staying at their side - and this turns out to be the right call, since the dog is saved, and the father finally accepts his son's decision. Strongly executed stop motion, this was a very solid note to end on.

I love student films, because there are few other cases where people get to create with such few restraints. Which isn't to say there aren't pressures - students are trying to impress future employers and their instructors and so forth, and they draw inspiration from other student films so you get certain genres - but I'm always impressed by the sheer variety of stuff that people can cook up in just a year. Definitely a strong block, can't wait for more. (Also some of the directors were present, I hope they appreciated the applause - living the dream of getting a film into annecy. one day.)

[marsmarvel02]

So, I played Princess Peach: Showtime! last night, and I have some thoughts.

Warning: Spoilers for the entirety of Floor 1 under the cut.

Opening

Wow, the music is good.

I love Grape's design! So... unique!

Grape's name, however, is ... ehh. It could be worse, but I'd still prefer something a bit more intimidating.

Why does Stella have to make crying baby noises when she's upset? It makes it hard to take her seriously and it's honestly just really grating to listen to.

Stella's design, while not the worst thing in the world, just seems a bit... off to me. I can't place it, but something about her just looks... weird.

Why is light magic named "Sparkle"? It just sounds a bit... goofy.

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Wow, the loading times for levels are... a bit much.

Why does the "level loading" music have to have that long, low horn that sounds almost exactly like the noise older Nintendo games make when they crash? The first time I heard it, I freaked because I thought there was something wrong with my copy of the game.

Why did they make B the action button and A the jump button? In every other game I've played, B is jump! That button switch has actually made me die a few times in a later level, and generally made me bad at parts that require jumping with quick reflexes.

Wow, this game IS easy.

The pre-transformation sections of levels where you just run around swinging your ribbon at stuff are honestly kinda boring.

Oh man, Swordfighter Peach looks AWESOME!

Again, the game is still really easy, but blasting your way through hordes of Sour Bunch members makes you feel INCREDIBLY powerful.

And I love the acrobatic and flashy dodges too.

Why does the very imposing knight with the hammer go down in one hit? Seriously, all you need to do is jump over his shockwave once and oop, down he goes.

The end boss is CRAZY! Who'd've thought that a Mario (spinoff) game would have you fight a giant killer plant that ISN'T a piranha plant! Also, wow, this random spinoff gets original bosses and Mario Wonder doesn't.

Jokes aside, though, I love the thorny flower bud boss. Does it have a name?

Ninja-1

Normally stealth levels in games are the ones that everybody hates, but honestly this one is GREAT!

Again, the game is still pretty easy, but stealth-attacking enemies and taking them out in one hit also feels POWERFUL.

I love how the guards can't tell where Peach is when she has a freakin' SPOTLIGHT shining on her. Or when she's pressed up against a wall and her GIANT YELLOW PONYTAIL is sticking up above her camo paper.

Why does being spotted make Peach turn into a log and then teleport to just before whatever stealth section you failed? I mean, I get sending you back to try again, but what's with the log? Is it a reference to some ninja trope I'm not familiar with?

Oh man, the chase sequence is SUPERB. Especially the wallrunning bits, and

When the enemy drops one of the scrolls, and Peach somehow uses it to summon a giant wave to ride. It makes no sense, but it's FRICKIN AWESOME.

Honestly, I'd really like it if the wave chase had ended with the enemy dropping a second scroll, and Peach using it to summon another crazy setpiece. (Hey, I just realized, that wave is a "dramatic setpiece" both in-universe and in the video game sense.)

Patissiere-1

Once again, the section before the transformation is... rather slow.

Honestly, I was expecting this to be the "annoying gimmicky minigame level", but I'm pleasantly surprised. It's a gimmicky minigame level, sure, but not an annoying one.

While getting above the minimum required to advance in the cake-decorating and cookie minigames wasn't too hard, I can see that I'll have my work cut out for me when I come back to get all the Sparkle Gems.

This isn't too bad, but it's annoying how in the cookie minigame there isn't any visual indicator that you're about to overmix something.

Cowgirl-1

One word: AWESOME!

Again, the ease at which you can lasso enemies and throw them around makes you feel powerful.

Oh, and that barrel-throwing fight sequence manages to simultaneously be both awesome and hilarious. I don't know why, it's just funny in the best way.

Crazy Thought: Cowgirl Peach tests her barrel-lassoing skills against Donkey Kong.

That horse chase sequence is pretty fun, but it's also where I died a few times because I lassoed when I meant to jump.

And, to top it all off, the boss fight against the leader of the robbers is epic. My only disappointment is that, when he's charging around the arena after you, you can't matador him into those piles of gem boxes landing the first hit revealed. I understand why you can't, but I still wish you could.

Floor 1/First Main Boss

It appears that Peach understands as much as I do that, while forcing open the door that's obviously full of dark magic might be a bad idea, it's also the only way to progress the game.

I'm not sure what to think about the fact that you need Sparkle Gems to open the Spooky Floating Door. I mean, the cost was low enough that it wasn't a problem for me, but I could see it frustrating someone who isn't very good at the game (especially since doors on later floors will probably use the same mechanic), and speedrunners are probably going to HATE it.

Why is the evil version of Sparkle named "Darkle"? It just sounds stupid.

WE'RE FIGHTING A GIANT DISCO CHICKEN!

Oh man, Disco Wing is awesome. Especially the part where THE GRAVITY FRIGGIN' FLIPS UPSIDE DOWN!

It's funny how the only time Disco Wing does that giant rolling attack is when the arena has been changed in a way that makes it possible for Peach to dodge it. Disco Wing, you could've won easily if you'd just done that attack a few times at the start of the fight!

Crazy Thought: Disco Wing meets Hole Punch from Paper Mario: The Origami King.

NINTENDO, I WANNA REFIGHT THE DISCO CHICKEN! LET ME REFIGHT THE DISCO CHICKEN!

So, after fighting Disco Wing I finally checked out the dress shop, and THERE'S A DISCO DRESS! That is DEFINITELY what I'm wearing for the rest of the game (or at least until beating the next floor boss unlocks another crazy dress pattern.)

Disco Wing's boss theme wasn't very disco-y for some rea- WAIT, I JUST CHECKED THE OFFICLIAL SOUNDTRACK AND ALL THE MAIN BOSSES HAVE THE SAME THEME?! Nintendo, WHY??! Now I won't be able to hear Juno Songs make covers for each individual boss!

In conclusion, Showtime! is definitely a straight A of a game so far. If it keeps on being as good as it was, I might even consider pushing its grade up to an A+.

[reilleclan-blog]

American Psycho review

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Alrighty*claps hands together* I watched this fucking movie. And I find it hilarious hilarious ppl really took what was in that movie and was like "yeah I'm him" genuinely wanting to be that guy. Shows a lot about our society today the "privilege" ppl like him get to have to even remotely even BE PATRICK BATEMAN. Uh I'm ngl I feel bad for the actor who plays him cause I hear it can be mentally taxing for a "regular" person to play a literal killer.

But aside from that, the movie everytime that nigga Patrick was on screen, genuinely terrified me. Scared the living hell out of me. I'd say this movie could be a horror but um yeah. The fact he has these "identities" so much so that at the very end of the movie he's still just "dismissed" from the crimes he committed and that really made me think of "society"

How could this white rich straight man possibly be a killer he has everything. The fact Bateman BLATANTLY SAYS "YO I KILLED OVER 40 PPL" and the dude genuinely thought he was joking is insane to me. Again the ending just SCREAMS THE PRIVILEGE IN UR FACE. I kinda can't take the movie seriously but the fact men like that exist in real time is the most serious part of it all. (Also adding to the fact, ppl would often mistake who he was also showed how all of them(business bros) are so much the same, but they want to be seen as "different" I guess)

The fact the only person that (I guess) "genuinely" cared about Bateman was the white girl that was "so nice" and she "was the girl for him all along". The god damn receptionist. THE FACT HE FLAT OUT STOPPED HIMSELF FROM KILLING HER B/c who the fuck knows. I genuinely don't think it had anything to do with her being the receptionist maybe he just wanted to actually stop? But like who could tell. (Also she is technically I guess, the only person who finds how sick he is and is still alive. It was either branching off into "I can fix him" territory or she just looks at him differently) who can say.

And yeah, rip my girl Christie(funny u never know her actual name , I don't think) I knew she wasn't making it out alive but she had the right idea trying to leave.

(Sidenote: i genuinely couldn't tell the difference between the men and women on the screen they genuinely ALL looked alike. Aside from some features. So when they were talking about some bitch named Evelyn I was like "wasn't that the fiancé" but maybe he just found another girl that was named Evelyn lol. Or he wanted to kill his fiancé by proxy or something EDIT: actually the woman he killed was named Elizabeth)

Um the fact the men were just allowed to be actual dickheads and the women just smiled and waved. Like trophies hung up in a room , was very fitting. And also the idea of being this "perfect" person to fit in made me wonder why do alot of killers( and yes I know, narcissists, I just don't want to be like "all narcissists are killers") think they need to Be "perfect". With Bateman it made "sense" cause he's trying to "fit in" but all that effort he puts in didn't necessarily need to be done. I think he wanted to convince himself it mattered cause when u think about "societal norms" most of it is irrelevant. And or he could've been trying to fit in so hard b/c if he didn't he'd look like a neurodivergent ass nigga around a bunch of neurotypicals. And that couldn't go well especially when ur in "corporate". He walks around with headphones always on, he talks about his special interests(music) and he draws. Definitely sounds like he is on the spectrum.(lol I'm literally him, lookin ass)

Uh this movie made me physically sick and why they needed to add "American Psycho" again poking at America's culture(business culture and white ppl in general) AmeriKa , it's literally true (this movie could've also popularized the jerking off of serial killers as well. .. romanticizing a serial killer romanticizing mental illness. It's a lot and it's very sick) Sidenote Sidenote: Bateman had money he was rich back then shit was cheap as well so he could've easily bought services for help and kept it under wraps but he didn't want to, he wanted to kill those ppl b/c society told him it's ok to be a psychopath if ur rich white and a Man U CAN BE WHATEVRR U WANNA BE👍🏾😬

Edit edit: now that I think about it even more, I think he wanted to get caught so badly. B/c ig the most "interesting" thing this guy could ever say/do was that he killed ppl. He wanted to fit in so badly he never has a "real identity" nobody even knows who he was unless it was ppl that interacted with him daily(friends , receptionist) he was just another face. It's almost like he hated that about himself the most but he "couldn't figure it out"

The fact he's ALLOWED to have mental breakdowns, commit mass shootings, and then go back to his job the next day like nothing happened. It's just fucking classic. Do u know how many news reports there is of BLACK AUTISTIC PPL HAVING AN EPISODE AND THEY ARE JUST FLAT OUT KILLED? Way too many. There was one recently. Kid named Ryan Gainer 15 years old was killed.

It's incredibly cringe the way he's like "this is it for me"*swallows pills* and genuinely nobody gave a fuck lol. As in nobody cares cause he's a rich white dude, and "nobody cares" cause there's no empathy or sympathy when it comes to mental health. (Can tie in men's mental health but most of the shit they deal with is brought upon themselves)

This guy was a genuine nobody but also someone

Sick movie but ngl I did like analyzing it. Some parts of it made me genuinely cry b/c ppl like this have no morals. He's a person on the surface but on the inside he's sick and he's allowed to be. He's told he can be sick and it's acceptable.

(Side note side note side note: I'm not here to convince anyone of anything I'm simply sharing my thoughts and feelings. I'm not here to sugar coat or make u feel comfortable. If I made u uncomfortable at all then I did my job. If u want to stay a dumbass and be willfully ignorant I cannot stop u, but don't think u can comment or repost my shit and think I won't respond or just flat out block u. I have no energy for stupidity. I'm not privileged enough to be a fucking dumbass when all this shit is happening around me. Kindly leave my page and go on with ur life.)

[ntls-24722]

so answering that ask made me realize how weird my attachment to DJ is. not the attachment itself, but the character.

like look at this thing. look at his face. he and regular music man deviates so far from cawthon's normally more cartoonish style for humans. He feels way more human than he has any right to be. He really does look like an grown, bald man. with the way i play with him like a doll, it's like the fnaf version of those walter white shitposts where they turn him into a catboy

but i digress

again with these 2. can you tell i like pterosaurs?

Also, i tried to give him some clothing where whether or not it's clothing or a part of his body is ambiguous. Kind of like a Who from horton hears a who

So, Miguel has some biases. Though that's not Woolfe in the second picture, I haven't introduced him yet. But now I will! Beware of much blood and gorey details.

Miguel is not a dangerous place. There are no monsters or something trying to kill you, and there isn't even the threat of starvation or dehydration. There is just the long hallways, the expansive rolling hills. Miguel is generally harmless, due to her nature (up until very recently) of observing rather than interacting.

That is, until she wants to.

There are no dangers in Miguel except for two scenarios: Someone is in there who personally wants you dead, or Miguel personally wants you dead. Raoul Bennett combines both scenarios!

(I cannot believe he is the first character in this universe who I've given a last name.)

His thing was that he kind of had homicidal thoughts and a desire for a rush or whatever the hell serial killers feel and while he didn't act on it before, he did get stuck in Miguel and after getting stuck there for months the sensory deprivation and the way time blurred and how everything felt meaningless put gasoline to the flame and made it worse to the point where he actually did go out and start killing people after he got out.

But when it came to hide the bodies, he would bring them to Miguel and leave them there, but then he'd get stuck and get deprived of the high and the cycle just kinda repeated itself over and over again. He kind of had a weird cathartic relationship with Miguel even though he kind of hated it in there.

Miguel... kinda just let it happen. She didn't really care about humanity for a very long time, and while she did find them interesting, she also didn't care very much about their wellbeing. That and she actually did have an interest with Raoul on account of him bringing bodies in.

By chance he found Cameron and Woolfe in there and he was kind of interested in him with just... how weirdly joyous Cameron was and the kind of power he had in Miguel, alongside Woolfe's so he started trying to make the attempt to befriend them. They actually got along quite quickly and they started meeting up both inside Miguel and in reality. He had started to visit miguel more than he usually had for years.

However, by the time Raoul had been coming back more frequently to meet Cameron, Miguel had begun to realize the unsavory nature of what he was using her for, and had begun to concoct something for him.

On some random day without Woolfe, Raoul remembered that Cameron's alone with him without any sort of protection, and now that there was the change where the exit was far more visible, after killing Cameron he wouldn't be stuck there for months. Without really much of a plan (he didn't exactly need one) he decided to target Cameron and would've been successful in killing him if Cameron didn't barricade himself from Raoul.

Miguel has a rule in place where she cannot make things change under direct eye contact, and now that Cameron was hidden behind a door, when Raoul came bursting through, she had bait and switched the room for another - a sublevel that worked less as a seperate level but more like a mini Miguel.

It was one room. One tiny room with knives to an axe hung on the wall.

And man, was it itchy.

She had essentially planned out this gimmick where when Raoul was trapped there, whenever he had thought of how itchy he was or scratched it, it'd get twice as worse, but as much as it was a mild inconvenience at first, it stacks up quick.

The feeling of a nuisance turned to the feeling of insects crawling beneath his flesh, turned to outright agony as his nails weren't enough anymore, but the serrated edge of the knife was, until he realized if he took the axe and took off his arm, he wouldn't feel pain in that arm anymore. So he did.

Slicing away pieces of himself, Miguel wouldn't let him die, but he still bled, bled so much that it filled the room up to his hypothetical ankles - Hypothetical, since he tore off his legs and they weren't exactly upright anymore. But eventually, he no longer had anything to tear off, nor anything to pick up the axe with. But he still was in agony.

He stayed like that, unable to move or tear at the skin that hated him like this, with each second the pain growing worse, for maybe 20 years.

Miguel brought him back, with all 4 limbs and as pristine and perfect as he was, right at the moment before he opened the door to try and kill Cameron. There was nothing but a little note on the door asking him if he wanted to continue.

Raoul, smartly, did not, and he never returned to Miguel or his life of crime.

might need to draw this ngl

[sightkeeper]

First time every actually watching Eurovision! I took notes because I did not trust my memory of who was who:

Austria - Edgar Allen Poe (funny) Portugal - Gossamer dress good energy

Switzerland - soldier ballad (meh)

Poland - Solo Tropical Brittany (catchy)

Serbia - SciFi theme bland music 

France - pretty lady on a pretty horse, song forgettable

Cyprus - Pretty boy singing another generic ballad

Spain - They definitely had a vision

Sweden - I LIKE THE CLAWS, (isn’t this an older song?)

Albania - I like lead’s costume, forgot the song as soon as it started

Italy - Really like his voice, supposed to be inspirational? (why trampoline extras)

Estonia - ghost piano, Elsa??, super pretty voice

Finland - ALRIGHT BRINGING IT BACK, HUMAN CENTIPEDE??, CRYING WTF I LOVE IT

Czechia - I feel the lead wasn’t super strong, visuals were fun though, ponytail horror

Australia - synthwave car, visuals are way more intense than the song, SAVED IT WITH METAL

Belgium - WORK IT YAS, very fun and cool visuals, the fuck are those pants, top next to finland

Armenia - thank goodness is had a pace pickup, but not enough to save it, cool costume though

Moldova - Eye of sauron mf, great energy, FLUTIST DRAGON

Ukraine - terminator matrix, man work those screens, just a good song

Norway - haunting start, VOICE SO GOOD, rave witch queen I love her, WOW HIGH

Germany - just thank you Germany, costumes and vocals so fucking killer

Lithuania - pretty song and visuals, kinda forgettable though

Israel - Go unicorns! I guess, solid song, don’t know why it cracked me up

Slovania - good song, 70s heartthrob

Croatia - THAT SURE WAS SOMETHING, UNFORGETTABLE 

UK - this song had no chance after the last one

And watching the results, SWEDEN HOW, but at least I liked Sweden even if it’s a lukewarm yay, we all know the real winner was Finland, and I am a Norway stan it’s official

[clumio]

THE DEVIL’S CHORD LIVE NOTES/REVIEW‼️

I love Maestro. I would die for them. Thank god

DIEGESIS?????? Big day for liberal arts majors

Everyone is serving CUNTTTTT

Ruby my beloved.

BEATLES FROM WISH. THE FUCKIGN. IVE GOT A DOG….this captures early 60s music so well im going to cry

Ruby and the Doctor are already so joined at the hip I would die for them

This storyline is kinda fascinating…said it before but Maestro fuckin devourssss

“The world is darkening” lol dark crystal reference

SUSAN MENTION ??????????????????????

So when is the doctor gonna mention that he was lowkey The Killer. There’s guilt under there simmering

TRUDY. Ohhhhh Ruby. Babygirl. I love lesbians

I think the most jarring thing about Doctor who episodes nowadays is how glossy they look generally because of the general improvement in camera quality but man I can’t get over it. Noticeable since like 2014 but still

Play that shit Ruby‼️

Oh hi arpeggio laugh. How are you connected to the toymaker mx maestro. Ok can I just say again they are so cunt

Sooooo. Toymaker -> distortion of vision. Maestro -> distortion of sound. Ohh the dots. These bitches are trapped in a fucking tv show for sure

CLAIRE DE LUNE‼️ RAAAAHH

Oh hi wink at the camera okay.

the fucking What. The Pantheon. Ohhh girliepop. “It tore my soul in half” ohhhhhhh. I need to map this out

“I was born in 2004” Ruby being younger than me….bro

What the fuck is happening genuinely ALSO ashes falling from the sky -> snowflakes. Something’s there im telling you!!!!

MX MAESTRO GIVE ME A CHANCE…..Oh you’re the TOYMAKER’S CHILD ?!?!

Again I am fascinated at this being framed as a a reboot of the series because this is not an episode I would show to a beginner. I’m fascinated. Hmmmmm

SAXON THEME? RUSSEL YOU FUCKING LIAR “we won’t be seeing more of the master” SHUT UPPPPPP

“The only thing it can do is take us back to 1963” ohhhhfghfhf the opposite of the first ever season. That’s fascinating

“I thought that was non-diegetic” DIEGESIS MENTION AGAIN?????? Oh girlie i know it’s a joke but oh my god?

“Playing lovesick songs for heartbroken lesbians” okay‼️

OHHHHHH. That’s a classic Murray Gold doctory song OHFHFBCNCNFUCKK HOLD ON THR SNOW+CAROL OF THE BELLS hi ok ok ok.

This feels very exposition heavy in a way that is uncharacteristic

VIOLIN MENTION RAHHHHH. I will ignore the fact that they aren’t doing any bowing or fingering correctly

I need ToddInTheShadows or Sideways to get on this shit expeditiously

Okay musical number?????

Why is that child there.

Boom better fucking deliver

[unknownarmageddon]

i notice the ending of papyrus written on the boxes in the background of that drawing of yours 👀

Ehehehe yeah

okay so I’m taking this an excuse to ramble about my thought process and the like. Lore basically of that drawing. Which I totally didn’t make up on the spot while working on it LMAO

It’s not even that deep but I’ve been thinking about it since I finished that thing this morning

OKAY so basically that scene happens right after Dust’s brother (papyrus) died. Like RIGHT after. Like a day after or something. So that’s all of Papyrus’s stuff in those boxes in the background, which is why his name’s on them. I haven’t actually decided on how specifically papyrus died yet. Maybe a car crash

And so also for context Dust and Killer would hang out at Dust’s old garage a lot during this time. Like when they were in high school, which is when that drawing takes place as I mentioned in the tags. And they’d just like hang out in there in general like that’s where they’d just Be. Usually messing around with their guitars and shit.

So it’s like a day after Dust’s brother got brutally killed so obviously he’s goin through some shit. And Killer’s come over to be with him and like distract him and stuff. So Dust’s just kinda sittin there fucking around with his guitar trying to do Anything to distract himself from it. Not really focusing on anything.

And in one of his very common strokes of genius (/silly) Killer suggests they start a band. Cause he’s trying to get Dust’s mind off stuff. And like genuinely thinks if they started a band that’d probably help him in some way y’know. Like express stuff through music and whatnot. Also it’s been a thing they’ve joked about a lot up until that point so partly he’s making some poor excuse of a joke to get a reaction out of Dust

And then at first Dust’s just like yeah whatever man idfc. Not really paying attention. Then he just kinda gets this epiphany and he looks up at Killer with like this fucking look in his eyes and he’s like. Fuck it let’s do it.

Then blah blah blah they get Horror in on it and Killer meets Cross later and gets him in on it. And yeah. There you go there’s my absolute mess of thoughts that went along with the context of that drawing BAHA

[colorisbyshe]

There's a week left in the month but I wanted to know what your fave music released this month was. I think you did this last month too. Anything good this time around?

YESSSSSSSSS February was a GREAT month for music

Bad by So!Yoon! an all English track that is some great, soulful indie rock that I feel like really plays with and bends genre conventions. Kinda... maybe Tame Impala-y? I'm so bad at describing and comparing music, lmao.

Vanilla by Shikao Suga. More conventional rock sound but very funky and high energy. The album on the whole is really strong. Not like... redefining any genres or anything but honestly if you like So!Yoon! it's worth trying out this album

Nasty Dancer by Flo Milli. Greeeaaat throwback instrumentals (exploring 80s sounds that HAVEN'T been done to death recently) while her flow remains as pussy shattering as per usual. My one complaint is it's too short!

Big Man, Little Dignity off of Paramore's album (which is a NO SKIP ALBUM). It's a song that feels like an indie movie that changes your life. It's cinematic. Overwhelming. It seeps into your skin and out with your breath. I love it.

As You Feel by De De Mouse and Wami. God, just some good as hell future funk. Syrupy sweet, belongs on a high energy, girl centric anime OP, but also on the dance floor.

Bruises by Kelela. Hard choosing a track off her album but this one is just.. hypnotic. A haunting dance track that rattles within you.

Killer by Key. A kpop track so good it actually made me buy official. This type of throwback sound runs SUCH a high risk of being tired but he made it so refreshing with his god tier vocals and danceable chorus.

ALMOST FORGOT:

Pearls by Jessie Ware. Flawless vocals. Enrapturing beat. No one, I repeat, NO ONE is doing it like her right now.

Honorable mentions:

How to Ruin Everything by Bayside & Ice Nine Kills (sometimes you need a song that just goes hard with guitar that thrums with your blood).

Utsukushii Ikimono by Masaki Suda (a song that feels like the wind).

Sher Singh by Amrit Maan (pretty generic trap elements but idk it's fun).

Sweet Juice by Purple Kiss (they brought back GOOD sensual and cool kpop sound for the girlies!).

People are Vomit by The Used (if you know the used... you know what you're getting and I like the used lol).

[getmemymicroscope]

The stars from the first movie - Vikrant Massey and Taapsee Pannu - return, this time joined by Sunny Kaushal, himself off of a recent role in Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga where he also plays a sort of "what you see is not what you get," and Jimmy Shergill, who doesn't get nearly enough scope as he is sidelined in his quest for justice by ... well, the script, mostly.

Which, well, don't get me wrong. The movie does obviously have twists, which you come to expect based on how twisty Haseen Dillruba was (so twisty, this time around in fact, that even the word 'hasseen' in the title has an additional 's') as we follow our apparently Shakespearean-level 'star-crossed' lovers who, after the ending of the previous movie, are still struggling to just get away from everything and find themselves in each others arms.

Life, though, has other plans. Whilst forced to stay somewhat distant and while both are pursued by others - Taapsee by a lovelorn doctor, "I cut off my hand for love" Vikrant by his "I lost my leg in jumping off of the roof over failed love" landlady - they remain largely committed to each other (more-so than, say, the leads in Sahib Biwi aur Gangster). Another problem arises when the cop from their previous run-in with the law shows up, albeit with a new last name?, and is compounded when a new officer shows up - the uncle of the man that died the first time around. This time, as they say, it is 'personal.' And so the plan that forms in their minds is "Taapsee marries the guy who loves her to get the cops off their back until they can run away." Which, sure - that is most definitely a plan that could've been come up with.

The personal angle unfortunately doesn't carry much weight because, again, Jimmy's mostly sidelined. Sure, he puts two-and-two together after the fact, but that only results in his higher ups telling him to close the case right before we jump ahead 6 months. Then he gets invited to the climax via an inscribed book, where he sees Taapsee jump from unsurvivable heights (spoiler: she survives) and ends up taking in the killer for the multiple crimes committed. And gets to learn a small factoid which could somehow, potentially, play into a sequel. But, mostly, he just sits around as the sorta bland love triangle plays out.

On the plus side, while this movie may not be as chaotic as the first one, it also most definitely does not follow-up with the absurd glorification of sadism/masochism and domestic abuse. So, at least there's that.

Again, though - I know how this sounds so far. But, honestly, given the absence of that aforementioned glorification that really made the first movie hard to watch, and the generally respectable acting of our leads even in the absence of maybe completely ridiculous twists (though, both the twists involving falling into water may be a bit too much to believe, especially the second one), I did enjoy this more than the first go around (which just left an ill taste in my mouth, almost entirely because of what it seemed to glorify).

The 'twist' with Sunny's character which comes out before the climax sequences is maybe just a bit much - are we really supposed to believe that everyone is like that. Sure, they've done that, but the chances they'd also meet someone who is the exact same as them seems pretty slim. The additional twist at the very end, on the airplane, seems more cliché than anything - we'll have to see if it turns into something more significant in part 3, or if it is just a throwaway line to keep him relevant.

Rashomon'ing the scene that ended with them falling into the 'crocodile-infested rivers' was kinda cool; however, after hearing about these crocodiles literally from the start of the movie, having 1 montage of them feeding the crocodiles and then 1 scene of 1 crocodile attacking seems like a bit of a letdown in that regard.

The music was just meh, though the use of the song from Karz was pretty sweet (maybe just cuz I really enjoy those songs). I walked away from the first movie a bit disturbed and uncertain if I'd want to watch more; now, having seen the second, I'm walking away slightly more intrigued and interested in a potential follow-up - though that doesn't change the fact that there's still no way that she would've survived that fall unscathed, or maybe even at all (even if she landed in the water).

[cyborg-franky]

Ooooo could you possibly do headcanons of the one piece characters as college students? What type of students would they be, how would they be in class, what are their majors, etc? :D

Ooooh yes, I didn't go to college and UK college is very different from US so here I go.. I dunno if they do majors like this so I generalized them.

Marco

Always late to lessons.

Looks like he isn’t paying attention and is top of the class.

Very social.

He does biology, science, history, and geography.

Ace

Does all his work last minute.

Shows up late.

‘I don’t really need to be here, life teaches us more lessons man’

Here for a good time

Media studies

Thatch

On-time.

Is often teachers' fave.

Flirts too much in class.

Here for home ec, cooking, and business.

Izou

Just wanted to go to make sure his sister was okay.

Scary, teachers are scared of him so he gets away with like, alot.

Beauty, business, law

Deuce

Was made to go by his parents.

Is really unhappy being there.

Lets Ace bring him down.

Flunking biology but doing well in creative writing and literature.

Law

Wanted to get away from overly attached father figure.

Is always on time but looks like he’d rather smoke behind the bike sheds.

Biology, science, chemistry

Kid

Here to party bitches.

Drinks and good times.

Metal shop, engineering.

Killer

His best friend is going so…

On time, keeps hung-over Kid in check

Cooking, home ec, languages.

Sabo

Why not, use government money to fund himself.

Is late.

He Will cut a bitches breaks if they fail him.

Politics, law, psychology.

Vivi

Late to the game because she needed a gap year to find herself.

Always on time, always a goody goody.

World affairs, politics, law

Zoro

Only time he stepped foot on campus was he got lost.

Jokes aside.

Sport

Nami

Already has loads of money, and never has student fees.

Will ruin everyone who looks at her wrong.

Business, agriculture.

Robin

Is that one goth girl that everyone is in love with.

Flawless in class.

Social but people fear her for no reason.

History, creative writing, languages, Latin, literature.

Franky

People kinda think he’s lost.

WHAT’S UP MY DUDES, ARE WE LEARNING? Vibes

Metal work, engineering, travel.

Usopp

incoming nerdy art student who always has the paint-covered overalls.

Big nerdy but has cool friends so everyone knows and likes him.

Art, textiles, drama

Brook

Mature student

Here to vibe.

Music, history

Chopper

Gets carded all the time, why are you here child.

Is scared of everyone.

Does his best

Science, biology, human studies

Luffy

SABO AND ACE ARE DOING IT SO.

Is bad

Just crashes in everyone's dorms and eats everyone's food.

Not dumb just not into learning.

Sanji

“Someone told me I could get laid in college.”

Wishes he was a party boy.

Nerd

Home ec, cooking, drama