#its name is elvis

[why-the-heck-not]

We aren't gonna talk abt what happened to Elvis 2.0 (straight up forgot I had that going). It's Elvis 2.1 now

[purpleskelet0n]

thank you all so much for participating! this was so much fun and really makes me want to start a blog, Elvis sends love to all of you, but for now, he's got a friend to meet up with. (based on rps!)

(Stanley owned by @visillantopng ! STRICTLY PLATONIC, NOTHING ABT SHIPPING PLS IT MAKES US RLLY UNCOMFORTABLE.)

[azuzula]

💙the johperetta playlist💜 (spotify)

you’re so vain - carly simon

i walk the line - johnny cash, the tennessee two

louisiana woman, mississippi man - loretta lynn & conway twitty

trouble - elvis presley

that’s what i like about you - trisha yearwood

great balls of fire - jerry lee lewis

show me - the resonant rogues

poison ivy - the coasters

heartbreaker - pat benatar

red headed woman - sonny burgess

crazy on you - heart

a big hunk o’ love - elvis presley

valerie - amy winehouse

tallahassee lassie - freddy cannon

[inhidingxoxo3637]

Acosta is the sylvanian family mole

THE MOLE FAMILY ARE CALLED THE MCBURROWS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[real-ponyboy]

[OOC]

Just found out my bunny is a boy…After a yr of having him. 😄

Renamed him Presley because our other Bunny's name is Cash ‼️‼️‼️🥳🥳🥳🥳

[thatbanditqueen]

I miss you Norah baby 😘

-Daisy (@powerofelvis)

Oh helllo there ! Did I just see that a new chapter of Aloha to my Heart is coming? Or the writing game prompt? I feel like we have all been deprived for so long I might have a stroke if you release something...

[teamseaslug]

Trisha Paytas' babies news coincidentally timing with political figures dying is fucking awesome btw

[elvismentions]

meet Elvis.... what a distinguished young gentleman

[diana-westmoon]

MIE I LITERALLY STARTED WATCHING TMA JUST TODAY!!!!!!

YIPPIE!!

WHICH EP ARE YOU ON? :0

[septembersghost]

in a timeline where Elvis had been in good health and lived longer or even was still alive! what do you think might've happened with his career?

this is a great question, and i love it despite it also making me unspeakably sad. obviously so many things would have to change for this to happen, and there are endless hypotheticals that can be asked about him - what if he'd gotten, and been willing to accept, help with the pills and his other struggles, what if he hadn't been trapped in vegas, what if he'd left parker, what if he had had the chance to make dramatic pictures and choose/record more music that inspired him rather than the movies and soundtracks he ended up having to do for so long, what if he hadn't been drafted, what if his mother hadn't died when she did - any one of these changing potentially changes the whole course of his life. but let's say nothing is different except he's healthier and survives. keep in mind elvis would've only been 45 in 1980, and, all things being equal, his voice would still have been strong and clear and beautiful. i don't think he's the type of person who ever would've wanted to stop creating and performing. the 80s gets us into an interesting time with music, disco fizzles out, a bunch of fresh rock and pop and country sounds rise and flourish, hip-hop begins to enter the mainstream. another big thing that happened was the revitalization of broadway, with particularly flashy, sweeping musicals. barbra streisand, who'd primarily been recording various forms of pop as it shifted for a good decade or so, along with her successful film soundtrack music, returned to her roots and released the broadway album in 1985 (one of my albums of all-time), when el would've been 50, and it was seen as a gamble, but turned out to be a huge hit. elvis may not have been a musical theatre performer in that sense, but he had a natural affinity for drama and flair, so it'd be cool to know if he would've taken to any of that or incorporated aspects of it (in my head, he'd totally enjoy the phantom of the opera). the rock sounds, the r&b, the fusions in pop and country, all of that would've piqued his interest, i think, because he was so passionate about music and was so skilled (and such a sponge for it across genres) at adapting it. so he could've experimented with new sonic forms, kept expanding his abilities and repertoire. i'd love to imagine that he'd have flown away out of vegas and finally gotten to tour the way he wanted. i even think he would've added innovation to the culture and music happening at the time. if he'd remained well and found creative outlets that inspired him, it's something he could've kept going on and building for a long while. i feel certain he would've done more gospel records too eventually, while still staying current at the same time. i imagine any of that would've somewhat altered how his legacy has been viewed, especially the wrongfully disparaging commentary. maybe he'd be like some of the other artists we've seen, paul, elton, bob dylan, billy joel, and so on, and kept playing well into his 70s. maybe eventually he'd have retired instead and taken time for himself (and you asked career specifically, but i hope he could've found some personal peace and love that he kept looking for too), but...part of me really does think he never could've left making music or being onstage and sharing that love and energy with an audience, as long as he was able. he would've found those songs to keep singing. which is what he did do in life. if only he'd had more time.

kind of off-topic/an aside, but i honestly believe he'd be so, so touched, and so amused regarding some things (i simply know he'd dissolve into that contagious laughter), that the young women on the internet, even a generation behind me, (after i explain the internet to him, i will tell him <3) are listening to and watching, and writing and reading about, and making countless fanvids and edits/gifs/etc for him in 2023. i hope in 2027, when he's been gone for fifty years, all the fans right now, new and old alike, still hold onto part of what they're currently experiencing. there's something indescribably wholesome about it (even in the thirst posting tbh, because it's still his power?!). i just cannot fathom any current star having this effect decades later, including the ones i adore. not because they aren't great, not because they aren't creating wonderful, lasting work, they undoubtedly are, but so much has shifted in how we absorb and keep and pass that on which alters it along the way. elvis' status as the best-selling solo artist of all time could *maybe* be broken eventually (although it's not in the foreseeable future), but it won't actually be comparable because streaming and everything within the industry has vastly changed. another difference, unfortunately, also lies in the tragedy. i hope our current young musicians have long careers and carve out happy, peaceful lives free of as much of that torment as possible, but the immense sadness and mythic rise and fall of it all are why we culturally still cling so much to certain people - as i've oft mentioned with EP, MM. to those eternally young and heartbreaking figures. if they'd experienced recovery, and lived the long, contented lives we wish they had, would we be this captivated by them now? or do we look into the abyss of their absences and hold them closer to keep them alive, to understand and feel that connective empathy? it's deeply human nature to be drawn to trying to understand the shadow of that darkness chasing their light. we want them to live and we can't give it to them, so we find ways to bring them to life instead.

i wish he was here to know how beloved he is, and i wish he was here because it would mean the trajectory of his life was far more gentle. i wish he was here to laugh with us about it and see us singing and dancing along to his music as if it was brand new, but i do believe he often looks down at us like:

[angel-blitz]

Whos more flirty in the relationship ernest or lips? 🥀

It's kind of a mix between the two, but Liver definitely wins. But Ernest is the only one that can really make him flustered, all he's gotta do is give him THAT look and livers like "oh boy"

[omanu]

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[formula-fun]

Have u seen the redbull elvis suits? Idk if they are wearing that to the race or if its just a promo but literally wtf is that lol suddenly the ferrari blob circle thing seems nice......

I have 3 possible explanations for this because im trying to make any kind of sense of it. 1) max was so jealous of charles' monaco racesuit they made him his own white and red one and then chose a justification after the fact 2) red bull marketing is predicting a red bull/ferrari podium and want them all to look SO cute with their matching outfits 3) by choosing red and white ferrari has obviously invoked some old gods and a few spirits of drivers past to get that shitbox on the top of the board, and red bull is now fighting for favor from the same group of old gods and spirits just to ruin ferrari's weekend

honestly tho the color choice is so random and the design is so bad. why isnt it blue? why doesnt it match the car? why didn't they use the 23 elvis impersonators in the paddock as a focus group? they needed a focus group. if it didnt say elvis on it in 72pt font i wouldnt have made the connection. it is neither red bull nor is it elvis. it is simply ugly

[mikecrygor]

heavily referenced from the music video but heres my pemberton cabin project ocs (only thing ive ever posted about them)

[dumbthunder]

I really thought Viva Las Vegas was an original Richard Cheese that they made for Zac Snyder's army of the dead.

[beetleoops]

You keep getting married to Beetlejuice

This fucker loves to party (and he loves you), so you are having weddings constantly

You officially get married in private, with only Lydia, the Deetzs and the Maitlands there. You take it easy so he can adjust to being alive, but Delia still throws a pretty fun party- if a little...odd. Still, it's enough for Beetlejuice to learn his alcohol tolerance isn't NEARLY as high now that he has a heartbeat.

"Babes!! I cannot fuckin wait to get married to you all over again." He's half asleep, laying his entire weight on you, reeking of booze, smiling like a dope. "Uh-huh. Me too, Beej." You pat his back.

(Also, turns out now that he sleeps for real, he snores. you think its cute.)

Once he's human (and more or less used to it), you have a more traditional wedding with your friends and family all there, and throw an all night reception and after party at a bar - beej loves the energy and is cheering on your grandparents to throw ass on the dance floor all night

"Fuck it up Agnes! Hell yeah!" (This is probably not your grandma's name. Actually, is that even your grandma?)

This goes over not great, but better than expected; everyone has a good time. You do too, of course. You are drunk and wearing white and laughing so loud, and when you aren't dancing, Beetlejuice can barely keep his hands off you. Hell, when you ARE dancing Beetlejuice can't keep his hands off you.

you go to Las Vegas for the honeymoon and get married again - Beej insists on the most tacky wedding possible and you agree.

You get married by an Elvis impersonater in a sticky little chapel on the strip. You wear a suit, and he wears a tight, short wedding dress with a veil and pumps.

"third time's the charm?" You ask, when Elvis finally says to kiss the groom. " Oh no, babes. We're hitting the drive through wedding chapel next."

"Deal!" And you dip him before kissing him square in the mouth.

You keep getting married to Beetlejuice, because you both want to make fucking SURE it sticks.