#ivyodessa

[ebongawk]

Reylo paranormal investigator AU? 👀

aw, reylo my beloved 🥹 ok ok:

Gonna switch it up and make Rey the skeptic and Ben the believer because as a child, he would swear a demon whispered to him in the middle of the night. If he squinted, he could see it in the corner with glowing yellow eyes.

They're looking into reports they've received of this old mansion on the edge of town with a creepy old groundskeeper that scares everyone away, but when they get there, the house is beautifully furnished and clean and the young woman who greets them is kind and lovely.

She makes them tea and they ask her about the hauntings and she's like, "Oh, hauntings? I haven't heard of anything like that." And they're like, "Then who called us? It was a guy named, like, Kenobi or something?" And she's like, "Oh, Obi-Wan? He's my neighbor! He's good friends with my husband, Anakin!"

And Ben and Rey are both like wtf bc they looked into the history of the house and before Obi-Wan Kenobi bought it, it was owned by a guy named Anakin Skywalker who went on a rampage and killed his wife and almost killed his newborn twin children (but Obi-Wan stepped in.)

Anyway long story short Rey and Ben go to sleep in a nice guest bedroom, wake up in a dilapidated old house (in the same bed, but it's all dusty and gross), and find out the demon that plagued Ben as a child is the same demon that drove Anakin to kill his nice wife that made them tea.

send me a prompt and I'll make up five facts about it!

[ymaohoh]

Mermaid AU

Hellcheer Prompt!

Merman Eddie is fascinated by the human world and loves watching the ships come and go, even if his faithful flounder Dustin warns him of the dangers of being seen. One evening he's drawn by some lively music and watches as a pretty girl dances. Suddenly a storm hits and the crew try desperately to save their vessel from sinking. The girl from before is thrown overboard and without a second thought Eddie plunges into the waves after her. He carries her to shore and places her gently on the sand. She coughs and splutters but she’s alive. He can’t help but brush back a strand of her golden hair and her eyelids flutter open before he can hide. For a second their eyes meet and he swears he can hear glorious music. Dustin yanks him away but it’s too late - he speaks to her - and she travels home daydreaming about his warm brown eyes. She knows she will remember that voice for the rest of her life. Eddie tells himself that he won’t seek her out again but when he finds a marble statue of her in the ship’s wreckage, he imagines what it would be like to dance with her. He suddenly wants to join the human’s on land and aches to be a part of their world. He hears tales about a magical hermit called Vecna who can grant his wish…for a price. Meanwhile the girl is similarly smitten. Princess Christine returns back to the palace and tells her parents she’s met the man she will marry. If she has to marry (for she is her father’s only heir), then she will marry her own choice. She begins to search the kingdom for the (human) man who pulled her from the sea.

Thanks @ivyodessa for the prompt!

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I was tagged by @symptomofloves to share four albums that are constantly in my rotation. This is basically an impossible task, but I tried to choose albums I usually listen to in their entirety, not just albums with specific songs I like.

I tag @sandovers @dotsunflowers @firstfullmoon @griefrituals @huong1952 @jvtng @leonardcohenofficial @librarycards @celestialwhisphers @venws @may-bean @miri-fical @whentherewerebicycles @watermotif @englishgradinrepair @engulfes @enyafan @unlivedtenderness @raendrops @ivyodessa @whimseee and everyone else who sees this and wants to do it.

Joan Armatrading, self-titled album. I listen to this album all the time when I'm in the car or on a walk. It has an amazing vibe for movement. I love Joan's voice as well--it brings me comfort and also makes me feel so good because it's so full. I like this album because I like her early stuff a bit more than I like her more recent releases. I think this is a great album for people new to her music.

Anna Tivel, Outsiders. I only recently came into possession of this album in the last year and a half. My stepmom went to a concert where Anna opened, and she thought I would love the album so she brought me a vinyl from the concert. I have basically listened to it non-stop since then. It's cerebral, wispy, sad, lyrically complex, poetic, and just very very moving.

Nina Simone, Nina Simone and Piano! This is one of my favorite albums from Nina Simone because I love how it showcases Nina's piano expertise. I like to listen to this album when I clean my room, when I cook, or when I am putting away laundry. It is just so beautifully performed and cultivated, and it shows her artistry in an incredible way. Just a great album, one of the best in my opinion.

Sade, Lovers Rock. I can't really explain why, but I love to listen to this album when I take a shower or a bath or if I'm dancing at home. It's just so tender. It's also good for romantic occasions, reflecting on love and self, etc. Listening to it makes me feel comforted, I guess. And it's just very loving in every way.

[rose-n-gunses]

Rules: pick a song for each letter of your url and tag that many people

I was tagged by @vancruejovi and we all know I love a good opportunity to post about my music lol

Reeling - The Mysterines

One More Minute - Authority Zero

Superunknown - Soundgarden

Empty Promises - Quiet Riot

Night Lady - DAZR

Getaway Car - Audioslave

Uncle Tom's Cabin - Warrant

Nightrain - Guns N' Roses

Slow an' Easy - Whitesnake

Every Third Thought - David Duchovny

Show Me How to Live - Audioslave

Aaaand let's see, I'll tag @blondiest @1lostsoul0fishbowl @justhere4thevibez @pearlypairings @jenniebellie @bisexualchrissycunningham @i-love-love @ivyodessa @chrissymunsons @bibiche007 @gunmetal-ring if you're feeling up to it

[lilac-kitkat]

🎼 Music Tag 🫶🏻

The lovely, cute Sam (@erythromanc3r) gave me a fun tag so I'm gonna pass it along! Here are the first five songs from one of my favorite playlists as a fun poll - vote for whatever speaks for you, LOL.

Listen on Spotify/YouTube.

Tagging @theladycarpathia @a-strange-inkling @floggingink @natliecole @pussiesaregod @justhere4thevibez @pearlypairings @1lostsoul0fishbowl @ivyodessa @hangon-silvergirl to show me your songsssssss.

[mystardustmelodyyy]

🎼 Music tag 🎸

I was tagged by the lovely @erythromanc3r 💖💖💖💖and my task is to shuffle my favorites playlist and create a poll from the first five songs! ✨✨✨✨ and then tag some people 💃🏻

@that-chaoticace @staceymcgillicuddy @remotewatch @tomwambscunts @princessbrunette @designermomjeans @ivyodessa @planetnightshade @actnatural-ly @libra-lizard @lovedetlost Join in if you feel so inclined 💫

[binickandros]

Last Sentence Tag

RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence

I was tagged by @staceymcgillicuddy

Unfortunately I’ve dragged myself into a new AU in honor of spooky season: vamp!Chrissy with role reversal just for fun. Anyway.

It’s all good, and now maybe he has something to look forward to this afternoon.

That’s so many words. Dammit. Okay let’s see… @anniecrestaodairs @uwusillygirl @ivyodessa @deliriumsdelight7 @peachpieatmidnight

Plus anyone else who wants because that’s too many to tag!

[erythromanc3r]

Tag people you want to get to know better

tagged by @vclyrias, @notquitecogent, and @pipergirl17!

Last song: Strangers by Ethel Cain

Last show: Twin Peaks. After exhausting the catalog of media inspired by the show I’ve finally made my way to the source material.

Currently watching: literally laying on my couch watching Tár as we speak

Currently reading: The drafts I’m desperate to finish ✨ (and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.)

Current obsession: Hellcheer still has me in a headlock. Also very into The Last of Us. I spend way too much time building things in The Sims 4.

Tagging @frecklesandpoverty @carylmeanslove @ivyodessa @justhere4thevibez (only if you want to of course 👉👈)

[ebongawk]

Hellcheer 'Alien' AU - gimme the facts!

omg you're using your insider information against me!

based primarily off of the new Romulus movie (no spoilers), this AU takes place at a space station where the entire Party is sent to begin repairing a out-of-commission workplace. Chrissy and Eddie have history but aren't together

either Mike or Will is the first victim of the face-hugger (and El is the android/synthetic). Eddie's first thought is "we gotta get out of here" but Chrissy won't let them leave without everyone and they're all scattered to different parts of the station.

Eddie very much goes protective mode, refusing to let Chrissy out of his sight and probably throwing himself into at least one stupid situation in an attempt to save her. Definitely gets injured.

Billy forces Max (and maybe Lucas) into an escape pod and sends them back planetside (where I think Steve and Robin are probably playing ground control tbh). It's the only escape pod, so the only other way to escape is the ship they came in on.

In true Alien fashion, pretty much everyone is gonna die, but Chrissy will get Eddie into a cryopod and save his life before she goes Final Girl and whoops xenomorph ass.

send me a prompt and I'll make up five facts about it!

[infiniteglitterfall]

@ivyodessa replied:

And even fewer people know about the precursor that set the stage for Blair Mtn - The Matewan Massacre

Looked that up, and now I know a third little-known thing that the Matewan Massacre was a part of: the Coal Wars.

Although World War I briefly distracted union organizers and coal companies from their feud, the fighting soon picked back up again. As wealth consolidated after the war, says historian Rebecca Bailey, the author of Matewan Before the Massacre, unions found themselves in the crosshairs. “Following World War I, there was an increasing concentration into fewer hands of industrial corporate power,” says Bailey. “Unions were anathema to them simply because human labor was one of the few cost items that could be manipulated and lowered.” As the rich mine owners got richer, union-organized strikes became a way for miners to protect their salaries. Leaders like John L. Lewis, the head of the United Mine Workers of America, insisted that workers’ strength came through collective action. In one successful protest, 400,000 UMWA went on strike nationwide in 1919, securing higher wages and better working conditions....

For capitalists, it was a battle for profit—and against what they saw as Bolshevik communism. For workers, it was a fight for their rights as humans.

...This fight between collectivism and individualism, the rights of the worker and the rights of the owner, have been part of America since the country’s founding, Bailey says. And even today, that battle rages on—perhaps not with bullets, but with eroding regulations and workers’ rights.

Though at first the federal government acted as a third-party broker, protecting union rights with bargaining regulations initiated by Franklin Roosevelt, workers’ rights were eventually curtailed by more powerful actors.

“[Unions] became so dependent on federal labor laws and the National Labor Relations Board that they lived and died by what the federal government would allow them to do,” Martin says. “That was the beginning of a decline in union power in this country”—one that’s still ongoing.

Martin cites the failure of the Employee Free Choice Act to pass in Congress (which was aimed at removing barriers to unionization), the closure of the last union coal mine in Kentucky in 2015, the loss of retirement benefits for former miners, and the surge in black lung disease as evidence of unions’ fading power.

“The things they were fighting for [in the Matewan massacre] are the things we’re fighting for today,” Terry Steele says. He’s one of the miners who will be losing his health insurance and retirement plan in the wake of his employer’s bankruptcy. “The things our forefathers stood for are now being taken away from us. It seems like we’re starting to turn the clock back.”

it is absolutely BONKERS to me, the number of people in the united states i have talked to who have never even heard of the battle of blair mountain. how the largest labor uprising in our history manages to skirt by so many leftists unknown is just downright astonishing. the largest labor uprising, and the largest armed uprising, period, since the civil war.

did yall even hear me?

THE LARGEST ARMED UPRISING!! besides the civil!!! fucking!! war!!! was fought in 1921 in the name of LABOR RIGHTS AND UNIONS by TEN THOUSAND RIGHTEOUSLY PISSED, STRIKING COAL MINERS

these absolute fucking LEGENDS marching out the hollers of west virginia, wearing their red bandanas and wielding their papaw's shotguns pointed at the lawmen. waging war against the fucking UNITED. STATES. MILITARY!!! for their right to work safely and be paid fairly!!!

and people just like. don't know about that? put some fucking respect on west virginia!!! and fellow appalachians, yall best just own it when ignorant people call you a fucking redneck cause our ancestors did that shit and they did it for us

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I was tagged by @halahmp3 to post 9 of my favorite album covers (not necessarily 9 of my favorite albums). I tag the following people, and anyone who wants to do it! @rey-png @rosequartzcowboy @ivyodessa @oscillateswildly @soyauntie @maharanis @parkerscheer @bertmccrack-a-lackin @briony-larkin @blindmanbaldwin @guibass @how2forgive @fatalsoftness

[definitelynotsipandshare]

https://x.com/ivyodessa/status/182522997303817833

Rough day for them?

yeah, i guess lol

[spotlight-critique]

K blocked a particular group on Twitter, and those fans have now done a full 180 on her.

https://x.com/ivyodessa/status/1750721306448859398?s=46

Personally for me, a follow and actively talking about the situation are very different. That account got more traction due to those tweets btw. Those fans only did the account a favor by bringing it to a different platform that is widely used and has information/posts easily accessible.

WAIT, what do you mean K? In my opinion, shitquinnies says is not K.

[ebongawk]

The various creative ways you write Eddie wanting to cut open his chest and carve out his heart to give to Chrissy and/or have her crawl inside him 🫀🔪🥰

Eddie quite literally wants to carve his own heart out and watch Chrissy eat it

I didn't make that up either it's canon he told me yesterday over coffee

tell me what you remember about my writing!

[redbelles]

"godamnit" sounds like a peak into Eddie's brain while he's freaking out about how much he likes Chrissy. Very "she's so pretty I wanna die" energy. Am I close?

lmao that is accurate assessment of how eddie feels, but the real explanation behind goddammit is detailed here!

ask me about my wips!