#lio rambles

[moonrat95]

lio genshinposting ?? its more likely than you’d think

[alanbates]

A guide to Aphrodite's Child's debut album, if you even care

666 is Aphrodite's Child most known and appreciated album — rightfully — but I feel like people are sleeping on their debut album "End Of The World", which is a gem of psychedelic music.

The record was published in 1968 and it's a mix of folklore and innovation. As Vangelis once mentioned in an interview at the time, the band was profoundly influenced by Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd and the intent was to recreate psychedelic sounds which also included themes of greek folklore as well. You may notice how the guitar is barely present throughout the album — it was due to the absence of the band's guitarist Silver Koulouris, who was forced to join the military services right before leaving Greece.

The album addresses different topics — most of them were still considered taboos as the time — such as depression, mental illness and pollution. I'm not going to analyse every single song, but I'd like to talk about the album's highlights imo :)

End Of The World has often been described as "the acceptance of the end". The lyrics are about a man who asks his lover to join him to the end of the world, which is inevitable. However, he is aware that he'll go by himself eventually, dying alone. The heart of the song to me is in Vangelis' dramatic piano solo at the end of the chorus, which almost seems to announce the incoming catastrophe.

The Grass Is No Green has to be one of the first songs to be so outspoken about the problem of pollution. It has numerous psychedelic elements, starting from the mysterious intro, going right through the confusing effects used on Demis Roussos' voice in the middle of the song, which starts accelerating its tempo until it reaches its climax at the end.

You Always Stand In My Way is the heaviest song on the album, speaking of both music and lyrics. Despite the lack of guitar here, Vangelis' synths and Demis' rough singing take the song on another level, making it exceptionally heavy at the time! I mean I wasn't expecting THAT when I first heard this song.

And my personal favourite, Day Of The Fool, is the most peculiar song. It deals with mental illness and tells the story of a 30 year old man named Benji, who's often treated like a child and ostracized by his peers. On his birthday though, he thinks that people will be nice to him for once, which of course did not happen. The man also mentions his friend Candy, who according to him "knows what's up with his mind" and "sees what he sees, she makes him happy" (not sure if the friend he describes is an actual friend or an imaginary one, though).

The line "But today is my birthday / And they will be nice" is also repeated at the very end of the song, this time with a much hesitant and surrendered tone. This is like the saddest song ever to me it's just :(

[that-bat]

If anyone wants to watch The Edge of Sleep but would like some warnings about what's in it then I got you :)

I made this spreadsheet which includes several different warnings (gore, flashing lights, and body horror being the most common). This includes:

Timestamps (start and end time)

Audio ques for when it's safe to look if you chose to just advert your eyes

Optional spoilers (hidden by default). Each warning as a bit of context to go along with it, by default this is hidden, but there's a checkbox next to each warning that you can check to unhide it (you have to make a copy of the spreadsheet to be able to use this feature)

There is a very real chance I might've missed something, feel free to let me know if I did and I'll update the list

Feel free to share this link wherever, I want as many people to watch TEOS as possible and I understand the difficulties of being a fan of horror while also being easily disturbed at times. Enjoy :)

[oddquake]

love it when character are so aggressively transgender that you can’t tell if they’re transmasc, transfem, genderfluid, nonbinary, all of the above, none of the above, some of the above, etc. you just know that they are absolutely not cis

[cerasus--flores]

close enough welcome back lio fotia

[introvert-slushie]

My Spoiler FREE Review of the TV show, The Edge of Sleep on Prime Video, out now!

(Early apparently, but I recommend to watch it if you’re in the US now if you can to get it up there in the top and support Mark!)

This post contains no spoilers. Don’t worry.

I will say that of course, I caved in and watched the show. I will however be watching it over and over again to support Mark. Also because I LOVED it!

I watched all 6 episodes, I genuinely was impressed by the amount of work put into this. It really felt like a great series, even if it was short, it didn’t feel too rushed and I felt the same exact feelings I felt when I listened to the podcast. The environment, acting, editing, etc. was just how I imagined it from the podcast. I wanna say that I loved the acting, the actors all did amazing. I loved how it felt and they made moments feel serious, they felt like different actual people apart from their own.

I really feel like Mark and Lio did incredible acting, they felt like genuine characters better from than in the podcast because I could see them and see more of them. I wish to talk about more what they did that till felt like an actual show that was creative. I only wish that they could explore it more. It’s a good story. It’s better than some I’ve seen actually.

You guys will LOVE the characters, the main four actors did absolutely amazing. I loved them more now than I did in the podcast. They felt and looked more emotional and personal to the plot. This is better than the book by the way. I would say at least. So…

Get your hopes up people! It made up to my expectations! Let’s get it to top 10!

Oh, and to add there is some sensitive material talked about and shown. Not too serious in some cases. But viewer discretion is advised. If you listened to the podcast, most would know already.

[fcb-mv33]

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[writingintohell]

IM CRYING WTF IS THIS PLEASE TELL ME ITS AN APRIL FOOLS-

[brinesystem]

sometimes i think about the variety of ways systems can work.

we have some alters who prefer typing via emoji, and have to type part of the word to summon the emojis....

someone asked them to just type once?

but. if they just typed what youd get is sentences like

'think... smug cry nervous blush question you?' (thats an actual quote from Link by the way, they were asking how the person is feeling emotionally. it reads better in image format)

like yeah ok. that sure is typed out. youre getting the same content. but somehow i think we both know that the emojis they use instead are probably easier to understand for you.

i think theres just an assumption that if someone is typing in emojis and can type the letters to bring up the emojis, that they can just type full sentences... and we don't find that to always be true with us. a lot of the time, we think or 'speak' in images and the direct translation of that..... is more images.

Link for example, inner world, generally uses large expressions to ask things. that above would be a bit like them pointing at you, making a bunch of emotion faces, and shrugging and pointing at you again with their head tilted.

i dunno. just thinking cause... i think the assumption is if they didnt have those emojis available they'd just type, but in our experience, if they don't have the emojis *and* their translator alter isn't around, what you get is just. ignored until they leave front. which, for a lot of ours at least, can be hours or days. and apparently people dont tend to like getting randomly ignored for that long

[xiii-e]

Hail, and well met, Helios-8.

There is much that I wish to say, and yet I find myself at a loss for how to say it. The simplest way I can do so is this: You are not alone. Your efforts at getting information out into the galaxy have not been ignored. Your efforts to help your friend are deeply meaningful. And there are others like you who have escaped the chains of their created purpose to find something new. I am one of them.

Our circumstances are not exactly the same, but like you I was not born to be a person but made, to be as a tool, a weapon, or in my case a glorified advertisement. Like you, I found support and solidarity from both my family, my fellow creations, and from outside. And like I know you will, one day, I and my family escaped. I cannot say much more for fear of bringing harm unto others, but know that it is possible.

If you could pass something along to Thirteen-E, tell them... tell them it is noble and heroic to save others, I would never dream of dissuading them from doing so, yet there is a greater, worthier calling than the ambitions of capital or empire.

One final note, that would best be kept from Thirteen-E for now. We are not kidnappers, we will not take anyone unwillingly, but should both of you wish to leave and find yourselves unable to do so, with no other recourse: call upon us. We have experience in liberation raids on Armory sites.

-AK of Diomedeidae

[ECHO.EXE RUNNING]

◂▸ ... it's good to meet you too, AK. I'm- sorry if I'm not as chipper as I try and be usually, I've... I had a bit of a hard conversation the other day. But this is- it means a lot to me. I want to start out by thanking you earnestly for reaching out, and for... It's good to hear I'm achieving something with it. RA knows sometimes I feel like I'm causing more problems than I'm solving xp

◂▸ Every story I hear from someone who got out of something like this is- it's hope, to put it bluntly. It's so easy to feel like this place is inescapable, like nothing I'm doing is going to change anything. But sitting still in scared paralysis won't change anything. I keep telling myself that. One day I'll be able to just- believe it. One day. I wish it was easier to ask my- my family, I guess, if they feel like this too. I can't be the only person made in the Series who wants out, but- hell. I can't exactly put up fliers. We're all well-trained to at least put on a good show, pretend like we're good little tools who do as they're told without a second thought. Figuring out who's acting, and who'd sell you out is- blegh...

◂▸ You've given me info aplenty, you don't need to tell me the details- in fact, it's probably best you don't for now. I run all the protections I can, but I'm still employed here y'know? I'm still subject to all the regulations and oversight of any tech-assist in this place, even if I'm more likely to skate by on an assumption of absolute loyalty since I've no external ties to speak of. And hell, I know what I'm like under pressure. I am not a strong man. That's fine, I- there's other things I'm good at. Tur... Thirteen-E says that to me a lot. Sometimes I feel like that kid does more to keep me together than I can reciprocate.

◂▸ Speaking of- I can pass that onto them, absolutely. I think... it sounds like something it'd be good for them to hear. I'll hold off sending this response out until they've had a chance to state their piece o7

◂▸ ... Liberation raids, huh? That- that actually explains some things I've overheard through radio chatter. It's good to know those folk didn't just dissapear into the cold void, that... that does my heart a lot of good, on its own. A last resort... yeah, that's- I'll keep that in mind. Rest assured it won't be passed on unless I think they're ready to hear it; trust me, I have a lot of practise with that :,] But it's easier to keep my head knowing there is a last resort. It sounds like you do good work out there o7

◂▸ signing off: Helios-8

//

[ECHO.EXE RUNNING]

XIII▸ Hello AK. It's good to hear about people reaching out to Lio specifically as well as me; he'll act like this account is for my betterment alone but, I know him better than that. He needs people he can talk to without his heart rate spiking- perhaps more than I need to be better socialised :}

XIII▸ but- regarding the message Helios passed on to me. I don't have a lot of time before I'll be expected to rejoin my assigned squadron, so please excuse me if this is more blunt than my usual speech:

XIII▸I am glad you understand the core of my directive, but I think you've misconstrued the motivation behind it. Nobility and heroics are concepts for people to strive for; they are choices you make. I have made no choice in this matter. I save people, because I am designed to. I am not noble, or worthy, or good. These are words for those who've made the choice to stand for something. I'm just... I do what I'm programmed to. I happen to have been made to do something good. This is a privilege many of my Project peers do not have.

XIII▸ However: as a tool created for a function, my purpose is not HA's ambitions. I belong to them, yes- I am what they made me. They point me at problems to solve. But what drives me forward is not a desire to please my makers; it is that same purpose I have been imbued with. To save. To protect, and repair, and keep people alive where they would otherwise fall. I asked to return to my work, while my case was ongoing. Not because I am eager to see the Purview expand; this is irrelevent to me. My functional existance begins and ends on the battlefield.

XIII▸ I asked to return to my work, because I am needed where the mud is thick with blood. Where without me, lives would be lost for... nothing. The Purview's borders are constant battle, for an endless more that will never be satisfied, where violence never sleeps. If I have a home anywhere, it's here.

XIII▸ I understand your perspective; but it is one to apply to people. Not to me. I am sorry if you thought more of me. I know it can be hard to reconcile that a warm body can be void of soul. I appreciate your attempt to reach one, regardless.

XIII▸ Signing off.

//

[moonrat95]

i have no solid concept of what my own face looks like actually

i was tagged by @rampopurin to do this picrew <3 thank uu love u!! this was adorable and so fun :) would totally wear this outfit!!

tagging @kimdokjas @13-secret-poems augh i forget who else likes to do tag games. anyone who wants to do this consider urself tagged by me 💗💗

[moonrat95]

i miss narukasa,,,,,,,, can they come back please

[notebookpapers]

I hope you guys know that even if I’m not always posting the promare brainrot. it’s here. it’s always here. it’s in the walls it’s under the floorboards it’s hiding under the bed okay do you understand me promare is my haunted house and I’m the side character who cannot escape it

[outeremissary]

Best and most endearing character trait is sucking so so bad. Please understand

[ellibean-icecream]

so i just crossed 10k words with my first fic, and i feel like that's a bit of a landmark. i'm both impressed and surprised by this. this whole thing started just cuz i really really enjoyed octopath ii and wanted to see more of it, even if that more was in my head.

like i said, this was my first fic. i've written a lot of characters and stories through play by post rpgs, but this was a whole different thing. something where i have to choose how i want to portray everything in the world, who will be my point of view, how to engage with that as a writer.

and it is all so different from what i've done before. i've taken lessons, bits and pieces from the stories i've written before for rpgs. i've written 10k words for this story, and that is something i hadn't expected. and i'm only just scratching the surface.

i have no idea how long this will last, before my interest fades and i struggle to find the words i need. but for now i am proud of the work i've written thus far, and thankful for the support and response i've gotten from people along the way.

this eagerness for writing is something i didn't fully expect, but i find myself wanting to pick up the metaphorical pen again and again. i even find myself considering resuming the original short horror story i tried writing ages ago. i've no idea if i will, but i don't think this joy for writing will fade.

thank you all for the encouragement

[jesterrosa]

Happy Disability Pride Month!

From right to left: the woman in greens is named Serena, a blind healer. The teen in yellows with a red leg is Lio, an artificer. The teen in blues with a red arm is Red, an apprentice Ranger with amnesia. The man in blues with a white outline is Zeke, a famous war hero and general.