#melody recs

[the-barefoot-hatter]

Spoilers for Chapter 5! But I can't resist the Angel of the falls, Melody, coming the to recuse <3

Always, go read When You Put a Triangle in the Trunk! It's brilliant- Ford kidnaps a totally normal librarian! Let him go home, you monster! He has a bad hip!

[euph0niious]

okay but forwards beckon rebound means much more to me than a break up song i feel like the other person IS the same as the one singing, and its like a song of loneliness, recognization, and self forgiveness. i get a sense of nostalgia, or melancholy when i listen; yet it also feels peaceful. my brain quiets down, partly due to the melody. “villain and violent, infant and innocent; baby both arms cradle you now, both arms cradle you now;” is so powerful to me because i feel like it embodies the feeling of growing into someone jaded; someone you dont like; yet reminding yourself that you werent born like that—self reflection. the “baby both arms cradle you now, both arms cradle you now,” feels like going back and giving that little one a hug. or hugging the present version—or one of the past that you dislike, the hard and tough person that you changed into out of necessity. giving them a hug, almost hiding them from the world; a sense of forgiveness.

this was a text message i wrote for the brothers after i just texted that i was too tired for a song analysis… had to break out the grammar (besides caps shhh) once i got passionate mb chat 🤡

anyways does anyone agree with me PLLEEAASSEE. i love this song it literally means sm to me…

[absolutebl]

Recommendation for something to watch and complete on a off day? I am also off today. Something soft and full of love preferably....

10 Soft BL's to Binge In A Day

(Since I don't sleep and watch high speed I binge full length Thai BL but I'm assuming you want something shorter than that, so I've limited myself to a 5hr runtime.)

1. Semantic Error (Korea Viki) - Sexy older boy discovers pouty younger boy has outed him as a slacker, starts out bullying him, accidentally falls madly in love. Korea hits it entirely out of the Parks by doing a university BL with everything we expect from BL just done exactly right. Korea's signature quality executed perfectly with added bonus good story, great pacing, stunning visuals, and fantastic chemistry. You cannot ask for more from a BL, let alone a KBL. Full review.

2. Seven Days (Japan grey in 2 parts Seven Days: Monday - Thursday, Seven Days: Friday - Sunday) - one of the best live action yaoi mangas ever made. The leads have excellent chemistry although it’s low heat, there’s still more kisses than Cherry Magic. Popular first year Seiryo has a policy of going out with any girl who asks… for one week. On a lark, third year Yuzuru tests to see if that policy also applies to boys. Seiryo agrees that it does. Along the way they accidentally fall in love. All the angst is just teen confusion. 

3. Our Dating Sim (Korea Viki) - I enjoyed every aspect from the casting to the very simple premise to the quietly smooth execution. Sure it’s very low stakes, but that makes it high domesticity and extremely warm and gentle. This is a fuzzy blanket of a story. Do we call this cozy BL? Why not? This one is going to live in my rewatch pile, I can tell already, and you know what’s best about it? Every single episode is in that pile. There’s no skipping with this one, it might be good natured and calmly sweet but it’s tight and the pacing is excellent. It perfectly suited KBL’s short-length tendencies. Full review.

4. Light On Me (Korea Viki - Korea does an elegant pastiche of traditional live action yaoi but all tropes are cleverly deployed to bolster one of the most riveting love triangles ever put on screen… and I don’t like love triangles. LoM strategically tailors classic BL tropes to 2 different semes resulting in pristine pacing, plot, and character development, explicitly serving narrative (not just to tick boxes). LoM is a master class in this trope drops. (If you write fanfic or romance you should study this show.) Full review.

5. Takara-kun and Amagi-kun (Japan Gaga & Viki) - I gnawed on my knuckles and squealed a lot with this show. Reserved cool kid who must learn to communicate to keep the tiny disaster nugget he’s madly in love with. It is beyond charming: soft and gentle, packed with cuteness and high school angst, thirst, & yearning. Was there plot? Not really. Was it emotionally tense and paced well enough for me not to notice? Absolutely. Did I enjoy the hell out of it? Oh yes. Full review.

6. HIStory 2: Crossing the Line (Taiwan Viki) - super low stakes sweetest story of the bad boy who falls hard for the senior on the volleyball team and then works to earn his love. You know it’s Taiwan so the kisses are great but in this case it also ends well. Only trigger is that the side couple is the stepbrothers trope, and some don’t like that.

7. Cherry Magic (Japan indie subbed) AKA Doutei dato Mahoutsukai ni narerurashii - the sweetest, fluffiest, most charming bit of adorable ever, full of found family and pastry and serious slapstick, the characters are utterly bonkers, but cute about it. 

8. Wish You (Korea Netflix or Viki, you want the movie version) AKA WISH YOU: Your Melody in My Heart - low stakes high pining romance about a pianist who falls in love with a busker who is on his way to being the next big idol. 

9. Restart After Come Back Home (Japan indie subbed or Gaga?) - this one is perfect if you just want a beautiful loving movie, and one that is well filmed and complex enough to appeal to those who don’t normally watch BL or romance (if you have a reluctant partner). 

10. You Are Ma Boy (Vietnam YouTube) - is there angst? Nope even what could have been angst (a gay idol) doesn’t materialize, it’s just cuties in a cafe confusing each other with cat & mouse games. The side het couple is a touch disturbing, tho. 

Also Old Fashioned Cupcake, it's a bit more complicated than soft but a FANTASTIC binge watch.

(list updated May 2023, not responsible for ones that come after that date)

[daily-podcasts]

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Archive 81 is a found footage horror podcast about ritual, stories, and sound. After Daniel Powell goes missing following employment by the Housing Historical Committee of New York State, his friend Mark Sollinger receives hundreds of hours of audio of his archiving there. The audio, released by Mark in the form of the podcast, documents Dan's listening to an extensive collection of cassette tapes, containing interviews from a high-rise apartment building in 1994.

Avg. Rating: 4.7/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[expectiations]

Do you have any Doctor x River fanfic recommendations?

cracks knuckles hang on this will definitely take a while. i crow every single moment i get over how i have such a soft spot for young!River fics so here and have your fill :D

even in your darkest hour, i'll never desert you by melodypond_thewomanwhomarriedme (sexymonk)

Study Date on Luna by Deriveress

‘Yes!’ He hadn’t even finished speaking when River jumped to her feet, pulled out a bag from beneath her bed and started haphazardly throwing things inside. ‘Oh, this will be great! That exam will be a piece of cake! And I always wanted to start a revolution.’ She stopped packing, smirking at him. River smiled, a brilliant thing that caused a strange, warm feeling in his chest.

I have no fear, I have only love by mnemosyne_musings

young days, made for mistakes by iknowyouthinkitsmebutitsnot

Seven Kisses by LittlePageAndBird

He’s no-one’s boyfriend. No. Absolutely not. But there's a (tiny, miniscule, microscopic) chance he might just be River Song’s husband. The same very young River Song who he picked up from a club last night (but only after she’d finished dancing with strange men who were not him), who serenaded the Tardis with a Queen song dressed in his old scarf, and who is now not only nursing the hangover from hell but demanding that he make her breakfast. Who's he trying to kid? Amy’s right. He’s so married.

And everything under the stars is in your arms by mygalfriday (BrinneyFriday)

one of the earliest fics i've ever read and i love going back to from time to time. also one of my favoritest Doctor/River authors ever!!

Doctor River Song by tisziny

a short one but it's Pond fluff!! we love Pond fluff

i can't even recognize you now by orphan_account

The Curse of Curves by HellNHighHeels

She’s a menace. No, she’s a minx. She’s a menacing minxy distraction and he can’t be expected to handle her when she’s this young.

but if I fall for you, I'll never recover by Del (goddessdel)

"I've gone into a tiny box with a strange man - they know exactly what I'm doing."

[daisyachain]

The nature of time is that (culturally) Christian Euro/Anglo colonial consumers (hereafter white ‘people’) fetishize the idea of being ‘close to nature’ or ‘primitive’ or ‘savage’ and latch on to the idea that there are groups of people in the world who are somehow bestial or who have some kind of special powers from holding animist beliefs/beliefs that acknowledge the body as opposed to the Christian belief that the body is a kind of useless appendage to a person. We see this across decades from the 19thC to today in the racist fetishization of indigenous people across the globe, particularly residents of the Americas, Australasia, and southern/eastern Africa.

White consumers use a warped conception of other cultures to live out the fantasies that the Christian soul/body stuff engenders. You keep getting told that your emotions and physical sensations are the devil’s work? You want to get in touch with those physical sensations, but you don’t want it to interfere with your worldview? Simply project them on to a convenient group of people with slightly different conventions from you. Imagine how cool it would be to be 100% physical sensation (especially those pesky violent and/or sexual urges) and no mental burden, then unleash that in a way that causes millions of deaths worldwide via the dehumanization of entire nations of people just trying to live their lives. White consumers love a Proud Warrior Race Guy.

Flash forward to the 2010s, it’s generally considered impolite to spread the same propaganda that justified the genocide and dispossession of many different groups of people. However white culture hasn’t changed that much and normal human activities still need to be explained away to maintain the veneer of white intellectualism that has been used to justify white violence for years and years. You can’t just stomp around and clap your hands and dance badly, you’ve got to project it somewhere else.

But wait! There’s a community of people considered ‘tribal’ and ‘savage’, considered violent and bestial, who were never colonized! It’s…the Norse. Fetishizing early medieval North Sea raiders can’t be cultural appropriation, see, they’re white! It’s not offensive to replace an entire culture with white (male) ideas of what’s cool if that culture is totally unassociated with colonizer stereotypes and is in fact a culture of colonizers!

And that’s my theory on why there are so many Norse-inspired folk bands/video games/tv shows/memes/literally anything in the 2010s. VSaga not counted because that manga has been running since 2003 and is actually well-researched and comes out of a culture with a similar but distinct tradition of racism. The Euro storytelling tendencies of needing some kind of violent avatar have taken on ye anciente Norseman now that people care a little bit about the gallons of blood used to sketch other ethnic stereotypes. Done and dusted. Except the other side is that the fetishization of early medieval Norse culture is literally just white supremacist 101 and a lot of artists don’t step around that nearly as carefully as they should

[dogdaysareover365]

my ghostbusters fics + some of my favorites (several checkmatch fics included)

need some good content? Here you go

my fics:

You Act Like You Just Saw a Ghost

TW: none

summary: a canon divergence fic from the ghost walking scene onwards. Basically, what if Phoebe got trapped as a ghost when garraka possessed her?

I was Thinking About Her (Thinking About Me)

tw: none

summary: Phoebe misses Melody. She confides in Trevor about it.

We Can Burn Brighter Than the Sun

tw: major character death, offscreen car accident

worthy note: this has a sequel in the works

summary: canon divergence. Melody didn't move on at the end of Frozen Empire. Instead, she decides to wait for Phoebe. She didn't know she wouldn't be waiting long.

First Aid

tw: gunshot wounds

summary: Spider-Man au. Phoebe is shot during a robbery. She calls Trevor, revealing herself as Spider-Woman. Trevor is freaking out for so many reasons.

my recs:

A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s by KryptonianHero

Tw: none

summary: Callie and Phoebe aren’t communicating well after Frozen Empire. Emotional hurt/comfort ensues.

Frozen First Aid by Notmarysue

tw: none

summary: a missing scene fic between Phoebe ghostwalking and getting picked up by her parents. Hurt/comfort with Lars and lucky.

I'll Be There For You, Always by SHSLFanfictionWriter

tw: none

summary: instead of lucky showing up when Phoebe ghost walks, it’s Trevor.

Left All Alone by SHSLFanfictionWriter

(just now realizing the last two were wrote by the same person)

Tw: discussion of Phoebe and Trevor’s bio dad being a piece of shit(Gary is their dad, what are you talking about?)

summary: set during afterlife. Trevor comforts his sister after a nightmare.

[yanderelmk]

GUYS IT'S WUKONG AND MK (not as a pairing.)

FIRST HALF IS WUKONG, SECOND HALF IS MK I AM SQUEALING IMAGINING THE MONKIE CREW IN SPARKLY BACKUP SINGER DRESSES HITTING THE BARS

[wonuumelody]

⠀⠀⠀... Melody's diary ୧

✩ 19 / she - her

✩ based in France (there might be some grammatical issues!)

✩ inbox is : OPEN

✩ I write mostly for fem reader⠀

✩ my content is fluffy! I can write agnst too (+ a bit of suggestive)

writing is a form of therapy for me, and I decided to finally put my stories and thoughts on the internet. Tumblr is a really good social media for writers (I absolutely love it) and as a new writer, I told myself that this was a great idea to publish my work here!

🌙 MATERLIST

[goddogcomplex]

Music: How To Listen

alright, you little goobers, its time to talk about music. what about it, you ask, in your tinny little voices. worry not, shark babies, i will tell you what. as an experienced music listener myself, i can understand that many of you babies are lost and confused. and its alright, okay? its easy to get lost in a world where taylor swift exists alongside as rammstein.

so, you're wondering--how do i get cool points through my music? firstly, dont do that. to get cool points, you ought not to seek cool points. but here are my music recs. probably none of these are underground and are actually pretty popular, but i do not accept bitter shark babies, only the sweet, joyful ones.

tldr: music recs for you desperate shark babies

p.s: I've added the link to all albums/artists at the bottom(mostly on spotify)

Radiohead: First, let me clarify, I am a girl. I've heard sooo many people make jokes about Ooh, Radiohead is for loser incel men. NO. radiohead is for all genders of incels. now, Radiohead's great. love them, make stickers of them. but what songs should you start out with? Ok, personally, I love everything. e v e r y t h i n g. but, I understand you may not be able to reach my levels of obsession and insanity. thats okay! it's not healthy! now, I recommend listening to them album-wise. start with either 'The Bends' or 'In Rainbows'. 'ok computer' is a solid choice too, but I would save it for later in your obsession. Have fun, my little shark babies, you will be sad. (Ik these are really basic and vague choices but these are recs for people seeking to get into new music)

Big Thief: Alright, chances are, many of you have heard them. If you have, gold star. ⭐. If you haven't, but you desperately crave the validation of me, a stranger and your shark mother, go listen to them. Right now, I love them. Again, they are a little bit slower and a little sadder. So, if that's not your thing, wait until later on the list, alright? If you're only starting to listen to them, I recommend going with one of their more popular albums--'Masterpiece'. They also have a single, 'Vampire Empire', which makes me go feral every time it plays. If you like the, keep exploring their discography, and come collect your gold star.

Le Tigre: Woah, nelly, this band. (who even is Nelly?) Okay, so Le Tigre has this wild ability of just filling me with a slight manicness, iykwim? I will bet 20 cents that you have heard Deceptacon(I'm broke), although you might not know the name. With them, just go to their profile on Spotify, play it on shuffle, and sacrifice your soul to the gods. Have fun, Pookie!

A Tribe Called Quest: As someone who listens to very little hip-hop, I have been told by my more cultured friends that this is hip-hop. I love it. So much. An album of theirs I adore is 'The Low End Theory' which has one of my favourite songs ever, 'Jazz We Got'

The Departures: Okay, these guys are genuinely unknown to the world. Like, they have some 5k listeners. I love them. They have a couple of albums, and you absolutely should go listen. They're kind of chaotic and messy and twirly, but in the best ways possible. Listen to the album 'Yes No Maybe' first, because it is the genuine love of my life. They also released an album this year, 'Hourglass' which is also seriously good. Like, really good.

my bloody valentine: NOW HEAR ME OUT. I understand that their name sounds like its a bunch of emo vampires who are really just middle schoolers with fake teeth on. So there's a genre of music called shoegaze(similar to Cocteau Twins if you know them) which is really just soft, kind of ethereal music where you can't really decipher the words. I will be making another post on just shoegaze, but their album 'loveless' is an excellent place to start. it's just great. go listen.

John Coltrane: Now, the only way to describe John Coltrane is a prayer through jazz. Like, it's a totally spiritual experience. Again, will be doing a little post on jazz, but John Coltrane is iconic. 'A Love Supreme' is a great place to start, I also like 'Ascension' Genuinely iconic, will alter your brain chemistry. Go, shark babes, listen.

Bikini Hill: If you liked Le Tigre's 'Deceptacon', you will love their 'Pussy Whipped'. Very similar vibe, I've been told its called riot girl, which sounds iconic. Anyways, seriously vibey music, go listen right this second.

The Newfound Interest in Connecticut: Y'all, midwest emo is my jam! I mean, whiny little voices in my ear, hell yeah! Okay, so Is specifically mentioned this band for their album 'Tell Me About The Long Dark Path Home', which is simply edible. Yeah, these guys like their long ass names. But anyways, go listen!!!

Minor Threat: These guys are punk. Listen to their album 'First Two Seven Inches'. it's a great place to start. If you like them, I will find some time to make a punk rec post too, but to be honest I need to explore the genre more. So y'all have fun now!

Okay, ten bands, guys. All iconic, if you ask me. Like I said, I'm going to be making a bunch more of these. Please, please, please, please, please send me recommendations, tell me what to write about, show me some love. accept me, good people, please. ANWYAYS, BYE BYE! MWAH! HAVE FUN!

LINKS:

'In Rainbows' by Radiohead:

'Masterpiece' by Big Thief(2023 remaster):

'Le Tigre' by Le Tigre:

'The Low End Theory' by A Tribe Called Quest:

'Yes No Maybe' by The Departures:

'loveless' by my bloody valentine:

'A Love Supreme' by John Coltrane:

'Pussy Whipped' by Bikini Hill:

'Tell Me About the Long Dark Path Home' by Newfound Interest in Connecticut:

'First Two Seven Inches' by Minor Threat:

[gaybitchmenace]

hey hey! finally have gotten some inspo back to continue my sequel fic!

tune in to find out more about how Jirou is handling the festival and the Kendo situation ;)

picrew link: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/1706331

[quiveringdeer]

how would u imagine bertholdt who knows his true potential? he’s no longer timid or passive and he knows how much power he has

Ok. So Bertie comin into his own would definitely be an adjustment for folks. I mean I kinda think about it as the Bertholdt we see when Rei is down for the count and Bert is confronting the others at the last battle at Shiganshina.

He got that bass in his voice and doesn't mince his words. His mind is made up and even if he doesn't like what's gotta happen, he's prepared to see it through. Gots to see it through ma boy. 🥲

But in terms of him being this way in NOT such sad situations. I think much of that holds true. I still don't think that power would go to his head though. He's always going to be a sweetheart as long as the safety of his loved ones isn't at stake.

I'm kinda waffling back in forth in my head between like semi canon verse and modern au verses thinkin about this which is making some things hard to parse out.

But I don't know if I can ever see him "throwing his weight around" in ways of intimidation or such. I see Bertie more as a--carries a big stick but doesn't necessarily care if anyone notices or not cause if the time comes they'll figure out their mistake quick enough? Like I've never watched Peaky Blinders, but that clip of the brothers showin up and the two who aren't actually in charge are makin a big show like they are while main dude is all silent, laid back and chill?

Which is now makin me pine for some Mafia/Crime Boss Bertholdt hcs.....👀

[melodygatesauthor]

In commemoration of your Duke Leto Atreides X f!Reader, I bring to you a gem I found on Pinterest by the fabulous Sarah Weizhen Xu!

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/141B6K

Enjoy the food 😌

(All rights to artist and is NSFW btw)

Oooh yes I’ve see these, absolutely BREATHTAKING

thank you for sharing

[reinemichele]

(Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3)

— März (my child), you who never saw light, know not of even the concept of sight. März (my child), you embraced my back And said “Mother, the light is warm,” and laughed innocently Ah… I’m sorry, I’m sorry, so sorry… I am… I am the one who gave birth to you… 《I》, full of sins… Even if I pray to God, my cries will never reach, and I won’t even pray while embracing sin. I want to do everything I could for that child at least, because I just can’t stand being idle in lament. (Ah, sacrifice!) My lovely, cute child, who was once embraced by the winter... Your mother wished for you to live within the sunlight of spring and smile... But her feelings are all but in vain now, even the Momentary sunlight is forcibly taken by caprice! LOOK! Ah… Look at this comedy! Then I shall become a true 《witch》 that curses the world…! "Yes, that’s what I’ll become… Ahaha… Ahahahahaha! Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!”

――And 【The Seventh Comedy】 will continue to repeat... ―― [Und 【die siebte Komödie】 wird sich wiederholen]...

— 7 “What burns this body is” 6 “Deceptive flames that extol purification.” 5 “What burns this heart is” (Ah-ah-ah-ah) 4 “Hateful flames that sing of revenge.” (Ah-ah-ah-ah) 3 “Hunger and disease, suspicion and slaughter.” (Ah-ah-ah-ah) 2 “O, dark era dwelling in the depths of Id.” (Ah-ah-ah-ah) 1 “Start a chain reaction like the black death. (Ah-ah-ah-ah) März, even if you fell into hell—”

“— I・ still・ love・ you”

[hoppipolla]

Random song recommendation: 三重 Mie by jizue.