#mgk paragons

[alanahsart-blog]

💥🧡🧿

for @yoggybloggy :]

[buttonsdraws]

redraw from this photoset ft. svanna and calum

[glacial-art]

Monsters and how they're made

audio from 11secondclub

Calum, the tarnished White Knight, by @enderscribbles

[ghostingbrightly]

hi.... magical girl knights:paragons

[thatsmimi]

me and the bad bitch i pulled from being haunted by the narrative

[liugeaux]

Greatest Songs Ever - Part 19 (Infinite)

The theme this time around is “Infinite”. It doesn’t mean anything specific. It just seems like if something goes on long enough it eventually will have some ridiculous, unobtainable, adjective like Infinite, Forever, or Invincible attached to it. Usually it signifies it's the beginning of the end for artist or project (See Puff Daddy, Kid Rock, Michael Jackson, The Spice Girls, Mariah Carey, Backstreet Boys, Halo...the list goes on).  It’s a ridiculous notion, and I find leaning into it kinda funny. In short, it’s a joke for one. 

Whatever, let’s get started. I’m not afraid to say this list is as amazing as it is diverse.     

2019 “I Think I’m OKAY” - Machine Gun Kelly (feat. YUNGBLUD & Travis Barker)

That’s not a typo, Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) is officially on the list. I have no shame in choosing this song. “I Think I’m OKAY” is a painfully emotional song, that’s introspective, self destructive and it’s MGK’s first honest attempt to a rock music. Most of the emotional heavy lifting is done by the far-more-talented Yungblud, but the fact that MGK clearly doesn’t have the tools necessary to write or perform a track of this caliber and yet he does it anyway, is the most punk thing will he’ll probably ever pull off. The breakdown at the end where the instruments drop out and Yungblud is wailing over MKG “singing” creates an sonic tsunami rarely found outside of a My Chem song.     

2002 “Bright Lights” - Matchbox Twenty

Shocked I was, when I realized I had never included a Matchbox Twenty song on the list. I was then, bogged down by the decision of which one to include. M20 hold a precious place in my heart. They are infallible and have nearly 10 tracks worthy of inclusion. Their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You, was a formative force of nature for me, but most of its tracks have a 90s residue on them that dissuaded me from putting them here. “Bright Lights” from their 3rd album, is arguably their most universally beloved song, with the least baggage. It starts quaint, and builds into a stadium-level anthem and perfectly encapsulates what M20 does best. It’s so straightforward it could be considered bland, but too well crafted for anyone to dare and actually call it that. Side note: It’s also one of my favorite Karaoke songs.    

1966 “Paint it Black” - The Rolling Stones

I don’t hate The Rolling Stones, but in a Stones vs. Beatles world, I very much fall on the side of The Beatles. Most of their most popular songs are SO popular they’ve lost all meaning. They make for amazing needle drops in film and in a lot of ways their library is a paragon of human creativity. Sadly, because of this, it’s hard to take them that seriously. The only exception I’ve found is “Paint it Black”. It doesn’t have the universal plug and play nature of a track like “Gimme Shelter” or “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” but it has a groove and haunt to it that routinely tricks me into forgetting it’s a Stones song. From the rolling bass line to the twangy sitar, “Paint it Black” still makes for a perfect needle drop, but unlike its brethren in the Stones’ catalogue, the tone and situation has to be perfect.  

2016 “Dancin’ On My Own” -  Calum Scott

This song hit me across the face this year. I heard the Calum Scott version of “Dancing’ on My Own” and knew I knew it from somewhere. I immediately dove into the internet and found the original Robyn song. It was the version I was initially familiar with. The original was a somewhat obnoxious British dance track that gets annoying rather quickly. Scott, who apparently performed a stripped down version of the song on his YouTube Channel and subsequently on Britain’s Got Talent, breathed a life into Robyn’s words I had never heard before. Instead of being a matter-of-fact “I’m supposed to be sad now” pop song, it morphed into an analog for every lonely encounter ever experienced. There’s a warm humanity to Scott’s delivery and passion. If you’ve ever felt invisible or left out or brokenhearted, Calum Scott’s “Dancing on My Own” is engineered to squeeze tears from your ducts.   

2020 “Physical” - Dua Lipa

Lipa is the highest quality pop princess we have right now an I don’t know if it’s even close. Don’t @ me Swifties, Taylor is her own category. I feel like Future Nostalgia will age like Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors, Carol King’s Tapestry or Madonna’s Like a Prayer. It was VERY hard to select a track off the album (other songs might actually make a later list), but for now, “Physical” is at bat. It’s aggressively sexy, oozes sleek production, and rides its bassline all the way to the bank. Being unapologetically “about sex” isn’t a new thing, but “Physical” carries itself like the a celebration of sex as an artform, or dance between partners. Lipa likely doesn’t know this, but with “Physical” she might have written sex’s national anthem.  

1971 “Danny’s Song” - Loggins & Messina

“Danny’s Song” sounds like a song written and performed by a dude who lives in a house on the side of a hill that he built with his own hands. And while that itself is a feat, it means nothing without a family to put in it. Not quite country, not quite rock, and pretty folky, “Danny’s Song” fits in that nebulous category of “Singer-songwriter” that shouldn’t count as a genre. To think this song was written by the same dude that wrote “Footloose” is 1000% bonkers. It makes my insides smile and I don’t know why, but it reminds me of childhood. I don’t, however,  remember either of my parents being into this type of music. Maybe an extended family member can explain it. *shrugs* 

1998 “Still Not a Player” -  Big Pun feat. Joe

An odd Mash-up years before they really hit the mainstream “Still Not a Player”, as silly as it is, was ahead of its time in a few ways. As a combination of Joe’s “Don’t Wanna Be A Player” and Big Pun’s “I’m Not a Player”, this track took two already established hits and made an arguably better song, that went on to become a 3rd and possibly bigger hit. Other artists found success with Mash-ups in the early 00′s, but in 1998 it was quite a novel idea. Also, Big Pun didn’t invent the idea of the feat., but this track helped establish the R&B Singer/Rapper collab that has dominated the last 20 years of pop-music. Rapper’s handing off the hook to an already popular singer is a short-cut to a hit song. We’ve seen Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye, and even Nicki Minaj use it with great success. “Still Not a Player” by itself fits together nicely and paints a vivid picture of what late 90′s hip-hop was good at, getting you moving.  

1957 "Walkin’ After Midnight” - Patsy Cline

I don’t know too much about “Walkin’ After Midnight” but I know it feels like a song that was never meant to be recorded. In my mind, I hear “...and now, the lovely Patsy Cline” from the speakers of a honky-tonk, everytime I listen to the track. Cline then gracefully walks to the mic, performs the song to a crowd watching her sing like she was on Ed Sullivan. No frills, no crescendo, just a velvety voice, a walking bassline, a steel guitar and a timeless chorus. The song moves as fast as its listeners, and no one is in a hurry. 

1982 “Somebody’s Baby” - Jackson Browne

I would seriously like to know if Jackson Browne was ever considered “cool”. He’s wearing that leather jacket like he’s 1982′s The Fonz, but I’m just not buying it. “Somebody’s Baby” has old-man “Jessie’s Girl” vibes, but a quick Google search reveals that “Jessie’s Girl” is the old-man “Jessie’s Girl” of “Jessie’s Girl”-like tracks. I mean Rick Springfeild was 31 when it was released, THIRTY ONE! Note to self - add “Jessie’s Girl” to a future list. “Somebody’s Baby” also has “song playing between innings at a baseball game” energy. It has no business being this good, and no business being this fun. Why does the bass player go completely off script and throw in a couple funky slap-bass notes out of nowhere? I don’t understand this song at all, but ever since I chose it for this list, I can’t stop re-playing it. What have I done?   

2003 “Everytime” - Britney Spears

Likely not a popular choice in the Spears catalog, “Everytime” has an origin mired in tabloid relationship non-sense. I’m not trying to diminish someone’s heartbreak, but to have two artists openly writing about a failed relationship, and then both of the songs become huge hits is peak tabloid theater. Removing the context and looking at the song alone, Spears and Annet Artani crafted an understated introspective anthem of sorrow. The music box instrumentation is something unseen in pop music at the time, and best of all Spears’ vocal ... um ... deficiencies are hidden behind her breathy delivery. It’s an emotional song that can sneak up on you if you’re already in a vulnerable state. Spears’ musical legacy will likely go down as checkered, but “Everytime” stands as evidence that she belongs in the annals of music history.  

Next time around GSE turns 20, kinda. I’ve got something special planned, and it might take awhile to flesh it all out, or it might come together super quickly, who knows? It’ll have backstory, the promised playlist, 10 more tracks, and even some stats. I hope you come back to check out all the ridiculousness.

Cheers!

[enderscribbles]

this is the best years of your life, kid / they'll put you in your place, they'll put you in a casket

(zoom for details!)

[ID: Black and white painting of a young peasant girl holding a shining starlight to her face, grinning in ecstasy. Behind her stands a noblewoman smiling in satisfaction as her gift is accepted. Far in the distance, a fallen knight watches this scene in despair, her wings torn out, barely visible red seeping from their body. /End ID]

[bitchyfog]

[timesnewfishcat]

Links

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@timesnewfishcat

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timesnewfishcat/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/timesnewfishcat

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/timesnewfishcat.bsky.social

Tags for my art

All: #fishcatart (archive)

Artfights: #artfight (archive)

Asks: #cattext (archive)

Tags for specific stuff

Doodles: #doodle (archive)

17776/20020 fanart: #17776, #20020 (archive)

Asks and ask games: #ask game answers (archive)

DSCP

Sentient probes (and more) vibing 18000 years in the future (a 17776/20020 RP)

 #dscp (archive), #dscpcast (archive)

Magical Girl Knights: Paragons

Magical girls but it's the middle ages (kinda) and their magical girl outfits are suits of armor

#mgk paragons (archive), #hart (archive)

TTRPGs

Campaigns I’m a part of :3

#herlinde (archive), #poppy (archive)

Insert Generic Anime Title Here

Just your average anime about personified planets defending the solar system

#insert generic anime title here (archive)

Thistlecliffe

Paranormal investigations of a small town with a ton of dark secrets

#thistlecliffe (archive) 

comic

[alanahsart-blog]

NEW REF for girl who sucks <3 needed to illuminated manuscript-ify her more

[buttonsdraws]

the bishop and the local scoundrel are old friends

[glacial-art]

Style study for school ft. Adelisa

Styles: Tangled animation series, Sarina Nihei, Jaen Michel Masquait

[ghostingbrightly]

(click for better quality)

here's the companion piece to @enderscribbles art of the same scene!

[masteryoverinsects]

HIII HIII I'm mim. UHHHM... Here's descriptions for everyone:

Halos: Halos is a light cleric in the Silverlinings campaign! She follows the sun god pelor, and is so normal about it (lie). Bubbly, excitable, and just a little naive, Halos is great at making friends and bad at letting go. Also she has a topaz squirrel named Phepper and she loves him so much <3.

Sicily: Sicily is from the Boat Boys arc of Tmarp! She's a slaughter marked valley girl, who was essentially treated as a teenage hitman by the California archivist/her adoptive father. She ended up on a failed artic voyage ship, befriended the avatars in it that she was meant to kill, and then in turn killed her shit head dad! She now works in Alaska under a much cooler archivist and she's trying her best to not be as violent-- it's mostly working out for her.

Basil: Basil is a teenage boy who has gone through it and is finally healing from it all. After killing his abuser, fleeing his home, and being homeless for awhile he ends up at the home of Agapi (who's also running from their past). They take him in and slowly the two learn to trust eachother, and they become family, with Basil adopting Agapi's last name and Agapi adopting basil. Also he has tboy swag in a frog and toad way

Liciacube: Liciacube is a character from DSCP! She's the companion cubesat of DART, a satellite that was rammed into an asteroid. She's angry, combative, and trying desperately to try to hide her emotions behind his cool guy persona (it's barely working.) He's making friends and learning how to play the bass! Also she's the #1 punkcubesatgirl.

STEREO B: STEREO B is a character from DSCP! They're an aspiring Ichthyologist and occasional office worker roleplayer-- they're kind of a pushover also due to the whole office worker thing. Also they FUCKING love sharks.

Mori: Mori is a character from EGO/Tmarp! He's the god of death and the oldest of his siblings (those being Life and Humanity respectively.) He's monotone but compassionate, being death (and an eldest sibling) gives you that perspective. He also has a kid, Panda!

Dustin: Dustin is a character from TMARP! he's a web avatar who inherited control of the group chat used in the rp from his father who he murdered (it's okay Arthur Lowkey deserved it.) He's kind of a bitch but he's a funny one-- also he has an evil little gameshow where he Lowkey tortured people but it's funny! My god is it funny! Also yeah he also has dad baggage he has soo much dad baggage.

Paean: Paean is a character from MGK! She's the black knight-- a monstrous piece of folklore to commonfolk, she drifts from place to place, taking on jobs fit for paragons. Her only real connections to her world is her rival (homoerotic) Angel, and her ward, Etheldred, who she's training. She's very quiet and aloof, but she's not unkind, it's just... Hard for her to express it. She's also kind of on the edge of succumbing to a curse which isn't great lol.

Volvo: Volvo is a character from the Myco Campaign! He's a rambler with leaving in his bones and cowboy boots on his feet. His main flaw is that he's convinced he will ruin every relationship he has (which from him accidentally infecting his families herd of cattle due to his inability to cull an infected calf.) He's mean in a teenager way, mostly to keep people away. He also has a pen pal, who's... Kind of the only consistent person in his life. ‍‍

[helljunker]

Hi, there! About the fruit themed knight oc you got;

Can we mayhaps see the designs of the orange creamsickles?

HIII YES thank you for asking!! i ended up drawing most of her weapons here!

when i eventually color this digitally ill give more in depth explanations of how each weapon functions and their magical abilities. in the meantime enjoy this sketchbook doodle :3