#my favorite genre is electronica for a reason lol

[romanceyourdemons]

i find those girl power songs that are like “i am a woman, the power of my feminine grace brings armies to their knees” to be painfully trite, but i’m not sure i’m allowed to have an opinion on this, because i don’t like when music has lyrics in general

[ashyblondwaves]

If the Avengers were a band, who’d be/play what?

omg, please don’t kill me if I forget anyone lol

Right off the bat (because I already decided this awhile ago so this one was easy lol), I’ve got Vision on Synthesizer. Is there any other instrument for him? He’d vibe with it and add a nice electronic touch to the music. I’m probably biased here since electronica is my favorite but still. Give that boy a synthesizer and let him drop some beats. 

I want Nat as the singer for some reason. I’m just getting that front woman feel from her. She can totally own those band photos where she’s standing at the front look fly as hell. 

Cap/Tony - Guitar and Bass. They bicker about which instrument is better. Cap insists it’s guitar because basslines are much more basic, but Tony insists that you can’t have a song without a bassline so he’s essential. 

Hawkeye is the drummer. Arm power, ya’ll and he does this really cheesy move when he comes out on stage where he pretends a drumstick is an arrow and he’s shooting it into the crowd. Nerd.

Then we have our orchestral babes, cause this is progressive band so they’re mixing elements of genres. 

Wanda is on violin. They’re like her, they look small and delicate but can actually change the tone of the entire piece and can pack a punch when they need to. She gets some wicked solos during certain songs and makes everyone cry with the beauty of her playing. Especially Vision.

I’m giving Thor a cello because I just like the mental picture of big, ripped Thor sitting behind a cello. He plays to the crowd a lot like Hawkeye, using Mjölnir as a bow. He’s broken a half dozen cellos this year alone. 

Sam is the entertainer. He doesn’t sing or play an instrument, but instead he flies out into the crowd in the middle of the show and fire everyone up. The ladies love him. 

Bruce and Rhodey - Grand Piano and Keyboard (not to be confused with Vision’s synthesizer). They entertain crowd with some dueling pianos bits during encores. 

I think I’ll stop there cause I’m out of ideas and that stages if FULL. 

[xxxo-felicia]

Music you love

Tagged by @milk-caramel, yay. ☺💕

Favorite music genre(s): Electronica, house, r&b, alternative rock, lo-fi (can we count this or nah ?), contemporary, Kpop, Khiphop, uhhhhhh...I like too many.

Favorite song: I have a few faves, but I can list a few as recommendations. -So Many Ways x Monogem -Gemini Feed x Banks -Lady x Sohlhee -Blue Light x Kelela -I Wrote A Song About You x MNEK -Not In That Way x Sam Smith -Aerodynamic x Daft Punk -Desire x Years & Years -Sunshine x Hoody/Crush -Mushroom Chocolate x Quin & 6lack

Most listened to artists: Gallant, VanJess, MNEK, Kelela, Banks, Infinite, NCT (all units), TVXQ, 2NE1, Hoody, Sohlhee, EXID, SHINee, Years & Years

An album that’s important to you: Silk Canvas by VanJess or Ology by Gallant, but Reality by Infinite is also important to me because that year was when they announced their 2nd world tour & it helped me meet some of my best friends. I also wanna mention We Are Superhuman by NCT 127 since it’s the first album I’ve bought myself ever.

A song that’s important to you: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, the original song from Wizard of Oz reminds me of someone special that I wish was still here.

What makes you like a song: If I exclude liking the artist’s work overall, then I usually like songs that can tap into certain senses. Like, I’ll listen to “Lay Me Down” when I need a good cry or I’ll listen to “Gimme” when I’m in a mood to listen to something that’ll boost my mood. If a song can give me goosebumps, then I’ll keep playing it & never get sick of it lol.

Favorite instrument to hear in a song: Vocals, I’m a sucker for a vocalist that sounds pleasing. I really like guitars for almost any mood, but pianos also bring out strong feelings whether the song is upbeat or really mellow. 

A song from your childhood: Ah man, uhhh...I listened to a lot of Disney stuff on my own as a kid, so I’ll say “Strangers Like Me” by Everlife. I liked their rendition of the original for some reason.

A song that reminds you of love: So Many Ways by Monogem or Garden (Say It Like Dat) by SZA.

A song you love lyrically: Wasted Times by The Weeknd

I shall tag @tokkeiko @ryki @www-modcloth-com & @schmetterlinq ╰(*°▽°*)╯

[spuriusbrocoli]

6 13 22 23 28 35-39 47 52 53 59 63 74 80 91 95 :P

6. What’s your lucky number?

69 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

(I don’t have one. 四 ig bc I’m morbid)

13. What talents do you have?

I think I’m a damn good academic writer, tbth. Kind of seriously considering doing some kind of side-job YouTube linguist thing after I graduate and have more than $0.00 to my name. And hey, if there’s enough of a market, that’d be a cool thing to do as a side-job with more traditional academia!

22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law?

Not yet…

23. Have you ever met any celebrities?

Nope! Closest I’ve come is former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick.

28. What type of music do you like?

Lots.

Usually alt and indie rock, with some indie pop and folk. New Wave and 80s dancepop. Also, some top 40 pop.

Lots of electronicas, too. House, nu-Disco, ambient, indie-tronica, whatever-the-hell-genre The Knife is. Some more experimental rock a la Xiu Xiu and noisecore.

Also trying to get into more cabaret-esque stuff. Big fan of Amanda Palmer. Plus some… neo-Baroque, ig? Idk what to call Patrick Wolf and Owen Pallet.

Teeny-tiny bit of R&B and hip hop. Janelle Monae, Shamir, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye, OutKast. Just kind of the giant must-hears, y’know?

Also, did I mention that my musical tastes are gay as hell? Bc they are g a y a s h e l l . ANOHNI/Antony and the Johnsons, Björk, Scissor Sisters, Hercules and Love Affair, Marina and the Diamonds… Just a ton of gay shit.

35. Have you ever tried archery?

Yes! I was very bad at it.

36. Favorite clean word?

“Have”? Bc it can be a function word and a lexical word.

Okay lemme explain that: So in linguistics, we tend to carve up vocabulary into lexical vocabulary (words that “have meaning”, i.e. name something in the real word) and functional vocabulary (words that act more as glue for a sentence to connect its lexical words).

“Have” is interesting bc it can have meanings in both contexts.

(1) shows “have” used as a lexical verb, where it means “own” or “possess”. And you readers at home could conceivably imagine a synonym for it in this context.

(1) They have a cat.

Compare that to (2) where the “possession” meaning is conveyed in “had” (admittedly an inflected version of the same lexical verb), but “have” itself can’t be given a synonym so easily. You maybe could, but it would really just be a case of using a semantically-similar structure than a true lexical synonym. To even define “have” in the context of (2), you would need to convey information about the cat-ownership wrt time, which isn’t really a definition.

(2) They have had a cat.

See how different those are? That is the difference between lexical and functional vocabulary and why “have” (and these examples) are some of my favorite ways to explain it.

I’ve also as of late become really interested in the word “table”. Now, I work in a restaurant where “table” can mean “a piece of furniture customers eat at” or “a table of customers”. That in and of itself isn’t weird, you get polysemy like that all the time. What’s interesting to me is the way they can be used to mean ostensibly different things in rapid contexts.

So in (3), there’s an example of the first definition. Not weird at all.

(3) I need to clean the table.

Obviously, this is an inanimate object which I am cleaning and not a group of people sitting at a table. And in (4), it’s quite obvious that I mean the second meaning, i.e. a group of people (formerly) sitting at a table. No one would reasonably interpret (4) out of context to think the table was a mimic that left to go find sustenance elsewhere.

(4) The table left.

But what’s interesting to me is how I can embed the two meanings with the same ostensible referent in a discourse. Hell, in a single sentence!

(5) When a table1 leaves, I have to clean it1 .

(The subscripts with the same numerals indicate coreference–i.e., that “it”refers back to “table”.)

I have the intuition that “it” absolutely means the table. I also have the intuition that in the first clause, “table” refers to a group of people sitting at a table while in the second “it” refers to the inanimate object itself. True, this is across a clausal boundary, but it should still be weird that two different meanings of a polysemous word are called not only in the same discourse, but to refer to the same real-world referent.

And maybe there is some pragmatic theory I’m simply ignorant of that explains this. And I wouldn’t at all be surprised if there were experimental work on this with semantic priming studies or somesuch (and if there isn’t this is me 100% calling dibs I will fite you). But it’s an interesting sentence that makes me question how we as linguists think about the lexicon.

So yeah. That’s why you don’t ask linguists language questions.

37. Favorite swear word?

“Fuckass”. Nice and simple.

38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep?

A little under three straight days. I had an absolutely nasty case of poison ivy at the end of the fifth grade. I also have no self-control and needed to stay up so I wouldn’t scratch. I had brief bouts of rest, but didn’t enter a REM cycle for almost 72 hours. Crashed for like 12 when I finally did.

When I got back to school, everyone said I looked like shit, too.

39. Do you have any scars?

A bunch of small ones. An itty-bitty scar that my former section-leader’s dad gave me when I had my appendectomy. A small circle from when I got my hand slammed in a car door by accident. A bunch of internal scars in my ears from a whole ton of various surgeries as a youngin’. And then various minor cuts and burns and scrapes that left noticeable scar tissue behind. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing?

$200 coat I bought my freshman year of college. I also have a $100+ tie that is my most expensive article of clothing by size. They are both very nice.

52. Favorite food?

One of the three: penne alla bettola, spaghetti alla carbonara, or strozzapretti. That’s a spicy cream and tomato sauce with vodka; spaghetti with pancetta and egg; and a cream-and-meat sauce respectively. I like my Italian decadence.

53. Favorite foreign food?

I imagine this ask prompt was originally a Brit bc holy hell is that a Brit thing to say. I’m also not gonna count the above bc I was raised on Italy. Gonna go with takoyaki or shu mai. I’ve also never had a bad dish with lamb from the Islamic world tho.

59. Do you suck or bite lollipops?

Suck until they’re weak and inferior to me, then crush them between my teeth.

63. Biggest Fear?

Sea monsters.

74. Are you ticklish?

Yes. And a kicker, so that’s not an invitation.

80. How many piercings do you have?

Four rn bc two of the holes sealed up.

I got an industrial in each ear done at a very nice (and expensive) place in Northampton. Except while the one in my left ear was still healing, the bar itself broke. I had to go to work, so I couldn’t get anything in the holes for over 12 hours, by which point it had already sealed.

EDIT: I forgot the two boring lobe piercings, lol.

91. Do you like your own name?

Well enough, ig? I prefer Jordan and Conrad as names, but I’ve already bequeathed the latter to the dog, so… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

95. What are your weaknesses?

Executive dysfunctioning, especially as it applies to task-completion and time-management.

[alexanderpearce]

Alrighty! Forfax: 2, 15, 20. Day: 56, 11, 26. Lucille: 35, 37, 51. Supernova: 33, 50, 8. (they're all kinda random so if you wanna swap feel free)

thank u so much!!!!

Forfax

2: What is your character’s favorite memory?this Bitch lived 4 a long time….. she got a lot of them. she’s the kinda person to really fuck around with important shit, and i reckon she was a big hand in some Large historical events lol. Not to be Cheesy as fuck but like. she was There at the tearing down of the berlin wall. she helped that Shit bitch (she did spend most of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in europe). a more recent thign would be probably a date w/ her datemate Day where they sat in a flower field w/ a bonfire and talked to fairies and watched the sunset.

15: What music genre would your character listen to?glitchcore, electronica, dubstep, idk Exactly what is called but HIGHKEY medievalcore.

20: What is the most surprising thing about your character?hmm maybe despite how Loud and Colourful and Larger Than Life she is, she’s often nonverbal and mostly communicates thru sign language

Day

56: What’s one of your character’s quirks?they literally have like. bees living in their hair. only a few, and the Bees tell them… the Secrets.

11: How did your character meet their best friend?their best friend (and girlfriend) is forfax, and they bumped into each other bc they were BOTH on the mountain at midnight on walpurgisnacht collecting snow. who the FUCK are they

26: What is your favorite headcanon for your character?hair changes colour depending on the weather

Lucille

35: What is unique about your character?has white hair despite being like 16

37: Do people have justified grudges against your character?most people are kinda wary around her & don’t know her very well but the only person who has a grudge against her is hattie, and thats. Not justified they just annoy each other for no reason BUT. plot twist they r…… in love. i love them.

51: What is your character’s favorite animal?hedgehogs!!!! she has a pet one (and like another shit ton of animals 2 like radagast the brown WHO)

Supernova

33: In what ways is your character like you?we both love learning!!! supernova is ancient & eternal, so they know a lot more than Me, but we both read old scrolls of forgotten knowledge. i like latin and they speak only latin. 

50: What is your favorite thing about your character?probably their design tbqh. imagine having no arms but u got hands like. goals.

9: How does your character feel about religion?bitch they ARE a god. all my ocs (victorian era gangs, 1950s magic school, modern day tasmanian demons & angels) take place in the same World, and ‘overseeing’ (they don’t do a lot) is the Godly Court (kind of a cross between the greek gods and the auditors from the discworld books). supernova is one of them!!! yes bitc

thanks so much for asking this really was a lot of fun omg???

[yorkscoffee]

yeah ok ill do this

i got tagged by the great and powerful @theravioliyoyo​

RULES: Share 11 facts about yourself, answer 11 questions provided by the tagger, tag 11 awesome people and leave 11 questions for them to answer! 

the facts

ive been workin on self improvement lately, particularly w/ physical health; ive stalled a lil but im more conscious of my decisions now & im gettin better bit by bit

i dont talk a whole lot so my voice gets worn out real easy

my giant peridot plush is still in my room. shes standing in a corner wearing a hat and an ace flag scarf and i love her and she creeps my mom out

i chew on my hands a lot

i have so many plushes i have piles of them all over my room and like two bins of them in storage. i love all of them and refuse to get rid of any of them

i have a couple of story concepts in me brain and i really wish i could get as hooked on them as i am on persona

i put (unsalted!!!) butter in my tea its really good trust me

i love shippy stuff... cant relate to it but it brings me joy anyway

manic the hedgehog is still my one true love and it just occurred to me that i have the power to commission a plush of him... just gotta get over The Anxiety...

ive almost died at least 3 times. maybe more. i dont know if im really lucky or really unlucky LOL

ok so listen ive got this huge crossover au for all the persona games in my brain and it all starts with p3 makoto coming back in p5 for who knows what reason (i know what reason) and naoto also shows up later on. p3 makoto and p5 makoto become Same Name Bffs. naoya and kei start off in a side story but end up very involved with the main plot. maya is there. its great. i really want to draw a comic for it but i should Probably start with shorter stories first......... raise my comic makin stats a little before i start on a Big Project...................... but the Idea is There,

the questions

What series are you really into right now (books, comics, movies, manga, anime, shows, etc.)? i managed to rocket myself from the depths of the steven universe fandom all the way back to the persona fandom, which i hadnt even touched in years

Do you have a preferred genre of music, and if so, what is it? uhhhh i listen to just about everything but if i had to pick one... electronica

What’s one of the nicest compliments anyone has ever given you? shoot son any compliment will literally get me rolling on the floor. someone said they printed out some of my art and put it on their wall and ive been thinking about it ever since

What kind of games do you like (video games, board games, party games, etc.)? video games............ im fond of anything with a story i can love, tho i think im most fond of open world rpgs (love gettin lost in side quests) and platformers (i grew up with em... gotta love em)--fun fact i prefer real time stuff over turn based so its actually kind of funny that i love persona so much

Do you have a favorite recipe? bowl of raw fish and soy sauce

What’s something you changed your opinion on? man i change my opinions a lot... i got persona on the brain so im gonna say p1 as a whole; i had trouble getting into it when the psp version had just come out because of the battle system, and i wasnt too fond of the characters... now im chill w the battle system and i love the cast to Death

In a world where everyone has superpowers, what superpower would you NOT like to have? mind control... id get worried im doing it subconsciously and that would just be a huge mess and no i dont want it

Do you have any piercings? no but i did get my ears pierced once when i was younger. they got infected and i decided i didnt want to deal with it so i let em close up

Is there something popular that you don’t really get why it’s so popular? why do people look at two characters who are always at each others throats and go “yes this is my ship” are u ok please if u need to talk im here for u

Do you prefer cold beverages or hot ones? hot chocolate and tea are my favorite drinks, esp now that im on medicine that makes soda taste like the sins of all of mankind condensed, carbonated, and canned for your convenience

Are you working on any personal project right now? if my ask blog counts yeah.....

and now for my questions

if you tried to dominate the world how would you do it

if you were the main character of a video game what would the first level be like

which do you prefer physical or digital (games, music, books, movies, etc)

what is your favorite object

if kirby vored you what power would he get

did that question upset you

what rock is your gemsona

if you were in an anime, what kind of hair would you have

do you enjoy knives

what object do you lose most often

how do you feel when i say “hewwo”

i tag anyone who read this far and wants to do this i guess