#new recs concept?

[notsogreatdion]

✶ IF PROJECTS THAT I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT (and you should be too) ✶

✶ Embers of Hope - @embersofhope-if

who doesn't love hunger games

but also the added drama of being chosen by the people themselves?? ooff

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✶ Press Play - @pressplay-if

i need more slice-of-life ifs

i'm already in love with such happy campers, so I'm sure this one is going to be another banger

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✶ Paved in Ashes - @pavedinashes-if

i'm about to be a 20-year-old in a completely new city

i always wanted to know how to skateboard

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✶ The Magus Sanctorium - @magussanctorium-if

houses? sign me up

so many poly options omg

also, I'm still trying to fill in that hp shaped hole in my heart, pls don't mind me

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✶ Seven Days in Paradise - @themysticaldrumstick

very juicy exes to lovers mmm

we have a son? i'll be the coolest parent ever, believe me

oh and a very sexy bartender RO

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✶ Love and Leases - @loveandleases

more family drama!!!!

give me back my dog pls :(

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✶ The Muse - @themuse-if

not only did i struggle with choosing my own major, i'm already struggling with choosing the mc's too

character interviews are such a fun concept - i'm already in love with the whole cast

also did i mention how much i love slice-of-life ifs?

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✶ Van Helsing (the demo came out before I managed to post this so go check it out!) - @vanhelsing-if

oh i love absolutely everything about this

i love playing characters that are centuries old

-> locate and destroy the end of the world (or romance it). - this sold me ngl

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if recs 1.0, if recs 2.0

[spookyshay]

Spotify Playlists For...

crying on the bathroom floor at 3 am

feeling like you’re in a dream

when you’re ANGRY

late night drives

regressing to your 2014 tumblr phase

rainy fall days

pure twilight vibes

feeling like a rockstar

feeling like you’re a vampire dancing in a goth club

feeling like you’re floating in the clouds 

reliving your emo phase

[unexplained-events]

what do you think about digital horror? Like using features of old digital media to increase fear factor/uncanniness? My roommate started showing me the Walten Files and it seems really creative and I was wondering if you know of any similar stuff

hey anon!

I'm not personally familiar with the Walten Files (I'll take this as a recommendation) and I think digital horror as a genre is still fairly fresh/untapped but I love the idea of it.

Idk if I would classify these as digital horror but they're def somewhere in-between analog and digital and I think you'd enjoy them: Backrooms, Local58, Gemini Home Entertainment, Mandela Catalog, (does Marble Hornets count??, and like do found footage films classify?)

[volfoss]

i think honestly what irritates me about yoshidas work SO much is that people will tell you that banana fish is THE gay manga (ignoring the many things that came before it and were more groundbreaking, ie MW literally having on screen (or like. on panel but still.) gay sex in it and that came out like a decade before BF did) when there really isn't barely any gay rep outside of the pedophiles and the one time ash drops the f slur. like im sorry but somehow yasha, a work she wrote in 1996, has more gay rep in it but also has the same issues.

i truly do not get how people can enjoy banana fish with the rampant racism every 2 pages or the rampant sexual assault plotlines (on women and ash bc he is just... written like how yoshida writes women lmao) that are handled IMPOSSIBLY bad and sincerely i hoped yasha would be better because it had been like a decade or so between works. and then it proceeds to continue with the heres our blonde genius protagonist who everyone is weird as fuck to and will sexually harrass and everyone finds it a VERY funny joke to point out how feminine he is when theres barely any women in the work (if you exclude the ones that are being raped/killed/creepy to minors. which to be fair yasha has toned down the sa a LOT) and that its funny that hes kind of gay except not really!! and its just absurd to me how it just persists in all of her stuff because she is not an author that handles gay stuff well. like the scene in banana fish where ash is completely ok getting gang raped and did it solely to get into the hospital when its been SHOWN that he has a lot of trauma with that. and then right after his friend makes a joke at ash's expense about that. like sincerely and genuinely is this what we are hyping up as the old retro gay manga. go read some tezuka and stop reading shit that the most the main characters do is share a kiss in a nonromantic sense and is obsessed w making every gay person be evil!!

[pennedinblood]

had someone ask me for my radiostatic music recs and i figured i'd share here as well! compiled them as best i could into two distinct playlists (for the vibes). i'm way too scared to ask people to use their fanart as playlist covers (maybe someday, here's hoping) so for now have these pinterest-style ones. made this spotify acc for fandom stuff so feel free to follow if you're feeling it :)

[astranauticus]

just gotta survive two more days until my finals are over and i can finally play the games i impulse bought!!! fuck!!!!!

[cha1cedony]

Idk what it is that makes me fixate so hard on one specific thing for years at a time, but I need it to chill out 😭 DnDads has been my only long-term media interest for like 1 and 1/2 years now, and it’s BORING to only like one thing ever lol I’m BORED!!! I need other things to be interested in, but I struggle with getting into new stuff (other than video games) sooo bad :(

That said, if you have DnD podcast recs that have interesting characters……… GIMME 👀 Also where the early episodes aren’t a nightmare to listen to 🙏 I have never listened to any other DnD podcasts, and I think it’s mostly bc the earlier seasons are always poor audio quality or like 3 hours long 😭 I’m also good with any type of narrative podcast. I just want compelling characters and platonic/familial dynamics pls. Stuff I can write sad shit about!! But also not TOO sad the whole time… maybe a little bit silly idk

So far, ones I’ve written down to listen to are Cast Party and Friends at the Table? I don’t know anything about either of them, though so? Also I keep seeing my mutuals posting Oxventure and Woe.Begone (although the latter isn’t a DnD podcast.. I think?) sooooo let me know your thoughts. And recommendations! Send me your propaganda! Tell me about your blorbos

[fictionadventurer]

I have three stories that I would like to write at least some part of before the deadline for the Inklings Challenge.

I am scrolling tumblr and obsessively looking up book recommendations online.

I see some problems here.

[edrll]

the core intimacy of making a private playlist for some you can't have - you revealed facets of yourself previously unseen, embracing authenticity in its purest form with someone you love but can't have. perhaps the timing isn't quite right—or you are not yet prepared to confront the fact lying beneath the surface that he/she really doesn't love you the way you do.

soft sapphic - you believed it mere infatuation, a fleeting girl crush, confided in your closest confidant. aware that this love is one you can never embrace, for she walks a path untouched by your affections. so, you resign yourself to love her from a distance, whispering your adoration into the wind. hoping against hope, perhaps one day, one day or someday, amidst the quiet backdrop of shared memories, she'll love you, too.

the earthy smell after rain and sunsets - that vibe after heavy rain as the earth exhales its musky fragrance and the sky blushes with hues of orange, you find yourself gazing out the window, cradling a warm cup of cocoa. lost in contemplation, you ponder the pathways untaken, wondering what might have transpired had you chosen differently.

photos from lovesdaya

[inadreamplaylists]

its me and my spotify playlists against the world <3

Listen here:

https://open.spotify.com/user/soph.sutton

[porcelain-heartstrings]

concept playlists i've curated :)

running mascara, poison in the cup: she's distraught! she's dabbing away tears that just won't stop flowing! this was the most perfect marriage, how is she meant to cope now that he's dead? they loved each other. they loved each other so much, that they swore they couldn't live without each other. wait... wait. is that a smile? this is the story of a souring marriage.

luna's: the smooth sound of the heist being pulled off, and the trunk of the car full of wads of cash. there's nothing but the open road, and the sun beginning to dip into the sky. there is no god here but you, and maybe you should stop by somewhere for a bloody mary.

for the bit: for the theatre kids, for the ones who have loved the sound of rapture. the slight sting in your heart when you see someone who snubbed you. the gentlest fluttering of lashes before you get kissed by your lover. the sounds of entering your 20s.

d-grade god: sex, money, cars, and marble floors. the cheap songs of wealth and power.

sultry july: everything we know is from the radio, and everything we dream is never what it seems. i'm in love, and the humidity of july presses onto me like a crush i'm trying to hide. everything is better in the summer with friends. everything is better in summer alone. everything is better in summer.

afternoon: you've introduced them to your parents. you're on your first trip together. the views rush by your train window, and your eyes should stay stuck to the scenery, but all you're thinking of is them, them, them. they interlace their fingers with you.

slow down while speeding up: god forbid you ever drive the speed limit. music for commuting.

[hotcinnamonsunset]

music venue theme nights are something else…can you imagine. bopping to skinny love and the A team in the club in 2024.

[music-moon]

My favourite songs released in 2023

[walk1nghe3rt]

I'll Be Your Mirror by The Velvet Underground

I know the poll is still going, but I still wanted to share so here's an exemple of what Other could be...

Lyrics under the cut ;)

[Verse 1] I'll be your mirror Reflect what you are, in case you don't know I'll be the wind, the rain, and the sunset The light on your door to show that you're home

[Chorus] When you think the night has seen your mind That inside, you're twisted and unkind Let me stand to show that you are blind Please put down your hands 'Cause I see you

[Verse 2] I find it hard to believe you don't know The beauty you are But if you don't, let me be your eyes A hand to your darkness so you won't be afraid

[Chorus] When you think the night has seen your mind That inside, you're twisted and unkind Let me stand to show that you are blind Please put down your hands 'Cause I see you

[Outro] I'll be your mirror (Reflect what you are) I'll be your mirror (Reflect what you are) I'll be your mirror (Reflect what you are) I'll be your mirror (Reflect what you are)

Lyrics from Genius : The Velvet Underground – I'll Be Your Mirror Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

[proseinthegarden]

❀ frolicking in the meadows - a playlist by proseinthegarden ❀

[atlantic-riona]

please...are there any good books out there with Dracula in them....

every time I try to find a book with Dracula as a character, one of the following happens:

1) he's just?? not in it?? for some reason?? the marketing is literally "DRACULA IS IN THIS" and then he's...not??

2) what if Dracula was actually the good guy and Van Helsing and the others are actually Evil for trying to kill him (buddy, did you read the original book??)

3) Dracula is in love with Mina (wrong)

3a) MINA is in love with Dracula (even worse)

3b) for some reason Dracula develops a crush on a random woman?? (why)

4) "Dracula" is actually not Dracula and hates being called Dracula, even though he's... literally Dracula. like there's no reason not to call him Dracula, except the author wants to...idk, make him look cooler? (historical fiction about Vlad the Impaler is generally exempt from this, I understand the struggle)

5) crossover with another famous book (like Sherlock Holmes) only it's revealed at the end that vampires aren't real and everybody in the Dracula novel is insane (listen, if I pick up a book that purports to be about Sherlock Holmes meeting Dracula, I want the clashing of genres!!! I want the supernatural element!!!! I don't want it to be revealed that vampires aren't real and Van Helsing is stupid and Dracula was just "scientifically" able to trick his body into existing for hundreds of years!!! YES I'M STILL MAD ABOUT THIS)

6) the story of Dracula actually never happened!! instead we will allude to events in the novel but act as if it's ridiculous to believe and then never follow up on those allusions

7) any unholy combination of the above