#no seriously read the lyrics

[are-we-really-doing-this]

Am I smoking crack or did Jonathan Davis write a whole-ass song about gender envy???

[technicalgator]

“ᴵ ᵃᵐ ᵗʰᵉ ʳᵒᵗ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᵃᶜʰᵉ ᵇᵉⁿᵉᵃᵗʰ ʸᵒᵘʳ ˢᵏⁱⁿ”

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Fanart for @mxboxlocks INCREDIBLE fic “All That We Lost”! I am absolutely HOOKED on this fic so far!! The writing, the story, the way the characters are written?? OUGH it’s amazing!! I love the darker theme of this fic, and how the mercs react to said events, while staying in character! 10/10 writing!!

For you folks that liked Emesis Blue, yer gonna LOVE this fic! Basically, Emesis Red >:]

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Alt. Versions below!

[it-came-autumnally]

the event name wasn't lying, he really did burn his soul (and the people. rip vivid street akito set everything on fire)

(I am joking but some of the phrasing for the fire symbolism is almost comical... out of context it sounds like Akito’s literally starting fires)

[spirited-splashes]

A puppet, an upstart

A loser who's destined to fall

I'm everything you always wanted to be

Let's deal with the issue, you wish you were me

You're nothing without me

Without me, you're nothing at all

[demaparbat-hp]

For the Spirits—Chapter III: Keep Your Plans

At the risk of feeling dumb, check in

It's not worth the risk of losing a friend

Even if they say:

“Just keep your plans, I hope

That you never have to drop

Anything for me.”

—At The Risk Of Feeling Dumb by Twenty One Pilots

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Yume had to resist the urge to sigh. She already knew how this would go. All roads led to tea, Pai Sho, and no straight answers. If she could go back in time and reach out to her younger self, she’d warn the tired face in the mirror to enjoy Iroh’s company while he still made sense.

She cursed the Crew under her breath, doing her best to give the General a smile back or, at least, keep a straight face.

Why did I even say yes to this?

[accidentalseer2020]

If Good Omens series 3 doesn't have a scene with Queen's 'I want to Break Free' playing as Aziraphale comes to terms with how desperately he misses earth and Crowley and how Heaven just ain't worth it... well that'd be a bloody waste of a perfect song.

[one-million-kruge]

my six of crows hcs

I need to read Crooked Kingdom but I can't for at least another week and it's killing me so take this very self indulgent list

Kaz Brekker

-He finds it really hard to apologize so he literally buys a gazillion super expensive gifts for whichever Crow, refuses to elaborate, and walks away. Matthias is mystified by this.

-Kaz hates emotional attachments with people because he could easily lose them like he lost Jordie, so he made them with his cane and gloves instead.

-For a while as a coping mechanism, Kaz legitimately treated 'Rietveld' Kaz and 'Brekker' Kaz as two different people. When he was triggered by something or other he told himself it was Rietveld messing with him.

-He researched Saints so that he could know and understand Inej's religion, even though he had no obligation to. He also pretends he hates hearing her talking about it but just hearing the passion in her voice makes Kaz happy.

Inej Ghafa

-Similarly to Kaz, she has emotional attachments to her knives because after her time at the Menagerie it became really hard for her to trust people.

-Inej learned how to walk silently at the Menagerie because she needed to sneak around in order to get stuff she needed to survive, whether it be food or something to stitch herself up with.

-She enjoys being on the sea because it gives her a sense of freedom similar to how acrobatics made her feel.

-Inej has never once pitied Kaz, just felt anger for what others (*cough cough* pekka rollins) had done to him. Every time she sees him panic she feels a mixture of sadness and pure rage.

Jesper Fahey

-Jesper has a diary because he feels emotions in a very big way and he needs some way to get them out. He hides it under his bed and let me tell you it is bright pink.

-When he is stressed (often) he plays with his guns. Like, safety on, but he flips them around in his hands and whatever because it reminds him of his mother and her memory makes him feel safe.

-When on heists, Jesper legit takes any opportunity to wear high heels. There is no need to. The Crows make fun of him for it. He does not care.

-Jesper is typically very fidgety but whenever he's near Wylan he's just automatically much calmer. Wylan is like Milo for his stress but better. It's even better when he's touching Wylan in some way, shape, or form.

Wylan Van Eck

-If Wylan hears a phrase or saying or something of the like that he thinks is nice or cool, he writes it in musical notes (similarly to how he labels chemicals and such) and tacks it up on a wall or something.

-When he was younger and his father would use horrible tactics to try and get him to be able to read, he just took it and assumed it was normal because he didn't have a frame of reference (not being able to read books or make friends very well). Some days he felt he deserved it.

-Wylan loves symbolic art because it's a way for him to take in a story without having to read it. He loves making up interpretations of symbolic paintings and connecting unrelated ones into a continuous story.

-He is really not assertive at all and finds it hard to read the room, so Wylan always asks Jesper before he does anything affectionate. He sometimes gets embarrassed about it, but Jesper always reassures him that it's very cute and sexy of him.

Nina Zenik

-Nina is bisexual (canon) and in terms of her preferences she finds women to be hotter, but she loves men beyond physical attraction more often. Whenever people try to tell her that she's straight because of that she either punches them or knocks them out for a few minutes depending on how she's feeling that day.

-Nina loves fucking with people by speaking a language to them that they don't speak and then gaslighting them into thinking that she was speaking the language they do speak.

-She is like the #1 hype squad for Inej, and it's literally the only thing that Kaz and her can agree on. They literally get into compliment battles but they're complimenting Inej.

-Nina finds it hilarious how actually innocent Matthias is, so sometimes when they speak, she makes progressively more lewd innuendos to see how long it takes for him to catch on.

Matthias Helvar

-Matthias is super gullible and will believe almost anything someone tells him unless it is far too outlandish to be true. The rest of the Crows (bar Inej and Wylan) use this to their advantage often.

-Back when he hunted Grisha, everyone else said he was most definitely the least likely to become a traitor but also the most likely to be the nicest to the Grisha. Guess where they were wrong.

-Matthias tries his best to be mischievous and absolutely fails every time. He just feels bad about it and so he immediately apologizes even though all of his "mischief" isn't even that bad.

-Whenever Nina needs anything, Matthias will immediately do it/get it for her. Whether it's getting a book off of a shelf that she can't quite reach or committing homicide, he is always ready and willing.

[hwatermelons]

art student!hongjoong watercoloring you in his cold-pressed notebook while you pose for him on a stool in a dimly lit room. the only light source being the moonlight through the circular window in the ceiling that shines like a spotlight on your perch. he's getting a little frustrated, making tweaks to his work, wondering why he can't quite get your likeness right. maybe it's the lighting, or the anatomy, or even the medium itself?

he looks up to reference you again and notices you smiling encouragingly, despite sitting there in the same position for half an hour. the way your cheek twitches up with your expression. your eyes shifting colors as you blinked, going from their natural color to a vivid, iridescent version of it as the moonlight fell on them. the shimmering dust particles in the beam of light giving you an air of ethereal beauty, radiant against your dark surroundings.

thats when he realizes--there's no capturing the real thing.

[mothwithpronouns]

”this is the best day ever” hater turned “this is the best day ever” favourite song on the albumer

[dribs-and-drabbles]

hi lin! the msi song is flaw (ปล่อยดาว) by yew, and the lyrics are devastating 👌🏻

Hi Sasa! I found it on spotify just before I saw your ask and whilst listening I realised why it left such an impression on me - it's a 3/4 or 6/8 (basically a waltz - and sorry to any more technical music people who would be horrified by me saying that) and songs/music in that time signature always gets me 🥰🤭 Anyway, thank you for the info as well, so now I can post the song for everyone to listen to as well. And I'll go read the lyrics and be even more devastated 💪🏼

[bookishjules]

the 11yo i babysit called keefe one of my blorbos last week (she's using the word every chance she gets atp) and i wanted to argue (bc i've only known him for so long) but honestly with the frequency at which my brain just randomly chirps his name at me.. idk if i can even try to deny it anymore.

[paperconsumption]

milgram translations being incomplete and misleading makes me angry in so many ways but the absolute worst one is the translation of forgiven/unforgiven as innocent/guilty when the BASIC PREMISE is that none of them are innocent, everyone is guilty of the crime of murder, you are just deciding if you forgive them for it or not (AKA something personal and subjective, which thus has personal and subjective effects on the prisoners that an innocent/guilty verdict would not cause), but the official website where you judge and lyric translations where they mention their verdict all say innocent and guilty and it confuses the premise so so much i complain about people not grasping the idea but you cant even blame them when official sources are doing this, its so bare bones we literally wouldn't be anywhere without fan translators thank the heavens for them oh my god

[thesmuttyduchess]

people that don’t listen to albums for the first time with the lyrics pulled up next to them are crazy to me like how can you even understand what the artist is saying let alone the meaning of the lyrics

[aishien-the-aishien]

To the people responsible for putting Ace of Base's "Happy Nation" in "X-men '97", episode 5, "Remember It": I want to give you a big hug. I also want to give you a loud angry scream because I am now addicted to the song, but I'm mostly grateful for this perfect choice

[bloodymyhands]

rhaenyra being a dom top is very important to me

[louifrangos]

the more i listen to cdn the more i realize this band was not made for neurotypicals lol