#nobody's topping doja tho

[mangosimoothie]

as per usual the gworls (black women and gays) are eating

[allureasdiary]

Unpopular opinion: I'm sick of ice spice, I'm sick of Megan thee stallion, I'm sick of cardi and latto and sexy redd..well maybe not sexy redd just yet (even tho she kinda pissed me off with the "U My Everything" song😭) but everyone else I named hell even doja cat I. AM. SICK. OF THEM. and yes it is because of the hate they have for nicki and no I don't feel bad about it cuz why I just came across a ice spice reel of a snippet of her new song and it just sound like it got nicki coded all over it😐. And this is coming from someone who def isn't the biggest barb in the world but nicki is the only female rapper I've ever actually genuinely liked in my generation like I literally grew up on this woman come on now she stayed in rotation in my mama house😭

The problem ain't the music..well partly its not JUST the music it's the fact it's ppl like them that will send all this hate towards nicki, discredit nicki, feel entitled to work with her and take her fanbase and so much more but will turn around and do shit like this the moment they know they career going down the drain. And it's always AFTER they've gotten the vollab with her too, it's always once they get that barb stamp that they think they now on top cuz let's be very clear no other rapper besides the beehive and maybe Taylor swift fans has a bigger, stronger AND LOYAL fanbase like nicki minaj has. And the problem is I just keep seeing it too😭. Like how do u hate on a woman u tryna be just like this exactly why nobody can ever make me hate that woman. She literally worked her ass off to get to where she is now so girls like them could even get what they got now u see record labels trying to literally make a copy and paste of nicki or a "new nicki" ever since they tried taking her out the game in 2018 and STILL didn't do it til this day. Though anybody with common sense and good eyes can see they already tryna gear up doja cat to take her down sooner or later (say whatever u want, call me delusional or whatever but I've seen this pattern before and I can see what they tryna do from a mile away).

Like just make it make sense..🤨 honestly the hate that woman gets and the hypocrisy that gets put on her I wouldn't even wished that on my worse enemy idc and it's gotta be exhausting seriously

[actually-autisticc]

My thoughts on the Super Mario Movie

My autistic ass needs someone to talk to about this film and I have nobody. I know I don’t post as often anymore on here but I need to let this energy out. Here’s what did work and didn’t work

What did work:

the animation: DAMN. It looked amazing. I loved how smooth they looked on screen and the details of the character models, the background, etc. You can tell they put a lot of love into it. It felt so nice to see our favorite video game characters on screen like this. All of the references were such a joy to find and recognize. It’s also crazy that Mario came from being an 8bit model to this glorious, detailed, 3D model. And some scenes “camera” moved in a way that would be in a game. When Mario and Luigi were on their way to their first plumbing job, the “camera” moved sideways as the first Mario games were side-scrolling. When Toad and Mario were heading to the castle and poor Mario was being thrown around, the “camera” moved around like I guess the newer games? I mean it looked like Super Mario Odyssey but there could be other games, I haven’t played every single one (now I want to). Really cool attention to detail. My autistic ass loves attention to detail. The models looked good as well like Bowser’s scales and the brothers’ clothing. Funny how 3D animation wasn’t as detailed before like with Veggietales and Toy Story 1 but now we have HAIR. You get it.

The music: Some parts hit, some didn’t. I loved the orchestral remixes of our beloved songs. When the kart scene came on, I immediately recognized the music and felt PUMPED, especially when they were making the karts and I heard the Mario Kart 8 theme. I wanted to jump out of my seat but couldn’t cause I didn’t wanna be weird. Hearing the theme songs as well felt satisfying. It scratched that itch I didn’t know I needed to be scratched. I found myself listening to the soundtrack right after. I’m glad they chose 80’s songs rather than fucking Doja Cat or whatever but it still threw me off hearing Take On Me, Holding Out for a Hero, and Mr. Blue Sky. (Cmon Shrek did Holding Out better. No topping it) As much as I love those songs, I remembered that this is an Illumination movie so of course they’d have popular songs. If they left the pop songs in the human world and kept the Mario songs in the Mushroom kingdom, etc, it would’ve made a little more sense. No Sleep til Brooklyn was good tho, made sense cause they live in Brooklyn and they were in the human world.

Chris Pratt: Yes, I know everyone was skeptical of Chris Pratt playing Mario. I love Chris in Guardians of the Galaxy as Peter Quill so I didn’t have much doubt but since he is a celebrity and you know how movies these days (mainly Illumination) love to get big names in their films. I wasn’t disappointed. He was good, not bad. As much as I love Martinet’s iconic Mario, I don’t think I’d be able to handle hearing it the whole time. It’s iconic but let’s be real hearing “let’s-a-go!” the whole time is a bit jarring. Mario’s from Brooklyn so that’s what Chris tried. And his Wahoo! was good! You knew he didn’t want to ruin this character because of how much it holds. He TRIED. And Martinet as Giuseppe saying “it’s a perfect!” Felt like he was sharing the torch with Chris. He squished all the critics doubts by saying “he’s Mario too, it’s fine. Deal with it.” Hearing the voice made me smile so wide, it was like hearing an old friend. I think he even said that doing Mario’s voice too much hurt so we don’t want him to feel any pain for our sake! We all owe Chris an apology. You did great bro

Seth Rogan: I love DK. He’s big, loud, goofy, and strong. Seth did that right and honestly idk who else would play him. Hearing Seth’s iconic laugh made me laugh, idk who can hate it. It fit DK as it kind of…sounded ape-like? The whole fight between Mario and DK was straight out of a game. I loved the interaction between DK and Mario. They’re enemies at first but soon, they respect each other as in the games. I wish that wasn’t the whole character development between two characters in the movie, I wish it was Mario & Luigi, Mario and toad, or Mario and Peach. Hell, even Mario and Bowser. But this is only the first movie so we’ll see more

Anna-Taylor Joy: not much to say about her. I think Peach was fun and I’m glad they didn’t go the “damsel in distress” or “girl boss” route. We get it, we’re becoming SOMEWHAT better in terms of shit like that but god we don’t need it every time. Peach was a badass, she cared for her kingdom and subjects, and she was sweet. That’s Peach! It wasn’t the “I don’t need no man” or forced relationship with Mario and that was good. I loved Peach’s racing outfit too and all the power ups. Peach was awesome, I’m glad they didn’t ruin her

Charlie Day: I haven’t seen much of him but wow I loved his Luigi! I always loved Luigi, he was always the b guy and he deserves a lot of love. He’s adorable. I wish Luigi had more of an interaction with Bowser. We could’ve gotten a lot of funny scenes with them together (of course it’d be fuel to the shipping fire) and it was cut too short. I mean, bowser didn’t need MUCH from Luigi, he just needed information so it wouldn’t make sense why he’d keep him around when he could throw him in the dungeon with Luma, the penguins, etc. And the whole thing with Mario and Luigi “sticking together” was nice but…they weren’t together AS much? Yes, Bowser kidnapped him but idk it didn’t really feel so emotional. Their team up at the end was amazing of course, had the biggest smile with the star music on. Luigi must be protected

Keegan-Michael Key: His Toad was good! Kind of wished we saw more of Toad and Mario together but he was the comic relief. Sucked he wasn’t in it as much but maybe next movie.

Jack Black: MY MAN. GOD HE KILLED IT. Was that any surprise? No, everyone knew Jack was gonna bring his a-game and he did. Bowser’s singing was amazing, I was cracking up during that scene. PEACHES PEACHES PEACHES aah it’s good. I loved how Bowser went from his usual scary self to a big sweetheart who just wants to love someone. Yea, he did threaten to kill Peach’s kingdom if she didn’t marry him but hey he said he wouldn’t if she agreed! You can absolutely tell Jack loved his role and that’s so important in movies for it to turn out well. Honestly, I’d say Bowser was my favorite in the whole movie! (Ngl, Bowser kinda..) Bowser was intimidating at parts, especially with Luigi. He was a lot scarier than I remembered and damn he is a power house. Im surprised that I didn’t see him utilize his shell and spin with it but whatever.

The story: yes there wasn’t much of a big plot. Do I care? Not really. It’s Mario! You don’t really need a plot per se because you already know the characters, you know the concept of Super Mario. To me, it was as if I was playing a really well animated game. It was fast, fun, and left me with a warm fuzzy feeling. The plot WAS Bowser coming, Mario and Luigi starting a company and not feeling like they’re on top. You don’t need a different story with Mario. Yes, this movie wasn’t on the level of Into the Spider-Verse or Puss in Boots like we were expecting but it didn’t need to be. I had a great time with a story or not

The sound effects: god, the little kid in me wanted to SCREAM. It felt so satisfying to hear all the sounds we hear in the games from hitting a shell, hitting the mystery box, or landing on the flag pole at the end of a level. They really hit the nail with them. And Luigi’s ringtone was GameCube!!

Oh yeah I loved Kamek’s voice. He sounded exactly how I pictured it. He was great. Loved the scene of him dressing up as Peach and getting ANGRY that he didn’t kiss Bowser

What didn’t work:

The slow motion moments: this was when I remembered “oh yea, illumination made this.” Some of the moments were fine with Mario giving Peach a side eye (with rizz). That was funny. But all the other times, it felt like the screaming goats in Thor Love and Thunder. In other words, it was used too much. To me, the slow-motion parts are just “haha, their voice is deep and slow. They move slowly. Haha funny joke.”

The songs: I did say the songs worked but they didn’t at the same time. I LOVED hearing all the familiar songs and sounds from the games. I liked the 80’s songs as Mario was made in the 80’s but it didn’t fit movie. As I said, it would’ve been better if they kept the 80’s songs in the human world and the Mario-esque songs in the Mushroom Kingdom, etc. But Illumination has gotta…illuminate I guess

The pacing: I felt like it was TOO quick. They go from Mario ending up in the Mushroom Kingdom and he finds Toad with barely an introduction and they rush to the castle. Then Mario finds Peach who just so happens to be going to the same place at the right time. There wasn’t enough time to breathe and there could’ve been so many good character interactions and development if they made it longer. We could have had more of Bowser and Luigi, Mario and Toad and Peach. I mean there are lots of characters and they have yet to introduce Yoshi, the Koopalings, and Daisy so hopefully it will be better in the second.

Illumination: I’m not too crazy with this studio. I love Despicable Me 1&2 but the rest are just meh. There were moments in the movie that were just so like this studio that it somewhat felt weird. The plumbing scene was funny but I think that is a good example. The whole thing with the dog being malicious was an Illumination thing. So were some of the models of the humans. The songs. Idk. If this movie was made by another studio like Dreamworks or Sony, maybe it would’ve been better??

Overall, I’d give this movie a 7.5/10. It had great moments and a lot going for it but there is still room for improvement. And that’s completely okay because we still have another movie. We only saw these characters on screen for ONE movie so there’s still more to be seen. I say fuck the critics, they don’t know what they’re talking about. This movie didn’t need to be woke or whatever. It almost didn’t need a plot. This movie was such a beautiful love letter to all of the Nintendo fans and I was smiling the entire time. They knew not to make it flop because of how iconic and beloved Mario is. I felt like a little kid again as I watched my favorite video game characters on screen and now I feel the need to play my Wii or switch. I look forward to seeing what they do in the next film.

TLDR: go see it. It’s a lot of fun

Also LET ME VOICE YOSHI I CAN DO HIS VOICE. IM GOING TO BE ON A TEACHER’S SALARY IM GONNA BE BROKE

[cyrsed]

this is all fairly predictable ghlksdfj altho i’m surprised gorillaz and ldr are in my top artists? i don’t remember listening to either that much, but it’s possible that i went through some phase where i had a song or two on repeat for a bit so idk. they really got me with the second pic tho, that’s exactly what i do lol. hype music in the morning while nobody else is awake, romantic music in the afternoon, calming the anxiety/hopelessness with soft music in the evening lol.

i actually watch music videos a lot on youtube, so if those were counted megan, cardi b and doja cat would probably be on the list somewhere

surprised cat stevens isn’t on here either, it feels like i listened to so much cat stevens this year

[preeningpisces]

I love music recs !! Thank you for the tag El 😚😚

I tried to curate some that cover the main genres I listen to (I refrained from any country rock, it’s your lucky day)

1. Lipstick - Ariel Pink

2. Egg and Soldiers - Cosmo Sheldrake (he’s the epitome of ‘just a lil guy’)

3. URRRGE!!!! - Doja Cat

4. Nobody Wants to Party With Us - Mrs. Piss (Mahito vibes in my humble opinion)

5. Shark Dad - Dance Gavin Dance

No pressure tag: @twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat & @hayakawalove + anyone who wants to do it ofc!

OKAY my thoughts on the songs El recommended:

Brent Friaz & The Weeknd are just top tier choices. These all just had such chill, snazzy vibes—relaxing, but not the kind that makes you sleepy or zone out.

I think the Sade song was my favorite; it made me feel the urge to stand beneath a streetlamp in the rain and smoke a cigarette. That’s a bit dramatic tho

I think a song with similar vibes would be Putting the Dog to Sleep by The Antlers!

5 Tracks

Thanks for the tag, @scary-grace!

rules: put in 5 tracks you listen to, then tag whoever you feel like tagging to do the same!

1.) Abyss by Yungblud (Kaiju no. 8 Opening) 2.) Nobody by OneRepublic (Kaiju no. 8 Ending) 3.) Problem by Natalia Kills 4.) Freedom by Junichi Suwabe (as Ren from Uta no Prince-sama) 5.) Blood in the Cut by K. Flay

I’m so sorry for my horribly boring taste in music lol.

Tagging @missrosegold @kentocalls @lil-bexie

And whoever wants to do it. 😊

[thebusylilbee]

2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52, 62, 72, 82 and 92 for the Spotify ask meme!

2 - Say so, by Doja Cat (haven’t been able to enjoy this one since the revelations on her tho :/)

12 - Avec ta zouz, by Therapie TAXI (bisexual slut anthem)

22 - Hunger, by Florence + the machine (everything Florence makes is a holy experience)

32 - Sunshine lollipops and rainbows, by Leslie Gore (the scene in TUA where Hazel and Chacha try to kill each other on this song is so much fun)

42 - Giants, by Bear Hands (uuugh this one makes me want to love someone)

52 - Red sex, by Vessel (not particularly a fan of the rest of their music but this one was used in the trailer for The Handmaiden and it’s very Sexy)

62 - Nobody, by Mitski (.........no comment)

72 - Age of Adz, by Sufjan Stevens (I think I like this album even more than Illinois tbh !)

82 - Cuncti Simus Concanentes, by La Camera delle Lacrime (okay this one might seem weird but it’s also beautiful so...) 

92 - Big God, by Florence + the machine (Everything. Florence. Makes. Is. A. Holy. Experience.)

send me a number 1-100 and I’ll tell you the song it corresponds with on my top 100 spotify wrapped