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youcantfiremebecauseiquit · 3 years

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idk if u care but crispin gray recently had an interview about his entire career and it kind of changed my perspective of queenadreena…idk if for better or for worse lol. it was weird to see him so dismissive of a lot of his catalogue w katie except for ‘love your money’ just because that was the only remotely chart successful song. i get you want to be able to sustain yourself but jeez him and katie really had a weird back and forth relationship

Sorry i'm replying late, i've seen the interview pop up on Youtube but honestly i was too invested in university shit recently & generally not in the good mood for that but i'm planning to watch. How did it change your view on Queen Adreena, did he say something mean specifically on QA or Katie? I mean i gotta watch it but honestly? Not surprised in the slightest. A few years ago he was asked to describe fave songs he recorded throughout the years and he listed more of Daisy Chainsaw ones than anything else, with Love Your Money as number 1. The differences in their points of view are real something, Katie Jane absolutely HATED Love Your Money, same as Daisy Chainsaw. Kinda apparent he wanted bigger fame but DC dropped fast and QA failed to live up to their predictions.

i had a time when i liked to dig up old Queen Adreena interviews that are lost in the old internet & generally not available for years (which i planned to post on is-she-suffering but my investment in that site is... varied in its intensity). Also that was back in the days when i wrote Queen Adreena book during manic phase and tried to sell it but lost motivation Well since i don't do anything with that knowledge anyway i'll put what i know here as i love fan discussions

So they sure had/have odd back and forth love-hate relationship & that's the reason why their career went how it went. There's been a huge tension between them at some point. I'm sure you know she had a major mental breakdown (probably schizophrenic episode) after Daisy Chainsaw, or even beginning before her leaving, and then she went into isolation and lived with an old woman in Lake District for awhile. She left Daisy Chainsaw cause Crispin didn't want her to come up with her own songs (all of DC was by Crispin except for Lovely ugly brutal world by KJ).

They almost split up as Queen Adreena after Drink Me. The material for The Butcher and The Butterfly was written at different times, originally it was meant to be called Atom Bomb at Bikini but it was constantly delaying and they eventually recorded everything they've got live. So that's obvious right? But i was surprised to find out they were writing songs separately. Some of them (i forgot which though) were written by Katie Jane and Pete Howard's sons band (they're even credited) + some with Melanie Garside, Richard Adams + some other musician. Katie Jane didn't like it. They intended it to be their last album at the time. She also hated live at ICA show but they released it cause they were broke

But that's a digression. I just wanna say that at this point they were done with each other but kept pushing it. Katie had her own art projects and stuff, Crispin started Dogbones with Nomi and i just remember how vaguely pissed at Katie he waas in the interviews. Like he stressed that Dogbones is his number one priority and if Katie wants to do something with Queenadreena, she must wait til Dogbones have a break first or something, and it sounded oddly bitter.

RaCH and Djinn era are just so weird, they had opportunities but let them go in a way. I don't think many people know but they were huge demand in Japan. They entered album charts and were interviewed by 11 magazines and 6 (!)TV stations there (wtf happened to that material i want to know???). But they only played 5 times or less.

Katie said she considers the band dead but they decided they can try to play for a couple more months. But aside from that she 100% lost the interest in the band around Djinn. There's an interview where she says "the overall image is Crispin but the shape will change again at rehearsals". And you can hear it, it’s more blues rock than anything. IMO it's their worst production wise. Instruments are fine but Katie's voice is so badly produced that sometimes i find some songs fucking irritating, cause they didn’t cut out her breaths and the vocals are TOO LOUD, to the point of distorting. As if she stands too close to the mic. The album is fine but it feels unfinished.

And here we come back to Crispin... here's what he said after the QA split:

Why the Dogbones started? “I needed to work more than the previous band I was in was working, the previous band who shall remain nameless, haha… um… Queenadreena. I wanted to work more than the singer of Queenadreena wanted to work… so that’s why it started. Fine by me… but I really like to be in a band, I’m not a solo project kind of guy. The last album (‘Djin’) did come out in the UK, but it was so low key because Katie kind of disappeared so there was little point in promoting it. Personally it’s my favourite by far so it was a shame but there you go… So here are Dogbones, it’s not been an easy ride but we are trying very hard.

Ok so the bitterness is kinda apparent isn't it. I think there were two reasons why they argued so much, first musical differences. Katie at some point lost interest in loud rock music for some years and went the folk way in Ruby Throat. I have a theory that Taxidermy and Drink Me are more influenced by Katie Jane and Butcher and Djinn are more Crispin. During first albums i think Katie more actively took part in music composition and choosing arrangements. She wrote lyrics, melodies but also composed a lot of songs on some little electronic keyboard thing and 4 track (Heavenly Surrender, Pray for me, My Silent Undoing, all Lalleshwari +more). Plus she wanted more peaceful/dreamy sound on Taxidermy than full on rock, Crispin complained about it in some 00's interview, that he'd like it to be more rock. Then there are 2 versions of Drink Me, the original has rough and alt versions of songs (it was sold by Katie and it's leaked on FB and probably YT). Crispin Gray apparently really hated the final Drink Me. Now next album is The Butcher & The Butterfly and it's more standard blues rock, no more crazy dreamy things of previous albums etc., Djinn is even more blues rock but darker. Djinn was his favourite at some point while KJ hated Butcher, not sure about Djinn. So i think they had different views on where they should go, Katie made her weird simplistic creepy tunes (like Lalleshwari) and folk melodies adding that strange things to noise rock. Crispin probably wanted blues & rock.

Other than that, i’m convinced they are bitter exes, lol. There’s been rumours about them dating during Daisy Chainsaw for years, plus Katie had a history of dating band members. Crispin wrote X-ing off the days about her. I don’t know if they dated again in Queen Adreena. Then there’s this interview, timeline is unclear, either The butcher & the butterfly or later:

„Katie writes all the songs herself and often looks for melodies and structure with the drummer. With Crispin - her husband or ex-husband, which is not entirely clear to me - for almost three years she has no longer been in a room. "Sometimes we send him a letter with a new song and that's all we can do. All we have are our lungs and our musical talent and we have to do with it. It is repugnant difficult life, I know most of the time how I should deal with it." But Queenadreena will still remain even exist? "I think so, we are now pretty busy and I see where the ship aground.”

I always wondered what exactly happened after Djinn, i’ve seen Katie Jane say „i think they gave up on me” while others said she disappeared. Other times CG said there’s no bad blood between them but at the same time there’s been some weird tension. As of recent i thought they reconnected somehow through the internet and had a good relation but who really knows.s

I get why Crispin gets irritated when people compare everything he does to „stealing from KJ” but honestly, he gave them good reasons, at least in the 90’s. I can believe Starsha Lee singer isn’t copying Katie cause she’s from Brazil or something and she didn’t know Queen Adreena before. But everything else… Crispin’s problem is that he doesn’t know what he wants. He spent 90’s chasing something, tried singing himself, had girl singer replacements and even one KJ copy. Dogbones was ironically his most original non-Katie band, even with all their grunge influences. In a way he wants to be a frontman and at the same time doesn’t. Idk if he’s very controlling, but Daisy Chainsaw shows he valued his songs/lyrics first & in Queen Adreena he had to step back a lot, cause Katie’s condition was she would be in charge of the lyrics. I don’t think he realizes how strongly Daisy Chainsaw issues affected Katie, i mean from her own words you can read that aside from media attention/hate, her being unable to write lyrics had a role in her breakdown. I think she now let go but for years she hated remembering Daisy Chainsaw and she felt kind of worthless cause she was only somebody else’s mouthpiece. I’m not trying to say he’s cruel or anything, but i firmly believe rock lyrics writers should sing their own songs or else there are problems.

They both were writers-composers with different vision and i have impression they struggled a lot while shaping their songs, cause they both stuck to their ideas. Hence 2 versions of Princess Carwash maybe. Katie once said that he „gets terribly upset with her” cause she writes her songs on a simple wind organ and uses a few chord buttons only. Clash of writer ways/personalities/egos and at some point they had to let go.

Maybe he prefers music/bands where he was 100% in control including lyrics (note he wrote/sang some lyrics in Dogbones too). Daisy Chainsaw achieved bigger success US and UK wise as they were offered to play Top of The Pops, and they’re more well liked/remembered by „general alt public”. Queen Adreena however is way more valued as a cult band, with cult following and admiration in UK & France. Most people think Pretty Like Drugs and other QA songs are his best work and he probably finds it irritating cause truth is, he never managed to be more successful than Daisy Chainsaw/Queenadreena. Love Your Money is ironically the least Crispin Gray/DC/QA sounding song in my opinion. I kinda find it irritating that he downplays Queen Adreena cause it was probably his best work in this band but whatever

So yeah sorry for the word spill, that’s what i can think of it right now but as i said, i haven’t watched the interview yet, it’s just this kind of treatment is in a way consistent for him

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coolpolarbear123 · 3 years

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Band Camp Day 4

I'm sore in muscles that I didn't even know I had. Which is saying something since I took a 300-level anatomy class last semester

August 18th, 2021

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this is,,, late:

Forgive me, I know how late this is, but band camp got hectic really fast, and then classes started, and I'm trying to do these now while I remember

today's senior prank: plastic wrapping the tower. It went very well

when rehearsal started, our band director immediately said that he was taking the two drill instructor librarians to make pregame drill copies, so that's where I went

we learned how to copy drill, and apparently we missed the snake, which was a huge thing last year (bc piccs started and dominated it)

and we missed step-2 drill, which I'm completely okay with

tho when the drill instructors demonstrated it, apparently my SL had to go up in my place so that it'd be an even amount of people, which I'm actually okay with bc that makes sense, and it's not ML2

i mean what

anyway, back in the copy room, my accomplice and I were counting how many drill charts each section needed, then labelling the sections with sticky notes. I drew a bear on each sticky note

THAT REMINDS ME

I drew a lot of bears yesterday, and none of them stuck for more than two hours. it's been a really hot and sweaty week

oh also our band director mentioned that he's leaving for a funeral tomorrow night?

anyway, about an hour and a half later (10am), we returned to the field and handed out drill

the drill instructors were then called to go get numbers (basically we each get a number, and the drill instructors are told which numbers are for which section)

and I guess everyone was talking about the bears? bc my DI got up there and was like "wait, you guys are getting bears?" and then showed the piccolo sticky note, which reads "diccalos" with a drawing of a penis

that penis is poorly drawn and captioned "this is clearly a pair of scissors"

the mello DI took a picture he thought it was so funny, which has been fueling my serotonin levels

and!! people kept mentioning that they liked the bears! I was very excited about it

we learned the first half of pregame. I got the same spot as last year, surprisingly. And I'm next to more piccs, which is also really cool

the drumline's been facing a lot of issues with not knowing what number of people should go on which instrument bc things keep getting switched around by various people

this caused a lot of confusion on the field when there were 6 snares but only 5 charted snare parts

and our band director was NOT happy about it. He kept saying useless stuff like "it seems like you found a place, just use that" and other things like that

one of my good friends is on drumline and she cried. Apparently her drill instructor was really close to crying too

lunch time/passport to campus (a thing that helps people check in and does not apply to me since I live off campus and am a senior)

although we did get lunch from 12-3 because of that. I had time to shower, which was so nice

I currently am drenched in sweat as I type this, tho, so it does sorta feel like it was for nothing

the clarinets started sitting with us, and our freshman is talking to their freshmen, which is really good bc she needs friends who aren't just seniors. I'm very excited

okay but also during lunch we heard some CRAZY tea like. There's this sophomore clarinet player who wanted to get with this sophomore drumline dude and they were this close but APPARENTLY she has chlamydia like wtf and then he blocked her on all social media they had each other on?? and then she kept trying to add him on everything?

AND the drumline is recruiting, so she's like "imma switch to drumline" so yikes @ the drumline good luck

we had outdoor playing rehearsal since we can't be in the band room and ig the previous room we were using is now being occupied by people returning to campus or smthn idk

also the music librarians asked one of the old librarians for help with something EVEN THOUGH us drill librarians knew how to do it so um

we started playing songs that we're gonna do in our first halftime show, and the key signature on the first one is funky, so he had us play that scale, and the piccs sounded so bad that he relocated us so that we could spend time tuning

well the problem was that one of us was playing the wrong scale so yes i'm sure we sounded out of tune

but then we had to tune everyone, then we did it note by note, and then half an hour later we rejoined the band

our band director was like "some of them are smiling, some... aren't" that was awkward

and then we played some more, and at one point he's like "drumline only play this" and then they did, and we politely, softly, clapped

emphasis on SOFTLY and the band director got mad because we shouldn't congratulate them for not being good

like jesus fuck give the drumline a break

and then to top it off, we didn't even get sectionals. the closest we got to sectionals was the piccs tuning

there's also this random man who's standing with our band director, but the kick is that I know who this random man is

my friend from drumline said that her old band director was coming to be our sub while our band director was away for the funeral

sure enough, we got the intro. he's our sub, he's taught 7 people in the band, etc, etc, alumni of my uni, played sousa, etc etc

then we had dinner, which was the last free meal we got for band camp. The pickings were slim, but it was all fine. the other drill librarian didn't sit with the piccs and that was mmmmmm bc I get that she's trying to be an Older Sister to one of the fish clarinets but pls sit with your section

Then we were back outside for more marching rehearsal, where we learned the rest of pregame, marching AND playing. Which like. Yeah, that's pretty on track for a normal band camp? Usually it's good by Thursday and today is Wednesday, so not bad!

I'm mostly worried because two years ago, we didn't do a lot of pregame during band camp and he got angry during the season when we didn't know it very well like

maybe you should have stuck to your normal schedule

also I fckn hate the pregame song. Hooray for Hollywood can suck my rectum

our band director said we might do halftime drill tomorrow? which means the other drill librarian and I have more to print? maybe? tomorrow morning?

our fifth year DI was noncompliant! for the first time in five years! our DM made sure the band knew that

also two other piccs haha. picc party in the noncompliance

half the band was noncompliant which kinda... wasn't fun bc it takes the purpose out. It's not as humiliating when everyone's doing it with you

it's kinda bc the mellos are doing the thing that the trombones do, where when one is noncompliant, everyone is, and personally I think that should Only be a trombone thing

it's better and funnier when only one section does it

after singing the alma mater and fight song, we flash mobbed dance again

the after band camp stuff was trivia night, which didn't have a huge turn out, but it was fun. I learned that I HATE one of the clarinet freshmen.

#band camp #cbc #2k21 bc adventures #rant #marching band #cpb speaks #i'm #so #behind

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makeste · 5 years

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BnHA Chapter 256: Fucking Superb You Funky Little Hero Eggs

Previously on BnHA: Aizawa and Mic’s frankensteined best friend Shirakumo, better known to us as Kurogiri, had his memories briefly restored through the Power of Friendship, and was all “YO Y’ALLS BETTER GO CHECK OUT THOSE HOSPITALS” before his head started steaming like a tea kettle and he randomly fell asleep. Aizawa and Mic were all “!!” and Aizawa was all “(ಡ ﹏ ಡ)” and Mic was all “Aizawa are you crying” and Aizawa was like “NO!!!” and then they left the prison and Nao called HPSC Lady who called Hawks and was all “eck-chay ethay ospitals-hay” because Hawks, as you recall, is still a secret agent and all that. Anyway so Hawks was all “EUREKA!!” in his head which doesn’t really add up but hey, and then the chapter ended with Dr. Ujiko dancing in sadistic glee as he watched Tomura get all mad scienced. It was pretty freaky. I could use some wholesomeness right about now so let’s see if this chapter will deliver.

Today on BnHA: Class 1-A shows off the fresh skills they learned during their assorted internships, such as “determination”, “enhanced search techniques”, and “becoming a literal blob of acid.” The Wonder Trio is a particular highlight, and All Might is all “my little baby off to destroy people :’)” as he watches Deku shred a robot to pieces using Blackwhip. We then cut to Aizawa and Mic, who may or may not be planning some rogue vigilante style investigations of the whole Noumu thing, or maybe they’re just brooding, but either way they’re interrupted by Mirio and Tamaki who come running in to get them to stop Eri’s quirk from going haywire, which, yikes. The chapter then ends with All Might handing Deku a notebook full of DETAILED, CATALOGED INFO ABOUT THE PAST SUCCESSORS AND THE FUCKING SIXQUIRKS. We just have to wait two more weeks to find out what that’s all about. 2020’s got some fucking zip to it so far huh.

so it’s about a quarter past 7 right now and it’ll be a miracle if I can have this recap up by 10pm tonight. surprisingly the wait for this chapter didn’t really bother me, but this Sunday/Monday release schedule is really doing a number on my punctuality. but anyways we’ll figure it out eventually. if memory serves, there’s about a 90% chance that this week’s jump will also be a double issue, so that gives me another extra week to get my shit together lol

(ETA: so that wasn’t too far off actually! I think a three-hour turnaround time isn’t bad for 3000 words lol. and actually it was more like two hours of reading/blogging and one hour of editing/photo cropping. anyway so in all likelihood either Sunday or Monday night releases will become the norm, depending entirely on how busy that particular Sunday is. not quite the same as getting the chapter on Friday and having the whole weekend to ruminate over it but we will adjust!)

anyway, so I’m somehow remarkably unspoiled for this chapter despite it having been out for nearly a week and a half at this point. so that’s something! let’s see what we’ve got here

yaaaay my babies

All Might was offering free cotton candy, yes? I didn’t expect we’d cut right back to this lol, but you sure won’t see me complaining. I want to see what everyone else learned during their internships, and also what with the break and the last couple chapters being Tartarus-focused, it’s been about a month since I last saw my little hero eggs, and of course I missed them I’m only human

omg

did the original dialogue really reference Skynet. Horikoshi truly gives no fucks about copyright. like one or two episodes ago the anime made some copyrighted reference which you could clearly hear in the Japanese but which the English subs hilariously glossed right over. I’m trying to remember what it was now. damn. anyways we millennials can never resist a good pop culture reference, facts

OH MY GOD AOYAMA

THEY’RE EATING THE COTTON CANDY

TOKOYAMI EATING COTTON CANDY IS THE GREATEST THING TO HAPPEN IN 2020 THUS FAR. LET ME TELL YOU, WE REALLY NEEDED THIS

SHOUTO EATING COTTON CANDY IS THE SECOND BEST THING TO HAPPEN IN 2020. IT WAS VERY CLOSE

I STALLED FOR TIME SO MUCH AND I STILL DON’T KNOW WTF TO SAY ABOUT AOYAMA’S NEW ATTACK OH MY GOD. JUST. I DON’T KNOW YOU GUYS. THIS BOY IS REALLY OUT HERE SLICING ROBOTS IN HALF WITH HIS BRAND NEW LASER PENIS. THE AMOUNT OF FUCKS THAT HORIKOSHI GIVES IS IN THE NEGATIVES I DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY

OH ARE YOU STILL GOING

is... what’s... ldkfj okay nothing to see here guys just the naked invisible chick getting all friendly with Aoyama’s beam boner. just manhandling his sparkle shaft. there are children reading this manga. I mean, they’re already mentally scarred from all the dead dogs and child quirk wine and whatnot, but still at what point do we put our goddamn foot down

anyway so somehow she’s redirecting his laser beam?? I guess with her light refracting quirk skills?? great job Hagakure with your help Aoyama can finally shoot lasers at stuff that’s behind him. you’ve mastered the power of making it so that he doesn’t have to turn around great job truly an internship well spent

“now I can yank light and warp it!” you go girl now you can whip that thing around like it’s a fucking fire hose I guess

YOOOOO MINA!!

THIS GIRL LITERALLY COATED HERSELF IN ACID AND DID A FUCKING BARREL ROLL AHHHHHHHHH. NOW THAT’S MORE LIKE IT, NO OFFENSE TO CAPTAIN DISCO DONG AND COMMODORE “I CAN DO EVERYTHING A MIRROR CAN DO” BUT THERE ARE UPGRADES AND THERE ARE UPGRADES, AND LET’S FACE IT, THIS IS THE REAL DEAL HERE

AHAHAHA I LOVE ITTTTT

is it too late for Mina to actually change her name to Acidman. what is she calling herself now again?? Pinky?? come on Mina strike some fear into the hearts of your enemies

and now All Might and the others are applauding. I don’t see Shouto’s cotton candy anymore. boy fucking inhaled that shit

oh wow, they interned under Yoroi Musha? if memory serves me, and I’m honestly not going to bother to check right now, isn’t that the samurai dude who somehow beat Ryuukyuu in the billboard charts? not that I’m still salty about that, oh wait I absolutely am but anyways

OH MY

IS THAT SOME KIRIMINA CONTENT UP IN MY PANELS. hot damn that is some cute fucking shit. Mina better not get any undue hate for this. everyone please remain calm this cute interaction does not threaten your ship in any way (unless you want it to in which case have at!!) and we can all have fun if we just play nice you guys

lmao All Might

“WE’RE ALREADY ON PAGE FOUR AND THERE ARE TWENTY OF YOU, WE DON’T HAVE ALL FUCKING DAY CHILDREN”

so Satou and Ojiro learned how to punch harder and stuff. again, it’s fine, we can’t all be Acid Men. but meanwhile they interned with some lion guy named Shishido whom I INSTANTLY LOVE so that’s badass. only one character away from Shishida though, but that’s Horikoshi for you

OH MY GOD

BLAH BLAH YES ENHANCED SEARCH TECHNIQUES ZZZZZ BUT FUCKING LOOK THOUGH AT THE FLASHBACK OF HIM YEETING THEM, YESSSSSS. THE OLD WAYS HAVE NOT YET BEEN FORGOTTEN, GANG ORCA YOU ARE THE HERO WE DESERVE

meanwhile Sero, Kami, and Mineta learned how to literally kill people with their quirks flkdjsflk

(ETA: btw I really love that Mt. Lady’s internship emphasized teamwork. now there’s someone who’s come a really long way her own self. anyway I stan and she had better join the other two in the the top 10 real soon. come on BnHA society get with it.)

damn Mt. Lady what the fuck. “if you guys work together you can suffocate and electrocute villains to death with ease!” the government’s plan really is working huh; these children have become bloodthirsty, ruthless killers in a shockingly short period of time

anyways so Iida as we all recall learned how to be more footloose and fancy free, and meanwhile Kouda learned “smooth communication” from Wash, the literal washing machine man whom I also don’t still harbor a grudge against for inexplicably beating my dragon queen in the hero polls, and once again that is a lie because fuck you Wash! you’re adorable but fuck you!!

man this is taking forever why are there so many kids in this class. for anyone wondering why Horikoshi doesn’t focus on class 1-A as a whole more often and leaves them as supporting characters, this right here is why. I love these children to death but we would still be stuck in the basement arc. oh my god I just shuddered

Tokoyami mastered “improvement on all fronts” because I guess he kind of peaked at flying when it came to new moves huh. that’s fine for now

and Kiri mastered “making baddies lose the will to fight real quick” which sounds like some bullshit you’d write while desperately trying to pad your hero resume, except that it’s accompanied by this convincing panel of him chomping a steel bar in two or some shit which YIKES

can confirm, if some demonic rock man came trotting up to me and snapped off some railing from some stairs and fucking snapped it like a twig with his GIANT FOSSILIZED DINOSAUR TEETH, I’d lose my will to fight pretty quickly too

and Ochako and Tsuyu learned “determination” smdh. Horikoshi did you fucking fall asleep towards the end of this segment or what

WHO IS MAJESTIC OMG

excuse me did she just create a bunch of fucking dynamites. is that what those are. is my girl encroaching on my young son’s turf. because if she is, ENCROACH, MOMO, ENCROACH! FEEL FREE TO FUCKING IMPINGE, EVEN!! god, and I know I was bitching just a moment ago about these “lessons” becoming increasingly vague and intangible and motivational poster-y, but I read Momo and “predicting and acting efficiently”, and my thoughts immediately ran to Nighteye and Mirio’s fighting styles, and I was like “YESSSSSSSSS” because, I mean. YES, though

meanwhile Kacchan has learned...

this fucking -- I swear -- YOU LEARNED WHAT YOUR FUCKING HERO NAME IS GOING TO BE YOU TROLLING PIECE OF SHIT. oh my god. Katsuki I swear to god I will take your internet privileges. NO SRIRACHA FOR A WEEK UNLESS YOU TELL ME WHAT IT IS

oh for fuck’s sakes

don’t mind him he learned boom with five b’s and three oo’s what did you all do this week. and somehow Todoroki learned how to be even more fabulous

so All Might’s looking on in pride and giving Endeavor some mental props, and waiting for Deku to go do his thing too

sdfkj he’s thinking about the day he gave Deku THE HAIR and that “[it] feels like ancient history now.” DOESN’T IT THOUGH?

OH MY FEELS

“you don’t look back at me anymore... and you don’t need to.” oh Aizawa’s dry eye has spread to me now huh. must be those January allergies. and that’s some nice bloop there kid. great jorb

someone tell All Might he’s not allowed to look on at Deku with this much fatherly love without giving me at least a week’s notice in advance

sigh. now you’ve done it you two I’m going to become a big cat blob of feels right here and it’s all on you. you did this

oh my god a whole big panel of reactions from the other kids and I’m ( ˊᵕˋ )

lol Kacchan can’t agree with anything even if it’s a compliment. and lmao, who the fuck was that who was all “TODOROKI FINALLY YOU’RE A FAST FUCKING HIMBO HUH!” like they really went and put that “finally” in there, like they were so fucking tired of Todoroki Shouto and his LANGUID FUCKING PACE all the fucking time, GOD, FINALLY SOME SPEED BOY WE WERE DYING OUT HERE

Mineta being happy for Deku also warms my heart, ngl. we’ve gone almost an entire chapter with Mineta not doing anything even remotely perverted, can it be, has Horikoshi finally chilled the fuck out. or did I just jinx it we shall see

also love how Deku is just reduced to an inkblot here and it still is him beyond any shadow of a doubt. and poor Sero, you are also being impinged on huh

lmao Mineta’s just socking Deku in the solar plexus out of comradery and Deku’s fucking vomiting on reflex and not even paying the slightest attention wtf

I love this panel there I said it

so he’s going over and thanking Ochako for “that time” and says he’s using Blackwhip a lot better now. I assume he’s referring to when he first unlocked it and went hog wild and she was all “smh” and went and hugged him to put an end to that nonsense

oh, right!!!!

I forgot about those!! looool Horikoshi’s 2020 resolution is to make everyone Spider-Man now huh. hey everyone guess what I LOVE THIS

oh my god this wholesomeness

I fucking can’t?? yo I’m seriously living for this? I don’t get why some people think Deku inhibits Ochako’s character growth tbh. or that her story is becoming all about him. if it is, then it’s in the same way that Bakugou’s is. Deku keeps inspiring her to be better, ain’t nothing wrong with that. yes she has the crush, and she’s honest with herself and in tune with her emotions enough to be aware of it and to acknowledge it, but she refuses to be distracted by it. I actually really like that, because it shows that romantic feelings can actually exist and not be the central focus of a character’s story or their development. and I think the fear is that it somehow will become the focus, but so far I haven’t seen that happening, so it seems unwarranted to me

anyway

shit’s cute

oh no Mineta’s doing something weird I fucking did jinx it I’m sorry guys. it’s a fucking fistbump dude relax

so All Might seems to be dismissing them now, and he’s saying something about how he reordered (?? rescheduled, maybe??) class so that Aizawa can watch later. that’s nice. he’ll need something to cheer him up, and if Acidman can’t do the trick I don’t know what can

and now we’re cutting back to the dorms!! dorm shenanigans yessssss

oh no shit wait

these are not playful dorm shenanigans these are depressed Miczawa shenanigans to bring me down. nnnn

but Aizawa fucking knows something is up now, shit. that’s right son your babies are in danger

KLJKLGLKSH

okay (1) HOW HOT IS AIZAWA THOUGH HOW DOES HE ALWAYS DO THIS

and (2) is “have a karaoke contest” code for “fuck shit up” or what. son of a bitch, having these two so personally invested in the Noumu arc now is such an unexpected and wonderful gift

MIRIO NO

(ETA: but you all know Aizawa was about to say “I’d go and fuck shit up” though.)

I LOVE YOU BOTH BUT THEY WERE HAVING A SEXY ANGSTING MOMENT, MIRIO CAN YOU NOT READ THE ROOM!! DO YOU NOT SEE THEM BEING ALL ANGSTY AND DARKLY CONTEMPLATIVE!! YOU TWO OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW WHEN LOVERS ARE BONDING OVER THEIR ANGST WHICH ONLY THE TWO OF THEM UNDERSTAND! FUCKING GODDAMN

NO!!!!!

[SLAMS HANDS ON TABLE] HORIKOSHI I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU LAY ONE FINGER ON HER PRECIOUS HEAD

NOOOO MY SWEET BABY GIRL

oh my fuck that sweater is the cutest fucking thing and this girl has had no shortage of cute outfits let me tell you. BUT ANYWAY SHE’S SCARED AND CRYING NOOOO. holy shit her horn is fucking huge now I don’t feel comfortable with this at all, and Nejire is Best Mom for not giving a single fuck and holding and comforting her regardless of the risk, I love her so much

OH THANK GOD

PALPABLE RELIEF. boys I’m sorry it was wrong of me to yell, you did the right thing interrupting their sexy brooding

BREAK ROOM AHHHHH THE SCOOBY SQUAD LIVES AGAINNNN

it means you constantly amaze him!! you have so much potential he doesn’t even know what the limit might possibly be! don’t act like you don’t love it. or stop being so suspicious and trying to look for the hidden meaning and just accept the praise for what it is. you did good. now ask him if he’s heard any news about Best Jeanist :/

that’s right, he was researching and making faces a while back, are we finally gonna find out what all that was about??

DSLFKAJSLDKFH

HE MADE A NOTEBOOK FOR HIM AHHHHHHHH HE KNOWS WHAT HE LIKES THIS IS AMAZING

DOES HIM GIVING HIM THE INFO IN NOTEBOOK FORM MEAN IT’S UP TO DEKU WHETHER OR NOT HE WANTS TO SHARE THIS INFO WITH KACCHAN. HMMM. OBVIOUSLY HE WILL, BUT THAT’S A REAL POWER MOVE THOUGH, DAMN

“PAST SUCCESSORS / QUIRKS” EVERYONE, THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE SECRETS OF THE SIXQUIRKS. AND THE PREVIOUS OFA AVATARS. THAT’S FINE I’M JUST GONNA. ...I’LL BE FINE. FOR TWO WEEKS. FUCK

shit. well I know it was coming, that’s another reason why I didn’t feel particularly rushed to read this chapter lol. I kinda wish I’d had the foresight to save the Korean scanlation though, just to compare. ah well it’s probably still lying around somewhere

and lol and here’s the bonus page, and this one I did see floating around tumblr haha

I’m not sure how the three smartest kids in class are all present and yet not one of them had the foresight to consider that maybe, just maybe, this could be a bad idea. let’s let the kid with the combustible sweat handle the mochi I’m sure it’ll be -- [everyone immediately dies]. anyway so that’s some good friendly advice from Horikoshi there. happy new year friends!

#bnha 256 #midoriya izuku #ashido mina #uraraka ochako #aizawa shouta #present mic #all might #aoyama yuuga #eri (bnha)#bakugou katsuki #class 1-a #bnha #boku no hero academia #bnha spoilers #mha spoilers #makeste reads bnha #oh my god I am so tired #I will maybe edit some additional tags later lol #for now I'm gonna go eat dinner

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raemanzu · 4 years

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got tagged by @tearlessrain

Name/nickname: Rae

Gender: Transmasc enby

Star sign: Taurus, which I'm okay with in general except the stereotypical attraction to opulence and such doesn't fit me very well. I don't have a single fire sign in my birth chart so make of that what you will. This came up because the majority of my 8 siblings are fire signs and let's just say that explains a lot about my complexes xP

Height: 5′4"

Birthday: April 22nd

Time: 3:44 PM

Favorite bands: I was gonna put Radical Face but he's more of a solo artist... uhhhh.... The Oh Hellos, Les Friction, Mumford & Sons, Jars of Clay, Linkin Park, actually Imagine Dragons and Coldplay too lol, Hurts, First Aid Kit, just to name a few.

A few I am currently listening to, though: I listen to Radical Face probably the most of the above lol.

Favorite solo artists: AURORA, Sleeping At Last, Vienna Teng, Regina Spektor...

Song stuck in my head: Well it was stardew valley stuff but now it's the Black Water Lilies song by AURORA

Last movie: it was either 5 Centimeters Per Second or PotC: Dead Man's Chest lol I can't remember

Last show: Sailor Moon!

When did I create this blog: 2010... I think? If not 2010 then early 2011...

What do I post: star wars, ff7, random anime, political stuff, random other crap

Last thing googled: not counting "centimeters per second" cuz I couldn't remember how many lol... uhhh... "need fence for cow stardew valley"

Other blogs: many defunct ones, the only semi-active ones left is the ltfad blog and once in a blue moon I'll reblog asimov robot fanart to asimovrobots

Do I get asks: once in a while! And they're usually very nice.

Why I chose my url: it's my username like ... everywhere. And it's ancient. Rae plus my last initial plus Anzu from when I was into Yugioh.

Following: 106 because I can't handle more than that

Followers: 1280 (wtf why so many)

Average hours of sleep: I think I am actually averaging 8 lately, good job me.

Lucky number: 6 and 22 solely because I associate them with myself as the sixth child and because of my birthday.

Instruments: Decent at piano, have fiddled a bit with mandolins and guitars but no real skills yet.

What am I wearing: Blue jeans and a blue striped sweater with black socks

Dream job: Take small groups of kids into the forest for fun educational exploration lol... I would put author but like, an already established author, where I have passive income from it and am not under a bunch of deadlines.

Dream trip: Japanese countryside in an AU where Cal and I are both fluent in Japanese.

Favorite food: Pho... it's just... so good...

Nationality: murrken :\

Favorite song: geez how do I pick? I can't. I guess lately my big favorite has been The Truth Is A Cave by The Oh Hellos

Last book read: I don't even remember x_x terrible. Well, I guess it was probably Carry On Mr Bowditch because I was reading through it with my nephew.

Top three fictional universes I’d like to live in:

1. Yeah I gotta agree with rhys on this one, the shire would be lovely.

2. I'm going to say the RP universe between me and Cal's heads because, I mean, it's our haven from real life and has been for decades so it's pretty clear I want to live there. It's ff7 (specifically costa del sol but like, three dozen steps to the left of how it looks in the game) but we have unlimited money and a closet that we can get anything we want from.

3. How about like... Stardew Valley? I mean... it's pretty great lol.

#ask memes

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trashtheater101 · 5 years

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Prompts

Been meaning to make this for a while: Free list of skele-prompts! No credit needed (although I’d love to read it if you make one, maybe drop me a note?), and feel free to change ANY of the details or ships. This list is meant to ✧INSPIRE✧ not restrict.

These are largely old ideas that I realize I’m probably never going to get around to writing myself and thought I’d share. Mostly Papcest, but there’s some left open for Fontcest and Sanscest, and you can always change it up. I probably forgot some, so I’ll add to it as I remember them.

RoyalMoney (Poppy/Cash)

Poppy is a wealthy, and unbearably bored Nigerian prince. Kept safe and sound, a prisoner in the castle by his overprotective brother, Poppy is allowed only limited contact with the guards or servants, and nothing at all with the outside world. When a thief breaks in through his bedroom window (captured easily by the Great Prince Poppy! He’s sheltered, not helpless!), Poppy can't help being intrigued… [His brother can shove it; He’s decided to keep this one.]

Fellcest (Red/Edge)

Red is a scientist. Or at least he used to be. He’s studied the wonders of the universe, tested the limits of time-space, and even broken through the divides between worlds. […none of it compared to learning the way his brother reacts to flirting.]

SpicyHoney (Edge/Stretch(Rus))

Edge is a loyal knight, through and through, and Rus is the true heir to the throne. Edge is determined to protect him no matter the cost. Even now that the kingdom has been overthrown and they were barely able to escape with their lives. Even now that they must keep moving, and live in hiding, lest Rus be captured and executed. Even though Rus is used to being pampered and spoiled, and Edge is the only one left to treat him with the sort of devotion and reverence that a true prince deserves. [Originally a Edge x Anyone, but the pouty, stubborn prince kept morphing into Rus, soooo…]

Edge and Stretch are stuck in a car together for a long trip, and expect to bicker the whole time. Unfortunately 5 minutes in one of them accidentally confesses. Neither are prepared for this, and now the car ride is spent dealing with THIS instead... oh dear…

Stretch needs to get a physical. Cool, no big, even doctors aren’t sure what to do with a pile of bones, so no point in being embarrassed, and—bonus!—most don’t know how skeleton magic works, so he gets to skip the more invasive stuff. Except—wait—this time his doctor is a skeleton? A really hot skeleton?? And since Stretch is missing so much from his chart, he’s getting a THOROUGH exam??? ...great… [Bonus points for Stretch aggressively flirting to hide his nerves, “w-wow doc. i don’t usually spread my legs before the first date, haha. guess you must be special.”]

SpicyBBQ (Edge/Slim)

Edge’s new lamia is a dominant type, strong, and eager to breed him. But Edge isn’t inclined to submit, and he’s pretty sure he knows exactly how to tame his horny pet. [Succeed or fail, both are tasty~.]

MapleBlossom (Slim/Papyrus)

Slim is the lead singer/guitarist/drummer in an up and coming band. Hanging out at an afterparty of one of his shows, some cute little groupie, or a fan, or whatever, catches his attention when they start chatting him up. Slim is charmed, and while he’s got a pretty firm rule about not fucking the fans, he’s gotta make an exception this time. He’s gonna rock this groupies world. [Except that Papyrus isn’t a groupie. Or a fan. He was just invited along by a friend and thought this stranger might want someone to talk to. But boy is he flattered by all the attention! Is this… flirting?!?]

SweetMoney (Sugar(HT!Pap)/Cash)

Taking his first ever train trip to the big city, Sugar ends up sitting next to a stranger. Cash seems friendly enough on the ride, but when they get off he refuses to leave??? He keeps insisting it’s too dangerous for someone like Sugar to be alone in the city, and that all well and good, but Sugar’s pretty sure he has a stalker now??? Blood had warned him about this… oh well… For a stalker, Cash is awfully charming.

Edge x _______

Edge is an Alpha. All the Papyruses are Alphas, so of course he’s an Alpha. He is the most Alpha-y-est Alpha to ever Alpha, thank you very much. And as long as he keeps taking his Alpha-supplements, surely no one will be any the wiser. But the supplements can only repress his instincts so much when he’s surrounded by so many fine, aggressively-dominant Alphas. And let’s be real, how long would it really take a group of Alphas to notice an Omega in their midst? [Easily could be one-on-one, but this prompt is feeling pretty gang-bang-y to me~]

In hindsight I think I may have seen this idea around before (so let me know if it’s already a thing…), but Edge as a Heinz Doofenshmirtz-(Or like MegaMind, Dr. Horrible, fuckin.... Team Rocket??)-style villain! Over the top dramatic! But also pretty ridiculous... But definitely EVIL!!!!! But also is he though??? Red is his henchman. His love interest can be the Hero, but also could be his usual kidnapping victim, or the cute skele from the laundry mat, or I suppose his henchman, or a brand-new unique dynamic!

Loud Top Edge. That’s really all I’ve got for this prompt. It really didn’t have to be under Edge specifically… you could make it anyone, but I was thinking of Edge. ...as just... a… noisy… really verbal top... yeah...~<3

Papyrus x _______

Someone has been stealing apples from Papyrus’s apple orchard, and he is determined to catch the culprit! [Well, it turns out the culprit happens to be very attractive and that is a whole new, very different problem!]

Papyrus x _______/Sans x _______

Undertale is Universe 0. It’s the base, the original, the one every universe is spun off of. As such, there is some sort of general law of attraction pulling all the copies towards their originals. Or at least, that’s Sans’s theory anyway. That would explain all these Sans’s that keep hitting on him and—don’t think i don’t notice the rest of you making passes at my bro-! are you looking for a b a d t i m e ?

Bonus Lamia prompt

[A]’s lamia goes into a submissive heat. No matter what they do, however, [A] can’t seem to satisfy them. A quick google search reveals their lamia is looking to be bred with eggs, but—uh—[A] can’t produce eggs, and neither of them really want kids yet anyways, and—hey, you can buy safe to insert pseudo-eggs!—Don’t worry baby, I’m gonna give you just what you need~

- - - - -

A list of loose themes and thoughts. Poke through and see if anything catches your attention. Or maybe mix some together? (Conveniently numbered for a random number generator!)

1. Bitties

2. Asleep on shoulder

3. Shopping trip

4. Bandaging after sparring

5. Broken down car

6. Attractive salesman

7. Trapped in a box~

8. Good old fashioned temporary amnesia

9. Is that a dog in your jacket?

10. “If you touch him I will END you...!”

11. Crossover

12. Lamias

13. The meal was unrecognizable...You eat it anyways.

14. Classic fairytale, but with a twist!

15. A more obscure fairytale. (With all the ‘wtf??’s they tend to entail.)

16. “Please tell me you meant to do that...”

17. Ectoboobies

18. “God, you’re so hot… You look hot! SWEATY! Do you want a drink!?!?”

19. “F-FLIRTING? SO YOU FINALLY REVEAL YOUR ULTIMATE FEELINGS!?”

20. Borrowed pajamas

21. Candle light

22. BEACH DAY

23. Someone not normally collared: collared~!

24. “Sit down and shut up! ...I’m going to serenade you now.”

25. “What will it take to make you realize I’m no good for you?”

26. Running out of water

27. Physically shielding from harm

28. Can’t stop staring

29. Broke something important

30. He only ever acted like this when he was covered in dust…

31. Well... people always say you should marry a doctor

32. “I think I’m falling for you”

33. “Guess you fell for me~”

34. A bad vacation

35. Missing the bus

36. A WAY too fancy restaurant

37. Good morning kiss

38. That’s probably a serial killer chasing you tbh.

39. Lost & alone…

40. Annoying Dog is secretly a matchmaker

41. A goodbye note

42. Freezing cold

43. A slow dance after the lights go down

44. Exploring

45. Hey! You’re that actor/singer/etc I like-! Why are you grinding on me!?!?

46. “I failed you…”

47. A non-traditional Heat symptom

48. Soul-bonding: the aftermath.

49. 2 dudes sittin in a hot tub, 5 ft apart cause they’re very gay and sorta nervous and-gosh-it sure is hot in this hot tub…

50. Flowey: “Okay, look. I don’t normally give advice but…”

#Fontcest #Papcest #Sanscest #Prompts

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johannesviii · 5 years

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Top 10 Personal Favorite Hit Songs from 1998

This is a weird, weird list. I don’t know.

Also, I turned ten in 1998! Woohoo! That means I’ve made one third of these lists! It also means we’ve almost reached the point when I had a cd player and a better access to music. Not yet, though.

Disclaimers:

Keep in mind I’m using both the year-end top 100 lists from the US and from France while making these top 10 things. There’s songs in English that charted in my country way higher than they did in their home countries, or even earlier or later, so that might get surprising at times.

Of course there will be stuff in French. We suck. I know. It’s my list. Deal with it.

My musical tastes have always been terrible and I’m not a critic, just a listener and an idiot.

I have sound to color synesthesia which justifies nothing but might explain why I have trouble describing some songs in other terms than visual ones.

And now, friends and enemies, a truckload of honorable mentions. Get used to this because it’s not gonna end soon.

Gettin' Jiggy Wit It (Will Smith) - Liked this more back in the day.

Everybody (Backstreet Boys) - Really like that music video. The song? It’s all right I guess.

Cruel Summer (Ace of Base) - Not as good as the original.

Turn it up/Fire it up (remix) (Busta Rhymes) - That sample is an excellent idea.

Panique Celtique (Manau) - Celtic rap. More on that later, I swear.

Save Tonight (Eagle-Eye Cherry) - This was a difficult cut.

We Like to Party (Vengaboys) - This was also a difficult cut because I love Vengaboys. Not my favorite song from them though.

10 - Music Sounds Better With You (Stardust)

US: Not on the list / FR: #35

Objectively, this is a great, catchy song, but I can’t place it higher in good conscience because overplay very nearly ruined it for me over the years.

9 - The Mummer’s Dance (Loreena McKennitt)

US: #83 / FR: Not on the list

I’d like to solemnly thank ToddInTheShadows, who made me realise Loreena McKennitt had a US year-end top 100 hit once, because otherwise I would only know about her thanks to a random cd I bought years ago. I love her work, and this is a great remix, so yeah. Very good, very strange that it was a hit ; check it out.

8 - Ton Invitation (Louise Attaque)

US: Not on the list / FR: #31

I used to absolutely hate this song and it took it more than 15 years to grow on me. I have nothing else to say about it. I can admit it’s very good now and I’m sorry it took me so long.

7 - Tubthumping (Chumbawamba)

US: #35 / FR: #Not on the list

This is a ton of fun and very energetic, and I don’t have anything to say about this one either. Except it could have made the previous list but in the end I put it on this one instead.

6 - Torn (Natalie Imbruglia)

US: Not on the list / FR: #21

Here’s the obligatory song-that-everyone-loves-including-me that won’t surprise anybody, but which I still really want to put on this list.

5 - Yakalelo (Nomads)

US: Not on the list / FR: #10

So, a couple of years after that one (around 2000/2001), I started to burn cd compilations on my parents’ pc, and this was the first one I decided to illustrate. As you can see I loved Pokemon, haha. Especially a specific manga called Pocket Monsters Special which was starting to get published here under the title Pokémon La Grande Aventure, and I would spend hours trying to painstakingly copy the characters.

Yes, this was drawn by hand. Wtf @ young me

All these songs right at the beginning are from 1998, and all of them together are gonna make most of the top of this list.

I’m saying all of this right now because I’ve got nothing to say about Yakalelo, which is simply a fun and super catchy summer song.

Moving on to another song which is also on that very old compilation I made as a kid more than 18 years ago and which, clearly, is still relevant to this day.

4 - Mysterious Times (Sash!)

US: Not on the list / FR: #79

A perfectly serviceable and adequate dance track which wouldn’t deserve much attention if it didn’t look so great in my ears. It has some rich cyan blues and vivid fuchsias and weird spiral-like patterns and ugh. Why does it look so great. It’s like seeing a random Ikea painting but with fantastic colors and you know it’s mass-produced and it isn’t worth getting excited about but you can’t stop looking at it. Sometimes I hate my brain.

3 - This Is How We Party (SOAP)

US: Not on the list / FR: #23

And yep, sure enough, that was the first track on that compilation I was talking about earlier. If I was still nine or ten this would be number one easily. It’s also quite possibly the last song which I thought sounded menacing and cool because I couldn’t understand the lyrics apart from the word “party”. I started to learn English the next year and oh boy, the number of songs in English which instantly became less cool even if I could only understand one word out of five... you don’t even know.

Still a great song, and the music video is half cringy half hilarious. I somehow never saw it at the time. Too bad.

2 - Frozen (Madonna)

US: #32 / FR: #12

That is quite possibly my favorite Madonna song right there, and it’s a very uncharacteristic song for her, so I don’t know what to think about that. I put it on several compilations and tapes around 2004, and I loved that hypnotic music video. A weird song in a weird year.

And that year, of course, has a weird, weird #1 for me.

Prepare yourselves.

1 - La Tribu de Dana (Manau)

US: Not on the list / FR: #3

This was a monstruous, incredibly huge hit song in my country.

If you live in any place where this song is virtually unknown and you clicked that link, boy do I wish I could see your face right now.

If you didn’t click, basically it’s a French rap song, sampling a traditional celtic melody played on a biniou (bagpipe), in which the singer is rapping about being a celtic warrior thrown into the horrors of war and being the only survivor of a battle, and then trying to rebuild his village and his life.

I swear I’m not making this up. I also swear this was an enormous hit to the point of being a game-changer here. If you’ve never heard it, I beg you to listen to it and give me your opinion afterwards. Here’s a translation of the lyrics.

I love it and no joke, I can sing it entirely from memory, and one time a guy on Discord asked me to sing it out of the blue on vocal to check if I was bullshitting or not and let’s just say he regretted that decision immediately.

Next up: possibly the most humiliating #1

#Johannes’ bad not good pretty terrible music lists #music #long post #eye contact tw

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mousedetective · 6 years

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“this is so unfair there’s this song getting popular and the singer sounds like you and all these lyrics almost sound like they could be about me but you’re singing about lost love and you weren’t in love with me wait I’m watching the music video and crying and hey that’s definitely you wtf” au. Sebolly, you can decide which one is the singer, please?

So this was my first answer for Fandom Christmas In July, using prompts also claimed by @fadeddreaming and @cirquedusoleil19!

Just Want The Best For You -There's something familiar about her voice, but why are her songs so sad?

Read @ AO3 | Christmas In July Fics | The Summer Of 100 Surprise Stories | Help Me Survive? | Commission Me?

Why do we have to go through so much pain and confusion in order to be happy?Why can't we just feel bliss?Why all the tears and all the scars?I just want to be okay. Is that so much to ask?

His eye was starting to twitch every time that song was playing. It seemed to be a smash hit all over the UK, just in time for the holiday countdown chart, but honestly? It was just incredibly depressing to listen to. The woman singing it had a lovely voice, and there was something about it, something familiar, that he just couldn’t place, but bloody hell, he honestly just wanted her to be happy so she wouldn’t be as depressing as Adele.

Adele’s later album, yeah, that’s what he hoped she made, because really, he could listen to the voice all day, just not these songs.

He finally picked up the remote and turned the telly off without glancing at the screen and then looked up from his spot nearby the door. He hadn’t seen that one doctor in a while, Molly Hooper. As she was in the morgue in the basement and the security office was just right next door, he’d been making it a point to get to know her, make sure she was a bit safer. But she hadn’t been by his office with her normal coffee in days. Maybe even a week now.

And he missed her.

He leaned back and thought of her. She was rather plain, admittedly, except for her eyes. Her eyes were a warm chocolate brown, like the best type of hot cocoa on a cold night. And speaking of cold nights, he’d gotten rather close to asking her for drinks of the non-cocoa variety when she just...disappeared.

He decided maybe it was best to not let his heart out of its iron cage in the end. He sighed and turned on the telly again because silence equaled thoughts he didn’t want.

“...so, Molly, what was the inspiration for the album? You have a chance of being on Top of the Pops this year.”

Molly?!? He turned the volume up as it clicked as to what was so damn familiar about the singer’s voice: it was Molly’s.

He looked and saw a snippet of the video playing behind his Molly, who was being interviewed and looked...well, rather uncomfortable. She’d always come off as shy to him, and here she was, being interviewed on television? He just wanted to rescue her.

“There was...well, someone I fancied, but I could never get the courage to tell him, and then it just seemed as though he saw me as a friend. Nothing more, you know? So he was my what could have been. I couldn’t even tell him when I left my post because it just broke my heart.”

“So he was a co-worker?”

“Sort of. Staff in another area.”

The interviewer turned back to the camera. “Let’s look at the new video for Molly Hooper’s newest single, shall we? I think you’re all in for a treat. It’s her cover of ‘Something To Do’ by Depeche Mode, off her hit album ‘One Less, No More.’”

He paid attention to the video, listening to it, and when the song hit the lyrics “Grey sky over a black town / I can feel depression all around” and he found himself tearing up he decided enough was enough. A quick check of the employee database he had access to showed Molly’s mobile number was on file, and he dialed it, hoping she hadn’t switched to any sort of unlisted number.

After a few rings, there was an answer. “Hello?” Molly asked with confusion etched in her tone of voice.

“Did you write an entire album about me?” he asked, getting right to the point.

“Oh! Seb!” She gasped the word “Oh” and then breathed his name. “You...heard?”

“I’m watching you on the telly now,” he said. “Or your music video, at least. Just saw a snippet of interview.”

“Oh my God...” she said, trailing off.

“You in London right now? I mean, will you be around for a bit?”

“A little bit, yeah,” she said.

“Then can I make amends and take you to dinner for being a coward?”

There was a pause, one that was long enough to make him think she might have fainted or dropped the phone, and then there was an answer. “I’d love to.”

“Good,” he said, sinking into his seat, a wide smile on his face. “Good...”

---

Her world tour ended up being cut short due to an unexpected pregnancy and a marriage to one Sebastian Moran, but a year later, Seb watched in pride as she sang a sweet Christmas carol to their daughter Mariah, knowing that when Molly finally got around to making another album, there would be much happier music on it.

Just liked he’d wanted for her.

#sebolly #moran x molly #sebastian moran #molly hooper #fandom christmas in july #sherlock #fanfiction #fanfic #my stuff #strangelock221b

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fossadeileonixv · 3 years

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WTF Friday

I thought I was delusional and insane..... but it was just another international break....

As I type this it is 16 hours until we play again. Thank you sweet baby Jesus. Thank you! In honor of that we ramble!

- The available bodies for tomorrow’s match!

GOALKEEPERS A. Donnarumma, G. Donnarumma, Tătărușanu.

DEFENDERS Dalot, Gabbia, Hernández, Kalulu, Kjær, Tomori.

MIDFIELDERS Bennacer, Çalhanoğlu, Castillejo, Hauge, Kessie, Krunić, Meïte, Saelemaekers, Tonali.

FORWARDS Ibrahimović, Rebić.

Calabria is done for the year, R13 is out with a calf, Leao is out with ??? and Mandzukic is old. Other than that it looks like all hands on deck.

- The only news from the international break is good news really.

Zlatan got an assist for Sweden.

Hakan seems tio have found some form after potting a couple for Turkey.

Kjaer has kept up his great form for Denmark.

Donnarumma was great on goal for Italy.

Tonali got a red card so he hardly played. Gabbia went the double yellow route .

NO ONE GOT INJURED OR COVID!!

- In less ‘exciting’ news the prospects of both Caldara and Conti returning this summer are growing by the day.

Atalanta have turned town the option to pick up Caldara. This comes as no surprise a he has only played 87 minutes this season and appears to be 26 going on 36. I guess some optimists out there will find the silver lining as he could bring depth and maybe play some awful Coppa games. I see him as no higher than 6th on the CB depth chart.

Conti on the other hand is playing all the time as Parma keep tumbling towards relegation. One may certainly have something to do with the other. In his case a return for a year as a backup isn’t horrible.

- Right now it’s 10 games to go and we are 6 points clear of 5th place. Right now that spot belongs to Napoli who happens to have a game in hand on us. That game in hand is against Juve and takes place next Wednesday. The winner of that game takes a pretty strong hold on the top 4. For us it’s a win/win because for someone to win someone must lose. Otherwise a tie is also good for us.

Beyond that our magic number right now is 24. If we get 24 from 30 we will have clinched CL.

-We do not have the toughest run out in the league left.

Samp 8th

@Parma 19th

Genoa 13th

Sassuolo 8th

@Lazio 7th

Benevento 16th

@Juve 4th

@Torino 17th

Cagliari 18th

@Atalanta 3rd

We gained 20 from a possible 30 from this stretch during the first half of the season.

Clean up against the bottom feeders and we should be fine.

- SUGGESTION: Don’t believe anything on the Donnarumma front until the season is over or we have clinched CL. Whichever happens first. Only then will things heat up.

-In other news..... Juve had a party.... lololololololol

See you all in the morning

Lisi

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eloquentmydear · 7 years

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TOP 5 ROBRENCES SCENS AND REASONS WHY YOU LOVE THEM?

AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION, TWO LONG LISTS UNDER THE CUT

Pre-2017:

5) Robert comforting a crying Lawrence after the police visit Home Farm to ask about Connor.

“You believe me, then?”

“Yeah, ‘course I believe you, I was just mucking about.”

“Hey, listen to me, listen.”

“Look at me, hey, look at me.”

Arm touching

Lawrence’s nodding

4) The first time Lawrence offers Robert a cheque to leave them alone.

“And I’m sure that would’ve got you a nice car and a rent boy back in the day.”

“You’d know better than me.”

ROBERT’S FACE

“I’m handling him.”

THEY’RE SO CLOSE

3) When Lawrence offers him £500,000 to leave the business.

“You can’t deny, we were a great team before.”

“I’ve saved your bacon enough times!” “I’m not denying that.”

“It’s time for us both to move on.”

It’s literally their divorce

Robert is desperate to work with him again

2) The Woolpack Date.

There is literally no other way to describe it other than a date

“OUR business.”

“I’ve seen you perform over the past few months. It’s impressive.”

“Obviously I’m incredibly young and virile.”

Lawrence making jokes with Robert

Diane shipping it

“I’d tell him that I’m proud of you too.”

Putting Robert in his will

“You’re now fully a member of the White clan.”

“The keys to the inner sanctum.”

THE IN-LOVE SIGH

Lawrence is so utterly camp I miss him

1) When Lawrence tells Robert to stay at Home Farm.

“[Robert is] too capable to let go [of].”

“Until I say otherwise, he’s sticking around.”

Robert getting turned on listening to Lawrence sing his praises

“Stay here. Please. At least until Chrissie gets back.”

UNTIL CHRISSIE GETS BACK

Robert like “oh shit is he gonna kiss me rn”

Lawrence fondling his arm and flirting

You know they shared whisky on the sofa and then fucked on it

They have weird tension the morning after it’s great

2017:

5) The Hotel Scene

Lawrence being romantic af hiring a posh hotel room with champagne

Also he wanted to surprise Robert with a romantic gesture how cute

He got him food too in case he’s hungry pre- or post-fuck

Lawrence being an excellent boyfriend

Lawrence says “please” and Robert obeys

Lawrence worried about making Robert sexually frustrated

Lawrence sharing self-doubt and also being sexually frustrated

“Kath’s offer takes you away (from me).”

“You want me.”

“And I want you.”

“And I’m finally ready to (satisfy all of your sexual fantasies).”

Robert being nervous, overwhelmed, aroused and sanguine all at once

Lawrence prepared to lose his whole family to have Robert

Robert looking at the bed like “guess I’m getting fucked there”

They had lunch together

“You’ve gone very quiet.”

Lawrence’s gazing is too much

“We’re the same, you and I, you know.”

“[I’ve avoided] a path that I know I should’ve chosen.” Robert smiling and nodding at that.

Robert eyeing Lawrence up and down multiple times.

The hand-touching

Lawrence being forward as fuck

“Our first time.”

“Our only time.”

HAND-HOLDING

“I want to remember everything.”

I WANT TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING

“My heart’s racing.” “Well, that’s not good! No, no, sit down.”

Thumbs stroking his fingers

Robert being startled by someone else taking control so quickly

“Even dear Ronnie could never do that.”

Robert like “oh shit, shit-talking Ronnie”

Whispering “Robert.” “Yeah?” “We can do this.”

Holding his face

Robert completely breathless

This is probably the only time someone has treated him so gently so soon

4) The Kitchen Scene (& The Study before because that’s one scene fuck you)

Lawrence’s glasses

Robert’s rolled up sleeves, always gotta show daddy some skin

Robert’s gay jumper

“My commitment […] to you.”

The loving gazes throughout

ROBERT’S STUPID SMILE ON “Trust me, you can’t lose.”

“I thought it wasn’t your thing.” THE FLIRTING IS OFF THE CHART

I need to GIF the look he gives him because that shit is ridiculous

“Well, it’s what you do when you…”

Staring at Lawrence’s lips

The softe reassuring hand touch

“Whatever it is, I’ll understand.”

“I like it here.”

“I like this.”

“I like being like this with you.”

“I shouldn’t say it, I shouldn’t even think it, but I can’t stop.”

I CAN’T STOP

HIS STUPID FUCKING FACE

“You know me. I can make it work.”

PUT THAT FINGER ON HIS LIPS, LAWRENCE

TOUCH HIM

“I don’t know how I’d have got through the last few weeks without you by my side.”

THE SHOULDER STROKE

ROBERT’S SURPRISE AT THE SHOULDER STROKE

“You’re my rock.”

YOU’RE MY ROCK

Robert fuckin goin for it

3) The Breakup

Robert literally fighting back tears and his lips trembling

He gets tears as soon as he realises he’s being dumped and swallows back a lump in his throat

Holding hands again :(

“Won’t be easy.”

Lawrence leans in and Robert just closes his eyes

He was prepared for a kiss

The cheek (nearly neck) kiss

THE CHEEK KISS

The brief snuggle

THE BRIEF SNUGGLE

Robert being super fucked up afterwards

He’s literally so depressed staring into the void

“How’s everything?” “Uh… Yeah, fine.” Robbo you sound and look devastated

“Well, what are you doing here with a face like that?” Even Diane like “wtf is up with you rn aren’t you happy?? your son was just born, healthy??”

2) The ‘TIM THING’ (Not number 1?!)

Robert taking Lawrence’s glass

“I know, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to…”

“I swear to you it was an accident.” “I believe you.”

The police interviewing the secluded gay sugar daddy and twink husbands who live in the remote mansion outside the tiny village

“He gives out loads of them” literally married

“I’m tryna protect you here.”

“You don’t trust me.” “Of course I trust you.”

“Lawrence, we’re in this together, okay?”

“Sorry for being a little… Uh… You know…” “It’s okay, Lawrence.”

THEIR SOFT VOICES MAKING THEIR PACT

THE FIRST ALMOST KISS

STARING AT EACH OTHER’S LIPS

LEANING IN

ROBERT WAS GOING FOR IT

Robert licking his lips, just in case I guess >.>

Lawrence being rude because he’s mad he got cockblocked lmao

“Sorry, I…” am angry because I got cockblocked??

THE SEDUCTION BEGINS

Robert’s softe Lawrence voice

Arm stroking

“Why don’t you stick on some music or something, relax?”

Lawrence patting the tit

ROBERT’S STUPID FACE

“I’ll be back later, yeah?”

*drumroll*

1) Lawrence accidentally running down Robert on Christmas Eve (and the resulting Dream Scene)

“How long before you treat him like you treated me?” “And how did I treat you?” this is a thing,,, that can be discussed,,, I’m just appreciating it okay

“Oooh, you made me feel that way about us!”

THE RETURN OF CAMP LAWRENCE

Thank you god and Robert Sugden for having your perception of Lawrence White be at his most camp

“I accept that. […] Aaron never will.” thanks Robert’s brain for confirming that Lawrence is always an option

And Robert knows this

And knows that Lawrence will accept all his bullshit

So y’know

It’s right there

Waiting for you

“I’m not losing you. Not like this.”

Thank god dream Robert got his kiss

“Good god, it’s Robert.”

“Robert… Robert!”

Holding his face

Stroking his face so tenderly like it’s the last time he’s gonna see it

Stroking his shoulders

“You’re gonna be fine. You’re gonna be okay.”

“I’m not losing you.”

“Not like this.”

I’M NOT LOSING YOU

NOT LIKE THIS

Lawrence knowing he was probably never going to keep Robert forever but always wanting him to move on to something that made him happier

Despite everything, absolutely everything, Lawrence still adored and cherished him and never, ever wanted him dead

Lawrence still hadn’t let him go

And Robert hadn’t let Lawrence go either, as his dream showed

Lawrence was always there to fall back on, and Robert wanted to keep it that way

That’s what they would always have, what they would never let go of, what they’d never lose

And Lawrence carried that to his death

Along with the end of more than 3 years of on-screen tension and god knows how many unseen years of flirting and friction

Robrence: an everlasting, enduring, eternal tease.

I made myself emotional thanks Rob

If you have an issue with this post, please contact @robertmakesafoolofhimself

#robrence #robertmakesafoolofhimself #answer #lawbert #robert x lawrence #mine

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retronator · 7 years

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FUCK. MY. LIFE.

That’s what Dave thought when Chatty Cathy spotted him for the 100th time in the morning to tell him about the reality TV show she saw last night. Survive the Day is a game about the story of Dave. This blog post isn’t about the story of Dave though, it’s about mine.

My roommates have been watching a lot of The Office lately. I’ve been aware of its existence before, but I’m now involuntarily well-acquainted with their meaningless workspace. Survive the Day is a story about their life. Not The Office in particular; feel free to substitute it with your personal life sucking cubicle environment.

As Dave steps into the office at 6:43 AM—a time that got etched into my eyes as if it was the start of a nightmare version of the Groundhog Day—he only wants to do two things: drink coffee and do it in quiet. He absolutely DOESN’T want to get bogged down into a conversation with Chatty Cathy who beat him to the break room. So Dave devises a plan.

He hacks into a coworker’s computer to play loud noises, luring Cathy out in her pursue to find a human to talk at. The problem is, 10 seconds later, I take a wrong turn down the hallway and Cathy spots me with her laser vision across the whole room and I’m fucked.

I bang my head into the wall and it’s 6.43 again.

Survive the Day is the Flappy Bird of puzzle games. It’s a geometry puzzle of finding the right computer so that Cathy’s pathfinding algorithm combined with your position won’t have any intersections as you make your way to the holy grail of coffee in the break room.

You die a lot. Not die. You die inside, as Cathy spews her squirrel poetry at you. Turn on computer, walk down, OH SHIT FUCK YOU CATHY. John Oliver’s voice is stuck in my head.

By the 10th retry, words starting with a B involuntarily come to your mind. This is fucking ridiculous, why am I playing a game where a bird bangs itself into a tree every 3 seconds? I scroll down the page (the game plays in a browser) and I notice there are only two people on the high score chart. This must be the hardest game ever. Or nobody has heard of it. Probably both. I’m obviously failing at it, so definitely the first. I don’t do well with failing. I’m not failing at this game.

On the 20th attempt, I make it to the break room. Home free!

Yeah, no. The coffee machine wasn’t even on. It needs to heat up or something. I wait for a second and CATHY, DON’T SNEAK UP ON ME LIKE THAT!

On the 30th attempt, I distract Cathy, start the coffee machine, escape, distract Cathy again, come back, fuck yeah, game over!

Yeah, no. The coffee now needs to brew and fill up. I scream, but my rage is immediately interrupted by a shrapnel of Cathy’s Best Holiday Facts massacring my face.

On the 40th attempt, the coffee is heated and brewed and I’m in the break room for the third time. FUCK YOU GAME, now it’s telling me I fucking need a fucking coffee mug? I scrounge the place and find my cubicle in a corner and voila, there it is. And there is Cathy too. FUCK. OFF. CATHY. FUCKKKKK. OFFFF.

Finally, on the 50th attempt, I have my coffee cup in hand, Cathzilla is somewhere reading someone’s email or something, and I let the black liquid fill to the top. I escape before x-ray lasers of death snipe a headshot on me.

I victoriously stand in my cubicle and pump the caffeine into my veins.

My score pops up, I can already smell my name on the high score chart when … YOU NEED TO LOG IN BEFORE YOU PLAY FUCK YOU GAME FUCK YOU FUCK YOU. The game is literally mocking me. “Ha ha ha, too bad you didn’t log in, can’t do anything about it now.” I scroll down to the high score chart again and indeed there is a Facebook login button at the fucking BOTTOM OF THE PAGE where nobody would find it. Excuse my French, but my morning coffee routine has made me hate my life at this point.

But don’t think I’m quitting. Oh no, game, I’m getting on that fucking score chart.

I log in. By the 70th time I’m back in my cubicle drinking again. I await for my score …

153 SECONDS SECOND PLACE? WTF?!? I’m not losing this stupid game to you mr. first-place Chris. I remember the developer’s name is Chris, Chris Taylor to be exact, a.k.a. Lou Bagel (with his music hit wonder “Combo Number Five!”). I’m beating you, Chris. I’m beating you at your own game.

Zen. Focus. Cursing. More Zen. Deliberate practice. More Cursing. Coffee.

On my 100th attempt, my morning is complete.

CHEW ON THIS, CHRIS! Who’s the best at your game now, huh?

The morning is over. Dave’s, and also mine. When I’ll be finished writing this, it’ll be high time to get lunch. It’s as if the game’s end screen is laughing at me right into my face.

I close the browser off.

The worst part is, I already knowing this is not the end.

Dave’s story is … only Level 1.

And when Level 2 comes out, I’ll beat you at your game again, Chris.

As for you, you can try to beat my high score here. You will never succeed. I am the master.

#Feature #Chris Taylor #Lou Bagel #Pixel Art #Gaming #GIF #FML #Released

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fytaem · 7 years

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How have the nomination rules changed since PYN? Is it usually harder for solo artists to get nominated than groups? I guess I dont understand because I thought SHINee had a pretty big and loyal fandom.

Uh...... okay...... let’s take it step by step.

1) Nomination rules haven’t changed since PYN at all. The only things that have changed have been: 1) Instiz Chart changing the sites that count the most in the score distribution (x), 2) Music Core bringing back again the winning system. The 1st one actually hasn’t affected Taemin at all because shawols do work a lot in the same sites as in PYN (Melon, Genie and Bugs) but this time thanks to the free streaming in Naver Music it has become also a new focus of streaming. PYN wasn’t digitally doing well in Melon as it’s happening with MOVE, and yet MOVE has reached #1 in Genie, #1 in Naver and made it to the top10 of Bugs.

Melon is the most important and popular music site in Korea, because it’s used both by general public and fandoms. So, this means the competition is so high right there due to the competition between fandoms but also the music that the general public listens to, that could be from these idol groups or other artists, but they get truly influenced by TV shows (this is why survival music shows or anything that involves music competition on TV always reach high positions in the charts, because people get attracted by the TV entertainment). Also songs that go viral on the internet or in TV, or between idols, can also reach high positions in charts (for example, Sunmi’s Gashina won’t leave the top100 from charts because people love the song like crazy). So as I said this makes Melon a crazy and difficult chart.

2) No, it’s not harder for solo artists to get nominated. Both Jonghyun and Taemin have been nominated many times. But as I’m repeating again and again these days: the competition is crazy nowadays. People who are underestimating groups like BTOB and NU’EST W have no idea how their popularity has increased in the general public + their own fandoms going harder due to these groups situations (I don’t know if you might know already, but NU’EST for example has suffered a very complicated time due to member Minhyuk being on hiatus from the group because of joining Wanna One, and I think this has increased even more their popularity). In the case of BTOB they are considered idols but idols that many, many people get to know about and that means they get more chances to people to feel interested in their music. Different is the case of EPIK HIGH because they always reach very good numbers in charts, every single time. So no, Taemin doesn’t have low numbers in charts because nobody’s listening to his music, but instead more people are listening to these other groups and in a more potential way. And talking about the success of a solo artist in the charts is, for example, IU, who is extremely loved in Korea and overseas. So, numbers are only numbers of a specific moment from an artist and will be of course conditioned by the moment that other artists are living. Right now the groups I’ve mentioned or even others are living an incredible moment of popularity that, tbh, they deserve because they’ve actually faced terrible situations and they’re getting what they deserve after their hard work. So welp, those who are underappreciating these other groups only because they can’t understand how crazy is the music industry and how many sacrifices groups do to get to the top... Taemin might not be getting music wins but he’s at the top100 of almost all charts, being a 10 years senior and whatever is his results in the music shows he has already a stable career, same as SHINee. Other groups can’t speak the same, so let them enjoy their best moments, because the fact they’re at the top and Taemin’s not doesn’t mean all the world has a bad music taste, but the fact that some fandoms and general public feel attracted to some trends right now, that in the end will end up changing again and again because that’s how the industry works.

3)“SHINee had a pretty big and loyal fandom”. Jesus... okay. As I’ve mentioned, SHINee is a 10 year senior. Back in 2008 when they’ve debuted, they already got noonas (adult women) who followed them like crazy and they increased their popularity between young people with time. Of course there’s still noonas and both adult and young people who love SHINee, but... we’re all living a life. People study, people work, people get married, people get children, etc. Many decisions that leave behind the activities of being a hard fan to become more a quiet fan: to buy CDs and to attend concerts, for example. But, the life of streaming 24/7 music videos and digital charts, the life of purchasing hundreds of copies, the life of being able to wait for hours out for recordings... that’s not something everybody can do, but only young people who can be free in some specific moments and of course people who have money (their own money or money from their parents, that’s it). So no, the activity of SHINee’s fandom isn’t as low as you can imagine? I keep seeing people doing groups and projects, to stream all day, to purchase also copies like crazy, but many of them are also adults that have to control their fan life and their personal life. Young people that belong to newer groups have more time and more access to support their groups, but us, SHINee World, we don’t follow the same rhythm. Does that mean shawols are lazy? There might be people who might be, but sincerely I’ve seen many, many people doing real efforts to support Taemin this time. Does that mean shawols aren’t loyal? Wtf... SHINee has probably one of the most solid fanbases since their debut in 2008. There’s still many people who are staying since 2008 and more people who came later but still are staying for so long. SHINee still gets to get full venues in Korea and overseas, and their tour in the United States is a big example of how even after waiting for so long yet many shawols got to fulfill their dream of seeing SHINee live. So no, SHINee World isn’t a bad fandom only for not behaving in the same way than other actual fandoms. Generations are different and so are fans. Actual young fans will have also to leave some of their fandom activities to pay attention to their responsabilities in a future.

Also, the fact that SHINee is a group whose concept is to be a “contemporary band” and that means to keep creating new trends and not to follow the trends that others do (important: following a trend doesn’t mean the music is bad, it just follows popular trends because in the end what groups search for is to be popular and to be stable in the music industry). This is a very risky concept and YET SHINee are still known in the Kpop industry. People keep believing rookies just talk about SHINee as a way to show respect but nope, SHINee do actually create a big influence between younger artists, they do know about their music, about their new concepts, dancing, etc. SHINee is that kind of group that might not call the attention of everybody in a first glance, but they already do what other groups might be doing in a near future. SHINee does this and yet they’re into their 10th year as a group, as Jonghyun and Taemin have developed their solo careers but they’ve also this in common with SHINee: to develope music that doesn’t follow trends, but that follows only the personal interests of Jonghyun and Taemin to develope their own and personal color, their own music. And this is amazing, so amazing. Their solo albums, same as SHINee albums, have different sensations and colors and yet you can say it’s their work.

So welp... SHINee World might not be great in front of your eyes when you compare it to other fandoms, as SHINee might not be great in front of many people when comparing with other groups, but SHINee has become already a group that has nothing to prove to the industry, they only are interested in doing their own thing, their music. The fact that Taemin has been talking these days about ignoring gender rules to do the music that he wants, that makes him the artist he is. The fact that Jonghyun does also ignore gender rules, but also trends and general topics to do music from deep inside his soul, even bringing issues as mental health, that makes him the artist he is. SHINee is a 10 year senior with an incredible stability after their different changes in concepts because with each one they’ve developed incredible music, and we all (even with the many differences we have between each other as a fandom) love SHINee’s colors and SHINee’s efforts to bring us fresh and different music, because that’s how SHINee is. And SHINee is fine the way they are, they don’t have to change at all only to get to the top of the charts.

#ask #Anonymous

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wannawrite · 7 years

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Type Of Boyfriend: Lee Euiwoong

who?: Yuehua's Lee Euiwoong genre: 🌸 type: bullet point blog navigator. • how Euiwoong would be as a boyfriend I’m not super good at these but I will try my best! Thank you anon, hope you like it!! And holy shit Euiwoong is going to release music ??? But where are the other 3 + 2 hidden trainees? Smh Yuehua I’m trusting you not to mess up rn.

- Admin L

PS: soulmate AUs are up next ;)

• hmm Lee Euiwoong / Eric pretty much already screams boyfriend material • like do you see his outfits dkshskswi boyfriend • bonus! he is also a really cute squish • when approaching you and in the baby steps of your relationship, he could be quite shy • blushes often and has to pull the hood of his hoodie up the whole time • hesitates to hold your hand or initiate any sort of physical contact • you know, that kind of shyness • especially shy when you’re the one to call or text first

• but actually • we all know our baby boy here is a savage • once you get past the honeymoon stage, Euiwoong’s roastings and savage sayings are a common thing • not even his best friends are safe from his roasts • sometimes it becomes a full diss track • you know his rap skills are out of this world • he is an amazing rapper • usually, he writes really sad, angsty and depressing raps but for you, he writes cute, lovable raps about summer and sunshine and puppies and generally all good things • mainly bc he is inspired by you so much • writes them in a different, secret notebook • but is exposed by Hyungseob when he accidentally leaves it in his backpack • wh00ps • he either radiates joy or angst there is no in between • but you love him either way • he gets really soft when you visit his workroom with food • more specifically, candy • self-proclaimed sweet tooth • he nearly cries when he wakes up to a ‘good morning’ text every morning • or when you randomly send him a paragraph complimenting him and hoping he’s doing well • savages can be soft okay • Euiwoong would be a big fan of matching couple clothes • whenever he goes shopping, he tries to find a similar item for you • if he can’t, he’ll try his best to DIY the clothing item for you • with the help of Jung Jung and Seunghyuk • because does it look like Justin and Hyungseob will survive threading the needle? • maybe not • “oh my god, what is this?” you ask, lifting out yet another couple shirt of the gift bag, giggling • lowkey, you’re a sucker for them • you guys rock them and kill it at Seoul Fashion Week • photographers swarm you guys, thinking you guys are models • well, Euiwoong kind of is an idol too • that IG couple • yes, all of his 133K followers need to know you two are thriving and looking amazing • and there’s no space for anyone else • takes mirror selfies of your clothes almost too often • his fan base has seen your entire closet • DIY prints his rap lyrics on shirts and gifts one of them to you for your birthday • it’s all you ever wear now and Euiwoong can’t wipe the smug look off his face • speaking of faces, this boy is SO handsome • and he knows it, too well in fact • narcissism is off the charts • “ahh, Y/N, I’m definitely the prettier one in this relationship” • “you’re more beautiful on the inside though” • “wait i’m sorry you know I lo - like you” • also really cautious when saying the L word • he’s just waiting for the right time • and so are you • gives you fashion advice like a professional stylist • “no, you should style it with a barrette and not a baseball cap” • this is how you won ‘best dressed’ in Senior year • he hypes himself but not as much as he hypes you • “yassss! that’s my baby!” he yells as he’s recording you admire your outfit in the mirror • makes sure to get all the angles • including your ‘glamorous’ ones, he saves the photos in the ‘blackmail’ album on his phone • “omg babe stop” • he thinks the world of you and never hesitates you reassure you look amazing • “of course you look good, I put that outfit together” • then he kisses the top of your head affectionally • “also because you are such a wonderful person, inside and out.” • give me a minute :”) • Euiwoong is truly an intellectual • You envy him, he’s pretty much the smartest student in the entire school • always makes Dean’s List • everyone loves him • always first in class, while you’re tearing up your report cart littered with mediocre grades • after seeing your upset face, Euiwoong wraps you in his arms and pressing a kiss to your cheek • “aww babe, don’t worry. grades are just a number” • wow okay that didn’t really make you feel any better but • he beams at you, “never fear, I’ll tutor you. You’ll get better in no time. I know you’re really smart” • he’s that kind of guy to draw up a schedule then half-heartedly sticks to it • but he is determined to pull up your F9s to A1s • he’s trying his best pls save him • kisses you awake when you’re falling asleep as he drones on about math • “hey, wake up. we’re almost done, hang in there” • you muster up whatever strength you have and finish up the last couple of sums he assigned you • you’re so tired you end up falling asleep on his shoulder once you’re done with the work • Euiwoong buries you in his hoodie and rubs your back affectionately • luckily, he decided to tutor you at your house and not at the library • so it’s easy to get you into bed • smiles at the sight of sleepy you, you’re very cute 24/7 • he’s packing up to leave when you reach out and grab his wrist • “don’t go.” • anD HE JUST BECOMES A SOFT MESS • “the last bus has left, it’s past midnight already.” you mumble, half asleep • Euiwoong just melts knowing that you care about him, you know he takes bus 152 from the bus stop across the street from your house • but the last bus has gone and it’s too dangerous for him to walk home, especially alone • protect boys too okay • Euiwoong sighs, “well, what do you want me to do then?” • in response, you open your arms wide, inviting him to cuddle • he’s a little more hesitant because he knows your family is around and he’s afraid they’ll get a bad impression of him after that • like why are you in bed with my child wtf what game are you playing • but he eventually succumbs and cuddles you to sleep • it’s super toasty, Euiwoong + comforter + hoodie, perfect for battling the Autumn cold outside • you’re sad he’s gone before you wake up but the post-its on your mirror make you smile again • “you look beautiful all the time” • “I’ll take you to Sephora next week since you’re running low on products” • “my baby always glows” • BLUSH BLUSH BLUSH • Euiwoong loves the heck out of you • and now, your family does too • he stayed long enough to help your parents to prepare breakfast while chatting with them • ah yes they claim Lee Euiwoong as their son-in-law from now on • cliche but for your birthday....remember all those raps he wrote for you because of you • he spends extra time in the studio to produce, record and burn them in a mixtape for you, with the help of his hyungs of course • also available in a digital version • “damn, Euiwoong never made me something so special,” Jung Jung complains but ruffles the younger boy’s hair adoringly • you thought you were surprised when he whipped out the tape • you nearly scream in shock when you analyse his raps • the baddie image has been shed • thE AMOUNT OF SWEETNESS AND FLUFF • nO ONE COULD EVER • iT’S ALL LOVE AND MORE LOVE AND MORE CUTE THINGS ABOUT YOU UGH • when will I ever find someone who will treat me like this • after much coding, you realise that the first letter of each title put together spells ‘My Love For You’ • 12 days of Christmas who? I got 12 raps of how much my boyfriend loves me • you have never been confessed to this way. no one has ever put in so much effort into proclaiming their love for you • Lee Euiwoong is the perfect boyfriend, of course, he does have his shortcomings • like his short temper that strikes on occasion and savage sayings • but you love him for who he is and there really isn’t any other way around it • 10/10 the best boyfriend

#Admin L #produce 101 #produce 101 scenarios #yuehua trainees #yuehua sprouts #lee euiwoong #justin huang #choi seunghyuk #jung jung #zhu zheng ting #ahn hyungseob

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Day 46

Weds 19th Feb

Watamu Beach 🌞⛱🚤🏝

The most exciting thing about the breakfast that morning was that the sugar was filled with loads of tiny ants crawling around, so we had to negotiate around those while scooping our sugar. It was not ideal but it was possible to do - I do not like coffee without sugar so we made it work. It’s moments like those that make you glad you left home.

But THEN we headed to the beautiful beach to walk out to the island at low tide and we soon forgot about the sugar ants crawling around our tummies ewww gross. I decided to float in the water instead of walk while Phil conveniently pulled me along - dreamy - and I was like the pet sea cow I’d always dreamed of becoming 🐡🐄🐙.

Hustlers and Watamu go hand-in-hand like bread and butter, houmous and encona, olives and my face, and they even operate in the sea while you swim. Multiple people approached us as we got into the sea to offer a tour of the sea (wtf) and then when we were in the water, two more people tried to offer their services. They were trying to show us starfish for cash, sell us boat trips, asking if we wanted a coconut, could they make me a bracelet. I felt sorry for them to be honest as they just seemed desperate to make some money somehow.

I spoke to one kid and just said I’m sorry but I don’t need any of those things right now, and he explained that his sisters were at home doing housework and the boys needed to make some money somehow but its very very difficult. He doesn’t have the education to get a good job (like in a hotel) and can’t sell anything on the beach as doesn’t have a licence (they are expensive) so it’s pretty shit for them really, like so many people in Africa - and the world.

We went back to the shore and walked round to our pool to claim our sun beds. The two loungers from the day before were waiting for us with towels on and pure shade. Perfect. We chilled out then Phil went off to do a swim in the sea as part of his exercise addiction. He managed to swim 1km in the sea despite the shallow warm water. Not that he thinks he swam far enough of course.

After some more pool time, we walked into the village to try out Phil’s Swahili takeaway food place from the night before to see if it had been a one hit wonder. We went up the hidden staircase to a huge breezy terrace and instantly loved it. We got a mango juice and a passion fruit juice (no beer, what an achievement!) and the waiter bought over two complimentary little donut balls that were delicious! The simple menu made it easy to order and the waiter bought over two huge dishes with cabbage, beans, pilau rice and curry sauce. SUCH a good lunch. Phil ordered a latte and the waiter gave us two more free donut balls. While we were there Phil got a missed call which I just KNEW was the bloody secret shorts tailor guy, so I had to totally blag it and distract Phil before he called the number back. Then I secretly text the guy to say I would collect later and don’t call! SOMEHOW I got away with it, or Phil knew something was up and just did some good acting. Who am I kidding, he had no clue.

The same waiter asked us where we were from and it turned out he was a massive England fan but an even bigger Man Utd fan who ‘cries whenever they lose’ as it ‘pains him’ so much. Wow quite a commitment and passion for the team. Over the top some might say (not Bujie though who may as well get the word football tattooed on his forehead).

I went for a walk around the village and left Phil to pay the lunch bill, using the opportunity to sneak back to the shorts shop to pick up the shorts. They looked awesome and for 14$ I mean thats just so amazing I dont really care if they’re any good or not. I left the shop feeling happy, but as I walked away I thought Hang on a minute, I could get him ANOTHER gift and then I’ll nearly be sorted for his bday. Three birds, one stone!

So I went back and ordered a random shirt that he’ll probably hate but at least I’ll look generous and thoughtful 😎

Got back to the pool and chilled out then we went to the room for some AC for relief from the heat. Well, I did at least. Phil decided to go for another run. So it is official now, he’s completely addicted to exercise and can’t stop. But it appears to be making him happy and also drink less beer so in the words of Ross Geller - FINE BY ME.

By the time he was back and showered, he wanted to be a nice person so tried to call Barry’s room to see if he wanted to have a drink with us. Barry didn’t answer so Phil spoke to reception to see if he was there. I thought it was nice that Phil was making so much effort for this lonely guy who’s girlfriend had ditched him, but when Phil went down to another floor to knock on Barry’s door in a towel, I start to wonder just how bored Phil was with my company. His desparation to spend the evening with Barry was off the charts. Eventually with no sign of Barry, Phil opted to take a walk on the beach where he thought Barry wanted to eat. JEEZ chill out Phil, Barry is busy living his own life and doesn’t need you running down the beach shouting BARRY BARRY WHERE ARE YOU BARRRRRYYYYYY.

So anyway, I was in far less of a panic to see Barry so hung back saying I’d meet him down there.

Phil found Barry in a bar on the beach (OH THANK GOD) but came back to get me within 10 minutes, having convinced himself I wouldn’t be able to find them on my own (I think he was getting confused with himself). We walked down to the beach BUT obviously we’d forgotten the malaria pills so I went back to get them to avoid Phil’s 3rd journey back to the room and copious sweat attacks. Plus of course he was keen to get chatting to his fiancé and best friend BARRY and who am I to stand in the way of true love.

I ordered prawns and rice and Phil drank beer, and we ended up half sharing the food when it arrived 45 minutes later as Phil hadn’t ordered anything. I definitely ate more than Phil, then Phil seemed to think he didn’t need dinner. This always happens when he’s had at least 4 beers. He becomes convinced he doesn’t need to eat anything, then I know that he’ll be starving an hour or so later and try and make me get out of bed to make him a sandwich. Which wasn’t going to be possible in our hotel room.

It was getting late and Barry wanted to go and watch the football (THANK GOODNESS) so we paid the bills - after I’d pointed out that they had tried to overcharge us 10$ - awkward. I went back to the room just before Phil, round about the time Barry made a comment that involved the words ‘Greta Thunberg’ and ‘cock’.

I felt like I was ready for a Barry free environment and I reckon Phil might have even felt the same.

When Phil appeared at the door 10 minutes after my return, he had two bowls and forks on a tray he’d got from the kitchen staff and he made himself a double-packet noodle dinner. Saved us some money there at least!

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TØP Weekly(/Monthly) Update #44: Well That Was Fast (7/23/17)

How goes, friends. Three weeks ago, I wrote what I thought would be my last weekly update for at least several months. “They’re going on hiatus,” they said, “You won’t have enough content for months.” they said. But they didn’t count on one thing: Joshua. William. Dun.

...And, actually, a few other things. The last three weeks have given us more than enough content to give all two of you who have missed my combination of rambling and dorkery your fix. Again, I write this thinking it will be the last time I’ll write anything for several months, but who’s to say?

This Week’s TØPics:

Sleepers and Closing the Eye

Josh at the APMAs/WTF is DEMA?

Goldfinger Album Release

We Know That Our Band Did Well in 2016... But How Well?

Major News and Announcements:

There’s been a fair bit of shenaniganry since the boys put a cap on the Blurryface Era. First, as expected, Mark dropped the final Sleepers vid. Peeps cried. Mark got some great shots. Josh got a boo-boo playing in the ocean at Hangout. Artopia notably wasn’t featured, which was a little disappointing, but it was still a great vid. The Sleepers series ended with a nifty animation of an eye closing, and we were all like, “Yeah, that makes sense, it’s called Sleepers, Tyler talks about sleep all the time, nothing new to see here.”

Then, a week later, Tyler (or somebody on the team, but let’s be real, it was Tyler) decided to destroy us.

Over the course of one day, all of TØP’s social media accounts changed their images every hour or so, in a series of pics that featured a red-filtered POV shot of a concert audience. Each image progressively shrunk in the manner of a closing eye, and each featured a different lyric related to sleep or saying goodbye mirrored across the crowd. Interestingly, the o’s in the final message were not crossed out, and instead the e’s have received horizontal slashes, perhaps indicating that the next era will feature the last part of the |-/ logo in its typography. Some people/publications freaked out, speculating it was a countdown to a new single or album, but it was pretty obvious that it was just one more nail in the coffin for the era, especially by the time it reached the above image. They’re done. They’re on hiatus. They’re not releasing music anytime soon. They’re just going to become a bunch of hermits.

...At least, until two weeks later, when Josh singlehandedly revived the fandom just as they had entered into their hiatus coma. Josh was invited to perform at the Alternative Press Music Awards, held this year in Cleveland instead of Columbus, but still not far from home at all (Tyler was likely on vacation and couldn’t attend, though the image of him staying at home with Jenna and his leaf blower rather than go to what I would argue is easily the worst awards ceremony in the music industry is really amusing).

We’ll get to the performance in just a bit, but we first gotta address the fact that they won an award for Most Dedicated Fanbase. Josh (dressed in camo pants, a band t-shirt, and a baseball cap and yet still looking more professional than almost anyone else at the show), gave all the credit to the fans as expected, but also got in a couple of good jokes about how he is actually the most dedicated Twenty One Pilots fan. The most noticeable part of the speech, however, came at the beginning, when Josh explained Tyler’s absence by saying he was “cutting ties with DEMA [sic?]”.

As expected with the Clique, fan speculation immediately ran wild, and while the immediate reaction seemed to be that he was referencing some security agency that wasn’t properly doing its job, things quickly got out of hand when that son-of-a-gun Blurryface hopped back on his Twitter after months of silence (even through all of Tour de Columbus) to like a fan theory speculating that it was an esoteric reference to the eye-shaped Towers of Silence, old Zoroastrian structures (notably shaped kinda like eyes) on which the dead were left to be eaten by birds. That is awesome, intriguing, infuriating, and worrying at the same time. What’s going on in your head, Ty Jo? Are you just trolling? Are you outsourcing fans to give you cool ideas? What gives? Does any of this even count as news? Who cares, we’re all just flying through space on a speck, live a little.

One last bit of news: the new Goldfinger album The Knife, which features drumming from Jishwa on the song “Orthodontist Girl”, was released Saturday. It’s not really my jam, but if you’re into that sort of thing or just want to support Josh, it’s on Spotify/wherever else music is streamed or sold.

Performances, Interviews, and Other Shenanigans:

Anywho, Josh joined forces with two other amazing drummers (Adrian Young of No Doubt/DREAMCAR and Frank Zummo from Sum-41) to perform a drum medley of various pop and alternative hits. Despite (or perhaps because of) his much shorter time on the scene, Josh noticeably attracted much more noise from the teens in attendance. The performance featured everything from marching snares, audience members holding drums, exploding golf balls, pretty spotty audio mixing/camera work, Josh busting out a backflip, a pretty sick remix of “Ride”, and Josh playing “All Star” on the trumpet. It was pretty surreal.

Other than that, not much to report. Tyler has gone almost completely dark since the end of TDC, and even Josh hasn't been up to anything besides the APMAs and some occasional drum promotions. But there's still more to cover, if you can believe...

Chart Performance:

It's back! My old recurring segment's been kept mostly on the back-burner ever since "Heathens" left the Hot 100, but Billboard and the RIAA gave us a little more sales info about our band that I felt warranted coverage. First, some of the RIAA certifications for the band have been updated. “Message Man” has gone gold (500,000 approximate sold units), while “Holding On To You” and “House of Gold” have both gone platinum (one million). The big singles- in ascending order, “Ride”, “Heathens”, and “Stressed Out”- are now 4x, 5x, and 6x Platinum respectively. Nutty. Absolutely bonkers.

Next, after presumably six months of number crunching, those calculators over at Billboard released their list of the Top Money Makers of 2016. It's a pretty interesting read for any music fan, as the list includes a breakdown of the different revenue streams for each of its fifty featured artists, from how big a percentage of sales they receive in royalties to how massive their touring was in the given year. Our boys made the list for the first time ever, debuting at a whopping #13 and an estimated total of $21.1 (wtf) million. For context: that means that Tyler and Josh together made more money from their music in America in 2016 than Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, Future, Metallica, Maroon 5, and Elton John.

However, like all Billboard rankings, this list contains tons of major caveats and weird arbitrary rules that makes it almost useless for actually assessing success. It doesn’t count sales in other regions, which is crazy for today’s global market and would totally reorder the list (for one, tons of the American country artists on this list would get booted out due to their negligible international sales and touring). It also doesn't cover other hugely significant revenue streams like merchandising, sponsorships, and other jobs like TV host or producer, which would likely put Twenty One Pilots quite a bit behind many of these guys for which the music is almost a secondary thing. Additionally, all of those artists have been making this kind of money much longer than our boys, and after taxes and other costs, most of that change probably isn't going directly into their bank accounts. Still, it's pretty safe to say that both Tyler and Josh are technically millionaires at this point, and it’s hard not to feel an immense sense of pride in the scale of their accomplishments. Now, I just genuinely hope they put those blessings to good use for charitable works.

A few more points from this list: The band was the top earner in 2016 in terms of publishing royalties due to their involvement with a major motion pictures soundtrack and the incredible radio support for three of their singles the whole year round. Additionally, they were the #3 most streamed artist/group of the year, just behind Drake and Kanye. They were also the biggest money-makers of any "new" group that had never previously been in this echelon of popular influence. For further context, the twelve artists that had better sales/touring years were, in ascending order, Rihanna, Billy Joel, Kenny Chesney, Kanye West, Luke Bryan, Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Adele, Drake, Bruce Springsteen, Guns and Roses, and Beyoncé- obviously, the boys are in very, very esteemed company. Finally, and perhaps surprisingly for those fans who consider Twenty One Pilots first-and-foremost a live band who are always playing shows, they were one of very few artists who did not make the majority of their money off of touring in 2016. This is not because they weren't touring their tushes off, but rather because a) they really did have an amazing sales year and b) despite what scalped ticket prices might tell you, the boys really did try to sell those tickets for much lower than what many fans were willing to pay for them. Most of the artists on this list were selling tickets up front at over $100 a pop; TØP was doing half that, and they were still up with the big boys. I'm a proud pop.

That's all for this week, folks. Not sure when I'll be back to chat again. Until then, and as always, power to the local dreamer.

#twenty one pilots #tyler joseph #josh dun #apmas 2017 #top weekly update #billboard

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