#ramon performance

[crow-unknown]

ART DUMP RAAAAHHH

[mariocki]

The Headless Eyes (1971)

"You've tried to alienate yourself but, Mal, I'm here, you -"

"Why? For two years I have been trying to live alone and to be able to accept this. Why are you here?"

"Because you haven't convinced me."

"Of what?"

"That you're incurable."

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Joey Ramone performs during Lollapalooza at Spartan Stadium on August 2, 1996 in San Jose, California.

Tim Mosenfelder

[purplecyborgnewt]

Lyrics © “Once“ (2010) performed by Diana Vickers.

[icedteaandoldlace]

Just so we're clear where I stand, I wouldn't trade a single one of these for a half-assed two-minutes-tops appearance from Cisco in the finale of a shitty 9th season where Khione, Chester, Allegra, Mark, and Cecile would all be prioritized above him, and he wouldn't be allowed to properly mourn Caitlin or sucker punch Mark. And everyone insisting that Carlos couldn't have had other work to prioritize or that he should have ditched his STARRING role in Up Here for that can stuff it.

[yesyourstalker]

Ramon: do you know why Desmond called us in today?

Baja: no. I hope it's nothing serious or involves the show somehow

Ramone: maybe they decided to make some changes to the channel. What I've been hearing the co-owner isn't really happy

Baja: ummmm

Desmond: alright sorry about the wait folks traffic and everything. Is Oshi here yet?

Baja: no

Ramon: nah

Desmond: Well she'll show up eventually. *Sigh*....ok....I have some good news and some bad news depending on your situation.

Ramon:....?

Baja:....?

Desmond: The good news is audience reception for the show was great, meaning that we're going to pick it up. And we'll be filming at least 10 episodes

Ramon: nice

Baja: that's great!

Desmond: The other news is it's going to be filming on a different lot

Baja: oh... Like a new studio That's not so bad

Ramon: how far away is it?

Desmond: It's going to be an angler avenue....in chellwood

Baja: oh chellwood....... Chellwood!!!

Ramon: are you serious

Baja:That's.....that's.. that's way across the country!! That's hours...... That's.... days away! I can't make that commute!!

Desmond: That's why you kids are going to have to move.

Baja:......what!!!!

Ramon: oh come on man. You really telling us that we had to uproot everything and move? Where we going to go? I don't have the money to get another place. My lease just started at my old place..

Desmond: listen we got everything covered. Flights, moving crew, and a couple of checks. We even have a place for you to stay and get acclimated for the time being.... It will be a swift transition.....

Ramon: ......*sigh*..... Are we able to take people with us

Desmond: like who?

Ramon: my niece....... I'm taking care of her. Her folks aren't able to be there so I have to.

Desmond: we'll take care of it

Ramon: how?

Desmond: we'll-we'll do something! A bigger apartment!....a separate apartment

Ramon: she's 14...

Desmond: we figure it out! Listen Well start filming at the end of the month Okay you have 30 days to prepare, we have everything for you to leave. You just need to contact us when you're ready and we'll ship you off to silver City got it?

Ramon:...........................*sigh*........... Alright

Desmond: good.... Baja what about you?

Baja:h-

Oshi: I'm sorry I'm late to this meeting I had a phone call and ran for....... hours......*sigh*...... Did you tell them about the location change?

Desmond: yep... They're up the speed about what they need to do

Oshi: great.... great.........ok.....*clap*..... So just call me and I will book the flight. I will hire the moving vans and I'll give you two places to stay........ I'm going to have one of my assistants go with you two to help and guide.

Shimi: Oshi!!! We need to discuss the decisions you're making with this channel! Now.

Oshi: shimi I'm busy

Shimi: yeah! You are busy!! Busy ruining this channel that WE were supposed to co-own!!

Oshi: [eye roll]........shimi we talked about this. If you wanted to make a history channel then you should have pitched a History channel instead octarian culture and entertainment

Shimi: octarian culture is history!!!

Oshi: shimi..... Honey, this is not the time to talk about this.

Shimi: this is the perfect time to talk about this!!.... This was supposed to be a channel of education and preserving our culture and our people

Oshi: I agree and that's why we're making this network...to show the world-

Shimi: what?! That we're just as bad as these surface dwellers? Having a channel for nothing but sitcoms, and talk shows and gossip!?!

Ramon: I'm heading to the food court. You coming?

Baja: yeah ok

Oshi: we also have a news segment.

Shimi: *scoff*

Oshi: shimi..... I so I understand that this is not what you wanted for the channel but that's not going to sell. I get you wanted documentaries and educational channels telling us about our history with the war and our advanced technology but.... We have a culture outside of that as well. And I really think It would be amazing if we showed the world our food, our fashion, sports...

Warabie: music.......hi mom

Oshi: hi ink drop...*kiss* music..... We have tons of music

Warabie: [texting] isn't Grandpa a DJ? DJ Octavo? Mom you should give him his own show it would be funny

Shimi: no it wouldn't. Warabie go home or something. What did I tell you about coming into our job?

Warabie: alright... I'm heading to the food court.

Shimi:.......*sigh*........Oshi we need to talk

Oshi: ugh..... I guess we can do some adjustments to the channel.... Can you show some documentaries in the morning...

Shimi: no.....no ......we need to talk about us.....our marriage

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Warabie: sooooooo how's everything? How's work?

Baja: it's fine I guess.. .. *eating*.....

Warabie: well..... I've been promoted at work as a manager and I've been talking to my mom after I came home and she said that I really improved and I showed a lot of responsibility and........... I'm no longer cut off!!! My mom gave me a new credit card!!.... We get a better apartment!! Shit but the money you're going to rake in we can get penthouse!!

Baja: uhhhhh..... that's great....ummm about that.....

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Neta: you're moving chellwood!! Baja that's amazing!!! You don't look excited! You should be excited about this!

Baja: yeah.....yeah... I should.....I am ... I am excited... I just..... I don't know. I just got used to being here and now I have to move again. It's going to be farther away

Neta: you tell your roommates

Baja: Yeah they reacted well.... Warabie overreacted.. He's threatened to stuff himself in my suitcasing to come with me

Neta: as he does..... Well If it makes you feel any better, I'm also moving away soon too

Baja: oh yeah you're moving to Mount Nigotta

Neta: yep my old childhood home..... once it's all fixed up anyway.

Baja:........*sigh*............. you'll keep in contact right?

Neta: of course...hey! maybe I'll visit you sometimes

Baja: really?

Neta: Yeah I'll fly over to visit. Hang out in your big old mansion in the hills

Baja: hehehe......I don't think I'll be that successful.

Neta: nonsense! You'll be on billboards in no time... So when are you moving anyway

Baja: by the end of the month I think I'm just going packing now. Ramon and I are planning on just going together. Make things easier

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Keikei: so when are we going to move?

Ramon: by the end of next week.... Perfect Time too you start at a new school, a new semester. You okay? Excited! I know this is abrupt and everything I know you're going to have to leave your friends behind and-

Keikei: how big is our house going to be?

Ramon: keikei....hehehe girl come on? Aren't you going to miss your friends?

Keikei: no

Ramon:....

Keikei: yeah... I guess.. I'll make better friends....richer friends

Ramon: Yeah you will but you shouldn't forget your old friend keikei... It's important that you don't leave people behind because you moved on to a different life

Keikei:... *Sigh* I hope the school I go to is nice. One of those schools with the built-in swimming pool and their own turf war map

Ramon: you don't even play turf war

Keikei: I know but schools with their own turf maps are always the nicest

Ramon: *sigh*... hehehehe You're not wrong

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Hine: you know there were a lot of people out there in chellwood.

Baja: I know Mom

Hine: a lot of them will....break your heart

Baja: mom

Hine: oh am I kidding you'll be the one breaking people's hearts.....hehehe...*sigh*..... Make sure you call me every other day

Baja: I will

Hine: keep in contact with your siblings especially Your younger ones

Baja: I will

Hine: Don't forget your nephews and nieces okay? you have to be a big brother and an uncle that job doesn't stop once you become successful sweetie

Baja: mom

Hine: just don't forget us sweetie. I love you

Baja: I love you too.

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[BEEP BEEP BEEP]

Ramon: *yawn*.....umm......*knock....*knock*..... keikei get up...*sniff*.... Moving who's going to be here? Any minute. Get dressed and get your bags and suitcase in the car so we can head to the airport.

Keikei: Wait my friends are supposed to come over and say goodbye. They should be here any minute I told him that I was going to leave at 9

Ramon: Well I hope they get here soon cuz we got an hour drive all right?

*KNOCK*

Keikei: must be them

Nina: KEIKEI! I can't believe you're moving

Miranda: we're going to miss you here.

Ebony : It's going to be so weird seeing you not in class with us. Here we bought you something

Keikei: I know I'm just as surprised as you guys......... (gasp) You got me an ink fast T-Shirt!!! This is their world tour shirt that just ended. How'd you get this?

Nina: Our other friend's dad owns a merch shop in the mall and he gets this stuff cheap and she gave it to us for free

Keikei: oh I go there sometimes....cirrina's dad?

Nina: yeah

Keikei: heh nice of her I guess

Baja: excuse me sorry ...... Hey Ramon! The moving truck outside. My stuff is already packed up and ready to go

Ramon: alright! Coming down now!

Girls: hiiiiiiiiiiii Baja!

Baja: um?.....oh! You're cirrina's friends!

Keikei: I'm not her friend

Nina: what brings you here? Hehehe

Baja: Well me and Ramones are about to move for a job opportunity.... I kind of feel bad. I wish I had time to tell everyone. I won't be able to walk you girls to the train stop in the morning anymore

Ebony: what you're moving too!!

Miranda: noooo!

Nina: damn it all!!

Ramon: All right I got all my bags. And everything should be packed up by 12:00?

Movers: yep, everything should should be done in an hour or two. It will be shipped by the afternoon

Ramon: alright. Keikei say goodbye to your friends, exchange numbers, media tags. Whatever you need to keep in contact all right let's go

Keikei:........... alright......I guess I'm going....*sniff*......Promise you'll call right

Miranda:.... Of course!.... Text us when you get to the airport...

Nina:....*crying*.....I can't believe you're moving....we were going to prom together....*crying*......

Keikei:....*crying*...... don't cry I'm not to cry...

Ebony:....*crying*...........awwww

Ramon:......*sigh*........... Come on keikei let's go.

Baja:....hehehehe....

Keikei: ok ...ok....ok....*sniff*..... When we're all in our twenties....*sniff*..... We're like going to plan a trip or something.....bye!!!

Girls: BYE!!!!

Keikei:......*sniff*......*sniff*......

Ramon: Richer and better friends huh?

Keikei: SHUT UP! hehehehe

Ramon: alright hehe.... let's go

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Epilogue (This has been in my drafts for a long time and I don't know what to do with it so I'm going to use it now just to get rid of it)

Shimi: I'm not happy.

Oshi: okay

Shimi: and I've been feeling this way for a long time. It feels like I'm not being listened to. I'm not being appreciated and not being acknowledged and when I try you just ignore me

Oshi:hmmm

Shimi:............. want a divorce

Oshi: ok

Shimi:......ok?

Oshi:...... ......o..k.....

Shimi: Okay? that's all you can say is okay

Oshi: What do you want from me shimi? You want a divorce? I'll give you a divorce......... I have three interviews I interviews I have to do and-

Shimi: So you're just fine with us separating 40 years out of the window

Oshi: *sigh*......... You really think you're the only one unhappy in this marriage. All you do is wine and complain and you bitch and your moan when you never get what you want and I've had to bear with that for 40 years........ I'm tired shimi. I've been tired way longer than you have...

Shimi: Heh oh please If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be in this position. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have this fame, this money, this notoriety!! ... If it wasn't for me, you'd probably be a pornstar.

Oshi: . And if it wasn't for me you wouldn't be as successful as you are today. Do you know how many gigs I got you the roles I found for you? I was more of an agent than I was a wife? ...... what did I get in return? ......

Shimi:.................

Oshi: Nothing ....I got nothing........The opportunities I've had to give up because of you. Because it didn't fit the "Octavo family name" that you care so much about.

Shimi: What is wrong about caring about my family's reputation!!

Oshi:.........................No one cares about the reputation of the Octavo family!!!! It's just you shimi!!! .....................*sigh*......You are so stuck in your old ways and you are so stubborn!! The war is over!! We lost!!! get over it!!

Shimi:...............................

Oshi:...................*sigh*..........Everyone has moved on...... Your father is living his best life...... He's happy, he's retired....... Our Kids are on the surface and they're integrating into our new world.... And yet somehow you still have something to complain about....you still find something to be unhappy about..... you're never satisfied....... and now you can be bitter all by yourself. Hehe...... expect a phone call from my lawyer and some faxes coming to this week.......get out of my office....

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Michael Sembello - Maniac 1983

"Maniac" is a song from the 1983 film Flashdance that was written by Dennis Matkosky and Michael Sembello. The original idea for the song came to Matkosky while watching a news report on a serial killer, which inspired gruesome lyrics that he and Sembello expanded upon after finding a 1980 horror film with the same name. When Flashdance director Adrian Lyne grew attached to the demo of the song used during filming, his music supervisor Phil Ramone requested lyrics more appropriate for their story of a dancer and worked with Sembello to produce a new version for the soundtrack. The new recording was used for a scene in which protagonist Alexandra Owens trains rigorously at home. After the film became a surprise success, a music video was made using scenes from the film and began airing on MTV in May 1983, coinciding with the release of the single. The song spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and performed well in several countries. Because its video was shown extensively on MTV and Flashdance became the third highest-grossing film of 1983 in the US, Hollywood began to see music videos as a profitable way to market films.

"Maniac" earned Sembello Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, and a nomination with Matkosky for Song of the Year. As part of the Flashdance soundtrack, it gave them and all of the songwriters who contributed to the album the Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special, and a nomination for Album of the Year. "Maniac" was nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Original Song, and the music video for "Maniac" was awarded Best Editing at Billboard magazine's Video Music Awards.

"Maniac" received a total of 90,3% yes votes!

[eddiegettingshot]

the thing about beautiful eddie is that there is his repression yes. and some mental labyrinths he constructs to justify remaining repressed. but the interesting functional piece of this is that his deeply repressive impulses paired with his fundamentally decisive clenched-jaw just-push-through-it approach lead him to live life, NOT as a wholehearted performance, but as a halfhearted and halfway authentic thing. he doesn’t realize or doesn’t care that he’s doing this because he feels that this version of himself is real and true, and it IS!! but it’s not complete! and the parts that he locks away are all twisted and tangled up with the repressed stuff! here’s a guy who is fundamentally compassionate and generous and a caretaker but who can’t look directly at the parentification that complicates this actually fulfilling thing. here’s a guy who is enchanted by love and clearly wants a partner and wants to be happy and doesn’t want to be alone who’s trying to make a shitty marriage work because he can’t look directly at the failures and cracks in its foundation, who’s dating people he doesn’t really want to be with because that’s what you do, right, when you don’t want to be alone. here’s a guy for whom fatherhood was a form of self-actualization, who sincerely loves being a father more than anything, who was deeply excited about having another child but… can’t look directly at the circumstances around his being a parent (from the parentification, to the person he’d have been parenting with, to the person he’s trying to parent with now, to the things other people—especially helena and ramon—tell him about his parenthood, to the man he might be… not outside of it but alongside it). here’s a guy who lets himself miss his wife for being dead but who couldn’t look directly at how much he missed her when she left him until it blew everything up. here’s a guy who doesn’t believe in god but can’t look directly at how god has defined him. here’s a guy who wants buck in his life and has him and keeps him and loves him but can’t look at why! why!! why is it so easy!!!!! so yes. here is eddie. he is real and true. but there is so much of him still locked away. there is so much of him that’s still alive down there… and he knows it… he just won’t look… let him look… let him have the rest of himself!!!!!!!!!!!

[catdotjpeg]

Dozens of students walked out of Duke University’s commencement ceremony as some chanted “free Palestine” to protest against the guest speaker, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, for supporting Israel throughout its war on Gaza, Reuters reports, citing videos of the event on social media. The American actor visited Israel and has vocally supported it since October 7. The walkout was the latest manifestation of pro-Palestine protests that have roiled US campuses as students call for universities to divest from arms suppliers and other companies profiting from the war and amnesty for students and faculty members who have been disciplined or fired for protesting.

-- "Students walk out of university ceremony in protest at Jerry Seinfeld’s support for Israel" by Mersiha Gadzo for Al Jazeera, 12 May 2024 16:55 GMT

I think most people on here know this, but to be clear, Seinfeld has been a zionist his entire life, not just since October. He worked on Kibbutz Sa’ar in the western Galilee when he was 16, performed in Tel Aviv in 2015, took his family to a fantasy anti-terror camp located in the illegal settlement of Efrat in the West Bank in 2018, and visited the Ramon Airbase in the Negev during the same trip. His December 2023 visit to Kibbutz Be’eri in the Negev and his wife’s $5k donation to the zionist rally that was created to intimidate the UCLA encampment are just two of the most recent examples of this.

[punkrockhistory]

These iconic photos were taken 46 years ago today

The Ramones perform at The Agora Ballroom on January 30, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Photos by Tom Hill

[thesmpisonfire]

Guys ik the admin leave was shocking but calm down :( this was ramons sec admin (from nov-march) that was already stopping acting as Ramon for the latest weeks, the og admin having returned. So we didn't lose Ramon at all, since the two admins were very in sync with each others performance

Art will be missed tho, they were a delight

[jurassicsickfics]

"I Want You Arou...Achoo!"

Fanfic based on the 1979 movie, Rock-N-Roll High School.

Riff Randell has always been the bubbly, energetic type. But this morning...as she sluggishly walked to her locker, it was clear that something was wrong. Despite having been feeling fine yesterday, now her cheeks were flushed, and her nose was red and runny. Sniffling, Riff made her way to class. Her best friend Kate glanced up at her with a smile of greeting, but her cheerful look faded upon seeing the state of her friend. "Woah...Riff, what happened to you?" She asked. Riff plopped down into her desk and, resting her head on her arms. "I dunno...got a cold I guess..." she answered, coughing into her wrist. "Oh no...I'm so sorry.." Kate said, offering a sympathetic look. Riff sniffled. " 's fine...I'll be ok..." she answered, pulling her jacket a little tighter around herself. "What are you gonna do about the concert tonight?" Kate asked. Riff's eyes widened briefly, clearly she just remembered the concert. "Oh...um...shoot...I guess I've gotta power through and do it." She answered, pulling a wadded up tissue out of her pocket and blowing her nose into it.

The school day dragged on and on, but finally, the day's final bell rang, and it was time to go home. But unfortunately, that wasn't the end of it for Riff. She had to go home and practice for tonight's concert. This morning, the idea of singing a song or two may have been plausible, but now...her throat throbbed as if she was swallowing hot shards of glass every time she spoke, or swallowed anything that wasn't ice cold. She flopped down onto her bed, hugged a pillow to her chest, and cried. That was all she could think to do. She wasn't usually a crier, but this called for it for sure. Silent, raspy sobs were the only sound the poor girl could muster, and even that hurt like heck. She had no idea how she'd ever manage to sing tonight.

Sniffling and wiping her eyes, Riff rolled off her bed and put in her favorite Ramones record, knowing that if anything could calm her down and make her feel a little better, it'd be that. She started the record and flopped back down onto her bed, her breath hitching slightly as she struggled to pull it together. As the music played, she watched her goldfish swimming around in its bowl, calming herself down further, and finally getting herself together.

When that evening rolled around, it took all of her strength for Riff not to break down all over again. Her throat hurt so bad, and she felt achy all over, and her nose was running like a leaky faucet. She knew she must look awful, even with the makeup she'd managed to haphazardly slather on at the last minute.

Taking one last deep breath she stepped out onto the stage of the school's gym, forcing a smile before grabbing the microphone.

"It's now or never..." she told herself. Before taking a deep breath and belting out, "I Want You Around".

Riff was so focused on the pain that she didn't even care at this point what her voice sounded like, but Kate smiling in the audience was all she needed to see. She sounded amazing. Just as she always did. It was incredible. Even with the white hot pain in her throat, she still sang beautifully. But by the time the song was finished, Riff had big tears running down her cheeks, and she wore a grimace of pain that everyone had picked up on. The cheering in the gym was so loud as the audience began to realize that she was powering through her pain just to sing for them. The song ended with Riff collapsing back into the chair behind her and rubbing at her throat, offering a weak thumbs up to the audience, as Kate rushed up to her.

"Riff, that was amazing!" Kate said, wrapping her friend up in a tight hug. Riff clung to her, burying her face into her shoulder as she started to sob. All she got out was, "I-I wanna go home..."

Kate drove her home that night, helping her into some pajamas and into bed. Riff was asleep the moment her head hit the pillow, and Kate covered her up with the blankets, a proud smile on her face.

"You're a true rock-n-roller, Riff." She whispered, kissing her friend on the forehead and quietly leaving the room for her to rest.

[chasingcomets222]

I got bored and decided to decipher Rodrick Heffley's music taste to close this years-long debate once and for all.

This post will be on the lengthier side, but a TLDR is attached at the end of the post if you want the basic cliff-notes.

Disclaimer: this is a dissection of the film adaptation of Rodrick rather than his source material counterpart. Comparisons to the books are welcome but irrelevant to this analysis.

Soundtrack

During the roller-rink scene in the opening of Rodrick Rules, Rodrick and Bill take over the DJ table to sabotage Greg's moves on Holly. The song they play is "Cut Throat" by the all-female heavy metal band, Kittie. Aside from Löded Diper's music, this is the only song in the series explicitly used to establish Rodrick's music taste.

However, there's many songs off of the Rodrick Rules soundtrack alone that can be reasonably assumed to fit his music profile as well — for example, those used during the party sequence.

I wouldn't doubt if one or two tracks were intended solely as crowd pleasers, but let's not rule out the entire playlist.

In order of appearance, Rodrick's party mix includes: "Heart Heart Heartbreak" by Boys Like Girls, "Electric (feat. Miss Amani)" by The DNC, "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" by Tokyo Police Club, "Shake" by Bikini Machine, "Move Like This" by Hammerwax, and "Jump In The Line" by Karl Zéro & The Wailers.

There's additionally three other, albeit more subtle, uses of background music to nod toward Rodrick's preferences.

The first instance is during the scene in Rodrick Rules in which Greg confides in Rodrick about his embarrassment from his failed "100 Years Ago" assignment. It's so quiet that it's easy to miss without a keen ear, but "Light Love" by Free Energy plays in the background, mixed to fit in with the ambience of Rodrick's bedroom.

The second is directly before the Löded Diper band rehearsal scene (somebody farted btw), in which Frank pulls into the Heffleys' driveway. "Rock and Roll Slob" by The Boneless Ones can be heard from the garage, once again mixed as part of the ambience.

The third again utilizes The Boneless Ones' discography, and is inserted during the opening sequence of Dog Days at the municipal pool. Rodrick explains it's "time to sell some CDs" for Löded Diper, and turns on his boombox (more on this later), blaring "Miss Fresno."

With the last two points in mind, one can assume the film universe is some twisted version where Löded Diper originally wrote and performed The Boneless Ones' discography (or something closely resembling it).

Band Tees

Rodrick mostly wears seemingly thrifted or upcycled shirts and graphic tees with witty/edgy prints, but there are outliers at times. For example, there's not one, not two, but potentially so much as five moments in Dog Days that he's seen wearing merch from Dead Kennedys, The Who, and Ramones.

While most of his band tees simply include the band's logo or iconography, the latter design takes it a step further by being specific to a particular song title: "Rock 'n' Roll High School" by Ramones.

There's another moment which this may be the case, but it's purely speculative on my end. The Ramones also have a song named "I Don't Care," which is a phrase featured on one of Rodrick's shirts. It's not an explicit reference, but likely a reference nonetheless.

Room Posters

Guns N' Roses, Brutal Truth (Evolution Through Revolution), Stars (The Five Ghosts), Buried Inside (Spoils of Failure), and Decibel are the most notable.

I assume Decibel is in relation to the 70's/80's Italian punk rock band, although I can't find any association between them and this particular artwork. If not connected to them, there's a possibility it may be to the metal magazine of the same name, but I have my doubts.

In this image giving an alternate perspective to Rodrick's room, just off-screen is a Metallica poster, based on the stylization of the ending A. Beside it is a Hanson Brothers poster, which was later replaced in Rodrick Rules with a duplicate of the Stars poster for some reason.

Among his collage of Löded Diper flyers, there's Danny Echo posters as well as Denounce and Billy Talent stickers receiving the Hidden Mickey treatment (also a cameo from the iconic cheeseburger phone on the table).

Of course, there are many other pieces of memorabilia scattered across Rodrick's room, but several of them are blurry from the camera's depth of field or are seen at angles which make them difficult to read or for reverse image sites to identify. So for now, this is the best possible analysis of Rodrick's room in regards to music.

Miscellaneous

An easy-to-miss detail lies in the infamous Löded Diper van. Within the final few moments of Rodrick Rules as Rodrick drops Greg off at school (01:31:52), there's a semi-clear shot of the van's dashboard. On it are a set of stickers, including one referencing Huevos Rancheros, an instrumental rock-and-roll group from Canada.

In Dog Days, Rodrick brings a personal boombox with him to the municipal pool. Along the top is a large sticker for Street Machine, a Czech hardcore/metal band.

Cut Content

In the second studio draft of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, on page 23, scene 43, more of Rodrick's favorite artists are revealed.

The nature of this may be written off as not canon, as it was added into the script while it was still a work in progress and the posters themselves didn't make it into the final product.

What sells it to me as remaining "silent" canon though is that TOOL and Slipknot are often lumped together with Kittie (previously mentioned) as they share an overlapping fanbase. This was more prevalent during the early 2000's within the mall goth subculture, but it's remained fairly consistent for other variants of metalheads over the years too.

TLDR

To recap, the various genres across all of the bands Rodrick is canonically into include indie rock, pop rock, punk rock, hardcore punk, hard rock, industrial, thrash metal, heavy metal, nu metal, death metal, sludge metal, and grindcore.

His musical preferences are punk, rock, and metal-centric but quite broad and inclusive of countries of origin and lesser-known underground artists (some don't break even 100 monthly listeners on Spotify). This leaves the door open for endless possibilities in terms of headcanons.

He's not emo despite popular fan belief, but I still think there's a chance some of his musical leanings could cross over with bands considered emo adjacent for their presence in the community. August Burns Red and The Devil Wears Prada come to mind with his music taste accounted for, but that's just my headcanon.

EDIT: 9/9/24

I've since made two Spotify playlists from my findings: one being what I imagine would be Rodrick's regular rotation, and the other being an extension of his party mix. I feel I've channeled him well, since a lot of his music taste is basically mine circa 2008/2009.

If you've read this far, thank you so much for your patience, and I appreciate any and all interactions left on this post. Happy listening!! <333

[fitpacs]

A Day With Richarlyson

Summary: With Pac and Ramon away for the night, Fit and Richarlyson spend some much needed father and son time together.

Genre: Family Fluff

(a not-so surprise birthday present for my beloved @hepbaestus !)

((written in collaboration with the super talented @shen-mu who has created beautiful accompanying art on their blog!!))

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“And you’re sure you’ll be okay? All of you?” Pac asks, pressing his lips together as he studies Fit’s face.

Fit rolls his eyes. “You’re asking if we’ll be okay if you go on an overnight trip? It’s already early evening!”

Richarlyson, stood beside Fit, places a sign.

‘just go, we won’t let him get into too much trouble kkkkkkkk’

Pac smiles and crouches down.

Both eggs immediately rush to stand in front of him.

Pac straightens out Richarlyson’s jersey and Ramon’s meathead, and gathers the two in a quick hug.

“Oh for god’s sake, we’re going for science materials, we’re not on our fucking deathbeds!” Tubbo shouts, from where he sits on a nearby wall, and taps his heels against the bricks impatiently. Beside him, Mike snickers.

Fit flips the two off before diverting his attention back to his family, and the familiar warmth blooms in his chest at the sight.

Pac stands back up and smiles warmly at Fit.

“Guess i’ve gotta go,” he says.

“Guess you do,” Fit nods. “Stay safe.”

Pac grins. “Please, Fitch,” he flexes his muscles. “Like anything would stand a chance against me.”

Fit prays to every deity that may exist that Pac does not notice the way he gulps.

Pac then winks and jogs over to Tubbo and Mike, and the three set off walking in the opposite direction.

Ramon and Richarlyson wave, and Pac waves back before Tubbo forcibly turns Pac back around to avoid him tripping over a boulder.

Once they are out of sight, both eggs look up at Fit.

“Right, Ramon, are you still having your sleepover with Empanada and Sunny?” Fit asks, and Ramon jumps in place before placing a sign.

‘yea, sunny will be upset with tubbo gone so i’ll comfort her’

“You’re a good brother, kid,” Fit smiles at his son. “But make sure one of Empanada’s moms messages me if you need anything.”

‘i won’t need anything but sure. have a good night :D’

Ramon barely finishes destroying his sign before Richas places his.

‘we will! have fun!’

“Have fun, Ramon,” Fit smiles, and Ramon nods before retrieving his warp stone and teleporting away.

He looks down at Richas, who is facing him in turn. The egg then begins dancing, as he frequently does.

Fit laughs. “Setting the pace for the rest of the night, huh?”

Richas jumps up and spins in the air before placing a sign.

‘can we play tag?’

“Sure!” Fit replies. “I have to warn you, though, i’m quicker than I look. You won’t win this war.”

Richas destroys his sign and throws his weight against Fit’s legs before he runs away.

“Guess i’m the tagger, huh?” Fit laughs as he sets off after the little egg. “I won’t hold back, Richas!”

Richas, having already gained a considerable distance, begins dancing in the middle of a flowerbed in what Fit assumes is a taunt.

It works.

—

It turns out, Fit absolutely will not win this war.

He practically wheezes against a tree as Richas strolls over, and tosses a water bottle at his feet. He accepts it gratefully and chugs the water, and slides down to the ground.

“I underestimated you,” Fit smiles through his rapid breaths. “I forgot you have…” he pauses for a moment, and begins counting on his fingers. “Six parents running around after you all the time.”

He pauses again. “That’s right, right? Six?”

Richas collapses to the floor dramatically and places a sign.

‘i don’t even know at this point KKKKKKK’

Fit laughs and Richarlyson jumps back up and into an elaborate dance move.

He, somehow whilst still performing the move, gets right in Fit’s face, in a silent yet very real challenge.

“You want a dance off?” Fit asks, and Richas nods.

Fit can hear multiple islanders’ laughs, shouts and squeals in the distance, meaning they are too close for him to even consider dancing.

“If we go somewhere where nobody can take incriminating photos of me dancing, you’re on. I will get my revenge.”


The excited jump Richas does after he says this is enough to make Fit’s heart swell - whenever he makes Ramon or Richas happy, he feels some sense of accomplishment that he never came close to feeling at any point in the wasteland.

‘FOLLOW ME!’ Richas writes before taking off in a fast run.

—

“You’re unbeatable,” Fit holds up his hands in surrender, from where is slumped against another tree - sweat pouring down his face and breaths coming out rapidly. “You know what I did before coming to the island, right?”

Richas sits on the ground opposite him.

‘killed people!’

Fit gently bites the inside of his cheek. “It had a bit more finesse to it than that, Richas. Ever heard the term mercenary?”

‘yeah but killing people sounds cooler’

“Only if they deserve it, that’s the difference,” Fit points at the egg. “Let that be a lesson from me to you, Richarlyson.”

‘i am educated >:D’

“You have some of the best and smartest parents on the island, you’re definitely educated,” Fit smiles.

Richarlyson simply nods.

‘can i ask you something?’

“Of course,” Fit replies, leaning back against the tree and stretching out his legs. “Anything.”

‘you said six parents before, right?’

Fit nods. “Yeah, your first four dads, Bagi and Roier.”

There is a pause before Richas moves again.

‘i have seven parents’

Fit’s breath catches in his throat, and his heart swells. It’s not a conversation they’ve had before - Ramon began calling Pac pai extremely early into Fit and Pac’s relationship, but Fit and Richarlyson weren’t at that stage yet, and Fit had decided he’d let Richas decide the pace.

“Richarlyson, you don’t need to say that if it’s too soon-“

Fit’s cut off by the egg throwing one of his many plushies at the man, hitting him straight in the forehead.

‘don’t ruin the moment KKKKKK’

He then runs into Fit’s arms and hugs him tightly. Fit can feel the tears pricking the back of his eyes, but wills them away using every ounce of inner strength he can muster. He hugs Richas back, and they stay in the embrace for at least a solid minute.

It’s Richas that steps back first.

“I’m honoured to be your dad, Richarlyson,” Fit smiles.

‘yeah, you and half the island xD’

Fit laughs heartily as Richas breaks into an impromptu dance.

“True as that may be,” Fit shrugs. “My point stands.”

Richas stops dancing.

‘and i’m honoured to be your son…. now that you and pai told me you’re dating’

Fit rubs the back of his neck and laughs nervously. “I thought Pac was going to tell you, I swear! I told Ramon and Pac was going to tell you!”

‘mhm sureeee but all this emotions talk has me sleepy’

“You sure it’s the emotional talk and not the fact you’ve been on the move for the past few hours?”

‘nope it’s the emotions talk’

Just as he’s about to write something else, Richas yawns loudly, though he tries to stifle it.

It’s an action that takes the rest of his resolve with it, as he simply makes grabby hands in Fit’s direction.

“You want me to carry you?” Fit asks for clarity, and Richas nods sleepily, still reaching for him.

And so Fit sweeps the dragon-hybrid into his arms and slings his backpack over his shoulder, and begins walking in the direction of their home.

As they walk, Fit hums various lullabies to help Richas sleep - a tactic that works a little too well as he begins snoring in only a couple of minutes.

It turns out that Richarlyson is just as hyperactive when asleep as he is when he’s awake - he constantly tosses and turns, and kicks in his sleep, resulting in Fit almost dropping him once.

But all Fit does is smile, as he carries on walking and smiling down at his sleeping son.

He dares to use the word aloud when he tucks Richarlyson into bed, with it being Pac’s usual night to have him overnight.

“Goodnight, son,” he says, smiling widely as the word falls from his tongue so naturally. “Kick ass in dreamland.”

Richarlyson - either having heard him or in the weirdest coincidence ever - snuggles further into the bedding and lifts an arm in a sleepy wave.

Fit’s smile doesn’t drop once he leaves the room - he wonders if he’ll ever stop smiling, but doesn’t see a reason to stop anytime soon.

After receiving confirmation from Bagi that Ramon is sleeping soundly with Empanada and Sunny, and confirmation from Pac that he, Mike and Tubbo arrived at their destination, Fit allows himself to relax.

He falls asleep soon after, with hazy dreams of golden futures that might actually be in reach.

[useless-catalanfacts]

The caparrots (big-headed figures used in some Catalan traditional holidays representing stereotypes or characters) in the town of Alcúdia (Mallorca, Balearic Islands) during the town's fair.

The characters represent some characters from Mallorcan culture. In order of appearance in the video:

The two knights represent King James I the Conqueror and the Moorish King. James I was the king of Catalonia-Aragon who conquered Mallorca in the year 1229. Before, Mallorca was an Islamic kingdom since the Islamic conquest in the year 903. With James I's conquest, the island was repopulated with settlers from Catalonia, for this reason he is seen as a founder figure of modern Mallorcan culture. The Moorish King figure represents the king who retreated to James I's conquest. For this reason, the dance performed by these two caparrots ressembles a fight.

L'amo de so na Moixa ("the owner of Moixa house") is a character from a folktale who was a very lazy man. One day, he had to carry a flour sack to his home but he was so lazy that, instead of lifting the weight to put the sack on his donkey, he decided to throw the flour to the wind, believing that the wind would take it to his house.

Na Pixedis bruta ("dirty Pixedis"). This is the stereotype of a girl child whose mother wants her to behave in a ladylike way. She dresses her well and wants her to be polite and clean, but the child gets dirty playing on the streets and eats with her fingers getting all her face dirty.

Sa Jaia Tonina ("Grandma Tonina") is a character from Mallorcan folktales. She is a fairy disguised as an elderly woman. She wears traditional Mallorcan clothes and hands out sweets to children.

En Gori dolenteries ("naughty Gori") represents the stereotype of a child who misbehaves. He does so many stupid things that he has grown donkey ears. The more asinine things he does, the bigger his donkey ears grow.

Maria Enganxa ("Maria Hooks"). Character from Mallorcan legends who we talked about before in this post. She is said to live in wells and cisterns and has a hook with which she catches children who wander off too close to the wells.

En Tòfol mentider ("Lying Tòfol") represents the stereotype of a child who tells lies. He has a horn in his forehead representing the saying that liars grow a horn.

Ramon Llull: a writer and Christian theologist from the Middle Ages and one of the most important theologists in Europe's history, as well as one of the most important writers in Medieval literature and Catalan literature as a whole. He lived in Mallorca and has left a strong impression for all these centuries. There are animals coming out of his head representing one of his most famous books, titled The Book of Beasts.

The villagers of Guinyent: Guinyent was one of the Medieval villages whose union created Alcúdia. They carry brooms to (jokingly) hit the people who do bad things.

Caparrots figures have been used in Catalan festivities since at least the 1700s (and some documents show their existence in the 1500s, though they don't seem to be widespread then). But new caparrots are created, since this tradition is very widespread and alive. The ones you see in this video were made in the early 1990s to dance every year in Alcúdia's fair. They were commissioned to Josep Fluxà, one of the best artisans in making caparrots.

Video by SUS Mallorca. Information about each character from Alcúdia City Council.