#sooooo happy to have the cds too :’)))

[sneakobeep]

I’m literally sosososo happy cause I ordered my favorite artist’s albums (did not realize he sold physical albums till recently) and I got them yesterday and he DREW ON THE PACKAGING LIKE!!!! Genuinely oh my god

Look at it!!!!! AUGH

[kozachenko]

Some thoughts on some of the newest CDS chapters below the read more tag for spoiler's sake, since I have read the newest one and have some thoughts

As flawed as Cheating Detective Satori is, one thing I will give it is how it shows the reactions of the spirits and Youkai living in Former Hell to the whole "sealing it up" thing. While I was initially annoyed about the whole "sealing former Hell" thing, I feel like the newer chapters have kinda made the whole thing make more sense, especially in the newest one where Parsee mentions how in the case of a vengeful spirit making too much trouble, Former Hell is just gonna seal right back up and become Hell again, which is a system that has been around since Former Hell was established. I think what this little addition does well is that in retrospect it makes the whole decision of sealing up Former Hell make a bit more sense. Also, the mystery that the latest chapter left off with (Parsee's realization that Former Hell must have been sealed from the outside) is really interesting, and had that bit of realization not been included by Parsee, it probably would've been a major plot hole that Parsee's tunnel also got plugged up when the whole system was made years ago when Former Hell was first established. Also, would Parsee know who Mizuchi is? Or have at least heard of her? Or is Mizuchi kind of treated like an SCP in Former Hell and is kept a secret from everyone else, even though in the earliest chapters of CDS, Satori mentions that Mizuchi has been a bit of a problem before, and Yuugi also knows her sooooo is this a writing mistake or intentional? Although there are a lot of vengeful spirits in Former Hell so knowing who each and every single one is is probably giving the denizens of Former Hell a bit too much credit lol. But still, Mizuchi seems to maybe be a more well known vengeful spirit so I'm still a bit confused on that, or maybe it could just be as simple as Parsee having never met Mizuchi when counseling vengeful spirits.

Maybe certain people aren't allowed to even see Mizuchi since they could be prime targets for her to possess people and escape. Which could also be related to the reason why she escaped in the first place, maybe she possessed someone with a grudge against Reimu or anyone in the Hakurei bloodline and used them to get out of Former Hell?

Also, when you think about that and the fact that Zanmu is the one who proposed the move, it gave me the headcanon that Zanmu also put that system in place since she wouldn't just leave it carelessly unattended. Since it's in her character to think ahead and meticulously plan things, why wouldn't she put this safety measure in place?

Utsuho and Koishi were also really good in this chapter, and Utsuho's title is so fucking good, I love it. Koishi also trying to get the other vengeful spirits to chill out is also a fun detail. Her point about the vengeful spirits not even being allowed to leave regardless is also something interesting to think about. Though it is explained in the manga that the vengeful spirits just needed a reason to attack, the idea of someone getting mad about the loss of a freedom that they would normally never use is very interesting to me.

When the manga is finished I'm most likely gonna do a full review on it, since my last one had way too much swearing and I was also really tired and wanted to sleep and I am just overall not happy with it. Plus, the manga seems like it's starting to get better, and with ZUN himself saying that he's aware of the criticism towards CDS, I'm gonna stay optimistic with this manga. Also, it would be really interesting to see how the people in New Hell react to the restoration of Former Hell, especially Zanmu due to how important she is in the actual creation of Former Hell, although a small part of me thinks that she would just go, "not my Hell, not my problem" and leave it at that, the other part of me thinks that would maybe be a little out of character for her. Like, I don't think she'd be panicking, but at the same time she's not gonna treat it like a non-issue. Though that could just be me since I like Zanmu a lot lol.

All in all, just a lot to think about with this new chapter.

[jessicanjpa]

Some fluffy and silly Rosalie/Emmett headcanons for @turbulenceseverywhere . (They are going through some hard stuff so please add on to send some comfort their way.)

Many vampires and vampire couples have found a form of "sleep" they find comforting. Rosalie and Emmett's thing is falling fake-asleep together in random places, usually at home. Some of their favorites:

-curled up on the carpet in front of the fireplace

-slumped together on the couch with homework and textbooks strewn over them

-out on the porch swing: one of them sitting up, the other with their whole upper body crammed into the other's lap

-When they're in college, they love to fall asleep on campus. They'll have a late-night study date in the coffee shop and eventually sink lower and lower until they're napping on their laptop keyboards. All just so the barista has to wake them up at closing time. The lounges with the good bean-bag-y chairs are prime real estate too. And of course, falling asleep in class just to annoy the professor.

When Esme is the one to find them "asleep," it makes her mother-heart so happy to tip-toe closer and drape a blanket over them. Sometimes she brushes Rosalie's hair out of her face and Rosalie smiles gently and lets out a relaxed sigh. (They definitely do this sometimes just to cheer Esme up.) Of course if Edward or Jasper finds them, they're either ignored completely or a paper football is launched from across the house at them.

My converted van headcanon is here in case you haven't see that one. Basically it was a time Rosalie gave Emmett a really good surprise :)

They have sooooo many silly tallies running and some are decades old. Emmett will skip a rock across a pond with 37 successful skips and blurt out "That's 10,600 to 7,205!" Rosalie is winning 29,090 to 17,001 in the "Who can guess what Edward's first complaint will be after school today" contest. They're both a little too good at unwrapping a CD without tearing the plastic wrap, so that tends to be roughly a tie. Rosalie is so far ahead in "Who can make the humans do a double take" that Emmett will never catch up.

One time when Rosalie was feeling depressed in the late 50s, Emmett dug out the rifle they'd only used as a prop thus far. He dragged Rosalie outside and proceeded to impress her by hitting a tin can from 500 yards. (I know nothing about guns, somebody tell me if this range isn't suprahuman enough.) She was like...okay so? But then he gave her a cheeky grin and said "That's one to zero." Rosalie tried the rifle out and instantly said "You're on." The contest continues to this day. Last week the target was a tennis ball that had just been served by Jasper with a vampire-strength tennis raquet. That tennis ball was flying. Neither one hit it, so they'll try again next week.

Rosalie and Emmett are the Cullen couple most likely to play First Sight, a prank they play on human classmates in which they "meet" each other there in school and appear to start flirting, start talking, and eventually hook up. They like to drag it out and let the humans think they have a chance, but the problem is... they're not good at dragging it out. They have a teensy problem keeping their hands off each other, so it doesn't usually last more than a few days. Alice and Jasper can drag it out for months, so Rosalie and Emmett become the Supportive Best Friends in that secenario, with Emmett loudly egging Jasper on and Rosalie loudly telling Alice that she can "do better than that edgy weirdo." In this case they have to sit at different girl and guy tables and Edward is just kinda there rolling his eyes.

[katnissdoesnotfollowback]

So since I'm working on getting a playlist together that got my mind spinning, as it likes to nonsensically do whenever it wants, and now I need to know -

9000 RPM Peeta definitely had an elite "pining playlist" for his long drives from Panem to Seam each Sunday. And he doesn't seem like the Spotify or even the Pandora sort. I feel like he still burns mixed CDs.

What would that drive playlist have been for Peeta?

Oh it definitely would’ve been burned cd’s or skipping through radio stations for 9000 rpm Peeta, mainly because he wouldn’t have even had a smartphone or access to services like Pandora or Spotify until much later in the story, especially not in his truck. Also that vehicle is totally pre-mp3 player. The cd player was added in by him lmao and he even twitched at that, searched high and low for an after market cd player that looked like an old school radio so as not to ruin the aesthetic of the truck's interior. It was one of his few splurges.

Sooooo... a lot of these songs aren’t perfect fits, and some of them are more funny additions than angsty ones because they give me a giggle imagingin Peeta singing along to them.... which he totally would. Anywho.

I see this Peeta as hopping around radio stations to find something he likes but when he stumbles across one of these, he pauses and lets it finish. Or when these are played after the song he really stopped to listen to, he stays on that station and gets all lost in his feelings and cranks it up. Then he burns it to a cd later if it’s not already on one lol. Let him have a few moments of drama before he pulls it together and puts on a happy "I’m FINE I’M DEFINITELY NOT PINING" front for Katniss and Raven. Only Aunt Laverne isn’t fooled, partly because she’s heard what’s playing when he pulls up in front of their house 🤣

There's also a few songs on here that are maybe a little angrier than you might think? Mainly because I feel like this Peeta in particular would get out his frustration through listening to pissed off, frustrated music, too. Not just hyper dramatic pining music. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Also there’s a weird crossover between 9000 rpm and Outside Chance Peeta’s taste in music??? When I was building this playlist, I kept finding songs where I was like oooooh OC Peeta would like this one too. Savannah and Graham are the right age to totally intorduce Peeta to this era of music so ooooop. *adds song to both playlists*

But here you go. I present 9000 rpm Peeta’s Pining and Driving Playlist. <<< Link to Spotify. Preview here:

[pestercide]

14, 15 & 17 for the ask meme?? :3

14. Do you own any official merch? If not, what is one piece of existing merch that you wish you own? Is there anything that you wish it existed already?

Yeah!! I think my first pieces of merch were those Skid and Pump plushies, though they were the smaller/older ones. I also got a Bob plushie, the Tender Treats poster, some stickers and one of the shirts (it's the one with Bob, Streber, Skid and Pump!! I love the design sm!!)

I also ordered some of the merch from when Hollow Sorrows released! Still waiting for it to arrive but if I remember correctly I got the Moloch plushie (ofc), two shirts and the pins and stickers!!

And of the merch I don't have I'd honestly love to get my hands on this shirt with The Eyes on it (and the keychains,, they're so cute :3) plus the cassette and/or CD

15. From fanart or fanfiction, did someone's work made you think more positively of a character/ship? Free free to shout them out, whether if it's one person or multiple people!

YES!!! This applies to a few characters/ships actually so I worry I can't remember everyone but I'll try my best to list em here :3

Loki/Dexter (they aren't on Tumblr) made me really appreciate Dexter Erotoph!! I absolutely adore the way they analyse and talk about him and it made me start to think about not only Dexter on a deeper level but other characters too. Not to mention they also got me into Ratcandy and Sunnycide (the way they write them makes me giggle and kick my feet :3)

@shvggot made me care more about Ignacio!! I was never a fan of him or even cared about him for that matter but thanks to Shaggy I started thinkin about Ignacio more and even started drawing him and coming up with headcanons!!

@itsnotmourn Made me absolutely adore Carmen and Richard,, There's a lot but I'll keep it simple and say that I was never a fan of Carmen or Richard and even disliked them at some point, but the way Mourn depicts them and their relationship warms my heart,, Heck the way they draw the family in general makes me super happy (so ig Roy is included too??) Also I LOVE how they draw Jaune and Aaron!!!!

@yalibat OHHH he made me appreciate Rick more cuz he draws Rick soooo good,, The Rick artist ever,, ALSO JUST IN GENERAL THE WAY HE DRAWS THE SM CHARACTERS IS SOOOOO GOOD!!!!!!! I also feel like for some reason Kevin, Radford and The Hatzgang counts even if he doesn't draw them as much?? (Y'know he just drew them in such a way that changed my brain chemistry about em /pos)

@eatyourmaker THERE'S SO MUCH!! But mainly they really got me to appreciate Fieryfaith and even Ignacio and Father Gregor as separate characters!! And ofc Jadedego!! I was never much into it til they started drawing them!!

@jacenotjason MAYOR EVERMORE!! Do I have to say more? Like,, y'all got me carin about the character I used to hate?? Also does it count if it's an AU of a character?? Cuz I LOVE zir Opposite Gregor!! I'm counting it cuz it's technically Father Gregor pff

@wosieposiecozy I can't say a specific character but their art just manages to make every character great,, Just check it out and see for yourself PLEASE

THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE BUT I SUCK AT COMING UP WITH EVERYTHIN ON THE SPOT!! But if I'm followin you and you're a Spooky Month fanartist then there's a good chance you're the reason I started to appreciate a character/ship more :D So don't feel bummed if I didn't include you

I already answered 17 here!!

[archivalofsins]

Remember that timeline convo between Amane and Kotoko, where Amane thanked her for not treating her as a child and that she’s not so scary, to which Kotoko responded, “Why would I treat you as a child? I still am the person I was at 12. Also, you’re not so great, suck on that B-.��

Because Pepperidge Farm remembers.

That said, God, I really thought it was some strand of leftover moral keeping her from attacking Amane, not a lack of opportunity.

I remember it sooooo well. That interaction lives in my head rent free!

20/06/18

Amane: Thank you very much for teaching me. ……but, though I realise it’s strange me saying this after I asked you, I must admit it’s kind of unexpected. You give off the impression of someone who wouldn’t want to get involved in things like this. Kotoko: ……well, you’re not wrong. I’m surrounded by people who could all be murderers, so I don’t plan on going out of my way to talk and make friends. I can’t let my guard down.But I like ambitious people like you. If you want to study more, then I’m happy to teach. Amane: I see…… You look scary at first impression, but I quite like the way you treat everyone equally regardless of whether they’re older or younger than you. You don’t just treat me like a child or anything like that. Kotoko: Treat you like a child? Hah, you’ve got to be kidding. Back when I was your age, I was already the person I am today. I don’t have any plans to let you get away with something just “because you’re a child.” ……remember that. There, I’ve finished marking. 83%.How do I put it… Even though you act like this, it’s not like you’re super brilliant at studying or anything, huh.

Kotoko really said in that voice drama if it wasn't for Kazui interferring and Mikoto taking so long to fight she would have jumped that kid. She has always and will forever be about it. When she said remember that she meant that shit.

This is the perfect example of the phrase when people tell you who they are believe them.

Don't give them a defense, don't say you're probably overexagerating, you probably have poor self-esteem. We can unpack that after taking they asses at face value. In order to fix an issue one first has to accepts an issue exists.

Definitely puts all those injured children throughout Harrow in a new light. Especially given her focus in the voice drama of others not being able to do what it takes to actually implement change. People were really like it can't be that bad and Kotoko barged in cd drop like,

"Ha; it's gonna be worse! SO, STUPID WEAKLINGS LIKE YOU ALL SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AN LET ME PROTECT YOU! You're way too soft- What were you thinking that you could make friends?! That these people would change if you were nice and understanding enough. That we'd all hold hands and laught together if you just forgave us? You're far too kind- AND NAIEVE! What next are you just going to forgive them because they're attractive? You need me to do the things that need to be done that you yourself clearly can't do. That's what cooperation is."

It's been amazing because she came in last part of trial two and really gave the audience and Es a kick to the face for all our behavior up until now. Like it's the biggest fuck all of you of trial two. Honestly she kept hitting she did not miss. Not one fucking time. She held that mirror up and shouted at that bitch until it cracked.

Ooooo, boy....

I was not expecting to come out of her voice drama like well now hold on she's a bit wild, a tad unhigned, definitely unforgivable to some, but um she's speaking some truths. There's some truths there that a lot of people who participate in Milgram are not going to like to hear but need to hear regardless.

It was so satisfying to see. Especially after everything this trial. It was just perfect actually after everything we've been through and the logic we've all seen. That- Yeah we deserve to get to sit with that for a bit.

[skitskatdacat63]

yes! i agree 1000%, their new sound just isn’t the same! i got really into them in middle school and bought every album (CDs at the time hahah)

i think ghost stories what the last one i bought, it was awesome to have them kinda “reconnect” with older styles (even though it was a sad reason)

my favorite songs from the first 3 albums have to beeeeee (AHHH SO HARD!!!)

i think from parachutes, don’t panic, shiver and we never change have a special place in my heart. from a rush of blood i gotta say green eyes, it’s too cute (although in my place was the first song i ever sang in front of an audience!). and from x&y is the hardest to decide, i like so many! mainly: x&y, a message, speed of sound!, swallowed in the sea, TIL KINGDOM COME!!!! AHHHHH

anyways sorry for the long long ask, i got too excited!!!

Nooooo don't apologize at all!!!! I absolutely love to talk about music :DDDD ty for letting me know your favs, I was curious bcs I'm so happy to see someone who loves those albums as much as I do!!! Omg I'm so jealous that you have all of them physically, that's so cool!

I'd have to say hmmmmm. Parachutes: Trouble, Sparks, Spies, and Shiver(Honestly I think Spies is sooooo underrated. I really deeply wish it was in a Bond movie, bcs clearly it's inspired by that, and aaaghh the daydreaming goes crazy.) Rush of Blood: Politik, Amsterdam, Warning Sign, Clocks(they're all so fun to sing to, aren't they??) X&Y: X&Y, The Hardest Part(I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!! The last lyrics are my fav ever, I even put it in the tags of my original post 😭 they hit me so hard) Also lmao, I feel like most of the ones I listed are in my one main character playlist bcs I listened to Coldplay constantly when I made it, so they really do have a special place in my heart 🥺🥺

[songsfordustmites]

i was tagged by @wormdream to shuffle my music and share the first ten songs that appear. i am doing this from my computer which has some stuff that i don't listen to anymore on it and also has a bunch of live bootlegs and b-side/compilation/unofficial stuff that i'll probably skip for this. thank you, anyways! <3

everything that could have been - kittie. from the album funeral for yesterday. i think there's too much repetition in this song at the end. could have been either condensed down or added some more words to it. i am excited for the new kittie album though!

put your hand inside the puppet head - they might be giants. from their album they might be giants. i love the music video for this song.

a man alone - aaron freeman. i did say i was going to skip the unofficial stuff, but this stopped me in my tracks. i only went through aaron's music once and should totally revisit it again. i have two versions of this on my computer, one is thirty seconds longer than the other. i got the shorter one. very sweet, very somber.

gioco d'azzardo - paolo conte. from his album appunti di viaggio. the instrumentals are great in this. conte is just really good at writing music. i still haven't heard all of his albums though.

paloma - tall juan. my beloved tall juan!!! i got into him in high school whilst looking for free stuff on bandcamp. he is also friends with mac demarco who i used to listen to all the time. i think it's funny how the lesser known artist that i found out about through a bigger artist stuck with me and the larger artist didn't. i was so happy to have seen him in february. he was so nice and very funny.

town to town - hello the band. one of flansburgh's side projects. it's a good song. i think it's interesting to see what they make without the other john.

mad (feat. lil wayne) - solange. from a seat at the table. i haven't listened to this album in a long time. i listened to this a lot in high school. her voice is sooooo beautiful! this is still the only album i have heard by her. i should take the time to listen to her other albums some day. ALSO she had the best song in yo gabba gabba.

the last song - sleater-kinney. from their self titled album. i am still on the fence about them. this is the only album i heard from them, i found it at a thrift store. maybe i'll enjoy their other albums more or maybe i just need to listen to this one more. sometimes whenever i finally listen to an album by a band that is influential within a specific scene, i get the opinion of this is something i would have liked more when i was an angsty teenager and was being introduced to punk with the more well known stuff. like i am at a place where i don't need the introductory stuff, i already have bands that are deeper into that genre that i can jam out to. does that make any sense? they're not bad like listening to ramones or some shit. like why would you waste your time with ramones or sex pistols or some other shitty popular punk band? sleater-kinney i can appreciate and would have loved as a kid when i needed more female fronted bands that were really cool and were more of my style. kittie is another example of this. i do love kittie a lot, but i wish i knew about them before as a kid. we should revisit this topic later.

tender situation - ween. from the album pure guava. ween is another band where i wish i got into when i was a kid. same with tmbg. i think i would have had the opinion that their early stuff was better unfortunately, however, they would have been perfect for fourteen year old me. i could have been burning their stuff onto cds for friends and making them listen to it like i did with daniel johnston. i love ween. i got into them after listening to most of the flaming lips' albums and was so disappointed by their stuff and ween ended up being exactly how i was hoping the flaming lips would sound.

(system)control - bleed the pigs. from the mortis fatum ep. FANTASTIC BAND! exactly what i needed after listening to so much boring indie rock. i neeeeeed to listen to more bands like them. the mixing is exactly what i like with the vocals not being too high up which i find is a problem in a lot of metal and punk and just rock in general. everything about them is just perfect!

well...i won't tag anyone for this. the commentary wasn't even part of the tag game, i just like to talk about music.

[vivvy-of-the-lake]

...I was writing this post but then Tumblr didn't save the draft and I lost everything!!! </3

I'm going to answer this rapid-fire because I feel bad about losing everything :(

Get to know me

Tagged by @trans-lykanthropie!!! <3

Tagging: @spaceyfreyja @muscatjello @puppygirlbone2 @cassia-thots @with-a-side-of-wilfey @incendiarylust @cant-ra @aki-blackwood @mommys-sapphic-lullaby AND SO MANY I'M FORGETTING!!! You don't have to do this btw, only do it if you want to!!!

Last song: I prefer albums and soundtracks over songs, but I was listening to one of my favourites earlier today - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds which I have on CD!

(Originally here I went on a tangent about my Panasonic SA-PM71SD combination cassette deck and 5-CD changer but that'll probably be in its own post now!)

Currently reading: I like collecting books on aviation, railways, and military history, but unfortunately I'm much better at the collecting than the reading </3

However, I have been enjoying some good yuri recently!!! If you're trans then I cannot recommend Hanayome wa Motodanshi (The Bride Was a Boy) highly enough!!! Was reading through it earlier today and god damn, the feels...

(It's a certified egg-cracker but it also includes lots of helpful information about being trans and it was a very helpful resource for me when I was first questioning!!!)

Currently watching: I'm bad at watching things too, but I suppose I'm watching Season 6 of Taskmaster and enjoying that <3

Current obsession: ...I don't really feel like I have one right now - I'll typically go from obsession to obsession, in particular certain periods and events in history, but with how busy life has been I haven't really had anything to obsess over as of late.

Although I might count these cat ears as an obsession soon because I LOVE THEM SO GODDAMN MUCH

These are the ones I got and I'm wearing them as I type this - the amount of gender euphoria they grant is unbelievable O_O Just listening to the bells as I tilt my head to shake them is making me smile and feel so so so so sooooo happy!!!

[jimimn]

I'll try to keep this short ❤️ I love this album so much 🥺 And I think I told you that Alone would destroy me and it really did... And it's also my favorite from the album. I can't really explain what I feel when I listen to it, but I always have this tightness in my chest. I had it when I first listened to it and I had a feeling the lyrics would make me cry and they did. It really brings me back to my quarantine days... and not to the better ones. It really has that choking, depressing feeling that quarantine had. I really love his singing in the song too 🥺 He sounds amazing, so gentle, so soft, and yet very strong (I'm literally contradicting myself but anyway)

I really liked Like Crazy too. The mv was amazing, and I read so many theories. Most of them were kinda the same, you know with the woman also representing him. Both the English and Korean versions were done so well 🥺 interlude: dive ❤️ his introduction from the busan concert❤️ oh, and the transition between the songs? Him having a drink at the end of dive, and then like crazy having this "being intoxicated in a club" vibe, and alone starting with an alarm clock... I'm obsessed with this. Also I'm SO SAD letter is only on CD 😭😭 Like I understand why, but Jimin 😭 It's my second favorite from the album, and after listening and crying to Alone, I cried to Letter too 💔 The parallels with blue & grey 😭 Shivi, the urge to get a lyric tattoo from alone or letter 😭

Also I still don't know if he's singing "please me" during Like Crazy and we will never know and it will bother me forever 😂 But anyway. He did such an amazing job, I'm so happy he could finally release this album. And I'm so happy he said he got to overcome and heal from these feelings.

Ps. Let Jimin curse on TV okay thanks that's all ❤️ -🦋

putting it under read more bc i rambled lol <3

i love it so much too 🥺 oh and same, alone took me back to my own quarantine days 😭 i was stuck at a relative's place for three months and my aunt wasn't very good to me. i used to cry alone a lot and that was when i had found bangtan :( they really saved me :( and alone took me back to all of those feelings i went through back then before I found bangtan 😭 everyone's stories are so different but im sure so many people related to alone 🥺 (and no i get what you mean by gentle and soft yet so strong, and i agree) i absolutely LOVED face off too. his voice in face off his so addicting and those high notes damn 😭

and like crazy is a fckin bop ✋🏼 RIIIIGHHTTTT i loved the mv too the colours in the mv .. *chef's kiss* (this is me speaking from a gifmaker perspective btw, i thought the mv would be impossible to colour properly but I had so much fun colouring it and I was satisfied w the results gdhfhdjhfdj ANYWAY thats not the point fghdjfhj) AND PLS TEH THEORIES. SO GENIUS. AND THEY MAKE COMPLETE SENSE TOO. yes yes yes you're so right the transition and connection between the songs truly genius 😭😭😭😭 ALSO LETTER!!!!!!!! YES !!!!!!!!!!!!! im obsessed please it is SUCHHHHH a beautiful song 😭😭😭😭 i cried to letter too 😭 its my new song that i fall asleep to 😭 it was with you before this hdjhfjd. its so beautiful and jikook's voices go so well together and they sound so beautiful 😭 and god it being a hidden track and starting at 6:13 of like crazy english version on the cd just .. it just feels sooooo personal and full of love 😭😭😭 i really wish it was on spotify too but I downloaded the song and added it to my playlists through local files thing on spotify 💖 omgomgomg anon you should definitely get the tattoo!!!! <333

i will believe it is "please me" and run with it 🧘🏼‍♀️ and me too 🥺 the album is so so good im so proud of him 🥺 right, im happy this album helped him to let go of those feelings 🥺

pls you know when they reviewed face off alone and like crazy three days ago and said face off wasn't eligible (?) i thought they totally dropped smf from music shows bc 1. they didn't review it along w the other songs 2. and i thought maybe they didn't review it bc it was already known that it has cussing and i got SO SAD that they wouldn't perform smf 😭 and i was confused too bc bighit did say in the notices that he would perform the prerelease track and the main track. but i was relieved yesterday when they said he performed smf 😌 anywayfddh im dumb. i can't wait to see the performances heheh <33

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

Hits House 2001, Vol. 2 2001 House

Alright, well, I don't know how necessarily true this is, folks, but if you look at the back cover of this CD here from France that's packed with a full helping of house gems and jams from the early 2000s, you'll notice that a whole lot of these tracks are marked as being exclusive. And the label that put out this comp, Absolute Sound, which is a sublabel of another French company called Happy Music, *did not* go on to then release most of these 'exclusives' as 12-inches on either their own label or on Happy's. And some of these were pretty popular, well-distributed tunes too!

So either I have a really great comp on my hands here that played a significant role in partially shaping the sound of house music for 2001, by publicly serving up a bunch of tunes for other labels across the globe to then pick up, or maybe that 'exclu' label is being used a bit more gratuitously than it would seem to imply 🤔. Being that none of the songs on this CD are the full-length versions, the specific edits that were supplied on this release could've been what earned them their 'exclu' tags in the first place (which would feel like a little bit of a sleight of hand), or perhaps these songs' inclusions on this CD marked their first ever official appearance in France? 🤷‍♂️

Either way, while the fact that all of these tunes are cut annoyingly short and aren't afforded the necessary breathing room in order for them to achieve their full, delicious impact, it really can't be denied just how chock-full of bangers that this album still is. I think 20 out of 22 of these songs came out in 2001 itself, so let this be an opportunity for you to transport yourself back to that year and allow some of its finest house tracks to just wash over you for over an hour 😌.

Now, it's not very easy to pick a favorite among this batch, but I think Sandy Rivera and LT Brown's "Come Into My Room" might be the one. First of all, it's, of course, a tune that uses the extremely popular filter technique—that approach where certain elements get looped repeatedly, and sound like they're being submerged underwater at first, but then progressively continue to sound clearer and clearer, until they satisfyingly breach the surface. This concept was all the rage in the global underground house space for a long while it seems, and yours truly still happens to be a complete and total sucker for it 😋.

And while its constant implementation can be seen as an unfortunate means to reducing house music down to something that's more formulaic, filtering still has a natural way of generating a level of anticipation for the listener, as they know to await and enjoy the climb-up to that peaking breach, and it also automatically means that, in a genre that's often ridiculed for its overall repetitiveness, that because of the filtering, although the elements themselves will be much the same, they won't actually sound exactly alike with each successive bar, which ends up lending the song a little bit more variety than what was once standard.

So, yeah, I love that track; and not just because of the filtering itself—because there's sooooo many filter tunes out there—but because of what that filtering is applied to: a constantly chirping lead pair of guitar notes and a contrastingly deeper synth piece that accompanies them, which is also further enhanced by some rumbly bass pulsations too.

And another thing that I think's worth mentioning is that Sia—yes, that Sia—is on this release as well. Maybe you're not aware, but long before she went on to become a total 2010s pop sensation who donned her own intriguing face-obscuring wigs in order to retain a semblance of much-desired anonymity, she had actually already been active as a solo musician for well over a decade, and this somewhat popular house remix of her "Drink to Get Drunk," which was done by UK duo Different Gear, is a pretty good one that matches her unique voice to an electro-dubby synth melody.

So, at the end of the day, while every single song on here is most likely better enjoyed in its full-length version, this still makes for a pretty terrific time capsule of house music from 2001. I'm highly skeptical that most of the songs that are labeled as exclusives are actually exclusives though, but if they really are, then damn, is this thing extra special then!

Highlights:

Kings of Tomorrow - "Finally" Lil' Devious - "Come Home" Slow & Newland - "Being in Love" Soul Dujour - "Here We Go Again" Modjo - "Chillin'" Deep Swing - "In the Music" Different Gear vs. Sia - "Drink to Get Drunk" Sandy Rivera feat. LT Brown - "Come Into My Room" Harry "Choo Choo" Romero - "Tania" Gypsymen - "Babarabatiri" Banda Sonora - "Guitarra G" Freshmove feat. Darryl Pandy - "You Can Do It" Intrallazzi & Fratty - "The Love (L'amour)" Cerrone - "Give Me Love" Static Revenger - "Happy People" Simpson Tune - "Bring It Down" Eminence feat. Kathy Brown - "Give It Up"

[mycptsdstory]

Okay, so I had to share because I'm sooooo happy with my collection 😍

And yes, this is Monster by Naoki Urasawa and yes, the dvds were expensive!!! Found them on eBay. And no, they don't play in England. I had to buy a multi region DVD player, since they were made in Australia, Region 4. So even in America, you can't play them. Here's a link to get one in the UK, they gave me a free HDMI lead, which I thought was cool.

So I know I post about my mental health a lot and teaching people about CPTSD. Even if you have it or a loved one has it, I'm happy to help anyone out.

I've been looking for years to get my hands on Monster the dvds and this year, I finally got it. Since this year too, I've been collecting my favourite things. I was finally able to finish collecting the manga. I started when I was living in the Refuge to escape my family, but I couldn't afford it. Being in that toxic drama group didn't help either, I was spending money that I didn't have. So since I left, I can finally afford dolls and my manga collection.

I'm over the moon. I'm so happy that I finally got my favourite anime and manga of all time. I wish I could get the official merch, one day maybe.

[moonlatias]

Chia, Jasmine, Nutmeg for the "get to know me" ask game!

chia ⇢ what’s an inside joke you have with someone else?

Hm, what's an inside joke that wouldn't be too difficult to explain... lol.

Sometimes when we answer the phone with each other, my husband and I answer it thusly: "Moshi moshi? KAA-BI DESU"

Inspired by this dialogue from a Kirby radio CD (this animation is the best too): https://youtu.be/jSD3vrR2HxI

Naturally this only works when we're NOT answering the phone in a populated area. Well, at least not if we don't want a lot of strange looks...

We... reference stuff a lot. xD

jasmine ⇢ do you have a movie or book you loved but will never watch/read again?

To be honest, I rarely watch movies over and over anyway... you're lucky you can get me to sit down long enough for one. My attention span is... fickle.

But! I guess I would say Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Specifically because I was sooooo excited to see these movies and really loved being there in theaters experiencing it for the first time. I am, indeed, a MCU fangirl (though only for phase 1--I have no real plans to continue keeping up with it going forward), and the MCU movies genuinely are what sparked my interest and liking of superheroes. Prior to that, I was extremely lukewarm on superheroes and really didn't care for the genre at all.

And while I think the last two Avengers movies were incredibly meaningful experiences to me, and I truly enjoyed them and how they wrapped up the main story (more or less), I would never watch them again because it wouldn't have the same impact. If I were to watch them again I'd just be nitpicking all the dumb plot details, thus ruining my happy memories of them. ^^;

I can reflect on that period happily, because I did genuinely have a lot of fun memories sharing the movies with my husband and my family. I don't think the MCU can be the same for me going forward (I'm not super big on multiverse stuff, especially with THAT many characters and worlds), but it still has a fond place in my heart. :)

nutmeg ⇢ how’s your room/home decorated? do you have a specific theme or style going on?

I don't really feel like I do, but I think I try, at least? When I was growing up, my family never really... decorated the house all that much. My mom made efforts to, but because we were a military family, we never stayed in one place for more than 3-4 years at a time, and we weren't allowed to damage or alter things too drastically in our rentals/base housing, so... decorating was kind of temporary and minimal? So I never had a great sense of decorating, and the idea of even hammering a nail in a wall is shocking to me.

Ever since we bought our own house, though, we've been making efforts! Our whole downstairs is mostly modernist style, with various quirky pictures on the walls (so far we have a coffee picture, a giant framed picture of a chicken with a bowler hat signed by Alton Brown, and a portrait of a ghost painted by my brother-in-law).

The library has more darker colors in the furniture, and eventually I want to slap more stuff on the wall to make it feel closer to that scholarly, library type setting. (Not TOO stiff and formal, though... I do like to relax in there; it's the quietest room in the house!)

The computer lab is full of gamer/nerdy stuff. It's also sort of a mess. Eventually I want to put decals on the wall behind my computer to spice things up.

Our bedroom is... kinda trying to be boudoir in theme, though I'm not sure if the furniture quite matches that vibe. I guess the color helps me pretend it's more antique, and all the other decor in the room helps lend itself to that, lol. xD My altar lends itself to the decor somehow, and I do end up feeling more witchy whenever I do stuff there. Somehow.

I guess it was pretty magical, the way we crammed the bed from IKEA into my tiny hatchback and managed to get it home...

...

Haha, I guess I ended up rambling a lot, but... thank you for the ask! It was a lot of fun! ^^

[givemeasword-callmequeen]

The last thing i would have expected this year was an reunion of Big time rush

But I'm happy that it happened

[laitoslittlemacaron]

Some Laito Appreciation!💚💚💚

So, What do I Love about him:

Honestly, what do i not love about him? He makes me feel so so happy, for over 6 years now. I love him from the bottom of my heart and with all my soul.♡´･ᴗ･`♡ He's so unbelievably precious, important and special to me, I really want to make him feel happy too, he deserves so so much. And I hope that someday i can find someone in real life who can give me such strong lovely feelings..

Anyways, for me, he's such a well-written, amazing and the most interesting character. He has so many layers and sides, there is so much personality and so many hidden thoughts and feelings inside him. There are so many details. So much to love. And to understand, comprehend and analyze what's going on inside his mind, not to mention just how intelligent he actually is. I cant really say what it is but there just is something about him i cant explain, which makes me just super addicted to him.

Especially his way of using and playing with words. There often is this Dark Poetic way of talking, with quite a bit of Horror in this Aesthetic way, i loveee it. Just, dark poetry, but more bloody. Cruel and twisted but still beautiful in it's own way. These specific metaphores he uses, these comparisions he makes, those references, sometimes he gets philosophical and i love a lot of the specific words he loves to use. (」ﾟﾛﾟ)｣♡♡ And have a special mention for when he goes Yandere/possessive please ovo♡

But right next to his sadistic word play he can also get really romantic, not that often, but it stuns me everytime he does it. How can you make such beautiful sentences and comparings♡´･ᴗ･`♡ (And theen destroy them in the next few seconds to keep your mask x'D ) And for example the fairy tale references he sometimes makes! There are so many favourite moments i have as well!

Or when he finally opens up and not locking away his heart and feelings anymore, which takes so much time and work, how truly and genuine he means his love then..o(╥﹏╥)o❤ And how, Protective, he is then!!💕 and how he is able to handle serious and dangerous situations(to protect you..)!! Its so amazing. also oml his "ideas" and date ideas,, owo And I love how sensual he is and what he does and likes to do (okay most of it XD boi can be psycho) , you would'nt believe me how fast i get hug starved, i think i would have died by now if i didnt have all this cuddle stuff of him XD And hell yesss to when he calls you a princess and carries you like one!♡♡♡

Also he's the one you can have the most fun with and do the most stupid things with. Just think back to the halloween cd for example xD Or the make-up cd! (And pranks pff) He's pretty often the only one or one the few who's up for fun stuff, or how he was the one who planned your birthday party while trying to convince all the other ones:'3 Oh to go over a fun fair with him or to my favourite theme park qwq❤ He also can be sooooo adorable sometimes i cant even.. And he makes me laugh so much! He can be so funny. This also includes some of his ideas(and being fully confident in them) (its also stuff like him calling himself a gentlemen which cracks me up; or him being whiny for attention or pretending to be sick)..x"D Especially in scenarios with his brothers, oof i cant. Also him, teasing, his brothers, for example putting a bow into Subarus hair?? omygod.. And then other times he plays the big bro.. :') or sometimes plays the little brother, making them feel horrified xD

Ah andddd i can take PuriKuras with him!! That was way too cute (╥_╥)♡ And i can drag him with me on every rollercoaster!! hehehe ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌ ♡♡ Aand into every cute cafe as well since he enjoys them as much as I do! He can also dance the waltz 🥹💖💖

Can we also please appreciate his voice?? It's so smooth and absolutely beautiful. Thank you for making me feel happy, making me laugh, calming me and making me nervous as frick, strongly giving me the doki-doki's, goosebumps and many many heart attacks. (and for the Voice Drops!!!♡♡ hehehe ovo and these dangerous sounding breath-ins (???idk what to call it but i luv) ah and the little giggles x'D) also wtf hirarin how are u so good at this, like, way too good,, ??¿ ?????

I also want to mention that his eye colour (Green-Turquoise, "Viridian") is exactly!! my favourite colour (◍•ᴗ•◍)💚 also goddamn, his beautiful eyes. Way too pretty, with that gaze in them. And he rly does have style👀 And oof his beautiful autumn coloured hair. i want to run my fingers through it and make him a ponytail. Maybe braid it a bit or give him twin tails for fun👀 Ah i know he doesnt play it very often but i lovee the sound of Piano, so when he does i would love to just listen to him play♡´･ᴗ･`♡ And i reallyy reallyyy want to give him a smooch on his cute birthmark 👀❤

What also makes me happy is that he loooves Macarons! They're my favourite thing to bake and ive gotten really good at them (´∀｀)♡ I would love to bake them for him whenever he asks for, and whatever flavour he wants ♡´･ᴗ･`♡💚 And I want to take him with me to my favourite Patisserie!

Okay i think that's enough for now😂💚 I tried to keep it short xD there are quite a few things im too embarassed to admit lmao but in conclusion; Laito I love you so goddamn much, I'm going to explode. 🥺👉👈💚

//I know today is favourite moment/quote day but there is way way too much i dont want to spam whole games and cds😭😂💕/

[bonesandthebees]

yes it is I moon anon back from the dead! I live to see another day fools/aff

so I read the first chapter of honey and tangerines and HOLYY/pos the vibes, bones, the VIBES. immaculate. also the CD titles and the Polaroid photos? they are such a great insight into what kind of person Wilbur is in this fic so far. I also really enjoyed the conversation tommy and the others have at the pub. it felt so natural and so warm I giggled so many times oh my god it was perfect. also Wilbur being an archivist librarian really fits him a great choice truly. this man out here wearing sweaters during the dead of summer? me too it’s okay king. jack killing the cactus sent me to the moon with giggles. in short, this first chapter added like 30 years to my already philza minecraft looking lifespan, and I am so excited to keep reading. thank you bones and sorry for the obnoxious rant 😭🤚.

-🌙

HI MOON ANON!! welcome back!!!

awww this is so sweet i'm so glad you're enjoying honey so far!!! i literally have SUCH a specific aesthetic and atmosphere for it in my head. it's perfectly encapsulated by things like CD's and polaroids, golden hour lighting, sharing a tangerine or a handful of berries with someone, old books and oversized sweaters... it's all there floating in my head and im just picking and choosing random bits to toss into the fic. it's literally just my vibes fic it's sooooo self indulgent

also thank you i am firmly on the stance of modern au c!wilbur just feels like he'd be an archivist librarian, or do something with books or documents like that. he has the energy of being an overzealous history or literature major, y'know?

jack killing a cactus was based off the fact that i've killed a cactus before. no i don't know how i did it and no i didn't overwater it i swear.

this wasn't obnoxious at all tysm for this!! it makes me so happy to hear you're liking it so much so far :D I hope you enjoy the rest!