#source : welcome to the black parade

[spittingoutthebloodandscreaming]

My Chemical Romance at the Verizon Wireless Arena, 22/02/2007, taken by placeofsecrets on livejournal

[z0mbiefrank]

i have a lot of thoughts i'd like to document about mcr's auckland show, but here's just some of the things gerard said that hit me particularly hard.

first off, of course, we have the quote of the whole night, which i'll try not to dwell on too much.

"In the face of extermination, say fuck you."

there have been many posts about this. despite it not being included in the live stream, this video swept the dashboard. there is a pride flag front and centre in the audience. gerard is barely visible but all we needed was his voice. within hours it had inspired countless textposts and art pieces. i know i'm not the only one who cried. it is exactly what i needed to hear during this time of trans rights being rolled back all over the world. then came this video where you can see gerard. they walk right to the front centre stage, legs planted strongly in their skirt and tights, face set with intent, and he spits out those words for the whole world to hear.

now this next one i have not seen any posts about, but it struck a chord with me anyways. before planetary go they speak to the audience:

"You all look wonderful. You do. I see you when the lights are bright on us. I see you. Don't worry, I see you. There's some wonderful costumes. If they're costumes. Are they costumes?" The audience yells back with a resounding "No!" source video

every night my chemical romance performs, they look out to a crowd of visibly queer people staring right back at them. my mcr show was the first time i saw my trans best friend able to walk into the men's bathroom with his head held high. recently there has been a huge onslaught of anti-transgender laws across the world. i'm sure we've all seen posts pointing out that gerard's cheerleader dress they wore in Nashville would now be illegal. the new tennessee bill bans "male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest." many people have claimed the bill is 'only' about drag performers, as if that would make it okay, but we know that is not true. right-wingers have proven time and time again they view trans women as nothing more than "female impersonators". they treat transgender bodies as nothing but a fetish, or a prurient interest. they argue against gender-affirming medical care on the same phone they use to watch transgender porn. they believe transgender identity and queerness is a costume. it is something we can take on and off. something they can ban and eradicate from their country. but it's not a fucking costume. it's who we are.

which leads me to the encore. this was the only show during their tour with a planned one-song encore (excluding festivals), and that song was their most famous of all time, welcome to the black parade. the band walks back on stage and the only thing gerard says is

"Be who the fuck you are." video

an incredibly important statement that has always been a core part of my chemical romance's message. but with everything that's been going on, with frank saying one of his favourite thing about these tours is "g being able to just be himself", with gerard's gnc outfits making headlines, i feel like that was the perfect sentence to close the show

[gwhiz-138]

Black Parade Mask 

* Handmade Papier Mache Mask sourced from Mexico by Colleen Atwood and worn in the filming of My Chemical Romance’s “Welcome to the Black Parade” music video

Gerard Quote: “I got to keep some of the masks used in Sam Bayer’s music video for ‘Welcome To The Black Parade’, which was awesome. One of the things Sam was able to do was introduce me to Colleen Atwood, one of the most celebrated costume designers in Hollywood, after I expressed a great interest in working with her on the band’s Black Parade uniforms, which I had been making doodles of for a couple months. The first thing to know about Colleen is that she’s not only insanely talented, she is one of the kindest, sweetest human beings I have met in my life, and I am very grateful we became friends through working together. I also learned a ton from her, and after the shoot and the working experience, I desperately wanted to become an apprentice of hers– just to hang out and make stuff and keep learning. A little background on Colleen is that she has been working on films for many years. She has received several Academy Awards for costume design, and she is the woman responsible for dressing the characters in everything from Memoirs of A Geisha to Edward Scissorhands, creating his iconic look for the film, along with the rest of the cast and many others. Colleen had discovered a group of mask-makers in Mexico that she loved, of which she asked to make her hundreds of masks for the shoot. I remember her explaining all the reasons she was drawn to their work, what she thought was special about them in their simplicity. I thought they were great, and it was truly a sight to see the scores of extras wearing them during the shoot, making up the bulk of the ‘black parade’. Over the years I have given one or two of these away, and I brought the remaining masks to the video shoot, ‘A Summoning’ as props or set-dressing easter-eggs. The Summoning video was used to accompany the announcement for MCR’s 2020 Reunion Tour, which would have been a very different experience had it occurred. After this finds a new home, I believe I will have three left.” - G (x)

[angstics]

on my chemical romance's history of racism:

(edit: i wont rewrite anything since that will create discrepancies in reblogs. however, i will include these important additions: post 1 and post 2)

cultural appropriation is a neutral term that turns negative when people co-opt a culture without consideration to its people and history, or their prejudices and privileges. the rising sun japanese flag is an imperialist symbol used during japan's occupation of other countries from 1870 to 1945 (the guardian 2019). unlike other symbols of terror, the rising sun is normalized because of the japanese government's refusal to acknowledge its history. the symbol's meaning was popularized a few years ago when people from south korea protested its legality in the 2020 tokyo olympics (bbc 2020). aware or unaware of its history, americans have long appropriated the rising sun. in part because of their fascination with japanese art, in part because of orientalism -- a fixation on asian cultures that centers "exoticism".

my chemical romance has been associated with the rising sun symbol a couple of times. frank iero used to have a tattoo of it. gerard way designed frank's killjoys outfit to include it (seen in concept art and music videos). it is often used in mcr fanart.

tokenism is when something contains limited diversity to divert criticisms for the lack of it. my chemical romance has had a very white cast of characters in their music videos and stories. in the "i dont love you" music video, a main character is in black body paint. in the casting call, they specifically asked for a white man (there is 100% an online source -- please let me know if you have it). even casting a black person for this role would place him in a video that appropriated his skin color to mark his "difference" from the light-skin female character.

the female character points to the band's main problem with tokenism. if they arent casting a white woman, theyre casting a light-skin asian woman. the woman in the "i dont love you" mv is fetishized for physical traits stereotypically attributed to east asian women: big eyes, daintiness. east asian women feature most prominently aside from the band and main characters in the "welcome to the black parade" music video and photo shoot. the photoshoot is the only place where an ashy-faced black man and ambiguously tribal? brown man are seen (brought in by photographer chris anthony per the "making of the black parade" book). the director antagonist of the danger days music videos (shown in "sing") is a japanese woman. she is the only main character of color in the music videos and the killjoys: california comics. the focus of this post is on my chemical romance, but the comics are important to showcase that the reality is never "color-blind casting" or "limited roles". it's mostly white creatives (band members and directors and artists) who ignore non-white people when they cant use them, reflected as much by gerard way years later (nyt 2019).

"japan takes over the world" is a media trope that is built on the late 20th century fear of the return of imperial japan. this trope frames japanese people as unique aggressors, feeding into "yellow peril" fears of asian people "taking over" the white race. this trope is suggested all over the danger days universe, where the corporation BL/ind overthrows the US government. the appropriation of the japanese modern flag and lettering on the killjoys outfits, the primary BL/ind villain being a japanese person who only speaks japanese in videos, the official BL/ind website having a ".jp" domain and english-japanese translations. japanese people and culture only exist in this universe to decorate and threaten.

the point of this post is not to punish my chemical romance. in the decade+ since, they have made meaningful changes -- the sing it for japan project to aid japan during the 2011 earthquake-tsunami, developing diversity in gerard's comics / tv show, a mexican-american main character in the 2020 summoning video. people of color treated as real goddamn people.

however. all these faults exist in frozen time. there is no discussion attached to the work. so anyone, fan or casual, may come across it and not notice or care for these important issues. i know all this shit and i still fail to see instances of what i highlighted. it's difficult locating not only your own prejudices but those of others. those you look up to.

"my chemical romance" is the product of many people from 2001 to 2013. many of these people were male, white, american, and/or, most radically, liberal. clearly laying out what they did wrong is important. being careful with history and culture and personhood is important. prioritizing growth is important. constantly. forever.

[chacha-5]

When We Were Young, Las Vegas, Nevada 10.19.2024

📸 by Peyton Grufik

Source: idobi

The End.: https://youtu.be/AK1VGOWfDTU?feature=shared

Dead: https://youtu.be/hc5hKSfh8_0?feature=shared

Welcome To The Black Parade:

https://youtu.be/4xYjBqdnoM8?feature=shared

[thevelaryons]

All throughout Fire & Blood, Alyn has a tendency to find himself in the middle of various couples’ relationships. Whether it’s intentional or just a complete coincidence is debatable.

There’s whatever was going on in the Stepstones. Racallio clearly desired Alyn but he also wanted to see Alyn bed his wives. Was it just a ploy to make Alyn more willing to the idea of bedding Racallio later on or was there some sort of spouse sharing happening here?

Racallio kept him for more than a fortnight in his sprawling wooden fortress on Bloodstone.

[…]

When he did, the “Queen” was so delighted with him that he sent two of his wives to Oakenfist’s bedchamber that night. “Give them sons,” Racallio commanded. “I want sons as brave and strong as you.” Our sources are at odds as to whether or not Lord Alyn did as he was bid.

In the end Ryndoon allowed that the Velaryon fleet might pass, for a price. He wanted three ships, an alliance writ on sheepskin and signed in blood, and a kiss. Oakenfist gave him the three least seaworthy ships in his fleet, an alliance writ on parchment and signed in maester’s ink, and the promise of a kiss from Lady Baela, should the “Queen” visit them on Driftmark.

— Fire & Blood, Under the Regents

There are rumours abound that Alyn may have had a fling with Princess Aliandra. She was being courted by many different people at the time, including a certain Lyseni who was also the only one who Alyn was seen alone with. Later on, it’s revealed that Aliandra takes that very same Lyseni, Drazenko, as her husband.

Aliandra Martell, Princess of Dorne, came out to meet with him, accompanied by a dozen of her current favorites and suitors. The “new Nymeria” had just celebrated her eighteenth nameday, and was reportedly much taken with the young, handsome, dashing “Hero of the Stepstones,” the bold admiral who had humbled the Braavosi. Lord Alyn required fresh water and provisions for his ships, whilst Princess Aliandra required services of a more intimate nature. Bastard Born would have us believe that he provided them, Hard as Oak that he did not. We do know that the attentions the flirtatious Dornish princess lavished upon him much displeased her own lords, and angered her younger siblings, Qyle and Coryanne.

— Fire & Blood, Under the Regents

Again he sailed along the parched, dry coasts of Dorne, this time beating eastward. Princess Aliandra was pleased at his return to Sunspear, and insisted on hearing every detail of his adventures.

[…]

It was at her court at Sunspear, during the Maiden’s Day feast (the very day that a thousand maidens were parading before Aegon III in King’s Landing), that his lordship was approached by a certain Drazenko Rogare, one of the envoys that Lys had sent to Aliandra’s court, who begged a private word. Curious, Lord Alyn agreed to listen, and the two men stepped out into the yard, where Drazenko leaned so close that his lordship said, “I feared he meant to kiss me.”

— Fire & Blood, Under the Regents

Then there is the close friendship between Alyn and his family’s former enemy, Lyonel. This closeness also extends to Lyonel’s wife, Samantha. The three have similar insolent natures so it makes sense why they mesh well with each other.

Lyonel Hightower himself came forth to meet them and welcome them to his city. The courtesy with which Lord Alyn treated Lady Sam warmed Lord Lyonel to him immediately, and the two youths struck up a fast friendship that did much to put all the old enmities between the blacks and greens to rest.

[…]

By that time, he had become close to Lady Sam as well as to Lord Lyonel, though whether he had any part in the writing of her infamous letter remains a matter of conjecture.

— Fire & Blood, Under the Regents

His lordship made a brief visit to the Arbor, as Lord Redwyne’s guest, and a longer one at Oldtown, where he renewed his friendships with Lord Lyonel Hightower and Lady Sam.

— Fire & Blood, Under the Regents

[current-mcr-news]

Hi, love the blog and this might seem very random but you all have the most complete current collection of their social media posts so here goes: my friend and I found a video clip of Frank posted on a now defunct Twitter hourly acct. It's very similar to the one where he plays Thank You for the Venom but in this he has a different shirt and plays Welcome to the Black Parade instead. Included a cap from the video for reference. Was this possibly from one of his IG stories? We can't find the source or video anywhere but that one dead Twitter. Thank you so much in advance for any info you may have!

I don’t remember where it’s from but maybe someone else does?

[earlycuntsets]

FINAL INTRO POST OF TIME

earlycuntsets (mcr) blog

abrandnewshadow blog (personal blog where there will be frank)

I was thinking it might make sense to actually describe this blog's purpose for once. I do a few things for fun on here that like minded people may find interesting resonate with. what to expect:

sourced mcr content and sometimes transcriptions/translations for mcr scans (all done by google and scans mainly from old websites). sometimes I find cool ones. I have all the ones from mcrhollywood on my website (earlycuntsets.org) and that's hundreds of scans. or go to mcrhollywood. I will always have it linked.

I like to find old websites/aol icons/graphics that about/related to mcr from the old web. I make gifs of old mcr sites because I have an unhealthy fascination with them. this is just a place for me to share the things I think are cool, if others find it cool that is even kooler.

like any mcr account, I try to find a mcr pics/content that are not as common. I do think maybe 40% of my posts are of lesser known mcr moments but "rare" is so subjective in the mcr online community. what's rare to someone isn't rare to another etc. and I don't think it's not a matter of "knowing mcr" or not. there truly is sooo much out there.

I try to make gifs of moments I think are worth watching over and over. some are from ancient crunche yt videos and some are from my mcr dvds and I try to find hq videos to gif.

I am always open to asks about any mcr mysteries or challenges are really fun to me. I've received some seriously cool ones in the past and it's always an honor to be considered someone worth asking. I have found mostlyy everything requested so far.

I am super interested in seeing what my friends/mutual acquaintances on here think is worth talking about. asks like that are more than welcomed!

I do not judge other mcr fans. if you enjoy checking out this blog, this is a safe space for mcr fans of any kind. (unless you happen to be an objectively bad person)

ty this has been early THE CUNT™ cuntsets

loll jk my name is chloe feel free to call me that

she/her

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[theroyalsims]

ELEANORE'S A BLONDE NO MORE! THE HARVELLES ATTEND NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTY IN COSTUME!

It's officially Spooky Fest and that typically means trick or treating and costume parties galore, and The Earl and Countess of Harvelle, with their little darling Lady Ella, were spotted attending one yesterday!

The entire family donned costumes for the neighbourhood bash, with Eleanore dressing up as a popular fairytale princess (complete with a black wig), while her real-life (former) Crown Prince dressed up as... well... Prince Charming. A little on the nose, yes, but it's also kind of adorable, especially if you add little Ella into the mix, who also came as a "princess" complete with a "golden" plastic tiara!

The family of three walked to the party, held a couple of houses down their country home. The party was a fun time for the neighbourhood kids to play, have fun, and indulge in sweets! One source shared:

"It was really for the kids, but the parents had loads of fun, too. There was good food and even greater company. There were about 20 adults and just as many kids. They had a clown and a bouncy house set up, too. There was a face painting booth and a photo booth. Everyone had a blast."

When asked about the Harvelle's attendance, the source further revealed:

"They've become part of the community. They know everyone and everyone knows them, of course. There were no curtseys or formalities - they came as Eleanore and Ibrahim and everyone adores little Ella. That girl is such a sweetheart. I think that's a huge part of why they love it here and they decided to settle here. We leave them be, give them their privacy, but at the same time we've let them know that they're welcome here."

However, not everyone is as "welcoming" to the family's choice of costume. Some commenters online have poked fun at the family's choice of outfits for the soiree. One person wrote:

"This is kinda sad and a lot hilarious. Ibrahim, in particular, should've thought twice about wearing that. This is a man who would've been a KING of a d*mn country. A REAL LIFE KING. And now here he is parading in a §10 costume, looking like a loon. Pathetic."

Another wrote:

"Eleanore's trying really, really hard to stay relevant and remind everyone that she's a princess. Yeah. You were. Once. And now you aren't. Because you were a massive spoiled brat and because you wanted to compete with your sister. But you'll never be Anya. This is so cringe. And the kid... I feel bad for her for being born into that mess of a family. Someone tell Eleanore her kid's no princess coz the queen didn't make her one. I give the whole "marriage" 5 years, tops. Their (sic) both narcissists and you just know that they're getting tired of each others (sic) crap. This is very desperate and so low even for them."

Well, you just can't please everybody, so it seems. For what it's worth, we think Lady Ella looks adorable, and we're 100% convinced every little girl deserves to be treated like a princess - royal or not.

Happy Spooky Fest to the Harvelles! 🎃

[sketchfanda]

Chestnut Stud Across the Multiverse Party :Chestnut Herrons

Magic Man, Devil Woman!!

Krillin had been finding his ongoing witness protection gig a handful to say the very least and that wasn't just due to the fact Larau had been insatiable with her "training" for dealing with the Herron girls. Oh no sir if anything his mission partner and commanding officer was a more than welcome source of relief because in the name of all that was holy, that the ever fuckmothering hell was up with these women?!! It couldn't be possible for so many of them to look the way they do, putting porn stars to shame which was saying something given his little side gig with Zigzag!! Sweet black on Popo he hadn't felt his libido build up so much since that long, slow spaceship ride to Namek, damn Bulma parading and prancing around ina tanktop and thong, fucking tease knew what she'd been doing!!

Really who could blame him when you had a baker's dozen worth of women who had tits and asses just begging to be groped, lips that screamed dick-sucking and oooh the way they dressed, or didn't in the case of that exhibitionist among them. And something told him they were well aware what he'd been getting up with Detective Reed, the lust in their eyes alone made their intentions clear and he knew it was only a matter of time before one of them made a move. And Laura couldn't always be around to gatekeep for his safety all the time, what with the responsibilities she had in keeping this assignment running smooth as possible. But of all those size queens when it came to coming off as intense, one in particular came to mind.

That being the Satanic goth known as Joy, he could swear there was something about her, just the way she always kept those ruby blood red eyes of hers on him at all times when he came into a room. Not so much mentally undressing him as rather thinking how delicious his soul would be when she'd suck it right out of him. He'd faced the likes of Buu and Frieza and somehow she was more terrifying....it was....scarousing to say the least. So of course in moments like that for relaxation, when Laura wasn't on hand to provide relief, he'd calm himself with a little meditation as he gathered and focused his chi, keeping his sinful erotic thoughts at bay.

But of course Fate has a twisted sense of humour as was the case in today's most recent session for keeping up his ki control techniques, who should happen to see him but the devil woman herself. Having come in to deliver his lunch for him had afforded her the surprise sight of seeing the family bodyguard radiating a glowing aura which in her mind meant only one thing. That Krillin was secretly a wizard, and of course she wants to learn magic so yeah, it was going to be one of those days to say the least. So now she wanted his soul and his secrets and she was going to get them even if she had to literally and figuratively suck them out of him!!

It was unreal how lightning fast a Herron woman could move when she enters that state of mind they could only achieve upon becoming borderline bitches in heat. Joy was certainly no exception as she locked the door and turned those scary blood red eyes his way, stripping down to expose that bombshell body of hers. There was no denying, like pretty much every Herron woman, she was a sexual work of art, even with that pale athletically toned tattooed body not looking out of place with those rocking tits and that fat bubble butt. And she damn well knew it, eyeing him up like the prey she saw him as she licked her violet painted, dick sucking lips as she pounced.

However as soon as they got to the bedroom, she found that she had overestimated herself and underestimated him, begging her short king with his magical cock to break her. The pair fucking like absolute wild primal beasts that you’d quite frankly be surprised if you weren’t hearing the dulcet voice tones of a British gentleman narrating this like part of some nature documentary. The devil,worshipping, occult focused goth size queen wantonly moaning as Krillin was plowing her in a halfway position between a piledriver and a mating press. Bubble butt jiggling with every impact of his pelvis and his swaying balls, the bed shaking and creaking as the mattress springs endured the intense pace of their fucking.

How she was loving every fuck damn second of it, who knew their 50 bodyguard was such a demon between the legs and in the sack? No toy she and Jacqui shared or traded between them had ever filled and stuffed them so Damn well, inches of that oak tree of a cock hammering away, the muscles of his compact frame bursting snd rippling with power. Ecstasy filling her satanic mind as she came to see Krillin in ether orgasmic haze as some sort of demonic beast, a devil laying claim to her in mind, body and soul. Taking her to his infernal kingdom to add to a no doubt sizeable collection of sluts, bitches and whores he’d claimed with his devilish talents in eroticism.

Of course Krillin was hearing say a lot of this out loud via her string of babbling dirty talk. He’d heard a lot of kinky things from of the women he’s fucked, from his wife to sex friends, that is when they could form a proper sentence. But Joy was quite frankly a freak of a different nature and he had to really put some major effort into satisfying before she said anything weirder or wilder.

After finishing, Krillin wonders if maybe Baba was looking for an apprentice. The elder seer sister of Roshi could certainly use a potential successor and protege to take under her wing and who knows? Maybe a little discipline might sway Joy from going down certain, dark twisted paths. If her dirty talk was anything to by, thst girl had some twisted little fantasies…..

As for Joy, who laid in the soaked sheets of the emoji shed bed, she dreamt sweet, sinful dreams in the afterglow in which she basked. Dreaming of Krilli as some goblin or oni overlord or a god of destruction. Dominating herself snd her family as he asserted his will upon them with his powerful cock, enslaving them to his raw, manly charisma. She wasn’t sure if he was indeed a magic man but damn if he wasn’t magic in the bedroom….

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brainy Babes stick together

Janine Herron, being the brainiac among her misfit clan, naturally has always looked up to one Bulma Briefs, seeing her as her idol and role model. Really why wouldn't she when someone like her had it all, beauty, brains and the wealth and success to match. When she wasn't thinking about big cocks and the peculiar sciences in regards to them and her family's genetic quirks tied to them, she'd often dream of the chance to meet and speak with her. What would she ask, the ideas they'd share, the back and forth brainstorming sessions...

So of course you can imagine her delight when Krillin let it slip that he knows her personally, a slip of the tongue as the pair sat together at the kitchen table in their safehouse. After a rather tame conversation that'd not been too erotic, with the egghead having expressed her admiration of Bulma, it just popped into his head. So now Janine, eyes twinkling with excitement, was begging to meet her and really, it was a challenge to even think of telling her no what with those big puppy dog eyes. So after running it by Laura, for the sake of permission and procedure, he had set up an encrypted video call and stood observing as the sexy science babes wasted no time in talking.

But of course just because she was the geeky one didn't mean she was any less a size queen slut than the rest of her relatives currently under his protection as Janine was giving out different ideas for the sex toy portion of the company, especially the Warrior Monks. Which seemed to be particularly intriguing to Bulma who had quite the quizzical look on her face before Krillin saw her get a look on her face that he recognised all too well as meaning she was up to some mischief. The Briefs genius woman then looked at Janine and said in no uncertain tone or terms to use him to show her what she can do. Adding to the cherry on top of this illicit sundae by revealing the aforementioned sex were based on none other than Krillin.

Naturally this got Janine excited as well as aroused as eager to show off for her idol, she jumped at the chance. Proceeding to start things off as she grabbed Krillin within her reach and pulled him for a kiss, enacting a deep passionate liplock which was really packing a lot of tongue. Bulma watching on as she licked her lips sensually in anticipation of what was sure to be a good show. It was pretty clear she and 18 shared that particular voyeurism streak when it came to him and other women, lord only knows what that long trip to Namek would've been like had the crew been her, him and another sexy female body to likely walk around in just a thong and a tanktop?

For the Capsule Corp CEO’s further enjoyment of course, her voyeur show only got better once Krillin started returning the make-out in turn, his hands feeling up the busty, curvy brainiac’s body all over in the right places. Clothes going flying off before Janine laid her eyes for the first time on the compact beefcake’s stiffening schlong, an awestruck expression on her face as her brain ran a mile minute. Oh she’d heard details and had some theories but to think such a little man could be packing such length and girth on him? This was well past any particular standards for Herron women, if anything it was a new record for the ideal cock!!

It was small wonder her brain and libido went hand in had in taking the helm of the controls, making her body move on instinct and go wil with assaulting that cock with pleasure. Almost forgetting Bulma was watching all this happen as she was practically making herself get facefucked, sucking and blowing on Krillin’s cock as she licked and blew it. Drowning it in her saliva as her dicksucking lips held a firm grasp on that shaft, making Krillin buck his hips in response. Which made Janine feel her pussy quiver and dribble with a growing need to have that cock wok it’s magic and fuck her so had that she’d feel like she was losing precious braincells.

Which pretty much became the case one the short king proceeded to do just that, the bimbo bookworm screaming like a sexual banshee as she was held up in the air by this sex god among men. Feet planted in the ground as he performed a standing fuck, arms hooked around Janine’s lovely legs with his hands grabbing her bubble butt. Bucking and pumping his hips as she found herself bouncing and riding on that jackhammering cock, making her drool from the rush of orgasmic energy surging through her. Her face making it plenty clear she felt like she was being fucked stupid which made quite a contrast with her particular, uniquely her style of dirty talk.

Bulma of course was loving each and every second of this live show, shamelessly playing with herself in her private office as she thrust a Warrior Monk dildo into dribbling pussy. Free hand playing with her tires as she watched Janine get taken through the Krillin style kama sutra from the full nelson rodeo to the prone bone powerplay and handling snout as well as every one of her rest lives who’d had the experience so far. Shuddering as she recalled those sweet, sexy times on that month long trip to Namek, among other such instances she’d gotten her dose of chestnut loving. Which reminded her, she really did need to make sure the latest batch of Warrior Monks were in need of their next test runs……

When it was finally all said and done, Janine sat in Krillin’s lap with her back pressed to his front panting as the afterglow took a hold of them. Bulma shuddering in her own orgasmic haze ashes grinned at seeing the brainiac Herron’s pussy overflowing, the short king’s cock still in there thanks to its tight embrace. Before the bookworm and the ceo soon got to talking business of course, regardless of the fact neither of them was in anyway decent. But hey details, right?

Krillin wasn’t paying much attention to the conversation, just tuning out as he knew he was going to need some liquid hydration and likely a sensei bean or two. But far as he could gather, seems like the two of them were hitting it off just fine and sure to get along famously. Oh if he only knew for sure just how true that would be, never mind how the rest of his Herron bodyguard experience would go. It was going to be a long, hectic mission to say the least….

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Avoiding Public Indecency

Now of course just because the Herron ladies were being kept under surveillance in witness protection didn’t mean they couldn’t be kept under lockdown, after all most of them would be sure to go stir crazy. Which meant that for Krillin, it was sure to one way or another wind up with the risk of one or more of those thirsty bitches going into heat and and want to pounce on him. So of course, per Laura’s insistence on procedure, if and when they had to get out and about in the city then it would be with Krillin as their chaperone, given his capabilities and skill. Not that it made some of them au less of a handful especially with the resident brats Jen and Jenna being how they were….

But in this case, today it was Victoria out wandering the city with him along as bodyguard, a first for the short king interacting with this blonde. Like any Herron girl, she was seemingly a wet dream given physical shape and form with the taste and style for fashion made to show it off but so far so good, she seemed to be one of the more better and well behaved ones. Was it really possible he had found the saint among the whole brood besides Vera? However that turned out to be a case of him just pretty much tempting fate as Victoria soon finds she needed to take her clothes off, right then and there in the goddam open!!

Yes this was our compact gentleman learned first hand a little detail about Victoria Herron, that she was a goddamn exhibitionist and he knew Laura would skin him alive with a stunt like this. So of course he wasted no time in scrambling into action as he grabbed her and got her out of the public eye but just barely as he now found himself naked in an alley way with her. Now in nothing but her her high heel shoes and a smile as she stood naked as the day she was born, shameless arousal on her face crystal clear. Yes indeed her exhibitionist streak had kicked in, the risk and thrill of almost if not nearly exposing herself like that combined with even the small risk of being caught turning her on.

Krillin he could tell he had just gone for the frying pan and into the fire as Victoria was no doubt entering that bitch in heat state of mind he found was a common trait of Herron women. Next to their obsessive fondness for big cocks and having stunning pornographic bodies of course and just his luck, this was the most absolute shameless exhibitionist among the bunch. The erectness of her nipples, the shameless using of her slit as her thighs became soaked, a puddle dribbling to the floor at her feet, he was dealing with a ticking time bomb here and he had to defuse it. But before he coild eben talk her down out of her lusty state of mind and try to get her back into her clothing, she was soon turning the charm on him and getting him stripped as well, making out with him as she caressed and locked lips with the compact stud.

The moment the kinky blonde freak shoved her tongue into his mouth was when the short king felt his libido kick into full gear as it took the helm. Returning the kiss much to Victoria's delight as she wasted no time in stripping him of his clothes until he was as naked as she was but the moment she got his pants and boxers off? The only thing drooling as much as her mouth was her slutty pussy as she beheld the glory of that full mast length and girth of pulsing fuckmeat standing to attention. Promising her that she'd be utterly destroyed, in her warped kinky mind as her arousal skyrocketed at the thrill of the risk of being caught out in the open in the act of rutting with this absolute unit of a sex god in a compact package.

Small wonder then that she was on her knees on the cool concrete floor, proceeding to commence with a deep, powersucking blowjob with an intensity that would make Jessica nod in pride and approval. Her lust drunk blue eyes looking up at the compact stud with total absolute worship and devotion as she licked and blew on his cock, lips kissing the base and his heavy balls with not a damn given about suffocating as she deepthroated him. Her delight only increasing with her horniness as she felt the short king buck his hips out of reflex in response as he aimed to sate this thrill seeking succubus. The sooner he got her off, the better they could escape being caught.

Which was easier said than done as the risk and sheer sexual thrill at being caught and seen in the act was pretty her fetish of choice and it showed. Screaming her lungs out as she moaned like a wanton hoe as she was currently bent over and pressed up against the alley wall, a raw ahegao expression on her face as she gasped with delight at the impact of Krillin’s jackhammering pelvis. Inches of his bitch pleasing womb hammer sinking away into her snatch as her bubble butt jiggled and her clit was smacked by those swaying balls. Her arousal only increased with orgasmic intensity as she found the little man having to get rough just to get her to try being quiet.

Now Krillin didn’t usually like to get too rough with a woman when pleasing her sexually but with Victoria and her being a Heron and all, it was a necessity. Hand covering her mouth to having to choke and strangle her or outright make her suffocate on his cock with heavy facefucking, whatever worked to turn her volume down. Which only added to her orgasmic bliss as she rode the tidal wave of pleasure that flowed throughout her every nerve, urging him on and finding he really got riled up being called Daddy. Victoria could definitely say, this made top of the list of her top 5 or 3 acts of exhibitionism to say the very least especiallt when he’d blow his hot, heavy loads….

When they were finally, thankfully done, the two quickly head back to the safe house, clothes in hand while still naked and hiding out of sight, Krillin praying that he avoids a public indecency charge. So damn thankful for being able to sense life energy as well as he could, really handy for dealing with a total exhibitionist. Olivier would not be happy with that incident report even if he happened to be her personal favourite unofficial comfort officer. She was so damn scarousing when she got mad......

Unknown someone actually did see them, recorded it and posted it online. Though depending who you ask, this someone seemed to like what they saw enough that it was shared only among a select few. but spread enough to rack up quite a number of views. I'm talking numbers mathmeticians have never even heard of here.....and yes 18 was among them and ooh did she liked what she saw. It was a while since this whole protection project started so seeing that her man was at least getting his balls drained around the clock was a nice peace of mind.

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Good Morning Wood

Krillin found it a miracle he could get sleep sometimes what with Laura and his ever increasing intimate interactions with the Herron Ladies. Quite frankly it made her unorthodox but effective "training" all the more effective at being put to to use and it certainly helped given his....wealth of experience so to speak. Now if only he could at least not have so many damn wet dreams, it was a hassle waking up with morning wood and not having Laura or any of prior Herrons he'd been freaky with beside him to help him out on easing it. Who knew the lovely Detective Reed had such an adorable look to her when she was sucking him off with a little surprise blowjob?

Funnily enough as the morning sun stirred him with its rays flooding his room, he'd found his current dream way too vivid and real when he grunted and groaned at the lucid sensations around his groin. It was then he finally woke up to find out what the hell was going on, seeing a very distinct female sheet under his bedsheets, meaning his source was the feeling of soft, skilled dick sucking lips. At first he thinks maybe it is Laura wanting some early morning fun once again that was however not the case when he felt a painful grip on his balls, causing him to finally pull his sheets away and sees it is none other than Jessica, the resident cum addict among the Herron ladies. The blowjob specialist no doubt had wanted a taste of Krillin after hearing one of his more recent escapades with her cousins, no doubt it had to be that one time or other in the sauna (you'll findout sooner or later, don't you worry).

Admittedly as much of a shock as it was, the raw primal lust in Jessica's blue eyes glowed and twinkled as she bobbed her head away, effortlessly deepthroating his shaft with powersuck intensity like just the taste and flavour of his pre was enough too make her want his seed all the more. Licking, slurping, blowing and sucking away with abandon as if making it clear she was more than willing and able to be his personal oral dicksleeve. And much more of course if he desired to also blow her backout with a little thank you for this erotic wake-up call, given how much of her love nectar was soaking the bedsheets. So as much as he should be annoyed right now, he couldn't deny that he was always a sucker for getting wake up calls like this, so what the hey right?

Krillin then proceeded to just go with the flow as he rested his hand on Jessica's head, grasping her blonde mane firmly while he adjusted his position to stand up. Feet firmly planted on the mattress while maintaining the connection of his cock in her mouth, he flexed his muscles and, to her sheer delight, began bucking his hips. Soon face-fucking the oral whore as glowing hearts formed in her eyes to the thrill of this big cocked short king taking the chance to assert his dominance like this. Krillin figuring since he was up, why not decide to use this early morning energy to build up a good appetite for breakfast, only for the quirky sense of humour of fate to rear her head and show her hand, as the door to his room was opened by Laura who'd come on over to be serve him breakfast in bed.

Now in a cliche sort of story or situation, you'd expect all manner of comical hijinx that would see Krillin get needlessly put through some grief but come on, really? You all know how this story is so of course the next thing the short king knew, Laura was in the bed beside Jessica as the pair seemed to duel for the attention of his cock. The dusky chocolate skinned officer doing her best to deal with the semen junkie Herron who seemed intent on sucking out his soul. Lips and tongues back and forth as his length and girth was plunging into their warm, wet mouths which caused him to buck his hips in response.

it wasn’t long before breakfast briefly became forgotten about as it was out aside, the bed shaking and rocking as this double team blowjob duel escalated into a full on threesome. Jessica sitting atop Krillin’s face as she had him eat her out while she leaned forward to lick away at the connected loins of him and Laura who currently rode him cowgirl style. The oral fixated Herron eager and thirsting for more of his cum, to feel his shaft stuff her mouth and throat once again and give her that delicious protein contained within his golden balls. And it omly got wilder and lewder from there.

A few of the other girls who were uo for breakfast were currently eavesdropping, ears pressed to the door as they listened in on this wild threesome. Having been concerned and curious as to where their cute little bodyguard was though some put two and two together once they figured out Jessica was missing. Mentally torn between feeling pissed because that damn jizz junkie best some of them to the punch and horny, feeling their slutty pussies quiver with thst deep, erotic thirst. Really wishing they had a mean to see inside the room because no way they could all crowd around the damn keyhole!!

Back inside of course, heedless of their unknown voyeur audience, Krillin still went at it with Laura and Jessica as the latter was shown to naturally be as much a freak for getting pounded in her ass and pussy but still nothing compared to how much she loved it orally. Laura of course driven by a sort of alpha female instinct to assert her dominance over the slut, reminding herself she was doing it to protect her compact partner from falling into the clutches of these damn size queens. Mentally claiming to herself it was for the sake of keeping him safe and focused on the mission, it wasn’t like she wanted to have him more to herself. Even if he was a hell of a sex machine in bed, he was really taking those resistance training sessions like a fish to water…

A couple of orgasms later, Jessica was having her limp, sated naked body hauled out by Judith, a fucked silly smile on her face as she rubbed her belly. She had to say that was some of the tastiest, mos filling sperm she’d ever enjoyed devouring, it was addictive. Well worth the lecture she’d no doubt get for trying to be a greedy, thirsty little cocksucker for sure. Though far as some of her fellows were concerned, she was going to have to learn a damn pecking order.

Laura:*Busy massaging a weary, spent Krillin in the luxury bath as she fed him that overdue breakfast. Feeling a small bit rightfully smug for managing to one over on a Herron even if it wasn’t Veronica as she helped ease any ache from having such an intense early morning fucking.*”And that right there is why you always got to keep your guard up around those thirsty bitches…”*Still having them all in one place focused ona guy like him? Certainly made this job a lot easier…and maybe just a slight bit fun.*

[un-deserts-your-bluffs]

this is not about jaws (1975), this is for introject ask meme for whoever wants to do it, i'll take a 21. What songs remind you of your source? thank u

Hello. Pokotho Here. Seeing As How I Am A Being Of Music, Most Of The Songs I Wrote For My Hive Mind Remind Me Of My Source- "Let It Out" Most Strongly, However. Additionally, All The Songs From Workin' Boys. My Husband (<333) Wrote It And I Love Him. and yk what two for one here hey it's lily and pretty much every mcr song reminds me of source but ig most strongly it's welcome to the black parade. that song fucks hard idc if its got 'weird' connotations weird is great

[capriciousleo]

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞 <𝟑

Hello and welcome to my blog, lovelies!! <3

My name is Laura, I am 20, and I go by she/her. I’m a sleep-deprived chaotic STEM major with dad humor, so what’s uppp?😼 It’s very nice to have you here!

Fun facts about your one and oni :

I am very interested about MBTI ! From around 3 years of digging info from multiple sources, I can proudly and surely conclude that I’m an ENTJ muahaha

I’ve spent 5-6 years deeply learning astrology and other forms of divination, and I consider myself quite knowledgeable! However, I am well aware there’s always a place to grow, and that’s precisely what I’m doing :) We love a self-aware qween

I’m a Ningguang main and kinnie, and I adore this woman so, so much. She’s my pookie. But, the moment I’ll get Ayato... I’m sorry Ning, but I think he will take your place, I don’t make the rules😔 You can’t blame me for going after what my heart tells me💔

My Genshin faves are: Ningguang, Ayato, Zhongli, Ei, Kazuha, Diluc, Nahida, Jean, Itto, Sara, Xiangling, Hu Tao, Capitano, Pantalone... I think this is enough, bc I feel that the list can go on for another 5 names😭

I am also an anime and manga fan!! My faves gotta be: Death Note, HxH, Kaguya-Sama: Love is War, Kakegurui, Death Parade, AOT, Junji Ito, and, ofc, Naruto which will always be my comfort anime :’) I also watched Black Butler, but I heavily prefer the manga instead. Now that I think of it, I need to catch up on it, I missed like 30+ chapters💀

In my free time I love crafting, so I usually go after knitting and embroidering!

I’ve also been learning how to play piano for the past couple of months!

Fav food: Mediterranean

Fav shows: Reign, AHS, Friends, Suits, The Crown, Downton Abbey, The Penthouse, Sky Castle, The World of the Married (yeah I watch k-dramas too teehee). If you have a good historical-style C-drama recommendation, pls tell me the name!! I’m a sucker for those😩 Actually, tell me all the shows you recommend, I’d love to add them to my must-watch list!!

Fav movies: The Godfather & The Addams Family

And lastly, my sweet kin-list: Ningguang, Zhongli, Ayato, Yae Miko, Kaguya Shinomiya, Tsunade Senju, Navier Trovi.

[lets-talk-spirituality]

https://www.tumblr.com/lets-talk-spirituality/723310673106468864/httpswwwtumblrcomlets-talk-spirituality72330?source=share

Thanks boo 😘🥰

Hellllllloooooooo, omg I had so much fun writing this, reading through everything and dissecting information. It reminded me how much I love to research and learn.

But buckle up peoples this is a long one. 

**Initial thoughts while watching the video (before any research or reading anything):

The ladder at the beginning

Is he finally coming down to earth? (The rover from mars, finally coming back down to earth.)

Where is he coming from and where does this ladder lead?

Was he up there looking for something?

Then later I had the thought if this was purgatory, but I’ll explain later

Celesine Venus and lyric matching

That caught my eye fast but I didn’t know where it was from 

Also the lyrics are matching what’s in the video, very show and tell because when he sings reading your horoscope we see the Celesine and a woman in the background with a book which has a zodiac sign (credit to this post for catching that https://www.tumblr.com/illicitaffairs1989/723335756122374144/harold-never-beating-the-im-still-thinking-about)

He’s on a roof when he sings that lyric 

And with the snake person, would she carry a antidote because she works with snakes?

Cloud Box

This caught my eye, and it could just be a transitional piece for the music video

But it was coffin like and represents the sky

And the way he bursts out and cuts to the cannon and him flying

Blue-and-yellow macaw 

Literally the only form of a blue bird we get but it’s mixed with yellow.

Any form of a true blue bird is missing

Santus Circus 

I wanted to check if this had any meaning and it’s an actual circus and they provide their equipment.

Which is pretty of cool of Harry and nice for the circus, hopefully they get tons of business now.

If anyone is interested here’s their social: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu4tb-dsQEr/?hl=en

Harry on a horse

At first I was like are you showing off, peacocking here cause he looks cute on a horse I will say

But it kind of interesting to end on this darker look but the contrast against the blue sky, chef kiss again.

Fashion

I alway love the styling and fashion choices in Harry’s work, they’re just a chef kiss. This video is probably my favorite so far. I loved the skeleton 

I loved the last outfit, the skeleton one (Welcome to the Black Parade anyone?) this was designed by Steve O Smith - highly suggest checking his work out, it really cool. https://www.instagram.com/steve_o_smith/?hl=en

Harry’s the only male and his place and role in the circus

Normally his videos feature a wide variety of people and genders 

And this one he’s surrounded by women 

Also what his role in the circus? Is he the ring master, what is his place? It feel like there’s something missing. A puzzle piece.

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**Initial thoughts on what lets-talk-spirituality wrote:

I love your poem, it’s like the state of celebrity and how we read gossip and find entertainment out of their lives and rough patches they go through and we forget that they are real people. And I feel for Harry, I feel since he started, people have said so many things about him, blown parts of his life way out of proportion and treat him like an object. And he was so young and had to navigate all that b.s.

The colors and Truman show: 

I noticed the colors as well, they felt familiar for some reason, but yes very vivid and dream like.

I haven’t watch the Truman show and I have to check it out, I know the concept of it, but it’s interesting. Why is he climbing back down. Was he made to climb back down? 

Mirrors:

Thank you! I was trying to figure out the mirrors at first.

I was thinking of the lyric “We don't really like what's on the news, but it's on all the time” and all the stuff that’s said about him

Self reflection and growth he’s going, maybe his spiritual journey, he’s learning and growing

Maybe he is in a time of self reflection, has he had time to reflect and also thinking about everything, he’s been on the go-go for so long.

Penny farthing bike and vintage circus 

Yes that’s for sure that kind of bike, and it’s interesting because I always found those bikes scary, I’m scared of heights so that fall would hurt.

And a pull from the wiki article: It became obsolete in the late 1880s with the development of modern bicycles, which provided similar speed amplification via chain-driven gear trains and comfort through pneumatic tires, and were marketed in comparison to penny-farthings as "safety bicycles" because of the reduced danger of falling and the reduced height to fall from.

Another interesting pull: Although the trend was short-lived, the penny-farthing became a symbol of the late Victorian era. Its popularity also coincided with the birth of cycling as a sport. Playing with symbols again.

Also I love the vintage vibe, I always noticed that with some of his music videos how he pulls from the past and the mood board for this video has a lot of vintage elements: https://www.tumblr.com/hldailyupdate/723293053705699328/moodboard-for-the-daylight-music-video-19-july?source=share, maybe his past lives and he has a love for the past, looking at the past, something is there.

But in this music video he’s playing with heights, and trying to reach heights, and there’s a risk when you’re doing these stunts and trying to reach heights. If you fall you’re going to get hurt bad. 

Charlie Chaplin:

Yes, let’s freaking go, I love old school Hollywood and the start of cinema, I don’t know if you ever listen to this podcast: http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com but its so good and gives great context to what was going on and stories lost to history. 

But things that stood out to me: The Tramp, as portrayed by Chaplin, is a childlike, bumbling but generally good-hearted character who is most famously portrayed as a vagrant who endeavours to behave with the manners and dignity of a gentleman despite his actual social status. 

Chaplin's social commentary, while critical of the faults and excesses created by industrialization, also shows support for and belief in the "American Dream".

The obsession of working with efficiency and assembly-line productivity ultimately drives the Tramp mad. This could be seen as "an attack on the capitalist rationalization of production." However, "the film also guardedly affirms American middle-class, particularly its optimism." For example, one sequence depicts the Tramp's dream in which he and the gamine live a traditional middle-class lifestyle.

Sad Clown:

Omg I think I missed this convo 😭, but I do remember the look and I was like another David Bowie inspired piece, ashes to ashes, funk to funky, We know Major Tom's a junkie, Strung out in heaven's high, Hitting an all-time low, Bowie’s character in that video is Pierrot. 👀👀👀

four horseman of the apocalypse

This is fascinating, I did see a white horse in the background of the YT thumbnail but we never see it in the video

This line you pulled is interesting: the third carries a balance scale, rides a black horse, and symbolizes famine. One of Harry’s signs is Libra and the symbol for Libra is the scales. The scales reveal Libra's need for justice, balance, harmony, and fair play. Libra's glyph is representative of an equal sign or the horizon with the Sun rising above it.

Celestine Venus

I have to check that book out, and the Venus thing, hmmm

The wiki for the book had this interesting line: The book is a first-person narrative of spiritual awakening. The narrator is in a transitional period of his life and begins to notice instances of synchronicity, which is the belief that coincidences have a meaning personal to those who experience them.

Him as the only man

I was trying to work through this, and that was a order of thought I had too, I always remember this clip from he James Corden show where he says its tough out there: https://youtu.be/Vc7IswqXN5U?t=170 

To the left, to the left!

This I did not think of! And holy crap what an interesting article and something I noticed but never gave much thought. Us humans are so fascinating the way we give meaning to things. But the idea of left and right holding meaning. 

The left symbolizes death or darkness I think we get sacred with death and darkness, but death could be a new beginning and darkness you’ll never know what you’ll find and he fell willingly. He’s taking the risk, hmmm

Napoleon and  horses in art:

Wiki for Napoleon section: The refusal to attend a sitting marked a break in the portraiture of Napoleon in general, with realism abandoned for political iconography: after this point the portraits become emblematic, capturing an ideal rather than a physical likeness.

And the whole Influences section.

And the horses in art article was very insightful, these two stood out to me:

Without a doubt, as we said earlier, some of the most famous horse paintings were created during the emergence of Romanticism. (Harry the romantic.)

Because they are not so ever-present in our society anymore, horses have stopped being such a frequent sight in artworks. Cars replaced carriages, tanks replaced cavalry and horse races, although still in existence, are generally interesting because of the betting and the money. It could be said that, in Contemporary art, the steeds could still be depicted for their graciousness and nobility, rather than a specific role they have in modern-day life. 

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**My thoughts / more in-depth:

*The Ladder*

This was bothering me, like it was the first thing, where is it going, why is he coming down from it. So I started looking into a ladder leading to the sky to figure out the symbolism, I was starting to think is it stairs to heaven? But it’s a ladder. And when I think of the sky I think of the heavens and space etc. But after finding what I found it made me think, is he in purgatory?

So what I found was the story of Jacob's Ladder, I’ll pull some interesting things:

Wiki Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_Ladder

Jacob's Ladder a ladder leading to heaven that was featured in a dream the biblical Patriarch Jacob had during his flight from his brother Esau in the Book of Genesis (chapter 28). The significance of the dream has been debated, but most interpretations agree that it identified Jacob with the obligations and inheritance of the people chosen by God, as understood in Abrahamic religions.

Biblical narrative

The description of Jacob's Ladder appears in Genesis 28:10–19:

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon the place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that **place to sleep. And he dreamed**, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, the LORD stood beside him, and said: 'I am the LORD, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee back into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.' And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said: 'Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.' And he was afraid, and said: 'How full of awe is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.' And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. And he called the name of that place Beth-el, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

— Genesis 28:10–19

Christianity

Jesus said in John 1:51 "And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man." This statement has been interpreted as associating or implicating Jesus with the mythical ladder, in that Christ bridges the gap between Heaven and Earth. Jesus presents himself as the reality to which the ladder points; as Jacob saw in a dream the **reunion of Heaven and Earth**, Jesus brought this reunion, metaphorically the ladder, into reality. Adam Clarke, an early 19th-century Methodist theologian and Bible scholar, elaborates:

That by the angels of God ascending and descending, is to be understood, that a perpetual intercourse should now be opened between heaven and earth, through the medium of Christ, who was God manifested in the flesh. Our blessed Lord is represented in his mediatorial capacity as the ambassador of God to men; and the angels ascending and descending upon the Son of Man, is a metaphor taken from the custom of dispatching couriers or messengers from the prince to his ambassador in a foreign court, and from the ambassador back to the prince.[6]

The theme of a ladder to heaven is often used by the Church Fathers. Irenaeus in the second century describes the Christian Church as the "ladder of ascent to God".[7]

In the third century, Origen[8] explains that there are two ladders in the life of a Christian, the ascetic ladder that the soul climbs on the earth, by way of—and resulting in—an increase in virtue, and the soul's travel after death, climbing up the heavens towards the light of God.

In the fourth century, Gregory of Nazianzus[9] speaks of ascending Jacob's Ladder by successive steps towards excellence, interpreting the ladder as an ascetic path, while Saint Gregory of Nyssa narrates[10] that Moses climbed on Jacob's Ladder to reach the heavens where he entered the tabernacle not made with hands, thus giving the Ladder a clear mystical meaning. The ascetic interpretation is found also in Saint John Chrysostom, who writes:

And so mounting as it were by steps, let us get to heaven by a Jacob’s ladder. For the ladder seems to me to signify in a riddle by that vision the gradual ascent by means of virtue, by which it is possible for us to ascend from earth to heaven, not using material steps, but improvement and correction of manners.[11]

Jacob's Ladder as an analogy for the spiritual ascetic of life enjoyed wide influence thanks to the classical work The Ladder of Divine Ascent by John Climacus.

Jacob's Ladder is depicted on the facade of Bath Abbey in England, with angels climbing up and down ladders on either side of the main window on the west front.

*Where’s the blue bird? / Why wasn’t he dressed as a blue bird?*

As I was surfing through Tumblr after the video dropped, I noticed some were asking, where’s the blue bird? Why wasn’t he dressed as a blue bird, why is he the yellow bird. And some confusion because he's singing about a blue bird but he's yellow. 

And I’m like exactly, and I’m like yes they’re catching on, because like we said he’s the yellow bird, he’s not fully free, he’s a performer, a singer, he can’t up and fly away. He’s stuck in this circus, practicing away. Not going back up that ladder. Who is this blue bird, talked about but not seen. Which leads to my next point.

*The missing presence / Make one's presence felt/heard/known*

There was a missing presence in the video, the blue bird, no where in sight but mentioned frequently. Felt in the area and in the lyrics. But where is said blue bird?

*The rainbow*

Somewhere over the rainbow, look at gifs two and four: https://www.tumblr.com/londonharry/723292594841501696/harry-styles-daylight-official-video?source=share

And heaven is somewhere over the rainbow.

Somewhere over the rainbow

Way up high

There's a land that I heard of

Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow

Skies are blue

And the dreams that you dare to dream

Really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star

And wake up where the clouds are far behind me

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

Away above the chimney tops

That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow

Bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow

Why then, oh, why can't I?

Somewhere over the rainbow

Bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow

Why then, oh, why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly

Beyond the rainbow

Why, oh why can't I?

*Harry on a horse / Tarot Symbolism*

So after the Celesine Venus and lyric matching and someone brought up on Tumblr the death card, I don’t have the link tho. But then cards started to pop into my head.

Death Card: Tho on the death card it’s normally a white horse and in the music video I can’t tell if the sun is rising or going down. I'm thinking its setting and its the golden hour.

Link: https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/death/

The Death card shows the Messenger of Death – a skeleton dressed in black armor, riding a white horse. The skeleton represents the part of the body which survives long after life has left it; the armor symbolizes invincibility and that death will come no matter what. Its dark color is that of mourning and the mysterious, while the horse is the color of purity and acts as a symbol of strength and power. Death carries a black flag decorated with a white, five-petal rose, reflecting beauty, purification, and immortality and the number five representing change. Together, these symbols reveal that death isn’t just about life ending. Death is about endings and beginnings, birth and rebirth, change and transformation. There is beauty in death, and it is an inherent part of being alive.

A royal figure appears to be dead on the ground, while a young woman, child and bishop plead with the skeletal figure to spare them. But, as we all know, death spares no one.

In the background, a boat floats down the river, akin to the mythological boats escorting the dead to the afterlife. On the horizon, the sun sets between two towers (which also appear in The Moon Tarot card), in a sense dying each night and being reborn every morning.

NOTE: The Tarot card meaning description is based on the Rider Waite cards.

The Fool: When he’s walking on the tight rope, he throws his head up to the sky and makes this gesture and then falls and I instantly thought of the fool. Link: https://youtu.be/-UJCMfuFtSQ?t=163

I think that’s my favorite part in the video, falling into the unknown, the leap of faith, that hopefully something is down there to catch you. Very brave.

Link: https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/fool/

THE FOOL DESCRIPTION

The Fool is numbered 0 – the number of unlimited potential – and so does not have a specific place in the sequence of the Tarot cards. The Fool can be placed either at the beginning of the Major Arcana or at the end. The Major Arcana is often considered The Fool’s journey through life and as such, he is ever present and therefore needs no number.

On The Fool Tarot card, a young man stands on the edge of a cliff, without a care in the world, as he sets out on a new adventure. He is gazing upwards toward the sky (and the Universe) and is seemingly unaware that he is about to skip off a precipice into the unknown. Over his shoulder rests a modest knapsack containing everything he needs – which isn’t much (let’s say he’s a minimalist). The white rose in his **left** hand represents his purity and innocence. And at his feet is a small white dog, representing loyalty and protection, that encourages him to charge forward and learn the lessons he came to learn. The mountains behind The Fool symbolize the challenges yet to come. They are forever present, but The Fool doesn’t care about them right now; he’s more focused on starting his expedition.

NOTE: The Tarot card meaning description is based on the Rider Waite cards.

*Height Themes*

Brining this back down from the bike section because its interesting, But in this music video he’s playing with heights, and trying to reach heights, and there’s a risk when you’re doing these stunts and trying to reach heights. If you fall you’re going to get hurt bad. 

*Breaking the 4th wall / Staring at the camera*

I have to go back and look at his other videos, only lights up comes to mind, but he’s making eye-contact a lot in this video. Which kind of breaks the story up a bit and makes it more immersive. But at the 2:35 mark really grabs my attention. 

*Also re enacting his childhood video?*

Someone posted this https://notoriousbeb.tumblr.com/post/723302511830843392/this-is-so-precious-i-may-vomit and I don’t know if its an actual video of him. But if so why is he reenacting this? Looking back at the past again? Where it all started?  

*Was Harry raised religious?*

I don’t want to pry into his life, but I’m curious because I feel like he throws a lot of religious symbolism and I feel like in past channeling he mentions religious things. But it's interesting.

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Totally separate from the music video but it came to me last night.

Was it all a dream?

Let me throw this out there. I was thinking about the past few music videos and the album as a whole. And I wonder, when we think of Harry’s House, we think of the physical space. The physical symbols, you are home door etc. But what if he was inviting us all into his mind, into his dreams? And I saw some comments that his videos don’t make sense,. But when do our dreams and fantasies we have in our head make sense? It’s our brain trying to figure out the outside world or its spirit sending out symbols. 

And when you look through his music videos through that lens and looking at dream symbolism that’s when it gets interesting and more fun as well. 😜🧐

I'll throw in one dream symbol I was looking into, which was for the ladder: https://www.auntyflo.com/dream-dictionary/ladder

But it’s just a theory, a 🕵️‍♀️ theory.

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Other interesting things I saw on Tumblr:

https://www.tumblr.com/haylorfan89/723353922505474048/i-found-sm-in-the-daylight-mv-it-looks-like-a 

https://www.tumblr.com/womanexile/723375221220966400?source=share

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I have the week off from work and I have been resting and working on getting my energy back.

But I hope you and everyone enjoys the read and I hope it inspires others to look and think what it can all mean!

I’m off to play some video games and rest some more. Have a wonderful day, I'm excited for Saturday and to feel the energy.

with love,

🕵️‍♀️

My love, you’ve truly outdone yourself. I’m hella impressed. And I definitely made some connections reading through this! I’m gonna go through and comment.

when he sings reading your horoscope we see the Celesine and a woman in the background with a book which has a zodiac sign

When I saw it was Sagittarius I immediately thought about him being on the horse later so I wonder if that ties in. Sagittarius is known for being the sign of higher education, philosophy, and religion, and it rules travel. It makes me feels like the horse at the end may symbolize him either beginning this journey to higher understanding or highlighting that he reached the Sagittarius state, like he’s more self aware and educated and worldly.

I loved the last outfit, the skeleton one (Welcome to the Black Parade anyone?) this was designed by Steve O Smith

Yes! Omg I didn’t even see that. But what a great reference.

Lyrics that stick out from that song: He said, "Son, when you grow up, Would you be the savior of the broken, The beaten and the damned?"He said, "Will you defeat them? Your demons, and all the non-believers. The plans that they have made?"

Here’s this dress I mentioned for others to see.

This is interesting because I’ve said Harry is aware of his role in the bigger collective. He knows his mission and you bring up the latter as a bridge between heaven and earth. I think Harry may see himself as this in between too. Not saying he thinks he’s a god but he’s aware others think that. Celebrities are treated like modern day Demi-gods. Omg this connects to another poem I wrote!

Would you leave demigod status

For a day upon the earth

Would you descend mt. Olympus

To heal me of my curse

Maybe he’s descending Mt. Olympus to mingle with mortals. We’ve discussed the deep Greek mythology references and I mean he did play Eros.

Harry’s the only male and his place and role in the circus

I want to add that he’s the only male presenting one, I saw somewhere else that there are men in the video but they aren’t overtly masculine. It’s interesting because of the discussions around his gender, and sexuality.

I was thinking of the lyric “We don't really like what's on the news, but it's on all the time” and all the stuff that’s said

That’s an interesting connection to make! When the TV is off, you can more clearly see yourself. It almost becomes a mirror.

Now I’m randomly thinking of the Greek myth of narcissus (yes where the word narcissist comes from). Basically narcissus fell in love with his own reflection “shut your mouth, open your eyes and see, I’m still the only one who’s been in love with me.”

penny-farthings as "safety bicycles" because of the reduced danger of falling and

Interesting because I think there’s a theme of fear of falling, or falling in love as dangerous, but he mentions it in many songs, literally falling. I totally think he has intimacy issues which can make falling in love scary. I can’t reference all his lyrics but some of the leaked ones had lines like “I could never get sick of you, I just bit off more than I could chew” ��who’s this man holding your hand” I think falling in love freaked him out.

The obsession of working with efficiency and assembly-line productivity ultimately drives the Tramp mad

I immediately thought of this lyric “Go home, get ahead, light-speed internet.” And “all we want is automatic all the time” and “tea with cyborgs.” Harry seems to reference dissatisfaction with our current society in some of his music and he seems to be commenting on humanity and it’s short comings.

Sad clown

Okay basically I was talking about how I think Harry sees himself as Pierrot and is always pining for his Columbine. The sad clown becomes friends with the moon. This character is supposed to be a comic relief character.

There’s also a famous song called Tears of a Clown, by Smokey Robinson

Furthermore, the sad clown is a trope in art and creates the Sad Clown paradox, which explores the link between depression and using humor as a coping mechanism.

https://medium.com/the-collector/interpreting-the-sad-clown-stańczyk-ffaff072e3d6

Vintage Circus

Okay! So I remembered after I posted my post yesterday about this tidbit I read at the Blues museum in St. Louis. It said that touring blues musicians started out touring with side show circuses as a way to reach people. We also see this in the Elvis movie, how Elvis started with touring with the local fair/circus. Many artists play fairs early in their career, specifically in the Country music field. Furthermore, the touring life is part of the circus as well as for Harry. There is a resonance there, it’s a similar lifestyle.

One of Harry’s signs is Libra and the symbol for Libra is the scales. The scales reveal Libra's need for justice, balance, harmony, and fair play.

Yes! I thought of this Libra connection as well. But also famine, when we think of famine we think of people who are hungry, he brings hunger. Think about the rabidity of his fan base. Starving for more always. Ties into music for a sushi restaurant video where he’s literally going to be devoured.

realism abandoned for political iconography: after this point the portraits become emblematic, capturing an ideal rather than a physical likeness

Yes! Isn’t that interesting because Harry in his career embodies an ideal. There’s commentary there about reality versus impression. And later you commented on how horses became obsolete and Harry discussed how Billie Eilish sort of helped him come to terms with his own obsoletion and how his fame and career may change when he stops being “it.”

Bluebird

I think we talked about bluebird symbolism and how it was used in Bukowski poem to represent this hope or this dream, creative outlet as this bluebird that he has caged inside. Miranda Lambert has a song called Bluebird too. I think it’s interesting because he’s saying he can’t be a bluebird. Presumably he can’t be a bluebird like his person. But also it’s kind of this heartbreaking experience right. Like I wish I could be what you need but I can’t. If I could, I’d give you the world but I can’t be. And a lot of relationships have this outcome where ultimately you realize you just can’t be what they want or need and that means you aren’t meant to be together. It’s one of the most heartbreaking moments ya know? Also blue represents sadness and yellow represents joy. I think in his growth he’s accepting he can’t go back, he can only be who he is now and he has to release the past.

Clouds

First, this video gives this vibe:

Isn’t it crazy how even back then he was leaving hints. I wonder how intentional or coincidental (synchronistic) it was.

Also I had this thought too, his head is literally in the clouds, an idiom that means like not being in touch with reality or like being a bit delusional, unrealistic. Head in the clouds made me think of Drake.

Was it all a dream?

In promotion of the album he said that he wanted people to feel a day in the life of him and his mind. So yes some of this may be more dreamlike or not seem logical because our minds aren’t always logical

**also to note. He released LNT music video on July 13 and this one on July 19. Just thought that was interesting to connect.**

Thanks so much to you for all your investigation. It took me multiple hours to respond and I’m sure it took you long as fuck to write this all out. We’re so happy you’re here, vesty nonnie. Love you!

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#FlashbackFriday - Saturday Edition - Midnight Spells Murder (A Happy Camper Mystery) by Mary Angela #Review / #Giveaway

Saturday Edition On Flashback Fridays I will share with you the books I was not able to review when they were first released that have been screaming at me from my To-Be-Read bookshelf. Midnight Spells Murder (A Happy Camper Mystery) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting - South Dakota Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lyrical Underground (July 13, 2021) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 206 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1516110730 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1516110735 Kindle ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08L8RJTTD Audiobook ASIN B0CYQWLJC2 Audio CD ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CZ7LG59Y Spirit Canyon’s annual Spirit Spooktacular weekend is on, and for local amateur sleuth Zo Jones, it’s boomtime for business at her Happy Camper gift shop . . . until a murderer drops in for a browse. To celebrate Halloween at the Happy Camper, Zo schedules a talk by successful author and self-proclaimed witch Marianne Morgan. Although Marianne’s benign brand of witchcraft is more about feminine empowerment than black magic, her presence is still not welcomed by everyone. Then on a midnight stroll home, Zo spots what seems to be a new Halloween decoration propped up outside the Happy Camper. What she finds is not a mannequin but a dead Marianne, her lifeless body dressed in traditional witch’s garb. But why would someone send this good witch back to the spirit world permanently? Soon Zo realizes that plenty of folks have motives for murdering Marianne. What’s worse, nosy TV newsman Justin Castle plans to broadcast a report associating Marianne’s murder with the Happy Camper. Zo calls on her partner in sleuthing, local forest ranger Max Harrington, to help her find the culprit before Justin’s report airs. Otherwise Zo’s business just might go bust. But to catch this killer, Zo will have to risk much more than just her reputation . . . Dollycas's Thoughts Zo Jones owns the Happy Camper Gift Shop and she has special plans for Halloween and Spirit Canyon's annual Spirit Spooktacular. She has invited Marianne Morgan, a self-proclaimed witch and self-help author to give a talk and book signing. Her subject "Embracing Your Inner Witch" isn't about magic or spells but women reclaiming their power. The Spooktacular will also include a pumpkin carving contest, a parade, a costume party, and a Harvest Hike. Marianne's book talk goes well sans a couple of unwanted interruptions. Later Zo attends an event at her best friend Jules' Spirits & Spirits just down the street. As she heads home she notices a new life-sized witch propped up in front of the Happy Camper. Then she noticed the witch's shoes, she had seen them before. It was no Halloween decoration! It was Marianne Morgan dressed like a witch but she wouldn't be empowering any more women. Marianne was dead and Zo soon finds herself pressed to find her killer. Does she have a ghost of a chance? or will the killer send her to the great beyond? _____ Zo Jones is a strong protagonist. 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