#suis' unhinged art

[subspacekisser1]

Cruel King.

for anon and others who seem to love him so much.

inspired from this confession:

Honorable mentions:

@blocktalesconfessions

@noobadorkisser3

@altairwritingtair

@grieferkisser2

@sparklekisser

@sebastiankisser4

[subspacekisser1]

THANK YOU!!!!! I tried the brush and I love it sm, I made a small drawing of my robloxsona with ur brush!!

hey niko, what app do u use for ur art? if its Ibis paint x, can we get the qr code?? Your art style taste like jelly

• three apps.

• ibis paint on phone. photoshop and ms paint on pc with graphics tablet.

• I have more brushes but use them too rare to add there.

[foxofninetales]

Hi (waves) For the fanfic ask game...

9. a ship that isn't your OTP but that you enjoy.

13. your favorite type of fandom event (gift exchange, ship week, secret santa, prompt meme, etc)

17. the thing in canon that everyone loves and that you also love

ASKS YAY

9. Hmmm, trying to think of a second answer to this ask... I'm going to say Pingxie, because they're like a lot of other juggernaut fandom ships - not my first choice, but a reliable fallback when you want more works to enjoy.

Or, oooooh, we could mix this up a little from DMBJ by going over to Sleuth of Ming Dynasty, because I my OTP is Sui Zhou/Tang Fan/Wang Zhi, but I still quite enjoy Sui Zhou/Tang Fan if I can't get my first choice on the menu. :P

13: My absolute favorite fandom type of anything is where someone proposes a slightly off-the-wall AU or what-if or fan-theory and everyone joins into a gleeful game of transformative yes-and in the comments and it builds into a completely unhinged and wavering tower of Babel that's only halfway intelligible when the high wears off and you come back to reread it the next day. That's less an event and more of a *happening*, I guess. Oooh, I like those events where people have to make art for fics or fic for art, etc - I love seeing that second layer of transformation happen.

17. That everybody loves is a big ask, because how often does everyone agree on anything, LOL. Ummmm... tbh, though, I don't think I've ever seen anyone say a bad word about Kan Jian, so there you go; puppy boy wins them all! If we can go with "a lot of people" rather than "everybody", the canon commitment to making Liu Sang suffer beautifully is so, so good.

(The game is here is anyone else wants to play!)

[starfish-ffxiv]

LF RP - Shinju Shimizu

The Basics ––– –

Age: Twenty three

Race: Raen

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Marital Status: Single

Server: Mateus

Personal ––– –

Profession: Innkeeper, medic, mercenary, occasional fortune teller

Hobbies: Swimming, sleeping, painting, creating chaos and causing problems.

Languages: Doman, Hingan, Xaelic, Common

Residence: The Maiden Phoenix Bar and Inn in Shirogane

Birthplace: Sui-no-Sato

Fears: Failing to help someone, her teeth falling out, being betrayed, being alone

Relationships ––– -

Spouse: None

Children: None

Parents: Both living and well in Sui-no-Sato

Siblings: None

Other Relatives: Atsuya Akhiro - Childhood friend/family (basically dad)  Vaughn Llewellyn - Atsuya’s husband and basically dad also. Ruri Ashdale - Childhood friend and adopted sister

Pets: None

Traits ––– -

Extroverted / In Between / Introverted

Disorganized / In Between / Organized

Close Minded / In Between / Open Minded

Calm / In Between / Anxious

Disagreeable / In Between / Agreeable

Cautious / In Between / Reckless

Patient / In Between /  Impatient

Outspoken / In Between / Reserved

Leader / In Between / Follower

Empathetic / In Between / Apathetic

Optimistic / In Between / Pessimistic

Traditional / In Between / Modern

Hard-working / In Between / Lazy

Cultured / In Between / Uncultured

Loyal / In Between / Disloyal

Faithful / In Between / Unfaithful

RP Hooks ––– –

Problems on Purpose - Shinju’s had her limits tested and broken one too many times in the past few months. She’s a bit unhinged and wild as a result of it, and flings herself into trouble just to drown out the sound of her own internal voice. She takes things from people and throws them, gets into fights (She’s not even remotely good in a fist fight), steals things without an ounce of subtlety and knocks things over because she’s bored, angry, frustrated, sad and lonely. It’s fun and it makes her laugh, so she’ll do it at a moment’s notice.

Takes No Shit - Are you an asshole? Is someone you know an asshole? Well you’re in luck! Because Shinju has had her once gentle and forgiving nature betrayed so many times, she’s got a zero tolerance policy on people being a dick. If you act like one around her, expect to have anything from water to fists thrown at your face. And there will be a whole lot of angry words, too.

Gifted with the Echo - Despite any cringe I may receive from lore abiding rpers, Shinju possesses the Echo, but her blessing presents itself in a unique way. Instead of having visions of the past, Shinju has visions of the future. Granted these are flawed and wrong as often as they are right, but if she has a vision in which someone is getting hurt Shinju will do her best to prevent it even if half the time nothing was even going to happen.

Fortune Teller - Shinju honestly isn’t the best fortune teller, but she learned early in life that it’s a quick way to earn money when you’re on the road. So if anyone were to see her star globe and ask to have their fortune told, she wont shy away. Her advice, however, may be highly flawed.

Caretaker of The Maiden Phoenix Bar and Inn - Located in Shirogane, The Maiden Phoenix is a spacious beachfront inn that has an upstairs bar and cafe and Shinju, when she is not travelling, lives and works there as one of it’s caretakers. Known for it’s discretion, comfort, quiet neighborhood and low prices, this is a good place to rest for anyone in need of a place to stay in Hingashi.

Mercenary / Combat Medic - Trained in the disciplined use in a wide array of martial arts and weaponry, Shinju will on occasion offer her services as a mercenary or combat medic. Though often a means to an end, allowing her to pursue a vision she had, Shinju is a loyal and competent combatant who is always ready and willing to be called upon by a friend.

Contact Information  ––– –

Hello and thank you for your interest in my fish!

If you’d like to rp I have a few ground rules which are:

Please be at least 18+ since I’m old and it’s weird otherwise

I don’t participate in roleplays which include child abuse, sexual abuse, sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia or bigotry of any king.

Lore breaking? Nah. Lore bending? Cool af

I’d prefer to rp in game if possible but over discord is fine too, which you can ask me for.

Header art is by [winterheart] and footer art is by [lukreva]

[secretradiobrooklyn]

SECRET RADIO | 9.26.20

Secret Radio | 9.26.20 |  Hear it here.

“We don’t know where you are but we’re glad you’re here”

Liner notes by Evan, except * means Paige

1. Ayalew Mesfin - “Hasabe (My Worries)”

This track comes to us via Marc Hawthorne in San Francisco and is some hot Ethiopian stomp. Marc has been turning me on to crucial music for years, but I feel like both of our palates have expanded in unexpected directions lately. I love how foreign and how relatable this song sounds at once — “hasabe” really does sound like a guy singing about his worries, which makes it feel like he’s speaking the same language. 

2. Witch - “Introduction”

Such a commandingly hip voice announcing the band and getting us all in the groove. Witch is Zambian rock in a pretty unhinged style — apparently WITCH stands for “We Intend To Create Havoc,” which if true is basically the greatest band name ever. 

3. Erkin Koray - “Cemelim”

Every time I hear this track I think of Jefferson Airplane’s foreboding sense of dark anticipation. The added frills of shifting into Turkish bent-note vocals takes it up another level. This track is from 1974 but carries the whole psychedelic ‘60s wave forward in an unbroken wave. As we mentioned, the video is worth checking out not just because the singer/guitarist is mesmerizing or because the bassist is inherently hilarious but because their outfits are legendary. Our thanks to Brian and Mona for the heads up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-k_Fr67bPQ

4. The Velvet Underground - “Coney Island Steeplechase”

“Lies and betrayals / fruit-covered nails” — naw, just kiddin, this song happens long before Pavement, or the Strokes for that matter. I never really understood what people meant when they said that the Strokes sound like VU, but listening to this song in headphones it kinda feels like the Julian Casablancas built an entire career off Lou’s vocal delivery on this song. And who could blame him? Lou wasn’t usin it anymore.

Hailu Mergia - “Sintayehu”

We got this record during the pandemic and it has been like a stress dissolver. There’s a tape that we got in Manhattan Kansas at a house show we played, a band called Casino Gardens, that I think of every time we hear this album. Not the same in particulars, but very much the same in spirit.

5. Divino Niño - “Melty Caramelo”

One of Sleepy Kitty’s first tours was with Divino Niño (thanks, Brandon!) just as they were assembling, and they have always been a band of fellows we enjoy as much as the music that they write. I did this set of dates with a broken bone in my swole-up, purple right hand, which I wouldn’t recommend to any drummers out there. I will say though that every single drummer in the bar that night told me that they had broken the same exact bone the same way. Not by drumming but by punching an inanimate object. 

6. Moodoïd - “Je suis la montagne”

I think this song is a benefit of Paige learning French for the last couple of years. Found it on a 3.5 hour French mix on Spotify.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCuthCn8zxs

7. Sleepy Kitty - “Dreaming of Waterfalls” demo *

There are like, 7 people who have heard this song until now. This song came pretty mysteriously to me after a completely transformative trip to Kauaʻi for the wedding of ace folks and dear friends Stewart and Trenton. People who have gone to Hawaiʻi have always told me how amazing Hawaiʻi is and how it’ll change your life and it’s the best place in the entire world, and I was always like, “ok, sure whatever” until we went and now I am forever changed. I won’t get too into it here, but it’s all totally true and as amazing as they say. I can’t remember if this song was literally in the dream I had in San Diego the night we returned to the contiguous 48, or if it somehow emerged out of thinking of that dream, but it basically just appeared and I thought about it and thought about it and kept it in my head the whole plane ride back to St. Louis and recorded it pretty much immediately when we got back. I played 2 songs at our friends’ wedding on uke (where I was relieved to get approval from the Hawaiian family, ha ha) and it’s still a very unfamiliar instrument to me but it was the only answer for this song.

This is also one of a few recordings I made shortly before the first of 2 vocal surgeries around that time. It was kind of a stressful time musically; I was still figuring out what was going on, knowing something was wrong, getting hoarse all the time but not knowing what was going on yet.  Learning the songs for the wedding, and this song and this recording are positive memories in what was a very uncertain period in Sleepy Kitty life. I can definitely remember the challenges and limitations of that time, but it’s great to have this beautiful little moment that came out of that time too. When I hear this now, I like it and I’m glad to have it. It transports me back to that magical place and I’m thankful to Stewart and Trenton for having us there to celebrate with them.

8. The Fall - “Arms Control Poseur” (Bonus Version) (whatever that means)

“What do you fear?”

“Being found out.”

“The why do you always give yourself away?”

After initially being repulsed by The Fall, I eventually had what felt like essentially a religious experience after falling asleep listening to them on repeat in the tour bus — somehow their perverse aesthetic had become grafted into my DNA. I became an avid proselytizer for the band, with few takers, for years. Eventually I kind of gave up, baffled both by how intensely I felt their music and how immune everyone else apparently was to it. 

Cut to years later in an apartment on North Ave in Chicago, watching Paige bike up the street towards the window where I stood. She apologized as she walked her bike up the stairs. Sorry I’m late, she said, I just got caught up in the Fall. I don’t know how to explain it. You don’t understand, The Fall is not like other bands.

I literally thought that she was teasing me, and that I must have talked her ear off about the band at some point. But NO — she’d had the exact sort of conversion experience as me. In her case it was to “Extricate,” which was one of my very favorite albums, being the second one I personally owned. 

Still, this record’s aesthetic is completely dominant in my life. I couldn’t even guess how many times I’ve listened to it, and it still fascinates me every time.

“I quite very very much enjoyed 

his jovial lies

lying”

9. T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - “Wodeka Kpoe”

The day I found this track I was completely distracted by it. It’s so muscular and lean and intense. I love everything about the almost metallic drum sound, the dry vocals, the guitar telling its own narrative, the sharp little shaker going the whole time. It’s the closest thing to punk in Beninese music that I’ve heard. I read recently that this was on a 1983 Albarika Records comp LP (the person referred to the as “legendary,” but I don’t know to whom, or when), and when I looked it up a lot of other tracks that we love from the Soundway comp were there. But as far as I know, it’s not on any of those 21st century collections. So good!

10. Orchestre Abass - “Haka Dunia”

The cover of this 6-song burner shows a guy with a guitar behind a keyboard called TIGER 61, with his foot up on… what? the keys bench? There’s a single pedal on the floor that leads up into the keyboard. The sounds that come from that board though! This is a tone I think of as completely desirable. I guess this is also punk, this one from Togo. I mean, I have no idea what he/they think they’re doing, but to me it feels like it has all the stuff that I love in punk music.

Hailu Mergia

11. T.P. Orchestre de Cotonou Benin - “Moulon Devia”

I just realized this track can be found elsewhere, but I found it on a record credited to T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Benin, with a great photo of Yehouessi Leopold and Zoundegnon Papillon Bernard on the cover looking like the coolest dudes in the world cos they are. There are some great stereo panning effects, no doubt done live, on the horns at the beginning and the keys solo in the middle, which really enriches the headphone experience. This keys solo uses a suite of sounds that I absolutely love from them — and which are apparently the work of Papillon himself! I knew he was the guitarist who builds sand castles in the air of T.P. songs, but I only just realized that he’s also the guy throwing down those supper trippy Farfisa sounds! Holy smokes, that’s just ridiculous. He and Yehouessi are probably my favorite rhythm combo ever. PLUS they’ve got Bentho Gustave on bass, whose T.P. album was the first one we bought abroad. I mean, this track is so epic.

12. Patrick Juvet - “Où sont les femmes”*

I have a new awesome French teacher, who sends me cabaret songs to check out and says things like “I’m an old queen! What am I to do!” He played this song over Zoom for some live hold music while I was printing something for a recent lesson. I’m excited to hopefully hear more French music from him and also to hear more of his stories of discotheques in the 80s.

Evan adds: The video is well worth your attention as well, especially if you like red sequins glinting disco diamonds beneath deeply feathered hair. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqc7mVZQNFo

13. Le Tigre - “Deceptacon”

This is one of the all-time top art school party songs as far as I know. And why the hell not? It’s pure Olympia, and all the hooks line up all the way down.

I video that someone made for school has essentially become the official video of the song because it’s totally awesome and fits like a pure expression of the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SyBR-M2YvU

14. Themne Song Track 1  

I don’t know who performed this track or what it’s called — it’s just identified as “Themne Song Track 1,” Themne being the name of a tribe in Sierra Leone. I think it might be a “comedian story teller” called Miranda T Denkenneh, but can’t tell.

I’ve been into Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang for a couple of years now. Nabay is a Sierra Leonan musician who came to NYC and put together a band of hip NY musicians who make this rhythmically complex yet somehow austere dance music that I find totally fascinating. Reading up on them, he was described as translating the music he came from into a more electric style. Well, it turns out that is indeed the case, based on this track from Sierra Leone. This sounds like Janka Nabay but warm and large where his music is focused and tight. I totally see both how damn danceable this Themne 

One of my favorite things about discovering this song is: the notes on the YouTube track are exclusively from ex-pats loving music from home and the old days, calling out their tribe and checking in from wherever they are. One guy, Ibrahim Noah Koroma, writes from Senegal:

tears fall down in my eyes when I listing dis song missing u SL 🇸🇱🇸🇱💪💪💪 I'm proud of my tribe temne 💯💪💪💪

15. The Sugarcubes - “Regina”

The setup of this song is such an angular, proggy spiky comic thing, definitely cool in its own way, but man, when it hits the chorus, it’s absolutely the most gorgeous thing. The lyrics are truly bizarre, and they’re making me appreciate how this band impacted Bjork’s later work. One thing I don’t understand: does she pronounce “Regina” with a hard G because that’s how that word is pronounced in Icelandic? Or is that just something she does?

16. Gétatchèw Mèkurya - “Ambassèl”

The more we learn about Ethiopian jazz and popular music before and after their political strife, the more there is to learn. In fact, one thing I learned about Mèkurya is that he played with Dutch socialist punks The Ex, a band I have admired for a couple of decades now, though mostly because I’m stuck on their album “Scrabbling at the Lock.” They apparently toured together in the aughties… and all of a sudden I can hear how their very different sounds actually relate very aptly. Man. That’s enough to fall in love with music all over again.

Also, one fact that must be acknowledged: Gétatchèw is maybe the best first name ever.

17. Jacques Dutronc - “Et moi, et moi, et moi”

I just dropped these lyrics into Google translate and it turns out he’s got a very identifiable brand of humor — wry, confident, diffident. He always makes me think of Dylan with his delivery.

18. Meas Samon - “Jol Dondeung Kone Key (Going to Get Engaged)”

So much feel! Those key dives just to open the song, man, I don’t even know. And the vocals are spilling over with character — it’s like watching a movie unfold. This is Cambodian, from the late sixties or early seventies. Every time it gets to the keys solos I think about how much I want Dave Grelle to hear this track, like, right now. It’s between this and Abass for sickest keys distortion to be found.

19. T.P. Orchestre - “Senamin” *

What is up with this song? We came across it and kind of set it aside, and then it was just in my head all. the. time. At first I wasn’t sure about the 1996 movie version “I’d Be Surprisingly Good For You” style sax (my LEAST favorite song in Evita) But, even so this song is so...majestic! And mysterious! The haunting melodies dancing around together at the end really got me.  

20. Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - “Alikilula”

The constant interaction of 3s and 4s in Chicken Run songs never fails to delight me. The shapes of the songs are almost like Guided By Voices tracks — one good idea perfectly expressed, and then they’re outta there. 

21. Antoine Dougbé - “Nou Akuenon Hwlin Me Sin Koussio”

If I could pick one album for all of my friends to spin a few times in a row… that would not be easy. But lately, that record would be “Legends of Benin,” the totally headspinning comp put out by Analog Africa. Every track is a deep insight into what rock music can be. In the liner notes, Samy Ben Redjeb takes the listener on a whole record-buying expedition through the southern coast of west Africa, describing where he picked up particular LPs, falling into conversations with some of the musicians, and generally providing insights both romantic and invaluable. (His notes on Dougbé are worth the price of admission.) In one note he mentions talking to a friend about how Africa doesn’t seem to deal well in reggae, and he considers “Nou Akuenon” one of the best attempts on the continent. It hadn’t occurred to me to think of this as reggae… and I still don’t hear it that way. But I like thinking of the band reaching for reggae and making this instead. 

22. Francoise Hardy - “Les temps de l’amour”

23. Ros Sereysothea - Chnam oun Dop-Pram Muy “I’m 16”

I love how fully developed these Cambodian songs are. They’re not aping a particular song or building replicas of songs in English or French: they’re working in pop music just like anyone else. The arrangements are so tight and well structured, and everybody is adding in more than their share on their instruments. Though Ros’s voice steals the show, the backing vocals on this song are especially good as well.

24. Aerovons - “Say Georgia”

Man, one of the pleasures of living in St. Louis was learning the story of The Aerovons, a group of high school kids who got flown across the Atlantic to record at Abbey Road with all of the same gear and technicians who were busy putting together records for The Beatles… only to have the album go unreleased for decades. It’s truly a reminder to appreciate the experience itself and not just the results. These guys experienced the absolute pinnacle of the studio recording dream — there is none higher — but that’s it. None of the fame or the attendant glory, just the knowledge of what they’d been able to do together.

“Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974”

25. Ravi Shankar - Jazzmine - “Mishrank (Finale)”

The whole “Jazzmine” album is a mindblower, and it’s almost a shame to cut right to the finale of an album that builds its case song by song, illustrating the paths that Shankar’s raga and jazz take toward each other, from “Melodic Moods” to the amazing tabla solos of “Taalank” to “Deshank (Folk Patterns)” to crest with “Mishrank,” where Zep meets jazz club meets Somalian backroom in an Indian realm. Every solo brings a ton of new information about whose voices are adding to this total experience. And more than anything, it sounds like fun.

One thing I dig about this recording is that, as far as I can tell, more than one performance of this song is spliced together into this single track. That seems like a big no-no among jazz folks, but I really don’t mind it one bit — if anything, that helps me hear the song relative to more jarring experimental tape manipulation bands. 

[stellarish]

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[beckreads]

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

Morbid and gay and funny. You’re welcome.

(TW/CW: sui)

A woman takes over her family’s taxidermy shop in Florida after her dad takes his own life. She’s also in love with her brother’s wife, and is contending with her mother’s increasingly lewd unhinged public art. Have fun.

(from existing staff picks)

[hozukipookie-archived]

Nymph: What are you like when you’re by yourself?

[Still Accepting]ϟ Monsters-themed Asks!

“uh… just… myself,” Suigetsu answered with a shrug. “It’s not like I play dress up and act out my favorite love scenes or anything. I just… do what I do…”

((ooc: by himself, Suigetsu laughs a lot. He talks to himself, tells himself jokes, acts as his own companion. This is how he self-soothes because he really craves human connection.

He was always taught to be a remorseless killer. This has distanced him from people, though he was very close to his brother. Since his brother’s death, Sui has needed a replacement. Otherwise, he feels the urge to kill more intensely, almost as if his grief and loneliness have turned into bloodlust. This steers him into something that has become instinctual to him since he was trained so heavily in the art of murder.

The joking personality with himself comes from a desire to stave off the feelings and thoughts that make him feel insane. Eventually, when he can no longer self-soothe, he becomes very unhinged. He craves confrontation, often even performing horrible crimes against humanity during a battle just for the satisfaction. He can easily become hysterical, so he tries to keep that hysteria humor-based. When alone, he’s always seeking for the next person to maybe stick around and fill his brother’s void, to allow him to find his balance with his nature again.))

[subspacekisser1]

Cruel King and myself

why dis 👑 look so mad 😭😭😭

og pic below

[generouskittensong]

I love female characters who are not like "ohh please stop, we should be team, TeAmworK, friendship" shit stuff you know.. you know about whom I'm talking. That girl was the head of a prison, a torture facility where she just killed those who talked about oros death. The one who gave zero fucks about sui and jugo fighting each other.. hell no. she wanted to see them kill each other. She enjoyed it. The same girl that asked sasuke to gather them because they are still breathing in danzo arc. That's called development but still she's still that unhinged character. She's not on the one or the other side. Not black and white. So we finally have a fem character who is different but is hated for literally no fucking reason.. Also the seducing topic.. Do these idiots even know what the job of kunochis are? What was the whole reason for the most shitty fight in the chuunin exam between pinky and ino? The whole flower topic? The whole indication that females are going to learn the art of seduction? ..... to seduce high rank men, sleep with them when necessary...to gather intl information about them and give it to their masters.. So we finally have a character being sexy, educated, smart, intelligent, using her charm and body to get what she wants while still knowing her dignity and people trash her and call her.. that shes cheap? Do you fuckers even understand the story you are reading?? Sasuke knows about her qualities and wanted her specifically. He even acknowledged her as the strongest kunochi. When did he do that with naruto? in chap 699 where he's out of character? I don't count that. who the hell is naruto anyways. Naruto won the fight because of plot armor

Karin still has her own nature. I hate these forced morally correct characters while they are everything expect morally correct. Now we have a great character and people trash her.. lmfao.

[subspacekisser1]

Mayor Thaniyel

For every Mayor Thaniyel lovers:

Im so sorry

Honorable mention:

@mayorthaniyelsmoocher

[subspacekisser1]

@mayorthaniyelsmoocher here u go bro

[subspacekisser1]

hello TR:UD fans

I drew this man from memory

Screen shots of me playing the game:

[subspacekisser1]

I drew my s/i art and yeah here

I love myself

[subspacekisser1]

Pose 28

(I don't play DTI)

[subspacekisser1]

me trying to hypnotize my friends to play TR:UD with me

Speedpaint below