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ivan-fyodorovich-k · 1 month ago
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I haven't been drawing very much lately and have been thinking about it in part because I always assumed that that would be a part of my identity and a significant part of what I did as a human being--I am not sure I ever very seriously expected to make a living at it, but I thought I would do it at least on the side
Anyway one of the things you'll hear people say and I think that I think this, at least, sort of, is that you are supposed to make art for yourself first and foremost.
People say this I think to mean a couple of things, with which I do agree: that you should not be overly worried about the attention, that you should not be concerned with wealth or fame, and that you should not be cynically chasing down fads. That all makes sense to me.
But there's something in that framing--for yourself--that has a kind implication or edge to it that I think nudges the posture through into something curved inward in a bad way. Like you should really just do it to make yourself happy and to no greater purpose, in true indifference to every outside consideration.
I find that very empty. It's not only empty, I find it kind of saps my creative capacity. Not that you should never make art just for yourself but I feel like my best artwork has been produced when I felt like it had some purpose outside of me, or when I had someone in mind that I knew (or really hoped) would like it, or when someone had inspired me somehow
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mezmer · 1 year ago
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I've just finished watching 'The Wall' and it's a genius film.
I loved it, but it will give me nightmares for at least the next two weeks.
Here's a scene for those who haven't watched the film and have no idea of what I'm talking about.
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tmbgaresuck · 3 months ago
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okay. hello this is the speaking in tongues anon here. i said "well at least i have the katamari damacy ost left, shurely there's nothing wrong.." until i realized Chocco likes that stuff. Oh no. Do you perhaps have any good and untainted music reccomendations
hello speaking in tongues anon. Here's some solid music reccs from me to you:
Imagine Dragons (LAST RESORT)
These guys are okay if you have nothing else to listen to. They have a zero percent chance of getting infected by TMBG so they could be the last band I ever listen to. I relate to their song "Enemy" where he's like "Oh the misery, everyone wants to be my enemyyyy" but sometimes I like to pretend he's saying "anemone" because that's my favorite animal.
2. Offspring
This band is super good but kind of edgy. TMBG will never infect them because you gotta keep 'em seperated.
3. Pink Floyd
Super cool band. They are kind of terrible people but felt remorse about it and wrote "The Wall" because they are kind at heart.
4. Destroy Boys
This band is kind of girly but that's fine. I think they're nice. I once listened to them and blood started coming out of my ear so noise warning
5. Rolling Stones
They kind of suck but it's catchy. It's like pop music for your poppop (which isn't bad)
Artists and Bands to avoid due to TMBG affiliation and/or influence
Weird Al
David Byrne/Talking Heads
Will Wood (and the Tapeworms)
Lemon Demon/Neil Cisirega
Barenaked Ladies
Andrew Jackson Jihad (AJJ)
Gorillaz
The Mountain Goats
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mieeaahhh · 9 months ago
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All for the game characters as songs but only songs from my playlist and most of it doesn’t have any reason, It’s just the bugs living on my shoulder whispering it into my ear.
Neil Josten
-Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine
-Dead Girl Walking from heathers
-That’s Life by Frank Sinatra
-Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
-am i being followed…? By emily jeffri
Andrew Minyard
-forwards beckon rebound by Adrianne Lenkar
-Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division
-Dizzy Miss Lizzy by the Beatles
-Never Saw The Point by Cults
-I Wanna Be Your Dog by Mephisto Walz
Aaron Minyard
-emo boy by Ayesha Erotica
-Cool About It by boygenius
-William, It Was Really Nothing by The Smiths
-Nintendo 64 by Alex G
-Mama’s Boy by Dominic Fike
Nicky Hemmick
-HOT TO GO! By Chappell Roan
-I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore by Lucy Dacus
-White Teeth Teens by Lorde
-Back To That Old House by The Smiths
-It’s Called: Freefall by Rainbow Kitten Suprise
Kevin Day
-Bubblegum Bitch by MARINA
-Literal Legend by Ayesha Erotica
-A Pearl by Mitski
-Army Dreamers by Kate Bush
-Me and the Devil by Soap&Skin
Renee Walker
-Big Mouth Strikes Again by The Smiths
-Ptolemaea by Ethel Cain
-Good Looking by Suki Waterhouse
-P.U.N.K Girl by Heavenly
-Just A Girl by Florence + The Machine
Allison Reynolds
-Maneater by Nelly Furtado
-Good Luck, Babe! Chappell Roan
-all-american bitch by Olivia Rodrigo
-Paper Bag by Fiona Apple
-Funnel Of Love by Wanda Jackson
Seth Gordon
-Silver Soul by Beach House
-The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen
-Lights Out by Mindless Self Indulgence
-Breathing by Kate Bush
-Climbing Up The Walls by Radiohead
Matt Boyd
-Rollin’ by Limp Bizkit
-This Charming Man by The Smiths
-My Hero by Foo Fighters
-The Great Big Gig In The Sky by Pink Floyd
-Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns N’ Roses
Dan Wilds
-Rue by girl in red
-Lovers Rock by TV Girl
-Girl Anachronism
-Christian Woman by Type O Negative
-Limp by Fiona Apple
Jeremy Knox
-Destroyed By Hippie Powers by Car Seat Headrest
-Heroes by David Bowie
-Jigsaw Falling Into Place by Radiohead
-The Perfect Girl by Mareux
-Starman by David Bowie
Jean Moreau
-insomniac by Memo Boy, Chakra Efendi
-Fireworks by Mitski
-Stupid MF by Mindless Self Indulgence
-The Murder Mystery by The Velvet Underground
-Down By The Water by PJ Harvey
Laila Dermott
-Howl by Florence + The Machine
-White Teeth Teens by Lorde
-Call Me by Blondie
-Bored by Laufey
-Mirror by The Last Dinner Party
Catalina Alvarez
-Burn Alive by The Last Dinner Party
-Shut Up And Drive by Rihanna
-Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen
-Hey Jude by The Beatles
-Pools by Glass Animals
Katelyn Mckensie
-Oh! You Pretty Things by David Bowie
-My Kind Of Woman by Mac DeMarco
-Valerie by TV Girl
-Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys
-Oh Woman, Oh Why by Paul and Linda McCartney
Cody Winter
-Exceptionally Sadistic by Monument Of Misanthropy
-Bullet With Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumkins
-It’s Only Sex by Car Seat Headrest
-Buried Alive by Radio Werewolf
-Chop Suey! By System Of A Down
Also I’m super cool and hip and cool so this is my playlists
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quiet-desperationn · 8 months ago
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okay i finished reading my fourth pink floyd book and i want to share my thoughts on them:
Inside Out by Nick Mason: first one i read, so i didn't know much of the band’s lore or the side characters, will probably reread it in the near future. Nick is funny and he was definitely the best one and the only that could write a book about themselves. He gives a lot of details on how things were recorded, but kind of just glazes over other stuff I wanted more details on. And he makes fun of Roger and I love him for that.
Pigs Might Fly by Mark Blake: i think most people consider this the best one and it is very complete, specially up until dark side, for wywh and animals i needed more. It is very up to date as well, I think the last edition is from 2017 and has extra stuff. Really liked when he would start the chapter with some more recent pink floyd happening and use it to segue back into their history. He also tells Syd story after pf in parallel with the band’s , giving Syd updates at the start of almost every chapter, I liked this approach.
The Making of Pink Floyd The Wall by Gerald Scarfe: i got a great deal on a used copy of this and i absolutely adore it. His art suits Pink Floyd so well and I’ve become obsessed with him while reading this. Really interesting insights on some of the creative processes and the band’s personalities. Probably one of my most treasured pf items.
A Saucerful of Secrets by Nicholas Schaffner: this one was written in the late 80s and early 90s so it is very interesting view of the band up to that point. He didn’t follow the same linear approach as Mark Blake and it kind of bothered me a bit, i.e. he finished all of Syd story before getting to the post Syd floyd. Some new stuff I learned was that peter jenner really hates roger lol and that roger and judy were trying to have a child but it wasn’t happening.
next one will probably be ginger gilmour one
if you know a good one that is not impossible to find (rip in the pink) please let me know :)
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goodluckclove · 2 months ago
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Movie Night With Your Eccentric Older Brother Simulator (Free Weird Movies Recs)
So I've always had a vague awareness of the archetype surrounding an Alt Older Brother who introduces you to weird media. I have no real-life frame of reference for this person. While I was close to my actual older brother for a long time, I don't think he introduced me to much.
But after finding that list of free movies and realizing the link to Evil Dead II was a podcast video about the movie as opposed to the actual movie, I decided to put together my own list of cult/weird movies. Nothing too intense. It's got some horror, but it's not all horror. Consider this a way to LARP a kind of skeevy older brother with a strange inner world who you idolize despite him clearly not doing super great right now. He loves you in a weird, scruffy way that he doesn't like to talk about in precise language.
(EDIT: Also I did go out of my way to pick kind of shitty VHS rips for some of these. I do consider them the ideal way to view them. For immersion's sake.)
Uh, hey man. So Mom and Dad left for some fuckin' - I don't know, I still had half my headphones on so I wasn't really paying attention. But they're gone for the night and I guess I'm in charge or whatever. They said I could use their card to order pizza which is pretty sick. I'll order one for each of us, and then I'll just hole up in the basement to listen to The Flower Kings and -
What? You wanna hang out?
No, that's - yeah, I guess I did make a face. My bad. Um, sure I can hang. I know you've been kind of bummed lately. I guess we could watch a movie if you want. No, dude, step the fuck away from the DVD shelf. If I have to watch Click one more goddamned time I'm gonna' blow my brains out.
I'm kidding. That was a joke. Don't tell Mom I said that. Also, scroll through this. These are all the deep cuts my friends at community college have been collecting while we stay out late and smoke - meats. Yeah - my bros Skeet and Blazer? They're big...big barbecue fans. Yeah.
Stop looking at me, dude, just pick a movie.
Pink Floyd's The Wall (1982)
Oh fuck yeah. Uh, no it's not the album. I mean, it's technically the album - but remember how I told you that The Wall is a Rock Opera? This is the visual adaptation of that Rock Opera. It's got the whole album - complete with a short song from The Final Cut which is another Pink Floyd that came out after The Wall but has a lot of the same themes. This thing has some fuckin' killer animations by Gerald Scarfe. It's a pretty intense take on modern masculinity and fame in post-war Britain from someone with direct experience in all of that.
Evil Dead II (1987) and Armies of Darkness (1992)
What? It's Sam Rami, dude, of course there's gore. It's a Sam Rami movie that isn't Spiderman, so there's a ton of gore and jump scares. No but like - they aren't good jump scares and the gore is absolutely nonsense. It's a horror comedy but it's pretty heavy on the comedy, you know? In Evil Dead II (No, you don't need to start with the first one. The first act of Evil Dead II is a remake of The Evil Dead.) the main guy Ash has his hand turn evil, so he cuts it off and replaces it with a chainsaw.
Shut the fuck up, man, it's not spoilers. It's barely top five in crazy shit that happens in this movie. It's awesome though Bruce Campbell is like horror Mister Bean. He's also hot as fuck. Nevermind. Forget I said that.
Hellraiser (1987)
Seriously, if you pick this you can't tell Mom and Dad I let you watch it. Well, I don't think it's scary, but the practical effects are pretty hardcore for its time and I remember you were pretty upset when you came in and hid in my room while Skeet and I were watching The Thing.
It's pretty gory. It's a body horror film. But aside from some retro-horror staples it's definitely not - like - realistic gore. It's like a guy will die because he gets exploded by chains from goth BDSM demons. Then he's resurrected but he's got no skin and he's kind of bitchy about it for a while. It's pretty cool. Pretty - um - it's got pronouns, you know? It's - I can't call it gay, right? No, it's literally gay. Clive Barker is a gay man. This is a pretty queer horror series.
Shock Treatment (1981)
So Jim Sherman and Richard O'Brien made Rocky Horror Picture Show. They then made an AU of their own movie musical - which is this movie, Shock Treatment. Call me a contrarian, but I like this one a bit better. RHPS is great, but it's so overwhelmingly Tim Curry that it does drown out everything else. This seems like a bit more of an ensemble cast where you can really enjoy the whole movie. Plus their song "Bitchin' in the Kitchen" is like one of my favorite musical songs.
Paprika (2006)
Satoshi Kon is easily one of the best animators of all time. He's the same guy that did Perfect Blue, but that's a little bit more of an intense watch (Although is you do decide to do it do not watch the dubbed version. I'm not being a 'subs not dubs' weeb again the ending was so subtle that the dub fucked it up). Paprika is fantastic It's a beautifully animated science-fiction adventure akin to Inception if Inception was led by a cool lady. It's gorgeous.
Synechdoche, New York (2008)
Charlie Kaufman is one of those directors who people think encourage Angsty Indie White Guys, even though all of his movies specifically focus on how pathetic Angsty Indie White Guys are. This is a big one, but it's beautiful and I've seen it five times. Every time it leaves me quiet and thoughtful. If we watch this and I cry you aren't allowed to say shit about it.
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
This is a surrealist, sci-fi black comedy by writer/director, rapper, and communist activist Boots Riley. it's pretty crazy right off the get go. It's cool to see a blatantly anti-capitalist speculative fiction story that isn't - like - blatantly ideological. It definitely has the ideology, but not at the sacrifice of great writing and directing and a really fun story.
How's that film major I'm dating? Kai is fine. Kai's cool. Kai's...enough about Kai.
Brazil (1985)
This is like 1984 but in the hands of the most creative Monty Python guys. It is crazy how creative this movie is. Like early Tim Burton. Just chaotic and hilarious and horrifying. It's awesome.
But I'm getting sick of talking. Would you pick something already?
You picked: Dancer in the Dark (2000)
The...the fucking Lars Von Trier musical starring Bjork? The that starts with Bjork playing a poor immigrant mother who's slowly going blind and struggling to make ends meet and only gets far sadder from there?
You're getting into Bjork? Now? In 2024 you're just now deciding to get into - ?
Nope. That's fine. I said you can pick, so you can pick. I'll warn you though. this thing's like two and a half hours long and I'm going to spend most of it weeping. If I see you even quiver a laugh I will doxx you online I swear to god.
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rewindthetimee · 29 days ago
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FNaF Characters Playlist
While writing, I decided to cook up some playlists for almost every major character in my FNaF fanfiction which you can find >>here<<
The playlists are separated in two parts: songs the characters would actually listen to, and songs that simply remind me of them because of lyrics/vibe etc.
>>LINK TO THE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST<<
Michael -- listens to: ACDC - Highway to Hell, Rebel Yell - Billy Idol, Another One Bites the Dust - Queen, Should I Stay or Should I go - The Clash, Hold The Line - TOTO, Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd, Message in a Bottle - The Police, Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Boys Don’t Cry - The Cure, Rock And Roll All Nite - KISS, Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix, Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
Reminds me of: Enemy - Imagine Dragons, THE DRAIN - Bad Omens, The Grey - Bad Omens, Twisted - Unlike Pluto, The Search - NF, Let You Down - Dawid Podsiadło, Wrecking Ball - Mother Mother, Would I Lie to You - David Guetta, Swim - Chase Atlantic, Teenagers - My Chemical Romance, Daddy Issues - The Neighbourhood, Fight Back - NEFFEX, The Night We Met - Lord Huron (sorry for the pain)
Jeremy -- listens to: Pat Benatar - Love is a battlefield, When Doves Cry - Prince, September - Earth, Wind & Fire, Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra, Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees, Burning Love - Elvis Presley, Love Grows - Edison Lighthouse, Angie - The Rolling Stones, We Didn’t Start The Fire - Billy Joel, Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Reminds me of: Just Pretend - Bad Omens, My Love Mine All Mine - Mitski, Mama’s Boy - Dominic Fike, Undisclosed Desires - Muse, Ma Meilleure Ennemie - Stromae & Pomme, Summer is a Curse - The Faim, As it Was - Harry Styles, How Long - Tove Lo, Mirror - Sigrid, As The World Caves In - Sarah Cothran, Tout L’univers - Gjon’s Tears, Only You - Selena Gomez
Charlotte -- listens to: Make Your Own Kind of Music - Cass Elliot, Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles, Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton, Sunny - Boney M, Jolene - Dolly Parton, Yes Sir, I can Boogie - Baccara, I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor, I’m Every Woman - Chaka Khan, Yesterday - The Beatles
Remind me of: Docteur - RORI, Cure For Me - AURORA, Swan Song - Dua Lipa, Back To Life - Hailee Steinfeld, Teya Dora - Džanum, Something To Lose - june, Jenny - Studio Killers, Two Birds - Regina Spektor, Ceux qui rêvent - Pomme, Les Passagers du Vent - Cécile Corbel, Bored - Billie Eilish, Alright - Jain
Cassidy -- listens to: Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush, Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears, Call Me - Blondie, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - ABBA, The Look - Roxette, You’re The One That I want - John Travolta, Copacabana - Barry Manilow, Uptown Girl - Billy Joel, 
Reminds me of: Tsunami (11:11) - Bambie Thug, Ocean - Elsa & Emilie, J’aime Pas Les Gens - Shaka Ponk, Cheerleader - Ashnikko, buzzkill - MOTHICA, Cynical - Emei, Boss Bitch - Doja Cat, All The Things She Said - Poppy, Bad Girls - M.I.A., Monster - Red Velvet
William -- listens to: N/A (like, I can't picture him listening to any music at all. Silence's much better)
Reminds me of: Dream On - Aerosmith, Psycho Killer - Talking Heads, The Chain - Fleetwood Mac, I Can’t Make You Fall in Love Again - Glass Animals, Killing Me - Conan Gray, Genghis Khan - Miike Snow, Demons - Hayley Kiyoko, Hurts Me - Tory lanez, I Can’t Decide - Scissor Sisters, Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing - Set It Off, I Lost a Friend - FINNEAS
Henry -- listens to: Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry, Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley, Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis, Born to Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez, Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede, Heroes - David Bowie
Reminds me of: The Chain - Fleetwood Mac, The Emptiness Machine - Linkin Park, The Bidding - Tally Hall, Dancing With The Devil - Demi Lovato, I Found - Amber Run
Jack -- listens to: Breakfast In America - Supertramp, YMCA - Village people, The Logical Song - Supertramp, Le Freak - CHIC, Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry, Rapper’s Delight - The Sugarhill Gang, Love Will Tear us Apart - Joy Division, Miami - Will Smith
Reminds me of: Butcher Vanity - Vane Lily, Burning Pile - Mother Mother, Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen, A Tear In Space - Glass Animals, Mad IQs - IDK How But They Found Me, Rule #4 - Fish in a Birdcage, THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND - Bad Omens, Rain - Sleep Token, Happy Face - Jagwar Twin, You Are Bad - Laura Reznek, Problems - Unlike Pluto, Peaches - grandson, Temporary Bliss - The Cab
Peter -- listens to: Come and Get Your Love - Redbone, Piano Man - Billy Joel, Rocket Man - Elton John, Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits, Escape - Rupert Holmes, You’re The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White, You're a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan, For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder
Reminds me of: The Devil You Know - X Ambassadors, Regret Roulette - Unlike Pluto, Skyfall - Adèle, It’s Alright - Mother Mother
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yippeecheapdvds · 5 months ago
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Last week i watched "Pink Floyd: The Wall" (1982) Musical
Well this was interesting. The animated sections looked incredible and the music sounded good even if I couldn't understand most of the lyrics (I'm not very familiar with Pink Floyd), but really this felt more like an art piece than a proper movie. The film was crafted out of emotions and vibes, with only the bare minimum story to hold that up, and there's nothing wrong with that, it's just not really my thing.
One of the more uncontrollable issues with this movie is that it doesn't really hit anymore because it's original message and metaphors became so influential to the people who make "I'm 14 and this is deep" type shit that now, 40 years later The Wall feels played out and no longer inspires the same emotions as it did originally. It's a shame.
I feel like the type of person who would really enjoy this film (likes Pink Floyd and/or artsy stuff) has probably already seen it so it's kinda hard to recommend it.
7/10
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ometochtli2rabbit · 20 days ago
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13.0.12.5.14
joj[5] IX/B'ALAM[jaguar] - wuklajun[17] PAX
galactic tone" empowerment/ the center
sun sign: JAGUAR/white/north
commune and give thanks to Mother Nature - MAYA
macuilli[5] - OCELOTL [jaguar]
Tlazolteotl | Tlazolteotl
itzthotli [black hawk] | warriors of Tezcatlipoca
lord of the night: Piltzintecuhtli
trecena[5]: Xipe Totec
x: mahtlactli-once[11]- etzcualiztli - NAHUA
"Allegory of Mexico", Jose Clemente Orozco, 1948
Personality and Destiny:
Practical, intelligent, astute, patient, decisive, generous, strong and energetic. Good with animals and powerful warriors. Hunter by nature with a large sexual appetite. Wealthy and responsible. - www.mayancalendar.com
today, the symbol of the jaguar represents those who are protective of the animals. Here are some songs and a band that mention ANIMAL:
MC5: Call Me Animal
Sir Chloe: Animal
Def Leppard: Animal
Heart: Bad Animals
Rage Against The Machine: Bulls On Parade
Neon Trees: Animal
beabadoobee: Animal Noises
Sir Mix-A-Lot: Baby Got Back
Cocteau Twins: Ivo
Ke$ha: Animal
Troye Sivan: Animal
Wall of Voodoo: Animal Day
Lady Gaga: Animal
Sammy Hagar (The Red Rocker): Rise of the Animal
Aurora: Animal Soul & Animal
Meat Puppets: Animal Kingdom
Pearl Jam: Animal
of Montreal: The Past is A Grotesque Animal
KMFDM: Animal
Muse: Animals
Bobby Darin: Talk to the Animals
Mobb Deep: Animal Instinct
Sia: Free the Animal
James Ingram: Party Animal
Shakira: Animal City
R.E.M: Animal
Ozzy Osbourne: Party with the Animals
Commodores: Animal Instinct
Alice Cooper: Public Animal #9
The Cult: C.O.T.A
Karen O: Animal
AC/DC: Fly on the Wall
Arctic Monkeys: Dangerous Animals
Billie Eilish: Bad Guy
Pixies: Where is My Mind?
The Cranberries: Animal Instinct
Bob Dylan: Man Gave Names to All the Animals
Sex Pistols: Bodies
The Cure: The Hanging Garden & All I Want
Sly and the Family Stone: I'm An Animal
Talking Heads: Animals
Adam and the Ants: Animals and Men
Pink Floyd: Animals
Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Creator Made An Animal
The Nine Inch Nails: Closer
Nirvana: Something in the Way
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life
The Kinks: Animal Farm & Animals in the Zoo
Ramones: Animal Boy
David Bowie: Animal Farm
Guns N' Roses: Welcome to the Jungle
Prince: Animal Kingdom
The Animals: We Gotta Get Out of This Place
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violet-rose-95 · 7 months ago
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Fave Pink Floyd album or song? Not sure if this has been asked yet or not
...holy shit that... um...
Wow, that's like THE question to ask me, seriously, and that means a lot that you decided to ask. You just gained some SERIOUS brownie points with me omg
So... this is kind of a difficult question, because one album is what got me into Pink Floyd and is probably more deserving of the title of my Favorite Pink Floyd album, while the other is an album that I vocally declare as not only my favorite Pink Floyd album, but my Favorite album of ANYTHING OF ALL TIME
So... y'know... it's a bit of a toss-up.
But it's between The Dark Side of the Moon, the cover of which I have tattooed on my chest, the prism angled in such a way so that the beam of light goes directly into my heart...
And The Wall, which was my first EVER Pink Floyd experience, introduced the music to me, and thrust me VIOLENTLY into my love of this band with bombast and gusto.
And by the way, I DO NOT recommend The Wall as your first album, because it is a DEEPLY emotionally challenging experience, incredibly emotionally raw, and has been known to cause panic attacks and bad trips.
Most people get into Pink Floyd for the first time with the easy listening of Dark Side of the Moon, which is both soulful and smooth while also subtle and experimental.
I went in RAW and got
"EMOTIONAL ISOLATION CAN TURN PEOPLE FASCIST AND IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU!!!
Either way, I have listened to both albums AT LEAST 200 times... EACH.
I have both those albums MEMORIZED, and at one point decided to sing the opening of The Wall to myself... only to find myself having sung the entire album an hour and 12 minutes later.
If I want to recommend someone listen to Pink Floyd for the first time, every time I suggest Dark Side of the Moon. It is the QUINTESSENTIAL Pink Floyd experience, and is more than likely the thing most people cite as causing them to fall in love with their music.
But if I'm gonna be honest... I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for The Wall, because it was MY first experience; stoned out of my mind at midnight in a Laser Floyd planetarium show. I'd never seen or heard anything like it before, and I instantly fell in love. It spoke deeply to me on a level no music has before or since.
Like, I'd listened to songs that flowed seamlessly from one track into another, but I'd NEVER seen it done on the level of the ENTIRE album! It's something I'd genuinely never heard before, or since.
My favorite track off of Dark Side of the Moon is Us and Them, and off The Wall... kinda tough to say. Comfortably Numb was one of my first ever favorite Pink Floyd songs period, but The Trial is such a fun one to sing and also Hey You is a really good one... I also find myself coming back to Mother and Goodbye Blue Sky a lot...
After I listened to Dark Side and The Wall, I also checked out the other two albums of Pink Floyd's prime age: Wish You Were Here and Animals. I deeply adore those albums as well. The context of Wish You Were Here breaks my heart whenever I give a listen to Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and Animals has an angry punk energy that I really enjoy, my favorite track off that one being Dogs (their 3rd longest track at a WHOPPING 17:43)
I also checked out some of their other albums and have a particular affinity for Atom Heart Mother and The Final Cut. Also Meddle has the MAGNIFICENT track Echoes, holy shit, I could talk about Pink Floyd all goddamn day.
And holy shit, this doesn't even TOUCH on The Wall, the movie...
...so, uh... hope that answers your question XP
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fishedeyelenz · 2 years ago
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Billy Lenz headcanons 2
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Part two baby let's go
TW: child abuse, animal death again :( though I don't really get into the details of either of it
Grew up in a kind of suburban/rural like area, not totally isolated but definitely a bit remote, so a lot of things that happened in the Lenz household went unnoticed by the wider community
Lived close by to a pig farm as a child, hearing their grunts and squeals all day and all night. He quickly adopted the sounds, and now grunting and squealing and snorting are a stim to him. Though, because of this he often got compared to pigs by his family as a child :( he did sometimes sneak away to the pig farm to look at the pigs to get away from his house
Had a crooked broken nose. He either got it broken by one of his parents or Agnes broke it in self defense
As stated in the last part, he loves movies, and one of his absolute favorite ones is the shining. Jack Nicholson is one of his favorite actors, and he watched most of his filmography- exept one flew over the cuckoo's nest. He can't handle that one, it's too real for him
Likes those adult oriented animated movies that came out during the 70's-80's like Fritz the cat, Fantastic planet, Rock and rule, and so on. He also very much enjoys who framed Roger rabbit and cool world, though not really for their technical breakthroughs (perv)
I can see him also appreciating eastern block animated films if he ever got his hands on them, like Russian fairy tale animated films and early Hungarian folk tales, János vitéz etc.
Last unicorn enjoyer but prefers the book to the animated movie (though he enjoys both)
Doesn't really like Disney animated movies though (exept for Roger rabbit). The ones that came out during his adulthood were too "kiddie" for his tastes, and the ones from his childhood trigger him greatly
Has Italian heritage
Hates hippies, though likes a couple of bands that can be considered to make hippie/stoner music like Pink Floyd and the Doors
Yes he relates to Pink from the acclaimed concept album/rock opera movie Pink Floyd's The Wall why do you ask
Every weed is scary weed to him, don't let this man bake
Cat's are his favorite animal, aside from pigs, and he would feed the local stray cats as a child
Would honestly be catkin in a modern au
Garfield is his favorite mediocre but cute Saturday morning comic strip <3 he relates to Jon a lot
Doesn't like children, they freak him out, he would never want to have children and that's for the best
Has an appreciation for naive/amateur/outsider art, and he himself does make his own collages and drawings from time to time, whenever he's mentally stable enough to do that. His works are crude, both technically and thematically, and there is a very morbid quality to them. One of his great inspirations is Henry Darger
Has hoarder tendencies
Loves soft things, like blankets, pillows and plushies. His nest in the attic is like the most comfortable pillow fort there is
Yes the plushies are stolen directly from children
Honestly has his own collection of small, tinny , insignificant shinny things he found/stole. If he ever gets his own place his house would look like Howl Movingcastles room just more... Dirty and covered in cat hair
Liked to lay out all the things he stole from the girls in the sorority house on the attic floor, and admire his spoils from time to time
Yes he is a panty snatcher why do you ask
Doesn't like people staring/looking at him, though he himself has a staring problem
Is afraid of dogs, he got bitten by a stray dog one time when he ran away from home when he was just three years old. A stranger who just so happened to be passing by saw what was happening and defended him, killing the dog in the process. Then he took Billy right back to his family home, like any good Samaritan would. Sometimes Billy's nightmares have bloody, gaping black dogs in them.
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davidtennantgenderenvy · 2 years ago
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HERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF PROBABLY MOST OF THE STUFF I LIKE! Feel free to ask me about any of it
PERSONALITY TYPING: INFP 4w3 (471)
BOOKS: Grishaverse, Lord of the Rings, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Song of Achilles, The Prince of Tides, The House in the Cerulean Sea, Gone With the Wind, His Dark Materials, A Far Wilder Magic, The Hate U Give, The Outsiders, The Devil and the Dark Water, They Both Die At The End, Riordanverse, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Warriors
MOVIES: Titanic, Dead Poets Society, It’s A Wonderful Life, Little Women 2019, NOPE, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Sixth Sense, Terminator (especially 2), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Addams Family (1991) The Shawshank Redemption, Parasite, Knives Out/Glass Onion, Tar, Harriet, Romeo and Juliet (1968), Interstellar, Forrest Gump, Schindler’s List, The Princess Bride, Get Out, Lady Bird, Silence of the Lambs, The Truman Show, The Wall, 12 Angry Men, Recovery, so so many animated movies (especially WALL-E, The Prince of Egypt, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Howl’s Moving Castle!), SOME Marvel movies (mostly guardians and spidey)
TV SHOWS (live action): LOST, Breaking Bad, Doctor Who, Person of Interest, Good Omens, Arcane, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Downton Abbey, Ted Lasso, My So Called Life, Stranger Things, Broadchurch, Alias, Sherlock, Maid, The Last of Us, Dark, Happy Valley, Takin’ Over The Asylum, Our Flag Means Death, The Sandman, Heartstopper, Jessica Jones, Andi Mack, The Queen’s Gambit, Derry Girls, Rivals, The Office, A Series of Unfortunate Events, 1899, Mare of Easttown, Around the World in 80 Days, Time
ANIME AND CARTOONS: Fullmetal Alchemist (both versions), Avatar, Steven Universe, Phineas and Ferb, Death Note, Assassination Classroom, Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, Monster, Bluey, Spy X Family, Ouran High School Host Club, My Hero Academia, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Toradora, Gravity Falls, Bluey, The Owl House, Cowboy Bebop, Erased, Mob Psycho 100, Kotaro Lives Alone, Ducktales
MUSIC: Queen, Taylor Swift, Will Wood, My Chemical Romance, Fiona Apple, Adele, Jeff Buckley, Olivia Rodrigo, Hozier, Billy Joel, Brandi Carlile, Florence + The Machine, Mitski, The Proclaimers, Nina Simone, Janelle Monáe, Kendrick Lamar, The Beatles, Beyonce, The Chicks, Pink Floyd, Sinead O'Connor, Pulp, Kelly Clarkson, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, David Bowie, BTS, Stray Kids, Day-6, The Crane Wives, Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter, FKA Twigs, ABBA, Lizzie McAlpine, Fefe Dobson, No Doubt, The Go-Go's, Heart…
MUSICALS: Les Miserables, Great Comet, Ragtime, Phantom of the Opera, Hadestown, Hamilton, Wicked, Come From Away, Matilda, Falsettos, Jesus Christ Superstar, Anastasia, Evita, The Last Five Years, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, The Clockmaker’s Daughter, Ride the Cyclone, Sweeney Todd, Parade, Passion, Little Shop of Horrors, Cats, In The Heights, Into the Woods, She Loves Me, Sunday in the Park with George, Lizzie, Newsies, Bonnie and Clyde, The Secret Garden, The Wild Party, Cabaret, Suffs, Lempicka, Marie Christine, Putnam County Spelling Bee…(I also love Shakespeare!)
VIDEO GAMES: basically just Super Mario Bros and Undertale but boy do I love Super Mario Bros and Undertale
YOUTUBERS: Schaffrillas Productions, Cinema Therapy, The Authentic Observer, Matt Rose, PMSeymour, Katherine Steele, The Swiftologist, FilmCooper, Sideways, Anthony Fantano and too many others to mention
FAVE ROLES I’VE PLAYED: Elsa in Frozen, Morticia in The Addams Family, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Mopsa in Head Over Heels, Iolanthe in Iolanthe, Juror #8 in 12 Angry Jurors
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Hey can you recommend any disturbing movies aside from the usual ones that appear on all the lists (Salo, Cannibal Holocaust, Serbian, Vomit gore)?
First off Serbian Films, Salo, Cannibal Holocaust, and Vomitgore have about an hour and ten minutes of interesting watchable footage between all of them and are overrated because fratboys can stand to consume their violent content when chocolate-coated in 90% of the film being sex scenes.
Im giving these recommendations under the assumption that they are both legal in your place of residence and that you are of age to view them. If you are a minor do not watch any of the following films:
Right now I would say 'Nothing Bad Can Happen" is the most disturbing horror movie I've ever watched, which dethroned "Eden Lake". "Last House On The Left" (the original) is a close 3rd place. Im also an evangelist for the glitchcore robotussinesque classic "Where The Dead Go To Die".
"Happiness" is not a horror in the traditional sense, and neither is "Requiem For A Dream" or "Pixote", substituting drooling hungry monsters for unflinching examinations of social issues that nobody wants to acknowledge. "Unicorn Wars" and "Birdboy The Forgotten Children" are fantastic and emotionally devastating examples of animated horror. Another animated film not billed as a horror movie but that hits all the beats devastatingly is "Grave Of The Fireflies" and also "Barefoot Gen". "Oldboy" is more of a thriller but its a cant-miss. "Human Centipede 3" is one of my favorite modern splatterpunks and you do not need to view the previous two in order to understand it. "Funny Games" is another must-see, Im of the minority that likes the American version because I had a big crush on Mike Pitt as a teenager.
For true crime inspired I'd suggest "Concrete", "Juvenile Crime", "The Girl Next Door", "Bully", "Boys Dont Cry", "An American Crime", and "Henry Portrait Of A Serial Killer". Again while not traditionally considered a horror film, "The Plague Dogs" is a must watch for horror lovers as is "Fat Girl". Girl Hell and Eraserhead are also good (Id recommend taking DXM or some other dissociative with psychedelic properties like K or dust to watch Eraserhead). "Antichrist" is pretty extreme, as is the French film "Martyrs" and the historical piece "Philosophy Of a Knife".
Some Troma Studios favorites are Toxic Avenger, American Nightmare, Dumpster Baby, Redneck Zombies, Honkey Holocaust, And Beware Children At Play.
Visitor Q and Audishon by Takahashi are worth watching but he tends to write with his erection and insert unnecessary scenes filling his incest and lactation fetishes.
"Tumbling doll of flesh" is a good gore flick as is "suicide club". "Victim" is weird and not gorey but was controversial. The short "Cutting Moments" is unforgettable.
Again not horror but the suffocating escalation of tension and catastrophic climactic blowout of both "do the right thing" and "when the wind blows" may appeal to you.
If you like horror that is a little more psychedelic, I cannot recommend "Pink Floyd's The Wall" highly enough.
If you are just looking for gore/special effects showcases I would recommend the series Guinea Pig, American Guinea Pig, August Underground, All Night Long, Amature Porn Star Killer, Angel Guts, Faces Of Death, Men Behind the sun, tokio gore police, or compilation series like MDPOPE, Orgrish Collection, How To Clear A Room In 90 minutes, Stars of TheYNC, fist pig, Gusomilk, Fetus Munchers, or SNuff r37. Due to recent legislation some popular compilations such as Amber Alert, Scream Bitch, and Suffer The Little Children are no longer legal to own or distribute in the united states so check the laws regarding both crime footage and obscenity in your area before viewing compilation collections.
For documentaries if you're really feeling saucy: Imposter, The Act Of Killing, Face On A Milk Carton, Paradise Lost (all 3), Just Melvin Just Evil, Swansea Love Story, Afghanistsn's Secret Shame, Rare: A Dead Person, Traces of Death, Child Of Rage, The Cove, Blackfish, The Bridge, The Barbie And Ken Murers, The Toybox Killing Audio, The Lesley Anne Dauty Audio, Children of Leningradski, Angels But Not Angels, Children underground, Jesus Camp, Afghanistan's Child Heroin Addicts, Black Metal Vains (although much is staged), Mondo Cannes, Invisible Children, The Jonestown Death Tapes, The audio collage "Buyers market" by Peter Sotos, And Who Killed Pixote are all real life examples of horror too horrific to feel true.
I would also recommend on a much lighter note small independent animators like Lee Hardcastle, Happy Tree Friends, Alfred's Playhouse, Jack Stauber, Dont Hug Me Im Scared, The Sad Man, Salad Fingers, The short animated films of Product, The Mandella Catalog, Whos Hungry, The Operator Series, or the work of Trent Shy just to name a few easily found on youtube.
Finally, if you're really nasty, I would recommend the following gore clips to anybody involved in the consumption of that stuff: Unknownrussiansoldiers.avi, Checlear, The Gurraro Flaying, Funkytown, The Russian lathe Incident, The Russian Daschcam Brick, 3 guys 1 hammer, Isis Human Slaughterhouse, Isis High Definition Headshot Montague, Killer Children of Isis, The Mexican Cartel Chainsaw Murders, Ghostrider, Porsche Girl, The Demigorgan Dive, Sponcered By Addidas, The Dagestan Massacre, The Morocco Backpacker Beheadings, The Body Cam footage of the first responders to the Travis The Chimp incident, and the Post-Arrest Interrogation Footage of Andrea Yates. These clips contain real footage of real death so please look them up at your descression. I will not be linking anybody to any of these clips of actual footage. They are perfectly legal for an adult to view and easily findable by googling the name of the clip on the surface web with no IPN or tor browser needed and I am violating no law or term of service by acknowledging their existance.
Other "famous clips" like Dafu Love, baby Burger, Green Ball, and the "extended cut" of Snuff r73 as well as "lost horror movies" like The Full Directors Cut of Last House On The Left or titles like "The Grifter" are urban legends perpetuated almost entirely by a single guy named Takedownman who was a predecessor to channels such as DisturbedReality, ColdravensNest, and PlaguedMoth without the proof of sources. The only confirmed footage to have been "exposed" by takedownman was a mostly inaccurate description of Daisy's Destruction that painted it as a snuff film (The little girl known as Daisy is alive and well, healthy, and cared for by loving adoptive guardians. She is receiving extensive trauma therapy. Due to injuries sustained during her abuse, she is infertile but otherwise in good health. Her abuser will never see the outside of a jail cell).
I would advise, for moral reasons, against looking up suicide footage like the death of Ronnie Mcnutt whose family has clearly and politely asked for their loved ones death to stop being circulated or aftermath footage of the 9/11 jumpers but also I'm not your mom or your priest and you owe me no display of morality.
Im more well-versed in transgressive/splatterpunk literature than in films Im a pretty normie edgelord with cinema but I'm in the Mariana Trench with books.
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i. in persuasion nation - george saunders // ii. 1984 - george orwell // iii. "one of my turns" - pink floyd
(james mcavoy, 45, cis man, he/him ) — Look who it is! If you take a look at our database, you’ll find that JAMES "JIMMY" JASPER is a FACTORY HEAD/COUNCILMAN that works in SECTOR 8. That must be why they’re HEADSTRONG and HOSTILE. If you ask me, they remind me of calloused hands after a long day's work, bruised knuckles from fighting another wall, me vs. them. They are affiliated with THE DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL.
QUICK FACTS:
full name: james "jimmy" joshua jasper
date of birth: march 30th, 2130
zodiac big three: aries sun,
gender & pronouns: cis man & he/him
sexual + romantic orientation: straight. oh no.
ethnicity: white
nationality: scottish (or. well. what used to be scottish.)
religion: atheist
languages spoken: english (5), scots (3)
enneagram: 8w7
mbti: entj
temperament: choleric
alignment: neutral evil
ability: n/a
affiliation: the democratic council
task: breakdown
BACKSTORY
triggers: implications of child abuse, implications of alcoholism (it's only in one bullet and it's not actually alcoholism, but it could sound like it so! just taking extra precautions!), abuse of power
If you want Jimmy to just fucking hate your guts, all you have to do is call him 'James'!
He was an unwelcome mistake. His mother didn't realize she was already in her second trimester and, while she still could have aborted, his father saw this as an opportunity to... make a life with her. Debate raged, but they ultimately decided to keep the child and just see what would happen.
-> Which is how it works with all great parents, of course! Let's see what happens!
The first marked oddity was that... this boy was not a mutant. His parents weren't entirely sure how that side of the genetics worked, never really cared enough to learn, but they were both mutants -- and visible ones! But this kid was just a human!?
Let's see what happens? Well, what happened was they learned that they were not cut out to be parents. They hated that kid, they resented that kid, and they let that kid know it! Oh, how powerless he was to their anger!
At 15, James -- now only letting himself be called Jimmy, thank you very much! -- made a mad dash. As a human, he was not equipped to deal for the conditions that awaited him outside of the settlement... but he made a valiant effort, only to be bitten by some radioactive once-was-a-snake.
Luck seemed to be on his side, because he did not die! He had been found by a group of hunters, training newer recruits, and he was brought to their headquarters. When he awoke, they were all talking a big game about how fucking good they were -- all those stupid mutated animals didn't have shit on them! And one of the newer recruits...
-> Well, he was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious?
He kind of just admired her from afar for a while, spending most of his time helping the group of hunters with their weapons and doing some grunt work for them. They'd taken him hunting a few times... but, every single time, he got a little too cocky and wound up getting bitten or stung or strangled or -- you get the point. Basically, the boy was confident and the boy was aggressive, but the boy was not cut out for hunting in wastelands.
When Jimmy was 18 and they both started Officially Getting Paid, he was like 'uwu do you maybe wanna be boyfriend/girlfriend' and she was like 'why not?'
Ah, young love! Young love that does not usually turn into marriage, but, as always, young Jimmy was confident and young Jimmy was determined and young Jimmy was secretly a hopeless romantic. So young Jimmy, only 20, proposed. He was like 'uwu do you maybe wanna spend the rest of our lives together' and she was like 'why not?'
A caveat came five years later. As difficult as it was to get word from other settlements, word did come from the settlement the majority of her family was in -- her mother was gravely ill.
-> Jimmy had never really asked why she was no longer with her family. She seemed to love them, only ever talked highly about them... but, uh... he'd find out.
He agreed to go to this 'Sol City,' but... he really, really, really relied on her. He had his own gun and artillery, but he wasn't half as well-trained -- and, do recall, he had a history of being overly confident in his skillset. Every now and again, they'd run into another hunter and would travel with them until said hunter couldn't continue. And they eventually made it! And Jimmy didn't die!
Well, when they made it... he learned why she had never really told him anything about her family beyond how kind they were.
-> 1) Everyone but her father was a mutant, and 2) Her mother had insisted her children stay in their previous settlement... which she knew would be another nail in Jimmy's 'mutants are bad >:(' coffin.
Jimmy tried, he really tried, to put on a smile and make an exception for her family. But, god, they were fucking disgusting.
In an attempt to ignore them as much as he could, he threw himself into his work. He was put in the mines at the beginning, but when the city learned of his experience with basically taking guns apart and putting them back together again, they moved him to the factory. He would occasionally request a transfer to jobs like textiles or waste disposal or grave-digger, just to really get a feel for everything in the sector, but would always return to the factory.
He had become so 'enamored' with his work, so consumed by it, that his wife was starting to grow impatient... and suspicious. When her mother died? He wasn't there. The funeral? He didn't say a thing, just drank the entire time. She knew about his parents, about his experience with mutated animals (and everything he heard the hunters and soldiers say about them), about everything that could make a person so easily hate that group. But, man, she thought he would try for her. He was the one who kept saying 'uwu'!
After many fights, Jimmy becoming sloppier throughout each of them, she finally threw in the towel when he started going on a tirade about how shitty her family was. She threw the ring and she left. And she did not come back.
He pretended nothing happened. Sure, he kept the ring, but he pretended nothing happened. Work was his wife now.
He had felt so powerless for so much of his life. His parents, doing grunt work for the hunters, being a little miner/factory worker/etc, so when he was offered a promotion? It went right to his head. And he wanted more power.
He put on a good show the year after his promotion when he decided to run for Council. No one knew Sector 8 quite as well as he did, and he really hammed it up -- he kissed mutant babies on the head (and insulted the parents when the camera went off), he pet mutant dogs (and insulted the owners when the camera went off), etc. etc. etc. And it fucking worked. And he decided to just rinse and repeat that same thing every election cycle.
All he really wants to do is abuse his power to the best of its ability! All he really wants to do is fuck over the mutant population as a whole, strip them of everything they've worked so hard to earn. It's been pretty easy in his factory -- treat them like shit, hire someone to trash their homes so the Councilman isn't seen doing that -- but he wants to do it on a grand scale! Come on, Leizu and Adonis -- you guys are both weird about mutants, back him up!
TIMELINE
BORN -- Unexpected and unwelcome. He was the child of two mutants who, when his mother learned she was pregnant, said 'eh, let's just see how it goes...'
CHILDHOOD -- It went terribly. They hated him and they made sure he knew that. It wasn't just due to his human status, though that was certainly a factor! Hopefully they never had any other children ever again <3
AGE 15 -- Decided he was done. Ran as far as he could, crossing the border of the settlement and stepping foot into their wastelands. He dashed and he dashed until he was bitten by a radioactive what-once-was-a-snake. He was stumbled upon by a group of hunters. They took him in and largely provided him with a home for the next few years of his life, provided he do their grunt work.
AGE 18 -- He looked at one of their recruits and he was like 'uwu do you wanna be boyfriend/girlfriend?' and she was like 'sure.'
AGE 20 -- He looked at his girlfriend and he was like 'uwu do you wanna spend the rest of our lives together?' and she was like 'sure.'
AGE 25 -- His wife gets word that her mother is gravely ill. He agrees to make the potentially perilous trip and... really relies on her for protection. Sure, he had his own gun and some artillery, but he had always had a problem with being a little too confident in wastelands... which always wound up getting him horribly injured. They ran into some hunters and soldiers along the way who would help them out. And, voila, they eventually made it to Sol City. And he learned why she never really told him much about her family other than how much she loved them: everyone, except for her dying mother, was a mutant. And she knew he hated them.
AGE 26-28 -- He got a job in Sector Eight and really threw himself into it in an attempt to ignore thinking about his wife's family. While he impressed his superiors, he did not impress his wife. He would miss important events, would show up late to others, would straight up ignore her...
AGE 29 -- The straw that broke the camel's back was when he was not there for her mother's death and did nothing but drink during the funeral. He was anything but a pillar of support and was in running for 'worst husband ever.' She threw her ring. She left. She never came back. And he pretended nothing happened.
AGE 30-33 -- Pretending nothing happened looked like throwing himself into work. Despite it being considered one of the less desirable sectors, he fucking loved it!
AGE 34 -- He was given a promotion. No more grunt work at the factories -- he was the factory head now!
AGE 36 -- That taste of power was intoxicating... and mistreating his factory workers was not enough. He threw his hat in for Councilman of Sector Eight and really hammed it up for the cameras. He did a great job at pretending to like the mutant population just as much as he liked the humans, talked a big game, all that stuff. And, being that so many workers from Sector Eight were prisoners, it was easy to wave away anyone who said he sucked!
AGE 37 -- He was elected Councillor for Sector Eight and, man, it's fucking awesome!
AGE 37 - PRESENT -- Continues hamming it up each election cycle. Continues mistreating his workers, namely the mutant ones. Continues having a hard-on for power. Should not be on the Council, but if Leizu and Adonis can make it on there? Well!
HEADCANONS
Probably the worst and least professionally dressed of all the Councillors. Again, he tries to ham things up when there's something important in the public eye going on, but at meetings and the like? What do you mean flannels and wife-beaters aren't professional attire?
Discussed this briefly with Gray -- he's in charge of all the betting on the underground fights that occurs in the prison (grammar is so weird) and concocts all the loopholes that force various prisoners, such as Fins, to do it if they want to keep some of their privileges.
-> Yes, we're finally going to get someone who doesn't like Fins beyond the money he can make for him <3
For all of his faults -- and there are way more faults than there are anything else -- he genuinely is a very hard-worker! Always has been! He likes that feeling of accomplishment he gets after a long, hard day. (But he likes power more, so :\)
He doesn't read much -- that would be silly! -- but his favorite book? 1984 by George Orwell! Talk about the perfect society! (This is also in assuming that books like this are still accessible afksjdh)
He is not very self aware, but... if he can say nothing else, he can say that he has learned he should never be as confident as he once was in wastelands!
At least Ihsan and Abel can blame their mutations, there's literally nothing stopping this guy from being even a halfway decent person, and yet...
Uses his power to get people in his sector to do some of his dirty work. I mentioned this in the backstory section, but my example will be paying someone -- preferably a human -- to go trash a mutant's house just for the hell of it.
-> I am going to make it known right now though that I do not plan on him doing anything violent to a mutant, at least anything that would be on the dashboard. He might be mean! He might be manipulative! He might abuse his power! If it's a fight fight, then sure, he might throw punches! But unprovoked violence towards mutants will never occur on the dash <3 Mutants may not be real (or are they...), but the allegory would make it a little too close... especially with what happened today, January 20th, in the USA. I hate it here!
CONNECTION IDEAS
His ex-wife 👀
Mutants in his sector who he is simply awful to, a la Fins <3 (love that I'm playing two sector eight mutants... if only he could be awful to them!)
Prisoners he is simply awful to <3
Fellow Councillors, obviously. I think there are still 2-3 sectors unclaimed, though!
Since he's secretly a romantic, he... has definitely still not moved on from his wife because he's stupid, but casual flings and hookups and all that are an option!
He can pretend to be nice (and will have to pretend to be nice in plenty of my interactions, namely so it's not the same thing over and over again), so friends!
Someone he is a terrible influence on <3 Maybe he starts to influence them to hate mutants <3 Maybe they're a man and he starts rubbing his toxic masculinity off on them <3 So many possibilities because he only has, like, two good qualities!
etc etc etc forever and ever amen
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unusual · 2 months ago
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When I was a really little kid my dad for whatever reason bought me a dvd for the pink floyd the wall movie but my mom didn’t let me watch it in the house so sometimes if i couldn’t sleep i would stay up really late and watch the wall and pause it if i heard like a slight whisper in the wind because i didn’t want to be caught staying up at 12 am on a school night watching a banned movie but the animation in that movie is legitimately like crazy good and i think about that all the time
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