#the edgy songs were always my favs

[mikufanclub]

[all-things-gothic12]

Goth? What it is + Some of my fav songs.

Hello, my blog is going to be about my enjoyment of all things gothic. Ranging from literature (novels, manga,comics), to the television aspect (movies, shows, anime), fashion and also to of course the music.

Growing up I always listened to rock music as both my parents are super into the genre and subgenres. Once I started consuming more media I realized that I enjoyed certain things over others, which led to my subsequent enjoyment of gothic things. “Gothic things” is such a huge umbrella of topics, and it’s all amazing, there’s so much to explore and consume that it seems overwhelming at times. Gothic media has influenced me tremendously, to how I dress, to my art, and even with some of my world views. The romanticism of darkness is so romantical that I love writing about it.

Before I do start info dumping about gothic topics, here is a slight definition of what a goth is and what the music is in of itself:

Being gothic is usually described as someone that enjoys the darker things in life, although the only parameter to being goth is to listen to the music. Most goths actively dress in gothic clothing such as all black, black hair, all black makeup. (This is of course a generalization mainly describing trad goth: there are multiple different types of fashion though). 

Gothic music is littered with lyrics of the macabre (vampires, death, monsters, ghouls, etc.). Usually paired with a bass and dark slow melodies, goth music is as stated prior a romanticism of darkness (not to be too edgy). 

Basically:

If you WANT to be goth you NEED to listen to goth rock.

You can listen to goth rock WITHOUT being goth though.

Below is one of my favourite Goth songs, Sisters of Mercy were one of the biggest pioneers of the gothic genre with their darker lyrics, darker imagery and overall macabre vibe. Lucretia My Reflection is one of their best songs because of all those reasons, a great introduction to the sound of goth rock it plays heavily off of that wondrous romanticism of sadness and decay.

Another of my fav goth songs being The Killing Moon (the main track from Donnie Darko, a great film). Like Sisters of Mercy they exhibit a great raw showing of what goth music is at it's core. Just lyrics about silly goofy dark things. Which I love so much. Not to mention how great the lyrics play into Donnie Darko's imagery as a film.

Thanks for reading all of this, and I implore everyone to listen to these two songs, they're great (I am biased).

[longeyelashedtragedy]

granit and uhhhhhhhhh šime 😭

i was legit just thinking about šime earlier today 😭

@colorsofmyseason also asked me granit so i will answer š's here and then tag u in that one!

favorite thing about them: man, of everyone who's made an appearance on my favs list, he is absolutely the most mysterious, both because he is mysterious but also because he would rarely do an interview in a language i can understand (tyoma is monolingual but somehow very understandable anyway 😂). šime speaks spanish and english but would only really do interviews in croatian or italian i feel like. so i feel like i know so little about him! but of course: he has the absolute most beautiful footballer tattoos (that BUTTERFLY!!!), fantastic taste in music, and his sense of style--a little more alternative/edgy than other footballers. he's clearly a guy who did his own thing without seeking a lot of external validation, and it was fascinating how he comes across as very mysterious but very steady at once. he's also very uniquely beautiful--there is that "you can tell a lot about a person based on whether they think šime or dejan is hotter" concept 😂 and the whole tungelr knows where i stand on this, but, damn if šime's slutty pirate/širen self isn't captivating to stare at. i miss him SO much and think constantly about how he essentially gave his whole career to the 2018 world cup without realizing.

something else is how humble and normal he always came across. of course you can only know about these people what they put on social media, but back when he was active on there, he was never vacationing to dubai or ibiza or on some yacht--he'd go home to Zadar and repair old cars with a grungy tshirt tied around his head.

least favorite thing about them: that he knocked up some Instagram Hot Lady and got together with her! and disappeared off social media and is made of literal glass! promise i'm not showing favoritism--i don't think šejan had a dramatic and bad breakup, but i think science kind of proves that the breakup was driven by šime bc dej is persistent as fuck and clearly a very devoted long distance boyfriend 😂

favorite line: omg i can't remember the exact translation of it, but it was during the wc when he was like "you film me doing everything, you'd probably film me taking a piss" and dej was like "THAT'S RIGHT!!!" i mean, the šejan lajvs had a ton of classics that i could go back and find, but i'm contractually obligated to say that one

brOTP: ŠLUKA! i loved their drunk asses together at the Slutty Pirate Party in zadar after the wc

there's a lotta good photos but obviously this one has širtless content so... I also feel like šime and domo would make a great brotp.

notp (switching these next two around): probs will piss off some section of gen z tumblr saying this kind of thing but...his girlfriend/fiancee/wife/whoever. just...Not feelin the vibe

otp: i mean...

to see šejan, two grown ass men, in hysterical giggles in their own private world, is something else entirely. those 2 really had something going on. they kind of had "read each other's minds and finish each other's sentences" vibes, except they were usually laughing too hard to even finish a sentence. at the same time, šime's calm, even energy was obviously so healthy for dejan's uh, in the words of Mo, stormy head. it breaks my heart that it is over.

(PLUS. when deki said šime should get his name tattooed on him on šime's pornographic workout livestream...)

(i think all my other photos are on insta somewhere)

random headcanon: i don't think i have one? in mare liberum, i want to figure out the headcanon about how he uh...got Cursed to become...what he is (NO SPOILERS even though i think mare liberum only has one reader lol).

unpopular opinion: idk what would be unpopular? i think that like, his playing when he wasn't injured was super underrated.

song i associate with them: so these are songs i associate with him because i've seen him listening to them:

badr hari by grše | california love by dr dre/2pac | i'm still standing by elton john (LOL) | klinka by jala brat (the song in the background of the Pissing Video).

jgb edit of deixa a gira girar by os tincoãs because i listened to this on repeat while writing 5.VII lol. i think i wrote the entire bathroom porn scene in 1 sitting and i needed something awesome to power me through

and then also... song for the siren by this mortal coil | o meu amor marinheiro performed by carminho (this song makes me cRYYYYyyY...i think it played a big part in inspiring mare liberum)

favorite picture:

ok i know this seems like a copout because it doesn't have his face, but...there's something about it

[startreatment]

literally no one asked, but i'm listening to midnights in full (again) to see if my opinion's changed so! a little track by track review!

lavender haze - i got it the first time. nothing bad to say about this track tbh! really like the melodies, it's catchy and feels fresh and new. well, it kinda reminds me of false god in a sense? maybe it's just the sultry nature of the track. 8/10

maroon - this fuck ass song. the metaphors are giving "high schooler trying to write poetry" at times, the chorus is just. . . no, thank you! earlier on twitter i said that it feels like too much and not enough at the same time? her vocals are clearly the focus, but i don't particularly enjoy the melodies on this one, so. . . don't like the production either actually! it's kinda like afterglow but worse in every way to me. the outro's nice though, i love her voice! still i skip it every time it comes on shuffle and roll my eyes every time i see maroon praise on the tl. 4/10

anti-hero - actually a lot better than i remember! that sexy baby line still catches me off guard every time tho. the bridge is very funny TO ME! i kinda see the vision now i think. maybe! idk. the verses are kinda there, don't really do anything for me (which is actually a problem with most track on this record, now that i think about it). nonetheless it's like a 7/10

snow on the beach - genuinely a great track, even though i never get the urge to listen to it. love how dream-like and hazy and Cold it sounds! like a particularly frosty night in the middle of december. it's a very purple track as well, if you know what i mean. i like it! some of the lyrics are questionable ("life is emotionally abusive" is just not it for me SORRY).

ALSO the "weird but fucking beautiful" part is incredibly annoying to me . . .something about it is so lana that i just can't stomach it, it makes me physically cringe. when i do listen to the song, it's always the clean version lol. also i just couldn't give less of a shit about lana and i'm glad she didn't get a verse! 8.5/10 tho, a beautiful track.

you're on your own, kid - i get what she was going for, and if it weren't for jack i would've loved this one a lot more bc lyrically and vocally it's very very nice! unfortunately they both hate me. oh well! 8/10

midnight rain - love the concept, but the execution could've been wayyyy better tbh. lyrically it's a bit corny at times and production-wise it's nothing to write home about, but it's not outrageously horrible, so i guess a 6/10?

question...? - i have the bad taylor swift songs enjoyer gene so TO ME this isn't half as bad as everyone makes it out to be. the bridge is meh, but the melodies are very fun! lyrically, it's kinda all over the place, but i still get it . 7/10

vigilante shit - look. didn't i just say i have the bad ts songs enjoyer gene? it could've been in my top 5 if the production was even a tiny bit interesting. lyrically? it's atrocious. unbelievably corny, this weird mixture of edgy and awkward only taylor can achieve. in other words, PERFECT !!! it kind of reminds me of lwymmd, if lwymmd was like 3 times less cunty and camp, and like 10 times less interesting production-wise. vocally, she delivers though! very sexy, playful and fun!!! we could've had it all!! jack had other plans, i guess. 6/10

bejeweled - really fun. one of my favs since day one, actually! loooove the production on this one! the synth (? i don't know shit about instruments btw) makes me think of those 3-in-a-row games and it's just Perfect! love those "nice!" moments, love the chorus, love the bridge. in the famous words of Taylor Nation, let's reclaim the land, uk swifties! 8/10

labyrinth - too boring, sorry. i've seen someone say that if this song were on folklore, swifties would "give it the attention it deserves", and i couldn't disagree more. it's just not It lyrically, sorry. 5/10. SORRY. genuinely don't understand why she put this on the record instead of something like would've, could've, should've, or the great war or even glitch (which would make the bejeweled -> karma transition seamless. do you guys think we'll ever get a solid ts album tracklist that makes sense? i doubt it.)

karma - again, i got it the first time. verses are boring and if i could, i'd only listen to the chorus+the bridge, but it's still soooooo FUNNNN!!! like. karma is a cat purring in my lap cause it loves me. that chorus melody is Insane and her vocal delivery is top notch. she's a pop mastermind. 8/10 only because the verses suck otherwise this would've been a 10 and i mean it. i like pop music a lot btw.

sweet nothing - really sweet. doesn't make me feel like i'm slipping into a coma, unlike labyrinth. beautiful piano, beautiful melodies! like a 7/10 maybe. should've been a tad shorter i think.

mastermind - i wish it didn't suck this bad production-wise. i think the concept's really fun - a song about being a mastermind from a woman known to leave easter eggs everywhere she goes. the idea of working hard behind the scenes trying to construct a perfect love story for you and your lover... i get it. unfortunately, it's also . . . boring. 5/10.

not gonna do the 3am tracks and hits different because they're all great and i don't feel like writing out "this has great lyrics!" 7 times in a row. i do have to say that dear reader is the worst thing ever because JACK ANTONOFF. like it just makes me want to throw up how much i like the lyrics and how shitty the song sounds. goddamit.

it's a 6.7, according to my calculator!

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A few of my fav childhood tv shows w edgy or goth looking characters bc it seems its all i used to watch

Blaise le blasé (Fred’s Head for the englishers)

One of my favourites EVER. It was a hilarious relatable show (for teen me bc child me didn’t always understand wtf was going on). Definitely recommend (if you speak french watch it in french its wayyy better).

Mona the Vampire

Every now and then i have a sudden nostalgia crisis and i watch an episode of Mona or Ruby Gloom (coming up). I keep forgetting this show exists until i need it LMAO but its really good and i remember reading the books too.

Ruby Gloom

My favourite cartoon show EVER since like forever. I cant remember much of my childhood but i remember watching Ruby Gloom regularly mostly alone, sometimes with my older sister. Misery is my favourite i love her so much, shes such a mess and i relate with her on a spiritual level.

Edgar & Ellen

Okay, this show i didn’t remember until i saw a picture of it while looking up other shows and OMG IT WAS AMAZING HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

Billy and Mandy, a classic, what else is there to say other than *chefs kiss*

Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School

My favourite Scooby Doo movie, i watched it a million times. I use to do the ���i’m her!!!!” thing with my sisters and i was the tall skinny legend ghost chick and i STILL want to be her

Code Lyoko

Okay if you were a french or french canadian kid you FOR SURE know about this show. I started rewatching it recently and that shit is EPIC?!?! I truly never appreciated it enough but i can tell you the theme song was, is and always will be a BOP. Im not sure if it counts as an edgy looking show in general but my favourite character was Odd so i guess that counts for something (it also explains my neko love)

Emily the Strange (book series)

I genuinely didnt know that so many people liked these books until like a week ago. When i was reading these books i didnt know anybody that even knew of them so i was my own fandom LMAO. I was OBSESSED with these books, i wanted to live like Emily (sleep the day, adventures at night) and i learned how to draw her and her cats

Ghostgirl (book series)

I read those when i was in my first year of secondary school and i l o v e d it. But ever since then i have an actual fear of choking on small stuff (the main character died chocking on a gummy bear) and its probably the reason why i cant swallow pills, now that i think about it. Theyre amazing books but its probably for like 12-14 years olds so dont expect a horror book

Honourable mention: The Hex Girls

I just could not n o t talk about the hex girls, even if they dont have their “own” show theyre still SO UUGHHH. Ive seen every movie/show where they made an appearance (no matter how small) and i know all of their songs and i just love them so much like omg please someone let me be an eco goth wicca vampire-wannabe rock band member with them!!!

Okay that’s all folks! I recommend watching/reading some of these if you’re interested because theyre really amazing and shaped me into the human i am today! (Not saying im a good human but i sure am interesting! XD)

Love yall, stay safe and enjoy!🖤

[oldestking]

———  basics! ♡

(PEN)NAME:  Smol!

PRONOUNS:  she / her

ZODIAC SIGNS:  Aries!

TAKEN OR SINGLE:  single. On mabi however i’m unfortunately married to my cringe embarrassing miner, puppeteer, ozymandias husband (@tenkoseiensei)

TIME ZONE:  If I have to be completely honest, I have no idea 😳

———  three  facts! ♡

I’ve been on 9+ schools all across my life

I can play up to around 23+ songs on the lyre in genshin! from cursed songs like never gonna give u up or despacito to serious stuff

I can’t think of anything right off the bat but, I learned how to draw on paint not too long ago!

———  experience ! ♡

Holy moly- it feels like it’s been ages! so i’ll just tackle my start since I joined the fate fandom and forward; My first ever fate muse was Nero Claudius! (NEROMYBELOVED-) i wrote her for a pretty long time tbh! What is pretty funny is that I was pretty much a baby when it came down to fate as a franchise back then, and even more fate grand order, In general I understood like 1% of fate and what was going on, however I did understand her character and just really liked her vibrant and loud personality so much! not to mention that it was the perfect ‘excuse’ to read and research about history, and more specifically speaking, about emperors which i´ve always been fascinated about but never really knew where to start;; I think the reason why I’ve had so many fate muses is because I really love history !! and reading about mythology and other cultures is always so interesting to me, not to mention that being able to incorporate all of that in these very unique interpretations of said figures is always so neat, because at the end of the day, you truly get to expand so much more on these characters and form a sort of connection;; it ends up being kind of like creating an oc in a way; BUT! putting the initial blabbering to the side, i’ll try to list all the fate charas i have written in the past; if i forget one then my bad for my terrible memory oop; 

OK SO;; i wrote Edmond Dantes (also from fate, that to this day he still remains on my top list of fav servants) , Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes, (these last 3 alongside nero were muses i stuck with for a pretty decent time as well! i still love them all very much but i have no energy to manage 4085467 blogs IOUTOIURT), Karna, Arjuna (i absolutely adore the bros and wish i had more energy to write on them f), Charlemagne, Cú Chulainn, phantom, Okada Izou, Mandricardo, Carmilla, Achilles, Arthur Pendragon, Arash, Billy the kid, Gilgamesh, Jeanne D’arc (alter),,, should I include the muses from my multi? there I write Medb, Emiya, Diarmuid, Artoria, Ishtar, Ereshkigal, Lancelot (saber), I think there must be more in overall but this is getting hella long so alas-

From g.enshin; Xiao, Zhongli, deelook, Kazuha, Childe, Albedo, Venti, Ayato;; then from I.dentity v; Norton, Aesop, Andrew, Joseph, Edgar, Mike, and other charas i never really got to write. From kny; douma, Giyuu and Rengoku. From t.ouken r.anbu; tsurumaru, Heshikiri, Ishikirimaru, Mikazuki, Nagasone, Ookurikara, Kasen, Shokudaikiri

———  muse preference !  ♡

BOY- well if you see the list of muses I have written, you could notice some patterns i suppose, but even then, I tend to write a whole mix of personalities; I do admit i have a particular fondness for chuuni characters, tsunderes, edgy and grumpy characters (example; dantes, arjuna, ookurikara, izou etc etc) then old spirits, or well, peepaws (example; zhongli, casgil, mikazuki, arthur) I also noticed I like to write heroes too, or tragic heroes (example; arash, gil, arthur, karna, arjuna, cú, diar, etc etc) tragic charas (example; dantes, norton, etc) and then the more ‘sunshine’ ones too; (like arash, arthur, ishikirimaru, rengoku) I love writting characters that have compassion and kindness in their hearts bc a lot of times, my muses are kinda difficult to approach and open up to others, or sometimes their personalities are too strong (coughs, gil, coughs),,, and I’ll be 100% honest; I live for sappy moments!!! heartfelt moments!! I love writting genuine soft scenarios!! the concept of hope is such a nice thing to me, which is why Arthur is one of those muses that even when i take breaks, i somehow find myself going back to him;; so it’s a nice change! I absolutely adore my dark and edgy charas but I also love my other charas as well; in the end it all comes down to the depth of the character itself, their story, what i can understand about them, and if i just click with them despite how in some cases we are completely different (example; how i still write on gil)

———  FLUFF / ANGST / SMUT! ♡    

FLUFF:  I LOVE IT!!! There’s nothing cooler than when the chemistry is there and the development is there! when the energy is reciprocated too, and when you know the other mun so you can also clown around; I often found that if i’m not very close or don’t know much the other mun, shipping feels kind of distant so hence why nowadays i just ship my muses with close friends or people whom i’ve had interactions with;; that aside,BOI- the satisfaction of writting a difficult character being able to finally open up??? CHEF KISS!! I have such a fondness for little soft moments, even if its a lil sappy, it makes me feel all warm inside;; specially when there has been a gradual development be it through plotting or direct replies, its just--- -clenches hands on fists-

ANGST:  Angst.... I used to love writting angst in the past but;; nowadays it’s not my first choice to say? or more precisely speaking, Im not very fond of angst that has no sense of purpose; when it doesn´t do anything in helping characters develop or realize things;; if its angst for the sake of angst and it’s constantly angst and agony, i find it super draining on my end; and with this i dont mean i like everything to be sunshine and rainbows, because the majority of my characters are always suffering not on that, what i mean is that there has to be some sort of complexity and a purpose in it, or well, in my case i just have to put that on my characters, there has to be an explanation that draws back as of why they are acting in x way, why they are doing x thing, why they are saying x thing,, in conclusion,, im not too fond of angst for the sake of it, but if it serves as a mean to lead to somewhere, im all up for it

SMUT:  Definitely not on main! and although I used to be terrified of smut, now i dont mind, tho if I happen to talk about it, it has to be with a mun im friends with! otherwise its just a pass for me, also the obvious that the other mun and their muse must as well be 18+

PLOT / MEMES:  OK SO,,,, I’m gonna be completely honest here and say that i’m a lil scared of plotting;; the reason behind this is that sometimes one plots an entire thing and at the end,, nothing ends up happening bc its like,, ‘ok, so since we already know how it’s gonna all end, then it’s done and over’ and it stays there; and man i  like suprises!! i like seeing how things could go to completely different ways, the unpredicatibility that sometimes plays in;; not to mention i absolutely SUC K at keeping track on threads, i cant even remember when was the last time I did a starter based on something i’ve plotted with someone else, DESPITE THIS- this doesn’t mean i dont like plotting! pllotting with friends is always a lot of fun!! i think that also plays a big role and helps release some of the anxiety of having to think of something clever right off the bat, bc with friends you can just ramble you know? and boi if there’s something i love is to ramble- rambling about our characters with a friend and putting them on situations? CHEF KISS. Nowadays i work -much- better with memes, this doesnt mean i dont like starters or stuff, in fact i would love to have threads, but usually i just tend to work more with asks/memes

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[valleyfthdolls]

Can you give me just an overview of a sonic au? I wanna ask specific questions!!!!!!

Well there's an overview of my fav sonic au in the [#yearwounds au] tag on my blog but it's so absurdly fucking long it'd feel cruel to make you read it which is a predicament when that's the one I want to talk abt

Basicallythe yearwounds au, named after yearwounds by rook&nomie which is my favorite song ever, is basically like one of those edgy 2010s reboots of kids cartoons. Those were always like a guilty pleasure of mine. Dumb as shit and devaluing the original cartoon but still really fun to me. This ties in lore from the games, comics, and movies.

Sonic has no known parents and has been an orphan as long as he can remember. Sonic's home island was seized by the military (G.U.N) with Eggman's tech shortly after his birth due to them discovering a "dangerous, possibly extraterrestrial or engineered being" with high traces of unnatural energy, and Sonic's escape from the island is what led him to first discover the Chaos Emeralds which, despite his irreverence, he tries to avoid messing with much, though he always seems drawn to them. Sonic is disillusioned from years of experience as a "hero", and really just does what he wants, though that's usually what G.U.N is too idiotic and war-driven to do.

He met Tails when Tails was four, and being heavily bullied verbally and physically by the other inhabitants of his island as well as abandoned by his parents. Tails was extremely smart, but super anxious about people due to his bullying. However, being only four, he couldn't fare on his own, so Sonic- 11 ar the time and not fit to care for a toddler- offered that Tails could stay with him and he'd protect him as long as he needed it, unofficially adopting Tails as his own brother. Their relationship and Tails's personality is basically the same as canon, with aspects from the AoStH cartoon which is the cutest thing.

Knuckles met the other two at the age of 12, after twelve years of guarding the Master Emerald and upholding his dead clan's legacy all alone. Everything he knows how to do was self-taught. It was by a miracle that he survived long enough to fend for himself, and he is extremely dedicated. His personality is quite like that in the movies (loyal, naive, dedicated, hardworking and serious) as opposed to modern media like Sonic Boom (stupid). Knuckles's English and Spanish are both imperfect, but he's conversational in both.

Amy joined the team at the age of 8, after being rescued by Sonic. Amy had spent her whole life being abandoned, excluded and questioned, dumped at an orphanage by her father after her mother died, where she spent six years before being adopted, but was constantly outcasted due to her unclear species making her an undesirable adoptee, even though she did find a family that took her in anyway, but Sonic was the first person to care about her no matter what she was, and she fell in love instantly. She would later discover this to not actually be the romantic love she took it for at first, but a deeper emotional attachment to the few to unconditionally accept her. Wanting to make herself worthwhile, she was trained by Knuckles in combat and made herself a powerful ally.

Shadow became an... ally, shall we say, at sixteen, four years after the main four met. His backstory is basically the same aside from him being a porcupine and not a hedgehog due to it fitting his personality more. If you're not familiar with Shadow's backstory, tldr: he was a government experiment commissioned by G.U.N and created by Eggman's grandfather in the 40s/50s to cure his granddaughter Maria's terminal illness, and he lived on the research facility in space where he was created with them, being best friends with Maria, until G.U.N shut down the project, massacred everyone in the facility including Maria, an innocent and unrelated terminally ill 12 year old girl, executed Eggman's grandfather and put Shadow in cryostasis for 50 years, which is why Shadow is a like, dark and vengeful villain for most of SA2 until he sacrificed himself to stop the destruction of the Earth in Maria's name, and barely survived. In canon it was Eggman who found him and saved him but in my AU it was his teammate Rouge who went looking for him after SA2. It's sort of like Fuyuhiko's near death in SDR2.

Those are the big characters, and the au itself follows the Sonic Adventure duology, and a heavily rewritten Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic Forces, and, like, a few other games.

Sonadow is like half canon because they're in love they're just super emotionally troubled and not really in the place to have an actual relationship, plus the events of Sonic Forces, Sonic being captured and tortured for 6 months, his repression of his trauma responses, etc. throws a huge wrench in their relationship, though they never stop loving each other, it's a super complicated relationship lmao

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WHERE YOU MET

in the great hall. he took the last piece of mince pie which you wanted. he then took a bite out of it in front of you out of spite and you poured your goblet of pumpkin juice over him.

HIS FAV THING ABOUT YOU

your smile, and he loved it even more knowing he was the reason for it.

YOUR FAV THING ABOUT HIM

his dimples. you thought they were absolutely adorable and would often poke your finger in them.

WHAT HE CALLS YOU

gorgeous. because he liked to remind you that you were.

WHAT YOU CALL HIM

mon doux because he was indeed your sweet.

TURN ONS

when you would bite your lip

YOUR SONG

dicaprio (love me all the time) by juice, "you said boy i'm fallin' and i ain't gon' fight it".

HIS FAV MOVIE

pulp fiction because he's edgy like that.

AFTERCARE

telling you how much he loved you repeatedly.

THE MORNING AFTER

his snores would always wake you up, in which you would chuckle and laugh as you sit yourself up from the bed and shake your head at your sleeping boyfriend.

WHEN SOMEONE FLIRTS WITH YOU

flips them off while making out with you right in front of them.

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[jason-bitchass-todd]

Batboys as Taylor Swift Albums

i do not know where this came from, yes i should be doing essays that are due yet again. note: i’m posting on desktop for the first time and as a mobile user this is so weird. this became more of an analyzation but oh well. and i dont know duke’s character as well as i know the others yet so this is me naming him as 1989. i am very much willing to make a part two of their fav tswift songs if i even get like one request for it. i gotta a little out of hand on the tim one so be warned.

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Dick Grayson: Fearless

this is pretty self explanatory in my brain

classic, safe yet controversial option considering the amazing things put out after both of them

if you stuck with him for the nostalgia factor and that he will always hold a special place in your heart im assuming you really like fearless too

both have die hard fans who will defend them to their grave

sense of comfort and familiarity

simple taste (i mean this in a good way)

i will have to say that while fearless fits him, i also think that death by a thousand cuts and miss americana and the heartbreak prince from lover radiate dick grayson energy as well

i stg i can give a good explanation for every album matching with him in one way or another

Jason Todd: Reputation

i promise i put thought into this and didnt just choose her ‘edgy’ album for the problem child of the wayne clan

for this im looking more at delicate, so it goes, dont blame me, and call it what you want, less on endgame and look what you made me do

it shows the two sides of jason; how he came out of the lazarus pit a murderous shell of what bruce remembered him as and how he morphed into a truer and less lazarus insane self

how he’s finding himself after all the trauma and pain

the lesser played mellow songs on reputation fit him well and still pack the signature jason punch which even the lazarus pit couldnt shake from him

plus i think he would really vibe with king of my heart

also this is me trying from folklore, and i forgot that you existed from lover

jason’s doing his best and isnt gonna let bruce say that hes not doing enough affect him

he learns to find closure in the new him

Timothy Drake: Fearless: Taylor’s Version

yeah its gonna get real depressing in this description be warned

he was never meant to actually be robin, bruce needed a replacement and the genius like 10 year old took advantage of his desperation to fulfil a dream of his (i warned you it was gonna be sad)

tim was there because there was a job to be done and no one to fill it even if he didn’t see it

he’s forced out of the robin mantel for the dreaded bloodson who made a worse impression than reincarnated jason did, and tim finally realizes that he was never meant to be robin

jason had a valid point for hating him in his mind

jason was murdered to get at bruce by the joker and believed that bruce never cared for him otherwise he would have saved him in time

but damian, he showed up one night and all of a sudden he has a robin suit made instantly for him and tim is forced out of the robin moniker for a 12 year old that no one knew existed

i chose tswift version of fearless to mirror dick’s choice intentionally

he took a cowl laced with bad luck and made it his own, renewing it if you will

he was just a rendition of past robins and truly flourished as himself under Red Robin because robin never really belonged to him

vibes with cardigan and marjorie from folklore and evermore plus dear john from fearless

marjorie because robin was taken from him and he had to learn that he was his own hero haunted by the past cowl and dear john solely on vibes

Damian Wayne: Evermore

i feel like you could swap jason and damian’s albums and still have a justifiable reason to why they were still relevant choices

(yes this is me giving into the dark academia hc i have formed around damian wayne in my head)

tolerate it, gold rush, and dorothea were my main inspirations

dorothea is about rebellion and having one person who will always accept the true you that is covered by shiny things and popularity (cough*dick grayson*cough)

its about giving dorothea, or damian, an escape from face and tactless escapades he now has to go through under his father’s public figure

DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON TOLERATE IT

he does his best at what he knows but what he knows isn't the best

time after time again he’s scrutinized for doing what he was raised to do with no real help from the batfam

he does his best and is still yelled at for it because it isn’t what normal people do

[edengarden]

Hi, can I have Haikyuu regular matchup! I describe myself as much as I can I am a 163 cm INTJ girl with curly and light brown hair, brown eyes, I'm a little fat and I wear glasses like to listen to nightcore or slowed music. I usually do not care about what people say and I do what I think is right. am very introverted and I prefer to be myself (ngl sometimes I get annoyed really fast). I can be funny or serious around people and be quiet outside but from the inside I'm very shy and to read books / manga and watch romance, horror movies and animation, and I usually get emotional watching them. I am a direct person to the people. I prefer to stay home to read comics, sleep, play, rather then go out with people. I like to take care of my appearance and take the time to get ready (I NEVER wear pants so I usually wear shorts or dresses) and people tend to say My personality is really edgy (idk what that means I think they mean I'm a bruh girl?). I'm really tsundere so sometimes some of my friends say that they think I'm emotionless and I never cry but if u look closely i actually do care about people just show it to them with my little actions bc I'm not really good with words oh and one of my bestfriends always says that "U do not know how to express your feelings properly and people say that you do not know your worth and you hide ur true feelings" oh alsoooo Ive been to a karate and boxing class before but I hate sports that includes running and ummm My fav subject at school is maths but I'm really good with languages ​​too! (I can speak 3 fully language and I can understand Arabic too) and I really like to teach people the studies that they do not understand That's all I can say lol tysm!

I’ll match you up with Iwaizumi!

I think your vibe can really match his! As an introvert, the worst thing you could do to yourself is have a partner who’s so all over the place that it drains you. And Iwa isn’t like that at all; he’s calm and yeah ok he’s stubborn but he cares bro. Buddy has experience with people who have trouble expressing their emotions; he’ll be patient for you (Oikawa’s jealous). Iwaizumi gives me some kind of motherly vibe, I’m 100% sure he’s looking out for you all the time even if you don’t SEEM like you do the same (oh yeah he notices the attention you give to details but he won’t tell you to spare your ~pride~). And omg omg you look shy to people and when they see who you’re with they’re like “how the hecking heck did THAT happen” because Iwaizumi looks so scary and people do come up to you and ask about that but after a while you don’t even see him as a scary person so you’re just sitting there dumbfounded like “he’s?? He’s not scary??” People think you’ve gone BLIND (lmao blinded by love)

Pft before you two were a thing it was tsundere city. Iwaizumi was planning on just admiring you from afar but the entire freaking team was this 🤏 close to confessing FOR him so he was forced to put on his big boy pants and tell you because we all know you wouldn’t have made the first move either. He was high key shocked when you accepted his feeling because like you didn’t seem like you held any interest in him?? Like at all?? And then he learns that you’re hella tsundere and it’s like BAM match made in heaven

Songs!!

- Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Paul Anka (soft song for a tsundere couple? Sign me the FUCK up bitches I SWEAR-)

- Bad Liar, Imagine Dragons

- Shrike, Hozier

- Drive-In Saturday, David Bowie

[t100ficrecsblog]

an interview with @changingthefairy-tale​

What are you working on right now? Right now, I’m focused on BellarkeFic-for-BLM (I just got an amazing canon prompt I’m really excited to finish). I’ve also been participating in this round of the Chopped Challenge, which has been fun and challenging. In between prompts, I’ve got two WIPs that I’m slowly cranking through. Shoutout to every single reader who’s been incredibly patient while I’ve been so slow on those updates — though, reminder that you can donate to a BLM organization (even a $3 donation works) and request an update to get those higher on my prio list while I’m focused on that initiative.

What’s something you’d like to write one day? My absolute dream job and the ultimate goal is to become a showrunner for a prime time TV show. I love TV shows — I love the way actors and directors and crew take a script and breath life into it, I love how you take a general idea for a story and mold it into something amazing as you go, I love how a series gives a story more time to be fleshed out and explored, I love the concept of a writers room and collaborating on a story. It’s a different ballgame from fic writing (which I do for fun) and travel writing (which I do for a living), but I’m determined to make it happen. JRoth, I’m coming for your job, babe. 😉

What is the fanwork you’re most proud of? I’m still really new to fic writing, especially compared to some of the powerhouse writers in this fandom. And I’m sure one of my WIPs (when finished) will probably supersede this. BUT, my one-shot about Madi calling Bellamy on The Ring (She called you for 2,199 days) is something I’m really proud of. I’m a long-winded writer, so one-shots have never come naturally to me. This one just…clicked. It’s got some good lines in there that I’m proud of, and based on the feedback I’ve gotten, it really made readers feel something and connect to the story. It’s not my longest story or my most thought-out. But it shows my growth as a writer these past few months, and I’m proud of that.

Why did you first start writing fic? I started writing fic as a creative outlet for my writing. My day job is writing about travel and credit cards. And while I enjoy that, it’s just not as creative. My dream is to write for a TV show though, and I was craving a way to flex my creative writing muscles in a low-stress way. I started watching The 100 when it first came out, but I didn’t really get into the fandom until I came back to the show during the S5/6 hiatus. That’s when I started reading fics and reblogging stuff about the show on Tumblr. During the S6/7 hiatus, I had this idea for a Greys Anatomy AU, and my sister (who is also a major fan of the show) was like, “You literally write things for a living. If you want to write a Grey’s AU for t100, there is absolutely nothing stopping you.” I published my first chapter on that The Choices We Make in Dec. 2019, and the rest is history.

What frustrates you most about fic writing? For me, I think that the most frustrating thing isn’t even about fic writing itself; it’s the fact that it’s a side-hobby and not something I can dedicate my full attention to. When you write all day for your day job, then do some for your freelance gig, and then turn around and try to write for a few hours every night for fic… that gets hard sometimes — especially since starting quarantine where I’m not traveling, going out with friends, getting a break from it, etc. Fic writing is a creative release for me, and I absolutely love crafting and writing these stories that involve some of my favorite fictional characters. And I love interacting with other writers and fic readers, I love talking about ideas and exchanging headcanons and fangirling over my favorite writers’ works. But (because there’s always a but), sometimes I just don’t have the mental energy or capacity to write at the end of the day when I’ve turned in 3 deadlines for work. I’ve got all these ideas floating in my head, but only so much time and mental energy I can dedicate to it.

What are your top five songs right now? Oh boy. So I live alone, which means I’ve got either music or Netflix on in the background 24/7 because ya girl doesn’t like silence. I have a different playlist for different moods. I’ll share my fav song from each of those playlists. Lol Fvck Somebody by The Wrecks (On my “Summer state of mind” playlist for when I wanna dance it out in my kitchen like an idiot)

Don Quixote by Drapht (On @talistheintrovert​’s “My Good Bitch Murphy” playlist for when I’m feeling *edgy*)

that way by Tate McRae (On my “Pandemic Jams” playlist bc I like angsty music and this song is a Bellarke MOOD)

Washington on Your Side from Hamilton (On my “Feeding my Broadway Obsession” playlist for when I wanna sing show tunes and plot overthrowing the government)

Tea by Noah Davis (Shameless plug for Noah bc it’s a bop and I literally dated Noah’s older brother in junior high — so proud of this kid for making his dreams a reality)

What are your inspirations (books, songs, other fic, really good cake)? All of the above, except I like pie more than cake. lol But really, I kind of use everything around me for inspiration. “The Choices We Make” is inspired by my love of Grey’s Anatomy. “Intertwining your soul (with somebody else)” is inspired my the first draft of my YA novel (though the setting was adapted to a grounder canonverse AU). “The Day He Shut That Rocket Door” and “She called you for 2,199 days” were inspired by @historyofbellarke‘s headcanons that were brought up in S7 speccing conversations (shoutout to her for enabling my angsty ass). My most recent WIP “There are some things written in the stars” that I started as part of Chopped (but will continue because I’m obsessed with the idea) is inspired by my love of Timeless. And I have an entire Notion database filled with fic ideas — some one-shots and some multi-chapter fics — that are inspired by quotes, songs, conversations with friends, books I love, shows I adore, random HCs that pop into my head while I watch, my own life experiences, etc. I take inspiration in any form it decides to come in. 💕

What first attracted you to Bellarke? What attracts you now? I’m a ho for enemies to lovers — the idea that you can put your worst foot forward and show someone all the ugly parts of you… and that they’ll see that and somehow look past it to see the good stuff too, falling in love with your whole self instead of just the pretty parts. Yeah, it’s my favorite romance trope. And that tension is what originally drew me to Bellarke. Now, it’s a combination of things. I love each of these characters in their own right. I relate to Clarke in a lot of ways, and I aspire to be her level of badass. I straight adore Bellamy Blake (flaws, stupid decisions, and all) and would marry him in a heartbeat if he were real — I’m not even kidding. lol But I also love their dynamic. They are partners, best friends, perfect compliments to the other. They see each other in a way no one else does, and they are the one person the other constantly risks everything for. They are both so driven by their responsibilities to their people, yet that all typically goes out the window the moment the other is at risk. I don’t believe in soulmates in real life, but it’s nice to get to believe in this fictional world that they are just made for each other.

BESIDES Bellarke, what character or pairing do you like best on t100? My favorite character besides Bellarke is John Murphy. His arc has been BY FAR the best on this show, going from that little shit in S1 to this “asshole we love” in the middle to now a true hero in this final season. And through it all Richard Harmon has been amazing to watch on screen.

My favorite pairing besides Bellarke is Linctavia. Yes, that ship is problematic in a lot of ways, but I still loved their dynamic. Lincoln helped Octavia navigate this new world that she was so desperate to be apart of while being mindful of her safety. And I thought they were a good match — he helped tame her fire without putting it out, and she helped challenge the way he was raised. Given time, I think they could have become one of the most stable and loving relationships on t100. Of course, that couldn’t happen because Jason needed Bell’s actions in 3A to have heartbreaking consequences, O to spiral for her own character journey, and whatever mess happened off-screen between Ricky and him. But they still remain my favorite ship aside from Bellarke.

Why did you decide to start writing for bellarkefic-for-blm? The second I saw that Sam was planning on doing this, I reached out to ask how I could help/write/be involved. The BLM movement is so important, and this is an amazing way for me to contribute while pursuing my passions. It’s a way for the fandom to get involved and do something good. And ultimately, this helps organizations that need donations. Shameless plug for everyone to please go check out the Bellarke Fic for BLM page — check out the many amazing writers and artists we have participating, and send in prompts. Most of us are allowing WIP chapter update requests, and there are a number of us (myself included) who are matching donations made! No donation is too small, and you’ll be supporting a movement that is a necessity in the U.S. and beyond.

What’s your writing process like? My mind is literal chaos, so I plan and outline like hell in order to make sense of everything. When I get an idea for a fic, it goes on my Notion database. Within Notion, I write down my inspiration for the idea, and a pretty in-depth summary of where I want the fic to go — dialogue ideas, any feelings/emotions I want to invoke, literally just a brain dump of all my ideas. From there, I’ll arrange that brain dumb into an outline. If it’s a one-shot, I’ll generally write the whole thing in the Notion doc. But multi-chapter fics will get a checklist within Notion for me to keep track of progress, and I’ll actually write the fic in Google Docs. I generally start writing from the beginning of a story, but if I get stuck or have an idea for a later scene, the fact that I’ve outlined heavily allows me to jump around as ideas come to me. I’ll read each one-shot or chapter after I’m done to make sure it flows before publishing. I post chapters for my WIPs as I write them, which I should really stop doing. lol For my readers’ sakes, I should work ahead and publish on a schedule rather than making them wait for my slow ass to finish chapter to chapter. But right now, that’s my process!

What are some things you’d like to recommend? Oh goodness, too many fics to possibly name. Instead, I’ll link to my AO3 rec bookmarks (which isn’t all-inclusive of the amazing fics I’ve read in this fandom, but it’s got some good favs in there) and shout out all of our awesome Bellarke Fic for BLM writers. Y’all should check out their work (and send in prompts)!

Where’s the best place to find you (twitter? tumblr?) I’m @changingthefairy-tale on Tumblr and @changingthefairy_tale on AO3! My ask box is always open for anyone who wants to scream about the show, ask about specs, talk about my fics, etc. Come say hey!

[doctorgerth]

So I recently watched Aladdin and the Lion King, and it got me thinking for a HC: what would be the Boys Favorite disney movie and why? Lets choose katakuri, law and for you Coby 😘 (ps i may ask for more of this hc with others in the future) 💖 love your writing Coop!

My Disney heart is soarrrrrring yes! I don’t know if everyone will agree with my opinions, but these were what I thought of immediately.

HCs: Fav Disney Movies for Katakuri, Law, and Coby

Katakuri

- He’s an absolute sucker for Beauty and the Beast

- he sees a lot of himself in the beast; terrifying looking but with a hidden soft heart, misunderstood, lonely at times, etc.

- he knows he’ll never turn into a handsome prince, he’s just hoping that one day someone will come along and love him as if he were one; he always feels worthy of love after seeing the Beast find love with Belle

- not only does the beast kinda remind him of himself, but the lively inanimate objects and the delicious looking treats remind him of his family

- Be Our Guest is his favorite song ever, and that’s what reminds him of his family most

Law

- this might be predictable, but we know Law is in fact edgy™️ so I’m willing to bet one of his favorite Disney movies is The Nightmare Before Christmas

** I saw on reddit where someone said “It’s a Christmas movie for people who prefer Halloween movies” and that instantly felt so accurate for Law **

- he’s really into Tim Burton movies in general, fascinated with the dark, gothic themes, but TNBC is his fav Disney movie

- it’s a Halloween (and Christmas) tradition for the crew to sit down together and watch this movie

- and they go all out with it, dressing up as characters, making treats, etc. for the movie watch; it’s the only way Law can get in the holiday spirit really

- something else that came to mind were The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise for some reason??; I think Law just really likes Johnny Depp tbh

Coby

- I wanna start off by saying Coby absolutely loves Disney movies in general, so it’s a bit hard to pick a favorite!

- from the classic originals to the most recents, he’s seen almost all of them (the better known ones anyway) and is a true Disney boy!

- he loves the “nobody becomes a somebody” type movies like Hercules, The Sword in the Stone, Mulan, Moana, etc. because it heavily reminds him of himself, but I think Big Hero 6 honestly takes the cake for his favorite!

- while he loves the classics, he’s also really in love with the more modern Disney films and the premise of Big Hero 6 really touches his heart; characters who want to help the world and can also kick ass - his true favorite!

- he definitely has a Baymax (fav character) plushy 💗

[autisticstarseed]

if u could, perhaps, bless us with all the applicable symbols from that fic ask for hvh 👀

ooOoOOOoOO Rub s gay hands togehter omg ty friend 😍;;;;;;

💡 - What was the motivation behind the story?

hHH i hadnt written in 10+ years so when i latched onto this plot idea i just thought itd be a good time to jump the shark and try it again !! i just wanted smth really edgy and depthful bc im emo and the rest kind of snowballed

💎- What was your favorite part?

osdlfksd;lf it’s hard to pick a fav but the drunk scene was definitely the most fun to write at least

⛰️-  What was the hardest part?

THE SCENE WHERE THE GANG IS KIDNAPPED BY ENKI,,,, i debated toning down the violence but in the end i knew where the story was going (and where its still going) and that its gonNA be kinda dark so why hold back now ig

🎭- What was the feeling or mood you were going for?

BITTERSWEET AF,,, sort of just treading the line of ‘hopeful’ and ‘hopeless’ at all times to fully portray the feeling of being at your lowest, but with that classic tss ‘silver linings just around the corner’ kind of undertone

🏟️- Who was your intended audience?

mostly all the adults that watched tss as a kid and felt like spirituaLLY MOVED BY IT cuz i really tried to tap into that Emotion Tee Em we all felt when we found out that zak was [redacted]

🔬- Was there one scene you were building up to/knew you had to get just right?

hHH theres actually a LOT of scenes like that and i think a lot of my general motivation to keep going comes from that ‘WAIT FOR IT WAIT FOR IT’ vibe slkdf:SDF but the Plot Twist tm in the latest chapter was definitely a big’n, and theres a few more of those still to come :^)

🗝️ - What were you thinking when you wrote it?

kjdjFSDs:DF tbh whenever i start really writing, [’im shifting into soup mode’ seinfeld meme voice] im shifting into maladaptive daydreaming mode

🎥- Were there any tv shows, books, or movies that influenced this verse, if any?

:^) devilman crybaby pls forgive me for everytHing

📈- Was there a clear character arch you wanted____ character to go on?

i actually have a short list of what i somewhat consider to be the story arcs in my notes !! mostly just for organization and obvs i wont list the future ones but so far we’ve seen the kushtaka arc, the enki arc, and now we’re in what i call ‘the annunaki’ arc.

🎢- Were there any scenes you were nervous about? For audience reception or otherwise?

ALL OF IT JSHDJSKD, but again a lot of the enki scenes i was worried would be too edgy TM, and the whole annunaki plot as well i was worried might be too ‘out there’ for ppl, but it takes the story exactly where i always wanted it and lines everything up perfectly so i went for it lol. i was also ofc worried if people would like ila or not bc oc but most ppl love her actually which is so 😭❤️

☠️- Did you consider killing off any of the characters? Did you?

8^) [mickey mouse voice] this is a surprise tool that will help us later ,

✉️- Did you title your chapters? What title do you like best?

yes! the next one actually has my favorite chapter title yet, but so far i like ‘so strikes the harpoon’ since its a throwback to the first couple chapters

☀️- Was there symbolism/motifs you worked in?

o every single paragraph is an overly thought out middle school poem im entering in the talent show actually

🎵- Did you have a playlist/piece of music that went with this story?

Yes !! i have HVH insp part 1, Part 2, and an extra one for all those songs that have the vibes but just dont fit enough to make sense in a playlist

📜-Do you want to write something like this again in the future?

probably ! ive learned i definitely like the edgy/darker and emotionally driven stories with ongoing plot, so that trend will almost definitely continue. idk if ill write a dystopia again anytime soon, but i think my future stuff will at least retain that long and heavy vibe

💁- Did readers influence/change any part of this story?

oh yEA like basically i was ready to quit after the very first chapter before it was even written and kinda just got it all out on a whim of motivation but was expecting to flake on it like i tend to do with projects, but the invested response to it was just so uplifting that its what ive been riding on all ten chapters and im so grateful for it :’)))

✏️-Would you go back and change anything if you could?

hHHHHHHH yes and ok this is terrible but i actually tend to avoid re-reading my older chapters until i hAVe to bc i suffer from that sO much ,,, , its just little things like tiny words i wanna change or bits i wanna take out/put in and once or twice ive even caught a mistake or plot hole/smth i forgot to add that i rly do have to go back and edit and i just turn to dust every tim e

⭐- What’s a scene/paragraph you’re proud of?

i really liked the northern lights scene!! it was meant to be a pivotal moment of that ‘bittersweetness’ vibe i was talking abt and it was another one of those scenes i had been planning for a while;;;

“ I think of how much the rest of the family would love this. This isn’t like the moon and the sun, where I can see it and know that even if it looks different, they’ll see the same one soon enough, wherever they are. This reminds me only that I am not with them. It stings. It seems unnatural for something so gentle and natural to appear before us as if we aren’t in complete, total fucking chaos. After all we’ve been through, and the sky still dances. “

📣-What was the best piece of encouragement you got?

AVERY ALL OF UR LIVEBL OGS AND COMMENTS GIV ME SUCH L I FE, ,, ,, CRYIGN CAT FA ce

🔦-Did you learn anything while writing it? About yourself? Writing?

isdfhSDF YEs, part of my hesitation to write came from this thing where i always just assumed there was a wildly high standard of writing in fandom spaces like in original literature spaces, where you had to have like 10+ sentences to a paragraph and you had to describe every tiny detail of a setting and you had to follow every single grammar rule or it was unreadable but like. genuinely its like sculpting with words as long as you have a shape ppl get the idea which is such a weight off my shoulders lol, its still a lot of work but so much fun to know i can to an extent do what i want and ppl actually like it like that. i also learned that like most other writers i have to cause my favs emotional and physical pain,

🎁- Any writing advice for people who want to write something like this?

hhHHHH 1. please do it its so fun just give in to the edge my guy , 2. try to get comfortable re-reading your chapters, for me its like when ppl listen to themselves sing/act but im trying to do better bc its so much more consistent when i keep it fresh in my mind and it also boosts confidence when u can pick out the things u like instead of the things u dont, 3. trying to have at least one scene in mind for each chapter that ur excited to write so u can have motivation to update faster! for me it doesnt have to be smth i think would excite the audience either like it could be the most basic thing but just having an idea of it and knowing i want to see it come to life rly helps me stay on top of it all

TY SM FRIEND THIS WAS SO FUN x x )

[saltys]

verivery! ~ yngseungs

do i already stan them? yes | only for the music | attempting to | no

my bias + bias wrecker: dongheon and minchan !! i remember one of the first things i found out about both of them is that they’re afraid of heights SDKLJGHDSG but my bias wrecker would probably be yongseung i am very fond of that boy

first time i heard of them: we were trying to pick songs to assign for cover team auditions and one of the coords suggested super special !! though it didn’t end up being one of the songs, i was like... this is rly good

when i became a fan: literally after i watched the super special performance ver video SDGSDGS so predebut !! i was rly excited for them to debut but i don’t think i started learning more about the members until around from now era ?? though i did keep up with them without knowing their names DSGKLHSDG

favorite (and least favorite) title track: i really love their bright retro concepts (clearly) so i think my favorite would be ring ring ring... maybe !! but all their title tracks r rly close and their titles are ones i’m always hype about tbh !! if i Had to pick a least favorite i’d just say thunder bc i’m rly biased toward retro vrvr even tho thunder is one of my fav choreos of theirs

favorite (and least favorite) b-side: super special will always have a special place in my heart, especially the acoustic version, but miss love line... she is the Moment !! it also makes me think of when they sang love line chaotically in the car and i’m very fond of that clip ;0 in terms of least favorite i’m only gonna say connect bc i’m trying to manifest vrvr coming back with a bright concept again and bc in terms of edgy b-sides i think photo remains superior 

favorite (and least favorite) mv: tag tag tag... the eerie legend !! i rly loved the editing on lay back but tag tag tag was a Piece of Art ;00 since it’s minchan’s day today i’ll pick my favorite diy mv also !! it’s ring ring ring diy !! for least favorite mv i’ll say ring ring ring bc i like the diy better KLDHGSDGSD

favorite (and least favorite) album: i will forever stand by veri-able !! that was such a Solid 5-song album and u can’t Not be :D while listening to it like ?? have u ever gotten ready to get ready ?? for least favorite i’m only gonna say veri-chill bc it only has two songs and NOT bc tagx3 and mystery light are not secsi bc they ARE i would just have loved for them to have one more friend ... a third song on that album to create a funky trio !! that is my one qualm...

a concept i wished they’d try: i’d like to think vrvr and dongkiz are like... concept cousins and when vrvr did retro concepts it was pretty bright in color sound-wise but like i said with like . 90% of these asks... i think they’d do rly well with something like dongkiz nom or blockbuster... but also... disco concept like dongkiz fever ??? imagine vrvr having a dongkytown... i think i would cry

@yngseungs

[tomiyeee]

Oh, and Blake and Gian while we're in the same neighborhood!

Blakey:

Fav thing about them: he’s just!!!! so fuckin sweet and he didn’t deserve any of the things u put him through >:O!!!!! and his character development throughout the series!!! i’m so fuckin proud of him!! also he is incredibly fun to draw

Least fav thing: he’s related to gray. that’s not a flaw on his part obviously, gray just doesn’t deserve him as a son and i don’t want my boy anywhere near him >:(

Fav Line: “Blake Porter laughed, feeling content and whole for what felt like the very first time in his life. ‘Today is the first day of the rest of my life!’” *“how far we’ve come” plays in the background*

also!!! this part?

^^ Extremely Good. thank u for my life

brOTP: him/scout, him/lawrence, him/bianca (!!!)

OTP: GOD i just remembered the hug with scout in the broom closet and started crying I MISS THESE BOYS SO MUCH

nOTP: none that i’ve seen...?

Random headcanon: blake porter?? play mined craft???? with scout???? scoutblake make mind craft lets plays??? blake make cool redstone machines and spout technical jargon for 30 minutes straight while scout fuck around with chickens in the background????

Unpopular opinion: 

Song I associate: “waving through a window” by owl city, but also while i was looking for this song i realized “bird with a broken wing” is also a p good blake song :3

Fav Pic: jo-crimes draws some Quality blakes (and i always appreciate them drawing him with scout). i think probably this one bc him rambling about dumb nerdy stuff that he loves and scout looking at him LIKE THAT™. it’s good. also.....i don’t wanna sound self-centered by saying my own art, but drawing mdb stuff always makes me super happy just bc i love this series/characters so damn much..so those arts have some very good emotions attached to them and looking at them makes me happy.. :’)

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Gian:

Fav thing about them: not to be like....h*rny or anything but....him Sexy as hell.

Least fav thing: 1) while blake’s embarrassing geeky-ness is endearing and cute, gian’s embarrassing edginess just makes me wanna make fun of him. i don’t hate him for it, i just wanna point at him and laugh. 2) im sure it’s obvious but i wiiiiiish he could’ve lived and been happy with bianca and the reds. i mean. the angst is fun and i loved making u feel guilty about killing him, but also. “I loved you. I never lied about that.” just fuckin kill me why dont ya.

Fav Line: god i don’t remember word for word and i dont remember what chapter but that one where blake was like “this is boriiiing” and gian was like “you know what else is boring? filling out job applications.”

brOTP: hrnn...?

OTP: *thinks about gianbia* *starts crying*

nOTP: *mincraft villager noise*

Random headcanon: ??? (jfdkslfjdl sorry i just remembered that i have homework so i dont have time to think of one)

Unpopular opinion: this is gonna sound dumb but the reason i don’t read much unless i already have a mental image of what the characters look like (ex: reading the witcher books after playing the games), is because i am very bad at coming up with my own ideas of how they look. what i mean by that is, early on when gian was first becoming a big part in the story, the only image coming up in my head of him was tfc heavy. and bianca was bianca from pokemon. i’m sure there were physical descriptions of them, but i’m bad at processing info without visuals. thank god u had face claims for them tho that i could go off of later.

Song I associate: ???

Fav Pic: this comic!!!! stefano’s another one of my fav villains and i LOVE crossovers

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Unorganised thoughts on Silver Snow:

When I finished Golden Deer, I said that it had felt like a more traditional Fire Emblem story than Blue Lions. Silver Snow is that but even more so (though GD is still the most trad-FE cast, IMO)

Having already played those two routes, it felt very much like a whirlwind tour of them both, plus another battle thrown in at the end - a battle that probably should have been harder, but I (completely accidentally) built the bulkiest Byleth imaginable, especially resistance wise, plus high magic - and so, by pairing high defensive stats with Nosferatu, I tanked every attack that came my way 

Gaming, for me, is just doing whatever the hell I feel like, stumbling into good results, and then pretending that I did it on purpose

I spent the whole battle with the Dragon Tales theme song stuck in my head. Kind of killed the mood

I really enjoyed that after wrapping up both the Edelgard and TWSITD plots, they basically Persona 4 you by trying to convince you that the whole game’s done now and all that’s left is to chat with everyone - though unlike in P4, there’s very obviously something left to do because they give you a whole month of prep time, rather than just one day

I felt the same way about this on Golden Deer - none of the characters are appropriately shocked by Rhea’s highly questionable actions 

Also - she says she’s going to explain the whole truth! And she doesn’t! Only the Byleth creation stuff! The other revelations from Golden Deer are missing! Rhea! Why! Are! You! Like! This!

This is actually a problem I have with this game as a whole - they want to keep certain lore and secrets exclusive to certain routes, but it results in every story feeling in some way incomplete. Like, Fates gets a lot of crap, but at least you did get a full story from your half (third? never played Revelation) a game for the price of a whole one. Blue Lions gets the worst of it, I think 

Plus, when you know some of said secrets, it makes characters who refuse to share them in other routes seem weirdly (and sometimes, contrivedly) cagey about things they really do not need to be cagey about. See: Claude refusing to tell Dimitri and Byleth in Azure Moon that he wants to End Racism, and instead vagueing about ‘achieving his dream’. This is not Edelgard wanting to conquer Fodlan and dismantle the entire social structure, Claude, your ideals really are not so controversial that you need to be this coy. Dimitri and I are cool, we getcha 

My one sentence review of the whole game is basically: Great characters, great world building, great gameplay - but really, really frustrating plot structure

I’m also really upset that Seteth does not have a dragon form

Speaking of Seteth, I married him this time around. I mostly decided to do it for laughs, but while Byleth/Dedue is still my number one Byleth pairing, I came to really, genuinely like them together. Seteth is one of my favs, now more than ever

It helps that romancing Seteth feels a lot less... creepy than romancing most of the students. I like Linhardt, but romancing him felt very weird to me because I couldn’t get over Byleth having first known him as a 16 year old under their care. Dedue, for the record, doesn’t elicit this response  because he doesn’t really feel as much like a student to me? Role-wise he feels a lot closer to the knights, and it’s just that he's been enrolled as a student for convenience’s sake, which makes him and Byleth feel more equal than they do with most of the other kids. Helps that he’s also on the older end

Anyway, Seteth and Byleth would be the nerdiest couple ever, is the impression I got from their ending. The confession scene made me laugh in how ‘oh we’ve got a lot of work to do - btw wanna get married? - sweet, now let’s get back to work’ it was. Mark Whitten is a gem

It’s also the the first time I felt like the game was actually shipping me with a main lord (Seteth taking that role in the absence of the box lords on this route). Haven’t done Crimson Flower yet, so no opinion on the Edelgard/Byleth relationship yet, but regarding Claude and Dimitri my (pretty damn controversial, possibly a bad idea to put out there) opinions on them with Byleth are that

Claude and Byleth are platonic bros, regardless of Byleth’s gender. I just don’t get any feeling of romance from their relationship at all, and so pairing them off feels weird (to me, personally - I don’t hate the ship or anything, though)

Meanwhile Dimitri 100% had a crush on his teacher at school, but after more than five years of enduring trauma after trauma, and then half a year of beginning to heal (whilst fighting a war culminating in the execution of his step-sister), Dimitri is nowhere near ready for a romantic relationship. And when he is, I wouldn’t want him with any of the main cast, Dimitri x Village Girl OTP. I guess if it has to be anyone, I’d be okay with Mercedes, maybe Marianne - hell, maybe even Claude - but really, I just want him to get a fresh start. I think that’s the healthiest option for him, in the end

I do think it’s a pairing that could work in an AU where Dimitri doesn’t have any of the experiences he has in canon, though 

And again, this is just my personal reading

I’ll also admit that I may be influenced by the fact that his two most popular pairings are with Byleth and Dedue, who I greatly prefer with each other. Mostly because I love Dedue with all my soul and his ending with Byleth is by far his happiest, in my eyes at least. It’s the only one where he puts some distance between himself and Dimitri and evens out the power balance in their relationship, which makes me happy because oh boy, the Dimitri/Dedue relationship is super interesting and compelling, but also (again, by my reading) all kinds of unhealthy as it’s presented for most of the game - power balance issues like I say, the fact that they tend to indulge, even encourage, each other’s worst instincts and behaviours, mutual guilt complexes - like I say, it’s fascinating, but damn screwed up. IMO, they’re one of the best examples I’ve seen of how unhealthy relationships aren’t always the result of one bad person, and how two good people can end up being very bad for each other

Though it is, again, a pairing I can see working (and actually being incredibly cute) in an AU where they’ve lived less horrible lives

And it’s not like I don’t want them to be friends, I just want them to also develop healthier boundaries and equal levels of respect

oh my god none of this has anything to do with silver snow what am I doing

But hey, speaking of Dimitri - I flip flopped on whether I thought his death was handled better or worse here than Golden Deer. It was given, I felt, more appropriate gravitas, but again suffered from ‘Dimitri’s dead! No, Dimitri’s alive! Oh wait, now he’s dead again’ in like, three successive scenes. And then you see his... ghost? I guess?

Dimitri really seems to get the short end of the stick on routes outside his own. Claude’s non-Deer roles were, in both cases I’ve played, much stronger and more fitting, and Edelgard is Edelgard

Maybe he’ll be good in Crimson Flower. Please. I miss Dimitri mattering. He’s probably my favourite of the three

There’s a point - obviously I don’t fully know Edelgard yet, but from what I got from the White Clouds section, above anything else she strikes me as an incredibly realistic depiction of a slightly edgy, extremely idealistic, but also highly naive and short-sighted teenager

Her whole goal, it seems, is meritocracy. She hates the crest system and the nobility, and she wants to create a system of equal opportunity. I can get behind that, but I really hope she’s prepared to accept the fact that true equal opportunity is basically impossible without recreating The Giver, as inequality is always more complex than one single factor being to blame for everything. Has Edelgard considered other limitations that make true meritocracy difficult to achieve? Has she been working on, say, a comprehensive benefits system? Or is she more of a libertarian type, and so primarily all about negative freedom and removing direct oppression? I hope Crimson Flower goes into detail on this, I’d be genuinely interested to know

I also find it interesting that she gets very angry about the fact that people hurt her and her family as a means to their own ends, so she decides that her own ends are to eliminate the system that lead to that happening - and she doesn’t care who she has to hurt in the process

This isn’t a CinemaSins *ding* plot hole observation, I genuinely think it’s interesting, and not actually that unrealistic

I also suppose her goal is no less naive than End All Racism By Being Nice To People, but Claude isn’t killing and persecuting people in attempt to achieve that, so it invites less scrutiny

I do wonder if I would have felt more strongly positively about her if she’d been my first playthrough. I do believe she’s a person that sincerely means well, and she’s certainly sympathetic, but - hmm. I’ll make my mind up when I finish CF

Anyway, paired endings. A few that I got include Raphael and Bernadetta (by far my favourite Bernie ending so far, seriously, what is that Caspar ending), Shamir and Leonie, which was cute and goofy (as Leonie’s endings tend to be, I notice, I do like that girl), Felix and Dorothea (not my favourite for either, but cute), Sylvain and Mercedes (the same but even cuter), Cyril and Petra (which felt wrong, partly because I love Cysithea a hell of a lot, and also because despite knowing there’s only about a year between them, Petra looks so much older pre-time skip), Ferdie and Marianne (super wholesome and sweet), and Linhardt and Caspar (my boyyyyssss that I refuse to ever separate again)

Not sure what I’m going to aim for on CF aside from keeping those boys together and also Ferdie/Hubert, as I’ve Heard Things

Flayn and Manuela have an A support so I figured they had a paired ending and it turns out they do not, which means Manuela was alone forever and Flayn ran away because apparently she hated having Byleth for a step mother I guess, rude

My Byleth (Myleth?) was prepared to be the best step mother in the history of the world, so offended

I realised ‘Javelins of Light’ is one of my absolute favourite tracks in the whole game. Mostly because it sounds like something out of Danganronpa, which made me nostalgic

I also like ‘Guardian of Starlight’ for somehow managing to sound like a Danganronpa/PMD: Explorers crossover track

I love how out of nowhere the Immaculate One fight is. It really does just feel like they needed something to distinguish the route from Verdant Wind outside of Claude not being around, so they just had a map that was less cool in every way except for the dragon

Is there an explanation for why Nemesis doesn’t show up on this route?

Also - I didn’t mention this in Golden Deer thoughts but I also found that final battle way, way easier than it was probably meant to be because I’d made everyone into a flier and so the floor damage hazard was meaningless

Which I totally did on purpose and not so I could make a stupid joke post about my all-wyvern team 

Anyway, in conclusion, Silver Snow was a good route, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would (I’d kind of thought it was just going to be GD without Claude, which isn’t... totally wrong, but it’s got some other stuff going on too), I liked Seteth getting to have a bigger role, I thought it had the best final boss (if not the best final boss map), and I liked that I got some more Dragon Lore (never a bad thing)

please don’t yell at me for my controversial shipping opinions