#the first song was defenceless btw

[bidamonalbarn]

ok this has been the worst one

[rachi-roo]

Hii! I saw your requests open and I wanted to ask could you perhaps write some tickle headcanons for Vash from Trigun? Any version is fine, I just need more tickle content of that silly lil guy--

(Love your blog btw! <3)

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Trigun: Vash - Tickle Head Canons!

YES! YES! THANK YOU! I've wanted to write about this goobie woobie for so long! I've actually had some HCs written up for ages but never found silly Trigun fans to share them with! 😭 Bless your little socks anon!! Thank you for the opportunity to go HDBDIAOWKDBAI over my Vashy-Washy! XD Love you dust bunny!!!

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Lee:

Being inhuman has its perks. Not many but a few. Immortality is pretty cool. But in Vashs case, hanging out with the humans has brought upon a strange, problem, when it comes to physical touch.

At first, Vash had never heard of tickling or being ticklish. Why would he when everyone has only ever wanted to kill him? Until he met Meryl and Millie. One drunken party had led to a cuddle pile where the two females decided to attack the defenceless male, leading to the discovery. He is, in fact, very ticklish.

He is ticklish absolutely everywhere. Luckily, his huge coat and armour protect him most of the time. You'll have to catch him out of uniform to make him squeal.

Saying catch isn't really right, though. He loves being tickled and won't try to avoid an attack if he sees it coming. Like an obedient pup, he'll lay there and take it. Despite his wriggling, he does his best not to get away or stop those scribbling fingers.

His laugh is wonderful. Bright, loud, full of life. And he's very chatty whilst being wrecked. Being his usual goofy self, he'll say the most random things between his laughter.

"H-Hehey! Ahaha! Gohod I could reheheally go for a snAHAHACK rigihight now! Aha! Hah... Aww, why you stop?"

Brat. Brat. Bratty brat brat. Big playful goob. If he wants tickles, he'll follow you around all day until he gets them. Even if it means tickling you first to get a response, he'll do it. He'll poke you. Scare you. Steal a snack. Even throw some playful cheesy flirting your way.

His favourite are reward tickles.

"Didn't I do a good job taking care of those bandits? Come oooon, you know what to do~" He'd say, sprawling happily over your lap.

Praise him. Tell him how cute he is. It's the only time you might be able to fluster him instead of the other way round. If you manage to accomplish this, he'll cover his ears, trying to hide how red they go.

Drunk Vash tickles? Yes. His gangly limbs are so uncoordinated that he'll just flop around like a wet noodle. Hiccuping and snorting happily. Wolfwood takes full advantage of this as he's usually on the receiving end of tickles~

His most sensitive areas are his knees, ribs, and underarms. He also loves it when you tickle his palm. Having only one real hand means the one he's got needs extra love. The teddybear song is a personal favourite of his. Since he's a big kid, really.

Basically, he loves being tickled. Any time. Any place. For any reason. Laughter is so important to him. How could he not crave the sensation?

Ler:

Run. Just run. This man is a menace. Ever heard of the tickle monster? This guy gives him nightmares. In the best possible way.

For whatever reason, you look down in the dumps, or maybe you just committed the unspeakable SIN of eating his last doughnut. Vash is gonna getcha~

He'll chase you round all day, laughing with you as he puts on his 'villain' voice, cooing and teasing as he makes grabby hands at you as you try to flee.

"I'm gonna getcha~!"

"Mwahaha! You think you can escape the claws of Vash the humanoid Typhoon!? Nae! You will suffer at my hand, Mortaaaal!"

"Wow, you're quick! What's got you so frantic, I wonder? Haha!"

Once he catches you, it's over. He'll use his mechanic arm to hold your wrists, allowing his free hand to do the work.

He's a skitterer. Spider fingers are his favourites since they make his victims giggle the most. Changing spots every couple of seconds to keep you wriggling.

The sharpshooter had also invented his own adorable little game! He calls it 'Don't shoot'.

The ler surprises the Lee, aiming finger guns at them and calling 'Hands up!' The Lee has to respond quick as they can with 'Don't shoot!' Whilst throwing theirs hands up. If they're quick enough, the ler, Vash, approaches with his finger guns, circling and teasing the victim with anticipation. Faking a prod or two. The victim has to not flinch or giggle or they get 'shot' or rather, bombarded with tickly pokes.

Vash, being Vash, always makes the sound effects as he's poking you. "Pew! Pew! Pew! Should have stayed still, bandit!" He also loves being on the receiving end of this game, always losing, curling up as soon as those fingers get too close.

He's so gentle as a ler. Teasy and bubbly as always. He'll pull you into a hug, wriggling his fingers into your sides, blowing raspberries on your neck. He's a big guy, holding you still isn't difficult.

"Ah, Mon précieux, what a lovely singing voice you posesse~"

"A snort!? For me!? Oh my gosh, do it again!"

"Huh? Don't say tickle? Why shouldn't I say tickle? Is tickle a bad word? Is ticklish a bad word, too? What about tickled? Oh gosh, I'm saying all these awful tickly words! Oh well, I've sinned now, might as well go all out~ Tickle, tickle, tickle!"

Once he's tired you out, he'll hold you close to him, chuckling quietly at how flustered you are as he pets your hair. He'll share a doughnut if he feels he's been particularly mean~ Lucky you!

Vash, Vash, Vash. What a goobie woobie he is. My beloved sunflower 🥹 Making this a world build upon love and peace!!! 🤞 Marry me FUCK SAKE! XD

100% Switch!

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[gracefullou]

What would your dream album aesthetic be for LT3? Like colour pallette, album cover, promotional vibes, song vibes? (That last one is not quite an aesthetic question but I'm curious if there's a sound from his previous work you'd like to hear more of?)

(I'm definitely doing soooo well with the potential wait, not already dreaming of LT3 at all!!! 🤣)

Hi, anon. I'm not doing well with the wait as well. I was really hoping for a new single for the festivals 😩. Just something to take the edge off and give us a little more patience while we wait for him to "let life in" and finish his album in peace. (who am i kidding even then, i could never be patient for a new Louis album) . For the color palette, i would LOVE a purple/ pink themed album but i'm not too picky as long as he goes with soft pretty colors (the 28 clothing color palette always eats, he should take notes for the album 👀). As for the album cover, i can't give you an exact image bc the ideas are endless. My only request is that they do a lighter one than the walls and fitf covers. And just like the cover, i want the songs to be happy ones 😭. It's ok if he squeezes a couple of heart wrenching songs in, but as a whole i want a happy album and with new themes (pls i don't want another song about the toxic relationship that he keeps referencing to in songs like defenceless and habit and waoyf...). For the sound, as long as he doesn't try to fit in "the indie" persona and allows himself to experiment (or not) with the sounds, i'm more than happy with anything he comes up with (fitf is proof of that). BUT ngl, i think the man has the special gift of making pop perfection, so i would love a full on poppy song à la always you. All this time, she is beauty and written all over your face are such good songs but more importantly so unique to his voice and fit his voice to PERFECTION. I mean he always sounds heavenly but all this time and waoyf are something else. For promotion, it's really naive of us to expect any good promo atp (his team sucks 😔) and i'm not really keeping up with that stuff but i think it's all about payola nowadays (which he doesn't have AT ALL) and some selective public appearances and viral segments. Those interviews with the same 5 questions (at least two of them 1 dead related. The 1dead questions NEED to be banned btw) are almost useless. Ideally, i think he should do the fun segments/ interviews with potential viral moments like that chicken shop date and hot ones (let me dream ok 🤣) and some ladbible segments, a Zach Sang interview ( i mean a long, honest interview where he talks about everything while being his funny witty self. Could be another interviewer i only mentioned Zach bc Louis seems to open up to him and he did give us two amazing interviews), an interview on his YouTube channel where he talks about the album as a whole with details about each song like the breaking down walls and fitf ones (but perferably with a different interviewer), one or two podcasts bc they're really popular rn and they do ask questions that celebrities aren't asked about often and sometimes give you a glimpse of their true personality. A couple of tv appearances with performances at late night shows. That's all that comes to my mind rn but even then, without payola and with the media blacklisting it's very hard for his music to truly reach the gp and get the smash success it deserves. Anyway, regardless of the promo he is (or not) going to get i can't wait for LT3. That's all i can do as a fan. I can never put into words how much that first listen to a new album of his mean to me 🥹. Life changing that's for sure! I look forward for this man to change my life for the third time soon (fouth if we count LIVE).

[seekforwarmth]

hii, lou! 💗

i remember in your first message you said that you don't like when the participants in the event are required to reach out the other, because some of them are not consistent. which had me thinking someone had disappointed you in the past. so i didn't want to be one of those people. 😶

i have top 3 favorite from walls: kill my mind, defenceless, two of us (but i usually skip it, because it makes me too emotional). 🌸

i just googled how the flower of death and i thinks it's really beautiful, even though the title sounds a bit dark. ☺️

sign of the times is really a good song. when he performs it live, he puts so much emotion in each word. it makes everyone around him feel on top of the world. 🎀

sometimes i'm so excited to just tell you who i am, glad the end is near... 😋

my question for the day: what is your favorite fruit? 🦩

hope you have a wonderful february,

- your secret valentine 😄

hi my love 💕💕💕

tbh i didn’t say it bc of me. i’ve been pretty lucky with the secret santas i’ve got (bc i’ve never participated in a secret valentine before) but it seems that my luck persists :)

i also skip that song 🤧 it’s too painful. they’re a great top 3 btw (i’d say that abt any combo of songs, let’s be real)

omg yeah it sounds dark but i promise it isn’t used for bad things! in my country we honour our dead around the end of october and the beginning of november. we set our homes to welcome our dead relatives (in spirit obviously 😭) and we make what it used to be their favourite food and drinks. cempasúchitl (the flower) is used bc of its characteristic smell so the spirits know where to go. we also use candles to guide them to the right place. it’s a very important tradition and it’s just a form of remember our relatives. and now after writing all of that i realise that i could’ve just said “like the movie Coco” 😅 but yeah, basically that.

i love hearing sott live! i hope he never stops singing it <3

just a couple of weeks more!! i’m very excited to call you in my head by your name and not only “my valentine”, which you will forever be btw! 💝

ahhhh my favourite fruit. it depends but i love strawberries, bananas, and apples. mangoes too but mainly in beverages. what abt yours?

wishing you a fun friday! take care 🫂🫂🫂

[skepticalarrie]

could you break it down how boyfriends could be from louis point of view?!

So when I started writing this post I was still unsure about the interpretation of this song and I was just willing to try to break it down like the anon asked for so we could maybe analyse this together and have some insights. But after writing everything I 100% think *the boyfriend* in the song is Harry and not the other way around. If someone is looking for a more straight forward analysis there's this post, I think everything is very self explanatory about it. But here, I tried to make sense of the use of the pronouns and also a lot of parallels.

So we have three different pronouns here: THEY, HE/HIM, YOU. It's all referring to two different people in the song, one of them is *the* boyfriend in question, in this case being referred to THEY/HIM/HE, and YOU is the subject. And based on that concept, IMO this is what the song is telling us:

The boyfriend (everything highlighted in yellow) = he doesn't open up and doesn't really tell what he's thinking, causing some misunderstandings (so, a lot of communication issues), he uses drinking as a coping mechanism, he knows how to get under the subject's skin, there are lies and pretending involved.

The subject (everything highlighted in red) = feels alone and at times doesn't feel close to the boyfriend (because of the communication issues), feels like a fool and in some sort of cycle, always coming back to loving the boyfriend and to that situation where they're pretending/daydreaming/lying (probably about things being *fine*).

The question is: Is Harry the boyfriend? Is Harry the subject? Is he both? Is he neither (and just writing from a point of view where he's not actively participating)? I don't have the definitive answer for that lol just my interpretation. I think Harry is great at that, he hands us his songs with barely any context and let us to make whatever we - individually - want out of it. The most obvious interpretation here is that he's alluding to boyfriends (or boyfriend) he had/have, or that he's simply shitting on boyfriends without necessarily being one of the people in the song (I'm assuming this is the no-homo-please interpretation for most people btw)

HOWEVER when we look back at Harry's songwriting and the context of other songs, for me, it makes more sense if Harry is the boyfriend. First of all, because his songwriting is almost always about himself rather than about other people, even in songs of pure adoration and devotion for someone like Adore You, Golden, Sweet Creature, he always adds a layer of complexity to it that are a lot about his feelings towards that certain someone. So here's a great post about Harry and his self-critical lyrics.

And then when we look at it from the subject POV (in this case, Louis, of course).... LOL. Defenceless and Boyfriends are literally the same song, guys. I really hope you all can understand the way I tried to draw the parallels on this, it was the easiest way for me to visualize it god I hope I don't sound crazy with this

+ Also the parallel with Half the World Away (an unreleased One Direction song written by Harry): And I started drinking. I don't know half of what I'm thinking. Those are basically the same words he's using to describe the boyfriend in the song.

Highlighted in orange: Harry being selfish, jealous, proud (they're saying it, not me, sorry harry baby you're doing great) having trouble communicating and letting his "walls" down, struggling with coping mechanism.

Highlighted in green: Louis having less problems with communication, more willing to be open and vulnerable, always coming back (like it's a habit).

Highlighted in purple: lies and pretending, they can only be themselves when they're alone (both of them use references to be in bed on that part), like they're living in a daydream because what they have it's not "real".

This is not what I think about Harry and Louis or whatever their dynamics are, and how they deal with their issues and cracks is a completely different discussion and quite honestly, not my problem. I'm just trying to interpret the song and draw parallels with what we have.

Those are the parallels and why the initial concept that the boyfriend in the song is actually himself makes more sense to me. You can take that and make whatever you want out of it. If you think the boyfriend is Louis or whatever other interpretation, good for you, I don't think you're wrong. There's no such thing as being wrong about an interpretation, don't let anyone tell you what something means when you have a different perspective. But please just make sure to share that on your own blog like I'm sharing my interpretation of it on mine.

[dilfremusera]

when the marauders listened to walls by louis tomlinson for the first time:

sirius: cried a lot (fearless, too young, defenceless). shouted the words to we made it and kill my mind directly in remus’ ear.

remus: also cried a lot (fearless, too young, we made it, walls). favourite is always you and dlibyh, also habit has a special place in his heart

james: don’t lie and tell me he did not sob her eyes out to two of us bcs effie :(. her favs are definitely defenceless and kmm

peter: PETER IS A PERFECT NOW STAN I DO MAKE THE RULES. sobbed to that song as well as walls and for some reason dlibyh but hey it is what it is ;)

they all sobbed to only the brave btw and were very upset at it being so short

[slvertongues]

show your process

To continue supporting content makers, this tag game is meant to show the entire process of making creative content: this can be for any creation.

RULES - When your work is tagged, show the process of its creation from planning to posting, then tag up to 5 people with a specific link to one of their creative works you’d like to see the process of. Use the tag #showyourprocess so we can find yours.

I rarely keep my psds or keep record of my process but luckily I saved the ones for these edits. Depending on how lazy I am it takes me between 2 hours and a week to finish a full set.

I don’t exactly remember each step but here are layer by layer breakdowns of the final product of the first gif i made for each set. Explanation down below

@essercipertuttienonperse tagged me for this Miss You edit

and @letsbealone-together tagged me for this Defenceless edit

I chose not to question the difference in quality between these two btw.

Planning i rarely plan tbh i just go with where the editing takes me with the first gif. bc once i have the first gif down it’s just a matter of making the others match to have a cohesive set.

Choosing the clips to gif + lyrics

Since these two gifsets are song based it was relatively easy to choose the clips because I’ve identified specific shots before that would fit a certain lyric.

For Miss You I used clips from the mv, the royal variety performance  and the x factor performance. + maybe i miss you

For Defenceless I used clips from wmi mv, miss you mv and walls mv. + 1st verse.

Making the gifs

I don’t want to turn this into a giffing tutorial rip, but i basically follow a very basic gifmaking routine and use 2 actions for loading and sharpening. (most of the giffing guides i based mine on can be found here.

But it goes: loading > cropping > sharpening > base colouring.

For refence, I either use PS CS5 or PS CS6. For Miss You: 540x300 px | For Defenceless: 540x400px Sharpening settings: smart sharpen twice (500/0.4 + 10/10) + gaussian blur (blending 30% opacity)

The base colouring is mostly there to brighten and colour correct the gif. For that I mainly use curves, levels, colour balance, selective color and vibrance.

For particularly dark shots I use a trick I learned from @stardustony using white color fills and b&w gradient map.

Colouring-Colouring This is where the fun begins.

Sometimes before even beginning I have a dominant and accent colour in mind, but more often than not the final result is very different from the first round lmao. I use multiple layers of selective colours to get everything to match and get what I want + different blending modes. For Miss You i knew I wanted blue and red/orange, so it was a matter of bringing out the cyans and reds of the scenes without making it too grainy. For Defenceless, the colour choices were based on the colours Nyx associated with the song, in this case pastels, blue, pink and yellow/beige. + Additional step for this gif because it was an experiment: i added an empty layer at some point, painted on it with big brushes of blue and peach, then set it to substract to get that rainbow-ish effect on the water.

Adding text

I choose the fonts:

For Miss You --> Gobold Bold (regular) 18pt/36pt

For Defenceless --> Kiona 7pt, Boiling Demo 18pt, Amalia 36pt

Then I add inner + outer shadows to the text.

Then for colours I usually just add two layers with random colour gradients as clipping marks on each text box OR change the font colour and play around with blending modes

Then placement, depends on the vibes lbr

The boxes

Shape > Rectangle Tool (make the box, choose size, stroke, fill) For Miss You : we have a dashed box thingie going on + the b&w/colour separation For Defenceless: the box lines are lyrics hehe, i actually forgot how to do it, but it involves making the text follow the path of the lines of the box using the direction selection tool.

Exporting

Save for Web (Alt + Ctrl + Shift + S) Selective or Adaptative, Pattern, Bicubic

Drafting

To check if the gifs are cohesive, arrange placements and check if the colouring is ok on different devices. I also send the links to friends to see if it’s ok.To add caption (html + edit fiddle)

To add tags: generic tags for louis edits + user tags + tag i use for my edits (usually louis tomlinson, louisupdates, tracksintheam, belletracks, *mine)

It’s also a hack to avoid no showing up in the tags.

Posting

I either let the gifset rot for weeks before I post it, or post it right away because I can. Some people schedule for specific hours for maximum engagement. I only schedule self-reblogs for after posting, 12 hours after, then 9pm my time, then 3am.

Bonus: camping in the notes of my own gifsets for the two first days.

Tagging people some oldish edits I really liked, don’t feel obligated to: @stanwalls for this pink gifset @stormyhale for this edit @tomthenetherlands​ for this edit

[mercurie-and-me]

ok LISTEN i know no one cares about this but i just listened to walls (the album) for the first time this morning and boiiii do i have some thoughts

(i didn't listen to any of the unreleased tracks beforehand btw)

kill my mind: to be honest, this is the only song on the album that i would probably skip if it came on shuffle. i didn't really vibe with it when it first came out either, it's just a bit busy for me, but i think it's good as an opener because it has so much power. it's also pretty reminiscent of uan one direction to me for some reason

don't let it break your heart: this!!!!!! this is probably my favorite song he released beforehand, the vocals, the instrumental, the lyrics, everything just fits so well and i'm so proud of him 😭😭

two of us: it's hard to listen to this without crying because firstly this reminds me of my dead grandparents but also he has just been through so much and i genuinely feel for him. it's terrible enough losing a loved one but doing it twice in the span of like two years while having the eyes of the entire world on you must be absolutely horrific

we made it: for some reason i kind of skipped over this when it first came out, i only listened to it like twice but this slaps so hard what the fuck?? i love the rhythm of his voice here (i don't know music terms lol) and also the little 'yeah yeah yeah' in the chorus..... some good shit 👌🏻

too young: this shit is so soft what the hell.... also his voice,, i will beat the next person up who says that louis is the weakest of the 1d boys (vocally). i mean, he might not be as versatile as harry or zayn but i always loved his voice because it's just so soft and unique and hearing it on this track is just.... *chef's kiss*

walls: for every question why you were my because..... now i stand taller than them all..... i'm telling you, this man is a goddamn poet. i've already done the whole 'freaking out over walls on tumblr' tho so i won't say anything else lol

habit: 'come so far from princess park'..... ok not to be a l*rrie but 2015 me is quaking in her boots right now, louis what the hell?? he must have known people would take it that way right?? i am confusion,, but also this song is amazing, i swear he's probably one of the most interesting mainstream songwriters right now

always you: okay okay okAYYY this is probably the biggest surprise for me on this album, i've never heard him do a song that was anything like this, i think this might actually be my favorite off the entire album right now?? i'm getting against the current vibes, i'm getting MAJOR future hearts all time low vibes, i really hope he does more like this! also, see previous comment on ppl who say he can't sing because have you LISTENED to this song? i can already see it being stuck in my head for the entire week now djdkdkdjdkdk

fearless: this one really speaks to me as a young adult who hasn't really learned how to adult yet but is just kind of pretending they do. also, the chorus gives me major goosebumps xjsjdkdkdkdkd

perfect now: ok now THIS ONE is the one that seems like a one direction song, it's like little things 2.0 i guess some queens don't need a crown SHUT UP I'M GONNA COMBUST THIS IS SO CUTE (also this is a lesbian anthem now sorry i don't make the rules)

defenceless: oh my god this chorus is amazing, i'm sorry if i sound like a brokwn record but i'm really blown away by how amazing this album is 😭 kinda solidifying my wish to get a 'defenceless' tattoo on my wrist for this song and iicf as we speak..... just kidding,, unless? 👀

only the brave: i really love when louis' accent comes out during singing, i don't really know any other singer where it's that prominent. it's not just in this song obviously but here i really noticed it. also, why is the song only 1:46???? what the hell?? this is like harry releasing sunflower vol. 6 without showing us vol. 1-5 givE US THE REST OF THE SONG LOUIS

[dianadworak]

““Music shuffle thingymabob - Wonderfully named by @sncinder, who also tagged me ages ago! Finally have the time to do this:)

rules: put your music on shuffle, list the first 9 songs, and your favourite lyrics from each. then tag 9 other people to participate! 

I was tagged by @sncinder

I tag...shit I don’t even have 9 friends *cries in a corner* xD @trikrukommander @city-of-fiction @aelin and whoever wants to do it, it’s actually pretty fun! Also I totally understand if the wonderful people are tagged are too busy, no worries;)

Okay, so here it goes! All from my current playlist btw

1. Burn - Hamilton - 

“You and your words flooded my senses Your sentences left me defenceless You built me palaces out of paragraphs You built cathedrals” & “You have married an Icarus He has flown too close to the sun.”

2. Breaking Down - Florence and the Machine

“All alone on the edge of sleep My old familiar friend Comes and lies down next to me”

3. Gateless - Darren Korb (Transistor soundrack) 

Instrumental

4. Tear in my heart - Twenty one pilots

“Sometimes you gotta bleed to know That you’re alive and have a soul”

5. Blue Eyes - Mika

“Come, sorrow is so peculiar It comes in a day, then it'll never leave you You take a pill, wonder if it will fix you”

6. Light of the Seven - Ramin Djawadi (GOT soundtrack) 

Instrumental

7. Million Years Ago - Adele

“Deep down I must have always known That this would be inevitable To earn my stripes I'd have to pay And bear my soul”

8. Stressed Out - Twenty one pilots

“I was told when I get older all my fears would shrink But now I'm insecure and I care what people think”

9. What the water gave me - Florence and the Machine

“'Cause she's a cruel mistress And the bargain must be made But oh, my love, don't forget me When I let the water take me”

Lool yeah I’m a depressing little shit xD