#the song is home to you by sigrid

[koreandragon]

no, would it be okay if I came home to you?

[jtophat]

My Ponyboy Curtis playlist because I love it, I listen to it quite frequently even when I’m not writing stuff involving him, and want to share it.

Fast Car- Tracy Chapman

Imagine- John Lennon

Dark Days- Punch Brothers

Mama Tried- Grateful Dead (The song is originally by Merle Haggard but I listen to the Grateful Dead version)

East Side of Sorrow- Zach Bryan

hope ur okay- Olivia Rodrigo

Renegades- X-Ambassadors

Everybody Wants To Rule The World- Tears For Fears

Boy In The Bubble- Alec Benjamin

Uptown Girl- Billy Joel

Everybody Knows- Sigrid

Friends In Low Places- Garth Brooks

Winter’s Come and Gone- Charles Wesley Godwin (Song originally by Gillian Welch but I feel like this version fits Ponyboy better)

teenage dream- Olivia Rodrigo

Youth- Daughter

Teenage Dirtbag- Wheatus

Friend of the Devil- Grateful Dead

You’re On Your Own Kid- Taylor Swift

Here Comes The Sun- The Beatles

Tomorrow Will Be Kinder- The Secret Sisters

My reason/analysis for each song is below:

Fast Car- I think the desperation for a better life but the cycle of how life can drag you down and make you live the same lives as the people is something that can relate to Pony. I feel like, deep down, he probably has a fear that things may not work out for him as well as people hope and that he may end up living the same kind of life as the rest of the people in his neighborhood which is why I also think it’s a great song to choose to have as the opener for the playlist. I know Luke Combs has a cover of this song and that it may be the more masculine take on it but I feel like the way Tracy Chapman sings it just has so much heart that it really works for Ponyboy. And plus, Tracy Chapman is my favorite artist so I had to go with her version.

Imagine- I think the song has a bit of a daydreamy kind of vibe that can represent how Ponyboy is described as having his head in the clouds. The song is also a call for peace and unity among people and asks them to imagine a world where what divides them no longer exists which is something that I can see Ponyboy longing for.

Dark Days- The song is about how love getting people through difficult times which is something that I think really works for the Curtis brothers because no matter what they love each other and will do whatever they can to help each other, especially after their parents die.

Mama Tried- I think the song works really well for the vibe of the gang as a whole even if it’s something that may directly relate to Ponyboy. And even if Ponyboy doesn’t get into much trouble I’m sure that he gets into more than his mother would have wanted for him (especially after goes on the run for Bob’s murder)

East Side of Sorrow- I think there is so much about the song that relate to so many people in the story but I’ll try to keep my analysis limited to Ponyboy. I think while when song talks about fighting a war that you don’t even know what your fighting for works well for the metaphorical war between the Greasers and the Socs in the books. It’s been going on long before Pony and will continue long after him and no matter what he will never fully understand it even though he too participates in it. “I lost friends in the August heat” I feel really relates to Johnny and Dally’s death, because it was probably about that time that the book takes place. And when the song talks about losing someone in the waiting room and that the doctor did all the could it really brings home the point about Johnny’s death. The song then mentions walking around the Tulsa streets while feeling fucked up which represent Pony’s depression after the death of Johnny and Dally and how he was aimlessly going through life. I also like how the song specifically refers to the east, and of course the Greasers live on the East side of Tulsa. The song then also talks about the sunrise as a symbol of optimism for the future and the sun imagery really works for Ponyboy. After all, sunrises can’t really be that different than sunsets for him.

hope ur okay- I feel like this is how Ponyboy will look back on the people he knew in Tulsa once he finally moves away. I also like how the song references a towhead blonde which is also similar to how Ponyboy describes Dally.

Renegades- I feel like this song really works for Johnny and Pony running away from Tulsa. Even though it’s a bit optimistic for the events in the book, I still feel like it also works for their friendship too.

Everybody Wants To Rule The World- I feel like Ponyboy would really dig the instrumentals of the song and the references to well, people wanting to rule the world works for the story in an odd way that I can’t quite explain. But the vibe of it just really works

Boy In The Bubble- I feel like the beginning of the song is really reminiscent of how Ponyboy and the rest of the gang will get jumped by Socs but in the end where it discusses the home life of the person who attacked the singer represents Ponyboy gaining an understanding of how things are rough all over Tulsa and that even Socs have problems

Uptown Girl- I feel like once Ponyboy starts liking girls (if he does even like girls because I’m not entirely convinced that boy is straight) he would mainly have a thing for Soc girls. The song is about a lower class boy wanting to get with an upper class girl which is what I can see for Ponyboy in the future.

Everybody Knows- The Greasers have the cards stacked against them and everybody knows this, especially Ponyboy.

Friends In Low Places- I was debating between this and Heathens but this won because it’s country (I feel like the gang would really like country music) and the friends in low places is an obvious reference to the gang. I also think that in a way it shows how Ponyboy is out of place in his classes because he’s a Greaser and there are a lot of Socs in them.

Winter’s Come and Gone- I love the outdoorsy vibe of the song and think that Pony would too. I also like the lyrics “so long now I’ve been out in the rain in snow” because I think it can work as a really interesting way of portraying the gangs struggles and how Ponyboy doesn’t feel like he entirely fits in.

teenage dream- Ponyboy really hates it when people refer to him as being a kid which is a sentiment that I think this song shares. I also think it has a slight desperation to be taken seriously which is something that I also think that Ponyboy relates to.

Youth- It only loosely relates but has lyrics like “if you’re still breathing your the lucky ones” which in a way works because it shows that even things are tough, as long as you’re still alive you’re pretty lucky. Because, as we see in the novel, Greasers tend to die young so those of them who still able to keep on living are pretty lucky.

Teenage Dirtbag- I feel like the title of song is probably a bit about how Ponyboy feels about himself. I also think that song relates a bit to teen who are bit more into counter culture/ may get into a bit more trouble which I think works really well with Ponyboy.

Friend of the Devil- From the title alone I think it works. Ponyboy is friends with a lot of troubled people, and some of them, like Dally, some people probably consider a bit devilish. The song as a whole may not perfectly work with Ponyboy but I feel like the vibe of it does

You’re On Your Own Kid- I feel like this is really a Ponyboy in twenty years looking back at his life/childhood kind of song. And also shows how at the end of the day, and even though the gang wants to help him, the only person who is truly looking out for him is himself. He’s not like the rest of the gang. He’s on his own.

Here Comes The Sun- The song has a really optimistic tone has promises of a better future. It also has a lot of sun imagery

Tomorrow Will Be Kinder: The song is hopeful for a future that is better than the present. I think that is the kind of sentiment that Ponyboy holds onto throughout life, especially during his childhood. I think if he doesn’t develop that kind of outlook he will probably be depressed for most of his life.

Some my analysis for this stuff is better than others and not all songs directly relate to Ponyboy, or even the gang/Greasers, but I think the vibe for each song works.

[moderarato]

@infamous-if OCs 1/? | Sigrid Seymour (she/they) or professionally known as "Seymour", frontman of The Bodega Strays

[How would you describe your music?]: Dreampop with garage and goth influences. Cocteau Twins were quintessential for me growing up. Lyrically, Kate Bush is my goddess. Riveting questions, by the way [eye roll]. Haven't gotten that one in a while.

[Where'd the band's name come from?]: "Okay, that's better, at least. You ever notice how stray cats always end up inside bodegas? I kind of always felt like a stray and this band is kind of like a bodega. Sometimes it's shit [laughs], but it's going to always be there. It's home. Rent-free. And our manager is the shop owner who takes care of us — even though he seems like he doesn't want to."

[Do you own a cat?]: "Yeah, a rescue named Suddenly. Like 'Suddenly Seymour'. Comedy horror musicals are weirdly my guilty pleasure and it's–was–my drunk duet song."

[Who'd you sing it with?]: [Frowns] "Next question."

[C'mon, tell us!]: [Is already tearing the mic off of themselves in a feral rage]

(Off-mic): "Where the fuck are my cigarettes, Orion?! [pauses] [sighs] Pretty please?"

x

[bertiebingobiffy]

DIVINE PROVIDENCE - A FAR CRY 5 PLAYLIST

combined my love of creepy folk music, vaguely christian music, and massive playlists to create a special one for Far Cry 5. and the songs are categorized by theme!!

(i posted one previously but didn't like the graphics, so here's a playlist that is more aesthetically pleasing)

🕇 "CLASSIC" GOTHIC COUNTRY 🕇

Ain't No Grave - Johnny Cash Bad Moon Rising - Mourning Ritual Blood On My Name - The Brothers Bright Bottom of the River - Delta Rae Broken Crown - Mumford & Sons Come Away to the Water - Glen Hansard I Will Never Die - Delta Rae O Death - Clifton Hicks Sinner Man - The Seekers

🕇 RELIGIOUS OVER & UNDERTONES 🕇

Ain't No Devil - Andrea Wasse Carry Me Home - The Sweeplings Down to the River - Alison Krauss Eat Your Young - Hozier Headed for the Reaper (acappella) - Kat Frankie Heaven is Here - Florence & the Machine Holy Water - Freya Ridings Pale White Horse - The Oh Hellos Providence - Poor Man's Poison Wayfaring Stranger - Dolly Parton Wading Deep Waters - Crooked Still

🕇 BAD-ASS VIBES 🕇

Baby Outlaw - Elle King Bones - Split the Dealer The Calling - The Rigs For What It's Worth - Trills Glitter & Gold - Barns Courtney Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Red Right Hand - Laura Marling Rest in Peace - Dorothy Run Baby Run - The Rigs Ticking Bomb - Aloe Blacc Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Nirvana

🕇 INTERPRET AS YOU WILL... 🕇

Better Dig Two - The Band Perry Big Love (live, 1997) - Fleetwood Mac The Chain - Fleetwood Mac Daddy Lessons - Beyonce Dirty Paws - Of Monsters and Men Everybody Knows - Sigrid House of the Rising Sun/Amazing Grace - Athens Creek I Get Off (live) - Halestorm Never Tear Us Apart - Dylan LeBlanc Terrible Things (feat. Ashley McBryde) - Halestorm Throne - Saint Mesa Until the Levee - Joy Williams Waters - Eliza Shaddad Where is Your Rider? - The Oh Hellos Wildfires - Jenny Mitchell You - Greta Isaac

[tma-entity-song-poll]

Submissions for The Eye are closed!

2econd 2ight 2eer - Will Wood

A Thousand Eyes - Thrasherwolf

A Thousand Eyes - Miracle of Sound, Aviators

Aha! - Imogen Heap

All Eyes on Me - Bo Burnham

An Unhealthy Obsession - Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra

Busted - Phineas and Ferb

Ceaseless Watcher - Harvo

Damn your eyes - Etta james

Every breath you take - The police

everybody knows - sigrid

Everywhere - Ex hex

Evil Eye - Franz Ferdinand

Hand Me My Shovel, I'm Going In! - Will Wood and the Tapeworms

Harvester of Eyes - Blue Oyster Cult

I Recognize You - Seeming

Jennan - Bill Roper

Killing me softly with his song - Fugees

Knock on the Door - Phil Ochs

Knowledge - Seeming

Las voces - El zar

Neighbor - Mother mother

No One's Home - The Stupendium ft. McGwire

Ojos así - Shakira

Private Eyes - Hall and Oates

Research Me Obsessively - Brittany Snow

Ruler of Everything - Tallyhall

Search the Searches - Desaparecidos

Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell

Somebody’s Eyes - Footloose The Musical

The eye in the sky - The Alan Parsons project

The Walls Have Ears - Jordin Kare

Voyeuristic Nightmare - Days N Daze

Welcome to the Internet - Bo Burnham

Round 1 will be up at the usual time tomorrow morning! Stay Spooky!

[devastatedloyallute]

Bigger Than The Whole Sky -Spotify Playlist! 💕

Songs are in chapter order! (will add more songs as more chapters come out)

Songs designated to each chapter (and character POVs) listed under the cut!!

Chapter 1 Songs:

-Still Into You by Paramore /Lute's POV/ -Our Love by Coheed and Cambria /Adam's POV/

Chapter 2 Songs: /Adam's POV/

-Bigger Than The Whole Sky by Taylor Swift -Ashes of Eden by Breaking Benjamin

Chapter 3 Songs: /Adam's POV/

-Take Me Back To Eden by Sleep Token (this song bleeds into Chapter 4 at the 5 minute mark)

Chapter 4 Songs: /Lute's POV/

-Murder Mitten (acoustic version) by I See Stars -Rain by Sleep Token

Chapter 5 Songs:

-I Bet On Losing Dogs by Mitski /Lute's POV/ -Soon You'll Come Home from All Dogs Go To Heaven /Abel's POV/

Chapter 6 Songs: /Adam's POV/

-Doomed by I Prevail -There's Fear In Letting Go by I Prevail -Curse by Architects -Heavier by Rain City Drive -Let Me Be Sad by I Prevail

Chapter 7 Songs:

-Euclid by Sleep Token /Lute's POV/ -Run by Snow Patrol /Adam's POV/

Chapter 8 Songs:

-Bad Life (acoustic version) by Sigrid,Bring Me The Horizon /Abel & Lute's POV/ -My Boy by Elvie Shane /Lute's POV/

Chapter 9 Songs:

-Louder Than Thunder by The Devil Wears Prada /Adam's POV/

Chapter 10 Songs:

-Walk This World With Me by The Home Team /Adam's POV/

[philosophika]

I really liked this song ask idea, so I'm going to add an unasked track for the fun of it!

Disclaimer: I didn't get this one on shuffle, I picked it because I suddenly remembered it, so I'm kind of cheating, I guess? ♡

Anyway, High Five by Sigrid. I heard this song shortly after discovering my MA acceptance letter in junk one week after submitting a (very) late application.

I had bet everything -my ability to stay in the US (I only had time to apply to one college, so I went for the one I actually wanted), my family's ability to survive (they needed me in the US for the income I sent back to them, without which we would all plunge back below the poverty line), and all my hopes and dreams- on an academic writing sample double the solicited word count.

Under normal circumstances, this would have been a monumentally stupid move. But for the first and only time before or since, I was 100% certain I had written something actually worth reading, something sharp and clear that innovated (finally!) in the fucking field. I didn't think the rules would apply. And they didn't.

I was in my great-uncle's library overlooking Fifth Avenue (after I'd been living in a derelict house with leaks, Fifth Avenue, Manhattan!?), and I remember I just started jumping on the sofas, crying for joy. I hadn't doomed everyone I loved to death. We were going to be fine. We were going to be okay. I was going to be okay. I was going to be better than okay. I was going to be an asset. It was the first time since my abusive BA tutor tortured me into nearly dropping out that someone had confirmed my suspicion that I wasn't shit, that I did know what I was doing, and that I might even be great at it. The relief I felt was indescribable.

The only thing sweeter than the victory itself was the look of total horror on my great-uncle's entourages' faces when they realised they weren't sending the urchin from South America back where she belonged 😂 That I'd made it despite their many underhanded attempts at sabotage (scheduling dinners or opera evenings for the nights before my GRE exams, for example, so I'd score poorly; promising recommendations all the way until the deadline then never showing up with anything and doing a silly little 'oops, that was today?' 💅🏼; convincing my uncle not to help me pay for prep courses or the degree, should I get in -which is why I needed to win a substantial scholarship to have a leg to negotiate on, despite his being a millionaire and being able to afford to help; I could go on, but you get the gist).

The point is: it was amazing, and yeah this song... I can't listen to it without feeling all of that again. I associate it with being surrounded by stunned-shitless enemies, with the silence of suddenly being in a league of my own, but, most of all, with having put on the performance of my life and triumphed.

And you wonder why, wonder why No one's by your side, by your side When the room goes quiet Ooh, everybody loves a show Lights on, they all go home You won't let anybody close That high five is all you got Ooh, they keep saying you're the best You ask and they say, "Yeah"

[sijssjsbssjsnsnnskbskwns]

VAMPIRE Y/N PROFILE (version 1)

• Hight inspired by Lady D

• Vampire teeth inspired by Abigail

• Vampire Eye inspirations

• Vampire Appearance (Inspired by Vampire Sammy from Abigail 2024)

• Vampire outfit (inspired by Sammy’s outfit Sammy from Abigail 2024)

• Name’s: y/n, 002, etc • Vampire powers/skills: Levitation, high intelligence, telekinesis, intimidation, Scarlet witch powers (powers just like scarlet witch but Dark blue and Red) immortality, Superhuman Speed, Flexibility, Transformation, superhuman strength, etc (etc basically means you can have more powers than these if you want)

• DarkHold Powers: Physical augmentation, Dreamwalking, Power absorption, • Age: 37,430

• Personality: Evil, psychopathic, insane, crazy, manipulative, Loving, Sadistic, giddy, Sinister, etc

• Skin tone: very pale

• Hight:9’6

• Facts: Your blood is black, Covered in blood (a/n: gifs above), Talks in Sing-song kind of voice (a/n: most of the time) it Sounds Sadistic, Evil and unsettling and like your possessed but your not, Dances ballet Creepily, your tongue is black, you have unimaginable and uncountable Powers,

• Eyes: one is blue, and the other one is red (a/n: gifs above)

• Loves: Killing, Feeding on blood and flesh, Dancing ballet, Smiling Evilly and Creepily, playing with your victims, laughing evilly, dancing with her dead victims body, can survive being shot multiple times, Causing fear, chaos, and Sadness, etc

• Home: the upside down

• Best friends: Vecna, Demogorgans, Demo-bats, Demo-dogs, The mind flayer, etc

• Species: Vampire

• Sexuality: Bisexual

• Hair Color: Dirty Blonde

• Goal: To rule the entire Universe/Multiverse

[evergloaming]

get to know the mun

What's your phone wallpaper? lock screen is me and my fiance @deathswcrn, home screen is a screenshot of my babydarling sigrid in fallout

Last song listened to: wasteland, baby! (which i modded into fallout as the main menu music)

Currently reading: a court of mist and fury which ive been stuck on for about two months after devouring a court of thorns and roses in two days

Last movie: the princess and the frog with Small Cousin

Last show: finished s1 of the acolyte tonight and oH MY GOD. THERE HAS TO BE A SECOND SEASON. PLEASE. leslye headland i am wailing outside your door

What are you wearing right now? jammies

How tall are you? short :( 5'1"/155cm

Piercings/Tattoos: ears

Glasses/Contacts? glasses! if i don't have them i walk into walls

Last thing you ate? a genuinely absurd amount of masago. no rice or anything, just straight from the container.

Favorite Color: #003463

Current obsession: fallout. the radiation is eating my brain like a feral ghoul.

Do you have a crush right now? don't tell anyone but i have a huuuuuuge crush on my fiance

Favorite fictional character: my babydarling sugarbean honeypie light-of-my-life sigrid

Last place you traveled: los angeles for passover with a friend

tagged by: @daughterofhighever-blog <3

tagging: @deathswcrn, @oathwilled, @oathfcrged, & @rosawept!

[someunholyhiddles]

The lovely @auroraesmeraldarose tagged me, so here it goes :) Last song I listened to: Home To You by Sigrid on repeat. I saw her last Friday and I'm still riding that cloud. She was so good <3

Favourite colour: As every other girl I know, I hated pink when I was little and here I am in my thirties being a full blown everything-pink-or-gtfo girly. I also like mint-colored gadgets (she said while reluctanly accepting her phone was out of pink colored versions when she bought it and had to take the green one) But I do like how the mint looks nice with pink too! hahah

Currently watching: Last thing I watched was Rurouni Kenshin (the remake) with my husband for the nostalgia (him) and I liked it. I've not been current with anything mainstream lately. I do want to watch Bridgerton though, to see what's the fuss.

Favourite flavour: Coconut & Lime!🥥

Current obsession: No brainer, Gale Dekarios. This includes BG3 as well, but the rest of the day is mixed thoughts about the Rizzard and strategies to beat specific fights. You know, balance lol

Last thing I googled: “the horribly slow murderer with an extremely inefficient weapon” Don't judge okay? I was writing a report at work and this title popped in my head from a ridiculous YT video like 14 years ago or so and I was laughing to myself.

Favourite season: Winter. I was born in a tropical country without seasons and now I live in Argentina where seasons are actually a thing. Never liked scorching weather and I suffer from low blood presure so regular fainting is a thing I don't look forward to when the time comes. I'm a winter bitch, the colder the better. But I do have to say Christmas in Summer is the worst thing to happen since I moved here.

Skill I’d like to learn: I'd love to learn how to code but I'm too lazy for that. I recently started learning Greek (thanks to @auroraesmeraldarose fics and a grudge I hold against a professor that was SUPPOSED to include Greek in the curriculum but didn't) 15 years later here I am. Better late than never I guess. #MalakaYourWayOutOfEverything

Best advice: If you can do nothing to fix it, why worry? If you can do something to fix it, why worry? - My Grandpa, who was the chillest man ever. I miss him

now I'll tag @imafuckingloser19 because she's the only one I can think of in this godforsaken website to reply to this. Aurora already did it, and Thank you for tagging me! It gives me something nice to do to escape my impending deadlines at work 😆

[ariaxjohnson]

if you’re hearing DON'T KILL MY VIBE by SIGRID playing, you have to know ARIA JOHNSON (SHE/HER; CIS WOMAN) is near by! the TWENTY FIVE year old BARTENDER has been in denver for, like, TWO YEARS. they’re known to be quite IMPULSIVE, but being ASSERTIVE seems to balance that out. or maybe it’s the fact that they resemble KRISTINE FROSETH. personally, i’d love to know more about them seeing as how they’ve got those LATE NIGHT PHONE CALLS, ESCAPE PLANS & SPONTANEOUS ROAD TRIPS vibes. and maybe i’ll get my chance if i hang out around the RINO DISTRICT long enough!

Musings // Pinterest // Playlist

S T A T I S T I C S

GENERAL

NAME: Aria Johnson AGE: 25 HEIGHT: 5'6 BIRTHDAY: August 20th OCCUPATION: Bartender at Hell & High Water

PERSONALITY

ZODIAC: Leo sun, Scorpio moon, Gemini Rising MBTI: ESTP - T ENNEAGRAM: 8w7 POSITIVE TRAITS: assertive, adventurous, confident NEGATIVE TRAITS: impulsive, impatient, reticent

HEALTH

ALCOHOL: Often DRUGS: occasionally PHYSICAL: n/a PSYCHOLOGICAL: BPD, PTSD, C-PTSD

M I S C / F U N F A C T S

- There is not a single Sigrid or CHVRCHES song that Aria doesn't relate to - Very much a "leave before get left" approach to life - Would absolutely carry vodka in a waterbottle, and what of it - Honestly takes pride in how aloof and guarded she is. Kind of treats it as a game sometimes, finding amusement in people trying to "figure her out" - yet still desperately wants someone to understand her even though she self sabotages so much they eventually get tired of her games - expect many late night texts if you're friends w/ her a;sdgja - so. much. anger

W A N T E D C O N N E C T I O N S

- Drinking buddies - Ex's (romantic or platonic!) - Confidants - Childhood friends (that likely lost touch) - Friends she used to live with (would be right after high school, a group of friends moved in together and had a huge falling out, which was the spark for Aria to pack up and move to Denver) - Found Family vibes !!!!!! - And really anything else!

B I O G R A P H Y:

( TW: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grooming, Suicidal ideation/attempt )

TLDR: Aria was a competitive figure skater and an olympic hopeful. However, between the pressure her mother placed on her, the muddied boundaries between her and her coach, the fall right before the Olympic trials was merely the last straw that broke the camel's back. She found Denver to be an escape from all of the pressure and expectation.

Aria used to joke that she learned how to ice skate before she learned how to walk. As far back as she could remember, prodigy, a natural, Olympic hopeful were all labels orbiting around her. Her entire world revolved around the ice. When she wasn't actively competing, she was rigorously training. Sleep was the only break she'd get from skating, and she'd still be perfecting every technique in her dreams. Before long, several competitions in, she established a reputation for herself for her relentless precision, almost feeling more machine than human. And with her growing success, she began to realize she'd only hear from her father, who left before Aria could form any meaningful memories of him, when she won something. Yet no matter how many competitions she finished first in, or how exceptional her score was, there was always something to criticize. At least, that was how she rationalized her mother screaming and shouting behind closed doors, ridiculing and degrading her for every tiny mistake, even ones that the judges themselves didn't even seem to notice.

Her coach, on the other hand, couldn't cease to sing her praises. Always asking her to demonstrate for the others, being the first to teach her more advanced techniques, and expressing more pride than she ever had felt from her mother. Yet even with the pedestal he put her on, she felt like he was the only one who still treated her like a person. He understood things at home were difficult, an understatement at best, and he would lend an ear to any vents she needed to get off her chest. In time, he trusted her with his own burdens and troubles at home. Conflicts with his wife, excusing and problem solving ways to hide his own infidelity, and more. None of which he should have looked for support from a child. Even as boundaries started to waver, Aria couldn't comprehend the red flags. Not only was she a child, but one who lacked any sense of comfort or nurture from the one who was supposed to love her the most in the entire world. He made her feel important. As though she had a place in the world. As though she mattered.

Her peers training alongside her began to be more perceptive to his favoritism. Some took it out on Aria herself, whereas others were more confused and occasionally concerned. Unbeknownst to Aria, her coach shifted in his treatment towards her. At least, publicly. Calling her on each mistakes loud enough for people on the other side of the country to hear, with so much contempt that she couldn't help but wonder at times if he and her mother exchanged notes on how to cut her down most efficiently. Yet, whenever they were alone, his sweet, caring persona would be back. He'd even explain to her that the others didn't understand, and he couldn't have them get the wrong idea. She bought the excuse, even as it formed a strange pit in her stomach - tying into knots as it felt like she was a secret. Still, she just reminded herself that he didn't really mean it every time he made her feel like the dirt under his shoe that he was trying to scrape off anytime they were in the presence of others.

At fifteen, she could start to see a light at the end of the tunnel, after putting her blood sweat and tears into training. The Olympic trials were right around the corner, and she felt more confident than ever. Her coach even was easing up on her. She finally felt like she was doing something right. However, during practice, after hours and hours of overexerting herself, she missed her landing, her ankle bending in a way she never knew it could before, and let out a harrowing yelp. And for as much pain as she was in, she wouldn't be able to recall it if she tried to retell the story present day - the only pain she could remember was every cruel word that felt like spears piercing through her from her coach. After a while, his voice became muffled - in fact, everything did… it was like she had slipped underwater and she was just hearing indistinguishable shouts from above the surface. Until finally, she couldn't take it anymore, and she took off her skates, and stormed out - or as best as she could with a sprained ankle, more so hopping than anything.

When she got outside, she had no incline as to where she wanted to go, just anywhere but there. And the adrenaline coursing through her veins failed to remember the rink leading directly to a busy intersection. Was she so out of it that she couldn't perceive the cars zipping down the road? Or did she just not care? Either way, she woke up to fluorescent overhead lights, persistent beeping of monitors, and a nurse informing her that she was lucky to be alive. The entire duration of the time she was in casts, her mother could hardly stand to look at her. As if she was the one who worked so hard and dedicated her entire life to this one dream that shattered along with the bones in her body. Aria was lost… Knowing it'd be a miracle if she ever got herself to skate again, and impossible to ever perform as well as she had before, she didn't know who she was anymore.

She started staying out late, going to any party she could find only to go to school hungover having slept barely an hour. Teachers noticed her shift and were understandably concerned. But no matter how many times the counselors would try to get through to her, she was intent on her mission to self destruct. After spending so much of her life maintaining a perfect image to satisfy those who didn't know the meaning of the word, it felt liberating to let herself fall apart for everyone to see.

Having no interest in continuing her education to college, Aria moved in with a few friends and lived paycheck to paycheck with any minimum wage jobs they could find. Yet drama ensued, as she was beginning to realize it inevitably did wherever she seemed to go. With the money she saved, she moved out and ventured in search of a place where no one knew her and there were no ghosts from her past, finding that haven in Denver, Colorado when she was twenty three.

[cityandking]

8, 17, 24, 47, 61 for minah + two kiddos of your choice!!

ty tabby!!! // get to know my d&d characters

8. what are three songs that suit them?

MINAH — 1. citizen/soldier - 3 doors down (my favorite warden song) 2. hollow - cloudeater (and I'm ill with all that I know / 'cause it shows what little I know / I want sacred, I want final / and I'm seeking it wherever I go) 3. did it to myself - orla gartland (and now you're living in my memory / living in my mouth / living in the four fucking walls of my house) DAI — 1. royal empress - greg laswell (and we all thought everyone was gonna make it out alive) 2. call it dreaming - iron & wine (where we see enough to follow / we can hear when we are hollow / where we keep the light we're given / we can lose and call it living) 3. you're gonna go far - noah kahan (so pack up your car, put a hand on your heart / say whatever you feel, be wherever you are) ENIKO — 1. severed - the decemberists (I alight like a whisper / I alight with the lights out / and it won't take me long just to find you / and it won't take me long just to find you) 2. everybody knows - sigrid (everybody knows the fight was fixed / the poor stay poor, the rich get rich / that's how it goes / everybody knows) 3. the wolf - manchester orchestra (there is nothing you've got when you die that you keep / you were all that you were, were you all you could be?)

17. what do they dream about, when their dreams are their own?

MINAH — blood or eyes in the dark. sometimes both. sometimes home, which is always the worst DAI — these days, the abyss. it's hard to remember what's memory and what's nightmare (at a certain point the distinct ceases to matter) ENIKO — nothing all that interesting. that strange, sharp, slightly-anxious reprocessing of everything going on around him. nightmares too, but even those are banal by now. he's almost figured out how to talk himself out of the fear when he wakes up

24. which of the four elements speaks to them the most?

MINAH — water. it's about everything going on under the surface and the stubbornness and fitting into whatever shape or channel she has to in order to keep moving forward DAI — earth. partially because of the whole earth genasi thing, but mostly because he's born from the mountains and his roots go deep. as much as he's a cleric of the sky, the whole point of flight is that eventually you have to find somewhere safe to land. ENIKO — water. deep, dark, inscrutable, swiftly moving, dangerous. adaptable and always fit to the container he's in.

47. when they meet someone, what is the first thing they notice?

MINAH — their money. not just where their purse is (that too) but what they're wearing, how they carry themself, what they flaunt and what they hide. DAI — daichi, daichi, what do your +15 insight eyes see? ALL. in all seriousness, he tends to observe how people carry themselves and how they react to other people around them. he might be shit at expressing himself but he's good at reading a room. ENIKO — their hands, their weapons, and their hands in relation to their weapons.

61. what kind of flower would they choose to pick from a meadow?

MINAH — all of them. she'd make a lovely little bouquet, tied with string DAI — something pretty but also with useful medicinal properties ENIKO — none. but if he had to, he'd pick sunflowers

[forerussake]

a playlist about Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu and everyone else they've come to love along the way.

Listen to it on spotify here, or on youtube here

Guardian Wishlist gift for my dear mumble @programmedradly, whose 'quiet verse' inspired so much beauty :)

Songs:

Busyhead - Noah Kahan // Rainbow - dodie // So Will I - Ben Platt // Extraordinary Magic - Ben Rector // Grow as We Go - Ben Platt ft. Sara Bareilles // Home Movies - Lukas Graham ft. Mickey Guyton // Home to You - Sigrid // Grow Old with Me - Tom Odell // Photograph - Cody Fry // Return - The Gray Havens // Morning is Made - Hush Kids

[babybirbb]

🎵 HalBarry?

thanks for resending this anon 🥺 very kind! definitely gonna toss in more than one song and prolly give a blurb just cuz i can :)

sigrid is my fav artist and she’s so underrated! this song gives me such hal coming home to be barry vibes

self explanatory!

something about this song is so Them to me. it’s prolly the “your boots beneath my bed, forever is the sweetest con” and the “im never gonna love again” that gives “i can’t believe your mine, im never gonna love anyone like this ever again” to me akdkfkdkskd

im gonna start biting something. barry telling hal not to get to close to the stars, not knowing where hal is and just wanting to go home and being worried and both of them dealing with their losses and trauma 😩

theyre the definition of friends to lovers and no matter what they go through, to me, they’ll always be friends to their core

DOMESTIC HALBARRY THE ONLY THING THEY WANT IS SWEET NOTHINGS FROM EACH OTHER

[mcheung]

thank you for the tag lily @clarabowmp3 mwah ilysm <3

using only song titles of one artist/band, cleverly answer the questions!!

gender: i am not a woman i'm a god by halsey how do you feel: psycho by maisie peters if you could go anywhere: home to you by sigrid favourite mode of transporation: walk but in a garden by mxmtoon your best friend: waiting for a friend by the pretty reckless favourite time of day: summer, night by jeon jin hee if your life was a tv show: things i wish you said by sabrina carpenter relationship status: don't date the teenager by gretta ray my fears: killer by phoebe bridgers

this one was fun hehe!! tagging @bazkrekkers @suburbanlegnd @wewouldgobackintime @buticanfixhernoreallyican @bougainvilea + anyone who sees this <33

[soshiharin]

girls’ generation

[oh!]

forever – songwriter

[dear santa — tts]

dear santa – composer

[forever 1]

seventeen – composer

closer – songwriter, composer

freedom – songwriter

solo works

[secret love song]

secret love song – songwriter

[i got lucky]

i got lucky – songwriter, composer

[like the way]

dangerous woman – songwriter

when the rain stops – songwriter

love a girl right – songwriter, composer

love war (feat. jonghyun) – songwriter, composer

[these nights]

love you thousand times – songwriter

pporappippam – songwriter, composer

my only love – songwriter

[who are you?]

melt – songwriter, composer

you make me happy – songwriter

bother me – composer

anywhere with you – songwriter

my love won’t let you down – songwriter

[better than this]

cheers – songwriter, composer

bite & chew – composer

like a witch – songwriter, composer

sweet fantasy – songwriter

sunny – songwriter, composer

unbothered – songwriter, composer

bad ending – songwriter, composer

other artists

[no.5 — 2pm]

my house – songwriter

red – songwriting

[the perfect red velvet — red velvet]

bad boy – songwriter

[the dream chapter: star — tomorrow x together]

nap of a star – songwriter

[home to you — sigrid]

home to you – songwriter

[start up (original television soundtrack) pt. 2 — jung seunghwan]

day and night – songwriter

[don’t call me — shinee]

kiss kiss – songwriter

[my attitude — wjsn the black]

easy – songwriter

[invu — taeyeon]

invu – songwriter

set myself on fire – songwriter, composer

[feel my rhythm — red velvet]

good, bad, ugly – songwriter

[love dive — ive]

love dive – songwriter

[28 reasons — seulgi]

anywhere but home – songwriter, composer

[circle — onew]

rain on me – songwriter

[barbie: the album — various artists]

what was i made for? – songwriter

[hit me hard and soft — billie eilish]

wildflower – songwriter, composer

©️ jang harin