#they're honestly one of my top fave bands

[monsterkin-culture-is]

Top 10 Fave Vampire Songs 🩸

Another species songlist! Honestly I like some of the songs here more than a few on my werewolf list...

As usual, feel free to send requests in the notes or my asks! Name links lead to Spotify.

10. I Don't Care by VIOLENT VIRA. This one isn't an explicitly vampiric song but it has all the vampiric female rage in it and it's one of my all time favourite metal songs. Her screams and vocals are insanely powerful.

9. Lonely Vampire by Weathers. If you feel you just need some feel good pop amongst the gothic angst of being a bloodsucker then this is definitely the song for you! It's one to get up and dance to.

8. Bloodsuckers by Johnny Hollow. One of those songs where I haven't picked up the artist yet but definitely will. The instrumentals on this one are like nothing else. Honestly though this song makes me think more of carnivorous gnomes than vampires but that's my problem...

7. Vampires by Night Club. Night Club has perfected their dark electronic music and their entire discography sounds like what would play at a vampire nightclub. How convenient they have a song named Vampires! They sound like if Draculaura went raving and have the black and pink aesthetic to match.

6. Cold Blood by Valen. Yes there is a certain point in these where I just add songs I like that have a keyword in the title but you have to trust it fits I promise!! In 2023 this song was 43rd on my Spotify top songs. In my defence the lyrics & vibe are still vampiric...

5. Lesbian Vampyres From Outer Space by Scary Bitches. Another Scary Bitches song in 5th position! Just like the last one this is definitely an experience... an experience I love though! Again, this is one you have to hear for yourself. The WW2 references really make the song.

4. Blood by Starbenders. Not explicitly a vampire song but definitely fitting for an angsty human x vampire drama. Starbenders as a band have such a unique and lively sound to them. My other favourite is Cover Me, which would honestly also fit in that theoretical vampire drama.

3. Bloody Creature Poster Girl by In This Moment. Massive slasher final girl (potentially turned villain) energy. I only discovered In This Moment about a month ago through a friend but I have been addicted to their music ever since - they're on all my main playlists! Definitely a song I associate with some of my fictionkins & werewolf kintype too.

2. Lust for a Vampyre by I Monster. This song feels like a lovestruck daydream. It's sweet, sinister and sooo catchy! Also who doesn't love a good human x vampire song.

1. Old Money by Jonathan Young & Caleb Hyles. This isn't just my #1 vampire song but one of my favourite songs of all time. Collectively we can ignore the cringe and appreciate Young & Hyles outstanding vocals and the catchy tune. Also bonus points - it's explicitly about vampires! This is a big band number straight out of a gothic musical.

That's all for now! Let me know if you liked any of these & feel free to make your own additions in the notes!

[gwynndolin]

Independent Album Review:

3D Country by Geese

I still have plenty of asks from people about music to review, but I figured there's plenty of room to talk about stuff I've been listening to independently!

So in my exploration into getting back into Apple Music, I decided I would not initially import all my previous music from Spotify, in attempt to get a new swing at the algorithmic content it would send my way, and it's worked certainly! The first song I heard by Geese was actually off their first album Projector, and I ended up trying to listen to that one for a little while. My final thoughts on Projector was that it was entirely interesting, but unfortunately not very memorable at first blush, but it showed a lot of promise. When I had told my girlfriend that I had started listening to them, she had noted that she recognized the 3D Country album art and said she'd heard at least one or two songs and thought that they were pretty good, so I jumped in pretty much immediately. And I'm glad I did!!

3D Country starts off with Cameron Winter's isolated voice, followed up shortly after by the blues rock number "2122". I think Cameron's voice is one of the most interesting things about Geese by far; it's extremely hard to tell what his default range is? He tends to sing in a slightly baritone register for the most part, but he's certainly not afraid to get up into his head voice, and it just works! The difference between where he's singing in the track "3D Country" and then in "Cowboy Nudes" nearly feels like a completely different singer. Honestly he sort of reminds me of Julian Casablancas, whereas Julian usually sings higher and occasionally goes lower.

Geese is one of these really exciting sorts of bands that I would lump in with BCNR, Black Midi, Maruja, and King Krule... I feel that, at least in the genres that I tend to listen to, there's been a lot of stagnation, and these bands feel like they're at the forefront of some well welcomed movement in the scene. And I always feel like you can really tell when this is happening when descriptions of these bands tend to offer like five or six different genres to attempt to give someone an idea what to expect.

To me, this reads as us being on the precipice of a new genre, or at the very least, a new subgenre, which is always very exciting to me. Obviously, genre is most often used descriptively instead of prescriptively (or at least, it is typically sought to be), but even in this, genre labeling, I feel, often allows for more focus into a particular sound, so to say that genres should only ever be descriptive seems a little reductive.

With that being said, while listening to this record, I kept thinking to myself "This is just Funkadelic for white people". Which was completely a joke, in my typical style of saying really broad statements about music that are reductive, but as I went on through it started feeling more real to me. "I See Myself" could honestly just be a track on Maggot Brain.

Anyway, I highly recommend giving this album a shot, and to keep an eye on Geese throughout the future, this is definitely a top 2024 album for me (even though it is a 2023 album..).

A VERY solid 8/10 for me, I think the album is pretty front loaded, but all of the tracks on it are all well enough and fitting for the album in their own right, and if Geese keeps moving like this, their next album might be an all timer for me..

Fave tracks: 2122, 3D Country, Cowboy Nudes, Undoer, Mysterious Love, Tomorrows Crusades, St Elmo

[silverraes]

My Top 9 albums of 2023

tagged by @mysterygrl20 tysm <3

my taste in music is kind of all over the place so prepare yourself for a wild ride, although I also listen to a lot of kpop (I've kinda been slacking on keeping up with releases over the past year tho oops) and we definitely have some overlap in favorite albums

I apologize in advance for how long this post is going to become but you're really opening the floodgates by letting me talk about music lol

(it's been a very dry year for my favorite metal bands or this list would've been even more chaotic lmao)

1) Dear Insanity... by DPR Ian

while I struggled to rank most of these, there was absolutely no question about my #1 album of the year. I only just discovered DPR Ian in 2023 and he very quickly became my favorite artist ever. you might have even seen me talk about this album an unhealthy amount of times already lol. he's just such an insanely good artist and every single song on this album is just soooo damn good.

part of why I love him so much is also the story he tells throughout his music videos and just how insanely good all of his MVs look and how well the visuals fit the music so I feel obligated to link the MV to my favorite song off this album:

(some flashing lights in this one, folks, be warned)

2) The World Ep.2: Outlaw by Ateez

everything Ateez releases is immediately getting added to my favorites, what can I say. I didn't have the money to go to their 2023 tour but I did see them live in 2022... absolutely worth the one and only time I ever caught corona. not a single bad song on this album, they're all absolute bangers.

3) Take Me Back To Eden by Sleep Token

I only just discovered Sleep Token in 2023 but I absolutely fell in love with this entire album and their style in general. almost got to see them live but then I ended up getting surgery on the exact day of their concert... :')

4) OO-LI by Woodz

I am a Woodz stan first and a human second. I'm convinced this man is incapable of releasing bad music, everything he does is just so damn good and I love how he explores a bunch of different genres while still making all of his music just sound like him y'know

also honorable mention to Amnesia which is only a single album so it didn't make the list but if you like more eerie stuff and the general vibe of his music, definitely check it out, I love it so much

5) On My Youth by WayV

WayV will forever have me in a chokehold. they've been my favorite NCT unit since their debut and honestly also the only unit I managed to properly keep up with over the last year ashgasj. I just really love their style of music and how they've actually been sticking to it

6) The Name Chapter: Temptation by TXT

It's truly been a TXT kinda year for me, I've been listening to them a lot. there aren't many songs on this album but I still love it so so much, all of the songs are great and Sugar Rush Ride is such a unique title track

7) Dark Blood by Enhypen

honestly Enhypen are part of the reason why I might have to update my top 3 kpop groups to a top 5 lol. all of their albums so far have been great and this one was no different, I still listen to a lot of the songs on it on repeat

8) RUSH! (Are U Coming?) by Måneskin

well what can I say, Måneskin have had me in a chokehold ever since they won the Eurovision and I actually got to see them live in 2023! drove all the way over to Berlin for them and everything, great album with great songs. I love both their more rock-ish songs and their slower songs and this album has a great mix of both (although I wish there would've been some more Italian songs on here)

9) MONO by K.Flay

K.Flay has been one of my more underrated faves for a couple years by now and I'll take any chance to gush about her music. there's just something very unique about K.Flay's music and this album certainly didn't disappoint. honestly, the only reason why I ended up putting this one on the "last" place is that I haven't listened to it as much as the other albums on this list

Honorable mentions!

bc once I start talking about music, I just simply can not stop at only 9 albums and this list isn't quite chaotic enough yet to properly describe my taste in music lmao

ODD-VENTURE by MCND

this is a rather recent one so I haven't listened to it enough for it to make the list, but I love everything MCND put out and this is definitely also a great album! (plus the title track is yeehaw kpop which is incredibly creative of them and I didn't know I needed that in my life)

HAPPYPILLS by Utsu-P

and this is where I expose the true chaotic nature of my taste in music lmao. Utsu-P's music is the perfect clash of world's between teen-me's obession with vocaloid and current-me's love for metal. I didn't include this album bc I still haven't gotten around to listening to all of it, but the songs that I did listen to, I absolutely loved

Phantomime by Ghost

oh you thought you made it through an entire post of me talking about music without mentioning Ghost? Hah, fool. jokes aside, this is an album full of cover songs so I didn't include it but it's still full of bangers. I reached audio cap now but I'll include their Jesus He Knows Me cover bc this was an absolute treat to witness live:

if you've made it this far without getting whiplash: congrats!

tagging (as always, no pressure, feel free to ignore this): @negrowhat @fallsouthwinter @spicypussywave @thisisworsethanitlookslike @supanuts @buddhamethods @alienwlw and anyone else who wants to do it!

[swiftviolets]

top 23 screenshots of 2023 <3

i was tagged by @applesaucesims a while ago to share my top 23 screenshots of 2023 and it was actually pretty hard to pick just 23!!!! i've seen a lot of people do them by month but because i made this blog in like may i'm just post them all as one :) some are raw some are edited its a real mixed bag i've seen a lot tagged in this already but if you haven't done this yet consider yourself tagged <3!!!

i thought she just looked cool here :(

2. i like the vibe of it and again i just thought she looked cool here lol. i wanna remake this so bad

3. i really like the angle i got w this, like its from elvis' pov. he wants attention but neither are giving it him

4. this was initially from when i started to make pictures to go around lori's apartment but never got around to finishing them. its a little lori and her oldest brother before he goes off to fight in korea :)

5. elvis was not having being held!!!

6. this was when i first started messing around with tool and i just love this shot a lot

7. one of my faves of all time!!!! i cant wait to add more context to this as i get deeper into four to one

8. i was trying so hard to get that feel of an up and coming band and their first album. i looked at a lot of old 60s garage band album covers and some were so raw like literally just a bunch of guys posing somewhere and thats what i attempted to duplicate with this :)

9. i could've honestly included the whole post this screen was from but out of all of them this was my favourite. idk i just like its the first little glimpse you get of new orleans before the street scenes. i was trying to set the mood a little lol

10. literally not a thought inside his little orange head <3

11. i used another angle of this pose for the initial post its from but idk i also liked this one a lot too i think lou's awkwardness makes it for me lol

12. i really like how andy looks back to lori as she was leaving. he looks so helpless and ideally he'd have gone after her but a) he didn't want to deal with her anger and b) he was really not in the mood to receive any shit from the rest of the group, and out of the 2 he's not ready to face lori's wrath!!!! i also like the couple on the left bc they could legit be talking about anything

13. the way they're looking here.... ough. in the story post they take a few moments to watch lori pass before initially approaching her. the look they give her is mixed with the displeasure of spending their friday night tailing their boss' 'girlfriend' and just your typical male gaze of watching girls go by

14. i think i peaked with this shot. she was literally just getting into a car what an absolute icon

15. & 16. the way she looks at him and the way he looks at her...... chefs kiss. she's annoyed and he can tell but that doesn't stop him with appreciating how she looks

17. its my blog header image for a reason <3

18. i love this little moment of intimacy between them. their relationship can feel more like an acquaintanceship at times, especially with how marco speaks to lori and how he treats her. i like in this shot it captures a rare moment in their relationship where lori is genuinely sweet and he's soaking it all in. also i really like both their side profiles hehe

19. i was starting to take screens for a post i was going to make then i just forgot about it but i really like this and how it's a little sneak peak on what to expect later on in four to one :)

20. i just love how the preset i used made this screen look tbh

21. just a cute lil gameplay moment no poses or anything just love between a girl and her cat <3

22. & 23. taken from lori's magazine spread i just really like how candid they look both look

[providencehq]

Hey~! What are your top 5 fave EVO designs from Generator Rex? Also, do you like any of Generator Rex's soundtrack?

Such an easy yet hard question. Without fail my number 1 spot has to go to Weaver. Dude has such a fucked up design and it really pushes the idea of human to monster bounty in Generator Rex combined with the aspect that unlike most EVOs, we see him human first. The visual of the skin tearing to reveal almost puss like growth that is too much for his skin, his BODY to contain shows the horror of EVOs. That in itself, the destruction of the human body molecule by molecule may be recognizable in some fun house of horror mirrors but only in it's base. You have a full monster there. That's fucked up. Love him for that.

Second would probably be the Blimp or how I so lovingly called it Whale Fall EVO. I honestly don't care about how it's used for transportation but the fact that it's recognizable as a whale is oh my god, what amazing world building. A majority of the EVOs seen throughout Generator Rex are either humans or fairly recognizable, every day animals like rabbits or rats or dogs. Before we ever see Rex and Six go into the ocean, we're fairly limited on knowledge that nanites have spread past a terrestrial and aerial means. Like, of course it would have gone into the water ways to some degree considering the Nanite Event effected everything but you see a whale coming out of the sky all messed up, I would have realized that the nanite endemic is so much worse than it initially appeared. It looks like an actual whale fall of an EVO whale with EVO scavengers (barnacles, whale lice, squid???? FUCKING YES) just hitching along it's so gross I can't help but love it.

Next is the Stegerat. I think they look cool, like a gross puppy, and fucked up, that is all.

Fourth favorite is probably Quarry's enforcers or as I've always called them in my head, the maggot EVOs. A lot of the human EVOs don't balance a lot of the monstrous with the human aspect in the more small scale EVOs we see. EVOs like No Face and some of the background no name EVOs have cool designs but don't hit that gross factor a lot of the animal EVOs do, this is truly effecting us on a genetic level and not a slightly more quirky X-Men looking character (I'm looking at you Squidd). These guys though? They're gross, I hate them, solid A+ in my book.

And lastly we have Alpha! Love him for the concept that and EVO doesn't have to pertain to modifying biological matter in order to exist, it just can. Such a dense concentration of nanites given sentience that other nanites don't quite have and manage to come together and create this mirror image of us? A haunting figure of the failures and potentials successes lost through blind pursuit manifested into a quote on quote perfect human? One without disease or death and the ability to manipulate itself into whatever without the cost of losing genetic/biological material or sanity (questionable)???? OH MY GOD I LOVE IT!!! And the fact the denser nanites in my mind make it look almost skeletal form peeking through. (he has little fangies)

In regards to the music I do actually listen to quite a bit of the music from Generator Rex, mostly Orange (though my brother listens to them and I'm fairly sure I stole all my music taste from him). Flashback Heart Attack has some super fun songs and I even made a patch of their band for one of my many patch jackets. I love the song Loser specifically. I don't think I listen to any of the actual music composed for the show however.

[akajustmerry]

Hi Merry! I hope you're doing well :) I wanted to share I finished I Hate Suzie after you made a post about Lucy Pebble writing that Succession ep and stuff and it was SO GOOD. Billie Piper is incredible and I'm still thinking about that last episode!!

I was wondering if you had any show/film recs for your fave messy protagonists ( like Suzie Pickles )please?

omg yay I am so chuffed you watched/loved I hate suzie 💕💕 and lucky for u I love a messy protagonist it's basically where I live mentally so here are me top messy main character recs that I don't see reccomended enough:

The Bisexual - honestly if you love IHS this is very close spiritually. Leila is Iranian American woman living as a lesbian in the UK whose life blows up when she realises she's bi

Preppers - this is an Australian show that has a very similar insane celebrity cancellation plotline as IHS. follows an Aboriginal morning show host who gets cancelled after a public meltdown live on air so she runs away to live with a bunch of doomsday preppers.

Hitmen - Dark comedy from the UK about 2 best friends who are middle aged women and are also assassins but they're not very good at their job. One of the funniest shows to come out in the last few years.

Chewing Gum - created by Michaela Coel, UK series is a comedy about a working class religious Black woman in her 20s trying to find someone she can lose her virginity to. Everything cool about Fleabag was done in this show first.

Search Party - the messyness of these characters is boundless and absurd. Dramedy about a group of hapless 20 somethins who decide to go looking for their missing mutual friend.

Bad Sisters - Dark comedy series about 4 sisters trying to kill their 5th sister's rotten abusive husband. Especially good if you enjoy the family drama element of IHS

Selfie - my beloved. It's hard to find it streaming anywhere these days but if you can, watch it. Sitcom modern retelling of My Fair Lady starring Karen Gillan and John Cho.

We Are Lady Parts - masterpiece of a show about a bunch of Muslim women in their 20s/30s who are in a punk rock band. I don't really think they're messy to the extent Suzie is, but if you love the raw honesty and heart of IHS, walp has it in OODLES.

I'd also reccomend any other show Lucy Prebble has written/written for because they're all brilliant odessys on messy painfully human people ❤️

[brettyimages]

January Record Review below

Elastica - Elastica - 10 Of course it's a 10. If I loved it less I could talk about it more. Highs: Vaseline is my favourite but so is 3/4s of the album. Lows: It's all great but these ones are less great than the others: S.O.F.T and Never Here (the long ones), Blue, and Indian Song (the only one I can't play on guitar/bass)

Summer 2019 mixtape - 10 I made this to listen to on my little Walkman at work and it's full of bangers. Side 1 is upbeat and mostly Britpop and late 80s alt, and Side 2 is all dreampop and hazy ballads. It's a masterpiece, honestly, and the fact I am still saying it's a 10 in 2023 says something about my tastes not changing, I suppose. Highs: I included a few of my favourite Suede tracks: Introducing The Band to start, Lazy on side 1, and The Living Dead and The Asphalt World (although it cuts off mid-solo) to finish. Also Fade Into You and Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby are back to back on the dreampop side. Lows: I went with Spastica by Elastica which is by no means bad but I should have cut off Justin's silly intro bit.

New Order - (the best of) NewOrder - 9 I love New Order as a singles band and I listened to this a lot this time last year. Everything here is great, even perfect, to me. Highs: I cannot stress enough how much I love Blue Monday (the 1988 mix appears here) Lows: Ruined In A Day doesn't match up to the others

The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow - 9 This was donated to the charity shop I worked in, the 10" double vinyl pressing, with white-tack stuck in the grooves. I've rehabilitated it and now it's one of my favourites. Highs: 10/16 of these songs are perfect pop records: William It Was Really Nothing, What Difference Does It Make?, This Charming Man, How Soon Is Now?, Still Ill, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, Hand In Glove, Girl Afraid, Reel Around The Fountain and Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want Lows: the slower ones were less engaging: This Night Has Opened My Eyes, You've Got Everything Now and Back To The Old House

Suede - Bloodsports - 9 This is an album of two halves and I find the last four tracks a bit slow compared to the first six but it has two of my favourite Suede songs on so still, 9/10 thanks for coming back babies Highlights: Barriers is one of my favourite post-reunion songs that they never play (🙁) and For The Strangers makes me feel invincible Lowlights: the last four songs slow things waaay down and I don't love Snowblind either but I think they're all still great songs

Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Nancy & Lee - 8 I love this album, it's magical to me. It was top of my wishlist and then one day I went down into the basement of the charity shop I worked at and there it was, an original vinyl copy donated and left on a stool. She's so special 💖 Highs: both Summer Wine and Some Velvet Morning are among my all-time fave songs, they're cult classics I know but they deserve it. Honorable mention to Jackson too. Lows: there's nothing bad on here but my least faves are You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', Elusive Dreams, Storybook Children and I've Been Down So Long (It Looks Like Up To Me).

Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses - 8 I love Depeche Mode and this is from their great period, but my CD is a thrifted 80s pressing where they tacked on some b-sides and remixes which lets down the overall quality. Highs: almost the entirety of the standard album - I think Never Let Me Down Again, The Things You Said, Strangelove, Sacred, Behind The Wheel, I Want You Now and Nothing are all perfect records Lows: Agent Orange and the To Have And To Hold Spanish Taster are not worthy of being here

7"s 2486 - 2490 - 8 All Depeche Mode singles, acquired via eBay in the era when I was deep in my DM obsession. 2486. Everything Counts (Live) 2487. Personal Jesus 2488. World In My Eyes 2489. I Feel You 2490. John The Revelator/Lilian remix picture disc Highs: Personal Jesus, World In My Eyes, I Feel You and One Caress all perfect songs. Lows: John The Revelator (UNKLE Dub) - the remix does nothing for me and bears no resemblance to the album track, which I do like

Good Charlotte - The Young & The Hopeless - 8 This album was essential for me growing up, they were the first 'proper' rock band I got into as a 10 year old and my brother and I played this album constantly. Highs: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Wondering, The Story of My Old Man, My Bloody Valentine, Riot Girl Lows: Hold On and Emotionless (the ballads) and the intro, good but not as great as the rest

Suede - The Blue Hour - 8 The album that hooked me in as a Suedegirl and I've rated it based on the average rating of the individual songs, which is why it's only an 8. It should probably be a 9 because it's one of those that needs to be looked at as a whole piece rather than a collection of songs, sorry I have been so unfair to you TBH I love you. Highlights: Tides!!!! I love her! Especially live, the build-up of that song is incredible. Lows: There are none, really - I considered ranking Dead Bird lower but then Brett's grunt as he shovels dirt got me.

Lily Allen - Alright, Still... - 7 I got this in the supermarket when it came out and I listened to it quite a lot despite being a certified emo girl. It's still really good. Highs: Smile, Knock Em Out, LDN and Friday Night are my faves. Lows: none, the rest are all good songs!

Elvis Presley - Elvis' Golden Records - 7 Elvis is obviously an icon with loads of great records. This is a repress of an old compilation that my dad had in his collection, with early hits. Highlights: Hound Dog and Jailhouse Rock, naturally Lowlights: the ballads, there's 5 on here

#148 - January 2015 pt. 2 - 7 First off can I just say I don't know how some of these songs managed to be relegated to pt. 2 of my monthly mix CD series because some of my favourite songs of all time are on here!!! Pt 1 is probably what I was listening to a lot at the time but didn't make a lasting impression. Highs: Animal Nitrate is on here!!! And so is Angels of Porn by Nicole Dollanganger which is also a perfect record. But the absolute number one, possibly my favourite song ever which I didn't appreciate at the time, Menswear by the 1975. Lows: the set opens with Nightcrawler by Kids In Glass Houses who I was listening to a lot at this time but it's not one of their hits.

Elastica - Weekend Swingers - 6 This was the first Elastica bootleg I bought on eBay and it's a good one, with a full 1994 festival set, 2 Peel Sessions and a couple of demos on the end. Rarely is a live version ever as good as the album though and bless Justine but her stage banter is always cringe. Highs: the demo of Vaseline is great and also the live version of Hold Me Now that they play here is also important - the guitars are played at double speed and there's an Ants-esque Burundi beat to the drums which I wish they'd kept for the album! Lows: there's none - it's a good set.

Elastica - Glastonbury Festival 25 June 1995 - 6 Another eBay bootleg, this time of their Glasto set. Again, it's all good but nothing special. Highs: Stutter Lows: n/a

#116 - 6 A mix CD that's largely devoid of theme; just me backing up songs I had downloaded that I didn't have any other place for. Highs: Ghost Town by The Specials is the highlight of any mix CD, I think Lows: Sonic Boom Six's cover of Addicted To Bass. I love the original and this version doesn't add anything so I don't need it.

7"s 2581-2585 - 6 I bought these as part of a box of about 50 cheap singles from Discogs where I was just racking up a cart of everything I might like to reach the free shipping amount. Some of the choices are unhinged. 2581 - Piero Umiliani - Mah-Na Mah-Na 2582 - The Fun Boy Three - The Telephone Always Rings 2583 - Lene Lovich - Say When 2584 - Shaggy - Oh Carolina 2585 - The Supremes - Baby Love Highs: Baby Love is a perfect record, of course, but I also have a soft spot for Mah-Na Mah-Na purely for the chaos factor. Lows: none, actually - I expected to say goodbye to Lene Lovich but I warmed to the song. Same with FB3 but the b-side is cool.

#145 - November '14 - 6 This was a month of very mixed vibes, fuelled by The Blackout's Wolves EP tour - a mix of pop, nu metal and a lot of Die Antwoord. Highs: two Die Antwoord songs that I will still listen to - Rich Bitch and Orinoco Ninja Flow - plus Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit, Twisted Transistor by Korn, and Blank Space by Taylor Swift Lows: Limp Bizkit's cover of Faith is bad.

#102 - 6 This is another mix CD that's just me backing stuff up so not very well put together although it includes some EPs and punk themes I suppose. Highs: The entire Dear Boy EP - 5 perfect songs that make me feel like I'm home. Also R U Mine? and Road Runner. Lows: Angel With A Shotgun by The Cab sounds engineered for the credits of some YA action movie and I think people used to put it in their fandom playlists on here a lot so it just sounds like really annoying Tumblr to me.

The Housemartins - London 0, Hull 4 - 5 This is another that I feel I might have been unfair to because I quite liked it, it's just that the songs are all kind of the same. There's 2 vibes - the jangly indie tunes and the ballads that are grasping at soulfulness. All of the former are good, all of the latter are not for me. Highs: Happy Hour was a hit single for a reason Lows: Flag Day is the ballad that drones on the longest, they're trying to be ambitious but I didn't like it.

Hyro Da Hero - Birth, School, Work, Death - 5 I saw Hyro a few times when he was promoting this album because of his feature on The Blackout's record and his subsequent support slot on their tour. I was really into it at the time but it doesn't do anything for me now. I didn't actually buy it at the time (I ripped it to iTunes from a friend's CD) but I found it in an Oxfam music shop years later. It's going back into the charity shop circuit now though. Highlights: Grudge, Ghetto Ambiance, Section 8 and Beam Me Up Scotty are my keepers Lowlights: The World's Stage was my least favourite - I find his misogyny really gross.

Mix CD #8 - 5 I think this dates to about 2007, maybe even 2006, when I would download anything and everything that was popular on PureVolume or Kerrang TV. The 20 tracks are split between decent rock songs and average ones. Highlights: By The Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers and In Too Deep by Sum 41 - both music TV staples Lowlight: Sinking Ships by Only Innocent Die, which would have been OK as a normal length song but it was 7 and a half minutes long and I got very bored waiting for it to end.

Propaganda - A Secret Wish - 4 I bought this at one of those charity shops in the Central Belt where CDs are 10p each, on the basis of them being on ZTT. I didn't enjoy it though, unfortunately, and I've not kept it in my collection. Highs: Duel was the only song I liked Lows: none of the rest was *bad*, just dull

From First To Last -Heroine - 4 I loved the first FFTL album so I was excited that this one came out as I was getting into them, but I never really gelled with it in 2006 and I still don't, sadly. Highs: The Latest Plague is the only song that does it for me. Lows: the rest is average quality.

Pixies - Come On Pilgrim - 4 I inherited this from a family member who emigrated so I don't feel like I can get rid of it even though I didn't enjoy it much. It doesn't have any of the well-known Pixies songs on it, or even anything that feels like it could have been a single. Highs: The Holiday Song and I've Been Tired Lows: everything else was a bit boring.

Top of the Pops 2000 - Vol. 2 [disc 2] - 4 This was so much worse than I remembered! It's mostly UK garage and really dull house music with a bit of mainstream rock on the end. The pop music on disc 1 may save this from donation. Highs: All The Small Things by Blink-182 is the sole attempt at greatness Lows: I was really unimpressed by the opener - A New Beginning (Love II Infinity Mix) by Stephen Gately. I don't understand why they would put remixes on a pop hits compilation when the remix wasn't the hit version (there's a remix of The Bad Touch on here too). I also didn't like Masterblaster 2000 by DJ Luck & MC Neat, but the worst thing on here was Who Feels Love? which is Oasis having a go at psychedelic Beatles and it's fucking dogshit.

[steppedoffaflight]

Sorry if this is weird. I've followed you since the SAK days and I've always loved your end of year posts. No pressure at all but I was wondering if you'd do a 2023 one? Like what are your favourite songs, albums, TV shows, books, games etc. of the year. Lots of love ❤️

Anon, thank you soooo much for asking this. As you probably know since you've followed me for so long, I love New Years, and I love keeping track of the media I consume, and I love talking about it!!!! This is so long. You're in for a trip.

Below the cut are my recs for music, podcasts, books, fic (all hockey), TV shows, and games.

MUSIC

Maren Morris (particularly the GIRL album) A lot of my dedicated listening time was actually during the summer, when I was working feverishly on a Nico/TK fic that currently has a draft with like 30k words but I got stuck and have taken a break from it lmao. If you care to understand more about the fic, I keep a tag. Anyway, I was looking for something upbeat/slightly country (I don't really enjoy country) for the vibes, and really liked her stuff. Some of my faves include: Nervous, The Feels, Make Out With Me, Shade. Tate McRae My girlfriend is a loooongtime fan of her, and I love a good pop album. Overall I really enjoy Think Later, with my faves being Greedy, Think Later, and Plastic Palm Trees. Mt Joy They are actually my fave band since Catfish ghosted me! I am truly, to the core, a Rearrange Us girlie (that album is pure art), but Orange Blood comes close and takes me back to summertime every time I listen. Faves from it include Orange Blood, Roly Poly, Johnson Song, Lemon Tree, Don't It Feel Good, and Bathroom Light (one of my top songs of all time).

PODCASTS

You Can't Do That A hockey podcast (they are Caps fans but cover all of the NHL) that's so fucking hilarious and entertaining. I listen to it religiously. Keeper Chat This one I found randomly through Spotify recommendations!! Flora & Fauna are two ex-zookeepers and each episode discuss an animal. I love learning little trivia bits about animals, but honestly their digressions are the best part. They are fucking hilarious and do not take their job of imparting knowledge on their listeners seriously. And it's incredible. The Tiny Meat Gang Podcast I have kind of always been a Cody & Noel fan, but only started listening to their podcast this year as background noise at work. They are very funny and I like that they're not overly loud/screaming because that's obnoxious when I'm trying to work. Also I agree with a lot of their pop culture takes, so it's fun to see what they'll discuss. Sold a Story More of a docuseries type podcast, it has 10ish parts and is investigative journalism into how schools started adopting a curriculum that is scientifically proven NOT to be the correct way to teach kids to read?!?! I was mind blown?? I was HOOKED and wish everyone in the world would listen.

BOOKS

Stolen Focus by Johann Hari I read this book and then immediately quit every social media (just about). It made me realize my attention was precious (especially with ADHD) and made me want to be more intentional with it. The State of Affairs by Esther Perel My girlfriend informed me that people on tiktok really enjoy arguing about Esther Perel and this book that they've interpreted as her manifesto that monogamy isn't achievable. Which is not really what's going on in the book, lmao. It's a fantastic deep dive into infidelity (which impacts sooo many people!!) and how our societal ideas of a "fairytale" type partner that is our one and only everything is so limiting and sets us up for failure. Spare by Prince Harry I listened to this on audiobook and just enjoyed the experience of hearing what a royal life is like, lmao. It was so fascinating and I have a lot of respect for him and Meghan. A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket I've been working my way through the box set I bought last year, but lately I've been in a reading slump and according to the internet you should reread some of your favorites. I always loved that this series didn't handle hard things with kid gloves when I was younger. It's like the author treats children with enough dignity to trust they can handle the harsh realities of the world.

FICS (all hockey, if you're not interested skip to the next section haha)

I have a horrible habit of using ao3 on my phone, downloading fics and sending them to my kindle, and then it's hard for me to remember what I've read/get back to them once I'm off my kindle. I keep all of my recs in my bookmarks on my ao3 (which I'm trying to update currently!), but I'll throw in some faves: from this day forward series by greenteam (Jack Hughes/Nico Hischier/Jonas Siegenthaler) A modern royalty au where Jack and Nico essentially have an arranged marriage. Both parts are A+++, but anyone who knows me knows I looove some polyamory and exploration into the dynamics of it, and the second part hits that nail on the head. Featuring trying a dynamic out and getting it wrong (!!!!!) and needing to make adjustments. Chef's kiss. California, dude. So sick. by dilangley (Trevor Zegras/Jamie Drysdale) I downloaded this with the intention to binge it all in one night, and then got so lost in the universe I took much longer with it. Fun summery vibes, full of the mundane realism I love and have been ranting about recently (this is the fic where Trevor picks at Jamie's peeling sunburn, ugh!!!!!) amateur hour at herbie's travel center. june. by Matriaya (Travis Konecny/Nolan Patrick) This is a little 5k thing about making amateur porn spur of the moment, but really I have loooved digging into Matriaya's work, which includes a lot of realism in smut, which is my absolute faaaavorite!!!!! Grabbing the link for this post I also see they've published a lot of work recently that I need to download asap. heaven won't be the same by lilcrickee (Nico Hischier/Jack Hughes) I was trying to keep this list down to three, and with different pairings, but UGH I can't help but mention this one. A Bridgerton au that was SO FUN to read and the tenderness made me sob. I've already read every Travis Konecny/Lawson Crouse fic lilcrickee has graciously provided this earth, and I love their work immensely.

TV SHOWS

Queen Charlotte I've loved everything in the Bridgerton universe so far, and this spin-off might be my favorite season so far! Jury Duty Sooo funny. Although it's kind of trippy that Ronald was living in a scripted world. Lost I'm not gonna talk about it anymore, I'll go insane. I was just rewatching season 2 last night.

GAMES

Cozy Grove I've mentioned Cozy Grove a few times on here, but I love it sooo much. Def one of my favorite games I played this year!! I love that the game doesn't care if you skip a day (I've skipped a few weeks right now lmao, and I can't wait to jump back in!). Like Animal Crossing but with a more solid plot. Planet Zoo I'm a Zoo Tycoon kid, so I had to try this out! It's very hard to learn, you definitely have to start with campaign mode. I've always been a "sandbox" type person, but I actually loved the challenges in campaign mode that I stuck with it even after I had enough of a grasp on it to start my own zoo from scratch. It's extremely engrossing, you'll log on and waste three hours accomplishing objectives and fussing with animals that are very picky. Dorfromantik Easy to pick up and learn and SO ADDICTING. I love playing it and listening to an audiobook or podcast. Plus it's sooo beautiful. I wish it was available as a mobile game, but hopefully someday! No plot, it's a puzzle/casual type game. Mini Motorways I have Apple Arcade for Cozy Grove and somehow ended up downloading this. It is ADDICTING and makes me incredibly ANGRY!!! The game gives you limited pieces of pavement and plops buildings down wherever, and it's your job to manage traffic. I truly believe the AI is against me because I'll be doing SO GOOD and they'll put a new building SO FAR AWAY in the WORST SPOT. UGH.

[gothethite]

Fave goth songs this year: 1. Crescent and the star - Sunshine Blind Gothic Rock

Honestly my favourite Sunshine Blind song objectively is probably burned at the stake now, but I'm a bit emotionally attached to this one. I spent a lot of time this year driving around alone and camping etc. to see cool landscapes and stuff + moving around between states so yeah. I really like the buzzing instrumentals and the way the singers vocals kind of match that in a way that's a bit hard to describe.

2. Telekinesis - Altar de fey Deathrock

I really like all the space imagery and stuff in this song, I read a lot of science fiction and this song just feels like a scifi short story thing. Also I really like the way the fast, discrete drumming contrasts with the guitar where all the notes blend into each other.

3. A fever dream - Mors Syphilitica Ethereal wave

This was my ethereal wave year tbh, I used to not listen to it much but it was probably my top genre this year. I love the really dramatic soaring instrumentals and vocals but the drums make it a lot more like, heavier and driving in contrast to a lot of ethereal wave I find a bit boring. Also the singer's vocals are so cool.

4. Silent Thunder - Mephisto Walz Deathrock

So according to spotify Mephisto Walz was my top artist, and though I also listened to a ton of stuff on youtube, bandcamp and mp3s that's probably right overall. I absolutely love Mephisto Walz's instrumentals and the kind of monotone sinister vocals go so well with them... they're probably my favourite of any bands I can think of.

5. Strange Weather - Dead Spells Deathrock? Their bandcamp and stuff says post punk and darkwave but the drumming and guitar sounds make me think deathrock tbh

Ok usually I like really dramatic instrumentals and stuff but I also really like the spooky more hollow sounding usually deathrock stuff but I think it's reallyyyy hard to do well without sounding boring but all this band's stuff is great. The lead singer's voice is great and I like the kind of tense tone of the lyrics. I could listen to this song on repeat for hours tbh.

6. The Future - Second Still Post Punk

Second Still is a really great band I'm so sad they broke up :(. They're also influenced by no wave so they've got some really interesting rhythms and stuff, it's more obvious in some of they're other songs on the album. The lyrics and stuff are also interesting it's very detached yet kind of upbeat which like so true...

7.Valentine - Sisters of Mercy Gothic Rock

The instrumentals and stuff make such a spooky ambience I love it. Also I think the anti war and militarism message is really relevant (Like yeah Andy's pretty obnoxious in a lot of ways but the anti militarism messages and critique of cold war unhinged nationalist mutually assured destruction stuff are so true. I keep seeing people going 'gothic rock has always been apolitical' and it's like mate. sisters of mercy is NOT subtle lmao what do you think the rain in first and last and always represents...) + the juxtaposition of really mundane imagery of everyday stuff and descriptions of like conflict really feel like this year tbh like I wake up in the morning and read the news and it's like wow. there's a lot of horrible stuff happening, a terrifying rise of far right groups and climate change and stuff. ok time to make breakfast and go running and study for my bio test I guess.

8. Dusk of Hallows Gothic rock? Post punk?

Corpus delicti has the best synth of goth bands imo. ok 100 years by the cure is extremely good too but the echoey soaring synth in corpus delicti is really good in way more songs it's so dramatic and the switching between the quieter synthy bits and the loud drumming and guitar works really well.

9. Remedios the Beauty - Strange Boutique Ethereal wave

I love the instrumentals in this, like I love screechy soary synth and guitars and stuff but this song kind of did the opposite with more clear instrumentals sounding a bit more like plucked strings I guess and it sounds really cool! Another of the songs that got me really into ethereal wave this year.

10. You bleed me - Suspiria Darkwave/Gothic rock

Over the last year Suspiria has become my go to 'it's 4 hours past time to go to sleep but I really need to finish this essay'. Very upbeat and also kind of fun in a silly vampire way. In a slightly different world where I was a more social person this would be the drag king music I would pick tbh.

[mikelogan]

💙Smoshblr December Asks Day 18💛

What are your top 3 fave clothes, that you currently own? (can be faves for any reason, like comfort, smth you love to wear on special occasions, etc. 🤗)

Bonus: What are your top 3 fave accessories? (like jewelry, belts, bags, etc. 👜)

clothing:

my colin hay "waiting for my real life to begin" tshirt, it's super soft and comfy and i've had it for like. 8 years now i wanna say? still goin strong

i have like 6 pairs of these little tie-dye pajama shorts and they're super comfy and i wear them all the time bc i get hot really easily (and can no longer be the naked neighbor)

a thin black (but long) tank top with the cover of fleetwood mac's rumors on the front. perfect for summer (and honestly a pajama top lol)

accessories:

i wear one ring everyday, it's just a sterling silver band with a moonstone and it was literally $15 on amazon and doesn't turn my skin green

i have a SHIT LOAD of earrings and i really should wear them more often, but i also just. don't go anywhere anymore, but i really love them. some are bizarre like glow in the dark jars with ghosts in them, ouija planchettes, big puff balls, and others are just like. normal lmao but i love earrings

i can't really think of anything else so i'll just say i wish i could wear flip flops all year 😭

[jetlaggingbehind]

hm ig I get what you're saying? honestly I mainly wrote this post bc the thing i hate most in these aus is people making matthew into a knives clone lol. scott pilgrim is one of those things where if you wanted to make a swap au plausible in canon you'd have to go pretty deep into character development hell, and tbh i don't even fault the fandom for not doing that it's insanely hard.

putting this under the cut bc it gets long babeyyy

the main reason why i don't think knives is matthew is because going off of the show, he comes to terms with it in the most healthy way he can manage by focusing his attention on other things. The most prominent moment i can think of off the top of my head is when he completely dismisses her while they're going to watch the musical. not to say that he doesn't still hurt, but he's not actively fixating on it anymore. He has his own stuff going on, like kim. but yeah, i get that they have that sense of a young and unstable relationship.

Idk if the insults can really be considered a vendetta against scott? Everyone insults scott. he's just very lame lol. one of kim's first lines is her insulting scott. not to mention that were talking abt a dramatic ass theatre kid who unironically says things like 'youll pay for this'. on knives and matthew both being left behind— kim got left behind too! when scott left their town he didn't tell his actual literal girlfriend at the time, and that makes it hurt all the more. there's also the fact that they were scott and ramona's respective first relationships, so there's a few more similarities there.

im not taking wallace as envy that seriously haha i agree it could make an interesting au but of course wallace isnt really the 'join a band' type, or interested in fame. i put wallace as lisa because there's some interesting parallels— I think it could be canon plausible for him and scott to have had feelings that they never acted on. i also don't think it's as likely for scott to have left wallace and created that age-old schism that ramona and roxy had. they're a little codependent like that.

ramona saw lisa as a threat largely bc she didn't feel secure in her relationship with scott. I'm looking at lisa more for her role in the story, which is to make ramona jealous and incite her paranoia, rather than her actual character bc if we see it that way they're nothing alike ajdkflskflsl but yeah really any of scott's exes could take that role and still make sense, im just picking wallace bc i like him

the fact that roxy was willing to go back to ramona and apparently make out with her while ramona and scott were going through their rough patch even though scottmona hadn't broken up speaks to a kind of desperation, i think. there's much more left unsolved there than with matthew, because their thing was way longer and much more complex.

knives strikes me as similar because she was so young and smitten, so she threw everything she had into it since she thought what they had mattered to scott. Then, when she was unceremoniously dropped she decided she needed to fight like hell to get it back. (similarities between them, yknow.) it's ultimately unhealthy even though it was never their fault, and they do get the closure they need at the end of the comics and show respectively, when scott and ramona make amends and apologise.

all this to say: i don't think there's any one true way to swap these characters. this is simply my thoughts on it. bryan lee o'malley managed the impressive feat of writing a very large quantity of distinct and complex characters! because of this it is very hard to make a swap au that 'makes sense', so to speak, and i think it's fine to not want to think about them in such anal detail. (i mean, i wouldnt know, but...) if you wanna treat them like conduits for cool stuff, youre allowed. I like the concept of swap aus! scott having a fanny pack subspace is a fave idea of mine, and i like a lot of the stuff that ppl make, though i wont always engage if it's not my jam. it just rubs me the wrong way regarding the intention, considering theyre two out of of very few poc characters in the cast, to just give matthew knives' personality, because i feel that theyre just nothing alike. so yeah.

(if anybody made it this far i hope u have a great day <3)

listen to me. in a swap au ramona's knives would NOT be matthew. matthew got over his heartbreak fairly easily once he had his own musical to perform on and knives does not have that kind of emotional resilience in the face of scott's shittiness she is seventeen years of age. matthew would more likely be like kim or something. he's hiding stuff and he never got closure but at least he has a healthy outlet for his emotions which helps him come to terms with it in some sense. knives would be ROXY. heartbreak central.

[nako-doodles]

hey sweetheart, how's your day going? i hope it's going well. here's my next batch of recs: 24k by jae stephens + this girl by elijah who + fantasy by khai dreams + special by jukebox the ghost + ocean eyes by billie eilish + if you loved me by gracey + dirty laundry by malia ft. syd.

ah im so sorry this is so late 😭😭 the tail ends of the typhoon in taiwan is hitting us pretty hard and my wifi has been shit the past couple of days so tumblr and youtube LITERALLY would not load for me. the good news is that I think the worse is over. I've been stockpiling songs for you like a squirrel tho! can you tell ive been sitting by the window to listen to the storm while listening to these songs 🤣🤣🤣

1. 24k is so lovely I love it so much!!!! I love her voice 🥺🥺

2. I was searching for this song and the video is literally just called ‘elijah who this girl’ and I laughed for a solid minute. anyways I love love love lo fi music this is so lovely. plus it really fits the sounds from the thunderstorm outside 🥺🥺

3. khai dreams is one of my fave artists to listen to and this remix of いのちの名前 makes me so so so so happy. like spirited away is one of those movies that made me who I am and this remix was Fantastic.

4. ngl I got misty eyes over this song. this is such a lovely song wowowowowow

5. ocean eyes is actually one of my fave songs from billie! thank you for reminding me to listen to it again

6. this might be my fave of this batch like. wow. pop off fam. keep going, you're doing amazing sweetie. im so blown away I can only meme. 

7. I love love love syd and this song is so chill I love it. plus that baseline?? MMMMMMMMMMMM delicious.

mixtape:

jay chou - the rhythm of rain

jj lin - those were the days

butterworks - the songs we used to sing (the mix starts on 1:40ish)

hu xia - those bygone years

michael wong - fairy tales

eric - how have you been?

christine welsch - a million possibilites

faye wong - legend

[madame-fear]

Oof, I’m sorry about your fever, how ya feeling? Also use this as a free pass to tell us anything cool about yourself! Hobbies, favorite things, aesthetic, anything you want! If it’s okay… 😅

Hiii!!! Oohh i'm luckily feeling much better!! The other night i had a shitty ass night but yesterday & today i'm luckily much much better and alive! 😂😂 Thank you so much for all the best wishes <333

I honestly love these topics where we can get to know each other & our likings!! <33 here are a few things about me :) (feel free to share fun facts about yourself as well!):

♡ HOBBIES :

– Reading books in general (about greek/egyptian gods, philosophy, forensics & criminology – i also study that lmao i love ittt sm –, physics...all things like that!)

– Listening to music/specific songs in loop while writing fics! <33

♡ FAVOURITES :

Ok so I guess I didn't know much what to include on the list of favourite things, so I added things that I like the most in general (bands, animals, any type of thing really lol)

– Unhealthy obsession for OOMPH! and Rammstein. They're my favourite bands :) I have other fave bands/singers, but these 2 are on the top of my faves list.

– MY FAVOURITE ANIMALS??? CATS & CROWS/RAVENS <33

– My favourite show is Law & Order: SVU

– Fave colours black, dark red/crimson & baby blue as well :)

– Don't ask me about a favourite song cause i have quite a few i like to listen in loop lmao and my current favourite song can change in a matter of days if i listen to another one i like 🥲

– My favourite movie genre is Sci-Fi! And maybe Medieval/History movies. Same goes for shows, but when it comes to show i mostly enjoy Police series!

– Favourite food PASTA &lt;333 (and mcdonalds *wink wink*)

– my current obsessions are gotham jonathan crane & bran stark from got

♡ AESTHETIC :

My aesthetic is a bit complicated (for me I guess)🥲 But my aesthetic is as if the sad & hopeless romantic (if that's even an aesthetic??), soft dark and soft grunge aesthetics got combined into a person and that person was me. I'm a mix of all of that ig????

♡ FUN FACTS ABOUT ME :

– I can't see with my right eye. I mean i can, but everything i see is BLURRY as shit and i can barely distinguish things, and besides if i cover my left eye & use only my right eye, it's as if i lost coordination on my body & i become really dumb to move lol

– I have a big circular pink birthmark on the back of my neck :) and also, one birthmark on each side of my hips as well

– I have an unhealthy obsession for ravens & skeletons...and crime documentaries and villains

– I speak German, English, Spanish, and a tiiiny little bit of Italian. Looking forward to learning new languages!! (Like Romanian, Russian, Japanese, Icelandic, and the list goes on and onnn)

As i said, i love getting to know each other! If you or any other person feel comfy sharing their tastes or whatever things they like, feel free to do so! <333

[sastielsfandom]

Tag game, thank you @samwinchestersleftshoe and @ihopethisnamewasnottaken for tagging me.

Answer 30 questions and tag 20 blogs you want to know better. 

Name: Ave which everyone obviously knows is short for Avenue. You can also call me Lance.

Sign: Aquarius.

Height: 5'6 I think, I don't know, it's been a debate with my family, I was sure I was 5'5 but I was wrong. (Some still insist I am taller than 5'6 lol.)

Birthday: Definitely a day, I've celebrated on here a few times so I'll say it, February 11th.

Time: 2:06

Fave band/artists: Uh, The Crane Wives, Fawn Woods, Florence + The Machine, and Mumford &  Sons, I've been listening to them a lot/have listened to them a lot. 

Last movie: Prey, it feels like I've watched another movie but I think it's because I've been watching a lot more shows recently.

Last show: Reservation Dogs, I know for sure because I asked my cousin if she watches it.

When I created this blog: 2018, my content has changed so much since then. Wow.

What I post: Brainrot. Everything I post is just brainrot.

Last thing I googled: Foods with electrolytes. I was comparing foods that are recommended for getting more electrolytes versus foods that are recommended for hydrating. Then I got distracted.

Other blogs: Ave-the-enby and Tomhollandsfandom which honestly, stick to this blog lol. It's where I'm actually active.

Do I get asks: Sometimes, but I am pretty bad at responding to them. I also just forget about them until much later.

Following: Hehe, no, they're mostly mutuals and I'm keeping my mutuals to myself. (I love you all very much.)

Average hours of sleep: At least one. Idk, we don't have to acknowledge that.

Instruments: I love playing the drums on my knees, but I'm definitely not a professional yet, it's more of a stim than anything. But it's a good one. I've actually gotten crowd participation before (younger siblings copying me)!

What I'm wearing: Tank top and jeans. And blanket because cozy.

Dream job: Writing, super shocking, no one could've guessed. I know, I should showcase my writing more since it's just so rare.

Dream trip: I don't have one.

Nationality: American unfortunately. (The name is unfortunate, being Indigenous to the land is not.)

Favorite songs: Little Lion Man, Nuestro Canción, No Light, No Light, Lonely Road, and Remember Me.

3 Fictional Universes I'd live in: I would never willingly live in any universes with my favorite characters, I'd be dead. And a lot of my favorites are dead in their universes so. You know what, the universe I built in my head for OCs I've never talked about but are so fucking cool, I'd live there. One day I need to ramble about them and their universe.

The hardest part of tag games, the tagging. I'm just gonna tag the first few people who pop in my head who I don't think have been tagged in this. No, I'm not stalling to tag, yes I am, I absolutely am.

@rewrite-the-story @lovedsammy @fae-and-night @raisinghellonstarbug @hanabi-09 @bathtub-rat @eruthiawenluin @birdgirl1772 @thequeenofsastiel

[housewarningparty]

what did you think of 40oz to fresno? and in what order would you rank jm’s albums? 👀

TBH i think it's a huge return to form, in the best way possible. Million Dollars had some jams and i don't mind that they were trying some new stuff (i understand it was gonna be a barry solo record at one point? so the change in sound makes even more sense) but stylistically it's my least fave record. 40oz feels like the album that exists in the space btwn the rawer sound of the first two records and the polish after Cody. i think it's REALLY solid the whole way through (weakest tracks are the opener and closer imo, but they're both just Fine and not bad) but my faves are probably "reason to believe" and "did you ever know?"

ranking is TOUGH bc there's no album that doesn't have at least a few songs i genuinely love. but i'll try. for you

(leaving out the pre-S/T EPs and demos)

never hungover again - PERFECT blend of raw oldschool jm and the current level of polish. "catalina fight song" is one of the best songs they've ever written. + victoria, schley, heart tattoo - TONS of perfect jams

s/t - my FIRST JM record and will always be near to my heart. emotive, fast n loud, aggressive, funny but still earnest. it's got everything i love about the band. "constant headache" is a great song, but overrated imo. "orange julius" is an all-timer

40oz to freedom - at the risk of copping out to the challenge, i think this album and Of All Things could swap places in this list based on like. whatever i listened to last. but as stated above, i think it's a great record. according to last.fm i have racked up over 300 plays on it since june.

of all things i will soon grow tired - i know they like this record the least but i don't understand WHY, bc it fuckin rips. there's something kinda queasy about it, in a good way. like, it's a very tortured 14 minutes - except for maybe the "video killed the radio star" cover, which is pure joy. but yeah, fuck, "if i needed you there" + "bride of usher" you really can't top a combo like that.

cody - honestly i was mixed on cody when it first came out, but its grown on me a lot. it was a big departure from the way they wrote and recorded songs before. less gnarly than the old stuff, more poppy. i think they're good songs, i love every time we get to see an old song show up after years like with "stairs." i think seeing them tour this a lot probably helped it grow on me too. "eighteen" and "fake ID" are genuine bops

collection / songs from northern torrance - including both of these but putting them on the same line bc they're comps of old tracks. "chumped" + "five beer plan" + "midnight service at the mutter museum" + "house warning party" HELL YEA (though i think Songs From should have included the old old "chumped on a bus" version of "chumped")

million dollars to kill me - again not a BAD record, but my least fave. the softer stuff ("i'm not the one" + "wildflowers" + "silly games" etc) just doesn't really hit for me. HOWEVER - the return of the barry yell in "big lie" really, really saves this record for me. that and stuff like "fighting kangaroo" and "up the punx"

what did you think of 40 oz?

[stormblessed95]

I've been admiring Jikook's bond for quite some time now and at first i was quite sceptic about it being more cause I've never been the "ship" kinda person, but now I'm almost 98% there really is something special between them and while reading other people's opinions I've come to notice that almost everyone feels that vibe and specific tension between the two of them that we don't see in any other bts relationship.

Jungkook is waaay more... chilled when he interacts with Hobi and Jin, the two members he's more tactile with I'd say, but damn, whenever he's close to Jimin I can literally feel the tension through the screen. We know they're close, probably the closest, so why is it that with Hobi and Jin or even Tae there's no tension, but with Jimin there's always this specific vibe? It's just so obvious sometimes. And we get to see like 1/78 of their day, so imagine Jikook behind the scenes. And this is just one thing, let alone the way they speak to each other and the things they've said and done. Agh, they're literally so adorable, i love what they have and I'm so happy they have each other. I wish I could tell them how loved and supported they are.

And it shocks me how underrated and hell, hated they are. (I hope this is just an i-army thing and that k-army treats them better, but unfortunately i don't know much about how k-army perceives the two of them in general)

I honestly had more hope and trust in the new generations. I'm a 90s kid and my peers are finally making the difference when it comes to basic human rights like loving who you freaking wanna love. So why are the younger generations this homophic when it comes to Jikook? Is it really homophobia or do they feel like they're playing dolls when they "ship" band members? Is it just a preference thing as in "Tae and Jk are my faves so they have to be together"? Cause i honestly I'm at loss when i read the things i read online about Jikook.

Why is it specifically them? This will always haunt the freaking shit out of me. How can one not love and RESPECT every single relationship between the 7 members when one listens to BTS' music and what they stand for as a group?

Sorry for the random rant, I'm not even angry at these people anymore cause i usually ignore them, I'm just purely curious at this point.

Hello fellow 90s baby!

To start, I have talked about a majority of these topics already. I know this ask is a few days old (sorry! Doing my best here) but if you haven't yet, I would encourage you to go and explore through my masterlist. It's pinned to the top of my blog! I have posts there about shipping, skin ship, the double standard the fandom has about jikook, etc. And many others... lol

As for what that tension is between Jikook that all the other duos are lacking whenever they get super touchy with each other? Lmao well... in my opinion anon, that would be the sexual tension. It's the "if you don't turn around right now, I might just kiss you in front of all these people because I keep looking at your lips" tension. I have a post about that that On my masterlist as well. Lol jikook are something else sometimes