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baekhvuns · 3 years ago

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Manifesting Canadian concerts for you! Skz only announced Seoul and US so we'll see how worldwide their tour will be... there's a kpop fest happening in Germany, I wanted to go, see Kai, Oneus, Enhypen, Idle etc. Dream is performing as well, but nah </3 Now they announced another one in London, but it already looks messy from the organisation point of view just like the German one.

As I'm writing this message Hwa posted bucket hat photos... why are they hiding ughhh, I'm tired, I can tell his hair is black anyway but I need to see how short it is. 😭 but his eyes! 🤩 Anyways, let me act normal for a second lol.

So, I'm glad you agree on Hongjoong especially! I may take criticism for the other choices but JOONG IS LONDON! I spent years of my life there and it just screams Hongjoong: eclectic, rebellious but also elegant, London is my fave city and I think Hongjoong fits there perfectly with his unique mind, fashion and creativity.

Seonghwa - Paris - I mean come on, yeah Seonghwa has typical British vibes, but he also IS Paris embodied; beautiful and a bit intimidating, Paris is called City of Light and Seonghwa is our star/torch, so it just makes sense

Yunho - Lisbon - I had to assign him a bright and colourful place, Lisbon is a bit underrated, but such a cool and laid back place!

Yeosang - Vienna - our statue, our prince, he fits the elegance of an Austrian city, but there's more to Vienna than sophisticated buildings it has many pretty green spaces that match Yeosang's fairy vibe, hahaha

San - Amsterdam - ngl we struggled with San, but decided to go with Amsterdam, since it's a very fun place, but also more lowkey and San seems like a loud introvert so I think it makes sense; Amsterdam feels both like big city and small town and Sannie is our small town boy living in a big city, uwu

Mingi - Berlin - Berlin is modern, but also traditional, entertaining and calm at the same time, I think Mingi's fashion sense fits Berlin as well

Wooyoung - Madrid - fun and wild, Woo just suits Spain imo, he's loud, warm and welcoming just like Madrid

Jongho - Rome - Jongho likes Vincenzo so of course I had to, he would definitely enjoy Italian operas as well, I think Rome is great for him since he's a bit of an old soul + loves football and Italy is really into football - DV 💖

HELLO

thank u!!! 😭😭😭 BFAMDS IM ALSO KEEPING AN EYE ON THEIR TOURS IN CASE + nct too!! omg omf 😭😭😭 u wOULDVE SEEN KAI 😭😭😭😭😭 AHH I HEARD ITS MESSY BC THEY ANNOUNCED THE TICKETS FOR KAI LATE RIGHT??? jBDNWDB U SHOULD DEF GO DESPITE THE DISORGANIZATION maybe it’ll be fun dbb

i did not think of his hair colour change bestie YOU HAD ME ZOOMING IN ON ALL ANGLES TO SEE SOMETHING 😭😭 san’s bleached his hair???? blond sullet needs a comeback,, also is it just me or do koreans rly suit blond hair??? ive always wondered how natural they look in it its rly fascinating <3

HE IS ABSOLUTELY, 100% LONDON!!! omg it’s also my favourite city!!! i love the whole rebellious edge with regality from the royalty + history,, the art and the eccentricness,,, it rly fits him so well that i have a few fics for him that are solely based in london!! something about these two scream made for each other

THIS IS SO VALID HES LITERALLY PARIS W/ R&B SONGS WITH HEAVY BASSES,, HIM at fashion shows, the opulent vibes + penthouses + ofc the lights and the city of love 😭😭 + the sweets and everything it rly fits him so well, ironic bc everyone loves paris and it’s the same for hwa!! i think budapest can also suit him, it’s super elegant

Yunho - Lisbon - I had to assign him a bright and colourful place, Lisbon is a bit underrated, but such a cool and laid back place!

LISBON IS ABSOLUTELY SO SO STUNNING it gives me like travel dreams au’s where u find yourself lost in a city and yunho somehow happens to stumble upon u and u two backpack together >>>> the trams and the general warm vibe rly rly fits yunho !!!!

bESTIE ur hitting the mark with everything here, veinna’s architecture and yeosang combined PHEWW he’s like the, like u said, sophisticated prince aura,, it’s so stunning, the details on the buildings + yeosang royal au wHEN

omg omg that explanation makes me agree !!!! amsterdam does feel small but so huge and the food 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK SAN COULD BE GREECE OR VENICE AS WELL,,, like the beaches, the stunning sunsets and the ancient temples, the hot weather and the water !!! the padada for him 😭😭😭

Mingi - Berlin - Berlin is modern, but also traditional, entertaining and calm at the same time, I think Mingi's fashion sense fits Berlin as well

if we base it off fashion, i think mingi can def also be milan !!! it’s the fashion and design capital and he would really suit well to that!!

i don’t know mich abt berlin but with ur reasoning it does sound suited for him as well, the calmness and the modern yet still traditional roots

Wooyoung - Madrid - fun and wild, Woo just suits Spain imo, he's loud, warm and welcoming just like Madrid

100%%%% I KNEW THIS WAS COMING I COULD FEEL IT IN MY BONES it fits his aloofy side, the hot weather with fun and wild and since woo likes football he would def suit this!! so much colour and warm!! absolutely 10/10

FBMWDBWMDHWK YES PLEASE my mind just thought of a au- italian opera’s omg jongho would absolutely love that,,, u rly put all of them with such good cities that for their personalities so well, this jongho and the old soul wow this one i got chills bc it rly does correlate with rome and italy itself,, it’s the calmness of him and the quietness in a garden somewhere in tuscany mayhaps,, just peacefully FBWMDJSN VINCENZO YES

#✉️ : ask #dv 💖 anon

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haikyuu-drabble · 5 years ago

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Matsukawa x Reader | customer service

hi i very rusty please dooo noooootttt judge meeee, it has been so long since ive written something but we all gotta start somewhere!!! Now that i look back i feel like mattsun is a little out of character omggggg ughhh its ok tho lol

mattsun x reader

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You forced a smile upon your face, “Thank you, and have a good night.”

The customer smiled back at you, “Thanks. Happy Holidays!”

You watched the customer walk out of your place of work and sighed as soon as they were outside. All you could think of was how much you wanted to go home, but it seemed like time was moving even slower than usual. You heard the echoing sound of the clock… it soon became deafening. You were trying to distract yourself by planning your next meal. Did you want something healthy? How about some fish?... you laughed to yourself. You knew you’d end up cooking yourself some instant ramen.

“What are you laughing at?”

You jumped at the sound of someone’s voice, and when you turned to see its source, you gave a shy smile at your coworker, “Hi, Matsukawa.”

He smiled at you and walked behind the counter next to you, “So, what were you laughing about, senpai?”

You waved it off, “What are you doing here? Also, please stop referring to me as your senpai! It’s really not that serious!”

You were not sure of your impression of Mastukawa. He didn’t talk a lot, but when he did it never failed to make you smile. That being said, you found it hard to be completely comfortable around him. It was not that he was scary, but there was just something about him that made you shy.

Mastukawa laughed at your response, and then he answered your question, “Boss called me in to help with the rush, but,” he looked around the clothing store, “looks like there really wasn’t anything for him to be worried about at this small store.”

“Just you wait,” you warned, “It’s going to get busy within the next thirty minutes once rush hour hits. The holiday season can be merciless.”

Matsukawa grinned at you, “Well, then aren’t you lucky I’ve joined you?”

You smiled “Let’s see how good you’ve gotten considering this is your third shift.”

As if you predicted, within the next couple of moments, a sudden rush of people entered your place of work. As people were going through the clothes, it was getting all sorts of disorganized. You looked at your coworker and asked, “Do you think you can go and zone a little bit? The floor is such a mess.”

Mattsukawa moved from behind the registers and saluted to you, “You got it, senpai.”

You rolled your eyes and chuckled, “Please stop it with the senpai.”

You were trying to quickly yet pleasantly check people out in order to prevent the store from becoming overcrowded. You were checking out an older woman out when you rung something up, and when it’s price appeared on the screen, the customer started arguing about the price, “That’s not right. It’s supposed to be cheaper.”

You took a better look at the item in your hand. You were familiar with every item in the store and their prices. You knew that the price that showed up on the register was correct, “I’m sorry, but I think this is the price of the shirt.”

“No, it’s not.” she angrily replied, “I got it off the rack that clearly has a sale sign hanging over it.”

You looked in the direction that she was pointing at, and the shirts on the sale rack were a completely different from the color to its style. You tried to explain, “I think someone had placed this on the incorrect rack. So, I’m really sorry ma’am but I can’t lower the price of this top.”

The customer was beginning to get louder, “Well, isn’t that your fault? Your store should be kept clean at all times! This is ridiculous!”

You started again, “I’m sorry, but it’s against store policy for me to do--”

“Shouldn’t it also be store policy that the customer is always right?” she interrupted.

You tried to respond, but the woman continued, “I swear, it’s your generation that doesn’t know anything. Your small brain can’t even understand the concept of customer service!”

Your mouth fell open, and you were at a loss for words. You were about to give in to her when Matsukawa stepped in with a smile, “Ma’am, I’m sorry, but it really is against store policy to change the price of a ticketed item. If you’d like, I can give you the number of our store manager, and you can take it up with them.”

The woman was caught off guard and definitely intimidated by Matsukawa’s height, but she tried to stand her ground, “Yes. Give me that number.”

The line behind her all groaned, and someone from the line said, “Just don’t get the shirt if it’s too expensive for you. We all have somewhere to be. Don’t take any longer than you already have.”

The lady’s brow furrowed and she threw the rest of the clothes on the counter, “Forget it. I’m not getting anything anymore.”

You watched her storm out of the store, and before you could say anything to Matsukawa, he already was walking back towards the floor to continue zoning.

After the rush was finally done and the store was empty of guests, you moved from behind the register and towards Mastukawa. He was folding the clothes on the table, and you started to help him, “Thanks for earlier, Matsukawa.”

He didn’t look up from the sweater he was folding, so you couldn’t see his face, “For zoning?”

You laughed, “No, for helping me out with that… interesting customer earlier.”

“‘Interesting customer’?” he smiled at you, “That’s an ‘interesting’ way to put it.”

You exploded, “Fine, that annoying and vapid customer asking me to risk getting fired over $3. That customer who clearly lied about grabbing the shirt from the sale rack because you were doing a great job cleaning the floor.”

You looked at the face of your coworker… he had a huge grin on his face, “So, that’s your real personality.”

You felt your eyes go wide and face turn red from embarrassment, “Sorry.”

Matsukawa put his hand on his hip, “I heard from our boss that you were… a bit blunt, but I never actually saw it.”

He patted the top of your head before heading to another unorganized table of clothes, “That being said, I think we’ll be having a lot more fun to come this holiday season.”

You put your hand over the area he touched. It felt warm.

You smiled at his back facing you, and with a snarky grin replied, “Should you really be patting your senpai on the head like that?”

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gastropodpapa · 4 years ago

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How many characters in the Obey Me verse have Oral Fixations? What about Anal Retentiveness vs Anal-Expulsiveness? Anal-retentive vs -expulsive individuals = overly obsessed with orderliness and being tidy vs very messy and disorganized. Asking because I enjoy character analysis and wonder how you see it. Please include the undateables if you can place them. Thank you in advance! - L

Oooh, interesting. By oral fixation i am going to assume you mean constantly needing/wanting to have something in their mouth to chew or suck on, yes? which can be quite interesting in sexual situations. Honestly same lol. If not then feel free to yell at me.

Also THANKS cause now I desperately need to find my pack of gum lmfao

Lucifer doesn’t necessarily have an oral fixation, but he probably doesn’t mind using his mouth in certain ways, if you know what I mean. Very retentive, I mean come on. Everything has to be the way HE wants.

Mammon might have a bit of one, I suspect he’s a bit of a pen-chewer. He’s expulsive in most things but when it comes to money he’s very calculated and orderly. His room is only clean because Lucifer bitches at him about it all the time.

Levi, I can’t really place for the mouth thing, but I do like making jokes about these guys’ animal themes so I’m gonna say that if you put anything in front of his face and it triggers his snake instincts he WILL bite it and hold on. Very retentive, especially when it comes to organizing his merch and games.

Satan doesn’t have a fixation really. Surprisingly fairly expulsive, we’ve seen the chaos in his room. Lit candles on stacks of books? Enjoy your house fire, Satan. He tries to put up a front of being orderly and tidy but in his own personal space not so much. We all know his true nature is pure chaos, no matter how much he tries to reign it in.

Asmo 100000% has a fixation. It’s an affectation, to a degree, but he does genuinely have one. He’ll put things (preferably phallic things) in his mouth when he knows someone is watching, playing it off as a casual thing. Definitely tries to fellate a popsicle in front of MC at least once a fortnight to see their reaction. VERY retentive, surprisingly enough. All of his products and clothing is meticulously organized, all of his tags on his posts are very consistent, that sort of thing.

Beel. Do I even have to answer this one? Yes, he has an oral fixation. He’ll put anything in his mouth, but if it isn’t specifically attached to someone (like MC’s fingers, for example) he’s very likely to try to eat it. He usually tries to stick to food or gum because of this, but he’s been known to just eat random shit. In the middle of retentive and expulsive. He’s just vibin, but he does like things a bit tidy.

Belphie has one, but it could just be some bleedover from Beel. He’s fallen asleep with gum in his mouth a dozen times. Somehow it only got stuck in his hair once though. Also a bit in the middle, but more on the lazy “ughhh i don’t wanna clean/organize/etc” side. Beel helps him keep tidy though.

Diavolo has one but he’s had it beaten out of him (almost literally) by Barbatos. He still likes to occasionally bite or suck on his pen when he’s doing paperwork though. Naturally expulsive, but due to pure habit (and the looming threat of Barbatos) he keeps his shit together.

Barbatos does nOT have an oral fixation how could you even think such a thing. He is a GENTLEMAN. *smash cut to him staring at a colorful rubber ball and sweating, thinking about how much he wants to chew on it* But seriously, this guy makes Lucifer look like a slob. He’s retentive enough for himself and for Diavolo.

Simeon doesn’t have one really. Unfortunately for my gay ass lol. Keeps organized, but not to a neurotic degree like Luce or BBQ.

Solomon has and will continue to accidentally hex himself by chewing on the end of his wands when he’s thinking. Fortunately, he’s good enough at magic to reverse them before he embarrasses himself. Will just stick marbles in his mouth though. Organized with his magic and stuff, but only really because he knows how dangerous it can be if you’re sloppy.

Luke likes to be organized.

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starstress · 4 years ago

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MCC Aqua Axolotls Live Commentary!

Hello, as said, I will attempt to write down my thoughts and reactions during the MCC.

Stream links!!

False: https://www.twitch.tv/falsesymmetry

Ren: https://www.twitch.tv/rendogtv

Grian (yes, he’s streaming): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjkgnEi4t9g

Pearl: https://www.twitch.tv/pearlescentmoon

Updates will come as edits, so be sure to check this again every once in a while if you’re interested or just curious!

To all fans, please be kind to everyone, no matter the team or who you wish would win. You will only embarrass yourself if you harass others or act immaturely and will gain no brownie points with those you follow and watch.

For now, may the games begin and the best team win!

Edit 1: Peeps are running a bit late, apparently, Ren is the only one on the team with no aqua colour XD Grian recoloured the headband that Smajor had made for him last stream XD

Andddd, we’re kicking off!!

Edit 2: The gong makes an appearance!! Also, the story of the gong!! Grian had bought it as a gag for whenever he and Mumbo record! The team loves it!

Countdown has finally started!

Edit 3: The first game is Skyblockle(?)!! Team ain’t feeling too confident about it, but we’ll see! I think they’ll be okay at this. Gri is reading the instructions and getting nervous XD

From now, everything will be under the cut. Warning, it’s really long.

Oof, wood fell in the lava. They still have more :)) They’re sharing tasks pretty nicely, I have to say, but they keep changing plans. Things will heat up quickly, tho, and I’m glad this game is gonna be out of the way soon.

First death in Skyblockle for the Aqua Axolotls: False! Second: Grian!

Doom is on the horizon XD

Rip, Ren has died too, and Pearl has gotten a couple of kills!!

And the Axolotls are out!

First gong after a game. Rn we’re all watching the other teams. Dream team is holding up well. Techno’s team is out too. Last bid!

Endgame: Pearl has won the most coins, team is a bit disappointing by last place.

Edit 4: They have the Uno Reserve card as they were the worst team.

Game: Bingo but Fast!

Gri is reading the instructions again. Someone in Pearl’s stream is watching 25 streams holy dandelions.

The team is again sharing tasks. This is pretty speedy!

Hearing Gri lament how speedy it all is is so funny. Also, they’re all like headless chickens and a lot more disorganized now. Poor team.

Endgame: Ren’s sweating in unspeakable places lol, but they’re not last anymore!

Pearl’s game just crashed, oh goodness.She’s back in, wooo!

Edit 5: Game: Battle box!

Gri is going for the middle. Pearl got so many kills!

First round won!!

Second round lost!

Third round won!!

Ren’s having a hard time breathing, and I gotta say same! 4th place rn.

Game was paused to stop the animations of the NPCs and we got another gong! we chilling for a few mins lol.

WE’RE ON AGAINST THE DREAM TEAM. Aww, the game needs to be reset or smt.

Oh wow, draw for every team. Fourth round was skipped.

Fifth round - uh SERVER CRASHED

Wowie, the map looks really strange without the resource pack.

First hiccup in 7 event, dang.

Starting again. Resource pack might no re-appear again. And now I’m laggy, lol

Round 1: lost!

Round 2: won! Gri with the tnt :D

Round 3: lost! tnt did not work this time

Round 4: unknown due to lag, oof.

Round 5: lost

Round 6: unknown

Round 7: unknown

Round 8: unknown

Round 9: unknown (prob lost)

Place: Last.

Everyone’s laggy, including me lol.

The viewers are being encouraging, which is really great and wholesome!

Edit 6: Game: Big Sales at Build Market!

Team is confident about this one, wooo!!

Grian ended up in plants lol. Ughhh, diorate. Communication is key, and it’s very well done!!

They’re building fast and getting resources pretty fast, that’s good.

Grian listing what they need is *chef kiss* False being alert is *hearteyes* and the chats are the real mvps

Endgame: Place 7. It was pretty intense indeed.

Break time!

Edit 7: Audience takeover!! Pearl wants Rocket Spleef, so does Techno. Dream wants Hole in the Wall.

Game: Rocket Spleef!!

Grian’s reading instructions :)))

This will be intense as all heck. Countdown has stopped, huh.

Oof, apparently it was supposed to be Hole in the Wall, but can’t change. Gri’s prob not gonna have as great of a time as I’d hopped :P

Round 1: Rainbow map, False is out! :o The very first time! Team’s out right before tnt time! Place 6, nice.

Round 2: Uhh, Atoms map?? Grian and Pearl are struggling. Pearl’s out! Gri’s out! Ren’s out! False’s still going.

Round 3: Grian’s finally got the rocket jump. Jump and then launch :D Or maybe not XD Tnt time! Pearl is waiting down at the bottom. She fell, oof. Grian’s having cramps in his hand and, in his words, he’s ‘a goner.’

Endgame: False’s the master of Rocket Spleef! And place 6! Team really enjoyed it, I’m so glad :D

Edit 8: Team’s hoping for Ace Race, and it looks like it might be!

Game: Ace Race!

Grian is narrating for all of us, nice! “This is totally Sonic!” he says!

“’Your first time will probably suck’. Yeah, that’s been happening about the entire time!” lmao

Omg, the map is so cool!! Def a fan favourite!! The entire team is having so much fun yesss

All of them are really doing good, Grian and False are placing good.

“Techno, get outta my way!!” - Gri, and I have to say, mood.

Grian got place 15! Right behind Techno, nice!!

Pearl is 32!

Ren is 35?

False is somewhere behind Gri, but way before Pearl.

Endgame: Everyone had one heck of a time and now they’re trying to find out how to make it in Vanilla Minecraft XD

Place: 9

Edit 9: They dunked the Lime Llamas XDD

Game: Sands of Time

Oof, this one’s gonna be a maker or a breaker.

Oh goodness, they have no one watching the time D:

They’re banking coins, thankfully.

Oh no, Pearl!! Sand is needed. Grian to the rescue!

Phew, three sand left, thank you Pearl for topping up!!

Intense, gosh, i’m really nervous about the sand!!

Oof, Pearl’s stream froze. It ended, oh no. Actually, it might just be me that has enormous lag (not smt new lol).

There we go, slow but it’s something.

The sand!! Aww man, right as Pearl got the sand!! They’re out! At least they banked a lot of their coins.

Endgame: We got a nice gong. Place: 5! Overall place: 9!

Edit 10: My wi-fi is beating me up with a stick, and it’s unrelenting. Lag is my life now.

Last game: Hole in the Wall

Ren’s gonna have a bad time XD

Round 1: Pearl’s fallen, from what my laggy video will show me. Gri as well. They’re out!

Round 2: Pearl’s still alive, woo!! Glitched right through one, so cool XD

Round 3: lag.

Endgame: Ren’s raging, Grian is really amused by that XD Nice game!!

Edit 11:

Overall place: 9

Time for the final battle!! Gong! Ren wants the gong as stream sound effect :D

Green Guardians vs Orange Ocelots!

Grian supports Techno bc Techno said he liked him lmao!! The others are Green.

Also fun fact: Grian could coach a match of dodge ball!

Round 1: Green wins!

Round 2: Orange wins!! Techno’s taking them out!

Round 3: Orange wins!

Round 4: Orange wins!

Grian: “It’s like one of those anime moments!”

Round 5: Green wins!

(Gri went off holy heck)

Congrats to the Green Guardians!!

Last edit of the night!

That was extremely fun to watch!! The lag and my own wi-fi made it a bit irritating at times, esp since I had to split my focus, but it was pretty good nonetheless.

It’s really sad that the Championship itself lagged so much, I have a feeling it left both a lot of viewers and players feeling frustrated as well.

However, the new mini game was lots of fun and I have a feeling we’ll be seeing it a lot in the future. I really hope we will.

The team was really good, they managed to coordinate very well, but like many groups who’ve just started working together for the first time, there were times where they could’ve slowed down a bit and reconsidered their plans. Still, the important bit was that they all had a great time together.

Overall, I really hope Grian and Pearl will participate again, even if not on the same teams. I also hope that there will be more Hermitcraft members joining in, even if only for one Championship. I had tons of fun writing this as well, but I think I’ll switch back to occasional posts about amusing things that happen during the games, as it really took a lot of my attention from the mcc itself.

Hope whoever kept up with me or reads this later enjoyed/enjoys this. I’m off to bed now, I’m sleepy and I’ll prob wake up, read through this, and find 10 million little mistakes that I’ll die over. Future me, I deeply apologize, but, uhhhh, no regrets!!

Starstress out!

#minecraft championship #mcc #hermitcraft #hermitblr #falsesymmetry #rendog #grian #pearlescentmoon #technoblade #dreamwastaken #dream team #mine #mcyt #mcytblr

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wlwaxolotls-archived · 6 years ago

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@sqwompie o w o

5 things you’d find in my bag:

is this talking about school bag?? I’m just gonna go with that and uh. A bunch of notebooks that I like to draw a whole lot in despite the fact i have a perfectly new sketchbook that I can use?? anyway uhhh my pencil bag which is stuffed to the brim with pens and pencils are scarce. I bring some of my own books (The Girl From The Other Side)... my chunky big ass calculator that i have tripped over before. Disorganized folders. A tiny tiny teddy bear that’s clipped to my bag that was a gift from my best friend. And that’s that.

5 things you’d find in my bedroom:

i.... have a ua school uniform w ochako wig cosplay... skdjhskdjjfsd. I have a little galaxy patterned snake plush in my room with a tiny kirby plush. I have a little book shelf stuffed with books in my room. I used to be really into Warriors so I have a lot of Warriors books in there aksjdhajks. I also have a few posters/art prints of some of my past/current interests (The Last Guardian, there’s a rlly cute tsuyu art print i found). I also have an old windows desktop comp in my room and it’s Broke.

5 of my favourite things:

I love marine biology a lot it’s. just. so cool??!?!?!?! akshdkajsh i really want to maybe become a marine biologist one day?? h. Octopuses are one of my favorite animals but i rambled about that way too much in another post Okay second thing. Journey is my favourite game of all time and i’m rlly emotionally attached to it asjdlaj middle school was a rough time. Third: okay another video game it’s hollow knight. hollow knight play hollow knight. everyone reading this post know that i love hollow knight haskjdaskdkas. Okay next thing: i love hoodies a lot. i have a lot of hoodies because i just. love comfy clothes in generals. i want to bury myself in c l ot h. Last thing: I love ice skating a lot!!!! i love it so much and i miss taking figure-skating lessons!!! i just. always felt so free on the ice and every time i fell i could immediately get back up no matter what!! can’t afford figure-skating lessons right now though and couldn’t find any good teachers ughhh i miss it so much.

5 things I’m into currently:

The Girl From the Other Side!!! It has such a unique artstyle compared to other mangas?? also it’s very inspired by western fairytales and the inking is incredible and beautiful and i’ve even thought of coloring a panel but i don’t think i could do the artwork justice at all asjldkaj.

Okay casually moving onto other shit: BNHA (unfortunately), Hollow Knight, Spiderverse, and GRIS (beautiful beautiful game)

5 things on my to-do list:

Try!! to!! organize more!!! and uhh couple of edits that i’ve been working on askjdhasjhd. And uh, I can’t think of anything else at the moment sorry!!!!

@paeonie-s @myhaireatskids @transfuyumis @itsukakendo i don’t know what i’m doing akshdjkashdkjahsdkj

#tagged for me #murmurs from the gremlin cave

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wolgrahas · 6 years ago

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✩ OC INFO MEME | MAIA LAVELLAN ✩

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full name: maia lailani lavellan gender: cis female sexuality: bisexual pronouns: she / her

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family: fenora (biological mother; maia doesn't know anything about her since she was eight), ithelan (father); maia’s parents’ story is romantic and trAGIC AF but it’s too long so i will write it in another post (つ﹏<)･ﾟ｡ birthplace: in a brothel of a northern city of the free marchers, maia later discovers (thanks to leliana) that that city is called hasmal jobs: after disbanding the inquisition she offers her healing services to poor people in a secret clinic of denerim (tbh i'm not sure about this, we will see what role plays the inky in da4 :3) phobias: losing someone she loves (she doesn't take well the suicidal mission solas means to achieve jsfdgfjsgsj and... i gotta decide if the lavellan clan is killed or not bc i like making my oc’s suffer lol) and the mark (which it finally consumes her entire arm lol) guilty pleasures: kinky sex (ok, real talk: she's shy, looks kinda naïve and in dai she... was a virgin adgfdhgsjfjsdf, but after that she lOVES kinky sex, she rEALLY loves it lmao, she even asks iron bull some advice and sexual toys lmao and she almost dies trying bc of how embarassed she was asking this dsfjdhfjsd) hobbies: reading and playing the lute

↳ MORALS

morality alignment: neutral good sins: lust / greed / envy / gluttony / pride / wrath / sloth virtues: charity / chastity / diligence / humility / justice / kindness / patience

↳ THIS OR THAT

introvert / extrovert / in between organized / disorganized close-minded / open-minded calm / anxious disagreeable / agreeable / in between cautious / reckless patient / impatient outspoken / reserved leader / follower empathetic / unempathetic optimistic / pessimistic traditional / modern hard-working / lazy / in between

↳ RELATIONSHIPS

otp: solas x maia (they complement each other so so well (╥﹏╥) , maia is the heart and solas the brain!! solas is captivated by the naivety of maia, how she finds everything curious and her longing for living her life at her fullest, also she’s quite optimistic! she gives him a lot of hope, and she is always the one who pushes solas to do fun stuff!!! and solas is the one who gives maia a more logical and down-to-earth approach to things. uGHHH I LOVE THEM!!) accepatble ships: leliana x maia (oK let me talk about this; leliana and maia get along amazingly well, tho maia was, at first, scared of her, they slowly, but hard, became best friends. and if this ship was canon all the drama of making her divine bc maia knows this will be better for most people but maybe losing her? magnificent *italian fingers* [tho we all know if leliana is romanced by the warden someone finds her in flagrante with her lover so… gdsfj]) brotp: dorian, cass, varric, sera and leliana :3c notp: c*LLEN x maia, maia understands him but his templar and kirkwall past is a bIG turn off to her and also... maia needs a reALLY stimulating mind and c*llen... he’s too simple-minded m8, he cannot think outside the box (at least what i think)

#rami got tagged.txt #oc: maia lavellan #thanks for taging me!!#♡♡♡#sorry for the shitty screenshot u-u' i'm playing on a bad computer and i can't have the **SWEET** *pC MASTER RACE* graphics dhsfsjfhs #i was going to do vatasala's... but i haven't even written her backstory lMAOOO

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never-not-ever · 3 years ago

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I would say do not put your faith into hospital A at this point since they have not communicated well to you and have been a bit disorganized with it all. I would see how you feel about hospital B when you interview and try to not focus so much on what you're reading online. It's helpful but also remember that people don't usually post all the positives online either. It does sound a little weird with very little training and it's a pay cut so all things to consider but it could be good experience and you are not stuck in any job. I would see if you could look elsewhere too as hospital A doesn't sound that hopeful at this point.

Ughhh sometimes I really suck with replies. Like I had some typed out and then drafted it and then forgot 🤦🏻‍♀️🫤

But thank you! I have a small update with hospital A but still leaving me eh lol.

#personal #job search

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earthendandinbetween · 3 years ago

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Spiderton be like “I am straight up so sick of this dude”

A very common frustration bubbled up as grass crunched underfoot in the quiet. Of course, Spiderton should’ve expected the day to not go as he had originally planned. A certain, incredibly annoying and terrifying dekapon had to get in the way of a meeting he had already planned for the day. And, of course, the other zigoton general wanted to find compromise. The kibaton wished he had just canceled one plan or the other.

But, no. Gong insisted that this would work out and they could all get along for one day. So, a picnic was formed together and a promise to go over Spiderton’s current building plans for an upcoming siege on a fort. At this point, he was fairly used to Kuwagattan’s typical unneeded comments, so--- perhaps this wouldn’t go as poorly as first expected.

“So, why’d we bring the nerd along again?” The akumapon snickered, “We gonna ditch him in the woods?”

Hm. Spoke too soon.

“No, perhaps we’re ditching you in the woods instead,” He quipped back, “It’d probably be better for the hideout to release the wild animal back to the forest.”

“Excuse you,” The dekapon gave a slight hiss, “This is my picnic!”

“And this is my meeting.”

He was questioning even further why any of them decided this was a good idea as they finally settled into a spot. Then again, Spiderton often questioned just about anything going on at any given time. Anything could go wrong at any moment and then--- how were they expected to deal with that, when everything was always disorganized?

...He shouldn’t dwell on that. Not now.

“This seems like a nice spot,” Gong spoke up, stepping between the two bickering generals, “Let’s just all calm down, alright?”

With a sigh, the kibaton leaned against one of the boulders, staring at the wooden basket the other zigoton had brought along. Perhaps he was right, if he didn’t engage, the akumapon would get bored and leave him be. It was just--- difficult with how frustrating he could be. Nodding to the statement, he pulled a few blueprints from under his arm, unfolding them with a squint at the specifications and sizing. Something seemed off still on the smaller tank he was planning on.

“Here, this is the blueprint I was talking about,” Spiderton slid the paper into the middle of the area, marking the numbers lightly with a pencil, “I’d like to make a miniature version of the old tank for extra fire power but-- Scaling it correctly just isn’t working. I think I misread the math somewhere down the line...”

“I’ll double-check it,” Gong ‘smiled’, rotating the plans to look over them more clearly, “You tend to stress yourself to exhaustion over these things...”

“I know,” His tone was a little sheepish, “Sorry, it’s just--- it’s really important to get this done. What if I don’t finish it, and it turns out we really need it--- Or-- I don’t know.”

“No worries,” The tateton murmured, “We’ll be alright. You should relax a little more, you don’t have to fret so much.”

“I know, Calle says the same,” Spiderton sighed, “Thank you for agreeing to help. I know you’re awfully busy planning as well.”

With a quick hum of acknowledgment, silence took over for a moment before Kuwagattan butted in, squinting over the zigoton’s shoulder to get a better look. Great, more unneeded comments from the giant menace. It was just a matter of time.

“Would you please get your walking disaster off my blueprints?” Spiderton grumbled despite himself.

“Spiderton,” Gong warned, though the tone was soft, “Leave him be.”

Kuwagattan simply offered a smug ‘smirk’ with a soft snort, glancing up at the kibaton before reaching over and putting a hand on the paper, creasing his eye as if it were a threat.

“Oh no! I’m touching your precious blueprint,” He snickered, “Poor little Spiderton!”

“You too,” the tateton nudged the akumapon with his elbow, “Knock it off.”

It was quite humorous the look given in return, resembling a kicked puppy as the dekapon slinked back, crossing his arms with an almost sad ‘pout’ at getting scolded. If there was one singular good thing about the incredibly strange duo the two made, it was that Gong seemed to have a good hold on getting the giant menace to--- well, stop for once.

“Wow, how’d you train him to do that?” Spiderton chuckled, ceasing when he received a light glare in response, showing that his joke was not taken well, “...Sorry. Ah, have you found any errors?”

“I’m not sure,” Gong shook his head, “It’s difficult to see any real issues,”

“Ughhh,” a gruff groan was given by the dekapon, “His math’s right, it’s the scale. It’s going to be too small. Change the perimeters by five.”

“Huh...No, that checks out. Good eye.”

Spiderton’s eye widened, eyebrow arched in both shock and annoyance. No, they were just messing with him. No way that annoyance actually knew a single thing he had just said.

“You’re bluffing,” He snatched the blueprint out of the tateton’s hands suddenly, giving only a simple ‘shut up’ muttered to the defensive hiss he gained from the akumapon behind him, “There is no way.”

“What, do you think I’m an idiot?” Kuwagattan grumbled, “I know what I’m talking about. I wasn’t picked to be your “building partner” back then for nothing.”

“I absolutely think you’re an idiot who likes to screw with my stuff,” Spiderton responded, looking over the given math in his head a few times.

...It made too much sense. Gods. Damn it.

“...Lucky guess,” He huffed after a moment, refolding the plan with its revised notes and setting it ontop of the boulder he had claimed, “I still don’t think you have a single clue what you even said.”

“Kuwagattan is stupidly impulsive, not an idiot,” Gong lightly stated, pulling the wooden basket to himself to open, “Now, can we all please relax for a moment?”

“Yeah I’m- Hey,” The akumapon’s smug tone died off instantly, “You didn’t have to say it like that!”

“I’m sorry,” came the general’s response as he lifted the lid to the basket, “I’m not going to lie to save your pride.”

“Ugh, alright,” Spiderton scooted over, “Let’s just get this ‘meeting’ over with already so I can--- I don’t know. Fix my blueprints and-”

His eye creased in an unamused manner upon looking down at the contents of the wooden box. He had a fairly good guess at to who was left incharge of packing, apparently as he promptly scooted back.

“...Pass.”

“What? What’s the issue-” Gong’s question instantly left as he too glanced down, “Oh. I see.”

“That’s your problem,” The akumapon snickered, reaching over to pull a chunk of raw meat out of the basket, tearing into it akin to a rabid fenrir, “I don’t get the problem.”

“Er,” Spiderton was content watching the other general address the situation. It was his fault after all, “Did--- Did you only pack raw meat?”

��Yeah? Why?”

“...I think I will pass as well, then.”

“Eh, your loss.”

The kibaton was very, very certain the demon was infact a complete idiot. A lucky idiot who could guess simple math, but an idiot none-the-less. What a disaster. At least, in the end, that miniature version of the tank would be finished faster, that was about the only bright-side he could find.

Exhausting.

He wouldn’t admit out-loud, however, that this truly wasn’t the worst thing in the world to have done.

#Web builder (spiderton)#Stubborn Beetle (Kuwagattan)#Wise General (Gong)#Writings (oneshots)

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cerebralchaos- · 4 years ago

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Working so much really has me dissociating.

I don't feel like me. And i guess 'cause I was an asshole today and I got like upset more. But like, I dunno these dudes need to know that they can get cool fun nice me, or they can get grilled and bitched at. I was hired to make changes, and so many are either under experienced overwhelmed suck at their job or burnt out. Kitchens are always high passion. But like so many seem to take it personal and serious. I'm like naw dude, I'll be cool and jovial again after shit calms back down. I enjoy this for the most part. But i also hate it because... This establishment is so... Disorganized and people are under trained. It's very interesting from a sociological and psychological perspective. But i feel further away from my goals than before. It takes up so much of my time. But each week there is visible progress. Still, I don't like being so hard on people. They'll understand when I convince ownership to give out raises. I'm basically vetting them. Who can handle it gets a bigger raise. Who is hungry & ambitious. Like yea, I'm a social anarchist technically. I don't think anyone's job makes their time any more or less valuable; obviously with the view to the reality that shit needs to get done and business is business.

It is good practice regardless. But it's annoying. I don't like coming home feeling so drained and beat up. Albeit, working so much for anyone else is bound to weigh heavy on free beings.

Being a manager is like ugh; it's difficult because you pretty much deal with other people's b.s. all day long every day. And i hate that haha. Like bruh get your shit together. Aren't you tired of your life being subpar?

Maybe i need to work on my employees like... From their spirit rather than from business standpoint? But how to accomplish this while dealing with owners that don't really know the industry and unprofessional management staff?

Anyway ughhh. I need some palo santo and a hot soak.

#personal #venting #work bullshit #mine #thinking aloud

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boringsundays · 6 years ago

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sam what if i tried putting your parents on the budget thing you use? get them to read the book/show them how to use it and see if it helps them any?

I’ve tried but they’re disorganized and my mom makes the money but my dad controls it pretty much so it’s hard for them to stay on the same page about it ughhh I wish I could just do it for them but i know I can’t

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thegazeofficial-blog · 8 years ago

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Our Favorite Videos of 2016

“I Am Chemistry” - Yeasayer

Released: January 7, 2016

Director(s): New Media Limited

Hunter: Okay. First of all, just look at this whole giving birth scene in the first 30 seconds of the video.

Kirk: They’re like “Hi, if you can’t handle this weird-ass claymation imagery, stop watching now.”

H: That’s the real allure of this video. What’s claymation and what’s digital animation? I don’t understand what I’m watching which automatically gives this video a psychedelic edge, but then it just gets weirder and continues to make sure I have no idea what’s happening.

K: It’s a great marriage of song and video. It made me like the song. I don’t even know how to describe what we’re watching except for we’re in some other-worldly acid trip. It’s very Adult Swim “Off the Air” stuff.

H: Yeah, don’t do drugs, but if you ever do drugs and proceed to watch music videos, pick this one.

K: No, do drugs. We’re condoning drugs. A smoking sesh would definitely be good for this video.

H: Well, we do get some interesting lights and dancing, which are common ingredients for a good music video, but what really sold me on this video is the amount of detail. I can’t even break it down to describe it in a meaningful way because there’s just so much going on.

K: Yeah! That’s what makes it great! Whoever made this music video... I don’t know what I’m looking at, and that’s true psychedelia. Like who are you? What’s happening? Can I join your cult? These are the questions I’m thinking.

“Chasing Shadows” - Santigold

Released: January 15, 2016

Director: Elliot Lester

H: Umm.. first of all, looks.

K: Looks!!! She’s so effortlessly cool. I love all of her looks... Like yes, work getting that orange juice from the convenience store, girl. I wish I looked like that when I was just running errands. I love the color schemes. It’s nice to see videos that embrace lots of colors.

H: I think people stay away from color because it’s hard to do well, but she knows exactly how to execute it well. I love this aestheticization of mundane everyday activities, causing you to read into them more.

K: I also love that it’s Christmas in this video, which continues to allow it to have lots of lights and be very colorful.

H: Yeah, she’s living this middle-class housewife fantasy, although it’s very dystopian. She’s always alone. Never happy. Just has her TV to keep her company...

K: And it’s actually just static on the screen...

H: Nobody’s at her dinner party. And in this one scene, she appears like a giant in this suffocatingly small room. I feel like she’s giving us this commentary on the emptiness of the “American Dream” sold to women..

K: I agree. And it’s just enforced in everything. The clawfoot bathtub, the classic beehive hairdo, that 50′s mod dress... everything.

H: Yeah, it’s all very... “look how unfulfilling the aspirations of femininity our society prescribes to women are.”

“Chasing Shadows,” is that like a thing? Is that like a phrase people say or did she make it up?

K: It’s a thing. It’s like Peter Pan... chasing something you can’t catch.

H: Oh... well yeah. Then there you go.

(Both laugh)

H: *sighs* Well, here it is then, the American Dream.

K: She’s got great decorating skills though...

H: Yeah, honestly I wouldn’t be that mad...

“Kill V. Maim” - Grimes

Released: January 19, 2016

Director(s): Claire Boucher & Mac Boucher

K: I don’t even have time to unpack all of the imagery that’s happening in this video. It’s like a post-modern... iconoclast.. like mish-mash of everything that Grimes is, and I’m obsessed with it. Let’s just say what she’s giving us. She’s giving me “Akira.” She’s giving me anime. She’s giving me “Kill Bill.” She’s giving me like... 60′s samurai movie? What else? It’s goth... It’s grunge... It’s 90′s rave... She’s giving us 80′s sci-fi... She’s giving us like Dolly Parton meets Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson... She’s like “Oh yeah, also here’s my art! Also, I directed this video! Also, I styled this whole thing!”

H: It’s steampunk... it’s vampires... My favorite part of this new era of Grimes is that it’s a very hyperbolized version of what she was before. So she really is just giving us all of the elements of Grimes in a big way.

K: If there was ever any restraint to Grimes, it’s gone. As someone who’s a filmmaker and who has a very specific inner world, I’m really inspired by Grimes. She takes everything she loves, throws it on the wall, and is like “Screw it. I’m going to include everything that I’m about.”

H: This mosh pit rave is such a a great ecstatic moment. I love the idea of this small white girl aestheticizing her aggression and highlighting this violent part of human nature in an artistic way that most people choose to neglect.

K: I love how bloody it is. She was definitely a goth in high school that would secretly listen to Mariah Carey and wouldn’t tell her friends.

H: It’s really every goth/emo nerds’ dream. I want to live in this video. It hits on a lot of subcultures that don’t get addressed by other pop artists... Look at those “Legend of Zelda” hearts on the top of the screen! Like, c’mon! There’s so many amazing outfits... like this guy in the same visor that Beyoncé wore in her “7/11″ video....

K: There’s also really only 3 or 4 settings... As a filmmaker, it shows you can make a great video with limited resources. This video probably didn’t cost that much to make.

H: Aside from the “Mad Max” caravan through some Tokyo-esque city, we’re really just getting a lot of fun dancing in great costumes in like 3-4 settings... and that’s all you need when it comes to music videos! Exhibit A.

“Wedding” - Poliça

Released: January 28, 2016

Director: Ryan Kron Thompson

K: Okay, obviously this comes off as a Sesame Street/Muppet-esque kids show. It’s even shot in full screen like an old TV show.

H: Yeah, I think it’s very much in vain of all the other forms of 90′s nostalgia that are trendy right now.

K: It’s like a dark beautiful PSA for the youth. They’re telling them things kids need to know, like police need a warrant to search you. I mean, these are things that I/any of us need to remember.

H: It’s very effective taking the format of a typically wholesome educational kids show and giving us some hard truths, especially for people of color. It’s like why doesn’t this already exist? Oh yeah, because mainstream media is tailored for a white audience.

K: The police brutality... The gas coming over them... I can’t handle this... But then again it still has kind of funny moments like Sesame Street. The juxtaposition helps with the dark undertones of the video.

H: It’s depressing, but these are conversations that should be normalized. I like how frantic and disorganized it is at the end. It takes it back to the idea that this is revolutionary subversive rebellion, even though the original presentation is very tame.

“Formation” - Beyoncé

Released: February 6, 2016

Director: Melina Matsoukas

K: What can I say that hasn’t already been said about this video? What’s cool is that this came out before Lemonade, and we’re getting introduced to this Southern Imagery. “Formation” is much more a portrait of New Orleans over the other videos in Lemonade though. From the opening shot with the police car, the mardi gras wear, the wig shop... we get to see a profile of the people of New Orleans.

H: A post-Katrina New Orleans, which really isn’t talked about enough. My main take away from Formation/Lemonade was how powerful the images were of Beyoncé occupying spaces that black women’s narratives are usually excluded from.

The swimming pool scene originally got me thinking about this, because it gave me a visual that forced me to think harder about what it was like back when public pools were segregated, and then about all of the other disgusting aspects of antebellum Southern culture in general.

And Beyoncé asserting the power of a black woman’s narrative continues throughout Lemonade. In the “Don’t Hurt Yourself” video, Beyoncé is this badass that you don’t want to cross in this parking garage, and it’s a total flip of the script of the way I, and probably most femme-identifying people, feel in parking garages, which is vulnerable to attack. I think it totally highlights the relationship between women and violence in that setting in a subversive af way.

Although the “Formation” parking lot scene did seem kind of random alongside all the other scenes from this video...

K: It captures a more modern mode of black representation, like 90′s hip-hop video. it’s trying to cover lots of different ground all at once which helps it be a good intro to Lemonade. The little boy breakdancing in front of the SWAT team is some of the most powerful imagery of the whole video. It’s so bold for Beyoncé.

H: That scene is amazing because it’s surface-level controversial, because nobody wants to talk about the way people of color and police are interacting, but it’s actually very sweet and pacifist, because they end up dancing and putting their hands up

K: On a superficial level, the looks and choreography and the aesthetic are all amazing and visually entertaining.

H: Oh, yeah. And there’s that.

“So Much It Hurts” - Niki & the Dove

Released: February 11, 2016

Directors: Gustavo Torres & Clara Luzian

K: I just want to say, as someone with tattoos of pixelated palm trees on their arms, that this video is everything to me. This is my dream pop dream come true. When I’m stoned in bed, this is the world I want to live in. Everything about this video is 80′s to tee from the old school supernintendo style imagery... the Tron-esque CGI...

H: The neon cityscapes... the record player... It’s also kinda giving us Windows ‘95 screensaver... It doesn’t matter what’s going on in this video, because it’s all aesthetic af.

K: Just make sure to include me going “Ugh! UGHHH!” a million times.

H: My favorite scenes are these psychedelic transition scenes with the shooting stars in the background, I’m a sucker for that kind of thing. Then, I love love love that she briefly emerges in one of those scenes as a neon power-ballad singing diva.

K: I think it’s a cool choice that she’s barely in the video. They concentrate their time on maximizing the amount of cheesy 80′s vibes. I love that it knows it, owns it, and pushes it.

H: Yes, and it’s funny how It seems like it’s going to tell a story in the beginning with these pairs of legs, but it’s mainly like let’s just party and dance.

“Upside Down & Inside Out” - OK Go

Released: February 11, 2016

Directors: Damian Kulash Jr. & Trish Sie

H: You can hate on it all you want, but OK Go are a band who really invests in their music videos, and that’s clearly what we’re about.

K: It’s just all so precious and kitschy, but they do do a certain thing that nobody else does... I’m just not a huge fan. It’s not like they hugely influenced music videos, they’re just known specifically for doing this sort of thing.

H: I disagree. The “Here It Goes Again” video was hugely influential in the aspect that it got a lot of people talking about that music video. People who wouldn’t normally watch music videos. They definitely have mastered the art of creating something visual for their music, even if it’s not high art or using the cinematographic tools you admire/respect.

Of the two videos they released in 2016, I like this one more because the zero gravity allows them to create really original and exciting visuals. I don’t really like it when they spend half the video explaining the technique behind it’s creation.

K: I don’t care if it costs $20 million to make, if I don’t care about its aesthetic, then I just don’t care. That’s how I feel about them. It’s all very silly and like “Whoaaa! What are they gonna do next???”

H: ...it’s good.

(laughter)

K: It is impressive. No other comment.

“Voodoo in My Blood” - Massive Attack & Young Fathers

Released: February 23, 2016

Director: Andrzej Żuławski

H: Okay, who is this woman again?

K: Rosemund Pike. She’s probably best known as the woman from Gone Girl. Massive Attack is still huge in the U.K. and so it’s badass that they could have this Oscar-nominated actress to be in this weird/dark as f*ck video.

H: Yes, I love that it all takes place in the same setting of this underground train station, yet it’s fully enthralling. It makes me wonder more about the story, like what is the world above this? Where was she coming from? Where is she going?

K: The lighting, the colors, and her outfit are all great, but what really makes it work is her acting. She gives it some Oscar-level commitment for this weird sci-fi Massive Attack video that totally sells it. I love this abandoned underground London tunnel and this weird-ass avant-garde dance... I’m pretty sure this is drawing inspiration from this scene in Possession. God bless whoever choreographed this. This is like how I dance alone in my room because I have no dance moves.

H: The dancing’s my favorite part! I like the lack of control, such a beautiful aspect of dance, being connected to something violent and lack of control in a very dark dystopian way. The way she’s slamming against everything and sweaty and fearful and joyous at times... It really amplifies the song. It’s enticing in a violent and beautiful way.

K: The video really makes me like the song. It’s almost like the soundtrack that’s killing it to this very cinematic scene. It’s bringing cinematography to music videos, and not as many people are doing conceptual videos these days.

H: We’re getting some serious Black Mirror realness. It really makes you think about technology even if you don’t know what you’re thinking about it, but it’s fine because it’s also just pleasant and interesting to watch.

“Ablaze” - School of Seven Bells

Released: March 28, 2016

Director: Alan Del Rio Ortiz

K: So more straight music video aesthetic, but like... deal with it! Sad girl goes out in a shoegaze dream to a tee. It’s just like... us.

H: “Sad girl” is always my favorite aesthetic, which is why I’m obsessed with this. To me it is so similar to Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games” video of her just singing but chopped up with all of this other imagery that fully embellishes on her aesthetic, but this is more of what I actually vibe with. It even has a blooming flower like the “Video Games” video... like, c’mon! I just want to have this song playing in my headphones as I’m riding the bus home late at night under the influence and staring out at the city while being pensive/sad.

K: I’m more into when she’s being sad in her bed, but with the cool lights on her...

H: I mean... that is what you’re into... but what I’M into is about being sad out on the town and drowning in the city.

K: Yeah, you’re a little younger than me... but you’ll get to where I’m at one day. Going out on the town does kind of have a cinematic feeling in real life too though. It’s mundane, but it makes you feel like your life is exciting and beautiful. It’s cool to see that captured.

H: I feel like this is tumblr youth culture to a tee right now, and it’s brilliant because it’s like... of course this is in existence, but it hasn’t been done quite to this level yet.

K: Yeah, it’s on the nose in the best way. What I love about nostalgia and throwbacks is that you can take all the elements that we connect to and you can put them back together again... like a shoegaze Humpty Dumpty.

“Your Best American Girl” - Mitski

Released: April 13, 2016

Director: Zia Anger

K: Tears streamed down my face the first time I watched this. I was so broken up by a breakup tbh...

H: Same! Well, not the tears part, but...

K: Like this is my moment of 2016... Yas, Mitski. Yas!

H: My moment of this video is when...

K: I don’t care! I want to talk about my moment first!

H: Lol. Okay!

K: My moment is watching her kiss herself while they kiss each other, and it’s passionate and she’s like feeling it too!

H: Yes. It’s such a self-love testament. Even if it is out of spite or heartbreak. Which brings me to my favorite part, which is just after that scene when it flashes to her in the gold dress, and she’s smirking like she’s plotting something, and then BOOM! The guitar comes in, and she’s striking her guitar. For me that takes the pain-turned-self-love moment to a whole other level, because she’s like “Y’all are over there f*cking, and I’m sad about it, but I’m going make some badass art out of it.”

K: Yeah, like “I’m going to make music, and be one of the best new artists of 2016. Byeee!”

The song is all about feeling like you don’t fit into this American couple paradigm, being mixed race, and we see this appropriative white girl wrapping herself and the boy in an American flag, further isolating Mitski from them and what being American entails. The separation is very distinct, because Mitski and the couple are never in the same shot until towards the end. Then Mitski’s like “I’m going to rock being outside of that. I don’t need y’all,” even though it still sucks.

The video concept is everything. We feel things, and we’re not even people of color. Plus, this video probably cost nothing to make, but it’s so layered and conveys so much.

“Daydreaming” - Radiohead

Released: May 6, 2016

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

K: The reason I like this video is because he always looks like he thinks he knows where he’s going in each of these settings, but he’s still sort of lost. It’s like this metaphor for life. He knows which door to go to, but he never knows what’s behind each door.

H: I mean... it’s a statement for sure. I respect it as an art piece, but I’m just like... if I have to watch him go through another gd door, I’m going to kill myself.

K: It’s so beautiful. Here’s a music video that is trying to be high art, like going to Cannes-shit. I like that it’s trying to be more than just a music video. It’s kind of like a film. It’s about his performance. Not to mention that it’s shot beautifully and it’s directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, which is cool that he’s still directing music videos even though he’s this highly accomplished director.

It makes you think about life being a series of choices, and that’s it. He’s never truly interested in anything even if it’s a surprising setting. It’s about knowing exactly where you’re going but simultaneously being lost. He’s not trying that hard, and it just ends in him dying.

I just have shivers for 4 minutes straight. i don’t even have much to say.

H: I appreciate the artistry being brought forth. I did feel things. It’s just a little... boring?

K: It’s not boring! It has momentum! It becomes more frantic, and you can see the discomfort in his face.

H: Okay, it’s an amazing powerful video. It’s just not a video I would go back and watch over and over again.

K: Okay, but this brings us to a broad philosophical question, which is that are things only good if they can be rewatched over and over again? Because I think some of my favorite films are films that I would never watch again. That’s what I like about it. Music videos tend to be fun and rewatchable, and it’s kind of cool to watch a video that is pushing the envelope more in an artistic direction. It’s not fun to watch, because it makes me feel things that aren’t super fun, but the level of thoughtfulness is way higher than most videos.

H: I do think it’s amazing. You’re right. That’s not sarcasm.

K: Okay.

“Easy” - Hinds

Released: May 18, 2016

Director: John Strong

K: Another great example of a cheap, easy...

H: EASY! Wink, wink...

K: ...easily made video.

H: I already like the smeared mascara looks. This whole sad party rocker girl that’s not here for your physical enjoyment is already pretty punk rock

K: Yeah, that could have been the whole video, and I still would have enjoyed it. They’re pretty girls too, but “let’s have streamed mascara because f*ck you.” Then they keep flipping the switch, because it’s basically a series of closeups with these revolving shots. Then UNH. Each time, we’re like “what is happening?” I love this spaghetti mouth look.

H: She’s like “I don’t give a f*ck if we’re gross.” They have cake and spaghetti coming out of their mouths, and as if that wasn’t enough, she slurps it back into her mouth!

K: Then there’s this girl smoking, which could also be considered not very feminine. They’re like stoner chicks. It’s such a video that Wavves or someone like that would do, but it’s so much punk rock that a group of girls are like “Hey, we’re stoner punks too, and we can be gross and smear shit on our faces all we want.” When they have the dicks and the post-party shit all over their faces is when the video really sold me.

H: And her vomiting as she’s singing! They just further keep on deconstructing their appearance. Each time emphasized by the trick of eye light flickers. So punk rock.

“When It Rain” - Danny Brown

Released: June 14, 2016

Director: Mimi Cave

H: We have interesting dancing, psychedelic special effects, and a cool VHS-filter... enough said.

K: It’s like video art. It’s got a great color palette. The dancing is cool. It’s also this portrait of Detroit. He’s like this fairly famous rapper, and it’s like he’s still presenting his real life in Detroit. That’s what I love about him. He’s keeping it real while keeping it very aesthetic at the exact same time.

H: I think Danny Brown’s iconic for not conforming to white-normative standards of what rap should be. He really keeps things at an avant-garde intellectual level.

K: Yes, he’s like “Yeah, I sold crack in Detroit,” but he’s still very intellectual, knows a lot about music, knows a lot about film, literally named his new album after a Joy Division album. He’s just very well-versed in everything. He understands hip-hop, understands the avant-garde, understands art, and just mixes them together.

H: I think it is really powerful. In my Beyonce/Rihanna feminism course I took, we talked a lot about how Rihanna embraces “ratchet aesthetics” and how that’s a subversive political tactic against white-normative media..

K: Especially because we have all these white consumers of hip-hop, we see this delineation between ratchet/gangster rap and “intellectual” mainstream-consumable hip-hop, and I feel like Danny Brown is like “I can do both, because both are just as important as the other. 2001′s A Space Odyssey is just as cool as Soulja Boy.

“Car” - Porches

Released: June 27, 2016

Director: Daniel Brereton

K: Okay, so basically this is my everything...

H: It’s very white people. That’s how I feel when I watch Porches’ videos.

K: But it’s good white people art. This is what I want white people art to be. I love it. I love his outfit. I love how self-serious and goofy they are at the same time. I love this 80′s/90′s setup, like we’re on a photo shoot with all the wires, but It’s also kind of like we’re in a museum.

H: Yeah, I like anything that gives me Andy Warhol’s Factory vibes. I love that idea of this performance art space that can be anything, and here they are performing in it. It’s like a GAP commercial’s take on The Factory.

K: Well, it’s produced by Urban Outfitters, so that’s pretty spot on. I love it. It’s just everything I want. It’s so much.

“Shut Up Kiss Me” - Angel Olsen

Released: June 29, 2016

Director: Angel Olsen

H: C’mon, tinsel wig!!

K: I just love how playful this video is. She’s hanging out of her vintage car in a letterman jacket. She’s at a roller rink. She’s skating around with those balloons...

H: It’s like classic video girl, but in an ironic way. She’s like “I’m in a tinsel wig, so I’m clearly not seriously trying to be this video girl.”

K: Right, there’s something very ridiculous about the whole thing. Look how pouty she is. I also love that it looks like it was shot on film. It’s just really pretty to look at.

H: I like her constantly acknowledging the camera. I feel like that’s kind of the whole point of this video, her being like “Am I the girl that you want yet? Clearly I can be the girl that you want me to be, but I’m trying to be Angel Olsen, so like can I live?” The continued eye contact just sends this “Are you entertained yet? ‘Casue I’m over it” vibe.

K: It’s very comedic in an old school silly way. Juxtaposing this with what she was before this album also adds power to it. Most of her songs/videos are very restrained but sad.

And then in case you haven’t caught on yet, she gives you the whole point of the video at the end with “Do you feel this attitude or...?”

“Nikes” - Frank Ocean

Released: August 19, 2016

Director: Tyrone Lebon

H: How many times are we going to say “90′s VHS filter?” Clearly that was a major trend in 2016′s music videos, and we fell for it every time.

Ugh. He’s so hot, and I want this white bedazzled bodysuit.

K: Ugh, yes, Frank. The eyeliner... Wear it every day. I bet it took days to get all that glitter off. It’s powerful to see a popstar be so feminine.

H: That’s what I love about this video. I feel like when Frank Ocean came out as bi, he kind of became this LGBT icon that he never really asked to be. Whether or not he asked for it, he’s very important to pop culture. People expect greatness from him, and he’s really owning it and stepping up to the title in this video. He’s very playful with his sexuality and masculine/feminine sides. He’s got glitter. He’s got eyeliner. He has naked bodies of people of different genders.

And as if this video wasn’t already political, he includes Trayvon Martin, and it’s just so good! This video highlights a lot of black people and seemingly working class people, including sex workers, which is really refreshing, especially in such an avant-garde way. Frank is here for black representation. He’s here for queer representation. This video really just highlights what all the hype over Frank Ocean is about, and why it’s justified.

K: Oh my god. I forgot about [the scene of the woman in the water tank]. That’s amazing. What makes film beautiful is that you can watch something and feel like you understand what’s happening based on context clues, but then they make you believe something like “we’re underwater,” and it turns out we actually have this stark minimalist setup of this woman being filmed in a tank.

H: That’s part of what gives this video a lot of power. It plays a lot of tricks on the eyes and the mind, like the subtle switch between men and women. It gives us the music video tropes of the lights, the partying, the women, but it’s done in a way that is very self-aware and somber about how constructed it all is.

K: Right. Like that meta-ness of showing them shooting it. They constantly remind us that this is a music video. We have all the elements of an R&B video, except they’ve been deconstructed, queerified, and taken to a very high art level.

H: The contrast between the shots of the film equipment and moments like the shining pussy gives you this mix of “Remember, this is constructed because it’s my art, but also this is what I’m trying to get across.” It goes well with the minimalist sound of the album too. He’s taking this just as seriously as the album.

K: Exactly, because this is the only visual we got for this album.

H: He waited so long to give us an album. He’s clearly very controlled about what he releases into the world, and in this video he really nailed it from every angle.

K: I agree. He’s giving you Frank, the R&B/pop-star, but he’s also trying to expose to you that he sees the big picture through all of this. He’s giving you something that’s cool to watch, but he realizes the place of power that he’s in and he’s here for us in more ways than mindless entertainment.

“Fade” - Kanye West

Released: August 28, 2016

Director: Eli Linnetz

K: This is another video that has already been talked about a lot, but I mean just look at this lighting, and the film grain...

H: Yeah, I mean, it’s Kanye West, and he debuted this at the VMA’s, so it had a lot to live up to, but honestly it’s just simple and beautiful. It’s a great choreography vid. Teyana Taylor looks great. It’s inspirational almost... like I need to get my ass to a gym.

Lol at how this debuted around the same time as Ariana Grande’s “Side to Side” music video that’s also set in a gym, and this just slays so much harder...

K: More interesting and artistic for sure.

H: I also just love the connection between exercise and dance. It emphasizes the beauty in being connected to your body.

K: This [shower scene] part of the video, I’m like eh.

H: No! I love it! I feel like Kanye’s always working on breaking down barriers. He gives us this dance sequence that’s almost sexual but not, and then here’s the full on.

K: See, I feel like I could have done without that.

H: I feel like it’s important. Like when else are you going to see black people, especially a darker-skinned black person, being so overtly sexual in media primarily consumed by a white audience?

K: It was like a connection to the last shot, which is amazing. So I’ll deal with it.

H: Well then he drops that last shot, and is like “BTW, I’m still Kanye and avant-garde af, so even though this is a minimalist choreography vid, here’s this.” And we’re all like “Wait... what?”

“Everybody Wants to Love You” - Japanese Breakfast

Released: September 20, 2016

Directors: Adam Kolodny & Michelle Zauner

K: Her in this Geisha wear at these dive bars being really silly is this cool juxtaposition of imagery that I have not seen.

H: Her emotion in it is great. She’s very campy and having fun, but also angsty.

K: Kind of similar to the Hinds video, it’s like girls doing drunk/stoner boy things like eating a huge sandwich and shotgunning a beer. Especially being in this geisha wear, it’s like “Just because I’m a girl, it doesn’t mean that I can’t do whatever I want.”

H: Yeah, even though on the outside she’s like this idealized representation of femininity, she’s a complex person who is not going to be what you intend for her to be. She just whipped out a guitar and is playing it on an 18 wheeler, she’s not here for your assumptions about her.

K: Yeah, it’s very much a masculine world, so it’s empowering to punk chicks. It’s really simple. Really well done. It makes me like the song and band more, which is the sign of a truly good music video.

“Cranes in the Sky” - Solange

Released: October 2, 2016

Director: Alan Ferguson

K: Everything about this is beautiful. Every setting. Every outfit. The camera angles. The lighting. Normally in music videos we have all these crazy light shows, and what we have is this classic cinematic lighting. The zoom-out/zoom-in staircase shot is so sick. This music video feels like a movie. It reminds me of a lot of avant-garde video art that I’ve seen, but done as a music video. We are getting into the world of what A Seat at the Table is trying to be.

H: It feels very classic, even though it’s the new era of Solange. The softness of the color palettes... It’s all very relaxing but at the same time, she just gives us SO much.

Like these dresses that are all connected... who’s done that before? This shot of them all touching and rolling around on each other is amazing. She has lots of moments of her seemingly isolated, but then she has these moments of sisterhood and connection. Throughout the video she maintains a very collected expression and direct eye contact with the camera. She’s the star of a pop music video, but she’s letting you know that she’s unamused and is taking it all very seriously.

K: What’s truly beautiful is when you watch something and you don’t even really know what it’s trying to tell you. I’m not even trying to analyze what’s going on, but it’s just beautiful. I feel like I’m totally being brought into Solange’s world, and I don’t understand it on an intellectual level, but I still get a feeling of how profound it is.

It all fits together. There’s a lot, but it’s very controlled. It’s such a good piece of art, because it’s clearly just trying to be a piece of art. It’s a beautiful integration of motion, sound, and image.

“After the Afterparty” - Charli XCX feat. Lil Yachty

Released: October 30, 2016

Director: Diane Martel

K: Another video shot in full screen. It’s a thing!

H: Umm... well first of all this crimped hair look is amazing. She looks gorgeous.

K: I love this zombie meets pastels meets “our organs are candy” thing that’s going on.

H: Yes! For me, it’s very reminiscent of Miley’s “We Can’t Stop” video. Dramatized soft but edgy party imagery, but this is apocalyptic and pink. It’s very Charli. It’s very femme power. It’s very early 2000′s nostalgia.

K: OMG. I love this golf-hoe moment. I love the makeup. I love how campy it is. I love the sugary sweetness.

H: That whole cropped sweater with the bra showing is so trendy right now as we’ve seen with Tinashe and Kehlani. My favorite part about Charli is that she’s very intelligent about acknowledging her references. Her inspirations are palpable, but still presented in a novel self-aware way.

K: She’s a hodge-podge in a good way. She takes all of her references and brings them up to date.

“Dope Dealer” - ScHoolboy Q feat. E-40

Released: November 4, 2016

Director: Ryan Staake

K: So the entire video is from the point of view of literal marijuana. Like even the scenes of ScHoolboy Q and E-40 smoking are from the tip of the blunt.

H: It’s genius! My first thought when I watched this video was “How has this not been made yet??” I think that’s the sign of a truly amazing piece of work, when you just think “this makes sense.” I loved every moment of it. It’s this representation of gangster life but with a lighthearted, comedic twist.

K: Yes. It gets dark, but it’s done in a very Quentin Tarantino way that is supposed to be funny and entertaining.

H: Even aside from this being from the point of view of the weed, we have funny moments like how these pretty L.A. white girls are the ones pushing the weed.

K: He presents everything in a very low-key not hyper-sensationalized way. He’s giving us some real shit, but instead of glorifying it or downplaying it, he’s just having fun with it. You get the sense that he’s being real in the presentation of his world even if he’s being comedic about it.

H: It’s also a fresh presentation of many classic hip-hop video tropes, because we still have smoking, partying, hot girls, etc.

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