#to be clear. i neither need nor want it to be popular here lmao. and as a matter of fact ... majority of this website

[widowshill]

i'm honestly so surprised ds isn't more popular on here. so so many gorgeous milfs and dilfs. monsterfucking galore. Queering The Narrative. camp. the skeleton war.

[theres-an-impulstor-among-us]

MY DEAR WIFE. I DESIRE A SEQUEL TO THE JIMMY EMPIRE FIC. I MADE THIS TUMBLR ACCOUNT TO MAKE MY DEMANDS. NOW GO BE FREE. WRITE YOU FANTASTIC FANFIC WRITER YOU. -BEST SPOUSE, PURP <3

this was a popular request LMAO :D

here’s the first part

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The ringing of her communicator wakes Lizzie up late in the night. Blinking herself awake, she quickly answers it, speaking quietly so as to not awaken her sleeping fiance next to her. “Hello?”

“Lizzie, it’s Pixl,” comes the familiar British voice. “I’m so sorry to wake you.”

“It’s okay,” Lizzie says. “Is something wrong?”

“Something’s happened with Jimmy.”

Lizzie’s heart skips a beat. “Is he okay?”

“I’ll explain everything later but I could really use your help right now. Are you able to come to the Cod Empire?”

Momentarily forgetting that Pixl can’t see her, Lizzie nods. “Of course, I’ll come over right away.”

“Thanks so much, Lizzie,” says Pixl gratefully. “See you soon.”

“See you.”

Lizzie puts down her communicator and gets out of bed. Just as she’s finished changing, her fiance stirs in his bed and murmurs, “What’s going on? Who was that?”

“Pixl,” replies Lizzie softly, secretly glad he’s awake; she wouldn’t have woken him first. “Something’s happened to Jimmy, and Pixl needs me. You okay to come over to the Cod Empire with me?”

Joel sits up in his bed, immediately more awake. “Of course, of course. Let me get dressed.”

The two fly straight over to the Cod Empire and land outside Jimmy’s house. Pixl answers the door on the first knock. “Queen Lizzie, thank you for coming,” he says gratefully. “And King Joel.”

He leads them inside. Lizzie and Joel both gasp simultaneously as they spot Jimmy lying on the bed.

Joel freezes but Lizzie dashes to his side and grasps his hand, staring down in horror at the bruises covering Jimmy’s face. “Oh my goodness! What happened to him?! Is he okay?!”

Pixl joins her on Jimmy’s other side. “He’s recovering,” he responds grimly. “You know the demon Xornoth that’s shown their face around the server lately?”

“Heard of them.”

“fWhip and Sausage seem to be around the epicentre of the whole thing. They captured Jimmy, kept him in a cell for a whole day, beat him several times, then tried to sacrifice him to Xornoth. Scott and I managed to save him but he almost died from his injuries before Scott was able to heal him somewhat with magic.”

Lizzie gazes down at Jimmy with a worried expression, gently touching his face. He stirs slightly under her touch.

After a moment, she speaks again, her tone low and dangerous. “fWhip and Sausage, you said?”

Pixl nods. “Yeah. Scott and I chased them off but I’m a little worried about them returning to finish the job. That’s why I asked you over; I could do with some help protecting him. If that’s okay.”

“Of course it’s okay.” Lizzie retracts her hand and presses her fist into her palm. “Hell, if either of them show their faces around here, I’ll rip them apart with my bare hands.”

Now Joel moves closer to the bed, his expression uncharacteristically serious. “Poor Jimmy… I can’t imagine how terrified he must’ve been.”

As Pixl opens his mouth to respond, another knock at the door sounds. The three frown at each other, trying to work out who could possibly be at the door.

After a moment, Pixl heads back over to the door and answers it. His gaze darkens when he sees who’s standing there. “You’re not welcome here.”

Lizzie stiffens as she hears MythicalSausage’s voice: “I just wanted to ask how Jimmy is. And to… apologise.”

“Apologise?!” Lizzie bursts out.

Joel draws Pixl out of the way as Lizzie storms to the door and shoves Sausage backwards. “You TORTURED my friend and you think you can just walk over here and APOLOGISE?!”

Sausage scrambles back as a furious Lizzie bears down on him. “I had nothing to do with hurting him! That was all fWhip!”

“YOU THINK THAT MAKES IT BETTER?!” Lizzie bellows.

She flings out her arms and manipulates the ocean water into grabbing hold of Sausage and bringing him closer to her. “ACK!” Sausage chokes, struggling uselessly. “LIZZIE!”

“I’m going to kill you, Sausage,” growls Lizzie. “Would you rather be flung high into the air and fall to your death or drowned in salty ocean water?”

“N-Neither!”

A dark smile appears on Lizzie’s face. “Too bad. I’ve decided I’m gonna drown you.”

She lifts the water higher. His scream is abruptly cut off as the water envelopes his head, stopping him from breathing. She watches with satisfaction as his air slowly runs out.

But then Pixl’s voice comes from behind her: “Lizzie, he’s calling for you. He needs you.”

Lizzie pauses, weighing up her options. Eventually, she releases Sausage onto the dock, taking grim pleasure in the way he splutters and coughs up water. “You’re lucky this time, Sausage,” she says. She kneels down beside him and pushes her face close to Sausage’s with a menacing glare. “But if you ever, and I mean EVER, come near Jimmy again, you’re gonna wish you were never born. Do I make myself clear?”

“Y-Y-Yes!” gasps Sausage.

Lizzie steps back and lets Sausage flee, before rushing back inside and back to Jimmy’s side. Her ally is stirring, his eyelids fluttering. “L-Lizz...ie…”

“I’m here,” whispers Lizzie softly, holding his hand against her cheek to reassure him of her presence. “I’m here, Jimmy. Are you okay?”

Jimmy coughs weakly. “M-My wrists hurt.”

Frowning, Lizzie pushes down Jimmy’s sleeve, revealing the thick red marks. “Wh-What is this?!” she gasps. “Pixl?”

“It’s…” Pixl hesitates, knowing what his next words will likely cause. “They’re burn marks. He had his hands tied behind his back for most of the day in that cell.”

Joel glances sharply at his fiancee. “Uh oh.”

Thunder sounds overhead as dark clouds rapidly slide across the sky. Lizzie’s expression remains steady, but lightning flashes in her eyes. “I’ll be right back, Jimmy,” she says, her voice as steady as her expression. But it’s just an act for Jimmy’s benefit and both Pixl and Joel know it.

Neither Pixl nor Joel stop her as she storms out of the hut and takes off flying towards the Grimlands. She lands atop the outer wall, rain starting to fall from the sky.

“FWHIP!” she bellows, her voice rolling through the clouds and echoing across the land.

Seconds later, the count himself appears atop his tower, within audible distance despite the increasingly loud thunder overhead. “Queen Lizzie!” He spreads his arms wide. “How may I help you?”

A bolt of lightning strikes the very top of fWhip’s tower.

“Aha, what have I done to invoke the wrath of the Ocean Queen?” fWhip laughs.

Instead of replying verbally, Lizzie lifts her arms and summons a giant wave of water from the river, sending it crashing down like a tsunami over the Grimlands.

“NO!” fWhip yells. “My villagers! You’re gonna drown my villagers!”

“MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE YOU TORTURED JIMMY AND TRIED TO MURDER HIM!” roars Lizzie.

fWhip stares at her for a moment as he finally remembers that Lizzie is one of Jimmy’s closest allies. “...oh…”

Shaking himself into action, fWhip dives down into his flooded village. Lizzie watches him, taking grim satisfaction in watching him flounder around in desperation. She doesn’t even realise how close he is to death until-

fWhip drowned

Lizzie quickly dissipates the flood and jumps down to look for fWhip’s items. As she’s starting to pick them up, fWhip reappears, so she retreats back to a safe distance.

“I’ll get my revenge for this, Ocean Queen,” growls fWhip. “I will not take the attempted murder of my villagers lying down.”

“I don’t give a crap,” Lizzie snaps back. “Don’t you dare think about going near Jimmy ever again, because if you do, I can promise you I will wipe your goddamn empire off the face of the world and I will NOT regret doing it.”

fWhip narrows his eyes. “You’re messing with the wrong empire. I too have the power to wipe an empire out of existence.”

“I live in the ocean. The bulk of my empire is underwater now. Your TNT will make a scratch at most.”

fWhip’s mouth opens, then closes again. After a moment, he looks away. “Fine.”

Lizzie raises an eyebrow. “Really? You’re backing down that easily?”

“I’m being smart. You’ve no idea what’s coming, Lizzie. I do. I need to prepare. I can’t afford to be dragged into another war right now.”

As fWhip turns, he finds Lizzie extremely close to him. She grabs the collar of his shirt and pulls him close so that their faces are inches apart. “Then don’t start one,” she snarls. “Stay away from my allies.”

She shoves fWhip away and takes off again, flying back to the swamp. Part of her feels bad at the attack on fWhip’s innocent villagers but she pushes it aside. fWhip tortured Jimmy and was perfectly willing to slaughter him when he was tied up and defenceless.

Lizzie has no sympathy or mercy for a person like that.

When she gets back, Joel meets her at the door. “Lizzie, you’re back!” he gasps. “I saw the death message in chat.”

“Yes. fWhip needed to be told that I won’t tolerate him hurting my Jimmy.” Her gaze flickers from Joel to Pixl and back again. “Or any of you.”

Joel gazes at her with almost visible hearts in his eyes. “I love you so much, Lizzie.”

Lizzie can’t help a chuckle. “I love you too.”

“Guys, guys, come quick!” Pixl calls suddenly. “Guys!”

The two quickly rush to Jimmy’s beside but stop dead simultaneously when they see what Pixl is so panicked about.

A mark has appeared on Jimmy’s neck. It looks like some kind of rune, but what’s worrying about it is the fact that it’s glowing red.

“What is this?” Lizzie gasps. “What’s happening?”

“I don’t know! It just appeared!”

After a few seconds, the glowing dies down, leaving only the clear black mark.

“This has got to be something to do with the demon,” says Pixl shakily. “I don’t know what or how or why, but somehow, fWhip and Sausage’s attempted sacrifice of Jimmy must’ve caused this.”

“But what can we do about it?” Joel asks. “What can we do to help?”

Pixl has no answer to this.

Nobody does.

[lightsandlostbells]

Skam Austin episode 3 reaction

My favorite comment this week on the Skam Austin Facebook page:

Why do you use the font that SPAM uses and say you are in Austin where SPAM is located when you are actually in Austin TX and have no affiliation with #HormelFoods

Hormel Foods, the manufacturer of Spam is located in Austin, Minnesota, for the record.

Episode 3

Clip 1 - Lying in the back of the truck

This scene was actually new. I think it’s supposed to stand it for the Eva/Jonas lying in bed when she kicks him out and her mom comes in, but most of the ideas and dialogue within the scene were original, not borrowed. They didn’t have Meg mention that Zoya said she should break up with Marlon, nothing about Marlon saying she couldn’t live without him though he was similarly dismissive. She does it in a text later, though, and he tells her she wouldn’t last a second without him.

This camerawork does feel like Julie a lot. Especially the overheard of both Meg and Marlon lying down, that’s some total Skam couple vibes. Except early on Meg and Marlon are not touching and aren’t even on the same level, because as a couple … they’re not on the same level, lol.

Well, I considered the dance team to be sports but Meg disagrees with me, I guess. If you’re funded by the athletics department, then I’d say you’re a sports team. (It might vary from school to school but my high school definitely counted the cheerleading and dance teams as part of athletics.)

Meg: Dancing is about art. Marlon: Nah I don’t think so. GODDAMN MARLON FUCK OFFFFFF

I know a high school dance team has a different purpose in mind than like, New York City Ballet, but dance is absolutely an art form. This isn’t controversial, dumbass.

Can you please just be supportive of your girlfriend, Marlon? She found something that might make her happy and she’s socializing with other girls.

Someone in the FB comments said Meg and Marlon are cute together in a way that Eva and Jonas weren’t and like, everyone has a right to their opinion but I’m going to make a PowerPoint detailing my opposing view, which is 100 slides of NOPE.

Clip 2 - Sloooooooow mooooooooo whiiiiiiiiite guyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Meg is actively lying to her mom about being on the dance team. At least she runs into some new friends when her mom says to tell Abby hi.

KELSEY’S EYEBROWS I’M YODELING

There are some parts where Kelsey seems a little too like a sitcom character. It has more to do with the writing/directing than the actress, who’s been doing a decent job and having fun with the role. The bit where she’s like “SOME people in the group” works perfectly fine as a joke on its own - we all recognize the absurdity of her trying to obscure the person’s identity when there are five girls in the group and everyone knows who Kelsey’s got beef with. You don’t need to add on “you know … Zoya” which is just overkill.

Zoya just got them 100 pounds of free cookie dough to raise money for the team. Or… y’all could eat it … not that this is what I would do or anything.

But good job Zoya! And now Kelsey has to reconsider her position on Zoya. Free cookie dough?

He’s called Penetrator Jo??????????????

“Why is he called Penetrator Jo?” “No one knows.” OK …. I actually find that kind of funny but also … really, Julie? That’s far more obvious inside the narrative than calling a character Marlon.

Now we have what is obviously the most important scene of the season according to certain parties: William/Daniel’s introduction.

I have a confession to make. Uhhhh … taken on its own, I sort of like this version of the slow motion montage over the original.

I was never wowed by William’s intro, and this one at least has some tongue-in-cheek choreography with the football players and has Childish Gambino over it (in my version).

But at the same time I’m like really?

I think if I just watched both scenes side by side with no further context, I would prefer this one, because it’s so OTT ridiculous I would assume the director was making a joke. However, knowing the full situation, with S2’s Noorhelm and William depiction, and Julie’s intense love of the character, it does spoil the effect, because Julie really does believe that stuff about William/Daniel being painted as a villain. Like there’s definitely a humorous component to the scene but it doesn’t work as well when the director buys into the character’s hype. Same with Grace’s unimpressed eye roll and her comment about him being a cliche: on its own it’s a welcome voice for the audience, and I’m sure it’s an entertaining comment for the shippers, but knowing that it’s going to be ironic later spoils the effect.

Thinking about it, I also feel the same about the Penetrator Jo comment, maybe. On its own with no context, I’d find it funny - there’s something ridiculous not just about that nickname but by the fact that “no one knows” how he got something that should seemingly be obvious, yeah? Knowing that show ends up being on #TeamPenetrator is not as fun.

And not gonna lie, part of me will just never get Julie’s love of the William character when she has created so many more well-rounded, interesting, unique characters, and William is a well-worn trope played straight.

On that note, I see the complaints that this is like a very typical American teen drama, and on the one hand I can’t argue with that, popular football player all the girls thirst over is a pretty common trope. But also, lol … the original was just like this, the William character and the Noora/William relationship were the most CW-ish parts of the show. No matter whether you liked them or not! 

Neither William nor Daniel are really my type so I’m not hung up on stuff like whether the actor is hot enough. He’s kind of just like … a generically attractive white boy. I saw four of those at Steak ’n Shake the other night. Not trying to be mean, I get why girls would like him, and I really don’t care about anyone’s appearance on this show. His bone structure does seem above average.

Girl Jo is so cute. “He has a lot of shirtless pics.” “She has places to be, that’s like, adult stuff.”

She is getting a little passive-aggressive with using Kelsey as her cosmetic guinea pig. Kelsey is kind of a pushover, isn’t she? There’s a dynamic to explore there, where the two of them are obviously BFFs but Kelsey is letting Jo commit atrocities on her face. I wonder if that will build to anything or it’ll be a running gag. Maybe Daniel, instead of telling Kelsey she’s not pretty or good enough, will just be like your brows are NOT on fleek.

Clip 3 - Marlon and his crew are the worst

Shay: “I don’t know why we’re arguing about this, you’re freaking rich...ly, killing it in that sweater.” Marlon is selling his Adderall, I’m calling it now. Shay doesn’t want to draw attention to the fact that Marlon has some spare change accumulating from somewhere. I guess Abby could be buying from him and that’s why she was all CALL ME?

That’s not a bad change at all from the source material. Because while smoking weed can get you in trouble, selling drugs can get you into even more trouble. It would also be thematically relevant to the theme of pressure, do everything to succeed, be a winner not a loser, etc.

The way they’re sitting is so (intentionally) awkward with Megan clearly on the outside of their little group dynamic and on a lower level.

They are eating the pizza and someone presumably paid for it already, so this is a strange conversation to have, but then again I have ordered takeout plenty of times with friends where one of us paid upfront and then the rest of us paid them back or covered them. I guess Marlon could have paid for it at the door? Still kind of a weird conversation when you consider they could have been like … looking at the menu and talking about what to order and arguing about who’s gonna pay.

Marlon is SUCH an asshole. DUMP HIM. He started to make fun of her about her dance team in front of his friends. Meg gives Marlon’s crappy music her attention, he can’t support her in her dance team?

This scene made it really clear that it’s not a situation similar to Eva, where yeah, Jonas and Isak did gang up on her and could be mean to her, but she was still a part of the trio. We saw them eat together, go to movies together, have little jokes together. Eva was friends with Isak. Megan is only here for Marlon. Tyler and Shay aren’t her friends.

Some of the joking here - like Tyler saying, “Wait, Megan, you actually became a stripper? You took my advice, bro” - in another context I could see that being fine, like if Tyler was saying that to Shay, it’s just friends taking the piss out of each other, but he and Megan aren’t good enough friends for that not to have any tension or awkwardness.

Marlon being like “I’ve tried to convince her that team sports brainwash people … guess they already got to her though” is so so insensitive. Jackass! This was something that made her happy and she had to give it up FOR YOU.

I am so so glad that she called him out though, and she’s right. He’s got a limited set of talking points.

But it sucks that Shay and Tyler got in on it and called her out. Her attitude about the Kittens was clearly motivated by hurt and resentment over what she’s lost and a person who has since made her feel like shit, not her overall attitude toward sports teams. I would think they would know that much since they have to be somewhat familiar with the Megan-Abby drama. Tyler especially takes it too far when this is not a comfortable situation for Megto be in, she’s not included in anything, she’s just the girlfriend who’s there. Like I do not blame Megan at all for having some interest in Jo, because even if he’s sleazy, he’s the one who’s paying her compliments.

Clip 4 - Party invite

Julie continues with her tradition of “shooting the protagonist from behind as they walk somewhere.”

Kelsey’s eyebrows aksdfalsjnd

“I’m only waxing my mom’s chin so” Jooooooo.

Zoya telling Kelsey to chill and Kelsey immediately trying to chill … I feel like she wants to impress and go along with Zoya more than Vilde did with Sana. Kelsey seems like more of a people pleaser.

See, I heard people complaining that Zoya is too mean (and IDK, there might be some stuff to unpack there) but I felt in this scene she made her intentions pretty clear, that she was trying to help Kelsey calm down and not embarrass herself in front of the football guys, whereas Sana’s motives were probably the same but weren’t laid out like that and Vilde got pissed off at her.

I was kinda hoping that Zoya would be like “You are a hot girl” to Kelsey specifically but it’s nice she referred to the whole group as the hot girls. The only part I found excessively mean was the bit about Kelsey’s eyebrows (and I mean … she’s not wrong, but tact).

Jo is in love with Zoya.

It was sort of random that we pulled back a little and just watched Jo and Kelsey talk about her eyebrows, I mean that kind of casual conversation is fine, it was just the physical distance that was odd when so much of this series relies on closeups. We didn’t even see Meg’s reaction, not even to show Megan and Grace being like well, we’re done with this conversation and walking away.

There was an IG pic of the girls with Kelsey covering her eyebrows, which is adorable, but I’m not sure when the pic was taken because Meg is shown walking up at the start of the clip and Meg and Grace walk away at the end, and it looks like they’re in the same location. I guess Meg ran back to take a group selfie.

Clip 5 - American teen party with red Solo cups

I was wondering how they’d do the slow motion walk since I mean… they’d probably have to drive to the party, lol. And they did have them in the car! With the girls having a good time and Grace in the backseat looking awkward.

Actually I’m really glad Julie didn’t full on recreate one of the most iconic scenes of the original show, I prefer that she gave it a different spin. I don’t think this version of the scene will stick in my mind as much as the OG, but this does feel, well, American and relevant to the culture.

All the girls look great. I’m really digging Zoya’s hoops.

If anyone cares to know what I hissed at Daniel when he was checking out Kelsey.

I like how Abby seemed like she’s holding court among the Kittens.

I hate Marlon/Meg so much that even Meg/”Don’t be a cocktease” Jo is preferable. Though neither is the best option.

Part of me is like SIIIIIIIIGH at them not going to address Kelsey’s religion at all. It’s not that every Christian has to be abstinent or anything, I know Christian girls who were big on partying and had premarital sex. It’s that this is a big opportunity to shake up the story and add another dimension to the situation, and I feel like it won’t be addressed. I’d love if they at least talked about it in the next episode, if Kelsey’s trying to lose her virginity to Daniel and acquire birth control.

“I touch my friend’s boobs all the time” LISTEN UP JULIE ANDEM. Please let Jo be not straight. Please let Jo and Shay interact and possibly date. Both of those characters have some of the most personality on the show, it’d be a hit. Skam France set the precedent and made the equivalent character bi, YOU CAN DO IT.

I am overjoyed that so many people seemed to share my opinion of the world peace guy, which is Daniel who? Penetrator what? Give us more of THIS rando.

Honestly in his limited screen time, he has some decent comedic timing? He might be funny as the Magnus character.

That whole conversation was the highlight of the clip, the episode, and the series so far.

This is super random but I’m glad Meg and Grace went to the bathroom together because like … yes, that is what you do when you’re girls who are awkwardly standing around at parties. Bathroom solidarity.  And actually that’s a good setup for Grace leaving Meg alone and Jo getting to her rather than Noora ditching Eva to take a phone call. 

Marlon’s last name is Frazier for anyone curious.

“There’s another bathroom upstairs I can show you.” Smooth.

Zoya adding some food coloring into her Abby attack was an upgrade, particularly when the target’s in a white shirt. 

Jo taking off her earrings once the fight starts - she is the beeeest.

The shot of the girls climbing into the car is really cute to me, IDK.

I thought this was a fun clip but admittedly that’s 90% because Jo is a gem.

General Comments:

Some of me wonders … what if Tyler has it bad for Marlon and Shay has it for Meg? Tyler being “clingy” in the gc according to Marlon (which is just Marlon’s opinion and may not be that serious, to be sure) and Shay is noticeably nicer to Meg than Tyler is. I think.

Actually that text about Meg being added to their group chat made me cringe. They really aren’t welcoming to her. Meg has been dating Marlon since at least February - I’m pretty sure it was more like Christmas - and he’s only now adding her to the chat. Okay.

When Isak contacted Eva on Skype in episode 1, it seemed like he just wanted to chat with her. I guess maybe he wanted to sniff out if Jonas was there but he didn’t ask about it first, and he and Eva laughed about the Pepsi Max girls, and when he saw Eva was sad, he tried to give her some advice about talking to Ingrid. It was definitely a friendly conversation. When Shay did the same call, she asked where Marlon was, and after Meg said she didn’t know, Shay quickly said she had to go. It wasn’t a friendly, just-to-talk conversation. Meg tried to extend the conversation a little longer by talking about the Kittens - this makes me sad because it felt like she really needed to talk to someone, and Shay’s response isn’t that supportive or like she knows the magnitude of the situation with Megan and Abby. It makes me wonder because Eva was close enough to Isak to confide in him, and Meg will probably do that with Shay, but I don’t feel their relationship is as tight on its own terms to merit that.

I do find all the viewer comments on Meg and Marlon’s IG pics that are like “He’s cheating on you!” and “Why are you lying to her?” to be very funny and endearing.

Some of the FB comments about Zoya’s character … have some implications, like I haven’t seen anything outright Islamophobic, but there is a sense of “she’s too aggressive/too mean” and some of it is hard to judge whether it’s a fair assessment of her character thus far and how much of it is code for “she’s a mouthy black Muslim.”

It also got me thinking because all of the Noora/William combos have been white across the remakes, and IDK, I think it’d be great if the big man on campus that all the girls found attractive was a MOC, but also - can you imagine if a William was black and how differently he would be judged on his behavior, provided it was the same as in the original? The black guy heartlessly using and throwing aside the sweet virginal white girl? Or the black guy relentlessly pursuing the white girl who said she wasn’t interested? Or the black guy smashing a bottle over a guy’s head? I feel like a black William would reveal some ... enlightening viewer reaction. To put it mildly.

Jo is the most popular character by a landslide according to a poll on the FB group and that does not surprise me in the slightest. I’d be a little interested to know who was the most popular character so far in the original Skam. My guess is that opinions would be more widely spread.

Her IG posts/stories with Kelsey’s makeover and eating with the girls are really cute, btw.

I don’t really know how to judge the ratings because Facebook Watch is largely untested as a streaming platform, but there seem to be at least 1,000-2,000 new users following the show per day, maybe more (though stuff like fake/spam accounts need to be taken into consideration) and the full episodes are getting far more hits than the individual clips.

[oodlyenough]

24 hours later i still want to yell about a bunch of thor things so here are my yellings

so like, full disclosure, when i turned off my brain and everything i knew about all the other mcu movies and marvel, like, as a whole i really enjoyed myself for two and a half hours and most of the actors are very funny. which is exactly as far as marvel wanted me to take any of this, so they accomplished that.

but also

marvel writing out jane so abruptly and with no thought at all is honestly so insulting and shows exactly what marvel thinks of its female characters.  know jane was never very popular so no one cares, but doing this to jane with literally 0 blowback from anyone only shows marvel that they can continue to do it to any and all of their female characters, all of whom they treat like garbage to varying degrees already. 

LIKE HOW TESSA THOMPSON’S CHARACTER HAS NO FUCKING NAME. i can’t believe i seem to be the only person upset that tessa thompson doesn’t have a name. it’s so clear in the movie her name isn’t valkyrie but rather she IS a valkyrie, it’s a rank/class/whatever!! they easily could’ve had her reclaim that as her name since she’s the Last Of and it’s her refinding her identity and whatever and that would’ve been good, even, but they didn’t do that? instead neither thor nor bruce (nor loki but he’s a dick lol) ask what her name even is???? 

sif didn’t even get namedropped despite the whole thing being on asgard and thor trying to recruit friends?? like the mcu has reached a new low in terms of not even pretending to care

the movie was pretty funny but i felt like they really turned thor into a tony stark type wisecracking smartass which is not really how he was written before. virtually every line of dialogue was already a punchline, we didn’t need thor to do that on top of everything else imo

i’m always annoyed @ myself for how entertaining i find loki lmao. but he’s so enjoyable in his specific actual capacity removed from whatever was happening on the internet circa 2011

plus now we have kylo ren discourse so whatever

lastly: i thought we all agreed collectively to pretend natasha/bruce never happened.... ...why this...

[laufire]

Unpopular opinion(multiple opinions if you want) about Shadowhunters fandom, go XD

LMAO.

Okay, I’ll try to go with opinions I haven’t posted about before, to not repeat myself (at least not too much, since I’ve been very er. Vocal, about what I think).

-My shipping preferences are already unpopular enough here, apparently, and I’ve talked about that to exhaustion. But I need to say that this fandom is in DIRE NEED of more rarepair content, especially in fic. The way it’s all about one ship and maybe another two or three on the side feels downright claustrophobic for me, since I’m not a fan of any of the popular ships. I’m trying to do my part about that xD, but seriously. MORE CRACKSHIPS.

-I want Alec to have a new LI. It’s downright impossible, but I want it. Bonus points if it’s a Seelie. Or a werewolf. 

-The Banecourt shipper in me wants Camille back, badly, but I’m 100% sure the writers would shit on her to prop Alec (through a ship they don’t even like, ffs), so maybe it’s better if she’s still MIA.

-S2 >>>>>> S1. In oh so many ways.

-I like Meliorn/Izzy as a ship, but the way there was a rise of supposed shippers in fandon when Rizzy happened is suspicious as fuck. Melizzy was used in S1 to prop Jace’s storyline and it’s so clear some people want to go back to that RME.

-All the talk of Maryse’s REDUMSHION ARCC is basically just cries for her to prop m@lec and I’m Not Here For It.

-I did not care for Jocelyn. Not one bit. Even less than I care about her daughter, and half the time I forget Clary’s supposed to be the main character.

-Neither Sherwood nor Daddario ain’t shit. That’s all I have to say about the f-slur showdown (that’s a lie, I always have a lot to say, but I don’t feel like going into that rn. It’s just that people conveniently ignoring Daddario’s part in it bother me).

-A lot of things annoy me about this fandom, as you know xD, but the one that takes the price is people asking for “Raphael and Izzy’s friendship!”, “I just see them working as friends!”, blah, blah, blah. Shut up, people. I know what you’re doing. And it’s so clear that all those cries about it are just because they think the ship doesn’t “deserve” the place it has in canon, because it contradicts what those characters deserve as their due. RME. It ignores everything about them; the ship Rizzy is most similar in construction in the rest of the canon is cl@ce (in terms of potency, Love At First Sight power, etc. I’d argue that Rizzy is more potent, but I’m biased xD), but since they were a given since the pilot, people just take that ship as it is, while Rizzy causes a lot of does.not.compute reactions LOL.

-An aside from that one: Raphael is in love with Isabelle and people talking about that ship as if he isn’t are already missing the point by a mile. 

[flakandforay]

MIC Drop Analysis

here is the 7th track analysis: MIC Drop from BTS’ Love Yourself 承 Her Album

i would be analysing several parts: music, lyrics and choreography 

disclaimer: this is just my personal opinion, feel free to disagree. i would love to hear your opinions on this, leave them in my askbox.

overall: can we all agree on how lit this song is??? tbh, this is the only lit song throughout the whole album. i guess each album needs a lit song just like in each of their albums, they have a lit song. for 2Cool4Skool, they have No more Dream,  for ORUL82?, they have their ever 1st cypher-BTS Cypher Part 1, Skool Luv Affair, BTS Cypher Part 2: Triptych, Dark and Wiild - BTS Cypher part 3: Killer ( feat Supreme Boi ), HYYH pt. 1 - Dope, HYYH pt. 2 - 뱁새, Young Forever - Fire, Wings - Cypher pt. 4, You Never Walk Alone - Not Today and now Love Yourself 承 Her - MIC Drop.

really, each album has to have a lit song to keep the whole album balanced. and honestly, i love this song so much because its goes hard, not to mention how it brings back old school hip hop vibes from the beat itself. why? because this reminds me of their older song from their earlier eras, when bts themselves were introduced as a hiphop group. dont get me wrong, i do love their styles now but this brought me back to memory lane and this time upgraded, welp. i love this ahHH. 

not to mention, how during the release of the tracklist, bang pd on his official twitter quoted the tracklist tweet and said ‘is this the new cypher’ but i guess he deleted the tweet since i cant find it anymore lmao.

but anyway, listening throughout the song, from the beat to the pre chorus had me sold so much and namjoon’s part, i knew this was a song that i would jam to no doubt.

why do i have the feeling that this may be inspired by seo taiji lmao, seo taiji is a ‘90s legend to which bts has the honour of performing with him at his 25th concert this year on the 1st September, 2017. if you know about seo taiji, you would know he is someone who was and is still very successful, easily dominating the ‘90s with his songs such as Comeback Home together with his group, ‘Seo Taiji and the Boys’ that included Yang Hyun Suk ( YG’s president ) as one of the members. almost all Koreans know who Seo Taiji is, that is how much his popularity and success is. also, you would know how selective Seo Taiji is in choosing the artists that he wants to collaborate and considering how he chose bts to remake his iconic ‘Comeback Home’ song to which there has never been a remake of it for 20 years, definitely shows how much Seo Taiji likes bts’ music and he did mention once in an interview how he enjoyed bts’ style of music.

but anyway, this is again my intuition of it, that maybe their collab with Seo Taiji inspired this kind of beat to be used for MIC Drop. not to mention, how namjoon mentioned that this song was inspired by Obama’s iconic moment where he dropped the mic at the Correspondent’s Dinner and not so subtly roasted Trump. ( here ). he mentioned it in the mnet comeback show, in the VCR and again in the vapp broadcast. this shows how namjoon is so aware of the other things in the world and the fact he could translate this into music, tells you something of his talent of musicality in producing, composing or even writing lyrics as well.

music: can we just admire the intro of the beat really, those scratches just like from old school hip hop. ahhh it feels great to listen to, a refreshing beat to listen amongst all the music that we have heard now in modern society, dont you think so? less on the electro synths and pop beats and just bringing back old school vibes. trust me, my ears were blessed to here some old beats, this time they were generous with the intro, giving some space before any of members start to sing/rap. that 28 seconds worth of intro, thank you bighit. from the blaring sounds to that distorted electric guitar to the scratches and then finally settling down on the main beat at 0:06, ahhhh, i really love the beat so much and i dont even have to hear the song to know how lit this shit is. not to mention how yoongi said in their broadcast how this song is based on strong drum beats, i mean i wouldn't call it drum beats but it sure is strong, but you could hear the snare drum clearly. 

trust me, old school hip hop is one of the genres that brings me real good memories so thank you bts, ahhh. okay lets start with hoseok’s rap all the way to 0:49, its pretty consistent, his rap style is neither hard nor laid-back, in a way its just nice to be driven by the beat. so the beat is pretty standard until at 0:38 where hoseok starts the 2nd part of his verse in which theres this rolling sound ( possibly something similar to gunshots but in sync but then again its not synth ). actually, between the verses, theres two particular beats that are of the same rhythm, however one is of a lower pitch and one is of a higher one ( you can clearly hear this from 0:17 to 0:22 which is the lower pitch then it changes from 0:22 to 0:27 before hoseok comes in )  the beat doesn't change to the pre chorus or when they're transitioning in between the members. but actually you can hear the drum beats that are louder on the 3rd count. the 2nd other beat has also a lower and a higher pitch, you can hear it from 0:29 to 0:34 where it is the lower pitch and then from 0:34 to 0:39, it is go a higher pitch’

the beat pretty much stays the same even till yoongi’s part at 0:50, with the specific 2nd beat of a mediocre pitch to an even higher pitch, i am referring to the beats from 0:22 onwards and not the intro beats. yoongi’s rapping is also pretty laid-back this time, taking breaks to emphasise on some of the key lyrics such as the ‘I'm sorry billboard, I'm sorry worldwide’ ( which i will talk later ) in which the spaces in between are surprisingly longer, then again when yoongi’s ended, theres that same sound, profanely like muffled gunshots to transition to the pre chorus at 1:13.

okay, let me tell you how much i love the pre chorus so much, the buildup was done exquisitely well. ( i think i love the prechoruses of several songs a bit too much ) anyway, taehyung definitely nailed this, even jungkook too. god i love the beat, with the introduction of claps inside, it gets you pumped for the chorus, like yes the buildup is here and all you could do is bob your head. ( damn right i am getting down to this ). but wow taehyung really nailed at this part, and then those few seconds after his line before it transitions to jungkook, specifically from 1:17 to 1:18, those kinda small growls and sounds of aggression, way to make the message more clear. ( oooh love this ) and again, you could hear it after jungkook sang his line at 1:23 to 1:24. 

okay so tbh, i was not sure as to who was singing after jungkook, maybe because of the pitch that i couldn't recognise jimin, in this song actually, his voice is not as dominant ( specifically his and seokjin’s voice ) it is not as dominant. in a way this part after jungkook’s, the pitch sounded higher so for a moment i thought it was jungkook’s but raised higher but now that i kept hearing it, ah it is actually jimin but i like to think there is some underlying vocals just to make the sound fuller, somehow i still cannot factly pinpoint whose vocals are underlying jimin’s part but for sure there is taehyung inside specifically at the last words of the sentence to give the impact ( Reference ) from 18:18 to 18:23, i would like to think that seokjin is underlying jimin’s vocals and when its seokjin’s part, jimin is underlying his vocals too. so after jimin’s part, the tone of the voice changes and the timbre too, but again, at first listen, i wasnt sure who was the one singing it tbh. i assumed it was seokjin as from the performances but as you know, sometimes the line distribution is different in the song than in the live performance.

take spring day for example. notice how throughout the song, there is no specific line of hoseok singing or rapping as he was the underlying vocals for the chorus? however in live performances, he has the opening lines of the song and the part after the 1st chorus before it transitions to yoongi’s part. so again like in this song, i was thinking this may or may not be true, so feel free to ponder over this. 

but anyway, i love how the silence is used at 1:34 with the lines ‘how you dare’ being sung 3x before there is the use of synth ( kinda squeezing it, or plummeting down feel ) before the chorus actually comes into full swing. but this time, the chorus is being supported with even stronger beats and the beat used at the opening. so i like how they have clear distinctions between the beats used for the verses and the chorus, so as to keep the attention going and to keep the listeners engaged at all times. 

now at 1:36 when the chorus comes in full swing, notice how jungkook’s voice is raised higher to match with the rise in beats, a clear spacing before his other lines. and then at 1:41 when mic drop is being said/sung, its so spaced out that it keeps the listeners to pay close attention to it before yoongi comes in and spitting fire ( its so tight - i personally love this line as it just hypes the song even more ) afterwards before jungkook comes in again at 1:47. ( tbh im not too sure who is the one singing here, because for a moment it sounds like jungkook but with some underlying hints of jimin’s vocals - again its possible that jungkook is the one singing but in live performances, they switched up the parts etc ) its with the same tactic of raising his voice to match with the raise in beat ( you could hear the ‘turn up’ and then the same ‘mic drop’ being repeated by hoseok though its less aggressive, probably to give way to namjoon’s verse at 1:58. also the pre chorus and chorus has those extra ad-libs of them screaming words, kinda to hype the chorus and song which of course would be heard again during namjoon’s part after the 1st chorus.  

they did the same thing of having those percussions as a nice intro to get the listeners to pay close attention again because here comes namjoon spitting fire again !!!!! his rap style this time round is more laid-back but he emphasises on certain words again to bring in the punch - you can hear the aggression and growl of those words. i am amazed. and when he says ‘turn up’ notice how the beat kinda stretched at 2:09, oh this part is so good, its what gives the song space and at the same time for namjoon to catch his breath if needed and the nice ad-lib of ‘oh’ at 2:13 to give the same effect again. and throughout namjoon’s verse, you could hear the same rhythm again that was used in the verses and when namjoon ends his verse at 2:20, with ‘mic drop bam’, prior to that, you can hear those ‘muffled gun shots’ before it leads on to connect with the prechorus again at 2:21 with the same pre chorus but honestly i think the vocals are basically jungkook and taehyung covering for each other to make the sound fuller. same goes with the jimin’s part and seokjin’s part afterwards before it leads on to the chorus ( i still cant really identify if its them fully but rest assured their vocals are there !! though i cant really tell if its the dominant one ) and the chorus comes in at 2:43 with at 2:42 its those muffled gun shots again. this time round, the chorus is mixed with jungkook and taehyung’s vocals with yoongi again and then the next part of the chorus being dominated more by jungkook’s vocals and then to finish off with hoseok again - a standard chorus. 

again those muffled shots at 3:06 before the bridge comes with namjoon’s narration from 3:07 to 3:17 with the bass being amplified, to back up namjoon’s narration - his speech towards the haters. then the bridge comes in with seokjin’s vocals and the percussion is being used now in harmony with the strong beats. i like the transition in this part - all of the vocal line having some lines to sing. - from seokjin to taehyung to seokjin to jungkook to jungkook to jimin to seokjin to jungkook ( the vocals are amplified more on those words that they want to emphasise on ). but surprisingly at this back, there is someone underlying the whole bridge - i have a feeling it might be hoseok or the rap line in general, instead of screaming the words or rapping the lyrics, they are just merely speaking them - just to make the sound more fuller. ( Reference ) 

here its not a repetition of the chorus after the bridge but more of a coda at 3:40 all the way to the end. you could hear that deep bass that is toned down during namjoon’s part all the way underlying this coda till it ends with that one long sound ( like sound waves of the reverberation of the sounds ) 

lyrics: to be honest, this whole song is actually pretty nuanced, amazing lyrics as usual. this is the reason why i say some songs even when translated into english cant get the messages across.

Yeah 누가 내 수저 더럽대 I don’t care 마이크 잡음 금수저 여럿 패

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Yeah, who says my spoon is dirty? I don’t care, when I grab the mic, I have several gold spoons

see here, hoseok’s lyrics already begun with some nuance using the word ‘spoon’ which actually is commonly used in korea to explain about the income status/financial status etc. of course the gold spoon being the one to represent the richest one. 

망할 거 같았겠지만 I’m fine, sorry 미안해 Billboard 미안해 worldwide

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You thought I was gonna fail but I’m fine, sorry Sorry, Billboard Sorry, worldwide

now yoongi’s lyrics, notice how he already acknowledges bts’ fame and popularity saying that he's sorry to billboard and worldwide. not to mention the line before that, with many doubting bts’ success especially in the early years of their debut, anyone who knows the kpop industry would know how hard it is to stand out and how hard it is to fight among the rest who are under more established companies etc. this idea of them possibly failing could be seen in their hidden track in which they mention how much they doubted themselves etc ( i will talk more about it in the analysis for the hidden track )

우리 콘서트 절대 없어 포도

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No cons in our concerts

포도 = grape. in here yoongi is trying to say that for their concerts, theres no grapes. the grapes that he is referring to are those purple square blocks that you'll see when you try to buy their tickets online. and hence, he's saying that their concerts are always sold out. a pretty good tie in to hose’s previous lyrics in his verse. ( 섭외 1순위 매진 = 1st on the recruitment list, sold out )

Did you see my bag Did you see my bag 트로피들로 백이 가득해

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Did you see my bag Did you see my bag My bag’s filled with trophies

now the pre chorus, this just shows the many achievements that bts has achieved on their own with their music and support of their fans that their bags are too full. this idea is reiterated in the chorus again. ( 내 손에 트로피 아 너무 많아 너무 heavy 내 두 손이 모잘라 = So many trophies in my hands Too heavy, my hands aren’t enough ) 

Lodi dodi 아 너무 바빠 너무 busy 내 온몸이 모잘라

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Lodi dodi, I’m so busy Too busy, my one body isn’t enough

now look at the chorus - saying how they're so busy, that they actually need more than one body to manage all their schedules. not to mention how as of now, bts is fully booked till 2019 - its going to be a busy period of 2 years.

이번엔 어느 나라 가 비행기 몇 시간을 타

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Which country are we going to this time? Spending hours on a plane

namjoon’s lyrics now, he specifies clearly bts’ success that they're going all around the world not just for tours this time round but even more to america for the music awards of billboard and recently, the AMAs.

지금 죽어도 난 개행복 = Even if I die now, I’m damn happy

this sentence shows how namjoon is already content with bts success as of now - clearly exceeding all expectations. 

혹 배가 아프다면 고소해 Sue it

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If you’re jealous, sue me Sue it ( yoongi’s rap )

How you think bout that How you think bout that Hater들은 벌써 학을 떼

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How you think bout that How you think bout that Haters are already giving up ( pre chorus )

너는 황급히 황급히 도망 숑숑 How you dare How you dare How you dare

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You’re rushing to run away How you dare How you dare How you dare ( pre chorus )

발 발 조심 너네 말 말 조심

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Careful of your feet Careful of what you say ( chorus )

니 현실을 봐라 쌔 쌤통

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Look at your reality, too bad ( namjoon’s verse )

Haters gon’ hate Players gon’ play Live a life man Good luck ( namjoon’s narration )

더 볼 일 없어 마지막 인사야 할 말도 없어 사과도 하지 마

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No need to see each other ever again, this is my last goodbye Nothing more left to say, don’t even apologize ( bridge )

잘 봐 넌 그 꼴 나지 = Look closely, look at your pathetic self 

너의 각막 깜짝 놀라지 = Your corneas will be so shocked ( coda )

you can tell how theres the constant concept of ‘haters’ inside the song, their message to their haters and how they dont really care already. namjoon mentioned this before once in the comeback show if im not wrong. i love how they put their haters in check lmao.

Credits: Lyrics Translations  © 

choreography: tbh, you could tell that their choreograhy is influenced by old school hip hop. like from the very beginning with their intro and especially in the chorus in which they used the ‘kick’ move - commonly used in the 90s idol  groups.

their dance moves in mic drop aside from the dabbing ( of course ) are more consistent with bigger moves and more on popping as you could see. 

anyway, hoseok has really nailed this old school hip hop concept, from his facial expressions to his dance moves. but of course, its the Jung Team Leader.

look at this part with the maknae line just getting it with hoseok in the centre. ( im weak ) but i love how they express steaks with their hands ( how hoseok mentioned he’ll chew them up etc )

and this part, ‘clap clap, 매진’ ( 매진 = sold out, hoseok is referring to concerts beig sold out ) this subtle move is so line with the lyrics. 

now pre chorus, well, this move is amazing its like there sweeping the floor but not really, and that formation. its so smooth - how i mentioned bigger moves this time round.

followed by jimin’s part. those quick moves.

now namjoon’s part, well, the formation is one thing ( just 5 members as taekook would be preparing for their part which is the pre chorus )

and that slight small dab at the end though.

look at seokjin stealing the light right here and subconsciously, the rest of the members come into formation for the chorus. 

now this part is the coda but damn look at how hard hoseok is going at it. im shook, his facial expressions are on point - retaining the aggression that he has - look at how fluid his movements are. 

that subtle hand movement with so much aggression oh my 

and of course, the performance that end with mic drop literally. of course, yoongi is doing great at having this part. ( just like fire ) in which he ended the song.

side note: namjoon did mention that they bought a few of those $30 microphones to use when yoongi drops them lmao 

last thoughts: well, if you cant tell, i really love this song a lot, and hearing that they'll have a mic drop remix by steve aoki ( here ) and another one with Desiigner thats on spotify. im really hyped to analyse them soon.

im glad they had this song inside the album, its a well-balanced album that kinda reminiscence to their older albums that were more hiphop-centred - kinda paying homage to them. overall, well produced - musically and lyrically.

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