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Digimon Adventure 02: THE BEGINNING countdown! Day 4: Ken and Wormmon
02beginning x Digimon Survive
More for @digimon02countdown uwu I still have no idea how to draw Wormmon OTL but I tried ;w;
Also, at this point I think that I might not have nailed the Survive coloring style but I already came this far drawing everyone with the same process so, bear with me :3
The next episode of Digimon Adventure 02, "THE BEGINNING" hits japanese cinemas this October 27th 2023. The gate for a new adventure opens now!
Static version below ;3
I think I made Ken-chan more ikemen, what do you think? Also, still funny how he has the "ahoge" XDD
#digimon02countdown#digimon#digimon adventure 02 the beginning#digimon adventure 02#ichijouji ken#wormmon#ken ichijouji#just so you know I have this on queue since oct 13#imagine the previous ones#YES for once I did make time to finish stuff for all 7 days#although as I'm putting this on queue... I have yet to finish 2 days#will I make it on time?#who knows OTL#wish me luck I guess but again#I already made this 10 days ago (but I'm typing as if I'm posting it now huhehe)#02beginning
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One Piece Live action season 1 + hints or similarities to future One Piece moments (specifically after East Blue saga) - part 1: episodes 1-3
This wasn't meant to be a comparison between the live action and the animanga, but more so seeing these added/modified scenes that differ from the manga, yet with some of the acting/writing includes clues and hints to different and future canon material, or even characterization that necessary doesn't fit East Blue yet, but fits well enough into later arcs.
Luffy not knowing his world directions both in Opla (ep 1) /// Skypiea arc, in anime ep 168. But it could be for honestly any other arc (Funny thing is, in Opla he rang the bell that unfortunately alerted Alvida's crew, and only when I was rewatching that scene it made me connect it with the great Luffy moment at the end of Skypiea.)
The matches that Zoro has on the Island of Sixis in Opla ep 1, possibly manufactured on Baldimore (?), with a name Beast of Baldimore. /// After Sabaody Archipelago Franky was sent to Baldimore by Kuma, finding Vegapunk's homeland and laboratory, and also developing more of his science projects, as well as causing funny incidents, such as the Burning Beast. (It has probably nothing to do with the matches, except for the 'tiger on fire' motif and the name of Baldimore, but the details of Opla are just so fun!)
Zoro's first meeting with Luffy in Opla episode 1 is really different but fun nonetheless, especially with wording of the line that he doesn't want to 'play pirates' with Luffy. It's such a great setup line for his development to truly be one of the very first to understand how much Luffy means everything he's doing /// Zoro in ep. 323 Post Enies Lobby arc, making sure both his crew and the audience know how seriously he takes being part of Luffy's crew and what it means for future arcs.
Opla ep 2, Luffy mentioning Shanks' way of thinking about fighting (or not fighting someone who's not worth it) /// ep. 146 Jaya arc, Luffy saying to Zoro not to fight Bellamy's crew, which was direct influence from Shanks not fighting the Mountain bandits in the first chapters of the manga. It's interesting that for both of these scenes both Zoro and Nami are there to hear this.
This is just a fun bit, but seeing Nami excited about having a bath was cute. Opla ep 3 /// anime ep. 326, just after they get Sunny and everyone was finding out what space there is for them.
Garp and Koby playing the game of Go, Opla ep 3 /// CP0 agents playing Go while discussing the outcome of Strawhats & Oden's crew's raid on Onigashima against Kaido. It seems like a game that maybe Marines play more/enjoy (?) & above, up to CP ranks.
Usopp 'retelling' a story about eating a dragon, Opla ep 3 /// Punk Hazard ep 580, Zoro killing the dragon and planning with Luffy what's the best way to cook and eat it. Lol. In next chapters Luffy was carrying a big chunk of it, seemingly ate a bit part of the dragon already.
This one is self explanatory. Zoro is so gone for Luffy in Opla it's insane. Every time I remember that I get emo. ep 3. /// One of the first really fond smiles that Zoro keeps smiling at Luffy, a mixture of proud and understanding how Luffy works. ep 63, but it's just so much better in the manga, just look at it. Smitten™ (ch. 104)
#i had a great idea to rewatch opla now that im caught up with one piece and this is what i came up with OTL im so tired#so at least posting part 1 and later will work on the rest#one piece#one piece live action#opgraphics#oplaedit#monkey d. luffy#roronoa zoro#nami#usopp#franky#zolu#luzo#romance dawn trio#onepieceedit#gif:opla#mine#gif:one piece#gif:op anime#its actually really interesting to go back to what brought me to the manga. like nothing can really show the way its portrayed in the manga#but opla is doing a great job in making somethign new out of what we know and love#with different light on certain things. different angles and scenes pushed a bit around. but in the end i feel it makes perfect sense#for the story it's trying to tell on its own. for who these characters are too. *cough. youre my captain and im your first mate*
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Mike: I think I know you from somewhere very distant…
Amzet: Yeah, you know who I am? I do know who you are.
Mike: Bobby! Bobby!!! How are you, how are you Bobby? How long has it been?
Mike reunites with an old friend (in another universe)! :')
#Mikethelink#QSMP#Bobby#Amzet#Hormigeo#May 29 2024#Mike#love that he called him ''Bobby'' for a minute before remembering ''oh wait''#He complimented Bobby's jokes... :')#For those who don't know: Amzet was Bobby's admin!#Sorry this isn't a full transcript I'm listening to Mike speaking Spanish Portuguese and English right now and my brain is a bit scrambled#feel free to add a transcript / translation though!#I don't think I'll have a chance to get back to this until way later#(assuming I don't forget OTL)
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Can I have my kids back
#qsmp#qsmp fanart#qsmp eggs#qsmpfanart#current brainrot like i--#i was going to work on fitmc fanart and then the eggs are GONE FROM THEIR BEDS#WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN#i also didnt know if i shouldve included richas' prosthetic in the shadow so he remains one legged OTL#this is gonna make no sense to any of my friends who dont follow qsmp but the brainrot must out#q!leonarda#q!pomme#q!dapper#q!ramon#q!richarlyson#q!chayanne#q!tallulah
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Your latest Quadruple Life update really made me have to stop and and ponder how effortlessly impressive your style. The way you merge the art with actual minecraft screenshots is so unique and it flows so well. I especially love the way you add lighting and depth into it. I'd love to hear your typical process if you're willing to share
hey there! i'm sorry i'm answering this so late, but here's how i draw QL
(dedicated also to everyone who's ever sent me compliments on my style. i see them, and i keep them in my inbox to chew on with my brain)
the first step is getting a background screenshot, then sketching a pose over it at half opacity. Once that is done, i lower the opacity all the way down to 0 and the sketch to about 20% and start filling in the colours on a layer underneath
i usually trace then fill the biggest colour "blobs", then draw the rest of the details over them. Since it's all pixelated, it's quite easy to select a part and then add smaller details within its borders. "Protect Alpha" also helps
once the overall picture is done, i add Chromatic Aberration (from 0 to 4 on either axis depending on how close to the screen the character is) and filters for environmental effects if necessary
then i add the background back in, maybe throw down a shadow, crop it, and it's done!
might not be the most efficient way to go about it, but it works for me!
#ask answered#to archive later#again sorry to everyone who sends me nice messages#i can't stop worrying that if i answer all of them publically it'll look like i'm too full of myself#i know it's stupid and unfair tho so i'll try to get over it#i also just generally suck at communicating oTL
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Gojou Satoru taking a photo with his kouhai he so totally do not have a crush on, he swears! Print | Ko-fi
#jujutsu kaisen#nanago#gojou satoru#nanami kento#gojo satoru#gonana#my art#two spellings for gojou because most don't spell with a 'u' sdfsadf#but i am stubborn and add the 'u' just because it looks so nice as well XD#ANYWAY this was super fun to do because aside from them being my ship#gojou is just sooo crushing on nanami ever since and he's SO OBVIOUS about it that it's very embarrassing lmao#and he would ABSOLUTELY buy all the nanami merch#you can tell it's gojou who did all the stickers if all the kissy marks wasn't that obvious XD#how nanami tolerates him is beyond me which BASICALLY MEANS he also crushes on gojou because DUH#it was mutual and everyone and my mom knows it sdfasdfsdf#and i know gojou would do something so silly like this sdfasdf nanami hair moustache has gojou written all over it XD#i just love them sire ugh OTL
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Erenwol week Day 2
We woke early in the morning, just as the sun cracked the horizon. Both of us with a promise to keep. With the entire star to see and explore together we departed Tural, eager with anticipation for the journey that lay ahead of us.
Thanks again to @zeloinator for the prompt list! ~♥
#erenwolweek2024#Final Fantasy XIV#FFXIV#wolship#WoL x Erenville#Erenvahl#Did they actually explicitly *tell* anyone they were leaving?#???#Who knows? (I know)#please notice the pinky hold in the last shot#That took way longer than I care to admit and then it practically gets lost in everything OTL#Also Zee I'm not sure if you want us to tag you in every single one or not#so just like... let me know if it gets annoying and I'll stop. ^^'
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Bottom Dragon Dan Heng
Bet you didn't expect THIS, huh?
I feel like there's barely been HSR smut recently, so I did it myself. >:D))
CW: DP (technically in two holes- you'll see-), top reader, bottom character, non-human anatomy (for my dear Dan Heng), knots (Dan Heng's), fucking a hole you probably didn't expect me to say you're fucking, belly bulge and a tiiiiiny bit of cumflation~ <333 (like it's only a little bit of a bulge left over), mention of crying, hair/horn pulling, usage of the word "slut" exactly once, only a tiny mention of dirty talk (I'm now realizing I don't really do dialogue in these...)
GN reader.
Cock is interchangabe with strap and I mentioned that... And I say cum for the reader, but also mention that it can be fake cum for a strap.
You know I REALLY tried holding off so I could finish making myself write down all my Aeon stuff, but dragon Dan Heng is still very much so stuck in my mind.
So whoopsie here's yet another ramble session from Roro about nefarious things I think about this scaly bitch (affectionate).
So uh- This is written as x reader(s) because ye, but when I was having whore-knee thoughts it was more like I thought it up in a daydream of me somehow scoring Dan Heng, Blade, and Jing Yuan and watching those three have at it. hA-
A n y w a y s -
One of the only times I write top reader(s), lmfao. Since I prefer bottom reader content, but top reader is also smeggsy sometimes.
NSFW:
Okay so for this, you're gonna have to be two people sometimes, I guess foijeo- Maybe you and your bestie like sharing or something.
But like.... bottom dragon Dan Heng who gets fucked in the ass and has a cock/strap in his internal cock sheath thing. I mean- It is a slit... That just so happens to have two cocks in it... Just slide on in and make it three. This could also be only you fucking him this way while shoving a dildo/plug in his ass. But something about the idea of watching him get stretched out on two cocks that had been fucking him is hot.
Watch the way his belly bulges out from your thick cock and listen to how he sobs from the stretch he feels in both of his holes. Dan Heng would likely never admit it, but he loves it when you fuck his sheath- When you put yourself in the hole he had never considered before. It's already slick on the inside naturally to keep his cocks from chafing. And it's so tight from there being two cocks in there.
He was hesitant when you first brought it up, not having thought about it before and worrying that it would hurt or just not work out- After all, this was not a hole that was supposed to be fucked. But he was ultimately curious, as it is in his nature. At least I think. After all, he does manage the archives and seems to know a lot about various subjects.
But once he tries it? Fuck there's no going back from there. He was used to you shoving your tongue in there or even gliding fingers through the slick of his internal sheath and feeling around his cocks while they were inside... But this was a whole different ball game. His tail would be thumping against the bed while you gently finger the slit of his sheath's opening. One, two... then three and even four fingers. Just in case. You don't wanna hurt your pretty boy, after all. :((
Then you slick up the shaft of your dick/strap and ever-so-gently press the head inside along his two cocks that had popped out while you were fingering him. There's a gasp as he feels it stretch him out inside and he's panting while trying to get used to the new feeling.
But once he's adjusted and you've picked up the pace? He's letting out the prettiest choked out moans while you fold his legs up to his chest and fuck him hard, your hips slapping against his ass with every forward stroke. And he's likely whimper if you lean forward to mouth at those cute nipples of his. They look so lonely and nibble-able, you know? :((
(I am of the belief that EVERYONE deserves to have their nipples sucked. <333)
The way his tail twitches and spasms and even thrashes around from not being able to control it while he's getting fucked like a good, perfect slut- And then the way it wraps around your waist like he's trying to ground himself- Or maybe he's pulling you closer? Trying to get you deeper? God- Please tug on his tail, too. I'm not sure how well fucking his sheath from behind would work because of possible positioning of said sheath, but if you do? Please yank this man's tail to pull him back into your thrusts while you pin him down with a hand on the back of his head to shove him into the pillows. Better yet- Grip his hair, too, while you're at it. Or his horns/one of his horns. Use his horns to pull him into your hips as you make heavy thrusts into him.
And oh lord- When he cums? His knots and cocks swell which makes everything tighter and he's crying and writhing beneath you while calling out your name and pushing at your stomach because it's just too much- There's cum all over your belly and his and he looks so fucked out and his legs are shaking and his hips are jumping in little aborted thrusts to grind your cock inside him just a little more while he rides out his orgasm.
For my cock havers and my strap users (specifically those straps that you can use a pump with to pump stuff into your partner-):
I hope you can see my vision when I say he looks so pretty with cum squirting out of not only his dicks, but out of his shealth. The way his belly has a little bulge left over from how much you fucked into him- The way it squelches out from his slit, between his flagging cocks as they retreat into his internal pouch and more cum gushes out- And how he whimpers and whines and tears leak from his pretty eyes and he squirms while you push on his belly to force the cum out of his stuffed sheath.
It's just so pretty. :((
He's just so pretty. :((
Once again: I prefer top character and bottom reader stuff, but... Sometimes.... Ahaha- (If I were in that JingRenHeng poly relationship that I mentioned I was thinking of when I imagined this up, I'd love to watch those two do this to him... [screams])
I might have missed something/a few things because my mind was going wayyyyy faster than I can type (though I can type pretty fast...). So if I did and I remember later, I will put in an edit and post something to let people know it was added to.
I shall now go fucking die myself because who knew I'd be writing this and putting it where people can see it ahahahahfiosejg-
OH OH OH P.S. PLEASE TALK DIRTY TO HIM AND NIBBLE THOSE CUTE EARS OF HIS HE'LL GET SO RED THIS IS CANON TO ME.
#jfc the cw is a whole % of the actual post-#my apologies big dawg#Roro writes#dragon dan heng#dan heng x reader#dan heng smut#bottom dan heng#bottom character#top reader#awoop bottom boy jumpscare#yeah we all know i write more top character content#and will continue to do so unless asked#gn reader#pretty sure OTL#hsr x reader#honkai star rail x reader#rabling again like some old lady who cannot get her thoughts together#hsr smut#honkai star rail smut
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God i love Hireath so far. Like you don't understand how refreshing it is to find such a well written fabrication where Sun and Moon act like their in-game self. Also I live your asshole Sun like WOW he's amazingly written- the passive aggressive and straight up aggressive uncalled for behavior has me wild. Not even to mention Moon- he's my favorite character thus far. He's just a little prankster guy. He's just so him. Rrr I love your writing style and Y/N like yay! We have a backbone! Very good. Anyways, I will be eagerly awaiting the next chapter! Love your work!
WAIT HOLD UP. WAIT. YOUR HONOR. I'M SO FLATTERED OH MY GOD. THANK YOU!!!!!
#AHHH I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE ENJOYING HIRAETH I'M OTL#I'M DOING MY BEST YOUR HONOR BUT THE DEMONS..... THEY GOT HANDS.........#I'll admit Y/N being a pushover or completely oblivious IS a pet peeve of mine#Like I get that narratively speaking it's way easier to portray someone as 'neutral' or 'reader insert' when they're not noticing things or#they're not causing shifts in the story#but I just. I don't like it. We all understand that 'Y/N' is an oc anyway. we all know it's just the author projecting.#so my y/n is a little shit who bites back#and Sun being aggressively mean is both a 'I wanna be closer to canon' AND a 'lol wouldn't it be funny'#anyway sorry I WILL ramble on about this for hours actually#//asks#crustysoapbubbles#ty for the compliments!!!!! I'm really really flattered thank you#technically#hiraeth spoilers#?#only for the tags though#hiraeth
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Capitan Marvel casually mentioning his previous encounters with the fae when he says something about how they like to kidnap homeless children. And he says it with a liiiitle too much familiarity to not have had some experience with it. And now the justice league’s new hot theory about Capitan Marvel is that he was a homeless child kidnapped by the fae centuries ago who just recently returned to Earth and that’s why he acts So Goddamn Weird all the time
#mads posts#billy batson#Capitan marvel#Shazam#dc#billy: oh well you know they fae. gotta watch out for them they do like snatching unsupervised kids#other league member: what do you mean the fae are real#otl: **what do you mean you have to watch out for them**#billy thinking he just gave himself away as a kid: uh nothing gotta go#otl thinking he’s a kid who got kidnapped by the fae before: WHAT DO YOU MEA-
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OHHHH MYYY GOOODNESS AHHHHHHH
The mtmte "Shadow play" story is SO GOOD AHHH now I see what happened to Shockwave (;;__;;) 💔 I'll rant about it more once I finish this volume but UGH
Funnily enough for my little tf au, before reading any comics, besides IDW2, I had 3 characters that I wanted to run a somewhat shifty clinic, since Knockout always gave me cosmetic surgeon vibes 😂 It'd be ran by three bots, these being; Knockout, Spoiler and Primer (two ocs). They would do superficial body modifications while also patching up Decepticons thanks to Spoilers being in debt to some of them bc of his obsession with mods. Then after reading the first collection, I changed the clinic to being a front for Spoilers own research on banned procedures that happened during one of the wars and where he would modify other Decepticons with weapons. BUT BOY AFTER READING THIS ONE-!! SUPER SHIFTY SPOOKY CLINICS!! My sillies are just having fun lol and aren't nearly as bad as the Institution 👍
#aibi thoughts#transformers chats#yes I've been winging my understanding of what happened to shockwave this whole time lol#gosh if i didn't know who he was that would have been a big OMG moment OTL
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omg seeing my friend's amazing Splatoon cosplay, reminds me that I forgot to share a few pics of our Frye and Shiver from Anime North!
It was super fun and everyone was so nice, I hope to come back next year :3 There were so many french poeple i felt like i was at home ngl ahaha
Hope we can also get a real photoshoot someday OTL
My friend @/ mumu_taingerine on IG made the costumes and the base for the wigs in EVA foam
I painted the wigs and made the masks and (most) accessories
#splatoon cosplay#cosplay#anime north#splatoon#frye#shiver#splatoon 3#sorry for anyone who took a pic and saw a bit of my underwear D:#my phone was too heavy for my pocket so i had no idea my pants were slipping this much and they're already so loose OTL#I only realized after poeple shared a few pics#it's not that bad but u know#it's not on model XD jk jk#oh well#it happens
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#i understood that reference
(part 2)
#dragon age#daedit#dragonageedit#dragon age absolution#dragon age absolution spoilers#some name dropping from the games that i was always pointing at the screen like: I KNOW THAT PLACE/NAME#expect amelia pavus!! who is she??? i need to know#how is she related to dorian? great grandmother or something? so interesting i want to know OTL#miriam dragon age#hira dragon age#roland#lacklon#qwydion#daa spoilers#mine#gif:da#da absolution#ALSO i was thinking why is hira's contact in the hanged man if it would be pressumably [redacted]?#maybe its someone else and shes still playing all sides.. i want s2 now OTL#i wanted to gif some of the mages spells but i never rlly played a mage ups haha so idk the names and stuff..#leliana#cassandra pentaghast#josephine montilyet#-> when she appeared for the 2 seconds!!!! i was so happy to see josie ♥♥
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Sukuna and gojo are such jujutsu freaks they probably fuck with limitless on and countered by domain amplification or some shit, the sex they have would re-kill everyone in shibuya and it's just a wednesday for them (is seething with jealousy)
YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! absolutely YES to countering limitless with amplification. i imagine sukuna studies and explores and tries to come up with different ways to counter it, and there's nothing quite like having satoru below him, face lit up into a teasing grin while he remains untouched under sukuna's attempts, which is then twisted into a gasp and pained flinch when sukuna finally pierces limitless and his hands tear and bury themselves into his skin. in the same way, satoru tries to strenghten himself and finds ways to counter each of sukuna's new techniques (with increasing delight as sukuna overcomes those too)
but yeagh... their fucking is so interlaced with jujutsu and their desire to use their abilities to their fullest potentials and innovating even beyond that. which makes it so destructive (for everyone else. not for them lmao) and it's truly Something. (reminder to never ever ever be in the vicinity of them if they're having sex)
#f.ask#like. they 100% used their cursed energy and techniques to make things more intense#but it's all just so. playful. so fun.#it's so enriching for them#having someone who they can do that with u know. and knowing that they'll always be bested. never bored and alone.#gah my loves OTL#jjk#sukugo#'is seething with jealousy' mood anon
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what’s Bright Storm like? Since she didn’t get fridged like every woman in the original dotc series
She was always curious and dependable. Bright Storm's the kind of gal who would give you the shirt off her back if she wore a shirt to give you!
Long before they set off on the Sun Trail, she would occasionally confide in Clear Sky how much she wanted to see the world. Travelers aren't unheard of; this was before the Tribe split into its 3 separate Wards and welcomed a lot of comers and goers, but it's not that no one had ever left before. It was more that she had friends and family she was committed to.
Clear Sky pressured her into it, reminding her of how much they'd see, how they'd raise their kits somewhere new, and that he'd be sad and alone forever if she didn't come. Every chance he got, he was bringing it up. He was always her weakness, she hated letting him down.
Her dependability was based on how good of a listener she was, even Gray Wing the Wise appreciated it. She was always keeping an eye out for people's wants and needs, making connections between little 'tips' she'd heard from one source or another. After Gray Wing's death, she found herself in demand for this ability.
She couldn't make a plan quite AS good as xem, but she was better at making a plan into a 'group project.' She'd brainstorm and encourage everyone to join in, putting their brains together until it all fell into place. She could be good at delegating authority based on it, too, though Tall Shadow had much more confidence than her.
And really it's her confidence that holds her back, and can you blame her?
She tried to keep Jagged Peak alive for a moon, but barely caught enough for herself, let alone him AND her unborn kittens. But how could she go back to the camp and just pretend he wasn't out here, dying?
When she goes shuffling back with her son in tow, it was humiliating, it was heartbreaking. It became soulcrushing when Clear Sky rejected her again. With just a few words, she doubted everything.
...was she capable of knowing if she was interpreting this sign correctly? ...had she done the right thing, or did she just make everything complicated? ...he's right, it must be her fault the other two died, if she hadn't--
Tall Shadow interrupted this thought spiral, but Clear Sky is like an infection in her mind. She'd tell you, in a moment of shame many years later,
"I wasn't strong enough to beat him. No no honey, I mean it like the truth. Clea-- Skystar now, he's powerful if nothing else, and he makes you believe it too. It's a special sort of person who can say no to that. I said a lot of his words before I even realized I still had his tongue in my mouth."
Bright doesn't realize how smart she is, because she's so smart she realizes how little she knows. And that can make her doubt herself. She's genuine and caring, but susceptible to more self-assured people making her doubt her own judgement.
But there's no one else Thunder Storm would rather have in his corner, that's for sure.
#BB!Bright Storm#Better bones au#BB!DOTC#She's a mix of Storm and Bright Stream#But more Bright Stream than Storm#Storm is... unfortunately a very typical WC fridgewife. A bit sassy and curious#Though I do like her slow realization that she's in a bad relationship#which of course they throw out the window by making her apologize to her shitty ex LITERALLY while she's in her deathbricks.#''ough tell him im sorry for leaving after he got my friend killed in a pointless border dispute'' shut the fuck up erins.#She Would Not Say That#But Bright Stream... she was actually super interesting and no one talks about her OTL#Girl who gets pressured into leaving her family behind when she doesn't want to!!#Friends with Gray and doesn't really know about his crush!!!#Was FRUSTRATED with Clear and how he wouldn't LET her make her own choice!!!!!!#BRIGHT YOU WERE DONE DIRTY IM SO SORRY#I TAKE A HAMMER AND I FEEX THE CANON#So yeah she's a bit more Bright Stream than Storm but still very much a composite#She's taking all of Storm's roles anyway
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Excerpt from 2024 人物 interview, found here:
For example, [while redoing the album] Qian Lei "forced" him to write a song. Qian Lei thought, this new album was extremely significant to him, so there should be a song Zhou Shen wrote himself. What's more, others have criticized him for not being able to compose. But Qian Lei knows he can---and quite well too. "It's not possible someone with strong emotions and a sensitive heart to not be able to write a good melody, it's completely not possible." Usually, Zhou Shen will hum out a melody and record it with his phone---sound engineer Xu Wei has listened to them and thought the melody lines were really good, and could absolutely be straightened out into an original song. But Zhou Shen always felt it wasn't good enough, and even said, to compose beside such a skilled composer like Lei-ge, it would be like an elementary schooler insisting on reciting their composition in front of a doctorate holder---so imprudent. His friends all know his personality---for a "master in self-deprication," being unduly humble was a daily occurrence. His old friend of ten years, lyricist 沃特艾文儿 said: "Not just composing---when I first met him, he even thought his singing was bad. It was so upsetting to me. I'm very relieved that he at least recognizes his singing ability now." Qian Lei has also listened to Zhou Shen's compositions before, and told him, isn't this pretty good? Zhou Shen said, don't mess with me. Qian Lei said, I'm serious, I'm not joking, it's quite good. Zhou Shen said, bye bye. Qian Lei said, bye bye yourself. Thus, when working on the new album, he would use every means possible to force him to write a song. One moment he would "hold a hammer behind him and get him to hurry up and write," the next moment he would set his mind at ease, saying "you don't have to overthink it, gradually the more you write the easier it will be. I'm here, so don't worry." This song was written at Qian Lei's home---once the first step of writing was taken, the rest went smoothly. Musically, Zhou Shen already had things in mind, and a few hours later, the main melody was basically set. Zhou Shen also participated a lot in writing the lyrics. He really liked the line "I can catch the flowers floating in the wind; I don't care whether I fall into the galaxy or into the mud." But "no matter how I sang it, it felt a little off, like it was missing something." He hummed it and hummed it, and out of nowhere added a soft, low, even a little "rude", "嘿,少管我," and "suddenly it came to life." Before, Zhou Shen had always wanted to write a song called "少管我." In his earlier years, he had randomly used these words in replies to fans, and in an interview where he talked about how his fans were never satisfied no matter what he changed his profile picture to, he ended up jokingly shouting "少管我, " and it then went viral. After that, Zhou Shen thought, as a singer, if one day I could turn "少管我" into a song, how interesting would that be. These past few years, he found a lot of people to compose its melody, but he always felt the melodies weren't quite what he wanted. The album that was cancelled also had a song in it named "少管我," but he still felt it wasn't quite right. Until now, it came to him like a "gift" from above. The first impression many people get from these three words is more or less rigid, sharp, harsh, stubborn, and capricious. But to Zhou Shen, a rebellious attitude is easy but truly knowing yourself is a long journey. "It's not necessarily about rebelling against the whole world, but you have to clearly know what version of yourself you want to be, and only then can you become yourself."
The day of the interview at an art park in Tongzhou, Beijing, the sky darkened a little. Zhou Shen took out his cell phone and played the unmixed recording of "少管我." The melody was light, "like travelling, very free." He shook his head to beat, and listened to the song he had listened to countless times one more time. "When I was writing this song and its lyrics, I didn't have "少管我" in mind, but in the end it became the "少管我" that I wanted." Moments like these, sparks flying, you think, "that’s right"---that's the biggest joy in making an album.
#zhou shen#my translations#uuuhhh this was supposed to be a quick translation why is it so long asdfASDFASD#this post is how i learned that tumblr doesn't like it when u have too many paragraphs in a row indented OTL#but IT DOESNT TELL U IT JUST GIVES U AN ERROR MSG??? SO ANNOYING ASDFASD#speaking of annoying.... all the ppl who criticize zs for not writing his own songs#which is ridiculous for SOOOO many reasons#and like?? there's so many artists out there who are just releasing any and whatever garbage (sorry lol) they come up with#and like!!!!! thats absolutely not bad or wrong at all#but u just KNOW zhou shen could do SO MUCH BETTER#if only he was a little more confident in himself AAAAAAAAA#AND NOW WE HAVE SHAO GUAN WO WHICH IS SO CATCHY AND ADDICTIVE AND SO MEANINGFUL ;;#PLS RELEASE ALL THE ORIGINAL MELODIES YOUVE RECORDED SHENSHEN ;;#U MIGHT THINK ITS GARBAGE BUT ITS TREASURE TO US ;;;;;;;;#anyways there's a LOT (A LOT A LOT) in this interview that makes me feel like screaming crying throwing up#i might?? translate more excerpts?? idk i dont wanna step on resident 大师 presume's toes in case they were planning on having a go at it LOL#but anyways this is pretty unedited sorry LOL#i need to sleep now zzzzzz
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