#y'unno?

[colorisbyshe]

Monthly Music 08/24 Hehehe

Albums/Multi Song Section:

Taemin released a mini album. Honestly, listen to all of it, even the more ballad-y fare but honestly... Sexy In the Air is a track EVERYONE should give a shot. It's what it says on the tin--sexy. Highlights: Horizon, if you like Kavinsky but want a kpop, energy-infused twist, try this out! (ITS A REACH BUT!!). Crush has some MJ-esque delivery that is very enthralling. Deju Vu is for the people who want to feel songs vibrate in their bones and in their [redacted]

Tinashe released her follow-up to the (superior) BB/Angel! My faves are No Simulation, Thirsty, When I Get You Alone, + No Broke Boys. Chill, alt R&B. Ethereal, sensual. Tinashe and Taemin should collab or at least do choreo to each other's songs tbh. NBB is a modern reimagining of No Scrubs

Foster the People is baack. BIASED REVIEW because I'm a longterm fan. See You in the Afterlife (oddly cunty??), Feed Me (cuntier except some of the instrumental could've been produced on Gene Belcher's random sound keyboard), Paradise State of Mind (Tame Impala knock off, mayhaps), & Glitchzig (discordant, extraterrestrial).

Fromis_9, a kpop group, has had a mini release. Here's a mini review: Supersonic & Beat the Heat have a throwback appeal. Simple, joyful pop with a non-obtrusive vocal power behind it. Talent wins <3

JPEGMAFIA released a new album and it's... beyond explanation? Alt hip hop with an amazing infusion of rock, gospel, dance elements. Dark, funny, slick as hell. Highlights: i scream this in the mirror before i interact with anyone, sin miedo (my fave, I think), don't rely on other men, vulgar display of power, Exmilitary (great use of samples), JPEGULTRA! (denzel!!!!!!!!! HORNS!!!!!!!!1), either on or off the drugs (one of my faves, absolutely), & loop it and leave it. If you're like "that's a lot of songs," okay well the entire album is good. 9.9/10 album

Recent Releases:

"Feel The Way" Peggy Gou. Just a solid dance track.

Ibibio Sound Machine's Black Notes is groovy and vocally ascendant.

"Leave" Low Hanging Fruits is Krock that feels straight out like... mid 2000s alt-pop rock. Just lively and lovely.

My blog title was taken from a Chase & Status song, so of course I need to shout out their collab with Stormzy, "Backbone." Just goes hard, is grimy as hell, and goes WUB WUB.

Want something that goes harder? Petit Brabancon, Japanese metal supergroup, is back and "Gankou" is... growling and intense and also just kinda fun.

Not here for music that might be a bit scary? "Edge of Saturday Night" The Blessed Madonna, Kylie Minogue is some eurodance to take the edge off.

If you like that track, try "Urallineed" by Jazzi Bobbi for some vaguely dancy indie pop. Love her voice.

This could've gone on the album review but honestly... Monkey Majik's new album is kinda Maroon 5-y and doesn't deserve a full shout out but give HYLMN a listen if you want to hear a fun, misremembered rip off of Blur's Song 2. Also, I guess the song Imposter.

"Check" by Flo is like... the kpop tracks inspired by Tinashe but... not kpop. Does that make sense? American, Fifth Harmony-esque song that feels like a kpop GG ripping off American Tinashe. A perfect feedback loop. Delectable.

"Out of Touch" Four Year Strong. Throwback, pop punk sound with a modern flourish.

"Nissan Altima" Doechii. As a Nissan driver, I had to rec this lmao. Great song, great flow, GET YA TITS SUCKED

"Tokyo" Sable Hills. Screamo :3 The guitar fucks

Older tracks: Keep Away by Carly Rae Jepsen (song to sway to), Bloom by Macico (the Japanese sound Harry styles tried to rip off), Thanks for Your Time by Gotye (dour and sensual) and Miss Fatty by Million Stylez (music to shake your ass to)

Posting this early because I know more music (Chungha, Bree Runway) is coming and uhhhh this post is already too full

[thatconfusedanon]

*In the morning he was shook awake by Oakly who was saying words at him but he couldn't understand anybof them. He just stared right through Oakly, comprehending nothing. He glanced around to see a puddle of black on the floor of his room in the clinic. He squinted at it not fully comprehending anything.*

What...

I could ask you the same thing.

Oakly I don't-- somthin's not right...

*Oakly frowned, looking at the poor guy and pulled a rag out to wipe up his face which had been smeared with whatever substance was on the floor. Altair scrunched his brow trying to recall last night but only felt deeply upset all over again.*

...Oakly y'unno where Anwir is?

...Anwir?

Yeah... Have you seen him?

Not that know, sorry.

Oh.

* It was a good minute until Oakly picked him back up and put him in bed, setting a hand on his forehead. Warmth steadily rising but pulling away after a few moments. He got a thermometer and checked the temperature of Altair, 110° F (and rising). Oakly grimaced.*

...I need you to stay in here.

Not that I was planning on leaving this bed anyways..

[kelvintimeline]

thematically i don't think they're that connected but if i had money i'd commission fanart of morrigan dragon age with wei wuxian.... like yiling laozu wei wuxian... maybe na outfit swap

just think the vibes are there y'unno

[genderfluid-and-confuzled]

Does anyone have any advice for things I could say to my mom to defend neopronouns? Like she says that “If everyone used the same one they would all be accepted” which is such annoying bullshit but like, idk how to explain to her.

[overyet]

I love Harry for who he is, not for the Harry I can put on a pedestal.

He’s flawed, he’s more normal than we pretend he is, and he’s also just as talented as we know he is. He’s a human being. He isn’t an innovator at everything he does, sometimes he’s just Harry.

[barfok]

The sacred intonation greeting Fa-Nuit-Hen's apparition into the world was a squeaky breaking voice exclaiming: "You came!"

The demiprince materialized with all his humble splendor in the centre of a just-as-humble basement room. Not an armory as he was accustomed to, not a barracks or the hall of some rich noble, but a low-ceilinged circular chamber with dripping stone walls and the thick smell of mold in the air. Aside from a bit of sunlight filtering in from a grate above, the only light came from a sputtering fireplace, before which stood the earstwhile squeaky-voiced summoner, who stood naked before him, holding a spear and quite unashamed.

But Fa-Nuit-Hen was never one to be daunted by any circumstance of mortals. "I came!" he declared in return, throwing his arms wide. "How could I not, when you're the one who called? Come here, you!"

The conjurer's gaunt face split into a broad smile, and ze promptly flung hirself into Fa-Nuit-Hen's embrace.

When they had first met, Fa-Nuit-Hen had chosen his vessel to equal Vehk's in size, but now ze stood at least a head taller than his chosen form and hir strangely-shaped had to contort to embrace him fully. Ze would never be a large mer-- too much malnutrition in childhood-- but that suited hir presence fine, if the way ze seemed to shrink into the Demiprince's arms was anything to go by. "You came," ze mumbled into his shoulder, even as he patted hir on the back. "You're here, you're really--"

"Of course I came," Fa-Nuit-Hen cooed, before using the embrace to attempt to suplex the young mer.

In the single gesture Vehk was topped over his shoulder-- but then hir arm went around Fa-Nuit-Hen's neck, and both legs hooked around his hips. He was on the ground before he'd quite knew what had happened, with Vehk embracing him tightly from behind like some sort of beetle, and not a moment later ze flipped the both of them, and Fa-Nuit-Hen was on his belly with the orphan pinning him down. A shout, a brief struggle, and the Demiprince managed to toss Vehk off of him, but not before he'd gotten more of a taste of sewer floor than was appropriate for any Daedra to get.

"Well done!" Fa-Nuit-Hen gasped as he regained his footing. "You haven't forgotten a thing, have you!"

Vehk, sprawled on the ground, grasped the side of hir head and gave him a dazed grin. "I'm rusty."

"The memory will come back to you. Have you been practicing?"

"Kind of."

"Kind of? Well, we'll fix that yet! We'll start right away. I went to this summit in the Ashpit, got to hear about this new training regime the orcs knew..."

As Fa-Nuit-Hen spoke, Vehk came to be sitting next to the fire, legs drawn up to hir chest and arms hugging hir knees. Though ze had grown since their last meeting, hir proportions remained awkwardly childish, bony and soft all at once; hir long hair fell loose around hir shoulders like a woman's hair, hir large eyes seemed too far apart in hir face. Ze didn't look at Fa-Nuit-Hen, staring down at the fire with lips pursed, seeming to have lost all interest in the Daedra ze'd just summoned.

So Fa-Nuit-Hen cut off. "You *did* call me to establish a new training regime, right?"

Vehk glanced up at him. "I'unno."

"Y'unno why you called me?"

"Um, why did I call you?"

"I don't know. You don't remember?"

Vehk blinked slowly up at him. "I..." ze began, before furrowing hir brow. "... I think I wanted to see if you were real."

Fa-Nuit-Hen blinked back. "I'm real," he said brusquely. "Are *you* real?"

"I'unno. Don't remember."

Strange behavior for the alert and inquisitive child Fa-Nuit-Hen had once mentored. He dropped to his rear on the opposite side of the fire, crossing his legs and squinting at Vehk.

"Don't--" Vehk looked away from him, hunching hir shoulders. "Don't look at me like that! I'm-- urgh--"

"Are you sick?"

"I'm too high!" With a groan Vehk flopped onto hir back. "Okay? Alright? I summoned you cause I wanted to see if you're real! I forgot whether you exist."

"A lapse in memory," Fa-Nuit-Hen nodded. "I suffer from much the same. Let me reassure you, little Vehk, that I am indeed real!"

"... Am *I* real?"

"You are, my friend. Real as a stab wound."

[ruinsfoe]

@the-trxangle-guy  //   x

               a hollow laugh follows up the threat ,   innocence kept with no means of flinch .    bill could flaunt his power all he liked ,   this little buttercup knew he was only good for mind games without a tether to the physical plain .    a leaf gestures to stem ,   cordial chuckle feathering out as he takes to humble introductions .

                                ❛     y'unno ,   for a fella that could easily read my mind ,   y'er not doing so swell on noticing just who i am .     ❜

               petals fleck back ,   chiming free a chittering snicker that lets his greenery flap in jubilance ,   persnickety kept aloft for the sole trait of delivering uncertainty towards emotion .

                                ❛     has the puppet ever told you about his friend ?   the guy who came before you ?   ❜       a root unfurls from the earth ,   comes to curl under pistil face ,   chin into alleged palm .

                                ❛     mike ;  that's me !   though to others ,   i'm FLOWEY .     ❜

                                ❛     sorry t' say ,   fella , but i was here first    —    he was my toy before you laid your grubby demonic mitts allllllll over him .     ❜

[quilloftheclouds]

14 on the setting swap ask game for Phoenix pls!

[Send me a setting and I’ll describe my OCs’ reactions to it!]

I'm loving these because this is straight up the worst setting on the list for these characters and it's BRILLIANT.

14. A party hosted by the ultra rich, with elaborate costumes being a must and refreshments and food galore–but also social expectations.

Oooouch. Phoenix hates overly fancy things, especially things that are just like that to show off someone's money. This rich party is that exact thing, y'unno?

One, the clothes. Phoenix would be expected to wear either her uniform or something like a neutral coloured black tux or dress. She likes colour! She likes bright red everything. Comfy clothes, not something form-fitting. Even in a costume, it wouldn't match what she'd want.

Two, the formality expected of her? She doesn't like talking with those who look down on her for her speech alone, especially when they take pride in saying overly long words that really don't mean what they think they do. Especially when they brag about doing things (like hoarding money) that Phoenix knows derives others of resources they need, and Phoenix can't call them out for it.

She'd basically give everyone the silent treatment, maybe drink as much as she's allowed and stand in the corner glowering.

[magicgirlsatan]

I feel u on the crush thing bc!! Same!!! I can't tell if it's good or bad! Help!!

ahhh!!!!

this is so weird i don’t know what to think of all this.. ! ! ! !

[colorisbyshe]

as a known wicked enjoyer i can't wait to watch this movie at home, away from theater kids who might decide to share their rendition of defying gravity, and about 1-2 months after i see even a single ad like i need a full detox of wicked before i actually feel the desire to see wicked does that make sense

[demialwrites]

funkadoodle-doo replied to your post “gf hit me with that diaper genji and now I can't un-see it. like why.”

maybe. but she pointed out about snipers who can't move for hours from one spot and ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ y'unno

This is Overwatch, not TF2, damnit!! I’m sure the dropship has a bathroom. It’s just hidden!

[genquerdeer]

rebelbaze

  rebelbaze  rebelbaze  ...

I’ve given you ways to avoid, y'unno, employing inherently hurtful homophobic/biphobic language. Spend some time actually considering it (and reading the links I have provided you)

Thanks, I will check them out.

[taylorftparamore]

tony stan is a war criminal who literally nevre apologizes to wanda and pietro for killing their parents yet attacks bucky a disabled character who, y'unno, didn't choose to be a murderer, for the same damn thing. you stan a flop!

see this is what i mean about bucky stans they’ll send you anon hate and make up shit in your inbox because tony doesn’t owe wanda or pietro an apology because HE DIDN’T FIRE THE DAMN BOMB and obidah was the one who sold those weapons under the table and like... bucky literally was in war world ii so he was literally a murderer before he was brainwashed and they’ll act like they’re soooooooooo much better than you for stanning bucky barnes as if they are not both white guys who were pow and are disabled and are friends of steve they have more in common than they don’t but okay

[finitefantasy]

Are you ever going to watch Sailor Moon Crystal or nah? I don’t if I’ll give it a chance tbh. I think I’d rather revisit the 90s anime, if anything.

I honestly don't think I'll ever revisit Sailor Moon. I kinda prefer it in the nostalgic tint I view it from, y'unno? Untainted and memorialized.

[ruinsfoe]

@knightroulse​

              snow flecks upon floral sprouting ,   petals flicking free the clinging flakes that try to caress his features .    any time ,   papyrus .   you're three minutes late .  the shuffle of tromping boots call flowey's attention ,   buttercup face turning to gawk in manic panic ,   smile bright   —  eyes watery .    CROCODILE TEARS .

                                ❛     oh thank goodness ,   papyrus !    you're alright   .    .    .    y'know i get worried whenever you end up being late .     ❜       added pressure ,   exerting hooks into what clutch he already had on the skeleton's gullible sense of trust .    down he hangs ,   letting sepal show the fusion of cup to buttery petals that droop to curtain sniffling expression .

                                ❛     i –-  i thought ,   y'unno ,   maybe you just   .    .    .    didn't want to be friends anymore !    i know i'm not the   BEST   guy out here ,   especially since i'm a shy fella in front 'a crowds .     ❜       timidity feigned as flowey raises his head ,   a leaf raising to swipe a tear from hollow eye ,   his lonesome unaccompanied by a mitten   (   supposedly   ) .

              voice quivers with fright ,   anxiety at its highest as he whimpers in admittance   ;     ❛     you're my only friend ,   after all .     ❜

[acehet]

really long reply like WOW

@rebelbaze​ ty for responding but reading through your responses is really hard because you’re using the reply feature for a lot of replies. the reply feature is fine for 1 or 2 responses, but anything more than that fries my brain (i’m sorry!). i’m going to try to reply anyway

I mean? I identified as ace for years because of internalized homophobia and a lot of ~ace elders encouraged it by saying that since I was scared of having sex with anyone, I must be ace and all that. And there are multiple blogs cataloging HUNDREDS of experiences ike mine.”

yeah no i 100% agree with you there. those ~ace elders~ were completely incorrect in saying that you must be ace solely because you were scared of having sex. 

anyone trying to directly pin an identity on someone, as in “you must be ___ because of ___” is completely in the wrong and i’m sorry that happened to you and make you confused.

there’s a difference between giving people resources and giving advice and possibilities to help them find an identity on their own, and saying someone has to be something because of a reason.

http://hate2breakittoya.tumblr.com/tagged/mogai-hell-denial/chrono A lot of these are about MOGAI politics rather than just the ace community but it's still worth perusing the tag to understand what we mean

asexuals as a whole aren’t to blame for mogai politics. the ace community isn’t at fault for people labeling themselves as homoromantic/bisexual just to end up being wrong about it. hell, even i called myself biplatonic a few years back because i like being in relationships and having girlfriends and boyfriends, and then this discourse happened and i dropped the term cuz so many other people were shamed and ridiculed for the same exact thing. and then i started to think it was stupid too because i’m super impressionable (but that’s not the point)

there are people entirely comfortable with having split attraction or silly identities, not everyone who is, for example, heterosexual/biromantic (i choose that one specifically for a reason i’ll explain in the notes) is that way due to compulsive heterosexuality or internalized homophobia. it could be because of past trauma that makes them uncomfortable being in certain intimate situations (romantic or sexual) with one gender in one way but not the other, or just having different comfort levels with different genders because of who they are, or just because that’s how they are as a person.

it can be internalized homophobia or compulsive heterosexuality for some people, i am absolutely not denying that, but that’s not always it. people are just different, and an entire community of people shouldn’t be shamed for the outlet of their identity because just because for other people it was a form of denying themselves. 

but if people are comfortable with something and they’re perfectly content with it, why make issue with it? but if they’re having issues with themselves because of it or are struggling, i feel that’s when you should step in and say “hey i see you’re having problems with your identity and confusion/hatred over it. if you want you can talk to me and i can help you figure things out or just give you some resources to help you figure it out on your own?” or something along those lines.

a group of people as a whole shouldn’t be the blame for someone’s internal issues that are there in the first place because of society’s pressure to make people straight and cis.

http://sleepdontvisit.tumblr.com/post/159156864205/regreceipts-aphobe-voice-mogai-tumblr-held-a ANd if you have xkit or the time to just individually go through the tags on this post, LOTS Of reblogs have comments/tags added, where they talk about how the acec ommunity kept htem from dealing with trauma/overcoming internalized homophobia

again the ~ace elder~ is brought up and throwing identities at people. since this is a thing that is happening to people, i will say i am on your side for this and that putting a label on someone is entirely wrong and not at all helpful.

but, i do have to disagree with a part of this–

““I think I’m attracted to men but whenever they hit on me I feel like I’m about to die.” And y'all will say “sounds like you’re ace and just like them romantically” or “you’re lithromantic” instead of saying, “hey, it’s possible you’re struggling with compulsory heterosexuality. Have you ever considered you might lesbian or attracted to girls?””

forcing a label on someone, like “you’re ace and you like them romantically” and “you’re lithoromantic” are wrong, i’m 100% with you there. but if it were phrased differently, like “hey, if you’re comfortable talking more in-depth about this, we could figure out if you’re actually attracted to men or just find them attractive, because there’s a difference, and a possibility you might be asexual or just dealing with some stuff. have you considered anything?”

i feel that’s just as valid to say as “it’s possible you’re struggling with compulsive heterosexuality and have you considered you might be a lesbian or attracted to girls” because it’s offering the same advice, just different possibilities for identities. 

i feel this is more of a thing where people jump the gun on assuming someone’s identity, and not actually an intent to force someone to be something solely because they’re manipulative and want to force someone into being “one of us, one of us”, but regardless i will be on the lookout for more of this in the future, since this is a thing that is happening and can absolutely confuse people and force them to internalize some stuff. 

And like, if you need resoursce about the OVERWHELMING amount of sex shaming/serophobia/homophobia in the ace community, I can come up with those too. Like? I literally stopped identifying as ace because of how disgusting the community was and how uncomfortable it made me feel. But a lot of it isn't direct "you can't be gay!! you're ace!!" and it's more the sex shaming that peopel struggling with internalized homophobia flock too. A young gay person will feel "I can't have sex with girls, that's disgusting!!" and see the ace community talking about how disgusting sex is and be like "wow, I must be ace" when really... nope they're just struggling with shit.

(i had to google what serophobia was tfw) i have seen for myself receipts of asexual people making inappropriate comments towards HIV+ individuals or situations, and that is absolutely something that we have to call our own out on. i’ve seen posts on my dashboard of other inclusionists telling people “hey don’t say that shit” in regards to these serophobic posts, and even the infamous “i hate gays on this site” post. so it is something we’re aware of and are trying to correct, but it’s hard to see everyone and everything. it’s disgusting and shouldn’t happen in the first place, but unfortunately it is there. 

but for my own personal anecdote, and it’s something i’ve spoken about in the past too, but there was also a time last year where i stopped identifying as asexual too. it wasn’t because of the ace community, because again, i don’t really associate with the ace community aside from on this blog, but it was mostly because of exclusionists and family members.

the discourse was really really bad from what i saw last year, and i wasn’t involved. i unfortunately followed the wrong people and all i saw were a lot of posts about how asexuality wasn’t an identity but a modifier (????? what is my orientation modifying i don’t have anything else) and even posts about how it wasn’t an orientation at all because it doesn’t say who you’re attracted to (yes it does– i’m attracted to nobody.) and people attacking me personally for being asexual (i might still have screenshots if i can dig them up from my old account tbh) and i really felt like i had to forcibly change my orientation since at the time i felt like i couldn’t be asexual. like i wasn’t allowed to be.

This isn't comparable to people accidentally identifying as gay when tehy're bi or anything else bcause there is no society that shames not being gay, y'unno?

i really disagree. there are asexual and/or aromantic people who won’t identify as such because of society, and the general atmosphere of lgbt+ spaces right now because of the discourse. and also historically asexuals were a part of the bi community until we split off (here’s a post with sources that explains is better) and a lot of us misidentified as bi because of such and because a lot of us just liked all genders the same way without realizing we were asexual. (which btw is NOT the bi community’s fault!! just circumstantial confusion).  and i even had my brother’s ex fiancé a couple months ago shame me for being asexual and try to tell me i was actually bi because i had a girlfriend at the time and had a boyfriend right before i dated her. 

society shames asexuals as well. seeing as how there were consummation laws in place requiring couples to have sex or their marriage could be under annulment. (wikipedia article) (here’s a tumblr post explaining it more)

also this was in a broadcasted tv series shaming asexuality

(tumblr post talking about it more because tbh i don’t watch house)

society shames asexuality too, and if i didn’t discover i was asexual when i was 12, i would probably still unfortunately be identifying as bi and feeling wrongly about it because of how much aphobia i see in my daily life now. not just online, but with how family tries to pressure me to find love or how people pressure me into relationships irl to ‘fix’ me. 

i’m glad i found out about asexuality (and being trans) so young because if i hadn’t, i would still be identifying as something entirely wrong for me. because as i get older i see more and more how horribly LGBTQIA+phobic people are and that would have pushed be further into the closet. i identified at bi when i was 10 because i saw it and because i liked everyone the same, i thought i was, and it was before i saw how bad biphobia could be. seeing all the aphobia as i got older would have had me denying my asexuality more and more, because i know for sure if i had discovered being trans later than i did (13, before i really saw and internalized transphobia) then i would have internalized it and never came to terms with it.

sorry for all the long paragraphs, i like to jabber ahaha, sorry if anything is worded poorly. i’m terrible at wording.

thank you for having a very civilized debate with me btw!! i’m kinda out of spoons right now after writing all this so if you respond i might reply tomorrow! or the day after tomorrow cuz i gotta dogsit tomorrow and that might take up all my energy. i say that because i might still be reblogging things, just to tired to have discussions. y’know?

have a nice night btw!