#zach; main verse

[playedbetter]

@1mpulsee said: Gives Zach a big kiss on the cheek . Because revenge :)

Zach pauses, eyes a little wide with surprise as he processes what just occurred. A blush quickly creeps onto his face as he smiles softly and looks over at Bart. There is such adoration in his eyes. "Well aren't you cheeky,"

[playedbetter]

Zach shakes his head slightly, an affectionate smile on his face. "Yeah, still a crime. Imp, please tell me you didn't,"

❝ is theft still illegal ? ❞

[ronmanmob]

@id1eyouth ♡ ～(^▽^人)'d for a starter

Three weeks had passed since their fateful meeting in the club - with the milling aristos and the Swiss High Tops that brother Reggie'd been all up the chutes of. London, as she did, breathed and rolled on irrespective, but something had lingered in the mind of the younger of the twins Kray about the stately looking pretty thing who'd been so very curious about him much of the evening through. It was in pursuit of that curiosity that Patrick Connolly, the Krays' mountainous bodyguard, wound up on Zach's doorstep. He was playing messenger boy today.

"Y'presence-" he said, so much more formally than his usual ways and means of speaking that anyone who knew him would laugh into their hands, "-is requested by Ron Kray, this evenin'. 'Ee's eager t'know yer ansah lad, so don't make us wait."

[downs1de-has-moved]

@id1eyouth liked for a starter from Rob

Rob's played this venue more times than he can count—if you can even call it one. It's just a tiny pub on the outskirts of Soho, female-owned, and he's not too proud to admit that it's his charm, more than his talent, that keeps getting him booked.

The arrangement is simple: he can go up as long as he sticks to a setlist made up mostly of jukebox crowd-pleasers and he doesn't bother the patrons for tips. Fairtrade, really.

Anything for a shred of exposure, even if the sales of his EP are still abysmal and he knows he'll soon be scrubbing plates to cover rent. That's tomorrow's problem, though.

Tonight, for the first time in ages, there's someone here specifically to see him, and he'd rather focus on that fact. When his set ends, guitar case slung over one shoulder, his eyes scan the room and land on his guest. Their gazes meet, and Rob offers an easy smile as he approaches.

"Sooo—what'd you think?"

He asks, sliding into the seat across from them. His eyes flick to the half-empty pint on the table, and without waiting for a reply, he adds:

"Mind if I have a sip? I'm parched."

[chameleon3]

a complete analysis on every song in my dead poets society playlist and how they relate to the film

playlist linked at the bottom, yes you have to scroll all the way

the lakes - Taylor Swift

”take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die” is pretty self-explanatory and also i saw an amazing edit to it once and i’ve searched everywhere and i can’t find it 😭😭

This World’s A Giant - Zach Bryan

i just really feel that the phrase “this world’s a giant” was really how todd and the boys felt after neil’s death

THE GREATEST - Billie Eilish

neil’s acting career and how he was with his father. not much else to say

I Wait for You - alex_g_offline

todd was waiting for neil outside the theater. and he will keep waiting for him.

Fable - Gigi Perez

LOVE WAS THE LAW AND RELIGION WAS TAUGHT (self-explanatory) (coughmrperrycoughcough)

Kill For You - Gigi Perez

🤷‍♂️ vibes lmao

not a lot, just forever - Adrienne Lenker

and neil will be waiting forevermore for the life he should have had.

anything - Adrienne Lenker

the first 1-2 verse(s) describe neil’s home life and reality, when really he just wants to be with todd (bonus points for “shining with the sheen of a shotgun”)

We’ll Never Have Sex - Leith Ross

just vibes. anderperry soft love core idk (also ace mittsie headcanon)

I’d Have to Think About It - Leith Ross

neil was really todd’s one true love, and though todd might find love in the future, neil will always be above all else in todd’s heart

Scott Street - Phoebe Bridgers

how i think the poets were after neil died and they graduated :/

Funeral - Phoebe Bridgers

yeah

House Song - Searows

the “empty house” metaphors paralleling the perry house :,{

Motion Sickness - Phoebe Bridgers

emotional motion sickness = getting sick in the snow, “surrender to the sound”: neil surrendered to the sound 🫢

Velvet Ring - Big Thief

vibes vibes vibes, the boys’ love was thicker than a velvet ring :,)

Not Strong Enough - Boygenius

multiple edits, “always an angel, never a god”, “black hole opens in the kitchen” at the perry house when they find neil, a lot of the lyrics show symptoms of a panic attack (todd)

Thérèse - Maya Hawke

vibes, lyrics (vaguely), bonus points for being ethan’s daughter

j’s lullaby (darlin’ i’d wait for you) - Delaney Bailey

todd will be waiting for neil forevermore blah blah blah crying

Tired - beabadoobee

first verse

Your Needs, My Needs - Noah Kahan

read the rant about it here

End Of The World - Searows

“what do you say to a brand new ghost” ??? “i saw the end of the world last night, i ran to you” ?????

Maine - Noah Kahan

the most heart-wrenching song for the most heart-wrenching movie + “and i hope that we make you proud, ‘cause this town’s just an ocean now” !!!! (bonus points for “they’d make me a star”)

Missing Out - Maya Hawke

kinda just the whole idea is SO todd + bonus points for being maya hawke

I And Love And You - The Avett Brothers

again, just the whole idea, especially from todd’s perspective + “your dreams they catch, the world, the cage” bc the cage of the world caught neil’s dreams

Footnote - Conan Gray

rare knarlie moment from a non-knarlie shipper (charlie’s pov)

The View Between Villages - Noah Kahan

just imagining how the boys felt after neil’s death :,( also “i’m 17 again” because they were presumably all seventeen that year. (i only did extended version for the line “left at the graveyard, i’m driving past ghosts, their arms are extended, my eyes start to close”)

Paul Revere (with Gregory Alan Isokov) - Noah Kahan

mainly because i wish neil had the chance to cut it clear and get the FUCK out of there (“if i could leave i would have already left”) i actually don’t know why i did with gregory alan isokov but wtv

New Perspective - Noah Kahan

all about the new perspective neil and mr. keating brought todd and how that will stay with him forever, pretty self-explanatory

Something in the Orange - Zach Bryan

SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE TELLS ME WE’RE NOT DONE (bonus points for orange being used in color theory for this movie, idk ho look it up)

Into Your Arms - The Lemonheads

probably the only happy song in this playlist 💀 this is specifically for the soccer scene when todd jumps into neil’s arms LMAO

True Blue - Boygenius

AND IT FEELS GOOD TO BE KNOWN SO WELL!!! I CAN’T HIDE FROM YOU LIKE I HIDE FROM MYSELF!!!!! because neil can see everything inside of todd, regardless of how todd sees himself

The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird - from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Rachel Zegler

the first good (and therefore best) dps edit i ever saw, “it’s sooner than late that i’m six feet under” and the rest of the entire end part jesus christ (linked here)

Piano Man - Billy Joel

“i’m sure that i could be a movie star if i could get out of this place”, duh

Bloom - Bonus Track - The Paper Kites

“can i be close to you” 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 also vibes

cardigan - Taylor Swift

“when you are young they assume you know nothing” ☹️☹️☹️☹️ + the first and last choruses

Someone New - Hozier

ughhh idk it’s just so the boys coded

Cardinal - Kacey Musgraves

i already talked about this but this is so todd after neil’s death??? especially considering cardinals are native to northeast america AND are not known to migrate most of the time, making the chances of seeing a cardinal very possible at welton in the winter and snow, AND cardinals are known for being a symbol of a deceased loved one watching over you (birds)

Sòlas Ané “Yesterday’s Joy” (Live) - Bunkyo University Wind Orchestra

i just really find this piece to be so musically THERE in dps, especially since some parts remind me of common bagpipe melodies NOT EVEN CONSIDERING THE NAME???? “yesterday’s joy”????? regarding how happy the boys were the night of the play??????? i’m such a band kid idc

Mystery of Love - Sufjan Stevens

yeah

The 1975 - The 1975

literally just for the line “i’m sorry if you’re living and you’re seventeen” 😭😭

You’re Gonna Go Far - Noah Kahan

he was good, he was really good 😶 neil could have gone so far.

Hang In There - Maya Hawke

“he’s gonna get away with it” and “hang on, hang in there” referring to dean nolan and mr. perry?? JESUS MAYA MY HEART (bonus points for maya hawke)

apollo - Faith Zapata

i like the idea that todd thinks of neil as his own apollo, while neil thinks of todd as his 🥹 “i’ll sing you a love song, you’ll read me a poem” 💔💔💔 (me and my 2020 indie pop against the world 🤞)

evelyn - Lexie Carroll

todd talking/praying to neil after he dies (LAWWWD I CAN’T DO IT LAWWWDD)

Fireworks - Mitski

something about todd seeing neil every time it snows ughhhhhh i hate my mind

Pink Skies - Zach Bryan

this song is very mr keating when he had to leave welton?? also “i bet god heard you coming” for neil

Name - The Goo Goo Dolls

lowkey all the lyrics relate to neil’s dreams being crushed under the foot of society and his father but specifically “cause all the dreams you never thought you’d lose got tossed along the way” and “did you lose yourself somewhere out there? did you get to be a star?” (also it’s just such a beautiful song i’ve listened to it on repeat today)

woah okay that took up an hour of my life i hope you enjoy reading all those words!!! i’ll probably update this as i add/remove songs

playlist linked here

ps i didn’t analyze the lakes - original version by taylor swift because it would just be the same notes as the lakes by taylor swift 💀

[paper-mario-wiki]

what's ur favorite erb?

i dont have "favorite" as much as i have "the ones i watch every now and again".

"Blackbeard vs Al Capone" i might just like the way EpicLloyd speaks as Capone, but i also cant help but be utterly entranced by a shouting match between to middle aged men who want the other one to be scared. Favorite verse: Capone 1 (of 2)

"Wonder Woman vs Stevie Wonder" although this one still has the signature simple and cheesy bar structure that ERB is known for, this is PEAK in terms of performers. nicepeter and epiclloyd (the main guys) are great, but after the first 30 videos it became very easy to detect their individual deliveries and cadences. t-pain is pretty iconic in his performance of stevie wonder. Favorite verse: Stevie 2 (of 3)

"Stephen King vs Edgar Allan Poe" watzky was unfortunately cursed by god to forever look like a little twerp, but he works with it really well and it fits very well for the real-life twerp that was Edgar Allan Poe. and zach sherwin is always a charismatic force to be reckoned with, his uniquely clever writing style and flow shining. Favorite verse: Stephen King 2 (of 2)

"Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock" this one's just good fun. its a little battle royale among a bunch of really famous pop directors. i know that the character-appropriate cgi background is a staple of post-season-one ERB, but i really appreciate these ones specifically for some reason. Favorite verse: Alfred Hitchcock

"Kryptonite" this isnt an ERB and is in fact a completely unrelated normal rap song but i was listening to this one today. my oldest brother listened to a lot of rap when i was young and this one was one of his favorites. i remember listening to it all the time when he would drive me to blockbuster to rent gamecube games. i didnt listen to it for a few decades, but i looked it up on youtube a few weeks ago on a whim and i really liked it a lot. it's all about smoking weed which i love doing, and the chorus is really catchy, plus the instrumental is one of my favorites. Favorite verse: Big Boi 1 (verse 3)

"The Joker vs Pennwise" both rappers somehow look like different versions of matpat in heavy makeup, and joker works in a natural "we live in a society" which i like. i think that's all i got for this one. Favorite verse: Joker 3 (of 3, because this is the one with the we live in a society bar, but all of his bars were actually really solid)

"Tony Hawk vs Wayne Gretzky" another one for the "zach sherwin is one of the best thing ERB has" pile. he delivers in a quaint (if a bit cartoonish) canadian accent a scathing comparison between the actual real-life achievements and significance and skill between the two actual athletes. which i think is very spiritually fulfilling considering the name of the series. Favorite verse: Wayne Gretzky 2 (of 2)

"James Bond vs Austin Powers" might unfortunate austin only gets 1 verse because it's far and away the best part of this one. aside from a clever pussy eating joke near the end between the two feuding bonds. Favorite verse: Austin Powers

"Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD 2" this is an actual real-life catharsis event between the main two artists behind ERB who seemingly put very real and deep-seated creative and personal frustrations they have with each other into their verses, plus a very real burnout over this series that they put all their money on being The Big One, creating a legitimately tense feeling in watching their performances. for reference, Peter rips on how Lloyd is an alcoholic and is unwilling to let the channel grow or change, and Lloyd talks about how Peter is obsessive and manipulative, referencing a real life issue involving a friend they fucked over in the separate video he appeared in. Favorite verse: Lloyd 1 (of ??? this one is almost a duet at times really)

"Babe Ruth vs Lance Armstrong" this one is specifically here because babe's second verse goes extremely hard in an almost uncharacteristic way for a series with very middling raps in general. Favorite verse: Babe Ruth 2 (of 2)

i could keep going i think but i just scrolled to the top of the list and my face flushed with embarrassment at how long its getting so im gonna end it there. you get the idea.

[playedbetter]

It wasn't often that he found himself alone at a club, typically he went with people or shortly found himself some company for the night after arriving. He didn't like being alone at the club, it was uniquely lonely having solitude in a place like this.

Which was why he was dejectedly sipping on a glass of champagne pondering going home, his date had completely stood him up. Blocked his dating account and phone too. He chugged the rest of his glass and got up to leave when his neighbor, who he knew as Max, stumbled over, looking drunk out of their mind. He quickly sat back down, both curious where this would lead and a little worried.

"Don't mind at all," He did look pretty rough. "Do you want a glass of water? Maybe some food?" Something to help balance out all the alcohol.

🎁 spotify wrapped (for whoever makes most sense!)

While Thad spent most of his time planning and obessing and out of the civilian identity he forged to have access to things like banks or ID he did need to do things from time to time to make it so if people checked things like bank records or where his phone had been he would seem like a real person.

So he had decided on clubbing, it was something socially acceptable and it was a activity that made sense to be only a occasional expense.

He had been at things for awhile, really it was a daze in his mind as he had been drinking and didn't know how to hold his alcohol, he stumbled over and sat at someone's table.

"I- Sorry, do you mind if I catch my breath here for a minute or two? I'm not feeling the best." In his drunken state Thad failed to realize he had just sat down next to the decently known and former Teen Titan Zachary Zatara.

[broadraiwrites]

Seize the Moment and Stay in it

Song: The Battle of Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) by Hamilton OBC

Verse: Game Changer Wrestling

Characters: Charlotte James (OC), Dr. Redacted

Pairing: None

Mentions: Joey Janela, Dustin Thomas, Gregory Iron, Zach Gowen, Chris Melendez

Warnings: Blood

Word Count: 768

Even several years into her career, working at deathmatch shows was still one of Charlotte James' favorite things to do. The talent at shows like these really needed her, and while she loved her coworkers in other companies, the wrestlers that worked at deathmatch shows seemed to respect her in a way others simply didn't. They understood the fact that she could quite literally hold their life in her hands if a light tube spot or a dive through a glass pane went haywire. Shows like these gave her the thrill of working at an emergency room-like pace while working in the industry that she loved. As the main event began wrapping up, she knew that she would soon have patients in her office. Of course, she had known from the moment that the card was announced that she was going to have at least one in particular.

“Char?” A familiar voice called her name from the doorway as the man known to fans as Dr. Redacted poked his blood-stained head through the gap.

“Get in here, Steven,” she ordered in a firm, heavily accented tone. “I've had the blood stop ready for you as soon as the match started. I know how to deal with you by now.”

The Chicagoan laughed warmly. “I guess I can be predictable at times.” He said as he hopped up on the table across from her, letting out a small hiss as she cleaned the blood from his forehead. He knew exactly how this was going to go, given that he actually worked in a hospital throughout the week and didn't just simply put on the scrubs as part of the gimmick. “I wanted to talk to you about something, and I want you to hear me out before you shut me completely down.”

Charlie raised an eyebrow at him, applying the white blood stop powder to the source of the bleed once she was able to see it. “I don't like starting conversations like this, Steven, but I'm listening.”

“You know it's almost mania week, and you know how we like to close out the weekend. I've been talking to Joey about those of us who are going out to Vegas for the show, and I was thinking that maybe even just for one night, the good doctor could use a nurse,” he gave her a mischievous smile.

“You know that I can't do that; you know that I don't have an in-ring career. As much as I would love to—”

“Dustin’s in,” he cut her off as she began to ramble. “You won't be the only one, and I know he's been asking about you for the last few years. We all really want to be able to do this with you. And I can't think of a better show to do it.”

She knew that he had a point. It had been years since her last clearance exam. If people like Dustin, Greg, Zach, and Chris could do it, then maybe for one show she could do it too. Maybe for one of the most unpredictable matches, on one of the most unpredictable nights of the year, she could get to live her dream too. “You know there's a lot of risk involved here, and I can't really get out of the chair very much, so it's not like I'll be able to spend much time in the ring.”

“We can make it work I promise you we can; if there's any night of the year that we can make this work, that's the one. Even if you have to swing a bedpan at people from your chair, a match like this wouldn't look out of place. We can attach a bag of weapons somewhere on your chair that you can get to. I'm sure there are a number of guys who want to do a series of spots with you. We can do a manual chair, even one of your older ones or a loaner, so that if it does get damaged in the match, you're not damaging your good chair. We can make this work, Char. You just have to trust us. I know that trusting a bunch of maniacs isn't easy, but can you do that for me?”

She took a deep breath and met his glance, her eyes shimmering slightly with tears at the thought of it. She really could do this, couldn't she? If it went well, this could become a yearly tradition. She took a deep breath and tried to regain her composure. “What color scrubs are we wearing that night?”

[einsteinsugly]

How I'd edit my verse to make it more "That 00s Show" compatible (aka, how to make it more of a comedy).

1. Laurie would get her shit together in the 80s. She's the source for a lot of the early 00s drama, in my verse. So she can't straight up abandon Adrian or Hallie. She'd leave Fez, and then marry Ray. So Hallie doesn't fuel Leah's self-destructive streak, and Adrian and Hallie are better off. Adrian would probably live with Ray and Laurie, and break Fez's heart.

2. If I made my verse a bit later, aka not before T9S, I'd have my own version of Jay. But as it is, the kids are so set in stone in my brain (3+ years of brainrot), that I can't add him. He'd be Hannah's twin. He'd lean heavily on his OG description, and be an idealistic, artsy little turd, but with a Kelso streak. Jay would change the dynamics, certainly, and create more of a comedic aura. He'd briefly date Becca (he'd be in love with her, but the feeling isn't reciprocal), and he'd crush on Kate. Adrian (and James) would fuck with him all the time.

3. Hannah wouldn't be a main character, per se. She's just close to Jay and is close to Kate, so she'd be a recurring character.

4. Adrian and Jay would "age out" of the gang, to some extent, and Hallie and Leah would age up into it. James's best friend Zach would be a member of the gang, to some extent.

Main: Adrian, Jay, Becca, Kate, James, Hallie, Leah

Recurring: Hannah, Kevin, Danny (in the beginning, until Hyde boots him out), Zach

5. It would be cool if Eric was a Mr. Feeny type, teaching at the kids' school, but him going to teach at a different school wouldn't make sense (it would keep Leah's bullies on the dl, though). He'd be an enthusiastic chaperone, and the OG show didn't feature a lot of school scenes, anyway. The kids hang out at Grooves (ala The Hub) all the time, though, and JH and ED fight about making their own houses hangout worthy. Aka, the new basement. Eric and Donna win, but that's only because Jackie is a meddler and ruins the vibe.

[playedbetter]

Zach looked up at him from his phone. "When you do something babygirl worthy," and then looked back down at his phone.

❝ when is someone gonna call ME babygirl . I could be someone’s babygirl !! ❞

[parf-fan]

Masterlist of recent PARF videographers

Inspired by a comment on my update of sorts in which the commenter stated that it had never occurred to them to see if anyone had filmed PARF, I present to you a post I have been intending to make literally since starting this blog.

● Michael Ulrich – PARF footage as far back as 2004, hitting stride around 2015, stopping at the end of 2022. Most of the older stuff is scattered in amongst the 2018 footage and again between 2020 and 2021. An excellent source for a one-off example of most in-house shows each year. Quite important for reviewing the Megan-Zach-Mary 'verse. Some of the highest-quality footage. ● Renaissance Road Trips (formerly known as maddog015) – PARF footage as far back as 2007. More out-of-house stuff than in-house, though they've been expanding to include a little more in-house in recent years. Contains footage from many different Faires, so sifting will be required if you are exclusively interested in PARF. Divides shows up into many pieces, which is handy if you want to reference a specific moment, but cumbersome if you want to just watch a whole show. Footage quality is perfectly reasonable, though not professional-level. Home of THE Halloween Finale of 2017.

● PARF Performers (formerly known as wavking) – PARF footage from 2011 through 2021, excepting 2014 and 2020. Filming is somewhat scattered and not systematic until around 2016. Occasional videos from NJRF and from non-Faire events taking place on PARF grounds. Overall the best source for Finales and an even selection of everything else for 2016-2018, petering off in 2019. Indispensable for reviewing the Megan-Zach-Mary 'verse, though less so the Mary part. Footage quality is perfectly reasonable, though not professional-level.

● Steve Kossor – PARF footage as far back as 2013. Very little in-house stuff; mostly focused on the artists who fall under the heading of “musicians of the shire”, both individually and as a whole. Plenty of stuff from other Faires, too. Most videos are clearly labeled. If you never got to witness the actual Pub Sing from the Before Times, this is where to look, particularly 2019. Very fancy filming, often including multiple cameras at different angles on the same day (goals tbh). Occasional interviews and such. Scattered throughout are videos completely unrelated to Faire, 'cause he's gotta put 'em somewhere.

● MerlinWinchestr – PARF footage as far back as 2013. Hits stride in 2016 (I think), at which point she carefully archives one example of each main-season plotline show, and sometimes Halloween, as well as scattered highlights. Literally the only person besides me to actually bother with non-Halloween plot before 2018, for which I owe her a small portion of my soul. Indispensable for reviewing the Megan-Zach part of the Megan-Zach-Mary 'verse. Nothing from PARF in 2018 or 2019 due to moving to a different state, but filmed stuff from other Faires in the interim. Picked up again in 2020, and expanded the number of shows filmed. Recent videos are carefully labeled. Footage quality is perfectly reasonable, though not professional-level. Scattered throughout are many clips from various unrelated concerts and cons and sometimes reenactment, as well as quite a lot of fandom edits of (predictably) both Merlin and Supernatural.

● Joseph Germano – PARF footage as far back as 2015. Almost entirely in-house; largely storyline, combat, improv. Initially filmed things exclusively for himself and his family, not listing the videos publicly for years. As such, the quality of camerawork can occasionally leave something to be desired (though much less, in my opinion, than he claims), hence his playlist called “MeadVision”. Filled the void left by PARF Performers's petering off, and is owed a small portion of my soul for archiving so much Disasterpiece in 2019. Footage quality is perfectly reasonable, though not professional-level. Chronology is a mere suggestion until 2021.

● PARF fan – If you're interested in 2017 plotline and combat, I've got everything I filmed up on the YouTube except for Halloween Joust and Halloween Finale. I've also got loads of raw footage of in-house stuff from the first half the 2020 season over on the Facebook. Effort is made with cinematography, though it sometimes backfires. Videos are carefully labeled, but only in the titles, not the thumbnails. Footage quality is perfectly tolerable, though far from professional-level, and the sound is sometimes bad (didn't have a fancy camera until the 2022 season). Indispensable for reviewing 2017, frankly.

● PA Renaissance Faire – PARF footage from 2018 only. One each Court, Melee, Bloody Best, some of the main-season individual Chess fights, Halloween Court, Halloween Chess, and a whole bunch of in-house songs from sundry Finales, many of which were not archived in any other form elsewhere (that I know of).

● Ren Faire with Rose – PARF footage as far back as 2018. Nigh-on exclusively in-house. Mostly highlights rather than entire shows. Features occasional streetwork, particularly from 2019, which is beyond value. Mostly chronological, but 2022 and 2023 and 2024 are intermittently jumbled. Tbh, I haven't gotten around to watching enough of their footage to comment on the quality of camera or camerawork.

● Dan Gualtieri – The newest member of this “team” (none of us actually coordinate or otherwise work together, though we should). Videos from 2022, 2023, and 2024. Mixture of highlights and full shows. Has already filled several gaps. I haven't actually watched any of his videos yet, so I cannot provide comment on camera or camerawork.

[playedbetter]

A little blunt, but that was fine. Zach could roll with that. Honestly probably what he'd want out of the person living across the hall from him, so long as this guy doesn't mind Zach's frequent visitors.

"I wanted to introduce myself, I'm right across the hall," Zach nodded his head towards his front door. "Zachary Zatara, you're free to call me Zach though,"

He flashed a charming smile. Then it looked like a thought just entered his mind. "Do you need any help with the door?"

@playedbetter

"Max"'s face nor eyes went up to meet the stranger, it was best to play it as though he was very shy, anti social, someone who makes social encounters dull.

"Oh yes, that's me." He simply replied holding the package closer, and continuing to look at the ground, his bangs covering most of his face.

'Max' was someone dressed rather plainly though... notably out of date given his long selved shirt & t-shirt, as for his bottoms he was wearing plain black leggings & well worn running shoes.

The package itself was roughly the size of his torso, just a little smaller & it was a amazon box that was marked fragile & that it had to stay right way up.

"Can I help you?"

[achoshistor]

[ff7cc] is this symbolistic?

ff7cc SPOILER until like ch 6 (but really a ffvii spoiler bc thats the only reason how i know what happens next)

i need to WRITE WRITE WRITE. every essay i write now sounds like garbage to me. same with music tbh i havent played a full song in over two years now and its honestly kind of sad but i have no motivation. it feels like my fingers dont work like they did before and im too easy to give up on things bc i literally made it through the first time so it should be easier the second time but im lowkey really busy (100% procrastinating on calc) but im like whatever i need to get it all out of my head. im really shocked people read the last brainrot post like wow people are really seeing whats going on in here.

anyways ive been listening to the cc(r) ost while studying (around up to right before nibelheim because i want to make a flower wagon for my beautiful queen Aerith (i dont get the hate? madame M calling her homely like WHO's homley? wait lmfaoo off topic but why was cloud whimpering and moaning during the scene i had to take my headphones off cause i couldnt take it anymore...)) i should start a medium account and write like those pretentious tech bros that say things like "college is for LOSERS!" (ur going to a top school for cs?) (i didn't really like that guy cause he was lowkey weird too) but i think it'd be really funny. lowkey i forgot where i was going with this because the parenthesis reminded me of the chain rule which reminded me of that guy but anyways back to the main point...

I usually listen to game osts when studying (lie im listening to deftones right now) but the track "True Motives" (ill link it somewhere here) when genesis and angeal beat up sephiroth lowkey got me thinking during calc practice... like theres three instruments (piano cello violin) and its got a call and response format but its like all three are doing that (i told you i havent touched anything music related in a long while LOL sorry if the terminology is wrong). in the cutscene we start out with sephiroth with the violin and then like half a second later we get the piano take the upper with the cello playing the secondary melody? but the violin immediately kicks in... TBH i wonder then since im assuming sephiroth is the in between since hes "still around"—i dunno what happened to angeal—im at the point where ive killed the angeal creature but zach mentions him being possibly around and im assuming genesis is a total goner cause hes not around for anything else afaik (or he might im not that well versed in ffvii canon) and angeal reminded me a little too much of sonon so im gonna assume hes dead. as we know violin = treble cello = bass piano = both so i guess genesis = violin and angeal = cello just cause they seem like that to me. right when sephiroth pushes angeal back and genesis is about to go crazy the piano and violin lowkey come in and cello is just playing the bass notes for tha chords and the last half is lowkey just piano and violin plus a little cello right before angeal tries to stop genesis and gets thrown off into the junon sea or whatever u call it (i lost the submarine mini game in vii and i had to look up help and every tutorial was like " youre a total IDIOT if you failed this..."). maybe this is a whole lot of nothing and im just mkaing things up.

anyways thats enough for today i think. thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[goldrushenthusiast]

one thing I find interesting is the difference in lyrics between Zach Bryan’s verse in Dawns and Maggie Roger’s.

In Zach Bryan’s, he talks about how he’ll be halfway to his mom’s house, and how he feels regret because she never said a thing about Jesus. He also mentions his mom’s praying, saying that he misses it. he misses the constant flow of religion that he’s used to flowing through his home. The fact that he lost her (his mother) last July only adds to this sense of loss, perhaps changing how he previously viewed Maggie’s stance on religion. Maggie doesn’t give him that, but I’ll talk about in my next paragraph, about why they both think they’ve wasted dawns over the other.

In Maggie’s verse, we see her going to her best friend’s house. One interesting thing to note? Girl’s best friends aren’t usually the good guys in the boyfriend’s stories, especially in pop culture. By using the small detail, we automatically start to view Maggie as more superficial because instead of going to her moms house or her dads or anyone else’s, she’s going to her best friend’s house, someone we can easily guess Zach probably isn’t a fan of.

HOWEVER, Maggie never says she never said a thing about Jesus. Her exact words are “I should have told him TWICE I believe in something bigger than both of us. I miss [normal stuff] not worrying ‘bout what’s after us.” So she actually DOES say something about religion, but her saying she should’ve told him TWICE shows that she wishes she had made it more clear because it’s a defining trait for him. She also wants something simpler, made clear by the last part. Zach wants to settle down, find someone like his mother.

The main chorus, saying that life is as fleeting as a passing dawn, means something different to both of them. Maggie is saying that she wants to experience life, really live it to the fullest, and not waste away with just one serious thing. Zach, on the other hand, is saying that he wants to not waste his life on someone who won’t appreciate it fully, and he still wants to live it to the fullest but acknowledges he can’t do that with Maggie. So, they’re basically saying the same thing, but as I said- it means something different to both of them.

Also- I’d like to add that because the rest of the song is sung by Zach, we see more of his perspective, what happened to him, his life. Maggie’s one verse (and small harmonies with him leading up to it) show her slowly becoming her own person and getting ready to break free of this life she thinks is a waste.

It’s really just shows that two broken people, and two conflicting people, won’t make anything whole again.

Just something interesting to think about!

As always, feel free to debate but please don’t argue in the reblogs/replies!

[quaintnecromancer]

did your muse have a childhood sweetheart?

(any verse)

Question Time! | @runyou-clever-boy

(I haven’t decided for the main verse, but in the modern verse, he and Katie-Lynne (from my old witch blog) were sweet on each other throughout high school, and Joey and Lucien both had crushes on him. Then there’s his relationship with Zach in the HP verse, which has always been complicated but valuable to him.)

[playedbetter]

“it’s my bad luck. it’s bad luck on acid.” // for Zach !!

Meme / Accepting!

"If it were acid it'd be a lot more fun than this," Zach complained. A pack of hell hounds getting lose into the city cause both heroes had gotten distracted with the now vanquished demon they came with, was one of the furthest things from fun Zach could think of at the moment. "Have you ever fought a hell hound- why the hell would you have. My sole advice once we find them, don't get bit,"

Two rings of violet energy formed around Zach's hands, one for each, as he begun to mumble a spell. Faintly Bart could make out runes in the energy, forming some kind of pattern impossible to make out. A moment passed as Zach focused on tracking the creatures. Then the rings disappeared. "I think I know where they are, want a lift?"

A disc of purple energy appeared on the ground beneath Zach. There was enough space for Bart to comfortably stand on it too.