#alice cooper goes to hell

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Alice Cooper - Didn't We Meet

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Another thing I never posted, this time from 2020?

[biracy]

You're something that never should have happened

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: MC5 - “Boys Who Play with Matches”

Neither you - nor the MC5 - can go back.

But the latter tries with “Boys Who Play with Matches,” the lead single from the band’s first album in 53 years. Heavy Lifting features the final recordings of founding members Wayne Kramer, the driving force behind the LP, and drummer Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson, who plays on two tracks; both men died in 2024.

“Boys” sounds nothing like the groundbreaking MC5, because it isn’t MC5 really, and comes off more like a generic outtake from Alice Cooper Goes to Hell, with clichéd lyrics and unnecessary backgrounds that betray a group of musicians trying too hard to sound cool.

Out Oct. 18, Heavy Lifting features a slew of fans/guests including Slash, Vernon Reid, Don Was, Tom Morello and others.

Grade card: MC5 - “Boys Who Play with Matches” - D

6/7/24

[heisenbergsbitxh]

Karl Heisenberg Headcanons <3

I’m quite new to Tumblr, so if this is messy I’m sorry, I still adjusting to the format!

I intend to make some real posts, like fanfiction or something, later on, but for now here are some headcanons of my own for Karl:

He snores. Like a fucking bear, it’s not even funny. That man has sleep apnea like a southern grandma, you cannot change my mind.

The Duke special imports his cigars—Karl doesn’t know where they come from exactly, but they’re damn good cigars, so he doesn’t care to ask.

If you offer this man a regular cigarette he will sneer at you and smack it out of your hand. He is a commited cigar smoker. He’d throw a fit if you even dared hit a bubblegum vape near him, get that shit out of his face.

Gets freaked out about flys. Is that one of his nieces, or does he just smell bad? Is he being spied on, or is it just a hungry insect?

If Karl had access to any outside news or accessories, this man would be punk as fuuuucck. Crust punk, specifically. You think that man washes that jacket? Let alone replaces it ever? Hell no, it gets dirty just as fast as he washes it, and if he rips it he simply repairs it with whatever material and goes along his day. He *could* buy new clothes from the Duke, but why repurchase what can be fixed? Also, fuck the government while he’s at it.

He has very few belongings that aren’t work related. Outside of tools and parts, he is the exact opposite of a hoarder. He bedroom is pretty much empty.

He’d cry if his hammer ever broke. It’s his comfort item, and as much as he could easily repair it, he’s never forgive himself if even one gear was out of place. The hammer is his baby.

If this man could listen to music, it would be the grungiest, shittiest 80’s-2000’s dad rock/metal you’ve ever heard in your life. We’re talking Motley Crüe, Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Metallica, Nickelback, Seether, and GOD would that man ever love TOOL, and he would insist on his life that there hasn’t been good music since that era.

Most if not all scars are caused by him being a clutz with his powers—especially when he was first learning them.

He curses out the soldats when his work is failing, in the way you would curse out a table after stubbing your toe. Wire not cooperating right? “Stupid fuckin piece of shit, work damn it!” Sparked at him? “How fucking dare you?! Get your shit together!” ……somehow, some way, it works?

Dog person. That is all.

His eyes are sensitive to light from lack of proper eyewear while welding, the shades help.

Lower lumbar issues at the very least, you cannot tell me that hard labour working motherfucker doesn’t have some kind of physical pain. If Moreau can have chronic illness, so can Heisenberg, he’s the most human of them all god damn it.

He’s actually quite pleasant to talk to, he just lacks social etiquette and has a real mean mouth, but if you can get around that…eh, he’s chill. He’s got some manners.

Has night terrors about Miranda taking him and the experiments he endured.

He can feel the Cadou moving.

Actually feels bad for village residents. He understands that they’re brainwashed/unaware, but he still automatically resents them for worshiping that bitch.

Could not handle a compliment if one was given, he’s too used to being insulted. Goes for physical touch too, he will react aggressively to even just a shoulder pat due to traumas.

Enjoys the rain.

Hates being worshipped as a lord, it makes him wildly uncomfortable if villagers bow for him or call him “Lord Heisenberg” or “My Lord”….he’d rather just be called “Heisenberg” , like a regular person.

<3 <3 <3

[long-cold-winterr]

Normal people *plays Christmas music when putting up Christmas decorations*

Me *puts Alice Cooper Goes to Hell*

[gwenllian-in-the-abbey]

I know luke + blood and cheese are considered the point of no return for many, but do you think things might have been different IF rhaenyra immediately send a message to KL condemning jaehaerys murder and bending the knee, in exchange for their lives (minus daemon)

of course i think the terms will suck in comparison to what they could have had originally. daemon being executed is a given. aemond also needs to be punished to make it fair.

This is a tough question! Because in theory, if post B&C Rhaenyra had disavowed Daemon, bent the knee, and accepted the greens' terms, then yes, the war would have ended. The whole point of war is winning, and if your opponent is yielding, then you've won. As angry as Aegon was, he did not actually extinguish Rhaenyra's line when he had the chance, and each offer of peaceful terms in canon (that involved negotiation, rather than simply bend the knee or else) was made by the greens, with Alicent leading the push. So the green leadership is not really the stumbling block.

There are two difficulties, one you already pinpointed. What would the terms be? You're looking at a minimum execution for Daemon, execution or the Wall for Aemond. The deal to keep Dragonstone is definitely off the table, so exile for Rhaenyra and her kids? You can't really just have her at court, but you're likely going to want to to keep a few of the kids as hostages and/or marriage alliances, and would Rhaenyra agree to that? So the devil is in the details. Is it possible they could hammer out a satisfactory agreement? Sure, in theory. I don't know if either side would be completely satisfied with it, but that's often how diplomacy goes.

The other difficulty, and probably the larger one, is enforcing your treaty agreement. Even if Rhaenyra wants to surrender, how does she get Daemon to cooperate and turn himself in? Daemon is loyal to an extent, but is he going to march happily to his own execution at the hands of the greens? He'd likely have to be taken prisoner, and to take him prisoner she'd have to catch him. And if Daemon isn't cooperative, will his daughters and Jacaerys be cooperative? Jace and Baela have dragons, so what if they just decide to keep on fighting anyway, to hell with what Rhaenyra wants? And then on the other side, you have Aemond. If Aemond has to face some sort of punishment, the likeliest scenarios being him being exiled or sent to the Wall, is he going to go willingly? If he goes willingly, with Vhagar, is he going to stay put? How can you force him?

I think this second point especially is one of the big points both the book and the show are making, and why B&C is often considered the real point of no return. This war escalates out of the hands of its instigators and figureheads, and there is very little place for Daemon or Aemond in a post-Dance world, but there is also very little you can do outside of killing them to stop them. Given the very obvious metaphorical connection between the dragons and nuclear power, you end up with a sort of Dr. Strangelove situation, in which one rogue nutcase (Daemon of course taking the role of Jack D. Ripper) can turn a cold war into a hot war. Just as in that film, you have two sides who are not particularly eager for all out war, but once a nuclear/dragon war is started, you can't really unring the bell. So I think that was is possible in theory might end up very difficult to accomplish in reality.

[pa-pa-patato]

Ooooo what’s this post Angel au bout? /gen

Also HII how are you?

-♠️

Oh yea I never talked about it

So the lost angel au is about Alice’s family accidentally losing while visiting the mortal realm And she ends up in a village where she grows up in a church and becomes a nun unaware she’s an angel

Later on Bendy left hell and visited that village to be bit chaotic because it was not a kind place But he sees Alice in the church and immediately realizes she’s an angel and gets kinda angry he can tell she’s not fallen and she is certainly not helping the village be a better place so his under the impression that she’s ignoring her duties

He goes to confront her but is confused because she’s ignoring him he knows she feel his magic so why is she ignoring him? While poor Alice is shaking in fear telling herself she’s just imagining it

That is until bendy comes face to face with her And makes her faint from fear

Of course bendy is not just gonna leave her there so he takes her to hell to have her looked at while he contacts the angels

When Alice wakes up she’s terrified and it take a lot of time for both her and him to realize what exactly is happening Especially for the fact that she was able to run away and hide in a cave

The au isn’t sat by the babitim rules for demons and angels The devil is Lucifer the fallen angel and while he hates his siblings and god he will be cooperative with them ….and he dose that by sending bendy to deal with them because he’s their favorite

Btw cup, mugs and Cala are sinners that got reformed and now they can just be another citizens in hell Boris was abused as a child and died because they left him out in a cold like dog he went to hell saying that that’s where his father told him to go bendy’s immediately gets attached and he later gets adopted by his family

Holly went to heaven when she died but she often visits he’ll for history books

Felix is still alive and is trying to find alice

Also hiii I’m good it’s good to hear from you again

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Alice Cooper - Give The Kid A Break

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Bonus Bracket, Round 1

[image ID: the first image is of The Dear Hunter's album Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise. it depicts a person in a plague doctor's costume standing between two trees with intertwining branches. the trees have windows in their trunks. behind the person is an iron street lamp and buildings with older looking architecture. the second image is of Steven, a white man with long, black hair, heavy black eye makeup, and a black streak running down the edge of his lips to his jaw. he's wearing a black vest and a red collar around his neck, which a hand is pulling on via a chain. end ID]

Hunter

“The protagonist of the story, a boy doomed to a life of heartbreak and despair and destined to die alone. The instigator of the tragedy who makes several bad decisions as time goes on. The albums (Acts I-V) that tell his story fucking slap.” “Hunter is so obscure that not even he knows who he is. He was raised by his mother, who is a prostitute. He steals his half brother's identity after meeting him in WW1 and killing their father. In the rest of the concept albums (2 albums out of 5) Hunter struggles to get a hold on his identity, which he has lost. One of his songs is titled "Who Am I" for god's sake.”

Steven

*most notably the albums Welcome to My Nightmare (1975) and Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011), the 1975 TV special The Nightmare with Vincent Price, and the 2000 Neil Gaiman graphic novel "The Last Temptation" A lot can be interpreted about Steven and a LOT depends on which version of him is being interpreted. Ultimately, he's a little boy (or an age-regressing adult) who has nightmares of increasing severity and maturity. He kills his abusive father in the song When Hell Comes Home. Some people will interpret Steven as the main character and um. murderer. from Along Came a Spider (2008), but some don't. Given that he's not strictly a movie or book or game character and is instead mostly portrayed through music, he's much less defined than other characters in this event might be. Also this character involved Vincent Price putting Alice Cooper on a leash and I think this counts as propaganda.

[a30somethingslookatpopculture]

A Nightmare On Elm Street Movies - RANKED!

You’ll find that my list is filled with hot takes, as I find my taste in these films is just different than most peoples. So here goes… 

9️⃣ - A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

I don't have much to say about this one. It's just absurd amped up to a million. About as over-the-top as the later Freddy films could get! The effects began to get worse as the series went on. I do like the comic/A-Ha part, though. So there's at least something to like about it. The Son of 1000 maniacs asylum scene near the beginning was good...with a quick appearance by Robert Englund himself!. I have a hard time deciding sometimes which film I like the least, this one or Freddy's Dead. But, idk, I think I like more stuff in Freddy's Dead. I barely like any of this film. 

8️⃣ - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

This one’s really just Dream Warriors 2.0...but not nearly as good. Actually, it recycles a lot from the series thus far. It’s not great, but I do find things in it to enjoy. The Powerglove scene is by far my favorite. Who knew we needed to see Freddy Krueger playing Nintendo! I enjoy the Wizard Of Oz nod, and the (sort of) Johnny Depp cameo on the tv. And of course, Alice Cooper as Freddy’s father! 

7️⃣ - Wes Craven's New Nightmare

I love the whole meta storyline that sort of ushered in things like Scream later on. I really didn't care much for any of the climax or ending stuff, though. Upon a fresh watch of this, my thoughts changed. I remember really loving it when I first saw it. The ending sours that now. I don't know, it just doesn't work for me somehow. Really the only thing that makes this installment a little more enjoyable for me than the two above entries is the meta aspect. I like seeing Robert, Wes and Heather as themselves and not as their characters or a just name in the credits. 

6️⃣ -  A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)

This is a hot take…but I don't think this one is treated fairly. It's not perfect by any means but more enjoyable than some of those later sequels, in my opinion. it stuck to Freddy lore and made him scary again...as opposed to the absolute joke he later became. This film didn't try to tell the exact same story. It has some fresh stuff added to it, and I love that! I like having alternative storylines (which is why I love comics). One aspect that I think is both hit and miss is that when they did try to recreate iconic scenes, they often fell flat. Given that these scenes used CGI effects as opposed to the original’s practical effects, it really shows. These were nice homages, but were otherwise pointless. I’m not too fond of them being way more direct about Freddy's pedophiliac past, where the others only hinted at it. But the backstory is kind of a nice addition. Jackie Earle Haley did as well as anyone could have with such shoes to fill. NOBODY ON THIS PLANET will ever fill Robert's shoes. That's a given. But JEH gave a solid performance and I'm tired of everyone pretending he didn't. It's a shame people didn't give this an objective chance, because Freddy can't live on now that Robert's retired from the role. I will say, though, that Freddy’s makeup looks pretty awful in this one. I’ll give you guys that. 

5️⃣ - Freddy Vs. Jason

This is a way more Freddy centric film, so I am including it on this list. Jason is my favorite and Freddy is my brother's, so we were really excited to see this one when it came out. I remember it was the only movie my family ever bought on Pay-Per-View when I was a child. This one went through years of development hell. The end result might not be idyllic, and is a bit silly, but it is so much fun to watch! Freddy uses Jason to fuel the fear on Elm Street and help him come back. There’s plenty of creative Freddy kills and brutal Jason kills. The rave with Jason on fire in the corn field with the machete is chef's kiss! And it really racks up the # of kills! The bed folded in half always stuck with me, too. The stan in me loves seeing Pamela Voorhees return, albeit as one of Freddy’s tricks. And the showdown between Freddy & Jason was easily the best part. It’s what we all came to see. Freddy had the advantage earlier in the dream world fight, but Jason obviously kicks ass in the real world. Jason being afraid of water is a bit wild, considering most of his movies involve him being in it. But whatever. Let's be real, they gave Freddy more credit in the real world fight than he would realistically have. I do so love the ending, where there’s a literal “wink” and no clear winner…though one man sure seems to look a lot more victorious. 

4️⃣ - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Here we see the return of Nancy Thompson (and her dad). And get the introduction to the "Dream Warriors", a group of kids who fight Freddy with their... dream powers? It’s not exactly in-line with the first movie, but then again none of them are. This film is chocked full of iconic (and inventive) Freddy kills and one-liners! The TV kill and “Welcome to prime time, bitch” line stand out the most. We even get a brief scene of stop motion! Kincaid is hilarious! And the dream sequence fight between the Dream Warriors and Freddy is easily among the top scenes in the franchise! Dokken’s “Dream Warriors” song is pretty amazing, too. This is definitely one of the better made movies in the series. I'm just not as partial to it as most people seem to be. 

3️⃣ - A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

There’s just something about this one that I love more than all of the above entries. Despite how absolutely absurd it is at times. We see the return of the surviving Dream Warriors… for a minute. I particularly love Kristen Parker, now played by Tuesday Knight. Kincaid is, well, Kincaid. Which is always great. And hey, did you catch the name of his dog? (It’s Jason). Debbie’s death is super creative and gross, playing off of her biggest fear. The pizza and waterbed scenes stuck with me my whole life, and I can’t not think of them when I'm around those things. And the soundtrack to this one is superb! 

2️⃣ - A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge 

Now for quite possibly the hottest take of this whole list. Freddy’s Revenge is fun! Jesse’s little dance cracks me up every time, and I don’t mind at all that this film is very, very gay! Watch it for yourself, you’ll see what I mean lol All that aside, I would venture to say that this film has the scariest Freddy. Excluding that silly little pool scene where he’s just running around like a big goof (which I love). With the power to literally possess and take over your body, I don’t know how he could be scarier than that. The “you are all my children now" & "you've got the body, I've got the brain" lines are by far some of my favorites in the whole franchise. My only real complaint about this one is that the ending left me feeling kinda unfulfilled and unsure what to think of it. 

1️⃣ - A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

There's not much I can say about this one that hasn't been said a million times before. So I won’t repeat it. It's just an absolute master class in horror! It even has one of the best final girls in all of slasher history! Nancy Thompson is as capable and smart as any teenage girl has any right to be! Dare I say she deserves to be up there with the likes of Ellen Ripley or Sarah Connor of female movie badassses? She could probably even teach Kevin Mccalister a thing or two about homemade traps! Robert Englund is at his best as Freddy Krueger in this film, and far more menacing than most of the other entries. This film works just as well on it’s own and really doesn’t even need a sequel. 

[milf-lover42]

I've been thinking about Georgina Orwell an alarming amount this past week but I think I've exhausted all the good fan content out there 💔, tumblr posts, fanfics, hell even whatever pinterest gave me has run dry. I'm sad, I'm contentless, and I'm shamefully in love with Georgina Orwell.

That was longer than I thought itd be but basically the point is that if you have any advice for where to look next then I will take it, and if not then I am humbly asking you for any headcanons or anything you have 🙏

THANK YOUUU SORRY THIS WAS SO LONG!! YOU HAVE WONDERFUL TASTE IN WOMEN!!!

Dear anon I am so so unbelievably sorry for the time it has taken to get to you. I, an Esmé kinner, and my partner, a Georgina kinner, think about this ask every day and have been dying to answer you. Life has just been all over the place.

I would say that these headcanons are just that, and if you disagree then that’s fine, but truthfully I think of what we have come up with over the years as the real and actual truth and canon of the series. With that in mind! Here you go, I hope you enjoy!

Lore headcanons

First and foremost!

No matter the version, book, show, or continuation of the movie that never happened… Georgina survived her “death” at the Mill. In show canon, obviously there’s just an escape chute in the furnace, easy peasy, everyone has said this.

In book canon… yeah okay sure she tripped and was sawed in half at the mill. However, that woman has surely seen an Alice Cooper concert and knows how to fake a gory death live. She probably taught him how to do it to be honest.

So. She lives through Miserable Mill no matter the version. That woman is unkillable.

Georgina’s family is Old VFD. Like the Orwells were founding members type shit. Maybe it was her parents, maybe her grandparents or further, but either way, she was raised knowing everything. She was one of few members capable of learning about VFD and its inner workings from her own family - long before they died. She is the last keeper of every secret. She knows more things about the history of the organization than most of the sugarbowl gen can even begin to piece together. If VFD had nuclear weapons, Georgina Orwell would be the only one left who knew the codes, and that includes the Sinister Duo. Because of this, she’s very disconnected from the other members that we know of because they just don’t know about the truly dark information that VFD has kept secret from itself. She is technically still VFD, and in her earlier life was a dedicated member in some capacity, but she has no strong allegiance to it aside from her secret keeping (though that is more familial allegiance) when the SBG undergoes their schism.

Characteristic headcanons

BOTH of her knees are bad, that’s why she carries a cane. She doesn’t always need it (see: how often she simply holds it instead of actually placing it on the ground in the show), the pain flares up at different intervals and usually only in one leg at a time, but she always carries one A) because it is her sword and B) because that way no one can ever tell if it’s a good or bad day for her as far as knee pain goes.

She takes her coffee with no creamer, but does use sugar. It just varies in quantity per day. NEVER creamer or milk. Also is totally someone that’s a “don’t talk to me before my morning coffee” person. She doesn’t ever say this, she doesn’t have a nonsense mug that says it. However, if you try to speak to her before her coffee she will simply ignore you. She doesn’t get mad or glare or anything. She just… does not care until she’s had coffee. So it’s best to just wait because you won’t get anything out of her until then.

Tea she takes plain, nothing in it, no milk, no sugar, no lemon, nothing. Just. Tea. She isn’t a tea snob by any means, she will drink any tea she is given. If it’s bad tea she’ll just think that it wasn’t great, could be improved, but will take NO steps to improve it herself. She doesn’t even look at what type she is buying and she has no favorites. She likes tea enough to buy and make it but she literally does not care enough to select one. She just picks one at random every single time. She has had some truly horrible teas in her time without complaining or changing her habits once.

If you ask her what matcha is she will have NO idea what the fuck you are talking about.

Thank you so much for the ask, I love talking about my wife. I have so many more headcanons but pretty much all of them revolve around the idea that she and Esmé are together pre and post series (I am writing a fic slowly but surely to better explain this dynamic) and that they adopt Carmelita after the hotel. In the case that you are not an Eswell shipper I am keeping them to myself for the time being, but should you want that specific Georgina content I am more than happy to oblige! Just shoot me another ask and I will begin to compile it for you.

[saturdaymorningcartoonz]

Ring ring >:] For the music ask ! 4, 11, and 20 (If the last one is okay)

HI HELLO I'M SO SORRY I GOT TO THIS LATE </3 the move has been super crazy but tysm for sending an ask!!

4. A song you’d put on a playlist for a character you love

Me when I have playlists for most of my favorite characters gdjdhdjdhd I'm just gonna drop my Goofy playlist because it's half based on what he canonically listens to and half other songs that just kinda fit the vibe. Uhhh there's so many songs to choose from it but I'm gonna throw a curve ball and go with Bang! Bang! By Joe Cuba Sextet, it goes well with his like for older latino music (Latin American in this case) and my dad likes this song so it fits the dadcore vibes lol

11. A song that makes you dance

Oughhh I feel like a lot of B-52's songs have high dance value so I'm gonna go with Cosmic Thing! Also duhhh ABBA. Voulez-Vou is a very groovin song.

20. A song you’d put on a playlist for the person who sent you this ask

Would it be a cop out to use an Oingo Boingo song hdjdhdjdj cos I'm gonna go with No One Lives Forever, and hmmm maybe Go to Hell by Alice Cooper!

[tj-dragonblade]

*knock knock knock* ❄️☃️🎄 Asking for 24 for the Spotify Wrapped!!!

24 - Dance With the Dragon by Dark Sarah

Congratulations, you've landed on one of the songs that's officially on my list of Songs That Would Make Great Dreamling Fics (That I'll Never Write)! Based entirely on the video linked above and the story that it's part of, this would be a fantasy AU where the vibes are 'Labyrinth meets Alice in Wonderland' with hints of Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast, and Hades and Persephone sprinkled over for flavor.

The basic idea is that Hob is trapped in some alternate reality and trying to collect a key from each realm he passes through to be able to get back to his own reality. No idea at this juncture what the first realm/key would be - maybe something with the fae, maybe hell, idk. The second realm is Dream's. Do I want to keep to the source and make him a dragon who lost his wings for hubris and arrogance and got banished from the 'upper world' to rule this dark 'underworld'? Maybe, but that's also very Lucifer-ish. So maybe I'd blend in something closer to his canon. In any case. Hob tries to sneak into Dream's castle, get the key, sneak out. He does not succeed and is taken before Dream. There is antagonistic chemistry. There is sneering haughty-in-my-superiority taunting and 'let's be reasonable' demands. There is at least one challenge set, there is Hob as a 'guest' of Dream's until he completes the challenge ('So I'm a prisoner, then.' 'Oh no, you may leave any time you like, but you will gain no key until you complete my challenge.' 'But what good is leaving without the key, when I'll just be stuck here forever??' 'I fail to see how that is my problem'), there is continued verbal fencing and sparring and building UST as Hob struggles with the challenge, there is an elaborate ball (masquerade?) held, there is a waltz charged with so much tension and raging attraction it's a wonder the room doesn't spontaneously combust. There is at least one moment of 'Oh no under different circumstances this could be More™️' and genuine understanding/connection between them. In the end, Hob finally succeeds at the challenge, earns the key and departs on a note of uneasy flirtation - Dream bowing and kissing his hand in farewell as he acknowledges his defeat, lingering intense smirky eye-contact as Hob goes, that kind of thing.

Potentially this can go on, if I continue the thread of the source storyline but lean on Dream's canon for details. Perhaps collecting the three keys would give him the means to restore Orpheus/free Orpheus/something to do with Orpheus, and he's never had the means to collect the other two keys on his own, but now that Hob has collected the first and second, if Dream accompanies him while he collects the third, they can both use the keys to achieve their ends - Hob to go back to his own world and Dream to restore Orpheus. So Dream leaves Lucienne in charge of the realm and follows after Hob, catches up to him, proposes they cooperate etc; they quest for the third key and finally resolve that UST in the process. When they get the third key, and present it to let's say the Fates, they're told they cannot both claim reward - and they put the choice to Dream, his lover or his son. Let Hob go back to his world/his regular life, or be 'selfish' and choose to cash in for his own goal instead. It could end here with Dream choosing to let Hob go, which could be passing a test by the Fates and as reward for passing he still gets to save/restore Orpheus. Or, the longer and angstier version, he chooses Orpheus and thereby casts Hob into yet another alternate realm, and the next leg of the story is Dream's quest to find Hob again and seek his forgiveness, and find a way to get him home. Hob can't exactly fault Dream for choosing his son over this outsider human that he's started sleeping with, but it still hurts, still feels on some level like betrayal, and while he might like to freely offer forgiveness it's more plausible that there will have to be some earning done. Eventually of course they reconcile and find a way to get Hob home and then of course establish a means by which they can continue to cross worlds to see each other.

Anyway this is far more a mental exercise in mapping one story to another and seeing where they might translate than it is a viable fic idea; it's far too grand in scope and not nearly detailed enough for me to realistically take it on. Mostly I just want the enemies-to-lovers fraught-with-tension ballroom dancing scene.

Spotify Wrapped Askmeme Post

[living-a-charmed-life]

my fav shifting coded songs

accompanied by my favorite lines in them

these are mostly rock and metal songs, so if you're not into that, this might not be for you

Charmed Life by Vixen - "She acts so nonchalant/But the girl gets everything she wants/Livin' a charmed life/ Everthing's workin' out right" Just A Feeling by Lita Ford - "The days go fast, you're stuck in my head/I'm so alone, I wish you'd tuck me in bed" I Want You by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - "I want to be with you and I will somehow" Fantasies by The Runaways - "Night visions of fantasies/Are laying in bed with me/In the dark I can see you smiling" Dream Warriors by Dokken - "When I close my eyes, I realize/You'll come my way"//"And maybe tonight, maybe tonight you'll be gone" Surrender by Cheap Trick - "Surrender, surrender/But don't give yourself away" Tomorrow by KISS - "And tomorrow/We're gonna fall in love, fall in love/Tomorrow" I Wanna Be Somebody by W.A.S.P - "You're nobody's slave, nobody's chains are holdin' you"//"Cause I, I got the guts to be somebody" Hollywood by The Runaways - "I'll be a star that shines/I can make the whole world mine"//"Each day at home I scheme for the fame and fortune dream" Odyssey by Kiss - "From a far off galaxy/I hear you calling me/We are on an odyssey/Through the realms of time and space/In that enchanted place/You and I come face to face" I Wanna Be Your Dog by The Stooges/and a version by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - "And in my room I want you here/ And now we're gonna be face to face" I'm Alice by Alice Cooper - "Created just for your lust with exquisite control/A thing you can trust to satisfy your soul" Sure Know Something by KISS - "But late at night I still hear you call my name"//But late at night I still want you just the same"//"But late at night I still need you just the name" Little Dreamer by Van Halen - "I had to tell them baby you were armed with all you need"//"You are a little dreamer" Stay Hungry by Twisted Sister - "Are you feeling the fire?/Are you ready to explode?/Are your dreams and desires Riding down an open road?" Wishing Well by Black Sabbath - "You find that life's not always what it seems, no, no/Then think of a rainbow and I'll make it come real" I'll Fight Hell To Hold You by KISS - "I'll fight hell to hold you/No river too deep or mountain high/I'll fight hell to hold you/By my side" Rooms on Fire by Stevie Nicks - "Somewhere out in the back of your mind/Comes your real life and the life that you know" Alone by Heart - "And the night goes by so very slow/Oh I hope that it won't end though/Alone" Dream On by Aerosmith - "Dream on, dream on, dream on/Dream until your dreams come true"

Honorable mentions:

I Am (I'm Me) by Twisted Sister

Talking In Your Sleep by The Romantics

Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles

Born Again by Black Sabbath

I'm Going Home by Tim Curry (the Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Don't Try To Close A Rose by Cher

Dream Police by Cheap Trick

The Chain by Fleetwood Mac

Looking for Today by Black Sabbath

Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll by Kiss

I Will Prevail by Doro

Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper

King of the Silver Screen by Alice Cooper

My absolute favorites:

Let's Pretend by Raspberries - "I can't sleep nights/Wishing you were here beside me"//"If we close our eyes and believe it might come true" A Dream Away by The Cars - "Because the good life is just a dream away" Waiting For The Weekend by The Vapors - "And everyday I dream my life away/just waiting for the weekend/Then I know I won't have to leave you here/and we can be alone again"

Rock And Roll Hell by KISS - "He wants it bad, but he wants no charity/He seems to think it's his destiny"

Tambourine Dream by Lita Ford - "The spell that I'm under/ Has brought you to my door, the love that I hunger for"//"We can last forever in a lover's fantasy"

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Longlegs (2024)

Osgood Perkins is a director who wears his influences on his sleeve. Reference points are tattooed onto Longlegs. But while Silence of the Lambs gets tossed around as a point here due to the young FBI agent and her pas de deux with a crazed killer, "Twin Peaks" seems a much more apt comparison. While Agent Lee Harker is a dedicated and intuitive investigator, the film itself isn't terribly interested in the nitty-gritty of a procedural. Much like Dale Cooper, Lee's methods are somewhat unorthodox and arbitrary, revelations drawn as if by magic from the air due to her connection to the case. She's given a clue in the Longlegs cipher, but many of her observations seem to merely materialize. Perkins and the film are fare more interested in using these trappings as the backdrop to an atmosphere both wonderful and strange. But while I point to the Lynch and Frost television series in defense of this, the film still stands on its own. There are parallels to those antecedents--hell, this is like the darkest episode of "Gravity Falls" ever in its surrealism inflected with dark humor--but Longlegs commands its own visual language. Static, wide shots often define the frame, and obstruction of view due to elements like a door frame confining horror to the audience's darkest thoughts as it withholds direct depiction. The film jumps between 16mm recorded memories and the present, showing flashbacks as flawed recollections or fairy tales which bleed into the present experience of Lee. Yet overt darkness lurks too: the shadowy presence of Baphomet draws ever closer as Longlegs' unholy work comes closer to fruition. The glowing eyes of the demonic dolls evoke the likes of Rosemary's Baby, but the silhouette is unique to this film. Where the recent giallo homage MaXXXine suggests that Ti West has little more than genre pastiche available to him, images aping off earlier creators who did it better, Perkins, certainly in his visual presence, commands his own attention.

Horror in its odd way goes hand in hand well with humor. The seeds of this are planted early on, Lee clearly uncomfortable and overly serious when visiting her boss' family and shown his daughter's room. The Longlegs character leans all the way into the pearl-clutching notions of Satanism, all Alice Cooper posters and 666 iconography in Dale Kobble's abode. But, as the FBI puts it, his right to practice Satanism is protected in the Constitution, a statement delivered so seriously it would have made any "SNL" guest host crack if they had to say it under the circumstances. Between the deadly serious stakes of the story and the cheeky Ari Aster style needle drop that closes out the credits, this was meant to be taken about as seriously as a Tipper Gore rock music congressional hearing.

As much as I've praised the film, I do have to temper things and note that Perkins still needs to work on his writing. Tropes and such can be useful shorthand, but this film falters in navigating between beats. We know that Lee has a troubled relationship with her mother, for instance: she hesitates to call her and is badgered by uncomfortable questions about prayer. When Lee goes to her mother's home, it's clear she's a hoarder. So why does mom have to say she never gets rid of stuff? Context clues make that readily apparent! Fortunately, any weakness from the script is overcome by bravura performances from the central duo, Maika Monroe's multilayered catatonia played off against Nic Cage's psychosis.

THE RULES

SIP

Someone says 'Longlegs' or 'doll'.

You spot a subliminal background Baphomet.

Snake imagery.

Jump scare noise sting.

BIG DRINK

Nic Cage does a crazy metal vocalization.

Someone names a calendar date.