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Organymede. Nikolai x android!Reader.
cw: body horror/self-surgery, diy top surgery, nasty nik, power imbalance, dirty deal, the world is built on vibes
The clinic isn’t clean. It isn’t cutting-edge. But it’s his, and it’s served him well.
The fluorescents overhead stutter, their light breaking in fits and starts, splashing the walls in jittering shadows. The workbenches are a mess of cast-off parts and tools gone blunt with use—spanners, haptic calibrators, a soldering iron crusted with old flux. A rust-bitten fan whirrs in the corner, fighting a losing battle against the smell and heat.
It smells of scorched metal and coolant, circuitry half-melted and wired back wrong. Beneath it, the organic. Faint, but unmistakable. Sweat soaked into the cracked leather chair, something sharp and coppery threading through the stench. Rarely does anything in Nikolai’s shop actually bleed, but sometimes it’s unavoidable.
He’s shutting down for the night, already halfway through stowing his tools when the door creaks open. He tenses immediately, a hand twitching near his hip. He doesn’t do walk-ins. Doesn’t take risks with unknowns. Everybody needs a referral.
And yet, one stands in his doorway.
Their silhouette is stark against the haze outside, rain clinging to their long coat. Eyes bouncing the unstable light back at him, glowing like an angel. They hesitate for only a moment before stepping inside, the door hissing shut behind them.
He makes a quick study, from their scuffed, mismatched boots to the rigid set of their shoulders. There’s no fear in their stance, but an energy. Urgency. Tension wound tight.
“You lost?”
They shake their head. “I need help. Please.”
He huffs a quiet laugh. Everyone who stumbles through his door needs help. But there’s something in the way they say it, a fraying edge to their plea, like a thread about to snap. It’s not panic, not the wild desperation of someone on the edge. A weariness. Exhaustion in a body that needs three hours of rest, max.
Then they move, shrugging off their outer layer. They’re topless underneath.
And he sees it.
He’s moving without thought, the pull of the mess in front of him magnetic in its mess.
Synthetic skin hewn apart, a square section of their chest peeled back to reveal the chassis beneath. The welds are crude, uneven—ugly. Globs of metal fused haphazardly where their chest plating should be smooth. Where it should be curved. A full panel of steel, excised and replaced with something ill-fitting, misaligned. Done by a hand that was determined, but not skilled. The skin’s edges are melted, curled where heat bit too deep. The metal beneath is scorched, the fusion messy, warped where it should be seamless. A clear lack of the proper tools.
Nikolai exhales slowly through his nose. He’s seen botched jobs before. Seen people desperate enough to pry themselves open and tinker. But this—
“Holy shit. You did this yourself?” he asks, hand outstretched and hovering.
They nod. “I had to.”
He doesn’t ask why. Shop policy.
His gaze flickers back to the damage. A mess, but not mindless. Sloppy, but not aimless. He pans downward and tells himself it’s just triage, an assessment of whether to take them to his chair. But there’s nothing clinical about the way he stares. The lines of their body, the smooth stretch of undamaged synth-skin, all of it tempts an unprofessional touch.
The waistband of their jeans, the twin seams of chrome vanishing beneath it. A sliver of green cotton peeking out. He swallows against the sudden tightness in his throat, then, without a word, he reaches out and keeps his hand north of their navel. Fingers ghosting over the damage.
The welds are still warm. Recent.
“This is shit work,” he mutters, distracting himself. He presses a thumb against the edge of where metal meets flesh, feeling the rough, uneven line. Then, his fingers move, tracing the jagged welds. “Lucky you did not kill yourself.”
A small puff of air escapes their lips, quiet, but he catches it. A whimper. Sensitive. So, they didn’t fuck up too badly.
“Are you in pain?”
He presses again. Another whimper. Fuck, it is a nice sound.
“Yes. Can you fix it?” their voice wavers.
Nikolai lets the question hang between them, and his hand rests on their breastplate, his thumb and forefinger bookending one of the welds. He could turn them away. He should. Doubts they have enough scratch, if any, to pay for what he needs to do to them. But there’s that desperation in their eyes.
It’s a resource that’s never in short supply. Always ripe for exploitation.
He lets himself wonder this time, lets the silence build while he considers it. Another long look, and he circles them slowly. His hand glides from the gaping wound in their chest, trailing along the side of their body then over their arm. Artificial muscle tensing under his touch.
When he moves behind them, his fingers land on their exposed shoulders, then draw a straight line down their spine. He pauses at the small divots just above their lower back. He feels the shiver before he sees it—a slight tremor that raises goosebumps.
Nikolai’s eyes widen.
So, they’re high-end. All the bells and whistles. A finely crafted machine.
His dick twitches at the thought of what other features his patient possesses. If they need any fluids topped-off.
For all the under-the-table work, for the shady deals, and the lives, organic and inorganic, he’s yanked back from the mouth of hell in this grimy little clinic of his—this is his reward. Must be.
A smirk curls the corner of his lip as he returns to their front. “Do you have somewhere to go, after this?”
“That’s irrelevant, isn’t it?”
Nik shrugs. “Do you think I will waste the effort on some work that is planning to take their stasis in a gutter?”
Their eyebrows raise. If they’re as advanced as Nikolai believes, their face probably heats, too.
They hesitate, mouth parting for a moment then snapping shut. Their eyes drop, then they shake their head once. “No,” they say, then lift their chin. “But I passed a motel on the way here. I thought I would–”
“The one on the corner?” Nikolai cuts in, amusement lacing his words. He chuckles when they nod, then clicks his tongue. “That place? You won’t wake up. At least, you won’t want to. The people running that place…Well, people tend to lose themselves there. Parts, anyway.”
Their hands lift instinctively, crossing over their chest in a defensive motion as though protecting their exposed frame. Their hands curve over the opposite shoulder, a flimsy shield. “Understood,” they murmur, then their gaze hardens as they lift it to meet his. “I will seek shelter elsewhere. Does this mean you will help me?”
This could be trouble. It is trouble. The kind of trouble that could make it a very bad idea to get involved. This is the definition of shitting where one eats. The possibility of someone looking for them has not strayed far from Nikolai’s mind since they let out that whimper. Of course, they could be an independent but—
Their chest aside—their skin, their hair? Clean and cared for. Their clothes were clearly stolen or dug out from the trash.
This is a kept droid. Whether it was fired, discarded, or ran away of its own accord…They found their way here. He found them.
Finders, keepers.
“Not for free.” Nikolai grins. “For a price.”
Their jaw tenses. “I anticipated a cost. What is the price?”
Nikolai almost laughs, but he bites it off, replacing it with a look that’s just as cruel. He gives them another deliberate once-over, lingering on the hack job they’ve done on themselves. They flounder under the weight of it, stiffening, their fingers twitching where they clutch themselves. He doesn’t need to say it out loud—they know as well as he does that they don’t have anything close to his base fee.
“If I could, perhaps, start a line of credit…?” they offer, testing.
Nikolai scoffs, sharp. “This is not a charity.”
The words land like a slap. They flinch, but they don’t argue. No pointless protests about fairness, no self-righteous anger. Instead, they look around, taking in the state of his clinic. Their gaze lingers on the stacks of outdated parts, the spare limbs, the implants bobbing in jars. They’re sizing it up. Calculating, the same way he did to them.
They’re close.
Their tongue darts out, wetting their lips. A sharp inhale. Then, “I…I could…”
“Yes?”
“Work it off?” They meekly suggest.
Nikolai lets the silence drag, watching them squirm before he repeats it back a syllable at a time. “Work off the debt.”
Right where he wants them.
“This,” he gestures vaguely at their chest, “this will not be cheap to fix. But I can do it and make you whole again. Even let you pick your nipples, special order. But the work you’re offering? It won’t be easy. Whatever it is you used to do, you might grow to miss it.”
“I won’t.” They answer immediately, a burst of nerve. Their arms uncross, shoulders squaring, as if daring him to doubt them. The plate they’d tried to smooth over gleams dully. A blank canvas.
Such a bold thing. Whatever drove them to carve themselves open like this, to rip out what they couldn’t stand to live with—it’ll follow them, he’s sure. A hunger curls deep in his gut at the thought of someone else snatching this prize up before he’s had his chance to play.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. Please, help me.” They ask, stepping closer.
His gaze flicks to the sliver of green peeking above their waistband. His first order of business? A full inventory—of both the soft and the hardware.
He extends his hand, a show of goodwill, and they take it. It’s warm. Like the real thing.
Nikolai’s grin is all teeth.
“Okay, baby. I will.”
#nikolai cod#nikolai x reader#nikolai x you#whiffs of cyberpunk#dumb wordplay title because i cannot think of anything good
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On Gothic
a cute helpful guide on the gothic subculture that no one asked for <3
goth music springing from the late 1970s after the post punk movement was a subculture heavily inspired by the themes found in victorian gothic literature
gothic literature:
frankenstein - mary shelley
dracula - bram stoker
jekyll and hyde - robert stevenson
wuthering heights - emily bronte
rebecca - daphne du maurier
edgar allen poe <3
some keywords that come from gothic literature that can help you spot a goth song:
'dark' 'death' 'black' 'cold' 'heaven' 'hell' 'witches 'bats' 'night' 'roses' 'blood' 'church' 'forest' 'jesus' 'grey' 'horror' 'shadow' 'sacrifice' 'tears' 'ghost' 'spells' 'cry' 'love' 'haunted' 'funeral' 'cathedral'
Some other themes in a song that can help you to decide if it goth or not can be:
heavy bass
synth sounds (the song sounds like it was recorded in an empty church)
mysterious and whimsical vocals
deep vocals
lack of a (electric) guitar
The 1980's and 90's were the peak for the gothic subculture, especially in camden market, london, england

Some bands that were prominent at the time were...
Bauhaus
The Cure
Sisters of Mercy
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Christian Death
Clan of Xymox
The Cramps
Depeche Mode
New Order
Joy Division
Alien Sex Fiend
Fields of the Nephilim
Killing Joke
The Damned
Nick Cave
Softcell
Some other goth band recs:
Boy Harsher
Children on Stun
Earth Calling Angela
Molchat Doma
Forever Grey
Horror Vacui
Lebanon Hanover
London After Midnight
Male Tears
The March Violets
The Merry Thoughts
Paradise Lost
Paralysed Age
Plastique Noir
Rendez Vous
Rosetta Stone
Selofan
She Wants Revenge
Skinny Puppy
Specimen
This Cold Night
Tragic Black
Traitrs
Type O Negative
Twin Tribes
ULTRA SUNN
Xmal Deutschland
Your Funeral
The 69 Eyes
Please let me know which ones i've missed because these are just ones that I have taken from my own playlist!
The music is the number one most important part of goth subculture and you don't have to dress goth to be goth... but it sure is fun to do so! Goth fashion holds its roots in thrifting, upcycling and sustainable fashion (buying 'goth' clothes from shein, dollskill and killstar is a big no no).
Anyone can style their gothic outfits however they like but here are some examples of different styles:
Trad(itional) Goth:



Romantic Goth:



Victorian Goth:



The styles can get very similar so let me know if i’ve mixed any up!
I’ve reached the limit on the number of pictures i can add so here are some more examples of goth styles:
Corporate goth
Gothabilly
Mall Goth
Cyber Goth
J-Goth
Baby Bat
Mopey Goth
Vampire Goth
Steam punk
To end the post i'm circling back to gothic literature by listing some films too (which are often based on the books)
Everyone's beloved: Bela Lugosi in the first adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1931
The Crow 1994 which comes with a song from The Cure
Interview with the Vampire 1994
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975
Edward Scissor Hands 1990
The Addams family 1991 (if he's not like gomez then i don't want him)
The Craft 1996
That's all I have for now and if you made it this far thank you so much for reading and have a nice day <3
current goth song on repeat:
#goth#gothic#goth aesthetic#goth fashion#romantic goth#corporate goth#mall goth#victorian gothic#goth girl#gothabilly#dracula#frankenstein#bauhaus#sisters of mercy#type o negative#joy division#the cure#siouxsie and the banshees#alternative#edgar allan poe#camden market#depeche mode#new order#christian death#boy harsher#j goth#baby bat#the crow 1994#the addams family#the craft
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Getting into the goth subculture
ok just to clarify, nobody asked for this but i’m making it anyway
here are some great influences for the goth music subcultures
i’ve been hyperfixated on pretty much every one except metal and grunge at one point or another so i think i’m pretty qualified to make this statement.
also some of these artists are problematic so please do your research before you promote them! also i don’t support any of their actions, they just have good music that’s very influential to the scene.
anyways…let’s get started
- siouxsie and the banshees are a really great band to start out and they’re one of the most popular goth bands. they have about 12 albums and 2 compilations. they had many members at different times but notable members are siouxsie sioux (lead vocals), jon klein (guitar), steven severin (bass + keyboards), budgie (drums), and martin mccarrick (keyboard + strings)
- another great goth band is bauhaus, they are one of the pioneers of gothic rock and are often credited with making the first goth song. they have five studio albums. members include daniel ash (guitars + saxophone + lead vocals + backing vocals), peter murphy (lead vocals + backing vocals + guitar + keyboards + melodica + congas), kevin haskins (drums + keyboards + piano + backing vocals), and david j (bass + keyboards + percussion + lead vocals + backing vocals).
- another great band to start off with is the cramps (i recommend their album psychedelic jungle). many people think of the cramps as more psychobilly or punk-ish but they are also considered gothabilly and have gothic elements. they have at least 8 (i’m not sure) studio albums, 2 EPs, 2 live albums, and 4 compilations. members include, Lux interior (lead vocals + harmonica + percussion), Poison Ivy (lead guitar + rhythm guitar + bass), Slim Chance (bass), and Nick Knox (drums + percussion)
in order for a band to be goth they must play either gothic rock, post-punk, ethereal wave, cold wave, dark wave, death rock, visual kei, gothic pop, gothic metal, gothic symphonic metal or another gothic subgenre.
some more goth bands include…
- the cure (post-punk)
- sisters of mercy
- christian death (death rock)
- she wants revenge (gothic rock)
- alien sex fiend
- sex gang children
- lebanon hanover
- type o negative (gothic metal)
- o.children
- joy division
- london after midnight
- bat nouveau
- horror vacui
- the danse society
- strawberry switchblade (gothic pop/synth pop)
- depeche mode
- cocteau twins
- switchblade symphony
- fields of the nephilium
- twin tribes
- the march violets
- xmal deutschland
- clan of xymox
- pink turns blue
- rosetta stone
- plastique noir
- mephisto walz
- corpus delicti
- 13th chime
- specimen
- skeletal family
- molchat doma
- drab majesty
- altar de fey
- inkubus sukkubus
- strawberry switchblade
- the birthday massacre
- killing joke
- this cold night
- japan
- the birthday party
- paralysed age
- the scary bitches
- scarlet’s remains
- mareux
- she past away
- bloody dead and sexy
- rose garden funeral party
- mephisto walz
- this cold night
- cold cave
and more!
edit: just a note. you do not need to dress goth to be goth. goth fashion is optional. if you choose to dress goth but don’t listen to goth music you are just alt. the only way to be goth is to agree with the beliefs behind it and listen to the music (you can also listen to other genres in addition to goth).
some beliefs of the gothic/alt community are:
- there is beauty in darkness, pain/sadness, and the macabre
- rejection of conservatism
- rejection of conformity
- anti-war
- anti-racist
- anti-fascist
- anti-authoritarian
- pro-LGBTQ
- pro-choice
- anti-capitalism
- and other leftist or anarchistic beliefs
also…
if you agree with the beliefs but nothing else you are just a leftist/anarchist
if you listen to the music or dress goth but don’t agree with the beliefs you’re not alt and/or you are considered a “poser”. right-wingers cannot be alt because they contradict eachother.
if you listen to goth music you are goth
if you agree with everything you are goth
#gothgoth#goth girl#gothic#alternative goth#goth aesthetic#goth music#baby goth#siouxsie and the banshees#siouxsie sioux#type o negative#bauhaus#the cramps#goo goo muck#sisters of mercy#the cure#alien sex fiend#sex gang children#joy division#strawberry switchblade
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Asphodel | ch 67
[Excerpt:]
Rising to her feet abruptly, Satine turned to face him but hesitated to meet his eyes as she announced, “I should go check on the twins.”
Obi-Wan noticed how avoidant she was, how she seemed embarrassed that he had caught her in such a quiet, vulnerable moment, and he reassured her, “I was just there. The emdees are in the process of feeding them, and Master Yoda is there. Telling stories, so he says. Ancient fables we were taught as children in the temple creches,” and before mental images of what he’d seen on Coruscant could return to him, he clenched his jaw shut and forced a smile to hide his pain.
Satine said nothing, but as he shifted his body weight from one foot to the other, clearly uncomfortable where he stood before her, she was reminded of his need for medical treatment. She looked him up and down and then met his eyes to ask, “Have you been looked at yet?”
Now he was evasive as he glanced aside and then admitted, “Yes. The emdee says I have some permanent nerve damage, some second degree burns, and, you know, considering all the incidents I’ve had over the years,” he paused to shrug, “I should be fortunate it’s not worse.”
Satine frowned, particularly at the permanence of his condition. “Synth-skin?”
He nodded. “And bacta.”
She reached out gingerly to touch him on his injured hip where she could detect the layers of well-placed bandages lying below the fabric of his trousers, holding the strips of synth-skin against his burns, and she grimaced for him as she quietly asked, “Are you in pain?”
Obi-Wan closed his eyes and released a heavy sigh, uninterested in explaining to her how the physical pain was a strange mercy - a distraction from the suffering of his mind - and like a lifeline, every ache in his bones kept him focused on the present and distracted him so that he was too drained to think about Anakin and Padme, the carnage inside the Jedi Temple, and what he had done on Mustafar.
The lack of an answer spoke volumes.
“You are,” she whispered. “You always are.”
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Chapter 67 is up.
#asphodel#obi wan x satine#obitine#obi wan kenobi#satine kryze#duchess of mandalore#sw fanfiction#fanfic
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WELCOME TO SPRUNKI N FRENS BLOG!
☀️Welcome to Sprunki Land! Where adorable cute characters create music in harmony. Everyone is excited to welcome new visitors to their land. This Blog showcases things these amazingly adorable frens have to show about them or their stuff! 🌈✨🎵
This is a 13+ Blog page, please be aware with the submissions sent here

☀️The Sprunkies who run the account:
🟡Simon (Nicknamed as Yellow): Sunny bright Sprunki who vibes to the synth of the sunrays. He is the twin of Oren (Orange).
☔ Roni (Modmin's Sprunkisona): She may be a bit hoarse when it comes to humming, but she provides colorful paintings to the Sprunkies! Has anyone wondered why she would draw eyes on her artworks?
☀️Tags Map!:
#SnFupdates : Basically updates about the blog
#SnFartworks : Artworks made by Modmin/submissions
#SnFreblog : Reblogs about Sprunki-related blogs
#SnFmemes : Memes/nonsense posting
#SnFasks : Ask answers (send an ask ;D)
☀️Submissions:
☔ - I will be checking the submissions (asks and arts). Any violations such as NSFW will result the account blacklisted. This is a 13+ account. Submissions will be tagged with #SnFasks
Ran by Modmin Roni! This blog is created to share content about Sprunki n Frens AU and other Sprunki Mix related blogs☔☀️
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Characters' info:
Raddy Garnetscar 🔴💢
Age: 20-21 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Gay, Trans Male (he/him)
Species: Spikey ankylosaurus
Instrument: Snare drum
The red Sprunki of temper. Raddy is one of the most competitive and active Sprunkis, but can blow a fuse if things tick him off. But despite how angry he get, he is really compassionate with his friends. He loves to work out and do sports as his favorite sport is basketball.
He's currently in a relationship with Oren.
Oren Cara Flutterbeat 🟠🎧
Age: 19-20 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Bisexual, Polyamorous, Cis Male (he/him)
Species: Butterfly-like alien
Instrument: Kick drum
The orange Sprunki of content (as in the emotion!). Oren is a pretty chill guy and very easy-going. He is usually seen with his buddy, Simon, listening to music on his headphones and doing his skateboat kickflips, which kinda fail a lot, but he does get back up again!
He's currently dating Raddy and Pinki.
Pinki Diana Muffin 🩷🎀
Age: 19-20 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Bisexual, Cis Female (she/her)
Species: Lop-eared bunny
Instrument: Female choir
The pink Sprunki of kindness. Pinki is very sweet and optimistic who cares a lot about her friends' safety and does her best to help them out. She can also do a lot things, like doing makeup and baking. Her cookies and muffins are very tasty! You should give them a try!
She's currently in a relationship with Oren.
Durpleton "Durple" Chalcedony 🟣💎
Age: 19-20 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Asexual Biromatic, Cis Male (he/him)
Species: Dragon
Instrument: Trumpet
The purple Sprunki of relaxation. Durple is usually seen relaxing anywhere and reading books as he loves to read. He can be a bit of a hoarder, though, especially with anything shiny, like gems. Unlike most dragons, Durple can't fly as he was born with very small wings and he has weak fire breath, but nothing is stopping him now!
He's currently dating Simon.
Simon Sunnybeam 🟡⭐️
Age: 18-19 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Queer, Genderfluid (he/they/it)
Species: Fuzzy alien
Instrument: 8-bit synth
The yellow Sprunki of happiness. Simon is probably the biggest ray of sunshine any Sprunki has ever seen! He's energetic and super friendly with everyone. He also has a big obsession with food as he really loves to eat!
He's currently dating Durple.
Brud Chocychip 🟤🍫
Age: 18-19 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Pansexual, Cis Male (he/him)
Species: Dog-like slime creature made of chocolate ice cream
Instrument: Cowbell
The brown Sprunki of innocence. Brud isn't really the brightest and smartest Sprunki, but he's a big sweetheart who really loves his friends! He seems to remain positive most of the time. He's the only Sprunki to speak in third person, usually using his name while he refers to himself. He also has a strange talent of tolerating pain and can be a little forgetable at times.
Fun Bot 🤖
Age: Ageless (mentally 12-13 years old)
Sexuality/Gender: Aroace, Genderless (they/he)
Species: Sprunki-shaped robot
Instrument: Drum roll
One of Garnold and Clukr's robot kids and Mr. Fun Computer's younger "twin". Fun Bot is the biggest party animal who loves to see every Sprunki be happy and have fun!
Garnold Shinyglare 💛🛠
Age: 30-31 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Demisexual Panromantic, Cis Male (he/him)
Species: Fish
Instrument: Apreggio synth
The golden Sprunki of comprehension. Garnold is one of the inventors of Sprunkville. He's serious, hard-working and always so busy, busy, busy. He needs to take a break once in the while. He made the robot suit that he's wearing all by himself and likes to keep it very shiny.
He's currently married to Clukr.
Clukr Gleamtech ���🔧
Age: 29-30 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Queer, Cis Male (he/him)
Species: Rhinoceros beetle
Instrument: Ride cymbal
The silver Sprunki of intelligence. Clukr is another one of the inventors of Sprunkville. He's a big know-it-all who likes to discover a lot of new things. He really likes to build and invent stuff. Just ask him what to make and he'll build it! He can take the cymbal off his head, but none of the Sprunkis never seen him do it in person.
He's currently married to Garnold.
Mr. Fun "Funbyte" Computer 🖥
Age: Ageless (mentally 12-13 years old)
Sexuality/Gender: Aroace, Genderless (he/him)
Species: Talking sentient computer
Instrument: Singing lyrics
One of Garnold and Clukr's robot kids and Fun Bot's older "twin". Mr. Fun Computer is a talking computer who loves to sing and let his friends know to have a fun time! He may look like a regular computer, but he does have a lot of tricks that he can show.
Vineria Forrest 💚🪷
Age: 25-26 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Bisexual, Trans Female (she/her)
Species: Snail
Instrument: Cabasa
The green Sprunki of peace. Vineria is Sprunkville's gardener who's super into plants. She's a big hippie as she's calm and mellow about a lot of things. She's seen watering her flowers in her garden and giving out meditation sessions. Oh, and her hair? It's actually a wig made out of vines and flowers. Sadly, it's not real.
OWAKCX "Lime" Chartreuse 🟢⚡
Age: 24-25 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Bisexual, Cis Male (he/him)
Species: Hedgehog
Instrument: Crash cymbal
The lime Sprunki of sympathy. OWAKCX, or Lime as many Sprunkis nickname him since his name is a little hard to pronounce, is a part-time businessman who works at the Sprunkville office. He's a bit of a nervous and anxious guy who gets scared easily, but despite this, he's really kind and friendly to those who talk to him. He was born with a stutter, so be patient if he takes a while to get some words out.
He's close friends with Vineria and has a bit of a crush on her.
Jevin Umbramoon 🔵🦇
Age: 26-27 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Queer, Trans Male (he/him)
Species: Vampire bat
Instrument: Male choir
The dark blue Sprunki of mystery. Jevin is a bit of a mysterious fella, but don't worry! Even though he looks ominous, he's pretty chill and caring towards his friends. He has a big interest in magic and witchcraft and often worships "the Big Figures", the gods and guardians of Sprunkville, who he wants to follow in their footsteps. Uh... Whoever those guys are-
He's currently married to Tunner.
Tunner Tumbledust 🤎🤠
Age: 27-28 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Pansexual, Cis Male (he/him)
Species: Reptile and bunny hybrid
Instrument: Whistle
The tan Sprunki of dedication. Tunner is the hard-working sheriff of Sprunkville who protects every Sprunki from danger. As you can tell, he's super dedicated to his job and takes it very seriously. Also, he sure loves to whistle!
He's currently married to Jevin.
Sky Bluebear 🩵🧸
Age: 13-14 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Aroace, Cis Male (he/him)
Species: Bear
Instrument: Music box
The sky blue Sprunki of softness. Sky is one of the youngest Sprunkis who just wants to join in the older Sprunkis' activites. He's a shy, but sweet kid who never seemed to grow up. He loves collecting a lot of teddy bears, but he has only one teddy bear that he's super attached to.
He looks up to the adult Sprunkis as his sibling and/or parental figures, but he stays close to Tunner and Jevin the most.
Grayson "Gray" Darkstring 🩶🎸
Age: 19-20 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Aroace, Cis Male (he/him)
Species: Cat-like demon
Instrument: Bass guitar
The gray Sprunki of neutrality. Gray is very introverted and shy and usually speaks in a very soft tone, even when he's raising his voice. He stays close to his best friend, Wenda, who sometimes does the talking for him. By the way, he isn't really a cat, he just looks like one.
Wenda Willowbliss 🤍📢
Age: 19-20 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Lesbian, Genderfluid (she/they/he)
Species: Turkish Angora cat
Instrument: Shouting "hey!"
The white Sprunki of thrill. Wenda is super extroverted and loves to socialize. She's best friends with Gray, who usually tags along with her. She's always carrying a megaphone to show how loud she can be, but she does try to be careful.
She's currently in a relationship with Mel.
Blackberry Hatter "Blackhat" Spark ⚫️🔪
Age: 26-27 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Bisexual, Cis Male (he/him)
Species: Some eldritch creature
Instrumental: Horror ambience
The black Sprunki of selfishness. Blackhat is the only Sprunki who hates the idea of friendship and all things that's all rainbows and sunshine, so he tries to have fun his own way by... being a jerk.. For some reason, he has dark magic to mess with Sprunkis. He's always wandering around holding a knife, waiting for "when the time is right". Um... Whatever that means-
Also, he and OWAKCX know each other from a relationship they had, but he had to be very scummy..
Mr. Tree 🌳
Age: 50-ish years old(?)
Sexuality/Gender: Questioning, Agender (he/it)
Species: Talking sentient tree
Instrument: Organ
Unlike most of the trees around Sprunkville, Mr. Tree is the only tree that can talk and make music. He is very wise and acts as the voice of reason towards the Sprunkis. No one knows how he came to life or can talk, but he still works like any other tree.
Mr. Sun ☀️
Age: Probably thousands or millions years old
Sexuality/Gender: Questioning, Cis Male (he/him)
Species: Talking sentient sun
Instrument: Piano
It's the one and only golden sun, Mr. Sun! He's very jolly and friendly with everyone. He brings a lot of smiles to the Sprunkis' faces and loves shine super bright on someone's day. He's not just any sun, though! He can turn into a moon during nighttime called "Mr. Moon".
How? Who knows? That even might not be his true form!
𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 and 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐭����𝐞𝐫 🌭🥤
Age: 21-22 years old (Marm), 18-19 years old (Mard)
Sexuality: Abrosexual, Cis Male (he/him) (Marm), Omnisexual, Trans Male (he/him) (Mard)
Species: Jerboa
Instruments: Acoustic guitar
Two mustard yellow Sprunkis of alliance. Marm and Mard are two brothers who give out snacks to Sprunkis every week, mostly hot dogs with mustard. You can spot them going around with their hot dog stand.
Mard has a small crush on Brud, who is yet to confess to him.
Wolfie Wanderhowl 🐺🌕
Age: 19-20 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Pansexual Demiromantic, Nonbinary (they/them)
Species: Wolf-like demon
Instrument: Barking
The arctic blue Sprunki of inspiration. Wolfie comes from a cold and snowy part of Sprunkville. They're a little shy, but very friendly with every Sprunki they meet. They're an artist that usually does landscape paintings, whether digital or traditional. They sometimes tag along with Jevin, often calling him "leader".
Coal 🖤🌌
Age: Ageless (but appears to be in his mid 20s)
Sexuality/Gender: Bisexual, Cis male (he/him)
Species: Shapeshifting eldritch creature
Instrument: Melodic choir
Coal is an unknown Sprunki that just suddenly showed up in Sprunkville one day. No one really knows where he came from, not even Coal himself. He's really kind, but comes off as nervous and awkward. He's close friends with Jevin and Wolfie and sometimes tags along with them.
He resembles Blackhat a little bit as his species is a little similar, but he doesn't like him, nor he's associated with or related to him.
𝕄𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕕𝕪 "𝕄𝕖𝕝" ℍ𝕒𝕫𝕖𝕝𝕟𝕦𝕥 🐾🧁
Age: 20-21 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Lesbian, Cis Female (she/her)
Species: Maine coon cat
Instrument: Scat singing
The umber brown Sprunki of creativity. Mel runs a bakery in Sprunkville called "Mel's Goods". She sells any baked goods like cupcakes, pastries, cookies and so much more. She also has a good talent of tap dancing and scatting as she bakes, which also catches her customers' attention.
She's currently in a relationship with Wenda.
𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 🦉❄️
Age: 28-29 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Bisexual, Cis Male (he/him)
Species: Snowy owl
Instrument: Piccolo flute
The light gray Sprunki of moderation. Shebert lives in a snowy mountain in the snowy part of Sprunkville. He usually spends his time doing ice or snow sculptures in his own home, but he does visit Sprunkville from time to time.
He is currently married to Ali.
𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 "𝑨𝒍𝒊" 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 🦉🌼
Age: 28-29 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Asexual Hetromantic, Cis Female (she/her)
Species: Barn owl
Instrument: Pan flute
The almond brown Sprunki of originality. Ali is calm and relaxed Sprunki lives in a snowy mountain in a snowy part of Sprunkville. She spends her time crocheting warm outfits and crafting with plastic flowers and sells them to other Sprunkis who are traveling by.
She is currently married to Shebert.
Mik Echoboom 🎤
Age: 18-19 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Pansexual, Bigender (he/she)
Species: Anthro microphone
Instrument: Reverb
The anchor gray Sprunki of mimicry. Mik is a Sprunki who has a big habit of copying other Sprunkis' words. Other than that, he's a pretty friendly guy who likes making his own music and hosting parties.
Popper Poppinpop 🍿
Age: 19-20 years old
Sexuality/Gender: Demisexual Biromantic, Trans Male (he/him)
Species: Anthro popcorn machine
Instrument: Popcorn kernels popping
A popcorn machine shaped Sprunki of commotion. Popper just can't stop making popcorn, but he doesn't mind! He sometimes gives out the popcorn to Sprunkis who want to snack with him. He's also super into movie nights!
(Will be updated if I decide to add more)
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Oh boy! A new redesign of an old OC! And also another revision to Abigail's sheet (the height was listed wrong in the last one... somehow? Neither me or MthS noticed it until a few hours ago lol)
There's something sort of ironic about posting these two together, because they're related! Specifically, they are cousins/half-sisters. I'll explain that in a second though. Once again, the art was done by @mthsmelo, and he's been crushing it. This one took a little longer just due to the holidays and money issues born from that haha.
Roxanne Morgun, otherwise known as Roxxi, is an e-girl inspired by TikTok brainrot (ironic, because I don't use TikTok at all), and has a thing for cards (in case the sheer amount of card suit visuals and the like didn't give that away). She likes cringe memes and teasing her boyfriend a lot (he's a quiet, meek kinda guy, so he's easy to get riled up, which she finds funny and cute). She technically does backup synths and the odd bit of DJ/Turntablist stuff for her band, Parasite Eden, but she likes playing guitar.
As for how she and Abigail are related: Roxix's got two moms, with one of them being the twin sister of Abbi's dad. So they are cousins. However, because she has two moms, they needed a donor to have her, so they asked Abigail's father to be the donor. This is because they felt it'd be easiest to ask him, for a bunch of factors I won't get into. I based this on some real life lesbians I know doing something similar. In case I need to scream it from the rooftops, the bio-mom is the one who isn't related to Abigail's dad, cause otherwise that'd be extremely gross. So Roxxi and Abbi are technically half-sisters. They get along like siblings do (based on how me and my own cousins were sibling-like growing up), and barring a brief period where they didn't get along (around late middle school to early high school), they are in a band together now, so... yeah! She's also besties with Abigail's girlfriend, Olivia.
#my ocs#commissioned art#not my art#original characters#abigail mckinley#abbi#abigail#abigail abbi mckinley#mckinley#Roxanne#Roxxi#Roxanne Morgun#Morgun#Roxanne Roxxi Morgun#egirl aesthetic#tiktok aesthetic#guitarist#musician oc#reference sheets#ref sheet#half siblings#cousins#Russian OC#Jewish OC
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Fallout 4 ☢️ Masterlist i
What mornings are like [MacCready, Cait, Preston]
What kisses are like [Deacon, Hancock, Curie]
Synth companions react to negative attention
SoSu w/ a stutter [X6, Hancock, Piper]
Modern AU headcanons
Relationship milestones [Deacon, Preston, Gage]
Yandere headcanons [Preston, Gage, Danse]
Sole having a twin [Hancock, Nick, Piper, Deacon]
Yandere Girls headcanons
Favorite place for a date [X6, Preston, Hancock]
As House-husbands [Preston, Hancock, Deacon]
Synth companions [+Strong and Dogmeat] w/ an overprotective SoSu
Deacon traveling with a Vampire!SoSu (not romanced)
Taking care of a Teen!Asian!SoSu
Child giving them a friendship bracelet [X6, Cait, Vadim and Yafim]
Companions react to Glimpse of Us by Joji
Companions taking care of a Positive!SoSu after they break down
Companions react to Until I Found You by Stephen Sanchez
X6 Guide to Cure Lovesickness
Getting sick after killing a ton of people [MacCready, Deacon, Danse]
Companions w/ Werewolf!SoSu stuck in that form permanently
React to Male!SoSu who shaves and has a baby face
Piper Wright romance headcanons
SoSu as a magical girl with guns
Scribe Haylen romance headcanons
SoSu who gives cute aggression [Hancock, Nick, MacCready]
Josephine Montilyet romance headcanons
SoSu who made themselves a prosthetic arm out of old gen 2 parts [Nick, Danse (Pre-BB), Father/Shaun, DiMA)
Life w/ Codsworth after the bombs dropped
Patient!SoSu finally exploding a complaining settler
Danse smut because I was... drinking
Yan!Girls w/ a darling who was once an Enclave soldier
Yan!Girls corner their darling but darling traps them in a giant bubble
Yan!Girls react to their darling pouring their heart out to them
Companions drinking Devil's Kiss and getting fire powers from it
Companions (+Proctor Ingram) react to a Ripper Doc
SoSu having 4 arms
Companions react to stupid comebacks
Yan!Girl's darling going to get something from Canada and coming back beaten w/ the object
Yan!Girl react to darling asking for a baby
Yandere Danse and Haylen reacting to darling confessing they used to be an Enclave soldier
SoSu giving a drunken confession [Deacon, Danse, Preston, MacCready]
SoSu going through a magic door and coming out covered in blood
Companions helping SoSu who lost their pet guinea pig
SoSu hugging companion and sobbing uncontrollably when they got back from the Institute [Deacon, MacCready, Danse, X6]
Yandere Cait w/ Institute Scientist!Darling
Companions react to SoSu who mutated into a super mutant
Preston w/ a SoSu who has Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
Yan!Girls meeting Darling's assaultron girlfriend
Yan!Girls w/ a Darling who was a tourist and misses their homeland
Companions meeting a super ghoul
Helping a super mutant get a girlfriend
SoSu hitting an impossible trick shot
SoSu leading a pack of feral ghoul
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My friend asked me for new wave songs recently and I was just reminded of how it’s one of the best genres of music ever, so here’s some of my recs (I admittedly have a very loose definition of new wave):
Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order — literally anything by New Order applies (shoutout to Blue Monday and Age of Consent), but listening to this song for the first time on a road trip was life changing for me
Love My Way by The Psychedelic Furs — oh my god I felt so alive when I discovered this song; it sounds so ahead of its time and I’m addicted
Land Of My Dreams by Anna Domino — this song is so dreamy and the inflection she uses when singing evokes a lot of emotion for me; a bit slower but just perfect
This Is the Day by The The — this song is so cute, almost like it’s a cute montage song in an 80s movie!!
Baby Turns Blue by Virgin Prunes — this song is so fun and on the faster/more dance-y side of new wave; I can’t even imagine hearing this on the dance floor back then wow
Surrender by Suicide — this song is SO dreamy and love-y, I’m not sure how else to describe it. Perfect slow dance song in the 80s and it always makes it into my Valentine’s playlists!!
Strange by Galaxie 500 — I love the guitar riff in this and the unique vocals. This is less on the synth side of new wave but I still adore it; I knew I loved Lisa Frankenstein when they used this song haha
Moon Rocks by Talking Heads — come on now I HAD to include TH in a new wave post. Honestly any song by them basically works but this one is so silly and fun (I also recommend Pull up the Roots and Crosseyed and Painless) Anyway Talking Heads fans please rise up
Bluebeard by Cocteau Twins — god this song is so summery and perfect; I love blasting this once the weather starts to get warmer. Anything by Cocteau Twins kind of works but this is what’s on repeat for me right now
Disintegration by The Cure — of course I also had to include The Cure even though this song is a bit more on the goth side. This and Let’s Go To Bed are my favorites at the moment
Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie — god this song is so funky and perfect; it very well may be my fav Bowie song. And the connection to Major Tom? Perfection.
#are all of these new wave? probably not#anyway heed my recommendations and your life will be changed#heavy on the New Order because they may be one of my fav bands ever#may write an 80s AU just to include New Order in the playlist#new wave#music recs
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About me:
Hiya 💓 I'm a chubby bi mtf trans switch, I'll mostly be reblogging art I like or dumb memes I see :3c
I'm into video games: like TF2, Half-Life, Fallout, Metal Gear Solid, Animal Crossing, Bayonetta, and Jet Set Radio to name a few.
I like a good range of music like: punk, breakcore, club music, and 80s synth.
I don't think I'm a big movie buff but I absolutely adore horror and generally interesting movies, Evil Dead is my favorite and I still need to watch Twin Peaks the Return but anything by Lynch is absolutely mesmerizing!
All around I'm a big nerdy softy that loves talking and of course being pervy🥰
I'll also be posting and reblogging some horny stuff so 🔞🔞🔞🔞MINORS, TERFS, AND -PHOBES DNI🔞🔞🔞🔞
Asks and DMs are always open for casual conversation, reaching out or just being an outright pervert! Go right ahead my lovelies 😘😘😘
DMs are always welcome to unsolicited pictures (trans fems ideally but open to all 💓) and if you really want me to, I can always rate them too 💓
If some sicko out there wants to give me money for any reason just ask! I'd never decline money from a p4yp1g💓
💓💓💓💓Enjoy my blog💓💓💓💓
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Skelly! Do you have any AUs for Rory and Price you haven't talked about yet? 👀
oooh thank you for the ask Gen <3
🤔 I think I've probably mentioned all of them in passing at least once on this blog or have saved something for them on rory's side blog (unless this is my Swiss cheese brain misremembering) but a lot of the AUs I have for them are mostly just an idea that hasn't been written down and just rotates in my head for a while.
The first two for sure I don't think I've actually talked about except in dms with fable, but the rest I have talked about or posted writing snippets (and are still being worked on periodically):
-ranch retirement au, which is mostly so I can have cowboy Price but also Rory gets a herd of baby lambs :)
-oops we had a baby au, where Rory gets knocked up accidentally and two war criminals have to figure out how to raise twins (Rose and Thomas)
-cyberpunk/blade runner au, where Price is a military synth and Rory hunts him down for "retirement"
-Victorian merman au, this one gets dark, was not the original plan but sometimes I like playing with the worst parts of John's personality
-1770s werewolf au, this one again is darker, but is basically just a bodice ripper
-vampire au
-ladyhawke au
-zombie/post-apocalyptic au
-soulmate/timeloop au
-hybrid/monster au (dragon!price x werewolf!rory)
-British gangster au
#thank you for the ask <3#skelly answers#au ideas#ship: you are the sword to my shield#oc: rory sinclair#voidika
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Oh, yeah. It's all coming together.
Any questions?
Undertale & Deltarune (C)Toby Fox
Ultimate Undertale & Ultimate Deltarune (C) BARRYDUCTIONS
DONTFORGET (C)RickyG
Xtale, UNDERVERSE and "DELTAVERSE" (C) @jakei95
Delta Memory (C)HelianTheFox
Underswap (C) @p0pcornpr1nce
Underfell (C) @underfell
Deltafell (C) @ask-polvera-sans
Alphatale & Alpharune (C)Alphasaith
Outertale (C) @mimipippin
Undernovela (C) @pig-demon
Deltaruined (C)Romualdo666
Inverted Fate (C) @megaderping
Rulesrune (C) @deltarune-au-domain
Delta Experiment (C) @gonerboy
A.L.I.V.E. (C) @tatatale
Salt Route (C) @campyvillain
Impulse Break (C) @ut-impulse-break
Omega Timeline (C) @dokudoki
Poppy's Story (C)FmsDraws
Underevent (C)OctoYT, TheRustySfm, FmsDraws, & Synth Mints
Twin Runes & Lost in the In-Between (C)akanemnon
#undertale#undertale au#undertale fangame#underverse#underevent#twin runes#xtale#deltaverse#delta memory#alphatale#alpharune#deltafell#rulesrune#underfell#underswap#undernovela#outertale#deltaruined#undertale alive#alive au#delta experiment#deltarune salt route#salt route#undertale impulse break#omega timeline#poppy's story#deltarune#lost in the in-between#ultimate undertale#ultimate deltarune
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~𖥔☾𖤓☽𖥔~ about me ~𖥔☾𖤓☽𖥔~
𖤓 my name is deidre, I’m 28 y/o, and a career tarot reader and musician
𖤓 im a giant lesbian
𖤓 my record collection is my retirement
𖤓 big three — aries|capricorn|sagittarius
𖤓 my band is called Red and the Rebels (ethereal, sapphic americana/rock) — I am the songwriter, lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist
~𖥔☾𖤓☽𖥔~ music I love ~𖥔☾𖤓☽𖥔~
𖤓 stevie nicks/fleetwood mac
𖤓 ofra haza 𖤓 kate bush
𖤓 mazzy star/alanis morissette/90s women
𖤓 classic rock in general
𖤓 karen dalton/women of folk
𖤓 cocteau twins/sisters of mercy/retro goth/atmospheric/synth stuff
𖤓 outlaw country/60s-90s country (emmylou harris, roseanne cash, etc)
~𖥔☾𖤓☽𖥔~ tv I love ~𖥔☾𖤓☽𖥔~
𖤓 the x-files 𖤓 pokemon
𖤓 game of thrones 𖤓 the office
𖤓 l word 𖤓 marvelous mrs maisel
~𖥔☾𖤓☽𖥔~ stuff I post ~𖥔☾𖤓☽𖥔~
𖤓 whimsigoth 𖤓 southern gothic
𖤓 80s/90s aesthetic 𖤓 the x-files
𖤓 music stuff 𖤓 poetry 𖤓 tarot
𖤓 astrology 𖤓 occultism 𖤓 folk magic
~𖥔☾𖤓☽𖥔~ tarot readings ~𖥔☾𖤓☽𖥔~
webcam/phone call:
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text/tumblr ask/discord chat:
𖤓 yes/no-$10 𖤓 15 min live chat (any questions)/ $20
𖤓 long-form/in-depth reading (private chat/email only — these take time) $30
𖤓 feel free to check my ig (@hexetarots) to see if our energies are a good fit/to see what I do regularly with tarot irl! 𖤓
~𖥔☾𖤓☽𖥔~ final notes ~𖥔☾𖤓☽𖥔~
I’m dipping my toes back into tumblr after being a devout user back in 2011-2016. Mainly, I’ll be reblogging stuff I love (described above), and occasionally writing my own tarot/astrology content. I’ll probably gush over my girlfriend at some point, too.
Asks always open so feel free to shoot one my way if you feel so inclined~
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#a lil bit about me#follow if u love this shit too I’ll probs follow back#wlw#lesbian#classic rock#astrology#fleetwood mac#Ofra haza#txf#the xfiles#Dana Scully#Fox Mulder#stevie nicks#lana del rey#90s music#whimsigoth#90s witch#80s music#rock n roll#tarot cards#tarot#tarotblr#occult#pokemon#professional tarot#lgbtq#astro observations#sisters of mercy#cocteau twins#kate bush
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hi crimson!! hope you're well, man. i've heard you mention on streams before that you identify as goth, i was curious about your favorite goth bands? goth and post punk are some of my favorite music genres so i got really excited hearing that, lol.
Ooough nice ask. I will admit my taste isn't the most refined but I can talk about a few.
Of course, I adore Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, Bauhaus, and Joy Division. Those are classics. Killing Joke and Cocteau Twins have that sorta classic Goth sound to them too.
Cradle of Filth is worth checking out. Some of it gets a bit more into nu-metal territory. If you like that sound Within Temptation and Nightwish are also pretty good and I grew up listening to a lot of Korn because of my dad.
A few more classic post punk bands I enjoy are Smashing Pumpkins, The Pixies, Hole, Sonic Youth, Metric, and Beck. Getting into later years I also really like Billy Talent. Of the cringey highschool bands I listened to in the early 2000s they still worm their way back into my ear. Though Three Days Grace was also very near and dear to me put I think thats getting too close to regular rock at that point, but I've heard people call them post-grunge too.
As a bonus, some contemporary artists Ive recently discovered and other people that like Goth and post punk might like are Last Dinner Party and Djo. Djo does stuff with 80s style synth that kinda reminds me of goth music in that it's sorta melancholy but in a very interesting nostalgic way. Last Dinner Party kinda plays with modern girl pop the way goth plays with the sound of its contemporaneous performers.
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スブロサ - SUBROSA
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This was one of the few album tracks that was legally previewable before the album launch, and even just from a brief SMS snippet, it was clear that this was metal-banging Industrial EBM at its finest. The prowling panther beat of Yuta’s hip-hop bass plays off a sproingy synth-bass lick, the backbone of the 80s Industrial sound*. Endlessly repeating, weird electronic squiggles of sound are run through heavy filters to emulate robotic chatter. It even features a mentasm Hoover Synth. And, of course, the Aphex Twin-pioneered micro-edited, infinitely fast snarerushes and LFO-twiddling that seem to collapse the song into itself during the breaks.
*There’s some controversy as to the original of this tone: depending on who you ask, it was invented by either NU Unruh hammering a giant spring with Einstuerzende Neubauten (the ‘Bassfeder’ comes in about 0:17); or Chrislo Haas’ analogue synth work, as one of the founders of DAF, a band whose aggressive minimalism would become the blueprint for the European EDM sound.

Yokoyama-san’s working notes on the track reveal the incredibly complex editing work, like an auditory jigsaw puzzle. (The track names are incredible: "Dissonance Progress"; "Pitch Black Night"; "Future Breaks"!) You can see the beats double, quadruple, multiply exponentially as the cuts become smaller and denser. The stereo manipulation is mindblowing - truly a song made for headphones! - as sounds flicker and skitter and pan in every direction. He said that Imai “insisted on leaving out his guitar (even though the guitar can still be heard)”. £5 reward to anyone who can spot any guitar on the track!
Imai also revealed in an interview, that this song was originally written during the Izora sessions, and rewritten for Subrosa. Imai’s playful raps and dizzying flow are so perfect for the song’s swaggering attitude that I can’t imagine how Sakurai would have sung it. I fear it might have become something in a playful, slightly silly vein a la Gustave. (I love Gustave as much as anyone, but it has a very different atmosphere.) But instead, Imai created a blueprint for a far more dance-oriented, synthesiser-based B-T Mk II. Vocals here are just another instrument: more of a rhythmic element than a melodic one; a background textural element to provide colour, rather than the main figure of the foreground.
Favourite moments: oh, there are just too many to count. Maybe the very end of the ecstatic drop, where the Jungle beats from 2:20 give way to the scratched (phased out? Leslie-speakered?) vocals coming in at 2:34. Very Beastie Boys – memories of my first time hearing their mixture of acid rock and hip-hop on Check Your Head in pot-scented student digs in New York. Can you imagine the stereophonic fun they could have with a pair of these babies?
The NOIZE solos at 3:11 and 3:27 (these would sound great live on a theremin, Mr. Imai, hint hint!) The stereo-panned sawtooth tremolo synth that comes in during the very last verse (starting at about 4:05) like a flash forward to the extreme noise-gating of Muyubyo’s guitars? It’s the tiny sonic details that make Buck-Tick so moreish – I’ve listened to this song dozens of times and on each deep listen, I catch another tiny sound I hadn’t noticed before. (I just caught a tiny stereo twitch in the synths at 1:58!) It works as a pop song – the irresistible panther rhythm and the strutting vocals drive it along with charismatic velocity – but the detail and complexity of the soundscape is like the whirling, ornate pattern of a Persian carpet you can lose yourself in forever.
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Seven '7ven' Blackwood McKinney
Voice Claim: (Jacob Elordi) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2r7wV5C9sg&ab_channel=WMagazine
Partner(s): None. Parents: Adrian Blackwood & Raven McKinney. Kids: Technically he has a bunch, but the only ones he really relates to is Sky & Imogen. Age: Immortal, but translates to mid-late 20's Birthday: 7th of January. Height: 185cm (6ft) Body type: Skinny, but with some muscle tone. Eye color: Light blue-gray, with a tiny bit of brown around the iris. Classification: (Immortal) Demon. Known powers: Possession, shape shifting, Invisibility, healing by touch. Non-Corporeal Form/Ghostly form (being able to appear as a ghost) Evasion (The user can’t be tracked down, all the traces of their passing disappear or are ignored: fallen hair, blood, skin particles, etc. will dissipate into dust and no scent is given off, unless he wishes to. Telepaths find it extremely hard to find the Evader’s brainwaves.) Telepathy (The power to mentally receive and/or transmit information.)
About: ~ Melancholic, Restless, Brooding, Lazy, Sarcastic, Emotional, Irresponsible, Anti-Social, Distracted, Imaginative, Observant, Reflective, Fearless, Honest, Reckless, Strange, Clumsy, Stubborn, Disorganized, And Mischievous. ~ Has big hands for his body ~ Sexuality Omnisexual (Attracted equally to all human beings (men, women, transexuals, etc.) … A person who can be sexually attracted to anyone and anything, from men/women/everything in … and also non-human animals and inanimate objects) ~ Has thick black hair ~ Has a few black tattoos on various body parts, also two fairly hidden. ~ Half Irish. ~ Has a bit of a British accent. ~ Can Shapeshift to a black fox. ~ Very Anti-Social, doesn't like meeting new people. ~ Does a lot of drugs. ~ Parties a lot. ~ People often call him grumpy, but he really isn't, he's just often stuck in his own world, and quite brooding. ~ Smells like Opium. ~ Dislikes modern pop music. ~ Terrible cook. ~ Likes to hang out with two of his sisters, the rest of his rather large sibling flock he barely stays in contact with. ~ Has an okay relationship to both his parents on the other hand. ~ Doesn't talk much. ~ Loves to stay at home, listening to loud music, not talking to anyone for days. ~ Sleeps a lot. ~ Plays a lot of video games, suck at it. ~ Has a scar on his lip, he got beaten up when he was a very young kid, by some bully, who lived to regret it. ~ Has several piercings in his ears. ~ Very much a rebel. Doesn’t like authorities. ~ Feels everything quite intense. ~ Loves night time, the moon, drugs, pancakes, black eyeshadow, kittens, being left alone, fluffy pillows, sleeping, pizza, minty food, strawberry marshmallows, cold mornings, Synth wave, fog and rain. ~ Always wears some sort of baggy clothes. ~ Really hard to read. Seven's tag Seven's house/home Handwriting/ask answer pic:

One song to describe him: Labyrinth - Still Don't Know My name
Personal play list: 1. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit 2. Cream - White Room 3. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now 4. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Suppose They Give A War And No One Comes 5. Bronski Beat - Small Town Boy 6. MGMT - Little Dark Age 7. The Cure - Just Like Heaven 8. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes 9. The Doors - End Of The Night 10. Tame Impala - New Person Same Old Mistakes 11. Pixies - Where Is My Mind 12. Kavinsky - Nightcall 13. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 14. The Cure - A Forest 15. Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
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