#mongo post

[paunchout]

why does don have that centaur posture

[waterkangaroo]

Donut is so....she's a cat. She's a princess. She's a spoiled brat. She's a beautiful precious baby. She's actual royalty. She was born yesterday. She's a full grown adult. She's Carl's best friend. She's his partner in crime. She loves getting lap dances. She frequents the Penis Parade. She's incredibly cunning. She's a child actress. She's a revolutionary. She reads people for filth. She's a mother to a dinosaur. She helped incite a civil war. She's orchestrating a genocide on cocker spaniels. She cannot sing to save her life. She's a cult leader. She's incredibly witty. She does not think ahead. She's a master manipulator. She's a diva. She's the queen of suppressing emotion. She is the epitome of a cat.

[cairfrey]

I made this because I know that there are at least 4 people out there who sit in the middle of the venn diagram, ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl fans’ and ‘Baldur’s Gate 3 fans’

[andreai04]

All my life, l'd felt alone. And now, at the edge of the apocalypse, I finally realized how much I needed other people.

They will not break me. But I will break them. This is my promise to myself, to my friends, and to you, anyone who reads these words. I will break them all.

[waterkangaroo]

Every time Carl has stepped on a mob (everyone knows exactly who created this one) (a new one gets created for each floor seconds after Carl goes down the stairs)

Every "Goddamnit Donut!" ever (10 minutes)

Comparisons of the highly-edited recap scenes with what actually happened (5 hour long video essay)

Top 10 greatest dungeon betrayals

Prepotente screaming compilation (2 hours)

Every time the AI has said something unhinged/given a sign of it going primal (11 hours)

Donut roasting Carl for 15 minutes straight

Every time Samantha has threatened to kill someone's mother (45 minutes)

Crawlers getting killed set to Mr. Blue Sky

Crawl Compilations I believe exist in universe:

The most chaotic crawler being chaotic for 15 minutes straight (Carl)

Lucia being crazy for 20 minutes straight

Carl committing war crimes for 11 minutes straight

Top 10 funniest crawler deaths

Top 10 saddest crawler deaths

Katia catching Ls for 5 whole minutes

Mordecai acting as Carl and Donut's father figure for 10 minutes straight

Mordecai being utterly done with the Court for 30 minutes

Carl moments that make me question his sanity (hour long)

Lucia hating Carl and Donut for 5 minutes straight

Funniest Donut comebacks

Donut and Ren having one sided beef for 20 minutes

Funniest Carl moments

Carl being a jerk for 30 minutes

[ed-recoverry]

Shoutout to all African LGBTQ+ folks.

Africa has thousands of ethnicities, so I tried to add all nationalities and popular ethnicities, but please be aware there are thousands of beautiful ethnicities, cultures, and people to celebrate.

Shoutout to all Akan LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to Ethiopian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Kenyan LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Amhara LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Beninese LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Chewa LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Liberian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Fulani LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Malawian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Nigerian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Baka LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Nigerien LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Hausa LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Ghanaian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Guinea-Bissauan LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Hutu LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all São Toméan LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all South African LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Algerian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Igbo LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Congolese LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Sudanese LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all South Sudanese LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Kanuri LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Cameroonian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Rwandan LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Kongo LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Angolan LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Luba LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Burkinabé LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Ivorian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Chadian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Mongo LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Somalian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Basotho LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Botswanan LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Malian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Tunisian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Mossi LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Somali LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to Togolese LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Central African LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Ugandan LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Nilotes LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Libyan LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Oromo LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Tanzanian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Zimbabwean LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Seychellois LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Asante LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Equatorial Guinean LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Senegalese LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Shona LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Maasai LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Zambian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Namibian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Khoekhoe LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Mozambican LGBTQ+ people.

Shoutout to all Djiboutian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Songhai LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Gabonese LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Yoruba LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Cameroonian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Zulu LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Eritrean LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Malagasy LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Sierra Leonean LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Mauritanian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Mandé LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Guinean LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Burundian LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Beti-Pahuin LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Cabo Verdean LGBTQ+ folks.

Shoutout to all Eswatini LGBTQ+ folks.

Take pride in it all. Your culture, your identity, it’s all so beautiful. Celebrate where you are from and who you are. It makes you you, and that is something to be proud of.

Post for Oceanic folks, post for Middle Easterners, post for Asians, post for Hispanics, post for Native Americans, post for Caribbeans

[lair-of-the-white-worm]

So, just curious. A question about Grubbs. They're native species too, yes? What are their relationship with Mudokons? We seem to know everything about Mudokons but not much about Grubbs at all. Curious to know if the wise old lore wizard can help!

YAYYYY GRUBBIES OMG GRUBBY GRUBBS!!!!!! THIS IS AN AMAZING FIRST QUESTION TO GET! YAY OKAYY OK OK here we go. Here we go.

Interaction between Grubbs and Mudokons is point-blank unknown. We've never seen them interact, we don't know if they ever have! Maybe they have. I mean, Mudokons are everywhere on Oddworld, canonically. So it's likely they have. Would they get along? It's complete speculation. Maybe? Maybe not? There might be some tention, as Grubbs did have "territories" just as Mudokons did. It's all a big maybe!

So yes. Grubbs are also Mudos natives, but specifically within the Mongo region on the west end of the continent of Mudos. They are amphibious creatures that have evolved from fish. They've always been dependant on the Mongo river for supplying them with food and water.

The Grubbs would deliberately built their homes along the high canyons of the Mongo river to avoid interfering with the flow if it. These homes would evolve into villages, tunneling into caves and canyon walls. Look up the "Cliff Palace" of Mesa Verde. Similar vibes.

Grubbs are a very spiritual race. Much like Mudokons, they believe nature has spirits. However unlike Mudokons, Grubbs find most of their spirituality within non-living things like the river and the valley itself.

They're very gossipy and typically know way more about what's going on in the valley than anyone else. They don't fall for propaganda and aren't an "enslaved" species, just an oppressed and endangered one.

Grubbs are craftspeople. They are known to adorn intricate regalia woven from the materials they find all around them. They're incredible at hand-making things like nets, weapons, clothing, etc.

While they use natural resources, they are far from primitive creatures. They are capable of very advanced engineering simply using stones, rope and wood, and are known to build longboats, effective fishing rods/nets, siege weapons, effective armour, durable housing complexes, the list goes on. Their riverside villages are very distinct from native Mudokon villages, in that they are built into mountainsides, while Mudokon villages are built from the ground up.

The most important living creature to Grubbs, other than the fish they eat, are the Steef. I mentioned this on another post, but to Grubbs, the Steef are like their Buffalo. They symbolize strength. Protection and safety. It was common for Grubbs to present the wild Steef race with sacred relics and handmade armour as gifts, and in exchange the Steef would serve as protectors of the Mongo river and the Grubb villages along it.

Steef appear in many Grubb folktales and in many wall carvings in ancient Grubb temples. Statues of them can be found in temples as well. They are/were very sacred, beautiful creatures to the Grubbs.

Grubb culture is heavily disrespected by settler species like the Clakkerz and the industrial developments. While many Grubb relics found in villages and on cave walls are "collected" (stolen) by "archaeologists" (thieves) that find them intriguing, the Grubbs themselves are often mocked for their spiritual beliefs.

The Grubbs are referred to by the industrialists and settlers as "hippies" and "tree-huggers" and the like. They are presented as cowardly and stupid, when in reality they are LITERALLY just trying to survive.

NOW. What happened to them?

Sekto Industries, a water bottling company, acquired the "rights" to the Mongo river through obviously shady business. Sekto himself sent his Wolvark "peacekeepers" through Mongo valley and essentially claimed it as theirs. Any Grubbs that refused to comply with the evacuation order were swiftly slaughtered, and all the abandoned villages left behind were raided for artifacts and then destroyed. Sound familiar? Yeah.

When Sekto Springs Dam was built to collect the Mongo river water and sell it bottled, the river began to dry up, leaving the scattered Grubb tribes now without a safe home or a supply of food and water.

Adding insult to injury, the Grubbs that did stay behind to salvage their villages would be left to deal with the travelling Outlaw gangs. Outlaw gangs would basically mug any group of Grubbs they saw, stealing food, relics, anything of value they could pilfer, they took.

The Grubbs have been left with only the remains of their former villages, making the best of what they have in the absence of the river flow.

Due to the Steef themselves now being an endangered species on Mudos (Steef are also native to Mudos) due to them being hunted by industrialists for the value of their decorative horns and pelts, the Grubbs also now have nobody to protect them. That is until Stranger swoops in, of course.

Here's some more lore tidbits;

Grubbs do not like wearing any sort of footwear. Anything even vaguely shoe-related they wear is always open toe.

They're described as "kinda squishy" in physicality.

Grubbs can naturally detect if a Steef in searby by the way they smell. Steef are known to give off a very musky odor, and the Grubbs find this smell comforting.

Much like Mudokons, Grubbs despise guns and anyone who uses them.

Dancing is a very popular Grubb activity. They love to wind down and relax too, when they can.

Aside from fish, Grubbs farm veggies as well. They love potatoes and onions.

Grubbs eat Wolvarks when they get the chance to. They apparently love the taste of Wolvark meat, and have adapted many different Wolvark meat dishes into their diets.

The "relocation" of the Grubbs was first done under executive orders known as the OGR Act (Official Grubb Removal Act) and the STA Act (Snatch the Agua Act), which allowed them to be essentially exiled and killed "legally". Oddworld is messed up.

But there you go! That's the Grubbs!

[hollowed-theory-hall]

do you have any theories or headcanons about luna's mom and what she was researching and how she died?

Well, Luna tells us what she did, so I don't need to headcanon it:

my mother. She was a quite extraordinary witch, you know, but she did like to experiment and one of her spells went rather badly wrong one day. I was nine

(OotP, 863)

So, Luna's mom, whose name is Pandora, experimented with spells. Specifically spells of her own making, one of which has gone badly and killed her.

So, what she did was create spells on her own the way we see Snape doing. We know spell creation is complicated and incredibly dangerous. Therefore, Luna is likely right in calling her mother extraordinary for creating spells. Most wizards would never bother, and the only ones we see inventing new magic are extraordinary wizards like Snape, Dumbledore, and Voldemort.

Now, this specific spell that killed Luna's mom was witnessed by Luna since she can see Thestrals. So my guess/headcanon is that it's a spell that wasn't supposed to go wrong.

Like, it was a spell she already worked on, a fun charm she wanted to show her 9-year-old daughter, one she succeeded in casting before. I believe this because it doesn't make sense for a mother to endanger their child by experimenting with spells with them in the room. So I believe she thought the spell was ready when she showed it to Luna — but something went wrong, and she ended up dead. I have no idea what the spell could've been, though.

All I know is that Luna says:

“Yes, it was rather horrible,” said Luna conversationally.

(OotP, 863)

That'll likely be true regardless of what spell it was, but this line always gave me the impression that her death wasn't clean, like with the Killing curse, but rather more gruesome. Also, now that I'm reading this, combined with the fact Luna can see Thestrals, it seems she died instantly. There probably wasn't a period in a ward in St. Mongos, she just died the moment the spell failed.

Alternatively, It's possible a spell failed and then she had a period in St. Mongos until her death and that's when Luna saw her die, sitting by her bedside. That would mean the spell was still very experimental when it killed Pandora since she wasn't practicing it with Luna around. I like the first option better though.

For more general headcanons:

1. I usually place Pandora from a not famous or well-known magical family, like she's pure-blood but not sacred 28. Which one doesn't matter all that much.

2. She was in Ravenclaw like Xenophilius and Luna.

3. A few spells that we are familiar with from the books were invented by her (I don't have specific ones, but I like to think that at least one of them was invented by her).

4. I like to think Luna's mom was the artistic one (pretty canon since her father isn't implied to paint from what I remember). Like, we know Luna draws and makes jewelry and furniture herself, so basically I think her mom did too and that's who Luna got it from. I headcanon that before Luna was born she painted magical creatures (both real and imagined) on Luna's bedroom walls.

5. I think Xenophilius was less of a flat-earther before Pandora died. I mentioned here how I think he and Luna lost a lot of their faith in the ministry that hid something regarding Pandora's death or the ministry didn't sanction some of her spells for use post-mortemly. This distrust in the ministry pushed their opinions farther from the mainstream of the Wizarding World.

6. Harry describes Luna as more groomed in the photograph with her mother. As I mentioned, I think Xenophilius wasn't as absent-minded and unkept as we see him before Pandora's death, but Pandora was always the more preset and focused of the two of them. She probably often reminded him of things they scheduled that slipped his mind.

[sobredunia]

Oh my god yeah the fact that you need to do that to get the best ending is fucking hysterical sjfhdh

CAVE STORY ENJOYER??

Yeah, I like Cave Story, It's a pretty cool game.

I liked the part where you ignored an old man falling into a ravine.

[ask-winter55175void]

I keep forgetting to post this I drew this a few days ago or last week I don't remember

The purple sans(Mongo) is my other oc I haven't posted about but he's not joining the five for my blog but hey all my ocs lore are connected even mongo and pepper

I need to post Peppers and Mongos ref sheet

ASKS OPEN!!

Something silly I did XU related ↓

Ignore how messy my desk is (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠)

[saritasoyyo]

Soundtrack to Life (20 years ago)

"Tagged by @laurie-ipsum who posted, “I’m playing around with a story about making mixtapes…I found this forward that my friends and I did in the ‘00s. Felt like it could be repurposed here as an ask/challenge thing.”

I was tagged by @carolinawrenn.

I used to LOOOOOVE to make mixtapes/Mix CDs for friends and crushes. (and they made them for me, once there was a small fight between which guy I was dating in grad school had introduced me to Neutral Milk Hotel.) I would spend HOURS making art collages & handwriting the track list on the case insert. Everyone got a piece of art. I wish i could find one to show you all how beautiful they were.

I'm just going to let the music take me where I want. I have eclectic tastes personally. But in general, for the kids out there--Mix Tapes usually had a thesis! a THEME! (Love! Driving to Ohio! Crying in Bed!) and you picked things to make the person you were gifting the mix to EXCITED! Since if it was on a tape, ff was a pain in the derriere, they had to listen to the whole thing. Skip Track & Shuffle were a whole new ball game on CDs and not tapes.

Sarita's Scenes on a Mix Tape

opening credits: Do You Realize by The Flaming Lips

waking-up scene: "Sleepyhead" by Passion Pit

average-day scene: "These Days" by Nico

first-date scene: "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer

falling-in-love scene: "First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes

love scene: "I like that" by Janelle Monáe

fight-with-friend scene: "Hate to Say I Told You So" by The Hives

break-up scene: "Happier than Ever" by Billie Eilish

get-back-together scene: "The Promise" by When in Rome

fight-at-home scene: "Heavy Metal Heart" by Sky Ferreira

heartbreak scene: "Limit to Your Love" by Feist

mental-breakdown scene: "Reasons Not to Die" by Ryn Weaver

driving scene: "Road to Nowhere" by Talking Heads

lesson-learning scene: "Unpretty" by TLC

deep-thought scene: "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead

flashback scene: "One More Time" by Daft Punk

party scene: "Lights & Music" by Cut Copy

happy dance scene: "Viva la Felicidad" by Mongo Santamaria

night driving scene: "The Engine Driver" by The Decemberists 

regret scene: "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" by Eva Cassidy

long-night-alone scene: "Pulaski at Night" by Andrew Bird

death scene: "Knockin on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan

closing credits: "These Are the Days" by 10,000 Maniacs

Here's the whole thing. I suggest listening to it all the way through without skip or shuffle like a proper mix. But if you insist it'll work on shuffle too.

Tagging a few people who might be interested in this Mix or even MAKING THEIR OWN!! Please feel free to hop in and make your own! Tag me. I love to know other people's musical tastes.

@staud @marycontraire @capinejghafa

[paunchout]

literally been non stop laughing at td glass joe not even a video just the thought of himcj fdf dfvdf HES TOO GOOFY /POSITIVE LIKE WHAT DID HE DO TO DESERVE SUCH AN ASS BEATING

[noneedforflowers]

No Need for Flowers Update 10/27/24 - Lore!

For my first update post, I decided it would make sense to share a little bit about the world of No Need for Flowers!

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At the edge of the earth lies a floating island inhabited by dragons called Mallow

Dragons wield incredible magic, capable of bending the universe to their will

But any dragons who use their magic for evil are sealed away by a priestess

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Recently, there have been rumors spreading about an evil necromancer who is planning to revive some sort of monster at the peak of the mountain. After hearing about this, a lone priestess sets out to stop them...

Choose from 3 different dragon priestesses:

1) Poly, the fire priestess!

As a priestess, Poly has always been held to high standards. Although, rather than focusing on her magic, she spends most of her time focused on napping.

2) Esther, the lightning priestess!

Esther always dreamed of one day being a hero who was admired by everybody, and it seemed like becoming a priestess could help her do just that. Unfortunately, she was rejected due to her lack of holy magic, but that didn't stop her… She decided to just be one anyway. She is actually quite well-known throughout Mallow, but not for the reasons she might think.

3) ????

She's been missing for a while. Maybe you can find her on your way to stop the necromancer?

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I hope you enjoyed reading a little bit about my dragon island. I'll be posting gameplay stuff next week, so look forward to that! ~ Mongo

[cairfrey]

“And you need to figure out your hair situation. I will not have you bald, Carl. We’ll have to do something about your missing eyebrows, too. You look both alert and angry at the same time, and it just won’t do. You’re going to upset Mongo.”

-Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin, Matt Dinniman

[s10127470]

My very first art post!

This was an idea given to me by a friend of mine.

A spin-off of Ed, Edd n' Eddy, where the titular trio have grown up to become cops!

I know that sounds wild, but if Space Ghost can become a late night talk show host and Birdman can become an attorney, I think this isn't off the table.

This is also real cathartic to think about as The Eds have gone from doing scams to busting scams!

Anyway, the premise of this spin-off goes like this.

Set 10 years after the events of the original series, The Eds, all now 22, have gain traction as being local heroes of Peach Creek after stopping a series of crimes that were occurring while they were in their areas of occurrence.

All thanks to Ed's strength, Edd's brains, and Eddy's wits.

Kevin, still being their close friend following the events of Big Picture Show and having become a police officer, has noticed this and thought the trio would be perfect police material.

They were unsure at first, but eventually, they accepted the offer.

And now, the trio are using their special skills to bust crime and protect the fine people of Peach Creek from danger.

As usual, whenever there's a case, they always go together as a trio.

Though every once in a while, Kevin will tag along.

As for their roles on the force.

Eddy is the still the leader of the trio, and now uses his wits and cunning to help catch criminals.

He's able to read people like a book, and can tell when someone's guilty.

And if he can't get them to talk, he can use one of his famous torture techniques.

But when things get rough, Eddy isn't afraid to fight back!

He may not be the strongest or the most skilled in hand-to-hand combat, but he's pretty quick and specializes in dodging attacks.

He also uses a yo-yo to capture and trip up criminals, and his infamous El Mongo Stink Bombs to incapacitate them.

Edd is still the brains of the trio, making him perfect for the role of a detective.

He's always on the look-out for clues and is able to hack into just about anything.

Whenever he's in a pickle, Edd relies on his trusty slingshot and a collection of special balls with a wide variety of effects, ala Green Arrow's.....arrows.

Ed is still the muscle of the trio, and that incredible strength really comes in handy for the force.

With him now being skilled in hand-to-hand combat, Ed is even more of a force to be reckon with than ever before.

The crooks will know to think twice when trying to fight a guy who's capable of picking up an entire house over his head!

[bite-the-bloody-hand]

6 SONG SOUNDTRACK (PART 3 - BLUEGRASS)

Rules: If you're tagged, make a new post with links to music and/or lyrics describing the following: 1. An event that defines your character's past 2. How your character sees themselves 3. How others view them 4. Their closest relationship (platonic or romantic) 5. A major fight scene 6. End Credits song

This is a very special mixtape. Today would've been my dad's 69th birthday (nice, pops) and in honor of him, this playlist comes from his personal record collection. I cannot stress enough that this man was a deeply closeted bisexual from Chicago who rode a horse exactly once and hated it the entire time. He was the farthest thing from a cowboy you could possibly get, excepting, of course, the loads of pot he smoked (and dealt), but god damn did he love him some country music. So here's to you, Mongo. This is the soundtrack for the gayass cowboy stoner action comedy epic you'd insist you only like for the soundtrack … kinda like how the Mapplethorpe flower print in your living room was 'just because you liked the flower.' <3

Spotify || Youtube music ||Part 1 - Disco ||Part 2 - Post-Punk GothRock

1 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS - Steamer Lane Breakdown [instrumental]

It's always about the leaving with Zell - running away from 'home' in Ustalav was the first huge decision he made for himself. He looks back on leaving with fondness, it was a moment of true joy, a wild and boundless freedom he hadn't felt in a long time.

2 EMMYLOU HARRIS - Born To Run

Well, I take the chances, sometimes I made mistakes But you don't get nothing unless you take the breaks Living is dangerous as dynamite Sure it makes you feel nervous, but it makes you feel alright Makes you feel alright

He's ambitious, but not so much competing with anyone else as competing with himself; finding out who he really is. He's impatient to find out what living really feels like.

3 GREGG ALLMAN - Midnight Rider

And I don't own the clothes I'm wearing And the road goes on forever And I've got one more silver dollar But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider

Zell's stories of being a wanderer travel as far as the rest of his more imposing reputation; the idea that he's a criminal on the run (not… 100% untrue), a vagabond and roving lover (also not 100% untrue he just didn't believe anyone else was as serious about him as he could have been about them) are romantic ideas that really catch on among the general public. He doesn't disabuse people of this, because he digs how cool it makes him sound and not like. A kinda pathetic loser who's terrified of commitment.

4 THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND - Heard It In A Love Song

I'm the kind of man who likes to get away Like to start dreaming 'bout tomorrow today Never said that I love you even though it's so Where's that duffel bag of mine, it's time to go

I've always interpreted this song in a playful tone, like the singer has no intention of actually leaving. He's teasing the idea, but knows he's already so far gone that there's no way he's finding anything better down the road; after a certain point, Zell gets the same way. It takes the right kind of person to keep him off the road.

5 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND - Foggy Mountain Breakdown [Instrumental]

Zell can't count how many bar fights he's gotten in when this exact song was playing on the jukebox but it's enough that he has something of a Pavlovian reaction to it now.

6 WILLIE NELSON - Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die* (Feat. Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, Jamey Jonson)

When I'd go, I'll have been here long enough So sing and tell more jokes and dance and stuff Just keep the music playing, that'll be a good goodbye Roll me up and smoke me when I die

One of the most exciting things about finding yourself and falling in love with life is accepting the end will come, and making sure it'll be a damn good party when it does.

*Our outsider track of the list - it came out a few days after Dad passed. This one's close to my heart for that reason especially. We did in fact smoke out and play this at his memorial, it was a wonderful goodbye. I'm getting high as hell at this very moment, in his honor.