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on my long car ride home thinking about how Wes Wrench and Grady Numbers are the ultimate sociopath/psychopath dynamic duo.

in canon, they knew each other as kids and grew up together, but what brought them together? id like to think it was that Grady finally found someone who didn't force expectations on him, so he learned to communicate with Wes

I'd go so far as to say that they DONT inherently perpetuate the dangerous psychopath stereotype, as--quote Numbers--"Let's just finish this and go home." Their hitman gigging is just that: A job to pay the bills.

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every time I see or suspect a stealth cop I fake-gasp and then scream at the top of my lungs, "IS THAT THE GRIM REAPER!?!?"

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given his bickering with Numbers at what time they should eat breakfast, I'm sure it's enough canon to argue against this but, fuck it, hc till I die that Wrench has a sweettooth

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wrench's turtleneck, send tweet

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wes wrench in a denim and sherpa jacket, send tweet

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hey. HEY. artists. writers.

take your TIME

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this song reminds me of some of yall and all of my friends :) if you think it applies to you, it does. (/pos)

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Afflicted with a rural curse.

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[me, growing sleepy to Metz]

@ivan-karamazov: "My boyfriend falls asleep to racket..."

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boyfriend putting me down for a nap by playing Skinny Puppy

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What are your top ships in Soul Eater?

As much SpiritStein art as I make, I actually love SteinMarie beyond words. Do I ship one pair above and beyond the other? Eh, I'm not sure. I don't really do much character shipping because that kind of deeper romantic theme doesn't necessarily interest me on a significant level. I deeply cherish depictions of intimate platonic relationships (or, even better, unspecified platonic-not-platonic ships!) above all, I will say, hence why my art and fiction lives within a sort of neutral ground of "are they more?" (It up to you to decide!) I'd like to think my being aro/ace plays a role in this. I also often struggle to understand some emotional elements that make up romantic relationships, in general.

Got a bit side-tracked there. There's handfuls of characters I pair and put together based around general canon, but SteinMarie, SpiritStein, and even Stein + Marie + Spirit (+Azusa) are my most-ventured. I don't really think about ships on a more thorough level because I cherish and admire acts of intimate care between people in general. That's what "love," is, right? Anything more is admittingly out of my understanding.

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everything everything is so awesome im glad someone i follow also likes them <3 thats all sorry i just love music

Never any apologies on my page 8D I can ramble about music incessantly, so thank you for your ask; I'm so glad to hear the same that you like them, as well! I've not organically met anyone in person who has heard of them, only friends who've discovered them through me or the wonders of finding shared-interest-mutuals on the internet. "Warm Healer" was my first Everything Everything song I had heard back in 2016-2017ishh; the tone of the polyrhythmic bass guitar INSTANTANEOUSLY hooked me in for good, then their interesting lyrical narrative was swift to follow suit... Also let's not ignore the madness of the fantastic cover art of "Get To Heaven," my god the colors, the design, the lines, the figure... And then, of course, the subconscious love for Radiohead (unknowing this was an element at play until around the release of "Re-Animator" when--to my knowledge--the band was more upfront about their inspirations and it all suddenly made sense).

Before the release of their lyric book, "CAPS LOCK ON," I had a list of B-sides and rarities, including stuff from Modern Bison, which featured Jonathan Higgs and Jeremy Pritchard from EE. On the list was/is "Wizard Talk," which has to be my favourite Everything Everything song on two points: Firstly, as much as Higgs loves to bend and snap vocal capacities with unimaginable peaks of falsetto + fast vocal cadences that leave their music uncategorizable to genre (and etc...), "Wizard Talk" is--in my opinion--unlike anything they've ever put out stylistically. "His voice sounds like he's playing marimba runs," I have repeated to friends over and over and over again, begging people to listen to this song. And then, secondly, comes the profound lyrics of this song. EE loves to play with elaborate metaphors to dance around politics, the state of the world, and social narratives, but "Wizard Talk" feels emotional on a level beyond their common frustrations, especially having been such an early track from the "Man Alive"(?) era, and also in contrast to the stark emotionality of "Re-Animator." Idk man. It hits hard. It's sad. It's hopeful. It's beautiful. You feel the character's defeat and his acceptance in that the hope he seeks is, will be, and always has been abstract in nature while he has spent so much time looking for a concrete and tangible handle to hold onto. It feels like their most vulnerable glimpse at what Jon really has to say. That song has meant a lot to me for a long time, so I am glad EE finally released (some of) the extras from "Man Alive" in the Deluxe re-release.

Ah, anyways, the B-side archive. Something something something, if I remember correctly, there's a few songs missing from the Man Alive deluxe release and even "CAPS LONG ON" is missing a few songs. I won't be cross-referencing this information right now, I'm in bed. Regardless, I will say that a song or two off of the re-release are completely different recording takes and mixes which I find of intruige (again, only if I remember correctly, I think it's at least "The Kids Are Obese" but dooonn't quote me on it..)

Anyways, what else... I've done a ton of art based around EE, some of which is lyrically inspired, others of which are direct tribute art to the band (including a piece to "Magnetophone"!) They're currently sitting at my third-most listened to band of all time, according to my LastFM page. I love them so very very much and I'm so glad you do, too; I hope your ask could maybe inspire others, as well ^^

Can't ask me anything about music and expect a short answer, heh, I still have so much more to say about EE. I am very passionate about music.

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you know i think idea of maka and spirit as a meister and a weapon team is a little underrated. i mean sure they probably could never fight together(like soul and black*star) but just the scene where maka tries to hold spirit in his weapon form? man that could be interesting

If the scene you're referring to is in the manga, I haven't gotten there yet 👀 But, in general (with the grain of salt that I have not finished reading the books), I think Maka and Spirit as a weapon-meister duo could be/would have been an interesting driver in settling their father-daughter qualms and repairing their relationship. It may all depend what the parameters of soul resonance are in the canon (and, fortunately for our imaginations, the looseness of Soul Eater canon can be so much fun in this regard), though I personally headcanon that soul resonance can momentarily happen even between strangers, much less (more? English..) a parent and child. I've written it in a fic before that I see soul resonance more as a general social connection that spans anywhere from making someone smile, listening to a story someone tells, dancing, or--as we see in the canon--intense mental collaboration and establishing shared coordination in battle. Wow this has gotten long-winded for no reason words are good. Anyways. Anyways--again, as someone who has not completed the manga yet--I think Spirit and Maka as a weapon and meister team would be such an interesting (and unique to the universe that is "Soul Eater") way of telling the audience that they still love each other and that they forgive each other and want to work on fixing their bond.

Thank you for the ask :)

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How do you appreciate the praise and positivity from people while not letting the hate get to you?

You kind of have to not really let the praise get to you either.

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the noise may be ceaseless, but

sometimes i can harmonize with it

and somewhere in the dissonance a coherent and beautiful chord makes itself known

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im a fucking creature