#Chaos for the Fly

[laylajeffany]

My summer break is tragically over and it seems that I've come back to bot activity on my main fic, Chaos for the Fly. I have no idea what's happening, but according to my research (reddit bc I can't find anything about it anywhere else) the only way to stop it is by "archive locking" it. This means if you are not an AO3 logged in user, you will no longer be able to see it. If you don't have an AO3 account, try getting an invitation. I'll temporarily turn on my messaging here if you would like the PDF download. Note: I don't use Tumblr daily (weekly...monthly) so if I don't respond right away, I'll get it to you the next time I log in - since I'm offering, I'll try to log on here somewhat frequently.

If anyone has other suggestions for removing a bot, please advise. I've seen it called the "kudos bot" and "AO3 web crawler" on reddit but cannot find any reason why it targeted my story, nor how to undo what it did.

Also I am no closer to updating CftF's sequel and this certainly isn't motivating to do so.

[allbornscreaming]

GRIAN CHATTEN (photos by Eimear Lynch, 2023)

I only started to realise over the last couple years that I was quite weird. I found it really difficult to make friends, and I felt like people spoke a language that I couldn't speak...I remember those years as like banging my head against the door trying to gain access to a room that was locked, you know, and I just didn't know how to do it. +

[kulai]

REPOST! because i forgot to add tags since i was sleep deprived sawrry

based on ch.17 of chaos for the fly by @laylajeffany!! fed me wenclair for months and im still not halfway done. if you want a genuinely good long read, go check it out!! :DD (more under the cut)

[samsels]

some doodles from my morning class, characters from Chaos for the Fly by @laylajeffany

highly recommend, it’s actually peak

[slowandsweet]

Grian Chatten - All Of The People (Official Music Video)

"The voice, the lyrics, the atmosphere..."

[sxphr]

Chaos for the Fly - Chapter 30

As she left, with not another thought other than, “Goodnight, girls,” Wednesday felt Enid get emotional before she saw her features twist. “Wednesday, please, what’s happening?” “I wish I knew.”

Sobbing. Crying. Throwing up. This actually physically hurts.

@laylajeffany

[jarjarblinks]

new Grian everyone else shut up 🥰😍

[toweroftunes]

Chaos for the Fly

It's Resbang 2022! And I've got a Dorohedoro AU for ya!!

Gotta give an ENORMOUS shout out to @alcruid and space.grim for giving this fic some truly beautiful and outstanding artwork – thank you so much for the support, I had a blast working with y'all. I also wanna express IMMENSE gratitude to @marshofsleep, @shroomcult, and @jonesy-murgatroyd, for beta-ing.

Check out my entry HERE on Ao3!

Summary: Life is a violent place. The people of the Hole know this all too well; living in fear of Sorcerers and their often cruel magics. As a citizen of the Hole himself, Soul tries to get by. However, after a fateful encounter with a knife on a dirty street, Soul learns that he is not merely human, but a Sorcerer himself. Now, with danger and death on his tail, Soul must open a door to a new world, fleeing the only home he’s ever known.

What lies on the other side of that door? Devils! Starry skies! And a girl with green eyes! Hopefully, Soul will be able to survive it all.

Rating: M/R

Warnings: violence, gore, body horror, prejudice, eyeballs, gratuitous swearing, alcohol, mosquitoes, vomit/regurgitation

Pairings: Maka/Soul, implied past Stein/Marie, lite Kilik/Harv

(Also thanks to everyone at @resbangmod for organizing the event!)

[typopoet]

I'm almost caught up on 'Chais for the Fly' by LaylaJeffany on ao3 and weems and wednesdays relationship is giving ver arron burr and alexander hamilton vibes.

if i was more driven and ambitious i'ld make an animatic if them to wait for it

[total-derangement-of-the-senses]

Song of the Day

1 Aug., ‘23

[laylajeffany]

Enid's tarot spread during the full moon acts as the chapter summary. Will Enid be able to bury it all? Or will Wednesday's well-intended attempts at relieving angst only bring more? Please read with grace after my three month hiatus!

...and with this update, I hit the two million word mark of published Wednesday fanfiction. Shoutout to those of you who endure through my grotesque and sometimes egregious abuse of word economy principals.

[oathdublin]

Off The Record #1 | Grian Chatten 'Chaos For The Fly' (The Kids Got It...)

Welcome to 'Off The Record', a bi-weekly segment focused entirely on bringing you the best new music.

This week saw Grian Chatten's debut solo album 'Chaos For The Fly' hit the shelves. Although this marks his maiden voyage as a solo artist, by now you are likely more than familiar with the iconic voice of the Fontaines D.C's front-man. (For those of you who are not, get listening, you won't regret it... LINK)

This record tells an emotionally diverse tale of heartache, anger, and anxiety. Written on tour after the Fontaines' rapid rise to fame, I found myself connected with a lonely man lost in the chaos that surrounded him, concerned by the cost of living in the fast lane. In an interview with NME, Grian spoke of the struggles he faced whilst adapting to life on the road - a narrative everpresent for the album's duration.

A far cry from the post-punk sounds of the Fontaines D.C. but remaining oh so familiar. Filled with pure poetic beauty, hints of traditional inspiration throughout, and immaculate production at the hands of Dan Carey, Chaos For The Fly is a debut to remember.

My Take: So often we see solo ventures disappoint, but this one made sense. A personal story that needed to be told by Grian alone. I think it's very easy to glamourize the rock n' roll lifestyle, but it certainly comes with its challenges ("Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider, is chaos for the fly"). Chatten used his voice as a creative outlet to share and understand his struggles as a superstar - and that is a thing of beauty. The kid's got it.

Stream | Buy

[lovejustforaday]

2023 Year End List - #17

17. Chaos For The Fly - Grian Chatten

Main genres: Indie Folk

A decent sampling of: Chamber Pop, Folk Rock

Grian Chatten is better known as lead singer of the Irish modern goth rock band Fontaines D.C., a group that's made significant waves in the British Isles ever since they came on to the indie/alternative scene.

Last year’s Skinty Fia appeared in a lot of publications' year end lists and only just barely got snubbed from my own by the #15 record I ended up going for, though it easily could’ve ended up anywhere between 15-13 since most of the stuff on the lower end of my lists are usually interchangeable in ranking. And frankly, I think I’ve probably since ended up spinning that one more times than Honeybee Table at The Butterfly Feast. The last two tracks "I Love You" and "Nabokov" were both particularly brilliant. But I digress.

Grian Chatten's natural charm as a figure in the world of indie music is hard to ignore. He's a brooding poet with a voice that is deep, homey, and rich, singing in an accent every bit as heavy as his regular talking voice. He embodies much of the same mythical cool factor and sensibilities of early 90s indie titans from the isles like The Stone Roses and My Bloody Valentine.

Likewise, the charisma is certainly there for him to venture out successfully as a solo artist, not to mention his strengths as a lyricist.

And this latest album is proof of concept. With his debut solo record Chaos For The Fly, Chatten paints new nocturnal worlds out of rickety old-timey and pastoral aesthetics, with a fair dose of cynicism and grim melancholy. He doesn't so much reinvent himself as a soloist, but rather takes elements of what already worked with his post-punk/goth rock band and distills them into a more intimate and folksy, singer/songwriter sound that retains some of his gothic roots.

I'm actually reminded a lot of folksier PJ Harvey records like White Chalk, Let England Shake, as well as this year’s I Inside The Old Year Dying which frankly, as a long time PJ fan, I fell this record outdid considerably. So props to him.

"The Score" was an excellent choice to ease in to the album's atmosphere, as the song ensnares listeners to a state of rest with an oddly seductive but wholly suspenseful folk guitar serenade. Chatten's whispers are gentle but firm and arresting, manifesting love as a contradictory force of benevolence and implied doom, all the while the plucking of the melody bends and resists resolution. Lots of subtle dualities happening here, which I'm a big fan of.

I knew that “Fairlies” was going to be one of my top tracks of the year the very moment I heard the chorus for the first time. It's a colourful feast for the ears; a fiery folk rock frenzy with all the mystique of a morbid fairytale, like a story of a werewolf hermit who bemoans and curses all of humanity. The whole piece feels like it should be accompanied by a really twisted old-fashioned wooden puppet show that combusts into dancing flames during the grand finale. That screeching fiddle towards the end in particular does everything it needs to in order to make this one hell of a memorable trip. A real stroke of genius.

"East Coast Bed" is a mild departure sonically, opting for a brighter, breezy sound still laced with melancholy and based heavily around a steady beat accompanied by warm chamber instruments, a flowery synth line, and a slight warbly dulcimer (or perhaps a sitar?). Fitting to its name, I feel as though I could lay back and start to float endlessly on the gusts of an oceanic wind.

The tender "Salt Throwers off a Truck" is the most traditionally 'folk' in composition piece on the album. This track really showcases Chatten's ability to conjure images that are deeply romantic and familiar yet forlorn. Not much else to say on this one - it speaks for itself. Makes me want to grab a pint and think about my life 10 years ago.

My one gripe with this album is "All Of The People", a somewhat under-cooked, spitefully misanthropic piano ballad. While it thematically fits within the record's general cynicism and poetics, the delivery in the lyrics is much too on the nose and (dare I say) almost banal, at least in comparison to what Chatten regularly demonstrates he's capable of. It ends up feeling really out of pace and disturbs the record's flow. I would've omitted this from the final version and relegated it to a bonus track. Hell, this LP probably would've made it a lot higher on my list if not for this hiccup.

But aside from the one considerable bump in the road, Chaos For The Fly was a standout project in 2023 for its clever songwriting and setting great atmosphere, and I for one am very excited for Grian Chatten to continue making solo projects. I would love to see an even more ambitious project in a similar vein to to this record. As it stands now, the man's already got me seeing will-o'-the-wisps over here whenever I listen to this bad boy at night.

So definitely check this one out, especially if Halloween-y is really your vibe.

8/10

Highlights: "Fairlies", "The Score", "Salt Throwers off a Truck", "East Coast Bed"

[kraftwerk113]

Life´s too short for weird music - Tagesempfehlung 29.07.2023

Album of the week: Grian Chatten / Chaos for the fly

Track: Bob´s Casino

Der Fontaines DC Sänger Grian Chatten hat sein erste Soloalbum Chaos for the fly veröffentlicht. Und im Gegensatz zu den eckigen Fontaines DC zeigt sich Gritten eher introvertiert mit überraschend eingestreuten elektronischen Snipets. Sehr angenehmes Debüt, das aber ein wenig Geduld bedarf, ehe es sich erschließt. Wie beispielsweise das beswingte Bob´s Casino – im Fontaines DC Umfeld eher nicht vorstellbar.

[sxphr]

I cannot belive that Chaos is actually finished. I've been following this fic since chapter 10 came out at the end of March and I actually cannot explain how much of an impact it has had on me. You know when you read a book that's honestly so good that it alters your brain chemistry? This is that for me. Its such a beautiful story with such an amazing storyline and the relationships between all the characters was just *chefs kiss*. I swear Tim Burton and the Wednesday Writers need to take notes.

Thankyou Layla for writing this absolute god of a fic, I actually cannot begin to put into words how much these silly little characters and their silly little story have meant to me. If you haven't already read Chaos for the Fly, go read it now. This is my roman empire.

Now if you'll excuse me, I will be needing the next 5-6 business days to emotionally recover.

@laylajeffany