#Drunk LabRat

[musicarenagh]

Lab Rat's "Drunk" Is A Brutally Honest Anthem of Survival You guys remember “Lab Rat”? We recently had the opportunity to listen to “Exit Path”, but you know? Lab Rat isn’t here to make you comfortable, he’s here to make you feel something real. His latest single "Drunk" takes us for a ride through the ashes of a toxic relationship, with the ferocity of someone willing to say they survived and lived to tell the tale. Lab Rat's "Drunk" is not your normal breakup track. It's an alt rock grit-meets unflinching rap storytelling sonic explosion. From the very first haunting guitar strum a sweeping tide washes you away into the ethos of late night phone calls, messy emotions and the desperate dance of a misdirected relationship that lord its destructive glory plus magnetic pull. https://www.musicarenagh.com/lab-rat-turning-trauma-into-music-with-exit-path/ Dylan James (aka Lab Rat) isn’t just making music, he is exorcising demons. The track was born of a bassline conceived six years ago and brought into focus in the wake of a troubled relationship, and it sounds like a personal confession, accompanied by a thunderous soundtrack. His delivery is a job of walking on a razor thin line between rap’s rhythmic punch and grunge’s emotional rawness. The production is beautifully unpolished, just as the track’s thematic core. The song itself is about that crazy relationship, so it’s about the same amount of controlled chaos. Guitar riffs feel like catching echoes of memories that never quite get resolved, and the rhythm section pounds out like a heartbeat, urgent and relentless. Its authenticity is what makes "Drunk" stand out. Lab Rat did not manufacture emotion - it is the honest exploration of trauma and depression on the road to self discovery. The chorus sounds like a rallying cry for anybody who’s ever been stuck in a bad cycle they know is wrong, but can’t easily get out of. With each note lab rat's journey - from addiction to his sound - is infused with meaning. He’s not just making music, he is building a lifeline for listeners who are taking the journey to their own emotional landscape. For those who appreciate music that refuses to be comfortable, that challenges and confronts, "Drunk" is essential listening. Lab Rat is proving he's not just an artist to watch - he's an artist that demands to be heard. Listen to Drunk below https://open.spotify.com/album/0OzTFX9ckWYOVwGrL1gVFM?si=uriLo0gcTNS6xpquxJHE2w   Follow Lab Rat on Spotify Youtube Tiktok

[theplottdump]

M: Speaking of Aliens- wanna hear a secret? Vera: Always. M: You know Agent Star? Vera: The super serious one that works at the capital? M: 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣. Vera: What? No way! Why do you even know that?

M: So you know how there's like stuff that's 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵- and then there's stuff that's 𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩, yeah? Like how UNIT is a secret but the tub of hummus Argent keeps in her desk is top secret?

Vera: 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 - Argent keeps a tub of hummus in her desk?

M: 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘴- I helped her set up a refrigerant system in one of the drawers. She gets snacky.

Vera: So 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 what that humming is!! I seriously thought it was just the sound of my anxiety during one on ones!

M: Well above that there's what we 'labrats' call the '𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗲' secrets. Stuff reserved for only the most need to know higher ups.

Government Secrets so dangerous they get shoved all the way in the back in the server - left to be forgotten and covered up with digital frost til the end of time.

M: Every few months me and few of the lab guys over at Bridgeport HQ meet up online to race and see who can decrypt whatever deep state documents we manage to fish out of the freezer the fastest.

The prize is usually pizza.

Vera: And that's how you found out about Agent Star? M: Agent Star was just the tip of the iceberg. Turns she was transferred from this facility an hour outside of Oasis Springs. The place was running experiments on all kinds of occult kids. Vera: 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩!? That's horrible.

M: It was 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬. After the last Director died, the state took one look at it and shut it all down. Relocated all the remaining staff to Strangerville and wiped all the records- cept for what we found in the freezer. Kinda like a post mortem. Cool right?

Vera: But what happened to all the kids?

M: I dunno. Place is still locked up tight from what I managed dig up. I low-key wanna drive out and see what else is left down there sometime.

Vera: And 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 is what you do for fun? M: Eh, yeah- I mean sometimes? Just because we work for the government doesn't mean I trust them.

What do you do for fun?

Vera: I 𝘶𝘩, it's stupid. M: Try me. V: Well, after my Dad tracked me down he gave me one of his old guitars. I think he felt a little bad about the whole 𝘶𝘩- abandoned at birth thing?

M: That's cool he found you. Vera: Yeah! 𝘶𝘩𝘮. He gave me a few lessons on it - said I'm a natural, but I think he was just being nice. So 𝘶𝘩- I've been writing! M: Music?

Vera: Yeah, ah, songs. With words and all that. They're mostly rubbish. M: I bet they're great. Vera: [ 𝙨𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙩 ] You haven't heard them.

M: Well then- you should play them for me sometime! I've seen you do karaoke at the Office Holiday Parties. Vera: 𝘗𝘧𝘧𝘵, I was drunk!

Maya: 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩.

[demytasse]

✨Heiwajima Shizuo for the ask! 🌠

Name a character from one of my fandoms, and I’ll give you either… (a) three facts about them from my personal canon/fanon, (b) a reason he/she sucks, © a reason he/she is awesomecakes, (d) five things that never happened to that character, (e) five people that character never fell in love with and why. 

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★Shinra almost gains a labrat — One drunken night, Shizuo decides to take Shinra up on his offer to give him blood samples — feeling low and sorry for himself, wanting to finally understand his burden. Shinra, willing to believe that it’s his revealed desire to learn more about himself, is about to pull blood, but is stopped by Celty who berates him for preemptively taking advantage of a drunk.

Later, Shizuo discovers what he did and is ashamed by his impromptu decision, yet wishes he had the inclination to ask Shinra to go ahead with it sans drinking. Overall he’s grateful that Celty looked out for him while he agrees that he should be in a sober mindset before he does something like that. Not as though it’s a terrible thing for Shinra to dig into his abnormality, just that without his proper consent it’s an invasion of privacy. 

Now before I’m accused of forgetting that Shizuo doesn’t question why things are and gets irritated by people who do, might I remind those hypothetical people I’m addressing that it’s more the search for philosophical meanings that gets to him; so this isn’t more than understanding something that undeniably exists.

☆Shock! Isn’t mentally feeble — Shizuo actually has a healthy ego and higher self respect than fanon seems to believe him to not have. Perhaps it’s developed in adulthood, maybe after the Saika kerfuffle, even more so post Ketsu — nonetheless, he’s not a pitiable character with low self esteem who sees himself unworthy of love from anyone. Tyvm

★Shizuo’s actually quite envious of Kasuka — His brother has his life under control, a steady career, and a romantic relationship that came easy to him; overall he’s a successful individual. While he appreciates Kasuka’s gifts and care, unconsciously it all comes across as a slight, more of a good deed performed out of pity or familial obligation than pure brotherly love. That’s not to say Shizuo doesn’t love his brother, it’s just that he and Kasuka aren’t quite as close as people want to believe — Shizuo doesn’t have that dying devotion to protect Kasuka.

In other words, it’s a fairly normal sibling relationship without that fictional romanticism. There’s a mutual bond built between them, and honestly Shizuo’s proud of his younger brother. He just takes care of the clothes and gifts Kasuka gave him all because it’s the principle of the deed that’s important to him. That sentiment is true for anyone, not just family; blood is circumstantial not proof of high regard without it being earned.

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Really, a lot of my headcanons are rooted in canon. They’re more assessments of what I have absorbed from the source material.

[skins-crawlin]

I was tagged by @mycomputerthinksimgay ty 🖤

Rules: Bold the statements which are true and tag 15 people to do the same.

APPEARANCE:

I am over 5′5″ / I wear glasses/contacts / I have blond hair / I wear sweatshirts a lot / I prefer loose clothing to tight clothing / I have one or more piercings / I have at least one tattoo / I have blue eyes / I have dyed or highlighted my hair / I have gotten plastic surgery / I have or had braces / I sunburn easily / I have freckles / I paint my nails / I typically wear makeup / I don’t often smile / I am pleased with how I look / I prefer Nike to Adidas / I wear baseball hats backwards

HOBBIES AND TALENTS

I play a sport / I can play an instrument / I am artistic / I know more than one language / I have won a trophy in some sort of competition / I can cook or bake without a recipe / I know how to swim / I enjoy writing / I can do origami / I prefer movies to TV shows / I can execute a perfect somersault / I enjoy singing / I could survive in the wild on my own / I have read a new book series this year / I enjoy spending time with friends / I travel during school or work breaks / I can do a handstand

EXPERIENCES

I have had my first kiss / I have gotten drunk / I have told a crush I like them / I have travelled outside of the country / I have flown on an airplane / I have stayed awake for more than 48 hours / I have had a near-death experience / I have caught something on fire / I have performed in a talent show / I have shot a gun / I have been on TV / I have gone scuba diving / I have broken a bone / I have slow-danced / I have gone on a shopping spree

RELATIONSHIPS

I am in a relationship / I have been single for over a year / I have a crush / I have a best friend / I have known a friend for over ten years / I have a brother / I have dated my best friend / I am adopted / My crush has confessed to me / I have had a long-distance relationship / I am an only child / I give advice to my friends / I have made an online friend / I met up with someone I have met online

AESTHETICS

I have heard the ocean in a conch shell / I have watched the sun rise / I enjoy rainy days / I have slept under the stars / I meditate outside / The sound of chirping calms me / I enjoy the smell of the beach / I know what snow tastes like / I listen to music to fall asleep / I enjoy thunderstorms / I enjoy cloud watching / I have attended a bonfire/ I pay close attention to colours / I find mystery in the ocean / I enjoy hiking on nature paths / Autumn is my favorite season

MISCELLANEOUS

I can fall asleep in a moving vehicle / I am the mom friend / I live by a certain quote / I like the smell of Sharpies / I am involved in extracurricular activities/ I enjoy Mexican food / I can drive stick-shift / I have memorised an entire song in a day / I believe in true love / I dream up scenarios to fall asleep / I sing in the shower / I wish I lived in a video game / I have a canopy above my bed / I am multi-racial / I am a redhead / I own at least three dogs / I am LGBT

this was fun, ty for tagging me

I tag @savthemild @release-the-frogs @riddle-me-loki182 @labrat-king

[cyberneticlagomorph]

OC question meme: every prime number

2. Do they have any titles? How did they get them?

Frost Prince is his only formal title and he has it by birth since has grandma is a literal queen

3. Did they have a good childhood? What are fond memories they have of it? What’s a bad memory?

He grew up as a test subject in a lab, all of his childhood was a bad memory

5. Do they have any siblings? What’s their names? What is their relationship with them? Has their relationship changed since they were kids to adults?

He's an only child, Marce brodopted him but thats not legally standing

7. Did they have lots of friends as a child? Did they keep any of their childhood friends into adulthood?

Labrats don't have friends.

11. Do they have any special diet requirements? Are they a vegetarian? Vegan? Have any allergies?

He has a sensory processing disorder on top of synestisia, it makes eating an adventure. He can't eat raw carrots or beets or celery.

13. What is their least favourite food?

See above

17. Do they like to take photos? What do they like to take photos of? Selfies? What do they do with their photos?

He takes Selfies and posts them to Tumblr and thats about all he takes pictures of

19. What’s their least favourite genres?

Psychological horror and most anything that involves dubious lab practices

23. Do they have a good memory? Short term or long term? Are they good with names? Or faces?

His memory is shit all around, more because of his adhd than anything

29. What do they do when they find out someone else’s fear? Do they tease them? Or get very over protective?

He usually doesn't care unless that fear is relevant to whatever is happening right now

31. Do they drink? What are they like drunk? What are they like hungover? How do they act when other people are drunk or hungover? Kind or teasing?

He has quit drinking for the most part. He's a giggly drunk. That depends on who the other party is

37. Do they like to read? Are they a fast or slow reader? Do they like poetry? Fictional or non fiction?

He's a p fast reader. He writes poetry p often and prefers fiction

41. What’s their sexuality? What do they find attractive? Physically and mentally? What do they like/need in a relationship?

He's panromantic polyam. He likes his ladies tall and cruel and his boys soft and short. Enbies can be anything they want. He likes intelligence in his partners, a certain kind of strength and gentleness all at once. But if you can kick his ass none of that matters, because he loves you already.

43. Are they religious? What do they think of religion? What do they think of religious people? What do they think of non religious people?

He's a practicing pagan, but he's really laid back about it. He doesn't care if you're religious or not so long as you're not an ass about it

47. How do they act in a formal occasion? What do they think of black tie wear? Do they enjoy fancy parties and love to chit chat or loathe the whole event?

He's a fancy little attention whore, the more chance he has to show off the better. He likes the simplicity of black tie BC he gets to add a pop of color with his hair or makeup. That depends on who's hosting the party and if he knows anyone there.