#Sarah Dillinger

[thenerdsofcolor]

Spotlight on Spectacular SWANASA Stars, Part 6

Spotlight on Spectacular SWANASA Stars, Part 6

This is the sixth and final (for now) iteration spotlighting truly fantastic SWANASA (South West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia) actors that you should know, whether they are well known or not. What they have in common is that not only are they are all incredible artists but they are also wonderful human beings that have come to our attention recently in their art and advocacy. Here are the…

[laines-laments]

･:*:･ﾟ★ intro and masterlist

･:*:･ﾟ★ greetings and salutations

hii ! welcome to my blog, i'm laine !! i suffer from chronic teenage girl-ism and i fear i may never recover lolz !! my requests are always open as i am in constant need of inspiration, just send me an ask !! if you want to support me by funding my spending habits do so here !!

･:*:･ﾟ★ masterlist

♥︎ - smut / mature

✿ - fluff

★ - angst

House, M.D

Gregory House -

Jame Wilson -

Lisa Cuddy -

Robert Chase -

Thirteen -

Be More Chill

Michael Mell -

Jeremy Heere -

Richard Goranski -

Jake Dillinger -

Homestuck

John Egbert -

Dave Strider -

Rose Lalonde -

Gamzee Makara -

Karkat Vantas -

Mituna Captor -

Sollux Captor -

Nepeta Leijon -

Cronus Ampora -

My Chemical Romance

Ray Toro -

Mikey Way -

Frank Iero -

Gerard Way -

Kobra Kid (Mikey Way) -

Jetstar (Ray Toro) -

Party Poision (Gerard Way) -

Fun Ghoul (Frank Iero) -

Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton -

Thomas Jefferson -

John Laurens -

Phillip Hamilton -

SallyFace

Sal Fisher -

Larry Johnson -

Ashley Campbell -

Travis Phelps -

Danganronpa

Gonta Gokuhara -

Rantaro Amami -

Nekomaru Nidai -

Kazuichi Soda -

Sakura Ogami -

Leon Kuwata -

Kokichi Oma -

Mondo Owada -

Yasuhiro Hagakure -

The Magnus Archives

Jonathan Sims -

Martin Blackwood -

Timothy Stoker -

Elias Bushard -

Peter Lucas -

Jerad Keay -

Nikola Orsinov -

Criminal Minds

Spencer Reid -

Law and Order : SVU

Olivia Benson -

Elliot Stabler -

John Munch -

Fin Tutuola -

Evangelion

Shinji Ikari -

Rei Ayanomi -

Asuka Langley -

Stardew Valley

Sam -

Sebastian -

Abigale -

Harvey -

Creepypasta

Jeff the Killer -

Ticci Toby -

Eyeless Jack -

Ben Drowned -

Laughing Jack -

Repo: The Genetic Opera

Grave Robber -

Pavi Largo -

Luigi Largo -

Amber Sweet -

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Bubba Sawyer -

Heathers

Heather Mac -

Heather Duke -

Heather Chandler -

Ram Sweeney -

Kurt Kelly -

Jason Dean -

Veronica Sawyer - how veronica would be as a teen mom (PG13)

My Hero Academia

Katsuki Bakugou -

Shoto Todoroki -

Izuku Midoria -

Touya Todoroki (Dabi) -

Endeavor -

Tomura Shigiraki -

Jin Bubaigawara (Twice) -

Beetlejuice

Lydia Deetz -

Beetlejuice -

Bojack Horseman

Bojack Horseman -

Mr. PeanutButter -

Princess Carolyn -

Diane Nguyen -

Sarah Lynn -

[computerwarrior]

((I was tagged by @not-that-dillinger here! Thanks!))

NAME?: Sarah

PRONOUNS?: she/her

MOST ACTIVE MUSE(S)?: My Tron OC Ark

RP PET PEEVES?: Godmoding, especially if it's something that I don't think my character would do. I'm pretty chill about it though, and there's been a couple of times that I didn't mind it or I just rolled with it.

EXPERIENCE / HOW MANY YEARS?: I started RPing on forums in 2004, and I've played in a bunch of different places since then, I started RPing on Tumblr in 2012 with an AU version of Wreck-It Ralph. My activity has been scattered through the years, sometimes I posted a lot more than others.

PREFERENCE OF COMMUNICATION?: No big preference, mostly something that will ping my phone, like on Tumblr or Discord.

BEST EXPERIENCE?: I'd probably say here in the Tron Tumblr RP community. I really appreciate that people like Ark and that everybody's cool with me taking as much time as I need between posts. The lack of pressure is so nice.

FLUFF, ANGST, OR SMUT? : A healthy mix of fluff and angst, no interest in smut at all.

PLOTS OR MEMES?: Both are fun in their own ways! Memes are fun to get things started quickly, while coming up with fun plots and adventures is great, too.

LONG OR SHORT REPLIES?: Both have their features! Short replies are nice to quickly post, but I often tend towards long posts, especially when I have interesting ideas or have a lot to say.

TIME TO WRITE?: When it's quiet, lol. Mostly early afternoon or later at night, depending on things.

ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE(S)?: I would say probably not, but we're probably more alike than I realize. Though, we're both stubborn, lol.

((I tag anybody who wants to do it!))

[darkarfs]

Car Culture - Dead Rock

Sarah Davachi & Sean McCann - Mother of Pearl

Taylor Deupree - Small Winters

The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer

Mort Garson - Journey to the Moon and Beyond

Deftones - Koi No Yokan

[awareagainpsycho]

BARRELING BALDERDASH

"Olive Bear Blackwood — a name, and honestly, a person that barrels through walls and transcends time; a force to be reckoned with. Today would’ve been her 35th year on this planet, and even though she’s lived a thousand lives, this is a time to reflect on the impact she’s been able to make. If you knew Olive, you’d know that she was known for many things but perhaps one of the most apparent traits about her was her uncanny ability to crack a (dad) joke. Her sense of humor was infectious and so incredibly smart and witty that she’d have to explain all, and I mean all, of her jokes to you; whether she thought you understood or not. She could make any situation, any conversation, and any subject into a pun—a true master of her craft.

It’s said that laughter is healing, and if that’s the case, Olive knew how to heal in more ways than one; she shares the same birthday with Mother Theresa for god’s sake (no pun intended). She defaults to making sure that you had everything you needed before she could get her own and this was evident in the way she’d serve you food first, sacrifice her Nintendo DS because you didn’t have one, and hold the door so you can step out of the rain before her--she’d give you the shirt off her back if you needed it. She was selfless and would do anything for those around her.

Her love ran deep, in many directions, and could eclipse the sun. She loved her sister, her nieces and nephews, and especially her father John. Eternally loyal to them, she held each and every one on their own pedestal; big shout out to her mini-me twin, Sarah. She loved every single dog within sight, and especially her own pups: Beowulf, Sloane, Dillinger, and the big chonk himself—Milk. She loved any and all horror/slasher films; no matter how awful and low budget—talk about undivided attention. Outside of the important things, she also had a love for the little and simplest of things: sneakers, buzzfeed quizzes, astrology memes, cartoon comics, and a good snack cabinet.

Despite the ever-giving love, care, and compassion that she showed others—she never saw or better yet, knew, how incredibly special she was to them. Call it a disbelief in herself, or a disbelief in others—she’ll never fully grasp and understand the impact she was able to make on an individual. She could teach you more about yourself than you could ever know or learn on your own. Olive possessed an unbelievable ability to guide others through hard times; a gift she’d soon turn into a blossoming career as a therapist. Her reach and impact was far and wide—and through multiple mediums, organizations, and groups of people. The number 35 carries a major significance and meaning; The number 3 signifies expression, expansion, growth, creativity, enthusiasm, hope, joy, optimism, communication, motivation, spiritual energy, inner peace, transparency and visualization while the number 5 is a number which signifies inspiration, choosing desires, important life choices, changes, life lessons, freedom, preferences, creativity, adaptability, flexibility, diversity, progress, and fortunate opportunities.

All things that even prior to 35, Olive had amassed and strove to perfect. An era is defined by Merriam-Webster as a period of time marked by a prominent figure or characteristic feature. Like the Queen of England, Olive’s reign on this earth ended much too soon and with not enough corgi’s. We’ll always remember her for the amazing and generous person she was; the true end of an era. Here’s to hoping that because each one of us was so fortunate to have crossed paths with a monolith, be able to carry a small piece of her in our every day lives; reminding us to laugh… and clean the bathroom, often." - VN

[soccerstl]

Girls Academy U19 Sporting STL Defeat LFA

Girls Academy U19 Sporting STL Defeat LFA @sportingRD2004 @LFAGA03_04

Madi Valenti’s valiant effort for naught as Maggie Illig scores in a 2-0 win for Sporting STL in a Frontier Conference derby game on October 19, 2021 Sporting STL 03-04, which is essentially the Sporting STL 2004 Red Devils with a few 2003’s added, shutout the Lou Fusz 03-04 team, coached by Wendy Dillinger, 2-0 on Tuesday night on goals by Sarah Foley and Maggie Illig. Girls Academy U19 Sporting…

[musical-whovian27]

What if the BMC characters (Jeremy, Michael, Christine, Rich, Jake, Brooke, Chloe, Jenna, & the SQUIP) traveled with the Doctor? I think that they'd work best with Four.

Some dialogue between Adric and the SQUIP that I came up with

ADRIC: I'm a mathematical genius!

SQUIP: I'm literally made out of math

ADRIC: ...you win.

[animederpest123]

What do you ship in the Musical Fandom?

I could really go on but to be specific I like Newsies, Be More Chill, Dear Evan Hansen, and Heathers. My Ships are:

The Canon ones(Veronica x JD, Jeremy x Christine, Evan x Zoe…Etc)

some others like(Expensive Headphones, Tree Bros, Galaxy Gals, Jack x Crutchie, Newsbians, Buttons and Patches, etc) but the my OTPs are:

Javid/Javey

Sprace

Boyf Riends

RichJake

Kleinsen

Pinkberry

Veronica x Heather M.

Ram x Kurt

Some Side Ships:

Sincerely Three

SlushieBros (JD x Michael)

JD x Jared

and some ships with my ocs(Most of my ocs are made specially for shipping):

JD x Oscar

Griffin x Martha

Jerome x Connor

and Christine x Oggie

[explosionshark]

got tagged by @intergalacticwhales​ and it took me like two weeks but now i’m doing it! thanks, man!

1. What is the first song you remember hearing?

god idk. one of my earliest music memories was my older brother and wearing out a newsboys tape to the point where it was unplayable. we grew up around a lot of worship music.

2. What is the first band you got into?

as a young kid i grew up in a family that LOVED the offspring. my uncles and my cousins and my dad and my brother were all super into them, so that was an early fave. the first band i can remember being genuinely obsessed with that was self-driven was linkin park lmao

3. Do you collect any physical music?

i used to have a massive CD collection i inherited from my dad + added to on my own, but had to get rid of most of it when i moved. i still have my vinyl collection though. most of it. 60+ and still goin

4. What is your favorite piece of music memorabilia?

i have a vinyl of who killed amanda palmer that she signed for me at coachella in 2009. also, the nevermore CD single i got signed by the band at a Gigantour 2005, my first EVER music fest i went to when i was like 14. i wore a shadows fall shirt to the fest. jim shepard complimented it :)

5. The favorite concert you’ve been to?

i’ve been going to shows for like 17 years now so it’s really hard to pick a single favorite but. one of my all-time faves was seeing the dillinger escape plan playing like a two hour set in a really tiny room a year before they broke up. it fucking ruled.

6. If you could see one artist who is no longer alive in concert, who would it be?

god, i’d go to one last nevermore show with warrel dane.

7. Have you met any musicians?

yeah, but i’m not the kind of person that wants to hang out and talk to artists after shows. first musician i ever met was devin townsend at an SYL show when i was really young - he was VERY sweet

8. What’s your go to album when you’re feeling sad?

trauma by harakiri for the sky

9. What’s your go to album when you’re feeling happy?

world’s best american band by white reaper

10. One music documentary you love?

we are x really got me. there’s tons more i wanna watch, i just need to make the time. the one about sarah records and the patty schemel doc are like both super high up my list. oh! and the one about life of agony

11. What is one concert DVD that you love?

i don’t watch many tbh. the last one i bought was lacuna coil’s 119 show

12. Do you prefer listening to playlists or albums?

both! they both have their places!

13. Do you listen to albums in order or on shuffle?

i am a Shuffle defender for playlists/libraries but NEVER for albums. what the fuck.

14. What is your favorite deep cut song by your favorite artist?

the Ew, Gross EP version of chumped by joyce manor. i was bummed when it didn’t make it onto songs from northern torrance

15. What is your favorite CD/cassette/vinyl you own in terms of its packaging?

this one i actually wanna show off. there’s this ambient/post-rock band called we all inherit the moon. they did a vinyl release that was one of the first vinyl records i ever bought. it was a 12″ EP, and the b-sides each had a different hand-etching

tagging: @holdsteady, @ipromiseiwilltakeyouthere, @angrypedestrian, @mzhlf, @moominhands, @shredneck, @fix-yer-hearts-or-die, @cwnannwn

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Little Bohemia Lodge In Wisconsin: John Dillinger Slept Here

Little Bohemia Lodge In Wisconsin: John Dillinger Slept Here

A few years back, House Crazy Sarah visited this fascinating old lodge in the north woods of Wisconsin. Little Bohemia Lodge was the site of the infamous Dillinger Gang shootout with the FBI in 1934 and was also the filming location of the 2008 Johnny Depp movie Public Enemies that depicted the botched raid which saw all the criminals escape. John Dillinger was a legendary American gangster of…

[funkyrights]

Mostly just making this blog as a hub for tumblr where we can link to everyone’s personal accounts and all that!

This post will be updated if/as anyone else makes their personal spaces.

Main Instagram: @/thewitchforeverlives no age restriction as it’s a general account for everyone to share

System Twitter: @/GRRBARKBARKSYS

Main blog: @thewitchforeverlives

Evan & Mark Hansens' blog: +18 only @evanistotallyokay

Shane Oman’s blog: +18 only @goodomans

Rich Goranski’s blog: +18 only @fieryblip

Ben’s blog: @chlorinebreath

Melchior Gabor’s blog: @famishedsaint

FAHC Michael's blog: @litdynamite

H. Chandler's blog: @blacklightchandler

Casey Becker's blog: @daisychainpoet

Annabeth Chase's blog: @wisegirlsuperiority

Ethan Nakamura's blog: +18 only @violenceofdevotion 

Ryan Torres’ blog: @torresofterror

Win's blog: +18 only @ironicallylosing

Nick's blog: @king0fsunnyvale

Alex Chen's blog: @fosterhomedropout

DMs are open!

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[plus-low-overthrow]

NEW MIX: The Beatles Funk Orchestra FINALE

Here's the Finale from The Beatles Funk Orchestra set, over a Hour of Beatles covers, the culmination of a 12 Hour setlist over approx 5 years, this time out there's only a single track appearance and 7 tracks new to The Beatles Funk Orchestra roster, sourced as far as the US, Canada, Germany, Holland, France and various parts of the UK to bring you the final instalment.

Enjoy - Plus

The Beatles Funk Orchestra FINALE

tracklist:

Kim Weston - Eleanor Rigby

Roland Kirk - And I Love Her

The Neighborhood - She Said, She Said

Nick Ingman - Come Together

The Spacemen - Nowhere Man

Ramsey Lewis - Sexy Sadie

Mae West - Day Tripper

Synthesonic Sounds - Help!

Lowell Fulsom - Why Don’t We Do It in The Road?

David Snell - Michelle

Dillinger - Taxman

Copper Plated Inegrated Circuit - Hey Jude

Amen Corner - Get Back

Strings For Pleasure - Norwegian Wood

Mark Murphy - She Loves You

Living Guitars - Baby, You’re A Rich man

Donald Height - Don’t Let Me Down

Valiant Orchestra - Here Comes the Sun

Unknown Artist - Can’t Buy Me Love

Monty Alexander - Something

The Gisha Brothers - World Without Love

The Carnaby Group - Paperback Writer

Billy Pepper & The Pepperpots - I Saw Her Standing There

Sarah Vaughan - Blackbird

The Ravers - No Reply

John Deen & Trakk - Hey Bulldog

Zebra - Helter Skelter

(76:00mins)

[happymetalgirl]

Albums I Missed in 2018

Alright, already halfway through the year, and the time has come (as I said I would last year) to acknowledge the albums from 2018 that I didn't last year before getting onto the second half of 2019. Yeah, that's it, no need for more intro. Here are my thoughts on some albums from 2018 that I didn't talk about.

Yob - Our Raw Heart

I heard so much hype over this album last year and saw it ending on so many year end lists, yet for some reason I just didn’t have the time or energy to give it a worthy try so it slipped by me. And honestly, after finally hearing it, I can’t say I’m all too heartbroken about missing out on it. It's honestly some of the most derivative modern doom/sludge metal that I've ever heard hyped up to this degree. When the album isn't meandering through the types of thick soundscapes that hearken a bit too much to early Pallbearer, it's "resting" amid cheap drones that sound like unaltered Sunn O))). The band are closer to achieving their goal on the more dirging doom songs on here like the title track, but when they try to get heavier like on the unbelievably annoyingly repetitive "The Screen", they sound very out of their capacity. I don't know what so many saw in this album last year beyond its occasionally convincing imitations of Bell Witch or Pallbearer.

Craft - White Noise and Black Metal

I don't know why I didn't talk about Craft's 2018 album, maybe because it wasn't all that different from the band's previous releases, but either way, the Swedisg crew came through with a strong fifth offering of straight-up modern black metal. That band has always had a knack for the grim and sardonic, and they carry that energy well onto White Noise and Black Metal. Again, it's hardly the most unique black metal I've ever heard and it's really not all to different from Fuck the Universe or Void, but for what the band are doing, there's really not much else to complain about. Sure, it could be a little more varied or come with a few more memorable grooves or something, but for nasty, snarling black metal with nothing else in mind, Craft continue to be on of the genre's steadfast pillars.

Convulsing - Grievous

I stumbled across this album earlier this year because I recognized the visual handiwork of Leviathan's Jef Whitehead gracing the cover art. Convulsing is apparently somewhat of a one-man solo project that seems to have started out pretty recently (around 2016 or so) and the music is as harrowing and demonic as I would expect from a Jef Whitehead endorsement. The low-tuned guitar work on Grievous is pretty in line with the type of playing that made Scar Sighted so powerful, and the bellowing death growls give it a furiously cavernous atmosphere. And it is indeed an atmospheric type of listen despite being so thick in its death metal elements, but the gravitation pull of those elements are well-harness to really suck one into the deep dark it provides.

Hoth - Astral Necromancy

On no other album last year did I hear quite the smooth and well-balanced overlap of technical death metal speed, blackened death metal menace, and thrash. Hoth really has it all and is not afraid to show it; this album really has everything: a variety of melodic guitar leads, sinister growls, and intricately hyperactive drumming. It’s this impressive juggling act that makes Astral Necromancy such a unique listen, and one that I wish I had talked about and dissected more thoroughly the intricacies of last year.

Bad Wolves - Disobey

Despite actually not totally disliking the band’s alt metal power ballad cover of The Cranberries’ “Zombie” (which goes over much better than their original balladry), the combination of the band coming up largely by way of a cover song and their close association with Five Finger Death Punch unfortunately kept me at bay from the very label-propped band’s debut album. After having heard the rather familiar djent-influenced groove metal style that the band has to offer, I can't really say the channeling of what Whitechapel and Upon a Burning Body have tended toward into formulas that Shinedown would work with is really all too offensive or inoffensive either. Sure, some of the fence-sitting political commentary, while well-intentioned, is a bit beyond the band's lyrical capacities at best and ham-fisted at worst. But really there isn't really anything the band are doing or saying that's at all new. They're simply one of the newest voices contributing to servicing the Five Finger Death Punch fan demographic, and it really does sound like if Shinedown decided to go djent-groovy in an attempt to bring back their old fans, which I will say does sound better than what Five Finger Death Punch are offering these days.

Hyperdontia - Nexus of Teeth

This one only really caught my attention because of this dental theme, which I think needs to be a theme more prevalent in metal music. More bands need to create musical horror stories that push for encouraging better dental health. But really, this album isn’t exactly the most ground-breaking of modern death metal releases, but if it’s an itch that needs scratching and the usual helping hands like Morbid Angel, The Black Dahlia Murder, or Bloodbath seem worn out for the time being, Nexus of Teeth will get the spot just fine.

Sarah Longfield - Disparity

Brilliant YouTube-based guitar shredder Sarah Longfield had been putting out albums before this one, but I didn’t hear about Disparity until the year was over, and while it’s certainly not a terrible project, I’m not really all too upset about missing it. Longfield takes the album as an opportunity to dive into smooth, semi-jazzy atmospherics that don’t always highlight her technical talents the way they needed to to make the album more engaging. Again, it’s not awful and it’s not like she’s stuck playing back-up the whole time, but Longfield seems subdued on her own album, and it’s disappointing given how magnificent it could have probably sounded if her guitar playing got more time at center stage, which was quite possibly her intent being that she already makes so much content focused on her guitar technicality.

The Black Queen - Infinite Games

Though not quite as overtly raucous as the now retired The Dillinger Escape Plan, Greg Puciato’s second album with this new electronic rock-focused project does generate its own kind of energy that could arguably bear a thread connected to Puciato’s former band. But the appeal of The Black Queen and Infinite Games is rooted more in the textures that the band bring to the table and the more fully opened expression of this calmer side of Puciato’s voice over new-wave-inspired electronic ambient pieces, which, to be clear, bear no resemblance to anything metallic. What’s clear about this album though is that it’s something that Puciato has wanted to do for a while and has genuine passion for rather than a ploy for the “metal singer doing no-metal project” novelty. I didn’t hear about it until earlier this year, but I will definitely be keeping an ear out now for any upcoming The Black Queen releases.

Violet Cold - Sommermorgen (Parts I, II, & III)

I came upon Violet Cold through a friend of mine turing me onto their Magic Night album around the time Deafheaven's brand of bright, cathartic blackgaze and post-metal was sweeping the black metal landscape. While I had kind of forgotten about the album for awhile, I really liked the main opening song to that album, and I was hoping to maybe hear a little more from the band along those lines with their three-part album. Sommermorgen's three parts, while not offering what I was hoping for, fall nicely in line with the occasionally metallic post-rock ambient music of Hammock, If These Trees Could Talk, and Explosions in the Sky, providing at least a sufficiently soothing atmosphere with enough compositional dynamic to keep it from being a total bore.

Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

How I missed Slugdge’s fourth album and transformation into a fully fledged performing band last year is beyond me. I promise this has a point and that I’ll get to it, but since its inception, one of the most baffling things about Slugdge is how upset some people seem to get about something about either their theme or their puns or their aesthetic. It baffles me because this is so clearly an innocuous side project (or at least it began that way) for its founders to just put out some death-y sludge metal without the kind of self-imposed rubric that often comes with a main project. Slugdge’s music is also so accessible (free if you choose) that complaints about it kind of bear that whiny quality that often underlies complaining about free content. And for fuck’s sake, it’s music about a celestial slug deity; could there be a more obvious signal to not take this too seriously? Because that’s clearly exactly the point of this project. I bring this up because it has clearly been this apparent liberation from needing to create in a super serious context that has become the compositional strength and the appeal of Slugdge. And sometimes freedom from expectations for a band’s music to fall within a certain framework can really unlock artists’ full potentials, which has definitely been the case for Slugdge. Even to some of the band’s fans, Esoteric Malacology felt like a bit of a loss of this non-serious charm the band had operated under, which I think was just inevitable as the members continued to see such success from Slugdge. But any sense of lost charm hardly comes through in the actual compositional content of the album, so either I’m missing something or others are reading too much into contextual aspects of the bands rise to death metal’s upper echelons and applying them to the enjoyment of this album. Personally, I find Esoteric Malacology to be a fine continuation of the refined combination of sludgy and deathly styles that characterized Gastronomicon and were expanded upon on Dim & Slimeridden Kingdoms and one I wish I hadn’t arrived to so late.

Lingua Ignota - All Bitches Die

This did technically come out in 2017, but I will take it's re-release through Profound Lore last year as an excuse to talk about it here because goddamn! Along with her visceral live performances that truly earn that descriptor, Kristen Hayter has seen quite the outpouring of deserved support and respect for her work on Lingua Ignota's Let the Evil of His Lips Cover Him and All Bitches Die. On both these albums (both released in 2017 orginally) Hayter channels her personal experiences as a survivor of domestic and sexual abuse into both classically sung, mournfully gorgeous lamentations and venomous shrieks of anguish, rage, and vengeance. It's hard to say I enjoy this album in the traditional sense, and knowing how real it all is to its creator and performer, I honestly don't feel right just putting either of these albums on in the background while I do other things without giving them my attentiveness. But what Hayter does so powerfully through Lingua Ignota absolutely deserves to be appreciated not just for her musical capacity and artistic uniqueness, but for how it expresses the voice and emotions of the victims of such abuse that aren't heard too much in this field.

[cherrypieships]

f/o list

So my last list was kinda outdated and it listed characters that I haven’t shipped with in a while, so I figured I’d start from scratch!

My name is Halle, but some of my self-inserts have other names! 🥰

Romantic f/os

Michael Mell and Jeremy Heere (Be More Chill); s/i name: Halle

Davey Jacobs (Newsies the Musical); s/i name: Pepper

Steve Harrington (Stranger Things); s/i name: Melody

Phichit Chulanont (Yuri on Ice); s/i name: Halle

Platonic f/os

Chloe Valentine, Brooke Lohst, Christine Canigula, Rich Goranski, Jake Dillinger, and Jenna Rolan (Be More Chill); tagged as “squip squad”

Jack Kelly, Katherine Plumber/Pulitzer, Race Higgins, Albert, Elmer, Crutchie, JoJo, Les Jacobs, Sarah Jacobs, Specs, and about a million other newsboys (Newsies the Musical); tagged as “kings of new york”

Nancy Wheeler, Jonathan Byers, and Robin (Stranger Things); tagged as “monster hunters”

Max Mayfield, Dustin Henderson, Eleven, Lucas Sinclair, Mike Wheeler, and Will Byers (Stranger Things); tagged as “the party” they’re separate from Nancy and Jonathan because they’re more like little siblings than best friends!

Two-Bit Mathews, Johnny Cade, Steve Randle, Dallas Winston, Angela Shepard and Evie (The Outsiders); tags tbd

Familial F/Os

Darry Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, and Ponyboy Curtis (The Outsiders); tag tbd

Joyce Byers; tag tbd she’s a sort of second mother-figure to me.

I will try to update this list if (when) I find new f/os! 💖💕💞💓💝💘💗

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Anyway, here’s a casual list of muses who need more love that is absolutely not ridiculously long, so if we’re mutuals and you’d like any of them, feel free to let me know.

Adam Bolivar

Adele Bellerose

Adrian Deatherage

Aeron Nixon

Alexander Petrov

Aoife Hawk

Atticus Faust

Caedmon Kenway

Camila Lovecraft

Corbin Solas

Declan Hyde

Ecaterina Dragomir

Elijah Malone

Elita Vane

Emery Seguin

Ezekiel Lockwood

Gemma Monroe

Gunnar Aslan

Harlow Shepard

Hayden Donovan

Ibrahim Lucis

Isaiah Sanderson

Josefina Guerra

Kaidan Hyde

Kennedy Locksley

Kingston Knochen

Landon Hyde

Leonidas Typhon

Lochlan Typhon

Lucinda Grigorian

Maebh Danvers

Maksim Barlow

Malcolm Kenway

Mateo Flores

McKaylee Aedus

Monroe Hyde

Nikita Xander

Parker Whitman

Rebecca Fawn

Rigel Malik

Rohan Kumar

Ryder Dillinger

Samson Drake

Sarah Ingram

Sedona Monroe

Siphosethu Nokuduma

Shoshana Ray

Stellan Scott

Takashi Blair

Temperance Fayreweather

Thane Ulric

Thiago Corso

Zane Regis

Zoe Pirotta

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The Average Beauty of Phosphenes

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2P75x6x

by ThereIsAn_Ace_UpTheseSleeves

“Today,” Jeremy says dramatically, voice a little louder then necessary. “I will be adorning a pair of black slacks. The pinstripe ones that you like,” Michael hums happily in response to that. “Even though you can’t even fucking see them and therefore can’t choose favourites.” Michael snorts in mock-offence. “Oh, really? So I can’t choose a favourite person? Sorry, Jer, but you can’t be my favouwite pewson according to your dumb rules.” Jeremy stomps over and throws a pillow at his face, only succeeding in making Michael burst into laughter.

Words: 4443, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Be More Chill - Iconis/Tracz

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, M/M

Characters: Michael Mell, Jeremy Heere, Rich Goranski, Midna (Michael’s doggo), Christine Canigula, Jake Dillinger, Chloe Valentine, Brooke Lohst, Jenna Rolan, Sarah (random OC who may or may not be a real person)

Relationships: Jeremy Heere/Michael Mell, Jake Dillinger/Rich Goranski, Brooke Lohst/Chloe Valentine, Michael Mell & Rich Goranski, Jeremy Heere & Christine Canigula, Jeremy Heere & Everyone, Michael Mell & Everyone, Everyone & Everyone

Additional Tags: blind!michael, Legally blind, Surgery, Saving up for the big day, Crack Treated Seriously, Not really but it feels like it, I’m used to so much angst go read my other work, (This being self advertising? More likely than you think), Fluff, Angst, Atypical Depression, Anxiety Disorder, Aged up characters, Like in their 20’s, lots of cussing, Its playful, Comfortable and in love, SUCH FLUFF, There’s a dog

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2P75x6x