#at first I thought the vibe was iris by the goo goo dolls

[usmsgutterson]

me when what could've been the key to my productivity with a fic I've been struggling with since fucking SUNDAY was a goddamn cigarettes after sex song: what. the. fuck.

[daisynik7]

Hi, hi, hiiiii!! first of all, I hope you are doing fine! So, um, if it's alright with you I have two requests. One with Eren and the second with Geto.

for geto's I picked Try by Nelly Furtado, (https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/track/1kS9d4x0ftbfq65eaBGSCT?si=2533cca641954131) a fluff/comfort with a bit of smut (of course) where Geto feels a bit guilty for not being as ingaged in the relationship as reader because of all the stuff he had been through and how bad it affected it (he is madly in love with reader, but, you know). so when he vocalizes his thoughts and feelings reader (who is just as in love and crazy about him) comforts him and makes him understand that she's willing to take all what he has to offer, with no pressure at all and that she will never give up on him and helps him get better. it's kind of, I'll be by yourself and support you while you fix yourself vibe.

aaaand for Eren Iris by goo goo dolls, a fluffy fluff with smut about the moment Eren realizes how deeply in love he is with reader and that he's ready to do anything for her.

No pressure of course!! and thank you so much!

Try

Pairing: Suguru Geto x f!reader

Rating: Explicit – MINORS DO NOT INTERACT

Word Count: ~1.5k

cw: no curses au, modern setting au, descriptions of anxiety and depression, angst, hurt/comfort, fluff, smut – PIV sex (cowgirl), cunnilingus, fingering

Author’s Note: Thank you for requesting a song for my y2k karaoke party @ichinosejager13! Ily so much, thanks for always being so supportive of me. I appreciate you so much and I hope I did your idea justice! I haven’t written much for Geto, so it’s been fun doing something a little different. Likes, reblogs, and/or comments are always appreciated. Thank you for reading! MDNI interact banner by @/cafekitsune.

The Eren request will be coming soon in a separate post! 

Geto lies in bed beside you, sleeping peacefully with his hair spread loosely on the pillow. 

You twirl a strand of it between your fingers, marveling at how soft it is against your skin. It’s the longest it’s ever been, split-ends frayed at the tips. When’s the last time he had a trim? Must have been months ago, so long that you don’t even remember. 

You study his face, noticing the dried streaks of tears on his cheeks, the dark circles under his eyes. It’s only now that you recall last night’s heavy conversation, the reason behind his somber expression. 

~~~

The two of you eat dinner in silence, poking chopsticks into greasy take-out containers from your favorite Chinese restaurant. Geto sits across from you, staring blankly at his chow mein, barely putting anything in his mouth. The light bulb above you, the one illuminating the dining table, flickers. Out loud, you say, “Need to change that out.” 

It’s meant more as a reminder for yourself, not to your boyfriend. You notice him throw the container haphazardly on the table, breathing staggered. “I’m sorry.”

Confused, you set down your food, focusing on him. “Suguru?”

“I can’t do this. You don’t deserve this,” he mutters.

More perplexed, you stand up, stepping towards him, placing a hand on his shoulder. “Sweetie, what are you talking about?”

He continues to stare into his lap, voice low and eerily monotone. “I can’t make you happy anymore.”

“What do you mean? I’m so happy. I really am.”

“How can you be happy with someone like me?!” He sniffles, tears dripping down his chin now. “Broken light bulbs, dinners in silence, a fucking loser who can’t even get out of his own fucking house. Who could ever love someone like me?”

Your heart aches, throat tight with emotions. It’s devastating to hear him talk this way about himself, to hear how low he’s sunken into the abyss. For as long as you’ve known him, Geto has always been forward about his struggles with anxiety and depression. He’s been an advocate for medication from the start, making it clear when you first started dated that he was on them. A few months ago he decided to wean off the pills, confident he was in a much better place. You supported his choice, encouraging him to do what he felt was best for himself.

He began to spiral about four weeks ago, when he was laid off from his job. That same week, he learned that his parents, who he hasn’t contacted in years, have passed away. A couple days ago, Satoru Gojo, his oldest and closest friend, walked out of his life for reasons Geto is still trying to comprehend. It was hit after hit after hit, and finally, he was knocked out.

But that doesn’t mean you won’t try to pull him back up. 

“Suguru, I love you. I love you so much, I promise you. I’m going to be here for you, no matter what,” you say, squeezing him.

Finally, he looks at you, defeated and in need of comfort. “You won’t leave me like everyone else did?”

You take him into your hands, kissing his forehead. “No, sweetie. I won’t.”

“And you’ll love me even when I’m broken?”

You nod with your nose nuzzled to his. “I’ll love you no matter what. You’re not broken. You don’t need to be fixed.”

You wrap your arms around him, holding him tenderly as he sobs into your shoulder. “I want to be better. For you. For us,” he cries. “I’m trying my best, I really am.”

“I know you are. I know you are, Sugu,” you say, stroking his hair. “I don’t need anything more than that.”

You spend the rest of the night consoling him, listening to him share every emotion and thought he has in his head. The guilt of his parents’ death, the shame he feels being unemployed, the confusion at the sudden departure of Gojo. You don’t have answers to any of the questions that plague his mind, but he doesn’t expect you to. You offer as much comfort as you can, holding him in your arms, brushing away the incessant tears falling from his face, kissing every inch of him as if you were kid, thinking it would heal any of his boo-boos. Eventually, the two of you fall asleep together in your bed, snuggled under the blanket, cradled in each other’s arms. 

~~~

It's been almost an hour now, listening to his steady breathing, watching the delicate flutter in his eyelashes, hoping he’s having a tranquil rest. You press a soft kiss to his forehead with no intention of waking him up. Yet, he slowly opens his eyes, a faint smile forming at his lips when he realizes it’s you.

“Good morning,” you whisper. “I’m sorry I woke you.”

“Don’t be. You’re the best thing to wake up to.” He locks his fingers with yours, shifting his body to face you. “Have you been up for a while?”

You lie, shaking your head. “No, I just woke up.”

He brushes the outline of your lips with his thumb, smile growing. “Liar. You’ve been watching me sleep.”

You giggle, nestling into his chest, hiding your face. “Okay, you caught me.”

His chin rests on the top of your head, his arms surrounding you in a loving embrace. “I’m sorry about last night.”

“I told you, Sugu. Stop apologizing –”

“I know, I know. Still, I want to make it up to you somehow.”

You untuck yourself from his chest, peering up at him. “You don’t have to.”

“But I want to. Whatever you want, I’ll do it.”

“I just want you, Suguru. Just you.”

He smiles, shimmying down the bed to meet your lips with his. “I can give you that.”

It happens quickly; Geto strips you naked in a matter of seconds, positioned between your thighs, hidden beneath the covers. He starts to lick your clit gently at first, teasing it until it’s swelling on his tongue. You shrug the blanket off enough to see his face, indulging in your arousal, eyes gazing at you, lips curved in a naughty little smirk. He makes sure to eat you out noisily, sucking on your bud with a loud smack every time he draws it from his mouth, slurping the slick leaking from your slit. Soon, his fingers are inside you, the tips curled at your sweet spot, stimulating it until you’re gushing all over his face. 

He collects all your cum on his tongue, swallowing it. “Fuck, you always get so wet for me, he moans, kneeling in front of you. He shoves his underwear down his legs, stroking his stiff cock in his fist. “I want to make you feel so good, baby. Give you everything I have.”

“You always make me feel good,” you whimper, reaching for him.

Holding your hand in his, he brings it up to his mouth, brushing your knuckles against his lips. “I love you so much, sweetie. I wish I could show it better.”

“You do,” you assure him. “You always make me feel loved.”

“Are you sure?” he asks, surrounding you with his body, rolling you on top of him. 

“I’m positive,” you reply, smiling at him. You lean down to kiss him while you straddle his lap, teasing your swollen clit along his shaft. 

“I love you so much,” he breathes out, closing his eyes, relaxing into the mattress as you pleasure him. “You’re always so good to me.”

You sink down on his cock, adjusting to his size slowly until your ass is pressed to his pelvis. He’s buried deep inside you, your pussy squeezing him tight. He plants his feet on the bed, thrusting up into you at an even pace. 

“Honey,” he hisses, wrapping his arms around you, picking up speed. You barely move as he fucks you earnestly, bed creaking noisily below you, fingers pressed firmly to your clit. He flicks it with the wide pad of his thumb, staring at you with a hazy expression. “Come on my cock, baby. I want to watch you squirt all over me.”

On demand, you approach your climax, riding your orgasm out on his lap until you’re spent. He keeps himself inside you as you collapse on top of him, catching your breath. His hands trail up to your back, massaging soothing circles against your skin. 

With his mouth grazing your ear, he whispers, “I’m going to be better a better boyfriend to you. I promise. I’ll do whatever I can, so I don’t lose you.”

You turn your head to face him, smiling. “You won’t lose me, Suguru. I’ll always be here for you.”

[slexenskee]

👀 New surprise acoustic album coming up in a chapter near you~

I think we all know what spurred this surprise acoustic album this time 😂

Disenchanted - MCR, Regular | Acoustic

Stay Together For the Kids - Blink 182, Regular | Acoustic

Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls, Regular | Acoustic

How's It Going To Be - 3EB, Regular | Acoustic

All These Things That I've Done - The Killers, Regular | Acoustic

I chose these songs mostly on the regular versions, but some of them have pretty great acoustic versions ngl. I really like that Stay Together For the Kids and Disenchanted renditions, which I think use the real ripped vocals over acoustic instrumentals. And I actually prefer the Boyce Avenue version of Iris than the actual acoustic version from GGD. But for How's It Going To Be and All These Things I've Done, I really adore the originals, even if they lend themselves well to acoustic versions.

Also yes instead of talking about his feelings in a mature and calm manner, Gojo instead runs off and makes an album about it instead 😂 tbf using art as an outlet is actually a very healthy thing to do, but so is talking to your partner about your internal struggles.

But I find it very in character of him to struggle to put his own feelings into words, or rather, to express them outwardly and actually speak and vocalize them to others in a normal way, and turn to music instead. Unlike Hawks - who is more of an action guy and even in his POVs shows how he feels through his actions rather than introspective monologues - Gojo's actually your classic Tortured Poet (see what I did there lol) who has a lot of Thoughts™, even if he's horrible about expressing them and regularly ignores them. So in his own way, he's trying to communicate a lot through this album - to the whole world, but also to Hawks specifically.

Tbh this album is probably Gojo's most 'personal', or at the very least, as personal as you can get when you never wrote the songs to begin with lol. But idk, my millennial is showing here but there was always something so personal to making mixtape CDs for yourself or for others. You might not have wrote them, but it says a lot that you chose them to define yourself, you know?? Anyway I digress, moral of the story this is actually Gojo reaching out in his own way. And tbh, it's kind of a summary of his life too. A lot of times I pick songs for this fic mainly just because I like the way they sound, with no real meaning to them, and that's canon too as Gojo picks his songs for the Vibes™, but for this album noooope.

Disenchanted - Going to be crowned as the quintessential 'Dabi' song. Literally all about being a disenfranchised and disenchanted youth who sings away his angst and the chorus is 'If I'm so wrong, how can you listen all night long?' This is basically the summary of how sad teenage Dabi felt and why he turned to both music and villainy

Stay Together For The Kids - So on the nose it's not even funny, but I adore that guitar riff in the beginning. And while Gojo's parents didn't divorce in either of his lives, I still feel this resonating with him because of the way his youth was ruined by the adults who were supposed to love and care about him, in both lives. And yes, when the Endeavor reveal drops people are going to be questioning this song.

Iris - Yes, this is his pining song. First for Suguru, but then takes on a new meaning with Hawks. Yes, it turns all the Sixwings fans into a sobbing mess every time. Really though more than being a love song about either Suguru or Hawks, this is hi trying to convey his own feelings with lines like 'yeah you bleed just to know you're alive'/'when everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am'

How's It Going To Be - Known to Sixwings fans as the 'breakup/makeup' song. Like yeah it's about Sixwings breaking up, but it's also Ru-kun shouting to the world that he wants to get Hawks back. It becomes infamous for it. When No Scrubs finally goes on their massive Taylor Swift Era's-esque tour he'll play this and Iris back to back and have the whole stadium bawling. Ngl this is my favorite 3EB song, so it had to go in this fic somewhere. I love how it starts mainly soft and acoustic and at the climax the full band kicks in and Stephan Jenkins just starts belting 'I wanna get myself back into you, the soft dive of oblivion'

All These Things That I've Done - If Disenchanted is Dabi looking back on his life/past and all the anger and sadness he sees there, then the final track on the album is about coming to terms with himself and trying to accept who he is, and look towards the future. Huge theme for he next arcs/final fic in this series. I actually always thought the line was 'these changes ain't changing me, the gold-hearted boy I used to be'... but it's actually cold-hearted, which kinda totally changes my narrative for this song so I'm pretending it's gold-hearted 😂

[wintercloudburst]

What I’ve Done chapter thirteen thoughts, for those interested (but mainly for myself)

*SPOILERS*

The chapters initial working title was Iris (like the Goo Goo Dolls song) i think the song perfectly describes Catra’s feelings on the night of the kiss. But while writing i thought the line where Catra says her mother would love her like this if she was always good was so heavy and it made me so sad i had to put it as the title instead😭.

I wanted the chapter to open on a genuinely soft moment after the abuse took place. Because i think it’s important to explore the fact there was still tenderness between Catra and her mother, and that’s what kept Catra in line, the possibility of receiving that affection again.

I also had to research real people’s experiences with kneeling as a punishment and was very compelled by it. I think it’s definitely important to take into consideration when writing a topic as sensitive as child abuse and corporal punishment the fact real people have experienced this and continue to experience this, and the real life impacts such a thing can have on a person.

The baptism scene is actually the very first scene i ever wrote for this story! Back in like 2021! My initial idea/first draft was very short snippets of their life tied to different songs (Oceans by Hillsong being this specifics scene’s song).

As for that first outline… it was definitely a complete different vibe, Catra and Adora found each other in a convenience store and Catra bought Adora’s groceries. Another funny thing is the fact Adora was actually the one that ran away in that first exchange (which was a fun lil difference i think!)

The fight scene was written as a side scene a few chapters ago when I was thinking about Catra and the anger she had inside of her. I sent it to my beta reader (aka my beautiful gf) and she felt that Catra was defending Adora in her own way. Which made me like it a lot more!

Now James: as i had already written the kiss flashback, i found myself wondering what would make Catra return to her position of power after sharing such a tender moment with Adora. So… I decided James lying about them sleeping together and therefore (in a fucked up way) clearing her name would probably give her the push she needed to return to life as usual.

I didn’t really want to go into too many details when it came to Catra’s worst night, which is why there’s a time skip between the car ride and her reaching adora’s house. But it’s safe to assume she arrived at the house and was punished for being drunk and in a boy’s car so late in the night.

I had already written the rejection long before their kiss in the 12th chapter was written. I had multiple versions of adora’s confession though, one was adora telling catra she loved her and catra interrupting to say she wasn’t ready, the other one was a conversation in bed in which she said she would like to be with someone like adora. The one in the bed was written from Adora’s point of view and in it she was extremely flattered by Catra’s words and understood them as a confession in itself.

I think that scenes central take away when i was writing it wasn’t the fact Catra rejects Adora, but rather the fact Adora understands her, she doesn’t have to be rejected, because she knows Catra’s not ready yet. She initiates the conversation and also gives Catra reassurance about her feelings without even needing to be asked.

Ending thoughts: although it’s one of the saddest chapters i’ve written so far, it’s definitely one of my favorites. And i hope nobody is too upset by the fact Catra rejected Adora!

if anybody reads this… uhm thank you for reading 🤭

[qua-qua-qua]

3,12,17,30?? I think for the music asks :3

3) we built this city by starship. i have no idea why maybe it’s the intro? just vibes it feels really upbeat to me. i thought of it bc it was the first song my family played in the car when we went to hawaii and that was pure summer vibes (although ironically i don’t think it was summer yet). anyways fun song i love it :]

12) oh dang i have to choose one uhhhh the first one that came to mind was back in black by ac/dc. that song is great actually maybe i’ll add it to my playlist i should go through the songs i used to like i still like a ton of them especially that general genre i could prob rant about this a lot more or not really rant but ish anyways if you want to hear it text me or smth

17) some mcr song maybe uh i remember we did give em hell kid once and that was fun idk i’d do pretty much any song that i like but we should do that again sometime it’s been a while

30) this is really hard but one song that comes to mind is iris (by the goo goo dolls). every single one of the lyrics resonates with me but especially the chorus “and i don’t want the world to see me / cause i don’t think that they’d understand” and the intro/first verse(?) “and i’d give up forever to touch you / cause i know that you feel me somehow / you’re the closest to heaven that i’ll ever be / and i don’t want to go home right now” i could yap a tiny bit more about that but don’t want to do it on tumblr so if you’re interested ask me. also honorable mention for this question is something just like this by the chainsmokers and coldplay, just bc it resonates with me in a similar was to iris. okay there we go thank you for coming to my ted talk :]

[miraakulous-cloud-district]

5 songs tag! 🎼🎵🎻🪕🥁🪘

My dear @bougainvillea-and-saltwater tagged me to list 5 songs that fit with my fic, 'Wherever you go, there you are' so here it is!

1. "Follow you" by Imagine Dragons. This is the first song that came to mind because it fits so well with the friendship and found family theme of the fic. This is the fellowships anthem more or less, because it really shows how close they are and how they'd always be by Ravonna's side! The chorus is especially fitting here: "I will follow you way down wherever you may go/ I'll follow you way down to your deepest low/ I'll always be around wherever life takes you"

2. "Soap" by the Oh Hellos! I see this as *the* song for Ravonna and Miraak. The lyrics are absolutely perfect for them, and it encapsulates their relationship extremely well. I love the line: "I think that you're worth keeping around/ I think you're worth holding onto" -> this is very fitting especially from Ravvy's point of view! :D

3. "Can you feel the love tonight" by Elton John VERY SAPPY, I KNOW, but I can see it as a Miraak and Ravonna song! I thing she relates to the "And can you feel the love tonight?/ It is where we are/ It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer/ That we got this far/ And can you feel the love tonight/ How it's laid to rest?/ It's enough to make kings and vagabonds/ Believe the very best" because at first she definitely considers herself to be the vagabond, a wanderer who doesn't have a place to call home while Miraak is, or better, was the king, as the leader of the Dragon Cult. He also makes her feel like a good person. He's her chance to redeem herself and become better and let go of the vengeful person she once was AND FORGIVE, so really, he brings her hope, he makes her believe the very best ;) AT the same time, Miraak sees Ravonna not killing him as his second chance at life. He gets to live again because of her, and he is very grateful for that.

4. "Dance Macabre" by Ghost. I'm twisting the lyrics a bit on this one, or ignoring them a bit. But the song itself really encapsulates the "dancing our way through the apocalypse" vibe that Ravonna and her fellowship have, I can really see them all dancing and having fun to this song. They will take all the chances they can get to have as much fun as possible, because they don't know when it's going to be the last time they do.

5. And last but certainly not least, a song that I associate with my version of Miraak: "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls! It's so fitting that it actually hurts my heart! Just these lyrics are perfect. Purely him!

"And I don't want the world to see me/ 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand/ When everything's made to be broken/ I just want you to know who I am" BECAUSE HE DOES WANT HER TO KNOW WHO HE IS. SHE SAW MIRAAK BUT THAT WASN'T HIM. HE WANTS HER TO KNOW HIM FOR REAL, THE MAN BEFORE THE DRAGON CULT. FENRIK. BECAUSE MAYBE IF SHE DID, SHE'D LOVE HIM AND AAAAH I'M GOING TO STOP BECAUSE I'M ALREADY YELLING.

Honorable mentions, because fuck it:

"Drink" by Alestorm for the "we are here to drink your beer" lyric.

"Perfect Day" by Lou Reed for the "You made me forget myself/ I thought I was someone else/ Someone good" from Ravvy's pov is just *chef's kiss*

And "Fish in the sea" because no playlist of my fic would be complete without at least one sea shanty! And it's in my fic after something really important happens 👀 also, storm motifs, important stuff happens during a storm 👀 Ravonna is kind of associated and compared to a storm 👀

Tagging @kiir-do-faal-rahhe @thelavenderelf @sheirukitriesfandom only if you want to, of course.

[lifeofa-fangirl]

PSA: Sorry for the long rant. I just have a few thoughts about The Loneliest I need to share before other people's opinions cloud my brain.

Spoiler alert to start this off: I am a 90s kid. I was a young teen in the late 90s (yes, I’m that old) when Aerosmith wrote I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing, Green Day came out with Good Riddance and Goo Goo Dolls released Iris. I like to think I know a thing or two about rock ballads. Does that mean I think The Loneliest compares to any of these songs? No. Simply because I think Måneskin doesn’t compare to these bands. Because while I would qualify all these band under the general term of rock music, all four are very different. So I don’t think it’s really possible or fair to compare them. 

That being said, I did always say that rockers write the best ballads. And I stand by that. For after just a few listens, I don’t think that it’s the best song they ever made, but I do think it’s a good song. And dear god, it’s definitely such a major step upwards from first listening to Supermodel.

Based on the snippets we got, I wanted to wait to listen until after work because of the mood, so I’ve been avoiding IG and Tumblr and everybody else’s opinion today. Then this afternoon I couldn’t wait anymore and I decided to take a short break to listen to it at my desk. Definitely a mistake on my part, because the dark vibe? I feel it and I feel it hard. I can’t really explain why, but this one really gets to me. Chills. Let’s just say I was glad nobody came to talk to me in the next 15 minutes, haha. 

Musically, I like the difference between the verses and the chorus very much. The way the song builds and you can feel it go crescendo towards the chorus, yes please. This is my kind of song. The kind of song that gets stuck in my head for a long time after a listen. 

Also, I’ll say it now and I’ll say a million times over: put Thomas in the spotlight more, cause that guitar solo! More of this please. It came very unexpected to me at the first listen, cause I think it’s quite a different sound in the whole of the song, but I’m a big fan.

I am not a fan of the double voice thing that happens at some point, but that’s just a second or two in 4 minutes (which yes, as weird as it may sound, I am happy with the length), so I won’t fall over it.

Lyrically? I honestly think this might be my favorite English song of theirs so far. It is no Paura Del Buio or Torna A Casa obviously. But writing in a language that in not your own is so so hard and I feel like so much progress has been made. IWBYS and For Your Love, they are great songs. But lyrically, as in a story being told and unfolded, the way they are build? I definitely do enjoy this one better.

Lastly, I wanna say that I am curious about a live version of this song. (And no, I haven’t heard or seen any footage from the London show) Because while it feels less produced than Supermodel, I do feel that they could and should tone down production further. And I’ve discussed this with people before (you know who you are ;)): in my opinion, Måneskin are a better band live than in the studio. So I look forward to seeing and hearing this live as well. 

In conclusion: It’s not perfect and  I definitely need to hear a live version, but I’m a fan of this song, for all the reasons above. And I believe it will grow further on me to more I hear it. 

[takecareluv]

🎧record shop -> tell me about yourself and i’ll give you a song that reminds me of you. or give me a certain type of vibe and i’ll make you a little playlist !

i feel like you might already have an idea of what i am like as a person...but let's get a bit personal & vulnerable. i experience emotions on the extremes - when i'm happy, i feel like i'm floating through galaxies and touching the starrs, the warmth of a pink-orange sunset wrapping around me like a hug. when i'm sad, i won't stop crying for hours until the skin around my eyes are cracked and red and swollen so much that i can't see. i want to be more vulnerable and open with people, but hold myself back. or share too much at first and regret it afterwards. i want to fall in love and experience a soft type of love that makes my heart shudder from how much i am in love with and how much i want that person, but i'm so so scared to ever be in a relationship and hold myself back from truly feeling such emotions to their full extent. i want to know what it's like the kiss someone i love, to hug them and hold their hand. sunsets make me emotional. i daydream too much for my own good. my head is both my safe space and my personal prison. i have insomnia and wish i could sleep better.

livie. are we the same person? everything you said describes me to a t as well. i think we're... soulmates...?

what i would do to be laying next to you on a blanket somewhere (the beach, or maybe a park ?) watching the sunset as well chat about life and all sorts of other random stuff. i feel like you would be an amazing person to have a deep conversation with. and eventually the sun would fully set and we would look up at the night sky and stargaze while just enjoying each other's company. god i want to meet you so badly. anyway... back to what you're hear for, the music!

i went a little overboard ngl… i hope you don’t mind. i just couldn’t stop, there were so many songs that i thought fit the description you sent, or reminded me of you, or simply that i thought you might like. & i really wanted to give you a plethora of songs in hopes that there would be at least one you enjoy haha

pluto projector by rex orange county

cry by cigarettes after sex

night changes by one direction hehe a classic

she’s mine, pt. 1 by j cole

iris by the goo goo dolls

glimpse of us by joji

pour le monde by crowded house

moonlight by ariana grande

how long will i love you by ellie goulding (from one of my all time favorite movies)

best part by daniel caesar & h.e.r.

(no one knows me) like the piano does by sampha

beige by yoke lore

just a little bit of your heart by ariana grande

carry you by novo amor

fallingforyou by the 1975

sparks by coldplay

freakin out on the interstate by briston maroney

train wreck by james arthur

moon river by frank ocean

chariot by beach house

notice me by quinn XCII

blue light by mazzy star

summertime in paris by jaden

stuck with U by ariana & justin bieber

world we created by giveon

chateau (feel alright) by djo

song for zula by phosphorescent

lightning & thunder by jhene aiko (feat. john legend)

with you by ashton edminster

what you need by the weeknd

strawberries & cigarettes by troye sivan

join the fun!

[hollandorks]

hi bestie i was seeing HAIM in concert!! my friends and i somehow were in the front row (it was all general admission) and it was fucking amazing! 🥰 lots of waiting around before the opener (which was faye webster and i saw that someone suggested one of her songs to u which is so cool!) and in between so motn got me through the waiting thank u!! 😅

i’m literally obsessed with all the song recs people are sending in to u bc i’m going and listening to them ALLLL i can’t get enough of motn ahaha

SHELBY WAS THIS THE CHAPTER THAT AFTERGLOW REMINDED U OF?? BECAUSE SHIT

i absolutely adore the way you describe bruce sometimes having very batman-specific mannerisms and also just the way he acts around her. “Bruce went very still but didn’t turn around to look at her.” he’s so calculated and in complete control when he’s around other people (especially when he’s fighting and stuff ofc) but he does not know how to act around her!! i love it.

i also really love that she immediately promised that she would never tell anyone his secret even after she left; it shows how much she loves him (and if he weren’t a silly little dumbass he would see how much she loves him 😭)

“ “You can–” Bruce started. Paused for a long moment. “You can work here as long as you’d like.” “ in moments like this one and others when he takes his time to think about what to say to her i always wonder if a part of him is about to confess his feelings to her. i wonder how many times he has considered just confessing because like… he must’ve at least considered it a few times!!

“She deflated a bit. Ask me to stay, she thought to his back. Ask me to stay with you.” JDKSHSKS… shit like that gets me. i love afterglow by taylor swift (u know this 😂) and this is that same vibe! it makes me feral. i love the way she keeps on remembering what he said, “You keep getting in the way” it just soooo wonderfully shows her anxieties of their relationship and how much everything he says holds so much value to her. now i need him to tell her she’s perfect and that he wants her and to just ask her to stay 😅

i love y/n telling on bruce to alfred HAHAH

i also really love the descriptions of the nightmares! “As soon as her eyes closed and the darkness settled in, that fear came and ripped her to shreds.” This line is *chef’s kiss*

i love how we can see the progression and then subsequent regression of their relationship. she had started sleeping on his floor again, even after he had previously told her to just sleep on the bed. he reminded her again to just use the bed and she felt bad about the fact that she was in there in the first place. it reminds me a bit of the song 1 step forward, 3 steps back by olivia rodrigo 🥺

“All he did was stare at her for a long moment, and then roll on his side to face away from her.” i imagine bruce is thinking about what to say and eventually decides on saying nothing because he’s scared to admit his feelings, he doesn’t want to upset her more, and i think he realizes that he kinda fucked up back when he said what he said to her. (again, Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls is sooo their song and idk why but this scene reminds me of it so much)

I LOVEEEE their interaction down in the batcave omg like the banter and the “spar?” moment and i love the description that he seemed more comfortable at home. he’s obviously teasing her more and more openly allowing himself to actually smile and make jokes!!

“One of his hands had caught her so she didn’t knock her head on the floor on the way down.” tell me why this line had me in shambles lmaoo i just love the detail because it’s so in character for bruce; he really is so aware of things like that and considerate!

“Pulled her so her back was against his chest. Captured her other hand and held both wrists in one strong, calloused hand.” 👀 Listen… i am reading respectfully… “His breathing hitched. Her head tilted back, just a little, as she felt him breathe against her neck. His grip on her wrists loosened. He inhaled shakily and she suddenly wanted. Wanted him. All of him. Every secret, every shadow, every smile and laugh and kiss. She wanted him to pull her closer and kiss her until she saw stars. Until she couldn’t breathe.” i love how this is written! it’s so perfect. the way that it’s suddenly interrupted by the intrusive thought that’s the memory of him saying “You keep getting in the way” is just so good. it’s so realistic and heartbreaking and AGH idiots to lovers!!

“Something was aching in her chest. She rubbed at it absently.” she’s just like bruce fr!

“it was the middle of the night, and Bruce was watching y/n sleeping in his bed” MOTN mention!!! ik i mention it everytime i catch it but it’s like a fun little game for me 🥰

the misunderstanding of bruce not being able to convey his feelings verbally 😵‍💫🥺 i love the description of him being unable to think when he’s around her though! he just loves her so much that he totally short circuits 🥺

this bruce pov is totally heartbreaking but so beautifully written aghh! i love his conversation with alfred and bruce’s internal struggle because he knows he fucked up and he’s beating himself up over it! i so hope that he apologizes and confesses or something at the gala omg i can’t wait to see what happens!!

both bruce and y/n having the same thought about loving one another and having to let them go omg 🥲😭

ok lol i have another taylor swift song for you! Cornelia Street – it’s about anxieties over a relationship and leaving because you’re anxious about it and scared of what’s going to happen. it’s definitely not 100% bruce and y/n but i think the general vibe fits because of the way she’s planning on leaving! and the line “I get mystified by how this city screams your name” is just fitting :)

but i would say as a song for this chapter, Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy) by the 1975! the musical style is definitely not everyone’s cup of tea but the lyrics are so!! “I think I fucked it royally” “So I’ll just lie awake” literally bruce in this chapter.

sorry if this ask was a mess; i’m sending it in at literally 2am because i’m hyped up after the concert but my brain is exhausted and not functioning properly! 😅 cannot wait for chapter 27! (and the gala finally omg ☺️) enjoy your sunday!! (i think you’d said it’s your husband’s birthday and you’re doing dinner so if so, happy birthday to him and enjoy your dinner!)

🖤

Hi bestie!! How amazing that you got to be front row!! And also how cool that the opener was one of my many song recs 😂 I miss going to concerts tbh, I should go to one soon

I am 100% going to put together a Spotify playlist of song recs! I'll share it once I actually get around to doing it 😅

AND YES THIS IS THE AFTERGLOW CHAPTER!!

Thank you re: the mannerisms 🥺 I try to include those because I am absolutely fascinated by them 😂 Like especially in the movie in the funeral scene. Bruce is 100% Batman during that whole part that I needed to include the overlap in the fic! Also yes every time he's near the reader he just short circuits, poor awkward guy. His brain reverts to fight or flight or freeze (aka Batman mode)

"If he weren't a silly little dumbass" yep exactly 😂

I think he's constantly on the verge of confessing to her but, again, his poor brain short circuits.

But yes afterglow is really the vibe for this chapter!! The second I listened to it the first time this whole chapter came to mind. I was so excited. Love when a song just fits

We love a snitch-y reader! I really want to keep this up in the sequel 😂

1 step forward 3 steps back in a good way to put it! (Looking up the song now too tbh, I am a fan of what I've heard of Olivia Rodrigo). And yes Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls fits so well!

Could not help myself with Bruce teasing and joking more! I feel like we get hints of this in the movie (like for some reason his delivery of the "thumb. drive" line just fucking sends me every time) and I needed to show him being funny!

Also it's canon that he does this--when I first saw the funeral scene I immediately noticed how he protects the kid's head when tackling him out of the way! Had to include that too. (Can you tell I've seen the movie like six times 😅)

"I am reading respectfully" 😂👀 We love a sexy sparring scene. Really tempted to include one in the sequel but give them actual smut. We'll see! 👀 also thank you, I really liked that passage 🥺 Intrusive thoughts can ruin everything!

Love everyone noticing the parallels of them rubbing their chests!! 🥺🥰 It literally makes me so happy when people notice those things I just toss in there! Also love when people notice the title 😉 even though I put it in there in like a million places 😂 glad you don't get tired of seeing it!

When I first reread this Bruce POV I was like damn Shelby give the man a break already. It was way sadder than I'd remembered 😂😅

That lyric though!! It really is fitting! I agree though, this song really gives the anxious vibe of not being certain about a relationship/ what will happen!

Okay the 1975 song!! The lyrics!! This really reminds me of this chapter in particular. Poor Bruce. He did fuck it royally 😂 (also the whole "run away from me" like...that is BRUCE!)

Hope you got some rest after the concert!! Remember to hydrate again today!! (This is from someone who almost died after a concert. Not really but I was so dehydrated the next day I got sick lol)

Working on ch 27 now to post in a few hours 😉

And thank you!! He says thank you too even though I know he's absolutely miffed about this whole tumblr thing 😂

Thanks as always bestie 🥰

[gerrymike]

OK. commentary on my satg playlist. For reasons

lol it wont let me hyperlink but. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0w9pMZtOvP0plqdxT665q7?si=wEFnvdh3Rjaa0p2UX251mQ&dl_branch=1 Plug

1. PIEDMONT (DESTROY BOYS)

Looks like I'm late for the party Everyone knows the attire but me Glass walls separate us Catch a glimpse into different books On different shelves

i.e. teen crisis where u want desperately to live the same life as ppl on the street but also can’t imagine anything worse

2. SWEET ADELINE (ELLIOTT SMITH)

It's a picture-perfect evening and I'm staring down the sun Fully loaded, deaf and dumb and done Waiting for sedation to disconnect my head Or any situation where I'm better off than dead

i.e. she’s alive! is that worse or better. also jfc, you fucking hate hospitals

3. ALAMEDA (ELLIOTT SMITH)

You walk down Alameda  Shuffling your deck of trick cards over everyone Like some precious only son Face down, bow to the champion

also

Walk down Alameda  Brushing off the nightmares you wish Could plague me when I'm awake And now you see your first mistake  Was thinking that you could relate For one or two minutes she liked you But the fix is in

i.e. oops it’s two elliotts in a row, sorry. just. about the connection you can form with someone given just a short period of time, and how sometimes it gets ruined by, like, a werewolf. pretty similar to sweet adeline. mx weisglass gets two songs. plus “precious only son” 😬 “shuffling your deck of trick cards” 😬

4. CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS (IRON MAIDEN)

Give me the sense to wonder To wonder if I'm free Give me a sense of wonder To know I can be me Give me the strength to hold my head up Spit back in their face

i.e. for Me mostly because i think the whiplash from elliott to maiden is kinda funny. also the gerry VS twisty animosity, in over-the-top wizardy terms. sometimes you are full of hate and that’s OK 😬 

5. ICU (PHOEBE BRIDGERS)

If you're a work of art I'm standing too close I can see the brush strokes I hate your mom I hate it when she opens her mouth It's amazing to me How much you can say When you don't know  What you're talking about

and

I'll climb through the window again But right now it feels good not to stand Then I'll leave it wide open Let the dystopian morning light pour in

i.e. we’re back in london…and, well, yeah. also, song title! we’re still in sacramento, actually, spiritually, at this point in the story

6. CRY FOR JUDAS (THE MOUNTAIN GOATS)

Feel the storm every night Hope it passes by Hallucinate a shady grove where Judas went to die Unfurl the black velvet altar cloth Draw a white chalk Baphomet Mistreat your altar boys long enough and this is what you get

i.e. crew. i think about him

7. IRIS (THE GOO GOO DOLLS)

And all I can taste is this moment And all I can breathe is your life And sooner or later, it's over I just don't wanna miss you tonight

plus

And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am

i.e. OK. OK. OK. yeah, OK. damn right all you can taste is this moment…yeah OK. SONGS5

8. KILL ALL YOUR FRIENDS (MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE)

It's been 8 bitter years since I've been seeing your face And you're walking away And I will die in this place

to

It's been 10 fucking years since I've been seeing your face round here And you're walking away And I will drown in the fear

i.e. ah…the lyrical differences in the chorus…yes…also i love how raucous this song is despite what it’s about. it’s got satg energy!!! “seeing your face”, of course, is not literal 😬

9. ENCHANTING GHOST (SUFJAN STEVENS)

Don't carry on carrying efforts, oh no, oh oh oh oh Somewhere there's a room for each of us to grow And if it pleases you to leave me, just go, oh oh oh oh Stopping you would stifle your enchanting ghost

and

Did you cut your hands on me? Are my edges sharp? Am I a pest to feed?

i.e. 😬😬😬

10. PAUL (BIG THIEF)

In the blossom of the months I was sure that I'd get driven off with thought So I swallowed all of it As I realized there was no one  Who could kiss away my shit

and PARTICULARLY

Well Paul, I know you said That you'd take me any way I came or went But I'll push you from my brain See, you're gentle baby I couldn't stay, I'd only bring you pain

i.e. HARROWING TERRITORY!!!

11. PITSELEH (ELLIOTT SMITH)

I'll tell you why I Don't wanna know where you are I gotta joke I've been dying to tell you

i.e. sorry. a lot of elliott smith on this playlist. thems the breaks

12. OPHELIA (THE LUMINEERS)

Oh, Ophelia You've been on my mind girl like a drug Oh, Ophelia Heaven help a fool who falls in love

i.e. callbacks to SONGS5…! and more pain

13. CLOUDS (BORNS)

I forget all my dreams I forget everyones name I meet I forget about time and space But I can't stop thinking 'bout your face

i.e. tfw your memory’s shit and also you just threw yourself into the sky and you’re still not over it. yowch!

14. ARCADE (DUNCAN LAWRENCE)

Oh, oh-oh-oh oh Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh All I know, all I know Loving you is a losing game

i.e. sorry i heard this song first in a c#tradora edit and i have never recovered.

15. WARS (OF MONSTERS AND MEN)

Yeah, I love you on the weekends But I'm careless and I'm wicked Yeah, I love you on the weekends It's a cruel war I still have pieces of you stuck on me Pieces of you stuck on me Yeah, I love you on the weekends It's a cruel war

i.e. PIECES OF YOU STUCK ON ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is the only song of the new omam i’ve heard. i never got around to listening to it. but this one slaps

16. MONTERO (LIL NAS X)

Lookin' at the table, all I see is weed and white Baby, you livin' the life, but baby, you ain't livin' right Cocaine and drinkin' with your friends You live in the dark, boy, I cannot pretend

AND

A sign of the times every time that I speak A dime and a nine, it was mine every week What a time, an incline, God was shinin' on me Now I can't leave And now I'm actin' hella elite

AND ESPECIALLY

I want that jet lag from fuckin' and flyin'

i.e. God i love this song. re: avatarhood. YOU CAN’T LEAVE!!! not saying it’s like being a celebrity, but it’s like being a celebrity. dual perspectives here with G + his morality regarding the person he loves being, uh, evil? (you live in the dark / i cannot pretend) and M + debt he owes to his god, erosion of his own morals. also, SHEER F*CKING VIBES

17. GEYSER (MITSKI)

You're my number one You're the one I want And you've turned down Every hand that has beckoned me to come

i.e. love songs that serve double as to your god and to your lover

18. THAT’S WHAT I LIKE (BRUNO MARS)

Jump in the Cadillac (Girl, let's put some miles on it) Anything you want (Just to put a smile on it) You deserve it baby, you deserve it all

i.e. this song is here because i say so. a real “sorry it’s been seven years let me make it up to you” vibe

19. RUN AWAY WITH ME (SUFJAN STEVENS)

And I say, love Come run away with me Sweet, falling remedy Come run away with me

i.e. more grand ridiculous propositions. more to come. but they’re born out of a real frustration with the situation at hand! it sucks! also, “falling remedy”,

20. LET’S GET MARRIED (BLEACHERS)

I'm gonna get right for you, honey I'll take all of my medicine, spend you all my money, yeah I know it's hard enough to love me But I woke up in a safe house singing, "Honey, let's get married"

i.e. bro.

21. I WILL (MITSKI)

And while you sleep I'll be scared So by the time you wake I'll be brave

i.e. a lot of these here are self explanatory..

22. ME & MY DOG (BOYGENIUS)

I had a fever Until I met you Now you make me cool

also

I never said I'd be all right Just thought I could hold myself together But I couldn't breathe, I went outside Don't know why I thought it'd be any better I'm fine now, it doesn't matter

i.e. title is significant. and yeah. just. recovery’s tricky

23. I FOUND (AMBER RUN)

And I've moved further than I thought I could But I missed you more than I thought I would

i.e. this is like a staple song for like. basically. any pairing. but i’m pathetic and it gets me every time. there’s something about it. not sure if i’m going to leave it on this playlist but. hm. yeah

OK that’s a wrap. highly likely i’ll put more songs on this as i go

[izukult]

sorry i can’t have you? one up me? so this playlist isn’t part of the matchups i’m sorry😞🤝

here you go IDIOT CHILD ( @rat-bastar ) being your friend is so hard 😁

choke - i don’t know how but they found me

ok absolutely your vibes. if you got the chance you would bitch slap me, we both know it. you big ol bully. this is the vibey pop ish version of a villain song and it’s such a hype song in my opinion idk

love me dead - ludo

we’ve established its a good song ok🤝. idk lmao play this while you’re thinking ab your friend OR her ex gf ;) as of my knowledge those the mfs you simp for or whateva LMAO

lemons (demo)

please. PLEASE THIS ONE IS SO OBVIOUS. you vibes. absolute you vibes. you @ me. you @ everyone. you play this on full volume while you try to convince yourself you hate everyone. you play this while judging every violin player ever. you play this glaring at maliek or whagever his name is. this song is you

piano man - billy joel

i saw this on one of your playlists lol BUT i feel like this is something you would blare on the bus or on your way to a fucking debate tournament you fucking loser

hesitation - hot flash heat wave

such a good song. this also feels like something you would listen to while you think ab other people. i dunno it’s got that sweet, sweet ‘condescending to hide real emotions’ energy and it’s vibey and it’s kinda sad yea

waltz #2 (xo) - elliott smith

don’t even get me started on how big of an elliott smith can i was. you def give him vibes but i mean that as a compliment?? i can imagine you with ur head down hands in ur pockets being all bummed out and angry walking up the hill to ur house idk that’s very niche oddly specific? i never really realized this song had BIG BIG BIG you vibes until i started typing this but i’m listening to the lyrics and it’s like describing you go off ig

everyone hates his parents - falsettos

i know you love falsettos and we both know we love to shit talk our parents so. it just seems to make sense. ALSO i feel like we would argue like marvin and trina or marvin and whizzer or marvin and anyone LOL

colorful penguins - we shore is dedicated

ok i know iM the one working, but this song please. listen to it. listen to the music. to the tone of voice. to the certain old tavern rustic vibe. that’s you. i cant rly describe it but the vibe of this song is your vibe

beachboy - mccafferty

well we have the shared mother’s name in the beginning there and that’s fun for me. also we know that i be smoking and yada yada and i know your friends do too and i feel like this song is just you dealing w ur friends dummy habits and angry fast sing

hannah - swmrs

something about this song just feels like a convo we’d have?? like in my head i can tell what you would say and what i would say IDK LMAO maybe that’s just me but it’s also a good song

problems - mother mother

this song. LMAOOOO. the way you constantly BULLY me i feel like this song is how you present urself to other ppl v some deep shit like how you feel ab urself idk i’m not ur therapist ur apparently mine w how much you be psychoanalyzing me🤨. ALSO you’d scream this dont argue w me

i love you like an alcoholic - the taxpayers

multiple things here. again those crusty cobblestone streets at night after it rains where someone’s getting murdered in an alleyway vibes that you give. and i feel like if u were ever like <3 at someone, this is how you’d feel idc bitch

seashore - the regrettes

i love this band sm pls i want to kiss her. ANYWAY feels again like a you @ the world song. you just feel like someone who would shove someone in a trash can if they said one wrong word about you & i rly appreciate it

gooey - glass animals

this song feels like something that would be on a playlist with “i know this:” and i thought you’d like those vibes. sorry for the peanut butter reference

chicago - flipturn

you feel like someone who would let me play flipturn and pretend to hate it cos you pretend to hate everything i do but actually vibe w it so

everybody loves raymond (except for me) - mookamay

this is the girl i was tellin u ab who wrote the songs ab me YEA THIS IS ONE OF THE SONGS AB ME SO I FIGURED YOU WOULD APPRECIATE A SONG THAT WAS KIND OF A SLIGHT TO ME SO LMAO I PUT IT ON THERE. basically this is a song ab someone literally getting tired of ME so yknow felt fitting 😁‼️ (this one is mostly a joke and i will probably take it off the playlist but it still stands)

power over me - dermot kennedy

you seem like someone who would listen to dermot kennedy which is fair bc i used to scream this shit in the shower i would just have a lil concert and you give me the same vibe this one isn’t that deep

ghost duet - louie zong

lol some serotonin. just this playin in the background while u game

iris - the goo goo dolls

just a rly good song. just a rly good song that fits ur vibe. also if u were ever in love i also stand by saying you would listen to this & think ab them

dream sweet in sea major - miracle musical

if you were ever listen to “soft music🥺✊” this would be your version of it

bs - still woozy

I TOLD U TO LISTEN TO THIS AND I DONT THINK YOU DID YOU BITCH SO NOW I WILL FORCE YOU. also i have brown eyes so basically this is everyone including u @ me it’s ok ur human u can’t be blamed for acknowledging my charm ;) 😁🤝

paper thin hotel - matt maltese

you just seem like someone who would listen to him during a depressive episode

troubled mind - cannibal kids

cant find the right words for this one but like gives me you trying to be there for someone and coming off as apathetic and someone not knowing how to be a proper friend to you and yall just space vibes yknow what i mean?? Idk

bloom (bonus track) - the paper kites

if you and a girl (strictly a girl idc that this was written by a dude no fucking guy gets this song) were in love. like in any way. romantic love, platonic love, competitive love idgaf i just feel like THIS has the vibe for u

kill the director - the wombats

i don’t care THIS IS YOU IN LOVE. I THINK YOUD HATE HAVING REAL FEELINGS FOR SOMEONE. YOUD DEF BE THE PERSON TO IGNORE IT AND YOU BULLY THEM JUST A L I L EXTRA AND YOU DO LIL THINGS THAT SHOW U LIKE EM LIKE IF YOU RLY PAY ATTENTION YOU CAN PICK IT UP but no way you’re gonna express that shit LMAO

i got the blues - big bill broonzy

i dunno this ones just a banger

dirty imbecile - the happy first

this is you having a breakdown. that’s all! thanks queen!

under my skin - jukebox the ghost

very similar to lemons but also different?? you getting pissed at everyone but having a select couple ppl you cherish 👍

song for me - greer

where do i START? you not properly voicing emotions ? preppy pessimism ? dissociation ? vibing ? teen angst ? good vibes ? in love w ideas ?

my explanations aren’t as good as urs but also i’m cool so 👍 ur welcome you’ve been blessed by a personalized playlist from ME 🙄🙌 not from no bitchass capitalist anime character 😐

[finn-ray-nal-beads]

Hey, I hope you’re well! I love your music idea so I thought I would send in my top 5 favourites at the minute 💖

Deal With It - Ashnikko

Violent - carolesdaughter

Dragula - Rob Zombie

Psycho Killer - Talking heads

Blood Like Lemonade - Morcheeba

@adamdrivercouldchokeme HOLY MOLEY IM SO HAPPY YOU LOVE THE IDEA IM LOVING IT TOO! 

Deal With It - THIS SONG MAKES ME SO HAPPY! I honestly love her and I know some people think she’s annoying but I love her and I wish I had her vibes tbh. I crank this song in my car every time it comes up in my likes it’s fantastic!

Violent - What a morbid and neat song! it has Melanie Martinez vibes and I’m all for it! The Spotify clips in the background when the song is playing look so creepy and awesome and I love it so much! Added to my likes rn!

Dragula - OMG TALK ABOUT A CLASSIC! WHO ISN’T A ROB ZOMBIE FAN LIKE LBR? I would die to see one of his tours omg I have seen videos and it looks like a haunted house and madness and I’m so IN!

Psycho Killer - ANOTHER ONE ADDED TO MY LIKES OMG I LOVE THIS! I literally picture every killer in the movies like Hannibal Lecture and American Psycho and I’m LIVING FOR IT! 

Blood Like Lemonade - first of all, what a FUCKIN’ NEAT VIBE the intro to this song has. I was totally vibing so hard I was so excited to listen to the rest of it! This song literally reminded me of a storytelling session, you know like Johnny Cash did in his songs, and it sounded so calming and smooth even though it was talking about a murder lol! Added to my list babe! This is so amazing!

okay *cracks knuckles* here’s mine for you 🔄: 

1. Dead and Cold by SadBoyProlific

2. Vagabond by Ghostmane (FUCKING LOVE THIS MAN) 

3. rosier by Brakence (LOVE THE DROP IN THIS SONG) 

4. Iris by DIAMANTE, Breaking Benjamin (REMIX OF THE OG BY THE GOO GOO DOLLS AND I LOVED IT) 

5. Drunk With My Friends by Ashnikko (THIS IS A NEW RELEASE AND I LOVE IT ALREADY)

Happy listening sweet thing thank you for giving me new songs! 🖤🥰

[gayregis]

Open question to you and your followers! Do you have any songs that you feel are like something dandelion could have written? I have such bad memory of his poetry from the books, but I’ve been listening to “I’ll be seeing you” and “all of me” and “easy living” by Billie holiday, and for some reason they are giving me dandelion vibes? I’ve never thought that about a song, so I’m curious if anyone else has!

oh those are such good songs, i love billie holiday!

i feel like i’m going to post my entire dandelion playlist here... ok fuck it, why not. 

bolded: the ones that could be dandelion POV / dandelion singing them 

🌟: the ones i feel the most strongly about

silly love songs / wings 🌟

all my loving / the beatles

build me up buttercup / the foundations — geralt pov about dandelion

cecilia / simon & garfunkel

georgy porgy / toto

50 ways to leave your lover / paul simon — dandelion pov giving geralt bad relationship advice

when i was a boy / elo

rio / mika 🌟   — dandelion pov... well rather, julian pov... i imagine a scene and montage of him singing this in a kind of belle from beauty & the beast or anna from frozen or rapunzel from tangled way, as in, singing about his character motivations as he makes his way through a regular morning, it’s his intro song as a plucky youth in a disney movie to explain his backstory

wildflowers / dolly parton 🌟

ob-la-di, ob-la-da / the beatles

sir duke / stevie wonder

raspberry beret / prince

dumb blonde / dolly parton

killing me softly with his song / roberta flack — geralt pov about dandelion

midnight blue / elo — time of contempt brokilon scene

i’m looking through you / the beatles — geralt pov about dandelion when they arrive in beauclair

here you come again / dolly parton — anna henrietta pov about dandelion when they arrive in beauclair

guitar man / bread

honorable mentions that i think are dandelion but i know them too much just as their own songs to put them in this playlist:

sexual healing / marvin gaye

let’s groove / earth, wind & fire

peg / steely dan 🌟

deacon blues / steely dan

fire and rain / james taylor

you’re so vain / carly simon 

mr tambourine man / the byrds

i’m coming out / diana ross

songs aren’t in this playlist because they’re more gerlion than just dandelion...

your song / elton john 🌟 — dandelion pov to geralt

boulder to birmingham / emmylou harris — dandelion pov, following geralt into brokilon and through the wilderness during the saga

there is a light that never goes out / the smiths — dandelion pov... also i keep imagining dandelion singing this and really feeling it, and geralt suddenly turning around sharply and asking him to sing something happier... he went a little too hard on the “to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die”...

kokomo / the beach boys 🌟 — dandelion pov to geralt... canonically he’s always recommending places like the wine festival in cidaris so...

eternal flame / the bangles — sapkowski deserves this for naming one of the dandelion-saturated short stories what it is...

i will follow him / little peggy march

he’s a rebel / the crystals — funny story because i stole this from a fanmix for my OTP from my other fandom

sweet baby james / james taylor — dandelion pov about geralt, lol

iris / the goo goo dolls — geralt pov about dandelion

and like, one or two julianarietta songs for good measure:

diamonds on the soles of her shoes / paul simon 🌟 — dandelion pov about anna henrietta when they first meet

uptown girl / billy joel — dandelion pov to anna henrietta

and of course, i’ve saved the best for last because it’s the song i relate to every single one of my OTPs... if i can’t relate it to a ship, is it really fit to be my OTP...

never gonna give you up / rick astley — dandelion pov to geralt... 

[st-bengerine]

what are your fav gay songs?

this is one of the most blessed asks i’ve ever received and i have several gay playlists but ill run down some of my all time favs, i made a list of 30 which i’ve cut down as much as possible lmao:

classics:

Your Song by Elton John; beautiful and chill and sweet, the loveliest springtime evening vibes of having loved someone for years and years and feeling warm and at home with them (and i will never forgive any cover artist who makes it straight @ ellie goulding)“Yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen.”

Poses by Rufus Wainwright; BAROQUE GAY, literally my favourite song, gives me butterflies every time i hear it, comparing fashion with his friends but it’s so much more than that, you can hear him smile and i’m absolutely DYING“Such beautiful poses makes any boy feel like picking up roses”

Freedom! 90′ by George Michael; literally my favourite song, the greatest swell of pride and power i’ve ever felt, the biggest FUCK YOU, fits perfectly with the quote about Georgie M being like “I’ve got a cock” with regards to his music“Now I’m gonna get myself happy.”

Somebody To Love by Queen; especially the cover by George Michael at Freddie Mercury’s memorial concert, because having watched his documentary and hearing about how he performed knowing his lover was dying of AIDs, my heart breaks every time I hear this“I just gotta get outta this prison cell, someday I’m gonna be free”

That’s So Gay by Pansy Division; the biggest FUCK YOU, literally my favourite song, assigning a slur to heteros to give them a fucking taste, iconic and beautiful and such a good fuckin riff“what do you take me for? breeder”

just good gay songs:

Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko; the first explicitly gay song I ever listened to, beautiful and iconic and it felt so fucking BRAVE“I’ve been crossing all the lines”

I Kissed A Girl by Jill Sobule; sweet and soft and gay and country, nothing to do with katy perry’s harangue, so, so much better“We had a drink, we had a smoke, she took off her overcoat”

Call Your Girlfriend by Robyn; Dancing on my Own is more well known, but Call Your Girlfriend is such a gorgeous bop and this makes it literally my favourite song“Tell her not to get upset second-guessing everything you said and done”

Somebody Else by The 1975; got that sad neon gay aesthetic and UM im not sorry no cover will ever come close, literally my favourite song, slips you into a gorgeous aching trance that takes your breath away and forces tears from your eyes and makes your heart ache“At first, I thought it was a lie. I took all my things that make sounds”

Andy You’re a Star by The Killers; that angry guitar just turns you into a feisty high school boy furious and seething at those filthy sneering straight boys, fuck em, me and andy gonna bang (their heads together)“In a car with a girl, promise me she’s not your world”

Cool for the Summer by Demi Lovato; let me tell you girls in school were shook when they figured out that this was gay and it’s such a heady hot summer B O P also “die for each other” is the gay mood for someone you met 5 minutes ago and already love more than your parents

BITE by Troye Sivan; probably one of the first explicitly sexual gay songs I ever heard and let me just say that little gay 17 year old me was quaking, described as HAUNTING by @aurathelucario​ and bitch, they’re right“Don’t you wanna see a man up close”

Sanctify by Years & Years; everything that BITE was to me at 17, now at 20, has me physically shook, openly gay and explicitly sexual and such a BOP“I’m just like you, maybe it’s heavenly”

Heterosexuality is a Construct by Onsind; just the ultimate takedown of heterosexuality and everything you’ve ever wanted to yell in your life, also the lines“I’m not a heterosexual man, I’m not ticking your boxes, that’s not who I am, I don’t fit into your neat little plan, and I never willLove is not a crime, and I’d rather colour, outside of the lines, love knows no gender and its about time, you nailed your colours up next to mine.”please listen to this song, if you listen to nothing else from this list   

*** ULTIMATE SPECIAL TUNE: ***Talking Transgender Dysphoria Blues by Against Me!; holy fuck, a song about being transgender, by a transwoman? Raw and aching and violent and snarling, the most truthful song I’ve ever heard.“Rough surf on the coast, I wish I could’ve spent the whole day alone with you.” 

Under the cut: some songs that aren’t explicitly gay but they are to me, and honourable mentions

not explicitly gay but they are to me and you can’t pry them from my gay little hands:

Dancing in the Dark & I’m On Fire by Bruce Springsteen; I’m a fucking SUCKER for gay country boys in flannel with pick ups and ripped jeans and worn white shirts and big boots, literally my favourite songs, and fuck me the song Dancing in the Dark punches me in the gut and then holds me close to its musty man-smelling shoulder while i cry“Man I’m just tired and bored with myself, hey there baby, could use just a little help”

Constellations by Tom Odell; listen, I’m a hopeless romantic gay and I need this song, literally my favourite song, and you can’t tell me it’s not gay:“Some old melody, it don’t mean much to anyone what it does to you and me”

Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls; heavy connection to Nic Cage, LITERALLY try and tell me this song isn’t gay fuck off, one of those songs you yell out your car windows in a rainstorm, TRY AND TELL ME IT’S NOT GAY AND YOU’LL BE WRONG:“And I don’t want the world to see me, cause I don’t think that they’d understand”

Run To You by Pentatonix; I don’t care if this is gay or not it gets a place because at least half of PTX is LGBT+, also this is one of the most beautiful, strong, haunting a capella songs I’ve ever heard, and you know what, it is gay, it’s fucking GAY and it fits my OCs and they’re gay“I will break down the gates of heaven, a thousand angels stand waiting for me”

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:

Dancing On My Own by Calum Scott (cover of Robyn which got popular among the straights syke it’s gay and you’re all fooled); fallingforyou by The 1975 (cute and ethereal but I’ve had a 1975 song); Let’s Hear it for the Boy by Deniece Williams (from Footloose, the video is GAY and the lyrics make me smile, I wanna hear a dude cover this song so if you know one hmu); The Good Side, My My My, Talk Me Down, and Youth by Troye Sivan (TGS makes me cry my eyes out, MMM is hot, TMD takes my breath away, Y is so strong, BUT I’ve had a Troye Sivan); King by Years & Years (if a man ever called me his king i would fucking die instantly and the imagery in this song has me shivering); What’s It Gonna Be and Touch by Shura (gorgeous ethereal lesbian tunes); Girl Crush covered by Harry Styles (the original pisses me off bc it’s misleading and not gay but MISTER Styles saved it); Boys by Charli XCX (you don’t need a reason); Cool by Gwen Stefani (sounds like safety and friendship and warmth); Follow Your Arrow by Kacey Musgraves (song about following your OWN ideas and doing what you want and explicit gay lyrics)

[musingsofabooklover]

Thank you to @lightsidecalling for tagging me in this! I’ve never actually been tagged in something before. It’s a nice feeling...

rules: list 10 songs you’re currently vibing on and tag 10 people!

I was a bit confused how to respond to this at first, because I was like, “does it want songs that were stuck in my head, even though they only stayed there 10 minutes? does it want the songs that often come up, even if I haven’t actually thought of them today? does it want songs that I saw recently and liked but didn’t stick in my head? Can I even remember what songs I was thinking of earlier over the sound of the one in my head at the moment? Did I have 10 songs today or should I include some that were from a few days ago?” Anyway, in no particular order, here are some songs from at least 1 of the criteria I thought of:

Somebody Just Like This - Chainsmokers ft. Coldplay

Vanilla Twilight - Owl City

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

A Winter’s Tale - David Essex (no, I don’t know why this was in my head. Yes, I know it’s summer.)

The U.S.S. Make S*** Up - Voltaire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgR0cBCakHY

Sir Eglamore - Kate Rusby

Supergirl - Reamonn

Superman (It’s Not Easy) - Five For Fighting

Superman - Joe Brooks

Let’s see if I can think of anybody to tag... you are not required to do this at all if you don’t want to or don’t have time or whatever reason: @culturevulture73 @xserpx @threadsketchier @bulletproofpope @snardonyxx