#he’s cool but hes cringe. duality. the perfect character

[lowpolyshadow]

Something i don't really agree or get is fandom perspective of shadow being lame,cringe and bastard meow meow cus that's not really it either(surviving and trying to cope with the horrors? The coolest thing), more like a modern distorted loved notion of people, yeah is funny but also projected and kinda westernized(the inaccurated dub versions and dialogue), leaning away from the original cultural backgrourd that get's sleep on and puts a more nuanced perception of the games. Idk where im going with this but i don't get people popular perspectives idk sorry im a killjoy i just love the fucked up aspect of this silly franchise and it's characters(i wish it could get that deep again).

theres a lot of things that indicate shadow is a cringe little bastard from jp to eng, it’s like his whole. Thing. the fanon flanderization of shadow is crazy but the part where he’s a bastard is pretty blatant in canon

like, he’s genuinely cool and stuff, he has a lot of fantastic moments (if the world chooses to become my enemy i will fight as i always have, the entire somewhat ridiculous yet awesome finale of shadow the hedgehog, sa2’s ending literally cemented his popularity so hard he came back to life in heroes because people thought he was fucking awesome and compelling), but a big appeal is the fact that he’s also still a silly guy in a series full of whacky silly guys

the eng and jp dubs have their differences in tone in a lot of ways, and eng is not incredibly accurate bc of it, but shadow even in jp is still like. a loser (affectionate)—he’s constantly talking about how much better he is, he insists on showing his dominance over sonic (and others, but especially sonic) even when it doesnt fucking matter ala tsr, he constantly FULLY believes he is the most correct person in any and all situations, and that his actions are always the best way to go about it even if it’s reckless or sometimes unnecessary (the mow things in my way down solution)

he’s so earnest in everything he does, in his own special cringe little way, where he’ll say factually correct statements in a blunt manner, but also not quite … ? he’s very honest. he’s incredibly straightforward. every single comment he says, no matter how fucking absurd or edgy or funny, he truly means it. thats his APPEAL he says shit like “ive hit the ultimate jackpot!” and “this is like taking candy from a baby, which is fine by me!” and somehow also “no one else should experience the things ive gone through” and thats all FANTASTIC

i like this twitter thread and a lot of jib’s threads on shadow, bc they know a lot more about the jp side of things, but tldr: shadow is my funny little guy. my stupid little pogchamp. my cringe little bastard boy who is the coolest and also the lamest motherfucker ive ever witness. i’m going to dribble him like a basketball

[im-whatchamccallit]

Performing a Special Stage with Their Idol Crush// ATEEZ

Hongjoong

As the leader of ATEEZ, Hongjoong was always the first to introduce himself, making sure he left a great first impression with anyone they encountered. The day you met and the following weeks leading up to your special stage together, he made sure each time he saw you felt like the first. He was constantly doing check-ins with you, his excuse being that you were partners so your comfort was his responsibility. His friendliness paid off as, just moments before you were set to perform, you scrambled towards him, his heart nearly exploding from his chest when you stared at him desperately for reassurance, his hands instantly reaching for yours in a bold yet natural way.

“You’ll do great. I know you will.”

You learned early on that Hongjoong was an entirely different person on stage. Even with his fiercer expressions and fluid movements, whenever he get close enough to you, he’d whisper something encouraging whether you needed to hear it or not. Despite his kind and confident nature, he was truly just a love-struck schoolboy (puppy) on the inside and, if you focused on him hard enough, you’d probably catch him clutching his chest, unsure of if he’s having a heart attack or if it’s just love.

Seonghwa

In Seonghwa’s mind, he was the leading male in his own drama and you were his love interest, whether you knew it or not. He would try to be a gentleman, taking your hand in his and bowing as if he were some prince (and you can just hear his group members cringing in the distance). Seonghwa would try to be discrete with his feelings but would do spontaneous things for you, like take you out for lunch when you really should have been practicing. And, holy hell, the practicing. You were concerned he’d never learn the dance properly from the way he constantly helped you. He’d always reassure you he knew what he was doing, unbeknownst to you that he’d show up an hour early to properly rehearse.

The day of your performance felt surreal, mainly because you felt like a fan on stage with your idol rather than being the idol yourself. Seonghwa managed to exaggerate every move he made, his eyes locking with yours causing your heart to stutter in your chest while his only fear was that you thought he went too far with his unspoken expressions. After your performance, he was suddenly nervous, something you hadn’t seen from him yet and something he didn’t want you to notice. But when you placed a gently hand on his shoulder to gain his attention, your face hot while trying to find the words to say, you managed to tell him how great he was as a performer and that you’d be happy to work with him again if he’d like.

Okay, so maybe this was exactly like a drama.

Yunho

As a dancer, one must be aware of how sensual dancing could be, even without hidden emotions beneath it. Yunho was not aware. Maybe it was his nerves or some desperate part of him wanting you to share the same feelings as him, but he was a complete wreck when it came to performing with you. If it was a group performance, he would have done so well hiding his feelings, and maybe you wouldn’t notice the bright red tint to his face and ears (which he’ll blame on the stage lights later). But it was just you two, dancing and singing to none other than Troublemaker. The performance was great, except every line he delivered was practically addressed to you, every glance he sent your way lingered a bit too long, whenever your faces were a mere few inches from one another’s, he’d lean in so much that he could feel cupid’s bow.

He wasn’t usually like this, not from any of the performances you’ve seen that is, so the nervous and clumsy act was shocking to you. You’d try to ask him if something was bothering him once you got backstage, only to be met with his word vomit. Constant compliments followed by his praise of your other performances, especially your solo dance stages from your concert and how he had the fancam of it saved because he loved it so much. He was practically a fanboy. Once he finally found a way to stop speaking, both your eyes wide at the unnecessary confessions, you smiled brightly and gave a nonjudgmental “Thank you”.

Yeosang

If he were a shirt, he’d be boyfriend material but that’s not what we’re talking about right now. When performing a special stage collab with his idol crush, he’d be cool and calm on the outside while having heart palpitations on the inside. When it came to performing, he was lowkey: not too obvious with his feelings and dignified enough to keep any touch or glance at a minimum. Behind cameras and lurking eyes, he was a bit more confident, talking to you as if you were close friends, giving you an unconscious comfort that you didn’t realize you needed. It wasn’t until you gave him your number in case he ever wanted to work on something else with you, or if he just wanted to talk, that his persona faltered.

“R-really? So, anytime, I can text you? Even now?”

Even though he was cool and approachable, you preferred the flustered version of him more.

San

You know that clip of San screaming “It’s the sea!” over and over again until someone carries him away? Well, change “the sea” to your name and it perfectly describes how he acted whenever he saw you. San would be super kind and even go as far as to consider you friends, which you happily accepted, so when he began to be with you every moment of the day you had practice and even backstage before your performance, you thought nothing of his clinginess, but everyone could see you were his obsession.

Even with his childlike, cute character, he made sure you saw his performer side as well. You were positive if you searched ‘duality’ in the dictionary, San’s face would be there. Every body roll, every hand movement, every inflection in the words he sang, he made sure you noticed. Once you got backstage to change, the person you stood by on stage was no longer there, but rather the sweet and playful person you first met. He was a mystery to you, and San was hoping you’d want to explore that mystery some more.

Mingi

Mingi thinks he’s like Yeosang: calm on the outside while fanboying viciously on the inside. But, really, he was trapped in a constant state of panic, inside and out. Ever since your groups were paired for a special stage together, he was a mess, but the second you laid eyes on each other, he nearly fell apart. Let’s just say he may or may not have nearly threw up from nervousness. Whenever you came around, he’d try to act nonchalant, as if he wasn’t fazed by the sight of you, but his mouth and tongue betrayed him, each word coming out a stutter causing you to giggle in the cutest way he couldn’t help but blush at.

But let’s not forget he’s an idol, so of course when it came to performing, he was a professional. As a dancer Yunho was unaware of how sensual it’d be, Mingi was the opposite. The feeling of your fingertips and the way your back pressed to his chest for just a split second didn’t waiver his confidence on stage, although it’d be something he’d think about for the rest of his life. Your managers had decided to treat you all to dinner for your hard work, something you all had appreciated, but Mingi could only think about sitting at your side, trying to redeem himself from any stupid thing he may have said before. That thought alone almost caused him to knock San over as he went to grab his coat.

“(Y/n) and I have a date tonight. I can’t screw this up!”

“It’s a company dinner and we’re all gonna be there. Chill out.”

Wooyoung

King of confidence. Performing a duo dance for a special stage together gave Wooyoung the perfect opportunity to flaunt his skills. Just like Seonghwa, he’d exaggerate his moves, being a lot more charismatic than usual, maintaining eye contact with you as you moved together. Even when he held onto your hips for a brief moment, he’d squeeze gently before pulling away as if nothing had happened, causing your face to heat up with the realization that he was pretty straight forward about his feelings.

Backstage, you felt awkward. How are you supposed to speak to your dance partner who also happens to have the biggest crush on you? Well, you didn’t need to speak, as Wooyoung did it for you. Like most of the others, he was almost a completely different person off stage. He was more subtle, his confidence still high but his expressions and words friendly and sweet. He’d tell you how great you did, your lips struggling to form words as you tried to make sense of how he could be so versatile with his personality but, again, he spoke for you.

“I hope we can work together again.” He handed you his phone, waiting for you to insert your number. And you did.

Really! He’s that confident!

Jongho

He’s a strange one but definitely nothing to run away from. Jongho wouldn’t have the guts to approach you first but he’d watch you from a distance, something you noticed a few days into rehearsals as you always ended up having to search for your future (performance) partner. Nonetheless, he was on the chiller side of his crush, just nervous about you and what he may do wrong. Without saying a word, Jongho managed to convey that he liked you, and that was fine by you.

You were the one that had to open up a bit to bring him out of his shell, Jongho finally finding the confidence to speak to you normally. The days of practice felt like dates to him, you both escaping everyone else to work alone, eating together in the spacious practice room while talking about anything and everything. So, when the day of your performance came, it was flawless. Your chemistry was real and your synchronization was almost robotic. Honestly, if Jongho only had a crush on you before, he was madly in love with you at this point. If you ever performed together again, he wasn’t sure he’d be able to keep it together as well as before.

[uraharabyakuya]

Rant: ChenQingLing is a disgrace.

Disclaimer: this is a rant, and it’s antiCQL. So those who like it, pls ignore and refrain from posting your counter arguments to me. I just want to vent my displeasure of this live action and only welcome those who agree with me to comment and share.

Being a massive fan of MDZS, I just have to get this off my chest. I am sick of all these brainwashing and gaslighting by so called “fans” of the original work who are singing high praises for this shambles of an adaptation.

The live action series should be ashamed of themselves because they’re simply using the popularity and following from the franchise and totally disrespecting the core of the story and characters. Before these nincompoops come and wax lyrical about adaptations being different from the source material, there is an obvious difference between a genuine adapatation to screen whereby the major plot lines are maintained, the core stories are maintained, the character histories are maintained and superfluous or extrapolated materials are minimised, also where there are obvious gaps of non-explained or non-elaborated space only is where things are created and imagined. Whereas a rubbish excuse of an adaptation is what CQL has done. Because what it did was to use the characters names, take the fantasy world setting and cool elements, and then totally walk over the storyline by completely meshing and mixing and stirring everything and everyone into a big pot of dog poo. And testament to them just using the franchise’s popularity to milk money and attention is by completely unashamedly BL-bait with all the WangXian interactions including many that are either not in the book or extras, or not in the right context or scene, or completely nonexistent and made up. And then the shameless tag that it’s just a platonic bromance since censorship in China wouldn’t allow this. Right.

So let’s talk about the plot. So WWX is not some grandmaster of demonic cultivation since it has already been going on behind the scenes with Xue Yang casually helping WRH practise some hardcore demonic cultivation and the fact that the Tiger Stygian Amulet is just some relic that’s been around for ages. Nothing to do with WWX’s ingenuity and talent for harnessing the resentful energy stored in that sword found at the TuLuXuanWu cave. Then apparently the TianNu statue that comes to life was already something that he and LWJ had encountered before in their youth whilst they go along to hunt for the Amulet pieces. And then WQ apparently is able to influence the zombified with a flute like instrument anyway. And then apparently Lan Yi and WWX’s mum knew each other cos nothing spells more destined love than when your respective previous generation also had some sort of bond and connection. And the bunnies were really reared by her so not a sweet little homage of the Wangxian love. And the forehead ribbon is not just ugly aesthetics wise but LWJ can’t decide if he’s steadfast about it or he is nonchalant about taking it off and tying it onto WWX’s wrist even when he was not intoxicated. And then WWX was already using some unexplained paper puppet powers which was apparently not seen as demonic cultivation in his youth to mess about, and he apparently could manipulate LWJ quite easily to get him drunk. And when things that are not canon like LXC and JGY they just had to make their first meeting so obviously charged with innuendo. And then WQ since the actress invested in the series, had to be important, so she is given some all so noble duty of being the good guy in the bad camp who is doing stuff that she doesn’t want to but she is still good and should be liked though she’s still a bad guy nonsense trope. So she goes to GuSu to get the amulet piece for WRH, because only when he gets the piece will she be able to somehow bring WN away. And WN was a great enough character both alive and dead as the Ghost General with his design from the source material, but no, they want to embellish it that he’s afflicted with some condition that makes him susceptible to being possessed and taken over by evil spirits. Wtf. And naturally, WQ should somehow capture JC’s eye, because why would JC want to be infatuated with a Wen person when eventually they cause the demise of his parents and his clan. But hey maybe he’d be so selective thinking WQ didn’t do it though so that’s okay. Like wtf.

Let’s talk about the actors. I like WWX’s look, the actor has a good face, he “looks” like a WWX, but damn his acting is bad. And damn, he cannot do the duality of WWX, because he does not exude that dangerous aura and the strength and power that WWX naturally possess because of his natural abilities, evident even before he was a Yiling Patriarch, much less if this guy wants to play a convincing Patriarch. He does all these ogling of LWJ from the get go since they met, cue all the cheap BL baiting. And he pouts and stomps his feet and acts cute the whole time. WWX is cheeky, naughty, devious, mischievous, but not girly, not a sissy. Wtf. Then we move onto LWJ. So that guy is some boy and heartthrob, but damn he has neither r looks nor the presence nor the acting skills to touch LWJ. WTF. The moment he appeared he made me want to slap LWJ, want to cry for his ru8ning of his whole imagery. The action sequence is so wooden, and the expressions are so constipated or dead. Everybody else looked bad. The actors I think chosen right for their looks were WWX, WN (alive version, the ghost general version has such awful make up it makes me cringe), NHS, JGY, XY (he apparently got to get a good looking dude to play him who also looks kind of evil and yet looks like an anime character walked out of the anime) and maybe JC (that’s because aesthetically he actually can be considered good looking and that is ridiculous because he’s better looking than the Twin Jades of Lan in this). LXC and his butt chin hurts my eyes. WRH looking like some voodoo witch doctor gone drag in his evil volcanic dungeon lair makes me want to throw an encyclopaedia at someone’s head violently. NMJ looking like a complete perverted uncle complete with hentai stache is just blasphemous. JZX just looks weird, no better way to put it.

So onto the make up, costumes and props. Make up is so shit that you can see up close where spots are done smoothed over or powdered down, the gore or the effects of veins and wounds are so fake and so obviously drawn on it looked like a 6yo went to arts class and took some marker pen and crayon and created these outcomes. The props are so cheap that the ghost hand looks like a rubber Halloween glove you get from the prop shop around the corner, the deity binding ropes look exactly like rough ropes. The Emperor Smile bottles look so tiny and white that it looks more like medicine bottles on ancient times than an expensive alcohol bottle. Where’s the YunMeng silver bell, the jade piece on LWJ’s robe. The forehead ribbon looks so cheap because it’s too thin and the stupid metallic piece in the middle is ridiculous. Why can’t they just stick with the original to have the silk cloth with the cloud patterns embroidered on the cloth. And the clothes, Lan sect is supposed to be ethereal, so why are they dressed in such plain white and tight clothes. They should have the flowing sleeves, the light blue tones, and the cloud embroidery. YunMeng needs to have their original violet colour, the Wen Sect does not need to be full body red like they’re getting married (see WQ), and the Jin sect needs their golden robes with the centrepiece of the JinXinXueLang peony, not some watered down white with yellow hues and nothing else to show for it. And what is with LWJ’s hair do and hair piece, it has such a disgusting look to it and it doesn’t look right. Do the bun properly and the accessory properly, not some weird plop of hair right in front on top of his head and then put a flat piece of elaborate metal on top of it.

I had been looking forward to seeing the epic ness of MDZS brought to the small screen. I had been completely prepared for changes in terms of the romance line being cut, but I fully expected the main storylines to be followed and perhaps elaborated on. Not to be chopped and changed and meshed up and violated like they’ve done so. And with the ability to get some really lovely natural scenery and some of the sets that actually look good eg the Lotus seat in Yun Meng was elaborate and intricate. So why won’t they invest in the right places like making the make up perfect, getting the costumes and looks correct, getting actual actors who can act cos even if they don’t look aesthetically good enough but if they’re solid actors it would flow so much better, and more vitally, why don’t they retell and elaborate on the existing epic storyline as it is! That’s the core of it, the MDZS storyline and major scenes are so awesome wit( their backstories, no changes need to be made, but merely elaborated and extrapolated on, not to be comepltely vandalised and violated. My heart breaks as for the sake of my love for MDZS, I’ve watched 8 eps and had to stop and restart so many times because of how jarring, unnatural, awkward, infuriating, irritating and frustrating the factors above contribute to my viewing. And now the greatness of MDZS as an original source material will forever be tainted by the sacrilege that is the Untamed.

[myheroacademia-headcanons]

Here’s Our 1-A playlist!

You may remember how a little while ago, I (mod Thirteen) posted a little status update saying how we were going a little slow on updates because of a little project we were working on. So here it is!

Basically, each of us chose one (or more) song for each of the characters in class 1-A (+ Shinsou, -Mineta). It was lots of fun, and eventually I compiled them all into one little playlist. Let us know via our inbox or my personal Tumblr @yaoyoyoyo if any of the links are broken!

Under a cut because it’s so damn long:

Yuga Aoyama:

Mod Thirteen- Primadonna by Marina and the Diamonds

Mod Shouta- Perfect Isn’t Easy from Oliver and Company

Mod Kaminari- Razzle Dazzle by Richard Gere

Mod Ochako- Lollipop by MIKA

Mod Tsuyu- Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves

Mod Hitoshi- Pretty Girl Rock by Keri Hilson

Mod Tenya- Mi Mi Mi By SEREBRO

Mina Ashido:

Mod Thirteen- Everybody Wants to Be an Astronaut by Royal Republic

Mod Shouta- Toxic by Britney Spears

Mod Kaminari- Strawberry Blond by Mitski

Mod Ochako- HandClap by Fitz and the Tantrums

Mod Tsuyu- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper

Mod Hitoshi- What You Know by Two Door Cinema Club:

Mod Tenya- Let Me Go by Hailee Steinfled

Tsuyu Asui:

Mod Thirteeen- Bubble Tea by dark cat

Mod Shouta- Return of the Frog Queen by Jeremy Enigk

Mod Kaminari- Levan Polka by Otomania

Mod Ochako- Ready to Go by Panic! At the Disco

Mod Tsuyu- Flashdance – What a Feeling by Irene Cara

Mod Hitoshi- Everything Zen by Bush

Mod Tenya- Wild One by Lucky Rose

Katsuki Bakugou:

Mod Thirteen- Sabotage by Beastie Boys

Mod Shouta- Just Like You by Three Days Grace (This song is supposed to represent his relationship with All Might)

Mod Kaminari- Ass Backwards by Mindless Self Indulgence

Mod Ochako- You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid by The Offspring

Mod Tsuyu- Bring Me to Life by Evanescence

Mod Hitoshi- Give It to Me by Agust D | Public Service Announcement by Of Mice and Men

Mod Tenya-  Cool Me Down by Margaret

Tooru Hagakure:

Mod Thirteen- So Much More Than This by Grace Vanderwaal

Mod Shouta- She’s Not There by The Zombies

Mod Kaminari- We Are Giants by Lindsey Stirling

Mod Ochako- When He Sees Me by Kimiko Glenn

Mod Tsuyu- (???)

Mod Hitoshi- Wiped Out!/Prey by The Neighbourhood

Mod Tenya- The Girl by Helberg

Shinsou Hitoshi:

Mod Thirteen- Where the Lonely Ones Roam by Digital Daggers

Mod Shouta- More Than Useless by Relient K

Mod Kaminari- Bitter Fuck by Joji

Mod Ochako- Young and Menace by Fall Out Boy

Mod Tsuyu- Demons by Imagine Dragons

Mod Hitoshi- Fireflies by Owl City (for my hc that he suffered from insomnia in elementary/middle school)

Mod Tenya- Clear by Pusher

Tenya Iida:

Mod Thirteen- Brother by Kodaline

Mod Shouta- Battle Symphony by Linkin Park

Mod Kaminari- Speed of Love by Owl City

Mod Ochako- Warriors by Imagine Dragons

Mod Tsuyu- Wake Me Up by Avicii

Mod Hitoshi- Run by BTS

Mod Tenya- Bullet Train by Steve Swartz

Kyoka Jirou:

Mod Thirteen- Girls/Girls/Boys by Panic! At the Disco

Mod Shouta- I Like It Heavy by Halestorm

Mod Kaminari- I Love Rock and Roll by Joan Jett

Mod Ochako- Highway To Hell by AC/DC

Mod Tsuyu- So What by P!nk

Mod Hitoshi- At the Mercy of Imbeciles by Bad Religion

Mod Tenya- Boom Box by Laura Marano

Denki Kaminari:

Mod Thirteen- Electricity by Culture Code

Mod Shouta- Electric Shock by f(x)

Mod Kaminari- Gasoline by Britney Spears

Mod Ochako- What You Know by Two Door Cinema Club

Mod Tsuyu- I’m a Believer by The Monkees

Mod Hitoshi- (???)

Mod Tenya- Electric Touch by A R I Z O N A

Eijiro Kirishima:

Mod Thirteen- 7 Years by Lukas Graham

Mod Shouta- I’ll Make A Man Out Of You from Mulan

Mod Kaminari- Whistle (While You Work It) by Katy Tiz

Mod Ochako- Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars

Mod Tsuyu- We Are Young by fun.

Mod Hitoshi- Titanium by David Guetta

Mod Tenya- Shelter by Porter Robinson

Koji Koda:

Mod Thirteen- Something Big by Shawn Mendes

Mod Shouta- Reindeers are Better than People from Frozen

Mod Kaminari- (???)

Mod Ochako- Can’t Stand It by Never Shout Never

Mod Tsuyu- Fireflies by Owl City

Mod Hitoshi- Insects by Kids of Widney High

Mod Tenya- If I Go by Ella Eyre

Izuku Midoriya:

Mod Thirteen- A Capella by Chase Goehring

Mod Shouta- E for Extinction by Thousand Foot Krutch

Mod Kaminari- Waving Through a Window from Dear Evan Hansen

Mod Ochako- The Great Escape by Boys Like Girls

Mod Tsuyu- Eye of the Tiger by Survivor

Mod Hitoshi- Glow by Moose Blood | History Maker by Caleb Hyles | Had Enough by Breaking Benjamin

Mod Tenya- Like That by Bea Miller

Mashirao Ojiro:

Mod Thirteen- Titanium by David Guetta

Mod Shouta- Kung-Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas

Mod Kaminari- (???)

Mod Ochako- Have a Nice Day by Bon Jovi

Mod Tsuyu- Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind

Mod Hitoshi- Trails by Pete Cottrell

Mod Tenya- Just Hold On by Steve Aoki

Rikido Sato:

Mod Thirteen- Tea and Toast by Lucy Spraggan

Mod Shouta- Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard

Mod Kaminari- Sugar Daddy by Neil Patrick Harris

Mod Ochako- One Week by Barenaked Ladies

Mod Tsuyu- (???)

Mod Hitoshi- My Girl by The Temptations (for my hc that he’s a soft man who listens to oldies while baking)

Mod Tenya- River by Bishop Briggs

Mezo Shoji:

Mod Thirteen- Calm Snow by I See Stars

Mod Shouta- Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin

Mod Kaminari- Tainted Love by Soft Cell

Mod Ochako- The Run and Go by Twenty One Pilots

Mod Tsuyu- (???)

Mod Hitoshi- Tentacles by Ghost Town

Mod Tenya- Anchor by Novo Amor

Shoto Todoroki:

Mod Thirteen- Chandelier– Piano Version by Sia

Mod Shouta- Arsonist’s Lullabye by Hozier

Mod Kaminari- Gasoline by Halsey

Mod Ochako- Clair de Lune by Debussy

Mod Tsuyu- Burn It Down by Linkin Park

Mod Hitoshi- Identity Disorder by Of Mice and Men

Mod Tenya- La Lune by Madeon

Fumikage Tokoyami:

Mod Thirteen- Sleepwalking by Bring Me the Horizon

Mod Shouta- Monster by Skillet

Mod Kaminari- Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

Mod Ochako- Castle of Glass by Linkin Park

Mod Tsuyu- (???)

Mod Hitoshi- Happy Song by Bring Me the Horizon

Mod Tenya- BLK CLD by XYLO

Ochako Uraraka:

Mod Thirteen- Little Me by Little Mix

Mod Shouta- It’s Beautiful by Sofia

Mod Kaminari- Anyone Who Knows What Love Is by Irma Thomas

Mod Ochako- Sing by Pentatonix

Mod Tsuyu- Stronger by Kelly Clarkson

Mod Hitoshi- Thank God for Girls by Weezer

Mod Tenya- Circles by machineheart (Vanic Remix)

Momo Yaoyorozu:

Mod Thirteen- That’s My Girl by Fifth Harmony

Mod Shouta- One Girl Revolution by Superchick

Mod Kaminari- Salute by Little Mix

Mod Ochako- Words Fail by Ben Platt

Mod Tsuyu- Almost There by Anika Noni Rose

Mod Hitoshi- Chairman’s Waltz from Memoirs of a Geisha

Mod Tenya- Brave Honest Beautiful by Fifth Harmony

Sero Hanta:

Mod Thirteen- Tape Machine by STRFKR

Mod Shouta- Duct Tape by The Warp Zone

Mod Kaminari- Mister Cellophane by John C. Reilly

Mod Ochako- Believer by Imagine Dragons

Mod Tsuyu- Geronimo by Sheppard

Mod Hitoshi- Feelings Fade by Gnash (for my hc that he uses his quirk to go to the top of UA to be alone and listen to cringe/angst songs like this while thinking about life. Also listens to blessthefall & blackbear & sws)

Mod Tenya- My Way by Calvin Harris

Present Mic:

Mod Thirteen- Why Worry by Set It Off

Mod Shouta- I Like It Loud by Cash Cash

Mod Kaminari- Big Enough by Kirin J. Callinan

Mod Ochako- Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard

Mod Tsuyu- Everybody Talks by Neon Trees

Mod Hitoshi- Back To School by Deftones (for my hc that he and Aizawa were those Kool Kidz Who Were Also Misfitz™ back in high school)

Mod Tenya- Louder by Charlie Who?

Aizawa Shouta:

Mod Thirteen- This is War by Thirty Seconds to Mars

Mod Shouta- People Equals Shit by Richard Cheese

Mod Kaminari- Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz

Mod Ochako- Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

Mod Tsuyu- (???)

Mod Hitoshi- Lazy Song by Bruno Mars

Mod Tenya- IDFC by Blackbear

All Might:

Mod Thirteen- Heroes by Mans Zelmerlow

Mod Shouta- Zero to Hero from Hercules

Mod Kaminari- Hall of Fame by The Script

Mod Ochako- The Take Over, The Break’s Over by Fall Out Boy

Mod Tsuyu- (???)

Mod Hitoshi- (???)

Mod Tenya- The Greatest by Sia

Dabi:

Mod Thirteen- Stomach It by Crywolf

Mod Shouta- Don’t Mess With Me by Temposhark

Mod Kaminari- If I Had a Heart by Fever Ray

Mod Ochako- Crazy = Genius by Panic! At the Disco

Mod Tsuyu- Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing by Set It Off

Mod Hitoshi- Slow Motion by Third Eye Blind | MNSTR by Crown the Empire

Mod Tenya- Mustang Kids by Zella Day

Shigaraki:

Mod Thirteen- Duality by Set It Off

Mod Shouta- Kill Everyone by Hollywood Undead

Mod Kaminari- Body by Mother Mother

Mod Ochako- Don’t Mess With Me by Temposhark

Mod Tsuyu- Sarcasm by Get Scared

Mod Hitoshi- Johnny Ringo/Johnny’s Rebellion/Johnny’s Revenge by Crown The Empire

Mod Tenya- I’m Gonna Show You Crazy by Bebe Rexha

Midnight:

Mod Thirteen- Bubblegum Bitch by Marina and the Diamonds

Mod Shouta- Feisty by Jhameel

Mod Kaminari- Fergalicious by Fergie

Mod Ochako- Lone Digger by Caravan Palace

Mod Tsuyu- S&M by Rihanna

Mod Hitoshi- Bruises and Bitemarks by Good with Grenades

Mod Tenya- Bad Intentions by Niykee Heaton

Bonus: Himiko:

Mod Thirteen- Uki Uki Midnight by BABYMETAL

Mod Shouta- Gorgeous Nightmare by Escape the Fate

Mod Kaminari- I FINK U FREEKY by DIE ANTWOORD

Mod Ochako- Aftermath by Caravan Palace

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This Fall, we are counting down the 100 best tracks of the 2000s with a new article every Monday. To learn more about the project and why the 2000s were amazing for music, click here.

After what felt like forever, we finally made it to the end: this week, we present the top 10 positions of the countdown. To listen to every single track listed in our top 100, you can head to the Spotify playlist we created at the bottom of the page.

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10. The Strokes - Hard to Explain

True, it is a little easy and inaccurate to say that The Strokes single-handily saved rock music in 2001. But during the summer of that year, the new band felt like a breath of fresh air, no matter how much they smelled like cigarette. Hard to Explain sounds easier than it is with a metronome-like drum beat and an endless stream of downstrokes. The track keeps moving forwards and forwards until it reaches its climax two minutes in and, just like that, disappears completely. The band then reels it right back and goes for the ride a second time, as exciting as the first. It is the track that rightfully set the expectations rocket high for the band’s first album Is This It and it’s a miracle they managed to reach them.

9. Amy Winehouse - Rehab

If America wasn’t already sold to Amy Winehouse yet by the time Rehab was released, it took only about 30 seconds to get it all hooked. On the biggest single of her cruelly short career, Amy wastes no time belting out the chorus in the opening seconds, backed by soul band the Dap-Kings and immaculate production from Mark Ronson. Don’t get it twisted though; it truly is Amy’s presence at the center stage that infuses the song its magnetism, with her defiant and relentless personality, giving it enough character to live long after she’s gone. With Rehab, Amy Winehouse kicked the door wide open for women to sing their imperfections with sass and break from the picture perfect plastic mold.

8. Radiohead - Idioteque

Radiohead truly became immortals in the 2000s, thanks in no small part to key tracks like Idioteque. After all, only a rock band in full grace mode could ditch its guitars for 1970’s computer music samples and end up with such a compelling piece of music. Thom Yorke’s falsetto, which ranges from delicate to plain manic as the song progresses, clashes with the robotic and cold background provided by a highly compressed drum machine and a Paul Lansky chord progression. The result sounds both like a virtual nightmare Yorke tries to wake up from, and a real dream to IDM-trained ears.

7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

As punk as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were on their début album, no track they would ever release would reach the height of the tender ballad of Maps. Propelled by Nick Zinner’s rapid strum and secret weapon drummer Brian Chase’s thoughtful performance, the Fever To Tell highlight remains a love song for the ages. Meanwhile, Karen O’s feelings can’t help but burst out the iconic track, helped by its iconic “Wait, they don’t love you like I love you” line.

6. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks

By the end of the decade, indie pop was still interested in bedroom aspirations, making delicate, intimate pieces of music. Grizzly Bear, however, was ready to make the most grandiose track they could with Two Weeks, and it sure feels like they reached both the moon and the stars. Starting with a bouncy piano motif and cartoonish whoa-ohs, Two Weeks builds upon a drum loop that would make Vampire Weekend jealous before crashing into a confetti convention in the chorus. The dizzying layers of synths and celestial backing vocals elevate the track to outer space for the band’s finest hour.

5. The Knife - Heartbeats

In the 2000s, few choruses felt as vital as the one The Knife cranked out on their synthpop masterpiece Heartbeats: “To call for hands from above to lean on/Wouldn’t be good enough/For Me, oh”. What is magical about the track, however, is the way Karin Dreijer Andersson sings. Channelling her inner Björk, she injects a duality of emotions in her delivery as she tiptoes between pure joy and pure nostalgia. Instead of “hands up above” though, she leans on a colourful yet robotic wall of synths and steel drums, one that is trying to rationalize her confused feelings. Heartbeats might not have been exactly a hit when it first came out, but such an ageless track can only win in notoriety through the years.

4. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)

With its first album Funerals, Arcade Fire launched nothing less than an indie revolution in the mid-2000s. This rings especially true with Rebellion (Lies). The cathartic single is a deep journey to the grandiose. The real tour-de-force here is how natural it sounds; how Win Butler and his friends manage to create such a resonating piece, such an emotionally heavy track without ever sounding fake, forced or cheesy. Instead, the band wears its feelings right on its sleeve with an attitude that would inspire thousands of alternative rock bands for generations to come. Sung from the point of view of a child, Rebellion (Lies) pleas for the listener to stop hiding underneath the covers and to be who they want to be and to dream outside of their bed, an advice that isn’t as naive as it sounds.

3. M.I.A. - Paper Planes

The Clash started as a punk band but quickly incorporated elements of funk, reggae, hip-hop and world music to its core. It is therefore fitting that an artist like rapper M.I.A., one who was born from DIY and punk ethos, would end up sampling a song of them. On Paper Planes, the Londonian celebrates globalization one cash register noise at a time. Migrants, refugees or stoners, there was something for everyone on this global track, even if the visa trouble that inspired the song come from M.I.A.’s very own personal experience. In a decade with so many male rappers using girls as props in their videos while literally calling themselves P.I.M.P. in the process, it is telling that the most essential rap single of the 2000s came from a woman.

2. The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers

If you can scream the title of this track and count to 8, you can already sing 90% of House Of Jealous Lovers. The Rapture forms here the tightest rock unit making the nastiest, sweatiest, slickest disco song possible, one that could make CBGB and Studio 54 burn simultaneously. The quintessential dance-punk number gets its power from a groovy bass for the ages, funky drumming, an incisive guitar sound, epileptic vibratos and a stupid amount of cowbell. In the 2000s, there was simply no other song that managed to channel such frenzy as effectively as House Of Jealous Lovers.

1. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

Growing old is scary as fuck, which is why our culture is so obsessed with staying young. Pop stars rarely survive long after they reach 30 years old, either because newer stars replace them, either because they literally die before they get old. James Murphy was, therefore, a bit of an oddity when he first came out of the New York scene with his début single Losing My Edge at 32 years old. Sure, his indie dance tales are a little too weird for him to truly become a star; he only got a number one album in the USA on his comeback album in 2017 on an especially slow chart week. But for a generation of well-informed music fans, he was the best-kept secret of the 2000s.

It also helped that, with LCD Soundsystem, Murphy wasn’t especially singing about being young. He preferred to sing about inviting an A-list electronic band to play in his basement, about death or about being the fat guy in a t-shirt doing all the singing. Losing my Edge, in fact, addressed this very situation, exposing a narrator who was starting to lag behind the cool kids, but who wanted to show he was still cooler because he “was there” when it started.

This all leads to All My Friends, without a doubt the greatest single track of the 2000s. Starting with a shivering piano riff, the song builds on as Murphy adds years to his odometer. All My Friends isn’t exactly a party track as much as it’s a song about trying to live the life of the party, about doing everything to get as much from our younger years, surviving the tomorrows and ruining our bodies just trying to fit in and live. Soon, the piano riff becomes drilling, it feels more and more urgent. The rapid-fire hi-hats open more and more often. The guitars and the synths are more and more present, leading to a mid-thirties James Murphy pleading to “see all my friends tonight”. As LCD Soundsystem reformed itself in 2016 after a five-year hiatus, Murphy’s words bear more and more weight, with the idea that each stupid decision, each thrill could be the last. All My Friends is more than a song about the midlife crisis: it touches themes of nostalgia, friendship, growing old and trying to make it work out in the end. And just like a lifestyle of partying, the song never puts the breaks on, drifting at 140 beats per minute before crashing seven minutes and a half later. 

In the end, All My Friends is scary. It’s frenetic, it’s wise, but it’s also so brutally honest in its statement and subject matter that it ends up intimidating. In a decade that saw the increase of the influence of the internet, of social media, of phones and of everything else that would make our parents cringe, All My Friends arcs back to the universal idea that you are probably missing out, that you are missing your friends more than you think, that your life is getting empty and that your youth is slipping away. Goddammit, do something with it before it’s too late. Check the charts, figure it out and go out there. 

(Note that Jay-Z’s 99 Problems and Primal Scream’s Kill All Hippies are not available on Spotify)

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