#me and the girls discussing Saltburn

[gardenerofstars]

i love pretending i dont know things. its so fun

[yesimwriting]

i get this vibe that best friend reader was a cheerleader in high school … https://pin.it/1OAic25B1 😋

was she popular in high school or not really?

omg!! love this and the jennifer inspo pic,, very bestfriend!reader with the uniform and the fun vibes lo

ik this is kind of a straightforward question but you've given me such a perfect opportunity to dip into character analysis/evaluation

but bc i have a long reply, i'll give a short answer here and my thought process (and some character discussion on saltburn in general,, more specifically on oliver and felix) below the cut;

short answer: reader was popular enough in a private school full of rich/extremely privileged kids, she wasn't running her high school, but she got invited to the fun activities bc she made friends with the students that were older than her, i kind of picture her like a smart karen if you've seen mean girls, kind of along for the ride with the popular kids but not actively working at it/being mean about it

but!! she's not fully aware of her popularity/influence on others,, which i think is her "major flaw",, which is something i think all (main) saltburn characters have (which is why they feel so real),, i'll discuss that below the cut :)

so something i love about saltburn is all of the (main) characters have a relatively clear flaw(s) that still leave some room for interpretation,, for example ollie and over indulging/consuming (he's "too much of a good thing" personified to me, i think the reveal that he comes from a pretty well off/financially comfortable family proves that taking too much is more of his issue than jealousy),

and felix is flawed in that typical rich kid way (he's a llittle weird in the way that influencer nepo babies are weird 😭 i'm sorry, i promise i still love him), he's so removed from poverty/struggle in a way that gives him a subconsciously self righteous ego, he's not naive but his perception of reality is warped, and in the end it's this belief that he's removed from real world dangers paired with his ego that catches up with him

so i wanted to do something similar with bestfriend!reader and in my head her "fatal flaw" is that she views herself as an underdog even though if you think about it,, she's not really

i want to make it clear it isn't a pick me thing!! at all! i see best friend! reader as not having the easiest childhood bc of some family things and it's not easy being openly smart in late elementary/middle school (especially in the 90s/2000s which is when she would have been that age...i think?)

so her insecurities are real,, but a part of her kind of embraces the "outsider" label bc it's familiar, she doesn't see herself as this polished, socialite despite being familiar with them and their world,, and even though she means it, to people that don't know her, it can be a little annoying to people more on the outskirts than her (cough, cough,, this is lowkey why oliver doesn't like her at first)

bc even though she's not as wealthy as felix and co,, and she's not fully embraced by his friends, she isn't this outsider that has no chance at getting in, people like her enough,,

it isn't perfect, but it's enough to get by, for example, people laugh at her jokes/comments, but usually, it's when she didn't mean to be funny; she always knows what to wear, but she doesn't always know what to say; she knows how to act at parties/knows how to be a fun "drunk", but feels awkward/under a microscope when at smaller things like dinners and group study sessions

also!! a little side note that i just think is fun, i think farleigh and reader's relationship is the marker of how well she's fitting in,, as soon as farleigh starts getting along with her, it's hard to deny that she's fitting in bc he's not easy to win over

i think all of this works as a point of contention between reader and oliver,, bc at first it's okay to hear "oh i get it,, it's hard to fit in with felix's friends" but that can only sound so genuine when farleigh starts calling reader over to hang out at parties and then later starts hanging out with them just bc

can also see reader having an identity crisis the day it's pointed out that she's friends with farleigh 😭 like one day another one of her friends asks her to do something and she's like "can't, i'm getting coffee and studying with farleigh later" and then it hits her like 😟

[rp-partnerfinder]

Hii <3 21F looking to do some oc x oc mumu roleplays !! 🌺 no cis male writers pls </3 (18+ ONLY)

Im looking to create new worlds from scratch, with multiple unique characters & multiple different themes and elements. With that being said, smut is a must & there will be dark topics involved but we can discuss those later in dms! Im looking for someone whos active and engaged, someone who loves OOC chat, sending memes & tiktoks, creating moodboards and characters, gushing about our ships and our roleplays, and overall just being silly girls together :3

Some universes I want to take inspiration from and build our own world off of are the idol, bones & all, the last of us, stranger things, saltburn, mid 90s, euphoria, and any slasher movie!! Im a sucker for horror and drama, so PLEASE give me your traumatized and fucked up characters. I love the midwestern gothic aesthetics so i would love to have our roleplay based off of that :3 but im up for any other aesthetics too !!

if your interested, like this ad and ill get back to you <3

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[theultimatefandomnerd]

Hey guys! I’m a female writer aged 25 searching for other 18+ writers for some fandom roleplays. I’m looking for female oc (me) x male canon (you) pairings, I can double, I’m also looking for those of you who write in third person, past tense and detail. I’m adv lit to novella so I usually use around 3+ paragraphs but being novella I do use more for most of my replies! Just as a heads up I do have mild dyslexia so I apologise in advance for any errors.

If you choose to reach out, you’ll find a friendly writer who’ll put 100% effort into both roleplays. I love discussing head canons and sharing edits and muse for the roleplay. I just love hyping our ocs up.

FANDOMS:

Harry Potter (seeking book fans) - Fred,George, Draco, Ron. I can also do Bill or Charlie as an au, and I can write with in the mauraders period as well. But at the moment I’d prefer the golden trio.

The Gentlemen - Edward.

A Good girls guide to murder (I’ve seen most of the show and am starting the trilogy now!) - Ravi

Percy Jackson (I am a new fan to the books, I haven’t seen the show and as such, I’d prefer to work with book fans. I’m currently on book three. For this fandom characters will be aged up!)- Luke,Percy and Nico.

The Summer I Turned Pretty - desperately craving a Jeremiah for my oc.

Outer Banks - for this fandom I have multiple pairings so I’ll list them in order of preference; JJ Maybank, John B and Rafe.

Saltburn- Felix.

Emily in Paris- Gabriel, Alfie.

New Girl- Nick, Schmidt.

House of Dragon- Jacaerys, Daemon and Criston.

TBOSAS- Coriolanus.

Hunger games - Finnick.

Fast and Furious - Brian.

ACOTAR- Cassian.

Shadowhunters chronicles - Jace, Jules or Mark.

These are the fandoms I’m currently hyper fixating on. If you see a fandom in the above list please have a decent knowledge of it! I adore love triangles and doubles, but all my roleplays are doubles atm. I will gladly do them however for certain fandoms. Please feel free to reach out to me here though I do prefer discord for writing! My discord is eleanorewinchester so feel free to like this post or reach out to me there! Send a 🌸 so I know which post you’re responding too!

[findroleplay]

Hey guys! I’m a female writer aged 25 searching for other 18+ writers for some fandom roleplays. I’m looking for female oc (me) x male canon (you) pairings, I can double, I’m also looking for those of you who write in third person, past tense and detail. I’m adv lit to novella so I usually use around 3+ paragraphs but being novella I do use more for most of my replies! Just as a heads up I do have mild dyslexia so I apologise in advance for any errors.

If you choose to reach out, you’ll find a friendly writer who’ll put 100% effort into both roleplays. I love discussing head canons and sharing edits and muse for the roleplay. I just love hyping our ocs up.

FANDOMS:

Harry Potter (seeking book fans) - Fred,George, Draco, Ron. I can also do Bill or Charlie as an au, and I can write with in the mauraders period as well. But at the moment I’d prefer the golden trio.

The Gentlemen - Edward.

A Good girls guide to murder (I’ve seen most of the show and am starting the trilogy now!) - Ravi

Percy Jackson (I am a new fan to the books, I haven’t seen the show and as such, I’d prefer to work with book fans. I’m currently on book three. For this fandom characters will be aged up!)- Luke,Percy and Nico.

The Summer I Turned Pretty - desperately craving a Jeremiah for my oc.

Outer Banks - for this fandom I have multiple pairings so I’ll list them in order of preference; JJ Maybank, John B and Rafe.

Saltburn- Felix.

Emily in Paris- Gabriel, Alfie.

New Girl- Nick, Schmidt.

House of Dragon- Jacaerys, Daemon and Criston.

TBOSAS- Coriolanus.

Hunger games - Finnick.

Fast and Furious - Brian.

ACOTAR- Cassian.

Shadowhunters chronicles - Jace, Jules or Mark.

These are the fandoms I’m currently hyper fixating on. If you see a fandom in the above list please have a decent knowledge of it! I adore love triangles and doubles, but all my roleplays are doubles atm. I will gladly do them however for certain fandoms. Please feel free to reach out to me here though I do prefer discord for writing! My discord is eleanorewinchester so feel free to like this post or reach out to me there! Send a 🌸 so I know which post you’re responding too!

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[roleplayfinder]

Hey guys! I’m a female writer aged 25 searching for other 18+ writers for some fandom roleplays. I’m looking for female oc (me) x male canon (you) pairings, I can double, I’m also looking for those of you who write in third person, past tense and detail. I’m adv lit to novella so I usually use around 3+ paragraphs but being novella I do use more for most of my replies! Just as a heads up I do have mild dyslexia so I apologise in advance for any errors.

If you choose to reach out, you’ll find a friendly writer who’ll put 100% effort into both roleplays. I love discussing head canons and sharing edits and muse for the roleplay. I just love hyping our ocs up.

FANDOMS:

Harry Potter (seeking book fans) - Fred,George, Draco, Ron. I can also do Bill or Charlie as an au, and I can write with in the mauraders period as well. But at the moment I’d prefer the golden trio.

The Gentlemen - Edward.

A Good girls guide to murder (I’ve seen most of the show and am starting the trilogy now!) - Ravi

Percy Jackson (I am a new fan to the books, I haven’t seen the show and as such, I’d prefer to work with book fans. I’m currently on book three. For this fandom characters will be aged up!)- Luke,Percy and Nico.

The Summer I Turned Pretty - desperately craving a Jeremiah for my oc.

Outer Banks - for this fandom I have multiple pairings so I’ll list them in order of preference; JJ Maybank, John B and Rafe.

Saltburn- Felix.

Emily in Paris- Gabriel, Alfie.

New Girl- Nick, Schmidt.

House of Dragon- Jacaerys, Daemon and Criston.

TBOSAS- Coriolanus.

Hunger games - Finnick.

Fast and Furious - Brian.

ACOTAR- Cassian.

Shadowhunters chronicles - Jace, Jules or Mark.

These are the fandoms I’m currently hyper fixating on. If you see a fandom in the above list please have a decent knowledge of it! I adore love triangles and doubles, but all my roleplays are doubles atm. I will gladly do them however for certain fandoms. Please feel free to reach out to me here though I do prefer discord for writing! My discord is eleanorewinchester so feel free to like this post or reach out to me there! Send a 🌸 so I know which post you’re responding too!

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[eve-is-obsessed]

eve's media roundup: january

January was perhaps the longest month of all time. not in a bad way, just... it was long.

books

Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin: my first Le Guin, loved it, worldbuilding was compelling, themes were amazing, prose was to die for. Genly and Estraven's relationship broke me. 5/5 stars to start the year off strong

The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time 3): I really enjoyed most of this book, found one plotline boring and got annoyed at the ending. overall a solid read though, 4/5 stars

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal: this was a very "what you see is what you get" book. it was fun, not really groundbreaking in its discussion of sexism and racism in STEM but still nice. the sex scenes were, um. there were a lot of rocket innuendos. 3.5/5 stars

House of Chains by Steven Erikson (Malazan 4): absolute banger, my favorite Malazan book so far except I have beef with the ending. 4/5 stars

tv/movies

y'all I actually watched things this month. multiple of them.

Wheel of Time season 2: BANGER. this is the only thing on this list I watched on my own, and it's SO GOOD.

My Neighbor Totoro: I hadn't watched this since elementary school. adorable movie

Ponyo: likewise

Saltburn: what the fuck was that, incredible.

Doctor Who: watched some random episodes with my roommate, enjoyed way more than I expected.

A Whisker Away: huh??? I didn't even finish this movie but the premise is a teenage girl can turn into a cat and go hang out with her crush (who doesn't like her back) in cat form and it was weird. cute cats though

Love Island UK: I never would have watched this on my own but it was fun with friends, and we did get invested

Hot Fuzz: I did not like this movie. there were some funny bits but I couldn't bring myself to care about any aspect of it. I guess the bromance was kind of fun.

music

these album covers together are very visually pleasing. good job me.

closure (demos) by Zeph: a lot of them are short and loopable which is why it has so many plays

Stick Season by Noah Kahan: finally succumbed to the winter gloominess

In the End It Always Does by The Japanese House: I find this funny bc I only listened to two songs on this album this month, I just listened to them a lot. (Touching Yourself and Spot Dog)

bury me at makeout creek by Mitski: again, winter angst, young woman angst, all that good stuff

Snow Angel by Renee Rapp: this album is just all bangers, it has everything - gay panic, yearning, devastation, grief... obsessed

misc

Baldur's Gate 3: I am making the slowest progress known to man, currently in the Underdark and enjoying it. I just did the creche and really liked it bc I love Lae'zel

ok see you next month

[deadcactuswalking]

REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 06/01/2024 (Sabrina Carpenter, Saltburn)

Content warning: Discussion of the Astroworld Festival crowd crush and brief sex references

It’s that time of year again, where all the Christmas songs flush out - no, I’m not going to list all of them as dropouts - and we get a rush of songs gaining or returning with extraordinarily high peaks at extraordinarily high rates because hey, that’s just how the chart is on the first week of January. It’s usually one of my most work-heavy episodes, but also because of the incredibly low barrier for entry on a first-week-of-January chart, it ends up pretty fun and kind of goofy sometimes, so this is actually a pretty exciting week for me, even if this episode will be lengthy to write. Regardless, Noah Kahan gets his first ever week at #1 with “Stick Season”, and welcome back to 2024’s REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

Rundown

Now, it would be really easy - and also really tedious of me - to just list all of the songs in the UK Top 75, which is what I cover, and you know, I considered doing that, but I think I’m going to be quite subjective and selective here, especially given there are less debuts this week than I expected. Just know that the vast majority of Christmas songs are no longer charting and have been replaced with, for the most part, songs that were charting in the last couple weeks. I will not be listing every return, but I will list songs that have returned to new peaks or songs that I just think are interesting or strange, including songs that haven’t charted in a while or have fascinating stories, or are just goofy little novelties of the January week, and we actually start dead-on at #75 with those.

“Take on Me” by a-ha is back. The Swedish band peaked at #2 with this track, blocked off the top by “The Power of Love” by Jennifer Rush, in 1985, and a largely inferior boy band cover by A1 spent a week at #1 in 2000 because the world isn’t fair. We actually see another #2-peaking classic pop song return to the charts this week… at #8. So - spoiler alert, even though I haven’t seen it either - the film Saltburn which was widely released a few weeks ago ends with “Murder on the Dancefloor” by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and naturally TikTokers have Kate Bushed it to streaming success. Now you may be interested in how this song debuted at #2 in 2001 and spent two weeks there behind “Gotta Get Thru This” by Daniel Bedingfield (hot take: better song), or that this is Ellis-Bextor’s first time charting since 2014 - “Young Blood” peaked at #34 - but I’m personally more inclined to welcome the return of the man, the myth, the legend Gregg Alexander, who co-wrote and produced the song, to the top 10. Welcome back, king. Also, “Baby Shark” is at #47.

Then we just have the re-entries that reached new peaks, which is a few: “Evergreen” by Richy Mitch & the Coal Miners at #50, “FTCU” and “Pink Friday Girls” by Nicki Minaj at #41 and #30, as well as “Everybody” featuring Lil Uzi Vert at #26, “Body Moving” by Eliza Rose and Calvin Harris at #38 - still really disappointed by that one, “Surround Sound” by JID featuring 21 Savage and Baby Tate at #35, “Runaway” by Ye featuring Pusha T at #23, “One of the Girls” by The Weeknd, JENNIE and Lily-Rose Depp at #21, and of course, the GOAT, Paul Russell back at #20 with “Lil Boo Thang”, then “I Remember Everything” by Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves at #16, “On My Love” by Zara Larsson and David Guetta at #15 and “Lose Control” by Teddy Swims at #14.

As for our gains, I’m also just going to list the new peaks, as we have “Entrapreneur” by Central Cee at #36, “leavemalone” by Fred again.. and Baby Keem at #11, “Rich Baby Daddy” by Drake featuring SZA and Sexyy Red at #10 (Sexyy’s first top 10… maybe I should just call her Red), and, to my pleasant surprise, “DNA (Loving You)” by Billy Gillies featuirng Hannah Boleyn at #9. When you factor in that “Water” and “Houdini” are also here, this latter half of the top 10 is fantastic.

Then finally, in our top five, which isn’t nearly as good, we have almost a status quo ante bellum, with “Cruel Summer” by Taylor Swift at #5, “greedy” by Tate McRae at #4, “Prada” by casso, RAYE and D-Block Europe at #3, “Lovin’ on Me” by Jack Harlow at #2 and of course, “Stick Season” at #1. Now we have a smaller than expected but still… curious batch of new entries, so let’s run through whatever we have here.

New Arrivals

#71 - “MY EYES” - Travis Scott

Produced by Travis Scott, Wheezy, WondaGurl, Vegyn, Buddy Ross and Justin Vernon

I’m gently surprised UTOPIA has had this much longevity, especially considering that the album didn’t really have bonafide “hits” on it, and especially not this one: two very different ideas spliced together with possibly Travis’ most introspective bars on the record… all of those being in the second half, because in the first, he wastes our time with such inward-looking gems as “Rollie-Pollie on my wrist” and “I need no beef, no cheese, even when I eat, they cheat”. These are elementary bars. Yeah, I hated this song on release and I hate it still now. The first half is a slog, filtering a perfectly fine The Japanese House sample to compressed nothingness, as Justin Venron of Bon Iver croons incoherently with no leading melody or really any lyrics worth caring about. It perfectly embodies uncertainty, which could perhaps be intriguing if Travis hadn’t confused being abstract for being interesting so you have these arbitrary vocal effects attempting to make up for lack of substance over this drone for as long as he can stall before Sampha comes in for nine seconds more soulful than the other four minutes and change combined… seriously, what a terrible use of your Sampha. It’s not like the flashy synthscape eschewing anything memorable for “vibes” and a stagnant trap skitter after the beat switch … and amidst all the meaningless flexing, comical controlling of women, it gets kind of ugly.

Travis throws out possibly his one explicit line about the Astroworld festival disaster on the album: “I replay them nights and right by my side, all I see is a city of people that ride with me… if they just knew what Scotty would do to jump off a stage and save him a child”… and yeah, I don’t want to start this year off on such a negative note but - go to Hell. The explicitly self-centred nature of these lines and those surrounding it show a complete misunderstanding of the festival’s failures to keep people safe, with Travis wanting to be seen as the “hero”, complete his rags-to-riches story, swoop in and “save him a child” as if he’s Superman, whilst pointing fingers at the unknown “they”, which if it refers to critics is sad and if it refers to those who were at that crowd crush, is utterly despicable. Just after disgracing his critics for not looking at themselves in the mirror, he brags about how he stands on the stage and he gives them “the rage” and there’s “no turning it down”, you “can’t tame it”. But it’s not like it matters to the main character of our story, Travis Scott, because his life is just a movie, and if you lived it, you can’t blink because everything just goes crazy fast. I mean, life would go pretty fast and easy without consequences, wouldn’t it? If we’re looking forward to 2024 in popular music this week, I’m pretty confident that I want to leave this mess, and honestly, Travis Scott as a whole, far in the past.

#65 - “You’re Gonna Go Far” - Noah Kahan

Produced by Noah Kahan and Gabe Simon

Sadly not an Offspring cover, but anyway, I promise the rest of this episode won’t be as… controversial. At least Noah Kahan won’t be, right? Another track from his deluxe reissue of Stick Season, Kahan sings about knowing that letting this person leave is for the best, and they’ll go far without him and his sticks tying them down. It’s pretty self-loathing in its acoustic frolick, so I completely understand why this would turn people off... but I’m starting to grow fond of Kahan’s voice, and even through his somewhat bitter chorus and seemingly non-sequitur observations in the verses, I still quite like this. What can I say? I’m a human, I find this reassuring, especially with Kahan digging into his falsetto range surprisingly well, including on that mantra of a post-chorus. It’s almost weird how little I have to say for a song nearing five minutes, but it does feel pretty self-explanatory and the folk-rock stammer of the instrumental feels genuinely home-grown, fitting with how the narrative is strung and the connotations of them moving far away from Kahan’s more hapless rural area. At its heart, it’s a “life goes on” song, but one knowledgeable of his own fate that he sets out for himself here, one that by the outro, he seems weary of, or at least convincing himself maybe he should do the same as this person. Though left seemingly vague in terms of what the exact relation is, given some of the verses I can imagine this is about a sibling or, looking into the future, a child leaving the house for education, and it would definitely work out with the context we’re given, but I’m sure there are many interpretations of this. Mine is that the song is great regardless of them. Man, this guy is really uneven, isn’t he?

#63 - “Never Lose Me” - Flo Milli

Produced by gerreaux

So it’s about damn time Flo Milli charted. Even if I’m not a big fan of all of what the Alabama rapper puts out, she’s got a particularly vibrant personality that becomes increasingly obvious when her overdue breakout hit is essentially a remix of Babyface Ray’s “Ron Artest” with 42 Dugg which is still a pretty good song given the incessant yet timeless-sounding vintage soul loop under a trap groove sounding like it splits time between 2000s Dirty South classics and modern plugg bangers. It’s just that when you hear Babyface Ray go on for one exceedingly long verse followed by an… oddly solemn and badly-mixed 42 Dugg performance, you kind of wish Flo Milli was on the beat instead. So she just is, and it works out brilliantly. Sure, Milli isn’t saying much of interest and you could definitely see that chorus as tedious, but she’s just so much more dynamic with her flows and encompasses the mix much more effortlessly than those it was first made for. It’s mostly just about being in love with this street guy, and honestly, I’m probably overrating it when I look at it outside of its context… but man, there’s just something hypnotic about this beat. Now there are two separate remixes that helped this chart, for a little remixception, those being from Bryson Tiller, who I couldn’t imagine on this at all, but delivers very explicit sex bars with a verse that slides much more effectively than I expected… and Lil Yachty, who is such a perfect fit for this beat that I swear I see him on the original intro anyway. In fact, the Lil Yachty version was released on the same day as the original. He says “I’ma snack on your booty like Scooby”, so I think we’ve found a definitive version of “Ron Artest”.

#46 - “Toxic” - Songer

Produced by Songer (supposedly)

When I typed this into Spotify and saw the Britney Spears song of the same name, I had a sinking feeling… and sure enough, my suspicions were proved correct the moment I pressed play on the song and swiftly paused it in disappointment. This is a white guy rapping over the “Toxic” instrumental with flows and bars that sound like a pastiche of drill freestyles, as if he spent a couple weeks researching them and thinks he can do it better. The original “Toxic” spent one week at #1 in 2004 and I am not giving this dignified character-actor  any time of day. Let’s just hope this doesn’t get any higher.

#40 - “Perfect (Exceeder)” - Mason and Princess Superstar

Produced by Mason

Ah, it’s been a while since I’ve been able to say this: who the Hell are these people? And in addition, why does this song have enough versions on Spotify to reach nearly 52 minutes? Also, why is this song from 2007 charting and once again, who the Hell are these people? Okay, so one at a time: this song from 2007 is charting because it was in Saltburn. Also, it technically already charted but we’ll get to that. Secondly, it’s an electro house song, of course it has that many versions. Thirdly, and this will take the longest, Mason is a Dutch DJ active since the 90s who released an instrumental jam “Exceeder” in 2006 and yes, suddenly I know this song all too well, just never by name - I always heard it as background music in ads or on the radio, but never actively listened to it. It’s fun, growling, fidgety fun with a lot of slick edges and refrains, from before electro house got too festival-ready, so it’s still a little dirty. Now here’s where it gets weird - according to the Official Charts Company’s website’s archive, this is the version that charted, peaking at #3 in 2007, behind MIKA’s “Grace Kelly” at #1 - “Starz in Their Eyes” was at #2 by the way, that’s a… trio and a half. Despite this, the article OCC wrote about the song says that this is a re-entry of “Perfect (Exceeder)”, which makes more sense to me since that version was released on Ministry of Sound and is the cover art for the song on the OCC archives, so this probably isn’t a new entry at all. If this song’s story wasn’t so weird, I’d chalk this up as an error and briefly touch upon it in the rundown, but technically, this isn’t a remix, it’s a mashup, and one from 2007, far before I started reviewing, and it was only the 44th biggest song of the UK in 2007 so it’s not like it would have returned naturally so either way you slice it, it FEELS like a new song - stretching the definition of new here - is charting here.

So who’s Princess Superstar? Well, she’s “Pennsylvania’s top female Jewish rapper”. O…kay, so her song “Perfect” from 2005 failed to chart, and it also may be one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard but hey maybe we wouldn’t have… Kreayshawn without this, so maybe I should be grateful. To be fair, she did chart in Australia, so Iggy Azalea can probably attest to being influenced by this. Therefore, I’m not grateful whatsoever. She had a minor chart hit with “Bad Babysitter” in 2002, which is somehow even worse, but someone somewhere decided to mash her failed single “Perfect” with the club jam “Exceeder” and create the malformed “Perfect (Exceeder)”, which is… a song I’ve never heard before. I have only ever heard this instrumental version, and the addition of the Princess Superstar just makes the song genuinely insufferable, at least there was a goofy novelty to the original “Perfect”, this feels like it’s taking itself half-seriously… when nobody should be taking Princess Superstar all too seriously. I don’t know, if this was the original “Exceeder”, I’d probably give it Best of the Week in all honesty, but this weird remix oddity… yeah, keep it in 2007, guys, it even has the gymnastics in the video like “Call on Me”. I don’t think we need to start with a 2024 revival of… whatever this is.

#24 - “Feather” - Sabrina Carpenter

Produced by John Ryan

Well, we started with controversy and we may end with controversy as the scandal surrounding the music video erupted… I’m going to stop pretending like I care. Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” did all this and then some decades ago, let’s just talk about the music which is… utterly serviceable. It’s a good kind of serviceable, it’s not slop, just a Dua Lipa rip-off that doesn’t like filling up space in the mix, or at least isn’t very good at it, and it leads me to like it, bizarrely enough. Despite how breezy she is, she’s desperate to fill up space with riffs and stray melodies filtered with reverb and echo over this vague funk-pop that doesn’t even have the guts to go full disco. I may have more to say about this song as the year goes on? I don’t know, I’m kind of fascinated by how I just… feel sorry for this pathetic little dance-pop song. Weird note to end on, but I mean, she’s hitting all kinds of weird notes so…

Conclusion

Strange week, as is to be expected, with a lot of interesting stories, for the better and for the worse. Okay, mostly for the worse, and Travis Scott nabs Worst of the Week pretty easily for “MY EYES” - sorry, Sampha - and that Songer doofus can get the Dishonourable Mention for his “Toxic” freestyle, I guess, but let’s just ignore that exists. As for the best, it is actually pretty difficult but I think Noah Kahan eases it out here for “You’re Gonna Go Far”, with Flo Milli - and realistically, Lil Yachty - pretty close behind with the Honourable Mention. As for what’s on the horizon… God knows. Welcome to 2024 in pop music, I’m pretty sure anything can happen. Thank you for reading and I’ll see you next week!

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, December 31st

DARLA: Come on, Dru. Let's have a bath so the boys can weep in private. DRUSILLA: Will you hold me under the water? DARLA: If you wish.

~~The Girl in Question~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Back to December by anonymous Buffyverse Secret Santa participant (Faith & Willow, T)

Girls' Night In by anonymous Buffyverse Secret Santa participant (Cordelia & Fred, T)

Mixed Signals by Coraniaid (Buffy/Faith, M)

in petalous pieces by CallMeVampy (Giles/Jenny, G)

What Fresh Hell Was This? by RachaelJurassic (Giles/Jenny, G)

Lost It All by Jess_Ann_Perreault (Giles/Jenny, G)

Instead, We’re Over Here by Hecate (Faith, T)

Weaker Souls Will Not Escape by Hecate (Faith & Willow, T)

(Money in My Pockets) All I Really Need for a Cheap Romance by Hecate (Teen Wolf crossover, Faith/Kate Argent, T)

Charades by EllieRose101 (Buffy/Spike, T)

Home Is Nowhere, Therefore You by OffYourBird (Buffy/Spike, not rated)

I never wished for nothing by Petra (Doctrine of Labyrinths crossover, Anya, G)

kissing the old year out (kissing the new year in) by aliceinwonderbra (Buffy/Faith, T)

Oh Pacey, you blind idiot by julikobold (Buffy/Spike, not rated)

Happily married by specialagentlokitty (Giles x reader, not rated - worksafe)

Sneaking Around by acekoomboom (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

A friendly beginning by Ronatheslayee (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Tracks in the Snow by ashcrashed (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Yesterday's Chances by violettathepiratequeen (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Secret Slayers by bewildered (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Firelight by bookishy (Buffy/Spike, PG)

The Forbidden Bone by bewildered (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Silent Fight by DarkVoid116 (Buffy/Spike, R)

Silent-ish Night by Behind Blue Eyes (Buffy/Spike, R)

If Not Now, Then When? by SzmattyCat (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Playing Second Fiddle by Wojtekstan (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

You Can Count On Me by BewitchedXx (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

In Too Deep by scratchmeout (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Practice Makes Perfect by MaggieLaFey (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

[Chaptered Fiction]

what she wants - Chapter 1 by The_Eclectic_Bookworm (Giles/Jenny, T)

Dirty Memories, Ch. 1-7 (COMPLETE!) by MaggieLaFey (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only)

First Date, Ch. 1-4 (COMPLETE!) by Acb6293 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

That Gingerbread Feeling, Ch. 1 by VioletMoon (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Pack My Box with Five Dozen Liquor Jugs, Ch. 1 by honeygirl51885 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

[Images, Audio & Video]

The Wish vidlet by baltears (Wishverse Buffy, ensemble)

Drawing: SaltBuffy by davidegenco (Saltburn crossover, Buffy, worksafe)

Buffy sketch by doctormage (Buffy Summers, worksafe)

Buffy/Spike drawing 1 (for cawthraven) by isevery0nehereverystoned (worksafe)

Buffy/Spike drawing 2 (#spuffy feelings i can't get rid of) by isevery0nehereverystoned (worksafe)

Gifset: Try to push reality out of your mind... by mycatismyfriend (Wesley, worksafe)

Gifset: "She was kinda like Cordelia, actually." by whatisyourchildhoodtrauma (inspired by JohnnyTightlips27) (Cordelia, Glory, worksafe)

Sketches: more spike faces by genericaces (worksafe)

Good Omens crossover comic by gleafer (Buffy, worksafe)

You Can Count On Me - The Artwork by BewitchedXx (Buffy/Spike, G)

Artwork: Cookies For Spike by bewildered (Buffy/Spike, G)

Tattoo design based on Angel's Book of Kells tattoo by TheFanged4 ()

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Darla/Drusilla fic recs and vid recs by februaryfangfest

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[Community Announcements]

Multifandom: this year's Three Sentence Ficathon will open on Friday, January 12th

[Fandom Discussions]

📆 2023 Year in Reverse — My Fanfic Publications by veronyxk84

fred burkle in the world where illyria was possessing someone else... by stellernorth

Re: favorite and least favorite headcanons by spangelmybeloved

Which blows, realistically, would the characters have died or been crippled from? by Tuxedo_Mark

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[psychsounds]

Themes lately

Beautiful (auto?!) biographies.

In the run up to Christmas and getting to grips with my new job, I listened to 2 autobiographies that are linked by themes of femininity, pure, purer than pure, sexuality and noughties misogyny. These were Julia Fox's - Down the Drain and Britney Spears' - The Woman in Me.

New York, New York

One of my defining personality traits is that I am a Real Housewives franchise fan, and I enjoy New York the best due to the mix of personalities, geography, socio-political differences etc. etc.

Anyways I've been enjoying the New York Girls Trip and this has been extended to my Christmas playlist preferences loop where I will listen to VU's - Foggy Notion, Odyssey - Native New Yorker, Modern Lovers - I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms, Strokes - Last Night and Interpol - Stella was a Diver. Note, these are played in chronological order as a snapshot of NYC music that I love.

Da cringe

Nathan Felder and Benny Safdie are absolute geniuses, and the amount of cringing I've been doing lately due to watching The Curse could be considered a transcendental experience.

Saltburn

I've already referenced Saltburn at the dinner table whilst discussing something awful that happened with my family this Christmas and it's kind of toe-curling on the nose satire I'm communicating about my life to Dan. Every now and again, even though it looks like things are okay on the surface, something deep and traumatic and existential and depressing comes and rears it's head from this. I will say, we've both got a kind of ruthless humour sometimes to us because of having these experiences. And there it is, in its vaguest terms, as I sometimes don't want to talk about horrible things in my life in detail (:P).

[ladythornofrivia]

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Match Made in Hell (Aemond x Reader) ONGOING

My Scavenger (one-shot)

Lady with Teal Eyes, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (wip)

Sing For Me (Part 1), Part 2 & Part 3

A Taste of You (wip) (aegon x reader)

🍒 SALTBURN 🍒

The Devil’s Tongue (three parts) (wip) - Michael Gavey x Reader: Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3

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��� endless reds and blues—kakucho x reader x ran: link: prologue

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• cigarette girl—rindou x reader: link prologue, one, two, three (HIATUS)

• the imperfection of sound—ran x reader: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven (COMPLETE)

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• headcanons - falling in love with a rival gang member

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• jealousy is a blessing - izana x reader

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• bane in my bones (Toji x Reader x Nanami) link: one, two (7 parts) (HIATUS)

• work of art (geto x reader)

• big milk (geto x reader)

iii. resident evil 🌸

• lost lamb (Leon x Reader)

IV. attack on titan 🌸

• my heavenly salvation (Levi x Reader) (titanic au): one, two, three, four, five, six & seven

• song bird (Reiner x Reader) season 4 of AOT: one

v. one-shots 🌸

• your eyes

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[theultimatefandomnerd]

Hey guys! I’m a female writer aged 25 searching for other 18+ writers for some fandom roleplays. I’m looking for female oc (me) x male canon (you) pairings, I can double, I’m also looking for those of you who write in third person, past tense and detail. I’m adv lit to novella so I usually use around 3+ paragraphs but being novella I do use more for most of my replies! Just as a heads up I do have mild dyslexia so I apologise in advance for any errors.

If you choose to reach out, you’ll find a friendly writer who’ll put 100% effort into both roleplays. I love discussing head canons and sharing edits and muse for the roleplay. I just love hyping our ocs up. The characters below are those that I am looking to pair with! I am looking for you to play the canons listed below, I can double but I am being selective at the minute, due to some real life issues.

FANDOMS:

Harry Potter (seeking book fans) - Fred,George, Draco, Ron. I can also do Bill or Charlie as an au, and I can write with in the mauraders period as well. But at the moment I’d prefer the golden trio.

The Gentlemen - Edward.

A Good girls guide to murder (I’ve seen most of the show and am starting the trilogy now!) - Ravi

Percy Jackson (I am a new fan to the books, I haven’t seen the show and as such, I’d prefer to work with book fans. I’m currently on book three. For this fandom characters will be aged up!)- Luke, Percy and Nico. I do also have some ideas for Apollo, but I am still working on this as I’ve not read the follow on book series yet. I am desperately craving the Riordanverse!

The Summer I Turned Pretty - desperately craving a Jeremiah for my oc.

Outer Banks - for this fandom I have multiple pairings so I’ll list them in order of preference; JJ Maybank, John B and Rafe.

Saltburn- Felix.

Emily in Paris- Gabriel, Alfie.

New Girl- Nick, Schmidt.

House of Dragon- Jacaerys, Daemon and Criston.

TBOSAS- Coriolanus.

Hunger games - Finnick.

Fast and Furious - Brian.

ACOTAR- Cassian.

Shadowhunters chronicles - Jace, Jules or Mark.

These are the fandoms I’m currently hyper fixating on. If you see a fandom in the above list please have a decent knowledge of it! I adore love triangles and doubles, but all my roleplays are doubles atm. I will gladly do them however for certain fandoms. Please feel free to reach out to me here though I do prefer discord for writing! My discord is eleanorewinchester so feel free to like this post or reach out to me there! Send a 🌸 so I know which post you’re responding too!

[theultimatefandomnerd]

Hey guys! I’m a female writer aged 25 searching for other 18+ writers for some fandom roleplays. I’m looking for female oc (me) x male canon (you) pairings, I can double, I’m also looking for those of you who write in third person, past tense and detail. I’m adv lit to novella so I usually use around 3+ paragraphs but being novella I do use more for most of my replies! Just as a heads up I do have mild dyslexia so I apologise in advance for any errors.

If you choose to reach out, you’ll find a friendly writer who’ll put 100% effort into both roleplays. I love discussing head canons and sharing edits and muse for the roleplay. I just love hyping our ocs up.

FANDOMS:

Harry Potter (seeking book fans) - Fred,George, Draco, Ron. I can also do Bill or Charlie as an au, and I can write with in the mauraders period as well. But at the moment I’d prefer the golden trio.

The Gentlemen - Edward.

A Good girls guide to murder (I’ve seen most of the show and am starting the trilogy now!) - Ravi

Percy Jackson (I am a new fan to the books, I haven’t seen the show and as such, I’d prefer to work with book fans. I’m currently on book three. For this fandom characters will be aged up!)- Luke,Percy and Nico.

The Summer I Turned Pretty - desperately craving a Jeremiah for my oc.

Outer Banks - for this fandom I have multiple pairings so I’ll list them in order of preference; JJ Maybank, John B and Rafe.

Saltburn- Felix.

Emily in Paris- Gabriel, Alfie.

New Girl- Nick, Schmidt.

House of Dragon- Jacaerys, Daemon and Criston.

TBOSAS- Coriolanus.

Hunger games - Finnick.

Fast and Furious - Brian.

ACOTAR- Cassian.

Shadowhunters chronicles - Jace, Jules or Mark.

These are the fandoms I’m currently hyper fixating on. If you see a fandom in the above list please have a decent knowledge of it! I adore love triangles and doubles, but all my roleplays are doubles atm. I will gladly do them however for certain fandoms. Please feel free to reach out to me here though I do prefer discord for writing! My discord is eleanorewinchester so feel free to like this post or reach out to me there! Send a 🌸 so I know which post you’re responding too!

[theultimatefandomnerd]

Hey guys! I’m a female writer aged 25 searching for other 18+ writers for some fandom roleplays. I’m looking for female oc (me) x male canon (you) pairings, I can double, I’m also looking for those of you who write in third person, past tense and detail. I’m adv lit to novella so I usually use around 3+ paragraphs but being novella I do use more for most of my replies! Just as a heads up I do have mild dyslexia so I apologise in advance for any errors.

If you choose to reach out, you’ll find a friendly writer who’ll put 100% effort into both roleplays. I love discussing head canons and sharing edits and muse for the roleplay. I just love hyping our ocs up.

FANDOMS:

Harry Potter (seeking book fans) - Fred,George, Draco, Ron. I can also do Bill or Charlie as an au, and I can write with in the mauraders period as well. But at the moment I’d prefer the golden trio.

The Gentlemen - Edward.

A Good girls guide to murder (I’ve seen most of the show and am starting the trilogy now!) - Ravi

Percy Jackson (I am a new fan to the books, I haven’t seen the show and as such, I’d prefer to work with book fans. I’m currently on book three. For this fandom characters will be aged up!)- Luke,Percy and Nico.

The Summer I Turned Pretty - desperately craving a Jeremiah for my oc.

Outer Banks - for this fandom I have multiple pairings so I’ll list them in order of preference; JJ Maybank, John B and Rafe.

Saltburn- Felix.

Emily in Paris- Gabriel, Alfie.

New Girl- Nick, Schmidt.

House of Dragon- Jacaerys, Daemon and Criston.

TBOSAS- Coriolanus.

Hunger games - Finnick.

Fast and Furious - Brian.

ACOTAR- Cassian.

Shadowhunters chronicles - Jace, Jules or Mark.

These are the fandoms I’m currently hyper fixating on. If you see a fandom in the above list please have a decent knowledge of it! I adore love triangles and doubles, but all my roleplays are doubles atm. I will gladly do them however for certain fandoms. Please feel free to reach out to me here though I do prefer discord for writing! My discord is eleanorewinchester so feel free to like this post or reach out to me there! Send a 🌸 so I know which post you’re responding too!

[theultimatefandomnerd]

Hey guys! I’m a female writer aged 25 searching for other 18+ writers for some fandom roleplays. I’m looking for female oc (me) x male canon (you) pairings, I can double, I’m also looking for those of you who write in third person, past tense and detail. I’m adv lit to novella so I usually use around 3+ paragraphs but being novella I do use more for most of my replies! Just as a heads up I do have mild dyslexia so I apologise in advance for any errors.

If you choose to reach out, you’ll find a friendly writer who’ll put 100% effort into both roleplays. I love discussing head canons and sharing edits and muse for the roleplay. I just love hyping our ocs up.

FANDOMS:

Harry Potter (seeking book fans) - Fred,George, Draco, Ron. I can also do Bill or Charlie as an au, and I can write with in the mauraders period as well. But at the moment I’d prefer the golden trio.

The Gentlemen - Edward.

A Good girls guide to murder (I’ve seen most of the show and am starting the trilogy now!) - Ravi

Percy Jackson (I am a new fan to the books, I haven’t seen the show and as such, I’d prefer to work with book fans. I’m currently on book three. For this fandom characters will be aged up!)- Luke,Percy and Nico.

The Summer I Turned Pretty - desperately craving a Jeremiah for my oc.

Outer Banks - for this fandom I have multiple pairings so I’ll list them in order of preference; JJ Maybank, John B and Rafe.

Saltburn- Felix.

Emily in Paris- Gabriel, Alfie.

New Girl- Nick, Schmidt.

House of Dragon- Jacaerys, Daemon and Criston.

TBOSAS- Coriolanus.

Hunger games - Finnick.

Fast and Furious - Brian.

ACOTAR- Cassian.

Shadowhunters chronicles - Jace, Jules or Mark.

These are the fandoms I’m currently hyper fixating on. If you see a fandom in the above list please have a decent knowledge of it! I adore love triangles and doubles, but all my roleplays are doubles atm. I will gladly do them however for certain fandoms. Please feel free to reach out to me here though I do prefer discord for writing! My discord is eleanorewinchester so feel free to like this post or reach out to me there! Send a 🌸 so I know which post you’re responding too!

[theultimatefandomnerd]

Hey guys! I’m a female writer aged 25 searching for other 18+ writers for some fandom roleplays. I’m looking for female oc (me) x male canon (you) pairings, I can double, I’m also looking for those of you who write in third person, past tense and detail. I’m adv lit to novella so I usually use around 3+ paragraphs but being novella I do use more for most of my replies! Just as a heads up I do have mild dyslexia so I apologise in advance for any errors.

If you choose to reach out, you’ll find a friendly writer who’ll put 100% effort into both roleplays. I love discussing head canons and sharing edits and muse for the roleplay. I just love hyping our ocs up.

FANDOMS:

Harry Potter (seeking book fans) - Fred,George, Draco, Ron. I can also do Bill or Charlie as an au, and I can write with in the mauraders period as well. But at the moment I’d prefer the golden trio.

The Gentlemen - Edward.

A Good girls guide to murder (I’ve seen most of the show and am starting the trilogy now!) - Ravi

Percy Jackson (I am a new fan to the books, I haven’t seen the show and as such, I’d prefer to work with book fans. I’m currently on book three. For this fandom characters will be aged up!)- Luke,Percy and Nico.

The Summer I Turned Pretty - desperately craving a Jeremiah for my oc.

Outer Banks - for this fandom I have multiple pairings so I’ll list them in order of preference; JJ Maybank, John B and Rafe.

Saltburn- Felix.

Emily in Paris- Gabriel, Alfie.

New Girl- Nick, Schmidt.

House of Dragon- Jacaerys, Daemon and Criston.

TBOSAS- Coriolanus.

Hunger games - Finnick.

Fast and Furious - Brian.

ACOTAR- Cassian.

Shadowhunters chronicles - Jace, Jules or Mark.

These are the fandoms I’m currently hyper fixating on. If you see a fandom in the above list please have a decent knowledge of it! I adore love triangles and doubles, but all my roleplays are doubles atm. I will gladly do them however for certain fandoms. Please feel free to reach out to me here though I do prefer discord for writing! My discord is eleanorewinchester so feel free to like this post or reach out to me there! Send a 🌸 so I know which post you’re responding too!