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stagefoureddiediaz · 2 years

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would you say the music choices are important to a characters arc or the overall story??

Hey Nonnie

I love this ask so much and I had a whole answer mid flow and then tumblr decided to crash on me and delete everything I'd written 😭hopefully I can remember most of what I'd written!🤞🏻

my answer to you is both!!

It also depends on if you are referring to the song choices or the incidental music because that also has an impact. putting this post below a cut because its super long!

The incidental music composer will definitely be using leitmotifs and themes for characters and or pairings - I haven’t had the time (nor do I have the skills) to really go through and listen to the incidental music used to see if I can hear the themes and motifs used for each character, but they will more than likely be there. It could be something a s simple as a specific instrument playing a motif within a piece of incidental music to represent a character. (If you don’t know how this works, then i recommend peter and the wolf by Sergei prokofiev which is a piece written to teach children about storytelling in classical music and is a great beginners guide!) These little motifs etc can then be combined for interactions between characters and if there is a specific paring they may create an additional motif or layer - which might combine the characters individual motifs or create a new one - for example it would be worth seeing what motifs they use for Bobby, Athena, Michael, May and Harry then seeing if they’re combined in various ways and if a new theme/motif was created when Bobby and Athena became romantically involved (does any of this make sense? Think i’m not explaining it very well!)

Incidental music is super important and it mostly goes under the radar - in that you notice if its not there, but don’t always pick up on it while watching - someone isolated out the incidental music from the shooting scene (if it was you please direct me to it and I’ll add the link in) and it changes the scene a fair amount - you can really see how the incidental music builds onto the drama!

incidental music composers often borrow or are inspired by other film scores and classical music - did you know, for example, that much of the music in star wars has been ‘borrowed’ heavily from classical music - John Williams took a large number of themes and motifs from Holsts Planets Suite, and the iconic star wars theme is almost a direct copy of the opening score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold for a film called the the kings men if you want to hear for yourself then this video explains it all - some of it can be hard to pick up if you don’t have a classically trained ear! John Williams is a bit notorious for borrowing from other composers - he’s borrowed from Stravinsky and Dvorak among others - but I’ve never had a problem with it, film scores are a gateway to classical music for many and its almost impossible to not be influenced by others that have come before and its always interesting to hear how a composer builds and combines their own compositions around those parts they’ve used from other places!

One of the clearest examples I have of 911’s incidental composer doing this is in 5x11 - the incidental music we hear during the ‘speed rescue’ is definitely influenced by the lightbike scene incidental composition from Tron Legacy by Daft Punk - its not the same but it has very similar elements especially in the use of the electronic keyboard motif - have a watch of the the scene again and then listen to the lightbike scene and see if you can hear what i’m saying!

then we have the songs they use - all of which are very definitely important and chosen with care to ensure whatever message the writers are trying to get across is picked up by the audience - whether that’s in relation to a specific character or story arc very much depends and sometimes its both! a few examples for you - the use of Billy Joel Pressure in the opening scenes of season 2 - is very much about the expectations for the arcs of the season - various characters being put under pressure in various ways - it all ties in perfectly with those opening scenes as well, but because its the first song we hear as we come back into season 2 the song itself is hinting at what is to come for our mains throughout the season. the same can be said for season 5 - Welcome to the Jungle by Guns and Roses - yes it was the perfect song for the animals being lose on hollywood boulevard, but the lyrics also speak about what’s been happening over the course of the season with lyrics like ‘watch it bring you to your knees’ and ‘if you want it you’re going to bleed’ or ‘welcome to the jungle it gets worse here everyday’ ‘and when you’re high you never want to come down’ - all hints at what’s been going on all season - we’re watching life bringing various members of the firefam to their knees, metaphorically bleeding and lots of stuff at height seems to be coming in the second half of the season - with the various jumpers and fallers etc we’ve had hints for.

if we also look at 3x03 the searchers and Bucks End monologue and Ed Sheehan Photograph- all of that will have bee built around the choice of song - which will have been chose to highlight important moments so lets break it down, I’ve put the full lyrics used below.

Loving can hurt, loving can hurt sometimes But it's the only thing that I know When it gets hard, you know it can get hard sometimes It is the only thing makes us feel alive

We keep this love in a photograph We made these memories for ourselves Where our eyes are never closing Hearts are never broken And time's forever frozen, still

So you can keep me Inside the pocket of your ripped jeans Holding me closer 'til our eyes meet You won't ever be alone, wait for me to come home

Loving can heal, loving can mend your soul And it's the only thing that I know, know I swear it will get easier Remember that with every piece of ya Hmm, and it's the only thing we take with us when we die

When I'm away, I will remember how you kissed me Under the lamppost back on Sixth street Hearing you whisper through the phone "Wait for me to come home"

and Bucks voice over;

There are a lot of ways to be lost at sea.

Its not the same as being abandoned, or stranded. Those things happen beyond our control

Sometimes we just take a wrong turn to close to the tide.

The waters rise and sweep us away

we fight the currents for a way back to dry land and solid ground

to each other, to normal

and when we catch our breaths we search the shore for all that we lost and everything we loved

for our families

for our dreams and our futures

our friends and loved ones

and for those who couldn’t swim

sometimes being lost, is not knowing how to get from where we are to where we wanna be

where we need to be.

We see the camera panning over Santa Monica beaches and the devastation left behind by the Tsunami - the camera is moving in time with the opening refrain of the song and the opening lyrics and on the beat of the first hurt it is edited to hit the wall of missing loved ones - this two key moments edited to hit the beats of the music and tie the lyrics to the visual - the idea of love hurting - through losing people in a moment.

then we have the pick up of sometimes

🎶you know it can get hard sometimes’🎶

‘sometimes we just take a wrong turn’

then we get another tie in moment - a triple one this time - May - isolating her self in the aftermath - hiting with the lyric 🎶'Hearts are never broken’🎶 but being pulled back in by her family as Buck says ‘to normal’

then we see the boat couple getting married in hospital and their eyes meet as the line 🎶'till our eyes meet’🎶 is sung and they kiss as Ed sings 🎶‘you won’t ever be alone’ 🎶and Buck says ‘for our dreams and our futures

we move to Coop’s hospital room as we hit the first 🎶‘home’🎶 - and Buck says our friends and our loved ones’ - highlighting the idea of the firefam not being exclusive to the 118 but something repeated across all the firehouses in LA and them being ‘homes’ for those firefighters.

Then we have buck saying ‘for those who couldn’t swim’ the important line of the song here is ‘I swear it will get easier’ - its the only one we hear clearly during Maddie conversation about being a big sister before the camera sweeps away as the musical refrain starts t build and soar - which is when they edit the music to the last verse of the song - bringing it back down to more sombre refrains buck says the final lines of the monologue and the song speaks of remembering and coming home

🎶I will remember how you kissed me🎶

sometimes being lost,

🎶Under the lamppost back on Sixth street🎶

is not knowing how to get from where we are to where we wanna be

🎶Hearing you whisper through the phone🎶

where we need to be.

🎶"Wait for me to come home"🎶

…And Eddie knocks on the door. I’m not sure if it translates well into text but if you watch with the closed caption subtitles on it helps show where the beats are and where the crossover between the song and the monologue are. the thing to remember is that they will have chosen the lyrics they want the audience to hear - the ones that are the most important to the story - both for the character and the arcs - this one is about Buck and his search for home - that is the big arc Buck is going through as a character, but it is also the overarching arc that 911 is about. the idea that they’ve essentially set up that Buck has found his home but hasn’t realised and therefore hasn’t yet stopped searching for it is a major part of his story throughout s3 and beyond (he’s still looking).

these are just couple of examples of how the music alongside the incidental music plays an important role in the narrative - both types of music are narrative devices and when you combine them all sucessfully link 911 does - magic happens. the thing with 911 is that we’ve also seen them ‘get it wrong’ - the use of ‘what man’ over Eddies introduction - made sense in the moment and we know that Tim et al didn’t fully think through the implications of using that song at that moment wit hBuck watching on - it set a whole ship afloat that may not have happened if a different musical choice had been made!

Sorry this got epically long, but you asked me about music in film and tv and well that was like the starters gun for me!! Hopefully its interesting and makes some sense!! please come back to me if you have more questions😎

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#kym answers things #music in tv and film #nonnie asks #incidental music #fun asks #this got long #911 on fox #911 fox #911 #911onfox #music in tv adn film theory #the 911 team rarely miss #and even the misses create great things

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texasdeath · 3 years

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bakusquad playlists

(playlist links and headcanons under the cut!)

Katsuki Bakugou

Publicly, he listens to loud rock and hip hop

He still enjoys that music, of course

But when he’s alone, he listens to R&B/Soul music

He loves Lauryn Hill

But his favorite album to listen to is Awaken, My Love! by Childish Gambino

And when he’s really alone, he listens to Mitski and Phoebe Bridgers

He’d never admit it, but he cries to their songs when he feels like the world doesn’t care about him

And holy moly, does he cry to Class of 2013....

Eijirou Kirishima

Kirishima mostly listens to feel-good hip-hop

He and Bakugou will listen to early Childish Gambino together

He discovered Kevin Abstract and fell in love with his music because of how he openly rapped about being gay and his mental health, which is extremely admirable to him

And although it’s not his kind of music, he really got into Orville Peck because he’s gay in a very anti-queer music genre as well

Kirishima just really looks up to openly queer musicians

Also Mina introduced him to Lizzo and loves her

Like. Obsessed.

Hanta Sero (I accidentally put his name backwards on the picture ://)

Hanta isn’t super specific about the music he likes

Though he’s super into folk music from the 70s

Like, the Joni Mitchell, John Denver, Peter, Paul & Mary type stuff

And he likes indie music obviously

Just anything he can vibe to

He loves the band Cake because they have such a unique sound

Like, the lead singer’s voice is so mesmerizing to him

Denki Kaminari

Denki is more of the odd one out when it comes to music taste within the squad

He just loves songwriters, especially if they play piano

Because it just feels so personal

He fell in love with Billy Joel at a young age

Then he discovered Ben Folds Five

Sero introduced him to Rex Orange County though

He also heavily relates to Bo Burnham’s songs like Art is Dead and Can’t Handle This

He likes music he can have a crisis to

Mina Ashido

Pop. Music.

Especially 90s pop

Especially Destiny’s Child and TLC

Since Mina is a dancer, she likes music she can dance to

And weirdly, along with loving pop music, she loves disco

She’s loved Ariana Grande since she was little too

And when she discovered Lizzo, it was over for everyone

She would listen to her album on repeat for weeks

That’s it! Sorry the links are only to Apple Music,,,

But let’s me know if the links don’t work or something!

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fictionadventurer · 2 years

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For "Out Of The Tomb", question nr. 13: What music did you listen to, if any, to get in the mood for writing this story? Or if you didn’t listen to anything, what do you think readers should listen to to accompany us while reading?

I actually did listen to music while writing some of this, so I can answer this question. And I have a playlist of songs related to this story that I developed after writing it. I'm not sure how much I'll ramble about this, so have a readmore.

During writing, I sometimes listened to music from the Sleeping Beauty ballet, for obvious reasons. I can sometimes listen to instrumental music while writing, and this soundtrack was both interesting and not too distracting.

My list of "Out of the Tomb" related songs (mostly developed after writing) includes the following:

"Pompeii" by Bastille. This was the main song I listened to during the drafting process, because I chose it fairly early on as the theme song. So many of the lines fit both Tanza and Auren in different ways: "Many days fell away with nothing to show." "The walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love." "If you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing's changed at all?" And, the most important: "Oh, where do we begin/the rubble or our sins?"

"One Step Away" by Casting Crowns. I first heard this song a few months after "Out of the Tomb" was published, and was blown away by how well it fit the story. It could have been written with Tanza in mind! The general mercy/redemption theme is relevant enough, but what really floored me was the bridge: "Lay down your old chains/come now and take up your new name." It's almost ridiculously specific to this story.

"Pioneer" by The Band Perry. I apply this song to a lot of my characters, but it's first and foremost Auren's song, because it describes a lot of the pressures on him as he faces this new world, and his strength in standing up to them. "The hymn of those who've gone before and those who carry one." "The future of us all rests on the shoulders of your heart." And then the bridge! I can't write it all out here, but thinking about how it applies to Auren breaks me almost every time.

"She's Always a Woman" by Billy Joel. Auren thinking about Tanza (though in his case, it's a platonic love). He knows her faults and cares about her anyway.

Hmmm, I thought there were more songs. I guess the rest of the Arateph playlist relates to characters/situations from other unfinished stories in that universe. But that's the specifically "Out of the Tomb" related music.

#answered asks #adventures in writing #arateph #out of the tomb #heniareth

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laughingphoenixleader · 3 years

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#20, 22, and 49 for the get to know you ask game!!

20: what is your favorite song at the moment?

Oh, stars above, that’s hard! I constantly have songs stuck in my head—usually I’ll get fiveish rotate through throughout the day. But right now…it’s got to be Death of a Bachelor by Panic! at the Disco. Ever since the moment I first heard it, courtesy of @commandersnips41, I fell in love. And you bet that I was grinning hugely about a minute in when I began to associate it with a certain gunslinger who ends up leaving behind his old life. I also adore Still Into You (you’re welcome for getting you obsessed with that one, btw 😄), Dream a Little Dream of Me by The Mamas and the Papas, You Make My Dreams Come True by Hall & Oates, Hooked On A Feeling by Blue Swede & Bjorn Skifs, It Would Be You (Acoustic) by Ben Rector and Ingrid Michaelson, and Vienna by Billy Joel. Are most of these Kanera/Hera-related?

You know it.

22. description of crush.

You had to ask this one, didn’t you, vod? *rolls eyes*

He’s a Jedi and a gunslinger and wants me to call him a sp*ce c*wboy but I refuse. He’s strong, and courageous, and appreciates me and sees me for who I am. He’s got bright aquamarine eyes, dark brown hair that’s usually pulled back in a ponytail, warm brown/tan skin, and this crooked grin/smirk thing that he thinks is charming. He makes me blush against my will way too often. He’s ridiculously sweet and flirtatious, but also tough and capable. He’s dependable and trustworthy and someone I know can take care of everyone he cares about.

*sighs exasperatedly* yeah, it’s Kanan.

49. where I want to be right now

I’m mostly content at my college campus that I currently live on! But I would love to be with my mutuals 💚 or on Batuu/in Galaxy’s Edge. DisneyWorld has my heart!

Thank you for the ask!!

List of asks: https://laughingphoenixleader.tumblr.com/post/663623437978353664/get-to-know-me-pick-some-numbers

Shoot me any ask you want!

#star wars rebels #kanan jarrus #hera syndulla #kanera #swr #ask games

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meetmeatthecoda · 3 years

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do u have any music-related headcanons for lizzington? like yes their tastes but also,, their talents? instruments of the past present or future, perfect pitch, an ear for certain things, anything? love to hear your thoughts :)

Ohhhhh anon 🥰🥰🥰 I don't think I've ever been asked this before (despite what I do for a living lol) & I am ever so grateful to you for asking me about my favorite thing in the entire world... Lizzington-ified LOL 🎶 (I'm also so flattered that you'd love to hear my thoughts on this at all, you are so very sweet ❤️) This also brings to mind my idea for part 5 of Facets, but I'm not quite ready to reveal details on that yet 😉 I shall list some musical headcanons below...

Red's favorite genre of music is jazz but he also loves the classics of his time like Billy Joel & The Beatles. He also enjoys classical concerts bc he can appreciate anything done with skill. He prefers to listen to his music via record player bc he feels it sounds the best. (This is mostly about James lmfao)

Liz loves the same classics that Red does - bc Sam raised her on them - but she also likes to listen to fun pop music on the radio & she occasionally enjoys some club music from her more wild college days.

Red learned piano & how to read music when he was young & was quite good at both. It's something he still enjoys doing when he has the opportunity & time. However, the pleasure is a bit tainted for him, since he used to play piano with Jennifer & play to help her practice her ballet routines.

Liz never learned an instrument - she was more interested in sports - but she was in choir for a few years & has a good singing voice. She has a little speaker in the shower that she also enjoys singing along to when she can take her time - & Red enjoys listening as well & sometimes he joins her for a duet.

Red has near perfect pitch, something that was evident in his childhood piano lessons. He can identify a note played on the piano without looking & can play songs by ear after hearing them once or twice. It's a talent he hardly ever uses but Liz finds fascinating.

Liz doesn't have perfect pitch but she can pretty easily parrot back a melody she hears, thanks to her early choir training. She's mostly good at detecting subtle pitch & tempo changes in people's speech patterns, something that developed from her intuitive nature & psychological training that helps her tell if someone is lying.

Bonus: Red & Liz also both love dancing to music, no matter what style or genre (although the tango both vertical & horizontal tee hee is a particular favorite of theirs) as long as they're having fun together & can hold each other 🥲

Well, there you go, anon, that's what I came up with based on your wonderful ask, thank you so much again, this was so fun!! 🥰 I hope you enjoyed this & much, much love to you, my friend!! ❤️

#The Blacklist #Lizzington #thoughts #headcanons #mine #ask #anon #what a blessed ask #thank you so much anon #:')#i hope you like them!!#much love to you!!#<3

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angelasscribbles · 2 years

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20 Questions

Thanks so much for the tag @karahalloway!

Nickname: Angie, Ang, gela, and if you’re my ex-husband psycho bitch from hell (said with affection, believe it or not lol)

Zodiac Sign: Aries (the best sign lol)

Height: 5’7

Last Movie I saw: Either Serenity or Cruella, I am behind on my movie watching

Last thing I Googled: political fixer (You’ll understand when the next chapter of Complicated drops, lol, my reason is the same as Kara’s….it’s all about the fan fiction!)

Favorite Musician: singular, not a band? Billy Joel

Song Stuck in my head: Two of them currently: Savage Love by Jason Derulo and Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish

Other Blogs: https://angela-harrison.com/and also, like @karahalloway I haven’t updated since before I started writing fan fiction.

Blogs Following:tons of them, mostly TRR related at the moment

Sleep Patterns: hahaha. Bed somewhere between 1 and 4 am, awake whenever the toddler decides I’m awake. My sleep is trash. I have stupid trouble falling asleep, but once I’m asleep I can sleep forever, if only my kids would let me……

Lucky Numbers: 10

What am I wearing: currently? Yoga pants and a t-shirt.

What would I do if capitalism didn’t exist: spend all day writing most likely

Dream Trip: Ireland.

Favourite Food: Potatoes any way you cook them and Mexican food, or I guess, more properly, Tex-Mex.

Instruments I play: none

Languages I speak: English and sarcasm hahaha. I understand some Spanish, french Italian and Latin. I speak a little Spanish. Muy, muy poco.

Favourite Songs: Code of Silence and The Stranger by Billy Joel, Against the Wind by Bob Seger, Believer by Imagine Dragons.

Random facts about me: Edgar Allen Poe is my favorite Poet and Alone by him is my favorite Poem. I have a lot of kids. Baseball is my favorite sport. Football is up there. Texas Rangers and Dallas Cowboys fan. I cut my teeth on sci-fi/fantasy books. I love horror and all my unpublished short stories are horror. My other blog is full of flash fiction. I love the outdoors. I went through a phase, as a teenager, where I was addicted to reading books about soldiers in Vietnam. (I was obsessed, wrote a paper in college about it, got an A), I live on a farm, I can ride a horse. I lived in a hippie commune when I was four. I’m a bit of an amateur photographer. I was a theater kid and did community theater as an adult.

Tagging @burnsoslow @nestledonthaveone@gkittylove99 @secretaryunpaid @queenrileyrose and anyone else that wants t play!

#20 questions #this is me #about me #angelasscribbles

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puffologic · 3 years

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Now let's have some soft headcanons about our Inspector Reid!

Oh boy, buddy. Let’s go.

send me a character and i’ll tell you:

what they smell like

I didn’t research Victorian cologne, you researched Victorian cologne. Most popular seemed to figure bergamot and lavender pretty heavily, so I imagine it would be a nice combination of that. Perhaps an undercurrent of lime if you got closer enough (an 1880′s aftershave was Geo F. Trumper Extract Of Limes)

what their favorite smells in the world are

The real-life Reid was born in Canterbury and retired to Hampton-On-Sea. I think the smell of ocean air is likely a comfort to him. Otherwise, maybe the smell of ozone, electricity sparking, the smell of scientific progress.

what pajamas they wear/what they wear to sleep in

It sounds like men mostly wore long night shirts until the 1890′s. Perhaps if he had been married at that point, he would have gotten some delightfully striped pajamas. But on his own, I think he likely went with comfortable underclothes (drawers, lol) and probably a nicer robe. Although, the longjohn craze started in the late 1890′s and I sort of want him to be in an old-timey onesie. For reasons.

my favorite ship (if applicable) and a cute hc about them

I think I like Jane Cobden and Reid best, though that might just be because that's where I am in my rewatch. A cute headcanon would be Jane practicing one of her many speeches and Edmund listening very attentively. Then she asks what he thought and he goes "You're startlingly beautiful." And she's like, the speech, Edmund. And he tells her she'll have to do it again because he got distracted by how well she speaks.

my favorite friendship (if applicable) and a cute hc about them

Friendship. Hm. I wish I could say Drake and Reid but Reid such a dick to him almost constantly. Abberline doesn't work either--Oh, Mimi. I love Reid and Mimi and I think she's independent enough that she won't let him be a drain on her. Um. Head canon. I like the idea that she drags him out to have fun. Possibly by deception. She's got something very important, something that she needs to tell him and he's got to meet here at this place at this time. And he gets there all in a rush and it's like a pleasure garden and she's got a picnic basket and is all, "While you're here..." And demands he relax for an afternoon.

a song that reminds me of them

Finally settled on "And So It Goes" by Billy Joel. It's just the right balance of romantic and sad and hopeful and melancholy. He wants love but knows that either through his own actions (or inactions) or by some happenstance out of his control--it's probably not going to work out. So he enjoys what he can, while he can.

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what animal i think they would be if they were an animal

I think a brown bear. They're large and intimidating, protective and intelligent. Plus he'd be cute in a bowler hat.

what position they sleep in

I think Reid probably sleeps very straight on his back (the soldier). He would have had a lot of trouble sleeping do to his injury, burns and shoulder pain and I think he just got in the habit of staying very much on his own side and not moving much. Hopefully, as the years go on, he can break out of that habit.

their favorite drink

I'm going to pick a weird one. The real-life Edmund Reid eventually retired and sold soft drinks out of a beach house. I think he'd probably be a fan of Ginger Beer. He would tell you that his favorite drink is brandy but secretly, he likes some fizzy soda.

a gift i would give them if i could

Maybe a telescope. Something that's not work related that he could utilize and explore and enjoy. I think he'd like looking at other planets and detaching from Whitechapel, even for a short while. Goodness knows he needs it.

#xingyanp #edmund reid #sorry for the delay #got a bit involved #he's just such a fascinating character as well as irl #ty for the ask #❤#ripper street

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punkbarbarian · 3 years

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bad kids playlists breakdown

thanks for all the love on my bad kids playlists! at the request of people here’s some of my thought process behind each of the songs/artists on their playlists :)

these playlists are mostly made up of songs i think they would enjoy listening to, but there are also some that i personally associate with them :)

fig’s playlist needed to be mostly, if not all, female-fronted bands and artists bc she is 1000% a very active voice for supporting women in rock. paramore is personally one of my favorite bands of all time and their earlier stuff really strikes me as fig’s taste. mitski is an incredible artist and i KNOW fig would be obsessed with her. i threw a bunch of queen songs in there bc they’re incredible and i believe fig would take after their dramatics a lot in her own performance. chase petra is a small band from california that i found on tiktok and became obsessed with ever since. their music is incredible and is exactly what i think fig and the sig figs would sound like. taylor swift is on there bc she slaps and i refuse to accept that fig wouldn’t know every word to all of her songs, especially from her cheerleading songs.

similarly to fig, i wanted fabian to have primarily black artists on his playlist in honor of lou’s mantra of always playling black characters in dnd. fabian’s taste is a little outside of my own, so i took a lot of inspiration from my friends who were jocks in high school or otherwise reminded me of fabian. frank ocean was the first artist i knew i wanted on his playlist, bc his music just strikes me as so intrinsically fabian (also i have a hc that fabian is bi and would probably look up to frank ocean as a bi person). childish gambino is one of my favorite rap artists bc his songs are all very hype and this is definitely a hype playlist. i put harry styles on there bc fabian was definitely a directioner and then got obsessed with harry once he started putting out his own music. there are a few wildcards on this playlist (see the two sea shanties and musical theater songs) however fabian would listen to sea shanties all the time and is definitely a musical theater nerd.

adaine’s playlist was super fun to make. i think when she was younger she probably didn’t get a chance to listen to music other than what her parents played (which i think was probably just classical or lots of piano music bc they’re ‘proper’) so i kept that in mind when choosing the songs. a lot of them have piano as the primary instrument bc i think even if she associated piano with her parents, she would find beauty in it as an instrument. as a departure from that, i put vivaldi’s four seasons on there because i can’t think of anything more properly ‘fuck you’ to her parents than listening to baroque music (i love baroque music, it slaps). i think adaine is a bit of an old soul in some ways, which is why i put some older songs on there (see: elton john, billy joel, the beatles, fleetwood mac). phoebe bridgers is one of those artists that makes me emotional when i listen to her bc of the weight in her lyrics, and i think adaine would seriously relate to some of her songs in a number of ways. florence + the machine is an artist whose music is completely ethereal to me, and that is the perfect vibe for adaine. monet issues by chase petra may seem out of place, but the lyrics are really what made me choose it for adaine’s playlist. it’s about letting go of your shitty family and choosing your own path and if that’s not adaine to a t i don’t know what is baby!

gorgug’s playlist is the most similar to my own music taste (as a former emo kid, i cannot escape). green day is usually a gateway for people to get into more hardcore/similar music that’s away from the mainstream so it was only fitting that i put them on there. nirvana is one of my favorite bands and i thought gorgug would love them both for their lyrics and dave grohl’s drumming. i stole some of the artists from my friend who’s in a punk band (descendents and misfits) but they still suit gorgug pretty well! i don’t know where the idea of gorgug listening to the mountain goats came from but i couldn’t agree with it more, so theyre on his playlist too! the vibe i was going for with gorgug’s playlist was chill rock mixed with some intense songs that could represent him going into a rage, and i think i managed that!

kristen’s playlist was the hardest to make, no contest. i wanted to capture her music taste from her helioic days and the music she would listen to as a queer teenager, which is why her playlist is absolutely a mess lmao. carrie underwood, bruce springsteen, and taylor swift are leftover from her childhood even though she still loves them (i can’t stand most country songs so there was a limited selection for me to be able to tolerate, i apologize country fans). i wanted a bunch of queer artists on here as well, so teagan and sara, frances forever, and girl and red were guaranteed. i don’t know why, but i think kristen would listen to 100 gecs and i think its hilarious so that’s why theyre on here as well. the last few hozier songs are mostly just what i associate with kristen (especially work song and foreigner’s god) so that’s why theyre on here.

i love riz to death but there is nothing you can say to convince me that before he met the bad kids his music taste wasn’t god awful. i have a friend who almost exclusively listens to video game soundtracks and 8 bit songs (which aren’t bad, just not my own taste) and that’s where i got some inspiration for riz’s playlist from. the rest of the playlist was inspired from another friend of mine, who listens to soft rock AND video game soundtracks so that’s where the killers, cosmo sheldrake, and bastille came from. i put johnny cash on there with the idea that sklonda and pok probably liked him a lot and riz started to like him by association (and also as a way to remember his dad). the last few songs, like on kristen’s playlist, are songs that i personally think of as ‘riz songs.’ brave as a noun is definitely not something riz would necessarily listen to all the time, but i think its a really good representation of his character (or at least the one i think of him as having). there are also some orchestral pieces that i think adaine would have showed him! the planets is a personal favorite of mine so it was only natural to include it.

#i hope this helps explain a bit!#feel free to send me asks about any particular songs you may have questions abt #:)#long post #talking #the bad kids

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i finallyyyy finished the explanations for my tlb playlistttt so come get yall juice

if you haven’t already seen my first (official) post about this silly little playlist then you are still in luck !!! here is the spotify and the youtube links !!! oh yeah also all of the songs are in chronological order (maybe not by month but definitely by year) because i had to be organized like that sbjhshsjbs

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❥ title

i mean. there isn’t much to explain about it but sbjshbsjhs it’s based on sam’s line “you’re a creature of the night, michael!” of course but i made it plural because this playlist is sort of a. general boys / movie playlist, if that makes sense??? but yeahhhh they’re all littol creechers who love the night >:o]

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❥ paint it, black — the rolling stones

so !!! i was kind of trying to relate it to the boys vampirism and. love of black clothes sbhsjbshjs but no. similar to the title, they. literally live in darkness because of not being able to go into the sun and because of the few lights in the lair but there’s also a sort of duality where being vampires in an internal darkness??? like. each of the boys takes heavy advantage of the benefits of being undead but i can’t imagine it’s without its faults outside of the lack of sunlight and such. i’m sure there’s a kind of uh. monster complex that follows it, especially with the way outsiders view them, which certainly fits with the song’s vibe of being washed with this sort of sensory overload to color and earning weird looks for it

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❥ riders on the storm — the doors

first of all, there’s a giant ass jim morrison poster in the lair therefore the boys definitely listen to the doors (if not idolize jim) so jot that down. but also !!! it has very Them vibes !!! i think the storm effects definitely relate to boys in how storms create a darkness that is soothing in its own way, and comes on strong, just like the boys’ presence. and. technically they Are killers on the road that Will kill a sweet family sbhjsbshjsb but no most of all the !!! “into this house we’re born // into this world we’re thrown” and !!! the found family that the boys have going. like, if you look at. vampirism as the house they have LITERALLY been born into it and been thrown into a whole new world, depending on each other for comfort and pleasure !!! oh also. they ride motorcycles so they’re also literal riders sbhjsbshjs (fun fact, according to genius lyrics: apparently it was the last song jim recorded before he died a few weeks later 😳)

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❥ love her madly — the doors

whole jim morrison poster and listening to the doors reasoning is sustained. HOWEVER for the rest of reasoning… perhaps it’s more straight up 95060 than anything but sbhsjbsshj the whole woman walking in and out of the audience’s life is very symbolic of michael being in and out with the boys, never really deciding whether he wants to fully join them and straining. all of his relationships with that indecision and sitting on the picket fence (those who sit on the picket fence are impaled by it). although, it could also be partly symbolic of that indecision, as he does find Some charm in the boys’ lifestyle and keeps finding himself drawn back enough to even consider partaking in it. also, if you wanna go the parko route, paul loves marko madly enough to go after the frog bros personally for killing him <3

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❥ walk this way — aerosmith

i am. blanking on how to tie it in other than being on the movie’s soundtrack (yes i avoided it and people are strange until the very end of making the playlist, but one of the evils got me clearly— have always ADORED people are strange though). but. i guess you can make the case that the song is full of innuendos and some scenes, like the feeding scene, are lowkey horny sbsjhbshjsbs and YES it’s the aerosmith version instead of the run dmc one because. i prefer this one and it’s my silly little playlist <3

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❥ the boys are back in town — thin lizzy

technically the boys never Left town but !!! *christopher walken voice* Boys !!! them cast ARE crazy and they’re ALWAYS dressed to kill, ready to spill some blood and pick a fight !!! yeah no it’s just a very fun song that i think really works to. represent their crazy lifestyle and infamy around town due to causing trouble !!! and you can almost say that in this scenario star is the girl who used to dance a lot and slapped the shit out of someone <3 just girlboss moments <3

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❥ xanadu — rush

hehehe… this started as the. desire to add more rush to the playlist for my own amusement but the more times i listen to it, the more i’m like “!!! it actually fits”… like. xanadu here is meant to a sort of utopia that’s long searched for, partly BECAUSE of the promise of immortality which !!! the boys have (unless. harmed in one of the ways at the end of the movie) because of their vampirism. like even if we don’t know the exact reasons they got turned, they all still, mostly indirectly probably, sought out that same principle. And the dining on honeydew and drinking the milk of ‘paradise’ is similar to their thrill-seeking tendencies and general enjoyment of being unable to die, leaving them to enjoy their undead lives to the fullest. not to mention, in [b part 2] (as genius refers to it) there’s talk of many, many years passing and waiting for the world to end, which we know there’s been quite a few years in between the boys getting turned and the movie, as well as i’m sure they sit back and wait on Some apocalypse, if not just to watch the world burn. in writing this, i’ve ALSO realized how it can be considered very Michael; he didn’t exactly seek this life out but he found it and indulged, only to be that “mad immortal man” towards the end of the song

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❥ runnin’ with the devil — van halen

i just van halen is neat sbjshbsjsh and would definitely be something the boys would actually listen to hsjbshjsb i don’t Necessarily think vampires are in any way tied to the devil but. here it’d be more like a metaphor of “taking a walk on the wild side” if you wanna call it that; also, they all truly live their lives like there’s no tomorrow (not that they have to worry about death until the very end), have stolen a lot of things just to get by (probably in life AND death), don’t bode well with the ‘simple’ life (likely including the idea of a nuclear family like max proposed) because of it’s lack of pleasures, and don’t exactly have any “love [that] you’d call real” unless you read into the subtext

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❥ hot blooded — foreigner

originally this was going to be another joke about the. lowkey horniness of the boys and the movie as a whole but i’ve realized in writing these explanations thus far and rereading the lyrics that it’s. it’s just michael-centric sbshjsbsh sam is “at the mercy of his sex glands” and so is the audience of both the movie and the song sbhsjbshsj like. michael finds himself attracted to star immediately and tries for two secret rendezvouses, with only one working, and. can be said that he also finds a fever running within him when he’s around david and the boys sbhjsbshjs i just 🙈

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❥ renegade — styx

renegade is my favorite styx song so i just said “fuck it” and added it sbshjsbshj but !!! you can say that, again, the boys live their lives on the wild side and. probably commit enough crimes to warrant dozens of sentences, some that would lead to death row (like, ya know, the. manslaughter) but they manage to get away unscathed. And the law man serving as an allegory to all of the people, including the frogs and grandpa, that want them dead for being vampires, with the bounty to be rewarded being the ridding of their trouble from santa carla

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❥ big shot — billy joel

mikey :o) … ok yeah he isn’t the. silver spoon in hand (nose) type but he’s LITERALLY the type to open his mouth and get himself deep in enough shit that a fight breaks out, potentially bloodied his eyes, nose, and/or fists. i don’t have much of an explanation outside of he is a himbo jock who pulled a “i didn’t know how to talk to my crush so i wrote a note telling them to get out of my school” except he said it with his fist instead of his mouth sbjshbshsj

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❥ boys don’t cry — the cure

pretty sure this is one of the ones i stole off of shovel (@/iswearimavamp) sbshjbshjs but i do love this song in a general sense too. in regards to the movie, like. none of the guys. obsess over masculinity or anything— and both david AND michael cry at different points— so that’s not necessarily an issue. but, there *is* still a lot of hurt and stepping on toes in many of the relationships in the film that can be stretched to fit, i would think sbjhsbshjs

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❥ highway to hell — ac/dc

this and back in black were some of the last two i put on here because i. wanted to make an ‘even’ 35 sbsjhsbshjs BUT, like with runnin’ with the devil, it’s about a devilish lack of care for one’s own life or the “status of their soul” and just doing what feels right or like the most fun, no matter if it lands them in hell or not. and !!! “my friends are gonna be there too” fits with the friendship within the boys’ found family and how they’ll all always be together, no matter what !!!

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❥ back in black — ac/dc

i can’t really think of an explanation that differs from highway to hell so just reread the above sbsjhsbsh

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❥ witch hunt — rush

OK !!! this is the song i’m the MOST excited to explain !!! right off the bat, moving pictures as a whole is an IMMACULATE album, absolutely love it. right so !!! this song literally SOUNDS like it belongs on the movie soundtrack; it has the same overtones and sounds as cry little sister and it’s just !!! and with the title, a witch hunt is BASICALLY what sam + the frogs went on in search of the lose boys, relying on little else but hearsay and catching glimpses at what was happening to michael, “confident that their ways are best” and moving along like a mob of three to get to the bottom of it. “features distorted in the flickering light // faces are twisted and grotesque” is very reminiscent of the faces the lost boys pull when they’re about to attack, and “they say there are strangers who threaten us” is symbolic of them being outsiders/outcasts that make everyone uncomfortable, even if You aren’t going to be their next victim. “the righteous rise with burning eyes” AND “quick to judge, quick to anger // slow to understand // ignorance and prejudice // and fear walk hand in hand” can apply to any number of characters, particularly the mains who are all pitted against each other, the humans fighting for their lives and the vampires fighting for their Right to live, neither taking into consideration the other’s perspective. i just… ADORE this song…

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❥ red barchetta — rush

this one was mainly just because of the car that grandpa keeps in the barn and both sam and michael’s fascination with it sbhjsbsshj and just to get more rush on here shjsbshjsbsh

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❥ maneater — hall & oates

one of the first songs to hit the playlist !!! because the boys eat people !!! they’re the lean and hungry type that only come out at night !!! they’ll be sitting with you but their eyes are on the door and if you want love from them, you won’t get very far !!! the beauty IS there but there are beasts inside that can rip your world apart !!! they’ll chew you up but also leave you begging for more :o)

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❥ hungry like the wolf — duran duran

the second song to have gone on the playlist !!! the boys are always on the prowl for fresh meat (in both the food AND turning senses) and they come alive while on the hunt, blood no doubt rushing through their veins (assuming it still can) !!! and in the movie, michael is the one they’re after for the turning connotation, all wanting a taste of him for themselves !!!

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❥ subdivisions — rush

this rush song actually went on before the others shbsjsbshj but !!! it still fits just as well (certainly better than red barchetta)… the movie all takes place on the fringes of the city, “in between the bright lights // and the far unlit unknown”, and while it’s not exactly in the suburbs, there’s still little comfort to soothe the restless dreams of youth. there IS a drawing like moths into the city, for both the emersons and the lost boys, which is what ends up bringing all of them together, although it starts are cruising for action just to feel the living night. and just !!! NOBODY fits in !!! if you take the movie title as them being Lost instead of an allusion to peter pan, then you get slapped with thinking about what actually makes them lost and how they don’t conform in any way, shape, or form to just about. anything. and !!! the emersons are new, which immediately puts them at a social disadvantage, but they Also don’t seem too terribly great at making new friends in general so !!! “nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone”!!!

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❥ abracadabra — steve miller band

i just love this song for whatever reason. and i think the allusion to magic to very fitting for the hallucinations that david gives michael, putting a sort of magic spell on him if you want to look at it that way. not a lot of silk and satin going gone but plenty of leather and probably some lace in there somewhere ( ;o] ) … also michael DOES heat up like a burnin’ flame whenever his name is called and the situation with the boys just keeps going round and round with no exact end in sight, only the calling of desire

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❥ separate ways (worlds apart) — journey

you would think i would have more journey on here ??? because i love them ??? but instead i stole this off of shovel too ??? it’s fine. time to be back on the 95060 bullshit sbsjhbsjhs we all know david Really wants michael to join them but. michael is reluctant, so that hesitance sets them worlds apart from each other— as if they weren’t already— and there’s still love between them, or at least the bgeinning sparks of it, even if michael refuses to act on them and only keeps pushing david away

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❥ cum on feel the noize — quiet riot

just some boys loving to party <3 some boys with evil yet dirty minds, out of time singing, funny faces, and that have a lazy time <3 yeah no this is one they’d rock out to and someone would probably pull a muscle over because it’s just such a banger sbshjsbsjh

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❥ rebel yell — billy idol

Another stolen off of shovel sbjhsbsjhs also ever since it’s been pointed out to me that david looks like billy idol i’ve just been losing it a little sbhjsbshjs Anyway. they’d definitely idolize him to some degree, even if just for looks, and it certainly fits the way that they. most Definitely let out a rebel yell at the midnight hour if you know what i mean— *taken out by a sniper*

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❥ every breath you take — the police

would to believe to know i took it from shovel (i swear the last three where i say that will be rock you like a hurricane, livin’ on a prayer, and cherry pie sbshjsbsh) BUT !!! the watching every move is yet another. david keeping watch over michael and uh yearning from afar moment, heart aching the longer he’s away and the longer he keeps up this game of not knowing what exactly he wants to do

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❥ handsome devil — the smiths

ok THIS one was lent to me by ej (@/maybe-strawberry-blue) sbshjbshjsbs and let me tell you. this song (especially when paired with this charming man) is Very homoerotic, aka perfect for this movie shbjsbshjsbs like what got me first was “let me get my hands // on your mammary glands” and just. thinking about trans parko sbhsjbshjs but also in general the. “and i would like to give you // what i think you’re asking for” and “a boy in the bush // is worth two in the hand” and just sbhjsbshjs Everything. fits the ambiguous homoeroticism. And i think the boys would listen to the smiths (will elaborate more in the other smiths song explanation)

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❥ panama — van halen

i Told you all i think van halen is neat sbsjsshjb what can i say. the boys like fast moving vehicles, hard partying, and tender loving sbsjhsbhsj also forgot to mention that i think they’d all be :eyes: about pre-1985 david lee roth and i cannot blame

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❥ rock you like hurricane — scorpions

third to last shovel snatch sbshjsbh Here you can replace any one of the boys with the animals mentioned, as they’re always hungry and need to feed… they come out scratching and ready to win, willing to rock anyone who gets in their way like a hurricane— including with lust, depending on the situation

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❥ livin’ on a prayer — bon jovi

i actually can’t even manage an explanation for this one either just because of the song’s plot and how greatly it differs the movie plot <3 however it will stay because shovel said one of the boys (i forget which) would listen to it and friendship is more powerful than my small brain <3

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❥ the queen is dead — the smiths

rightttt so here’s the deal, buds and duds. something in my gut just tells me that david would pull a me and. listen to this entire album on repeat, particularly bigmouth strikes again and i know it’s over when in dramatics bshjsbsjh BUT to make a case for the title track itself, breaking into buckingham palce— or really any major building— with only a sponge and rusty wrench would ABSOLUTELY be an endeavor the boys would get up to And they’d all pale (worse than normal) about finding out they’re the descendant of some royal. “oh, has the world changed, or have i changed” and “life is very long, when you’re lonely” is quite fitting of their immortality, which i can only imagine would leave them questioning how the world has evolved and, although they have each other, i’m sure living forever still can get a Little lonely. And they’d certainly celebrate the death of a royal (because anarchy <3). mostly i’ve just been listening to this song on repeat for days sbhjsbshj but, i think it’s the most. generally related to all of the boys, whereas like. cemetry gates would be more solely 95060

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❥ need you tonight — inxs

my favorite inxs song… technically the 21st century Wasn’t yesterday when the movie came out nor when the song did sbhjsbshjs but there *is* a lot of sweating from desire and aiming to put that passion into use, very blatantly letting everyone know that sbjhsbshjs

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❥ bad medicine — bon jovi

there’s just something so fun about this song… and while listening to it on the drive home, i was thinking about it from a 95060 perspective where. david’s a bit lovesick (hence the love like bad medicine) and the choir of voices in the bg, saying “that’s what you get for falling in love”, would be the other boys knowing he’s gotten himself in over his head over what was supposed to be a minor tease or a small fling (would be a real fun and poppy animatic i think)

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❥ pour some sugar on me — def leppard

legitimately this started as a “haha what about my ‘what if the blood was kool-aid instead’ joke” and then i realized it was. a fair enough fit, especially with the feeding scene. except they’re actual vamps not just video vamps sbjhsbshjs anyway. sugar highs and red hot flames of passion for one another <3

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❥ cherry pie — warrant

ok THIS is the last song i took from shovel and. my reasoning is pretty much the same as pour some sugar on me and. Friendship

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❥ somebody told me — the killers

i wasn’t going to add any modern songs but. i thought it’d be funny if michael had had a girlfriend before leaving phoenix that looked a bit like david sbshjsbshj and then it only just added to angst sbhjsbshj

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❥ you know what they do to guys like us in prison — mcr

i was reminded that vampires will never hurt you exists but. i went with my favorite mcr song instead because. vwnhy is more like ??? a vampire that fears themselves ??? so like. an edward cullen type ??? while ykwtdtgluip is more about the homoeroticism and community ??? i said what i said

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❥ house of wolves — mcr

thank god this is the last song because i’m getting tired sbjshsjshb a little less homoeroticism, a little more general sinning and egotism <3

#pant rambles #playlist #ramble #in the last like. ten you can Tell i started getting tired

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