#space game on the brain fellas!!!

[m1d-45]

xianyun and nahida's banners just dropped and the 4*s are kinda-

we got ga-ming but faruzan and noelle are definitely a choice

- curse anon

you could argue noelle is from the poetry event, but faruzan… yeah that’s certainly A Four Star

although, she is supposedly a pretty good anemo support/sub dps, right? with xianyun (and xiao just around the corner) it makes sense to add her on there. since 1) nahida is a support 2) they’re likely trying to push xianyun 3) xianyun is probably a dps (no i haven’t seen her skill cards yet and i’m not going to until she releases) (lied, she’s like. a healer. so??) so that makes sense to me

in the end, i don’t mind. so long as ga ming is on the banner, we live we laugh and we love

[little-mouse-gardens]

A party for the goblin king

Yan fae king future Donnie x reader

Here is a little blurb I wrote based on my yandere fae king turtles au. Just a little idea that popped up in my mind while I was was listening to *cough* crane wives song curses *cough* and I couldn’t resist the urge to let my brain-rot run wild.

Tagging @lexiechr, @souperwrites, @radicallxser and @saltydoesstuff for feeding into my brainrot for these silly fellas >:3

Note : Let me know if there’s any spelling errors (autocorrect currently hates me for some reason)

Tw : Mentions of violence, alcohol, unhealthy relationships, manipulation, kidnapping (I do not condone this behavior in real life. this is only for entertainment purposes only), slightly suggestive???

Nothing about this place felt safe to you.

Nothing at all.

The warmth of the fire pit and torches. The glow of lanterns around the courtyard filled with so many types of goblin like fae running around partying and celebrating.

The savory scents of roasted meats and vegetables or the sugary scents of pastries of all kinds wafting into the air

Sounds of joyful music, laughter and the occasional cheering or rather yelling over the games being hosted down below from where you were seated.

All of it should have made you feel warm, safe or welcome.

However it was anything but welcoming to you. Considering you were currently seated in the lap of the being who’d been tormenting your cottage and kidnapped you the second those protective seals had been broken.

The horror of getting dragged into the woods over his shoulder from the safety of your home still angers you even in this moment.

Memories of pushing against him as he whispered sweet promises of an eternity of love and laughter by his side still echoed in your mind.

Absentmindedly messing with the hem of the soft silk robes he’d clothed you in and occasionally messing with the necklace of amethyst beads he’d claimed to have hand carved and strung himself while you angrily contemplated your circumstances.

What you wouldn’t give to be away from him and this nightmare you’d fallen into by chance. Just one smack to his smug face would quell that rage burning inside you.

Speaking of your captor, Donatello seemed to pick up on this change in your mood. His eyes moving away from the party to look at his beloved resting against him. Every fiber of his been fighting the urge to just start peppering kisses all across your body.

Slowly, he shifted you around in his hold so you were sitting sideways. His hand gently coming up to cup your chin and tilt your head to face him.

“something the matter, dearest?” He asked, his tridactyl hands slowly tracing patterns and shapes across your back and shoulders. The goblet of wine he’d been sipping and the letters of congratulations from his goblin subjects to him and his new spouse settled to the side on a table, “you seem distant? Is the music not to your liking? I did made sure the musicians learned your favorite songs”

You had to fight the urge to roll your eyes at the soft shelled terrapins smug tone. Shifting around uncomfortably in his hold to try and have some semblance of space between you and him.

“No, everything’s fine” you replied as casually as possible, turning your head away so you didn’t have to lock eyes with him. though a hint of your nervousness crept through that facade you held, “I’m just a little tired is all. This party’s been going on for what? Like three hours now?”

Donnie let out a deep chuckle at your reply. Your efforts to distance yourself from him and the twinge of anxiety creeping into your voice not going unnoticed by his keen senses.

Shifting you around again in his embrace so you were facing him, he reached a hand up to mess with the flowers neatly styled into your hair.

“Now, my darling” he crooned, slowly twirling a strand of your hair in his hand. The action combined with that low purr in his voice making warmth rise to your cheeks. A thought in the back of your mind screaming to run yet your body would not move an inch.

That smug smirk of his seemed to compliment that soft loving yet possessive look in those dark eyes that. Eyes that practically stared into your soul everytime they looked at you as he gazed at you. His free hand making sure you were securely seated across his lap, giving your thigh a gentle squeeze, “try to enjoy the evening, Hmmm? After all I spent a very, very, very, that’s three verys, long time planning for this celebration of our love. Your allowed to relax you know”

Before you could even ask how on earth you were supposed to enjoy this when he kidnapped you and put you through hell, he leaned in and pressed a tender yet passionate kiss to your lips.

His beak cold against your skin as you sat there wide eyed and frozen in surprise. A soft smile gracing his face as he felt your muscles relax slightly. Feeling his hands come up and rest on the back of your head when he pulled you closer to him. Basking in the softness of your lips and the scent of flowers still clinging to your skin from the bath.

Eventually, he pulled away to let you breathe. A small yelp of surprise escaping you when he teasingly nipped at your bottom lip, eliciting a breathy chuckle from him.

Resting his elbow on the arm rest of his throne and propping his head up with his hand. A look of pure adoration in his eyes that both frightened you and made your heart flutter ever so slightly.

“I love you, my dear” he murmured, his voice soft and eyes half lidded. tracing a heart across your neck with his free hand. his guilded claws brushing against your skin that you couldn’t tell if it was meant to be affectionate or a subtle reminder that you’d belong to him.

“so, so much” he murmured, his arm coming to wrap around your waist to press your frame against his plastron. The party becoming more of a blur as you quietly rested in his embrace. Peppering kisses across your head as you fought back the urge to push against him.

Looking back on it?

Maybe you should have just cut your losses and moved when you and the chance.

Now you dance and shed your tears in the loving but possessive arms of the goblin king.

[ms-scarletwings]

Every Dredge Aberration (2023), Part 4

Cleft Mouth Shark

Encyclopedia #97

Aberrant form of Blacktip reef shark

Description:

A large body bisected by an enormous, grinning maw. Teeth stretch down forever into the blackness of its large gullet.

Comment: The last, and maybe most remembered of The Marrow's warped fish. Seriously, I stumbled into a bounty of fanart specifically about this jacked up, faceless shark. I belove it the same. Already we have seen two frequented themes in the aberrant line- beings transformed wholly for the purpose of creating and carrying eldritch life, and as so iconized by the above fella, those who instead now only live to consume other life. Early gamers keep their fingers crossed for one of these valuable brutes.

How to catch: Early investment into researching heavier fishing equipment and careful timing will be the friend of those hunting after this abomination. Not for the faint among those just starting out, as black tip reef sharks only appear at night in oceanic water. This means being farther away from the starting port and fishing in the thick of the fog. Keep wary that you don't pull up your catch only to lose it overboard in a collision with a tricky rock, or an assault from the night angler. Can be trawl netted.

Cerebral Crab

Encyclopedia #98

Aberrant form of common crab

Description:

A turquoise mass swells from within this small crab. The growth pulses, quickening in the light of the sun.

Comment: Would it be to awry of me to say that there's something almost... cute about the look of this scuttler? I find it difficult to not think there would be strange beauty in the sight of the island sands at night, pulsing and peppered with a gathering of these crabs' light, like jewels beneath the foam. I can at least be sure that their hue is enamoring once smeared across the hull of my boat. This is one of two mutants you must bring to the painter in Little Marrow to unlock the sharp mint pigments to customize with.

How to catch: As the name would suggest, this animal can only be harvested with patience and the use of a crab pot. Aim for a depth below 25 meters, such as close to, or even within the Greater Marrow harbor.

Malignant Pincer

Encyclopedia #99

Aberrant form of fiddler crab

Description:

Teal tumours secrete a slimy substance over cracks and joints. Its massive claw shudders as it fights for control.

Comment: Now THIS victim's predicament actually lends some fascinating implications about what ails the previous. These pustules look so alike to the same as the common crab's infection in both shape and color that I will go on a limb and decide that the same entity finds a host in either species. The "cerebral" part of the former's name indicates that this mass is in fact a brain of its own, with its own imperatives and will that overrides the poor vessel's. Because the infection has decided to root within the fiddler crab's claw, rather than its head, the animal's original brain has remained intact, despite everything. The body survives to stage a losing battle between nature and another's unknowable plan.

How to catch: They generally share roaming space with the common crabs of The Marrows, albeit preferring slightly shallower water, under a mere 10 meters to be exact. Due to their size, the basic crab pot can only hold one of them at a time, so, barring a speedrun to acquire the maw of the Deep, check the traps frequently if you are looking to snag one of these in the early game. I never found error in placing the pots right next to the Marrow docks for convenience. Bring one of these to the painter along with the cerebral crab to unlock the sharp mint paint for your ship.

Gnashing Perch

Encyclopedia #100

Aberrant form of oceanic perch

Description:

Eyeless and mindless. Driven only by the desire to consume. A purpose satiated many times over.

Comment: By now we’ve already seen plenty of fish that would fit that description, but that doesn’t make it any less suited for this example here. While there was no included mention of the perch’s spines here, I want to assume they’ve only been made more precariously jagged and sturdy.

How to catch: A daytime, coastal kind around the Gale Cliffs. Both the aberrant breed and the typical perch have blissfully modest space needs in both the ship’s cargo hold and the trawl net.

Flayed Mackerel

Encyclopedia #101

Aberrant form of tiger mackerel

Description:

Rended flesh with muscle and bone exposed. This gory mess of a fish can't have lived like this for long.

Comment: I see two possible stories told here. The first is that the evil essence afoot is what mutilated this mackerel. The second is that the specimen was actually flayed by natural means, and this infection is what allowed it to live in spite of its injuries.

How to catch: This is another coastal swimmer in range of the Gale Cliffs. Haul or trawl during daytime hours.

Bearded Mackerel

Encyclopedia #102

Aberrant form of tiger mackerel

Description:

The wispy tendrils sprouting from its mouth and flanks continue to writhe long after the fish has stopped flailing.

Comment: well, well well! It took us long enough to come to bountiful barbels. You haven’t truly flattered the spirit of lovecraftian fiction until you have attached tentacles onto flesh where they don’t belong, and in large numbers.

How to catch: ^^^

[cyberneutral]

Gush about your OC

Ahm, I got tagged by my dear @shynrel-vp , thank you for this opportunity to talk a little bit more of my character. Even tho I have five of them I choosed the one I'm enjoying the most right now.

RULES:

Post 5 Facts about your OC.

Open the latest section of #cyberpunk 2077 tag and reblog 5 posts of people you don’t follow, giving them nice tags.  

Tag 5 People to spread the game.

So... I'll be talking about my nuthead assassin: Kayn.

Delivered to Arasaka when he was just a kid, he didn't have the tradicional childhood. Unfamiliar with simple plays like hide and seek, he spent most of that time studying what the corporation let him have acess like science chemistry and physics. His sense of humor is very dried and awkward, he doesn't understand jokes very much and his jokes aren't understandable either what makes him a lonely dude. (humor reference: sheldon cooper from the big bang theory)

At first Kayn was a project Arasaka wanted to start that was the implatantion of the personalities constructs on youngers to make their body a "second home" for the members of the council. The project was shout down but the constructs were never removed or used, it was an cyber empty space in their heads that the corporation could use for whatever reason they want in the future. The project name can be found in the source code of the construct and it is: MMLXXX (2088), the year they wanted to present this to the world.

One day he was sent to eliminate a man but it was an ambush to test him. So when Kayn got there it wasn't just the target, even tho Kayn gave them a hard time in the end they won by number, beaten up to almost death. He woke up one week later in the hospital. Kayn developed a second personality in that time, his name is Rakin. A curious thing is that he was responsable for making him wake up since the main persona was too weak that time. Rakin is irrelevant, vengeful, violent and stronger. When he left the hospital the second persona made Kayn blind for revenge and week by week he spent killing everyone that was on that day. His brain got affected by his other persona like a poison corrupting it, he was tested in Arakasa and they saw this persona was affecting the construct either what was an unique ocasion. Arasaka took advantage of that, turning Kayn into an assassin for them, all his files got classified and he suddenly turned into a shadow, what was the perfect deal.

One day in a test at Arasaka lost his mind in a crisis while was connected in the cyberspace to see how was the construct that made Rakin suddenly starts to took over it, filling in the empty space of the engram and actually putting an organic personality there. This event made a black mark in his face that was caused by a corruption that accidentally happened when it was taken, this also made Kayn develop heterochromia since his yellow eye is his natural one and the red one is actually from his alter ego. Arasaka once again didn't know what to do with that so they tried to turn Rakin into an personality construct but it would kill Kayn but with the several attempts he turned into a hybrid: now they have the human personality: Kayn & there's also Rakin the persona living in the cyberspace even tho he isn't an AI and can influence in Kayn's mind as an organic one.

In the recent days he still works for Arasaka and have what he call friends from work - they are not his friends and he doesn't like them. In a birthday party of one of his fella workers he was drag to a karaoke which he hated a lot, he met Lazuli (@wingdeer oc), little did he know he was talking to an AI. But since he doesn't have any sense of humor he didn't notice she wasn't human and found her very pleasent, that made something very rare happen: Kayn and Rakin now had an interest in commun. Fun fact: He will not care that she's an AI, he finds her more interesting than everyone that has been around him in his whole life. (I might write something for them soon).

Well, tagging time. Of course no pressure/obligation but I would like to know about your OC's and want people to know about them too. @mentorun @mhbcaps @neverfadesaway @fonfan121 @rebelcroftvp

[fictinder]

Howdy, it's Rose! (She/her, 24) Main blog is @the13throseii

This is just kinda a space for thinking about romancing people who aren't real. :)

No DNI, just be nice and don't leave nasty comments or tags. I don't check the blogs of everyone who interacts, anyway, it's too taxing on the brain.

Minors are allowed to interact, but nothing here is intended for audiences under 18. I'm an adult writing for other adults.

I can and may decline any request for any reason. Don't take it personally, I'm probably either just really not feeling the prompt or am not at all interested in the subject.

You can request characters not listed below, but I can't promise I know them or am confident in them enough to write for them.

What I won't write

Characters or reader-inserts under 18

Age regression-related content (I have nothing against agere personally, but I have no interest in it and would not like to write for it)

Character x character (Saving that for other spaces, such as my main and my Ao3, and will not be taking requests there either)

Smut/sexually explicit material (BY REQUEST. I might write some on my own time and post it here, but I won't do it by request. Sorry. Just really lacking in smut confidence here.)

Blank x reader (I need details, fellas. Just imagining a blank mannequin in my head interacting with these characters is not good for my motivation.)

What I will write

Character x reader

Multi character x reader (multiple imagines in the same post or multiple characters with reader at the same time)

Hurt/comfort content (genuinely I love h/c so much)

Gendered reader (just specify if you want one specified, otherwise I will default to no gender specified)

Evil characters & reader-inserts (I'll probably be writing bad guys more often than good guys anyway)

Nonhuman characters & reader-inserts (this includes all manner of anthro animals as well as monsters, aliens, robots, etc.)

AU requests (I can't guarantee I'll write ALL AU requests, but generally I'm open to them)

Suggestive or sensual, but not sexually explicit, material (ie; foreplay and stuff intended as kinky but without actual sexual contact. For example: sensual touching, biting, licking, suggestive dialogue)

Character Database below

Animation

Asajj Ventress, General Grievous (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

The Beast (Over the Garden Wall)

Biowulf (Generator Rex)

Demongo (Samurai Jack)

Kurogiri (My Hero Academia)

NOS-4-A2 (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)

Ozzie (Helluva Boss)

Rattlesnake Jake (Rango)

Lord Shen (Kung Fu Panda 2)

Shockwave (Transformers Animated)

Horror

The Miner (Harry Warden or Axel Palmer) [My Bloody Valentine (1981)]

Candyman / Daniel Robitaille [Candyman (1992)]

Christine [Christine (1983)] [yeah that's right. The car. Though I'll be writing her more as a demon]

Pin-Up (The Strangers series)

Krampus [Krampus (2015)]

Laurie (Trick 'r Treat)

Samus Aran, Ridley, Dark Samus, Rundas (Metroid series)

Video Games

Valtiel (Silent Hill 3)

Zant (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

[whitherwordswither]

Logs from the Starfields

Name: Trim. Pronouns: They/Them. Background: Long Hauler. Traits: Wanted. Introvert. Alien DNA.

Some Backstory

I used to haul cargo long distances. Didn't matter what, as long as the creds were decent. Parts shipments to new colonies. A few passenger transports here and there when I felt like having some company. Sometimes, I'd even take a shady no-questions-asked contract.

It was one of those off the books deals that went south. That's how I ended up with alien DNA in my veins and a very unhappy client. To be fair, they didn't provide any warning or advise not to open the cargo. Sometimes I like to know what I'm stretching my neck out for. I wasn't totally prepared to fight off a weird space mutt with extra tendril-esque appendages and a penchant for chomping. Fucker got me good. I got 'em in kind. But whatever was in that hounds bite sure did some tango in my genome.

Get some weird dreams, odd cravings every so often. On the plus side I've never breathed as good my whole life. Been feeling quite a bit sturdier too. Food ain't been filling me up quite as well and med packs seem a bit slower but I ain't complaining… much. Which is also why I now have to keep my eyes open and watch over my shoulder. Never know when they'll send another squad to try and collect. I'm assuming they wanted the mutt for some wicked experiments. Guess I did the poor soul a favor on that front.

At the very least… it keeps my life exciting. If not tedious. Christ… I'm tired. But if I stop, I'm dead, so. What can ya do? [ Note: Minor spoilers for beginning of the game ahead! ]

Captain's Log #0.01:

Life's been up, down, and through the ringer more times than I can count. And I can count pretty high. Been trying to find a new way for a while now. Nothing seems to want to pan out. Shit luck, I guess.

Signed up with a mining crew for a change of pace. Was about ready to go on lunch break. Have a nice sandwich. Took it right off Rigel's plate. Stared right at him while I did it, too. The look on his face was priceless. Didn't even try to stop me. (I only feel a little bit like a jerk. But he's been getting on my nerves. What's a little sandwich shenanigans between crewmates, right?)

So anyway. Didn't have time to eat. What did I get instead? A ridiculous helping of ancient artifact brain waltzing, a run and gun all pirate rodeo, and a robot who criticizes the amount of junk I pick up every chance it gets. Listen, buddy. I got to net some creds somehow. And ain't nobody using these 15 microscopes for anything. Or those 37 succulents. Mind your own business. (Though, not sure why I needed all these notebooks in assorted RGB colors. I could drop a few but… I just think they're neat.)

Guess I also got a free ship out of the deal. At least no one's tried to take it back from me yet. See how long that lasts. (Pirates notwithstanding. I made a special detour to talk the head honcho out of pestering me. He even agreed. Then I accidently shot the volatile barrel him and his two guards were standing next to and uh… Oops, I guess?)

Anyhow. Poked around this abandoned research facility. Scanned a few rocks and some novelty sized trilobites. Filled my pockets and then jumped to New Atlantis.

Some group called Constellation wants me to join up given the head-fuckery I witnessed on contact with the artifact. Some kind of explorers club. Gave me a room and everything. Sarah, who seems to kind of be the woman in charge, wants to take me out on a mission. But I've got a lot of side gigs on my plate already and I want to take care of those first, so. I hope she don't mind waiting around a bit while I do some good humanitorial work… or whatever.

Feels nice to help folks sometimes, y'know? Got a tired lookin' gal near the tram some coffee. Helped fix up some wiring discrepancies down in the sub-city. Even rounded up some bio-scanners for a scientist fella.

Think I might go survey a planet next. I'll tell ya about it when I'm done.

End log.

[bacony-cakes]

I have just had a crazy dream.

Begin dream: vaguely 90s cartoon-style (kinda like Ed, Edd, and Eddy) point-and click game.

I have been here before in another dream so i know the goal of this location: You need to get an item to get through the gate (which itself goes into a narrow passageway with many crossroads).

You need to give the guard something or maybe shoot him to get through.

Pick up Space Shuttle, a "90s Laser Gun" (which requires a battery), and the Nuclear Winter Icicle Gun from Roblox. They were around in the world.

Go to the brain zone to unlock more items, which may or may not be useful, from brain spiders (complete the puzzles to get items).

Begin having balance issues, get increasingly upset as i can hardly grab the brain spiders, and i miss a couple of items.

I flip my shit and steal an incredibly large raspberry-esque hard jelly from a researcher (the whole location is vaguely like a diner).

Go back down to the other path. This is where the dream transitions.

We are now in a clickbaity "top 28 most violent moments in deltarune" video. It is narrated by the guy that does those "Top 10 Cinema Countdown" segments on television.

Remember: i hardly know what Deltarune is, my brain is just making shit up as we go along.

Third item on the list: It's a battle between the, uh, protagonists of Deltarune (at least two of them) and this dude who i'm pretty sure is just the Ice King from Adventure Time with even more back problems than usual.

Goat fella turns into a gigantic gumdrop-shaped pink thing with his face on it and starts ramming into the Ice King like he's on rollerskates (no animation whatsoever, he just slams right in there like he's in powerpoint).

This kills the Ice King.

Some fucked-up Dark-Fawful-esque void creature appears from the side of the Ice King's battle arena and addresses me directly that i should not have killed the Ice King and that this will lead me down a dark path (the character's name in the dialouge box was "rb").

Narrator dude starts talking about how the next item on his list involves Superfluids, although my other Narrator (Me, dreaming this dream) thinks he's talking about Ferrofluids.

The next item on the list starts with Sully from Monster's Inc and Bomb from the Angry Birds movie climbing towards the stern of the Toppat Airship.

The Toppat Airship in question is made out of solid gold. And it's in space.

Sully and Bomb talk to each other about how hard climbing the exterior of the airship is.

We switch now to the view of an AC-130 Gunship (also in space) liningup to shoot the Toppat Airship like it's World War 2.

Switch back to Sully and Bomb, shrapnel from the 105mm cannon on the AC-130 is hitting them. The gunship is just going absolute ham on it.

The first narrator mentions that they "put maybe a bit too much effort in making the wounds they recieve realistic".

An extreme close-up on Bomb reveals that he is made up entirely from cigarettes, and is also smoking a cigarette. He catches fire.

A few seconds later, the bow portion of the Toppat Airship ERUPTS INTO FLAMES, and it is sent into a death spiral as it breaks up during atmospheric reentry. The AC-130 is still shooting at it.

Sully and Bomb fall off of the Airship, and land on a nearly barren expanse of basalt, and the Airship (missing at least one propeller) crashes into a large basalt mountain in the distance. The "Xen" music from the Black Mesa remake starts playing as they recover from the fall.

I wake up.

[wyrm-town]

Here are my guesses:

Mori 🌿🐇 - rabbit lover

Dr. Two-brains 🧀🐁 - mouse lover

Marina 💜🌑 - based on that recent reblog, moon goddess?? (Not really a guess tho, since it was outright stated)

Pheo 🌺🔥 - she either really likes flowers or really hates them

Olli 🦊🧡 - Fox lover

Becky ⭐️📕 - a reader

Amanda 🥩📼 - these items could not be less related (exaggeration). I don’t even have a guess

Linux 🔌💿 - having the same name as an OS and with those emojis, he def likes technology a lot. Possibly a fellow programmer?

Victoria 🏆🏅 - strongly prefers to win (maybe a sore loser? <-probably not but I want at least some of these to have more detail)

Shellington 🐚🔬 - marine biology. Likes collecting seashells on trips to the beach

Kwazii 🌊🏴‍☠️ - a pirate

Silly 🎪🎠 - either makes a lot of jokes or is generally less serious

Cap’n 💫🪐 - likes to gaze at the stars at planets

/lh

I had another question but I forgot

Mori 🌿🐇 - Yeah! I love rabbits, hares, and kinda just nature in general. I felt like those emojis kinda fit my vibe.

Dr. Two-Brains 🧀🐁 - He doesn’t just love mice, he IS a mouse. Kinda. See, he’s called Dr. Two-Brains because he has two brains. A human brain and a mouse brain. He also loves cheese so much. Too much. It’s his defining character trait.

Marina 💜🌑 - Yep, that’s pretty much it. She’s a moon goddess. Also her favorite color is purple.

Pheo 🌺🔥 - Tbh the flower is just kinda there for aesthetic reasons. It looked pretty so Pheo liked it, and that’s about it. The fire is there because sie’s a whole ass phoenix.

Olli 🦊🧡 - Yeah, his favorite animal is foxes, and it’s favorite color is orange.

Becky ⭐️📕 - She loves not just reading, but words and language in general. Also her design features lots of red and yellow stars, so that’s why the star is there.

Amanda 🥩📼 - Lol, these emojis are based pretty heavily on her source. The game is in an analog horror style, so that’s what the VHS is for. There’s also a bit of a meat, gore, and rotting motif throughout the game.

Linux 🔌💿 - He is actually just a silly little computer boy. He’s just a little robot friend. A little TV headed fella. We collectively know very little about tech and programming, unfortunately.

Victoria 🏆🏅- You’re actually so right! Literally her whole character is that she’s obsessed with being the best at everything, and she refuses to lose at anything. Very much a sore loser (although we’re teaching her to be more open to messing up and all that) and loves winning everything.

Shellington 🐚🔬- Yep yep! He’s super into marine biology, and loves all things ocean related.

Kwazii 🌊🏴‍☠️- Yeah, he’s a pirate and also loves the ocean.

Silly 🎪🎠- Silly is a clown who is obviously super into clowncore and all that stuff! Sh3 also loves things like amusement parks as well.

Cap’n 💫🪐 - They are actually an introject of a character who was a spaceship captain! He does love learning about and space and stargazing.

[kalopses-sonderes]

True Facts about Cookies: Halloween edition.

 It’s Halloween, many people go out trick or treating, but today we are going deep down into the scary and dark secrets that lies in the cold surface of a game called, Cookie Run. At first you may be thinking, that this game is made for kids, but there is very dark content inside this game about Cookies, so let’s start.

Gingerbrave and gingerbright: both of these cookies came from the same dough, meaning that they are brothers or something like that, but for some reason the game says that they are only friends, strange right?

Tiger Lily cookie’s pet: the mouthwatering pet of Tiger Lily, Meat King, is theorized that they are actually Tiger meat, in the pet’s description says “According to stories, it is unaware that it has turned into meat and still believes itself to be the mighty ruler of the jungle, as it once was in the past.”, and the marks on their face, that resembles the marking patterns of the tigers, only helps this theory.

Space Mini Ball: the pet of doughnut cookie, a little creature that flies a little ship, but this little fella is actually a brain from another space doughnut, in the description says “Space Mini Ball was once the core of Space Doughnut. Truth be told, it is the brain of the duo - quite literally so, as the brain had been in the core of the dough.”, implying that the brain of a space doughnut was kept alive, put inside a little spaceship, so that the thing could move around and stay alive, that’s messed up.

Land 4 obstacles: In cookie run ovenbreak, in the game mode trophy race, there’s a land that you can unlock after reaching 1200 trophies called Crystal Pudding Underworld, but there is some creepy secrets about their obstacles, in the cookie run fandom we can see sprites of the Twinkling Crystal Cave obstacles, a part of land 4. In the image you can see two big crystal like obstacles, but if you squint a little your vision you can see organs inside them, like a heart and even a brain, the reason to why they are inside those structures are unknown.

!WARNING! The following content has topics such as murders, death, predators and many others, many of those facts are just speculations or theories, if you fell uncomfortable please stop reading up to this part, thank you for reading and stay tuned for more True Facts about Cookies, have a good day, noon or night.

Cream Unicorn Cookie is a predator (you know what I mean): ok ok, this is a pretty dark content to start this part but remember, this is nothing canonical, it is just theories. Anyway, it’s implied that Cream Unicorn is a predator, specially with the kid cookies, you see this theory increase because of the things that Cream Unicorn says in their loading messages, such as “I hope every child's dreams come true.”, “Visiting a memorable place is like looking at pictures.”, “Happiness is found in the laughter of children.”, “Even a single glance can bring a new encounter.”, it doesn’t help the fact that in the trivia “Cream Unicorn Cookie's original concept was more mature and lonely. This was modified to be more friendly to all audiences, but to still keep the bittersweetness of a lonely, closed theme park where Cream Unicorn Cookie has spent a very long time all alone.”, and it doesn’t help the fact that in their relationship charts, there’s at least 4 kid cookies (All this information came from Cookie Run Fandom)

Kumiho Cookie is a murderer: the cookie is inspired of a mythical creature called Kumiho, a 9 tailed fox that could transform into a beautiful woman, that would seduce man so that they could kill the man and eat the poor man’s liver or heart, strangely in her description, says that she seduces cookies, so that she could steal their jellies. But it doesn’t help the fact that Devsisters, the creators of cookie run, are localized in South Korea, where the legend of the 9 tailed fox is very popular.

Onion Cookie is dead: the little crying cookie is dead, in CRK there’s a bond called “Ghost of the Tower”, it tells the story of how Blackberry cookie and Onion cookie became friends, it’s implied that Onion cookie had perished on the titular tower, while hiding in a game of hide and seek. Some people say that she got stuck on top of that tower while trying to hide and she starved to death, but for some reason she can’t remember that.

Chestnut Cookie is dead: in cookie run ovenbreack, the little cookie has a costume called, heart warmer, where he wears a little hood with stitches all over it and he is holding a basked with matches in it. This costume is based on a story called, the little match girl, in the story, the girl fails to sell matches to passerby, scared to go home and likely be beaten up by her father for not selling any match, she decided to sleep the cold night, dying because of the freezing night.

Heartbreak: In Ovenbreack, there is a strange picture having the same name, in the picture there is two dead cookies, one in the left and other in the right, in the right side there’s a cookie that has almost the same design as Gingerbrave with their body totally crumbled. And the left side we can see a cookie that has blonde hair and half of their body is eaten, but with blood coming out making a pool. It’s somewhat creepy, but at the same time heartbreaking.

The witches body: in Ovenbreack (2009), not to be confused with CR Ovenbreack, there was a game mode called, innerspace, where after Dozer cookie got eaten by a witch, gingerbrave cookie decided to go inside the witch to find Dozer cookie. Inside gingerbrave would go trough many different places like the witche’s stomach and heart, but one creepy thing is that, when you run in the witches stomach you can see In the background, the soul of the many cookies that she ate, with screaming and crying faces. You can find these informations in the Cookie Run Fandom.

No.

Why

Why did you have to send this through my inbox😭 I dont want to be creeped out by the game more than I already am😭😭

[that-ineffable-devil]

So me and the TTRPG crew were discussing options last night to maintain weekly meet up but only do tabletop every two weeks to give our DM a break so he can work on his depression and executive dysfunction, and one of the suggestions was "movie club" which is fine because I haven't seen a lot of movies.

But then they mentioned something called Underwater (I think) in reference to some eldritch horror shit and I was like NOPE NOPE NOPE.

And such a visceral reaction meant explaining, with much embarrassment, that I have some sort of weird fear about underwater stuff in movies and video games, but how it's not necessarily the WATER because I also experience the same visceral reaction to video games where I have to fly in open spaces. It's more akin to agoraphobia.

And they were like "But our TTRPG... We're on a ship? What's gonna happen if the ship starts sinking or you have to do underwater stuff?"

So I had to explain that I can do that because it's in my head and I can control what I see in there.

But that made even less sense to them.

Look, fellas, I don't know what to tell you. My brain is a dumbass. I've tried to train it and desensitize it but it reacts to these situations like a cornered, soaking wet raccoon at the bottom of a trash can who was abruptly awoken and is prepared to fight god or die trying.

[bahamutgames]

AFTERTHOUGHTS : Emerald Version

Game: Pokemon Emerald Version (September 16, 2004)

Console: Gameboy Advance (Via emulation)

Fellas! It's time for me to talk more about Pokemon! Isn't that always the best time in the world? While I'm trying to take my in-order playthroughs of these big RPG series slowly, I couldn't help myself and just HAD to play Pokemon Emerald. Seriously, I was losing my mind I seriously COULD NOT stop thinking about how bad I wanted to play it. So here we are! And now I'll tell you what I think about this game!

As always, this is NOT a review! Just me spitting up my thoughts so I can get them out of my brain and have room for more thoughts on more games! Don't take anything I say as definitive criticism, and always play ANYTHING I talk about if it seems interesting to you!

POKEMON EMERALD SPOILERS AHEAD, BE WARNED!

Opening

So, you might be surprised to learn considering how much I love Pokemon, but I've actually NEVER beaten any of the games past the first 2 generations! For a variety of reasons. Not least of all was money, I think by the time I finally got a GBA the DS may have been on its way around. And when I got it, I went for Firered cause... Charizard lol. God, I remember looking at Nintendo.com for screenshots of the GBA Pokemon games to decide which region I liked more for when my mom and brother were gonna buy me a GBA haha. Regardless, yeah! Hoenn is the region I grew up around so I have a lot of nostalgia for it. I didn't play the game and I didn't have cable to watch the anime. But this is my era of Pokemon card collecting! Delta Species! E-Reader! My first Pokemon Card ever was Spheal! ANYWAY, we're not here to talk about my Pokemon Nostalgia, we're here to talk about my brand new Pokemon Experiences! So lets get a move on and talk about Emerald!

Stuff I liked

Where to begin? As I'm sure you're aware, I'm a MASSIVE sucker for the GBA. It's an important console to me so the sprites and music from it are some of my all time favorites. And this is seriously some cream of the crop GBA content right here. Easily the best sprite work I've seen in the series in my current playthrough so far, and the music is absolutely lovely. I know the trumpets are a meme but this is great! I'm a little biased though, Firered was my childhood game so getting to see this graphic style, this soundfont, and even some straight up reused sound effects made me so nostalgic! This game just feels so safe and cozy in a way I haven't really experienced in a while.

The story and set up this game is great too! It's a bit of a departure from the previous 2. Where RBY focuses a bit on man-made monstrosities, GSC focuses on mysticism and culture, RSE focuses on prehistory and nature (which I'm obsessed with right now)! It's a great theme and I thought the idea of Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza being ancient beasts that helped shape the planet was cool. But they were particularly cool because they were SO old no one remembered what they were! People knew about Mew, but no one knew about these things? That's nuts! That's neat! Also, the evil teams, while insane, were also cool and I LOVED that there's 2 of them! Like the part where you climb up the volcano and the 2 teams are fighting was SUPER cool!

And overall the game is just filled with very unique concepts like that that really differentiate it from the first 2 games. Your dad is a Gym Leader! Cool! Double Battles (the coolest part probably) COOL! There's a town built on logs in the water, a treehouse town, a volcano town, cool cool cool! There's Pokemon that can only be caught by having a free party slot when you evolve another one. That's cool! Pokemon is always trying cool and interesting stuff with technology (the fascination with interesting technology is one of the games highlights) and I really feel like this one takes a lot of advantage of the new tech like clock based events and more storage space on the cartridge for crazier things. This game is just very different from the first 2 in all the best ways!

And where that shines the best is, no questions asked. In the Pokedex. If you'll recall, my biggest complaint about Crystal is that there are NO new Pokemon in it. Johto has one of the best Pokedex's ever imo but none of those Pokemon are actually easily available in the game. I'm happy to say Hoenn doesn't have that issue at all! There ARE Pokemon from previous generations, but they're few and far in between compared to all the wonderful new species there is to find and catch! I was encountering new things left and right! It was able to keep the excitement going just like RBY did! And likewise, the Gyms all used new Pokemon too! And Hoenn really does have a lovely Pokedex filled some REALLY stellar designs. I struggled to figure out who my final teammate should be for a long time before settling on Flygon. Tropius? Banette? Torkoal? There were SO many good ones! For anyone curious, my favorite Hoenn Pokemon is Swampert!

Stuff I didn't like

Thankfully I feel like this section isn't massive. Really there isn't much I can complain about with Emerald. But there are SOME things to point out. First off, and this isn't EXACTLY the game's fault. But not having access to time based events was a headache. Obviously that's not the game's fault cause how could they know that would become an issue later, but it is still a nitpick I had to mention lol. It does tie into a bigger problem though, held items are SO hard to get in this one. I feel like I was scraping the bottom of the barrel for some of these held items just cause so many I wanted were locked into shoal cave or whatever which you need the clock to use. Or were locked behind one dickhead dragon trainer who never wants to rematch you and you have to battle a million times to get his stupid Pokemon. But again I guess that's a nitpick.

A slightly larger issue is the water. UGH. I love that this game's region is a series of islands, that does rule. But I feel like as a consequence of that, you have to surf SO much. When IGN said there was too much water they were not lying! You surf SO MUCH which sounds cool, but it's so hard to figure out where on earth you're meant to go in those ocean sections. And then Dive just muddies the paths even more. And there are some sections where they don't even tell you where to go so you're really lost just trying to navigate massive ocean. It was a bit much.

But my biggest issue, was without a doubt. The storylines' conclusion. It all felt a little. Eh? Like it didn't live up properly to what was being built up? Before I watch the Ruby and Sapphire endings I'll write my complaints: So first off: the evil team story ending kinda sucks! The cutscenes of the beasts fighting was SO awesome but it's basically the only cool part. It's just Rayquaza showing up, and then everyone fucks off. I feel like there was a better way to handle this ending that would have made it way cooler, and I actually wrote it up back in July:

tldr, double battles are awesome and should have been more prevalent. It's a crime there's only 1 fight in the game that gives you a teammate. The evil team storyline should have ended with your team teaming up with Rayquaza to fight Groudon + Kyogre. Oh well.

Similarly, I also thought the Champion battle was oddly underwhelming. Wallace is... neat. But I was SO certain it was gonna be Steven! The whole game seems to imply as much! But then it's this dude you met for like... 2 seconds earlier rather than the bad ass you met over and over. Kinda underwhelming. But now let me watch the RS endings really quick to see how they compare.

Yeah I'm done and I gotta say, RS actually handle this way better. It feels like Groudon's power is actually contributing with the intense sunlight, you actually HAVE to battle Groudon or Kyogre to fix the problem, and I was was right, Steven is the final boss. This all makes SO much more sense and I don't really understand why they couldn't combine these elements a little nicer into emerald or why they changed the Champion at all. Regardless though, I still think Emerald was cool and I'm still happy I played the green one lol.

Final Thoughts

Yeah this game rules! I'm so glad I finally got to play the game that was around when I was a kid and really experience it for the first time! I had a blast with this one and really really enjoyed getting to see what Hoenn was all about in addition to seeing all the new and gimmicky stuff they tried and how the new technology lead to new weird things for this entry! The whole game feels so nostalgic to me even though I've never played it, and while that's a bit biased, it's the truth! The story was great, the layout was great, the game felt perfect to play, there was so much new stuff to discover and do that hadn't been done in the last 2 games. And the Pokemon distribution was GREAT! With tons of new faces to find and catch! I loved Pokemon Emerald and I totally understand why so many people speak so highly of it!

Let's roll out the tier list!

No questions asked, Emerald is my favorite of what I've played through so far! It manages to keep up the excitement of RBY with a big new world to discover that still manages to build up mystery, have new and exciting experiences, and a wonderful slew of new Pokemon that are EASY to find. While also continuing what GSC did right in terms of massively improving the last game's graphics and music and general game feel WITHOUT sacrificing good Pokemon distribution. It's the best of both worlds while still massively improving on everything! I think with a little more consideration for what made the finale of RS so good, Emerald could have been absolutely perfect. Even though this region certainly has some Pokemon designs I'm not super fond of, the ones I dislike are still cute enough and they're certainly the minority of the Pokedex. Emerald Rules!

Also, you'll notice I removed the remakes from the list. Unlike Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest, whose entries I played just as early as Highschool. The Pokemon Remakes are games I played all the way back in Elementary/Middle School. AGES ago. So I don't feel like it's fair to compare them to the other games when I mostly just prefer them based on nostalgia and the benefit they have from being remakes (especially since I won't be playing any other remakes.) So going forward this tier list is just based on the original versions.

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Thanks for reading! I'm really trying to clear out my to-do list so I can just relax when my Birthday comes up. So I'm hoping to finish my write ups on thoughts of games I played recently soon. Only one game left too! So that's nice!

I'm really trying to not bumrush this series but honestly I'm really enjoying it so I'm already kinda itching to continue. But I'm not gonna play it until later in the year at the earliest. Next stop is Platinum!

If you wanna see my beautiful team you can right here! And you can get a more in depth look at their stats here!

As always you're welcome to follow me on twitter to see what I'm up to! That's all I have for you today! Go out and play something from your childhood!

[mattspost-modernodyssey]

WHEN WE FIRST MET

Well, I was doin' 10 to 20 in a Georgia State medium security for cookin' meth, votin' Democrat, and performin' taxidermy without a license, so I figured I'd never be back in the romance game while in my prime.  So I put my heart up on a shelf and and resigned myself to a lonely life that narrated like an old Hank Williams song....except you gotta substitute toilet hooch for the whiskey.  I settled into the solitary life, spendin' my days avoidin' White Nationalists, Black Nationalists, MS13, and Larry.  Larry was trying to start a cult, but it wasn't going too well since he couldn't convince anyone that David Hasselhoff was the second incarnation of Jesus Christ.  I think it's 'cause the younger inmates don't even know who David Hasselhoff is....and have never been moved to rapture by the sweet melody of "Lady."  I believe in religious freedom an' all, but Larry had serious case of halitosis and no concept of personal space, so we had to nip that in the bud.

I'd play checkers in the yard with a Mexican fella whom everybody called "Pepinillo."  He said it meant "Savage Warrior" in Spanish.  I don't speak Spanish, so I took his word for it.  He was a nice enough fella, though.

Well, one day, I had latrine duty and I was cleaning the mirrors, scrubbing sinks and toilets, looking for stashed drugs and hooch to pass the evening while I finished the last few chapters of the Lauren Dane novel I smuggled out of the library.  I think it was titled "Laid Bare."  It's a scorcher.

So I was throwing some elbow grease into toilet 3 and I started humming "Hello" by Lionel Richie.  Then I heard a disembodied humming about four stalls down.  I stopped humming for a second, but the other humming continued for a moment, then blossomed open into  sweet singing---

"I've been alone with you inside my mind....."

Then a mute second passed.

"And in my dreams I've kissed your lips a thousand times".....

Suddenly, I stopped scrubbing and thoughts of poor quality liquor and smuggled fentanyl wisped from my brain and the music rose from my throat in response--

"I sometimes see you pass outside my door..."

Then, the response came back, longing, from stall 7--

"Hello,....... is it me you're looking for?"

Then I stood and returned the melody--

"I can see it in your eyes,.... I can see it in your smile."

And the voice and my voice joined in harmony--

'You're all I've ever wanted and my arms are open wide..."

With heart filled with longing, with tears in my eyes, and all reservation lost, I scrambled down the row, sliding in front of stall 7, heart pounding.  I took a breath and swallowed hard and released my pent-up desire for a voice whose owner I'd never seen---just as the angel's voice forced itsway through the stall door--

"Cause you know just what to say, and you know just what to do...."

The door began to open.

"And I want to tell you so much, ..."

DAMMIT, LARRY!!!  WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE??!!

[vindicia]

The past is past, now, But that’s... You know, okay! It’s never really gone completely. The future is always built on the past, even if we won’t get to see it.

OUTER WILDS (2019)

[emile-hides]

Bro I am SO stupid, I didn’t know that the silly yella fella from lethal league was called Candyman. I’ve been over here this whole time thinking you were F/Os with Candyman like. From the horror franchise of the same name, like the guy with the hook hand who turns into bees or something

I knew going in tagging posts as Candyman without context someone was going to make this connection instead and I was at peace with it. I thought about it myself sometimes reblogging basic Self Ship posts like "OP's gonna think I mean Candyman the bee ghost guy" and I really had to come to terms with that.

It's my own fault for not posting enough about my silly yella fella.

[mrfoox]

I.... Really don't understand the gamer stance of... Making their setup look good and showing it off

[gatorprompts]

𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟗  𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄  𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 .

from  the  2014  album  by  taylor  swift .    please  amend  wording  where  required !

WELCOME  TO  NEW  YORK . 

“ everybody  here  wanted  something  more . ”

“ searching  for  a  sound  we  haven’t  heard  before . ”

“ welcome  to  new  york . ”

“ it’s  been  waiting  for  you . ”

“ i  could  dance  to  this  beat  forevermore . ”

“ everybody  here  was  someone  else  before . ”

“ you  can  want  who  you  want . ”

“ boys  and  boys  and  girls  and  girls . ”

“ like  any  great  love ,  it  keeps  you  guessing . ”

“ like  any  real  love ,  it’s  ever  changing . ”

“ like  any  true  love ,  it  drives  you  crazy . ”

“ but  you  know  you  wouldn’t  change  it  for  anything . ”

“ the  lights  are  so  bright ,  but  they  never  blind  me . ”

BLANK  SPACE .

“ nice  to  meet  you ,  where  you  been ? ”

“ i  could  show  you  incredible  things . ”

“ magic ,  madness ,  heaven ,  sin . ”

“ you  look  like  my  next  mistake . ”

“ love’s  a  game ,  wanna  play ? ”

“ i  can  read  you  like  a  magazine . ”

“ i  know  you  heard  about  me . ”

“ i’m  dying  to  see  how  this  one  ends . ”

“ grab  your  passport  and  my  hand . ”

“ i  can  make  the  bad  guys  good  for  a  weekend . ”

“ it’s  gonna  go  down  in  flames . ”

“ you  can  tell  me  when  it’s  over  if  the  high  was  worth  the  pain . ”

“ got  a  long  list  of  ex-lovers . ”

“ they’ll  tell  you  i’m  insane . ”

“ we’re  young  and  we’re  reckless . ”

“ it’ll  leave  you  breathless  or  with  a  nasty  scar . ”

“ i’ve  got  a  blank  space ,  baby ,  and  i’ll  write  your  name . ”

“ you’re  the  king ,  baby ,  i’m  your  queen . ”

“ the  worst  is  yet  to  come . ”

“ i  can  make  all  the  tables  turn . ”

“ i  get  drunk  on  jealousy . ”

“ you’ll  come  back  each  time  you  leave . ”

“ i’m  a  nightmare  dressed  like  a  daydream . ”

“ boys  only  want  love  if  it’s  torture . ”

“ don’t  say  i  didn’t  say  i  didn’t  warn  ya . ”

STYLE .

“ could  end  in  burning  flames  or  paradise . ”

“ it’s  been  a  while  since  i  have  even  heard  from  you . ”

“ i  should  just  tell  you  to  leave ,  ‘cause  i  know  exactly  where  it  leads . ”

“ i  got  that  red  lip  classic  thing  that  you  like . ”

“ when  we  come  crashing  down ,  we  come  back  every  time . ”

“ we  never  go  out  of  style . ”

“ i  heard  that  you’ve  been  out  and  about  with  some  other  girl . ”

“ what  you  heard  is  true ,  but  i  can’t  stop  thinking  about  you . ”

“ take  me  home . ”

OUT  OF  THE  WOODS .

“ looking  at  it  now ,  it  all  seems  so  simple . ”

“ the  rest  of  the  world  was  black  and  white ,  but  we  were  in  screaming  colour . ”

“ and  i  remember  thinking ,  are  we  out  of  the  woods  yet ? ”

“ are  we  out  of  the  woods ? ”

“ are  we  in  the  clear  yet ? ”

“ we  were  built  to  fall  apart  then  fall  back  together . ”

“ twenty  stitches  in  the  hospital  room . ”

“ when  you  started  crying ,  baby ,  i  did  too . ”

“ but  when  the  sun  came  up ,  i  was  looking  at  you . ”

“ remember  when  we  couldn’t  take  the  heat ? ”

“ i’m  setting  you  free . ”

“ the  monsters  turned  out  to  be  just  trees . ”

“ when  the  sun  came  up  you  were  looking  at  me .”

ALL  YOU  HAD  TO  DO  WAS  STAY .

“ people  like  you  always  want  back  the  love  they  gave  away . ”

“ people  like  me  wanna  believe  you  when  you  say  you’ve  changed . ”

“ the  more  i  think  about  it  now ,  the  less  i  know . ”

“ all  you  had  to  do  was  stay . ”

“ had  me  in  the  palm  of  your  hand . ”

“ why’d  you  have  to  go  and  lock  me  out  when  i  let  you  in ? ”

“ i  don’t  know  what  to say . ”

“ i’ve  been  picking  up  the  pieces  of  the  mess you  made . ”

“ people  like  you  always  want  back  the  love  they  pushed  aside . ”

“ let  me  remind  you  this  was  what  you  wanted . ”

“ you  were  all  i  wanted ,  but  not  like  this . ”

SHAKE  IT  OFF .

“ i  stay  out  too  late . ”

“ got  nothing  in  my  brain . ”

“ i  go  on  too  many  dates ,  but  i  can’t  make  them  say . ”

“ it’s  like  i  got  this  music  in  my  mind . ”

“ the  players  gonna  play . ”

“ the  haters  gonna  hate . ”

“ i’m  lightning  on  my  feet . ”

“ that’s  what  they  don’t  say . ”

“ i  shake  it  off . ”

“ and  to  the  fella  over  there  with  the  hella  good  hair :  why  don’t  you  come  on  over  baby ? ”

I  WISH  YOU  WOULD .

“ you  say  it’s  in  the  past . ”

“ you  think  i’m  gonna  hate  you  now ,  ‘cause  you  still  don’t  know  what  i  never  said . ”

“ i  wish  you  would  come  back . ”

“ wish  i  never  hung  up  the  phone  like  i  did . ”

“ i  wish  you  knew  that  i’d  never  forget  you  as  long  as  you  live . ”

“ i  wish  you  were  right  here ,  right  now . ”

“ i  wish  we  could  go  back . ”

“ remember  what  we’re  fighting  for . ”

“ i  miss  you  too  much  to  be  mad  anymore . ”

“ you  always  knew  how  to  push  my  buttons . ”

“ you  gave  me  everything  and  nothing . ”

“ this  mad ,  mad  love  makes  you  come  rushing . ”

BAD  BLOOD . 

“ now  we’ve  got  bad  blood . ”

“ you  know  it  used  to  be  mad  love . ”

“ so  take  a  look  what  you’ve  done . ”

“ now  we’ve  got  problems  and  i  don’t  think  we  can  solve  them . ”

“ you  made  a  really  deep  cut . ”

“ did  you  have  to  do  this ? ”

“ i  was  thinking  that  you  could  be  trusted . ”

“ did  you  have  to  ruin  what  was  shining ? ”

“ salt  in  the  wound  like  you’re  laughing  right  at  me . ”

“ it’s  so  sad  to  think  about  the  good  times . ”

“ did  you  think  we’d  be  fine ? ”

“ still  got  scars  on  my  back  from  your  knife . ”

“ these  kind  of  wounds ,  they  last  and  they  last . ”

“ now  did  you  think  it  all  through ? ”

“ all  these  things  will  catch  up  to  you . ”

“ time  can  heal ,  but  this  won’t . ”

“ band-aids  don’t  fix  bullet  holes . ”

“ you  say  sorry  just  for  show . ”

“ if  you  love  like  that ,  blood  runs  cold . ”

WILDEST  DREAMS .

“ let’s  get  out  of  this  town . ”

“ nothing  lasts  forever ,  but  this  is  gonna  take  me  down . ”

“ he’s  so  tall  and  handsome  as  hell . ”

“ he’s  so  bad ,  but  he  does  it  so  well . ”

“ i  can  see  the  end  as  it  begins . ”

“ say  you’ll  remember  me  standing  in  a  nice  dress . ”

“ say  you’ll  see  me  again ,  even  if  it’s  just  in  your  wildest  dreams . ”

“ no  one  has  to  know  what  we  do . ”

“ nothing  lasts  forever ,  but  this  is  getting  good  now . ”

“ someday  when  you  leave  me ,  i  bet  these  memories  follow  you  around . ”

HOW  YOU  GET  THE  GIRL .

“ you  were  too  afraid  to  tell  her  what  you  want . ”

“ that’s  how  it  works .  that’s  how  you  get  the  girl . ”

“ i  want  you  for  worse  or  for  better . ”

“ i  would  wait  for  ever  and  ever . ”

“ broke  your  heart ,  i’ll  put  it  back  together . ”

“ remind  her  how  it  used  to  be . ”

“ tell  her  how  you  must’ve  lost  your  mind  when  you  left  her  all  alone and  never  told   her  why . ”

“ that’s  how  you  get  the  girl . ”

THIS  LOVE .

“ high  tide  came  and  brought  you  in . ”

“ i  could  go  on  and  on ,  on  and  on ,  and  i  will . ”

“ you  were  just  gone  and  gone ,  gone  and  gone . ”

“ in  silent  screams ,  in  wildest  dreams ,  i  never  dreamed  of  this . ”

“ this  love  is  good . ”

“ this  love  is  bad . ”

“ this  love  is  alive  back  from  the  dead . ”

“ this  love  came  back  to  me . ”

“ you  were  still  gone . ”

“ this  love  left  a  permanent  mark . ”

“ your  kiss ,  my  cheek . ”

“ i  watched  you  leave . ”

“ your  smile ,  my  ghost . ”

“ i  fell  to  my  knees . ”

“ when  you’re  young ,  you  just  run . ”

“ you  come  back  to  what  you need . ”

I  KNOW  PLACES . 

“ i  can  hear  them  whisper  as  we  pass  by . ”

“ it’s  a  bad  sign . ”

“ something  happens  when  everybody  finds  out . ”

“ love’s  a  fragile  little  flame . ”

“ it  could  burn  out . ”

“ they  got  the  cages ,  they  got  the  boxes . ”

“ they  are  the  hunters ,  we  are  the  foxes . ”

“ and  we  run .”

“ i  know  places  we  won’t  be  found  out . ”

“ they’ll  be  chasing  on  their  tails  trying  to  track  us  down . ”

“ i  know  places  we  can  hide . ”

“ let  them  say  what  they  want ,  we  won’t  hear  it . ”

“ just  grab  my  hand  and  don’t  ever  drop  it . ”

“ they  take  their  shots ,  but  we’re  bulletproof . ”

“ you  know  for  me  it’s  always  you . ”

“ i  know  for  you  it’s  always  me . ”

CLEAN .

“ the  drought  was  the  very  worst . ”

“ it  was  months  and  months  of  back  and  forth . ”

“ you’re  still  all  over  me . ”

“ hung  my  head  as  i  lost  the  war . ”

“ when  i  was  drowning ,  that’s  when  i  could  finally  breathe . ”

“ and  by  morning ,  gone  was  any  trace  of  you . ”

“ i  think  i’m  finally  clean . ”

“ i  punched  a  hole  in  the  roof . ”

“ i  screamed  so  loud ,  but  no  one  heard  a  thing . ”

“ just  because  you’re  clean ,  don’t  mean  you  don’t  miss  it . ”

“ now  that  i’m  clean ,  i’m  never  gonna  miss  it . ”

WONDERLAND .

“ we  took  a  wrong  turn  and  we  fell  down  a  rabbit  hole . ”

“ you  held  on  tight  to  me . ”

“ nothing’s  as  it  seems . ”

“ didn’t  they  tell  us  don’t  rush  into  things ? ”

“ haven’t  you  heard  what  becomes  of  curious  minds ? ”

“ didn’t  it  all  seem  new  and  exciting ? ”

“ i  felt  your  arms  twisting  around  me . ”

“ i  should’ve  slept  with  one  eye  open  at  night . ”

“ we  found  wonderland .  you  and  i  got  lost  in  it . ”

“ we  pretended  it  could  last  forever . ”

“ life  was  never  worse ,  but  never  better . ”

“ so  we  went  on  our  way ,  too  in  love  to  think  straight . ”

“ there  were  strangers  watching . ”

“ whispers  turned  to  talking . ”

“ i  reached  for  you ,  but  you  were  gone . ”

“ i  knew  i  had  to  go  home . ”

“ you  search  the  world  for  something  else  to  make  you  feel  like  what  we  had . ”

YOU  ARE  IN  LOVE .

“ one  look ,  dark  room ,  meant  just  for  you . ”

“ but  you  saw  enough . ”

“ you  can  hear  it  in  the  silence . ”

“ you  can  feel  it  on  the  way  home . ”

“ you  are  in  love . ”

“ and  for  once ,  you  let  go  of  your  fears  and  your  ghosts . ”

“ you  kiss  on  sidewalks .  you  fight  and  you  talk . ”

“ you’re  my  best  friend . ”

“ you  two  are  dancing  in  a  snow  globe . ”

“ he  keeps  the  picture  of  you  in  his  office  downtown . ”

NEW  ROMANTICS .

“ we’re  all  so  tired  of  everything . ”

“ we’re  so  young ,  but  we’re  on  the  road  to  ruin . ”

“ we  play  dumb ,  but  we  know  exactly  what  we’re  doing . ”

“ baby ,  i  could  build  a  castle  out  of  all  the  bricks  they  threw  at  me . ”

“ every  day  is  like  a  battle ,  but  every  day  with  us  is  like  a  dream . ”

“ baby  we’re  the  new  romantics . ”

“ come  on ,  come  along  with  me . ”

“ heartbreak  is  the  national  anthem ,  we  sing  it  proudly . ”

“ we  are  too  busy  dancing  to  get  knocked  off  our  feet . ”

“ the  best  people  in  life  are  free . ”

“ the  lights  and  noise  are  blinding . ”

“ it’s  all  in the  timing . ”

“ he  can’t  see  it  in  my  face ,  but  i’m  about  to  play  my  ace . ”

“ we  need  love ,  but  all  we  want  is  danger . ”

“ we  team  up  then  switch  sides  like  a  record  changer . ”

“ the  rumours  are  terrible  and  cruel . ”