#these took me so long good lird

[taywitchcrafts]

Taylor’s owned albums + movie posters

[sea-of-eden]

HAPPY ANGEL DEVIL DAY!!! WAHOOO

[mothbeasts]

pleasepleaseplease tell me your thoughts on webber. littlest guy ever

so sorries this took so long i had. homework. goooood lird okay cracks knuckles.

MY THOUGHTS ON WEBBER AND WHY HE'S THE WAY THAT HE IS. this is a combination of canon material and headcanons. bows.

The most important thing To Me, to understand webber. Is that he is a small child. If I recall correctly, he is MAYBE 8-10 years old? possibly a bit older? In any case he's very young. VERY polite and kind, but still very young and seeing the world through the lens of. a very hurt and scared child.

Time works strangely in the constant I think - He's of course been there for. Some time. Potentially a REALLY long time. Long enough that he's forgetting what he used to look like. But he spent potentially a good chunk of that time dead and even without that I think he hasn't really aged. He's learned, but fundamentally he is still a scared child.

AND THAT LEADS ME TO ANOTHER POINT! Like everyone there he's died before, but like. To unlock him as a playable character in the original game? You have to bury his skull. He was very very dead.

Anyways. Going back to his roots. We know from the shorts that his father was busy a lot. And it seems like Webber didn't really get much attention. I think it makes sense, knowing he's Young, that he acted out for attention! But. Well. We know how that turned out for him (bad). He got chased out of his home by his family. Which! Surely had some kind of lasting impact on him. Poor little guy.

It also sounds like wanting to change back is what got him to the constant in the first place - but he also seems to not really. mind now? A lot of his quotes do imply missing home somewhat, but others imply that he likes being a spider. And I think both can be true! It's just that after so long of being a spider-boy, the lines between human and spider are getting fuzzy, I think.

He usually uses plural personal pronouns - stuff like we and our - but when he's talking about just his human half, he uses singular. Which I find interesting. My idea is that he really mostly thinks of himself as the human part, and the spider is. like. a friend. but also himself. but also a friend. it's Complicated.

He also tends to be friendly with other survivors - he doesn't like being alone. And I think, maybe. he wants them to like him. Because if he's nice, perhaps, maybe, he won't be chased away again. He doesn't want to have to leave.

tldr. idk man hes a kid he's just a silly little guy and i think he's interesting and neat.

[liquidstar]

my god, the mention of your homestuck days took me back. im a remnant from the artists included in that short lived whole cast askblog i cant remember if you organized or were just a part of. checks the date. 6 YEARS AGO

good lird i forgot all about that. honestly im surprised it hasnt been longer

tbh i was bad at organizing stuff like that, and like obviously by now i dont really have any interest in homestuck or revisiting old projects surrounding it, but i know that i probably wouldve handled a project like that better than my 16ish year old self who was just like umm yeah we're all on the blog now i guess. do whatever. 💀 so sorry about that

that being said ive been neglecting to continue my oc blog project for umm a long time so maybe i wouldve sucked just as much at it now. who knows. im not doing a multi person blog thing anytime soon so not me

[bowsersforeskin]

Now that its been a full month since the release of Wallsocket, how have your opinions started settle around the album? The more Ive listened, its grown on me a ton personally. Now its in my top 10 albums of the year.

this got long so here's a readmore.

TL;DR i want to put wallsocket in my mouth and chew on it forever

the same thing happened to me tbh, it's grown on me more and more as i relistened to it. wallsocket is defo in my top 5 albums this year.

it's not like i actively disliked it or anything, it's just that it went from "pretty good" to "one of the best albums of 2023" yakno?

like my only real criticism of it is that underscores' dedication to making basically every track over 4 minutes meant that there were a couple that felt bogged down to me.

that being said, there is way more to love about wallsocket than there is to complain about. there were a few tracks that i wasn't enthralled with on the first listen that i'm super in love with now (duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and uncanny long arms come to mind)

but GOD is underscores good at making a melody that sticks with you forever. a month later and i still catch myself going "johnny johnny johnny johnny whoops johnny whoops" out loud and humming the tune from shoot to kill, kill your darlings.

i really really love this new direction. i love the moments in wallsocket that call back to her earlier works (like the ending bit in uncanny long arms), i love hearing borderline jarring transitions to stomp-and-clap country (thinking mostly about that switch in geez louise! good god do i love that moment) i love how difficult wallsocket is to define and how it's clearly still underscores, but not at all what i would have imagined from her.

oh and the samples that are being used are BANGING i love hearing gun noises being used as percussion, i'm almost certain i heard a squidward noise in there, and the "good luck!" producer stamp is utilized SO well across the album.

also it's underscores, i feel like it goes without saying that the story telling is great. she's stepped it up a notch and i hella regret not following the arg, but that's life ig 🤷

my top track is definitely seventyseven dog years, maybe it's because it made me feel seen. i won't get into it because it's a long thing but it really reminds me of my relationship with a couple family members and also just sounds really good!

i like every track, but i think the highlights for me* are: shoot to kill,kill your darlings/horror movie soundtrack, geez louise, and seventyseven dog years.

*i'm excluding the singles because they all slap. no exceptions. i know that they're gonna make it into my spotify wrapped lmao but good lird old money bitch and girls like us make me act up.

uhh idk where else to put this but i mentioned earlier that i wanted to see how you don't even know who i am fit in to the album, and i'm really glad to see that it fits in seamlessly with the rest of wallsocket.

i really liked it, and tbqh i'm still hoping that she'll release a companion piece a la boneyard.

sorry i took a couple days to reply, as you can tell i have a lot of thoughts about underscores and wallsocket and noises and sounds.

[yume-fanfare]

ra*bits.....ra*bits beanm....

ok nyx imagine im embedding this gif here

because i jsut went thru a character arc trying to download it and i had typed out the entire odyssey it was but tumblr deleted it and it was a veeeery long paragraph i don't feel like rewriting but just know that it took me like 40 minutes, 5 websites of varying fishiness, 3 tumblr crashes, my phone crashing Badly (unrelated to tumblr i think) then restarting itself for a while and a new video player app that Does play the video perfectly. and my music player app plays it for some reason too as well as the tumblr preview but it still Won't Post. which may be some sort of sign but good lird its so late now gn la la beats love ra*bits

[chemicalbrew]

tagged

by @radellama (god, this took too long. and then my draft was eaten. so I'm writing this again. wahh)

1 - Are you named after anyone?

No! And thank fuck! My dad was going to name after his late grandma and I hate, loathe that name. It is really only meant for grandmas. Apparently it means 'divinely beautiful' or some shit, which is really ironic, because it sure doesn't sound beautiful lol

2 - When was the last time you cried?

Ten days ago or around that time, I really don't want to remember exactly, because it was awful (but you helped me through it, bro, god bless). The world bad!! Uni bad!!

3 - Do you have kids?

No, not even OCs. I mean, I have ideas for some and then I proceed to think about the blorbo of the season (in this case, any Zero of your choice... crode about them both fr 💮💿) instead.

4 - Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Yes, because if I don't joke around, I will die >:)

5 - What sports do you play/have played?

I like swimming though :)

6 - What's the first thing you notice about people?

The fact that they exist, lol. I space out a lot, especially the last couple years... I just don't want to look at the world around me properly sometimes, I'd rather daydream about blorbo, or plan my writing for RC, or think about how hard Katana ZERO hard mode is kicking my ass, etc

7 - Eye colour?

Brown and proud about it :) in the right lighting, they look almost black

8 - Scary movies or happy endings?

Just going to leave what Rads said here:

Both? Whatever feels most appropriate for the narrative. This doesn't really feel like an evenly balanced choice...

because this is so true. The best kind of stories have a bit of both, anyway...

9 - Any special talents?

Being bad at Katana ZERO and then getting better at Katana ZERO

The serious answer is that my talent is being bilingual and annoying about it. I love writing of almost all kinds, even if I have trouble committing to big stories, I just love words and language and I think it gives me power :)

I'm also learning gif editing at my own pace just for fun 👍 and I like how tech\internet literate I am

10 - Where were you born?

11 - What are your hobbies?

gaming (I mean, you know all about my niche ass :) )

more specifically, I love learning about stuff like emulation, homebrew\hacking, etc. it's FASCINATING

writing (specifically discord roleplay (RC ily 🖤) and short fanfic, but the general idea of writing too)

reading (very occasionally lol)

gif editing as said previously :)

also coding, I guess? good lird, i'm bad at handing code though.

12 - Do you have any pets?

used to :( I miss my cat, you guys...

13 - How tall are you?

~145cm I think. I'm tinie

14 - Favourite subject in school?

ENGLISH!!! DUH

15 - Dream job?

Translator, ideally game localizer </3 even more inspired to try and chase this goal through the few means available after witnessing the KZ localization crash and burn 👍

[rubyss]

i REALLY want to tackle more ambitious crochet patterns but i can NOT handle working on something for too long. i see people being like "oh this took me a year (or two or more) to finish, but im so happy!" and im always so impressed but it's also like jesus fuck. i cant handle working on one thing for that long. thats so long. i could do. other things. or nothing ig. good lird.

[wretcheddthing]

Are there any songs you associate with Venali?

Hello ! :))) I’m just gonna give you the Playlist™️ break down. Fun fact! I have all of my playlists organized into folders and Venali is my only BG3 character to go directly into the BG3 folder rather than the OC one :3 it’s bc she’s canon 2 me

Songs and Reasons under the cut

• Don’t Let the Good Life Pass You Bye by Cass Elliot

Chosen bc since gaining magic, she hasn’t settled Once. This song is her reminder to slow down, appreciate the beauty of the present, don’t focus so hard on getting back to a life that can’t be returned to. It’s up to her to make her current path good.

• Dreams by The Cranberries

Sort of the same vein as the last song, except more along the lines of meeting and falling in love with Gale

• What’s Up? by 4 Non Blondes

bc tbh what the hell wven is happening

• The Cave by Mumford & Sons

Sorta follows Ven simultaneously running from and pursuing that which she considers to have ruined her. It’s a pep talk but also a reprimand to herself for putting herself in an u favorable position but knowing she’s strong enough to see it through.

And I’ll find strength in pain

And I will change my ways

I’ll know my name as it’s called again.

This bit ^ in particular bc she’s spending all of her time pretending to be somebody she isn’t (a wizard). Allowing herself to be authentic again is as much a motivator to see her task through as being rid of her magic entirely.

• Left Behind (Together) by Gustavo Santaolalla

idk how much you know about the last of us or the left behind dlc and ellie’s relationship with riley but this song. ….. …….. …. . good lird. put it on the playlist for venali and maude bc i think their relationship favors ellie and riley’s, especially how it ended.

i don’t think i’ve gone that deep into that aspect of ven’s backstory here but long, Long story short. Ven had 7 other friends, the 8 of them did adventures in childhood that turned into pursing for actual careers in adulthood. of all of them, maude was ven’s closest friend, co captain, favorite person in the world. they also had a sorta romantic, kinda almost dating thing going on. part of how ven got her powers is the entity demanded sacrifice, took control of 4 of them, made them kill the other 4. venali had to kill maude. thusly, song from left behind but specifically fun a really soft and happy moment to make me want to eat glass. also the title, being left behind together. maude because she lost her life, venali bc she lost a large part of herself.

• Euthanasia by Will Wood

honestly only here bc i’m mean. listen.

I was right there, while you fought tooth and nail

Gasping in the gas mask, thrashing ‘til you disappeared

mostly it’s the grief venali feels over the entire situation, but specifically being made to kill maude.

• We’ll Meet Again by Johnny Cash

i mean. following a theme here.

• My Silver Lining by First Aid Kit

it’s SUCH a venali song. i guess it could be a tav song in general but it encapsulates her specific journey so well.

I don’t wanna wait anymore

I’m tired of looking for answers

Take me someplace where there’s

Music and there’s laughter

I don’t know if I’m scared of dying

But I’m scared of living too fast, too slow

Regret, remorse, hold on

Oh no I gotta go

litchrally describing her search for information on what basically cursed her and her friends to have a connection to the weave they Don’t Want and Can’t Control. She’s struggling to live in the present but has to choice in the matter. She can’t dwell on the past bc it will consume her, she can’t worry about the future because it will demoralize her.

These shackles I made in an attempt to be free

Be it for reason, be it for love

I won’t take the easy road.

she’s bound herself to her current path. by running head first into the first idea she had, she’s had to full send that decision. and it isn’t easy maintaining a deception of the magnitude she is for so many years. she’s gonna see it through, though. plus the latter half of the song is pretty hopeful.

so i guess this song would be a more direct answer to your question but. venali hours, you understand.

• Don’t Forget About Me by CLOVES

and we return to “songs about Ven’s dead friends”

• Locked in a Cage by Brick + Mortar

(love these guys btw they’re great live) but basically another song about how ven feels trapped by the path she’s chosen

• Who Are You, Really? By Mikky Ekko

mostly just for the opening lyrics

So you feel entitled to a sense of control

Make decisions that you think are your own

You are a stranger here, why have you come?

Why have you come? Lift me higher, let me look at the sun.

• We Haven’t Turned Around by Gomez

i don’t remember adding this tbh. but i do like it. maybe something about that line “so you wanna make catastrophe”

• Cul De Sac by Duncan Fellows

another song speaking to how venali is unhappy with how her life has turned out thus far but also kinda allowing gale to show her that there’s some good further down the path she leads. also sort of a gale song. a big part of their dynamic is they teach each other to appreciate the parts of themselves they’d sooner forget so Y’know.

You’re just what I need

Oh, I just wanted you to see it for yourself, my dear

• Runaway by The National

bc i didn’t have enough sad song about ven being resolute but unhappy about it

• Silhouette by Aquilo

so many of these songs describe ven Before the events of bg3 but this one hits the nail on the head for the entirety of the campaign.

Devil’s on your shoulder

Raphael seeking her out for a deal

Strangers in your head

The tadpole, The Emperor, and everyone whose mind she’s connected to because of it.

As if you don’t remember

As if you can’t forget.

part of what makes ven’s backstory work for her is she has eidetic memory, and the only thing she has ever struggled to recall is what happened in the ruin where she lost her friends.

Let’s go out in flames

So everyone knows who we are

‘Cause these city walls never knew

That we’d make it this far

the odds were so insanely stacked against everyone by the end of the campaign that they Were willing to sacrifice themselves to stop it. at least venali was prepared for the reality that she might not walk away from this battle. also the line about the city walls calls back to ven’s simple childhood in baldur’s gate dreaming of some personal greatness.

and that’s what i have. i’ll probably add more after posting this :)