#this is such a random assortment of songs i listen to all the time and songs i almost never touch lmao

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

four walls playlist

[gothwizardmagic]

rules: shuffle your repeat playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag ten ppl

(i dont use spotify so i just shuffled my ipod playlist bc its much shorter than my full itunes library)

tagged by: @redgoldblue (thank you!!)

Stay Away - Carly Rae Jepsen

Runaway - Linkin Park

gravity - Montaigne

Where Is The Line? - Billy Talent

No-One But You - Queen

Miracle - Paramore

Cedar Lane - First Aid Kit

See The Day - The Altogether

Bad Thing Twice - Carly Rae Jepsen

To Be Alive - Rina Sawayama

tagging: gonna copy and just tag the last 10 mutuals in my notifs so @lemonbubble @crossroadtoad @glomofnit @tbhliteraltrash @leeniela @unsureprincess @violence-as-a-love-language @corvidaeus @totallyawesome123 @previouslyonavatar

[braxlrose]

Modern bill request modern bill request

How about Bill and his gf being opposites in the sense of 💅💕✨🎤 bill and 🖤✨🎸🐈‍⬛ reader, someone who dresses a bit more masculine in a way too! I love bill sm i love when people accept how he is now

modern!bill dating his polar opposite

• I feel like he totally loves your style. I think he's totally into the black cat/golden retriever relationship and loves you so much.

• even though he's much more 💅 ✨️ 💖 now, he still is really good at shopping and your styles are much closer than you think they're. bill is just way more colorful.

• whenever you two go shopping together, he picks out the best clothes for the both of you. you both get studded jackets but yours are usually black and his are either black or pink, or an assortment of colors for an outfit on stage. he's also really good at picking out skirts for you.

• you're much more quieter than him, and don't talk as much in interviews and are a lot more introverted around people than he is. so if you guys are doing an interview, you are usually just adding things into conversation. but bill doesn't mind at all and he loves that you're so good at listening while he rants about random shit.

• there are tons of pictures taken by paparazzi of you just standing there holding onto bill by his jacket while he smothers your face in kisses, and in each picture you're slowly smiling more

• he loves hearing you rant about music you like. you don't go on rants like this a lot so when he hears you talking like this he knows it's something extremely important to you and will listen to you talk for hours. my personal favorite is Siouxsie and the Banshees (4 any baby goths, yall should to them)

• he's pretty experienced with makeup, especially dark makeup and he loves doing it. it's so much fun for him and for you.

• he loves seeing your new tattoos, if you get/have a lot of those and he's always excited to see what new design you got. same goes for piercings, he has a lot of piercings himself, so I think he'd like a s/o with piercings too. I think he likes people with tons of ear piercings ngl. like double studs, industrial, helix, etcetera etcetera.

• even though you're not the most affectionate person, it doesn't matter to him. he will sit on top of you for hours just kissing your face and tickling you just to hear you laugh. and wraps his arms around you all the time. he's totally fine with being the one who initiates affectionate things

• he literally loves your alternative style so much, because he loves people who aren't afraid to stand out in a crowd. he thinks it's boring to be normal and he thinks you're one of the coolest people ever for just being yourself and not letting anybody tell you otherwise.

• loves going to concerts with you just to hear you scream to your favorite songs

• he loves going to gothic clubs with you because he finds all the different dances so fucking cool. and he asks you to teach him out to do dances so he, ironically, can fit in with everybody else.

• whenever bill brings you to a function or something, there's always interviewers asking "how you two are dating" when you seem so different even when in reality you guys are a lot alike in tons of ways. he just rolls his eyes and answers something like "we both actually caught this crazy disease called we like eachother, crazy right?!"

• he fell in love with you the moment he saw you. the first time he saw you was at a club, you were dancing out on the floor in a tight black dress, your hair looked absolutely amazing; think amy lee on the Fallen album, and you had a red solo cup in your hand and you looked like the most beautiful woman on the planet. there were tons of women all around you but bill could only see you.

• he loves it when little kids come up to you and compliment you because no matter how much you deny it, it always makes you smile

a/n: i am obsessed with modern bill and I'm much more of a 🖤✨️🎸🐈‍⬛️ kind of girl myself sooo 😈 I also added a little bit to this, personality-wise as well

taglist: @hearts4kaulitz @burntb4bydoll @spelaelamela @bored0writer @fishinaband @billsleftnutt @tokiiohot @bluepoptartwithsprinkles @saumspam @5hyslv7 @killed-kiss @memog1rl @80s-tingz @billybabeskaulitz

[babydaddyleorio]

the R&B playlist

— “you are now listening to the station that plays to ignite

your heart and soul.”

✩ a random assortment of r&b songs that set the tone for your relationship with him.

✩ these will be done in no particular order and this list will be updated during the duration of this month.

1. tony! toni! tone! whatever you want — nanami kento

2. keith sweat nobody — benimaru shinmon

3. silk meeting in my bedroom - uvogin

4. faith evans soon as I get home — tengen uzui

5. michael jackson butterflies — draken (ken ryuguji)

6. twista overnight celebrity — chrollo lucilfer

7. miguel sure thing — gyomei himejima

8. brent faiyaz all mine — ran haitani

9. erykah badu next life time — baji keisuke

10. janet jackson i get lonely —silva zoldyck

11. jill scott a long walk — ogun montogomery

12. trey songz can't be friends — kagami taiga

13. backstreet before I let you go — toji fushiguro

14. brandy i wanna be down — nicolas brown

15. wale lotus flower bomb — gojo saturou

16. usher superstar — todou aoi

17. deborah cox nobody's supposed to be here — levi ackerman

18. mint condition so fine — mugen

19. aaliyah are you that somebody — aomine daiki

20. ciara promise — ushijima wakatoshi

[tossawary]

I finished rereading SVSSS Volume 2 and was focusing more on the story this time, because I remember Volume 1 best, so I didn’t really stop to post about it. A random assortment of thoughts in no particular order:

Gongyi Xiao is the Bestest Boy. I remembered him being good, but reading it again was like, “Awwwww, buddy.” Poor guy. He deserved more!

Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe are such a mess in this volume. It’s like two people trying to play chess against each other but they’re somehow using two different boards for it. No one wants to be playing this game! But everyone keeps insisting on it while crying and boards are getting flipped! (I guess in this metaphor, Zhuzhi-Lang is eating the pieces when no one is looking.)

The sower demons are genuinely creepy.

I want to call Luo Binghe’s invasion of Cang Qiong a clown show, but that would be an insult to clowns. Moshang have such limited appearances in the main story, but they are ridiculous.

Sha Hualing having a Bad Guy Lair is really funny. I forgot about that.

Over the course of this volume, Shen Yuan suggests that Liu Qingge is asexual and then suggests that Luo Binghe is asexual (before figuring out that Luo Binghe is into him). But he’s definitely an ordinary straight guy, for sure!

Every time Sha Hualing loses her top (which is... at least three times... I think?), Shen Yuan mentally censors her breasts. I didn’t forget this because I see people mention it periodically, but I forgot just how funny it is.

Shen Yuan scheming to get Liu Qingge to take on Yang Yixuan as a disciple was really cute, actually. He’s such a softie. He just wants to be nice!

When he’s talking about Liu Qingge’s lack of disciples at the very beginning of the volume, Shen Yuan describes how Bai Zhan works, and the phrasing kind of suggests that Bai Zhan changes peak lords every time that a Bai Zhan disciple bests their shizun. It does not work like this, but it would be kind of funny if the other peaks are strictly following some cycle to choose the next generation of peak lords and Bai Zhan is just switching peak lords whenever.

I don’t forget this trait because it’s one of my favorite things about him, but I’m always struck rereading by how quiet and thoughtful Luo Binghe can be. He gets extremely attached to Shen Qingqiu in Volume 1 and he’s dealing with severe mental and emotional instability throughout Volume 2, but Luo Binghe is often reserved or somber or even cold when not dealing with Shen Qingqiu.

Binghe really just took over Huan Hua Palace and says that the Old Palace Master has gone “traveling”. Yeah, he’s doing some wandering cultivation. It’s like a vacation. Don’t worry about it. :) The Little Palace Mistress is clearly becoming impatient with this excuse and I’m betting that the number of people at Huan Hua Palace who 100% believe the excuse is very, very low.

Shen Yuan returning in the plant body only to have to listen to how he’s become gossip fodder is funny. But Liu Mingyan going, “Ah, that’s how it is,” and then proceeding to write the Resentment of Chunshan is even funnier. Shen Yuan is in the middle of being kidnapped by Zhuzhi-Lang and suddenly has to listen to a song about him and Binghe fucking all the time. Zhuzhi-Lang desperately trying not to lose his shit laughing in the background is my favorite part of this scene. Shen Yuan’s horror at least works well as a distraction!

Also, I love that Shen Yuan went, “You have money? I want women,” and Zhuzhi-Lang just went with it. It’s so obviously an escape plan to the readers. Zhuzhi-Lang probably also suspects that something is up. He’s not an idiot. But maybe a part of him is accustomed to absurd demands from Tianlang-Jun and kind of views “Hey, let’s go check out what music the brothels are playing now!” as a normal desire for people to express?

It’s tempting to write fics in which Shen Yuan just gives the false jade pendant back immediately. Do I think it would automatically fix everything? Nope! But it sure would be fun to watch the characters spin.

[vieraslaji]

Hello fellow Finnish learners!

I've been meaning to put this post together for weeks and I kept thinking it wasn't ready, but now I've decided to just keep updating it after I post so here it is, in its unfinished form:

While I do enjoy Käärijä's music and I think it's a great way to learn vocabulary, I have difficulty with auditory processing and sometimes I can't understand rap even in my native language. Also, as someone living very far away from Finland, listening and speaking are the hardest things for me to practice.

So! Here's some random assorted Finnish media that I think are nice listening practice and also (most importantly) not Peppa Pig. I cannot professionally vouch for any of these as a learning tool; all I can say is that I've watched/listened to/read them and I feel like maybe I learned something.

MUSIC

Katri Ylander (check out Pandat, Älä kysy miks, Sano mulle jotain kaunista, Kyselen) - she has a pretty low vocal range, which is great for understanding, and she has a lot of repetitive choruses

Ollie (check out Ainakin mä rakastin, Aavikolla, Älä riko mua enää) - we've got kind of a downtempo sadboy thing going on here, which is excellent for our learning purposes

Mikko Harju (check out Meidän puolella, Oon nähnyt unta, Mä olen tässä, Sinä riittää) - there tend to be clear breaks between words in his songs and he uses less puhekieli than a lot of artists

Younghearted (check out Kuljetaan, Tässä ja nyt, Sun numero) - literally I just like them idk

Antti Tuisku - Koti - I wouldn't put Antti Tuisku as an artist in general on this list, but Koti basically feels like an Ollie song

YOUTUBE

KatChats - great educational content for all learner levels, speaks very slowly and uses very little puhekieli. I also think she has a facebook and/or discord community?

Nedde - mostly a Sims and Sims-esque gaming channel, which is great for vocab building and comprehension because she narrates what she's doing onscreen

T I N K E - lots of life vlogs and sims videos; I think she speaks really clearly and understandably

Herbalisti - he speaks a lot faster and more colloquially, but his minecraft and random-pelit videos are good for the same reasons as Sims videos. also he has a really cute cat

Aleksi Rantamaa - specifically his TLDR LIVE videos are easiest to understand because he's talking to chat so he repeats himself a lot and takes a lot of pauses between his sentences

PODCASTS

Opi Suomea! - hasn't been updated in a long time but it's great listening and vocab practice about everyday topics

Soturikissat Kastepilven kanssa - I am about to make another post about this whole phenomenon but just trust me on this one

Miksei kukaan kertonut? - the host speaks very understandably and, way more importantly, her guests always have decent microphones

NETFLIX (it's what I have sorry)

Julie and the Phantoms - it's honestly very well done for a teen drama and the music is stupidly catchy

Zero Chill - another netflix teen drama; I liked it less than julie and the phantoms but it's fine

Heartstopper - don't lie to me, you're on tumblr. you've heard of heartstopper.

Carmen Sandiego - genuinely super engaging as far as kid's shows go; it reminds me of the educational cartoons I watched as a kid

The Dragon Prince - literally by the creators of ATLA, you don't need my elevator pitch for it

[pastafossa]

I had a hilarious TRT-related hiccup earlier today when I was seeing a museum with a friend who was in the area.

So we met up, and she and her partner hop into my car. Naturally, I have some music playing softly in the background, specifically the official TRT playlist cause I wasn't thinking and had Matt and Jane on the brain. And after a few songs, as we're driving to the museum and chatting, she, in clearly somewhat puzzled tone, is like, 'what is this you're listening to?' because there's a really random assortment of styles on there thanks to recs from me, all ya'll, my sis, and spotify itself.

And my brain... stalls.

Because these people in the car are Friends but not Fanfic Friends and neither of them even know what fanfiction is. And any explanation will potentially launch a cascading wave of further fanfic explanations until I'm eventually discussing Star Trek slash back in Ye Olden Fandom Times (TM) or knowing me going further back to Dante's Divine Comedy in the 1300s, which was not a powerpoint presentation we had time for. Yet, 'yes this is a 9 hour playlist put together by me and a bunch of readers of my stuff, and by stuff I mean a really long free story I've written based on a tv show simply because I am obsessed, no I do not know all of them personally but we all talk regularly and they bring me songs for the fic sometimes like cats laying birds at the feet of their humans only instead of feeling shock and horror I am delighted and have collected them for the past 3 years and that is why my playlist is gloriously broad in style and scope' is also likely to launch us into explanations we do not have time for. Lying never occurs to me.

"Um. Uh. This is... It's... some... friends who read some of my online work and made a playlist about it."

Her, in the tone that says she knows I'm full of shit and keeping an entire novel series of information to myself: "Oh. That sounds nice."

Nailed it.

You're all my friends now, it's official.

[hajihiko]

hi! i have. a question. bc ive seen a lot of the songs you've plugged with your art and every one of them has gone astronomically hard. do you have any recommendations that carry like,, the same vibe as We Know Where You Sleep? i've started listening to The Paper Chase and really love their music but i don't want to just go to that band for the kinda. feel it evokes. like pure unadulterated stress. that song feels rancid and i enjoy it so much. the music you share is immaculate i trust your judgement

That song DOES have a very unique vibe that's why I've mentioned it like three times. I'll try though (opens up Anger Issues playlist)

Erase Me -Ben Folds Five (starts out kinda slow but grows into much angrier)

Copycat -Billie Eilish (look she's good too sometimes. Specifically I love the background noises though, it's like distorted very high pitched ..squeals?)

Brutus -The Buttress (this one slaps really I love the vague french gibberish and the whole thing is like half-whispered, blend of very ominous and random snippets of something that sounds like it's supposed to be very happy? Also its brutus talking to caesar but also apparently somewhat about a woman talking to a man? it's good)

Those came to mind, here are more assortments less relevant to this prompt specifically:

The Scorpion and the Frog -the Devil's Carnival (vibes of Bad Person Singing)

Pyre -Son Lux (gotta sneak son Lux in here did you know they made the OST for Everything Everywhere All At Once I'm so proud of them. Also the background melody is cool tho the vocals are mostly chill)

Sometimes -Nick Lutsko (sometimes shit sucks; the song)

Stalker's Tango -Autoheart (autoheart is also good. The title really does say the most)

Fighting With the Melody- Jimmy Urine (very hype 'you're dead' song! I love running to it)

Underground -Tom Waits (super simple rhythm but I like the really rough voice. Idk)

[itwoodbeprefect]

Get to know you game! Answer the questions and tag 9 people you want to know better.

i was tagged by @stephmcx and @redgoldblue and a little further back also by @goneahead and @incognito-insomniac in a slightly different but similar enough thing that i think this still counts as a response (the favorite color question is missing from this list, but it's green!), so thank you!! all of you!! 💖

-

Last song listened to: really really by flyana boss, because they showed up on the most recent episode of sad boyz and obviously that got me curious about their music. and it's really (really) fun and clever!! i'm not remotely cool enough for it, but they're great!!

Currently reading: i can't read. but also i guess thai for beginners by jacob y de groot, and hi honey, i'm homo by matt baume, and i never totally finished the dave brandstetter series so in my heart that's still ongoing, even though it's been months at this point.

Currently watching: bad buddy. it's only, i think, the fifth time or so, roughly, and i'm still uncovering new angles in the metaphors. also maybe doing a dirty laundry rewatch, and i might start mama gogo if i'm brave enough. also! as of today, the nanny!

Currently obsessed with: if you follow this blog you've probably seen the bad buddy & assorted other gmmtv show gifs. chances of a sideblog appearing at some point increase by the day.

also though, less visible on tumblr: thai, the language! which is obviously related to the bad buddy thing (i started reading the wikipedia page because i wanted to know things about what i thought i was hearing), but has grown way beyond it, and now that's just a lucky way to get lots and lots of input very easily, which keeps things fresh and interesting on both ends. the language nerd part of my brain is LIVING, she is having a BALL (she wishes i'd fallen deep into some non-english media sooner! it's enrichment in the enclosure!), and i keep walking around muttering tone conjugations and random words i either know or think i know to myself. and i love!! watching youtube videos!! of people excited to share things about their language!! and i have absolutely zero familiarity with tonal languages and i suck at either recognizing or producing tones!!! very badly!!! and trying to puzzle through it anyway is incredibly fun. words, you know! grammar! writing! figuring out what's the same as in languages i know and what's very very different! what could be cooler than that!!!

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i will follow @stephmcx and @redgoldblue in tagging the last 9 people in my notifications, of course with no pressure: @buckthestar @cauldronofmorning @spaceradars @theartichokesarepurple @tsilvy @theparadoxmachine @mattsmithrockstheworld @spurious @thoughtfuldestinyperson

[minecraftbookshelf]

Nine People You'd Like To Get To Know Better

I was tagged by @mxchief-kitty, thank you so much for the tag! Absolutely have been enjoying getting to know you via the traditional tumblr way of constantly reblogging things from each other without ever actually speaking XD

Last song I listened to: Calling All the Monsters

Favorite color: Yellow!

Last movie/TV show I watched: My brother and I have been rewatching random sections of Mythbusters this past week or so and it's been so much fun.

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: This wildly depends on my mood, the time of day, and what else I've had to eat lately. But all of them at different times.

Relationship status: *gestures helplessly in Its Complicated and Also Super Queer*

Last thing I Googled: "brownie cupcakes temperature how long?"

Current obsession: There is never only one. Currently mostly in Empires s1, the Life Series, diving headfirst back into Naruto for the first time in a bit, and DC Comics and Lord of the Rings are always hovering on the edges ready to pounce.

And I shall tag...

@asterthecalico @beau-reblogs-assorted-stuff @justafeweggnoodles @apollothetransboy @the-amber-shadow @mxmallory @shutitk @apassingecho @idontevenknowhowtolife @tripleanuisance

[shenanigans-and-imagines]

Thinking About Eddie and Lucy Being Parents

I kinda went into it here, but I’ve been thinking about it more and it makes me happy, so I thought it would make you happy

First thing out of the way, they don’t have kids until they’re in their late 20s/early 30s

They officially get together in ‘86 and waste no time moving in together, but they don’t officially get married until ‘94/‘95

I’ve got a lot of reasons as to why which I won’t get into here, but bottom line Eddie did eventually propose in baggage claim (leave a comment if you’re interested to here more)

It’s about a year after they’re married that they have their first kid, Charlotte (Charlie) and Arthur (Artie) two years later

Lucy always liked the name Charlotte, and Eddie likes the idea of a girl named Charlie so it all worked out

I’m thinking they named Arthur after Lucy’s father since he passed away in my version of events

And now for random assortment of headcanons

Charlotte and Arthur grew up listening to an assortment of Broadway, metal, and Mozart because Lucy read somewhere that Mozart makes babies smarter

She’d also fight Eddie on the metal because no matter how much he insists Charlie loves it “Enter Sandman” doesn’t count as a lullaby

Charlie was also a very squirmy baby and just always full of juice

Eddie gave her a toy drum set when she was little to let out some steam and she took to it immediately

There’s a recording Eddie did when she was about 3 or 4 that uses either her screaming or babbling in the song

Arthur never really took to an instrument, but is still extremely creative, coming up with stories and the most insane monsters you’ve ever heard in your life

He will talk a person’s ear off for an hour about dragons

Eddie regularly takes notes and uses Arthur’s ideas in campaigns until he’s old enough to run his own

Family campaigns are definitely a thing

Charlie started as a barbarian but then became crazy good with spellcasting with the sole purpose of making her Dad and brother weep

When Charlie and Lucy team up they are a force to be reckoned with

Lucy knitted both her kid’s baby blankets when she was pregnant which they still have

She also makes family Halloween costumes every year based on what the kids want to do for Halloween

And she’s the mom to leave notes in her kid’s lunches

Charlie attempted to cut and dye her own hair at least once leading to a mess Lucy was just able to salvage

One time Eddie got too short of a hair cut at the barbers and both kids started crying asking what happened to Daddy’s hair?! (Eddie was more upset by the kid’s reaction then by the hair cut itself)

He was also an absolute mess when the kids had their first day of school

He asked Lucy if they could just wait in the parking lot for a minute or thirty, you know, just in case

Their house is never fully clean unless guests are coming over

There is always some project spilling over the table or instruments or graph paper, anything

It is also just loud in general; even when they’re just talking they’re a loud family

Lots of physical affection too

Eddie’s favorite thing to do when the kids are little is to pick them up; under this arms, in his arms, over his shoulder, whatever so long as they’re giggling he’s happy

Lucy also takes every opportunity to hug her kids and tell them how much she loves them

They both do

[starlene]

Okay so. Unless something unexpected happens at the last minute, I'm going to see Änglagård the musical in Stockholm next week, and here's the thing: I have literally no idea what it's about.

I haven't watched the movie or even read the synopsis on purpose, because I also didn't do that for Så som i himmelen, and getting to experience that story for the first time via Fredrik Kempe's music touched me to my core. Back then, though, I had some knowledge of Så som i himmelen as a concept and had listened to the Den tid jag har demo religiously (though I had no idea where it fit within the story, I guessed it was near the end of the first act where the main character starts to figure his life out, and then it turned out to be the opening song) – whereas here, I've somehow managed to miss nearly all of the songs, interviews and other stuff they've released.

I wonder if I should do some catch-up with the promotional material before leaving or if I should go in totally blind... but anyways, as a treat to future me and all of you Swedish movie/musical fans out there, here's what I think Änglagård the musical is about, based on the random assortment of Instagram promos I've seen (most watched without audio on):

Fredrik Lycke lives in an old farmhouse called Änglagård that his grandpa built with his very own hands. He feels extremely passionate about the farm and its legacy. Helen Sjöholm is married to Fredrik Lycke and she is also very fond of their home.

But then they either lose all their money and need to sell the farm, or maybe there's some Bennets vs. Mr. Collins kinda situation going on where grandpa willed that the house must be inherited by your idiot nephew in case you don't have any sons – and the buyers/inheritors are rebellious motorcycle rock'n'roll dude Lindy Larsson and his equally rebellious motorcycle striptease chick girlfriend Tuva B. Larsen. Or maybe one of them is Helen Sjöholm and/or Fredrik Lycke's estranged child who hasn't been in contact with them for years but suddenly wants to move back home?

Whatever the case, the young couple, who live in all manner of sin and probably have criminal records, upset the conservative sensibilities of the older couple... and they also remind them of being young and passionately in love, which they aren't anymore, and realising that causes a rift in their relationship. (Sidenote: I know Helen Sjöholm, Fredrik Lycke and Lindy Larsson are all about the same age irl, but onstage, the Larsson/Larsen couple is styled to look younger than the Sjöholm/Lycke couple. So I'm just making assumptions about the characters' ages here!) Furthermore, the older couple is afraid that the young couple won't honor the work and legacy of the people who lived in Änglagård before them. Thus, the young couple needs to prove their worth to the older couple before they can purchase/inherit/move in.

I have no idea how Tommy Körberg figures in all of this, except for that he seems to perform some kinda comic relief funny man song at some point, and possibly also feels passionate about the titular farm. Maybe he is Fredrik Lycke and/or Helen Sjöholm's brother (though hopefully not "and" if I'm correct that Helen Sjöholm and Fredrik Lycke are married in this) and the deal is that if you buy/inherit the farm, you gotta let him stay, so he'll be your resident old funny musical man?

Seriously, I have no idea. Looking forward to seeing what this musical is actually about!

[fanfoolishness]

Five songs I've been listening to lately

Thanks to @stardustandash for tagging me (and giving me a new song for Crosshair!). Here's an assortment from me, and I'm gonna be extra: most of them are from my Crosshair playlist too. LOL!

Dead Again, by Jadu Heart

Found this as a snippet in someone's Instagram story and was instantly smitten. The hook almost made me think someone had done a shimmery, electronica-infused cover of In the House - In a Heartbeat from the 28 Days Later soundtrack, one of my all-time favorites. Turned out it wasn't that, but I loved it and it's been a constant for the past few months.

Hey Man, Nice Shot, by Filter

I think of this as cocky-AF Clone Wars Crosshair. I've liked this song a long time - I mean, this band's been around forever - but I couldn't not use it for a Crosshair playlist. I like that there's an ominous edge to it that speaks to a lot of Crosshair's later development, though I put it early in the playlist. (Does everyone else organize their playlists chronologically by narrative beat? It is extremely important to me to do it that way, haha.)

Bounty Hunters, by Royksopp

Funnily enough Apple Music suggested this when I started putting together the Crosshair playlist... I don't know how it knew it was Star Wars... except for the fact I listen to frickin' Oga's Cantina and Pyloon's Saloon music on repeat constantly XD Anyway, even though it should be a gimmick song, it fucking slaps! And it has a dark undertone that segues the playlist nicely from cocky Clone Wars Crosshair to Uh-Oh, Something's Wrong with Crosshair. I've never had a banger make me consistently feel so sad.

Barnacled Warship, by Johnny Flynn

Another random find, a friend's submission to a weekly music league for our Halloween playlist. As a formerly religious atheist did find the lyrics more than a little heartbreaking. But you can't beat things like this for chipped!Crosshair:

...Think I'll fight a war, I don't know what for But I'll learn when I get my gun

Well, I left home three days ago I feel like going to bed Open the courts and a new religion Burning through my head Burning through my head

Two Heads, Grey Mare, by Cinder Well

My dad sent me this band, and while I don't go for all of his musical recommendations, this one really spoke to me. The raw, lush vocals, the spare folk instrumentation, and the piercing lyrics have made this band enter part of my writing rotation for sure.

No pressure, but tagging @mordororbust, @novantinuum, @apeacebone, and anyone else who would like to play!

[sexynetra]

hi i’m back also 6, 17, 23, and 24 for beloved sitcty xoxoxoxo

Time to remember writing sitcty!!! Wish me luck <33333

6-- What's the mood or emotion you most like to evoke with your fic or AU? How do you try to evoke it?

I think… longing? And in love? I really wanted to show how much it was affecting Gigi having Crystal not be there for something so important and how hard the distance was, but also just… the kind of carefree all-encompassing love that works so well for crygi stories :)

17-- Does your fic/AU have a music playlist you associate with it?

I actually don’t have a playlist for this one??? Which is crazy I love making playlists :( but I listened to a lot of assorted playlists of songs that figure skaters have performed to at the past few Olympics, as well as an assortment of ABBA, with a particular focus on the Spanish language albums 😉 (iykyk)

23-- Give us one weird fact about your fic/AU.

The purple dress Gigi wears in competition is based on one of my favorite Olympic skating dresses ever, the butterfly dress Karen Chen wore for her free skate at the 2022 Olympics <3 it was designed and made by her mom and it is just. So breathtaking to me I love that dress so much <3

24-- What's a random piece of information about your fic/AU you want to share?

So someday there might be a spin-off about this if you play your cards right (if I stop being a big coward baby) but for now I will just say. Both Jaida and Nicky are competitive figure skaters in this universe. 😉 😘

[kosmic-pops]

ASSORTED LYRIC STARTERS !

Another assorted sentence starters but this time, it's based on random lyrics that I mostly picked from random songs that I listened on Spotify. So, I hope you enjoy this post!

Some of the sentence starters have been edited by me if you were wondering!

❝ Some people fall in love with the wrong people sometimes... ❞

❝ You can think that you're in love when you're really just in pain... ❞

❝ They say it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all... ❞

❝ I'd like to make myself believe that the planet called earth turns slowly... ❞

❝ It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep because everything is never as it seems when I fall asleep... ❞

❝ My dreams are bursting as the seams... ❞

❝ Stop checking your mailbox for confessions of love that ain't never gonna come. ❞

❝ I know how to act like I'm fine. ❞

❝ You will learn the hard way instead of just walking out. ❞

❝ This is gonna be the best day of my life! ❞

❝ The stars were burning so bright and the sun was out until midnight... ❞

❝ 'Calm down and take it easy... Everything will be okay...' Yeah, sure because that's what they all say. ❞

❝ I get overwhelmed so easily that my anxiety creeps inside of me... ❞

❝ Who's a little funky one? ❞

❝ Do it until you get it right. ❞

❝ Don't you wish you could wish it away? ❞

❝ Some day I'll look back on what I told you and I'll regret it. ❞

[vellatra]

when you get this ask you have to answer with 5 of ur fav songs and then send this ask to 10 of ur favourite followers :)

If you feel like it, of course. :P ;)

Wait this means I'm in your top ten favorite followers?!?! Woot! Woot!

Uh - uh - well I don't really have specific "favorites", and when I do they change quickly, and also I just like a lot of music XD So have a random assortment of classic faves and/or stuff I've been into lately!

One Winged Angel - Beta Version by SilvaGunner (current hyperfixation; listening on repeat, thank you, goodbye)

End of an Empire - Instrumental by Celldweller (always a good time for this song, makes me want to get things done/drive fast/write something/etc. Real banger!)

Rockmen - Battle by Ben Prunty (A bop!)

Heatherwood Hall by Ari Pulkkinen (so pretty!)

Diablo Rojo by Rodrigo y Gabriela (also listened to this on repeat for a bit, enough that I'm now getting YouTube ads in Spanish, if that tells you anything haha)

All songs are linked to YouTube for your listening displeasure! :D