prismagpie · 2 years ago
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Quick Ash Edits( 02 / ?? )
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i4oba · 7 months ago
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nct dream as… !%# types of dates .. 🥣⋆☄︎. *. ⋆
[non-idol ver.! just so you know eheh]
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✰ MARK — drive-in theater
it honestly came to mind pretty randomly, as you two got back from your last exam of the semester, driving mindlessly for about two hours — not because you didn’t know what you want to do, but because you two simply just enjoyed doing nothing??? but so many things at the same???
just listening to the mixtape you made for mark, singing so loud everyone could hear since the windows were rolled down too… you felt a sense of freedom? some kind of… relief from the burdens??? it was a pretty hectic exam season you two had to endure and since it was finally over.. you couldn’t keep your excitement low
looking at each other with love and adoration, exhaustion vanishing in the company of the other one — it honestly should be studied? how easy it is for you two to affect the other???
you stumbled upon the drive-in theater by accident, it wasn’t planned or anything, you just wanted to simply spend your night at mark’s place and call it a day, watch a movie on his laptop while cuddling and stuff
but when you spotted the sign you couldn’t help but exclaim, getting all excited over it, even slapping mark’s upper arm… poor boy winced and just said “hey, no need to kill the driver”
you didn’t even need to convince him honestly, he immediately agreed and there you were… not knowing what was actually screening, blindly finding a good spot you two can park and enjoy the movie
it would’ve slapped if it was some kind of slasher horror from the 80s… but it was casablanca
WHICH IS SO CLICHÉ I KNOW BUT it makes So much sense and honestly, it’s such a big game changer to see it like that. it’s like an opportunity you shouldn’t miss
mark got some popcorn and something to drink, to make the whole atmosphere even more “vibey”, as he said, and you two just.. turned off your minds and watched the movie
discussing it and everything, like FELLAS, that’s the right experience! that’s how you watch a movie!!! YOU GOTTA ANALYZE THE SHIT OUT OF IT!!!!!!! ahah
in the end, when almost everyone drove away from the theater, leaving you two here with like.. only 3 other cars, mark gave a kiss on your lips, as a way of celebrating it all. it was for a fleeting moment only, yet it was so sweet and full of emotions
it was a reward, of some sort.
✰ RENJUN — museum date
there was this new exhibition at the local fine arts museum so… it wasn’t even a question that you two would literally RUN (and get a good use of the student discount ahah, it’s a lifesaver!)
casually choosing some elegant clothes which, of course, had to be matching to a certain extent – people HAVE TO see that you guys are together, plus it would look so good on the pictures
you expected lot more of people since it was the first week of the grand opening but it wasn’t that crowded. Which is a good thing honestly, you hate it when it’s sooo full you cannot even move properly
it was an exhibition of some impressionist works by some of the most renowed painters, it was a must to not only look the best, but to prepare yourself for a long day of strolling around
you usually spend tons of time in museums anyways, but this also as part of a date??? the security would have to kick you out asap.. ahah
renjun immediately reached for your hands to hold, while walking around, looking at the beautiful paintings, talking about whatever came to mind – not just about art itself, topics changed so fast you couldn’t even realize it by the time it did
being in art school meant that renjun can sometimes tell you little fun facts and tips&tricks he had learnt in uni
sometimes it amazes how well informed he is and how he knows so many know-hows.. not like you weren’t aware, you absolutely knew he’s smart AND TALENTED, but still ahah
after a good… 3 hours or so? you two decided to end the date with a quick stop at the museum shop :DDD it’s a must honestly, you gotta buy every magnet and postcard you can… especially of such beautiful paintings???!!! you would be stupid if you left without Anything
so you two bought tons of stuff… even some things you can exchange, as if they were gifts for one another :,) ahhh…
you just have to print out that picture of you two, taken in front of that big painting of mesmerizing flowers: renjun kissing you softly, hands on your waist, eyes closed
✰ JENO — stargazing
you had been planning this for literal days before… you know, getting everything together, like those cool ass lamps in a jar bottle with the led stuff, blankets you bought from a nearby art shop?? which sold basically everything??? ahah
drinks and snacks too… you were honestly So Ready to go stargazing! :D
you were supposed to go to that rather tiny park of the town which is mostly empty. that’s why you decided on going there, avoid people and stuff, just the two of you, looking at the constellations >:( honestly it’s so romantic it makes me Cringe (i crave it)
but in the end, you two decided to stay at yours instead, since your parents left for the weekend anyways, which is just a bonus: it’s the two of you in the backyard with the vast sky full of stars
idyllic??? romantic??? adorable and unforgettable??????
All of the above
at first, you two just sat down on the swing bed your father recently bought at a random flea market he religiously visited every weekend :,)
but then, to use the blanket you brought outside (what a tiresome task ahah), you two laid down on the ground instead
the first constellation you spotted was the big dipper, exclaiming when you noticed it on the sky, gently shoving jeno’s shoulder, who was rather nonchalant at first
he then, of course matched your energy, and got super super excited, especially after noticing the ursa major :D he felt like he accomplished his life goal or something ahah (hes so stupid but in a cute way)
what the cherry on top was is his hands, reaching for yours, fingers intertwining, as your heart warmed up – you looked at him, his beautiful face, and noticed that adorable eyesmile of his
life felt good. you felt at home
✰ HAECHAN — restaurant hop
he fucking hates cooking lmfao he’s all like “yo girl i don’t think we should let Me get near that oven… we might burn up the whole house IJBOL” (he would definitely use ijbol irl)
so you were like…
hyuck, you literally don’t even have to come to the kitchen bro, i will cook… which happens most of the times when you decide to stay at home for dates
but this day!!! to spare you from the tiring task of cooking!!!!!!!! he said that you guys should try out restaurant hopping
you were confused as hell honestly, like wdym you want that, aren’t you a picky mf lmfao
but he said that he’s feeling adventurous and is pretty much lazy to go hiking or anything that a sane person would go for
and he felt hungry so it was like the best choice in his eyes – you were sick of spending most of your nights at his (shared…) apartment so you agreed after like… 5 secs of persuading
you wanted to plan out where you should go and maybe book a table at some restaurant but he was all like “honey, we should be spontaneous, go with the flow…”, so you did???? Ahah
the first restaurant was not even a restaurant, it was just the first street food stall you two stumbled upon, getting something for the both of you
you didn’t want to feel full so early so you chose something light (unlike hyuck who was sure he was “alright” but after like the second stop, he was dying because his stomach was hurting “So Badly”)
you ended the restaurant hop with a donut at one of the bakeries you usually go to – you know, to finish it off with something familiar??? now lemme just say, it was chaotic, because haechan could BARELY finish it and made it your problem, whining like a little girl after every bite
like you told him not to get the biggest, sweetest and greasiest one but he was sooo sure in himself, he said he’s got an extra stomach for desserts
well… was he wrong…….
you spent 1.5 hours there!!!!!! he took so much time LMFAOXJAJX they were closing already and he still hadn’t finished
so you tried to rush him and stuff but he turned his princess mode on ahah
but at least, on the way back to his place, he bought you tulips :) it was such a sweet gesture <3
not as sweet as his donut was…… (he almost threw up the next day cause he was feeling nauseous from the food)
✰ JAEMIN — picnic date
jaemin was so excited :( he literally couldn’t stop talking about it like.. that’s right dude!!!!!! we’re going on a date!!!!!! A PICNIC DATE!!!!!
he would literally live in the kitchen before the occasion so that he can cook&bake tons of things for you to eat :) he’s so… he’s so malewife
all you’re left to deal with is bringing the basket and checkered blanket, every other things are settled! they are in his hands, under his control :D
you two went to the park which is right next to the lake – you wanted to see swans while talking about anything and everything that came to mind (he literally compared your beauty to that of a swan… which made you almost tear up like BOY YOU DID NOT… argghhh)
it was a must to start it off with the most basic and cliché thing of everything: the chocolate covered strawberries, feeding each other all lovey-dovey, tooth rottingly sweet and stuff
everyone was possibly like “okay lemme just kms” when they spotted you two, all up on each other, legs all tangled together, stealing kisses from the other, while giggling so loudly
it was SOO so idyllic, almost like you two escaped from a romance movie, or a painting. it felt… perfect, in a way?
birds singing, the sun shining gently on your skin, while you could hear the laughter of the children running around, clouds in animal shapes
then the sun slowly setting, pinkish hues taking up the sky above, everything becoming quiet as time passes by
he hugs you tightly. tighter than ever, perhaps
✰ CHENLE — karaoke
if two weeks pass by without you and chenle going to a karaoke… Most probably it’s because you broke up or something
like girl ain’t no way you WON’T go to karaoke dates… nuh huh, impossible to even think of that ??? CHENLE, out of all people
that’s the least believable thing like i promise you!
like saturday night are for the gir- KARAOKE!!!!! :P that’s how it always goes, getting ready, putting on some casual clothes, maybe eating something quick before that, and then spending the entire time singing your lungs out
you don’t even have energy by the end of it, like it… seems impossible to even crawl back home :,)
but honestly it’s all worth it, comparing your score and stuff, seeing which one of you sings better
sometimes you just open instagram and do lives too, so that your followers can pick who they liked more
(it’s always chenle’s acc though like SO MANY people follows him, he’s like a celebrity… ahah!)
haechan always comes to watch and roasts the both of you, especially when it can be seen that chenle kisses you here and there
he types “EWWWW GET A ROOM FREAKS” and thinks he’s hilarious lmfao
you always start the date with a quick and energetic song, one that boost your energy up easily and then… honestly it depends on your mood
sometimes you gotta be in your moods and sing romantic ballads to each other, as if it’s a serenade
but then again, moods swing so quickly and you can end up in a rap battle too
you would totally eat him up tbh… and he knows it so well
he finishes the date off with the most cheesiest, lovely romantic song ever… like a confession said yet again, for the hundreth time
✰ JISUNG — amusement park
it wasn’t his idea honestly
it was all you coming up with it, because there was that one roller coaster you’d always been scared to go on
and since you haven’t visited ever since you had jisung… you thought MAYBEEEE (just maybe) it would be better with him
you can at least hold onto him and stuff
he wanted to eat before the ride though… you did not let him, of course, since you didn’t want him to throw up on you AHAH
but like, why did he came there RAVENOUS? duh … you’re gonna say goodbye to your guts on the ride girl what did you expect
but you know, the ride wasn’t even the part you enjoyed the most – it was good, of course, just not that… outstanding? i guess? it was alright… especially because you could hold jisung’s hand so tightly :,) it was honestly so adorable
they should’ve taken pictures of you like you’re sure you would’ve put it on the fridge or something
but after that, you went to the gift shop, to get those silly headbands!!!!! you got one that resembled a cat, and jisung got one with a hamster >:( it was adorbs
you two looked like those IT couples that you can always see in instagram, you know, holding hands, taking silly candid pictures and then eating sooo much food
FINALLY!!! thought jisung probably ahah you got so many sweets it was like you could feel your tooth decaying lmfao
at the end of the day, you two decided to try out the freshly opened photo booth which had been going viral for weeks
it was… an experience to say the least :,) but the pictures came out prettier than ever!!!! except for the one where jisung sneezed and you got all scared because he was Loud loud ahah
but the compensation was a fleeting kiss on your cheek! which was also captured on one of the pictures :)
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essektheylyss · 11 months ago
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Ten Books to Know Me
@aboxthecolourofheartache reblogged her version of this from ages ago but she'd tagged whoever saw it and it sounds very fun and difficult so let's do it!
Tris's Book by Tamora Pierce - I had a habit as a kid of always picking up the second book in a series, so this was the first of Tamora Pierce's books I read. Emelan had an effect on me on a microcosmic level, I'm pretty sure. Anyway, the protag of a whole world of mine is named Tris now, in homage to Trisana Chandler, so. the particulate is still kicking around in my brain.
Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud - Another childhood FAVE. This series as a whole started fucking with what I understood a book to be. Also the ending of it has a vice grip on me to this day, and it is probably why so much of my writing is very vibey and favors ambiguous endings.
Cyrano de Bergerac - This was the first assigned reading I had in high school that I utterly LOVED. I love this play so much, I love the tragedy, I love the quiet sorrow. This was also the first proper tragedy that I remember really loving.
The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan - This is a book of poetry and short stories by a Yale creative writing student who was killed in a car crash very soon after graduating, compiled by her professor after her death. I read it repeatedly in college; it is really quite lovely.
Underland by Robert Macfarlane - Apologies to Box who wanted reading recommendations, but she is who introduced me to this book if I remember correctly, and I have spent the two years since I read it habitually picking up Macfarlane's writing without even realizing it. Absolutely phenomenal writing.
Staying with the Trouble by Donna Haraway - @ professor Haraway I know you are a semi-retired scholar and also in the most expensive college town on earth but are you looking for research assistants cuz uh
The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Tsing - I actually read both Staying with the Trouble and this book on the same weekend in the start of 2021. I compromised on not including Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake, which I felt was very cliche of me, by including this book, which had as much of an effect. Read those three and Pantheologies by Mary-Jane Rubenstein and you will have some semblance of an idea of what the spiritual portion of my brain looks like. In the interest of not writing the same blurb four times I left the latter two off but know they make up a little microcosm of 'you could make a religion out of this' for me.
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natskukawa - A Japanese novel about a cat who appears to a teenager after the death of his grandfather, a bookseller. I read it when I was very frustrated with trying to read contemporary fiction and it was a bright spot among that. (I am still very frustrated with the state of contemporary fiction and this book remains a light.)
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer - Okay I read this one most recently out of this list (over the summer) but it had been on my list for a long time and it really does live up to the hype because it is just so luminous in every sense.
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer - I had to put this one last simply because HOLY HELL. Rewired my brain. This is the goal I aspire to, this is the dream I dream, this is the highest peak among the mountain range of writing aspirations that I climb. If I can one day write anything even akin to the Southern Reach trilogy I will be ready to die, but that is an utterly unachievable goal so God's just gonna have to let me live forever, I guess.
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sharpbutsoft · 2 months ago
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So I know you do digital art, but The Hanged fireMan looks like a watercolor. Do you work with watercolors as well, or is it the program you use?
(please brag about your art process, basically)
Yeah! So I do all my (fan)art in everyone’s favourite innuendo of an art program, Procreate. (Specifically on a 2019 ipad pro with a 1st gen Apple Pencil, both of which I would tentatively recommend if you can get them 2nd hand for less than 200euro like I did)
I did a lot of painting as a teenager, and still paint often to this day. Though I mostly worked in acrylics, I have been known to use watercolours (like, when I was in college I bought a little 3euro paint set and would use the inside of cardboard cereal boxes as diy watercolour paper and paint wild little Irish landscapes… and Winter Soldier fan art, sometimes. 2017 was a different world)
So in summary - I ‘paint’ digitally using some very traditional techniques I picked up over the years, and I kinda prefer digital art now, which I will elaborate on below the cut as I detail how I created The Hanged fireMan…
I’ll start with my favourite digital art ‘cheat’ which is that I use So Many Layers. Like seriously, pretty much every new colour goes on its own layer because I am a control freak and love being able to tweak them all as needed. So for this relatively simplistic piece, I’ve still got something like 20 layers all together.
I’m also usually better at grouping layers but in this one I gave up at some point and it felt dishonest to group them nicely before showing you guys lol
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So yeah layers is my biggest hack, but the other is using specific texture brushes
I spent a while playing around with various brushes before finding this Tarraleah one which has just the most delicious watercolour-y texture and a really fun edge to it (and it’s got pressure sensitivity, so I can really control the amount of colour I want to put down on the page)
This background was painted entirely with the 1 brush & colour, and I think it turned out pretty cool. For this particular piece I did have a reference on screen to work off for the most part, but those clouded were just painted with my heart
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Next (or maybe before, it’s a while sinceI drew this and sometimes I mix it up) is the lines, which are always done with my best friend, the Procreate Pencil!! I love her, she’s so fuzzy and textured and also if you tilt the tip on the pencil you get a broader line (like with a real pencil) which is just the coolest thing!
When it comes to lines I just sort of go for bigger shapes 1st and details later, and basically always with some kind of reference. I also use a very old & well known trick of putting the most detail into the object of most importance, and leaving the background more loose and vibey
Artists will tell you that this is to draw focus with details. Artists are lying. It’s cause we got lazy after drawing he fun part & phoned the rest of it in lol (I know this because I am an artist)
Also I love this pencil because I don’t have very steady hands and I actually cannot draw straight/smooth lines to save my life! If you’ve ever seen anything resembling a smooth line in something I’ve drawn, it is almost certainly a whole bunch of lines over each other and then erased at the edges to make it look neater
But who needs straight lines when sketchy sketch lines are so fun!
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Next is flat colours (the 3layers in the middle with check marks beside them)
I used the same colours as the background, which you can tell from where they completely blend together right down the bottom, and what I genuinely do is use the Tarraleah brush to generally block out he shape, and then go back in with an eraser and smooth out the lines
Why do I do this? …good question
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Next is one of my favourite parts, which is adding the lights! Procreate has some really fun -glowy- layer effects - my favourite is probably Add (A) though Colour Burn (CB) is great too for its vibrancy.
Also those 2 layer 11s are there because I duplicated one and then used the ‘Gaussian Blur’ feature to ‘fuzzify’ it (yes, that’s the technical term) It’s a pretty quick and easy way to add a more diffused light effect around something. (I did the same for the yellow reflective strips on the turnouts too!)
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Last step now! So full disclosure - I absolutely traced that writing from a photo of a tarot card lol. I actually always trace writing, as, much like drawing straight lines, I’m bad at handwriting on a screen
I also stumbled upon the Exclusion (E) effect by accident - Originally it was going to be a plain cream boarder like a traditional tarot card had, but I wasn’t fully happy with it, so I just flipped through a few layer effects and as soon as I got to this one, I knew it was the right choice
I love the dreamy contrast of the pinks and purples to the dark navy and grey & how it makes everything looks kinda unreal and outer-spacey
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And yeah that’s about it! Everything else comes from my 15+ years of Practical Art Knowledge but these are the specifics of how I utilise it digitally!
This was a lot of fun to write out, and I hope that if you’ve made it all the way here, it was fun to read too!
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safarigirlsp · 8 months ago
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These asks are fun! I can’t wait to see what stories you have in the works 🖤
🍒What genres/tropes do you find yourself using most often?
🥝Who are your literary influences, and have they shaped your own writing?
🥕What's your favorite fic you've written, and why?
🍔What's a headcanon that hasn't made it into a published fic yet?
Thank you for sending this! It's like most of the gang's all back! Let's keep this craziness going for a while!
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🍒What genres/tropes do you find yourself using most often?
My two favorite genres to write, as if it isn't obvious xD, Are adventure and Horror. For tropes, if these are tropes, I love Bitchy Banter, Strong Women Kicking Ass, Men Having a #BadTime, and Manly Men Doing Manly Things. I really can't get enough and although I should probably branch out more, I just love these so much I want to wallow in them over and over xD.
🥝Who are your literary influences, and have they shaped your own writing?
In terms of classics, I love Jane Austen and her banter and color, Alexandre Dumas for adventure and his epic thematics and penchant for revenge, and Poe for all things lovely, dark, and vibey.
For modern writers, my all time favorite is Wilbur Smith and honestly, if I could write like him, I would love it. That's my goal in life, truly. I'm enjoying Evie Dunmore at present. Crichton and Preston/Child are also favorites.
🥕What's your favorite fic you've written, and why?
Oh no. This is always impossible for me xD.
For Jacques: Wargrave Hall (This is truly almost finished. Sorry for the wait!). Here There Be Monsters
For Mills: Maneater. I need to write more for him!
For Flip: The Case of the Colorado Cannibal. The Devil Went Down to Dodge City.
For Kylo: Kylo the Malevolent co-written with the wonderful @babbushka
🍔What's a headcanon that hasn't made it into a published fic yet?
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Flip is truly god awful in the kitchen. He has been almost permanently banned, with a few narrow exceptions. He does quite a good job at pancakes. The nickname 'Flip' comes from him flipping pancakes like a show off as a young fool and splattering himself with grease, thereby getting a round pockmark looking scar on his chest that he likes to lead people to believe is a bullet wound.
However, he is allowed to have a grill. Outside. Where the risk of burning the house down drops from extreme to moderate. He can grill steaks like a bad ass. He deadpans that it's part of some primal male instinct that involves bloodlust and hunting and fire. Or some horseshit along those lines. His culinary skills begin and end at grilling meats. Occasionally, he can add cheese to a burger without incident, but he knows better than to venture further out than that. It can't be denied that his steaks and burgers are to die for. Or as he puts to you when it's just the two of you, they're good enough to orgasm for, and he will make sure you do. When he really wants to wine and dine you, he will cook in just his jeans with his tits out for your viewing pleasure. When he's feeling funny, he will wear a frilly apron over his jeans and bare chest and let you laugh at him.
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In my canon, Nicholas Mills is an ex fighter pilot. He was a bad boy growing up, the rebellious sort who wouldn't cut his hair or go to church or respect authority simply because it was authority. This disagreement came to blows several times with his father. Mills never struck the old man back, but it was sufficient provocation that he could restrain his father even with a broken nose to ship him off to the military to get his ass straightened out. Mills hated it, every second. He wasn't suited to the authority and the rules. But all that stayed on the ground when he took off in a jet. The freedom he felt from the first time he climbed into the cockpit was euphoric. He put up with the rules and the authority and the bullshit, even the horrible haircut, just so he could feel that freedom, chase the high that only came with flying.
After leaving the military and a nasty divorce after that, Mills was thoroughly sick of rules and regulations and authority and fucking people in general. He was smart enough to keep a separate bank account and stash away enough money to buy a plane of his own. You could say Mills skipped town. Skipped the country actually. All the way to Northern British Columbia. Someplace he can be left alone and unbothered, living the life he wants. He makes a surprisingly good living as a bush pilot, running supplies out to folks even more remote than him and flying out sportsman and outdoorsmen into the wilderness, and the occasional rescue job.
Never in a million years did Mills expect to meet a knockout like you out on one of these runs, his dream girl. And now, he's the only man who has a chance in hell of getting you both out of the wilderness alive.
I may have a fic like this in the works...
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Jacques is an avid reader. He's educated and quite an intellectual, although he likes to downplay that arrow in his quiver. It pays to be underestimated. He enjoys poetry most of all and he's more of a sucker for flowery prose and romantic ideation than he openly admits. When he gets caught, he blames his interest in poetry as a necessary skill developed to get under women's skirts.
Once he's close enough to let his guard down, he will reveal his favorites and tell you how you've been in every line he's ever read. He loves to read to you. In the beginning, this was a way to seduce you into bed. It has since become his way to lull you to sleep when you're already in bed or to help you unwind while sprawled out by the fire.
He will read your favorite books with you or begin a new one together that you chose just to share the experience with you. It goes without saying that whenever you get inspired by a particular scene, Jacques is not only happy but eager and enthusiastic to act it out with you. He will invariably put the male characters to shame.
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skaruresonic · 11 months ago
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Where would you rank English among the other languages you've learned?
For reference:
= I studied Spanish for five years in high school (forgot most of it), = am currently on my second year of studying Skaruręʔkyéha·ʔ, = tried learning a bit of Japanese hiragana but dropped it, = and am researching bits and pieces of Cymraeg (Welsh) and Old Saxon in my spare time.
Language is fascinating, a window into the way people think. I think all languages have the capacity to be beautiful, but also that beauty is not a prerequisite for a language to be allowed to exist, because beauty is subjective. That being said, it's difficult to rank languages as being "better" or "worse" because they're simply different from each other. It's like evolution: all languages have become the way they are to suit their own specific needs. While it's true that I sometimes call English "weird" or "dumb," it's out of frustration with the sheer gulf between the krirù·ręʔ and Skarù·ręʔ ways of thinking. They couldn't be more different if there were galaxies between them. For example, a perfectly sensible question in Skaruręʔkyéha·ʔ is "Teʔ waʔnę́·te saʔnę̀·nę́hwih íhsʔę naʔ čaʔnę̀·nę́hwih haʔ tì·waʔθ naʔ haʔ nyaʔnę̀·nę́hwih?" "[Which] [your relatives] [more than] [you two are related] [the amount] [than] [the] [you and I are related]?" In English, this is surprisingly difficult to translate because we don't exactly have a clean, congruent way of phrasing the sentiment. The closest attempt we made was: "Which of your relatives is it the case that you're more related to them than you are related to me?", which just sounds awkward no matter how you dice it.
Learning Haudenosaunee languages requires a restructuring of your thinking, a loosening of English's strict adherence to word order and grammar. There are multiple valid and correct ways of saying the same thing. What you'd call grammar is, for us, more like a guideline or a template from which we make educated guesses. Though there are "less appropriate" and "more appropriate" ways to structure sentences, the greater emphasis is placed on pronunciation than grammar. And there is so much that overlaps semantically, you'll wonder what the difference is. Learning aspects and how we conceive of time is one of the most difficult parts of the language because English just doesn't conceptualize time Like That. We have a lot of subtle nuances when it comes to time specifically, such that, when you try to find the appropriate English to match it, it feels a bit like using a fireaxe to hammer in a nail. It'll get the job done, but it feels weird and much too blunt. But then there are times where the Skarù·ręʔ feels equally blunt. I'll be honest, some of it isn't politically correct. Some terms come from colonial times, like our calling Asia the "old world." We could probably stand to work on that; making new words is the most fun part, imo.
I don't want to say our language is more "vibey," but because English is a low-context language where words more or less mean what they say on the tin, Skarù·ręʔkyéha·ʔ seems vaguer by comparison, if only because words are broader in their meanings. You either need to provide more information via context or think more abstractly. Skarù·ręʔ people have a rather quirky view of the world. We looked at the giraffe and decided its most distinguishing feature was not its spots, its long neck, or its black tongue, but its lack of a voice: yuwętú·kęʔ. "Cranberry," when translated literally, means "it says 'duks'! (onomatopoeia)," referring to the sound they make when boiled: túks wá·ʔnęh. Listening is important when studying Haudenosaunee languages because critical differences boil down to a literal hair's breadth: a lack of a pause, the way you pronounce one E, whether you aspirate those Hs, all of that can alter the meaning of a word. To an English ear, these words all sound the same: uhčíhręʔ = bear učíʔreh = light učirę́hręʔ = brown učì·reh = bee stinger I guess the main difference is nowadays English sounds stricter, more rigid, to me. Maybe a little... slow? Lumbering? Idk how to describe it. All this being said, it depends. Sometimes when I'm tired, I'll switch to English because it's easier and I don't have to hold eight million conjugations in my head - but sometimes the opposite is also true! I've grown so used to saying certain basic phrases in Skarù·ręʔ that I'll forget to phrase them in English.
From what little I've studied of Japanese and Welsh, they seem to bear some similarities in structure to Skarù·ręʔ as agglutinative languages. Smaller pieces strung together to create more complex sentences. (And this is just me but I like how Welsh sounds lol. why are you all making keyboard smash jokes. stop that.) They also do some similarly loosey-goosey word order stuff, although IIRC, Japanese relies a lot on passive voice whereas the concept doesn't exist in Skarù·ręʔ; everything has a cause and effect, something happening to cause something else. You can't just say the word "run" in isolation; you need to provide more context. Who is running? When? Where? How long? "Put it in a story," as they say. English uses a mix of active and passive language. Not sure how much direct language Welsh uses quite yet. I think Old Saxon is cool too, lol. It's fascinating to trace the etymology of English words through it. There's no such thing as a double-negative in Anglo-Saxon; you can stack as many negations as you want. How cool is that? Why did we get rid of it?
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themculibrary · 1 year ago
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Sam Wilson Birthday Masterlist
Birthday Bash (ao3) - Dibsanddabs bucky/steve/sam E, 4k
Summary: It's Sam's birthday, so what better way to celebrate than with a party!
"Steve was really terrible at hiding things. Sam had been able to see through him from the moment they met, when Steve’s flirting had been anything but subtle and his intentions were clear as the light of day. Which is why Sam knew that if he was going to find out anything about his birthday party it would be from Steve."
Birthday Cookies (ao3) - Onthecyberseas steve/sam G, 1k
Summary: Steve enlists the help of his daughter to make Sam's birthday special.
Boat (ao3) - sammysouffle steve/sam G, 1k
Summary: It's Sam's birthday and Steve has a surprise for him.
bucky shows up on sam's birthday and things get real vibey (ao3) - abhorsenbranwen sam/bucky T, 580
Summary: Bucky took a flight down to surprise Sam for his birthday and the way they're acting like a couple without acknowledging it is in "actively ridiculous" territory at this point.
Cake (ao3) - sammysouffle steve/sam G, 369
Summary: Sam gets an unusual cake for his birthday.
Cake Duty (ao3) - Frankensteins_Monster sam/bucky T, 1k
Summary: Sam shows up to his birthday party only to find Bucky there, being an all-around pain in the ass and hijacking his birthday cake.
Captain America's Night Out (ao3) - sammysouffle steve/sam G, 1k
Summary: It's Sam's birthday and Steve has a surprise for him.
'Cause With A Love Like This, There's Nothing Left To Do (ao3) - plantswithme sam/bucky E, 4k
Summary: Sam has his ideas, he’d seen the faded papers from his moms recipe book on Sarah’s kitchen counter, meaning she had taken them out from the folder.
Sam isn’t wrong but he also isn’t right as when they get closer to Sarah’s property he hears music and people talking but he does smell food.
Sarah spots them and pokes a few people making them aware of Sam’s arrival.
Sam looks at Bucky and is met with a grin, “You bastard, do you know how much cheese I ate?” Sam says.
Bucky laughs and takes the flowers from Sam, “Go on birthday boy, you got people waiting for you”
Everyone knows, so Sam puts his hand on Bucky’s waist and leans in for a sweet kiss, before making his way over to the people that are there to celebrate him.
First date? (ao3) - NoiceCool sam/bucky T, 4k
Summary: Sam's birthday comes while they're in Madripoor. He's lonely. Bucky wants to do something nice and might have some other ideas.
For the Birthday Boy (ao3) - steeeve sam/bucky G, 3k
Summary: All things considered; Bucky is fine. At least, he should be. Birthdays are supposed to be fun, right? It should be, unless it involves Sam Wilson. Then in which case, you’re fucked.
OR This is Bucky trying to impress Sam on his birthday, and his attempt of getting Sam the best birthday present ever with the help of their friends.
Happy Birthday, Sam Wilson (ao3) - bactaqueen sam/natasha/bucky/sharon/steve E, 4k
Summary: Sam gets a Team America orgy for his birthday.
Honey (ao3) - ABrighterDarkness steve/sam T, 1k
Summary: Steve surprises Sam with an adorable birthday present.
how sweet it is (ao3) - Lies_Unfurl sam/bucky T, 6k
Summary: Sam and Bucky go wedding cake tasting. Except, they aren't engaged. Or dating.
(Also, it's Sam's birthday. Which he totally isn't celebrating, thank you very much.)
my convenience store dream boy (ao3) - bisamwilson sam/bucky T, 7k
Summary: five times captain america sam wilson saved bodega owner bucky barnes, and one time bodega owner bucky barnes saved captain america sam wilson
sam wilson's 40th birthday bash (ao3) - hupsoonheng bucky/steve/natasha/sam E, 4k
Summary: my last minute entry for samtember, based on no prompts because my add ass cannot keep track of anything, where basically sam just gets lavished on for his birthday
This Birthday, I Give You A Cake (ao3) - Writer_Lethogica sam/bucky T, 1k
Summary: Mild-mannered grocery store baker Bucky Barnes is sort of, kind of friends with the amazing, the witty, the gorgeous Sam Wilson, aka Captain America. And might have baked a cake for Sam's birthday. Maybe Bucky's being too extra.
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3, 4, 9, 11, 15, 20, and 21 :D!!
3. three songs you were recently obsessed with -fucked up by racoma -car lights by james marriott -iris by goo goo dolls
OUGHOGUHGOGHOGHOGUHOGUHOGGHOUGHOGUH i have been looping these three SO MUCH LATELY along with allez les blues by los camps
fucked up jumpscares me bc theres swearing in the literal title and it sounds so intense and i mean the bridge aka my fav part of the song IS intense bUT ITS SOOOO GOOD AND SOSOSOO PRETTY AND I CANNOTTT GET OVERRR IT RAHHSHSHDFJSDK
car lights is a funny one bc the first like 3 years of me listening to james' music i never got into it for some reason?? i always loved grapes and gold n stuff but then tommy covered it during his karaoke stream and HOLYSHITT i was like wtf this is so good? and then i listened to the original and went HOLY SHIT THIS IS SO GOOD??? its now been like 2-3 months and i still. am looping this shit constantly like BRO BR O BRO BRO BRO BRO ITS SO GOODDFDOWEJFIAWFEJAWFELJAWEFIJWEFLWE I LOVE CAR LIGHTS SO MUCHHHHHHHHHHHHH
iris is one of my long time fav songssss, i grew up on 90s alt rock so anything from that era is just soo <333 fkjdsdjflsj EPXLODES !!! but like the last two years ive gone in and out with listening to it. i'll listen to 90s for like a month and then go back to modern music. but yeah january i started megaaaa listening to 90s alt rock again and i remembered how much i love iris so that shit has been on loop as well. it is genuinely one of my top five fav songs of all time. also extra fun fact for you !! my mom used to loop it while she was pregnant with me <3 so it is just kinda like. my song lmao ever since before i was born lmaooooo
okay gonna provide a cut bc this will be a long one ^-^
4 i already answered and i would answer w diff ones but this ones gonna be long so i'll skip it for now eheh
9. three songs that get you in the Christmas Mood -Auld Lang Syne by Andrew Bird -Carol of the Bells from the Home Alone soundtrackkk -Rocking Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee
the first album is such a lovely one grgrgrkjrjgk i have nice memories of listening to it while sitting in front of the (real wood !!) fireplace and drinking tea and just enjoying my family's company during xmas time <333
i just fucking love carol of the bells so much i have like five billion diff versions of it saved ONE OF MY FAVS BEING A MANDALORIAN THEME SONG CROSSED WITH IT ITS LITERALLY THE BEST THING EVER CREATED IN EXISTENCE LIKEEEE MY TWO FAV SONGS EVER BEING COMBINED??? YES PLEASEKEKGHRGJKHRKJ
and the last one is just a classic:D also reminds me of home alone which is ofc my fav xmas movie ever (way better than elf FIGHT MEEE)
11. three favourite songs from movie or TV series soundtrack (i think this means like soundtrack so regular songs rather than ost but if u wanna know my three fav ostsss pls send and i will tell !!! i love film osts so much omg 😭😭😭) -Heroes by David Bowie [Perks of Being A Wallflower] -Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah [Guardians of the Galaxy] -Spirits by The Strumbellas [Middle School Worst Years of My Life]
goddd this movie changed my life honestly and the scene this song is from genuinely is just. it rewired my brain chemistry. i want to feel infinite man its soooooo i love this movie sosososooso much and this song is just so lovely and just RAHSHSFJDKSKJFKLAKJS i cannot english properly lmao i think im losing steam but just. yes. this song + movie are both. yes
I LOVE GOTG SOUNDTRACK SO MUCH IT IS PEAK EVERY SONG IS FUCKING AMAZINGGGGG but this is one of the songs that i found from this movie and idk !! i think it's underrated it's so vibey it makes me feel so happy:))))
this is another movie that literally changed my life. like. it's such a silly movie? but it genuinely makes me cry everytime and and this songggg this is the beginning of me looking into my own taste of music that's not just generic top 60 from the radio or my family's taste. i found this song from this movie and found the rest of the band's music and and and it was one of the first steps of me finding out who i am. it's a really big part of my personality (both the movie and the song) and i just :(( this band makes me sooo emotional. they helped me out during my first bout of mental health issues and i just got to see them in concert a couple months ago and sobsobsobsosbsobosbsobsososbsobsobsossbososssssssss SORRY i'll start rambling now i just GODDD the strumbellas mean so much to me :(
15. three songs you want to dance with your love to -Come on Eileen by Dexy Midnight Runners -Coming Home by Leon Bridges -Starting Over by Chris Stapleton
the first two are just CLASSICSSSS you have to dance to themmm and i have in the past and its literally the greatest feeling in the world. literally nothing compares. the last one is more targeted towards my partner:))) she's from tennesse LMAOO and loves country music buuuuttt besides that i also just like. my dad and his wife listen to country music a lot and it's soooo?? it's so lovely idk this style of country music is just pure vibes. but yeah the lyrics r also super lovely and just remind me of my partner so badly grjgkjrgkjrg i need to listen to alllll the country and soul (heh pun unintended) music with them. this song in particular is so comforting i just feel like it'd be nice to dance in the kitchen to <3
20. three songs that remind you of the person who sends this one -Morning Rain by Adam Torres -Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson -Home Is by Kanaya
you just give me very soft pretty rainy day vibes <333 ur a very kind person and you hold so much positivity. these songs are all so very comforting and i just !! think they suit u very well ^-^
21. three songs of your childhood -Upside Down by Jack Johnson -Could You Be Loved by Bob Marley -Clocks by Coldplay
goddddd this songgg this song is nostalgia in a nutshell. used to love the movie but also my mom and i used to dogsit for this one person and they had 3 cds. jack johnson, barenaked ladies, and adele. i used to play those and just run around the house acting out the songs. so all of those are very nostalgic but upside down takes the cake bc it just. sounds nostalgic. idk its such happy vibes and its so innocent and wholesome and i justtttt sobsss its so lovely
my half-siblings' dad had a record player before it was cool and the two records he used to play all the time were bob marley and michael jackson. bob marley reminds me more of my childhood though. its just !! its bob marley man. certified classic and good vibes. i love this song so much <3 i love all of his music a lot but this one just ??? makes me feel super intense emotions
this one is NOSTALGIA KING i dont know if there's any other song that sounds like nostalgia like this one does. it was always on the radio in the car and its also in several movies and just aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa its so gorgeous i love this song so much <3333
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meteor752 · 2 years ago
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Double life kids, eight years later
The final designs for the kids. Wont make anymore, unless I finally get on with making that Superhero au I said I would do a few months ago
Anyways
I’ve been working really hard on these designs, and some of them are probably the best I’ve ever made! So I really hope you like them!
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Liana
(A few years down the road, the watcher genes started to become more prominent. The extra pairs of wings and the eye change are just the beginning too! Her color palette is kinda a mess but it’s just how she rolls. Top hat with goggles and a corset because Steampunk vibes are cool. Also her Flyguy bow, just in case)
Parrot pal has successfully started her own business, where she sells everything from deep slate to gold to clothing and mercenary jobs. The wider the spread, the better the bread
Lives very close to the shopping district, to keep an eye on her shops
The Watcher thing sure is…interesting. Grian hasn’t told her the full story, so she isn’t sure exactly what she is but she knows that it’s something unworldy
Is still learning to disguise it
Has a fierce rivalry with Mumbo over trying to become the riches hermit. Mumbo had no idea this rivalry is happening
She’s bestie with her little brother, Grumbot Prime
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Wes
(Golden boy. His Hc and current design has a lot of similarities, mainly because when it comes to change he likes to take things slow. Got a haircut tho, plus many tattoos and a circlet to represent his status as the son of the sun god (Tho who knows how true that actually is). Also has a skull ring, in honor of Jekiv)
Baby boy is doing fine. Mostly
Is decked out in gold because again, he loves to mine, and gold is his favorite ore
Lost part of his ear and hearing in a creeper explosion, least favorite of his scars
Has improved his self confidence greatly over the years, which in turn improved his relationship with his dad
(Side note, I can imagine Xisuma whitelisting like a therapist or something just because these three, especially Wes, has some things to work through)
Is actually an extremely skilled farm creator, just like his other dad
Spends a lot of time trying to find a way to fix their code so they can leave and rejoin servers
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Gertrude
(Total princess warrior vibes for her. Wanted her to be a mixture of Butch and femme, in the weirdest way possible. She’s now also wearing shoes! I wanted her to have heels alright? Her soles eventually got worn out so she’s wearing a pair of boots)
One of the best warriors on Empires SMP
Used to have separate outfits for being a monster hunter and being a noble, but eventually just combined the two to make her life easier
(Eddie made her armor, she’s very grateful)
The armor had to be made fireproof, because despite being older she still scuffles playfully with Johnny
She went through quite a large number of weapons before settling on the mace. It just, “fit her”
Also very few people can actually lift her mace, because it’s extremely heavy.
Sometimes helps out fWhip in Gobland with redstone, just because it’s fun. She enjoys the challenges that he presents to her
Wants to someday face ten withers and take down them all. Until then, she will train with all her might
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Johnny
(My friend told me he looked evil lol. Ran out of cowboy outfits a long time ago, so here’s a more outlaw vibey one. The goggles and scarf are to protect his face from sand though, so likes there’s a reason lol. Butternut stands proud at the scene as well)
Despite his outer appearance, he’s still the nice lad you all know and love
He is more of a free roamer nowadays though, mostly traveling the mesa around Tumble Town, sometimes even beyond it
After Liana left for Empires, Johnny started helping Pix out with his excavations
When there’s word of a new discovery far away from any of the empires, you can bet your ass that Johnny is he first man on the case
And sure, he caaaaaaaaaaan use his elytra and get there in maybe half a day, but that beats the point of traveling!
An absolute expert at dealing with mobs at this point, especially creepers. Goes fucking crazy with that whip of his
Despite it all, he’s still a simple country bumpkin at heart, who likes his breakfast early and his music country
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Jassy
(Queen is extremely anime. I just searched “anime ninja female” and tried to get general style of outfit correct. Her hair was almost impossible, but looking on it now it looks fantastic. Her daggers are also enchanted, that’s why they’re purple lol)
Jassy is a trophy wife and she takes her job very seriously
She does know her way around redstone, and she ain’t a bad builder (She’s the one who made her and Liana’s base), but her wife is out making bank while she takes care of their many, many cats
The mercenary part of Double Co. is her entirely though.
The story behind her damaged eye is a mystery to all, as every time someone asks about it she makes up some new fantastical tale
In reality she was flipping her daggers while laying down on the ground, then accidentally dropped one. It ain’t as cool as fighting an alligator, or taking down twenty wardens at once though
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Jekiv
(Glow up of the fucking century my dude. He ain’t abandoning his love for pastels anytime soon, but that almost makes him more scary. Exchanged his old staff for a scythe just for the aesthetic. If you look closely at the hand holding the scythe, you can see a golden ring)
*Becomes a mass murderer* ~Character development~
He’s still not a full fledged necromancer yet, though he can summon entire corpses now. Actually getting them to do his bidding is another thing
The squirrel on his shoulders is named Chimp. She’s his familiar, and she’s thirsty for blood
Has spent nearly four years trying to solve the mystery of The Evermoore, but hasn’t come out with much result
Did find out he has no soul, or at least not a traditional one, so that’s neat!
Existential crisis aside, Jekiv is also trying to figure out a way for their code to be fixed.
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Novo
(Pov: Ur about to want and rip your ears off. Hat decorated, coat fluffy, heels fucking iconic, my man has the drip. A weird drip, but the drip nonetheless. And after all these years, he still does the ruined makeup look. Some things never change)
Switched to playing the bagpipe, because those things are both loud and difficult to learn to play. Novo does not know how to play, but that doesn’t stop him one bit
Best big brother to Oli’s child, and with that I mean the absolute worst influence a child could ask for
Actually managed to reconcile with Scott, despite all odds. It’s not a perfect father-son relationship, but like none of them have that so it’s fine
Wears a lot of pink partly to match with Gert, and partly because it’s a loud and obnoxious color, so it garners attention
The wealthiest of all the kids, just by people paying him to leave him Tf alone
There’s some fic ideas I still have with the kids, plus maybe the fourth series will give me some new material, but these are probably the final designs I will make for them.
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Hey fumi do you have any fics in the work?
Hi! I always have a ton of wips and prompts on the back burner, but as for whether I have any fics right now that I’m actively working on… Yes! Although I don’t know from what fandom you are from anon (I’m guessing Dungeon Meshi) so I’m just gonna talk about my general fic plans regardless of what they’re for.
Tldr: Currently I’m working on two fics for Harahara Sensei, but after that I want to try and continue some wips I started and left unfinished, besides all the other wips I want to try and get done asap alongside that for a bunch of fandoms.
Currently:
I’m working on two oneshots simultaneously for Harahara Sensei/Timebomb Teacher! I’ve been alternating between which of the two I’m focusing on which uhh certainly is a choice. One is gonna be pretty short like uhh 2k words while the other I’m anticipating to be around ~5k words maybe? Harahara Sensei’s a manga that’s not even been translated into english and my last fic for it got no attention so I’m def not expecting anyone else to rejoice about it but I’m having a great time. I’ve been considering machine translating them and put them on Pixiv though, there are a couple of fics for it on there so if it’s readable to others that’d be fun. Harahara Sensei has been having a grip on my brain again lately I tell you… I listen to my spotify playlist for it and I weep
— Unlike my last Harahara Sensei fic though these are feel good and not ungodly angst! The shorter one is gonna be centered around ice creams/popsicles, themes of empathy and being ice cold with others and mayybe stolen childhood considering canon, with a motif of winning and losing popsicles— You know that thing in japan where if there’s winner written on the popsicle stick you get another popsicle for free at a store. This might sound like a far fetched concept but canon just had a field trip with this I could talk SO MUCH about popsicles in Harahara Sensei and how Yoroizuka loves them omg. The way he tossed a winning stick in a fire- The way it almost mimics the look of a smoke- The way he eats them because he never had the chance to as a kid- So much I could say and so much I could spoil and so much I could theorize and rant about it makes me rabid!!!! Is this a good time to mention Harahara Sensei is about yakuzas — The longer one is about them going out to eat at a restaurant together after vol 2, pretty chill, learning to know each other beyond their usual um, "professional" setting. Unlike the ice cream one it’s less vibey and more straightforward, shooting for dialogue and neat moments. Its name is gonna be Death Tolls and Dinner Rolls which I have such a shit eating grin about, it’s so perfect and hilarious to me it feels like my brain is huge. Here below the summary tidbits for the fics + a canon extra page about Yoroizuka so y’all have a visual idk. Oh I don’t go into it in the pic but there’ll def be a death toll-adjacent convo in the fic and not only dinner rolls, I don’t lie on the label
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You know, I noticed lately how the theme of food is pretty prevalent in my fics in general. Like, even before reading Dungeon Meshi! Both of my Harahara Sensei wips here were started before reading it, funny how that works. My first posted fic ever is about baking a cake hah. With Dunmeshi it’s only getting worse here on out I’m afraid. My thing with Harahara Sensei fics so far has been to do a lot of animals metaphors and comparisons because dehumanization is a big and cool theme in it and OUGHH that’s so fun. Rat races… Brb sobbing. Also I’d be making faster progress on my fics if I didn’t overthink everything and insisted on researching how rare benches are in Kabukicho tbh. Please god let them sit down……
Dunmeshi:
Listen if you’re a oomfie you knowwww I have so many marchil wips… But I also have a ton of other dunmeshi wips as well. So real talk for the moment I feel like fic wise I’ve done a explored marchil a good amount, I’d like to work on smth else as a palate cleanser after a month of working on the same fic oughh. But yes I’ve done angsty unrequited during canon marchil, I’ve done bittersweet-ish fluffy post-canon slow burn-ish marchil, if I were to focus on a marchil fic soon I think it’d either be 1) a quick gen/platonic fic set during canon where Chilchuck lends her an ear and comforts her after the dungeon rabbits incident when she gets nightmares, 2) Marcille and Chilchuck on a date post-canon, ice skating and dancing and shenanigans, or 3) either Marcille invites him to a fancy social event at the castle as her plus-one (aka emotional support) maybe already dating maybe on the verge of confessing OR they’re already dating and then Marcille’s mom visits them and it’s very sweet and then maybe a marriage proposal happens too~, in both cases Chilchuck is going through so much stress. I’ve done many flavors so far but what I reallyyy want to do rn is just Chilchuck’s heart on the edge of giving out, going through the five stages of grief over the banquet not having his favorite kind of alcohol and Marcille not letting him be an ornamental plant in the corner of the room and doing the bare minimum. If it doesn’t show I’m most excited for 3)…
BUT. Before I fell down the marchil rabbithole I was working on a couple of laimar ideas, including one where Marcille makes Laios read The Daltian Clan because she’s soo desperate for someone to talk about it with even if Falin didn’t end up getting into it. The plot twist is that Laios DOES get invested, but in all the different ways. Laios is less into the drama and romance and politics (haha have fun being king my guy) that Marcille is into but is more invested in the action/war and he roots for the monster hordes enemies and whatnot. They have diametrically opposed favorite characters and allegiances. He hyperfixates on a minor side character. Shenanigans happen in short and they heatedly discuss the latest chapters that Laios read and stuff. Marcille always end up some mix of enraged at his opinions but overjoyed to have a fellow fan around. It’s supposed to be 3 chaps long, have one chap set during canon pre-relationship, one chap set just after canon with some canon divergence & feelings blooming and then one chap set post canon & canon compliant with established relationship. I don’t have a name I’m satisfied about for it hnng, have some fun wip bits though, this summarizes the vibes well
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An effect of writing up most my laimar ideas before Dungeon Meshi ended is that in many of them Marcille goes to prison oop, I do think that’d be a fun possibility to explore though, so at some point I’d like to at least include it in a fic. I even wrote down a laimar idea where it’s them pining with the other being oblivious to it BUT it’s narrated from Chilchuck sensing the romance in the air and seething (no jealousy at ALL just Chilchuck being a hater, being like ugh!! Young people in love. Ugh!!). Here are some other laimar-marchil ideas I find presentable, esp the second one I’m really endeared by it I wanna do a short soft nighttime fic about cherishing your loved one…… I want it to be marchil but dragons are more topical for laimar ugh 😔 I love Marcille being a canonical big spoon
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But tbh I want to write gen/no ships fics for dunmeshi a lot. I have plans for Mithrun-centric fics, and I want to write at least one about Cithis as well. Here are a bunch, I thought of the Laios & Falin one lately while rereading that page where Laios tells about when he went to see Falin at the academy and I love it sm rn, I want to weite about Falin jumping into his arms and breaking his back, imagine your brother who you haven’t seen in years unexpectedly shows up at your window while filthy and disheveled. I need to write that, also yay Falin pov :)
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Oh it’s gonna sound crazy but I also had a phase of wanting to write about Shuro, and particularly Shuro & Izutsumi as siblings who deal with their home situation in diametrically opposed ways and influence each other positively to be less at the extremes of propriety and allowing your shackles to a family vs rebelling against it. Lotsa lil snippets and maybe even a multi chap fic. Oh also a farcille one where Marcille helps bathe and brush Falin because she sheds feathers a lot post canon, just some domestic fluff. And even this is far from all my dunmeshi prompts so hopefully you see what I mean when I say I have soo many wips at all times. Which brings us to…
After that:
As with most end of the year periods, I’m feeling like I want to finish all the loose ends I actually started. I have a list with my priorities but besides Wild Side which I have the first chapter up for (Camp Camp fic) and there’s also an asaden Chainsaw Man I reallyyy planned on finishing last december for Christmas so… Second time’s the charm? It’s called Hachiko & Hot Chicken and it’s just about them going on a Christmas date in Shibuya. Ahh yes there are also two kimbliza Fullmetal Alchemist ones I started, besides the soapmaking Invader Zim zagr one from years ago that I left mid-writing the last chapter. Other fun ones are an Animal Crossing one centering around the player character & Redd going bug hunting, and a Long Way North one about sleeping on a rocking ship and bunking in together in the dead of night, both from years ago too. Man, my recurring themes truly do be sleeping and eating.
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Okok time to end this post dayum. I warn that I’m a pretty slow writer, both in general averaging at like 15 words per minute if I’m generous, and in the broader life schedule. I am unreliable af and I have no clue when my next fic is coming out at any given moment. Many of my readers have spent months or years waiting for the next chapter… Which is why I tend to stick to oneshots heh. If I focus well enough on writing, maybe my Harahara Sensei oneshots will only take me one week each hmm. Too many ideas too little time Honestly though I’d also like to focus on tumblr posts some soon, I got some asks and big posts I’d like to finish up~ Oh but I have to admit lately I’ve been focusing more on fanart and just original art as well. Sorry for the novel but ty for the ask~
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╰   ☆  ◞  gracie abrams / ciswoman / she/her ———  no way is that DYLAN WEBB? you know they’re TWENTY FIVE years old and they’ve been in los angeles for ALL HER LIFE. they’re chillin’ as a SINGER / MUSICIAN. oh and they’re notoriously known for being ALOOF but there are some people who have seen them be QUIRKY. i heard they’re a part of a SOLO ACT called DYLAN WEBB, yeah they’re a VOCALIST / GUITARIST. to be honest they sound a lot like GRACIE ABRAMS / OLIVIA RODRIGO / MAISIE PETERS. they’re actually FAMOUS.
BASIC INFORMATION:
full name: dylan elizabeth webb
nickname(s): dyl / d
age: twenty-five
date of birth: 7th september 1999
place of birth: los angeles, california
gender: ciswoman
pronouns: she / her
orientation: pansexual
language(s) spoken: american english
neighbourhood: downtown la (previously eastdale)
living arrangements: living in a downtown la loft, with a roommate.
FAMILY TIES:
mother: elizabeth webb (retired musician)
father: adam webb (movie director)
siblings: stella webb (younger sister) & alex webb (younger brother)
spouse / partner: n/a (very single!)
children: n/a
pets: french bulldog called, milo
OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION:
occupation: solo artist / pop star
skillset or specialisation (if applicable): singer/guitarist
name of their act: dylan webb
so they play instruments? if so what?: guitar / piano / little bit of drums
how long have they been a part of the act?: all her life!
artist influences: taylor swift, olivia rodrigo, maisie peters, chappell roan, beabadoobee, nell mescal, dodie, laufey
current monthly spotify/apple music listens on average: 2,538,556 listeners
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:
face claim: gracie abrams
hair color: dark brown
eye color: brown
height: 5"7
tattoos: small lightning bolt on her left wrist
piercings: both ears pierced, used to have a nose piercing at one point but took it out.
clothing style: mum jeans, cosy jumpers, white / band tees, red lipstick, flannel shirts, converse, big hoodies, hair bows, wearing running shorts casually, dad caps.
distinguishing characteristics: she's got a scar on her knee, from where she fell off her bike as kid! also, she's almost always wearing a bow in her hair!
PERSONALITY:
positive traits: caring, hardworking, intelligent, observant, quirky.
negative traits: disorganized, critical, impatient, forgetful, stubborn
hobbies: learning how to play musical instruments, writing songs / music, going out dancing, drinking iced coffee, hanging out with her dog milo.
WANTED CONNECTIONS:
best-friends: dylan has lived in la her whole life, i'd love to see her have a group of close-knit friends, that do EVERYTHING together!
roommate: she's recently moved out of her parent's home, got her own place in downtown la with a roommate, do they get on? do they hate each other? we can talk about that!
current hook-ups / fwbs etc: u know the vibe, dylan is dating very very very causally at the moment, for fun more than anything!!
exes: she needs some people that she can write songs about, PLEASE!! we can discuss if they ended badly or not!! thank u!!
QUESTIONNAIRE:
"start at the beginning, who are you and why are you important?" "oh yikes! you're not holding back are you?" dylan laughs awkwardly, "i'm dylan, i'm twenty five and uh --- well i like to sing".
"how long have you been making music?" "god, this is very cheesy, but i've been making music since i was a teenager, if you look hard enough on youtube, you'll find a channel i posted my awful covers on".
"how would you describe the kind of music you make?" "again with the tough questions! i'd say, it's kinda poppy, fun, and vibey but also, sometimes, it can be super dramatic, sad, mope around your bedroom music just depends on what kinda mood i'm in". "who are some of your biggest musical influences?" "my mum, obviously, stevie nicks, dolly parton, taylor swift". "what is the first record you ever bought?" "ohmygod! i think it was a one direction vinyl, don't judge me". "what has working in the music industry meant to you thus far in your career?"
"everything! music is the only thing i've EVER wanted to do, so i'm very thankful that i can do that".
"what are some stand out moments from your career so far?" "ooh, i've done so many brilliant things, but i'd have to say recording some of my mum's older songs with her, was a dream". "how would you describe your style of performance? what makes your shows worth seeing?" "it's a big experience, some songs are just me and my guitar, other times, it's me and my band. i like to put on a show for people, i make things as fun as i can by interacting with the crowd a lot, my fans make the show! recently they've started handing out friendship bracelets at my shows, i LOVE THAT" "what are you still hoping to achieve in your career?" "i've already done so much, i'd really like to record something for a film soundtrack, that'd be great" "what’s next for you?" "dude, i've got no idea, but i can't wait for it"
if you’d like to plot with dylan, then please feel free to like this post and i’ll message you or feel free to message me on discord @ radcorrie!! thank you!!
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haha yeah she lied to adopt me. It was a foster home for quite a while until they stopped doing that (they sat me down, told me it was expensive and that I no longer wanted a sibling, right? and then just stopped) and she'd test the various kids to see their proficiency in the field, so to speak? There used to be a lot of circle chanting but an older kid reported her. I never could report since my social worker was a noshow lol. Also when I told my social worker that I didn't want to be adopted to them my mother told them that "I thought adoption meant I'd be taken away" and they believed her so. That was destined too xD
I was the chosen child (it was fate) and got special privileges because I could do things for her, but also never got to have a birthday party with friends or hang out with people after school like some of my siblings because of that whole logic of ""the more time I spend with humans the more human I'd get""
She had to lie about her whole deal, but also like. so people kept trying to kill me and other stuff, WHICH LIKE sounds morbid but meh that's just what it's like? I'm quite good at wiggling out of those situations, BUT each time it was just further proof to her that I was ""a star child destined to be on this planet"" and ""I was born to be with them and the rest of the world would've killed me"" sorta stuff.
She also was really big on that "as a star child you were destined to be born, but you already chose your destiny when you were a star" sort of idea so like, if anything happened to me I'd pre-chosen/pre-destined it into reality so it was all my choice/fault. She's built weird.
And idk about how smart the whole percentages thing is. Honestly I was expected to have full back and forth conversations about the human subconscious and what compels people's behaviours by the time I was 7 or 8 (dEFINTELY by 9) instead of playing games or age-appropriate things so I was very used to how she thought and just.. used not-quite-lies as cover. They key is to take something that's true and leave out whatever amount of details you need and maybe through in something that sounds right.
ex: if you're expected to make the wind stronger to push the flag over there and the flag isn't moving you can say "Due to the lack of pre-existing wind patterns there is less wind to channel into creating a moving flag" or "The speed of the current wind is technically moving the flag with the current power it has available, but if given enough time the wind force will grow". They aren't technically lies nor are they real truths. they're like "yeah, that sounds about right" sorta statements
BUT YO if you want any funky stories I can give you vague words and you can pick a story, but totally no pressure lol. I promise they aren't extremely bad, mostly humorous with a "wtf" twist
Ginneapig
Werewolves
She Listens
A guide of things to do when you die
The Angels
The last in person conversation I had with her
AND ALSO YOOO REALLY COOL ART FOR YOUR OC. I really like your art style btw, it feels unique and it strikes a good mix between detailed and simplistic and can really add depth when it's needed. It's very vibey :]
OK I READ THIS WHEN YOU FIRST SENT IT BUT. COllege! So now i am FINALLY respondingfsdfds (thank you for the compliment about my art style btw)
FIRST OF ALL. It is so DEPRESSINGLY stupid that you told your social worker you didn't want to be adopted by them, and then they lied to your social worker in a very provable way, and your social worker just? what??? didnt look into it??? im fucking fUMING.
I've actually heard of that whole "Before you were born you agreed to everything that happened to you" thing and frankly, it is one of the most horrifying mindsets I can imagine. Thank fuck you're ok now (i'm assuming) cause that shit would've really fucked with me.
*rubs hands together* now for the FUN PART
ok ummm hmm can I choose more than one?
cause I'm interested in 1, 3, 4, and 6, but I'd love to hear all of them. idk if that's like. A LOT for you though. so if I had to pick one or two I think I'd choose 1 and 6.
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h-pelessly · 6 months ago
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April 26, 2024.
I am actually writing this in May because ya girl had no time for personal stuff in April but here we are.
This day, we went to Hector's friend's band party. I was lowkey already hyped when Tim told me. Okay, hold on. So I started work the beginning of the week, and because the day before work I was stressing, I thought about it. And I was like we haven't gone to a party in awhile so like why not? It could be fun-- like who knows what will happen? And it'll be a band party so like if it is awkward, we could just turn to the music. So I told Tim that I was down, but at that point, he didn't want to go anymore because he was scared. I'm like ???? Like I get that he got anxiety, but he was literally the one that brought it up to me (I'm the more introverted one) and all of a sudden, I was hyped to go? Like it doesn't make sense, and he told me that he thought of bad things happening. Like ??? don't manifest that? AMNYWAY, so he made up his mind on Friday (which pissed me off bc I like to have plans in advance, but I mean, it was in the back of my mind the whole week.
So after my work day, we got ready and went over to the house. It turned out to be a "performance" in the backyard. I guess I was thinking it'd be like a house party, but I mean it is what it is. The area it was held was also fucking weird. It was on Fairview, but it was like a corner house? Yeah, super weird. But at least we got there early so parking wasn't complete ass yet. The entrance fee was $10+$7, but we got in for free. Tim thought it was because we knew Hector and were with him bc he was old friends with the band playing/person who owns the place, but apparently, it was because a transgender person got offended due to the flyer being inclusive. So they tried resolving the problem by making the entry fee free. So we won with that. The beginning of the event was fucking weird, not going to completely lie. We just all stood when it was still light out vibing to the shitty music. APOLOGIES, not shitty, but ya know.... Indie/punk music from locals. I remember feeling super awkward and felt like all those people were staring at me and Tim mostly because not only we're short and look like literal children, but we're also ASIAN. I was like I'm gonna pretend to vibe to the music, but also like I didn't know how to vibe because they're indie artists and idk the music.
Thankfully, we kept leaving to get stuff so we didn't just stand in one place for the rest of the night. There were cops at some point when we were walking out so we sat back for a while. Weirdly, the cops were there for a different reason so the party was fine. We went back and Hector's friend welcomed us (as if he didn't meet us earlier) but it was fun and cool. Thankfully, Hector was there also so we just stood there catching up with his friends.
Then, fast forward to the party. I wanted to stay to support Hector and his friends. Unfortunately, his friend's band was the literal last. That sucked. I mean Tim had fun, but I was kinda iffy about the whole thing. I don't know why I thought it would be fun, but it was not. The indie music was not fun or vibey. Because I didn't know it, I couldn't even pretend to have fun. The crowd was shitty. How are u gonna be black out drunk or roll??? AT AN INDIE CONCERT???/ I was like bro. People were shoving and stomping around which made me super iffy.
Well, I mean it is what it is. At least it's over and done for. New experiences and all.
Books I Read this Month;
Circling Back to You by Julie Tieu (7/10) I picked this one up because I saw it at B&N and it was Asian rep– written by an Asian author and both MCs are Asian, but the thing that had me starting was that there was an audio version available. When I first read it, it gave me very comfortable vibes, but then as I started reading on, I was not amused. This is a workplace romance where they were already workplace husband/wife and they bring it to life. Their chemistry was non-existent. Like just stay work husband/wife because bringing it outside of work made me roll my eyes. Cadence, the FMC, was weirdly jealous before they even got together which is understandable, but the standoff vibes she gave was like??????????? You are a middle aged corporate girlie. Please act more professionally. And their biggest problem was proximity like if that’s your biggest problem, you should not be together. And the ending is that they date when he is her boss??????? Yeah, no thanks I was so bored less than a quarter in.
Tutoring the Player (8/10) I loved this book. It had me giggling and kicking my feet. The way I was transported back to another Briar U kind of moment? Not exactly– I missed my off campus boys, but this shit was cute like that. I didn’t have a thing for Jordan like my obsession with Garrett, but it is what it is. Regardless, it was still such a cute story. Not gonna completely lie though, the FMC, Daisy and her friends being the “wallflowers” is such a stupid concept, but the love triangle piece is chef’s kiss. Sometimes, I had to remind myself that these are barely turned adults. I was highkey so annoyed with the cousin, Violet.
To Love Jason Thorne by Ella Maise (7/10) You can never go wrong with a best friend’s brother trope. SUPERIOR trope. I was kind of intrigued by the childhood friends to lovers which was the best part of the book in my opinion. It made me feel things like I wanted to hug little Olive when she felt like she was in love with Jason while he saw her as just her brother’s younger sister. Then it all went downhill. I absolutely loved Olive and her supportive friends (mostly just Lucy) but I loved how Olive is an aspiring/successful writer. But JASON. Jason threw me tf off. He was a known player and a bad boy? No sir, you are too innocent (bc we knew him as a little boy) to be acting like this. So the marriage of convenience trope was pretty good and the “my wife” microtrope is absolutely superior, but I was like this is so cheesy. Also, her friends being absolutely backstabbers????? Yeah, totally uncalled for. Anyways, my faves are Lucy, Olive being up there as well, then Jason (bc he’s a man and was honestly boring.)
Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams (6.9/10) Will Griffin is my man. His tattoos in the cover???? Yes sir. And his bodyguard job? Yes please— I didn’t even know how attractive I found it until him. However, I was so bored. Like Will is super sweet to Annie, but there’s so much miscommunication and I felt suffocated by the small town vibe. Like EVERYONE was in their business. Annie felt like she was placed in a box by the town and her sisters which I felt for her, but I’m like you are literally a grown ass woman. If you can’t tell your sisters (who are so wrong for making you feel like this first of all) then how are you going to tell the town how you feel? And her dream for a white picket fence future like I felt so suffocated like Will. Yeah he’s super gentle and patient with her, but I felt like everything was so slow in the book that I genuinely wanted to gauge out my eyes for most of the book. There are some very emotional parts!!
The Inmate by Freida Mcfadden (7/10) Um, the twists and turns??? I was lowkey mad that my intuition was wrong because I thought there was something wrong with Tim-- he's too possessive. AND from my mystery/thriller shows, I feel like I know the fact that if you don't see something, you might be wrong so I was confused. Honestly though I was annoyed at the FMC so I was like honestly I don't care if you get your HEA if you act like this. I did NOT expect the ending like that shit was wild. How are u gonna drop the fact that Josh is a child of incest and just walk away????? He also killed his father (who was bound to kill him but hello??) Although this was not my fav, I'm excited to read/listen to more Frieda Mcfadden.
Bumps in the Road by Kat Paige (7.3/10) This wasn’t a bad read, but the miscommunication annoyed me. This is my first read from Kat, and this as her debut novel was amazing, but it just shows how young she and her writing is and how it/she can grow. I love the best friend’s brother trope, but I feel like it’s more of brother’s best friend being a superior trope. Also, the miscommunication makes absolute sense, but it just goes to show that both the people weren’t grown up enough to address it. The two were supposed to be in their late twenties, early thirties, but it felt like I was reading about teenagers/young adults. I understand that I think too highly of older people, but like why are you acting like we’re in high school? Also, the environment of Scotland made me very scared and overwhelmed. Also sad.
Calling it Safe by Lo Everett (7.8/10) This is the first book I’ve read of Lo’s, and I was in absolute love with the FMC, Mia. However, it’s Icebreaker, but make shit actually interesting. Smut is good, but too much just makes me confused like there is plot, but there’s just a lot of animalistic sex. Don’t get me wrong. Dean’s dirty mouth is everything, but also, DAMN. Can we talk more about feelings and just THINGS? The friend group was likable at first, but why does it support homie hopping within and sharing? Like it’s probably like that in the world, but c’mon just give me THIS!!!! They are NBL players. Let the other girlies fall in love with them too. But Lo’s writing is amazing.
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kpop-yapper · 6 months ago
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My rankings and opinions of this album:
7. My way
I've never been a big fan of this kind of song, it sits in a similar category as paradise and escape from other (G)I-DLE album which is that I like them but they don't catch my attention as much as the other songs on the album. There are a few points that the notes she hits that make me cringe slightly since I can tell she's straining slightly.
On the other hand the ending has me wanting to scream the lyrics. Even on their solo albums the (G)I-DLE endings slap and create a perfect ending for the songs.
6. Could it be
Similar to My Way, it doesn't really feel right to me. I think this song doesn't really suit Yuqi's voice as its quite high and her voice feels a bit harsh when hitting the beats of the lyrics during the verses. Overall, the aura of it feels a bit contradicting with the vocals and the instrumentals compared to how I think she wanted the aura of the song to be.
However, it has grown on me after listening to it over the last few days as I has a good beat and is a good song to vibe to on the sun.
5. Everytime (ft. MINNIE)
Honestly questioning the placement of this song. Contrary to my usual opinions to slower songs like this, I really like this song. The girls voices fit together so well especially with the difference in the pitch of their voices. I was close to tears by the time it got to the end of the song. The instrumentals and vocals fit together so perfectly like two jigsaw pieces making it itch my brain perfectly. I could probably fall asleep to this song with the calming vibes it gives.
4. Drink it up (ft. pH-1)
The chorus of this song me vibing immediately. I be swaying to it hard, I could have a full jam session to this song alone. The way the bridge built up to the final chorus was perfect. The first verse felt slightly lacking compared to the rest of the song but the instrumental pause and then into the first chorus got me sucked right in. pH-1's rap verse is perfect as it doesn't feel out of place like some featurings do and it adds to the overall vibe and message of the song so well as well as his adlibs in the last chorus as well.
3. FREAK
This is such a great title track. The vibes are fun, the lyrics are probably my favourite lyrics on the album (giving lesbian coded), the vocals make me wanna scream along to them, the raps are a perfect fit for the rest of the song and make me wanna boogy a long with it. Overall, I love this song and it has flown up to one of my favourite title tracks ever. I haven't watched the music video yet but from the previews and samples I've seen it looks hella fun!
2. Red Rover
I FUCKING LOVE THIS. Had me dancing front the first note. The sass in her voice and the lyrics had me giggling and kicking my feet. The instrumentals are so fun and give the perfect balance of vibey but still low enough to be carried by the vocals.
The whispering parts itch my brain in just the right way. Yuqi's vocals fit perfectly with this song, the harsh punches in her voice hit the beat so well and they just overall carried the song so well. Love the dark vibes of it, reminds me of Villain Dies from the I NEVER DIE album which is my favourite song on that album. Was so close to having this tying with On Clap as my number 1 on this album (it may over take it at this point)
1. On Clap (ft. Lexie Liu)
There is one word that I would use to describe this song, CUNT. Both of them be serving so hard, got me shaking ass with its amazing beat and the bouncy instrumentals. The giggle starting the song immediately tells the person listening what kind of song this is going to be. The raps give sass and cunt and the small vocal bits do an amazing job of bringing the song down momentarily yet still keeping the vibes of the song.
Overall this album as so good and vibey and in my opinion one of the best solo debuts ever. I'm gonna be listening to this on repeat for the next few months definitely.
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snallavanta · 7 months ago
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had a dream that i was on a drive with mingyu and he had to stop by his office (guessing this is the hybe building) to get something. anyway, i wait in the car and i was looking through his stuff because i’m nosy and i found a thumb drive labelled 17 is right here and i was like “WOAH? the new comeback album? i’m gonna listen to this rn before mingyu comes back”
so i plug the thumbdrive into the aux and listen to the album and it’s so dang good that i turn the volume up so much that the car starts vibrating a little.
i’m having fun, bopping to fire alone in the passenger seat of the car. it’s late at night so the atmosphere was really peaceful and vibey.
suddenly i see s.coups, vernon and wonwoo coming out of the building. and i get so anxious because what if they see me and ask me what i’m listening to and they’re sooooo gonna have my head when they find out i’m listening to their comeback album before the official release. so i bend down and kind of hide myself so they wouldn’t notice me. they walk really closely to the car and at this point i’m sweating because if they come any closer, they can DEFINITELY hear fire coming from somewhere. but the universe was on my side, they all dispersed in different directions and i managed to escape the wrath of the hiphop unit.
anyway, more people come out—joshua, jeonghan, jun, dino, dk; some of them in pairs while others were alone—and so far no one notices me having my own personal rave in one of the cars.
then the8 and seungkwan comes out. i don’t know whether it was by chance or i was just pushing my luck earlier but they immediately look in my direction. i see them squinting their eyes and at this point, i know it’s too late to try and hide because they’ve already seen me. it would make things even more awkward if i tried pretending like i didn’t see them now.
on the stereo was a new unreleased song playing and i know if they hear this, i will DEFINITELY be dead. there is no bullshitting my way out of this one. as my sweaty fingers try to lower the volume of the music to stop the aggressive pulsing of the car, i see seungkwan walking in my direction (we kind of knew each other so i’m guessing he wanted to come over and just say hi).
the stupid touch screen monitor won’t detect my finger agonisingly pressing the down button and at this point, they’re a good 5 metres away from the car. i can see their faces extra clearly under the streetlight and i DO NOT want to be cussed out by minghao rn because he looks like he’s running on 2 hours of sleep and 5 coffees.
anyway, in a moment of sheer panic, i decided to ditch the stupid volume button and just press pause for now. i can get myself out of this mess somehow. maybe i’ll just say mingyu had it on the aux but i have no idea what song it is.
boo is looking extremely giddy, a huge grin on his face, and he’s practically skipping to the car now, the8 cautiously following behind him. he knocks on my window and i cautiously lower it, giving him a big smile to ignore the fact that the name of the song was behind me in an agonisingly huge font size 72. he’s very excited when he talks to me and we catch up for a bit, minghao kind of minding his own business but giving me a polite smile.
with the both of them sort of in their own world, my hand closest to the stereo turns the whole thing off. better to be safe than sorry. not a minute later, mingyu appears, jogging out of the building with his hair slightly disheveled. he sees me talking to seungkwan and the8 and gives a small wave. beads of sweat are forming on my forehead. the thumbdrive is still plugged in and i most definitely cannot lie my way out of this one because mingyu will see through my bullshit.
for some reason, the three of them didn’t see each other when they were in the building so now they’re having their own personal catch up session outside. not very pleasant to have in the cold weather but an amazing time for me to cover my tracks. i quickly unplug the thumb drive while they’re all distracted, throw it into the glove box where i found it and give mingyu the sincerest “i’m so glad you’re finally back” smile i could muster to hide the redness in my cheeks. probably a result of both the cold and my increased adrenaline.
anyway, i listened to the new album. it was a bop. and i didn’t get caught. win win. dream over
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obnoxiouslittlefrog93 · 8 months ago
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So, I go to the library yesterday to look for books and DVD's of/relating to the influences of Cowboy Bebop. For research, ofc, and definitely not because i'm still stuck on the first half of my new chapter. Anyways, while looking through the DVD's I came across a Johnny Depp movie I didn't know existed. So I pick it up because ofc I will watch anything with Johnny Depp that isn't Tim Burton related. It's called Dead Man, and it's an "acid western" according to wikipedia, so it was the first of my DVD haul I watched last night. Other than the fact I now have a new favorite movie, I have to impress upon you the vibes of this damn film. I am a complete sucker for vibes, vibes are the most important element in storytelling imo. Idc how shitty or even morally sound your creation is as long as the vibes are immaculate. So this film, let me tell you, it has fucking vibes. It's all in black and white, and the only instrument in the soundtrack is this sexy psychedelic electric guitar. It's so damn vibey, and ik I can't possibly express that here, and it definitely has some of the same issues most older westerns do, but damn if it isn't interesting. Also I just found it funny that Johnny Depp's character William Blake basically speedruns Spike's character arc. Within the first act he cucks some guy, the girl dies, he kills the guy (getting injured in the process), and then falls down some stairs, and metaphorically dies. And there's rose symbolism. He also dies from the wound later I think? Idk it's unclear whether he actually dies at the end, which fits even more with my uh... theory? Interesting coincidence? Idk.
I also picked up High Noon, Blade Runner, and Django Unchained so maybe I'll ramble about them too if I find them interesting enough. At some point I need to watch the rest of the Dollars trilogy, but the library doesn't have them on DVD. They do have digital copies but where's the fun in that? It's about the experience, y'know? Anyway, I've already watched For a Few Dollars More (it's literally the gayest thing I've watched, and I know it's completely unintentional but idc it's so gay) and it got me thinking about how queer masculinity has changed over the years. And those damn cigarette exchanges between Jet and Spike, you know the ones. It makes me sad. Not that people are more open, don't have to hide, and are less hung up on being macho or cool or shit like that, just that stoic part of masculinity in queer culture that's so rare these days. I don't wanna dance in clubs, hell I can't even dance, or develop effeminate mannerisms just to attract other gays. I'm just an old fashioned kinda guy. I wanna lurk in dark corners, a mysterious stranger, a wanderer, damned by society, with a glass of whiskey, a handkerchief in my back pocket. Shoot a guy's hat off in an intimidating and slightly horny display. Casual, like, like that cigarette exchange. Casual, like a Tom of Finland piece, no less proud a stance for the closeness of another man. Maybe I'm attracted to the risk of danger, more than anything, but I still never want that way of being to go extinct.
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