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[bonkbunn]

[cobaltcreations]

Me and my partner @the-good-ol-art-corner collaborated on this AWESOME poster for one of our favorite Bendy Aus @toontiedterror by @dictatortirah !! I am in LOVE with how it came out and I am so excited to see how this story and world develops!!

I put so many details into this, it is absolutely silly, but I had a swell time doing them. Those headshots on the missing posters belong to the staff from our own Bendy project @howdy-folks-its-showtime and we didn't even intend to make two versions. But I put so much into the background... I just had to make a version without the foreground to show it off <3

[sunsetbridge555]

misc furry art ive done for people :3

[angelofthenight]

Playlist for Last Man Alive

( This just a playlist of random songs that go with/relate to my fic,, if u think of a song that u think should be here feel free to comment it and I’ll add it! Songs in green are the ones that suite the most perfectly )

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Closer - Nine Inch Nails

Don’t Blame Me - Taylor Swift

Boyfriend - Dove Cameron

Dear John TV - Taylor Swift

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things - Taylor Swift

Never Ever Getting Rid Of Me - Waitress

Meant to Be Yours - Heathers

Karma - Taylor Swift

Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne

I Did Something Bad - Taylor Swift

The Red Means I Love You - Madds Buckley

Lotta True Crime - Penelope Scott

Invisible String - Taylor Swift

Dead Girl Walking Reprise - Heathers

Jealous Girl - Lana Del Rey

Haunted TV - Taylor Swift

An Unhealthy Obsession - The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra

Love Story cover - Sarah Cothran

You’re On Your Own, Kid - Taylor Swift

Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell

Gods & Monsters - Lana Del Rey

The Beast in Me - Bonnie Pointer

Right Where You Left Me - Taylor Swift

Until I Found You - Stephen Sanchez

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Oblivion - Grimes

Yo Girl - Heathers

Always Forever - Cults

Hey Lover - The Daughters of Eve

Get Out Of My Head - Tryhardninja

Tag, You’re It - Melanie Martinez

I Wanna Be Yours - Arctic Monkeys

Paparazzi - Lady Gaga

Look What You Made Me Do - Taylor Swift

Tonight You Belong To Me - Patience & Prudence

Cool for the Summer - Demi Lovato

Pacify Her - Melanie Martinez

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

Knee Socks - Arctic Monkeys

Christmas Kids - Roar

You Don’t Own Me - Lesley Gore

You Don’t Own Me - SAYGRACE

Illicit Affairs - Taylor Swift

Smoke and Mirrors - Jayn

Enchanted TV - Taylor Swift

Little Girls - Annie 2014

Hellfire - Hunchback of Notre Dame

Call Me Crazy - Gabbie Hanna

MONTERO - Lil Nas X

Strawberry Shortcake - Melanie Martinez

You Belong With Me TV - Taylor Swift

Senpai Notice Me - Random Encounters

I Can Hear The Bells - Hairspray

All Men Are Pigs - Studio Killers

Gorgeous - Taylor Swift

Take A Hint - Victorious

Play Date - Melanie Martinez

Our Love is God - Heathers

Better Than Revenge TV - Taylor Swift

Ready or Not - Bridgit Mendler

Teacher’s Pet - Melanie Martinez

Norman fucking Rockwell - Lana Del Rey

August - Taylor Swift

Cake - Melanie Martinez

The Archer - Taylor Swift

Bloody Mary - Lady Gaga

Clean TV - Taylor Swift

Hopelessly Devoted To You - Grease

Final Girl - Graveyardguy

My Tears Ricochet - Taylor Swift

This Little Girl - Cady Groves

Obsessed With You - The Orion Experience

Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve - Taylor Swift

Lay All Your Love On Me - Abba

EVIL - Melanie Martinez

I’m Still Standing - Elton John

Using You - Mars Argo

All I Want For Christmas Is You cover - Chase Holfelder

Betty cover - Chase Holfelder

Michelle - Sir Chloe

You Are My Sunshine - Jimmie Davis

The Wolf - SIAMES

Obsession - Animotion

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - Abba

Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears

The Point of No Return - Phantom of the Opera

You’re the Inspiration - Chicago

I’m Just Ken - Barbie

Don’t You Want Me - The Human League

I Want You (She’s So Heavy) - The Beatles

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Don’t You Ever Leave Me - Hanoi Rocks

Oh! Darling - The Beatles

[talesfrommedinastation]

How the Bad Batch got white-washed: a script

(Don't know if this is how it actually happened, but it's my personal theory that came out after some wiiiild discussions on Discord. I don't believe this actually happened, but I do think liberties were taken to secure audience members and ratings. Enjoy, my little crumpets!)

CW: Everything. Just...at this point, in between fics and art filled with violence and Naughty Times and Doug's irrational ramblings about Toaster Strudel and SEC football, you should probably leave if you're under 18.

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(Be Star Wars animation studio, probably Florida, who knows)

Studio Executive: Yo, animator, we got a problem here.

Animator: Yes?

Studio Executive: These clones, the new guys in this new show, 'The Bad Batch'…they all look alike. All bronzed, good looking guys with dark hair and thick shoulders. 

Animator: Yes, that’s, um, kind of what clones are, sir? They are genetic duplicates of an indigenous actor from New Zealand. 

Studio Executive: That’s the problem.

Animator: Say what?

Studio Executive: Who is watching this damn show? Who is paying for Disney + subscriptions? Who is our main money-making audience here?

Animator: Um, I guess…families? And, uh, lonely single adults?

Studio Executive: EXACTLY. And you know what is declining, besides civility in an ever-crumbling society? 

Animator: What?

Studio Executive: THE BIRTH RATE.

Animator: Uh, actually--

Studio Executive: YOU KNOW IT, I KNOW IT, THE WORLD KNOWS IT. DAMN GREAT RECESSION AND PANDEMIC AND CRUSHING REALITY GETTING MILLENIALS ALL (legitimately) SCARED OF HAVING BABIES. WE NEED MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE TO START BREEDING LIKE RABBITS IF WE WANT TO HAVE A STEADY POPULATION OF AUDIENCE CONSUMERS OF DISNEY PRODUCTS.

Animator: Well, that seems aggressively eugenics-oriented, with a tinge of classism.

Studio Executive: WHATEVER I MAKE THE BIG BUCKS SHUT YOUR ART SCHOOL MOUTH. Now, redesign those new clones!

Animator: To…what?

Studio Executive: First of all, the tech guy! What’s his name?

Animator: ….Tech. 

Studio Executive: WELL THAT SHIT’S EASY TO MARKET. Anywho, get rid of the tan and the muscles and the thick dark hair. No nerd looks like that, come on. Make him a skinny white guy with receding hair, slap some hipster glasses on him too. Actually, you know what? Meander your ass over to the accounting department on the second floor and draw a few of the weirdos conducting audits in there. Base the tech guy off of them, not a buff, golden, Maori man.

Animator: But the guys in accounting look NOTHING like Temuera Morrison! This is just wrong!

(pictured above: Not the average CPA in the USA. That rhymed)

Studio Executive: Bro, get real. Are these lonely single ladies and the exhausted moms watching this show with their kids going to run into Mr. Morrison while working their office job? You think Boba Fett’s tanned self sits at the corner cubicle and tries to hit on them when they go to the copier? What are you smoking?! And on that note, make that tech character sassy, smart, and nurturing! Make him the perfect guy!

Animator: Why? I am so confused.

("Wanna come look at some Excel spreadsheets with me, baby?")

Studio Executive: Because we want all the 30-something ladies watching this show to get so hot and bothered over Tech that they decide they need to have this clown’s babies, like, now! And they’ll run over to the accounting office, drunkenly hook up with one of the auditors in a broom closet after Thirsty Thursday, and boom! Another consumer born, 9 months later!

Animator: This is sounding astonishingly like eugenics.

Studio Executive: WHATEVER. Same goes for the other clones! Make that tall bald one look like the aggressively outgoing construction worker that’s laying cement outside of the accounting office! The one that always wolf-whistles and screams ‘Jesteś piękna! Beautiful like model!’ at every woman! The one that all the ladies in the office watch and go ‘Oh, yes, take that shirt off, it’s a hot day today, daddy’. Watching that fun guy on this show means those ladies with THROW THEMSELVES at guys like this! And bam! MORE CONSUMERS FOR DISNEY BORN. 

(Wrecker has raw contractor energy. ::lays pipe::)

Animator: I am not enjoying this conversation’s direction.

Studio Executive: CAN IT AND TAKE IT UP WITH HR. Now the leader, I know we’re going with Rambo, and I’m okay with it, but give him a little extra smolder and snatch that waist a bit. I want to go for a ‘hot waiter at Cooper’s Hawk that slips you his number after you tip him 40%’, vibe. 30-something ladies love Cooper’s Hawk, there’s been market research, do it. 

(He'll judge your love of pinot grigio, but not how you pay him, wink wink)

Animator: No.

Studio Executive: SHUT UP AND DO YOUR JOB. Now, the last two…bald, calm guy that always seems tired but is still constantly there for you? Basically, every exhausted Millennial man right now? Make him extra pale because he hasn’t left his condo since 2020 and his only social outlet is playing STEAM games with his other lonely friends. Perfect. Job well done. 

(He uses his scomp to play 'Dave the Diver'. You know he does)

Animator: Yeah, his name is Echo and he– 

Studio Executive: Good, make him like I said, and trust me, ladies will see men like him and want to fix them, and then promptly ride said men like it’s Derby Day. More consumers born, we will have a bumper crop of tickets purchased at Disneyworld and Galaxy's Edge within the next couple of years. Excellent. 

Animator: Sir, you are a sick, sick man. 

Studio Executive: Speaking of which, the last guy. Just make him Clint Eastwood. 

Animator:…Clint Eastwood. Isn’t he old as hell?

(Oh, Daddy Warcrimes, you and your toothpick are the Internet's Everything)

Studio Executive: Yeah, but, daddy issues abound amongst many of our consumer audience. And this is a show about daddy issues. And hopefully, by watching this, we will turn more people in daddies and KEEP OUR CONSUMER NUMBERS UP ON DISNEY +! 

Wait, where are you going?!

Animator: I’m resigning and joining the Peace Corps, I can’t do this anymore.

[sweetdreamsjeff]

Jeff Buckley For my sweetheart, the drunk

By DAVID BOWMAN

PUBLISHED MAY 28, 1998 4:13PM (EDT)

The young icon was just 30 years old when his wrecked body was pulled from the water. He drowned wearing his boots. He was a young god to those who loved him, but they no longer recognized his ravaged face. He was identified by his fancy nankeen pants from Malta. He was Percy Bysshe Shelley, and he died in the Ligurian Sea off the coast of Italy on July 8, 1822.

Many years later, on May 29, 1997, another young icon perishes the same way. This one is a scant year older than Shelly was when he died. This one also drowns in his boots. He isn't identified by his exotic Maltese trousers, however. Instead it is his navel ring that identifies him as Jeff Buckley, raised as Scott Moorhead, drowned on the banks of the Wolf River outside of Memphis, Tenn.

Besides their age and death, the personal similarity between Buckley and Shelley is they were both guys who loved high jinks. The mythic connection is that Shelley was too ethereal to be anything other than a poet, while Buckley was too ethereal to be a mere "rock star." Not with that voice. This was the voice of a seraph. This was a voice to make a doubter believe in God again.

This voice would never win something as mundane as a Grammy. No. This was a male chanteuse whose first album would win a "Grand Prix International du Disque" -- an award previously bestowed on Edith Piaf. And this young man died having no idea how to live possessing such angelic pipes. As much as he hated being the son of Tim Buckley -- singer, junkie, nonexistent father -- Jeff also raged against being a girlie-man, an "Edith Piaf with a penis." Jeff wanted to be Jimmy Page. He even allegedly died singing "Whole Lotta Love" as he swam out into the brown water. This Led Zep obsession wasn't necessarily a good thing. Buckley's first studio album, "Grace," was a ponderous redoing of "Houses of the Holy." Buckley's songs didn't even have melodies. They were just moody Led Zep posturing.

A million young women disagree. Buckley was a rock star for young women too sophisticated to care about rock stars. Just these past months, more than one journalist has been able to lure young strangers up to his bachelor pad with a promise of hearing a prerelease tape of Jeff Buckley's posthumous album, "Sketches for My Sweetheart, the Drunk."

Now, the record these young women will hear is not the same record that a man hears. Men hear a record that is mostly ... magnificent. Young women will either agree or feel betrayed that Buckley has revealed himself to be nothing more than a cad. More about this cad factor later -- but first, let's assume there is magnificence in the album. The good cuts were all produced by legendary guitarist Tom Verlaine, in sessions conducted in New York and Memphis. These songs transform Buckley's Led Zeppelin fixation into healthy influence instead of making him sound like Freddie Mercury. Even more important, Buckley's new songs possess melodies. A listener might even be walking down the street and find him or herself humming a catchy song like "Yard of Blonde Girls." Indeed, "Yard of Blonde Girls" could be a hit single. But Buckley was dissatisfied with the Verlaine-produced tracks. He had summoned his band down to Memphis to rerecord them with "Grace's" producer Andy Wallace. They were to arrive the day after the death.

What didn't Buckley dig about these songs? No one associated with the record is talking -- at least not officially. This winter, publicists were claiming that "Everyone is too broken up about Buckley's death to talk about the record." But why? After Shelley was cremated, the poet's very heart remained intact, sitting within the smoking cinders of bone. Buckley left only this album, but surely it is as valuable as an aorta. Why wouldn't his fellow workers want to honor his final statement? No one was talking. I tried to track down Tom Verlaine. No luck through official channels. Then one day I was passing the Strand Bookstore on East 12th Street in New York City and Tom Verlaine was browsing the outdoor stalls.

"Tom?" I said.

He turned. Know that Verlaine is very tall. I identified myself, but the very tall man said he didn't want to be interviewed. "Everybody is so broken up," he said. He said that he didn't do anything special at the sessions -- he just turned on the tape player. He admitted that Buckley wanted to rerecord the songs. Then Verlaine didn't want to talk anymore. He'd been burned before "because of how the piece is edited."

Buckley's friends and co-workers are the only ones who can tell us what bugged Buckley about the Verlaine tracks. Whatever it was, Buckley recorded a number of four-track demos just before his death, and five of them are included on "Sketches" as an indication of which direction his artistry was turning. One of these songs is OK, just Buckley strumming a guitar and singing about girls. But the other four songs are nothing short of awful. There's no reason to try to convince you just how awful they are. What is more important is to state how these four awful songs mire an otherwise lovely record. You can go ahead and purchase "Sketches" and just program your CD player to skip cuts 5, 6, 7 and 8 on the second disc, but the inclusion of these songs reveals that Buckley was as screwed up as Bob Dylan with regard to artistic judgment (the latter famous for scrapping wondrous records). Buckley's demos expose that the lad didn't just want to be Led Zeppelin -- he wanted to be Metallica and Sonic Youth as well. He sings as if his voice is the worst curse a man-child could ENDURE. No wonder they're not talking at Columbia. Who on earth believed that anyone would want to bop down the street listening to a horrible, horrible song like the "Murder Suicide Meteor Slave" on their Walkman?

The answer is Buckley's mother, Mary Guibert. She was the one who created this record. One has to have respect for her quandary, if not her judgment: how to honor her son's artistic intentions with finished tracks he didn't believe in? Buckley, who was publicly hounded by myths about his junkie father, has become more-or-less a mama's boy in death. Guibert chose to end her son's album with a song that starts with Buckley lazily noodling on a guitar, then singing the Appalachian chestnut about dying with a "Satisfied Mind." This cut is beautiful, yet pointless. Buckley has no idea what he was singing about so beautifully. He's like a gorgeous girl who wears terrible clothes because she doesn't know her own beauty. Or is at war with it.

Which leaves us with those million young women who loved "Grace" and will now buy "Sketches." Is it sexy when Buckley sings, "Your flesh is so nice?" When he sings about licking and being licked? Or have you heard it all before on bad dates? How does Buckley's oral fixation reconcile with his curious lyric "You're a woman/I'm a calf." Is this absurd? Or does this make you want to mother him? These are honest questions only you can answer. Whether or not you agree that this album has magnificence in it, surely you'll thank God -- the real one or maybe only the God of Poetry -- that Buckley's mom didn't honor her drowned son by releasing only those god-awful demos.

By DAVID BOWMAN

David Bowman is the author of the novel "Bunny Modern" and the nonfiction book "This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of the Talking Heads in the 20th Century."

[writingwhimsey]

How Does A Good Girl Go to Hell?

Chapter 1: Waking Up In Hell

Chapter 1

I wasn’t sure what happened. I was in the backseat of my friend’s car one minute…and then I think there was an accident…I think I remember a crash…glass, screaming…blood everywhere…and then nothing. Then the next thing I knew I woke up on pavement, but it wasn’t the street I remembered being on.

I took in my surroundings, trying to figure out what was going on. The sky was red…almost like it was on fire. “It…it wasn’t sunset…it was still early…” I muttered as I looked around.

That was when I heard screams. I jumped and started to look around, trying to figure out where the screams were coming from. That was when I realized…screams were coming from all directions. “What…what kind of…this…this doesn’t look like my hometown…”

“You look lost little one.”

I turned at the sound of a silky voice…and saw what appeared to be a wolf in a suit. There were also what appeared to be a shark…some other humanoid animals. “What?” I asked, feeling panic begin to set in. “I…I’m in a coma and this is some dream caused by the drugs the doctors are pumping into me? That’s the only explanation.” I muttered to myself.

“Heh, you just get here, sweetheart?” The sharkman spoke.

“Fresh meat.” The wolf spoke with a grin, showing all of his VERY sharp teeth.

“I…I…uh…I think I need to uhm…get out of here.” I pushed myself up and took off running. I had no idea where I was running, but I knew I had to get away.

I wasn’t paying attention and I ended up running into someone…or something and fell backwards. “Hey watch it.”

I looked up and saw a very tall and thin…I don’t know what. It was white and pink, almost spider like…and I think it had boobs? I really wasn’t sure. “I-I’m sorry…I just…”

It seemed like the facial expression softened. They reached a hand out to me. “Hey, you okay?”

“I…I don’t know.” I confessed, feeling tears stinging my eyes, taking the offered hand. “I just…I woke up here…and I don’t know what’s going on and…”

Just then I heard the voice of the guys who had been chasing me. “There she is!”

“Here, get behind me.” The strange…guy…person thing, said as they pulled me behind them.

I watched as my savior somehow grew a second set of arms and pulled machine guns from…well I didn’t want to think where they might be from. “Hey you stay away from her!” The next thing I knew this…spider person was blasting my pursuers until they were nothing but a bloody mess on the street.

My eyes went wide and I felt my stomach churning. I had seen violence on TV and in movies…but this…this felt different.

“Hey, you okay?”

I looked up at the stranger again, feeling afraid now. “I…”

They put their guns away and their second arms disappeared. “I promise, I’m not gonna hurt ya. Name’s Angel. What’s your name sweetheart?”

I took a minute to look my protector up and down. I was still scared, but Angel hadn’t hurt me…protected me in fact. “Uhm, it’s Ariel.” I answered, placing my hand in theirs allowing Angel to help me up.

“Oh, you could be the little mermaid. There’s definitely a kink for that.”

I jumped at the sound of an accented voice from behind. I turned to see someone who looked like some other bug dressed like…a pimp and heart-shaped glasses. Angel was pulling me behind their back once again.

“Hey, no way Val.” Angel said, glaring hard. 

“Come on, Angeldust.”

“Hey, I’m off for the day.” Angel replied.

I watched as the…pimp blew red smoke that somehow formed a chain around Angel’s wrist. “I own you.”

“Yeah, in the studio, but not out here.” Angel replied, pulling on the chain and then flipping off that one they called Val. “And I ain’t lettin’ you own someone else either.”

Val pulled on the chain till Angel fell to their knees. “Whatever. I’ll see you in the studio tomorrow and you’ll be working ALL NIGHT.” The smoke chain disappeared and then Val walked away.

“Are…are you okay?” I asked Angel.

Angel looked up at me with a smile. “Yeah. Now come on, let me take ya some place safe.”

“Thank you, for helping me.” I replied. 

Angel then gestured for me to follow as they started walking down the street. “Hey we all had a first bad day here.”

“Where..where exactly is here?” I asked. “I remember being in a car crash…am I in a coma?”

“No tutz…you’re dead.” Angel told me.

“I’m dead?” I asked, my eyes going wide. “Wait…if…if that’s true then…where…where am I?”

“Hell, honey.” Angel answered.

“What? But…but that can’t be. I…I was a good girl…” I replied, so confused.

Angel gave me a sympathetic look. Then pointed up at the sky. “You think THAT would be in Heaven?”

I looked to where Angel was pointing and saw a pentagram in the sky. My eyes widened in disbelief. “No…this…this isn’t right…” I could feel the ground slipping out from under my feet, my vision blurring.

“Hey, Ariel…” Angel said, their voice seeming distant. The last thing I saw was the pentagram above me before the blackness of unconsciousness consumed me.

Angel sighed as he caught Ariel before she could hit the ground. “Didn’t know you were gonna take it so hard.” He muttered as he used his second set of arms to carry her. “Poor kid.”

Luckily Ariel was light and Angel was relatively strong. He was able to carry her back to the hotel with little exertion. “You’ve been out for a while longer than usual.” Husk said, looking up from cleaning the bar.

“Yeah, well, I kinda ran into some trouble.” Angel replied.

Husk lifted an eyebrow as he saw the unconscious girl in Angel’s arms. “What happened?”

“Angel, I thought you were doing so much better.” Vaggie’s angry voice sounded. “Also…I didn’t think you liked girls.”

Angel shot a look at Vaggie. “Hey it ain’t nothin’ like that. Poor thing is a new arrival. She passed out when she learned she was in Hell…after gettin’ chased by some hungry mobsters.”

“We have a new soul?” Came Charlie’s cheerful voice.

“Hang on, she might not wanna stay here.” Angel said. “But…we should at least give her a safe place until she decides what she wants ta do.”

Charlie nodded. “Yes, of course. It has to be her choice.”

“Alright, let’s get her to a room.” Vaggie agreed.

“Yeah and when she wakes up, we shouldn’t crowd her or anything okay?” Angel spoke up. “We don’t need ta overwhelm her.”

“Of course, of course.” Charlie agreed. She was then holding out her arms. “Here, I’ll take her to a room for you. You already carried her all the way here.”

“Nah, I got her.” Angel replied, heading for the stairs. He carried Ariel up to an empty room and laid her down in the bed, tucking her in under the covers. “Get some rest, Ariel. You’re gonna need it. These people here…they’re a little crazy, but they’re good people…you’re gonna be exhausted from it all I’m sure.” He was then exiting the room, leaving Ariel to rest. He had a feeling this was gonna be rough for her.

[sunbratz]

hi its time for my bad dndads takes again here on my silly little blog and todays feature is inspired by @babacontainsmultitudes‘s post about similar taylor and nick are and i was actually going to add this onto that but i didn’t want to take up their space so.

what i actually want to talk about is cassandra and glenn! and how their differences as single parents really shaped the key difference between taylor and nick which is!! taylors confidence.

one of the big similarities pointed out about nick and taylor is this propensity towards loneliness both of them have. both of them very much have their set circle of people and idolize their parents in a very similar way that leaves them seemingly a bit isolated from other people their age (and otherwise, with nick trying to get glenn to abandon the party early s1)

during the trials, nick finally kind of unravels about his relationship with glenn in reference to this though by discussing how a lot of his loneliness and connection with his dad festers in this place of grief over his mom. he had his mom until he was 7 and looks up to his dad in a way where he feels they aren’t able to communicate about her death without ruining the “vibes” in the connection they have and he doesn’t even see him for at least 2 months out of the year. nick isn’t even comfortable enough to tell his dad he prefers universal studios and minions until the trial when he’s directly asked whether glenn indulges in his interest because he’s mimicking his dad so hard to keep that connection between them strong.

cassandra has a lot of clearly intentional similarities to glenn that are very obvious: she’s a single mom, celebrity-adjacent and isn’t around very often, she gives her kids video games for detention because she’s a bit out of touch and she’s not one to care about rules and restrictions presumably.

but something that anthony and freddie have worked into her character that wasn’t built in with glenn is that she has taken a LOT of care into showing her interest in taylor’s needs. 

the first thing we learn about her is that she quit (or at least put on hold) her daytime tv career in order to pursue voice acting because she thought it would be something her and taylor could bond over. she knows taylor well enough to give him video games he would enjoy during detention and to go through his bags for weapons she knows he has so he doesn’t get into further trouble. she trusts taylor enough to get an uber home from school but has enough foresight to tell him not to take the scooters because they’re dangerous even if they are the cooler option. she’s confident enough to answer taylor’s questions about nick not being around whenever he asks (which is implied to be at least more than once). they have a habit of giving kisses to each other over the phone when she’s not around which is precious but furthers the way she’s tried to continue to bond with taylor even when she couldn’t physically be around due to work or whatever.

and taylor mimics her love by doing things back for her. he gives her cakes and checks in with her when he can, not because he has to but because he wants to, versus nick who felt he had to learn to smoke weed and love disney and be cool in order to maintain that connection with glenn.

i think this is why taylor’s confidence and security makes so much sense. taylor is a lone wolf with only a close inner circle because he chooses to be. it’s why it’s so funny that he really just does not care about nick as his father at all! he has questions, of course, but most of those questions are based in his own curiosity and how they build out his story/background rather than his need to have a father. he’s confident enough in his choice of friends that he turns back for link, even after nick tells him his whole extended family (that he doesn’t know) is threatened if his friends choose to betray him like nick’s did to him. he’s happy to have his dad around but doesn’t feel the need to impress him or reduce himself to fit nick into his life because he’s fully secure with it just being him and his mom. 

i think this also goes into how a lot of their actions are similar but are driven by worry or confidence. nick didn’t choose to leave taylor as a baby but felt like he had to in order to protect his entire family (a classic hero’s backstory). taylor's so confident in his actions he feels he can fight his way out of any situation he’s put into (getting kidnapped, like, three times, willingly pretending to throw himself out of a tree in order to use his dad for a plan to get to hell, ect.) while protecting his friends not because he feels like he needs to but because he just simply wants to. nick chooses to minimize his needs out of worry for glenn where taylor is confident enough to argue with his mom over bringing weapons to school or because she’s ruining his favorite anime by dubbing it but still takes the time to make sure she knows he cares about her and is proud of her.

anyway i dont know if this was anything and i kinda lost my thought halfway through this because i know i had more to say, so i might add onto this later or something but. considering we don’t really get a lot of her and im not sure how intentional it was, i think the way they’ve used cass to foil glenn to make the dynamic between nick and taylor that much more interesting is really fun and cool to see play out. 

[icouldntfindquiet]

I saw Wolf Alice yesterday (13 October 2022). I read somewhere that a fan waited 10-15 min for them to come out and I thought why not? I can do that. Turns out it’s just Theo and Joff that came out at 10-15 min for a smoke. 😂

Joel is sick so they actually had a replacement drummer cover for him. And because he was sick, the band was under strict orders to socially distance from fans to protect the fans and themselves from getting sick. They felt terrible about it. 😟 I asked Theo how album #4 was going and he said they’ve not worked on it yet. They’ve been so busy touring he’s only been home 3 weeks this year. But he said they’ve written some songs and won’t properly work on it until next year. He reckons the album will be out faster than last time. I asked if the sound builds off of Blue Weekend or if it’d be completely different and he said he won’t know until they’re in the studio. Super nice guy!

Ellie took 1.5 hrs to come out and I’m so bullheaded I actually waited for her to come out. 😂🙈 I don’t have work on Friday so that was nice! I cropped myself out but Ellie looks cute. ☺️ And I took a photo of her with my Instax camera and had her sign it. She almost didn’t sign it because of strict orders but caved in because she felt so bad. They all felt bad for not being able to take photos with fans. And I have a video of her dropping her boot, lol. 😆

They were in a rush to go to Vancouver, BC so they couldn’t stay long. Everyone was pretty tired. I’ve got massive respect for people in the music industry. It’s not easy. I can tell they’re getting burnt out. 😟

[bonkbunn]

Something swaggy this way comes

[agentnico]

Werewolf by Night (2022) Review

Anyone else agree the Marvel Studios logo is super indulgent? Their title card before each film/tv show is over 30 seconds long as is, and additionally in Werewolf by Night the Marvel Studios logo is shown three times - first comes “Marvel Studios Special Presentation”, then followed by the usual half-a-minute title logo and then straight away ‘Marvel Studios Presents’. Like yes, we get it, you guys are a big deal. So much so that you have managed to get away with making a load of content after Avengers: Endgame and most of it being a pile of sh**, yet still make the dollar. Yep, I said it. Get your act together Feige. When’s that Deadpool/Wolverine crossover scheduled for? 

Plot: On a dark and sombre night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader; the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic.

So following my little rant at the beginning of this review about how bad Phase 4 of the MCU has been, Werewolf by Night is actually quite good. Yep, talk about smooth transitions. My point is though what makes this Disney+ offering stand out is that it shows that the folks at Marvel are at least trying to attempt something different here. A call-back to the 30s/40s era of Universal monster movies, with the black-and-white grainy filter and over-the-top characters and featuring, well, monsters. 

Interestingly enough this also happens to be the directorial debut of Michael Giacchino. For those wondering why that name may sound familiar, this cool geezer *never will I ever use the word ‘geezer’ again, that felt weird and peculiar territory which I will never tread towards ever again, I do apologise*, any way, so this cool Giacchino dude is the man that’s been composing all the cool blockbuster movies that Hans Zimmer hasn’t for the past few years. Like this fella’s done it all - think Star Trek, think Planet of the Apes, think Star Wars, think Pixar, Jurassic World, Batman, fricking Cars 2! What hasn’t this guy composed!? Well, the Lord of the Rings fan within me acknowledges he never did any Middle Earth music, but let’s be honest, who would dare compete with Howard Shore! Ah just remember when Aragorn, Frodo and the fellowship walk through the misty mountains towards Caradhras as Shore plunges his orchestra to the mighty depths of Khazad-Dum and you can feel the instruments literally burning the atmosphere with its mastery!!! Sorry, I’ve recently been thinking of rewatching the Lord of the Rings trilogy, so I’m a bit in the zone. 

Anyway, that Giacchino guy, what did he do? Well, he directed Werewolf by Night and you can tell a composer directed this project, as the use of sound and music to build up tension and build to the bigger moments in the scenes here could have only been accomplished by a man with a very acute sense of hearing. And overall Giacchino seems to be a fan of those aforementioned monster movies. The use of retro style smoke and mirrors, cigarette burns and the use of practical effects, especially for the main werewolf that is evidently inspired by The Wolf Man, however I couldn’t unsee Nicholas Hoult’s Beast from the X-Men movies. It all does look really cool, and very unique, and though it never hits the cheesy level high’s of those original monster movies such as Dracula and Frankenstein, it’s a very unique direction for a Marvel production. I have also seen many other reviews mention how this is a gorier MCU outing, and I can see where they are coming from, but due to the use of black and white they are able to get away with it, as you don’t see any blood colours. As such its pretty harmless in that regard.

I enjoyed Werewolf by Night. Gael Garcia Bernal brings his usual likeable relatable vulnerability to the lead role, and Michael Giacchino exhibits qualities of a filmmaker who actually cares to bring something different to the table, yet not afraid to take inspiration from previous great works. Heck, where other Marvel projects would try to go bigger, Giacchino opts to go smaller. When the transformation of the werewolf occurs, he does so off-screen, and the camera instead slowly zooms closer and closer on the face of the terrified Elsa (played by Laura Donnelly) as we see only the shadowy silhouette of the man turning into a monster. It’s a neat trick that really heightens the tension and anticipation… and when we finally do see the werewolf, we then can enjoy a very satisfying rampage. But perhaps the biggest treat is Harriet Sansom Harris as Verusa, Ulysses’ widow and the night’s master of ceremonies, delivering an over-the-top performance that gives the whole affair huge theater-kid energy. Then again, there’s also a character named Ted in this thing, and he’s an example of comedy in Marvel done right. But no spoilers, if you’re wondering about who Ted is, you’re just going to have to go and watch Werewolf by Night.

Overall score: 7/10

[rhythm-catsandwine]

Tattoo Parlor

Yet another set in Art and Bass Strings.

“Hey, Ads?” Justin walked into the art studio. 

“Hmm?” The near-gothic being looked up from his work to his partner. 

“I wont a new tattoo and I want you to design it. Something bout us.”

“I’ll need more than that to go on. “ He took his clear aviators off, setting them on his desk, and rubbed his eyes. 

“Dunno, really something to do with us and the kids.” Justin leaned against the table adjacent to the one Adam sat at. “Maybe little bats for the kids that take after you and wolf paws that take after me?”

“Aww spooky and cute!.” He gestured with his hand for the other to come closer. “If we start at your shoulder we can add more. “

“You want more kids, don’t you?”

“And you want me to go with you?”

Two days later they were in a tattoo parlor for the second time in their relationship. Justin would get his little bats and wolf paws on his right arm and Adam would get his on his left. 

“Knew you’d be back.” James the tiny redhead said when they entered the small tattoo parlor filled with green smoke.

"You'd be with him. In another life. I think." Justin pulled the other close.

"Another life like in space or something?"

Hidden Book of August or read on Ao3

[mirandamckenni1]

Lesbian Bed Death - She Loves Lilith (Official Music Video) PRE-ORDER NEW ALBUM ‘MIDNIGHT LUST' AND COME SEE US LIVE IN 2024!! https://ift.tt/0A4aH5D 16th March LEICESTER – The Metal Monocle 23rd March WOLVERHAMPTON - The Giffard Arms 5th May SWANSEA - Station 18 Festival @ Hanger 18 7th June NOTTINGHAM - Tap 'N' Tumbler Directed and produced by Evelyn Wolf & Dan Peach Director of Photography: Ben Thompson First Camera Assistant: Elliot Wallis The band: JJ – Vocals Dan Peach – Rhythm Guitar Leisl Heath - Bass Aimee Violet – Drums (Lead guitar on studio recording by Steve Lethal) Actors: Myriam Sarah, Syd, Emily, Richard Walton, Claire Ward, David Tunstall, Rachel Rouge, Myles Dartford, David Martin, Dark Raven, Natalie Marie, Emily Rogers, Casey Kingsley, Katie Parker, and the band. Lead SFX: Jacqui Dunn https://jaqdsfx.co.uk/ Assistant Hair Makeup and SFX: Emily Rogers, Katie Parker & Casey Kingsley Costumes: Claire Ward & Jacqui Dunn Filmed at The Locomotive Pub in Heron Cross, Stoke-on-Trent, UK Dan Peach’s custom Baphomet guitar by Chris Baxter at Whispersmith Guitars https://ift.tt/Slrbi6T Lesbian Bed Death management & booking enquiries: evelynwolfmusic@gmail.com https://ift.tt/M0dNWlp https://ift.tt/Mkg0KPq https://ift.tt/vQ93pDo http://www.twitter.com/lbdofficial https://ift.tt/f3lKyQM Lyrics: Like a cat on the rooftops She glides and shimmers like a ghost She hunts for food and twisted sport It's the screams she loves the most She hates your vapid conversation She burns the condescending priest Repulsed by your adoration There's no merciful release A hedonistic life of sin She's the queen of this Hell she's found herself in The coldest truths sting No, she doesn't want your diamond ring because She loves Lilith and she'll never love you She loves Lilith The night owl giveth but never to you Hear her whispers in the darkness Chaos and madness evoked Strangled by chains of torment Your spark of hope stubbed out like a smoke You waste your life in the wilderness You scrape around on your knees A tiresome court jester unable to please Withered and dying, blinded and diseased via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNC1DouLQs4

[cathartidaestimblog]

update 12/1/23!!: going through and reblogging lots of posts ive had saved for a while. most things will not be tagged. be careful !

info: - i try my best to trigger tag things that may affect people (tagged as simply [tag name], like #flashing) - i may spam reblog - let me know if i reblog the same thing multiple times, i dont like to have duplicates but i am forgetful :>

tagging system under the readmore (for myself mostly, but there is a list of potentially triggering tags that you can avoid if necessary ^^) (not fully accurate, i am constantly working on it :>)

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video games: video games, minecraft, genshin, honkai star rail, pokemon, kirby

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sanrio: sanrio, cinnamoroll, pompompurin, hello kitty, my melody, kuromi

genshin: genshin, layla, diona, diluc, chongyun, xingqiu, tighnari, hu tao

pokemon: pokemon, vaporeon, sylveon, snom, lurantis, mimikyu, rowlet, polteageist, jolteon, pikachu, gengar, raichu, oshawott, tandemaus, sobble, silvally, furret, clodsire, galarian ponyta

unsorted fandoms: loz, mario, rosalina, cheshire cat, animal crossing, honkai star rail, silver wolf, stardew valley

nature: trees, outdoors, rain, storm, sky, clouds, water, ocean, snow, flowers, grass, ice, moss, leaves, sunset, night, frost, rocks, plants, winter

animals: cats, calico, tigers dogs, german shepherds, shiba inu, pitbulls, foxes birds, corvids, crows, ravens, blue jays, owls, barn owls, woodpeckers, geese, canada geese, macaws, ducks, muscovy ducks, penguins, puffins, mallard ducks, seagulls, doves, magpies moths, atlas moths, cecropia moths, death's head hawkmoths, luna moths, rosy maple moths bears, pandas, polar bears fish, koi, goldfish goats, deer, cows, bunnies, mice, opossums, hyenas, snakes

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slime: slime poking, slime stretching, slime squishing, slime pouring clear slime, cloud slime, floam slime, water slime, clay slime (also used for clay cracking)

technology: keyboards, typing, pc, controllers, tech, mech, machinery, machinery, gears, typewriters

fidgets and stimming: fidget toys, fidget spinners, fidget cubes, fidget tangles, body stims

other: city, streetlamps, anime, indoors, character i dont know, xenogenders, figurines, bandaids, powder, carousel, buttons (includes both sewing buttons and mechanical pressing buttons), hearts, golden hour, sparks, books, coins, swords, crystals, tarot, dice, mothman, bath bombs, chains, lava lamps, plague doctors, digital, melting, forging

[wonkypete]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Monster High Clawdeen Wolf Boo-Tique Studio.

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10.63 by carley benazzi Via Flickr: Blog Instagram Studio Exposure - Smoke hair Vive Nine Ryvolter - Renaissance spiked corset Vive Nine Ryvolter - Cut out mini skirt Vive Nine Ryvolter - Wolf pack low sock platform Avanti - Jersey knee warmers